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What does one do?

No... sit down.

There are girls

like me, like her, that have...

I was outside when it first came down.

- Me too.

- She too.

I saw people burning.

You must've seen them too.

If you haven't you don't

stay inside the house.

- Would... How does it go?

- Wouldn't.

You saw, didn't you?

- Yes.

- Outside there's...

- Who was it.

- The housemaid.

- The girl that came...

- That's...

That's what this fog does to people.

Everyone, except us.

- We are a group.

- About ten of us.

Yes, and we are organizing ourselves.

How many adults are

there among these ten?

- No, you don't understand.

- There are no adults.

The two oldest girls are 19.

- Yes. We go from 15...

- 13.

- Lauretta has 13.

- Yes, 13.

From 13 to 19.

You're all girls?

Yes, I said that.

Didn't you hear me?

- No, I haven't...

- Are you the only ones not affected?

- The 10 of you?

- I don't know that.

I didn't even find the others at first.

I was alone for several

hours before I met... Sara.

We meet someone every day.

But it has been a while since

we last met somebody.

But we stayed in the quarter.

Yes, we look...

We control how people are doing.

If there's anybody in need.

They're all closed inside, like you.

We do it because of this noise.

It grows when...

Why do you have guns?

We had some bad experiences.

How did you enter?

- We heard...

- Yes, it was the kitchen door.

Does it go through...

from there?

No, it's ok if you shut it.

A piece of cardboard is enough.

You put it...

But... your families?

- Mum...

- Have you seen... we...

My wife went out

when the fog came down...

...earlier. She's a tall woman,

red haired, thin.

- Her name is Gloria.

- Yes, Gloria Cruciani.

Her maiden name on her ID card.

I didn't see her.

I'm lawyer Cruciani...

Attilio.

- They...

- Tommaso.

- Elisabetta.

- They are our children.

I'm Emma.

She's Samantha.

Did you...

Yes, it will take a

while to burn everything.

Lisa?

I brought you the bug spray.

- Thanks.

- You can do without the net, if...

No, it's best if we leave it there.

Listen, I wanted to ask you...

Is there...

...where you're staying, is there...

...a power supply,

something to recharge the batteries?

No. What is it that

you wanted to recharge?

My digital camera. The...

- You make photos?

- Yes, but...

...it's completely discharged.

I like it very much and...

...I was practising with this.

You see, now it's closed,

but, when the window is open,

the light comes in

from behind and hits it.

You can also do image composition.

You know, for practice purposes.

I miss it a lot.

It could seem...

With all the other

things that are missing.

Everything I see is confused.

When did you start?

Recently. It was a passion of mine.

It's a positive consequence

from the crash.

I like to think that...

That's the negative one.

You didn't have it on when we came in.

- I don't remember.

- No, I tried...

...to get rid of it,

but I still can't...

What happened?

A terrible crash.

Thre were no serious consequences,

but I completely destroyed the car.

Both me and my dog,

Queequeg, got hurt.

Our dog.

I got away with less injuries

because I had my seatbelt on.

Incredible, it really works!

I never would've thought so!

When someone tells you

you say:
"Alright!".

- But no, it's...

- And the dog? What's his name?

Queequeg.

It's a character from a novel.

My grandmother chose it.

- Is he...

- No, no.

He's at my grandmother's,

in the country.

- Is it still...

- No, it's...

I don't smell it anymore.

It was really terrible.

Almost worse than having her...

I never smelt anything

like that in my entire life.

Yes, the flesh

doesn't burn like...

How can you manage?

How could you take it outside?

I'm used to it.

Have you burned many?

Were there dog bites,

as you were saying?

- Yes.

- Oh, I see. So...

How come? The hunger...

They can't find...

Put it inside your mouth.

It will go away instantly...

They take away the smell.

- Ah, it's like...

- They burn!

Yes, that too, but...

They work.

They work.

- You don't...

- No, I...

I prefer a bit of orange juice.

I'll get you a glass.

Here.

How are things outside?

What's the news?

There's concern,

but less than when it all started.

- They're all... We have...

- Ah! We wanted to ask you...

- The bells...

- Ah, yes.

We heard...

There were the bells that...

...that rang from the

church of S. Patrizio.

We thought that someone

was trying to draw attention...

- What was it?

- I don't know.

I don't even know

where this church is.

It's down the alley.

Have you seen the crossroads?

Have you been there yet?

I haven't.

Surely there's somebody there,

because the bells...

- Someone must've...

- Maybe the others went there.

- You see, maybe there are...

- Yes.

There are 34 houses

in these 5 streets.

This one and the others.

Small ones.

There aren't hundreds of us.

But you said that the major

part is empty...

...the houses. - Yes, but empty

doesn't really mean empty.

What do you mean?

It means that

there's nobody alive inside.

There was no need,

I would've brought it.

I'm just...

Sorry for the mess.

Here.

- What does your mother do?

- Nothing. That is...

...housekeeping.

She was working for my father,

but when we were born she quit.

And what was her

job at your father's?

- Assistant. She was...

- Assistant?

A sort of secretary.

No, no. She wasn't a secretary.

She...

They worked together.

She assisted him with things.

You must prepare a lot of

things when you're a lawyer.

It's not just going to the court.

This bed is nice. It's soft.

Yes, it's...

Should we go back down?

Yes.

Where's Emma?

What do you mean

"girls that try"?

To exit.

Those that try to go outside!

What do you mean try?

You don't know?

She told me that she told you

and you said no.

- That you're not up for it.

- Up for what?

- You didn't talk about it?

- No.

We're too few,

and we talked about this thing.

We're not related.

We didn't even know each other before.

- I mean the girls.

- Yes.

We tried to find analogies.

Why is it that the

fog has no effect on us

The only thing that binds us

is that we are all females.

And the age.

We're all between 13 and 19.

We have nothing else in common.

So if a girl has these two features,

she should also be immune.

But she might not know it because she

wasn't outside when the fog came down...

What we're trying to do...

...is go to the girls

of that age and talk to them.

We split our tasks. You...

She should've told you.

So, it's not true that you're afraid.

Look, we can try it out.

You and me, with an open window.

We'll do it together.

You needn't fear,

because in case...

...I will close it straightaway.

- No, no.

Wait, I'm telling you...

Don't worry. They surely

had some sort of a setback.

They have a lot of things to do.

Now they know we're here.

They know how much we can

last with what they brought us.

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