"A clear day, an overcast month... The second century from the invention of the telephone. To Ilya Petri from his friend Alexander Vitalievich Sokolov. Listen, even though you probably don't remember or remember but don't recognize me, I exist outside the framework of your judgments, and therefore, so to speak, I call out to you, for we haven't seen each other for a very, very long time. I can no longer remember how many days or even months have passed since the day you called me back. I know your wife gave you a long life, but that's no reason to throw your cell phone in the river. Your friends are still here, and they are ready to give you the hand you so desperately need. So if you're reading this, quit sobbing and call me."
After saying the message, Alexander orders the phone to save what he said in a note. Eve and Neil, who are sitting behind him, don't understand his speech, but they are curious - what did Alexander just say. A little while later, Alexander records a new message.
"To my beloved sister from her brother Alexander. You are like my friend Ilya; radio silence is your middle name. We must meet - it doesn't matter where or when, but we must. And since our clan is now in the land of fifty freedoms, I don't think we're far apart. Please call me when you have a spare moment to set things up. I want to hear you, see you, and certainly I want to hug you."
Alexander once again orders the phone to save what he said. Neil can't stand it and asks him about the messages. Alexander replies that he was plotting a message to his loved ones. There are no questions from the doctors, causing Alexander to exhale internally.
The car stops between a sedan and a motorcycle. Between dog and wolf, a quick thought flies through Alexander's mind. Eve gets out of the car, Neil is stopped by a question from Alexander regarding his readiness: is everything in place. Neil answers in the affirmative and gets out of the car. Alexander is left alone in the cabin.
Meanwhile, Neil opens the trunk and takes the memory editor. He closes it and follows Eva into a tall high-rise building, which does not differ from the others standing nearby.
Looking at the map on his phone, Alexander suddenly realizes that he is not that far from his goal. He abruptly gets out of the car and, locking the doors, walks down the street in an unknown direction. The rain is gathering. People walk by, lonely cars drive by. It's almost downtown, but there's no life - probably because of the gathering rain.
By the time Alexander reaches his destination, the rain is already falling. From the outside it looks like an ordinary bar, but inside is his goal for the day. Alexander steps inside, he is immediately enveloped by warmth and coziness, a fiery orange accompanies the dim light. The place wasn't crowded today, so there was a special, slightly noisy but still silence.
Alexander passes by slowly, trying not to arouse suspicion, until he reaches the right table, where no less necessary person is sitting. The man raises his head and, after a moment, asks. Alexander calls out the name of the seated man - Dan Worker - and introduces himself. Dan recognizes Alexander, speaks briefly about the past few days with his father, then asks what he needs. Alexander sits down in front of him and says: he's trying to find his father from the small leads he already had. The picture is collated, the map led to Dan. So he is here, hoping the man knows something.
Dan procrastinates at first, for he himself knows little about Alexander's father - they haven't spoken to each other. Alexander had already sighed inwardly and was ready to leave the table, when suddenly Dan says that he knows people who were closer to his father, indicating that those will probably lead to their reunion. The plan to leave without any progress was thrown out the window of consciousness. Dan names three names: the Pattewood brothers, Sarah Thompson, and Nikolai Znakharev - the latter, Dan argues, due to identical nationality, was clearly much closer to his father than anyone else in their small business, and therefore not worth wasting precious time on the others.
Alexander gives him his notebook and pen and asks him to write down names and addresses. Dan takes notes and returns it. Alexander thanks Dan for his help, gets up and almost starts to leave as he is stopped by Dan's question: how did he find him. Alexander guffaws without turning around, saying that he manipulated the databases, and therefore knows more about Dan than Dan imagined or could have imagined. Dan remains silent, trying to figure out if he was joking or not, and while he remains silent, Alexander leaves the establishment in a hurry, clicking his shoes all over the open space.
And outside, the downpour is already seeping through the fabric of his scholarly robe. He runs under the awnings to his car, avoiding people and not looking back, as if he were running from something terrible-perhaps oblivion. When he gets back into his car, he starts it up immediately, heading to a place a couple of kilometers from the house where Eve and Neil were now. He has plenty of time.
Following the instructions in the note, Alexander drives into a neighborhood of large, beautiful houses where rich people live, alone and with their families. He didn't turn on the radio - for him the music was the rain, which beat big drops on his windshield. When he spots the right house, he slows down and pulls into a vacant lot, squeezing in between two jeeps.
At a brisk pace, he does a dance in the rain: he gets out of the car, runs to the door, knocks on the door. There's a light shuffle, almost shut out by the sounds of rain. The door opens, Nick Pattywood's face meets Alexander's. The first is surprised by the unexpected latter. He steps back to let the unnamed guest inside.
In the kitchen, Alex Pattywood is doing his chores for today. He makes hot and bitter black coffee for Alexander, who is already sitting on the sofa. Nick asks who this unexpected guest is that is now sitting on their couch and drinking from their dishes. Alexander introduces himself, and it immediately comes to the brothers, as well as Dan, whose prodigal son this is.
They begin to reminisce about the days gone by, but Alexander stops them almost immediately and gets to the point — he needs a lead to help him find his father, and they, since they were his coworkers, know something that can help him. The brothers, looking at each other, decide to help Alexander and spill everything they know.

Their story stretches for almost an hour — they tell what they know about Alexander's father, honestly and in all sorts of detail. Much of their storytelling could be called «retrospective happiness». Realizing that there is no more they can say, he thanks them for their welcome and help and leaves their home. The Pattywood brothers wish him luck in his quest.
Alexander leaves the house and runs straight to his car. To escape the unbearable rain, almost a downpour. Sighing and waiting in the emptiness for a second, he pulls out a notebook and writes down everything that is in his head, so as not to lose what he needs and not to lose himself in the search inside his thoughts. Having written it down, he puts it back in his pocket, starts the car and drives back to the former parking lot to look at the high-rise where his colleagues work now, which is no different from the other high-rises nearby.
He arrives and turns off the engine. After sitting for a while, Alexander realizes that the process can and will take longer than he childishly thinks, and so he needs something to kill time. There's no book nearby, nothing on his phone, and looking at this blackening landscape will make you fall asleep.
Alexander, sighing, gets out of the car again and looks around again — to suddenly notice a small bookstore. He hurries inside; the bright light attracts him as a dog is attracted by a returning owner on the threshold of the house. Inside — the same sensations that were in that empty bar, where probably no longer sits Dan Worker.
Says hello to the cashier - a nice girl, probably a student working here to pay for her studies. Walks between the shelves, finds Russian literature in translation. Takes a few books, examines them carefully (he is soaked with rainwater). With the books in his hands, he goes to the cash register, puts them on the counter. The cashier scans, soon says the amount. Alexander pays. The cashier puts the books in a bag so they don't get wet. Alexander thanks her and leaves.
He quickly returns to the car. The rain only seems to be getting heavier. He turns on the interior light, shakes his hands out of excess water, picks up the first book. With an untrimmed fingernail he opens the plastic film and begins to read.

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Alexander doesn't notice the trunk opening and the memory editor being put inside. He only takes a break from the book when, soaked completely, Eve and Neil climb inside. Neil asks Alexander about his pastime while they were gone. Alexander with a straight face calmly replies — doing obscenities. Eve and Neil look at him in a stupor of surprise. Alexander notices their reaction in the rearview mirror and says, keeping a straight face, that he was joking.
He quickly puts the book aside and starts the car. Neil sighs in reassurance, Eve tells Alexander that he shouldn't joke like that — Alexander doesn't react in any way. The engine warms up and the car sets off on its journey back to the office.