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-[indistinct chatter]

-[electronic beeping, static]

-[overlapping chatter from broadcasts]

-[beeping continues]

-[siren wailing in distance]

-[news theme music playing]

[man]

And it looks like gangs are in.

-[overlapping chatter continues]

-[siren wailing faintly]

-[man] ...fifteen-year-old boy...

-[woman on phone] Hello?

[overlapping chatter continues]

[phone line beeping]

[man] ...increase in funding,

police intervention has failed

to provoke a significant reduction

in crime statistics.

[overlapping chatter continues]

[man]

...invasive culture of violence.

-[overlapping chatter continues]

-[automated voice] Please try again.

[phone line beeping]

[people arguing in distance]

-[object shatters]

-[arguing continues]

-[object shatters]

-[woman screams]

[object shatters]

[Douglas Dare's "Swim" playing]

Tom.

-Tom, what's happening?

-You all right, Danny?

Yo, don't say I never do nothing for ya.

Oh, sweet.

-Who's that?

-I didn't say it weren't secondhand.

[woman] This morning,

we're gonna go over your revision sheets

and take a look at exam prep.

If we don't hit the 60 percent pass rate,

we're gonna be spending a lot more time

together in queue at the job center.

So, Tom, how did you get on

with the exercises?

Tom.

Uh...

-Triangles?

-[students] What?

Okay, Eileen, what about you?

Yeah, it was all right.

One thing I didn't under...

Man, it's painful watching you sometimes.

-What?

-This.

Everyone knows you've fancied

Lucy Walker since forever.

Just man up and get it done, all right?

Ooh, here she comes. This could be

your big chance to impress her.

So, make sure you say something

really, really cool.

-Go away, please.

-Tom.

-Hey.

-Uh, did you get the science revision?

-Yeah.

-No, I mean, like, did you get it?

-Oh, did I get it? Yeah, I think so.

-Cool.

Look at Tommy boy.

He's getting moist just talking to a girl.

-Still a d*ckhead, Eugene?

-What are you looking at?

F*** off.

So, anyway, um, the science revision.

I, uh, was wondering if you could help me

'cause I tried looking at it,

and then I remembered I haven't paid

attention in science since, like, 2011.

[chuckles]

I'll see what I can do.

I mean, I can only work with what I got.

You're not exactly a model student.

-Are you questioning my academic prowess?

-I am, yeah.

[chuckles]

All right, well, I'm seeing Charlie

after school, but come by later, yeah?

Sure.

-Charlie Gibbs or Charlie Penford?

-Uh, Charlie Gibbs. As in Charlotte?

I haven't seen Charlie Penford in months.

Right, of course. I mean,

it's none of my business, obviously.

I'll see you later then.

See you, Lucy, later--

See you later, Lucy.

[hip hop music playing]

[man on TV]

Put here some vegetable stock--

[man 2]

Police investigation con--

[blows landing, man grunting]

What are you so fidgety about?

If someone said

for you to come around later,

what time would you say that was?

-Later than what?

-Than earlier.

Like, eight, do you think, maybe?

Well, that's certainly later on

than earlier.

-What you writing?

-A romance novel.

-They're all romance novels.

-Yes, they are.

Would you like to hear some?

I don't think so.

[clears throat]

-"Philip..."

-Oh, Nan.

"...closed the door behind him

and undid the buttons of his shirt.

He unbuckled his belt

and released his engorged--"

Oh, Jesus. I'm going.

-[TV continues playing indistinctly]

-[door opens, closes]

-[dog barking in distance]

-[siren wailing in distance]

[door squeaks]

Lucy?

-[Lucy breathing heavily]

-[man] Let's go, man.

-[Lucy sobbing]

-[man speaking indistinctly]

Hey! Stop!

[line ringing]

[woman]

Emergency. Which service?

[buzzing]

[monitor beeping]

[phone ringing in distance]

Nan?

[phone ringing in distance]

This is your phone.

Did it miss all the important bits?

Well, it's a brain,

so we tend to think of all of it

as quite important.

-But it will be okay?

-We hope so.

Fragments here and here

missed the temporal lobe

and the auditory complex by milli--

Is my friend in here?

Lucy's gone home, love.

She was discharged about a week ago.

You've been out for nearly ten days, Tom.

At the moment,

nothing in there is moving around

in any way that worries us.

-You were very lucky.

-Will there be, like, side effects?

We're gonna keep an eye on you,

but if anything unusual happens,

I want you to let me know straightaway.

-Unusual, like, how?

-Just unusual.

I should've done something.

You did the only thing you could, love.

-Have you seen her?

-No.

It'll take a while, Tom.

Is there something about my grandson

you find particularly fascinating?

-No, no, no.

-Well, stop bloody staring at him, then.

Looks like he's been in the wars.

Well, thank you

for your considered medical opinion.

Maybe, next time, I'll get the doctor

to drive us and you to do the operation.

-How about that?

-Calm down, love.

It's only an observation.

[sighs]

So, how you feeling?

-How's the head?

-It's all right.

-How's it look?

-Already, it looks better.

We need to even this up a bit.

You know, if you feel up to it,

maybe later you should go to Lucy.

-No, she's not gonna want to see me.

-Of course, she is.

I ran away, Nan.

[sighs]

Anyone could be forgiven

for running out of that flat, Tom.

But someone who kept running afterwards

when she really needed them?

That would be a coward.

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