들려주고픈 얘기가 있어

 

총에 맞은 후

 

정신을 잃기 전에
처음 든 생각이 뭐였게?

 

동전이야

 

8살로 돌아간 나는
조폐국에서

 

동전이 어떻게 만들어지나
듣는 거야

금속판에 구멍을 내고

테두리를 만들고

 

무늬를 새기고

 

하나하나 세밀하게
시험하는 걸

사소한 결함으로도
불합격됐어

 

그런 생각이 들더라

 

난 미군의 동전이라고

 

1980년 만들어져서
찍혀 나왔고

테두리도 만들어지고
무늬도 새겨졌지

 

헌데 내겐 작은 구멍이 둘 있어

 

결함이 생긴 거지

 

이쯤에서 고백할게

정신을 잃기 전

그 마지막 순간에
떠오른 건 뭐였게?

 

바로 너야

 

채닝 테이텀

 

아만다 사이프리드

 

왜?
기억할 것도 많은데

테니스도 치고

 

윔블던? 글쎄다

 

일단 가자
내가 말 꺼냈으니까

한 10시쯤 갈래?

 

내 가방!

난 몰라!
랜디, 너 진짜...

내가 찾아올게
정말 미안해

저기 다 들었는데

꼭 찾아올게

 

찾았다

 

야

 

- 내가 하게 두지
- 난...

- 아무튼 고맙다
- 뭘

그건 이리 줘

 

정말 고마워

 

어떻게 저기서 뛰냐

으악, 다 젖었네
덕분에 살았어

난 사바나야

존이야

존, 네 용기가 날 살렸어

- 정말 큰 신세 졌다
- 별거 아냐

정말 반가워

나도, 그럼 이만

 

고맙다

나도 뛰어들었어
그건 알아줘야 돼

 

쟤 뭐냐?

다른 뜻은 없고
너무 심심해서

여기 살아?

응, 이 근처야

존, 혹시...

우리집은 저쪽인데
같이 안 갈래?

바비큐 파티 할 건데

아버지가 저녁 차려놨을 거야

알았어

 

그럼

가면서 마시게
맥주라도 줄게

 

- 어디라고?
- 저기

 

원작 소설
니콜라스 스파크스

 

감독
라세 할스트롬

 

2001년 봄

 

군인이야?

응

진짜?

그럼 어디 소속?

육군, 특수부대야

아, 특수부대
그거...대단한 걸

 

특수부대 반지야?
글자도 새겨져 있고?

잘 어울린다

모자도 쓰지 않나?
베레모라고 하던가?

랜디

왜, 못할 말했어?

괜히 맞고 울지나 마

 

우, 무서워라

 

어디 한판 붙어볼래?

어때?

 

맥주 가져올게
군바리 아저씨

고맙지?

 

날 좋아한다고
착각 중이라 저래

착각이 아닌 거 같은데

아냐
난 쟤 타입이 아닌 걸

 

왜?

 

넌 누가 봐도
좋아할 타입이야

와!

맞지?

이게 누구일까요?
앨런이신가?

 

이쪽은 누나 친구
존 아저씨

존, 앨런이야

- 반갑다
- 인사해야지

수줍음을 좀 타

아빠는?

저깄다

늘 두 걸음 뒤에 있지

 

미안, 널 보면
무조건 달려들어

- 난 팀일세
- 존입니다

반갑습니다

자넨
특수부대 소속인가?

네

 

이 근방에 배치됐고?

아뇨, 독일입니다

- 휴가 나왔군
- 네

 

재밌게 보내게

네, 그러고 있습니다

 

방해하려던 건 아닌데
반가웠네

반가웠습니다

아들, 이리 와
가자

 

앞장 서

 

안녕, 존 아저씨

안녕, 앨런

 

와, 진짜 신기한데

그래?

쟨 식구 말곤 말 안해

너하곤 하잖아

난 거의 식구나 다름없으니까

그래?

 

언제 돌아가?

보름 후에

 

너 하는 일 무섭겠다

 

대부분 지루해
지루함의 연속이지

그러다 아주 가끔만 무서워

보름달이네

 

달은 떠오를 때
엄청 큰거 알아?

 

막상 뜨면 엄청 작고

 

그렇게 봐서 그래

어디 떠있든 네가 어딨든

한 손 들고
한 눈을 감아봐

 

엄지보다 작지

 

어디서 배웠어?

 

글쎄

 

주워들었어

 

와!

 

불을 다 지피다니

 

진짜 대단하다

 

원시인 뺨쳐

 

근데 핫도그는
못 굽는다 이거지?

좀 한심하지

 

이만 가봐야겠다

미안, 너무 귀찮게 한 건
아닌가 몰라

사실 좀 귀찮긴 했지

 

그럼

 

고마워

 

응, 아니, 천만에

 

혹시 내일 저녁에도
이런 거 해?

내일은 치킨이라
내키지 않을 걸

요리사는 따로
초빙해오면 되지

우린 먹고

좋아

진짜?

 

그럼 한 6시쯤에 오면 될까?

 

좋아

그래

 

곧 다시 만나겠네?

곧 만나자

그래, 곧

 

어이

안녕하세요

 

아이스크림 사러 가는데
태워줄까?

아니, 괜찮습니다
좀 걷죠 뭐

 

진짜로?

 

그럼 신세 질게요

그래

앨런, 이쪽으로 와

벨트 풀어줄게

 

5, 6...

시내엔

얼마나 사셨어요?

일년쯤 됐지

어차피 주말마다 나오니까

시내에도 집을 얻어서
왔다갔다 살고 있지

 

아이스크림 안 드신대요?

누구? 아, 아내

아니
지금은 휴가 갔네

하얀 양, 하얀 양...

같이 다니긴 힘들어서

 

이것도 꽤 괜찮아
적응도 됐고

 

왼쪽에 세워주세요

 

이보게, 존

 

말해두지만
사바나 아프게 하면

뭐든 부러질 각오하게

다리 몽둥이라든가
아무튼 뼈도 못 추릴 거야

 

네

그애 아버질 잘 아니까
대신 한마디 한 거네

그분께 들었어야 옳지만

 

괜찮습니다

 

괜찮았어

 

- 아니, 좀...
- 진짜야

- 그렇지 않아
- 그래, 그렇대도

아니지만 고맙네

- 진짜 괜찮았어
- 그래?

응, 그래

알았어

 

빵빵대지 마
밤이잖아

 

- 그럼 들어가게
- 조심해서 가세요

 

고마워요

뭐, 이쯤이야

 

아버지, 저녁은
같이 못 먹겠어요

라자냐 만들었는데

그렇겠죠
일요일이니까

 

차 좀 써도 돼요?

 

고마워요

 

여기 해산물이 참 신선해

전엔 자주 왔었어

정말?

어디 딴 데 좋은 데 안 갈래?

좋은 데?
난 여기가 좋은 걸

 

그래

 

여긴 또 왜 왔냐?

 

아저씨, 벌써 3년 전 일이에요

 

또 사고 칠까봐 그러지

그런 일 절대 없어요

 

알았다

 

고마워요

 

무슨 일 있었어?

- 누구랑?
- 뭔데?

그런 거 없어

- 정말?
- 응

좀 알던 분이야

 

왜?

 

어제 늦었다고
아빠가 화내셨어?

아니, 화같은 거 잘 안 내셔

그럼 어떠신데?

음

 

과묵한 타입?

 

성격 좋으시네

그치

 

그럼 엄마는?

안 계셔
아버지와 단 둘이야

 

혼자 키우신 거야?

 

응

 

- 남의 아버진 왜?
- 궁금해서

 

네가 태어나고 자란 게

 

한번 뵙고 싶어

 

오늘 당장

 

살갑게 대하지 않으시더라도

원래 그러시려니 해

 

아버지

 

소개할 사람이 있어요

 

안녕하세요

사바나예요

안녕하세요

반갑습니다, 아저씨

 

와!

 

이건 내가...
아버지가 모으셔

- 큰 소일거리지
- 대단하다

굉장히 많은데
어떻게 모으셨어요?

 

존이 시작한 거다

- 근데 이젠 내가...
- 인사했으면 가자

이건 뭐예요?

 

이건 1달러짜리 불량 주화야

- 실은...
- 불량 주화?

 

더 보고 싶냐?

그럼요
폐가 안 된다면요

이 장갑을 끼거라

고맙습니다

 

이건 좀 재밌지
참 풍자적이야

묵직한데요

윌리엄 제닝스 브라이언이
대선에 나갔을 때...

뒤집진 말고 그냥 보렴

'은화 자유주조 운동'을 펼쳤지

그때 맥킨리가 적수였는데...
가만

진짜 은으로 만든 달러는
딱 이만하거든

맥킨리는
브라이언 말대로 했다간

은 동전이 이렇게
크게 될 거랬지

굉장해요

이걸 주머니에 넣고
다닐 수 있겠냐?

 

- 진짜 재밌다
- 우습지

또 이건...

아버지, 저희 그만 가봐야 해요

더 있을래?

- 이것도 한번 보렴
- 너무 예뻐요

색을 다 맞췄단다

 

오늘 재밌었어

 

아버지가 참 좋으셔

퉁명스럽게 굴지 마

널 사랑하셔

네 눈엔 안 보여도 난 보여

 

잠깐만

사바나, 저기

곧 다시 만나는 거지?

곧 만나자

 

종일 어딨었어?

 

바빴어

봄방학이면 바닷가에서
산책이나 하지

바쁠게 뭐 있다고

 

보여줄게 있어

 

여기 살던 가족들 집이
허리케인 때문에 부서졌거든

- 그걸 다시 짓겠다고?
- 응

나 혼자는 아니고

이거 슬슬 긴장되네

괜히 긴장은 왜 되는데?

 

내겐 과분하게
좋은 여자 같아서

무슨, 나 좋은 여자 아냐

매일 몰래 막노동하잖아

좋은 일 하겠다고

피같은 봄방학에

맞아, 착하게 살겠단
이기적인 발상이지

 

- 사실 넌 술도 안하지
- 안해

- 담배도 안하지
- 안해

- 헤프지도 않겠고
- 당연한 거 아냐?

 

그래도 단점은 있겠지

있지

좋아
그럼 귀띔해줄래?

 

나 욕 잘해

 

설마

- 진짜야
- 말도 안돼

- 진짜래도
- 못 들었는데

그거야 속으로 하니까

욕을 랩하듯이
줄줄이 쏟아내는 걸

어디 그럼 하나만 해봐

더러워서 입에도 못 담아

- 그렇구나
- 응

그래, 뭐 그렇다 치자

나 단점 많아

다 꼽을 수도 없는 걸

두고 봐

기대하지

 

3주내에 꼭 완성해야 돼

여기가 침실이야
부모님 방에 애들 방

아들만 둘
7살, 9살이지

여기 거실하고 욕실

그리고 여긴 부엌

여길 잘 꾸며야 돼
엄마가 진짜 요리사거든

환상적으로 꾸밀 거야
하얀 타일 바닥에 또...

싱크대랑...
지붕도 있어야겠다

 

- 이리 와
- 지붕이 절실한 걸

 

이런 식으로 천장을 덮을 건데

지금은 이거뿐이야

한동안 이리 출근해야겠네

 

상처는 왜 났어?

 

이거?

어, 그게...

 

칼싸움하다가

 

5년 전에 무지 취했을 때
누가 눈을 찌르려고 했어

끔찍해라

 

뭐가? 빗나갔는데

 

사람들이 널 대하는 게
그 음식점에서 말야

널 무서워하나 봐

지금은 안 그런데

 

예전에 내가 한 짓이 있으니까

어땠는데?

 

딴판이었지?

언제 변했어?
군대에 가면서?

 

그래
변한 구석도 있지

안 변한 면도 있고?

 

변하는 중일 거야

 

터프했었구나

 

지금도 좀 그렇고

 

난 너 하나도 안 무서워

- 전혀?
- 응

 

난 너 무서운데

 

♪ 불빛들은 반짝이며

♪ 행복의 노래를 읊조리고

 

♪ 밤을 밝혀줄 때 우린 커가네

♪ 우린 커가네

 

♪ 우린 커가네

 

아버진 괜찮아

 

♪ 난 여기가 좋아

 

존!

 

거긴 안전할 거 같아?

 

♪ 말은 안 해도

♪ 난 알고 있었지
난 알고 있었어

♪ 난 알고 있었어

 

괜찮아
그럴 수도 있지

 

와!

 

여기서 뭐해?

 

다들 같이 노는데

나 없어도 잘들 노는데 뭐

 

왜 그래?

 

왜 혼자 뚝 떨어져 있어?

 

나 죽어가

뭐?

 

하나도 안 웃겨

 

네가 그리울 거야

 

거의 다 끝나가

아니, 끝나는 거 없어

진짜야

 

나 내일 떠나
개학이거든

- 그래서?
- 너도...

난 아냐
12개월 후면 제대인 걸

 

그럼 돌아와서 안 가

12개월이면 많은 게 변해

난 모를까봐?

 

나도 알아

 

그래도 두렵진 않아

 

약속하는데

 

다 빨리 지나갈 거고

 

그 후론 네 곁에만 있을게

 

네가 그리울 거야

 

약속할게

 

내가 너 졸업하길
기다리게 될 걸

 

졸업식엔 꼭 구경 가야지

졸업은 좀 걸릴거 같아

너희 아빠랑 지내다 보니까

특수교육이 하고 싶어졌어

설마

왜 이제야 깨달았나 몰라

앨런하고 붙어 살면서도...

미안한데 거기에
우리 아버지가 왜 나와?

 

그게...

 

지금 왜 그러신가
다 알거 같거든

 

됐어

- 안 들은 걸로 해
- 아니, 아니지

뭐가...뭐라고?

 

나 자폐증 아이 옆집에 살았어

알건 다 안다고

자폐증?
우리 아버지가 앨런 같아?

어디가 모자란단 거군

앨런은 모자란 거 아냐
자폐증이지

약한 증세도 있는데
모르고들 넘어가

내내 그랬던 거야?
우리 아버질 연구했어?

무슨

그런 말이 어딨어

난 평생 아버질
참아주며 살았는데

평범하지 않다는 것도
모를까봐?

그래?

그래서 네 입으로
확인시켜 주려고?

 

그렇군

 

군인 아저씨, 벌써 가려고?

자, 한잔하고 가

 

한잔 마셔
기분도 풀 겸

지금은 좀 그래

긴장 좀 풀어
굳어있지 말고

- 나 좀 그냥 놔둬
- 너희 왜 그래?

- 둘이 왜 그래?
- 이 손 놓고 말해

묻잖아, 사바나랑 너...

 

무슨 짓이야?

 

존!

 

어머나, 웬 일이니

존!

 

정말 미안해요

 

지금 집에 없을 거네

 

학교에 간 건 아니고

 

갈 땐 와서 얘길 하고
가는데 아직...

 

맙소사

정말 죄송해요

아냐
난 맘에 드는 걸

터프해 보이잖아

아저씬 줄 몰랐어요

 

내 잘못이야

열 받은 군인 뒤에
얼쩡댄 게 무개념이지

그 애 보시면

 

말 좀 전해주실래요?

그래

 

제가 들렀는데...

 

그게...

적어주겠나?

 

네

 

꼭 전해주지

고마워요

 

아버지

 

누가 더 올까 싶어서

넉넉히 했다

 

아니, 내가 하마

- 제가 할게요
- 내가 할게

- 깨끗해요
- 내가 한대도

 

그러세요

 

이번엔 좀 남겠네요

 

다음 일요일에 먹지 뭐

 

잠깐만요

 

쪽지 받았어

 

간단 달콤 명료하더라

미안해

내가 미안해

- 정말 미안해
- 아니, 내가 미안해

그런 의도는 아니었는데

무슨 의사라도 된 양
말한 거 있지

나도 오늘 유심히 봤어

존

진짜로 내 생각이 모자랐어

그러니까 맘에 담아두지 마

알았지?

 

나 학교로 돌아가

그래서 네 맘을 확실히...

확실히 뭘?

 

벌써 약속했잖아

 

응

 

쪽지 써줬길래 나도 써봤어

 

나중에 나 가면 읽어

 

그래

 

혹시 배고파?

응

그래?

아버지가 네 몫까지
만드셨거든

일요일이잖아

그래

- 근데 금방 가야 돼
- 알아

들어가자

 

존에게

 

보름 함께한 걸로
난 충분했어

 

보름만에 넌
내 가슴에 들어왔지

 

이제 1년을 떨어져 있지만

 

그 보름의 힘으로
버텨낼 수 있겠지?

 

- 이제 가세요
- 그래

저 갈게요

- 건강하세요
- 그래

저기...

 

- 제 걱정은 마세요
- 그러마

 

네가 한 약속
지켜줄 거라 믿어

 

근데 헤어져 있는 동안
하나 더 지켜줬으면 해

 

전부 다 들려줘

 

노트에 빼먹지 말고 다 써선

나중에 이메일로 보내줘

 

네 모든 걸 알고 싶어

 

그럼 떨어져 있지만
함께 있는 것처럼 느껴질 거야

 

그러다 보면 곧 다시 만날 거고

 

잘들 있었냐?

 

이게 누구야

왔냐?

- 별일 없었지?
- 잘 왔다

- 네 전표야
- 그래

 

재미 좀 보고 왔냐?

 

말도 마라
어찌나 놀려대던지

나 아무 말도 안 했어
이제 막 본 걸

- 얘 정신 없겠다
- 짐은 쌀거 없고

아침 일찍 떠난다
쉬어라

 

올게 왔구나

 

사바나에게
곧 다시 만날 거라고 약속해

 

다 써보내겠다고

다 말할 거라고

 

근데 좀 참아줘
편지가 가려면 꽤 걸릴 거야

 

벌써 임무배치를 받았거든

 

동작 봐라
빨리빨리 안 오나!

 

여긴 우체부 아저씨가
안 다니셔

 

인터넷 같은 건
꿈도 못 꾸고

그래서 항공우편으로
부쳐야 돼

- 좀 부쳐주겠어요?
- 그러지 뭐

- 잃어버리면 안돼요
- 걱정 마

 

여기가 어딘진
말해줄 수가 없어

 

다만 우리가 보내진 이곳에선
고국이 많이 그리워

바다 비슷한 것도 없으니
고향도 많이 그립고

 

그리고 숨을 쉴 때마다
네가 그립다

 

여기저기 다녀서
편지 순서가 엉망일 테니

번호를 적어서
차례를 알려주자

 

편지를 받는 날은

날아갈 거 같아

 

못 받을 땐...

어디 보자

 

나 아니고
나 아니고

나 아니고
또 나 아니고

너무하네

- 그 날은...
- 미안한데 너도 없다

하지만 곧 올거란 걸
알고 있지

 

8번째 편지, 존에게

주말에 부모님 농장에 왔는데

너도 알만한 손님을
초대했더라

 

사바나 누나!

 

누나!

 

넌 잘 탈 줄 알았어

오늘 앨런 데리고 말을 탔는데
처음 타는 거래

 

멋진 왕자님 같은데

말의 육감 알지?
위험을 직감하는 거?

불길함을 느끼는 거?

 

자폐아도 그런 거 같아서

꼭 해보고 싶은 꿈이 생겼어

 

자폐아를 위한 여름학교

쟤 저러는 거 처음 봐

 

배고프니?

 

거기서 실컷
말을 태우는 거야

배고파?

 

평생 한번만이라도
아무 걱정없이 놀게

 

어때? 너무 황당해?

아니, 황당하지 않아

완벽한 꿈인 걸

 

받아라
메리 크리스마스

 

존
"존 타이리 씨"에게

- 7번째?
- 관심 끊어

이건 나 줄래?

33번째 편지
사바나에게

희소식은
나 딴 데로 배치됐어

 

역시 어딘진 말 못하지만

나쁜 소식은 막상 갔더니
전에 있던 데가 낫단 거고

보름달을 보니
네 생각이 더 간절하다

내가 어디에서 뭘 하든

저 달은 네가 보는 달과
똑같을 테니까

지구 반대편에서

 

존에게

 

밤마다 네 걱정하다
잠이 들어

어디 있을까 궁금해 하며

 

근데 오늘밤은 아냐

 

오늘밤 우린 함께 있으니까

 

어젠 너희 아빠한테 갔었어

 

여름방학이 끝나가서
학교 가기 전에 뵈려고

괜찮은 거지?

안녕하세요

파이 만들어 왔어요

저녁을 차려주셨어
일요일이라 라자냐로

그리곤 동전을 놓고
한참 이야기 꽃을 피웠지

이건 쳐주지도 않아
모양이 형편없거든

거들떠도 안 보지

아저씬 안 그렇죠?

 

안 그렇고 말고

뭐가 제일 좋으세요?

 

가지고 계신 것 중에
가장 애지중지 하시는 거요

있으세요?

 

78년도
5센트 불량 주화

제일 아끼는 거지

아무렴

 

왜요?
제일 비싸서요?

비싸긴 해도 제일은 아니다

그냥...

 

사연이 있는 거죠?

 

이건 말이다

네가 들려줘
지금 어디에 있든

사연이 뭐야?

 

사바나에게

다 말해준다고 약속했으니까

 

감사합니다

 

7살 때 아이스크림을 샀는데

 

집에 오다 보니
동전 하나가 이상한 거야

 

글쎄다

 

아빠도 이런 건
처음 보는데

 

네가 찾았니?

응?

그래?

 

불량 주화인데요

 

뭐요?

불량 주화요
잘못 만든 거죠

가끔씩 실수로
불량품이 나오는데 이건

앞은 5센트, 뒤는 1센트
아주 신기한 경우네요

네가 말한 말의 육감 말인데

애가 찾은 거니
제가 사드리죠

20달러

 

됐습니다

아버지도 그 육감이 있었어

가만, 잠깐만요

한번만 다시 봅시다

 

존, 어서 가자

세상에나

 

이게 뭔지 아세요?

아뇨

 

'4천 달러짜리 불량 주화'
봐요

'4천 달러짜리 불량 주화'
댁 동전이에요

 

한마디 해드려요?

아빠 대 아빠로?

갖고 있어요

잘 간수했다가
아들한테 물려줘요

아들이 또 아들한테
물려주고 하다보면

30, 40, 100년 후엔

 

4천 달러보다도
훨씬 값질 겁니다

내가 보장하죠

 

존

팔지 말고 둘까?

 

- 생각 잘했어요
- 고맙습니다

 

처음엔 같이
불량 주화를 찾아다녔어

공통 관심사가 생긴 거지

함께할 수 있는 일이

 

근데 너무 빠지시더라
너 우리 아버지 알잖아

난 사춘기가 됐고
너 나 알잖아

동전 전시회 보자고
그 먼 데를...

전 안 가요

안 그래도 주말마다 가면서

 

잘됐네
미지근한 우유 좋아하는데

동전에만 돈 쏟아붓지 말고
냉장고 좀 고쳐요

 

결국 나하곤
동전 얘길 안 하시게 됐지

 

그러다 보니 딱히
할 말이 없어지더라

 

그렇게 된거야

 

네가 너무 그리워서
가슴이 아프다

 

미안 미안

 

전달 사항이 있다

복무기간을 연장해주십시오

 

저도 연장해주십시오

 

저도 연장해주십시오

다들 잘 들어라
월요일에 작전명령이 오니까

주말 동안 잘 생각해 보도록

내겐 처자식이 있다

대위님은 빠지셔도 됩니다

그건 아니지
너흰 내 대원이다

너희가 가면 나도 간다

우리가 가면 모두 함께 간다

월요일에도 연장하겠다면
그렇게 한다

다같이

 

잘 다녀와라

- 몸조심하고
- 걱정 마

나가자
파리행 비행기 대령이야

확실히 준비됐지?

- 신나게 놀자
- 난 못 가

가야지, 무슨 소리야?

나 고향에 가야 돼

고향에?

응

겨우 이틀 휴가야

왔다갔다 빼면
18시간 땅에 발붙여

18시간이 어딘데

 

언제 다시 갈지 모르니까

가야 돼

 

뭐라고 해도 맘 안 바뀌지?

절대

 

존!

 

어디 가?

존!

 

진짜로 그러셨어?
같이 가시겠다고?

그러실 눈치야

망설이셨지만

그럴 줄 알았다

 

부시 대통령에게
예비군을 소집하라고...

 

아버지!

 

여기서 뭐하세요?

이게 누구셔

빼입으셨네

같이 가시게요?

제발요

저희 부모님이
무척 기다리세요

그래, 저기...

 

시장들 하냐?

 

미트로프 만들었다

 

그러셨겠죠
토요일이니까

싸갖고 갈까요?

네, 싸갖고 가요
그래도 되죠?

그야 뭐...

 

괜찮죠?

 

쌀게요

 

저기, 미안한데...

세워주겠니?
돌아갈란다

차 돌릴까요?

그냥 세워만 다오

뭐 두고 왔어요?

내리고 싶어서 그래

맘 편히 가지세요

아무래도 무리야

괜찮아요

아니, 그냥 내렸으면 싶다

긴장하실 거 없어요

- 제발 세워줘
- 네, 돌릴게요

괜찮아요
괜찮아요

- 나 내릴래
- 네

 

지금 뭐하세요

이러지 마세요

 

아저씨

 

저기, 괜찮으세요?

- 미안하다
- 괜찮아요

근데 저기...

 

차에서 기다릴까요?

난...

 

- 난 괜찮다
- 아뇨, 저희도...

그냥 여깄지 뭐

그냥 여기 있자
내년에 가고

 

저 하루 휴가예요

 

복귀해야 되는 거 아시죠?

너희 둘이 가거라

 

존

 

애쓰셨잖아
애는 많이 쓰셨어

 

안녕하세요
어서 오세요

 

우리 딸

 

엄마, 존이야

존, 처음 보는 것 같질 않구나

아버님도 오셨고?

- 아뇨
- 괜찮아

건강하게 돌아와서
너무 좋다

 

요즘 뒤숭숭해서
취소할까 하다 말았단다

 

파티한단 얘긴 오면서 했어

괜찮습니다

게릴라 훈련도 받은 터라
뭐든 금방 적응됩니다

벌써 맘에 쏙 든다, 얘

아줌마, 사바나

- 왔어?
- 존

반갑다

 

한잔 하고 싶은 얼굴인데

- 갖다줄게
- 그래, 고마워

 

존

쟨 왜 왔어?

내가 초대했어
근처에 살잖아

둘이 쭉 만난 거야?

막상 알고 보면
그렇게 나쁜 애 아냐

 

여기

 

버번이라 세진 않아

금방 올게

 

전에 심하게 군 건 사과할게

둘이 사귈 줄 알았으면
안 그랬을 거야

진심으로 미안하다

 

괜찮아

그럼 난 이만

 

편하게 있어

 

이 친구로구나

응, 터프가이 흉내는 내지 마

나 냉장고를 역기로 쓰는 거

귀띔해 주는게 좋을 거다

옳은 말씀이시네
처음 뵙겠습니다

근데 팀한테
한발 늦으셨는데요

따님께 잘하라고 협박하셨죠

따끔하게 일렀더니
긴장하는 눈치던데요

그럼 건배나 하지
와줘서 기쁘네

감사합니다

빌리! 와줬구만

다 무사통과했어

 

다시 보니 반갑네

잘 지내시죠?

안녕하세요
팀, 어떻게 지내요?

잘 지냅니다

부인은 안 오셨어요?

휴가 중입니다

안부 전해드리죠

- 그래 주세요
- 네

 

앨런, 아빠가 뭐랬지?

 

또 휴가세요?

 

그래

 

앨런이 안 물어요?

 

묻지
뭐라고 할지 모르겠네

저기

 

전 아빠도 아니고

이런 말씀 드릴
처지는 아니지만

 

어릴 땐 매일같이
간절히 기다렸어요

오늘 엄마가 와줬으면 하고

 

15년을 그렇게 기다렸죠

물론 아버지 입장에선
힘드셨겠죠

사실을 말해준다는 게

 

그랬으면 기다리진
않았을 텐데

그렇죠?

 

그래도 어떻게 해서든
보호해주려고 그러신 거라면

 

참 좋은 아버지 아닌가?

 

실례지만

존 맞죠?
사바나 남자친구?

네

참 고마운 일을 하고 있군

늘 기도하고 있네
이 힘든 상황이 빨리 끝나서

무사히 돌아오게 해달라고

쉽게 끝나진 않을 겁니다

아프가니스탄에
가장 먼저 가겠지

맞는 말이네

곧 복무기간을 연장하랄 거야

부탁조가 명령조가 될 테고

저흰 부탁 필요 없습니다

명령도 필요 없고요

 

저희라니?

 

사바나

 

너도 연장하겠다고?

 

의논하려고 했어

 

장장 2년이야

 

벌써 신청하고 온 거야?

 

아니

하지만 맘은 굳혔고?

 

내 말 들을 거야?

하지 말라면 안 할래?

 

넌 이해 못해

이해 못한단 말 하지 마

 

혼자 있고 싶어

 

부탁이야

 

나보고...

 

나보고 어쩌라고?

사바나, 내가...

 

어떻게 하면 좋겠어?
관둘까?

그래?

 

어쩌다 이렇게 된건지
도무지 모르겠어

 

깨어나보니...

건물들이 무너지고...

 

전엔 어떻게 살아야겠단
생각이 있었는데

지금은 어째야 좋을지
모르겠어

딴 건 다 모르겠고
그냥 여기 있고만 싶어

언제까지나 네 곁에만
있고 싶다고

지금은 너밖엔 안 보여
온통 네 생각뿐이라고

달리 어떡해야 옳은 건지도
모르겠어

아무것도 모르겠으니
네가 말해줘

네가 말 좀 해줘

내가 어떡해야 좋을지
말 좀 해줘

 

같이 가자

 

아버지

 

와주셔서 고마워요

뭐...

 

혼자 돌아가시기 괜찮겠어요?

 

그럼, 괜찮고 말고

 

들어가봐야겠어요

 

건강하세요

 

우리 괜찮은 거지?

달라진 거 없는 거지?

 

폭탄 터지는 덴 가지 마

 

알았어

 

그럴게

 

곧 다시 만나자

곧 만나자

 

다들 잘 왔다

주말 잘 보냈나?

길면 좋았겠지만
아쉬운대로 괜찮았길 바란다

 

결정한 건가?

 

만장일치로?

 

좋아

 

서류 절차부터 밟지

 

존 타이리

 

사바나 커티스

 

사바나에게

 

사랑하는 존으로부터

 

감사합니다

오닐, 받아라

 

향기 좋은데

다니엘스 어딨어?

 

변치 않는 사람을 담아
사바나로부터

 

계속 가다가 쏘고

 

6월

 

9월

 

12월

 

왔냐?

미안한데 네건 없다

 

너희들 존 봤냐?

 

존!

 

드디어 왔다

그래?

이거뿐이야

 

존에게

 

편지 못 보낸지
너무 오래 됐지?

 

지난 2시간 동안
편지지만 뚫어져라 봤어

솔직히 말하면

지난 2달 동안 뚫어져라 봤지

 

이런 말하는 날 용서해줘

어떻게 네게 이런 모진 짓을
해야 하나 싶어

 

너 없는 내 삶은 무의미하고
너 없인 살 수...

 

정말 미안해

 

얘들아
헤지펀드 매니저 알아?

보통 얼마나 받게?

 

자그마치 2천 7백만 달러래

어마어마하지

 

흙탕물에 헹구게?

 

너 왜 그래?

 

말 안 할래?

 

할 말 없어

 

그게...

 

딴 남자가 생겼대

 

그게 누군진 알고?

 

몰라, 말 안해

 

내가 아닌 건 확실하지

 

그게 있잖냐

원래 한번씩들
변덕 부리고 그래

가보면 언제 그랬냐는 듯...

벌써 약혼했대

 

맙소사

 

딱하게 됐구나

 

도울 일 있으면 말해라

 

다람쥐가 헤엄칠 수
없을 거 같지만

강기슭까지 헤엄쳐 갔어

헤엄을 쳤다고

또 되도 않는 소리한다

다들 봤냐?
여기 사람들 웃기지도 않아

스타킹을 다리 대신
얼굴에 쓰고 다니잖아

저거 갖고 가서
애인 입히면 딱이겠구만

 

물러서요!

 

뭐래?

터키어야

터키어로 뭐래?

나도 몰라

너 못하는 나라 말 없잖아

난 아프가니스탄어
페르시아어, 다 되지만

이건 모른다고

- 이리 와봐
- 잘 좀 해봐

너 어디 가?

통역관 구해와야지

 

- 네가 같이 가봐
- 그래

이쪽으로 와

 

타이리, 지시할 때까지
꼼짝 마라

 

나와

 

괜찮아?

응, 넌?

 

부상자 발생!

괜찮아, 좀만 참아!

알았다, 아군 부상!

 

손 치워

난 몰라!

손 치우라고!

타이리, 들리나?
응답하라

탄창 주머니에 맞았다

천 쪼가리한테
감사하게 될 줄이야

일어나

 

존!

 

아군 부상, 위생병!

위생병!

정신차려

위생병!

 

나 좀 봐
곧 괜찮아질 거야

별거 아니라고

정신 차리고
내 눈만 쳐다봐

 

눈 뜨고 있어

 

정신 차리고 날 쳐다봐

 

존!

 

존!

 

정신이 드셨군요, 하사님

편히 계세요
여긴 독일 병원이고

곧 회복될 거예요

 

타이리

좋아 보인다

감사합니다

복무 연장하겠단 말씀
드리려고 왔습니다

연장?
다친지 석달 됐지

뜻은 알겠지만 안될 말이다

집에 가서 좀 쉬어

아버님 말벗도 해드리고

 

앉아봐

 

실은 나 딴 데로 발령 받았다

다른 이유는 없고
여기 임무가 끝났거든

집 근처로 가려고
식구들이 보고 싶어서

 

잘됐습니다

베리와 다니엘스는 전역해
나머진 달라질 거 없지만

- 너도 넉달 후면...
- 연장할 겁니다

 

이제 전쟁은 끝났어
조국을 위해 할 만큼 했고

전 말뚝 박을 생각입니다

 

일단 몸부터 챙겨라

 

신호하면 눌러!

 

눌러!

 

특수부대 기지, 카타르
2007년

 

다음은 어딜까?

 

그냥 가라는 데로
가는 거지 뭐

 

자넨 조국으로 가봐야겠다

 

안됐네
막 소식이 왔어

 

의식은 있지만
불분명한 상태입니다

반응도 약하고요

얼마나 심각한지
알 수 없는 게

쓰러지신 채 얼마나
계셨는지 몰라서요

 

제가 곁에 있어서
좀 더 일찍 발견했다면

달라졌을까요?

 

크게 다르지 않았을 겁니다

 

- 검사한 거 나왔어요
- 고마워요

 

아버지

여긴 왜...
저기요, 왜 나와 계시죠?

 

몸은 좀 어때요?

 

제가...

 

별건 아니고
편지를 좀 써봤어요

 

나중에 읽으세요

그냥 써본 건데
저 없을 때 읽으세요

 

그럼 그냥...

 

제가 읽어드릴게요

 

아버지께

 

말씀 드리고 싶은게 있었어요

 

몇 년전 총에 맞았을 때

 

처음으로 든 생각이
뭔지 아세요?

정신 잃기 직전에요

 

동전이에요

 

갑자기 8살로 돌아간 저는
조폐국에서

동전이 어떻게
만들어지나 듣는 거죠

금속판에 구멍을 내고
테두리를 만들고

무늬를 새기고 하나하나
세밀하게 시험하는 걸요

사소한 결함으로도
불합격됐어요

 

기억나세요?
같이 조폐국에 갔던 거?

 

그런 생각이 들더라고요

 

전 미군의 동전이라고

 

1980년 만들어져서

 

찍혀 나왔고

 

테두리도 만들어지고
무늬도 새겨졌고요

 

헌데 작은 구멍이 둘 났어요

결함이 생긴 거죠

 

아버지, 우린 둘 다
불량품이에요

 

그리고 하나 더

 

말씀 드리고 싶은 건

 

총에 맞아 정신을 잃기 전에

 

그 순간에 누가
떠오른지 아세요?

 

죽는구나 싶으니까

누구 생각만 든 줄 아세요?

 

안 그래도 힘들 텐데
재촉하고 싶진 않네만

장례식이 또 있어서

 

존

 

어떻게 왔어?

 

아버지 때문에

 

아버진 어떠셔?

 

그게...

 

세상에

 

알면 갔을 텐데

 

괜찮아

 

온다고 뭐 달라지나

마음이 너무 아파

참 좋은 분이셨는데

 

마침내 해냈구나

 

'말의 육감' 캠프

아니

 

아직 멀었어
애쓰는 중이지

부모님한테 넘겨받곤
1년도 채 안될 걸

여기 무지 비싸더라

 

들어왔다 갈래?

 

지금 혼자 있어

 

언제 돌아가?

 

아버지 일 마무리 되는 대로

 

결혼은 했고?

아니

 

데이트는 많이 하겠다

아니, 데이트라고
할 만한 건 못해봤어

 

얼굴 보니까 좋다

무사히 와줘서

 

잠깐, 미안해

 

여보세요?

 

네

 

아니, 괜찮아요

 

저기, 존이...
존이 왔어요

 

네, 존 타이리요

 

네, 곧 가려고요

 

좀 이따 봐요

20분쯤 후면 갈 거예요

나도 사랑해요
끊어요

 

널 만나고 싶대

뭐라고?

 

팀이었어?

 

진단 받은 직후엔 참 씩씩했어

 

본인 걱정은 안하고
앨런만 걱정했지

근데 암4기가 되니까
많이 힘들어하더라

 

무슨 암인데?

 

림프암

 

갇혀있는게 지겹다며
주로 여기 나와있어

가끔 앨런도 보고

 

- 크럼블 테익 먹어도 돼?
- 앨런

존 아저씨, 기억나?

안녕하세요, 아저씨

안녕, 앨런

많이 컸다

 

- 좀 어때요?
- 괜찮아

 

크럼블 케익 사줄게요

그래 주면야 좋지
어찌나 타령을 하던지

 

날 걷어차고 싶겠지

 

환자한테 그럴 수야 없죠

 

그걸 노리고 아픈 거네

 

성공하셨네요

 

그녀를 사랑해

 

내 삶이 송두리째 사라졌네

남은 게 없어

 

그 말을 해주고 싶었네

 

또 미안하고

 

자네한텐 정말 못할 짓을 했어

 

하지만 이제 앨런은
돌봐줄 사람을 갖게 됐지

 

든든한 보호자가 생긴 거야

 

아직도 자넬 사랑해

 

그건 감춰지지 않는 모양일세

 

인정하긴 싫지만

자넬 보던 눈빛으로
날 봐주진 않아

 

그건 알아두게

 

조심해, 앨런

 

여전히 말을 좋아하네?

응, 잘 때나 돼야 들어와

 

아무래도 퇴원시켜야겠어

 

집에 있게 하려고

 

아직은 임상실험 중인
약품이 있는데

 

그걸 먹여보게

 

보험이 안 된대서 걱정이지만

 

부모님이 해변 집을 팔아
도와주셨어

한숨 돌렸었지

 

기금도 모았었고

 

근데 너무 금방 바닥나더라고

 

저녁 먹고 가

 

술도 하네

저녁 먹을 때 한두잔

2년 전쯤에 팀한테 배웠어

 

왜 그렇게 봐?

뭐가?

 

내가 어떻게 보는데?

 

다르게

 

그럼 어떻게 보겠어?

 

달라진 걸

 

모르겠다

 

왜 여길 왔는지
왜 이러고 있는지

 

앉아서 밥 먹고 얘긴 해도
정작 할 말은 안하잖아

무슨 말을 할까?

무슨 말이 하고 싶어?

 

왜 전화 안 했어?

 

왜 전화 한통 안 했어?

 

설명 하나 없이
끝내도 되는 사이였어?

편지만으로?

 

전화는 왜 못해?

네 맘 돌려볼 기회 정도도
줄 수 없었어?

그쯤은 해줬어야 하잖아?

 

할 수 없었어

할 수 없었어?

얼마나 하찮았으면
그 정도도 못해줄까

 

왜지?

 

그럴 수 없었으니까

 

대답해줘!
왜, 왜 못했는데?!

그럴 수 없었대도!

대답해 달라고!

네 목소리를 들으면
내 맘이 바뀔까봐

 

이제 속 시원해?
그거 들으려고 온 거야?

너만 힘들었을 거 같아?

난 너없이 지내기 쉬었고?

너없이 지내는 하루하루가

힘겨운 마라톤 같지 않았겠어?

팀은 아팠어!

 

힘겨워하면서 날 필요로 했고!

내 도움이 절실했어
앨런도 내가 챙겨줘야 했고

나 혼자 어떡해야 할지
막막했다고!

 

이걸 원한 건 아냐

이런 걸 원한 건
절대 아닌데

이렇게 돼버렸어

나라고 애쓰지 않았겠어?

전화기를 수 천번씩
들었다 놨다고

이런 모습으로 네 앞에
서있고 싶었겠니?

 

어쩔 수 없었어

 

알아

 

전부 고이 간직했어

 

많이도 옮겨 다녔더라

 

노란 봉투는
아프리카에서 부친걸 걸

정말?

 

네가 맨 처음 준
편지도 갖고 있어

사랑해
- 존

팀 수도세 용지야

 

미안해

 

괜찮아

 

설마 단벌신사는 아니지?

 

커피포트에 물 올려 놓을 게

 

가볼게

 

곧 다시 만나는 거지?

 

너도 말해줘

 

내가 말하면 너도 해줬잖아

 

기억나?

 

존?

 

어서 말해줘

 

잘 있어, 사바나

 

전 기억 못하시겠지만

아버진 아시죠?
빌 타이리 씨라고

알다마다

뵌지 좀 됐는데
잘 지내시지?

얼마 전에 돌아가셨어요

 

참 안됐구만

 

저희 아버지 동전
탐나지 않으셨어요?

여러 번 졸랐었지

다 합치면 얼마나 받을까요?

 

양이 꽤 되지?

글쎄, 봐야 알겠군

 

당부 드리고 싶은 건

딱 하나예요

 

불량 주화는 같이 둬주세요

세트로 파시든 갖고 계시든

같이만 둬주세요

진짜 이 동전들을 다 팔게?

네

 

하나만 빼고요

 

5센트 쪽이 나오면
여기에 짐 풀고

1센트 쪽이 나오면
올라가는 거다

 

1센트 쪽입니다

좋아, 올라가자

 

하사님

 

고맙다

 

존에게

 

거의 5년만에 상상이 아닌
진짜 편지를 쓰는구나

 

이젠 네가 떠난 후의 일을
말할 수 있을 거 같아

 

네가 왔다가도 얼마 후에
팀이 익명의 기증을 받았어

 

보험회사는 줄 수 없는
큰 선물이었지

 

시간

 

그 시간 덕에 집에도 오고

 

그 시간 덕에 아들도 보고

 

그 시간 덕에 작별인사도 하고

 

하지만 시간은 야속해서

너와 함께했던
첫 두 주나

그이와 함께했던
마지막 두 달이나

 

속절없이 흘러가더라

 

지금 넌 어디에 있는 걸까

 

이젠 그런 걸 알 권리가 없겠지

 

하지만 세월이 얼마나 흐르든

 

내 이 작은 바램만큼은
변치 않을 거야

 

곧 다시 만나길

 

MAN:
There's something l wanna tell you.

 

[MUFFLED GUNFlRE]

 

After l got shot,

 

you wanna know the very first thing
that entered my mind

 

before l blacked out?

 

Coins.

 

l'm 8 years old again
on a tour of the U.S. Mint.

 

l'm listening to a guide explain
how coins are made.

 

How they're punched
out of sheet metal.

 

How they're rimmed and beveled.

 

How they are stamped
and cleaned.

 

And how each and every batch
of coins are personally examined

 

just in case any have
slipped through with
the slightest imperfection.

 

That's what popped into my head.

 

l am a coin
in the United States Army.

 

[lNAUDlBLE DlALOGUE]

 

l was minted in the year 1 980.
l've been punched from sheet metal.

 

l've been stamped and cleaned.

 

My ridges have been rimmed
and beveled.

 

But now l have
two small holes in me.

 

l'm no longer in perfect condition.

 

So there's something else
l wanna tell you.

 

Right before
everything went black,

 

you wanna know the very last
thing that entered my mind?

 

You.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

WOMAN:
Why not? Because there are
a lot of things that you'd be doing.

 

Just like playing tennis.

 

[GROUP CHATTERlNG]

 

RAND Y:
Wimbledon? l don't know.

 

[CHATTERlNG]

 

Just gonna go. l'm gonna
host the thing. Six-thirty.

 

And you and l could,
like, go at 1 0?

 

RAND Y: Oh, shit!
SAVANNAH: Oh, no!

 

Oh, no, Randy, no!
l'm sorry. l'm--

 

l'll get it, l'll get it,
l'm on it. l'm sorry.
l'm sorry.

 

Okay? l'm on it.

 

My whole life
is in that bag.

 

l got it. l got it.

 

[GASPS]

 

You got it.

 

Dude. l was
gonna get that.

 

Yeah, l just--
l mean, thanks for jumping in.

 

Yeah, no problem.

 

But l mean, hey, l'll take it.

 

Thank you so much!

 

RAND Y:
Who jumps off a 20-foot pier?

 

Wow. Ugh.

 

Gosh, l'm a mess.
You are a lifesaver.
l'm Savannah.

 

John.
John.

 

Brave man.
Uh, this is my life
in here, so l owe--

 

l owe you.
Don't worry about it.

 

Nice to meet you, John.
Nice to meet you too.

 

Y'all have a good night.

 

Yeah, thanks. l was
in the water for that.

 

l was seriously
getting it for you.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

RAND Y: This guy's crazy.
JOHN: Yeah, no, l swear l'm not.

 

l'm not stalking you.
l just gotta get my board.

 

SAVANNAH:
Um, are you staying here?

 

JOHN: Yeah, yeah,
l'm from around here.

 

SAVANNAH:
Hey, John, do you want to--?
My house is right over there.

 

We were actually
going back right now.

 

Do you want to join us?

 

We're just gonna
have a barbecue.

 

No, it's okay. l don't want to,
you know, intrude on y'all.
My dad's making dinner, so...

 

Okay.

 

Well, l could at least give you
a beer for the walk home.

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

Where is it?
Right over there.

 

[SAVANNAH LAUGHS]

 

[JOHN CHUCKLES]

 

[PEOPLE LAUGHlNG
AND CHATTERlNG]

 

[31 1 'S ''AMBER''
PLAYlNG OVER SPEAKERS]

 

You in the military or something?
Yeah.

 

Really?
Mm-hm.

 

What branch
are you in?

 

Army,
Special Forces.

 

Oh, Special Forces.
That's, uh...

 

That's impressive. That's...

 

ls that like a Special Forces
ring they give you?
ls that what it says on it?

 

lt looks nice on you.

 

Aren't you supposed
to be wearing a hat too?
Like a French hat, a beret.

 

Right? That's what it's called?
SAVANNAH: Randy. Randy?

 

What? l'm just joking with him.

 

You shouldn't
make fun of a guy

 

who can kill you
with his bare hands.

 

Oh-ho! Ooh. Ooh!
Big guy.

 

Rock them, sock them,
let's go.

 

How about that?

 

You know,
l'm gonna go get a beer.

 

Soldier. Pleasure.

 

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

 

l'm sorry about him.
He thinks he likes me.

 

Yeah, l think
he likes you too.

 

No, l'm not his type.
He just doesn't know it yet.

 

[WAlLlNG SOULS'
''THlNGS & TlME''
PLAYlNG OVER SPEAKERS]

 

Mm-hm.

 

What?

 

Come on, l just think you're
probably everybody's type.

 

[BO Y lMlTATES EXPLOSlON]

 

Whoa!
See what l mean?

 

ls this who l think it is?
Alan, Alan.

 

Whoa! Hey, buddy,
l want you to meet
my friend John.

 

John, this is Alan.
Alan, nice to meet you.

 

Say hi.

 

He's a little bit shy,
isn't he?

 

Hey, where's your dad?

 

Over there.

 

MAN:
Two steps behind, as usual.

 

Sorry, he's like
a heat-seeking missile
every time he sees you.

 

Oh, hey, l'm Tim.
JOHN: John.

 

SAVANNAH:
Sorry.

 

JOHN:
Nice to meet you.

 

TlM: Oh, you
Special Forces, huh?

 

JOHN:
Uh, yes, sir.

 

ALAN:
Vroom! Vroom!

 

You, uh, stationed
out at Fort Bragg?

 

No, uh, Germany,
actually.

 

Oh, you're on leave.
Yes, sir.

 

Oh. Well, l hope you're
enjoying yourself.

 

Yeah, uh, l think l am.

 

l'm sorry, l didn't mean to interrupt.
lt's nice to meet you though.

 

Nice to meet you too.
Come on, son. Let's go.

 

Let's go.

 

Hello. Hello, John.

 

Hello, Alan.

 

[ALAN SPEAKlNG lNDlSTlNCTLY]

 

Wow, that was
really amazing.

 

Yeah?
He never talks to anybody.

 

Only his family.

 

He talked to you.

 

Yeah, but l'm practically
his family. l've known him
since he was born.

 

Yeah?

 

[ROSl GOLAN'S ''THlNK OF ME''
PLAYlNG OVER SPEAKERS]

 

[PEOPLE LAUGHlNG
AND CHATTERlNG]

 

When do you go back?

 

Two weeks.

 

lt must be scary
what you do.

 

Boring mostly. You know,
long stretches of boring.

 

Occasional flashes
of scary.

 

Full moon tonight.

 

Do you ever notice
how big the moon is
when it's rising?

 

And how little it gets
when it's up in the sky.

 

JOHN:
You know, that's just
your perspective.

 

lt actually doesn't matter
where it is in the sky or
where you are in the world

 

if you hold your hand up
and close one of your eyes.

 

lt's never bigger
than your thumb.

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

SAVANNAH:
Where'd you learn that?

 

JOHN:
l don't know.

 

Somewhere.

 

JOHN:
Yeah.

 

SAVANNAH:
Wow.

 

You just-- You just
made your own fire.

 

That's very impressive.

 

Very primal.

 

But you're still not
gonna be able to cook
that hotdog, l fear.

 

l fear that as well.

 

l should probably
be getting going anyways.

 

l'm sorry. l hope you
don't get into, um,
too much trouble.

 

l think it's probably
too late for that.

 

Yeah.

 

Thank you.

 

Yeah. No, you're welcome.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

Would you wanna maybe
do this again tomorrow night?

 

Tomorrow night
is chicken.

 

l don't think you're
gonna wanna try it.

 

Yeah, l was kind of hoping
maybe we'd let somebody
else do the cooking.

 

Type of thing.

 

Okay.
Yeah?

 

So maybe l'll come by around,
uh, 6 or something?

 

Okay.
All right.

 

Ah!
Whoa.

 

[GRUNTS]

 

So l'll see you soon, then?

 

l'll see you soon, then.

 

Yeah. Soon.

 

[VEHlCLE APPROACHlNG]

 

[GRUNTlNG]

 

TlM: Hey.
Hey, man.

 

We're headed into town
for some ice cream.
You want a ride?

 

No, no, no, it's fine.
l don't mind walking
at all. lt's fine. Heh.

 

Sure?

 

ALAN:
Vroom, vroom!

 

All right. l appreciate it.
Yeah.

 

Hey, Alan,
move on over here.

 

Here, l'll undo your belt.

 

ALAN:
Five, six, seven, eight,

 

So how long y'all in town for?
nine.

 

Oh, we live here
year-round now.

 

Yeah, we were driving down
every weekend anyways,

 

so l finally just convinced my wife
this just made the most sense.

 

JOHN:
Mm.

 

She didn't want ice cream?
TlM: Who? Oh, my wife?

 

JOHN: Mm-hm.
Uh, no.

 

No, actually
she's on vacation herself.

 

White sheep, white sheep,
white sheep.

 

lt's kind of difficult
to take trips together.

 

White sheep.

 

lt's fine. We make it work.

 

l'm up here on the left.

 

TlM:
Hey, uh, John.

 

For the record, if you do
anything to hurt Savannah,

 

l'm gonna
have to break something.

 

Something in your leg.
Some-- One of the bones
in there.

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

Okay.

 

lt's just l know her father
and he would expect me
to say something like that.

 

lt'd just sound a lot more natural
coming out of his mouth.

 

lt sounded fine.

 

lt sounded fine.

 

No, it--
Yes, it did.

 

No, it didn't.
lt did. lt really did.

 

lt didn't. But thank you.

 

ALAN: lt really did.
TlM: You think so?

 

ALAN: Yeah, it did.
TlM: Okay.

 

[TlM & ALAN CHUCKLE]

 

[HORN HONKS]

 

TlM: Hey, don't honk
the horn, it's nighttime.

 

ALAN:
Vroom, vroom!

 

[JOHN CHUCKLES]

 

TlM: Good night, John.
JOHN: Good night, Tim.

 

[ENGlNE STARTS]

 

Thanks for the ride.
Yeah, no problem.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

[TlMER DlNGS]

 

Hey, Dad, l'm not,
uh, gonna be able
to stay for dinner.

 

Well, l made
lasagna.

 

l know you made lasagna.
lt's Sunday.

 

Um...

 

Can l borrow the car?

 

Thanks.

 

SAVANNAH:
Best seafood you'll ever have.

 

Heh. Yeah, l know.

 

l used to come here all the time.
Really?

 

Are you sure you don't
wanna go somewhere,
l don't know, nice?

 

Nice? No, l wanna go
somewhere good.

 

Okay.

 

[THE DONKE YS'
''EX CELSlOR LAD Y''
PLAYlNG OVER SPEAKERS]

 

What the hell
you doing here?

 

Come on, Steve.
lt's been three years already.

 

l don't want
any trouble here.

 

JOHN:
You're not gonna
get any. l promise.

 

All right.

 

Thank you.

 

What happened
with that guy out there?

 

What guy?
What's the story with him?

 

No story.
Really?

 

Yeah.

 

He's an old buddy of mine.

 

What?

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

Your dad get mad
at you for coming
home late last night?

 

No. Uh-uh. He's not really
the type that gets mad.

 

What kind of guy
is he then?

 

Um...

 

Quiet one?

 

Could be worse, l guess.
l guess.

 

And your mom?

 

Nope, just me and my dad.

 

Did he raise you
all by himself?

 

Yeah.

 

Why do you wanna know
so much about my dad?

 

Just curious.

 

Curious about
where you come from.

 

[RYAN ADAMS'
''ANSWERlNG BELL''
PLAYlNG OVER SPEAKERS]

 

l wanna meet
your dad.

 

Tonight.

 

JOHN: Look, you're--
You're not gonna get
very much out of him.

 

So, l don't know,
just don't take it
personally, okay?

 

Hey, Pop.

 

l got somebody
l want you to meet.

 

SAVANNAH:
Hey.

 

JOHN:
This is Savannah.

 

Hi.

 

lt's nice to meet you,
Mr. Tyree.

 

Um... Hm.
Wow.

 

Wow.
He-- This is my--

 

He collects coins.
He, um-- lt's kind of
like his big hobby.

 

This is amazing.

 

You have so many coins.
How did you get started
in all this?

 

Uh... Uh...
Through John, actually.

 

But it's not his
thing anymore.

 

Hey, you know, we should
probably maybe go.

 

SAVANNAH: What is this coin?
MR. TYREE: Uh...

 

That's a-- That's a
Sacagawean mule.

 

lt's actually...
Wow, it's a mule.

 

Do you want to see some more?
Absolutely, yes, if you don't mind.

 

Put this, uh,
glove on then.

 

Thanks.

 

MR. TYREE:
This is a humorous one.
This is a satirical coin.

 

This is massive.

 

Yeah, William Jennings Bryan,
when he ran for president,

 

he was-- He believed in--
No, don't turn it over.

 

Leave it here.

 

Do you remember that he had
the free silver policy. You remember.

 

Oh.

 

And McKinley was his opponent
and he's-- Wait, here.

 

Now see, that's a real silver dollar.
That's the size of a silver dollar.

 

And McKinley said that
Wow. That's so weird.

 

if Bryan had his way,
then the silver dollars
would be that big. Yeah.

 

That's amazing.

 

Can you imagine
No.

 

walking around with that
in your pocket?

 

SAVANNAH: That's really funny.
MR. TYREE: That's humorous.

 

Now, these--

 

Pop, we can't do
this right now. l gotta--
We can't be here all night.

 

l have-- l have some
to show you.

 

This is fascinating.

 

MR. TYREE:
These are all matched in color.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

l had fun tonight.

 

l like your dad.

 

You shouldn't be
too hard on him.

 

He loves you.

 

l can tell
even if you can't.

 

Whoa, whoa, wait a minute.
Wait, Savannah. l mean...

 

So l guess l'll see
you soon, then?

 

l'll see you soon, then.

 

Where you
been all day?

 

l've been busy.

 

You're on
spring break.

 

You're supposed
to be lounging on
the beach all day.

 

You're not supposed
to be busy doing things.

 

l want to show you
something.

 

SAVANNAH:
The family that lived here,

 

their home was severely
damaged by the hurricane.

 

JOHN:
What, so now you're rebuilding it?

 

SAVANNAH:
Yup. Well, not just me.

 

You're starting to
make me a little nervous.

 

Why am l starting
to make you nervous?

 

Because l'm starting to
think you might be too
good of a person for me.

 

Oh. No, l'm not
that good of a person.

 

You're sneaking off every
day to do manual labor
on a house for charity.

 

On your spring break.
Yeah, you're right.

 

lt's selfish, really,
me being this generous.

 

But no, seriously.

 

You don't drink, you don't smoke.
Nope. Nope.

 

You probably don't sleep around.
Absolutely not.

 

Mm.

 

Okay, look, you
gotta have a fault.

 

l do.
Okay, care to enlighten me?

 

l curse.

 

No.
l do.

 

No, you don't.
Yes, l do.

 

l haven't heard you.

 

Well, that's because
it's in my mind.

 

There's a never-ending
stream of curse words

 

that l'm thinking at all times.

 

Okay, fine, just say one then.

 

No, l can't tell you
because it's filthy.

 

Right.
Yeah.

 

Okay, all right. Fair enough.

 

No, l have faults, John.

 

Trust me, l have plenty
of them. You'll see.

 

l hope so.

 

SAVANNAH:
We have to be finished with
this entire house in three weeks.

 

Hope that
actually happens.

 

Um, these are gonna
be the bedrooms,
the parents' room,

 

the boys' rooms,
two boys, 7 and 9.

 

Uh, living room
and the bathroom.

 

And then this
is the kitchen.

 

[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]

 

This is the best room because
the mom's a really good cook.

 

We're gonna make
it really beautiful
with white tile floors

 

and tiles on
the countertops,

 

and there's gonna be a roof.
Ah!

 

[LAUGHS]

 

Here, John, come here.
A roof would definitely be good.

 

lt's gonna be like this,
but it's gonna be everywhere.

 

lt's the only cover
we have.

 

Nice, we're gonna
be here for a while.

 

Where'd you get
your scar?

 

Hm?
That one?

 

Oh. Um...

 

A knife fight.

 

lt was five years ago,
we were really drunk
and the guy went for my eye.

 

That's terrible.

 

Why? He missed.

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

The way people
act around you,

 

the way they treated you
at that restaurant...

 

lt's like they're scared of you.
They're not scared of me.

 

They might be scared
of who l used to be.

 

And who is that?

 

Somebody different?

 

So when did you change?
When you went into the Army?

 

Yeah. Yeah,
l mean, partly yeah.

 

And the other part?

 

l don't know,
l'm still working on that.

 

So you used to be tough.

 

And maybe you
still are a little bit.

 

Mm-hm.

 

You don't scare me, John.
No?

 

Mm-mm.
Mm-mm?

 

Well, you scare me.

 

[JOSHUA RADlN & SCHUYLER
FlSK'S ''PAPERWElGHT'' PLAYlNG]

 

[SPEAKlNG lNDlSTlNCTLY]

 

[PEOPLE CHATTERlNG]

 

[SlGHS]

 

[LAUGHlNG]

 

[SlNGlNG ''LlTTLE HOUSE'']

 

[''LlTTLE HOUSE'' PLAYlNG]

 

Don't worry about him.

 

[SAVANNAH SQUEALS]

 

SAVANNAH:
John!

 

[SAVANNAH SCREAMS
AND LAUGHS]

 

[BOTH LAUGHlNG]

 

JOHN:
Heh. Oh!

 

What, you think you're
safe in there? Okay.

 

[SCREAMS]

 

SAVANNAH:
No!

 

[SAVANNAH LAUGHlNG]

 

[SlNGlNG ''LlTTLE HOUSE'']

 

[PEOPLE CHEERlNG]

 

lt's all right.
Everybody understands.

 

[SlNGlNG]

 

Oh! Wow.

 

What are you
doing over here?

 

Hm? You're missing
the party.

 

The party's just managing
fine without me.

 

What's wrong?
Hm?

 

Why are you all the way
over here by yourself?

 

l'm dying, John.

 

What?

 

That's not
even funny.

 

[SlGHS]

 

l'm gonna miss you.

 

lt's almost over.

 

No, it's not
almost over.

 

Yes, it is.
Mm-mm.

 

l leave tomorrow.
l have to go back to school.

 

So?
And you.

 

No, and me nothing.
My commitment's up
in 1 2 months.

 

And then l'm back.
For good.

 

A lot could happen
in 1 2 months, John.

 

You don't think
l know that?

 

l know that.

 

And l'm not
afraid at all.

 

l promise you

 

that it'll all be over
sooner than you think.

 

Then l'll be
back for good.

 

You promise?

 

l promise.

 

[PEOPLE LAUGHlNG
AND CHATTERlNG]

 

l'm probably gonna
be out of the Army way
before you're out of school.

 

Am l gonna be
in the audience
when you graduate?

 

Oh, l think l might take
a little longer to graduate.

 

Been spending so much
time around your dad,

 

and l think now l want
to teach special education.

 

You don't say.

 

l don't know
why it's taken me
so long to realize.

 

l mean, l've lived next
to Alan my whole life--

 

Wait, l'm sorry, back up.
What does that have to do
with my dad?

 

Um...

 

Well, there's...

 

l mean, there's an
explanation for why
he is the way he is.

 

Forget it. Never mind.

 

No, no, no.
No, let's go. Come here.

 

What? So, just,
what were you saying?

 

Um...

 

[SlGHS]

 

l grew up next
to a kid with autism.

 

l kind of have a frame of reference.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, autistic?

 

You saying my dad's like Alan?
You're saying my dad's
retarded or something?

 

No, Alan's not retarded,
John. He's autistic.

 

And there are milder
forms of it, and these
things go undiagnosed.

 

ls this what
you've been doing?

 

This entire time you've
just been studying my dad?

 

No. How could
you even say that?

 

l've lived with my
dad my entire life.

 

l've put up with him
my entire life.

 

You think l don't know
that he's not normal?

 

Yeah?

 

You think l need you
to tell me he's not normal?

 

Yeah.

 

RAND Y:
Hey, soldier, leaving so soon, huh?

 

Here, have a beer. lt's on me.

 

Come on, you should drink that.
lt'll make you feel better.

 

Now's not a good time, all right?
You a little sad?

 

No, come on. You just need
to relax, okay? Come on.
Just relax a little bit.

 

Look, how about just--?
What's going on with Savannah?

 

Just leave me alone, all right?
What's going on with Savannah?

 

How about you get
your hands off me?

 

Come on, soldier.

 

What is happening
with you and Savannah--?

 

Hey, man,
what are you doing?

 

John!

 

WOMAN:
Oh, my-- Oh, my God!

 

SAVANNAH:
John!

 

WOMAN:
Stop him. What is he doing?

 

WOMAN: Help him!
Oh, l'm so sorry.

 

[GROANS]

 

[¶¶¶]

 

l don't think
she's home now.

 

But she hasn't
gone back to school yet.

 

She normally comes by
and says goodbye before
she heads back, but...

 

Oh, shit, Tim.

 

Jesus, l'm sorry, man.

 

Hey, l like it.

 

l think it makes me look
pretty tough.

 

l just-- l had no idea
it was you back there.

 

Hey, it was my fault.

 

l don't know what l was thinking,
sneaking up behind an angry
green beret like that.

 

Hey, if you see her,

 

can you give her
a message for me?

 

Yeah.

 

Just tell her l came by

 

and that l...

 

You wanna
write it down?

 

Yeah.

 

l'll make sure
she gets it.

 

Thank you.

 

[TlMER DlNGS]

 

Hey, Pop.
Uh...

 

l didn't know if anyone
else was coming,

 

so l made double.

 

No, l'll do it.

 

l got it, Dad. lt's okay. l got it.
No, l'll do it.

 

They're clean, Pop.
l'll do it. l'll do it.

 

Okay.

 

Looks like you're gonna
have leftovers for once.

 

Oh, l'll have it next Sunday.

 

[CAR APPROACHlNG]

 

Excuse me, Pop.

 

Got your note.

 

Short, sweet, to the point.
l'm sorry.

 

SAVANNAH:
John, l'm sorry.

 

l'm so sorry.

 

JOHN:
No, l'm sorry.

 

SAVANNAH:
l didn't mean to make
you feel that way.

 

l have no idea what
l'm talking about.

 

l had no business
pretending l'm a doctor.

 

l was watching him today.
John.

 

Please, l'm serious.
l don't know what
l'm talking about.

 

l really don't.
lt means nothing.

 

Okay?

 

l'm headed back
to school.

 

And l just wanted to make
sure that, you know...

 

Make sure that what?

 

l made you a promise,
didn't l?

 

Yeah.

 

Um, you wrote
your first note
so l wrote mine.

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

Don't read it now.
Wait till l'm gone.

 

Okay.

 

Hey, can you--? You hungry?
Yes.

 

Yeah? My dad made
a little extra for you.

 

You know, it's Sunday.

 

Okay.

 

l can only stay for a little while.
l know.

 

Come on.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

SAVANNAH:
Dear John,

 

two weeks together,

 

that's all it took.

 

Two weeks for me
to fall in love with you.

 

[lNAUDlBLE DlALOGUE]

 

Now we have one year apart.

 

But what's one year apart
after two weeks like that together?

 

JOHN: All right, Pop.
MR. TYREE: Okay.

 

l gotta go.
Um...

 

You be good, okay?
Okay.

 

So...

 

We're good.
All right.

 

See you later.
Okay.

 

You made me a promise.

 

A promise l know you'll keep.

 

So l only want one more
promise from you during
this time we spend apart.

 

Tell me everything.

 

Write it all down, John.
Scribble it in a notebook.

 

Type it out, e-mail it to me,

 

l don't care,
but l wanna know everything.

 

And that way we'll be with
each other all the time, even if
we're not with each other at all.

 

That way before we know it,
l'll see you soon, then.

 

[SOLDlERS CHATTERlNG]

 

What's up, girls?
MAN 1 : Johnny!

 

Whoa. What up, man?

 

MAN 2: Hey, there he is.
MAN 3: Look who it is.

 

MAN 4: Welcome back, John.
MAN 5: Aw, look at you.

 

Welcome back.
Take a look at your voucher.

 

All right.

 

How was Atlantic City, man?

 

[ALL LAUGHlNG]

 

No, laugh it up. That's great.
Yeah. That's the one thing
l ask him.

 

l didn't say a word.
This is the first time
l've seen him.

 

You wouldn't ask if you didn't know.
How could he know?

 

MAN 6:
Don't even bother unpacking, guys.

 

We move out bright
and early. Enjoy.

 

MAN 7:
Well, l'm excited.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

[SOLDlERS CHATTERlNG]

 

JOHN:
Dear Savannah, l promise.
l promise l'll see you soon, then.

 

l promise l'll write all the time.

 

l promise l'll tell you everything.

 

Be patient with me,
it may take a while for these
letters to get back to you.

 

We've already been deployed
out on a mission.

 

STONE: Come on, soldier,
move it, move it. Let's go!

 

The problem is we can't exactly
use the local postal system here.

 

And there's no such thing
as lnternet connection.

 

So l have to send everything
from here out by airmail.

 

Can you get this out for me?
Yeah. Yeah.

 

Don't lose it, all right?
Yeah, l gotcha.

 

Unfortunately, l'm not allowed
to say exactly where here is.

 

So all l can tell you is that
the place that we've been sent

 

makes me miss America
very much.

 

And the lack of anything
resembling an ocean
makes me miss Charleston.

 

And everything around me
makes me miss you.

 

We move around a lot. So letters
tend to come late and out of order.

 

We may want to number our
letters from here on out, though,

 

just so we know which order
we wrote them in.

 

But when they do finally get here,

 

it's a good day.

 

Whenever they don't...

 

NOODLES:
All right, let's see here.

 

Not for me. Not for me.

 

Not for me.
And not for me.

 

Figures.
it's not.

 

Sorry, dude.
Nothing for you either.

 

But l know they'll still come.
l know it.

 

That's right.

 

SAVANNAH:
Letter Number 8.

 

Dear John, l'm back
at my parents' farm
for the weekend.

 

And they have some
house guests you may know.

 

ALAN:
Savannah!

 

Savannah!

 

l think that horse
suits you just fine.

 

l took Alan out riding with me today.
lt was his first time on a horse.

 

You're looking good
on that horse, Alan.

 

You've heard of horse sense,
how horses are somehow
able to sense danger?

 

Sense out evil?

 

Well, l think autistic kids
have that too,

 

so l had this idea.

 

This dream.

 

l wanna open up
a summer camp for autistic kids.

 

l've never seen him
act like this before.

 

ALAN:
Are you hungry?

 

A place where they can ride horses
as much as they want.

 

Are you hungry?

 

For at least once in their life,
a place where they won't
have to worry about a thing.

 

What do you think?
Pipe dream, huh?

 

JOHN:
No, it's not a pipe dream.

 

lt's a perfect dream.

 

Erget. Merry Christmas.

 

John, to a Mr. John Tyree.

 

Shut up, man.
Seven?

 

Stop moving around.
Can l keep this one?

 

JOHN:
Letter Number 33.

 

Dear Savannah, the good news is
we've been sent somewhere new.

 

Although l can't tell you
where that is either.

 

The bad news is, this place actually
makes me miss the old place.

 

But it's a full moon here tonight,
which makes me think of you.

 

Because l know that no matter what
l'm doing, no matter where l am,

 

this moon will always be
the same size as yours.

 

Half a world away.

 

SAVANNAH:
Dear John,

 

most nights l fall asleep
worrying about you.

 

Wondering where
you may be out there.

 

Not tonight.

 

Tonight you're here with me.

 

l visited your dad yesterday.

 

Summer's almost over
and l wanted to see him
before l went back to school.

 

l hope that's okay.

 

Hey.

 

l made you a pie.

 

He made me dinner.
lt was Sunday so we had lasagna.

 

And l got him talking about his coins.
So we had plenty of conversation.

 

This one is kind of a cull,
a coin that's in really bad shape.

 

Worthless to most collectors.

 

But not to you.

 

No, not to me.

 

What is your
favorite coin?

 

Out of all the coins that
you have, what is your
absolute favorite coin?

 

Do you have one?

 

MR. TYREE:
'Seventy-eight Jefferson mule.

 

SAVANNAH: Wow.
MR. TYREE: That'd be my favorite.

 

Definitely.

 

Why? ls it worth
the most?

 

Well, it's worth a lot,
not the most.

 

But, you know...

 

What's the story behind it?

 

Um...

 

Here's one...

 

So l'll ask you instead, John,
wherever you may be.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

JOHN:
Dear Savannah, only because
l promised to tell you everything.

 

Thank you.

 

When l was 7 years old,
l bought an ice cream cone.

 

On the way home, l noticed one of
the pennies wasn't actually a penny.

 

l don't know.

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

l don't know.

 

Never seen anything like it.

 

Did you find this, son? Huh?

 

Yeah?

 

No, it's a mule.

 

lt's a what?
A mule. An error coin.

 

Every now and then
they make a mistake,

 

batch accidentally
slips through, this thing,

 

head's a nickel,
tail's a penny.
Thing's a mule.

 

Really more of a novelty
than anything.

 

Remember the horse sense
you were talking about?

 

--the kid found it
l will buy it anyway.

 

Twenty bucks. Huh?

 

No, thank you.

 

Well, my dad has it too.

 

Now, wait a minute.
Hang on.

 

Hey, sir. Sir, let me take
another look at that real quick.

 

John, let's go.

 

l'll be damned.

 

Do you know what this is?
No.

 

Look at that.

 

That's your coin.

 

You want my advice?

 

Dad to Dad?

 

Keep it.

 

Hold on to it.
Pass it down to your son.

 

Let him pass it to his son
and on and on and on,
and l'll tell you what,

 

30, 40, a hundred
years from now...

 

you're gonna have
something worth a whole
lot more than $4000.

 

l promise you.

 

Hey.

 

Do you want to keep it?

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

Good for you.
Thank you. Thank you.

 

At first l loved chasing after
those mules with my father.

 

We finally had something
to talk about.

 

You know, something
we could do together.

 

But he became obsessed with them.
You know how he is.

 

And then l became a teenager
and you know how l am.

 

All the way up to Wooster
for another coin show.
l'm just--

 

No, l'm not doing that.

 

You're going to one
every weekend now.

 

Oh, that's good.
l love warm milk.
That's nice.

 

You spend all of our
money on coins.

 

Get a fricking fridge
that works.

 

Eventually he stopped talking
about coins with me altogether.

 

And then when that happened,
we found there wasn't all that
much left to talk about.

 

[ROCK MUSlC
PLAYlNG ON STEREO]

 

So that's the story.

 

l miss you so much it hurts.

 

Sorry, sorry.

 

[CELL PHONES RlNGlNG]

 

GlRL: Oh, my God.
My brother was in the towers.

 

BO Y 1 :
l love you too, babe.

 

BO Y 2:
Please call me as soon as you can.

 

[STUDENTS CHATTERlNG
AND SOBBlNG]

 

BO Y 3:
Susan. Susan, is my dad there?

 

BO Y 4:
Just calm down.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

[MAN SPEAKlNG
lN FORElGN LANGUAGE ON TV]

 

All right, fellas, here's the deal.

 

Requesting permission
to extend my tour, sir.

 

Requesting permission
to extend as well, sir.

 

Requesting permission
to extend as well, sir.

 

Requesting permission
to extend as well, sir.

 

Requesting permission
to extend as well, sir.

 

STONE:
Okay, guys, listen.

 

We're gonna get our orders
from Operations on Monday.

 

So before we do anything rash,
let's take the weekend to mull
this all over, all right?

 

l got a wife and kids
to think about here.

 

DANlELS:
Nobody's asking you
to stay on too, captain.

 

STONE:
Yeah, you are. This is my team.

 

Where you go, l go.

 

Where we go, we all go.

 

lf everyone still wants to extend
on Monday, then we'll do it.

 

Together.

 

Y'all don't get into
trouble over there.

 

Take care of yourself.

 

Always.

 

Yo, let's go, man.
The plane to Paris
leaves in an hour.

 

You ready? Are you ready?

 

lt's gonna be amazing.
l can't go.

 

What are you talking about?
Of course you're going.

 

l can't go to Paris.
l gotta go to Charleston.

 

You're going to Charleston?
Yup.

 

Dude, what are you, nuts?
We got two days off, man.

 

By the time you fly there and back,
you're gonna have like 1 8 hours
on the ground, tops.

 

lt's 1 8 more than
l had this morning.

 

l don't know when
l'll get that again,
so l gotta go.

 

All right, man.
Nothing l can say
to change your mind?

 

Nope.

 

[JOSHUA RADlN & SCHUYLER
FlSK'S ''PAPERWElGHT'' PLAYlNG]

 

SAVANNAH:
John!

 

John. John.

 

You sure he--?
He actually said that?
He wants to come?

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

l think he will.

 

He wasn't so sure about it, but...
Yeah, l'll bet he wasn't.

 

MAN [ON TV]: --has asked
President Bush to activate
thousands of military reservists.

 

[MAN SPEAKlNG
lNDlSTlNCTLY ON TV]

 

Hey, Pop!

 

Hey, what are you
doing in here?

 

Look at you.
Wow.

 

Spiffy.

 

Are you coming with us?

 

Please. My parents
are so excited to
meet you, Mr. Tyree.

 

Yeah. Uh...

 

[TlMER DlNGS]

 

You hungry?

 

l made meatloaf.

 

l know you made meatloaf,
Pop. lt's Saturday.

 

SAVANNAH:
We can take it with us.

 

Yeah, we can take it
with us. You mind if
we take it with us?

 

Uh, well, l don't...

 

ls that okay?
Um...

 

l'll wrap it up.

 

[CHURCH BELLS CHlMlNG]

 

MR. TYREE:
Uh...

 

l'm-- l don't mean--
l'm sorry, but, uh, could--?

 

Could you stop the car,
because l need to go back.

 

Oh, did you--?
Should l turn around?

 

No, just stop the car,
please. Stop the car.

 

Forget something?
Okay.

 

No, l need to get out
of the car. Please.

 

All right, just-- Just relax, okay?
MR. TYREE: Yeah.

 

l don't think
l can do this.

 

Look, you're fine. You're fine.
No, l just-- Please.

 

l need to get out.
Please.

 

You're okay, Pop.
lt's fine.

 

Look, stop the car, l can't--
Okay, no, l'll turn around.

 

We're fine, we're fine, we're fine.

 

l gotta get out. Stop the car.
Okay, all right.

 

Come on, Dad, stop!

 

Okay.
Pop. Come on, don't do that.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

[PANTlNG]

 

SAVANNAH:
Hey, Mr. Tyree.

 

Hey, you all right?
You okay?

 

MR. TYREE: l'm sorry.
SAVANNAH: lt's okay.

 

But, hey, let's, um...

 

We're gonna wait for you
in the car, all right?

 

MR. TYREE: No, l'm fine, l'm fine.
SAVANNAH: No, don't, honestly,

 

We can stay.
Let's just stay.

 

Okay? Let's stay,
because l can go
next year.

 

Pop, l only
got one night.

 

l mean, l gotta go back.
l mean, do you understand that?

 

You should go.
You both should go.

 

MAN [ON RADlO]:
New York Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani said

 

Hey.
Wall Street will re-open on Monday.

 

He tried. At least he tried.

 

[MAN SPEAKlNG
lNDlSTlNCTLY ON RADlO]

 

Hello, welcome.

 

[LAUGHS]

 

My girl.

 

[LAUGHS]

 

Mom, this is John.

 

John, l feel like l already
know you. Where's your
father, did he come too?

 

No, ma'am.
Oh, well, that's okay.

 

l'm just glad that you
made it home safe.

 

We thought about canceling
with everything that's going on,

 

but we felt like everybody
should be together.

 

SAVANNAH:
So l've been briefing him in
the car and l think he's good.

 

lt was good intel.
With solid tactical training,

 

l'm about as ready
as l'll ever be.

 

[WHlSPERS]
l love him already.

 

Mrs. Curtis, Savannah.

 

Hey, dude, how's it going?
John.

 

lt's good to see you again.

 

All right, You know what?

 

You look like you could
use a drink.

 

l'll grab one for you.
Yes, thank you.

 

John.
What's he doing here?

 

He's here because l invited him.
His family lives just up the street.

 

What are you, like,
hanging out now?

 

He's really not that bad
once you get to know him,
l swear to you, John.

 

Here you go.

 

lt's just bourbon,
it's not gonna kill you.

 

SAVANNAH:
Be right back.

 

Look, l feel like we got off on the
wrong foot and l want to apologize
for the way l treated you before.

 

lf l would have known that
Savannah was actually
gonna stay with you,

 

you know, l wouldn't have
treated you that way.

 

ln all seriousness,
l'm sorry.

 

Fair enough.

 

lf you need anything and,
uh... Enjoy yourself.

 

Right.

 

So this is him.

 

Yup. No tough-guy
routine from you, Dad.

 

Routine? l bench press
refrigerators, honey.

 

Your boyfriends need
to know these things.

 

He's absolutely right.
Nice to meet you, Mr. Curtis.

 

But l think that Tim here
might have already beat
you to the punch.

 

He said he'd rough me up
if ever l hurt your daughter.

 

l was very convincing too.
l think l made quite an impact.

 

Well, cheers, son.
Glad you could join us.

 

Thank you, sir.

 

Billy! You actually showed up!
See, hard part's over.

 

Whoa.

 

Good to see you again, John.
How you doing, Tim?

 

Hi. Hey, Tim,
how are you doing?

 

Good.
Good. l haven't seen your wife.

 

ls she here?

 

TlM:
Yeah, she's on vacation actually.

 

So l'll tell her you said hello.
WOMAN: Please do.

 

l will.

 

Alan, remember
what we talked about?

 

JOHN:
Another vacation?

 

Yeah.

 

Alan ever ask
about her?

 

Yeah, he does.
l just don't know
what to say.

 

Hey, look, l'm not a father.

 

So...

 

You know, l'm really in no position
to give you advice at all.

 

When l was a kid,
l waited around every day

 

hoping that today
would finally be the day

 

that my mom
would come home.

 

l waited around 1 5 years.

 

So l know how painful
it might have been for
my dad to

 

just tell me the truth.

 

But it would have saved me
a lot of waiting around.

 

You know?

 

Well, l guess if the worst thing
you can say about your father

 

is he tried to protect you
too much...

 

then that's a pretty good
father, isn't it?

 

l'm sorry.
You're John, right?

 

Savannah's John?
Yes, sir.

 

l wanna thank you
for what you're doing.

 

Know that our prayers are with you.
l just hope that whatever happens,

 

it'll be over soon. So you boys
can come home safe and sound.

 

MR. CURTlS:
Oh, it won't be over anytime soon.

 

Afghanistan will just be
the first stop of many.

 

He's right, you know.

 

Pretty soon they're
gonna be asking y'all to
reenlist for another tour.

 

Slowly but surely they'll
stop asking and start telling.

 

None of the soldiers l know
need to be asked, sir.

 

And we sure
don't need to be told.

 

What do you mean by we?

 

[CAR ENGlNE STARTS]

 

MAN: lt was great to see
you guys. See you next year.

 

Savannah...

 

So you're gonna reenlist,
just like that?

 

lt's something
we should talk about.

 

Two more years, John.

 

Have you already done it?

 

Have you already
re-upped?

 

No.

 

But you decided
that you're going to?

 

Do l have a say?

 

Do l have a say in this?

 

You don't understand.
Don't ever tell me l don't understand.

 

Leave me alone,
John.

 

Please.

 

What do you...?

 

What do you want from me?

 

Savannah, l mean...

 

Just tell me what you want
from me. Because-- l mean,
you want me to quit?

 

ls that it?

 

Look, l don't know
how we got here.

 

l don't know
what happened.

 

Just woke up

 

and there's buildings
falling and...

 

l mean, l had a plan--
l had a plan, but now l don't.

 

And l have no idea
what to do.

 

l don't know what to do
and l just-- All l know is
l wanna stay here.

 

l just wanna stay right
here with you as long
as l possibly can.

 

You're just all that matters, okay?
You're all that matters to me.

 

l'm trying to figure out what
the right thing is to do and
l don't know what that is.

 

l don't have any fricking idea
how to get there. l just--
Because l need you to tell me.

 

l just need you to tell me, okay?

 

Can you just tell me, please--?
Just tell me what you want me to do.

 

l want you
to come with me.

 

[THE SWELL SEASON'S
''THE MOON'' PLAYlNG]

 

[SPEAKlNG lNDlSTlNCTLY]

 

[SPEAKlNG lNDlSTlNCTLY]

 

Hey, Pop.

 

Uh, thank you.
Thank you for coming.

 

Well...

 

So you think you're gonna be
okay by yourself this time?

 

Yeah, why wouldn't l be?

 

Mm-hm.

 

l should probably
be getting going.

 

Take care of yourself.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

So are we, um...?

 

l mean, we're okay though.
Right? Nothing has changed?

 

Be careful not to step
in any fires, okay?

 

Okay. l will.

 

So l'll see you soon, then.

 

l'll see you soon, then.

 

Mm-hm.

 

STONE:
Welcome back, guys.

 

Hope you had a good weekend.
Wish it could've been longer,

 

but sometimes you got
to take what you can get.

 

So that's it then?

 

[¶¶¶]

 

lt's unanimous?

 

Okay.

 

l'll start the paperwork.

 

[FlNK'S ''THlS lS THE THlNG''
PLAYlNG]

 

[PROFESSOR SPEAKlNG
lNDlSTlNCTLY]

 

Thank you, sir.

 

O'Neill, here you go!

 

This smells pretty good, Russ.

 

And we got Daniels.
Where's he at?

 

Move, move, move,
up and shoot!

 

Move, move, move, up and shoot!

 

Hey, yo.
Yeah, nothing today, man. Sorry.

 

[LlNE RlNGlNG]

 

[SOLDlERS SHOUTlNG]

 

MAN:
Go, go, go.

 

NOODLES:
Yo, you guys seen John?
ls he back here?

 

[¶¶¶]

 

Yo, John.

 

Got one for you, dude.

 

Yeah?

 

That's it, though.

 

SAVANNAH:
Dear John, l know it's been
way too long since l last wrote you.

 

l've been staring at this blank page
for the last two hours.

 

Well, if l'm being honest,

 

l've been staring at it
for the last two months.

 

Please forgive me
for what l'm about to say.

 

And know that this
is the hardest thing
l've ever had to do.

 

My life without you
has no meaning.

 

And l cannot live... l'm sorry.

 

Yo, listen to this,
hedge fund manager
on Wall Street, right?

 

How much do you think
he made at his regular job?

 

Twenty-seven million dollars,
he ran a hedge fund.

 

Works on Wall Street.

 

That is amazing.

 

You making
mud pies, buddy?

 

NOODLES:
What's going on, man?

 

You wanna
talk about it?

 

Nothing
to talk about.

 

She, uh...

 

She found somebody else.

 

You got any idea who it is?

 

No, she didn't say.

 

l mean, l got a pretty good idea.

 

[SlGHS]

 

Look, man, um,

 

you know, this happens, dude.
l mean, you'll get her back.

 

As soon as you get home,
she comes running.

 

lt's the whole cycle, dude.
They already got engaged.

 

[SlGHS]

 

Jesus.

 

Hey, l'm sorry, man.

 

Let me know if l can do
anything, all right?

 

SOLDlER 1 :
--off the bottom rim.

 

You wouldn't think a squirrel
could swim, but l swear,

 

swam 20 yards
to the shoreline.

 

Swimming squirrel.
SOLDlER 2: That's crazy, dude.

 

Hey, notice that.
Did y'all see that?

 

l mean, that's as sexy
as it gets around here.

 

They can't show their legs,
so they got fishnets on their faces.

 

l'm gonna bring that back
to the States and make
my girl wear that.

 

How mysterious.

 

[MAN SHOUTlNG lN TURKlSH]

 

SOLDlERS:
Whoa, whoa, whoa!

 

[GUNS COCKlNG]

 

Back up, back up!

 

What's he saying?
Hey, he's speaking Turkish.

 

What is he saying, though?

 

l don't know, man.
l don't know.

 

Come on, language
specialist, figure it out!

 

Look, man, l speak
Pashtu, l speak Farsi,
l speak all kinds of shit.

 

What kind of languages
you speak? Come here, man.

 

Good work, man.
SOLDlER: Stay right there.

 

Hey, where are you going?

 

Somebody's gotta figure out
what he's saying.

 

Noodles, go with him.
Yeah.

 

STARKS:
Back up, back up.

 

STONE [OVER RADlO]:
Tyree!

 

Wait for further instructions.

 

Let's move out.

 

Good?

 

Yeah, you?

 

[JOHN YELLlNG]

 

JOHN: We got a man down!
Noodles, you're gonna be
all right, man! Hold on, man!

 

SOLDlER: Copy that,
man down! Man down!

 

Come here.
You see it?

 

Come on, l got you.
Get your hands up!

 

STONE:
Tyree, do you read?
Talk to me, Tyree.

 

You lucky son of a bitch.
lt hit your plate.

 

Oh, Jesus, l never loved
a piece of clothing more in
my entire life, l swear to God.

 

[GUNSHOTS]

 

NOODLES:
John!

 

[¶¶¶]

 

Man down! Medic!

 

Medic! John.

 

Come on, man.

 

Medic!

 

Look at me. Come on,
you're gonna be fine,
all right? lt's nothing.

 

lt's nothing. You got this.

 

Stay awake, okay? You just look
in my eyes, just look in my eyes!

 

[MUFFLED GUNFlRE]

 

Keep your eyes open, okay?

 

Eyes, awake, awake,
right at me, okay?

 

DANlELS:
Jakes!

 

Jakes!

 

Welcome back, Sergeant Tyree.

 

Rest easy, okay? You're in
the hospital in Germany.

 

And you're
gonna be just fine.

 

[GRUNTS]

 

[¶¶¶]

 

Tyree.

 

You look good, man.
Thank you, sir.

 

l just wanted
to come by

 

and let you know
l'll be extending.

 

Extending. Tyree,
it's been three months.

 

l'm impressed,
but l'm not stupid.

 

Go home, John.
Get some R&R.

 

Keep your dad some
company for a while.

 

Have a seat.

 

Listen, l'm being
transferred.

 

Now, this has nothing to do
with what happened.

 

But my captain duties
are done here.

 

Going back to Fort Bragg.
l actually miss my family.

 

That's good, sir.

 

Berry and Daniels
are getting out,

 

most of the others are
coming down on assignment.

 

And you've got less
than four months until--

 

l'm definitely extending.

 

Your war is over, John.
You served your country well.

 

You know what?
l might just make this a career.

 

No talking you
out of this, huh?

 

[HELlCOPTER WHlRRlNG]

 

[¶¶¶]

 

[SOLDlERS SHOUTlNG]

 

[GUNFlRE NEARB Y]

 

Mark, on my mark!

 

Mark!

 

BERG:
Where you
thinking next? Huh?

 

JOHN:
Oh, man. l don't know,
wherever they send us.

 

Actually, we're sending you
home to the States, John.

 

l'm sorry,
we just got the news.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

MAN:
He's conscious,
but he's not lucid.

 

And he's hardly
ever responsive.

 

lt's hard for me to say how
severe the stroke really is

 

because we just don't
know how long he was down
before they found him there.

 

lf l'd have been there
to find him like that earlier,

 

do you think it would've
made a difference?

 

l doubt it.
l really doubt it.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

[SlGHS]

 

WOMAN: Hey, Jeff, here's that scan.
MAN: No problem.

 

Hey, Pop.

 

What--? What
the heck do you--?

 

Excuse me, ma'am,
why do you have him out here?

 

You okay?
How you feeling?

 

[GRUNTS]

 

l, um...

 

l mean, it's nothing,
but l wrote you--
l wrote you a letter.

 

No, no, l mean, don't read
it now. You don't have to--

 

l mean, l didn't even
think you would be--

 

Why don't you read it
when l'm not around?

 

[SlGHS]

 

You know what?
The hell with it.
l'll just read it to you.

 

''Dear Dad.

 

There's something
l've been wanting to tell you.

 

You remember
a few years back

 

when l got shot.

 

Well, you wanna know
the very first thing

 

that entered my mind
at that moment?

 

Right before
l blacked out?

 

Coins.

 

Suddenly l was
8 years old again.

 

l was on that tour
of the U.S. Mint.

 

l was listening to the guide
explain how coins are made.

 

How they're punched out
of sheet metal and how
they're rimmed and beveled.

 

How they're stamped
and cleaned.

 

And how each and every batch
of coins are personally examined

 

just in case any have
slipped through with
the slightest imperfection.

 

Do you remember
that, Dad?

 

l mean, do you remember
that trip to Philadelphia we took?

 

Well, that's what popped
into my head.

 

l'm a coin of the
United States Army.

 

And l was minted
in the year 1 980.

 

l've been punched
from sheet metal.

 

l've been stamped and cleaned.

 

And my edges have been
rimmed and beveled.

 

But now l have
two small holes in me.

 

So l'm no longer
in perfect condition.''

 

How about it, Dad?
You know, we're just
a couple of culls here, huh?

 

''But there's one--
There's one more thing

 

that l want to tell you too.

 

After l got shot, you know,
right before l blacked out.

 

You wanna know the very
last thing l thought of?''

 

l'm sorry. Uh...

 

The very last thing l thought of...

 

You wanna know the very
last thing l thought of?

 

[¶¶¶]

 

[CRYlNG]

 

[THUNDER RUMBLlNG]

 

[FOOTSTEPS]

 

[PASTOR CLEARS THROAT]

 

Uh, l'm so sorry,
l don't want to rush you,

 

but we have another
service coming in.

 

John.

 

What brings you home?

 

lt's my dad.

 

How is your dad?

 

He, um...

 

Oh.

 

l'm sorry.

 

l wish l had known.

 

lt's okay.

 

lt wouldn't have made
any difference.

 

l'm so sorry.

 

He's-- He was
a really good man.

 

[SlGHS]

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

You finally did it, huh?

 

Camp Horse Sense.

 

No.

 

l didn't. l tried.

 

lt only lasted one summer
after we took over this place
from my parents.

 

lt was... lt was expensive.

 

But...

 

[SlGHS]

 

Do you want to
come inside?

 

lt's just me.

 

When do you
have to go back?

 

As soon as l get
my dad's stuff
squared away.

 

Have you--? Have you
settled down yet?

 

No. Mm-mm.

 

But you must be
dating a lot, huh?

 

Oh, no. l don't think you
can call it dating exactly.

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

lt's so good to see you.

 

Here. Alive.

 

[PHONE RlNGlNG]

 

Hold on. l'm just gonna--
l'm sorry.

 

Hello?

 

Hey.

 

No, l'm fine.

 

Um...

 

l...

 

Well, John--
John is here.

 

Yeah, John Tyree.

 

Yeah. Yeah,
l'm gonna leave soon.

 

Okay, l'll see you.

 

l'll be there in like
20 minutes, okay?

 

l love you too.
Bye.

 

[PHONE BEEPS]

 

He wants to see you.

 

Wait, what?

 

Um...

 

lt's Tim?

 

SAVANNAH:
lnitially after he was diagnosed,
he was so optimistic.

 

He wasn't really concerned
about himself, all he cared
about was Alan,

 

which was inspiring.

 

And it wasn't until after the
cancer spread to stage four
that l noticed a big change.

 

JOHN:
What kind of cancer is it?

 

SAVANNAH:
Lymphoma.

 

SAVANNAH:
He's had it with being
cooped up in that room,

 

so he basically just spends
all his time out here.

 

Sometimes with Alan.

 

Can l have
a crumble cake?

 

Alan, do you
remember John?

 

Hello, John.

 

Hey, Alan.

 

He's gotten big.

 

How are you?
Good.

 

Um...

 

l'm gonna get him
a crumble cake.

 

Oh, that's a good idea.
He's been talking about that.

 

Come on, Alan.

 

l guess you must want
to kick my ass, huh?

 

There's not a lot l can do
about it here, is there?

 

lt's all part
of my master plan.

 

Hell of a plan.

 

l love her.

 

Everything that happened
in my life before, it's gone now.

 

lt's been wiped clean.

 

l wanted
to tell you that.

 

And l'm sorry.

 

l'm sorry for how it happened
with you so far away.

 

But l know now that Alan
will always have someone
to take care of him.

 

He will always be
in good hands.

 

[SlGHS]

 

She still loves you,
you know.

 

Why is it black?

 

lt's plain as day, you can
see it all over her face.

 

l wish that
weren't the case,

 

but she's never looked at me
the way she used to look at you.

 

You should know that.

 

SAVANNAH:
Be careful, Alan.

 

He still loves
those horses, huh?

 

Yeah, he'll be out
there till bedtime.

 

l gotta get him
out of that hospital.

 

He needs to come home.

 

There's a company in Texas
with an experimental drug.

 

That might help.

 

But the insurance companies
don't pay for it, of course.

 

My parents sold their
beach house a year ago.

 

Which was a godsend.

 

We've done a few fundraisers.

 

[SlGHS]

 

But l never would have guessed
that we would run out so fast.

 

Stay for dinner, okay?

 

So you drink now.

 

Just a glass or two at dinner.

 

Tim got me started
a couple years ago.

 

Why are you looking at me
like that?

 

What do you mean?

 

How am l looking at you?

 

Differently.

 

l don't know, how do you
want me to look at you?

 

You're different.

 

Oh...

 

l don't know--

 

l don't know why l came here.
l mean, what are we doing?

 

We're sitting here and we're
eating and we're talking,

 

but no one's actually
saying anything.

 

What do you want me to say?
What do you want to talk about?

 

Why didn't you call?

 

Why didn't you call me?

 

l mean, did l not deserve
any more explanation than

 

that letter?

 

You couldn't have
called me?

 

You couldn't have given me
some sort of chance to,
like, change your mind?

 

Don't you think
you owed me that?

 

l couldn't.

 

You couldn't?

 

You thought that little
of me that you couldn't
have just called me.

 

Why?

 

Because l couldn't.

 

Give me an answer.
Why? Why not?

 

Because l couldn't.
l want an answer.

 

Because just hearing your voice,
l would have changed my mind.

 

ls that what you
wanna hear, John?

 

ls that what you came
all this way to hear from me?

 

You think it was
tough out there?

 

And, what, you think it was
easy for me without you?

 

You thought that
every single day it wasn't

 

a goddamn marathon
of my life without you?

 

Tim was sick.

 

He was sick and he needed me.

 

He needed me to help him.

 

He needed me to help him
with Alan, with everything.

 

l was alone and l had
no idea what l was doing.

 

l didn't plan this. l didn't know
that it was gonna happen to me.

 

But it did.

 

But you don't think l've tried--?

 

l picked up the phone
a thousand times to try
to call you.

 

You think that l really
wanna be standing here
in front of you like this?

 

[SOBBlNG]

 

l had no choice.

 

l know.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

l saved every single
one of them.

 

You've been so many places.

 

Mm-hm.

 

l think the yellow envelopes
are from Africa or something.

 

Really?
Mm-hm.

 

l even have your first,
your very first letter to me.

 

Tim's water bill.

 

[CHUCKLES]

 

Hmm.

 

[LAUGHS]

 

Sorry.

 

lt's okay.

 

SAVANNAH:
Hope you have more
where that came from.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

l'm gonna put
a pot of coffee on.

 

[SlGHS]

 

[SlGHS]

 

l should go.

 

l'll see you soon, then?

 

Say it back.

 

When l say it,
you say it.

 

Remember?

 

John?

 

Just say it.

 

Goodbye, Savannah.

 

[¶¶¶]

 

[CAR ENGlNE STARTS]

 

JOHN:
l don't think you remember me.

 

But l believe you knew
my father, Bill Tyree.

 

Oh, yeah, of course
l did. Yeah.

 

l haven't seen him
in a while, though.
How is he?

 

Uh, he recently passed.

 

l'm sorry.

 

l think you might've offered
to buy his coin collection
one time. ls that right?

 

Sure did.
More than once.

 

Just out of curiosity,
how much do you think
a collection like his is worth?

 

Phew. A collection that big?
l don't know, l'd have to see it.

 

Look, l only got
about one condition.

 

All the mules,
they gotta stay together.

 

l don't care, you can
sell them as a set or
keep them for yourself.

 

But they have
to stay together.

 

You're really truly going
to sell me all his coins?

 

Yes, sir.

 

All but one.

 

JOHN:
This comes up nickel, we're gonna
set up right here. We got shade.

 

lt comes up penny, we'll be up
on the ridge. We got visibility.

 

That'd be penny side.
All right, let's go to the ridge.

 

SOLDlER:
Sergeant.

 

JOHN:
Thank you.

 

SAVANNAH:
Dear John,

 

[¶¶¶]

 

it's been almost five years
since l wrote a letter with
an actual pen

 

on an actual sheet of paper.

 

But l thought maybe l could
write you now and tell you

 

all that's happened
since l saw you last.

 

A few weeks
after you showed up here,

 

Tim received
an anonymous donation.

 

A donation that was enough
to give him

 

what the insurance
companies wouldn't:

 

Time.

 

Time to finally come home.

 

Time to spend with his son.

 

Time to say goodbye.

 

The problem with time,
l've learned,

 

whether it's those first two weeks
l got to spend with you

 

or those final two months
l got to spend with him,

 

eventually time always runs out.

 

l have no idea where you are
out there in the world, John.

 

But l understand that l lost the right
to know these things long ago.

 

No matter how many years go by,

 

l know one thing
to be as true as it ever was.

 

l'll see you soon, then.

 

[JOSHUA RADlN & SCHUYLER
FlSK'S ''PAPERWElGHT'' PLAYlNG]

 

[AMANDA SE YFRlED'S
''LlTTLE HOUSE'' PLAYlNG]