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Did you get up from your seat?
No.
You like sports?
It's my field. I represent athletes. I'm an agent.
What a coincidence? I'm a male synchronized swimmer and I'm looking for representation.
Is that right?
But I'm afraid of water, so that's been holding my career back a little bit.
You represent someone in Philadelphia?
I'm meeting a player from Temple University. He's a cornerback. You like football?
Not really.
This kid is six foot two, two hundred and forty pounds. He runs the fifty in under six seconds. He's going to be a God.
Yeah, hello.
Is David Dunne there?
He doesn't look very threatening.
That's what I said to my son. He said, there's always two kinds. The soldier villain who fights the hero with his hands, and then there's the real threat. The brilliant and evil arch enemy who fights the hero with his mind.
Jeremy, why don't you go sleep with your mom?
I want to sleep here tonight.
I think it's be better if I was alone.
I won't make any noise.
How about your room then? If you get scared like before, you can come back in here?
He going pro in the draft. They say he can run the fifty
In under six seconds. I've heard.
I'm going to go in.
Just play one set of downs. I told them you were great.
Why'd you do that?
Just one
Jeremy. I'm going in. I have to do some things.
What things?
I'm going to work out.
I'll help you.
There's nothing to do.
You think you could beat up Mike Tyson? I mean before he started wiggin out and eating people's ears?
No.
What if you worked out everyday for six months? You think you could beat him then?
No.
What if you only ate foods that were good for you and you worked out everyday for a year?
You put too much. That's two hundred and fifty pounds.
How much can you lift?
No.
I mean if you knew karate?
No Jeremy.
What if he wasn't aloud to kick and you were really mad at him?
How much did you take off?
I lied.
How much is it?
Two hundred and seventy.
What do you do if something happens?
Get mom.
How many did you put on that time?
All of it.
There's no more left?
I'm sleeping in my room.
I see.
I'm not scared.
That's great.
Do you know why?
I know now.
Know what?
You're secret identity. That man was right.
YOU WON'T GET HURT...
Elijah was wrong.
That was me they were talking about. I almost died. That was me.
You're lying.
I'm not. I just didn't connect it.
I'll just shoot him once.
Jeremy listen to what
Don't be scared.
Jeremy if you pull that trigger I'm going to leave! I'm going to go to New York.
Dunne, it's Jenkins, we got a guy at gate 17C with a bogus ticket. Says he knows you. He won't tell me his name.
What's he look like?
He's got the most beautiful eyes... The hell kind of question is that? He's a guy.
Send him packing. I'm not walking all the way over there.
Consider him packed. I didn't like his attitude... Struttin around with a cane and shit.
Yeah?
There's a message for you at the office. Your kid was hurt.
When?
Just now. They want you to come down to his school.
I am. I'm helping him with the sale.
It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm David Dunne.
He's spoken of you. He says you're becoming friends.
We are.
He's doing well today.
I'm very proud of him. He's been through a lot in his life. A lot of ups and downs, a lot of bad spells. A couple I'd thought had broken him... I mean emotionally. They were bad... But he made it. Yes he did.
He's kind of a miracle.
Yes he is.
You've never been sick?
I don't know for sure. ...I don't think so.
How certain are you that you haven't been sick in your life?
Seventyfive percent.
Seventyfive percent? That's not nearly good enough for me. I'm extremely skeptical.
Skeptical about what?
Your answer to my question. It's one thing to have never been injured in your life, but to state that you've never taken ill, well that's a whole new level.
What's he talking about?
In college. A car accident.
Was it serious?
I assumed because of the train.
You assumed wrong.
You forgot the "Now I'm going to tell you what the hell is going on" step. See usually that comes before the, "It's over" Step. And it always, always comes before the "You can go" Step. What is over?
The life of an idea that has lived too long in my head.
This city has had its share of disasters. Well publicized ones. It was around the time of that plane crash, when it first entered my head. And there it stayed, as I waited and watched the news over the years... And then one day I see a news report on a train accident and its sole survivor who was miraculously unharmed. And just like that, an idea blossoms into the flower of possible reality.