022 - video

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[The man gives the camera a smile. His manner is confident and reassuring, despite the fact that he is quietly holding a lot of very strong emotion in check. Not that this is immediately obvious.Good morning. Call me Miles; everyone else does. Now, I learned twenty-odd years ago to never look at my daughter's diary, so although I know where this is

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Miles.

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[cauchemal]

[Shock, then surprised pleasure mixed with concern.]

Arthur! What are you doing here?

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[Ohgod what does he sayyyyyy.]

I'm... keeping an eye on Mal, making sure she's okay. How-- [AWKWARDAWKWARD.] What's the date, if you don't mind my asking?

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You mean,what day was it before I showed up here? [He gives the date of the Fischer job.]

...I thought you’d be traveling. You are still working with Cobb, aren't you?

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You could say I'm in transit. And Cobb-- [Not mentioning Limbo, nope nope.] You should be seeing him soon.

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[Frown.]

I'd hoped so. And by "see him", I don't mean "see him get arrested". He didn't tell me what was going on in any detail-just that he'd be arriving in LA and I ought to be there to meet him. I'm not going to miss it, am I? Or does time work differently here?

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If certain parties keep their word, there won't be any arrests. Don't worry about missing anything; time moves slowly here-- even slower than in dreams.

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I'll take your word for it. Not that I have any other choice.

[Miles takes off his glasses and rubs his hand over his eyes. He replaces the glasses, a little fussily, before asking:]

How is she?