Nikolai!
Milos! Milos!
Nikolai! Milos!
- Milos! - Nikolai! Nikolai!
Milos! Milos!
Nikolai!
I thought you told me laughing was good.
Laughing is good, but in this case I might hurt the guy's feelings.
Nikolai.
Watch this! I'll handle it!
- Excuse me, sir. - Oh, hi.
Well, hair today, gone tomorrow.
Ah.
You already took...
took everything.
What... What... What happened to you?
They left me to die.
Who?
Please, please don't. Please.
Please, please, I can help you.
I can get you out of here, out of the country.
Ah, I swear!
I can take you with me to Canada.
That's where I'm from.
How?
My dad's a businessman, okay? He's rich.
He made a plan for me to escape when the borders closed,
but I was robbed, hurt, and I missed the connection,
but I still have contact with the smugglers.
Contrabandisti.
Okay, I can tell them I have friends.
We can all leave together and...
and my dad will reward you once I'm... I'm home.
You can be rich too.
Okay, you give me the name of the Contrabandisti,
and I will see if you tell the truth.
- Yes? - Yes.
Yes. Thank you.
What did he say?
He say if are trouble, he kill you.
Okay.
- Okay. - Let's go.
Okay, oi, fuck.
I just, uh... I just need a minute.
I'm sorry.
This yours?
No, it's, uh...
it's the family's I was staying with.
The little girl's.
Maybe it means we have luckier days ahead.
Some people think goldfish bring good fortune.
A fish?
No.
Yeah.
Hey, maybe it already has.
I'm Wesley, by the way.
Nikolai.
Thank you.
Nikolai, you... You saved my life.
Risky Business.
Milos?
Milos.
Nikolai.
Are you okay?
What are you doing?
Piano's out of tune. Thought I could fix it for you.
No, no, no, no, no. Don't touch it.
Don't touch it! Stop!
Fuck, stop.
Did you travel again?
Bad dream.
Does it hurt?
When you do it?
What are you writing?
Nothing, I...
I haven't heard from my family since the border closed.
I write letters home even though I can't send them.
I'm sorry about yours.
About your family.
My...
My uncle say I'm Moroi.
A ghost.
He... He think...
He think I die in church
and my spirit
is trapped between heaven and hell.
I tried to find my way to my family,
but this is as...
as close as I can get.
You don't look dead to me.
What do you think it is?
I... I think I just want to see them again.
When people don't understand something,
they tend to make up stories to help.
Like that goldfish.
It can only comprehend what's in its bowl.
That's its whole world.
Maybe you need to get out of your bowl.
See that this isn't all there is.
Yes, you... You put the nail in my head.
What?
The...
You put the nail in my head.
Oh, no, it's...
"You hit the nail on the head."
Like, "You hit the point exactly."
Yes, but you... You do not hit the point.
You hit the head.
You... You know what?
You're right, that works too.
Yes, of course it work.
- Nail in my head. - Nail in your head.
Whoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Ah.
I saw the Ramones in Toronto in '83.
No way, no way. How was it?
Yeah, wild. Joey Ramone is a legend.
Ce misto. That is so cool.
Hey, you ever think you could travel there?
With what you can do,
like see the Ramones in Toronto
and the Clash in Tokyo in the same day.
Uh... no.
I already told you, it doesn't work like that.
I am... I am tied to my home.
I only come here.
Yeah, for now, but...
what if you could do more?
See more?
Nikolai, you are not a ghost.
You're alive.
For whatever reason, you're still here.
And my dad, he has connections, friends who could help you.
Shit, Nikolai, if I didn't have something your uncle wanted,
I'd be dead.
Hey, all I'm saying is you have more power than you think.
Is that close?
Uh, no, we are good.
No, no, no. No.
No, no.
Nikolai.
Nikolai...
Shit.
Nikolai.
Are you okay?
Hey.
Nikolai, just take slow, deep breaths.
Your hand, squeeze it into a fist.
Okay, do what I do.
There you go.
What happened?
They're dead
because of me.
This trick you learn,
you learn from sister?
From her asthma attack?
You read my letters.
I...
I didn't trust you.
Your sister, how old?
Seven.
An adult seven.
My dad, he's a good man, but...
he's hard on her.
Cruel sometimes.
He blames her for my mom.
My mom, she died giving birth, so...
It's not fair.
He knows that, but he's still...
I don't know.
I try to think of my sister as a gift my mom left me.
It's stupid, I know.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, no.
Not stupid.
What happened to you...
Maybe it's not a curse.
- Hey, take it easy. - You, be quiet.
Shh.
He shouldn't be this late.
Something's wrong.
It's all gone.
- What's going on? - Shh, shh.
You'll be okay.
Tell my sister I love her.
Nikolai.
Wesley.
Nikolai.
Yes.
Thank you for Wesley's letters.
It is an honor to finally meet you.
Um, he said you can help me?
I've never tasted anything so good.
Thank you.
Wesley wrote a lot about you and your ability.
Elaine, you're interrupting.
I'm sorry, Father.
Dinner only when you finish practice.
Can you show me what you can do?
Um...
It doesn't...
It doesn't work like that.
Wesley alluded to the pain it has brought you.
Perhaps I can help you control it if we figure out the variables.
No, no, no, I... I do not want to control it.
I want to get rid of it.
This... This thing took...
everyone I love.
I'm sorry, this was a mistake.
Nikolai, you came here for help.
Is it that you think you don't deserve it?
Trust me.
I know that feeling well.
Or perhaps it is that you're afraid to put your trust in me.
We don't know each other,
but you will quickly see that I do not make promises I cannot keep.
I'm not sure how much I'll be able to help.
If there are others like you we can find,
or if there are experts that can guide us,
but I'm willing to try.
You're special, Nikolai.
It might be worth understanding why.
Regardless,
you have a home here if you want it.
And for what it is worth,
I believe Wesley would want you to stay.
I'll give you some time to consider.
Don't hover. Father says it's impolite.
You... You're friends with my brother?
I have to get it right first.
Sit.
"Clair De Lune"?
Do you know it?
Yes.
I'm gonna start from the beginning.
So you do listen to my messages.
I've missed you.
I find that hard to believe.
He's getting worse.
Not taking any food.
There isn't much time left.
My presentation to the investors is in a week.
If I can't show them a breakthrough,
we'll lose everything Dad worked for.
Everything we've worked for.
Your last test killed a man.
- Nikolai... - If she's not ready,
you'll kill her too.
And embarrass us.
Then make her ready.
Isn't that what you're doing?
I'll give you more Factor.
Whatever you need.
We're in this together, brother.
Thank you.
Give us a moment.
Of course.
He always liked you best.