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77.JIMCan I talk to you?AURORAI don’t want to talk anymore. I don’twant to look at you anymore. If yousee me coming, get out of my way. Ifyou see me sitting, find somewhereelse to be. There’s plenty ofchoices. It’s a big boat.DECK FOUR - SHOPPING DISTRICT - DAYJim walks alone, hands in his pockets, in a deep funk.A little robot crosses his path: he KICKS it down the street.SWIMMING POOLAurora swims. Reaches the end of a lap and rests.She looks up abruptly as if she senses someone watching her -but the balcony above the pool is deserted.ELITE DECK - FORWARD OBSERVATION DECK - DAYAurora sits reading. Digital slates surround her. A whirdistracts her. She looks down.Jim’s pet robot sits beside her. A note on its back.She picks up the note. It’s the photo strip from her firstdate with Jim: their first kiss captured on film. Clipped tothe photo strip is a handwritten note: “This was real.”Aurora leans down toward the robot’s binocular eyes.ROBOT’S POVAurora looms close. She holds the note up to the robot’s eyesand crumples it up.AURORAWatching me through a robot iscreepy, Jim. Cut it out.SUBDECK C - MACHINE SHOPJim sits in front of his laptop: Aurora’s accusing eyes stareout of the screen. He closes the laptop.