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Hey there. Watch this.
- Impressive. - Thank you, you're a great audience.
- You're improving. - Practice makes perfect.
- Sorry... - Yes?
- Can I have an expresso, please? - Sure.
You didn't come to the office today.
I know. I landed at noon. The *** airplane was supposed...
... to land at 8. So I stayed home and rested.
What do you think about Monaco?
- It's cold. - Cold? That's it?
There isn't much to say. I was working all the time.
You were there for ten days and you had no chance for a night out?
You know I was there with those three idiots. I spent all of my time in the room.
- Uhm... Why are we here? - Well, I haven't seen you for ten days...
-... and you didn't come by today so... - I'm pleased you invited me here but...
-... we would have met tomorrow. - Hell will break loose tomorrow.
- We won't have time to talk. - Why is that?
You will see.
A wind of change is blowing.
Ok.
- Did you buy a new car? - No, why?
- The car I saw you in wasn't the one you... - A friend gave me a ride.
Could you imagine me driving such a car?
- Bianca had a car like that. - Really?
It was her mother's. Her father bought it, I couldn't understand why, it was too big.
- Have you seen her recently? - I've seen her twice since her exhibition.
You and Emanuela were there, weren't you? That's pretty much it.
- Do you remember her, in high school? - How can I forget.
- Listen... Do you know where the coin is? - Sorry?
- The coin. - Yes.
- You didn't notice. - Is it in your sleeve?
- You watched my hands. - But I should have watched your eyes.
Illusionists use this technique all the time. It's called diversion.
You pay attention to the right hand but it's the other one you should watch.
- That's interesting. - Looks are deceiving.
We rely on them too much.
A stroke is nothing more than a slap in slow motion.
We're philosophers today. Don't worry about the coin, it's fine.
It better be.
You have to defend what's yours, one way or another.
One way or another. I agree.
Tell me the truth now.
You're not interested in the coin, are you.
Is it in a body part I can use for a bad joke?
No. See, we've always been so different.
When I was a child my father did this magic trick for me all the time...
... and I thought that the coin actually vanished.
But then I grew up. And I knew that there was more to it.
But he wouldn't tell me anything. Excuse me?
- Yes? - My expresso. - I'll be right back. - Thanks.
My father was like that.
A few years later somebody taught me how to perform the illusion.
I was stunned. It was so easy. It took me back to the past, to those days with dad.
- Thanks. - Go on.
I understand him now. I think I wouldn't tell my son either.
I realised everything was too easy, I was in denial.
We all go through that phase, when we deny what's clear to our eyes.
- Nero? - Michele?
Why are you telling me about your father?
- We were talking about the coin, weren't we? - Yes but...
- Would you act differently? - Sorry?
If you had a son, would you tell him everything?
- I think so. - Illusionists never reveal their tricks.
- But you... You've always been the rebel. - Being the rebel led me nowhere.
That's not true. You just wouldn't be here.
- Where am I? - Our boss didn't filp a coin to choose...
-... who to send to Monaco. - You should have gone instead of me.
- Are you for real? - Sure, you know I hate travelling.
- You wanted me there, instead of you. - Yes, why?
Sorry... It's very... Kind, of you, to say that.
Kindness is something that's in your soul.
- Even though sometimes you just wouldn't say it. - Why?
I'm just saying.
Everybody can lie. Everybody can hide things.
Just like the coin.
Think for a second about...
- Betrayal. - Betrayal?
Yes. Betrayal. Classic among classics.
There's a girl, who is unhappy about her life. What does she do?
She starts to... No, she doesn't look around. Something will happen.
And then she meets someone. He shows her she's unhappy.
Somehow he tries to... fill the emptiness.
It's like... I don't know.
Things get better. So... she starts to cancel appointments.
She gives all kinds of excuses because he's the one who makes her feel alive.
But do you know what the most fascinating thing is?
The person she betrayed. Because he lives in the darkness.
He is the right hand, the one you look while everything is happening in the left.
Trust...
Trust is not a conquest. It's not a price.
It's a gift.
He focuses on the right hand because he trusts her...
... because he thinks the left is empty.
But there's a moment when all the pieces start to fill in the picture.
For this 'third player', let's call him that.
He thinks it can't be true. It can't be that easy.
He's in denial, completely.
Everything is in the right place now. It has always been.
But now it's clearer, it's in focus.
But suspicions need evidences, don't they.
Silence is his best friend.
He pretends to look at the right hand while he focuses on the left...
And then... certainty.
It must be such an unpleasant feeling.
What are you thinking about?
Ten days felt like forever.
- Nine. - Ten.
I missed you so much.
I didn't want to go there.
I know.
- You could have come with me. - I know that too.
There are suspectful people and I don't want to arouse their suspicions.
Suspicions are aroused by people who are hiding something...
- We are hiding something. - I know.
You can't have both of us forever.
Why not?
Because there won't be a good ending.
You have to choose the lesser evil, always.
- Cowards choose lesser evils. - You're wrong.
And anyway, I would be the right choice.
I can make my own choices.
And anyway, why do you think you are the right choice?
I can see it in your eyes.
This is so stupid.
So trivial.
Tell me it's not true then.
Hey there.
- What are you thinking about? - Ten days feel like forever.
I know that. They really feel like forever.
After ten days you act carelessly. And that leads to mistakes.
- Correct me if I'm wrong. - You're not.
Being wrong now... It would be awful.
Thank you.
I was saying, it would be awful to be wrong now.
Mixing words, leaving traces everywhere...
Someone could come over and swap the words to give them a different meaning.
And as we all know words are the seed for every sentence. It's like their ***.
Now you know.
Never leave your words behind. Never.
Traces drive you into a corner.
But above all... Never, ever look at the right hand...
... when it's the left one you should watch...