Helen is a biochemist. She studies the mind. The depths of the mind. We all commonly accept the existence of the unconscious. Helen surmised that, if there are two layers of consciousness, then why not more? And if there are more, where are they, and what are they? What if we could go there? And what if we could take with us all these broken people and let them fix themselves? Nothing too clever. Just the simple virtues of life. Dignity and labor, sibling pride... family. Sufficient to rekindle their lost purpose here on Terra firma.
Your driver. He was one of these people.
Well, yes. And hundreds more like him. Michael, you found them. Your work in Summakor.
Spying on people.
No. Protecting them. Repairing them. We all need that. Helen was the first person ever in the Village. All those remarkable dreams. Every thought, every impulse within the Village resides here, in her mind. No children of our own. Her great heartbreak. Then we thought we... wondered if it were possible, if we went there, we could have a family.
(In the Village, 11-12 suffocates M2 with a pillow, causing Helen visible distress)
What goes on in that head? Of course, this was not the plan. (To Helen) Soon. Not long now. (whispers) He's here.
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