one.
[the video turns on, first accidentally, then goes steady and focuses when the holder realizes it's recording. he gives the comm an easy smile.]
Hello. I'm assuming -- because this is broadcasting -- that someone can see this. In the case that I'm wrong, well- [a pause, and a slight sideways grin] -it's not like anyone will ever know. If you're witnessing this, my name is Tom Ripley.
Now, I haven't seen New York in a long time, but either I've gone insane- [at this his smile flickers slightly, but recovers] -or the city itself has changed quite drastically in the past decade or so. In any case, the technology is a lot more advanced than what I remember, but that could be because I've been living in France where you're quite lucky if a telephone call to London goes through in less than ten minutes. Mm.
Either way, I've been very rudely removed from my home and my wife, and I'd like to know -- at the very least -- what's going on here.
[he pauses, glancing down thoughtfully, then looks at the camera again and in an almost bored fashion, repeats what he's just said in a much more condensed version, and in French. just in case. then, after another slight smile, turns the video off.]
Hello. I'm assuming -- because this is broadcasting -- that someone can see this. In the case that I'm wrong, well- [a pause, and a slight sideways grin] -it's not like anyone will ever know. If you're witnessing this, my name is Tom Ripley.
Now, I haven't seen New York in a long time, but either I've gone insane- [at this his smile flickers slightly, but recovers] -or the city itself has changed quite drastically in the past decade or so. In any case, the technology is a lot more advanced than what I remember, but that could be because I've been living in France where you're quite lucky if a telephone call to London goes through in less than ten minutes. Mm.
Either way, I've been very rudely removed from my home and my wife, and I'd like to know -- at the very least -- what's going on here.
[he pauses, glancing down thoughtfully, then looks at the camera again and in an almost bored fashion, repeats what he's just said in a much more condensed version, and in French. just in case. then, after another slight smile, turns the video off.]