Red Knot Page #6

- So?

- You won't be able to write about the poles.

- F*** you!

- Crossing them yourself? I mean...

You don't think I see you,

you don't think I'm a good husband,

you don't think I can go

to the North or South Pole,

you don't have any f***ing faith in me.

So what is this about?

Are you leaving me?

Is that what this is about?

Are you leaving me?

Just be honest? Just, what's...

They want me to go to Antarctica

for a few weeks, maybe a month.

And I said,

"That's simply unacceptable,

I won't go anywhere

without my wife."

You said that?

Yeah.

Can I come in?

Chloe, are you okay?

Hey, come on, it's okay.

You're gonna be okay.

Let's go inside.

You're going to be sick.

Bathroom? Bed?

- Bed.

- Okay, here we go.

Okay, here.

Here, let's get this off.

You pass through it,

you get on the other side,

and things

are different. I...

You're just different.

Seems kind of lonely

out here. That's all.

Sometimes.

Do you ever get homesick?

You know, I do. I do.

But at some point,

you have to choose what's important to you.

And I made my choice.

From the point down to the end,

you can see the wind.

- Yeah.

- There's another pair of binoculars

Beautiful scenery, breathtaking.

It is.

You never get tired of it.

You ever trekked through

a country like this?

Yeah, it can be tough.

What's the weather forecast,

the next few days?

It's good, it's nice.

Though I don't trust

the forecast.

It's like anything in life,

I guess, always changing, right?

Yeah, I suppose so.

So, what are we going to do? We're going to

go out through this passage, right here?

Yeah, right this way and around.

We don't want to hose ourselves

into any new problems.

Yeah.

I trust that you will

steer clear of any danger.

I will.

- Hey.

- Hey.

- What's up?

- It's a good movie.

Brought you an apple.

You brought that for me?

I don't know,

I just brought it with me.

Um...

Thanks for taking care of me

the other night.

You're welcome.

You're feeling better?

Yeah, I feel much better.

You look great.

Thank you.

Well, I'm going to let you get

back to Life In The Water.

- You okay?

- Yeah!

Everything's fine.

I'm just going to go.

Peter? Peter!

I'm here, Chloe.

Peter?

The Poles have pulled at me

for as long as I can remember.

Ever since I was a kid,

reading about the great explorers.

Shackleton, Amundsen, Scott.

They were all drawn here.

I don't know what

I was hoping to find.

But it's not out here.

It's inside.

Just between us.

It's her.

It's us.

There's no book.

No walking to the poles.

It was just me

wanting to be something more.

And she's right.

I really didn't see her.

But I want to.

February 23rd.

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