West of Her Page #2

BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

OKAY, IT'S NOT--

IT'S NOT AS WEIRD AS IT SOUNDS,

I MEAN, WE HIT IT OFF...

AS SOON AS WE MET, RIGHT?

SHE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL,

I WAS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE.

VVE VVERE BOTH NEVV, SO VVE DIDN'T REALLY

HAVE ANYBODY BUT VVE HAD EACH OTHER

AND, YOU KNOW,

WE STARTED TO DATE.

THAT WAS IT. AND I MEAN,

WE TRIED REALLY HARD

TO HIDE IT FROM THIS COUPLE

THAT WE NEVER EVEN REALLY

THOUGHT AS OUR PARENTS ANYWAY.

AND I GUESS:

WE DIDN'T TRY HARD ENOUGH.

AND WHEN THEY FOUND OUT,

IT, YOU KNOW, IT WRECKED THEM.

WHAT HAPPENED?

WELL, SHE TURNED 18

AND THEN, YOU KNOW,

YOU NO LONGER APPLY

FOR FOSTER CARE, THEN,

SO THE PARENTS, THEY DECIDE VVHETHER

OR NOT THEY VVANNA ADOPT YOU

AND I THINK THAT,

YOU KNOW, AT THIS POINT, YEAH,

I THINK THEY CONSIDERED IT,

BUT NOW IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE.

SO SHE MOVED OUT AND I WAS

NOT REALLY IN LOVE WITH SCHOOL.

BUT I WAS SORT OF IN LOVE

WITH HER SO I DROPPED OU AND MOVED INTO THE CITY

AND IT WAS GOOD FOR A WHILE,

YOU KNOW, BUT I JUST GOT THIS,

YOU KNOW, THIS WEIRD HEART...

WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY

TO YOU IS THAT SOMETIMES,

WHEN YOU DON'T LOVE

ANOTHER PERSON, LOVE--

IT CAN JUST BE A REALLY,

REALLY HARD THING TO FAKE.

BELIEVE ME,

I'VE TRIED.

SO, WHO ARE YOU?

I'M JANE.

RIGHT, AND I'M DAN,

THAT'S DONE.

SO, WHO ARE YOU?

LET'S HEAR IT.

NO, HONEY,

I'M JUST JANE.

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THIS IS JUST WHAT I WAN WHEN I HAVE A HOUSE.

BULLSHIT LEADING UP TO MY...

-[GIGGLES]

="DOOR.

THAT'S IT, JUST HORSE SH*T.

STRAIGHT SH*T.

I THINK IT'S MULE--

MULE...

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[GROANS]

WANNA TRY IT?

- GETTING DOWN IS GONNA THE BAD PART.

-[GRUNT]

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HERE YOU GO.

WANT SOME WEEDS?

[LAUGHING]

HE'S GONNA F***ING FLIP--

HE'S STOMPING HIS FEET,

HE'S NOT HAPPY.

NO, HE DOESN'T CARE.

[C LEARS TH ROAT]

YOU VVANNA BE LIKE EVERYONE ELSE AND CARVE

YOUR NAME INTO ONE OF THESE VVOODEN THINGS?

NO ONE'S GONNA EVER SEE THIS.

SOMEONE SOME DAY IS GONNA COME

BY HERE AND SAY, "J?"

HERE YOU GO.

THESE ARE FOR YOU.

-[LAUGHING]

- HORSE WEEDS.

OH, THANK YOU!

- NO?

- I LOVE HORSE WEEDS.

- YOU LOVE HORSE WEEDS?

-[LAUGHING] YOU DORK.

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YOU REALLY COULDN'T LIVE LIKE THIS?

I THINK THIS VVOULD BE GREAT.

- REALLY?

- YOU DO NOTHING.

EXACTLY. YOU DO NOTHING.

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[DAN]

YOU HAVE VERY--

MANY MISCONCEPTIONS OF ME,

I THINK.

MAYBE YOU HAVE:

MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT ME.

LTHINK:

I GOT YOU PRETTY MUCH...

- SPOT ON.

- OH, YEAH?

- OH, I THINK SO. - DON'T YOU JUS LOOK LIKE THE CAT THAT ATE THE CANARY.

[DAN mucus]

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[GRASS RUSTLING]

HOPE YOU LIKE THESE.

IT'S ALL I EAT ON THE ROAD.

GOT SOME FRUITS, SOME GRAINS,

A LITTLE BIT OF PROTEIN,

IT'S PERFECT.

SO...

WHAT DOES IT MAKE YOU FEEL?

FEEL ANYTHING?

WHAT, THE SANDWICH?

IT'S FINE.

NO, I MEAN...

SEEING THE SAME THING THE PEOPLE

IN THE COVERED WAGONS SAW.

IF YOU HOLD YOUR HAND UP

AND YOU COVER THE ROAD,

YOU SEE PRETTY MUCH

THE SAME THING THEY DID.

DOES IT MAKE YOU

FEEL SOMETHING?

[CHUCKLES]

l GUESS NOT, NO.

I LOOK AT THA AND ALL I CAN THINK OF IS

THANK GOD WE CAN GO

FASTER THAN THEM.

SO...?

WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

WHY DID YOU ANSWER THE AD?

I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW,

I GUESS I JUST--

I LIKE THE IDEA OF BEING,

YOU KNOW,

PART OF SOMETHING

BIGGER THAN MYSELF.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?

NOT BEING JUST ME ANYMORE,

I GUESS IS WHA I'M TRYING TO SAY.

THIS IS WHAT I WANNA DO, YOU

KNOW, TO BE PART OF SOMETHING.

AND THIS IS A:

BIGGER SOMETHING?

I MEAN, MAYBE, YOU KNOW,

IT FEELS LIKE IT.

TELL ME, UH...

TELL ME ABOUT YOUR INTERVIEW.

DIDN'T HAVE ONE.

WHAT ABOUT YOU?

NOPE, JUST A PHONE CALL.

YEAH, I SAW A, UH...

A FLYER IN A COFFEE SHOP.

- PHONE POLE.

- YEAH.

MM, I MEAN, I HUNG IT ON

MY FRIDGE FOR PROBABLY, LIKE,

I DON'T KNOW, LIKE,

MAYBE TWO WEEKS.

AND THEN I GOT CURIOUS,

YOU KNOW, SO I CALLED.

AND MOSTLY I THOUGH I WAS JUST GONNA GET,

YOU KNOW, SOME ANSWERS

AS TO WHAT WAS GOING ON.

AND I GUESS, YOU KNOW, PART OF

YOU ALWAYS HOPES THAT MAYBE

THERE'S SOMETHING

YOU COULD ACTUALLY DO.

[MAN]

HELLO AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING.

[DAN] AND I LITERALLY KEP EXPECTING THE GUY TO TELL ME

THAT I WAS "NOW ENTERING THE

TWILIGHT ZONE."

[JANE] WHY? WHAT m0 HE ASK YOU?

SOMETHING-- SOMETHING STRANGE?

[MAN] VVHAT VVAS YOUR

EARLIEST DISAPPOINTMENT?

NO, I MEAN, NOT REALLY, YOU KNOVV,

ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

THERE WERE MOSTLY, LIKE,

PERSONAL QUESTIONS.

YOU KNOW, LIKE,

THE KIND OF THING,

IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO,

YOU KNOW, LIE ABOUT.

[MAN] WHAT SINGLE FACTOR HAS

MOST SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTED

TO YOUR ASPIRATIONS?

[DAN] AT THE TIME I THOUGHT THERE

VVAS SOME SORT OF, YOU KNQVV,

LIKE A COMPLEX:

MATRIX TO SORT OF

ASSESS MY SUITABILITY

BUT, I DON'T KNOW.

[MAN] ARE You FAMILIAR

WITH THE TROMSQ TILES?

YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S HARD NO TO BE. I DO LIVE IN A CITY.

[DAN] BUT, I MEAN, THEY'RE

POPPING UP EVERYVVHERE.

YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT JUS IN MAJOR US CITIES ANYMORE.

THERE'S ONE

IN VANCOUVER. RIGHT?

AND I HEARD A GUY SAY

THERE'S ONE IN PANAMA.

CUBA, THEY GOT ONE.

YOU KNOW?

SO WE ALL SEEN THEM,

WE WONDER THAT THEY MEANT.

I DON'T KNOW,

THAT'S WHY I'M OUT HERE.

[MAN] I'M NOT AT LIBERTY To

mscuss ANY SPECIFICS VIS-A-VIS,

LARGER GOALS... I CAN DIVULGE

THAT I REPRESENT AN ORGANIZATION

FOR WHOM THE TILES ARE

AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.

VVE'RE CURRENTLY AIDING IN THE RECRUITMEN OF NEVV MEMBERS FOR THE GROUND TEAM.

LOOK, I CAN TELL YOU THINK I

KNOVV SOMETHING ABOUT THE TILES.

BUT, UH...

IF THERE'S SOME

EXPLANATORY BROCHURE,

MY COPY HASN' ARRIVED YET.

I DON'T KNOW ANY MORE

THAN YOU DO.

YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT.

BUT I MEAN, THERE HAS TO BE SOME

TYPE OF A MEANING TO THE MESSAGE.

YOU KNOVV, IN THE FIRST PART-- OKAY,

BREAK DOVVN THE FIRST PART FOR A SECOND,

RIGHT, THE FIRS PART IS A RIDDLE.

AND I REMEMBER FROM LOOKING

AT THE TILE IN CHICAGO,

IT SAID, "WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN A LIFE'S...

...TIMECARD

AND A CHILD-ESTIMATED FEAR?"

THAT'S IT SO THERE HAS

TO BE SOME SORT OF AN ANSWER.

OH, HERE'S AN ANSWER.

I WORKED IT OUT.

UH... THE TWO PHRASES,

"A CHILD-ESTIMATED FEAR"

AND "LIFE'S TIMECARD"

HAVE ALL THE SAME LETTERS

EXCEPT THE FIRS ONE CONTAINS FIVE MORE.

IIE'II IIAII'

A IIT'II IIHII A llD-ll

SO THE ANSWER IS

"D-E-A-T... AND H."

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SO, THE TOP LAYER...

IS BLACK AND WHITE LINOLEUM.

AND BELOW THAT IS A COMBINATION

OF PLAIN LINOLEUM

AND THIS CRACK-FILLING STUFF

THEY USE FOR PAVEMENT.

YEAH, THE ADHESIVE IS REALLY JUS THERE FOR FIRST FEVV DAYS, THOUGH.

ONCE IT'S THERE THE TILE IS NO GOING ANYWHERE, I PROMISE.

WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS TO MAKE SURE

YOU POSITION THE THING

SO THAT THE TIRES HIT IT.

'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT DRIVES

INTO THE PAVEMENT.

AND IT JUST MELTS

INTO THE STREET.

LIKE A FOSSIL.

IT'S WEIRD, I KNOW,

IT'S SOME SORT OF COMBINATION

OF THE WEIGHT OF THE TIRES

AND THE CRACK-FILLING STUFF.

SO WHAT SHOULD:

WE PUT ON THE BORDER?

THEY GIVE US:

SOME FREEDOM THERE.

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