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- So inspiring.

- Thank you.

You are so inspiring.

You must be so happy

to be home.

You holding up okay?

Fine, thanks.

Oh, I bet you are.

Just excuse me.

You are in our prayers.

I hope that monster gets

everything he deserves.

Don't you worry.

Thank you, thank you.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

I'm sorry about that.

People have

a lot of questions,

and sometimes it gets

the better of them.

Questions about what?

Well...

about you and

how you're doing,

what you went through...

how you survived.

Survived what?

The unknown, I guess.

I could ask everyone else

the same question.

You're ruining it!

You're ruining everything!

Hey, don't say that.

Ruiner!

Leia, that's not very nice.

You are not very nice.

Yeah?

Who else do you know

that's nicer, huh?

No one.

That's right.

You're hurting him!

Let's take him

to the hospital.

He has to go

to the hospital.

Leia, we both know

he can't go to a hospital.

And why?

- But he has to...

- Leia.

Hospitals are bad.

Yes.

And why?

You can't just say

something is bad

without knowing why.

They have no confidence

in the nature of things

and no respect

for the mystery of life.

Yeah.

And part of the mystery of life

is death.

And part of the nature of things

is accepting that.

I don't want him to die.

Well, look who's lost

confidence in me, huh?

Are you ready for a story?

Which one should I read?

How about

The Frog Prince?

You can follow...

He's fixed.

You fixed him.

That's what I told you

I was doing.

I thought you were

hurting him,

like a doctor.

No, I was fixing him,

like a Ben.

Look at you.

You're a mess.

I'm not a mess.

You get so worked up.

Sorry.

No, you don't

have to apologize.

We can't help

what we feel.

But we can help

what we think, right?

So why would you think

I would hurt Teddy?

I don't know.

You don't know what you think?

I thought you were mad at me.

Why would I be mad at you?

For looking out the window.

I was concerned when you were

looking out the window, yeah.

I didn't want you

to see something scary.

But I fixed it, right?

So, we don't have to worry

about that anymore.

I know.

But you yelled.

Even if I was mad,

I take care of you.

Always.

Okay.

Okay.

How long does it take trees

to grow?

Maybe 30, 40 years.

This has looked like this

for 40 years?

More than that, actually,

because we moved here

almost 25 years ago,

and the trees were big then too.

Why does Glen get to leave?

Well, he goes to work.

We could leave too.

What do you think?

You could try it on.

Sure.

Oh, that looks so pretty.

Do you like it?

Do you want to try it

without the other

shirts underneath?

I always wear these.

Would to try it?

Now...

How is that one?

That's... that's not as tight

as the other one, right?

Good.

Do you want me to adjust it?

It's adjustable back here.

- No.

- No?

Okay, great.

Great.

Well, I think that

should work better

under the clothes.

I can do it.

Okay.

Okay.

Don't... don't forget...

don't forget to come out

and show me.

If... if you want to.

It was... it was really nice.

I think she liked the

clothes that we found.

She looked great in them,

really beautiful.

I hope she liked them.

Good.

See?

It's good.

Yeah, it's good.

She's...

She's sweet.

Dear Universe,

thank you for the thoughts

I'm going to be thinking.

Thank you for the dreams

I'm going to be dreaming.

Thank you for this moment

we are making.

I wish for you

to keep me honest

and to keep an eye on Ben.

Sincerely, Leia.

Leia?

Good morning.

Leia?

Leia!

Leia.

- Yes.

- Oh, my God.

I... I... I...

I didn't see you out there.

- Don't do that.

- Sorry.

- Don't do that.

- Sorry.

You know what we're

gonna do today?

We're gonna get you

an ID card

so that...

so that you have

an ID card.

Okay.

Salem, Pennsylvania.

Department

of Motor Vehicles.

What does "Louise" mean?

It's your middle name.

It's work.

Okay.

Whatever it is,

I think we should just

try to be more...

than we were.

We already are.

We already are

more than we were.

Leia?

You okay in there?

Oh, oh, okay,

okay, I'll get it.

- Sorry.

- No, no, no, no, no.

It's alright.

Here.

Careful.

I'll get it,

I'll get it, I'll get it.

There we go.

It's all fine, it's all fine.

I like the bread warm.

That's okay.

How do we... let's see.

I like it toasty, sorry.

That's all right.

It'll... it'll go off

in just a second.

This happens all the time.

There we go.

Okay.

There we go.

- Sorry.

- No, that's fine.

So... for next time,

there's a toaster.

You know.

So you could toast

the bread first,

and then make the sandwich.

Oh, yeah.

Here, let's start again.

Okay, here we go.

And...

Here you go.

Mm-hmm.

Now turn it on.

There we go.

- Oh, right.

- Mm-hmm.

Mr. McKay didn't

have a kitchen?

We had a kitchen, obviously.

Just, I never went

in there.

It was in a different

part of the house.

Ben always cooked for me.

Mr. McKay.

So you never left

the basement at all?

You weren't allowed

in other parts of the house?

We didn't call it a basement.

It was where we lived.

I'm sorry.

That's okay.

It's an honest mistake.

What is?

Calling it a basement.

No, I meant,

about everything.

I'm...

I'm sorry about everything.

It's okay.

You're trying.

Thank you for doing this

with me.

It's supposed

to be therapeutic,

meditative.

You used to love beads.

Your Aunt Jill

had a bead shop

before she moved

to Santa Fe,

and you loved

to go in there

and sink your hands deep

into the bins of glass beads.

I wanted to get you some,

but I was always afraid

you'd eat them

when I wasn't looking.

What are you making?

A string of beads.

So I have room

for about six more,

but I have ten beads left.

Which...

which ones do you think

I should leave out?

Any of them.

Well, help me out.

Which ones do you think?

I know things.

Oh, I know.

I wasn't nothing to him.

He raised me.

Okay.

Also, "ones" isn't a word.

What is that?

What?

That.

Oh, that, wow.

Maybe you better open it.

Okay.

What is it?

Look through it.

Look at the light.

Whoa.

Yeah.

That's the window

I promised you.

Click that button down

on the side.

And those are the natural

wonders of the world,

before they went away.

Where did they go?

You know.

I told you.

Everything's ruined out there.

Nothing good out there anymore.

You couldn't save it?

Well, you have

to pick your battles.

You can only save so much.

I picked you.

Those trees are so big.

They're called redwoods.

An up-and-down river?

Oh, that's Niagara Falls.

Inside-out mountains?

That's...

that's the Grand Canyon.

It's so pretty.

I love it.

I love my window.

Well, we have

a lot to look at.

We have

underwater oceans,

and night sky and space,

the deserts of Africa,

cities of Europe.

It's like magic.

Can we look at space?

When you look at space,

you have to lie on your back

and look up at the stars.

Leia?

This is Ursa Major,

the Great Bear...

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