HOLLIS: This is such a treat to get off campus for the weekend. Thanks for the invite.

AVERY: You’ll like New London. It’s scenic.

HOLLIS: There’s “nice” scenic and then there’s … you know “amazing” scenic.

AVERY: a pretty seaside town.

HOLLIS: Pretty is … you know nice. It’s not magnificent of course. But I am sure it’s very nice.

AVERY: I like it.

HOLLIS: I’ll have to take you to Colorado sometime. I can’t believe you’ve never been to the Rockies.

AVERY: We have mountains in the east.

HOLLIS: Puny ones. They’re not exactly your “purple mountains majesty above the fruited plains.”

AVERY: I like being in an area where there are both mountains and ocean. We have choices.

HOLLIS: But out west – is magical. The earth touches the sky.

AVERY: We have space-magic in Connecticut. We’re in Sterling. It’s not far.

(AVERY twists and turns the car around.)

HOLLIS: Twisty road.

AVERY: You ain’t seen nothing yet.

(AVERY puts the car into park.)

AVERY: See that road.See that road.

HOLLIS: It’s … nice. The trees are pretty.

AVERY: And do you see how the road goes up?

HOLLIS: Yeah. But you know – not very high. It’s barely a hill.

AVERY: Watch. I’ll put the car in neutral…

HOLLIS: To get up a hill? What do you have? A flying car?

AVERY: Here we go.

(And in neutral, the car slides up the hill.)

HOLLIS: You’re pressing on the gas…

AVERY: See for yourself. Not that it would work in neutral anyway.

HOLLIS: There’s a trick.

AVERY: Nope. Just no gravity here. Connecticut defies gravity.

(The car reaches the top. HOLLIS is stunned-silent.)

AVERY: Hollis?

HOLLIS: Who knows about this?

AVERY: Just a select few. And I’d be careful who you tell. Sometimes the aliens get upset when the humans know things.