Monolith

00:24:18,626 --> 00:24:19,992 <i>It was like</i> <i>nothing I'd ever seen.</i> 471 00:24:19,994 --> 00:24:22,962 <i>It changed my life.</i> 472 00:24:22,964 --> 00:24:24,830 <i>I never thought</i> <i>I would get a call</i> 473 00:24:24,832 --> 00:24:27,533 <i>about these funny</i> <i>little objects of mine.</i> 474 00:24:27,535 --> 00:24:29,335 <i>That's when</i> <i>I received the strangest</i> <i>thing,</i> 475 00:24:29,337 --> 00:24:31,637 <i>this black brick.</i> 476 00:24:31,639 --> 00:24:33,672 <i>About the</i> <i>size of a gold bar,</i> 477 00:24:33,674 --> 00:24:35,841 <i>darker than any other</i> <i>object I have seen.</i> 478 00:24:38,079 --> 00:24:39,912 <i>How did</i> <i>you receive your brick?</i> 479 00:24:39,914 --> 00:24:42,648 <i>You</i> <i>probably think I'm crazy.</i> 480 00:24:42,650 --> 00:24:44,450 <i>The brick</i> <i>was such a long time ago.</i> 481 00:24:44,452 --> 00:24:46,852 <i>It felt like</i> <i>something or someone</i> 482 00:24:46,854 --> 00:24:48,587 <i>was trying to</i> <i>talk to me.</i> 483 00:24:50,992 --> 00:24:52,624 <i>I thought that there</i> <i>was some kind of power over</i> <i>me.</i> 484 00:24:52,626 --> 00:24:55,861 <i>A message</i> <i>from far away.</i> 485 00:24:55,863 --> 00:24:56,462 <i>Yeah, it was</i> <i>probably all in my head.</i> 486 00:24:59,533 --> 00:25:01,867 <i>Come on,</i> <i>it can't be that bad.</i> 487 00:25:01,869 --> 00:25:05,037 Honestly, it's bad, Scott. 488 00:25:05,039 --> 00:25:09,742 Anonymous emails and visions and weird scratchings. 489 00:25:09,744 --> 00:25:11,744 Oh, and let's not forget the brick. 490 00:25:11,746 --> 00:25:15,547 I mean, come on, it's ridiculous. 491 00:25:15,549 --> 00:25:18,183 A brick. 492 00:25:18,185 --> 00:25:19,651 Even the woman says it herself, 493 00:25:19,653 --> 00:25:21,820 it was probably "all in my head." 494 00:25:21,822 --> 00:25:25,157 <i>Oh</i> <i>yeah. I know.</i> 495 00:25:25,159 --> 00:25:27,393 I can't release this. 496 00:25:27,395 --> 00:25:29,528 Tyler is going to fire me. 497 00:25:29,530 --> 00:25:32,431 <i>Maybe that's</i> <i>not so bad.</i> 498 00:25:32,433 --> 00:25:35,868 <i>Maybe you need</i> <i>a rest. A reset.</i> 499 00:25:35,870 --> 00:25:38,203 Seriously? Seriously, you think I should let Tyler fire me? 500 00:25:38,205 --> 00:25:40,572 <i>No... no.</i> 501 00:25:40,574 --> 00:25:42,408 <i>But after everything</i> <i>that's happened</i> 502 00:25:42,410 --> 00:25:44,676 <i>and the whole</i> <i>Langley thing,</i> 503 00:25:44,678 --> 00:25:45,944 <i>did you ever wonder</i> <i>if maybe--</i> 504 00:25:45,946 --> 00:25:48,947 My career is completely destroyed? 505 00:25:48,949 --> 00:25:51,316 <i>Maybe you</i> <i>need a break.</i> 506 00:25:53,654 --> 00:25:55,554 Why does everyone keep saying this? 507 00:25:55,556 --> 00:25:57,022 I don't need a break. 508 00:25:57,024 --> 00:25:58,858 I need a story. 509 00:26:00,694 --> 00:26:02,928 I can't hide away like I did something wrong, Scott. 510 00:26:02,930 --> 00:26:06,598 <i>No, but...</i> <i>these things take a toll.</i> 511 00:26:06,600 --> 00:26:09,668 <i>I miss you.</i> 512 00:26:09,670 --> 00:26:12,505 <i>I know this isn't fair,</i> <i>but the article and then--</i> 513 00:26:12,507 --> 00:26:15,307 That Langley article was important. 514 00:26:15,309 --> 00:26:19,512 -It was the truth. <i>-Okay, okay.</i> 515 00:26:19,514 --> 00:26:21,647 You know, Langley's cheer squad is camped outside my flat now. 516 00:26:21,649 --> 00:26:24,116 <i>What? Jesus.</i> 517 00:26:24,118 --> 00:26:26,753 Yeah. Some hero must have doxed me. 518 00:26:28,122 --> 00:26:32,024 I've gone back to Mom and Dad's for a bit. 519 00:26:32,026 --> 00:26:34,393 I thought coming back here would help. 520 00:26:34,395 --> 00:26:38,031 Some time alone, find a story, but... 521 00:26:39,433 --> 00:26:42,935 I am stuck. 522 00:26:42,937 --> 00:26:45,404 <i>It's okay to admit</i> <i>that you're exhausted.</i> 523 00:26:45,406 --> 00:26:48,907 I'm not exhausted. I am humiliated. 524 00:26:48,909 --> 00:26:51,009 I tried to do the right thing, and look where it got me. 525 00:26:51,011 --> 00:26:52,978 <i>I know. But...</i> 526 00:26:55,816 --> 00:26:57,717 <i>This kind of work</i> <i>isn't for everyone.</i> 527 00:27:01,922 --> 00:27:05,057 I've just got to make a story that will make people listen. 528 00:27:05,059 --> 00:27:06,793 That is it. 529 00:27:11,765 --> 00:27:14,099 <i>Sometimes, I</i> <i>think I can still feel it,</i> 530 00:27:14,101 --> 00:27:16,668 <i>that power,</i> 531 00:27:16,670 --> 00:27:21,406 <i>like something</i> <i>unfinished.</i> 532 00:27:21,408 --> 00:27:24,511 <i>I can't explain it.</i> <i>I don't know.</i> 533 00:27:24,513 --> 00:27:28,180 <i>This was 20 years</i> <i>ago, it's silly.</i> 5