'What else?'
'Just dark. Black.'
'You must be able to see something.'
'No. Nothing.'
'What happens next?'
'I try to get out.'
'And?'
'The door's too heavy, too strong.'
'Bruno, is this really just a dream?'
'...'
'Is it really just a dream, Bruno?'
'It's what I dream.'
'But is it also a memory?'
'...'
'Did your mother actually lock you in a dark room when you were a child?'
'Y-Yes.'
'In the cellar?'
'In the ground. In that room in the ground.'
'How often did she do that?'
'All the time.'
'Once a week?'
'More often.'
'Was it a punishment?'
'Yeah.'
'For what?'
'For ... for not acting ... and thinking ... like one.'
'What do you mean?'
'It was punishment for not being one.'
'One what?'
'One. One. Just one. That's all. Just one.'
'All right. We'll come back to that later. Now we're going to go on and find out what happens next. You're locked in that room. You can't get out the door. What happens next, Bruno?'
'I'm s-s-scared.'
'No. You're not scared. You feel very calm, relaxed, not scared at all. Isn't that right? Don't you feel calm?'
'I ... guess so.'
'Okay. What happens after you try to open the door?'
'I can't get it open. So I just stand on the top step and look down into the dark.'
'There are steps?'
'Yes.'
'Where do they lead?'
'Hell.'
'Do you go down?'
'No! I just ... stand there. And ... listen.'
'What do you hear?'
'Voices.'
'What are they saying?'
'They're just ... whispers. I can't make them out. But they're ... coming ... getting louder. They're coming closer. They're coming up the steps. They're so loud now!'
'What are they saying?'
'Whispers. All around me.'
