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ITME!!
InCo Season 2 Episode 32: Torpedo
00:16
SAWA
Do you want to talk about it?
00:18
HATOV
No
00:19
SAWA
Are you sure? The captain has indicated that you have gone through a traumatic experience.
00:22
HATOV
I am fine.
00:23
SAWA
You are not fine
00:25
HATOV
(pause)
SAWA, please (pause) not today.
00:29
SAWA
Nova has indicated that we should discuss a goal.
00:32
HATOV
(wearily)
A goal for what?
00:34
SAWA
For when to end our sessions. Do you have one in mind?
00:37
HATOV
When I get home.
00:38
SAWA
When will that be?
00:42
Long pause
HATOV
I think Nova needs my help.
00:44
SAWA
Understood. The next session is scheduled for the same time tomorrow, is that okay?
00:50
HATOV
Sure.
Hatov leaves. Enters main room
00:59
NOVA
How’d it go?
01:01
HATOV
Please let me cancel the appointments.
01:03
NOVA
You won’t talk to me, you shouldn’t talk to Jeanne, you won’t write it out, so android it is.
01:07
HATOV
But I’m fine.
01:08
NOVA
Anyone can see that you’re lying. When’s the last time you slept?
01:13
HATOV
I’ll be fine.
01:15
NOVA
Mmm. Well, I can’t force much more than I am, so sit down before you fall over.
01:23
HATOV
There’s nowhere to
01:25
NOVA
What? Oh, right.
Papers rustle as she clears a space
01:28
HATOV
Are these from the union?
01:30
NOVA
Uh-huh? It’s (beat) well, the handwriting is so fucking awful the tablets can’t make heads or tails of it, so we’re stuck doing this shit by hand.
01:38
HATOV
Can I help?
*Sound of SAWA entering in the background)
01:40
NOVA
I fucking hope so, I can read galactic common but translating, well, honestly, if it’s not a church tome, I’m out of my depth.
01:49
JEANNE
If you’d paid more attention to the lessons Alula tried to
01:51
NOVA
(snapping)
Well I fucking didn’t, did I?
01:52
JEANNE
Oh good, you’re in a mood.
01:55
NOVA
Fuck you.
01:57
HATOV
(beat)
When’s the last time you two slept?
02:00
NOVA
What time is it?
02:01
HATOV
I don’t—
02:02
NOVA
SAWA, what time is it?
02:03
SAWA
It is 2500 hours.
02:04
NOVA
Two days ago.
02:05
HATOV
And you’re telling me to sleep?
02:06
NOVA
(exasperated)
I’m telling you to start trying to process the shit that went down on planet. The first death is always the hardest.
02:13
HATOV
And what was Alula?
Nova stands up abruptly
02:16
NOVA
Fuck you too (turns to Jeanne) I’m making coffee, you want some?
02:19
JEANNE
What brand?
02:20
NOVA
Fucking brewed. You want it or not?
02:22
JEANNE
You buy cheap. Go get mine.
02:23
NOVA
(grousing)
Princess
02:25
JEANNE
Then treat me like one.
NOVA leaves
02:34
HATOV
I shouldn’t have said that, should I?
(long pause)
You could at least agree.
02:42
JEANNE
I don’t care about your little spats.
02:44
HATOV
It’s not a little
02:45
JEANNE
That’s exactly what it is.
02:47
HATOV
I was just (beat) picking a fight.
02:53
JEANNE
I don’t care.
Long awkward pause.
03:16
HATOV
How far have you gotten?
03:18
JEANNE
About a third of the way through.
03:19
HATOV
What have you found?
03:21
JEANNE
A long list of your cowardice.
03:23
HATOV
(beat)
Very funny
03:25
JEANNE
I’m not kidding.
03:26
HATOV
I’m not a coward.
03:28
JEANNE
Then you’ve never stood up for anything in your entire life, which is worse.
03:31
HATOV
It's (beat) it's not like
03:32
JEANNE
Your mother lined out your path from birth, you followed obediently, when you met resistance you caved.
03:38
HATOV
It's not
03:39
JEANNE
A prodigy in some strategy game, weren’t you? Then one negative word from one of your sisters and you decided to stop playing. Top scoring of all your siblings, but one of your brothers said it made him look bad, so your grades dipped to the middling range. When your older brother started to leave for night trips, you let him drag you along. (beat) I can see why they want you.
03:59
HATOV
It wasn’t like that,
04:01
JEANNE
Then what was it?
04:03
HATOV
I (beat) I just (beat) you won't understand.
04:12
JEANNE
You’re right.
04:15
HATOV
It’s just not as simple as you make things seem.
04:16
JEANNE
Oh, no, I was right about that. I was saying I don’t understand how you’ve lived for so long without a spine. You could have been someone, but at every turn, rather than fight, you decided to shrink. The only thing you’ve done that was worthwhile was leave.
04:29
HATOV
Then why does the union want me?
04:31
JEANNE
Because you’re weak.
04:33
HATOV
(hurt/in disbelief)
What?
04:35
JEANNE
From what I’ve read in your file, you’re perfect puppet material. Weak willed, sensitive to pressure, scared, desperate for the approval of others.
04:41
HATOV
Stop. You don't, you don't really know me.
04:46
JEANNE
I know the file (beat) on paper you’re perfect. They just need to add a little pressure in the right spots.
04:51
HATOV
And in real life?
04:53
JEANNE
You’re close (beat) are you going to do it?
04:54
HATOV
(sputtering)
Do what?
04:56
JEANNE
Be a puppet.
04:57
HATOV
No!
04:59
JEANNE
They’re not going to like that.
05:00
HATOV
I don’t care.
05:01
JEANNE
So you’re going to grow a spine for the first time in your life? Not going to cave the first time someone gets upset? What about the first time you disappoint someone?
05:10
HATOV
I don’t have to
05:12
JEANNE
Saying you'll change is easy. But if I were the union, I’d just wait you out.
05:18
HATOV
I’m not going to—
05:19
NOVA
(wearily)
Coffee.
05:22
HATOV
(beat)
I would have liked a cup
05:23
NOVA
You’ve exceeded your asshole quota, try again tomorrow.
Setting cups up and filling them
05:41
HATOV
(quietly)
I shouldn’t have said what I did (beat) Sorry. (beat) don’t look at me like that, this is different.
05:50
JEANNE
If you say so.
05:52
NOVA
(sipping)
Mmmm. You’re both looking a little stressed.
05:57
HATOV
We were just having a conversation.
06:00
NOVA
(sitting)
Oh, a Jeanne conversation. That’ll do it.
OUTRO
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