NICHOLAS: So this is… the end.
DAN: Well, you won’t need to carry your recorder anymore, so yeah. You can go home, burn your ritual book, forget this ever happened, and live a normal life.
(A beat)
NICHOLAS: Excuse me?
DAN: You know, go back to New York, live a normal life. You studied the French Revolution right, you can probably resume your academic career. I’ll tell Melody to keep an eye on you. You get to live a normal life
(A beat)
NICHOLAS: Why would I want to live a normal life?
DAN: Nick…
NICHOLAS: My name is Nicholas.
DAN: Nicholas. Are we going to have a problem here?
NICHOLAS: You don’t appear to have any other way of coming home other than me, so I’m not sure. Do we have a problem?
DAN: I’m not… sure what you’re saying.
NICHOLAS: I’m not going to burn my ritual book and I do not intend to stop performing rituals. I promised Static Man I would find him a body, and I intend to keep that promise.
DAN: Nicholas… I listened to those tapes, I know he’s your friend, but that… thing murdered a lot of people.
NICHOLAS: He saved my life and the life of my sister. I am going to fulfill my obligation. And… I started down this path because I was curious. I have not stopped being curious.
DAN: Please. Listen to me. I have waited… so long… just to be normal again. Just to have one second where the world felt real and solid. Don’t throw that opportunity away. Doing these things, being a part of these kinds of stories, even by listening… it’s not a good idea. It changes you in ways that you aren’t prepared for.
NICHOLAS: I will not be content with pretending that the world is the way I thought it was.
god... god. i love nicholas so much.
