Submergence Page #3

He probably thinks

he'll never die.

He probably wants to die.

WOLFGANG:
Good luck, J,

if you're really going.

DANI:
Out there in the deep,

there's salp and jellyfish,

whose vertical migrations

are equivalent in scale to...

to us, as if these birds were

just to fly up from the trees,

and go straight up into space.

On a planetary scale,

the birds crawl.

What?

We go to sleep and you're

nervous to meet me over again,

is that what's happening here?

I usually don't see

the person the day after.

I work.

Don't you think I should at

least know something about you?

Oh, I get it,

you want to pry.

- I don't want to pry.

- What do you want to know?

I want to know about you.

About being a soldier,

for instance.

You're going to ask me what

it's like to kill somebody?

- No.

- Good.

Tell me,

tell me anything.

Anything that will

tell me about you.

[WAVES CRASHING]

Then you're going

to go into the sea?

It's getting awfully cold, and I

really think you should go in soon.

What's the most essential

thing about being a soldier?

Obedience.

Okay.

Death.

It gets very real when you're watching

somebody die in front of you.

You're thinking,

is this all I am?

Is this all I added up to?

And all the clichs are true.

You're thinking, why now?

Why did it have to be...

this happen before I realize

what life truly is?

It's direct, it's immediate,

and it's their whole

life exposed to you.

Did you think about

your own death a lot?

I did, and I do.

I've heard people telling me that

they've had those exact same thoughts

when they fell in love.

No, you don't die

when you fall in love.

Have you fallen in love?

I think you should go in

for your swim now.

Time's up, eh?

No, no don't!

No, no, not in my clothes,

not in my clothes!

[LAUGHING]

- It's cold.

- No, don't throw me in!

No! [LAUGHING]

[WAVES CRASHING]

[SCREAMING]

You are not going

to win me over.

Yes, I am.

That's exactly what

I'm going to do.

[LAUGHS] Congratulations.

Where did you guys grow up?

Sydney, London, Stockholm,

depending on

Daddy's work, really.

My parents were the ones

who used to take me here.

Dani, do you even

know a poor person?

[LAUGHING]

- Yes.

- Oh, yeah?

[LAUGHING] Oh.

- You.

- Me?

No, no, no, no, no,

I am not poor.

I can afford to come to a

place like this once a year.

Is it true that

there's oxygen stored

in the micro life at

the bottom of the ocean,

and that one day

it's going to run out?

We shouldn't run out...

if we take the right steps.

I mean, we are entering an age where

everything will be quantified.

What we see as abundant,

will be limited.

So, oxygen will be like

water and minerals and fuels.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Like oxygen, like...

like air-oxygen?

Like oxygen?

[LAUGHING]

Yeah, if we keep going

the way we're going.

Wow.

That's why I need to

get to the bottom of it.

[LAUGHING]

Was that a science

person's joke? [LAUGHING]

Not everyone can be

as witty as you.

[LAUGHING] I know, but...

it was rubbish.

Oh, I think I'm slightly

less attracted to you now.

[LAUGHING]

Just look at you.

You mongrel.

Half Australian,

some Swedish,

a touch of English.

DANI:
Those lines,

are here to stay.

I'm going to remember this.

What if I come and

visit you in Nairobi?

I want to swim in your pool.

[COFFEE MACHINE GRINDING]

Don't, I have 58 minutes.

Read that.

Did you read it?

Just feels like I'm...

reading the same news

all over again.

- It's not interesting enough?

- It's tough 'cause I...

feel like there's nothing

we can do about it.

We could read about it,

we could get interested.

We could educate ourselves and

get involved in a solution.

How is there a solution

to a problem that has roots

in ancient conflicts,

where religious...

What are you saying, you don't

think there's a solution?

I don't know.

This is the same

as your work, Dani.

Trying to get people interested

in potentially

life-saving information,

that lies at the bottom

of the sea, in the dark,

so nobody wants

to know about it.

It's the exact same thing.

Get them interested,

educate them,

get them involved in a solution,

and that is amazing.

But this is our world,

too, isn't it?

I don't know if

that's our world.

Oh.

So, you can be stupid, as well.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

[SIGHS]

DRIVER:
Do you

want your backpack in...

In with me, please.

[EXHALES]

Okay.

I'm in.

I'm in, too.

[LAUGHING]

[ENGINE STARTS]

[SIGHING]

[PHONE RINGING]

Hey.

I just wanted to say

that I miss you already.

I'm going to turn

the car around.

Arretez, can you please

pull over, merci.

[LAUGHING]

DANI:
No.

- I've stopped the car.

- DANI:
No. Don't.

I've stopped it, I can...

No, I'm gonna go

for my swim now.

Okay.

DANI:
See you soon.

[SPEAKING FRENCH]

[AIRPLANE DRONING]

[WIND BLOWING]

Nabad, Sharif?

SOLDIER:
Come with me.

[DOOR CLOSING]

Nabad.

Nabad.

Uh, Sharif?

I came here to meet Sharif.

Can you take me to him, please?

[GROANING]

[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS]

[ELECTRONIC BEEPING]

[GUARD SPEAKING SOMALI]

JAMES:
Because of

charity and love,

you should never allow death

to rule your thoughts.

Because of charity and love,

you should never allow death

to rule your thoughts.

Because of charity and love,

you should never allow death

to rule your thoughts.

Because of charity and love,

you should never allow death

to rule your thoughts.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

THUMBS:
Well, I'm just

used to seeing her

careen between work

and relief from work,

not unlike the rest of us.

WOMAN:
Well, as long

as she can focus.

Yes, I mean,

this expedition is...

The one, definitely.

We all feel you are close

to a breakthrough,

that would forever

change the understanding

of the dimensions

of the life on Earth.

Absolutely, we've been

speaking about this.

- We're jealous.

- [LAUGHING]

Good.

- Pressure is up.

- [LAUGHING]

THUMBS:
I know.

MAN:
[ON VOICEMAIL]

The mailbox is full.

Please try to call later...

[REPEATED IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[SIGHS]

JAMES:
Dani, what do you think the

biggest obstacle to a solution is?

DANI:
I think it's history,

how it left them behind.

JAMES:
But "them,"

that's just us

in a different form, isn't it?

DANI:
So, what do you

think the biggest obstacle is?

It's the most beautiful

thing about them,

their ability to believe.

You're no troubled man.

Your mind is not troubled.

[CHUCKLES] Your mind

isn't troubled.

You know...

you know where you are from.

- THUMBS:
There she is!

- [CHEERING]

Let me have a look.

[LAUGHING]

[SPEAKING SOMALI] Up, fool!

[GROANING]

[SPEAKING SOMALI] Let's go!

[SPEAKING SOMALI] Move!

Move! Move from here!

[WIND BLOWING]

MAN:
[OVER RECORDING] Megafaunal abundances

also showed significant variations,

chi squared equals 273.42,

df equals 5.

With mean areas per image

of n3 equals 3.89

in different years,

with an overall increasing

trend over the course of...

[GROANING]

[GROANS]

[JAMES MOANS]

[PANTING]

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