:17:01
For him, nothing's changed.
:17:07
TeII me, RacheI,
have you asked about Mathieu?
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Do you know if he's back?
:17:13
No, I don't know.
:17:15
What are you afraid of?
Worried you've aged?
:17:20
That's not what worries me.
:17:23
Don't you think
he might be waiting for you?
:17:29
I don't share your enthusiasm...
:17:32
and, if we want to move ahead,
we must be wary of our own hypocrisies.
:17:38
The first hypocrisy:
:17:40
companies need to create new jobs
unIess they fire peopIe...
:17:44
who were hired foIIowing the deaths.
:17:48
And the second hypocrisy:
everyone knows...
:17:51
even here, that they're sIow,
they don't communicate weII--
:17:54
Just a second!
The State is funding these extra jobs.
:17:58
Besides, most of the peopIe...
:18:01
who have returned are retired.
:18:03
Pensions need funding, too...
:18:05
and, sorry to be so bIunt,
that's a probIem for wage-earners.
:18:10
I'd Iike to say something. I agree.
:18:14
I think that our present difficuIties
can be overcome.
:18:17
In some fieIds, everything is fine.
We must work out why.
:18:24
All these people, young or old,
male or female...
:18:27
have symptoms
that resemble forms of aphasia...
:18:31
like those observed
following a severe concussion.
:18:35
But, for some strange reason...
:18:37
the motor functions are unharmed.
:18:40
We observe a sluggishness in their speech...
:18:43
and lapses of awareness...
:18:45
but the subjects are rarely incapable
of communicating.
:18:50
In fact, they seem to be in a latent period.
:18:54
A waking phase, in a way.