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Albert Lewis:Chris, what the hell have you done? That’s not how you use a stethoscope!

Chris:Albert Lewis?

Albert Lewis:Last time you saw me I was 63, stretched out on a cardiac ward! I bet you thought I was old and decrepit, huh? Talking about “Ah, can’t go on. Can’t go on!” Who wants to be 63 throughout eternity?

Chris:Look at you on the water!

Albert Lewis:Well, hello, somebody! Come on! Walk along, feel the beat!

Chris:Dancing on water! Smooth as ever! And that was you, just now, when I died.

Albert Lewis:I thought you recognized me because you called me “Doc”. Me being your favourite doc.

Chris:Could you lend me a hand? I’m up to my ass in problems again, Chief.

Albert Lewis:Oh, Chris. Come here. You are still kind ugly.

THEY HUG ONE ANOTHER.

Chris:You taught me a lot, Chief. Nice place you got here.

Albert Lewis:No, no, no. Nice place you got here.

Chris:Me?

Albert Lewis:Sure, you’re making all of this. See, we’re insecure at first so we see ourselves somewhere safe and comfort in. We all paint our surroundings, Chris. But you’re the first guy I know to use real paint! There’s so much here she didn’t paint. Like that bird. Annie gave you a start, like holding onto handrails. Now you’re creating an entire world here. From your imagination, from paintings you love, anything you want.

Chris:Why doesn’t it move?

Albert Lewis:It’ll move when you want it to.

CHRIS LOOKS AT THE BIRD AND IT STARTS MOVING.

Albert Lewis:Oh-hoh! You go, boy!

Chris:Can I make it dive?

Albert Lewis:You’re the painter now! It’s your world!

Chris:Look at it go! How about maybe turquoise wings?

Albert Lewis:Turquoise!

THE COLOUR OF BIRD’S WINGS CHANGES.

Chris:And a little mauve, all right!

SUDDENLY THE BIRD’S DROPPING FALLS DOWN ONTO CHRIS’S HEAD.

Chris:I didn’t do that.

Albert Lewis:No, I did. See, when we’re together it’s like dual controls.

Chris:Can I make elephants fly?

Albert Lewis:Didn’t Annie paint a house somewhere?

Chris:Yeah, it’s our dream house.

Albert Lewis:Just a stroll across the water. Let’s take the shortcut.

CHRIS FALLS INTO THE WATER.

Chris:A nice shortcut.

Albert Lewis:It’s easy, Chris, look at me!

Chris:I’m gonna drown.

Albert Lewis:You can’t. You’re already dead.

Chris:Oh, am I… Am I really here?

Albert Lewis:What do you mean by “you” anyway? Are you your arm and your leg?

Chris:Partly.

Albert Lewis:Really? And if you lost your limbs then it’d still be you?

Chris:I’d still be me.

Albert Lewis:So what is the “me”?

Chris:My brain I suppose.

Albert Lewis:Your brain? Your brain is a body part. Like your fingernail or your heart. Why is that the part that’s you?

Chris:Because “I” is sort of a voice in my head. The part of me that thinks, that feels. That is aware that I exist.

NOW CHRIS IS WALKING OVER THE WATER. THEY’RE NEAR THE DREAM HOUSE.

Albert Lewis:So if you’re aware you exist, then you do. That’s why you’re still here. No windows. What aren’t y you ready to see, I wonder?

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