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BETH:

Why should it be an act?

"Are you the entity HECHO in Mexico?"

BARNES:

Mexico? Where'd he get Mexico?

"Are you the entity made in the U.S.A.?"

TED:

He doesn't wait for an answer.

BETH:

Who says it's a he?

BARNES:

Not now, Beth. Please. I want to

know who we're talking to before we

start talking. Where's Edmunds?

HARRY:

She's not gonna know, sir.

TED:

(to Harry)

Ask him. C'mon. Say something.

Harry types:
"We are. Who are you?"

Reply:

"We are"

BARNES:

Hell's that mean? "We are" what?

Harry types:
"We are the entities from the U.S.A. Who are you?"

"Entities = entity?"

TED:

We have to teach him plurals?

Harry:
"No"

"You are a many entity?"

"No. We are many separate entities."

"I understand. Is there one control entity?"

BARNES:

What?

HARRY:

He's saying, "Take me to your

leader." He wants to know who's in

charge.

BARNES:

I'm in charge.

"Yes. The control entity is Captain Harald Barnes"

BARNES:

With an "o". Harold with an "o".

HARRY:

What -- you want me to retype it?

Harry:
"Who are you?"

"I am one"

"Where are you from?"

"I am here"

"Where is the location from where you began?"

TED:

"From where you began?" That's not

even good English.

"I am from AWARENESS"

BARNES:

What is that, a planet?

"Where is AWARENESS?"

"AWARENESS is"

"Did you make a journey?"

"Yes. Did you make a journey?"

"Yes"

"I make a journey. You make a journey. We make a journey together. I

am Happy."

BARNES:

Great, okay. Ask him about his

weapons.

NORMAN:

That's smart. Let's talk about guns

and violence.

BARNES:

You don't think weapons are

important?

NORMAN:

I think we should be careful.

Consider his emotional response.

TED:

You want to put him on your couch,

Norman. Grill him about his

childhood?

NORMAN:

When he uses a phrase like "I am

Happy", I think we should think

twice about what we ask him.

"Do Not Be Afraid"

The all stare at the screen, stunned.

NORMAN:

Jerry, can you understand what we're

saying?

"Every word"

Norman walks up to the screen, close to it.

NORMAN:

Jerry, can you read our minds?

"Yes Norman"

Barnes goes to the intercom...

BARNES:

Edmunds, I want you in here. Now.

Norman focuses on the screen, staring.

ON THE SCREEN - blank.

Norman concentrating, on the screen.

THE SCREEN - blank.

NORMAN:

Jerry, are you there?

"Yes, Norman"

BARNES:

We shouldn't talk here. Shut it off.

"I do not wish to Intrude"

NORMAN:

We would like to talk alone.

"I do not agree. That is not possible. I enjoy to talk with you."

NORMAN:

And we enjoy talking with you.

"Let us talk now"

NORMAN:

We'd like to talk with you more. We

admire your talents and your great

power and understanding.

"Thank you"

NORMAN:

And in your great understanding, you

know that we are entities who must

talk in private -- with each other.

"Do Not Be Afraid"

NORMAN:

We're not afraid, we are

uncomfortable.

"Am I offended you?"

NORMAN:

Not at all, we enjoy you very much,

but we need to talk alone, without

you listening.

"I shall oblige"

NORMAN:

Thank you.

"But I am Not Happy"

NORMAN:

Jerry?...

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NORMAN:

Jerry? Are you still there?

SCREEN - blank.

NORMAN:

Jerry?

SCREEN - blank.

BARNES:

(into intercom)

Edmunds? Get in here. I want to know

exactly how this is being

transmitted.

HARRY:

She's not gonna know.

BARNES:

She wired this system.

HARRY:

If the technology of that sphere is

advanced enough -- the way it

functions is gonna appear to us like

magic.

ON TED AND NORMAN -

TED:

Don't gimme that psychology

bullshit, Norman. Psychology isn't a

science, it's superstition. It's a

bunch of soft, subjective theories

without any hard data to back it up.

With an intellect like this,

emotions don't mean sh*t.

ON HARRY AND BARNES -

HARRY:

It's like showing Leonardo da Vinci

a laptop computer. He'd run

screaming "witchcraft". And you

couldn't explain it to him, either.

Modems, microchips, particle

physics.

BARNES:

(into intercom)

Edmunds?

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