THE SEVENTH SENSE
by Ivan DeJesus
Based on characters created by M. Night Shyamalan
The following is an audio recording, recorded on August 18th, 2002 at 6:32 PM, recorded at a local development psychology center about 10 minutes from Atlanta, Georgia:
[the sound of a pen creating letter and/or numbers across a piece of paper]
DR. SILVER: [female] May I have your name, please?
JUSTIN: [slowly] Justin.
DR. SILVER: [a pen scribbling] And a last?
[silence]
DR. SILVER: You do have a last name?
JUSTIN: No.
DR. SILVER: So you're name is just Justin?
JUSTIN: [low voice, perhaps to himself] I wish.
DR. SILVER: I'm sorry? I didn't catch that.
JUSTIN: There's nothing to catch. We're not playing baseball, you know.
DR. SILVER: Listen, Justin, I am here to help you, not to hurt or threaten you.
JUSTIN: They are though. They always are. They always stare at me... they tell me they wanna kill me. [the sound of low sobs] Everyday, they do that. Every damn day...
DR. SILVER: Who, Justin? Who's trying to hurt you?
JUSTIN: [palms bang against a table] FIGURE IT OUT! YOU'RE A DOCTOR YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SHIT LIKE THIS! THEY ARE OUT THERE AND THEY WANNA KILL ALL OF US, AND ONLY I CAN SEE THEM! DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO SEE DE -
[end recording]