LEGION :
I'm David.
Come on in.
I'll make some Tea.
DAVID:
Yes, it pays to be kind.
DAVID 2
[SCOTTISH ACCENT.] :
Are you out of your mind?!?
"Is black tea okay?"
What are you gonna do with This One?
Give her a wee nib of The Blue Stuff and sling her in with all The Others?
“Honesty is non-negotiable in a relationship of this nature because you need to Trust someone if you’re going to allow them to Help you, and they of course need to be dealing with The Truth of Who You Are, not the Facebook, press release version of yourself you’ve been fobbing the world off with up till now.
What I brought to the relationship, I now know, was Honesty, Open-mindedness and Willingness – known as ‘HOW’ in 12 Step jargon.
This is the attitude I deploy still in any relationship where I am The Student. Whether in meditation, Jiu Jitsu or business affairs I approach my teacher, my ‘mentor’, in an honest, open-minded and willing way.
I recognize that they have something I want, that they have achieved something that I haven’t, that as I am in the moment I sit before them, I am insufficient, and for the transfer of energy or education to take place I must be mentally and spiritually prepared.
This is as true for a yoga class as it is for a Spanish lesson or therapy.”
Excerpt From
Mentors by
Russell Brand
LEGION:
Hi.
I'm David.
Come on in.
I'll make some tea.
Switch :
What is this place?
LEGION:
People have their pain.
Their hearts are sad.
Their minds are tired.
I help them.
Switch :
How?
LEGION:
I'm the magic man.
All I ask is that they stay and keep me company after.
Take care of the house.
Love each other.
I need that.
Love.
Switch :
How is this here?
This cave?
LEGION:
I made it.
Try this.
Close your eyes.
Close your eyes.
And picture your bedroom.
Your bed.
Can you see it? Really see it?
The walls, the windows?
The way the light falls?
• Open your eyes •
It's a mental space.
You imagined it.
I made it Real.
Switch :
You read my mind?
LEGION:
No secrets.
That's one of our rules.
Switch :
What about Trust?
LEGION:
Mm.
I tried that, and it's better to read people's minds.
I'm adopted.
When I was a baby, a monster snuck into my head and haunted me for 33 years.
[MONSTER SNARLING.]
But I'm better now.
Switch :
How are you?
LEGION:
Good. I'm good.
How are you?
Switch :
You know.
Fine.
My dad collects robots.
Robotto.
There's a room in our apartment.
[FAINT WHIRRING.]
Some are life-sized.
Some toys.
Hundreds.
Sometimes at night, I go in there.
[WHIRRING, TICKING.]
I stand very still,
and pretend I'm a robot, too.
So what are
"The Forces of Division"?
Why do you need a Time Traveler?
Switch :
So it's a girl thing.
You want to go back in time and what?
Get your girlfriend back?
LEGION:
I thought about it.
Doing everything again, making different choices, but
[CLICKS TONGUE.]
it won't work.
You know how sometimes
you can be so sure
what The Problem is
and then you realise The Problem
is really something else?
Switch :
No.
LEGION:
Oh.
Well, you're Young.
When I was in the psych ward,
everybody was so sure
The Problem was neurological.
Brain chemistry, serotonin.
"David Haller, schizophrenic."
Switch :
You were in a psychiatric hospital?
LEGION:
[CHUCKLES.]:
Oh.
Oh.
Lots of times.
Psych hospitals, emergency rooms.
"David, don't swallow all your mother's diet pills."
"David, don't huff the chemicals under the sink."
Like I'm supposed to what?
Pretend The Voices aren't real?
You know?
Switch :
Yeah, sure.
LEGION:
You see, like I said, when I was a baby,
a monster came into my head
and haunted me for, like, 33 years.
Switch :
By "monster," you mean, like, a metaphor, right?
LEGION:
Amahl Farouk.
The Shadow King.
My dad, my real dad,
he kicked Farouk out of his body
into the astral plane.
And then he found me, Farouk,
and he moved in.
More tea?
[SQUEAKS.]
[BIRDS CHIRPING.]
[SHOUTS.]
Switch :
I still don't know why you need
a Time Traveler.
LEGION:
To go back in time.
What else?
Switch :
How far?
LEGION:
Well, how far can you go?
Switch :
Sydney Barrett, Gabrielle Xavier
and The Infant David —
The Universe Acknowledges You, That You Exist
and
That Your Existence is Important.
I can see that you've suffered,
That people you love have suffered,
and
you want to know that it meant something.
It did.
It does.
Nothing of Value is Ever Lost.
SYDNEY BARRETT :
Did he do it? David?
Switch :
The David You Know
is almost gone.
His Past changed.
And now, Sydney Barrett,
your past will change, too.
The Life You've Lived,
your memories,
everything will be new.
SYDNEY BARRETT :
So I die?
Switch :
This You, The You You Are Now.
But The You You Will Be?
She will be Glorious.
SYDNEY BARRETT :
How do you —
Switch :
I am Time.
I see all.
SYDNEY BARRETT :
I like your jumper.
Switch :
Thank you.
SYDNEY BARRETT :
So do I die now?
Switch :
No.
I will give you time for
One Last Thing.
And Thank You for helping me when I was human.
[They hug]
Kerry Loudermilk :
What just happened?
SYDNEY BARRETT :
I Think We just
Saved The World.
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