Mine

(text-style: "underline")[Mine] This is Miguel Dominguez. His helmet is battered oxidised metal. His tunic tough leather His beard longer since he's been away from Nuestra Senora de La Paz Or La Paz as he's started calling it recently He misses Sevilla but what he misses about it gets vaguer by the day, month, year He rides into the village Alone [[Dismounts]]

The village is very quiet He wonders if they saw him coming It is best not to spend too much time thinking what his arrival must mean to them It doesn't help anyone He has a job to do The first few huts are empty They could be out hunting, working the land, or simply hiding He can see a fire burning as he approaches this one though There's no door to knock on He goes [[inside]]

This is Amaru He is sitting down on a small stool by the fire He can stand but he isn't young and his left leg isn't what it used to be Sharp pains shoot through it So he prefers to sit He was once a warrior He sees the Spaniard's sword as he enters his home There was a time, he would have challenged any stranger who showed up like this But he has seen what's happened to others He wants to see his grandchild born The Spaniard takes off his head-kettle Amaru nods "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "¿habla usted español, señor?","Do you speak Spanish, sir?")]" He says [[something]].

Amaru looks at the Spaniard He understands But he doesn't reply He has never tried to speak the white man's language It's enough to stop fighting back Without letting them inside your mouth Miguel [[looks]] at the old man

He's sure he saw a glint of understanding Perhaps he is a mute Or just a fool He stands in the middle of the room Like a fool himself Waiting for a gesture To sit Before he decides to take a stool Close to the fire Even fools can make a good fire in this part of the world The old man follows him with his eyes Not hatred, not fear. Something else. Do they have the same humours as us or are theirs tinged with other flavours like their food? "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "Esperaré","I'll wait")]" He looks at the fire because he doesn't want to look back at the old man who is still staring at [[him]]

Time passes. They can both hear goats bleating outside. Miguel thinks of goat-meat cooked over a fire like this The way the fat might crackle "(text-colour:red)[(cycling-link: "¿Vives solo?","You live alone?")]", he says eventually. The old man looks back at him. Pokes at the fire. Nothing. It's starting to get [[dark]].

The two boys enter. Still children. They ask their father who the man is. He says he came on a horse. That he has been sitting here while two logs burnt That he says things in his language That he is probably here to kill them all One of the boys addresses Miguel in faltering Spanish "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "¿Quién...e... es... usted?","Who...o...are...you?")]" Miguel stands up. He looks them up and down and, in a ledger, writes something down. "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "¿Cuántos años tienes?","How old are you?")]" The boy doesn't answer. Miguel writes down 15 and 16 in the ledger. Old enough. Strong. "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "¿Alguien más se fue? ¿Hay otros niños u hombres?","Anyone else left? Any other boys or men?")]" "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "Somos todo lo que queda","We're all that's left")]", the boy replies quickly. The old man observes [[the Spaniard]].

Miguel hears the word Potosi sticking out from the native language he doesn't understand. "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "Potosí. Si. Ambos deben venir conmigo a Potosí.","Potosí, yes. You two must come with me to Potosí")]" They continue to talk. He hears the word //mita//. He sees they understand why he's here. The silver mine. The old man can't work. The other boy speaks now. He's a little taller. But the first looks [[stronger]].

"(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "Nuestro padre no puede trabajar la tierra. No queda nadie más. Sólo nos tiene a nosotros. Si vamos a la Montaña de Plata, moriremos. Y él también morirá. Deja que nos quedémonos. Vuelve y diles que no encontraste a nadie aquí.","Our father cannot work the land. There's nobody else left. All he has is us. If we go to the Silver Mountain, we will die. And he will die too. Let us stay. Go back and tell them you found nobody here.")]" Miguel is surprised by the boy's fluency. These natives are so fatalistic, he thinks. "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "No morirás en Potosí.","You won't die at Potosí.")]" "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "Ninguna mita ha regresado jamás.", "No //mita// has ever returned.")]" "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "Tal vez ellos encontraron una vida mejor.","Maybe they found a better life.")]" "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "Si vivieran, regresarían.","If they lived, they would return.")]" The soldier says [[nothing]] to this.

The old man does not look like he is pleading. None of them do. They are asking for their lives. Like his brother would ask him to pass the wine across the table at home in Sevilla. A little more. Pour me a little more. Por favor. "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "Él no los necesita a ambos para cuidarlo o para trabajar la tierra. Solo necesita a uno de ustedes","He doesn't need you both. To care for him, to work the land. He only needs one of you.")]" They talk to each other in whispers now, while their father demands to know what's being said. He stands up. Hobbles towards them using a stick. He understands now. [[He turns to the Spaniard]].

In his own language, Amaru speaks to the Spanish soldier, knowing he cannot understand the words "You want me to choose between my sons?" "To send one of them to their death in that cursed mountain" "To make me the kind of killer you are" "A killer who uses a pen instead of a sword" "Fight me instead" "Fight me for my sons" "Take them both if you kill me" The Spaniard [[looks back at him]] quizzically

"(text-color:red)[(cycling-link:"Parece enojado. Esta es una oferta mejor que la que recibiría de cualquier otra persona. Podría tomarlos a los dos. Ni siquiera es una negociación. No tienes nada con lo que negociar.","He seems angry. This is a better offer than you would get from anyone else. I could just take them both. It's not even a negotiation. You have nothing to negotiate with.")]" One of the boys, the taller one, translates for his father. "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "Si no quieres elegir, lanzaré una moneda al aire.","If you don't want to choose, I will flip a coin.")]" Miguel takes out a silver coin. Holds it up. It's a little dirty but it still glints as it reflects the dying flames. "(text-color:red)[(cycling-link: "La cruz para el alto. El escudo real para el corto.","The cross for the taller one. The royal crest for the short one.")]" "Claro?" "[[Claro.]]"

He throws the coin up. All four watch it spin. It lands on the back of his hand. Despite themselves, they inhale together He reveals it It's (either: "the cross", "the royal crest"). "(text-color:red)[[[Ven conmigo->me]]]"

This is Elijah He is 14 His right fist is clenched shut The sun beats down He is walking fast Looking for [[Erasmus]]

This is Erasmus. 15 years old. Under the same hot sun, he is holding a stick and poking a sandbank He thinks he saw a snake go in there He doesn't want to kill the snake Not necessarily He doesn't know what he'll do when he captures it He hasn't thought that far ahead He just wants to examine it In the distance, he hears his name shouted out He turns and squints against the sunlight It's [[Elijah]]

Elijah starts running now towards his friend Erasmus looks towards the snake and realises it has slinked away into the shallow water [["You bastard I lost the snake"->snake]]

[["I found something. It's more important than any snake."->found something]]

[["This could have been a very dangerous snake. But I didn't catch it. And now it will poison all the cows and it'll be your fault."->your fault]]

[["If you didn't even get to see it, you don't know it's poisonous. It's just a dumb river snake. Your cows will be fine. I'm going to show you something important. You ready?"->you ready]]

[["What's so important about it?"->about it]]

[["You want to see it or not?"->or not]]

[["Show me"]]

He extends his arm below his friend's face and opens up his fist slowly. Glimmering in the bright sun is a tiny gemstone A yellow tinge The light refracted inside it [["Treasure"]]

[["That's just a piece of glass"->glass]]

[["That's not glass. That's a diamond."->diamond]]

Erasmus laughs [["You're so dumb! No diamonds in Africa."->Africa]]

[["You're dumb! There's everything in Africa. You think this is the only one?"->only one]]

[["The only what? Piece of glass. It's glass. Pretty glass. It's not a treasure. Not a diamond. Diamonds are only in India. Have you been reading again?"->reading again]]

[["I know what a diamond looks like. This is a diamond. I was going to show you where I found it but I suppose you're not interested."->not interested]]

[["It's all my land anyway."->my land anyway]]

[["Your father's. And you don't know where the stones are in any case so the land's no good for you. You Boer can have all the land you want. You don't know how to use it."->use it]]

Erasmus kicks Elijah's shin "Owwww" [["That didn't hurt"->didn't hurt]]

[["But you won't. Because we're friends. And if I wasn't here, what friend would you have? No one."->no one]]

[["I could have white friends."->white friends]]

[["Good luck. I don't see a queue."->queue]]

[["So there are more of these, eh?"->more of these]]

[["Many many more. My uncle told me."->uncle told me]]

[["He seen them for himself?"->himself]]

[["Seen so many."->so many]]

[["How many?"->many]]

[["Many many. Okay? Many many"->many many]]

[["He just leaves things where they are. He tells stories. If he can tell it in a story, he doesn't need to bring it here"->bring it here]]

[["I don't believe you. If there are so many, then you can go and find them."->find them]]

[["Yes, I can. I will. And you won't even know."->even know]]

[["If you're so sure there are so many, you can give that to me."->give that to me]]

They stare at each other Elijah smiles Throws the stone into the air It spins Catches the sun Erasmus [[lunges for it->part 3]]

[["I could get you whipped for the things you say to me, you know?"->you know]]

- You can let him in, Brett. Yeah it's okay, he's with me. Sorry about that. - Your brother couldn't come - It's good to see you - He weren't busy. Guess he just didn't wanna - Yeah I get that - Been a long time - It has. You gonna give me a hug though or...? (Kyle shakes Josh's hand) - Okay sure, kind of formal - Been curious what they been doing in here. They don't tell us much. - I think you're gonna like what you see. It's not like anything else I've ever seen and I've been all over the world - So it seems. Everywhere but Texas - Guess so but I'm back now. This way. (text-colour:green)[[[retry->retry-1]] [[duplicate->duplicate-1]] [[ignore->ignore-1]]]

[["And only your uncle knows this? Why doesn't he go and get them?"->go and get them]]

- You can let him in, Brett. Yeah it's okay, he's with me. Sorry about that. - Your brother couldn't come - He busy? - Not so much - What then? - Guess he just didn't wanna - Yeah I get that - Been a long time - It has. You gonna give me a hug though or...? (Kyle shakes Josh's hand) - Okay sure, kind of formal - Been curious what they been doing in here. They don't tell us much. - I think you're gonna like what you see. It's not like anything else I've ever seen and I've been all over the world - So it seems. Everywhere but Texas - Guess so but I'm back now. This way. (text-colour:green)[[[retry->retry-2]] [[duplicate->duplicate-1]] [[ignore->ignore-1]]]

- Sorry about the noise - What? - I said sorry about the noise - Oh - What is it? - Fans mostly. Otherwise everything would overheat or shut down. Cause a fire. - These computers? - That's right, 600 in each block - They don't look like any computer I've ever seen - They don't have screens. Just hardware. Graphics processors - And you call them miners? - That's right. This building's got thousands of miners - Don't look like any miners I've ever seen - The work's been done by computers now. Let's go out here. Easier to talk. (They move into one of the sound-proof offices) - These computers, they're making money? - They are. When we average it out, each one's making around $30. The equivalent. It doesn't really work like that because it's more one makes $10,000 in any day while its neighbours make nothing. So we have to look at averages. It's kinda like they're all playing the lottery. Or using slot machines. - Gives me the creeps - I think you'd get used to it - Why would I need to do that? - That was what I wanted to talk to you about. I mean I wanted to see you, of course, but I also wanted to offer you something - What you got to offer me? - A job (Neither of them say anything for a while) - Doing what? - Physical maintenance. We got a small team already but we're gonna have to grow it. None of the computer stuff. It'd be working with the hardware, soldering, like what you used to do. You'll have to understand how it all fits together but we'd train you up in that - This charity? - It's not. It's work. You'd be working hard - And you'd be my boss? - Not really. I wouldn't be your direct boss, nowhere near. Completely different departments. - Too important to be my boss? - Not at all. Just my skills are totally different. - Sure - Sure? You mean you want it? - Already got a job (text-colour:green)[[[retry->retry-a]] [[duplicate->duplicate-a]] [[ignore->ignore-a]]]

- You can let him in, Brett. Yeah it's okay, he's with me. Sorry about that. - Your brother couldn't come - He busy? - Not so much. - What then? - Guess he just didn't wanna - Yeah I get that - Been a long time - It has. You gonna give me a hug though or...? (Kyle gives Josh a hug) - I've missed you, dad. I wrote you emails. You never replied. Called. You never picked up - I'm a face to face guy. I never know what to say. I space out, I guess. Before you went away, I didn't know anyone who... I just expected you'd stay here like your brother. It confused me - I get that. I thought you might be interested in what I was doing - I was. Your brother would tell me for a while but then he stopped. - I'm sorry bout what happened with Paul. It was a misunderstanding, you know? I just wanna straighten everything out now - Don't reckon it'll be easier. But being here's a good start, I guess. What's this place then? Been curious what they been doing in here. They don't tell us much. - I think you're gonna like what you see. It's not like anything else I've ever seen and I've been all over the world - So it seems. Everywhere but Texas - Guess so but I'm back now. This way. (text-colour:green)[[[retry->retry-3]] [[duplicate->duplicate-1]] [[ignore->ignore-1]]]

- You can let him in, Brett. Yeah it's okay, he's with me. Sorry about that. - Your brother couldn't come - He busy? - Not so much - What then? - Guess he just didn't wanna - Yeah I get that - Been a long time - It has. You gonna give me a hug though or...? (Kyle gives Josh a hug) - I've missed you, dad. I wrote you emails. You never replied. Called. You never picked up - I'm a face to face guy. I never know what to say. I space out, I guess. Before you went away, I didn't know anyone who... I just expected you'd stay here like your brother. It confused me - I get that. I thought you might be interested in what I was doing - I was. Your brother would tell me for a while but then he stopped. - I'm sorry bout what happened with Paul. It was a misunderstanding, you know? I just wanna straighten everything out now - Don't reckon it'll be easier. But being here's a good start, I guess. What's this place then? Been curious what they been doing in here. They don't tell us much. - I think you're gonna like what you see. It's not like anything else I've ever seen and I've been all over the world - You gonna tell me about all them adventures? - If you wanna hear about them, I will. This way. (text-colour:green)[[duplicate->duplicate-1]] [[ignore->ignore-1]]

- Sorry about the noise - What? - I said sorry about the noise - Oh - What is it? - Fans mostly. Otherwise everything would overheat or shut down. Cause a fire. - These computers? - That's right, 600 in each block - They don't look like any computer I've ever seen - They don't have screens. Just hardware. Graphics processors - And you call them miners? - That's right. This building's got thousands of miners - Don't look like any miners I've ever seen - You weren't a miner though - Never said I was - You worked on a smelting plant - I know where I worked (They move into one of the sound-proof offices) - These computers, they're making money? - They are. When we average it out, each one's making around $30. The equivalent. It doesn't really work like that because it's more like one makes $10,000 in any day while its neighbours make nothing. So we have to look at averages. It's kinda like they're all playing the lottery. Or using slot machines. - Gives me the creeps - I think you'd get used to it - Why would I need to do that? - That was what I wanted to talk to you about. I mean I wanted to see you, of course, but I also wanted to offer you something - What you got to offer me? - A job (Neither of them say anything for a while) - Doing what? - Physical maintenance. We got a small team already but we're gonna have to grow it. None of the computer stuff. It'd be working with the hardware, soldering, like what you used to do. You'll have to understand how it all fits together but we'd train you up in that - This charity? - It's not. It's work. You'd be working hard - And you'd be my boss? - Not really. I wouldn't be your direct boss, nowhere near. Completely different departments. - Too important to be my boss? - Not at all. Just my skills are totally different. - Sure - Sure? You mean you want it? - Already got a job (text-colour:green)[[[retry->retry-b]] [[duplicate->duplicate-a]] [[ignore->ignore-a]]]

- Sorry about the noise - What? - I said sorry about the noise - Oh - What is it? - Fans mostly. Otherwise everything would overheat or shut down. Cause a fire. - These computers? - That's right, 600 in each block - They don't look like any computer I've ever seen - They don't have screens. Just hardware. Graphics processors - And you call them miners? - That's right. This building's got thousands of miners - Don't look like any miners I've ever seen - The work's been done by computers now. Let's go out here. Easier to talk. (They move into one of the sound-proof offices) - These computers, they're making money? - They are. When we average it out, each one's making around $30. The equivalent. It doesn't really work like that because it's more one makes $10,000 in any day while its neighbours make nothing. So we have to look at averages. It's kinda like they're all playing the lottery. Or using slot machines. - Gives me the creeps - I think you'd get used to it - Why would I need to do that? - That was what I wanted to talk to you about. I mean I wanted to see you, of course, but I also wanted to offer you something - What you got to offer me? - A job (Neither of them say anything for a while) - Doing what? - Physical maintenance. We got a small team already but we're gonna have to grow it. None of the computer stuff. It'd be working with the hardware, soldering, like what you used to do. You'll have to understand how it all fits together but we'd train you up in that - This charity? - It's not. It's work. You'd be working hard - And you'd be my boss? - Not really. I wouldn't be your line manager, nowhere near. Completely different departments. - Too important to be my boss? - Not at all. Just my skills are totally different. - Sure - Sure? You mean you want it? - Already got a job (text-colour:green)[[[retry->retry-a]] [[duplicate->duplicate-a]] [[ignore->ignore-a]]]

- I know you got work but this would be regular. Every day. Monday to Friday. Medical. Pension. Reliable. - That's what they always tell ya. Reliable until it's not. - You just gonna fix folk's cars then? - Folks always got cars. Cars need fixing. Works for me. - That's not what I hear - Who from? - Never mind (Neither says anything for a while) - How do I even know you're him? - What are you talking about? - Twenty years. I don't know. You look kinda like him. He was 18 when he left. Haven't seen him since. - I came back that first summer. - 19 then. No difference. He'd be almost 40 now. - I am almost forty. This is me. - Sure you look similar - I just look older. I've lost some hair. That's it - Yeah I don't think he'd have lost his hair. His brother's got all his hair still and he's older. And look at mine. - Yeah okay. Congratulations on that - Well go figure. We're a family of men with hair on our heads. It ain't that convincing is what I'm saying - I'm not trying to convince you of anything. I'm Josh. You can look at my face. It's the same face. Just like yours. - You did your research well, sure - Dad - We'll see about that - Listen to me - Oh I been listening plenty - What motivation would I have, as what like an imposter, some guy who is impersonating your son. What motivation would I have to come here, to track you down and to offer you, a 70 year old part-time car mechanic whose home is about to be reposssessed by the bank, a job. What kind of hustler you think does a thing like that? - How you know about the bank? (text-colour:green)[[[retry->retry-4]] [[duplicate->duplicate-4]] [[ignore->ignore-4]]]

- Sorry about the noise - What? - I said sorry about the noise - Oh - What is it? - Fans mostly. Otherwise everything would overheat or shut down. Cause a fire. - These computers? - That's right, 600 in each block - They don't look like any computer I've ever seen - They don't have screens. Just hardware. Graphics processors - And you call them miners? - That's right. This building's got thousands of miners - Don't look like any miners I've ever seen - You weren't a miner though - Never said I was - You worked on a smelting plant - I know where I worked (They move into one of the sound-proof offices) - These computers, they're making money? - They are. They're all working to solve mathemetical the same mathematical problem. When one of them solves, any of them, not just the ones here, that gets added to the blockchain. So it's rewarded with a certain quantity of bitcoin. It's kinda like they're all playing the lottery. Or using slot machines. - Why you need the computers to do maths problems? - It's just a way of making them work - What for? - Why does anyone work, I guess? - That's not something I've ever spent much time thinking on - That was what I wanted to talk to you about. I mean I wanted to see you, of course, but I also wanted to offer you something - What you got to offer me? - A job (Neither of them say anything for a while) - Doing what? - Physical maintenance. We got a small team already but we're gonna have to grow it. None of the computer stuff. It'd be working with the hardware, soldering, like what you used to do. You'll have to understand how it all fits together but we'd train you up in that - This charity? - It's not. It's work. You'd be working hard - And you'd be my boss? - Not really. I wouldn't be your direct boss, nowhere near. Completely different departments. - Too important to be my boss? - Not at all. Just my skills are totally different. - Sure - Sure? You mean you want it? - Already got a job (text-colour:green)[[[retry->retry-c]] [[duplicate->duplicate-a]] [[ignore->ignore-a]]]

- Sorry about the noise - What? - I said sorry about the noise - Oh - What is it? - Fans mostly. Otherwise everything would overheat or shut down. Cause a fire. - These computers? - That's right, 600 in each block - They don't look like any computer I've ever seen - They don't have screens. Just hardware. Graphics processors - And you call them miners? - That's right. This building's got thousands of miners - Don't look like any miners I've ever seen - You weren't a miner though - Never said I was - You worked on a smelting plant - I know where I worked (They move into one of the sound-proof offices) - These computers, they're making money? - They are. They're all working to solve mathemetical the same mathematical problem. When one of them solves, any of them, not just the ones here, that gets added to the blockchain. So it's rewarded with a certain quantity of bitcoin. It's kinda like they're all playing the lottery. Or using slot machines. - Why you need the computers to do maths problems? - It's just a way of making them work - What for? - Why does anyone work, I guess? - That's not something I've ever spent much time thinking on - That was what I wanted to talk to you about. I mean I wanted to see you, of course, but I also wanted to offer you something - What you got to offer me? - A job (Neither of them say anything for a while) - Doing what? - Physical maintenance. We got a small team already but we're gonna have to grow it. None of the computer stuff. It'd be working with the hardware, soldering, like what you used to do. You'll have to understand how it all fits together but we'd train you up in that - This charity? - It's not. It's work. You'd be working hard - And you'd be my boss? - Not really. I wouldn't be your direct boss, nowhere near. Completely different departments. - Too important to be my boss? - You could say that - Already got a job (text-colour:green)[[[duplicate->duplicate-a]] [[ignore->ignore-a]]]

- I know you got work but this would be regular. Every day. Monday to Friday. Medical. Pension. Reliable. - That's what they always tell ya. Reliable until it's not. - You just gonna fix folk's cars then? - Folks always got cars. Cars need fixing. Works for me. - That's not what I hear - Who from? - I been asking round about you since I got here - Anyone who'd talk about me like that, they don't know me well. They're not my friend. So they don't know about me. (Neither says anything for a while) - How do I even know you're him? - What are you talking about? - Twenty years. I don't know. You look kinda like him. He was 18 when he left. Haven't seen him since. - I came back that first summer. - 19 then. No difference. He'd be almost 40 now. - I am almost forty. This is me. - Sure you look similar - I just look older. I've lost some hair. That's it - Yeah I don't think he'd have lost his hair. His brother's got all his hair still and he's older. And look at mine. - Yeah okay. Congratulations on that - Well go figure. We're a family of men with hair on our heads. It ain't that convincing is what I'm saying - I'm not trying to convince you of anything. I'm Josh. You can look at my face. It's the same face. Just like yours. - You did your research well, sure - Dad - We'll see about that - Listen to me - Oh I been listening plenty - What motivation would I have, as what like an imposter, some guy who is impersonating your son. What motivation would I have to come here, to track you down and to offer you, a 70 year old part-time car mechanic whose home is about to be reposssessed by the bank, a job. What kind of hustler you think does a thing like that? - How you know about the bank? (text-colour:green)[[[retry->retry-5]] [[duplicate->duplicate-4]] [[ignore->ignore-4]]]

- You can't just look at my face and see it's me? - Like I said, twenty years is a long time - You want proof then? Is that it? - I do - I wish I could tell you about the times you took me fishing by the creek and how patient you were and how you told me stories about your father and his father, how they were real cowboys and that they lived at a time when the world was untamed but I can't. Because that didn't happen. (Josh undoes the first few buttons of his shirt and leans his head over to the left) - But maybe you remember doing this. You were angry and the Rangers had lost and I knocked over your beer so you grabbed the broken bottle and lashed out at me and the hospital told us if it had been half an inch to the right, I'd be dead. Maybe you've forgotten that. But I don't know what other proof I can give you other than the mark you made on me. [[Enter->The End]]

- I know you got work but this would be regular. Every day. Monday to Friday. Medical. Pension. Reliable. - That's what they always tell ya. Reliable until it's not. - You just gonna fix folk's cars then? - Folks always got cars. Cars need fixing. Works for me. - That's not what I hear - Who from? - I been asking round about you since I got here - Anyone who'd talk about me like that, they don't know me well. They're not my friend. So they don't know about me. (Neither says anything for a while) - How do I even know you're him? - What are you talking about? - Twenty years. I don't know. You look kinda like him. He was 18 when he left. Haven't seen him since. - I came back that first summer. - 19 then. No difference. He'd be almost 40 now. - I am almost forty. This is me. - Sure you look similar - I just look older. I've lost some hair. That's it - Yeah I don't think he'd have lost his hair. His brother's got all his hair still and he's older. And look at mine. - Guess it's mom's side then - Don't talk about her. You ain't got the right - Why? Because I'm an imposter now? - Maybe - Look at me. I'm Josh. You can look at my face. It's the same face. Just like yours. - You did your research well, sure - Dad - We'll see about that - Listen to me - Oh I been listening plenty - What motivation would I have, as what like an imposter, some guy who is impersonating your son. What motivation would I have to come here, to track you down and to offer you, a 70 year old part-time car mechanic whose home is about to be reposssessed by the bank, a job. What kind of hustler you think does a thing like that? - How you know about the bank? (text-colour:green)[[[retry->retry-6]] [[duplicate->duplicate-4]] [[ignore->ignore-4]]]

- I know you got work but this would be regular. Every day. Monday to Friday. Medical. Pension. Reliable. - That's what they always tell ya. Reliable until it's not. - You just gonna fix folk's cars then? - Folks always got cars. Cars need fixing. Works for me. - That's not what I hear - Who from? - I been asking round about you since I got here - Anyone who'd talk about me like that, they don't know me well. They're not my friend. So they don't know about me. (Neither says anything for a while) - How do I even know you're him? - What are you talking about? - Twenty years. I don't know. You look kinda like him. He was 18 when he left. Haven't seen him since. - I came back that first summer. - 19 then. No difference. He'd be almost 40 now. - I am almost forty. This is me. - Sure you look similar - I just look older. I've lost some hair. That's it - Yeah I don't think he'd have lost his hair. His brother's got all his hair still and he's older. And look at mine. - Guess it's mom's side then - Don't talk about her. You ain't got the right - Why? Because I'm an imposter now? - Maybe - Look at me. I'm Josh. You can look at my face. It's the same face. Just like yours. - You did your research well, sure - Dad - We'll see about that - Listen to me - Oh I been listening plenty - What motivation would I have, as what like an imposter, some guy who is impersonating your son. What motivation would I have to come here, to track you down and to offer you, a 70 year old part-time car mechanic whose home is about to be reposssessed by the bank, a job. What kind of hustler you think does a thing like that? - I don't know who you been talking to, whoever you are, but they been lying to you (text-colour:green)[[[duplicate->duplicate-4]] [[ignore->ignore-4]]]

Written and designed by William Drew williamdrew.work Commissioned by Future Everything and the Mozilla Foundation https://www.mozillafestival.org/en/#/ https://futureeverything.org/ With thanks to Zac Zimmer for his essay 'Bitcoin and Potosí Silver: Historical Perspectives on Cryptocurrency'.

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