<TextBlock 1 w:28 h:1>
<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>La<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>can<Delay 5>...<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 2 w:46 h:1>
"Lacan,<Delay 5> what is wrong?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 3 w:16 h:1>
"Lacan?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 4 w:56 h:4>
In that dream,
I was called 'Lacan'<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
 
I was an artist<Delay 5>...<New>
I had become recognized as a
talented artist and now was
painting the portrait of the
Nisan Mother, 'Sophia'<Delay 5>...<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 5 w:30 h:3>
Lacan
"Huh<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>no,<Delay 10>
it is nothing."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 6 w:56 h:3>
"<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>Let us finish for today.<Delay 30>
You look rather tired.<Delay 15>
<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>Are you alright?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 7 w:50 h:4>
Lacan
"I am fine,<Delay 5> thank you<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
But,<Delay 5> now that you mention
it<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 8 w:54 h:4>
Lacan
"Shall we stop for the day?<Delay 20>
You must be the one who is
tired,<Delay 5> 'Mother Sophia'?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 9 w:44 h:2>
Sophia
"Enough of that, now."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 10 w:54 h:4>
Sophia
"When it is just the two of
us, would you stop calling
me that.<New>
Just call me 'Elly'<Delay 5>...<Delay 15> As
you used to do in the old
days<Delay 5>...<Delay 30> And you don't have
to be so stiff and formal."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 11 w:54 h:4>
Lacan
"Oh, <Delay 5>errh, <Delay 10>alright.<Delay 15>
Very wel<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>no, I mean<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
Yes,<Delay 5> let's do that<Delay 5> 'Elly'!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 12 w:48 h:4>
Lacan
"I think I might go back
home<Delay 5>...<Delay 10>
only for a week or so."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 13 w:40 h:3>
Elly
"Oh,<Delay 5> really?<Delay 5>
What is the matter?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 14 w:42 h:4>
Lacan
"I ran out of paint.<Delay 15>
So<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>I, errh, need to
go make some more."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 15 w:46 h:3>
Elly
"You're going all that
way<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>just to do that?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 16 w:44 h:4>
Lacan
"If I don't go there,<Delay 5>
I won't be able to get
the right pigments."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 17 w:42 h:4>
Elly
"Oh<Delay 5>...<New>
Then how about I have
one of my followers,<Delay 5>
the -Kahal-,<Delay 5> take you
in one of our Gears?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 18 w:44 h:4>
Elly
"You'll arrive quicker<Delay 15>
and you'll be much
more safe."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 19 w:48 h:6>
I lied...<Delay 30>
I wasn't out of paint.<Delay 15>
I just feared I would
finish the portrait.<Delay 15>
I wanted to keep on
painting<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>forever.<New>
So I wanted to buy
time<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
She'd probably despise
me for that<Delay 5>...<New>
No,<Delay 5>
she'd probably just
give me her usual smile.<Delay 15>
She was that kind of
woman<Delay 5>...<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 20 w:28 h:1>
<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>La<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>can<Delay 5>...<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 21 w:46 h:1>
"Lacan,<Delay 5> what is wrong?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 22 w:16 h:1>
"Lacan?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 23 w:58 h:4>
In that dream,<Delay 5>
I was called 'Sophia'<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
 
Mother Sophia<Delay 5>...<New>
A symbolic name<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
Crowned upon the person who
would be the people's hope<Delay 5>...<New>
A name I was destined to have<Delay 5>
Whether I wanted it or not<Delay 5>...<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 24 w:30 h:3>
Lacan
"Huh<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>no,<Delay 10>
it is nothing."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 25 w:56 h:3>
"<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>Let us finish for today.<Delay 30>
You look rather tired.<Delay 15>
<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>Are you alright?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 26 w:50 h:4>
Lacan
"I am fine,<Delay 5> thank you<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
But,<Delay 5> now that you mention
it<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 27 w:54 h:4>
Lacan
"Shall we stop for the day?<Delay 20>
You must be the one who is
tired,<Delay 5> 'Mother Sophia'?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 28 w:44 h:2>
Sophia
"Enough of that, now."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 29 w:54 h:4>
Sophia
"When it is just the two of
us, would you stop calling
me that.<New>
Just call me 'Elly'<Delay 5>...<Delay 15> As
you used to do in the old
days<Delay 5>...<Delay 30> And you don't have
to be so stiff and formal."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 30 w:54 h:4>
Lacan
"Oh, <Delay 5>errh, <Delay 10>alright.<Delay 15>
Very wel<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>no, I mean<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
Yes,<Delay 5> let's do that<Delay 5> 'Elly'!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 31 w:48 h:4>
Lacan
"I think I might go back
home<Delay 5>...<Delay 10>
only for a week or so."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 32 w:40 h:3>
Elly
"Oh, really?<Delay 5>
What is the matter?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 33 w:42 h:4>
Lacan
"I ran out of paint.<Delay 15>
So<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>I, errh, need to
go make some more."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 34 w:46 h:3>
Elly
"You're going all that
way<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>just to do that?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 35 w:44 h:4>
Lacan
"If I don't go there,<Delay 5>
I won't be able to get
the right pigments."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 36 w:42 h:4>
Elly
"Oh<Delay 5>...<New>
Then how about I have
one of my followers,<Delay 5>
the -Kahal-,<Delay 5> take you
in one of our Gears?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 37 w:44 h:4>
Elly
"You'll arrive quicker<Delay 15>
and you'll be much
more safe."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 38 w:64 h:9>
I wonder when it started<Delay 5>...<Delay 30>
 
That he started refusing me<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
The walls between us<Delay 5>...<Delay 30>
Our 'positions'<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
Our 'circumstances'<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
He refused to recognize these<Delay 5>...<Delay 45>
 
No<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>maybe it was me<Delay 5>...<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 39 w:56 h:11>
Therefore<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
I didn't want them<Delay 5>...<Delay 30>
 
I wanted the two of us
to be ourselves<Delay 5>...<Delay 45>
 
That is what I wished for<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
So,<Delay 5>
I had him paint me<Delay 5>...<Delay 30>
 
The way I really am<Delay 5>...<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 40 w:48 h:3>
Elly
"What's wrong?<Delay 15>
You don't look so good."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 41 w:54 h:4>
Elly
"Lately, you've seemed
melancholy almost everyday.<Delay 15>
Has something happened?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 42 w:36 h:4>
Lacan
"I don't know.<Delay 15>
I just can't paint
right now.<New>
Sorry,<Delay 5> but do you
mind if we stop
here for today<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 43 w:44 h:4>
Elly
"I see<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
It is not good to push
yourself too hard<Delay 5>...<New>
Why don't you rest up
for a little while?<Delay 30>
I'll have Krelian take
you<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 44 w:26 h:3>
Krelian
"What are you
doing<Delay 5> Lacan?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 45 w:50 h:4>
Lacan
"Oh<Delay 5> it's you,<Delay 5> Krelian<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
I was thinking<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>I'd stop
painting the portrait<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 46 w:36 h:2>
Krelian
"Why stop now<Delay 5>...?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 47 w:50 h:4>
Lacan
"It's the circumstances.<Delay 15>
I shouldn't be painting
her at a time like this."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 48 w:50 h:4>
Lacan
"Eventually she too must
stand at the front lines.<Delay 15>
So<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 49 w:30 h:3>
Krelian
"Is that really
the problem?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 50 w:10 h:2>
Lacan
"<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 51 w:22 h:2>
Krelian
"Lacan<Delay 5>...?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 52 w:52 h:4>
Lacan
"<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
Her smile<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
it's killing me.<New>
The more she smiles at me,
the more I<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>I feel my
very being become
insignificant.<New>
Inside my heart there is
this empty existence.<Delay 15>
Other than painting,<Delay 5>
I have no worth<Delay 5>...<New>
Yet, she continues to
accept my presence.<Delay 15>
I feel like I'm getting
smaller and smaller."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 53 w:54 h:4>
Lacan
"I didn't have this
feeling in the beginning.<New>
I just wanted to paint her<Delay 5>
one more minute<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
one more second longer<Delay 5>...<New>
I wanted to keep on
painting forever.<Delay 15>
But,<Delay 5> suddenly I couldn't.<New>
As the picture neared
completion, the empty part
of me started to manifest
itself in my brush strokes.<New>
I was meant to be painting
her as she really is<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
but<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>this picture is<Delay 5>...<Delay 10>
my own self<Delay 5>...<New>
My empty self has begun to
appear within there.<Delay 15>
That's why<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
I've got to stop now."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 54 w:38 h:2>
Krelian
"Your own self<Delay 5>...?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 55 w:54 h:4>
Krelian
"You're just running away!<Delay 15>
You can't bear it when
she smiles at you.<New>
By painting her portrait,<Delay 5>
you noticed the gap between
your own inner emptiness
and her inner abundance.<New>
And you could not fill that
gap<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
That's why you are quitting
your painting.<New>
You are refusing her!<Delay 15>
Even so, you still can't
bring yourself to leave
her, can you?<New>
In spite of that<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
why is it that she
continues to smile at you?<New>
You who can't accept her
feelings<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
You who won't accept her
feelings<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 56 w:40 h:3>
Krelian
"Tell me why!?<New>
If it was me<Delay 5>...<Delay 30>
who was receiving<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
such feelings<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 57 w:42 h:3>
Roni
"<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>Is this really
her true expression?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 58 w:54 h:4>
Lacan
"Yeah<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
To people who don't know
her that well<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>I guess<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 59 w:54 h:4>
Roni
"Her smile<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
I don't know<Delay 5>...<New>
The smile in this picture
is somehow different from
the one she usually shows
us.<New>
I realize Lacan's feelings
are in there, but<Delay 5>...<New>
I don't think she has ever
opened herself up and shown
her inner self to others
like this before."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 60 w:54 h:4>
Roni
"You've been painting such
a beautiful expression of
Sophia<Delay 5>...<New>
I just can't see the reason
why you want to stop."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 61 w:34 h:4>
Lacan
"Beautiful<Delay 5>...?<New>
Forget it.<Delay 10>
This picture<Delay 5>...!?<Delay 5>
It's anything but
beautiful<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 62 w:50 h:4>
Roni
"Lacan,<Delay 5> you say you're
empty.<Delay 15> Then why do you
come along with us?<New>
What we've been doing
up till now,<Delay 5> are not
just acts of mercy<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
It's a fight for freedom.<New>
Time and again you've
been through life
threatening situations
with us<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 63 w:52 h:4>
Roni
"A man who has nothing in
his heart couldn't do that
kind of thing<Delay 30>...<Delay 5>right?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 64 w:50 h:4>
Lacan
"Roni, you're giving me
too much credit.<New>
As long as you do some-
thing to keep yourself
occupied<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>you can ignore
the hollowness inside."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 65 w:48 h:4>
Lacan
"From the beginning, my
very existence itself
was an emptiness.<New>
It wouldn't matter if I
were to die right now<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
You live,<Delay 5> you die<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
That's all<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 66 w:44 h:4>
Roni
"Pessimistic as usual,<Delay 10>
Lacan<Delay 5>...<Delay 15>
And now you're lying."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 67 w:10 h:2>
Lacan
"<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 68 w:54 h:4>
Roni
"It is just that you're not
good at expressing your own
feelings.<New>
You're not empty.<Delay 15>
She knows that.<Delay 15>
That's why she shows only
you her true smile."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 69 w:44 h:4>
Lacan
"I don't deserve to
see her true smile.<New>
She is the hope of the
people.<Delay 15> Their support.<Delay 15>
There is so much more
for her to do."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 70 w:46 h:4>
Lacan
"Why would she open her
heart to a mere artist
like me<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 71 w:25 h:2>
Rene
"Bro!<Delay 15> Bro<~>!"<Opcode 2 60><Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 72 w:24 h:4>
Rene
"Hey, bro<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
What are you
doing here?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 73 w:24 h:2>
Roni
"What's up?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 74 w:50 h:3>
Zephyr
"The Council of Elders of
Shevat issued a decision.<New>
Tomorrow we will leave
for Soylent."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 75 w:42 h:3>
Roni
"Soylent?<Delay 15>
That's in Solaris<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 76 w:38 h:4>
Rene
"Yes.<Delay 15>
And<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>Sophia will
be coming with us."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 77 w:40 h:2>
Krelian
"That's ridiculous!"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 78 w:54 h:4>
Krelian
"The refugees are still
increasing! <Delay 5>We can't afford
to have Sophia leave Nisan!<New>
And <Delay 5>going to Soylent!<Delay 5>
That's plain foolish!<Delay 10>
It's too dangerous!<New>
What are the elders
thinking?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 79 w:32 h:4>
Zephyr
"No.<Delay 15>
It wasn't the
council's wish."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 80 w:52 h:4>
Zephyr
"It was Sophia's will. It
appears that she expressed
this desire herself."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 81 w:44 h:3>
Krelian
"That can't be<Delay 5>...<Delay 5>
What is she thinking?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 82 w:34 h:4>
Rene
"Originally, we 
talked about it
being just us<Delay 5>..."<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 83 w:26 h:2>
Krelian
"Just us<Delay 5>...?"<Close><End of Block>
<TextBlock 84 w:10 h:2>
Lacan
"<Delay 5>..."<Close><Close><End of Block>
