Millikan. Thanks for inviting me.
CECIL
Please, call me Cecil. And you're
welcome, Tara. I'm glad you're enjoying
yourself.
TARA
So Cecil, what is it that you find so
irresistible about Jeremy?
CECIL
What do you mean?
TARA
Well, for starters, you just took him to
the moon. That's not exactly an everyday
gesture for someone you just met.
CECIL
When I heard that the National Security
Agency had contacted Jeremy, I assumed
that they had good reason for it. I
looked into the matter and found that he
had some pretty impressive time logged on
a NASA spacecraft simulator.
(lights a cigar)
It just so happened that I had a last
minute cancellation for the Arcus flight
and Jeremy was the right size and weight
to fill the spot. It's very important to
properly balance a payload bound for
orbit, you know.
TARA
He's got you plugging that story, too?
A beam comes barreling down toward them.
It passes visibly through a nearby slot.
The projectile hits the block below.
An ECHO crackles off into the distance.
Satisfied SCREAMS and YELLS follow.
CECIL
Do you think we can get our beam to the
top before it gets dark?
JEREMY
I don't know. Do you?
CECIL
There's only one way to find out.
Cecil secures the cigar in his mouth.
They both grab their ropes. Continue climbing.
Tara quickly ascends ahead of them.
TARA
I'll meet you at the top.
JEREMY
If we get to the top.
(to Cecil)
How about if I swing by tomorrow
afternoon with the crystal? I'll upload
the data to your computer.
CECIL
That'll be fine.
JEREMY
Can we make it twenty five million?
Cecil looks hard at Jeremy.
They take turns bearing the brunt of the beam.
Tara greets them at the top.
In B.G. Three cows are grazing in a field just outside the camp's perimeter wall. A grove of trees borders the field.
Fifteen Kek emerge from the grove and take down all three cows.
They quickly dismember the animals and then carry their body parts back into the grove.
No one seems to notice.
Cecil motions for Jeremy to unhook his rope
