lifeline
taken from the 2025 film.
i’m still here. and so are you.
weird dreams. i still have this headache that won’t go away.
okay, no more goodwill gestures from me.
you said something to me i’ve never forgotten.
well, you can’t miss that.
so your concussion symptoms were pretty mild, but we’re still going to want to keep you overnight, okay?
i don’t want to talk about myself.
i’ve always hated to talk about myself to other people, especially when i’m in a bad place.
so, the best thing to do is to pick a word or a phrase that’s really easy to bring up in a conversation.
um, it’s just my head. it’s been all over the place.
it was a few weeks after you first told me about the scars on your (body part), where they really came from.
don’t make it a big thing, mom.
i’m going to kill myself.
anyway, give me a call back. let’s catch up.
just calling to say happy new year.
who knows how bad things could have gotten if we hadn’t showed up?
it feels like it’s easier to block things out most of the time.
yeah, you’re just trying to bond with me. i know how it works.
you were so afraid to talk about it back then.
i’ll tell you, a bunch of strange happenings going on in this plot.
do you have the gun in your hand right now?
i just wanted to call and say i was sorry about before.
you know, as a kid, the idea of the afterlife scared me.
it’s just a little coffee burn.
i don’t feel, i am. i am fucking powerless.
i’m scared though. but i’m still here.
you see, there’s a part of me that can understand the feeling that the whole world is rigged against us.
get it through your fucking head that you’re not going to talk me down.
when you do, we’re going to talk more, okay? we’re not going to hide things.
i’d just like to talk a little bit about how you’re feeling.
but anyway, whoever you are, thank you.
i’m not calling you to be fucking saved. you should treat this like it’s already happened.
and give that hot bath a try, okay?
tell me a story. one from when you were a kid.
i know it’s strange, but i’m here to tell you there’s hope. and no matter how bad you’re feeling right now, those feelings, they’re survivable.
fuck it. it doesn’t matter.