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6.14

EXT. BEACH - DUSK #14#

The sea is rough, wind driving waves hard against the shore. Hannah and Will stand near the waterline. The wind tears at their hair and coats. They raise their voices against the tide.

HANNAH

Where are we?

WILL

We have a vacation house close by.

HANNAH

But why bring me here?

WILL

Because this is right after you receive the call. This is where they tell you that your mother died.

HANNAH

(heartbroken)

Why would you show me this?

WILL

Because you survive it.

HANNAH

How does she die?

WILL

Why do you want to know?

HANNAH

Because you showed me.

WILL

And why wouldn’t you want to know? Isn’t that what any of us want? To see it coming, to make sense of it before it happens?

HANNAH

You're cruel.

WILL

I'm right.

HANNAH

Can I save her?

WILL

What if you could? Would you?

HANNAH

Maybe.

WILL

Like I saved you?

HANNAH

It's not the same.

WILL

No? I don't save you from that crash, none of this happens. What if you're dead already? Who's going to mourn her then? The *universe* is cruel, Hannah.

HANNAH

I know that! Of course I know that! Look at what it did to you. It made you scared. And small. And stuck.

WILL

That's where you're wrong. I'm not stuck. I'm free.

He touches her again. THE HUM builds. And we travel to...