AIDAN
Do you believe in ... uhm, whatchcallit?
When you die and come back?
Evie
Reincarnation?
Aidan
Reincarnation, yeah.
Evie
I’m not into Eastern stuff.
Not really. Do you?
Aidan
Well, not the hindu thing,
where you keep going up and down
the ladder based on performance
-– worm to dog to human
and back again if you screw up.
I mean, what did the worm do to
get to be a dog?
Evie
You’re right, that’s hard to swallow.
You really think about these things?
Aidan
Well, not all that much, you know.
I’m really a live for today kind of guy.
Evie
Yeah, me too, I guess.
I mean, it would be nice to
believe in some kind of future.
Aidan
Sure.
But how can souls keep recycling?
There’s billions more people
living than ever before.
So where did all the new souls come from?
Evie
Exactly.
Aidan
But there is this theory.
Evie
Who’s theory?
Aidan
I don’t know.
I heard about it somewhere.
What really happened is that
when the first people died,
they had huge souls see,
and when they died,
their souls split apart into pieces.
And the next generation got only a piece of a soul.
Evie
Oh, that’s a funny thought.
So, when you meet someone
and you fall in love ...
Aidan
It’s really because you each
have a small piece ...
Evie
Of the same soul?
And something inside of you,
what, senses that?
Aidan
Yeah, that’s why it’s hard to see, sometimes.
Evie
But wouldn’t there be a lot of people
living who have a piece of the same soul?
Aidan
Well, sure, but they might be
spread all over the world.
Maybe one is in Tibet,
and another in Africa or Iceland.
You’d probably never meet them.
Evie
But some people fall in love
more than once.
It doesn’t seem likely that
you’d run across more than one part
of your soul during your life.
Aidan
That’s what I think.
So, I guess you can fall in love
with somebody who doesn’t share your soul.
Evie
Maybe that’s why it fades so fast.
Aidan
But if you do find someone who does,
you don’t throw that away
cause its as perfect as its ever going to be.
Evie
I didn’t know you were such a romantic.
Aidan
I’m not. I’m only saying.
Evie
But you are. More than I am.
Aidan
That’s okay.
Evie
But what if you have to leave
your soulmate ‘cause, I don’t know,
say you’re not ready.
Aidan
Well, that’s what’s so great about this idea.
There’s another chance out there somewhere.
More soulmates.
Evie
Pretty risky, though.
Aidan
Life is risk.
Evie
I don’t know.
Aidan
Look, let’s say we’re soulmates.
Evie
What? You and me?
Aidan
Yeah. Just what if.
Evie
Ok. What if.
Aidan
And we don’t connect.
We fly by and zoom off like ...
Evie
Planets?
Aidan
Comets, yeah.
Evie
Okay. In separate ...
Aidan
Directions, yeah.
Evie
That would be ...
Aidan
Sad?
Evie
Sad.
Aidan
But not really a disaster.
If there is a you,
then there must be another you out there.
Evie
And a you?
Aidan
Sure. I don’t think I’m all that unique.
Evie
I never met anyone like you.
Fin
Do you believe in ... uhm, whatchcallit?
When you die and come back?
Evie
Reincarnation?
Aidan
Reincarnation, yeah.
Evie
I’m not into Eastern stuff.
Not really. Do you?
Aidan
Well, not the hindu thing,
where you keep going up and down
the ladder based on performance
-– worm to dog to human
and back again if you screw up.
I mean, what did the worm do to
get to be a dog?
Evie
You’re right, that’s hard to swallow.
You really think about these things?
Aidan
Well, not all that much, you know.
I’m really a live for today kind of guy.
Evie
Yeah, me too, I guess.
I mean, it would be nice to
believe in some kind of future.
Aidan
Sure.
But how can souls keep recycling?
There’s billions more people
living than ever before.
So where did all the new souls come from?
Evie
Exactly.
Aidan
But there is this theory.
Evie
Who’s theory?
Aidan
I don’t know.
I heard about it somewhere.
What really happened is that
when the first people died,
they had huge souls see,
and when they died,
their souls split apart into pieces.
And the next generation got only a piece of a soul.
Evie
Oh, that’s a funny thought.
So, when you meet someone
and you fall in love ...
Aidan
It’s really because you each
have a small piece ...
Evie
Of the same soul?
And something inside of you,
what, senses that?
Aidan
Yeah, that’s why it’s hard to see, sometimes.
Evie
But wouldn’t there be a lot of people
living who have a piece of the same soul?
Aidan
Well, sure, but they might be
spread all over the world.
Maybe one is in Tibet,
and another in Africa or Iceland.
You’d probably never meet them.
Evie
But some people fall in love
more than once.
It doesn’t seem likely that
you’d run across more than one part
of your soul during your life.
Aidan
That’s what I think.
So, I guess you can fall in love
with somebody who doesn’t share your soul.
Evie
Maybe that’s why it fades so fast.
Aidan
But if you do find someone who does,
you don’t throw that away
cause its as perfect as its ever going to be.
Evie
I didn’t know you were such a romantic.
Aidan
I’m not. I’m only saying.
Evie
But you are. More than I am.
Aidan
That’s okay.
Evie
But what if you have to leave
your soulmate ‘cause, I don’t know,
say you’re not ready.
Aidan
Well, that’s what’s so great about this idea.
There’s another chance out there somewhere.
More soulmates.
Evie
Pretty risky, though.
Aidan
Life is risk.
Evie
I don’t know.
Aidan
Look, let’s say we’re soulmates.
Evie
What? You and me?
Aidan
Yeah. Just what if.
Evie
Ok. What if.
Aidan
And we don’t connect.
We fly by and zoom off like ...
Evie
Planets?
Aidan
Comets, yeah.
Evie
Okay. In separate ...
Aidan
Directions, yeah.
Evie
That would be ...
Aidan
Sad?
Evie
Sad.
Aidan
But not really a disaster.
If there is a you,
then there must be another you out there.
Evie
And a you?
Aidan
Sure. I don’t think I’m all that unique.
Evie
I never met anyone like you.
Fin
