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In June, it is still cold at night...

Manuela...

- No, no, no

- Yes, yes, yes...

I cannot accept this, I can't...

Manuela, Im going to

stay a couple of days.

The least I can do is

contribute with something...

But added to the fact that

you are doing it for free...

I'm doing this because I

want to. Manuela, please...

Ok. Anything that you

need, please let me know

Thanks...

What are you plotting over there?

Nothing...

It's a shame you can't

see the sea from here...

Is better like that...

That way I can see it when I want to...

How come?

When I want to, I concentrate

and take a step to the sea...

Flying...

I imagine that the

sea means a lot to you...

Well, the sea gave me

life and then took it away...

I don't know if that means anything...

Give me some details about that day.

The day that your life changed, ok?

Whatever you say.

Ok, first...

...when did it happen?

August 23rd of '68

- You still lived with your parents?

- Yes. I was still a kid...

Were you alone at the beach that day?

No, I was with some

friends, town's folk...

But how is it that

someone so familiar...

with the sea didn't

calculate the receding...

I was distracted...

Distracted?

Yes, I was thinking about things...

And?

Ok. Leave it alone. It doesn't matter...

I can see you don't want

to talk about it either...

No. I'm just remembering...

When I realized I was in the

air, jumping on an almost empty pool...

- Were you left unconscious?

- No. I was just there... Face down...

Floating...

You know is true what they say

about those that are about to die...

...that all of a sudden you get to see

the most important moments of your life...

That happened to me...

And what did you see?

They say that those

that drown, after all...

...the air has been

expelled, die instantly...

A sweet death. I

should have died then...

- Do you still see all this people?

- Some I do, some I don't...

- Who is this girl?

- Some girl...

Well, she appears in many pictures...

She lived in the

town. Can I have a puff?

- Do you smoke?

- From time to time in case it kills me...

...but nothing...

She was my girlfriend...

Your girlfriend? And

what happened to her?

There was a time when she

used to go to the hospital.

One day she said something

foolish about getting married...

And I told her to get out of

there, try to resume her life...

...the best way she could and

that she should forget about me...

But, did you love her?

That was not the issue...

How come?

The issue was if I wanted

to love her in this condition...

Are you telling me you

refuse to love because...

Because I can't love...

Just like that...

So, what I have to tell

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