بخش 01

Mum!

How does this story begin?

It begins like so many stories.

With a boy.

Too old to be a kid.

Too young to be a man.

And a nightmare.

It’s got two fundamental constants.

E, the base of the natural logarithm system,

it’s a number, it’s a number that emerges from asking:

What is the mathematical function or thing

which describes things where the rate at which they change—

Now, if you do that mathematically,

it will give you this fundamental constant.

Conor?

Are you all right, Conor?

You look tired.

Are you getting enough rest?

Yeah, I’m fine.

‘Cause if you ever wanted to talk—

I’m fine.

Okay.

Everyone, eyes front.

Pi is the ratio of the circumference, and when you put it—

Careful there, O’Malley. You might fall.

Are you drunk or something?

He’ll have to get his slaphead mother to kiss it for him.

You’re always off in your own little dream world.

What’s there so interesting?

Get off!

You’ve been a good boy.

Remember, O’Malley,

good boys don’t talk.

Hey, Con!

Hey, Mum.

What is that?

It’s a surprise.

So, this is a VCR?

This is much better than a VCR.

It’s your grandpa’s old film projector.

There we go.

I wish you could have known him. Who?

Grandpa.

Even Grandma softened up around him.

Yeah, right.

Here we go.

What a bunch of assholes.

Why are they trying to kill King Kong?

People don’t like what they don’t understand.

They get scared.

King Kong could just smash them all.

Break them into a million pieces.

better

Yeah.