WEBVTT 00:00:02.089 --> 00:00:05.950 The Crows Made Me Do It. Season 1. Episode 6. 00:00:06.750 --> 00:00:13.330 Wayne. The crows were gone. All of them. My apartment 00:00:13.330 --> 00:00:17.149 was empty. I searched everywhere. Under the table 00:00:17.149 --> 00:00:22.010 and desk. Behind the chair. They were gone. Was 00:00:22.010 --> 00:00:25.809 that it? Were they done with me? Was I free? 00:00:26.550 --> 00:00:29.010 What about the prototypes and the other jobs? 00:00:29.989 --> 00:00:34.869 It didn't matter. They were gone. I closed the 00:00:34.869 --> 00:00:38.009 window and locked it. I got a roll of duct tape 00:00:38.009 --> 00:00:40.770 and taped over the lock and around the frame, 00:00:40.969 --> 00:00:45.770 securing it into place. I added more tape. I 00:00:45.770 --> 00:00:49.549 closed the blinds and the curtains. I would never 00:00:49.549 --> 00:00:56.450 let them in again. Never. I slept well that night, 00:00:56.590 --> 00:01:00.359 undisturbed by crow sounds. I dreamed about a 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:03.719 lush green city, a solar utopia with hanging 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:07.760 gardens and concrete columns. I was riding through 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:10.599 it on an e -bike, following some figure ahead 00:01:10.599 --> 00:01:13.780 of me on another bike. I couldn't see her face, 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:19.900 but I knew who it was. I woke to the sound of 00:01:19.900 --> 00:01:22.760 someone outside my apartment, someone knocking. 00:01:23.140 --> 00:01:26.959 It was early morning, still dark out. I went 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:29.859 to the door and peeped. through the hole. There 00:01:29.859 --> 00:01:32.959 was a man there wearing some kind of cloak thing 00:01:32.959 --> 00:01:37.840 and carrying a small briefcase. Who is it? I 00:01:37.840 --> 00:01:42.420 said. The man didn't answer but he knocked again 00:01:42.420 --> 00:01:48.239 so I opened the door. Hello? I said. The man 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:51.060 had a hat on. The brim was low and I couldn't 00:01:51.060 --> 00:01:54.209 see his face very well. He reached out with his 00:01:54.209 --> 00:01:57.030 free hand and shoved me out of the way and stomped 00:01:57.030 --> 00:02:01.049 into my apartment and down the hall. He wasn't 00:02:01.049 --> 00:02:04.329 wearing a cloak. He was wearing like a medical 00:02:04.329 --> 00:02:09.210 gown. It was open in the back. He had diapers 00:02:09.210 --> 00:02:13.009 on under it. He sat on my couch with his briefcase 00:02:13.009 --> 00:02:17.430 in his lap. It wasn't a briefcase. It was a car 00:02:17.430 --> 00:02:19.990 battery with wires attached to it that ran up 00:02:19.990 --> 00:02:22.969 the front of his gown. and I saw now that his 00:02:22.969 --> 00:02:29.169 hat was a Seattle Mariners baseball cap. Where 00:02:29.169 --> 00:02:34.129 did you get that hat? I asked him. Feed me, he 00:02:34.129 --> 00:02:39.689 said. What? I said. Food and water, he said. 00:02:40.389 --> 00:02:43.129 The man's gaze wandered around my apartment. 00:02:43.770 --> 00:02:47.710 He didn't look well. He looked like he was on 00:02:47.710 --> 00:02:51.110 something, or coming off of something. or needed 00:02:51.110 --> 00:02:54.569 to be on something. He had really strong body 00:02:54.569 --> 00:02:58.870 odor. His face was gray and blotchy. His skin 00:02:58.870 --> 00:03:02.849 was rubbery. His hands were bruised. His eyes 00:03:02.849 --> 00:03:08.729 were vacant and milky. Who are you? I asked. 00:03:08.930 --> 00:03:16.169 Why are you here? I am the crows, he said. What? 00:03:16.710 --> 00:03:22.199 I am the crows, he said again. What does that 00:03:22.199 --> 00:03:27.479 mean? I asked. You are the crows? Yes, he said. 00:03:28.419 --> 00:03:32.000 Then I saw them, crows on the rooftop outside, 00:03:32.319 --> 00:03:35.939 watching me. They had one of their crow stations 00:03:35.939 --> 00:03:39.659 set up out there. A crow stood with its beak 00:03:39.659 --> 00:03:44.800 in the loop. I looked at the man. I turned to 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:49.199 the crows again. I went to the window. What's 00:03:49.199 --> 00:03:53.520 going on? I shouted through the glass. I turned 00:03:53.520 --> 00:03:56.740 to the man on my couch. Are they controlling 00:03:56.740 --> 00:04:04.479 you? Exactly, he said. Okay, but hold on, I said. 00:04:05.580 --> 00:04:08.840 I wasn't sure who to address my words to, the 00:04:08.840 --> 00:04:11.439 man on my couch or the crows outside my window. 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:16.660 I took a moment to catch my breath. Like, mind 00:04:16.660 --> 00:04:22.399 control? You're... This guy is being mind -controlled 00:04:22.399 --> 00:04:29.519 by crows. Yes, said the man. Exactly. I ran to 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:33.220 the window and began tearing off the tape. This 00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:37.060 was way too much. I wadded it into a sticky ball, 00:04:37.339 --> 00:04:41.639 undid the lock, and opened the pane. I made a 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:44.240 grab for the crow station, but it was out of 00:04:44.240 --> 00:04:47.399 my reach. While I was stretched out like this, 00:04:47.819 --> 00:04:50.819 Two crows flew down from the sky and into my 00:04:50.819 --> 00:04:56.120 apartment. Absolutely not, I said. You can't 00:04:56.120 --> 00:05:00.279 just take over someone's mind. How do you even 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:07.180 do that? Where did you get him? The brilliance 00:05:07.180 --> 00:05:10.439 of the crows is beyond human reckoning, said 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:16.699 the man. No, I said. No, this is too far. You 00:05:16.699 --> 00:05:19.480 can't just start mind -controlling innocent people. 00:05:20.259 --> 00:05:23.259 Was he in the hospital or something? No. This 00:05:23.259 --> 00:05:27.560 is where I draw the line. I turn to the man. 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:32.819 Look, you need to go back to wherever you were, 00:05:32.899 --> 00:05:36.319 okay? You need to... Okay, wait. We need to take 00:05:36.319 --> 00:05:40.720 that hat. The man held up a fist. Don't touch 00:05:40.720 --> 00:05:45.139 me, human. Listen, I said. You're hooked up to 00:05:45.139 --> 00:05:47.759 that hat and battery, see? They're controlling 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:51.959 you. Can you hear me? I wave my hands in front 00:05:51.959 --> 00:05:54.720 of his face. Is there someone in there? Can you 00:05:54.720 --> 00:05:58.860 hear me? Where do you live? I live here, said 00:05:58.860 --> 00:06:04.920 the man. No, I turned to the crows. No, he is 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:08.879 not staying here. Send him back home. He smells 00:06:08.879 --> 00:06:13.490 really bad. He can't be here. The crows didn't 00:06:13.490 --> 00:06:18.889 answer. They spoke through the man now. Where 00:06:18.889 --> 00:06:21.870 do you live? I asked him. What's your address? 00:06:22.389 --> 00:06:26.850 What's your name? Do you remember anything? He 00:06:26.850 --> 00:06:29.790 looked at me with his dull gray eyes and was 00:06:29.790 --> 00:06:34.389 silent. Okay, I said. You wanted food, right? 00:06:34.529 --> 00:06:37.810 I'll get you some more food. I've got chips and 00:06:37.810 --> 00:06:40.930 sandwich stuff. I'll give you some food and you 00:06:40.930 --> 00:06:46.160 can leave. Okay? The man cleared his throat, 00:06:46.339 --> 00:06:49.300 but I couldn't tell if that was an answer or 00:06:49.300 --> 00:06:53.000 not. He was making really strong eye contact. 00:06:53.699 --> 00:06:56.120 Or maybe it was just hard to tell where he was 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:59.360 looking because of his cataracts. And as he gazed 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:01.620 into my eyes, there was a gurgly sound in his 00:07:01.620 --> 00:07:04.379 diaper, like a milkshake being squeezed out of 00:07:04.379 --> 00:07:07.420 a rubber bottle, followed by a terrible smell. 00:07:09.459 --> 00:07:15.060 Wow, I said. Okay, did you just... I think you... 00:07:15.060 --> 00:07:21.600 Give me tape, said the man. What? I asked. Tape, 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:28.079 he said. Sticky tape. Sticky tape, I said. Well, 00:07:28.100 --> 00:07:31.759 I used all my duct tape on the window. I've got 00:07:31.759 --> 00:07:37.079 some packing tape, I think. Give me. Okay, I 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:40.839 said. But if I give you the tape, will you go? 00:07:42.990 --> 00:07:46.470 The man didn't answer. I went to the kitchen 00:07:46.470 --> 00:07:49.069 and dug out the tape, thinking maybe I could 00:07:49.069 --> 00:07:51.910 lure him to the door with it, but he wouldn't 00:07:51.910 --> 00:07:57.149 follow. Give me, he said again. And then will 00:07:57.149 --> 00:08:00.629 you go, I asked. I really need to know that you're 00:08:00.629 --> 00:08:03.509 going to go. I really need to feel like I have 00:08:03.509 --> 00:08:08.509 control over my own space. Yeah, said the man. 00:08:09.910 --> 00:08:17.300 Yeah, I asked. Yeah, like, yes. Yeah! He said 00:08:17.300 --> 00:08:21.959 again. So I brought him the packing tape. He 00:08:21.959 --> 00:08:24.259 snatched it from my hands, but when he tried 00:08:24.259 --> 00:08:26.519 to unroll it, he couldn't find the little seam. 00:08:27.060 --> 00:08:30.240 He turned it over and over, growing more frustrated, 00:08:30.560 --> 00:08:35.820 grunting. Here. I took the tape and found the 00:08:35.820 --> 00:08:39.200 seam and folded it back on itself, making a tab 00:08:39.200 --> 00:08:45.820 for him to use later. Okay, I said. Now go. Please. 00:08:47.460 --> 00:08:50.659 Instead, the man took the tape and stuck it under 00:08:50.659 --> 00:08:53.759 his chin, then rolled it up his cheek and over 00:08:53.759 --> 00:08:56.679 his mariner's cap, and back down along his other 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:59.840 cheek, and under his chin again, then back up 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:03.600 again. He kept going like that, around and around, 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:07.659 until he'd used up the entire roll. When he was 00:09:07.659 --> 00:09:13.620 done, He looked sort of like a lollipop. Okay, 00:09:13.659 --> 00:09:17.480 I said. Great. Looks great. Now let's get you 00:09:17.480 --> 00:09:21.519 out the door. I took a step toward him, and he 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:24.779 raised his fists again. Don't touch me, human! 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:29.700 I took another step. The man reached out and 00:09:29.700 --> 00:09:36.480 slapped me across the nose. No, human! Ow. My 00:09:36.480 --> 00:09:40.220 eyes watered from the sting of his slap. I went 00:09:40.220 --> 00:09:42.820 to the bathroom and ran some water over my face, 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:46.399 then dried off with a towel. When I returned 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:49.080 to the living room, the man was sitting on the 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:53.720 couch again. I'd been a fool to give him the 00:09:53.720 --> 00:09:58.559 tape. Now the hat was bound to his head. I couldn't 00:09:58.559 --> 00:10:04.100 just knock it off with a broomstick. I ran to 00:10:04.100 --> 00:10:08.299 the window and called to the crows. He lied to 00:10:08.299 --> 00:10:14.159 me. The man said you said he'd go. You all lied 00:10:14.159 --> 00:10:19.039 to me. Feed me human, said the man from the couch. 00:10:19.700 --> 00:10:22.360 The tape crunkled on his cheeks when he talked. 00:10:22.539 --> 00:10:26.740 The smell was really bad now. I went to the kitchen, 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:29.899 grabbed a banana, and brought it to the man. 00:10:30.419 --> 00:10:33.639 He stuck it in his mouth and chewed. peel and 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:37.700 all he chewed for a long time a lot of it fell 00:10:37.700 --> 00:10:44.940 onto his lap now water said the man hold on i 00:10:44.940 --> 00:10:48.919 said you need to clean yourself you pooped your 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:53.139 diapers you can use my bathroom i'll get you 00:10:53.139 --> 00:10:55.120 a bag to throw your underwear in you're going 00:10:55.120 --> 00:10:57.820 to wash yourself okay i'm going to get you a 00:10:57.820 --> 00:11:00.879 rag too and then when you're all done Put the 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:03.639 rag and your diaper and that gown thing in the 00:11:03.639 --> 00:11:08.460 bag and I'll give you some clothes. I grabbed 00:11:08.460 --> 00:11:12.360 my old red sweats and MX t -shirt and then went 00:11:12.360 --> 00:11:14.960 to the cabinet and rooted around for rags but 00:11:14.960 --> 00:11:17.860 could only find a set of embroidered dish towels 00:11:17.860 --> 00:11:21.200 from my grandmother. I selected one from the 00:11:21.200 --> 00:11:25.220 bottom with his little yellow flowers. I returned 00:11:25.220 --> 00:11:29.659 to the man. Here, you can use this towel. Please 00:11:29.659 --> 00:11:31.580 rinse and wring it out when you're done. You 00:11:31.580 --> 00:11:33.840 should do all this in the shower. I've got a 00:11:33.840 --> 00:11:37.259 handheld nozzle, but just FYI, the water doesn't 00:11:37.259 --> 00:11:42.720 drain very fast. Water, said the man. Yes, I 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:47.600 said, this way, in the bathroom. As the man lumbered 00:11:47.600 --> 00:11:50.039 down the hall with his car battery, I thought 00:11:50.039 --> 00:11:52.860 about trying to knock it from his hands. Maybe 00:11:52.860 --> 00:11:55.759 that would disconnect the mind control, but I 00:11:55.759 --> 00:11:59.019 wasn't fast enough. And now we were in the bathroom. 00:11:59.779 --> 00:12:02.200 I showed him the shower head and how to turn 00:12:02.200 --> 00:12:05.000 on the warm water. I showed him where the soap 00:12:05.000 --> 00:12:11.019 was. I handed him my grandmother's towel. Back 00:12:11.019 --> 00:12:14.340 in the hallway, with the door closed, I listened 00:12:14.340 --> 00:12:17.879 to the water running. After a moment, I realized 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:21.559 something. It probably wasn't a great idea to 00:12:21.559 --> 00:12:26.039 shower with a car battery. Are you alright in 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:30.580 there? I called. I knocked on the door. Hey, 00:12:30.620 --> 00:12:37.019 hello. No answer. Hey, I'm coming in, alright? 00:12:38.700 --> 00:12:42.440 I opened the door. The shower was on and the 00:12:42.440 --> 00:12:45.279 curtain was open and it was spraying water everywhere. 00:12:45.580 --> 00:12:48.399 The man was on the floor by the toilet wrestling 00:12:48.399 --> 00:12:50.960 with his diaper which was down around his ankles. 00:12:51.879 --> 00:12:55.669 I turned off the shower. and retrieved my grandmother's 00:12:55.669 --> 00:12:58.210 sobbing towel from the tub where the man had 00:12:58.210 --> 00:13:02.490 dropped it. I looked at the man. He looked at 00:13:02.490 --> 00:13:08.450 me. His hands were dripping. Feed me, he said. 00:13:09.450 --> 00:13:12.750 I stepped back into the hallway and took a breath. 00:13:13.289 --> 00:13:16.350 A crow caught at me from the living room, like, 00:13:16.470 --> 00:13:21.789 hurry up. I returned to the bathroom. Everything 00:13:21.789 --> 00:13:25.580 was very vivid. The wrinkles in his a**, the 00:13:25.580 --> 00:13:28.559 veins in his calves, the bumpy hair follicles 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:32.039 on his thighs. His diapers had block letters 00:13:32.039 --> 00:13:35.820 written on the waistband in black sharpie. Wayne. 00:13:37.460 --> 00:13:41.440 His skin was rough and gray. He smelled like 00:13:41.440 --> 00:13:45.080 garbage. I thought I was going to throw up, but 00:13:45.080 --> 00:13:51.120 I didn't. I helped him get dressed. Wayne, I 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:56.179 said. Is that your name? The man didn't answer. 00:13:56.419 --> 00:13:59.159 He carried his battery back to the couch and 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:03.720 sat down in my XXX t -shirt and sweats. There 00:14:03.720 --> 00:14:06.779 was still a lingering smell. I couldn't tell 00:14:06.779 --> 00:14:12.179 if it was from the bag or the man or me. I sniffed 00:14:12.179 --> 00:14:15.679 my fingers and washed my hands in the sink again. 00:14:16.700 --> 00:14:21.620 Feed me, said the man, weighing. Give me water! 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:26.279 So I made him a cheese sandwich and brought it 00:14:26.279 --> 00:14:30.200 to him with a glass of water. He took the sandwich 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:33.779 first and ate it so fast I was sure he was going 00:14:33.779 --> 00:14:37.460 to choke on it, but he didn't. He took the glass 00:14:37.460 --> 00:14:40.820 and dumped it into his mouth. Water poured down 00:14:40.820 --> 00:14:45.419 his chin and neck. He looked at me and belched. 00:14:46.700 --> 00:14:50.139 The smell hit me almost immediately. The beefy 00:14:50.139 --> 00:14:55.580 hot dog cloud. Moist. Now go to work, human! 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:01.220 In the afternoon meeting, after I'd given the 00:15:01.220 --> 00:15:05.200 project update, Gary said, Mark, why so pale? 00:15:05.600 --> 00:15:08.740 You look pale. Doesn't he look pale, everyone? 00:15:09.659 --> 00:15:13.440 It could be the lighting, said Peyton. It's more 00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:16.899 of a vibe, said Gary. Maybe I should have said 00:15:16.899 --> 00:15:22.490 morose. I can't see anything, said Chase. You're 00:15:22.490 --> 00:15:26.830 all frozen. Mark is just a blur. Well, trust 00:15:26.830 --> 00:15:33.409 me, said Gary. Mark is pale and morose. You okay, 00:15:33.570 --> 00:15:37.690 Mark, said Peyton. More to the point, are the 00:15:37.690 --> 00:15:41.289 projects okay, said Gary. Should we feel confident 00:15:41.289 --> 00:15:43.809 about the present state of affairs as well as 00:15:43.809 --> 00:15:49.379 trending indicators? Yes. and Diva gave me a 00:15:49.379 --> 00:15:55.159 thumbs up emoji. Great, said Gary. Happy to have 00:15:55.159 --> 00:16:01.299 that confirmed. Next agenda item. After work, 00:16:01.340 --> 00:16:03.899 I fed Wayne, and then he peed his sweatpants. 00:16:04.600 --> 00:16:08.320 My sweatpants. I got him a pair of cargo shorts. 00:16:08.980 --> 00:16:14.340 My cargo shorts. My favorite shorts. So special 00:16:14.340 --> 00:16:17.409 that I almost never wore them. and now Wayne 00:16:17.409 --> 00:16:23.809 would wear them. No, this was too much. I made 00:16:23.809 --> 00:16:26.730 a grab for the battery cable, and Wayne slapped 00:16:26.730 --> 00:16:30.610 me. I went for it again, and he slapped me again, 00:16:30.850 --> 00:16:34.110 and then he shoved me with his free hand. The 00:16:34.110 --> 00:16:38.500 crows were cawing. I shoved Wayne back. He kicked 00:16:38.500 --> 00:16:42.039 me in the shin. I lunged for the wires a third 00:16:42.039 --> 00:16:44.600 time. This time I got them, but the crows were 00:16:44.600 --> 00:16:48.860 on me now, cawing and pecking. A black hailstorm. 00:16:49.340 --> 00:16:52.120 I ripped the wire away from the battery, but 00:16:52.120 --> 00:16:55.039 it didn't seem to matter. Wayne pummeled me, 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:58.820 using both hands now, as the crows clawed and 00:16:58.820 --> 00:17:03.000 pecked. I curled in a ball on the floor, hiding 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:09.460 my head in my arms. Okay, I said. Okay. Ow. Wayne 00:17:09.460 --> 00:17:12.640 stopped hitting me. The crows stopped pecking 00:17:12.640 --> 00:17:16.619 and flapped away to a safe distance. I got up 00:17:16.619 --> 00:17:20.460 and looked at them. I was breathing hard. So 00:17:20.460 --> 00:17:25.119 was Wayne. So were the crows. Wayne looked at 00:17:25.119 --> 00:17:30.130 me with his distant eyes. Go to bed, human. He 00:17:30.130 --> 00:17:32.609 sat on the couch in my cargo shorts and started 00:17:32.609 --> 00:17:36.950 rewiring himself to the battery. What if I don't 00:17:36.950 --> 00:17:40.750 want to go to bed, I asked. He didn't look up 00:17:40.750 --> 00:17:46.690 or answer me. What if, I said again. No answer 00:17:46.690 --> 00:17:51.529 from Wayne. He was busy with his battery. It 00:17:51.529 --> 00:17:55.690 was getting late and I was pretty tired. I brushed 00:17:55.690 --> 00:17:59.400 my teeth and crawled into bed. I took out my 00:17:59.400 --> 00:18:01.400 burner phone and called the number for another 00:18:01.400 --> 00:18:05.839 exterminator. It just kept ringing. I tried the 00:18:05.839 --> 00:18:09.579 next number. This time I got a voicemail. I left 00:18:09.579 --> 00:18:12.380 my information. This was my second time leaving 00:18:12.380 --> 00:18:15.319 a message with him. I explained that I wasn't 00:18:15.319 --> 00:18:19.400 joking. That this wasn't a prank. I went to the 00:18:19.400 --> 00:18:22.000 K -1 webpage to see if there were any people 00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:24.480 missing from any hospitals or care facilities 00:18:24.480 --> 00:18:29.200 or whatever. DUI crash. Injures two on highway 00:18:29.200 --> 00:18:33.880 *** south of ***. Central *** star runner attracting 00:18:33.880 --> 00:18:37.759 college attention. Tree falls at downtown *** 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:43.359 waterfront. But no missing people. Then I texted 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:47.240 Lyudmila. Hi again. The crows are holding me 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:49.660 hostage. They have a weird man. They are controlling 00:18:49.660 --> 00:18:54.619 his mind with a special hat. In five minutes, 00:18:54.700 --> 00:18:59.079 she hadn't messaged me back. Seven minutes. Twelve. 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:03.660 Thirteen. I crept back into the living room. 00:19:04.160 --> 00:19:07.960 Wayne was on the couch, head tilted, eyes closed. 00:19:08.519 --> 00:19:12.279 But as soon as I got close, his lid snapped open. 00:19:12.660 --> 00:19:17.000 Stop, he said. Do not come closer, human. Go 00:19:17.000 --> 00:19:30.569 back to bed. So I did. I woke the next morning 00:19:30.569 --> 00:19:33.549 and my burner phone was gone. I'd left it out 00:19:33.549 --> 00:19:36.809 on the bedside table. I ran to the living room. 00:19:37.210 --> 00:19:40.410 Everyone was there. The crows eyed me from their 00:19:40.410 --> 00:19:44.589 perches. Wayne eyed me from the couch. Where 00:19:44.589 --> 00:19:48.970 is it? I demanded. Then I saw it. The broken 00:19:48.970 --> 00:19:51.529 pieces on the floor where Wayne had stomped it. 00:19:52.009 --> 00:19:54.509 He sort of smiled at me with his purple lips. 00:19:54.710 --> 00:19:57.269 His skin looked melty like he'd been wearing 00:19:57.269 --> 00:20:00.109 makeup that was running off. The brim of his 00:20:00.109 --> 00:20:03.049 taped hat was slightly askew like a skater or 00:20:03.049 --> 00:20:08.990 rapper. Feed me, human, he said. Feed yourself, 00:20:09.410 --> 00:20:13.809 I said. Wayne stood from the couch. I noticed 00:20:13.809 --> 00:20:16.890 he wasn't holding the battery anymore. It wasn't 00:20:16.890 --> 00:20:20.750 attached to him. It didn't seem to matter. Maybe 00:20:20.750 --> 00:20:25.170 he'd sucked up all the juice. Feed me, he said 00:20:25.170 --> 00:20:31.329 again. No. He went to slap me, but I dodged it. 00:20:33.369 --> 00:20:38.049 But what now? I went to the kitchen and got him 00:20:38.049 --> 00:20:42.250 a bowl of Cheerios. He ate standing up, dropping 00:20:42.250 --> 00:20:46.809 most of them on himself and the floor. You smell 00:20:46.809 --> 00:20:52.259 really bad, I said. I got out an old N95 mask, 00:20:52.299 --> 00:20:56.059 but the band was broken. It was cold in my apartment. 00:20:56.480 --> 00:20:59.180 Wayne or the crows had turned on the air conditioning. 00:20:59.859 --> 00:21:02.859 I went to the thermostat, and Wayne yelled at 00:21:02.859 --> 00:21:09.019 me, No, human! Do not touch that! I sat down 00:21:09.019 --> 00:21:14.160 at my desk and scrolled. Dancing dog. Dancing 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:19.519 woman. Dancing frog. Dancing man. I went to the 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:21.819 window to open the shades and let some light 00:21:21.819 --> 00:21:26.240 in. It was a beautiful, sunny day. Something 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:30.480 caught my eye in the drive. Lyudmila's car. She 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:34.660 was back. Before anyone could stop me, I rushed 00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:37.380 out the door and down the stairs and just as 00:21:37.380 --> 00:21:39.779 I got there, the door opened on Lyudmila and 00:21:39.779 --> 00:21:44.420 her bicycle. Hi, she said. Were you just waiting 00:21:44.420 --> 00:21:51.000 here? No, I said. I just ran down. Thanks for 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:53.700 watching the plants, she said. They look great. 00:21:54.400 --> 00:21:57.440 How's it going with the crows? I thought that 00:21:57.440 --> 00:22:01.019 was funny, your message. You never answered me 00:22:01.019 --> 00:22:06.380 back. My new phone broke, I said. Wayne broke 00:22:06.380 --> 00:22:11.160 it. Who's Wayne? She asked. The weird guy the 00:22:11.160 --> 00:22:15.619 crows are controlling. Ha, right. Lyudmila got 00:22:15.619 --> 00:22:18.759 on her bike. I don't have class after work today. 00:22:19.099 --> 00:22:22.259 I'll be back around five -ish. Let's maybe hang 00:22:22.259 --> 00:22:29.599 out. Okay, I said. Yes, let's hang out. The rest 00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:32.980 of the day went by slowly. I tried to get some 00:22:32.980 --> 00:22:35.420 work done, but it was really hard to concentrate 00:22:35.420 --> 00:22:38.900 because of the smell. I ate my lunch out on the 00:22:38.900 --> 00:22:42.579 stairs. I scrolled on my phone. I checked out 00:22:42.579 --> 00:22:46.440 the ****** on the homepage. Tugboat sinks and 00:22:46.440 --> 00:22:49.980 breaks into arena. Poor man in custody after 00:22:49.980 --> 00:22:53.680 admitting to lighting fire. Medical cadaver missing 00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:58.740 from a college campus facility. Cadaver missing. 00:22:59.619 --> 00:23:04.700 I clicked on the link. College security and police 00:23:04.700 --> 00:23:07.640 are seeking answers after a cadaver went missing 00:23:07.640 --> 00:23:11.119 from the science department last Sunday. The 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:13.799 cadaver was last viewed in person during a Thursday 00:23:13.799 --> 00:23:16.579 class before being returned to its refrigeration 00:23:16.579 --> 00:23:21.059 unit. Security network experienced an outage 00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:23.660 for nearly an hour early Sunday morning, and 00:23:23.660 --> 00:23:25.660 it is believed that the cadaver went missing 00:23:25.660 --> 00:23:29.420 during this time. Police are asking anyone with 00:23:29.420 --> 00:23:36.140 information to contact... I went back up to my 00:23:36.140 --> 00:23:40.000 apartment and opened the door. The smell hit 00:23:40.000 --> 00:23:43.960 me in the face. It was so strong, like being 00:23:43.960 --> 00:23:46.579 smacked in the nose with a bag of rotten garbage. 00:23:47.740 --> 00:23:50.559 Wayne was at his spot on the couch, trying to 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:53.259 open a can of garbanzo beans with a corkscrew. 00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:56.720 He'd managed to stab a couple holes in either 00:23:56.720 --> 00:23:59.259 top, and garbanzo juice was dripping everywhere, 00:23:59.500 --> 00:24:05.500 all over my f***ing shirt and my shorts. I went 00:24:05.500 --> 00:24:08.660 to the window and closed the blinds. I turned 00:24:08.660 --> 00:24:13.240 to the crows. Where did you get him? I asked. 00:24:13.440 --> 00:24:16.599 Where did you get Wayne? Is he from the college? 00:24:16.779 --> 00:24:21.460 Did you steal and reanimate a human cadaver? 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:27.960 I looked at Wayne. I looked at the crows. I looked 00:24:27.960 --> 00:24:33.039 back at Wayne again. This is so out of bounds. 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:37.980 The ingenuity of the crows knows no bounds. Wayne 00:24:37.980 --> 00:24:43.059 answered. This is too much, I said. There are 00:24:43.059 --> 00:24:47.920 police involved now. Wayne stood up and looked 00:24:47.920 --> 00:24:50.980 at me with his milky, sunken eyes, and I breathed 00:24:50.980 --> 00:24:55.519 in the odor of poo and death. Get your car keys, 00:24:55.900 --> 00:25:04.779 he said. Why? I asked. Car keys! He handed me 00:25:04.779 --> 00:25:08.460 a piece of paper with an address on it. Drive 00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.920 me there.