Part 7 (1/2)

-I think that's something only Gregory would know.

-Because he's the only one who knows them well enough.

-There's that too.

-Okay, you're holding something back.

-Gregory's an enlightened person. He has... certain insights.

-Insights.

-He's connected to higher energies than you and me. He gets messages. Important messages. Save-the-planet kind of important.

-Gregory has information that can save the planet.

-I believe that to be possible.

-You believe anything to be possible. You're a believer. Your name should be Believee, The Boy Who Believes.

-I'm credulous, it's true. I don't think that's necessarily bad.

-Of course you don't. Believee. Note that down somewhere for a T-s.h.i.+rt idea. We need more T-s.h.i.+rt ideas. The Boy Who Believes.

-He's got these wedding photos he carries around, and then some current photos, and he makes you look at both sets, and he won't let up until you agree that the woman in the current photos is clearly a duplicate. And really, by the time you're done looking, it seems somehow... plausible.

-What's the thinking behind this?

-What do you mean?

-Well, why would someone replace his family with imposters?

-I think he thinks it's to distract him from his mission.

-I thought his mission was to drive the getaway car for us.

-Not that mission.

-Although I'm starting to think we could find a better candidate.

-He's an excellent driver.

-Are you trying to be funny?

-I don't think so.

-Okay. Well, the world is full of excellent drivers. Some of these might not even be entirely insane. How about let's say we look for one of those.

-I'd like to give Gregory a chance.

-We gave Gregory a chance. And from what you've told me, I really don't think it'd be fair to distract him any further from his save-the-planet mission. Or his find-his-real-family mission. Either of those two are more important than helping us rob a check-cas.h.i.+ng place.

-This will not make Gregory happy.

-I don't mean to seem callous, but I think Gregory's got bigger problems. I think he's got a long way to go in the direction of happiness before he can even call himself depressed. My mom always told me that you can't depend on someone else for your own happiness. We'd be doing him a favor, Billy. And more importantly, we'd be doing us a favor. We don't do enough favors for us, in my opinion.

-Maybe you're right.

-You understand this isn't really about Gregory.

-I guess.

-I'm sure Gregory is a great guy.

-Yes.

-He runs a nice bar, even if it's a little too clean.

-He does! Plus he's figured out a way to construct a supercomputer using enormous crystals.

-Of course he has.

-More like a spiritual computer, but still based on science. Something to do with a quantum mechanic.

-You mean quantum mechanics?

-He made it sound like there was only one.

-You should really be talking to Marcus about all this.

-Oh, sure. He'd just dismiss me as a crackpot.

-I doubt he'd actually use the word ”crackpot.” That's not a word you hear very often in conversation.

-Well, whatever word you use to dismiss someone with a possibly insanely great idea but which you don't believe is insanely great, but maybe only insane... that's the word he would use. You know I'm right.

-Anyway-and I would never demean you by calling you a crackpot, by the way, whatever else you want to say about me I offer equal time to all points of view-quantum mechanics is probably not going to help us in this particular situation.

-Okay.

-I might know a man who can drive the getaway car.

-Who is it?