dumbass scene

dumbass two person scene

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are you sure charles wallace went in here?

He must’ve. He’s been talking about this old house for days.

Is he all right by himself in there?

I bet he’s fine. He’s hard-headed. Likes to run off sometimes. Somehow, I always bring him back. Let’s go in.

Do you think it’s really haunted? (Off MEG’s look:) Not that I’m afraid but… I should probably get going. I have a bunch of homework to finish up.

Homework, huh?

I’m not lying. It’s Math. The one thing I have a hard time keeping up in. Words I’m fine but numbers. Ugh.

Give it to me then Ill help you

 I don’t think so. I’m several grades above you, Meg.

Hand it over trust me

If you say so. But it’s pretty complicated. Here.

Do they care how you do it? Can you work it out your own wa

 Sure if I get the answers right. But we don’t have to do this now

Well, you said you wouldn’t go in ‘til your “homework” was done.

okay fine

Now look, Calvin. Dimensions are easy. A simple line squared is a flat square, squared is the third dimension: a box. For the fourth dimension you’d square the square, technically. You can’t draw that, exactly, but it’d be something to do with Einstein and time…

I suppose I should stop being surprised by now, but you’re supposed to be dumb in school. (or five years old)

My father taught me some shortcuts, that’s all. The teachers don’t like it because they want me to do the problems the long way around. But who has time for that?

 Jeez, are there any more morons like you and Charles around? If so, I should meet them!

um thanks

 I know I just met you but for the first time in my life I feel like I’m not alone anymore! Do you realize what that means to me? There hasn’t been anybody, anybody in the WORLD I could talk to! Sure I can function on the same level as everybody else, I can hold myself down, but it isn’t me. How did all this happen? Isn’t it wonderful? What’s wrong sorry was that too much

Do you think all this stuff with you and Charles and Mrs Whatsit and the tesseract all has something to do with my father?

I’m not sure. But I think it must.

 Do you think things always have an explanation?

Yes, I believe they do.

My mother says we’re limited as humans in that we’re not always able to understand the explanation, even if there is one. But just because we don’t understand doesn’t mean that the explanation doesn’t exist.

Charles Wallace understands more than the rest of us, doesn’t he?

Yes

 He’s not like anybody else I’ve ever met.

And I wouldn’t want him to be. I guess I have to accept Charles Wallace without understanding him. My father would…

 What happened to him?

I don’t know. What he did was. Well. It was what they call classified.

 You haven’t heard anything from him at all?Do you think he could be…?

No! I mean they’d have told us. Mother’s tried and tried to find out. She’s been down to Washington and everything. ...All they say is that he’s on a secret and dangerous mission and she can be very proud of him, but he won’t be able to… To communicate with us for awhile.

 Meg, don’t get mad, but do you think maybe they don’t know?

That’s what I’m afraid of.

 This is the first time I’ve seen you without your glasses.

 I’m blind as a bat without them. I’m nearsighted like Father.

Listen, you go right on wearing your glasses. I like ‘em.We’ll find your father, Meg. Trust me.