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Ancient belief tells us

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that birds carry our souls,
our beliefs, our hopes up to the gods.

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They are the dark messengers,
crisscrossing the twilight sky,

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forming ever-changing patterns
called "murmurations."

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But that word…

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that word also suggests a voice,

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a whisper,

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a prayer uttered in the dark
when we think we have lost it all.

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Our story today is "The Murmuring,"

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and our director is Jennifer Kent.

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To those
unfamiliar with the dunlin,

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it would appear to be
an unremarkable bird.

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But to those familiar
with its breathtaking flight patterns,

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known as murmurations,

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this species is a miracle of nature.

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And a never-ending source of mystery.

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In this case, a peregrine falcon
appears hoping for a meal.

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You can see it on the edge of frame.

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And in an instant,

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the dunlins veer away from it
in perfect unison,

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forming at first an hourglass shape.

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And then a sphere.

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And then something akin to a cloud.

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And finally,

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most incredibly,

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a bird in flight.

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Not one dunlin is caught,

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and the poor falcon goes home hungry.

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But the dunlins don't need a predator
to prompt this phenomenon.

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They do it with
or without a falcon looming.

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So, how and why do very few species
partake in this exceptional display,

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forming perfect patterns
of movement in the hundreds,

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thousands,

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sometimes even millions
without any collision or confusion?

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Scientists and ornithologists have been
trying to find out why for decades.

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Even lately grasping at such mysterious
concepts as natural telepathy.

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We are not entirely convinced

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there's anything as mystical
as bird mind-reading going on.

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But we are entirely devoted
to finding out answers.

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We would like to acknowledge
Mr. and Mrs. Montague,

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our benefactors, who are here tonight.

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Hear, hear.

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Thank you so much for your generosity.

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And in particular,
for our new movie camera.

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It's a luxury
we've never been able to afford,

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and it'll make such a difference
to our research.

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And as a thank-you,

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we have a snippet of footage
Edgar shot recently of starlings,

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a practice run.

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Thank you.

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It's Nancy you should be congratulating.
She's the mastermind.

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-Where did you film something like that?
-Upstate New York.

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-Have you used a camera before?
-No, not that one.

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They're one of the few survivors
of the Prehistoric era.

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-Much smaller, of course.

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But mostly unchanged,
which I find fascinating.

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I'm also a terrific lover of research.

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Pop me in a room
with a stack of books, and I'm happy.

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What about you, Mrs. Bradley?

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What do you love most about birds?

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Oh.

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Their freedom.

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Who wouldn't want to lift off and fly away
from the world like that sometimes?

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I was very happy
to hear about your field trip.

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I'm thrilled it's finally here.
We've been planning it for months.

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Very good news for both of you.

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After all you've been through.

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I'm so sorry, Edgar.

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I meant to call you months ago, but…

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If there is a God,
he certainly is a very cruel one.

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You've picked a time for it,
cold and blustery.

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A perfect time for the dunlins.

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They're everywhere
on the island now.

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You'll have no shortage.

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The house is near the bay,
and they're all around it.

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There's a house there?

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The missus has prepared
some rooms for your stay.

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It's been a while since anyone's used it.

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It's not the Ritz, but it's livable.

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You didn't have to do that.

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We couldn't have you staying in tents
in this weather, for goodness' sakes.

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-We're used to it.
-I got the generator up and running.

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So you'll have electricity,
running water, a roof over your head.

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That's very kind of you.

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Tell me, that thing that they do,
all flocking together like that,

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why on earth do they do that?

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I was expecting a shack.
It's enormous!

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Who on earth would've found the need
to build such a large home here?

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With nothing around.

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Oh, the previous owners gave it
to the State. More money than sense.

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Did someone live here permanently?

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The owner built it for his daughter,
I believe. Shall I take you in?

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Our apologies.

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It's such a big house,
couldn't clear it all.

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It's a luxury for us. Truly.

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Fresh wood in the fireplace
is down here.

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Same in the bedrooms upstairs.

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And the kitchen stove is a wood burner.

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Plenty of wood outside.
I'll show you where.

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And I'll show you where
the generator is on the way out.

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I'll be back next Sunday
to drop off more supplies.

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Thanks again.

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Happy birdwatching.

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Testing. Testing.

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October 5th, 1951,
first day on Big Harbour Island.

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There's a huge flock
gathering on the sandbar

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and I just spotted a peregrine up high.

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On my way.

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Here they come.

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My little beauties.

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-So thoughtful.
-Hmm?

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New towels, new sheets.

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They didn't have to do that.

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They would've been paid
a pittance by Cornell.

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Just very good people.

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I'm really glad we're here.

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I'm very tired.

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It's our first full day tomorrow.

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Of course.

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I just haven't slept.

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It's no problem.

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<i>October 5th, 1951,</i>
<i>6:00 p.m. Big Harbour Island</i>

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<i>A large number of dunlins</i>
<i>are gathering on the bay.</i>

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<i>Approximately 30 thousand--</i>

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-What happened?
-I have no idea.

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I'll check, you go back to bed.

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You go.

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I made you sandwiches.

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-Thank you.

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-Eat them.
-I will.

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<i>Did you eat my sandwich?</i>

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Yes, it was delicious.

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See you soon.

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Do you mind
if I don't come over this evening?

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I need to set up
my cataloging system.

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-Oh.
-<i>You can station the mic I left.</i>

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-It's got a wide range, I prepped it.
-No problem.

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I can get dinner started.

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Hello?

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Hello.

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In here.

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What are you doing here in the gloom?

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You'll ruin your eyes.

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They're already ruined.

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You missed a stunning one tonight.
Possibly the most beautiful of all.

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You always say that when I'm not there.

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I do not.

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Do I?

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Mm-hmm.

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-I got good audio, I think.
-Thank you.

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-They were very noisy.
-Wonderful.

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I made a casserole.

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You're a wonder.

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I'll get the fire going.

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Brontë sisters, <i>Madame Bovary</i>,

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<i>Crime and Punishment.</i>

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<i>-Tess of the d'Urbervilles…</i>
-That's a cheery selection.

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What are you reading?

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<i>The Mating Habits of the Dunlin</i>
<i>in the Canadian Wet Tundra Region.</i>

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It sounds provocative.

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Oh, it is.

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We're not even dealing with them
in the mating season, darling.

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Every aspect of their behavior
could be a clue.

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How they mate,
how they nest, how they forage.

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Why don't they engage in murmurations
during the breeding season, for example?

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Too busy making love.

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Come on.

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-No.
-Please.

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No. I want to read.

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Come, come, come.

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Please.

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Edgar, don't.

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I'm not in the mood.

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You're never in the mood.

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Edgar.

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Edgar!

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-Edgar!
-What?

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What in God's name are they doing?

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Are they sick? Sheltering from the cold?

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They're built for the cold.

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I never heard of a dunlin
roosting above shrub level,

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certainly not in an attic.

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My dear little dunlins,

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what are you doing?

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I'm recording.

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Edgar?

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<i>I'm so cold.</i>

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Well?

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They sound different, more melancholy.

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Did you not hear it?

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Hear what?

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Give them to me.

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-What did you hear?
-Shh!

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You haven't had any sleep.
You're very tired.

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I listened to it several times.

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-I don't understand what's happened.
-You haven't used an old tape?

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Since when have I ever reused tapes?
I'm not a fool.

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All right, don't bite my head off.

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It might help if you tell me
what I'm meant to be listening for.

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Oh, well…

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It was good while it lasted.

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<i>"They roll like</i>
<i>a drunken fingerprint across the sky."</i>

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Mm.

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Richard Wilbur.

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He's talking about murmurations.

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Beautiful poem.

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What?

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"They roll like a drunken fingerprint
across the sky."

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What do?

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Murmurations.

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Oh.

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That's good.

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I cannot find one instance of dunlins
roosting in a human structure anywhere.

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Don't you think that's weird?

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It'll most likely give us
years of grief trying to figure it out.

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It's like they're drawn to this house.

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Drawn?

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To this house?

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That's a leap.

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Well, why are they roosting
in this house and nowhere else on Earth?

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That we know of yet.

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This house gives me the creeps.

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Old houses do that.

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They're creepy.

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Can I read you some more?

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What was this family doing here?

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-The one on the walls.
-I don't know, my love.

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Why would they leave
all their furniture and possessions,

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gathering dust?

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For decades?

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You get that crease, just there,

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when you're trying to solve a mystery.

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-I shouldn't frown.
-No, I like it. It's sexy.

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You are sexy.

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Don't be silly.

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I love you, crazy bird lady.

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Do you love me?

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I have a headache.

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Edgar.

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Don't touch me.

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-Why not?
-What's the point?

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The point is I love you.

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I'm so sorry.

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-I just need--
-More time.

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I know.

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I didn't mean to upset you.

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I'll leave you be.

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Edgar.

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I'm so cold.

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-Who's there?
-What's wrong?

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I had a bad dream.

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I'm sorry.

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It's so stuffy in here with the fire.

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Can I open this, just a crack?

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Yes.

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Do you mind if I sleep near the window?

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That's fine.

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It's beautiful.

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00:34:54,958 --> 00:34:57,000
Don't you think
it's strange, though?

260
00:34:57,500 --> 00:34:58,333
How?

261
00:34:59,166 --> 00:35:01,416
What's the one word I always mention

262
00:35:01,500 --> 00:35:04,166
when anyone asks me
why I'm drawn to birds?

263
00:35:04,250 --> 00:35:05,583
You laugh about it.

264
00:35:07,083 --> 00:35:10,500
-You always go on about their freedom.
-Yes, that's right.

265
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:11,875
Freedom.

266
00:35:12,708 --> 00:35:16,166
It's a feeling a lot of people get
when they look at a murmuration, Nance.

267
00:35:17,375 --> 00:35:18,791
I feel for her.

268
00:35:19,291 --> 00:35:20,375
What do you mean?

269
00:35:20,875 --> 00:35:22,625
I don't know. I… I just do.

270
00:35:25,166 --> 00:35:27,583
Living in this big house all on her own.

271
00:35:28,083 --> 00:35:31,625
She had her husband and son here
by the looks of it. She wasn't alone.

272
00:35:36,833 --> 00:35:41,166
It's an accurate embroidery.
She must have been a keen birdwatcher.

273
00:35:43,583 --> 00:35:44,833
What have I done now?

274
00:35:48,166 --> 00:35:51,000
-I don't understand what you want from me.
-I don't want anything.

275
00:35:52,833 --> 00:35:54,416
I don't know.

276
00:35:56,166 --> 00:35:57,125
Forget it.

277
00:35:59,916 --> 00:36:03,833
-Did you get much work done today?
-There is more to life than work.

278
00:36:03,916 --> 00:36:06,000
I know there is, but we're here to work.

279
00:36:06,083 --> 00:36:08,708
I thought you wanted me
to take a break once in a while.

280
00:36:08,791 --> 00:36:09,791
I do.

281
00:36:18,541 --> 00:36:19,750
This is beautiful.

282
00:36:21,500 --> 00:36:22,750
But when I look at it,

283
00:36:23,833 --> 00:36:25,416
all I feel is sad.

284
00:36:26,041 --> 00:36:28,333
Her arm outstretched like that.

285
00:36:29,416 --> 00:36:31,458
She must have felt very trapped here.

286
00:36:36,916 --> 00:36:38,208
I know how she felt.

287
00:37:09,375 --> 00:37:10,208
Oh.

288
00:37:11,250 --> 00:37:12,083
Ava.

289
00:37:20,750 --> 00:37:21,833
Hey.

290
00:39:17,875 --> 00:39:20,791
<i> He wrote that he'd leave his wife</i>
<i>once he came back from the war,</i>

291
00:39:20,875 --> 00:39:25,208
but then when the war was over,
he went straight back to his wife, saying,

292
00:39:25,291 --> 00:39:28,875
"Oh no, I cannot be with you, my love.
I'm heartbroken."

293
00:39:29,541 --> 00:39:32,208
"I have to honor my marriage."
Blah blah blah.

294
00:39:32,291 --> 00:39:34,750
-Mm-hmm.
-She must have told him she was pregnant.

295
00:39:34,833 --> 00:39:36,750
He mentions a child and paying for it.

296
00:39:36,833 --> 00:39:39,333
I could tell
from his first letter he was a cad.

297
00:39:39,416 --> 00:39:42,000
-I suspect she had no idea.

298
00:39:42,083 --> 00:39:45,250
-She was head over heels in love--
-Shh! You're too loud!

299
00:39:47,166 --> 00:39:50,208
He never lived here,
he was never part of the family,

300
00:39:50,291 --> 00:39:52,375
though the photos make it look like that.

301
00:39:52,458 --> 00:39:54,875
Why are you so interested in their story?

302
00:39:55,458 --> 00:39:56,291
Why?

303
00:39:58,500 --> 00:40:02,041
'Cause I want to know how
they ended up on this island all alone.

304
00:40:03,166 --> 00:40:04,125
It's sad.

305
00:40:05,125 --> 00:40:06,625
We're staying in their house.

306
00:40:07,625 --> 00:40:11,125
You feel that gives you permission
to read all their personal letters?

307
00:40:11,750 --> 00:40:14,458
Is it so wrong
to read a dead person's letters?

308
00:40:14,541 --> 00:40:15,750
Yes, it is.

309
00:40:16,875 --> 00:40:18,583
And how do you know they're dead?

310
00:40:20,833 --> 00:40:21,916
I have a feeling.

311
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:23,875
You have a scientist's brain.

312
00:40:23,958 --> 00:40:27,208
Since when have you relied on
"I have a feeling" in place of facts?

313
00:40:27,291 --> 00:40:30,791
Oh, yes, Edgar.
God forbid I should feel something.

314
00:40:30,875 --> 00:40:33,750
The minute some people
step into a falling-down old house,

315
00:40:33,833 --> 00:40:35,291
they start seeing ghosts.

316
00:40:37,125 --> 00:40:38,125
Some people?

317
00:40:40,291 --> 00:40:41,875
I am not "some people."

318
00:40:42,666 --> 00:40:44,375
And I don't believe in ghosts.

319
00:40:44,458 --> 00:40:47,916
You're more interested in people
you've never met than your own work.

320
00:40:48,583 --> 00:40:51,625
-I have devoted my life to this work.
-I know.

321
00:40:51,708 --> 00:40:54,583
I have worked harder
than any of those men

322
00:40:54,666 --> 00:40:57,916
who sail through the halls of Cornell
thinking they're God's gift.

323
00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,625
I know. I'm sorry.

324
00:41:02,041 --> 00:41:03,708
Forgive me for being interested

325
00:41:03,791 --> 00:41:06,333
in something other than birds
for five minutes!

326
00:41:24,916 --> 00:41:25,750
Edgar.

327
00:41:29,500 --> 00:41:30,500
<i>Edgar.</i>

328
00:41:34,875 --> 00:41:35,708
Yes?

329
00:41:35,791 --> 00:41:37,333
The dunlins are back.

330
00:41:37,416 --> 00:41:38,333
<i>Oh.</i>

331
00:41:38,416 --> 00:41:39,875
I'll be over in a while.

332
00:41:41,625 --> 00:41:43,333
Things just got interesting.

333
00:41:43,416 --> 00:41:45,291
<i>I'll be there as soon as I can.</i>

334
00:42:10,250 --> 00:42:12,666
<i>Mommy's mad at me.</i>

335
00:42:13,916 --> 00:42:16,250
-<i>What did you do?</i>

336
00:43:45,250 --> 00:43:47,333
-Where have you been?
Working.

337
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,875
-You said you'd come as soon as you could.
-I was doing my job.

338
00:43:54,250 --> 00:43:55,458
Open the door.

339
00:44:14,166 --> 00:44:16,958
Don't grip it so tight.
It's stunned, you'll kill it.

340
00:44:17,041 --> 00:44:19,083
-Nancy.
-Please, Edgar, put it down.

341
00:44:19,166 --> 00:44:21,791
Sweetheart, its neck is broken.

342
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,291
-Oh.
-Poor little thing.

343
00:44:27,208 --> 00:44:30,916
Oh well, not all is lost.
The museum always needs more skins.

344
00:44:33,791 --> 00:44:35,000
Are you all right?

345
00:44:36,625 --> 00:44:37,583
Yes.

346
00:44:38,833 --> 00:44:39,916
Yes, of course.

347
00:45:25,416 --> 00:45:27,375
I'm so cold.

348
00:45:41,333 --> 00:45:43,625
What did you do?

349
00:45:54,791 --> 00:45:56,833
-Nancy.

350
00:45:56,916 --> 00:45:57,875
Nance!

351
00:45:59,125 --> 00:46:00,083
It's all right.

352
00:46:02,041 --> 00:46:04,125
It's all right, sweetheart. Shh.

353
00:46:08,666 --> 00:46:10,625
The door opened on its own.

354
00:46:11,125 --> 00:46:12,625
And then something…

355
00:46:15,625 --> 00:46:16,875
…something…

356
00:46:18,250 --> 00:46:21,916
It's an old house.
Everything moves and creaks.

357
00:46:26,666 --> 00:46:27,833
Let it out, Nance.

358
00:46:29,958 --> 00:46:32,208
You haven't cried at all. Not since…

359
00:46:35,000 --> 00:46:36,291
everything happened.

360
00:46:37,916 --> 00:46:40,041
It would do you good to let it out.

361
00:46:43,750 --> 00:46:46,875
Just yesterday, you told me
you didn't want me to feel.

362
00:46:48,333 --> 00:46:51,375
-That's not what I said.
-You said I was being unscientific.

363
00:46:51,458 --> 00:46:52,875
Relying on my feelings.

364
00:46:52,958 --> 00:46:55,958
No, I said I was surprised
you were relying on your feelings.

365
00:46:56,041 --> 00:46:58,541
Because that would be so terrible,
wouldn't it?

366
00:46:58,625 --> 00:47:01,041
No, Nance. I don't know what I--

367
00:47:01,125 --> 00:47:03,625
So, which wife
do you want me to be, Edgar?

368
00:47:04,166 --> 00:47:06,708
The one who feels or the one who doesn't?

369
00:47:08,833 --> 00:47:11,000
I'm sorry, Nance. I'm not perfect.

370
00:47:12,500 --> 00:47:13,625
I'm trying.

371
00:47:14,625 --> 00:47:16,041
Oh yes, you're trying.

372
00:47:22,166 --> 00:47:23,750
I don't wanna talk anymore.

373
00:47:25,041 --> 00:47:26,250
I just wanna sleep.

374
00:48:11,208 --> 00:48:12,041
Hello.

375
00:48:13,333 --> 00:48:14,250
Hello.

376
00:48:14,791 --> 00:48:17,208
-Got everything you asked for.
-Wonderful.

377
00:48:28,625 --> 00:48:29,833
Mr. Grieves?

378
00:48:32,541 --> 00:48:35,125
Can you tell me who lived in this house?

379
00:48:35,208 --> 00:48:37,333
Uh, nobody's lived here for decades.

380
00:48:37,416 --> 00:48:40,958
Yes, I know that.
But… who are the people on the walls?

381
00:48:43,083 --> 00:48:46,541
I know this might sound silly,
but I have seen some things…

382
00:48:47,625 --> 00:48:48,458
here.

383
00:48:49,666 --> 00:48:50,625
That's all. Some...

384
00:48:51,666 --> 00:48:52,875
very odd things.

385
00:48:53,875 --> 00:48:54,875
What do you mean?

386
00:49:02,958 --> 00:49:04,916
Why did she live
all the way out here

387
00:49:05,666 --> 00:49:06,875
alone with her son?

388
00:49:09,375 --> 00:49:10,791
Her family put her here.

389
00:49:12,208 --> 00:49:13,458
It was too isolated.

390
00:49:14,291 --> 00:49:15,541
And it didn't work out.

391
00:49:16,291 --> 00:49:18,083
How did it not work out?

392
00:49:19,291 --> 00:49:20,125
The boy died.

393
00:49:21,208 --> 00:49:22,041
How?

394
00:49:24,416 --> 00:49:26,708
Please, Mr. Grieves, how did he die?

395
00:49:28,333 --> 00:49:29,333
He drowned.

396
00:49:32,458 --> 00:49:34,166
She drowned him, didn't she?

397
00:49:36,916 --> 00:49:38,500
And where is the mother now?

398
00:49:39,708 --> 00:49:41,166
Please, Mr. Grieves.

399
00:49:43,708 --> 00:49:45,208
She did away with herself.

400
00:49:51,875 --> 00:49:55,625
This happened 30 years ago, Mrs. Bradley.
What is there to tell?

401
00:49:56,375 --> 00:49:57,833
I would've liked to have known.

402
00:49:57,916 --> 00:50:00,666
My wife and I went out of our way
to give you a place to stay,

403
00:50:00,750 --> 00:50:02,583
out of this dreadful cold.

404
00:50:02,666 --> 00:50:04,833
We really made an effort.

405
00:50:04,916 --> 00:50:07,333
Of course, and we're enormously grateful.

406
00:50:07,416 --> 00:50:09,041
People say they see things here,

407
00:50:09,125 --> 00:50:12,791
but it's just a morbid fascination
with other people's misery.

408
00:50:15,791 --> 00:50:18,500
-People see what they wanna see.
-Of course.

409
00:50:18,583 --> 00:50:20,500
It's all a load of rubbish.

410
00:50:21,708 --> 00:50:23,250
I don't believe in ghosts.

411
00:50:32,166 --> 00:50:34,708
-What was that about?
-What was what about?

412
00:50:35,416 --> 00:50:38,833
Your long, heated conversation
with the caretaker?

413
00:50:39,583 --> 00:50:40,625
Nothing.

414
00:50:40,708 --> 00:50:42,916
It wasn't nothing.

415
00:50:48,666 --> 00:50:52,583
How am I ever supposed to help you
if you never tell me anything?

416
00:50:52,666 --> 00:50:55,875
Whenever I tell you anything,
it's never what you wanna hear.

417
00:50:55,958 --> 00:50:57,416
I want to know.

418
00:51:00,458 --> 00:51:01,458
I do.

419
00:51:05,583 --> 00:51:08,083
I asked him
about the people who lived here.

420
00:51:09,958 --> 00:51:11,208
The mother and child.

421
00:51:12,333 --> 00:51:13,208
All right.

422
00:51:18,166 --> 00:51:21,833
Because I have been seeing
and hearing them ever since we got here.

423
00:51:22,583 --> 00:51:23,625
What do you mean?

424
00:51:24,125 --> 00:51:26,541
I have seen and heard them.

425
00:51:28,041 --> 00:51:29,041
In this house.

426
00:51:30,250 --> 00:51:31,541
Their voices,

427
00:51:31,625 --> 00:51:33,500
their… forms.

428
00:51:36,291 --> 00:51:39,416
And I would love it,
I would dearly love it, Edgar,

429
00:51:39,500 --> 00:51:42,375
if I could just tell you this
and you would believe me.

430
00:51:43,875 --> 00:51:46,541
I know you've had
no proper sleep for a whole year.

431
00:51:47,708 --> 00:51:50,916
Even sane, rational people like you

432
00:51:51,000 --> 00:51:53,500
will see and hear things
when they've had no sleep.

433
00:51:53,583 --> 00:51:56,333
-Please, Edgar, don't--
-I haven't seen anything, Nance.

434
00:51:56,416 --> 00:51:59,125
No ghosts or goblins.
Nothing but a big, sad old house.

435
00:51:59,208 --> 00:52:01,958
So forgive me. I am trying to understand.

436
00:52:02,041 --> 00:52:05,666
Don't tell me you're <i>trying</i> to understand
like I'm some crazy person.

437
00:52:05,750 --> 00:52:08,291
I never said you were crazy!

438
00:52:08,375 --> 00:52:11,000
All I know is you've been dealt
the worst blow any mother,

439
00:52:11,083 --> 00:52:14,041
any human being could've been dealt,
and I'm very worried about you.

440
00:52:14,125 --> 00:52:15,583
Why is it always about me?

441
00:52:16,708 --> 00:52:18,416
You went through this too, Edgar.

442
00:52:18,500 --> 00:52:21,000
Why don't you tell me
how you feel for once?

443
00:52:21,083 --> 00:52:22,958
All right! I feel lost.

444
00:52:23,708 --> 00:52:25,541
I feel… angry.

445
00:52:25,625 --> 00:52:28,625
I feel completely heartbroken.

446
00:52:30,125 --> 00:52:31,625
And I… I don't understand you.

447
00:52:31,708 --> 00:52:35,333
I… I don't understand
how our darling Ava can die,

448
00:52:35,416 --> 00:52:37,250
and you haven't shed a tear,

449
00:52:37,333 --> 00:52:39,083
not one single tear
in the whole year since.

450
00:52:39,166 --> 00:52:40,541
You want me to cry for you?

451
00:52:41,291 --> 00:52:43,666
-Would that make it better?
-No, of course not.

452
00:52:43,750 --> 00:52:46,500
I just thought
a mother would cry for her child.

453
00:52:48,791 --> 00:52:52,208
We took this trip to make things better,
and now we're here and you…

454
00:52:52,708 --> 00:52:55,666
you seem to care more about these people,
these dead people,

455
00:52:55,750 --> 00:52:57,583
than you do about your own daughter.

456
00:53:00,500 --> 00:53:02,125
You asked me how I feel.

457
00:53:05,583 --> 00:53:07,125
Well, that's how I feel.

458
00:53:11,291 --> 00:53:13,083
You've never let me in, Nance.

459
00:53:13,166 --> 00:53:17,125
Not once
through this horrible mess of a year.

460
00:53:18,041 --> 00:53:19,500
I try…

461
00:53:19,583 --> 00:53:23,458
…and I try,
and I just feel you slipping away.

462
00:53:26,125 --> 00:53:31,250
I want more than anything in the world
for us to stay together, but I don't…

463
00:53:38,458 --> 00:53:40,375
I'll sleep down here tonight.

464
00:53:41,750 --> 00:53:45,125
Head off to my station
early in the morning before dawn.

465
00:53:46,625 --> 00:53:48,250
Unless you want me to stay.

466
00:53:52,208 --> 00:53:53,083
Just…

467
00:53:54,333 --> 00:53:56,000
tell me, Nance,

468
00:53:56,833 --> 00:53:57,791
and I will.

469
00:54:07,750 --> 00:54:08,958
I'll be on the radio.

470
00:54:59,333 --> 00:55:00,166
Edgar.

471
00:55:48,000 --> 00:55:49,625
Mommy's mad at me.

472
00:55:59,791 --> 00:56:04,500
What have you done?
What have you done? What have you done?

473
00:56:05,291 --> 00:56:09,708
What have you done?

474
00:56:24,375 --> 00:56:25,500
Stop it!

475
00:56:32,583 --> 00:56:33,583
Leave him alone!

476
00:56:36,583 --> 00:56:39,916
Leave him alone!

477
00:56:58,833 --> 00:57:00,916
Mommy is mad at me.

478
00:57:06,666 --> 00:57:08,875
And I don't know why.

479
00:57:11,625 --> 00:57:12,750
Sweetheart.

480
00:57:16,833 --> 00:57:19,000
Your mommy did a bad thing to you.

481
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:24,125
You were hurt.

482
00:57:27,833 --> 00:57:29,458
And you're not alive anymore.

483
00:57:37,083 --> 00:57:40,166
You did… nothing wrong.

484
00:57:43,333 --> 00:57:44,916
You were the perfect child.

485
00:57:45,625 --> 00:57:47,791
I'm so cold.

486
00:57:48,791 --> 00:57:51,166
It's so dark.

487
00:57:53,541 --> 00:57:55,500
Come into the light, sweetheart,

488
00:57:57,000 --> 00:57:59,000
where it's warm. Can you do that?

489
00:58:02,833 --> 00:58:03,833
Take my hand.

490
00:58:06,375 --> 00:58:08,916
You won't be alone or cold anymore.

491
00:58:18,041 --> 00:58:19,625
Run into the light, sweetheart.

492
00:58:21,083 --> 00:58:22,083
You're safe.

493
00:58:23,333 --> 00:58:24,541
Run into the light.

494
00:58:25,916 --> 00:58:27,208
Run into the light!

495
00:59:01,708 --> 00:59:02,875
What have you done?

496
00:59:03,791 --> 00:59:05,208
What have you done?

497
00:59:05,291 --> 00:59:06,916
What have you done?

498
00:59:28,333 --> 00:59:29,333
No!

499
01:00:47,625 --> 01:00:48,583
Nancy?

500
01:00:51,708 --> 01:00:52,541
<i> Nance?</i>

501
01:01:00,208 --> 01:01:01,208
Edgar.

502
01:01:04,083 --> 01:01:04,916
<i>Yes.</i>

503
01:01:06,291 --> 01:01:07,416
Are you all right?

504
01:01:13,000 --> 01:01:14,375
I'm sorry.

505
01:01:18,875 --> 01:01:20,208
I'm so sorry.

506
01:01:25,375 --> 01:01:27,083
I've been so lost.

507
01:01:30,375 --> 01:01:33,125
Of course, my darling, I understand.

508
01:01:36,166 --> 01:01:37,208
I love you.

509
01:01:39,416 --> 01:01:41,250
<i>I love you too, my darling.</i>

510
01:01:42,541 --> 01:01:43,708
<i>So much.</i>

511
01:01:50,166 --> 01:01:52,041
I wanna talk about Ava.