Hiroshi Takahashi
As I write this letter, the ocean breeze feels cool on my skin. That very ocean is soon to be my grave. They tell me I will die a hero. That the safety and honor of my country will be the reward for my sacrifice. I pray they are right. My only regret in life is never telling you how I feel. I wish I were back home. I wish I were holding your hand. I wish I were telling you that I have loved you, and only you, since I was a boy. But I'm not. I see now that death is easy. It is love that is hard. As my plane dives, I will not see the face of my enemies. I will instead see your eyes, like black rocks frozen in rainwater. They tell us that we must scream, "Banzai," as we plunge into our target. I will instead whisper your name. And in death, as in life, I will remain forever yours.
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Enoch Brae
He says he likes your jacket.
Hiroshi Takahashi
No, I didn't!
Annabel Cotton
Thank you, Hiroshi.
Enoch Brae
He says he thinks you look really nice.
Hiroshi Takahashi
I still don't know why she's dressed like a boy.
Annabel Cotton
He's very complimentary.
Enoch Brae
He's a friendly ghost.
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Hiroshi Takahashi
We have so little time to say the things we mean.
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Enoch Brae
How long?
Annabel Cotton
Three months. So I understand if you don't wanna...
Enoch Brae
A person can get a lot done in three months.
Annabel Cotton
You think?
Enoch Brae
Yeah. You could learn French, go to Africa, pick up the xylophone. Tons of stuff.
Annabel Cotton
I always wanted to be a world-renowned xylophone player.
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Elizabeth Cotton
Okay, so I have this all straight. You're a funeral-crashing dropout, with no car and a dead friend.
Enoch Brae
Sounds pretty not-so-good when you say it all together like that.
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Elizabeth Cotton
Annabel tells me you talk to a ghost.
Enoch Brae
She told you that?
Elizabeth Cotton
She did.
Enoch Brae
It's kind of a joke.
Elizabeth Cotton
Kind of?
Enoch Brae
I'm a good kid.
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Enoch Brae
I was looking for my girlfriend. I think she came this way.
Annabel Cotton
Nobody has passed through these woods for years. What did she look like?
Enoch Brae
She is about your height, brown eyes.
Annabel Cotton
Was she pretty?
Enoch Brae
Beautiful. Who are you?
Annabel Cotton
I am the spirit of this forest.
Enoch Brae
Can you help me?
Annabel Cotton
This girl, you must care about her a lot to come into the woods looking for her.
Enoch Brae
Very much.
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Annabel Cotton
I'm so sorry for your loss.
Enoch Brae
You'll get there.
Annabel Cotton
Do another one.
Enoch Brae
So sorry for your loss. He'll be missed.
Annabel Cotton
Our prayers are with you in this difficult time.
Enoch Brae
Too formal.
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Annabel Cotton
Hey, I have a transfusion tomorrow. Do you want to come see me after?
Enoch Brae
I love it when girls ask me that.
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Enoch Brae
When I think of things going a certain way, and then they don't, it's difficult.
Annabel Cotton
How's this gonna go?
Enoch Brae
This?
Annabel Cotton
You and me.
Enoch Brae
I don't know.
Annabel Cotton
That's the part where you say it's gonna go really well.
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Elizabeth Cotton
So how are you two getting around?
Enoch Brae
We're gonna take the bus. Nothing like public transportation to set the mood, right?
Elizabeth Cotton
The mood?
Enoch Brae
No mood, no mood. Just forget I said it.
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Annabel Cotton
He's a ghost?
Enoch Brae
Yeah.
Annabel Cotton
A Japanese ghost?
Enoch Brae
Yeah.
Annabel Cotton
Do you speak Japanese?
Enoch Brae
No, he speaks English.
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Annabel Cotton
Tell me about the birds, Enoch.
Enoch Brae
What?
Annabel Cotton
The songbirds. Why do they sing in the morning?
Enoch Brae
They sing because they're happy to be alive another day.
Annabel Cotton
I've sung every morning since I met you.
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Annabel Cotton
He is kind of different.
Elizabeth Cotton
Different could be good.
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Hiroshi Takahashi
I saw a Mitsubishi car today.
Enoch Brae
So what?
Hiroshi Takahashi
I used to fly a Mitsubishi.
Enoch Brae
You mean you used to crash a Mitsubishi.
Hiroshi Takahashi
Only once. A-5.
Enoch Brae
How do you get my battleship so quickly?
Hiroshi Takahashi
Instinct.
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Elizabeth Cotton
You must be Enoch?
Enoch Brae
Must be.
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Enoch Brae
[the forester discovers Enoch and Annabel in his cabin, where they spent the night together]
Oh, my God. We're saved!
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Annabel Cotton
I was lying, Enoch. About working at the hospital. I don't work there. I'm a patient.
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Elizabeth Cotton
Your boyfriend's here!
Annabel Cotton
He's not my boyfriend. I'll be right up.
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Annabel Cotton
It's fine. And if it's not fine, it'll be fine.
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Hiroshi Takahashi
You have no respect for the dead. You have no respect for anything.
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Hiroshi Takahashi
White people. You have to grab everything.
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Annabel Cotton
People haven't even been around for a fraction of the time that some reptiles have been around. So, three months is almost the same as three centuries or three days.
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