Reclusion Page #4

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You did it.

One...

Hello?

Joan can't help you.

Help you.

What about her?

You leave her alone.

She doesn't know what I know.

What?

Hindsight hasn't

taught you anything.

Hey.

What are you doing back there?

I don't know that one.

Ow, not so hard.

Ow! Stop...

Oh, come on.

Oh, come on, come on.

You got me.

Well, how did you two

end up together?

Well, she has pretty good taste,

and I've got pretty good luck.

Mmm.

Yeah, she reminds me

of my wife, uh, Carri.

Oh, how'd you meet her?

Uh, a Styx concert, uh,

she passed me a joint.

No way, stoned

at a Styx concert?

Any other way to see

Styx in 1979?

Well, I guess not.

What happened to her?

Oh! I'm... I'm sorry,

man, I didn't...

Oh no, no it's okay, I've had more

than enough therapy, it's just...

After, uh, my wife

was taken, um,

my daughter, Elinore...

Hit her hard.

I didn't know

you had a daughter.

Yeah, after my wife,

well, Elinore...

Um...

Well, she ran away.

I don't blame her.

I wasn't exactly fit.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

You're getting there.

Didn't mean to be a buzz kill.

No.

Uh...

Uh...

I'm probably going to turn in.

Oh, yeah, right, um...

Do you mind if I crash?

Sleep?

Here?

Yeah.

Joan and I, we kind of got into it

earlier and I just need some space.

Okay.

Thanks, man.

Goodnight.

What are you doing?

There's something in my room.

What? Now?

Tim!

Tim!

Tim? Tim.

Tim, Tim.

What the f*** are

you doing in here?

Tim.

Can you hear me?

Tim, wake up, are you...

What the...

Tim, wake up, Tim, Tim...

Jesus.

Are you all right?

And?

Nothing.

Nothing was there.

Makes me feel stupid

just talking about it.

Has he ever mentioned

seeing anything?

What do you mean?

What kind of things?

He's having severe

anxiety attacks, right?

Which is why I like to

give him a sleep test.

Something very simple.

You know, just to be able

to rule things in or out.

I would call someone and

have them come to him.

You think you could get

him to go for that?

This is the easiest

test you'll ever take.

All you have to do, is sleep.

What's this for?

Oh, really basic.

It remotely monitors

heart-rate activity.

That... that's all

you need to tell?

Oh, no.

This is just a simple way to see

if we need to do a full exam.

Okay.

Snoring a problem for you?

Depends on who's doing it.

You know, I don't mean to be

difficult, but I'm not tired.

Me neither.

How about we chat a bit?

I have a song.

Okay.

It's from when I was a kid.

Anna!

You see?

I don't think he's breathing.

See, this is what

I was telling you about.

Luke, I am your father.

Did you see that movie?

Yeah. Yeah, do you

like science fiction?

I do, yeah.

I'm a big geek that way, let

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