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(hum of traffic)

(jackhammer clanging)

(soft snoring)

(vomiting)

(spits)

(flushes toilet)

Hi, Mom.

No, everything's fine.

(clears throat)

Yeah.

I was just thinking about that cabin

that Uncle Andy used to take us to when I was a kid.

Do they still own that?

What are you doing this week?

(tired grunt)

I don't know, nothing.

Great.

We're gonna leave.

Where are we goin'?

It's this beautiful old cottage in the middle of the woods.

I used to go there for holidays

and sometimes in the summer.

Does your uncle still live there?

No, he never lived there.

He just owns it.

So it's like a real summer home.

Yeah.

It's kind of weird to think about now, right?

Hm, must be nice.

(???)

? Since we rare ?

? Still over here like I'm meant to be there, ?

? but I'm right where I want ?

? Our execution is styled ?

? if you stare when they watch me stunt ?

? I want the earth in my lungs, ?

? but I feel like I'm breathing in Hell ?

? Ain't no such thing as too much... ?

(???)

Ayo, take this exit right here.

- Why? - I want to see somethin'.

It'll be worth it.

(???)

(camera clicks)

The Midwest ain't shit but a straight line.

(sniffles)

But it does get pretty sometimes.

(???)

We're almost there.

Awesome, 'cause I need to crap so bad.

(???)

This is it?

(???)

Mm, no...

(???)

What do you mean?

(crickets chirring)

But why would they renovate it?

Look, I can't...

Why would they do that?

That's bullshit.

What's goin' on?

They tore down the old cottage,

and then they built this.

Thought your uncle didn't even come here anymore.

They're gonna rent it out as a vacation home.

Oh...

I'm sorry, that sucks.

Yeah! It does suck.

You still wanna stay?

Yeah.

We'll stay.

(birds chirping)

(item rustling)

(water flowing)

(branch cracks)

(???)

(cattle bellowing)

Looks like someone's burning something.

How far does your uncle's land extend?

I don't know.

Pretty far, from what I can remember.

Nature is so... big.

For real.

I'm tired.

(sleeping bags rustling)

Look!

Hm?

(crickets chirring)

Wow.

Come on.

Let's go.

Come on.

(???)

Hey.

Hey.

Do you wanna fuck?

Do you mind if we didn't tonight?

I'm really tired.

Okay.

(distant sounds of nocturnal creatures)

(coyote howls)

(owl hoots)

(birdsong)

(door opens)

(abundant nature sounds)

Do you want me to make you a PB and J?

Who... what... what is this?

Hello.

Who are you?

I'm a person.

You don't look like a person.

(???)

That's hurtful.

(???)

I wanted to say hello to Brynn.

Wait, what the fuck?

You know her?

- Yes. - How?

It's been a long time.

Yo, what the fuck is he talkin'...

(???)

Hey.

Hey. Are you okay?

I can come back later.

Hey, you want to take that fuckin' mask off?

This is my face.

Hey, mask man, you gotta go.

Okay, I'll... I'll leave.

I'm sorry.

(???)

Hey, let's get you to lie down, all right? Come on.

(soft, escalating whooshing sound)

Maybe he really left.

Maybe.

He said he was coming back though.

Yeah.

It knew your name.

Did you tell that thing your name?

No, he acted like he knew me.

That freaked me out even more than how he looked.

You sure you didn't ever, like,

hang out with cults or something, like,

when you were a kid?

No. I don't think so.

Might be some repressed memories.

Shut up.

Oh, God.

Here we go.

Hello.

What do you want, man?

I want to talk to Brynn.

Yeah, well, she doesn't want to talk to you.

No, it's okay. It's fine.

Are you all right?

Yeah.

You seemed disturbed.

I was.

You scared me.

Why?

You're... scary.

You don't remember me?

No.

It's been a long time,

but I thought you were here to see me.

I'm sorry, I don't mean to hurt your feelings.

I just don't know what you're talking about.

I understand.

Hey, man, um, what are you supposed to be?

What am I?

Yeah, with the mask and the woods and everything.

What's your species, your name?

There's no need to name things in nature.

To identify a natural thing

is like addressing a ripple of water.

So you don't have a name.

When you were here before,

you decided my name was Rue.

You can call me that if you want.

- Rue? - Yeah.

Okay.

I'm Laika.

I'm sorry, this is my boyfriend Laika.

Are you in love?

- Yeah. - Sure.

I have to go now.

Okay.

(crickets chirring)

- I'll pour it. - No, I'll pour it.

That's... that's enough, that's enough!

Mm.

(video plays on phone)

Hey, guys, if I get a million likes on this video,

I will eat this bagel, I swear to God!

Oh, my God.

Hi.

Hey.

Damn, whiskey makes you smell so good.

(agreeable moan)

No.

I don't really feel good.

(groans)

I'm sorry.

Uh... are you okay?

No.

Oh, do you need anything?

No, I don't need anything.

I'm fine, obviously.

Whoa, hey.

It's a joke.

(laughs)

Hey.

It was a joke.

(vomiting, coughing)

(fire crackling)

I think Rue left a gift for ya.

What's this?

That was nice of him.

You want to do anything today?

I don't know.

Well, actually, we could go on a picnic.

We could do that.

Yeah, I wanna go on a picnic.

Where do you think he lives?

I don't know.

The woods or something.

(Brynn laughs)

Yeah, but is it, like, a house or a hut or a treehouse?

I think he lives in, like, a interdimensional hammock.

What?

What the hell is an interdimensional hammock?

It's like a hammock that exists between two parallel universes.

Oh, right.

Come on.

I just hope he don't pop up out of nowhere anymore.

So, do you, like, eat food?

Not really.

Word.

(hawk cries)

What do you do in the woods?

I make sure that things grow.

Like a... like a groundskeeper?

I don't really know what that is,

but I think so.

You take care of the woods.

Yeah.

So where are you from, man?

I've always been here.

How long is that?

I couldn't say.

Nature doesn't keep track of time.

That's not true.

Trees have rings.

Mammals know when it's winter or spring.

Laika...

I'm just saying.

It's not like nature's some void

where nothing means anything.

That's not what I meant.

That's what it sounded like.

Say what you mean.

I'm sorry.

I wasn't trying to be a dick.

I didn't think anything of it.

Why are you being that way to him?

Like what?

You're kind of being an asshole.

Am I?

Yeah, you are.

You're being a dick, starting fights.

He's a weird dude.

He says weird things.

So I'm not weird?

You're not weird?

What's so weird about him?

He doesn't believe in time.

And he says he's known you since you were a kid.

And you don't remember any of it.

That's weird. That's a weird thing.

Just don't think you're being very nice.

I don't understand why you're being nice at all.

Because I'm a nice person.

Are you?

What the fuck does that mean?

You can be a bitch.

Like in a good way.

That's our whole dynamic.

You're a bitch, I'm an asshole.

That's our thing.

Sorry I'm not being enough of a bitch for you.

- Jesus. - You know what I mean*.

You know what, that... that... that doesn't make any sense.

I'm taking a walk.

Ow, shit!

Fuck!

(whimpers)

(water rushing)

(???)

(water trickling)

(???)

Hey, it's Vera.

I was... I was just callin' to see how you're doin'.

And it just seems like you kind of disappeared

these past few months, so...

Yeah, well, I hope things are going well.

And... call me back if you want, okay?

All right, bye.

(???)

(door slams)

(crunching)

Fuckin' weird shit.

This is you?

What?

You've been burning the fires?

We noticed them when we first got in.

Yes.

How come?

Just for warmth?

Mostly.

Okay.

Come on.

I'll show you something great.

? Ready to stop when you are ?

(???)

? I'm ready to stop when you are, yeah ?

(???)

? Yeah ?

(???)

? Yeah ?

(???)

Do you know how you were born?

I don't really know where I came from,

but I know I had a family.

I remember that.

You do?

Yeah.

I just had an image in my head of this forest

and your family, I think.

That's so weird.

You did meet them when you were a child.

Where did they go?

I don't know.

One by one they all left.

Without saying why.

Do you miss them?

Sometimes.

(???)

(eerie low rumble)

(???)

What's in there?

(???)

Anything.

(???)

(crunching footsteps)

(???)

Jesus.

What is this place?

Did you make it?

No.

It's a place between places.

Why would I like this as a kid?

It's kind of scary.

You weren't scared of the dark yet.

It's very peaceful.

Sometimes I come here when I'm done with my work.

I like to listen to the silence.

(water flowing softly)

This was your favorite spot to swim.

What?

It's true.

I would swim here?

It's pitch-black water.

It's very clean.

You adored it.

Wow.

Yeah.

Yeah, I...

I loved this pond.

I liked it because it was the perfect temperature.

You used to say it was like lying on the...

On the kitchen floor.

Whoa.

This is crazy.

I'm remembering.

We used to play here all the time.

Yeah, we did.

I would always...

I made things.

That's very easy here.

Holy shit.

You try.

See if you remember.

I have no idea.

Pick something up.

Anything?

(???)

(wings fluttering)

It's like you never left.

(???)

Still good at making things.

(???)

I haven't been told that in a long time.

You don't still make things where you're from?

Not really.

(???)

We say I do...

I want to.

But it's hard.

(???)

I don't see why you couldn't do so now.

(???)

Sometimes the world seems like

if you're not built right it's designed to hurt you.

That sounds terrible.

(???)

(train bell clanging)

It's Vera.

I was... I was just callin' to see how you're doin'.

And it just seems like you kind of disappeared

these past few months.

Hey.

Hey.

You called back.

I did.

(soft crackling sound)

What's happening to that thing?

The forest is taking it back.

That's terrifying.

It's just becoming something else.

Why didn't you leave the woods with the rest of your family?

I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to upset you.

There's nothing to be sorry for.

I should have had more tact.

It's hard for me sometimes.

I say the wrong thing and then fuck up

what I'm actually trying to say.

I don't think you fuck anything up.

(Brynn laughs softly)

What?

It's just funny to hear you swear.

You seem so old-world or something.

I like it.

You do?

Yeah.

Fuck.

(laughing)

Fuck!

(laughing)

Oh, shit.

What time is it?

I completely lost track.

Is that bad?

I've been gone since before Laika woke up.

He might be worried.

Would he worry?

Probably.

He seems somewhat... unconcerned to me.

Well...

you're wrong.

Okay.

Look, I just... I need to get back.

Can you please take me back...

to the normal forest?

I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said...

No, it's okay, I just... I really need to get back.

Please, can we go?

(footsteps rustling)

Do you want me to walk you back?

No, it's fine, I just need to get back.

- Just hold on for a second. - Don't fucking grab me!

(smoke bellowing)

(crickets chirring)

Hey.

Where the hell you been?

I'm sorry, I was in the woods with Rue all day.

You wanna wait for me to wake up

next time you decide to disappear?

Look, I'm sorry, I know I lost track of time.

I thought we were coming out here to chill out,

not for you to hang out with some dude in a fucking mask

all day.

Okay, he's... he's not some... dude in a mask.

You don't know what he is

because all he does is talk in circles.

He never says anything real.

Fuck you.

(sighs)

(door opens, closes)

Look, I'm really sorry.

I didn't mean to worry you.

I should have kept better track of time.

Yeah, you fucking should have.

Don't...

Look, I'm fucking trying to apologize,

and you insist on continuing to be an asshole.

I'm not being an asshole.

I'm pissed. I'm not being an asshole.

What is this, are you jealous

that I'm... that I'm in the woods with Rue?

- Is that what this is? - I'm not anything.

You just said you were pissed.

Well, what were you guys even doing?

Were you just out there touching trees and shit?

Yeah.

Yeah, we fucking... we touched trees.

It was great.

Um, I'm gonna go to bed.

Yeah, I'm going to bed too.

- What? - Yeah.

Maybe you'll hate-fuck me.

Is that the only way I can get laid anymore?

Oh.

So... so that's what this is?

I'm just saying, like, we don't...

No, you...

you said what you're just saying.

(sighs)

Well, I'm gonna sleep in the car tonight.

- Hey, wait... - No, no, um... you know what,

I hope you have a lot of fun with yourself tonight

since I'm obviously so useless to you.

Asshole.

(door slams)

(door opens)

(crickets chirring)

(door closes)

(groaning)

God.

(can opens)

Oh...

Fuck me!

God.

(can smacks, door closes)

(sighs)

Damn it!

(sighs)

(???)

(can opens)

(phone vibrating)

(???)

(sighs)

(???)

(phone clicks)

(???)

(fire crackling)

(???)

(thunder cracking)

(???)

Good morning.

Morning.

Where are we?

I just thought we'd take a Sunday drive

but not on Sunday.

Whatever day this is.

That sounds nice.

I'm still upset.

I get it.

This is a nice thing to make me not think about that though.

(???)

(rustling)

(???)

(leaves rustling)

(???)

Look.

(???)

Some big-ass trees.

The biggest-ass trees.

God, I love them.

We could take one home with us.

- Really? - Yeah.

(birds chirping)

We couldn't though.

Not really.

We could plant one.

Plant one?

Yeah.

We'd have to wait for it to grow.

I got time.

You have time?

(leaves rustling)

(ambient whirring)

(birds chirping)

(door opening)

(door closes)

Um...

I'm sorry...

for, uh... last night.

I know.

I get it, I know things have been weird.

Yeah.

It's been... it's been really weird.

And...

Can we...

Can we just spend some...

Can we just hang out, just us, the last few days, you know?

You mean, without Rue.

I... I just don't think you should spend that much time with him.

Fine.

If that's what you want.

Okay.

(deep breaths)

(???)

(crickets chirring)

(door opening)

(footsteps rustling)

Hey.

I'm sorry about what I did.

You didn't deserve that.

I shouldn't have tried to make you stay.

I understand why you were angry.

That doesn't change how I responded.

Is your face okay?

Yeah.

Did I hurt you?

No.

This place isn't like anything.

It's like...

the absence of things.

That's true.

It's like...

what could be.

What could be?

I don't know.

Anything.

(crow squawking)

(footsteps)

(door opens)

Hey, morning.

Hi.

You been up for a while?

Yeah, I couldn't sleep.

Huh.

(gentle footsteps)

(???)

(snapping sound)

(crackling)

(???)

(door opens)

(???)

(dish clinking)

(???)

Morning.

(???)

Thanks.

(???)

(crickets chirring)

(???)

What's happening to your arm?

Nothing to be concerned about.

Can I?

It's okay.

(smoke bellowing)

When you first arrived here, I saw you playing in the woods,

but you couldn't see me.

I didn't have a form like you did.

So, all of this...

I wanted you to see me.

Oh.

(crackling)

(wind howling)

(door closes)

You can just stay in the forest tomorrow night.

(???)

(door opening)

(???)

(door closes)

(???)

Hey.

Hey.

Um...

how's everything going?

It's okay.

Um...

I gotta talk to you.

Okay.

I don't...

(sighs)

- I... - Just say it.

I...

I don't think we should... do this anymore.

Okay.

I think maybe... you have some things

you can figure out on your own, and...

...I thought I could help with that, but...

...I just make things worse.

You don't.

I feel like I do.

(sniffles)

Well, we... you can't take my car,

so it's a good thing you did this now.

I'm just... I'm gonna take the bus back.

If you could... drive me to the stop,

maybe?

Let's go.

(car beeps)

(car beeping)

(door opens)

(sighs, door closes)

This is yours.

(keys jingling)

(engine starting)

(wind howling)

(truck honking)

Bye.

Bye.

(crinkling)

Oh.

Hi.

Hi.

How are you doing?

Not super great.

I'm sorry.

Laika left.

I know.

I'm sorry that happened.

I don't think you are, but...

Needed to happen, I guess.

I am sorry.

You found an oasis after you grew up.

I think that's why there's tension between us.

It's hard to know that someone you loved

lives in someone else now.

I was so happy as a kid.

Then I grew up and I...

...felt ruined,

felt like I'd changed, and I...

I didn't get a choice in it.

(???)

When it was good,

you made it seem like that was okay to feel that way.

(???)

That's just how life was.

I'd share it with somebody.

(???)

It would somehow be better.

(???)

I don't think that you're ruined.

(???)

Thanks, Rue.

(???)

(???)

What's happening to your arm?

(???)

I was walking in the woods,

and...

(exhales)

...I got to the pond.

- Are you... - And...

Are you trying to come up with something right now?

(wind howling)

No.

Well, you're not very good at it, so don't do it.

Just tell me what's going on.

(crackling)

Follow me.

(ambient rumbling, crackling)

I'm sorry I didn't tell you.

I understand.

Just so fucking exhausted.

Are you afraid?

Yeah.

Well, can't you do anything about it?

I don't have the answers, Brynn.

What about your family, where are they?

Maybe it already took them.

Maybe that's why they left in the first place.

They knew our home would get eaten up.

They just never thought to tell me.

I've been here for a very long time,

not doing much of anything,

and it's probably a good thing.

That's not true.

You've been taking care of an entire forest by yourself.

Maybe.

Or maybe I've just been fooling myself

into thinking the forest needed me.

You're important.

I'm sorry I couldn't make you a new home here.

That's not your job.

(ambient rumbling, crackling)

(???)

I need you to take something.

(???)

Take care.

(???)

(rumbling intensifying)

(???)

(birds chirping)

(flames crackling)

(insects chirring)

(keys jingling)

(engine starting, car beeping)

(???)

? And I'm sorry I was evil ?

? I don't do that anymore ?

? I just copy other people ?

? Try to forget what was before ?

(???)

? This is the punishment ?

? For one and all ?

? It's exactly what I wanted ?

? Don't call it off ?

? Here is the punishment ?

? It's all I have ?

? How I always get excited ?

? Don't call it off ?

? There was a siren at night ?

? that was ringing in my head ?

? But I wasn't listening ?

? So I did do what I did ?

? I hate that I was fake ?

? Now there's something else ?

? instead of something ?

(???)

? Don't call it off ?

(???)

? Don't call it off, off ?

(???)

? Don't call it off, off, off ?

? Don't call it off ?

? This is the punishment ?

? For one and all ?

? It's exactly what I wanted ?

? Don't call it off ?

? Here is the punishment ?

? It's all I have ?

? How I always get excited ?

? Don't call it off ?

(???)

? Don't call it off ?

(???)

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