Half Light Page #2

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the lighthouse keeper.

Rachel.

Sorry, I just assumed

that all lighthouses

were automated now.

Well, most of them are.

In a few years,

Ill be gone, too.

So what brings

you out here?

I'm researching

lighthouses for a book.

It's a long way from America

just to see a lighthouse.

No no, I live in London

actually.

I'm just out here

doing some writing.

Oh, you're in

the cottage.

It's about time

someone moved in.

It's been empty for years.

Well, you've certainly

come to the right place

to write a book.

Did you meet the horses yet?

That's a story for you.

A Spanish galleon shipwrecked,

right there, 1754.

The entire crew died,

but a few horses

swam here to safety,

and they've been here

ever since.

And they've never

been off the island?

I can think of worse.

Yeah.

Listen, Im just

putting some dinner on.

You're welcome to stay,

have something to eat.

I can tell you

everything you need

to know about lighthouses.

Thanks, I need to get back.

I'm still unpacking boxes.

Well, look, maybe next week.

Same time?

I'll cook some extra

and if you don't show,

Ill eat with the horses.

We should be friends.

We're neighbors now.

We should.

(Gasps)

RACHEL:
"to my love in

honor of what we decided yesterday."

"Forever yours, k."

"Page 145, line 7."

"Today I begin to understand

what love must be,

if it exists.

When we are parted,

we each feel the lack

of the other half of ourselves.

We are incomplete,

like a book

in two volumes

of which the first

has been lost.

This is what

I imagine love to be...

incompleteness in absence."

ACTION MAN:

I'll get you wherever you are!

(Eerie music playing)

Thomas.

Thomas.

Mama.

It's okay, mom.

Don't go.

- Don't run, don't go.

- I won't.

Come. Be with me.

(Gasping)

(Sizzling)

Ah!

Hello.

You turned up at last.

Good timing

Im just burning the fish.

It's good to see you.

How's your research coming?

Well, it's all right.

Could be better.

That's why Im here.

I was hoping I could get a tour.

Okay.

How about some lunch

before the tour? (Chuckles)

Is there anything

else on the menu?

Why is it that everyone

paints their boats

the exact same color

as their houses?

Well, that's actually

a tradition here.

The wife needs to be able

to look out on the water

and know her

husband's okay.

That's very romantic.

And we also

get a tax break

on the paint.

Which is also very romantic.

Very romantic.

RACHEL:
I can't make it!

Quick.

Do you ever get lonely

working out here?

You never get lonely

sitting at your typewriter?

Sometimes.

I like being alone.

Do you really

like it?

Or do you think it's

just something you've

gotten used to?

Or maybe I like it

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