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I just know Mom and Dad

have been trying to move on

and it's not like they don't have

enough reminders in this town.

Yeah.

I don't know,

that seems pretty normal to me.

You know, like, your kid dies.

That's hard.

Yeah.

Guess we just don't need a walking,

breathing reminder

of him right now, you know?

Yeah. Totally.

I've got to go.

Hey, wait a second. Wait a second.

- Stop. I can't...

- What!

No, no. Let's just hang out,

like, a little bit longer.

- I can't.

- Just a little bit longer.

I can't. I have to go.

- You don't have to go.

- Yes, I do.

But I'm sure we can find some

time at Kristen's tomorrow, okay?

Stop, I have to go.

The sine is the angle of

the ship's anchor cable,

so the cable is the hypotenuse,

and what we need to find out

is the distance down

to the ocean bottom,

so that's the opposite. Do you see?

Not really.

So, you're kind of smart?

I guess so.

Hey, how was work?

Good. Not too busy.

David, sure I can't get you a beer?

You know, I will have one. Thank you.

- I'll take one, too.

- Yeah, I'm sure you will.

I'm 21 in a month.

You can have all the beer you want then,

assuming you buy it yourself.

Are you helping him with his homework?

Well, not exactly.

Hey, don't go.

Stick around, be sociable.

I'm kind of tired.

I think I'm gonna lay down.

Okay. Suit yourself.

But Allan, his name's Allan,

he's only been there for, what,

like, four years, but he's got a degree,

so, boom, suddenly he's

regional manager and I'm not.

And that's okay. I mean, it's okay.

But I know Laura, I know she's worried.

She wonders if I'm ever,

ever going to make any money.

Your wife seems to respect you, sir.

Oh, yeah. Yeah.

It is what it is, you know.

What about you, though?

What about you? What are your plans?

Figured I'd get on a bus tomorrow,

head down to Florida or something

and start looking for work.

I've done construction work before.

So, I'm sure I'll find something.

No, no, no, no, no. That's crazy.

That's crazy. You don't

know where you're going.

Stay here for a couple more days.

No. No, I can't.

I couldn't impose on your

hospitality any longer, sir.

You're not... Impose on our...

And "sir"? You're calling me "sir" now?

You gotta stop with the "sir,"

my name's Spencer.

You gotta call me Spencer,

for God sakes.

- Okay.

- Okay.

- All right.

- Okay.

So you're sticking around, right?

You stick around at least till

you know where you're going.

Well, maybe just a couple

more days, all right.

Cool, excellent. It's a deal.

Let's have a couple more

of these to celebrate,

and then I've got to get off to bed.

God, you can put your liquor away.

I guess so.

I'm tired. Are you tired?

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