The Giver Page #5

There has to be a way to show them,

to give them the memories

so they can understand.

- Yes.

- Because if you can't feel,

what's the point?

But what can you do?

Citizens are reminded

that evening recreation

will end in 30 minutes.

Thank you.

Did it work?

I don't know how long it

takes for the injections

to leave you, whether a

day was long enough or...

Why did I do this, Jonas?

On the walk here, I was thinking

of how I would scold you.

How I would say,

"Oh, it's fine for you

to break the rules

because you're chosen."

When I thought about

telling you, I just, I...

I began to think about you.

Is this okay?

Do you feel anything?

It feels like...

Fiona,

- what do you feel?

- I don't know.

I don't have the

words to describe it.

Warm?

Does it feel warm?

Warm?

Does it feel nice?

No...

I, I'm on night shift.

I need to...

I don't feel right, Jonas.

I need to go and get my injection.

I need to go to work.

What was that?

Fiona, there is more.

So much more.

I remembered it now.

I had dreamed of her.

When I was younger.

I told my parents.

"It was the Stirrings they said.

Everyone had them.

Medication would stop them.

Nothing that couldn't be fixed.

Precision of language.

And Teacher said,

"That's right, Lily."

Very good.

Jonas.

Just in time for Feelings.

- Lily was telling us how she...

- Where's Gabe?

Uncertain was returned

to the Nurturing Center.

What happened?

Well, he failed his Test of Maturity.

Again.

I couldn't ask for another extension,

so I'll have to Release

him to Elsewhere.

Release him?

Well, we certainly gave it

our best try, didn't we?

But he's family.

Precision of language, please.

Sit down.

Eat with us.

I just need to rest for a while.

I hadn't been wrong.

This was wrong.

They hadn't eliminated murder.

They'd brought it home.

They just called it

by a different name.

Father, he didn't know any better.

I did.

Jonas, what are you doing?

It's against the rules

to leave your community this late.

Asher, there's something

I have to do that is right,

but is sort of against the rules.

If it's the right thing to do,

how can it be against the rules?

There are things that I've learned

that you don't know

that you can't know,

- not because it's your fault...

- Jonas,

you need to go back

to your family unit.

But that's the point.

It isn't my family,

and neither is yours.

- Asher, I got to go.

- Jonas, listen.

- Get out of my way.

- Jonas, stop!

Giver!

Giver, wake up.

I'd have to be sleeping to wake up.

Something can be done.

Something can be done.

What are you proposing?

All the memories back and back

and back can be returned.

I need to leave the Community.

I need to find the

Boundary of Memory.

And then?

And then cross it.

- No more discussions.

- Slowly.

Gabe is in danger.

- Slowly.

- I can't wait any more.

Something must be done.

If you had that map, then why

didn't you try to leave?

I was waiting for someone like you.

You are the reason we have a chance.

So, the plan will be for you

to go and for me to stay.

If you did cross this Boundary,

and if the memories were set free,

all of the pain that you felt,

all the confusion, the chaos,

it would all return.

- So you'd stay to help them?

- Yes.

And for my daughter.

It's what she would've wanted.

Your daughter?

Rosemary.

Now, your friend.

If he truly saw the

Triangle of Rocks...

Bring up Jonas's activity

for the past year as well.

So Asher came directly to you?

Yes.

What was Jonas's disposition

at evening meal?

Dissatisfied.

Anxious.

Indignant.

Set up a communication with

the Receiver of Memory.

We're not permitted to see

into the Receiver's residence.

We can only transmit.

Well, then we shall only transmit.

If you go, head towards the Triangle,

away from the other Communities.

That will lead to the

Boundary of Memory.

Please stand by for a transmission.

I apologize for the intrusion.

I accept your apology.

We have a problem.

The Receiver-in-Training is missing,

and he physically attacked

his friend, Asher.

He did?

That's serious.

Do you know where Jonas is?

I do not.

Well, thank you very much

for helping us to narrow

down the possibilities.

I will contact you if he comes here.

Only if it's not an imposition.

Thank you.

He's lying.

Talk!

They're going to kill Gabe.

I'm leaving, I'm leaving tonight,

and I'm going to take him with me.

Jonas, not yet, you're not ready.

When they decided to kill Gabe,

they decided I was ready.

I like this map.

Don't mess it up.

I'll be wanting it back.

You don't mind if I accelerate

your training a bit, do you?

You'd think for someone who

is the keeper of emotions,

that I'd be better at...

Well...

I love you, Jonas.

There. There it is.

You have the courage.

- Let me give you the strength.

- Can I just...

Attention all Community residents,

the Receiver-in-Training

has been reported missing

from his dwelling.

Please, be alert.

He may be in danger.

The Group One will start from

the Edge and work inward.

And then Group Two

from the center out.

No, no, like this.

Welcome to the Nurturing Center.

- Shall I convene the Elders?

- Yes.

Jonas!

I heard an alert.

What's going on?

Hey, where's Gabe?

Is he here?

- Is he in one of these?

- If he's back,

then he'd be with the Uncertains

on a restricted floor.

Show me where.

Fiona, please.

They're downstairs. Come on.

Jonas was chosen for the

most important position

in our Community.

He was asked if he

were strong enough.

It turns out he was not.

Instead, he is a rebel

who must be stopped by you.

When you find him,

take him.

Gabe is in danger.

- Jonas, he's fine, I'll show you.

- No, he's not fine.

He should be here.

Fiona, I'm leaving tonight.

Leaving? What do you mean?

I'm taking Gabe.

We're leaving the Community.

I want you to come with us.

There you go.

There you go.

I don't have the

words to describe it.

Fiona, there is more.

So much more.

What are they doing?

Fiona, what do you feel?

I don't have the

words to describe it.

Attention, Nurturers.

Please secure your work

area and immediately report

to the Newborns Nursery to allow

for a security search procedure.

Promptly report all sightings

at the nearest security kiosk.

Thank you.

Fiona, we got to go now.

You, me and Gabe.

Jonas, I can't.

What about my family unit?

The other Newchildren?

- I can't leave them.

- This is the only way.

This is the only way to

make everything okay.

I can't go.

When I get there, you'll understand.

I'll come back for you.

Jonas!

We're checking the Nurturing Center.

Come back.

Now go, Jonas!

Please! Stop!

She's in corridor three!

Subject lost to the Edge.

Search terminated.

And I asked why he was out so late.

He seemed angry.

I didn't understand why,

but I wanted to help him.

He hit me, and at first...

I can tell why you've

been acting this way.

Your injection levels

are extremely low.

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