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ROSARITO, MEXICO

Relaxing Rain Sounds - Borneo

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

So, how old is this guy?

I think he’s 31.

That’s so hot. When are you gonna make your move?

I can’t. He’s unavailable.

What do you mean? Like married?

Well, he’s engaged.

Oh my god, are you kidding? He’s ripe

I don’t know…

Look - it’s easy. Here.

Get him alone in a small room.

You put one hand on the wall, the

other hand on his chest - at least,

Look him in the eye and say

“I know that you want me. We can do this right now”

I don’t know.

Hi Chase!

Hello Chase!

Oh, hi ladies.

Chase, we’ve been doing some digging

into the transfers of cabbage.

We’re finding some really interesting patterns of movement

over the last financial quarter. I made a spreadsheet.

And I drew this map.

That sounds like great work ladies but I need you to

put aside the cabbage research - something’s come up.

There’s been a murder in Rosarito, Mexico.

No is there investigating. I’ll be joining her tomorrow.

The victim was a brilliant marine biologist

and mathematician, specializing in coral reefs.

I’m sending you the dossier.

I need you two to scour the databases for

everything you can find on this woman.

We’re on it!

Okay, I’ll start searching Lexis.

Got it, I’m on Nexis.

I was…a dog. Not sure the breed, I don’t know dogs.

What color? Did you have spots?

Well, there was another dog with

me. Black..and I was black..and tan.

Mhmmm.

We were sniffing around like crazy for

something. God, our sensory world was so rich.

Let’s hold onto that. Describe the

sensations. Were they smells or images?

I wanna say…fish.

Where are the fish leading you? Back towards the ocean?

I mean, it’s probably coral. No, I knew the

dream was real. I knew the smuggler was dead.

But how does this connect to Theresa Gorgeous?

She’s a coral scientist, sure. But in Mexico.

I mean, can coral kill two people?

And what would that even mean?

Chase, no wine til it’s time. Right now we are just

talking about the dream - don’t worry where it leads.

What are you wearing?

Um, electric blue silk shirt.

Black pleated slacks. Belt, no tie.

You need to relax. Loosen your belt and breathe.

Good.

Now, take off your pants.

Much better. Now tell me about those chirping sounds you heard.

Listen No. There’s been another murder.

We have to go to the beach.

ROSARITO, MEXICO

Listen, I’m sorry but I cannot release those documents to you.

But you told me to come pick them up?!

Oh no, you’re mistaken. We are happy to collaborate if this an

interagency request but I need a request

from another police organization.

Good luck!

Tell me about this shirt - are you with the Zapatistas?

What? No. I mean, they’re amazing

but I got this at Groundworks,

which is a really sick radical

cooperative bookstore at UC San Diego.

Okay.

So, in the 60s, there was all this

activism on campus. Legendary.

Angela Davis, Herbert Marcuse,

that guy who set himself on fire…

And one of the big campaigns was

to name the new college they were

building “Lumumba Zapata” to center Third World consciousness.

Well, that didn’t happen but there’s been activism on

campus ever since. Like, not a lot but like - look.

UCSD was explicitly founded as a weapons engineering

school, based in no-Blacks, no-Jews-ass segregated La Jolla.

And these Vietnamese students came to UCSD in the 70s and

that’s like diversity - but such a fucked up situation.

They are like refugees from the US war and

now they’re at a school to build weapons?

Same with Filipino students who are here on the GI Bill,

and part of the war machine against their own homes.

It is crazy how conservative the

campus is but a few of us are trying…

Right now, we are fighting for a

living wage for custodial workers,

which is a student issue. They are

the family of many Hispanic students.

And there’s this huge anti-immigration push in

California. Anti-affirmative action too, with bills

like SP-1, SP-2, and Prop 209, which have devastated

the already shitty minority situations at the UCs.

I guess, in comparison to the 60s,

this stuff seems kinda trivial.

No, not at all. Like, you are

fighting for where you live. Bravo.

So, that guy you are with — what is he doing?

He’s meditating.

Cool. He’s hot. Can I talk to him?

Do you think I’d be bothering him?

Oh no, go.

- Hola! Interpol. - Okay if we look around?

Oh, Interpol. Welcome. Yes, you can look

around…but everyone is just cleaning up.

That’s better.

Yea, less clutter.

He was a professional bodyboarder. Very beloved at this beach.

There was only one witness.

All of the sudden, there were multiple of him. Many hims.

Time was moving at different speeds.

The sky sparkled like water.

Sometimes there was no horizon. The ocean was upside down.

Then he staggered out of the water… with a

gunshot wound in his chest. And then he died.

It’s crazy.

I think she has had too much sol.

A large-caliber bullet entered to

the left of his spine. Punctured

his heart and seems to have exploded inside the chest cavity.

There was massive hemorrhaging and organ

damage. The angle of entry is unclear.

I’d almost say the bullet came from the

ocean…or the sky. But that can’t be right.

How about we continue this over dinner some night?

Take your time to get here baby. I’m running a little late but

All day, I’ve been thinking about

all 80 ways I want to go with you

I could have asked you but you

know, we have the summer to explore

Could have asked you from before,

I told myself to wait for more

All 80 ways I wanna see ya, in my dreams is where I dream this

In my dreams is where I dream this.

Way to go, Rico.

What is it?

The Theresa Gorgeous toxicology report.

Finally! And?

Nothing. They are calling it a stroke.

Stroke my ass.

ACAPULCO, MEXICO

Chase, we’ve got that meeting.

Mhmm.

What have you got there?

Nothing.

Okay.

Hi. Dr. Veronica Beef.

So, what can I tell you about coral?

Everything.

So, coral is a very, very simple animal. They

are really closely related to jellyfish and -

If you want to picture them, they are basically just sacks

with arms on them. And the sack is where everything happens.

It’s both their stomach, their mouth and…the butt. And the

arms, the arms are how they capture food out of the water.

Coral famously have this amazing symbiotic

relationship with algae. The corals give

algae a home and in return, algae gives

them excess sugars from photosynthesis.

This gives corals their lavish colors, and the extra

energy to fight other organisms and dominate the ecosystem.

But what’s much more amazing, and totally

unique about coral - is their clonality.

You know, it’s like the real

individual is the colony. There’s no

“I”. And this is one of the really important things about corals.

They live together but they die alone, and by that,

I mean that individual deaths don’t really matter.

Just because half a coral colony dies

doesn’t mean anything about the half. The

coral polyps that are still alive can in

fact regenerate the dead parts of a colony.

You know how a lizard can regrow its tail? Imagine

- it’s like the tail can regrow the lizard.

Damn.

Yea, it’s funny actually - coral

reef science started as a geologic

discipline. Really basically began

because the clipper ship trade started up.

The Europeans were going from the northern to

the southern hemisphere, and they were really,

really worried about these things growing up

to the surface and blocking their trade routes.

So they sent some nerds out there and they were like “Hey

nerds, are these coral reefs gonna take over the world?”

And isn’t it ironic, that now we are

worried they are going to disappear.

Like the whole reason this started was

to stop them taking over the world.

Jamaica - sounds nice!

Jamaica is like a Graceland for coral reef scientists. It’s

like this case study for interactions between humans and coral.

I mean, there is a long history of land pressures.

Overfishing, agriculture, the plantations.

But in the last ten years or so, it’s

really gone to shit. We’re taking all of the

fish out of the water, we’re polluting the

water, we’re changing the sediment cycle.

And all of this stuff is killing the corals.

Are you worried about the corals going extinct?

Hey, we all go extinct eventually. One

species goes away, another takes over,

What matters just depends on your personal perspective.

I have a question, but I am almost embarrassed to ask.

Chase, you can ask me…anything.

Can corals emit some kind of toxic gas?

Chase, you have such an imagination. I’ll just

say I have never heard of a gas but who knows?

We’re always discovering new things about coral.

Like some species of coral, their larvae has a little

tail. And they can find their reef by following it’s sound.

They can somehow feel its vibrations

- they are attracted to it.

It’s really wild, the sound of the reefs. It’s like

have you ever heard a sound of like snapping shrimp.

Yeah.

Is there any way that coral can

communicate or even send signals?

Within a colony, for sure. There’s a thin, thin layer

of tissue across the surface of the entire coral.

And the polyps can kind of use these tubes underneath to

sort of shuttle resources back and forth to one another.

But they only do that within the colony

What about communication between colonies? Or across distances?

I’m sorry, I’m not sure what you are driving at.

Can corals conspire to commit a murder?

The issue is not communication, it’s consciousness.

And coral are cool but they have no intelligence.

And philosophy or whatever is beyond my pay grade. But I mean

we are always learning more about non-human intelligence.

Whales can communicate with their songs from

across entire oceans, dolphins have…culture.

They teach each other new hunting

tactics and pass those on. And I

mean, it’s not just mammals like

- octopuses are crazy intelligent.

But all that said, there’s like two necessary things to develop

intelligence. The first is some

kind of complicated nervous system.

And the second is evolutionary pressure towards

intelligence. Corals don’t have nervous systems

and they thrive for so long - in their current

state for 26 million years - without them.

So, to develop them, it would be

evolutionarily expensive - they

basically are just sacks with arms and they dominate the ocean.

Why would they need consciousness?

I’m sorry, I am not sure any of this

will help you catch your criminal.

We’re not trying to catch anyone,

we should be clear - we’re not cops.

You’re not trying to solve a mystery?

Not exactly, we're more trying learn the mystery.

Like be with the mystery.

Yeah, something like that.

I totally misunderstood. I thought you were Interpol.

Interpol aren’t cops. It’s inter-police.

b We do coordination, administration,

and lately in our case, deep research.

So you don’t have guns? Handcuffs?

Well, you can borrow mine.

TIJUANA, MEXICO

Ow, dammit.

Uh…Nice.

Oh, hey. What are you thinking?

Something…but I can’t quite put it in words.

I think I can. I think—

—it’s wonderful that science is studying

the minds of other animals, I do.

But they are defining terms like

“consciousness” and “intelligence”,

and assigning levels before we

know what those things are – even

for ourselves. There is no way of

knowing how much we don’t know.

We’re surrounded by all these mysterious beings, which

when you realize…is like hearing a chorus of bells.

Hey!

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA

I can’t decide, you go.

Hi, I’ll have a Citrus Slam please.

And I’ll get a Cool Breeze and a wheatgrass shot.

Oh, I’ll have a wheatgrass shot too.

That’ll be three dollars each.

You have your gym card?

Oh, that’s cute.

I was eating…something.

Sweet or salty?

Salty.

Okay, let’s talk about mouthfeel. Hard or soft?

It was…definitely soft. It was eggs.

Scrambled. Oh my god, it’s working.

That’s why we do our training! Okay, you

were eating scrambled eggs, then what?

And then I finished eating the eggs and…they came

out of me. Unscrambled. Like a whole egg. Hardboiled.

It came out of where? Your mouth?

Vagina? Wait…do eggs come out of vaginas?

Hey, please, I need your help. The

egg was just there, in my hands.

Alright, how did you feel? Happy? Sad?

I was listening, like the egg was a message. Wait. That’s

why the dream was so important — there was a message for me!

What was the message?

Sorry, was the message in English?

Ready? 1…2…3…

-Moon! -Horsefly!

1…2…3…

-Hamster! -Chainsaw!

1…2…3…

-Rain! -Snow!

Okay, okay. We almost have it. 1…2…3…

Hey Agent St. Aubergine, it’s Dr. Veronica Beef.

Listen, I’ve been thinking a lot about your coral conspiracy

theory, and I really think you’re sipping out the wrong straw.

There are nine hundred species of

coral, and they do not get along.

Like if you take different individuals

from the same species, they

won’t fight exactly but they won’t

necessarily share resources either.

Take different individuals from within

a genus and they’ll fight a bit.

But if you take individuals from

different families, it’s like…all out war.

They will digest each other, like

literally eat each other. So the idea

of a network of coral cooperating

around the world doesn’t make any sense.

Plus of course, coral can’t even make poison gas. Hold on...

Anyways, you’ve got my number. If you need

anything else, definitely give me a call. Bye.

What’s that?

The Theresa Gorgeous papers that Chase asked us about. I’m sure

there’s some connection to the coral smuggler we’ve been missing.

Venice, no. C’mon.

But we have to be thinking about the case!

You’re not thinking, you’re spinning.

Come here.

Notice your breath, notice your body.

Your mind and body are intertwined, though neither

side is totally in control. There are feedback loops.

When your mind is spinning, it changes your heart rate,

your neurotransmitters, the actual chemicals in your sweat.

Body’s stress is perceived by the mind, it is received in

the somatosensory cortices and insular regions of the brain.

Brain activity slows and creativity

becomes impaired. You’re stuck.

But there is an escape – you return back to your body.

You become aware of things that aren’t stress. Things

like the pleasure of relaxation and of movement.

Like when an athlete’s in the zone. Then

coordination, spatial awareness, balance, and

creativity are all working together, making

novel connections at incredible speeds.

And there is no separation between mind and body and the world.

That’s why we came here, Venice. I want to get you in the zone.

I’m getting there.

Hey K!

What?

I’ve been thinking. You know that guy

whose email’s we’ve been tracking?

Mr. Cabbage?

Yea, the one who is always bragging about

smuggling cabbage across the border.

Right, “cabbage” means cash.

Yea, right but what if “cabbage” doesn’t

mean cash? What if “cabbage” means coral?

ROSARITO, MEXICO

Have you heard anything from your interns?

I got a voicemail from them today but it

didn’t make any sense. It was scrambled.

Bad connection?

Maybe. I should go back to Canada but

then I feel like we’re not done here yet.

Chase, you can’t be in two places at once.

Hey, look. That couple is watching us.

Yea, they are probably waiting for us to go.

Maybe. Or maybe they want company.

You feel free. My bad knee is acting up.

Oh, your old football injury?

Not football, baby. Soccer.

Seven, six, five, four, three, two, one

And work it, push it. Work your dream.

You are yourself. And touch your dream. And connect yourself.

Join the team! C’mon, work it! Push it! Be it! Become it!

Eight, seven, six, five, one more time! And eight,

seven, six, five, four, three and one more time!

And wake up in the morning and you’re in your dream.

And eight, and seven, and six, and

five and connect! Connect! Connect!

MAJORCA, SPAIN

What we have is a slightly more

troublesome experiment, this is Sch—

To make the paradox more evident, I am going to make sure

I’m not gonna spoil this by putting up the wrong slide first.

Oop, it doesn’t matter. Here we are.

What we have is a slightly more troublesome

experiment. This is Schrödinger's idea, not mine.

I should add that he is a very humane

person, and he would never actually

do an experiment like this. This

is a thought cat. So it's alright.

As far as I can make out, he was saying "Yes that's what

the equation tells you. But that’s not what happens."

There is some some mystery that goes

beyond his equation. Yes, I think that's

correct, that there is a mystery that

goes beyond the Schrödinger equation.

Personally, I consider that the

key issue is consciousness and I

believe that human consciousness is

based on the ability to understand.

What about animal consciousness? Well,

I've been talking about this poor

cat, well, it's only a thought cat so

I guess it's not so poor, but anyway

I was talking with a belief that that a cat is conscious.

And I certainly believe that. And I believe it goes down.

What about life generally? That's more

of a question. But the thing I wanted to

say here is that there is something

non-computational going on in understanding.

So, for physical reasons, we need a new theory anyway.

Then of course you think, "Well, how do our brains work?"

And well there’s neurons and synapses…these are all

mechanical. There’s no more reason to think this

would generate consciousness anymore than a computer

program would — which it can’t. So I was a bit stuck.

But then, Andre Ahnhammer, an

anesthesiologist in Ann Arbor - he wrote to

me, and said “I don't think you know

know about these things: microtubules."

I was so ignorant, I hadn't ever heard of such things.

You see maybe these things act as a computer

in some sense but whatever it is that

controls the synapse strengths may involve

elements that are non-computational.

And I rather like these tubes, not just

because they're nice, symmetrical arrangements,

but at this structure, at this

extraordinarily small scale, there's a genuine

chance that there could be quantum

effects associated with these things.

All the structures that make the brain,

the nervous system, first emerged

underwater. The mind evolved in the

sea. Our skulls are like aquariums.

I like to do this sometimes, it's a picture I've used

in some of my books. It's kinda like my only comment

on philosophy. You see, if I can draw a picture of

it, then I'm happy making a philosophical statement.

It’s the three worlds and the

three mysteries that contain them.

You see, why are these separate

spheres in an interlocking dance?

And I think it’s a mystery. And there

are perhaps different connections

but the one I think is most

intriguing, most mysterious, is beauty.

And not just platonic beauty, but physical beauty,

which only becomes beauty when

it is perceived by consciousness.

I’m from the States originally. I

went to the University of Florida.

Oh, you’re a Gator!

That’s right. I came down to Mexico to do my residency.

It’s so beautiful, what can I say? I fell in love

So, I gotta ask: what’s the story with you and your partner?

Chase?

Yeah.

Chase is my best friend. He’s saved my butt about

a thousand times. And I’ve saved his butt too.

I know whatever’s going on in my

life, with my relationships, or him

with his, I know there’s always one

person out there I can totally trust.

He keeps me focused and honest and brave.

Nice.

Hey baby, meet me in the shower.

Downstairs.

Make this quick, I am in the middle of something.

I’m in the middle of something too. Where have

you been, the beach? You smell like the beach.

How long have you been here, Karl?

A few days. But don’t worry. I tended your garden.

I have something very important to tell you.

Can I have a cigarette?

I was speaking with some of my Canadian friends, and I heard an

interesting bit of information. A name.

It relates to your beach business.

No. Can a boy get a light?

You’re not going to like it. It involves a dark, wet

corner of Chase’s past. Do you want me to tell you?

Yes, obviously.

I need to whisper it to you.

Why do you need to whisper it to me? Okay, fine.

Hey bitch, it’s No. I know you’ve

been hired to steal coral from

Dr. Beef’s lab, but you do not know what you’re fucking with.

This is not normal coral, or maybe it is,

but this is not a normal time for coral.

Listen, I’m talking about killer shit. And

trust me, babe. You can’t handle it. I’m

calling Dr. Beef right now – as soon as I find

her number – so there’s no point. Alright?

Call me. Do not call Chase. Call me.

You coming up, babe?

Yup, you’re doing great!

What’s 999?

Karl.

VALLE DE GUADALUPE, MEXICAN WINE COUNTRY

Nobody saw this coming and honestly,

we don’t even know where to start.

Dr. Cleo! Hey, I’m Tab, the assistant coach.

Hi Tab. Please – call me Anessa.

When did you get in?

Late last night.I am just seeing this

place in the daylight, it’s beautiful.

Me and the team got in last night.

I’m so excited to meet them — excuse me, could I

please get a Sunrise Slam? And – what are you having?

Otra Vicky, por favor.

I’ve gotta say, at first they were

pretty wary of meeting a sports

psychologist. But this wine tasting

has scored you major points.

Oh great. You know wine tasting, when done in a peaceful

environment, attunes you to the here and now of your senses.

And through describing your experience,

you connect with your teammates.

It’s like a group meditation...but even

more communal, and fun. I knew this is a

new team, and they may not have a lot in

common. So I pitched the idea to the coach.

Well, he loved the idea.

He is a genius.

Man, it’ll be interesting to see these

guys at a wine tasting. If you saw

them last night, you’d be pretty sure

some of them were married to Bud Light.

So, this league. It’s founded on some pretty

radical ideas. Can I ask – are you a true believer?

The commissioner is a man of great vision.

You know this is one of his properties.

Who’s that?

I don’t know.

Is he an agent?

Hello. Are you...on the team?

Oh no, I – Are you?

You’re charming. No, I wouldn’t be caught dead

in those long shorts. I mean, maybe in the 70s.

I’m Amanda Weinclub, private investigator.

And you are an Interpol Agent, codename Midnight Shadow.

Um, how did you –

It’s all over your face, my dear!

I’m joking! I recognize you from

the ancient past. You see, I used

to be married to Chase National.

Oh.

Yes! We’re separated now, but we used

to be quite passionate, quite in sync.

So Amanda, what brings you here?

Same as you, I guess. Trying to get away from it all.

—is that they are authentic to this terroirs,

this characteristic that we have in the valley.

It’s light, it almost reminds me of grape juice.

Yo, he did not just say that wine reminds him of grapes

No, I said grape juice. It’s a specific flavor.

There’s a foggy aroma, with a hint

of cherry. Almost a pinot noir.

Yes, very good.

How do you know that?

I spent three years playing for

Olimpia Milano. Lot of wine out there.

I’ve played in Croatia, New Zealand, Poland and

Argentina. Only thing I can do is order pizzas.

Do you guys notice a note of tobacco?

For sure.

I think I did this wrong, I need some more.

Salud! Yes!

Check out the legs on this one.

Mhmm. Athletic.

See, Sniff, Swirl, Sip, Spit.

Swish!

Swish! Yo!

Man, I don’t know much about this league. All I heard is

I can play closer to home, and there’s no drug testing.

That’s good enough for me. One thing

I don’t get – who owns this team?

What? You really don’t know much about the league!

What?

We own it! Co-ed, Co-op.

Oh no, do you feel badly? Well, not too badly I

hope. Well, I’m a new mission: to even out my tan.

Oh it’s a long story, you’d probably love

it actually. I’ll send polaroids. Mmm-hmm.

It’s really beautiful out here,

it’s like...a Mexican wine country.

What else? Oh, I’m on a new case!

But I can’t tell you much, you

know — corporate clients. But

anyways, it’s very dry, very…firm.

Have any of y’all seen Essence?

I don’t think he’s here yet?

Why not?

No idea. I can’t think of the last time I saw him actually.

I can. It was crazy. We were in Miami,

walking on our way to lunch, just

talking. And we cross under this

palm tree, and he slows wayyyyy down.

Has this palm frond that’s like softly

brushing the tops of his hair, and

he keeps walking in little circles

to make it happen. Looking peaceful.

And I was like – Essence! But nothing, for I bet a solid

minute – it was like he was in a trance or something.

And then just like that, he snaps out of it, acting totally

normal again. We go to lunch and

have some fantastic medianoches.

Did you ask him about it?

No.