#### 1 ####
{wait:05}...{wait:05}La{wait:05}...{wait:05}can{wait:05}...

#### 2 ####
"Lacan,{wait:05} what is wrong?"

#### 3 ####
"Lacan?"

#### 4 ####
In that dream,
I was called 'Lacan'{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
 
I was an artist{wait:05}...{enter}
I had become recognized as a
talented artist and now was
painting the portrait of the
Nisan Mother, 'Sophia'{wait:05}...

#### 5 ####
Lacan
"Huh{wait:05}...{wait:05}no,{wait:0A}
it is nothing."

#### 6 ####
"{wait:05}...{wait:05}Let us finish for today.{wait:1E}
You look rather tired.{wait:0F}
{wait:05}...{wait:05}Are you alright?"

#### 7 ####
Lacan
"I am fine,{wait:05} thank you{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
But,{wait:05} now that you mention
it{wait:05}..."

#### 8 ####
Lacan
"Shall we stop for the day?{wait:14}
You must be the one who is
tired,{wait:05} 'Mother Sophia'?"

#### 9 ####
Sophia
"Enough of that, now."

#### 10 ####
Sophia
"When it is just the two of
us, would you stop calling
me that.{enter}
Just call me 'Elly'{wait:05}...{wait:0F} As
you used to do in the old
days{wait:05}...{wait:1E} And you don't have
to be so stiff and formal."

#### 11 ####
Lacan
"Oh, {wait:05}errh, {wait:0A}alright.{wait:0F}
Very wel{wait:05}...{wait:05}no, I mean{wait:05}...{wait:05}
Yes,{wait:05} let's do that{wait:05} 'Elly'!"

#### 12 ####
Lacan
"I think I might go back
home{wait:05}...{wait:0A}
only for a week or so."

#### 13 ####
Elly
"Oh,{wait:05} really?{wait:05}
What is the matter?"

#### 14 ####
Lacan
"I ran out of paint.{wait:0F}
So{wait:05}...{wait:05}I, errh, need to
go make some more."

#### 15 ####
Elly
"You're going all that
way{wait:05}...{wait:05}just to do that?"

#### 16 ####
Lacan
"If I don't go there,{wait:05}
I won't be able to get
the right pigments."

#### 17 ####
Elly
"Oh{wait:05}...{enter}
Then how about I have
one of my followers,{wait:05}
the -Kahal-,{wait:05} take you
in one of our Gears?"

#### 18 ####
Elly
"You'll arrive quicker{wait:0F}
and you'll be much
more safe."

#### 19 ####
I lied...{wait:1E}
I wasn't out of paint.{wait:0F}
I just feared I would
finish the portrait.{wait:0F}
I wanted to keep on
painting{wait:05}...{wait:05}forever.{enter}
So I wanted to buy
time{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
She'd probably despise
me for that{wait:05}...{enter}
No,{wait:05}
she'd probably just
give me her usual smile.{wait:0F}
She was that kind of
woman{wait:05}...

#### 20 ####
{wait:05}...{wait:05}La{wait:05}...{wait:05}can{wait:05}...

#### 21 ####
"Lacan,{wait:05} what is wrong?"

#### 22 ####
"Lacan?"

#### 23 ####
In that dream,{wait:05}
I was called 'Sophia'{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
 
Mother Sophia{wait:05}...{enter}
A symbolic name{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
Crowned upon the person who
would be the people's hope{wait:05}...{enter}
A name I was destined to have{wait:05}
Whether I wanted it or not{wait:05}...

#### 24 ####
Lacan
"Huh{wait:05}...{wait:05}no,{wait:0A}
it is nothing."

#### 25 ####
"{wait:05}...{wait:05}Let us finish for today.{wait:1E}
You look rather tired.{wait:0F}
{wait:05}...{wait:05}Are you alright?"

#### 26 ####
Lacan
"I am fine,{wait:05} thank you{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
But,{wait:05} now that you mention
it{wait:05}..."

#### 27 ####
Lacan
"Shall we stop for the day?{wait:14}
You must be the one who is
tired,{wait:05} 'Mother Sophia'?"

#### 28 ####
Sophia
"Enough of that, now."

#### 29 ####
Sophia
"When it is just the two of
us, would you stop calling
me that.{enter}
Just call me 'Elly'{wait:05}...{wait:0F} As
you used to do in the old
days{wait:05}...{wait:1E} And you don't have
to be so stiff and formal."

#### 30 ####
Lacan
"Oh, {wait:05}errh, {wait:0A}alright.{wait:0F}
Very wel{wait:05}...{wait:05}no, I mean{wait:05}...{wait:05}
Yes,{wait:05} let's do that{wait:05} 'Elly'!"

#### 31 ####
Lacan
"I think I might go back
home{wait:05}...{wait:0A}
only for a week or so."

#### 32 ####
Elly
"Oh, really?{wait:05}
What is the matter?"

#### 33 ####
Lacan
"I ran out of paint.{wait:0F}
So{wait:05}...{wait:05}I, errh, need to
go make some more."

#### 34 ####
Elly
"You're going all that
way{wait:05}...{wait:05}just to do that?"

#### 35 ####
Lacan
"If I don't go there,{wait:05}
I won't be able to get
the right pigments."

#### 36 ####
Elly
"Oh{wait:05}...{enter}
Then how about I have
one of my followers,{wait:05}
the -Kahal-,{wait:05} take you
in one of our Gears?"

#### 37 ####
Elly
"You'll arrive quicker{wait:0F}
and you'll be much
more safe."

#### 38 ####
I wonder when it started{wait:05}...{wait:1E}
 
That he started refusing me{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
The walls between us{wait:05}...{wait:1E}
Our 'positions'{wait:05}...{wait:05}
Our 'circumstances'{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
He refused to recognize these{wait:05}...{wait:2D}
 
No{wait:05}...{wait:05}maybe it was me{wait:05}...

#### 39 ####
Therefore{wait:05}...{wait:05}
I didn't want them{wait:05}...{wait:1E}
 
I wanted the two of us
to be ourselves{wait:05}...{wait:2D}
 
That is what I wished for{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
So,{wait:05}
I had him paint me{wait:05}...{wait:1E}
 
The way I really am{wait:05}...

#### 40 ####
Elly
"What's wrong?{wait:0F}
You don't look so good."

#### 41 ####
Elly
"Lately, you've seemed
melancholy almost everyday.{wait:0F}
Has something happened?"

#### 42 ####
Lacan
"I don't know.{wait:0F}
I just can't paint
right now.{enter}
Sorry,{wait:05} but do you
mind if we stop
here for today{wait:05}..."

#### 43 ####
Elly
"I see{wait:05}...{wait:05}
It is not good to push
yourself too hard{wait:05}...{enter}
Why don't you rest up
for a little while?{wait:1E}
I'll have Krelian take
you{wait:05}..."

#### 44 ####
Krelian
"What are you
doing{wait:05} Lacan?"

#### 45 ####
Lacan
"Oh{wait:05} it's you,{wait:05} Krelian{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
I was thinking{wait:05}...{wait:05}I'd stop
painting the portrait{wait:05}..."

#### 46 ####
Krelian
"Why stop now{wait:05}...?"

#### 47 ####
Lacan
"It's the circumstances.{wait:0F}
I shouldn't be painting
her at a time like this."

#### 48 ####
Lacan
"Eventually she too must
stand at the front lines.{wait:0F}
So{wait:05}..."

#### 49 ####
Krelian
"Is that really
the problem?"

#### 50 ####
Lacan
"{wait:05}...{wait:05}"

#### 51 ####
Krelian
"Lacan{wait:05}...?"

#### 52 ####
Lacan
"{wait:05}...{wait:05}
Her smile{wait:05}...{wait:05}
it's killing me.{enter}
The more she smiles at me,
the more I{wait:05}...{wait:05}I feel my
very being become
insignificant.{enter}
Inside my heart there is
this empty existence.{wait:0F}
Other than painting,{wait:05}
I have no worth{wait:05}...{enter}
Yet, she continues to
accept my presence.{wait:0F}
I feel like I'm getting
smaller and smaller."

#### 53 ####
Lacan
"I didn't have this
feeling in the beginning.{enter}
I just wanted to paint her{wait:05}
one more minute{wait:05}...{wait:05}
one more second longer{wait:05}...{enter}
I wanted to keep on
painting forever.{wait:0F}
But,{wait:05} suddenly I couldn't.{enter}
As the picture neared
completion, the empty part
of me started to manifest
itself in my brush strokes.{enter}
I was meant to be painting
her as she really is{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
but{wait:05}...{wait:05}this picture is{wait:05}...{wait:0A}
my own self{wait:05}...{enter}
My empty self has begun to
appear within there.{wait:0F}
That's why{wait:05}...{wait:05}
I've got to stop now."

#### 54 ####
Krelian
"Your own self{wait:05}...?"

#### 55 ####
Krelian
"You're just running away!{wait:0F}
You can't bear it when
she smiles at you.{enter}
By painting her portrait,{wait:05}
you noticed the gap between
your own inner emptiness
and her inner abundance.{enter}
And you could not fill that
gap{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
That's why you are quitting
your painting.{enter}
You are refusing her!{wait:0F}
Even so, you still can't
bring yourself to leave
her, can you?{enter}
In spite of that{wait:05}...{wait:05}
why is it that she
continues to smile at you?{enter}
You who can't accept her
feelings{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
You who won't accept her
feelings{wait:05}..."

#### 56 ####
Krelian
"Tell me why!?{enter}
If it was me{wait:05}...{wait:1E}
who was receiving{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
such feelings{wait:05}..."

#### 57 ####
Roni
"{wait:05}...{wait:05}Is this really
her true expression?"

#### 58 ####
Lacan
"Yeah{wait:05}...{wait:05}
To people who don't know
her that well{wait:05}...{wait:05}I guess{wait:05}..."

#### 59 ####
Roni
"Her smile{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
I don't know{wait:05}...{enter}
The smile in this picture
is somehow different from
the one she usually shows
us.{enter}
I realize Lacan's feelings
are in there, but{wait:05}...{enter}
I don't think she has ever
opened herself up and shown
her inner self to others
like this before."

#### 60 ####
Roni
"You've been painting such
a beautiful expression of
Sophia{wait:05}...{enter}
I just can't see the reason
why you want to stop."

#### 61 ####
Lacan
"Beautiful{wait:05}...?{enter}
Forget it.{wait:0A}
This picture{wait:05}...!?{wait:05}
It's anything but
beautiful{wait:05}..."

#### 62 ####
Roni
"Lacan,{wait:05} you say you're
empty.{wait:0F} Then why do you
come along with us?{enter}
What we've been doing
up till now,{wait:05} are not
just acts of mercy{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
It's a fight for freedom.{enter}
Time and again you've
been through life
threatening situations
with us{wait:05}..."

#### 63 ####
Roni
"A man who has nothing in
his heart couldn't do that
kind of thing{wait:1E}...{wait:05}right?"

#### 64 ####
Lacan
"Roni, you're giving me
too much credit.{enter}
As long as you do some-
thing to keep yourself
occupied{wait:05}...{wait:05}you can ignore
the hollowness inside."

#### 65 ####
Lacan
"From the beginning, my
very existence itself
was an emptiness.{enter}
It wouldn't matter if I
were to die right now{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
You live,{wait:05} you die{wait:05}...{wait:05}
That's all{wait:05}..."

#### 66 ####
Roni
"Pessimistic as usual,{wait:0A}
Lacan{wait:05}...{wait:0F}
And now you're lying."

#### 67 ####
Lacan
"{wait:05}...{wait:05}"

#### 68 ####
Roni
"It is just that you're not
good at expressing your own
feelings.{enter}
You're not empty.{wait:0F}
She knows that.{wait:0F}
That's why she shows only
you her true smile."

#### 69 ####
Lacan
"I don't deserve to
see her true smile.{enter}
She is the hope of the
people.{wait:0F} Their support.{wait:0F}
There is so much more
for her to do."

#### 70 ####
Lacan
"Why would she open her
heart to a mere artist
like me{wait:05}..."

#### 71 ####
Rene
"Bro!{wait:0F} Bro!"{clear:3C}

#### 72 ####
Rene
"Hey, bro{wait:05}...{wait:05}
What are you
doing here?"

#### 73 ####
Roni
"What's up?"

#### 74 ####
Zephyr
"The Council of Elders of
Shevat issued a decision.{enter}
Tomorrow we will leave
for Soylent."

#### 75 ####
Roni
"Soylent?{wait:0F}
That's in Solaris{wait:05}..."

#### 76 ####
Rene
"Yes.{wait:0F}
And{wait:05}...{wait:05}Sophia will
be coming with us."

#### 77 ####
Krelian
"That's ridiculous!"

#### 78 ####
Krelian
"The refugees are still
increasing! {wait:05}We can't afford
to have Sophia leave Nisan!{enter}
And {wait:05}going to Soylent!{wait:05}
That's plain foolish!{wait:0A}
It's too dangerous!{enter}
What are the elders
thinking?"

#### 79 ####
Zephyr
"No.{wait:0F}
It wasn't the
council's wish."

#### 80 ####
Zephyr
"It was Sophia's will. It
appears that she expressed
this desire herself."

#### 81 ####
Krelian
"That can't be{wait:05}...{wait:05}
What is she thinking?"

#### 82 ####
Rene
"Originally, we 
talked about it
being just us{wait:05}..."

#### 83 ####
Krelian
"Just us{wait:05}...?"

#### 84 ####
Lacan
"{wait:05}..."

