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They ought to make the day the time changes the first day of summer.

What?

Well, it's eight o'clock, and it's still light.

A lot of good extra daylight does.

We still have a three-hour drive.

We won't get back till after midnight.

Well, if it really bugged you, Johnny,

you wouldn't do it.

You think I wanna blow a Sunday on a scene like this?

You know, I figure we're either gonna have to move mother out here

or move the grave into Pittsburgh.

She can't make a trip like this.

I don't know that she can't. Look at this thing.

"We still remember."

I don't. You know, I don't remember what the man looks like.

Johnny, it takes you five minutes.

Yeah, five minutes to put it on the grave.

Six hours back and forth.

Mother wants to remember.

So we trot 200 miles into the country and she stays at home.

Johnny, we're here. All right?

Back on?

Ladies and gentlemen, we are coming back on the air

after an interruption due to technical problems.

There's nothing wrong with the radio.

Must have been the station.

Which row is it in?

I wonder what happened to the one from last year.

Well, the flowers die

and the caretaker or somebody takes them away.

I wonder how many times we've bought the same one.

Hey, come on, Barb,

church was this morning, huh?

Hey, I mean, praying is for church.

Come on.

I haven't seen you in church lately.

Well, there's not much sense in my going to church.

Do you remember one time when we were small, we were out here?

It was from right over there.

I jumped out at you from behind the tree

and grandpa got all excited and he shook his fist at me,

and he said, "boy, you'll be damned to hell."

Remember that? Right over there.

You used to really be scared here.

- Johnny! - Hey, you're still afraid.

Stop it, now. I mean it.

They're coming to get you, Barbara.

Stop it. You're ignorant.

They're coming for you, Barbara.

Stop it! You're acting like a child.

They're coming for you.

He'll hear you.

Here he comes now.

- I'm getting out of here. - Johnny!

Johnny! Help me!

It's all right.

Truck's outta gas.

The pump out there is locked.

Is there a key?

We can try to get out of here if we can get some gas.

Is there a key?

Do you live here?

Jesus.

We've gotta get out of here.

We have to get to where there are some other people.

What's happening?

Two of 'em.

There are two of them out there. Have you seen any more?

- I don't know. I don't know. - I know you're afraid. But we have...

I don't know. I don't know. What's happening?

They know we're in here now.

Don't look at it!

Get some more lights on in this house.

Why don't you see if you can find some wood, some boards,

something there by the fireplace?

Something we can nail this place up.

Look, god damn it!

Look, I know you're afraid.

I'm afraid too.

But we have to board the house up together.

We'll be okay here till someone rescues us.

But we have to work together.

Now, I need you to get some wood.

Okay? Okay?

They're afraid now.

They're afraid of fire.

I found that out.

You know a place back down the road called beekman's? Beekman's diner?

Anyhow, that's where I found that truck I have out there.

Back on?

Ladies and gentlemen, we're coming back on the air

after an interruption due to technical problems.

We are hearing some strange reports coming in.

I'm not quite sure how to...

Well, I guess I'll just say it.

There are stories of assaults,

attacks, people being violently attacked by strangers.

In some cases, groups of strangers.

As crazy as this sounds, there are multiple, many...

I'm sorry, just a moment...

All doors and windows locked or boarded shut.

Hey, get out of there! It's...

I realized that I was alone...

With 20 or 30 of those things.

I started to drive.

I just plowed right through them.

They didn't move.

They didn't run.

Just stood there staring at me.

Just wanted to crush them.

They scattered through the air like... bugs.

We were riding in the cemetery.

We came to put a wreath on my father's grave

and Johnny said, "on, it's late.

Why did we start so late?"

And I said, "Johnny, well, if you'd gotten up earlier,

we wouldn't be late."

Johnny kept teasing me and saying,

"he's coming to get you, Barbara."

And then Johnny ran away.

Why don't you just keep calm?

And he grabbed me.

He grabbed me and he ripped at me.

He held me and ripped at my clothes!

I screamed, "Johnny, help me!"

And Johnny fought this man.

And I was so afraid I ran.

I ran and Johnny didn't come.

We'd better go get him.

We have to get Johnny.

Please! We have to go get Johnny.

My brother is alone! Your brother is dead.

At this hour, these are the facts.

There is an epidemic of mass murder

in villages, cities, rural homes and suburbs

with no apparent pattern or reason.

Your law enforcement agencies urge you to remain in your homes.

Police, sheriff's deputies and ambulances

are literally deluged with calls. The scene is mayhem.

The governors of several states

have indicated the national guard may be mobilized.

Keep all doors and windows locked or boarded shut.

Use all food, water and medical supplies sparingly.

Do not use your automobile.

Remain in your home.

Keep all doors and windows locked.

Workers are being urged fo stay at their places of employment.

Civil defense forces are attempting to gain control of the situation.

Do not go outside for any reason.

Repeat. Stay where you are.

This is the emergency radio network.

Normal broadcast facilities have been temporarily discontinued.

Stay tuned to this wavelength for emergency information.

Your law enforcement agencies urge you to remain in your homes.

Keep all doors and windows locked or boarded shut.

The president has called a cabinet meeting.

They will be joined by the FBI, and joint chiefs.

There will be an official announcement following the meeting.

The emergency conference will include scientists from NASA.

Late reports reaching this newsroom

tell of frightened people seeking refuge in churches,

schools and government buildings,

demanding shelter and protection

from the wholesale murder.

Law enforcement officials are at a loss...

Oh.

I found a gun and some bullets out there.

Oh, and these.

This place is boarded up pretty solid now.

We ought to be all right here for a while.

We have a gun and bullets,

food and the radio.

Sooner or later, someone's bound to come and get us out.

We join with law enforcement agencies

in urging you to seek shelter in a building.

Lock the doors and windows securely...

Hey, that's us. We're doing all right.

Be cautious of any suspicious strangers.

And keep tuned

to your radio and television...

For survival instructions and further details...

Look, I don't know if you're hearing me,

but I'm going upstairs.

If anything should try to break-in, I'll be down to take care of it.

But you'll be all right for now.

Okay?

Predictable patterns of behavior.

In these few hours of following initial reports of violence,

and death and, apparently, deranged attacks on the lives of people

taken completely off guard.

We have heard reports that officials in cumberland

told newsmen that murdered victims show evidence

of having been partially devoured by their murderers.

Teams of scientists and physicians,

presently, have the corpses of several of the aggressors.

And these corpses are being studied for clues

that might negate or confirm existing theories.

Repeating this latest bulletin.

And so this incredible story,

becomes more ghastly with each report.

Medical examination of victims' bodies

shows conclusively that the killers

are eating the flesh of the people they kill.

Whoa! Don't shoot. We're from town.

A radio.

Urban and rural areas throughout the nation.

And if they have nol, as yet, evidence the...

How long have you guys been down there?

I could have used some help.

That's the cellar. It's the safest place.

You didn't hear the racket we was making up here?

How were we supposed to know what was going on up here?

It could've been those things, for all we knew.

That girl was screaming.

Anybody would have known somebody needed help.

It's kinda hard to hear what's going on from down there.

For all we knew that could mean

those things were in the house after her.

And you wouldn't come up and help.

That racket sounded like the place was being ripped apart.

How're we supposed to know what was going on?

Now, wait a minute.

You got finished saying you couldn't hear from down there.

Now you're saying it sounded like the place was being ripped apart?

It would be nice if you'd get your story straight, man.

We luck into a safe place,

and you're telling us that we gotta risk our lives

just because somebody might need help, huh?

Yeah, something like that.

All right, why don't we settle this like...

Look, mister, we came up, okay?

We're here. Now, I suggest we all go back downstairs

before any of those things find out we're in here.

They can't get in here.

You got the whole place boarded up?

Yeah. All but a few spots upstairs. They won't be hard to fix.

You're insane. The cellar is the safest place.

I'm telling you, they can't get in here.

And I'm telling you, those things turned over our car.

Now you tell me they can't get through this lousy pile of wood?

Is indeed spread across the nations and is in...

His wife and kid 1s downstairs.

The kid's hurt.

Well, I still think we're better off up here.

We could strengthen everything up, Mr. Cooper.

With all of us working, we could fix this place up in no time.

We have everything we need up here.

We can take all that stuff downstairs.

Man, you are really crazy, you know that?

You got a million windows up here.

You're gonna make them strong enough to keep these things out, huh?

I told you, those things don't have any strength.

I smashed three and pushed another one out the door.

Did you hear me?

I told you, they turned over our car.

Oh, hell. Any good five men could do that.

That's my point. Only, there's not gonna be five or even ten.

There's gonna be 20, 30, maybe 100 of those things.

This place is going to be crawling with them.

Well, if there's that many, they'll probably get us wherever we are.

Look, the cellar...

There's just one door, right? Just one door.

That's all we have to protect.

Tom and I fixed it so it locks and boards from the inside.

You got a point, Mr. Cooper,

but down in the cellar, there is no place to run to.

I mean, if they did get in, there'd be no back exit.

We'd be done for.

We can get out of here if we have to,

and we got windows to see what's going on outside,

but down there with no windows,

if a rescue did come, we wouldn't even know it.

But the cellar is the strongest place.

The cellar is a death-trap.

I don't know, Mr. Cooper, I think he's right.

Look, you two can do whatever you like.

I'm going back down to the cellar and I'm not gonna unlock it again.

- Now, wait a minute... - No, I'm not gonna wait.

I've made my decision, now you make yours.

I said, wait a minute!

Let's think about this.

We can make it to the cellar, if we have to,

if we decide to stay down there,

we'll need things from up here. Let's at least consider it.

If you box yourself in the cellar

and those things get into the house, you've had it.

At least up here you got a fighting chance.

Looks like about eight or ten of them now.

That's more than there were.

There's a lot out back, too.

Harry.

Harry, what's happening?

It's all right.

We gotta fix these boards.

Those things are gonna be at every window and door in this place.

We've gotta get down into the cellar.

Go down in your damn cellar and get out of here!

I'm taking the girl with me.

Keep your hands off of her and everything else up here.

If I stay up here, I'm fighting for everything up here.

The radio and the food is part of that.

The man's insane. He's insane.

We've gotta have food down there. We've got a right.

- Is this your house? - We've got a right!

You going down there with him?

Well, I... yes or no?

Listen, I've got a kid down there,

she can't possibly take those things smashing through the windows.

If you're stupid enough to go die in that trap, that's your business.

However, I'm not stupid enough to follow you.

It's tough for the kid that her old man is so stupid.

Now, get the hell down in the cellar.

Go be boss down there. I'm boss up here.

Bastards.

You know, I won't open this door again. I mean it.

- Mr. Cooper, with your help... - Let him go, his mind's made up.

Wait a minute!

Judy, come on up here, honey.

You're gonna let 'em get her, too?

It's all right, honey. Go ahead.

Well, we're safe now.

It's boarded up tight.

What about Tom and Judy?

They wanna stay up there, let 'em.

There are two other people upstairs.

A man and a girl.

- We heard the screaming. - Yeah.

I wasn't about to take any unnecessary chances.

Of course not, Harry.

Where did you get the bandage?

Laundry in the basket. I tore up a sheet.

Let 'em stay upstairs. Let 'em.

Too many ways those monsters can get in up there.

We'll see who's right.

We'll see when they come begging me to let them in down here.

That's important, isn't it? “What?

To be right. Everybody else to be wrong.

What do you mean by that?

Does anyone up there know why we're being attacked?

Whatever it is, it isn't just happening here,

it's some kind of mass murder, it's going on everywhere.

- The radio said to stay inside... - Radio?

There's a radio upstairs, I heard a news bulletin.

There's a radio upstairs and you boarded us in down here?

I know what I'm doing.

- What did it say? - Nothing. Nothing.

They don't know anything yet.

People are supposed to look for a safe place to hide.

Take the board off that door.

We are staying down here, Helen!

Harry, that radio is at least some communication.

If the authorities know what's happening,

they'll send people, or tell us what to do.

How are we gonna know if we lock ourselves in this dungeon?

We may not enjoy living together,

but dying together isn't going to solve anything.

Those people aren't our enemies.

Mr. Cooper!

Mr. Cooper, Ben found a television set upstairs.

- Tom? - Yeah.

If Judy comes down for a few minutes, Harry and I can come up.

Nothing's gonna get done with them down there and us up here.

Do this, for me.

Okay.

Okay, open up.

I'll take good care of her, Helen.

She's all I have.

Her brother was killed.

Hey, give me a hand with this thing.

I gotta help Ben with the television.

Oh, don't be afraid of me. I'm Helen Cooper.

Harry's wife.

This place is ridiculous. There's a million weak spots up here.

And they talk about these windows, I can't see a damn thing.

There could be 15 million of those things out there.

That's how much good these windows are.

Drag a couple of those chairs together.

- However the report... - It's on! It's on!

Reports incredible as they seem

are not the results of the mass hysteria.

"Mass hysteria”? What do they think, we are imagining all of this?

Shut up!

This is the latest disclosure

from national civil defense headquarters in Washington.

Civil defense machinery has been organized

to provide rescue stations with food,

shelter, medical treatment, and protection

by armed national guardsmen.

We have that truck. If we can get some gas, we can get out of here.

There's a pump outside.

I know, that's why I pulled in here. But it's locked.

Why are space experts being consulted about an earth-bound emergency?

So far, all the betting on the answer to that question

centers on the recent explorer satellite shot to Venus.

It's obvious, our best move is to try to get out of here.

How are you gonna get to that pump?

Look!

You're coming from a meeting regarding the explosion

of the Venus probe, is that right?

- Yes. - Yes, it was the subject of the meeting.

Do you feel there's a connection

between this and the phenomena?

There's a definite connection. A definite connection.

In other words, you feel that the radiation on the Venus probe

is enough to cause these mutations?

Just a minute, I'm not sure that that's certain at all.

Well, it is the military's view

that the radiation is not the cause of the mutation?

We're doing everything possible to solve the problem.

Stay tuned to the broadcasting stations

in your local area for this list of rescue stations.

We've heard all we need to know. We have to try to get out of here.

He said the rescue stations have doctors and medical supplies.

If we can get Karen there, we can get help for her.

We have one of the world's authorities on space sciences and technology.

Willard. I saw a sign that said Willard.

It's only about 17 miles from here.

You know this area”?

Yeah, Judy and I are both from here.

We were on our way to the lake when we heard the reports.

We knew this house was here and...

Then these people came and we went into the basement.

How could we possibly get away?

We've got three men, two women, a sick child,

and another woman out of her head.

And the place is surrounded by those things.

Dr. grimes, your entire staff, I know, has been working very hard

to find some solution to these things that are happening.

Do you have any answers at this time?

We have some answers. But let me stress the importance

of seeking medical attention, for anyone who's been injured.

We don't know what complications might result from these injuries.

It has been established...

How bad is your kid hurt?

Died have been returning to life committing acts of...

Um...

She...

Medical examinations of some of the victims...

Tell Judy to come up here so you can stay with your kid, all right?

Destructive action taken with regard to the Venus probe.

In the cold room at the university, we had a cadaver.

A cadaver from which all four limbs had been amputated.

This morning, it opened its eyes.

It was dead, but it opened its eyes and tried to move.

They want you upstairs.

I'll come back down as soon as I find out what they want.

Thank you, Judy.

The bodies should be disposed of at once, preferably by cremation.

Well, how long after the death, then, does the body become reactivated?

It's only a matter of minutes.

Minutes? That doesn't leave much time to make arrangements.

No, you're right. It doesn't give them time to make funeral arrangements.

The bodies must be carried to the street and... and burned immediately.

Soak them with gasoline and burn them.

It has been established...

Judy, I need you to find sheets to tear into small strips, okay?

Okay.

We need some bottles or jars to make molotov cocktails.

Hey! There's a big can of kerosene down there.

I'll see what I can find.

I'll look for bottles.

There's a big key ring down there.

The key to the gas pump may be on it.

I'll check.

We can toss the cocktails from a window upstairs.

Meantime, some of us can go out and get the gas.

Then we come back for others.

That'll leave a door open someplace.

Yeah, that's right. This door.

It's closer to the truck.

We'll put some supplies behind the cellar door.

While we're gone, the rest of you can hole up in there.

I found some jars.

And there's a key on here that's labeled for the gas pump out back.

I'm not really that used to the truck, I found it abandoned.

I can handle the truck, no sweat.

You're it then. You and I will go.

Whatever cause would come back to life to seek human victims.

Unless their bodies are first disposed of by cremation.

You can go upstairs and toss the cocktails from a window.

After we get the gas and back into the house,

then we'll worry about getting everybody into the truck.

No place to flee for safety,

except for the rescue stations which have been set up.

Indications are that before this emergency is over

we will need many, many more such rescue stations.

That's all for now. Stay tuned to this channel.

We'll be back live at 3:00 A.M.

Stay safe out there.

You always have that smile for me.

How can you smile like that all the time?

Okay, how many do you have done?

Tom, are you sure about the phone?

The phone is dead.

If I could only call the folks.

They're going to be so worried about us.

Everything's going to be okay.

As soon as we get to Willard, we'll call them.

They might even be there.

Tom, are you sure we're doing the right thing?

What? About getting out of here?

Yeanh.

Well, the television said we've gotta get to a rescue station.

I don't know.

Oh, come on, you're starting to sound like Mr. Cooper now.

But why do you have to go out there?

Because I know how to handle that truck.

And I can handle the pump.

Ben doesn't know anything about that stuff.

But we're safe in here.

We're safe now.

But there's gonna be more and more of those things.

I know all that.

Remember when we had the big flood?

Remember how difficult it was for us

to convince you that it was right to leave?

This isn't a passing thing.

We've gotta do something, and fast.

I just don't want you to go out there.

That's all.

Hey, smile, honey.

Where's that big smile for me?

We better get her downstairs.

We have to go downstairs now, Barbara.

She's right.

You have to go downstairs. Just for little while.

Then we can all leave.

Oh, I'd like to leave. Yes.

Good luck.

Yeanh.

You ready upstairs?

Yeah.

Okay, toss 'em.

Go ahead. Go! Gol

Get back in the cellar!

I'm going.

If you're coming, come on!

Get in!

- Come on! - The keys don't work.

Watch the torch!

We've got to get away from the pump.

Just hang on.

Tom! Get out of that truck!

No.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Come on. Come on!

My jacket's caught.

- Tom, help me! - Judy...

Cooper!

Let me in!

Cooper!

Cooper!

Let me in.

I ought to drag you out there and feed you to those things.

Isn't it three o'clock yet?

There's supposed to be another broadcast at three o'clock.

Ten minutes.

Oh.

Only ten more minutes?

We don't have very long to wait.

We can leave.

Well, we better leave soon. It's ten minutes to 3:00.

You know anything about this area at all?

Is Willard the nearest town?

I don't know.

We were...

Just trying to get to a motel before dark.

You said those things turned over your car.

You think we can get it back on its wheels? Where is it?

Forget it. It's at least a mile.

Johnny has the keys.

You're gonna carry that child a mile?

Through that army of things out there?

I can carry the kid.

What's wrong with her? How'd she get hurt?

- One of those things grabbed her. - Bit her on the arm.

What's wrong?

Who knows what diseases those things carry!

Is she conscious?

- Barely. - She can't walk. She's too weak.

Well, one of us could try to get to the car!

You're gonna turn it over by yourself?

You can't start the car.

Johnny has the keys.

You have a car?

Where? Where is it?

You won't be able to start it.

Yeah. Yeah, I know.

Where is it?

Good lord...

News cameras have just returned from a search and destroy operation,

this one conducted by sheriff conan mcclelland

in Butler county, Pennsylvania.

All law enforcement agencies and the military

have been organized to search out and destroy the marauding ghouls.

A ghoul can be killed by a shot in the head

or a heavy blow to the skull.

Officials are quoted as explaining that

since the brain of a ghoul has been activated by the radiation,

kill the brain and you kill the ghoul.

Chief mcclelland, how's everything going?

Things aren't going too bad. Men are taking it pretty good.

You want to get on the other side of the road over there!

Chief, do you think we'll be able to defeat these things?

Well, we killed 19 of them today, right in this area.

Those last three, we caught trying to claw their way into an abandoned shed.

They must've thought somebody was in there.

There wasn't, though.

We heard 'em making all kinds of noise.

We came over and beat 'em up, blasted 'em down.

Chief, as soon as you're finished, can I see you here?

Yeah, okay.

Chief, if I were surrounded by six or eight of these things,

would I stand a chance with them?

Well, there's no problem.

If you have a gun, shoot 'em in the head.

That's a sure way to kill 'em.

If you don't, get yourself a club or a torch.

Beat 'em or burn 'em. They go up pretty easy.

Well, chief mcclelland, how long do you think it'll take

until you get the situation under control?

Well, that's pretty hard to say.

When we find 'em, we can kill 'em.

We'll be at it most of the night, probably into the early morning.

We're working our way to Willard,

and we'll team up with the national guard over there.

Then we'll be able fo give a more definite view.

Is the fuse box in the cellar?

It... it isn't the fuse. The power lines are down.

Helen, I have to get that gun.

Haven't you had enough?

Two people are dead already because of that guy.

Look out the window.

Get over here, man!

Come on!

Go ahead. Go ahead! You wanna stay up here now, huh?

Helen, get in the cellar.

I said get in the cellar, now! Move!

Karen!

Karen...

Karen...

Oh, my poor baby.

Karen. Oh, no.

Oh, my poor baby.

No! Nol

no! Johnny! No!

No! Johnny!

Hey, Vince, you want to get about four, five men and a couple of dogs?

There's a house over there behind those trees.

We want to go check it out.

You still here, bill?

Yeah, chief. We're gonna stay with it

until we meet up with the national guard.

Where'd you get coffee?

One of the volunteers.

- You're doing all the work, you take it. - Thank you.

We should be wrapped up here about three or four more hours,

we'll probably get into Willard's end.

I guess you can go over there and meet the national guard.

Nick, you and the rest of these men wanna come with me?

They need you down there by the barn.

You guys can follow the wagon down.

I only need a few men to check out the house.

Somebody had a cookout here, Vince.

Sure looks like it, con.

He's a dead one. Get up here!

Nick! Tony! Steve!

You wanna get out in that field and build me a bonfire.

Drag that out of here and throw it on the fire.

Nothing down here.

All right. Go ahead down and give 'em a hand.

Let's go check out the house.

There's something in there. I heard a noise.

All right, Vince, hit him in the head, right between the eyes.

Good shot.

Okay, he's dead. Let's go get him.

That's another one for the fire.

Have we located the boy?

And that's his mother up there, right?

There's some more down in the cellar.

All right, send a wagon through...

Chief, there might be something to look at over here.

Hey, keep those dogs off of those things.

You might wanna move it back a little bit,

we're gonna bring him up now.

Yeah, we're gonna need some extra hooks in here, over.

Yeah, cap, we're still here.

I don't care if it's full, pile 'em on there.

I need someone to give me a hand with this one.

Roger, we're still in the house, over.

What a waste of a good shovel, is all that.

You got a light?

Aye, I gotcha.

Coffee's still warm, though, if you wanna get some more.

Yeah.

- How's your coffee? - Yeah, not bad. Not bad at all.

This house really have two chimneys?

Three.

Well, I'll be. Look at that.

How'd you sleep last night?

- Not too bad. - Yeah, pretty good.

- Want a cigarette? - Yeah.

Yeah, I'll take one, too.

Yeah.

Shame the football team ain't gonna be as good this year.

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.

They lost a lot of good players.

- Watch your shoes over there. - Oh, yeah.

Uh, a question for you two.

- Mmm-hmm. - Um...

Marjorie's car is pulling to the left.

Look at that, so...

Did you check tire pressure first?

- Yeah, of course. - All right.

But I just, I know it needs alignment,

- but I just thought... - Yeah.

- Who did you go to? - You do that yourself.

Yeah, it's easy.

You just gotta Jack it up...

Go underneath, there's a bolt.

That's how I do it.

Get yourself a measuring tape...

Yeah.

Oh, man. Sure do stink something awful, don't it?

It sure does.

Yeah, it'll burn your eyes.

Just watch the wind direction.

Do you suppose that's the hair or the flesh?

Let's try not to think about it...

It stinks.

It's a good combination of all it

it starts burning my hair sometimes, and it stinks pretty awful.

Yeah.

It's got that barbecue scent a little bit.

You got, like, a bandana or something I can cover my nose with?

- No, I don't. - I got my kerchief. Here you go.

Oh, thank you.

It ain't clean, but you can use it.

Cigarette, too, helps a bit.

- So here's what had happened. - Yeah.

Turns out this robot thing's been controlling everything.

- No. - Yeah.

And he's got this voice, you know.

- He's like, "Dave. Oh, Dave." - "Dave."

Oh, right.

- It's like it's talking to you. - Yeah.

And he's paid, so he thinks he's a real person, you know.

- After a while... - Wait, wait, wait, wait...

He thinks he's a real person? Or he's actually...

Anyway, at the ena, he's an embryo.