1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:11,640 Fulmer's Folly, a Static Airwaves production. 2 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,000 Narrator: Arrietty 3 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:45,640 4 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,240 Arrietty VO: Soft grass tickling between your toes. 5 00:00:52,520 --> 00:00:54,520 The smell of garden after rain. 6 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:58,600 The taste of a burger fresh from the barbecue, 7 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:00,600 topped with that plastic cheese, 8 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:03,600 onions and garlic mayo. 9 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:05,600 Netflix. 10 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:11,600 Mum changed the subject when I asked her what she missed the most, and Dad... 11 00:01:12,600 --> 00:01:14,600 ...well... he didn't really say anything. 12 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:24,600 I stare blankly at the dull plastic mobile hanging above my head, 13 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,600 flopping about with the movement of the boat. 14 00:01:28,600 --> 00:01:32,600 We made it from old coke and Fanta bottles during the first week. 15 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:37,600 I think it was the second week we decided to paint murals in the cabin. 16 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:43,600 I got to do the bit above the bench on the starboard side because that's my bed. 17 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:48,600 I'd painted fish and whales and dolphins because... 18 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:53,600 ...well... we're on a boat and that makes sense when you're nine. 19 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,600 Looks like crappy cave paintings, 20 00:01:57,600 --> 00:02:01,600 especially after two years of picking flecks away with my fingernails. 21 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,600 Dad was smart. 22 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:09,600 He painted a big bright green tree on the port side that stretched above the dining area, 23 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,600 and then let me and Mum paint different coloured birds in it's branches. 24 00:02:12,600 --> 00:02:18,600 Mum had tried to paint a lion for Penny, but it kind of looked like a weird dog. 25 00:02:19,600 --> 00:02:23,600 The purple flowers she'd done in the forward cabin looked okay, though. 26 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:28,600 The fibreglass hull slaps hard on the water. 27 00:02:29,600 --> 00:02:33,600 The boat rolling slightly to port before correcting to starboard. 28 00:02:34,600 --> 00:02:36,600 Bit screwed up when you think about it. 29 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:45,600 We were making mobiles and painting the boat while the world burned and screamed and ran. 30 00:02:48,600 --> 00:02:49,600 Arrietty: What's wrong? 31 00:02:49,600 --> 00:02:50,600 Samantha: Boat. 32 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,600 Arrietty VO: I flip over. Springed to my feet and pick Penny off the floor where she was playing; 33 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:58,600 taking her to Mum and Dad's forward berth as I hear Mum bring their old radio into life. 34 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:02,600 Setting Pen on the bed, 35 00:03:02,600 --> 00:03:10,600 I turned back to see Mum scanning the channels for a voices. Eyes wide. Face pale. Movements sharp. 36 00:03:12,600 --> 00:03:15,600 I close and lock the door, jumping onto the bed. 37 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:21,600 Check the forward hatch is locked and cover it with a plastic with a tarp that Mum had rigged to plunge the cabin into darkness. 38 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:25,600 Arrietty: Remember how to play? 39 00:03:25,600 --> 00:03:30,600 We haven't played this game in a while. We have to stay really, really quiet and still 40 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:33,600 and wait for Mum to come give us hugs. 41 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:34,600 Penny: Shhh! 42 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:35,600 Arrietty: That's right. 43 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,600 Very, very quiet. 44 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,600 And very important. 45 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:43,600 If it's not Mum or Dad, we do not let them in. 46 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,600 Penny: Not in. 47 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,600 Arrietty: Very important. 48 00:03:47,600 --> 00:03:53,600 Arrietty VO: I push Pen as far back into the berth as I can and feel for the sharpened boat hook on Dad's side of the bed. 49 00:03:55,600 --> 00:03:56,600 Penny: Mum. 50 00:03:56,600 --> 00:03:57,600 Arrietty: Shhh! 51 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:00,600 She will get very cross. 52 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,600 Stay quiet. 53 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:06,600 Penny: They say.... go away! Arrietty: Pen. 54 00:04:16,600 --> 00:04:17,600 [Knock at the door] Samantha: It's Mum. 55 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:18,600 I need you. 56 00:04:19,600 --> 00:04:20,600 [Arrietty moves to the door but hesitates] Arrietty: Peter? 57 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:21,600 Samantha: Rabbit. 58 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:22,600 Arrietty: Is it people? 59 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:23,600 Samantha: I don't know. 60 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:24,600 Go to Dad quick. 61 00:04:24,600 --> 00:04:25,600 Penny 62 00:04:25,600 --> 00:04:27,600 You stay there, hun. [Arrietty leaves - end of scene] 63 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:32,600 [Arrietty climbs into the cockpit] Dad? 64 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:33,600 Jack: Take the wheel. 65 00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:37,600 Arrietty VO: Dad's giant hands release the metal wheel to my small, nimble grip. 66 00:04:38,600 --> 00:04:40,600 It's normally one of those few thrills. 67 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:45,600 Feeling the weight of the boat riding the water and the power of the wind in her sails. 68 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,600 Pride in the responsibility of controlling our floating world. 69 00:04:50,600 --> 00:04:52,600 But today it leaves me numb. 70 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:53,600 Jack: Don't fall off the wind. 71 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:54,600 Keep her on beam. 72 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:55,600 Arrietty: I am. 73 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:57,600 Arrietty VO: Dad stands at the rail. 74 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,600 Binoculars raised. 75 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,600 I follow his gaze. 76 00:05:02,600 --> 00:05:04,600 A good way out of the port bow. 77 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:06,600 Bobbing aimlessly amongst the waves. 78 00:05:06,600 --> 00:05:09,600 I can see the light bouncing off something white. 79 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:11,600 Another boat. 80 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:13,600 I feel sick. 81 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:18,600 My eyes look into the sail as I grip the wheel so tightly it hurts. 82 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,600 [Samantha enters the cockpit] Mum steps out onto the deck with a canister of flares and kitchen knives. 83 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:24,600 Arrietty: Should I get the boat hooked? 84 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:25,600 Jack: Stay on the wheel. 85 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:26,600 Samantha: Seen anyone? 86 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:27,600 Jack: No. 87 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:29,600 I don't recognise her. 88 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:30,600 Samantha: Let me have another look. 89 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:33,600 Arrietty VO: There was a time seeing another boat was exciting. 90 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,600 A mixed feeling of joy and hope and sadness at seeing others. 91 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:41,600 Mum or Dad exchanging news on the radio. 92 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,600 Me and Pen waving ribbons. 93 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,600 94 00:05:46,600 --> 00:05:48,600 95 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,600 Sometimes other kids holding up hello or ahoy signs. 96 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:56,600 And on very, very rare occasions after a long talk on the radio, 97 00:05:56,600 --> 00:06:02,600 Mum would bring the boat close to them and Dad would toss a trade onto their deck and they won back. 98 00:06:02,600 --> 00:06:04,600 Usually something dull for the boat. 99 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,600 But we'd never tie up to another boat. 100 00:06:08,600 --> 00:06:09,600 Never. 101 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:10,600 No one ever did that. 102 00:06:10,600 --> 00:06:13,600 You kept your distance. 103 00:06:13,600 --> 00:06:16,600 And then the mood changed... 104 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:17,600 ...And people changed. 105 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:18,600 Samantha: Her sail's down. 106 00:06:18,600 --> 00:06:20,600 Jack: She's listing as well. Do you see? 107 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:21,600 Arrietty: They're not chasing us? 108 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:22,600 Jack: No. 109 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:23,600 She's dead in the water. 110 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:25,600 Samantha: Did you switch on the radar? 111 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:26,600 Jack: Clear. 112 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:27,600 Samantha: You're sure? 113 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:28,600 Jack: Positive. 114 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:33,600 Samantha: ...I don't like it. 115 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:35,600 Jack: I know Samantha: Why would anyone abandon a boat? 116 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:36,600 I agree... 117 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:38,600 But this is an opportunity. 118 00:06:38,600 --> 00:06:39,600 I think we should get closer. 119 00:06:39,600 --> 00:06:40,600 Give me the wheel. 120 00:06:40,600 --> 00:06:43,600 Samantha: Arri, keep your eyes on the radar screen. 121 00:06:43,600 --> 00:06:46,600 You see anything you say immediately. [Penny's crying below] 122 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:48,600 Jack: La Luna. 123 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:49,600 Samantha: Yes. 124 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:50,600 Arrietty: What's La Luna? 125 00:06:50,600 --> 00:06:52,600 Jack: Oi! Eyes on the screen! 126 00:06:52,600 --> 00:06:54,600 Samantha: She's definitely heavy on the bottom. 127 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:56,600 Jack: Was real rough a few nights back. 128 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:58,600 Maybe they got caught out. 129 00:06:58,600 --> 00:06:59,600 Arrietty: Pen's crying. 130 00:06:59,600 --> 00:07:00,600 Screen. 131 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:01,600 Arrietty: Penny's crying! 132 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:03,600 Samantha: All right Pen hon. 133 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:05,600 I'll be with you in a moment. 134 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,600 I'm just here. 135 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:09,600 Samantha: Blast the horn. 136 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,600 I'm going to watch her deck, see if anyone appears. 137 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:18,600 Jack: Anyone? 138 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:20,600 Samantha: No... 139 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,600 Her deck doesn't look too bad. 140 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,600 Are you sure about this? 141 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:26,600 Jack: No. 142 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:28,600 Samantha: What if... 143 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,600 Arrietty VO: Mum lets the word hang heavy. 144 00:07:31,600 --> 00:07:33,600 The nightmare in everyone's head. 145 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:36,600 So we just know why we don't stop anymore. 146 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:41,600 I let my eyes start up for a moment to the white sailboat. 147 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,600 A sleek, futuristic-looking thing. 148 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:50,600 Probably only a few years old, unlike ours, which is from the late 80s. 149 00:07:50,600 --> 00:07:56,600 Some days I'd fantasise about us finding an abandoned boat that was better than ours. 150 00:07:56,600 --> 00:08:01,600 One that had belonged to a billionaire or a film star, and we'd go and live on it. 151 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:06,600 Towing our old one so I could have it when I wanted space. 152 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:10,600 But I look at the abandoned boat and I get the shivers. 153 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,600 Dark feeling it's bringing something bad. 154 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:15,600 I want to run. 155 00:08:15,600 --> 00:08:17,600 Arrietty: You said we don't stop for boats anymore. 156 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:18,600 Samantha: Arri... 157 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:20,600 Arrietty: I am watching the screen, but you both said... 158 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:21,600 Samantha: This is different. 159 00:08:21,600 --> 00:08:22,600 Arrietty: Why? 160 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:23,600 What's, La Luna? 161 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:24,600 Samantha: Not right now. 162 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:30,600 I will tell you, but this is one of those really dangerous moments, so just do as we say, OK? 163 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:35,600 Arrietty VO: We circle her, viewing it from every angle. 164 00:08:35,600 --> 00:08:39,600 See the name's Calypso. 165 00:08:39,600 --> 00:08:45,600 Dad and Mum stand in a room that's closer and closer as I watch the empty screen. 166 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:49,600 Penny's crying is drilling into me, putting me on edge. 167 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:53,600 Then they slackened sail and we stop. 168 00:08:53,600 --> 00:08:55,600 We never stop. 169 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,600 I can't stand it. [Penny's crying very loud] 170 00:08:57,600 --> 00:08:58,600 Samantha: Jack... 171 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:00,600 I'm going to have to go and sort her. 172 00:09:00,600 --> 00:09:02,600 Jack: OK. 173 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:05,600 Arrietty: Dad, we're not tying up to her, are we? 174 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,600 Jack: No. 175 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:11,600 Arrietty: I think we should leave it alone. 176 00:09:11,600 --> 00:09:12,600 Dad. 177 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:13,600 Jack: Don't worry. 178 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:14,600 Arrietty: Don't treat me like an idiot! 179 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:17,600 Jack: We need things that boat may have. 180 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:18,600 Arrietty: Don't go. 181 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:19,600 Jack: I must. 182 00:09:19,600 --> 00:09:21,600 Arrietty: No. 183 00:09:21,600 --> 00:09:24,600 Please, is there something wrong with it. 184 00:09:24,600 --> 00:09:27,600 Jack: Hey, they can't get out here, yeah? 185 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,600 Arrietty: But what if there's people? 186 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:31,600 Jack: That's why we took so long to look. 187 00:09:31,600 --> 00:09:33,600 Arrietty: But what if they're hiding? 188 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:35,600 People are not the same. 189 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:38,600 It's gone weird. 190 00:09:38,600 --> 00:09:40,600 We always run from other boats. 191 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:41,600 We always run. 192 00:09:41,600 --> 00:09:47,600 Jack: Arrietty, the world is full of horrible nightmares. 193 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:50,600 And sometimes we run and that's OK. 194 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:53,600 But other times we have to face what scares us. 195 00:09:53,600 --> 00:09:56,600 Fear is good. 196 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:58,600 It tells us there's danger. 197 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:02,600 But the trick is not to let it rule you. 198 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:05,600 Sometimes we need to have courage. 199 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:07,600 Arrietty: Is that from a film? 200 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:08,600 Jack: I genuinely can't remember. 201 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,600 Arrietty: You nicked that from something, didn't you? 202 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:12,600 Jack: Don't ruin the moment. 203 00:10:12,600 --> 00:10:13,600 Samantha: Jack, take Pen. 204 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:15,600 I'm going to have to bring her out. 205 00:10:15,600 --> 00:10:16,600 Jack: Really? 206 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,600 Samantha: I don't have much choice. 207 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:19,600 She's in a state. 208 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,600 Jack: Come here, short stuff. 209 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:22,600 You're so loud. 210 00:10:22,600 --> 00:10:24,600 Samantha: Clip her tether on. 211 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:27,600 I've got your gloves and a face mask. 212 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:28,600 Jack: Thanks. 213 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:30,600 Samantha: I'll start blowing up the canoe. 214 00:10:30,600 --> 00:10:31,600 Arri, you stay there. 215 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:33,600 Do not move. [Sound of Samantha inflating the canoe] [End of scene] 216 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,600 [sound of Jack paddling towards Calypso] Penny: Dad! 217 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:47,600 Arrietty VO: He keeps her eyes firmly on Dad. 218 00:10:47,600 --> 00:10:50,600 He paddles steadily towards Calypso in the inflatable canoe 219 00:10:50,600 --> 00:10:53,600 we use on hot calm day's. 220 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:58,600 Moments of fun now overshadowed by the dark tinted glass in Calypso's windows 221 00:10:58,600 --> 00:11:01,600 watching back. 222 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,600 Calypso wasn't much bigger than our boat, Fulma'rs Folly. 223 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,600 But her edges were more angular. 224 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:11,600 Her deck looked like wood instead of the dull gray anti-slip on our own. 225 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:16,600 Hull and sail crisp and white, with a wheel on her starboard 226 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:18,600 and port side in the cockpit. 227 00:11:18,600 --> 00:11:22,600 Any other time I would have been jealous of her... 228 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,600 ...And that made me feel guilty... 229 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,600 ...Sick... 230 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,600 ...I swallow hard. 231 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:37,600 Arrietty: He said don't let her see anything. 232 00:11:37,600 --> 00:11:38,600 Samantha: What? 233 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,600 Arrietty: Dad said don't let Pen see anything. 234 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:42,600 What is there she shouldn't see? 235 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:43,600 Samantha: Nothing. 236 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:45,600 Arrietty: You're lying. 237 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,600 Dad says that when bad stuff's happening. 238 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,600 He said that when we went to the marina... 239 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:54,600 ...when the car... 240 00:11:54,600 --> 00:11:55,600 He told me not to look. 241 00:11:55,600 --> 00:11:56,600 Samantha: Oi. 242 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:57,600 Concentrate on the scope. 243 00:11:57,600 --> 00:11:59,600 Arrietty: That why I'm looking at this so I don't see something. 244 00:11:59,600 --> 00:12:01,600 Samantha: You're looking at it to keep her safe. 245 00:12:01,600 --> 00:12:02,600 Understand? 246 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:03,600 Now shut up. 247 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:05,600 Dad's almost at the boat. 248 00:12:05,600 --> 00:12:09,600 Arrietty VO: I chance a glance to see dad by the starboard side of Calypso. 249 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,600 The side that was the lowest in water. 250 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:15,600 He reaches up to get a line secure. 251 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:19,600 I look to Calypso's cockpit. 252 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:21,600 Barely breathing. 253 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:26,600 So terrified something will come running out. 254 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,600 I look back at the screen and then to mum. 255 00:12:30,600 --> 00:12:33,600 Her hands are white with a grip on the rocket flare. 256 00:12:33,600 --> 00:12:36,600 She's shaking. 257 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:42,600 I look back to the screen; then to dad as he hauls himself over Calypso's row. 258 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,600 Landing awkwardly hard... 259 00:12:44,600 --> 00:12:53,600 ...Everyone freezes. [tense music] 260 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:55,600 Arrietty VO: Nothing. 261 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,600 Nothing appears from Calypso. 262 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:01,600 But I can't stop my hands shaking... 263 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,600 ...I feel like I'm gonna throw up. 264 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:06,600 I don't want to be here... 265 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:07,600 ...want to run... 266 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:09,600 I want dad. 267 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:13,600 We don't stop for boats. [tense music] 268 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,600 Dad cautiously moves towards the hatch in the cockpit. 269 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,600 Crouching down and weaving to see as much as he can. 270 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:24,600 A large kitchen knife in his hand. 271 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,600 [tense music builds] Arrietty (Whispers): Please don't. 272 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:29,600 Please. 273 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:34,600 Please don't. 274 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:40,600 Arrietty. VO: He takes a sensitive step inside and then disappears from view. [sound of wind andd waves. not even penny makes a noise now] 275 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:41,600 [Samantha anxious breathes] Samantha: Scopes. 276 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:42,600 Arrietty: Nothing... 277 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,600 ...Do you think another boat will come? 278 00:13:44,600 --> 00:13:53,600 Samantha: Watch the radar... [Samantha very anxious breathing and fidgeting] 279 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:55,600 Samantha: Do you know how to set the mainsail?... 280 00:13:55,600 --> 00:13:57,600 ...by yourself?... 281 00:13:57,600 --> 00:13:58,600 ...Arri? 282 00:13:58,600 --> 00:13:59,600 Arrietty (frightened): Yeah. 283 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,600 Samantha: If I... 284 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:03,600 ...No, I can't... 285 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,600 ...Shit... 286 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:08,600 ...How long's he been down there?... 287 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:09,600 ...Is there anything on the scope?... 288 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:14,600 ...No... 289 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:16,600 ...Come on... 290 00:14:16,600 --> 00:14:17,600 ...Please... 291 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:20,600 ...Please... 292 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:21,600 He's there! 293 00:14:21,600 --> 00:14:22,600 He's... 294 00:14:22,600 --> 00:14:23,600 ...Take Penny below. 295 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:24,600 Arrietty: What's wrong? 296 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:25,600 Samantha: Go to our cabin. 297 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:26,600 Do as I say. 298 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:27,600 Arrietty: Is he coming back? 299 00:14:27,600 --> 00:14:28,600 Samantha: Arri! [Arrietty runs below deck and listens] 300 00:14:28,600 --> 00:14:29,600 Samantha: Jack?! 301 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:31,600 ...Stop there Jack!... 302 00:14:31,600 --> 00:14:33,600 ...Jack! 303 00:14:33,600 --> 00:14:35,600 ...Don't come any closer! 304 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:37,600 Jack! 305 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,600 Jack! [Popping sound and whizz of rocket flare] 306 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:43,600 Arrietty VO: I jump to the thin window and press my face against it. 307 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:47,600 See the trail of red and orange smoke dispersing. 308 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,600 Dad's frozen in the canoe. 309 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:56,600 Samantha: I need you to talk to me. 310 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:57,600 Please. 311 00:14:57,600 --> 00:15:01,600 I can't let you back on until you say something. 312 00:15:01,600 --> 00:15:05,600 Jack:..It is me. 313 00:15:05,600 --> 00:15:06,600 Samantha: What's wrong? 314 00:15:06,600 --> 00:15:09,600 Was it people? 315 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:11,600 ..Jack?... 316 00:15:11,600 --> 00:15:13,600 Jack, I need you to talk to me. 317 00:15:13,600 --> 00:15:14,600 Why have you come back? 318 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:15,600 Jack: ...We should go. 319 00:15:15,600 --> 00:15:16,600 Samantha: wha.... Can you tell me why? 320 00:15:16,600 --> 00:15:17,600 Jack: Not now. 321 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:18,600 Samantha: ...Okay.... 322 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:19,600 ...Why have you taken your face mask off? 323 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:20,600 Jack: I'll tell you in a minute. 324 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:22,600 Samantha: You need to tell me now. 325 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:23,600 Jack: ...I don't want the kids to hear. 326 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:24,600 Samantha: It's the kids I'm thinking of. 327 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:25,600 ...You're scaring me. 328 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:26,600 ...You're acting weird. 329 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:27,600 I need to know it's you. 330 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:28,600 I want it to be you! 339 00:15:41,600 --> 00:15:43,600 Jack... It is me, Sam. [end of scene] 340 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:51,600 [Sound of Penny playing on floor. Sam chopping something making dinner.] Arrietty: Has Dad told you what happened yet? 341 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:53,600 Samantha: ...Yes. 342 00:15:54,600 --> 00:15:56,600 Arrietty: Is it bad? 343 00:15:57,600 --> 00:15:58,600 Samantha: ...Yes. [starts opening a tin] 344 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:03,600 Arrietty: ...It must have been really bad. 345 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:04,600 Samantha: What? 346 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:07,600 Arrietty: You're opening a tin. 347 00:16:07,600 --> 00:16:11,600 You only do that for special days... or the really bad ones. 348 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:16,600 [puts down the tin] Samantha: Come here. I need a hug. 349 00:16:22,600 --> 00:16:24,600 [they hug] I'm sorry for how things are. 350 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:25,600 Arrietty: Me too. 351 00:16:27,600 --> 00:16:29,600 Is Dad going to be okay? 352 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,600 Samantha: Just needs a bit of space. 353 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,600 Arrietty: Are we going to be okay? 354 00:16:36,600 --> 00:16:37,600 ...Mum? 355 00:16:37,600 --> 00:16:39,600 Samantha: Tomorrow's another day. 356 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,600 Although I'm getting really tired of sun-dried fish. 357 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:43,600 Arrietty: And boiled. 358 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,600 Samantha: That's some luxury now. 359 00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,600 Arrietty: What if the battery breaks completely? 360 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:49,600 Samantha: Learn to love dried fish. 361 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:50,600 Arrietty: I'm serious. 362 00:16:51,600 --> 00:16:53,600 Samantha: Then we'll figure something out. 363 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:55,600 Don't we always? 364 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:57,600 Arrietty: Don't treat me like an idiot. 365 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:58,600 Samantha: I'm not. 366 00:16:58,600 --> 00:17:00,600 Arrietty: Then why won't you tell me what's going on? 367 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:01,600 Samantha: We're on a boat. 368 00:17:01,600 --> 00:17:02,600 Trying to stay alive. 369 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:03,600 Arrietty: I'm serious. 370 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:04,600 Samantha: So am I. 371 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:06,600 Arrietty: I can't talk to you. [starts to walk up into the cockpit] 372 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:07,600 Samantha: Do not bother Dad. 373 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:08,600 Arrietty: I don't bother him! 374 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,600 You treat me like I don't know anything. 375 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:11,600 Like I'm Pen! 377 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:13,600 Samantha: Stop shouting! 378 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:14,600 Arrietty: Who's going to hear? 379 00:17:14,600 --> 00:17:15,600 Samantha: Oi. 380 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:16,600 Don't get smart. 381 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,600 Arrietty: I am smart. 382 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:19,600 I want to help. 383 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:20,600 I want to be involved. 384 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:24,600 I want to feel like I'm doing... something! 385 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:26,600 Not just being pushed to the side or in the way. 386 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,600 Samantha: When have I said you're in the way? 387 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,600 Arrietty: You're always saying you're busy or go below or take Pen every time anything happens! 388 00:17:32,600 --> 00:17:33,600 Samantha: That is helping! 389 00:17:33,600 --> 00:17:35,600 Arrietty: Why can't I help decide things? 390 00:17:35,600 --> 00:17:37,600 Why can't I know what happened on the other boat? 391 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:38,600 Samantha: Stop.... Alright? 394 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:45,600 Everyone's tired. 395 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:47,600 No one's in the mood. 396 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:49,600 Just give it a break, yeah? 397 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:51,600 Arrietty: Would you really have killed Dad? 398 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:55,600 Samantha: ....I think... 399 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:01,600 I think you should go see if Dad needs help. [Arrietty goes up into the cockpit] 400 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:07,600 Jack: What's the noise about? 401 00:18:07,600 --> 00:18:08,600 Arrietty: Nothing. 402 00:18:11,600 --> 00:18:12,600 Jack: So... what's for dinner? 403 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:13,600 Arrietty: It's not funny. [sound of wind and waves] 405 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,600 Arrietty:... Is this forever? 406 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:21,600 ...Just the four of us? 407 00:18:21,600 --> 00:18:25,600 Jack: Things are pretty screwed up. 408 00:18:25,600 --> 00:18:28,600 But things have been screwed up before. 409 00:18:28,600 --> 00:18:30,600 The world always writes itself eventually. 410 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:32,600 Arrietty: Never this screwed up.... 411 00:18:37,600 --> 00:18:39,600 I... I.... 415 00:18:47,600 --> 00:18:51,600 I saw them when we left. 416 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,600 You told us not to look... but I did. 417 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:00,600 I... 418 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,600 I saw what they were doing. 419 00:19:06,600 --> 00:19:08,600 I saw... 420 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:12,600 Jack: ...Why didn't you say? 421 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:15,600 Arrietty: I... 422 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,600 I don't know. 423 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:21,600 But I think about it all the time. 424 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:30,600 Jack: ...Me too. 425 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:35,600 Arrietty: How can a virus make people do that? 426 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:37,600 Jack: Don't think... 427 00:19:37,600 --> 00:19:39,600 I don't know. 428 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:40,600 But we're safe here. 429 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,600 They can't get us out of here. 430 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,600 Arrietty: We're not though, are we? 431 00:19:44,600 --> 00:19:45,600 Jack: We need to be careful. 432 00:19:45,600 --> 00:19:46,600 Arrietty: Of the uninfected? 433 00:19:46,600 --> 00:19:48,600 Jack: Yes. 434 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,600 When people are desperate... 435 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,600 ...they do desperate things. 436 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:57,600 Sometimes very bad things. 437 00:19:57,600 --> 00:19:58,600 Arrietty: Steal our stuff? 438 00:19:58,600 --> 00:19:59,600 Jack: Yes. 439 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,600 Arrietty: Were you going to steal from that boat? 440 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:07,600 Jack: .........There are very bad people... who will hurt us if they catch us. 441 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,600 They will not care that your children or we're uninfected. 442 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:14,600 They only care about themselves and what they can take. 443 00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:15,600 Do you know what empathy is? 444 00:20:15,600 --> 00:20:16,600 Arrietty: Sort of. 445 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:20,600 Jack: It's when you sympathize with another's feelings and show mercy. 446 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:21,600 And they have none. 447 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,600 They will not care how you feel that they're hurting you. 448 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,600 They will kill us if they catch us. 449 00:20:27,600 --> 00:20:29,600 But we are nothing like them. 450 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,600 We only take what others have left. 451 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:33,600 Jack: But you barely took anything. 452 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:37,600 Does that mean there was someone on that boat? 453 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:38,600 Jack:... It's getting dark fast. 454 00:20:38,600 --> 00:20:40,600 We should eat quick before light's out. 455 00:20:40,600 --> 00:20:41,600 Arrietty: I could take the night shift, you know. 456 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:42,600 Jack: It's less fun than it sounds. 457 00:20:42,600 --> 00:20:43,600 Arrietty: Don't mind? 458 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,600 Jack: Not tonight. 459 00:20:46,600 --> 00:20:48,600 But I tell you what, you can stay up with me tomorrow. 460 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,600 And we'll do a shift together. 461 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:51,600 Arrietty: Deal. 462 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:53,600 Jack: All right. 463 00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:56,600 Go get food and take it easy on your ma. 464 00:20:56,600 --> 00:20:57,600 She's all we got. 465 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,600 Arrietty: I really miss Pizza. 466 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:01,600 Jack: Oh my God! 467 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:05,600 A deep pan stuffed crust with garlic bread. 468 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:06,600 Arrietty: Dad. 469 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:09,600 Jack: Sorry, but it is what I miss most. 470 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:10,600 And trees. 471 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:15,600 Arrietty VO: Technically, we do sort of still see trees, though only when the weather's really, really bad 472 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,600 and we need to shelter the boat. 473 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:23,600 On those days, Mum and Dad will both stay on deck for however long it takes, 474 00:21:23,600 --> 00:21:26,600 usually in a foul mood when we come back below, 475 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:31,600 and then forced to stay in the forward cabin to babysit Pen with the door locked. 476 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:35,600 Those days, the boat really feels like a coffin. 477 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:39,600 They get really, really angry if I come up. 478 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:44,600 Dad caught me once looking out the window through the gloom at the shoreline. 479 00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:49,600 I couldn't see anything but the distant white of the waves crashing against the cliffs. 480 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:55,600 Dad doesn't shout very often - but when he does. 481 00:21:55,600 --> 00:22:00,600 Otherwise, we stay right out in what they refer to as the sweet spot. 482 00:22:00,600 --> 00:22:04,600 Far enough not to see land or be seen, 483 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:08,600 but not too far as to be in the worst of the ocean swells. 484 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:09,600 [sound of rain] Jack: Rain? 485 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:11,600 Sam, get the top! 486 00:22:11,600 --> 00:22:12,600 Arri, jib sheet! 487 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:13,600 Oh, wait, wait! 488 00:22:13,600 --> 00:22:16,600 Let me bring her over to slacken. 489 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:17,600 Okay. 490 00:22:17,600 --> 00:22:19,600 Furling line released. 491 00:22:19,600 --> 00:22:22,600 Right, let's go! 492 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,600 [frantic running and shouting] Arrietty VO: Rain is an event. 493 00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:28,600 The genoa sail hurriedly fell to make room on the bow. 494 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:33,600 We use everything we can to collect the fresh water for the town. 495 00:22:33,600 --> 00:22:35,600 Every drop is precious. 496 00:22:35,600 --> 00:22:37,600 Samantha: Pull it tighter! 497 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:39,600 A bit more. 498 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:41,600 Now tie it off! 499 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,600 Arrietty VO: It was Mum who came up with the idea for the Varys water traps. 500 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:51,600 We did have a water maker on the boat, but, um, well... 501 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:55,600 There was a lot of screaming and crying that day. 502 00:22:55,600 --> 00:23:00,600 Fulmar was never meant to stay out as long as she has. 503 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:04,600 But, right now, we had a good rain, 504 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:08,600 and winning at anything out here feels amazing! 505 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:13,600 It makes you feel like... what I guess feeling drunk would be like! 506 00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:18,600 [LAUGHTER] 507 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,600 Arrietty VO: we stand there. Sopping wet. Crazy and giddy. 508 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:25,600 It sounds nuts. 509 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:30,600 And to an outsider, in normal times, it would seem cheesy and gimmicky. 510 00:23:30,600 --> 00:23:32,600 But you have no idea... 511 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,600 You just don't understand! 512 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:39,600 And I shout madly into the dark to be heard, 513 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:44,600 to make the world know I exist, daring it to shout back! 514 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:49,600 Arrietty: [screams loud and energetically into the night] Wasting: [A horrible rapsy animalistic voice bellows out of the darkness] 515 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:01,600 [Terrified breathing] Samantha: Oh... my... God. 516 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:06,600 Arrietty (terrified): I'm sorry. Jack: Shh! 517 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:14,600 Arrietty VO: The dark had shouted back. 518 00:24:36,600 --> 00:24:41,600 Narrattor: This was a Static Airwaves production.