interlude One More Edit 2

 

previously.

Hilary Barrett on 57: 

"Subtly penetrating means becoming part of something, or someone. It describes all-pervading influences, like the wind shaping the landscape. You penetrate subtly by feeling your way into things, yielding gently to their nature. You shift your own ideas and expectations, and come to understand the situation from inside, on its own terms. 

And so, as you allow things to shape you, you also reach a place where you can shape them. The old Chinese character for 'Subtly Penetrating' shows a stand bearing the official seals a ruler would bestow on those he trusted. Someone who bows down and accepts a seal is submitting to the order of things, entering in and receiving his place within it. Then his seal, sign of personal authenticity, endows him with influence and the power to 'make his mark'."

scene 51

Previous.

EXT. JOHN AND JAN'S STREET - DAY

Both per previous re uphill walk with dumbbells in hand.  

JOHN: I've been thinking.

JAN: I've been noticing.

JOHN: We should reach out to Wanda and Ruth.

JAN: Mind reader.

JOHN: They're family now.

JAN: Indeed. A card?

JOHN: That's a start. I'll get the address when I call Hunter.

JAN: When are you going to call?

JOHN: When he gets home, which is according to Barb is Tuesday. I should have called earlier.

JAN: Would you mind if I join the call.

JOHN: Of course not. By that time we'll be talking to a bestselling author.

JAN: So much for under the radar cult following.

JOHN: And being made into a movie.

JAN: Barb said that according to Chloe's he's considering moving.

JOHN: I heard that. Do we know anything about prospective locations?

JAN: We do not but Barb's guess is a cabin in the woods you can't see from the road. 

They arrive at their driveway, the Mercedes in its previous spot. They set their dumbbells on the curb, John checks his watch.

JOHN: Guess.

JAN: It felt quick. Sub thirty?

JOHN: Twenty-eight and small change.

JAN: Are we getting younger?

JOHN: Alas, no. Which segues into something else I've been thinking about.

He takes her hand, they walk the driveway to the door.

JAN: Yes.

JOHN: Simply to introduce the notion.

JAN: Alright.

JOHN: I want to be cremated, Jan.

Jan stops them.

JAN: You really are a mind reader. I've been considering the same. 

JOHN: Let's talk.

He opens the door with key, lets her in, follows, closes door.