Legion

Shall we begin?

Shall we begin?

While you wait, have you heard the story

of the poor woodcutter and his wife?

I don't believe I have.

One day, a poor woodcutter and his wife

found a crane caught in a trap.

Feeling bad for the bird, they freed it.

Shall we begin?

A few days later, on a snowy night,

a young woman in white knocked on the door

and asked for shelter.

The snow didn't stop for days.

When it did, the young woman asked

if she could live with them.

They had grown to love her like a daughter.

They said yes.

The young woman asked for a loom.

She said she would make clothes for them to sell.

"But," she said, "never watch me work."

Shall we begin?

Amy!

David?

The cloth the young woman spun

was fine and beautiful.

The woodcutter grew rich, but also curious.

Shall we begin?

One day, while the girl was at her loom,

he and his wife peeked inside

and saw that she wasn't a woman at all.

She was a crane.

What happened?

The crane flew off, never to be seen again.

How is your coffee?

I'll have another.

While you wait, have you heard the story

of the poor woodcutter and his wife?

I don't believe I have.

You see we're serious.

I don't know.

Ready?

Shall we begin?

Normally with memory work we go systematically,

back to front, step-by-step through your life.

We show you that each instance of your illness

was actually your power manifesting.

In this way, we discover your abilities together.

We learn what the triggers are,

but because of your sister we don't have that kind of time.

So let's focus on the big events.

What does that mean?

It means the shit that scares you the most.

Now, I've been doing some digging,

and I think I found the memory

we couldn't access yesterday, from the kitchen.

So if you're ready?

I'll be right here.

Just talk about it!

I don't want to talk about it, okay!

- Just leave me alone! God! - Ugh.

Freeze.

What's happening?

Well, this was... you know,

Philly and I dated for maybe ten months,

and I was... we fought a lot,

so I'm not really sure exactly

which time this was.

Oh.

Aah!

Wow.

Freeze.

So I was right.

You're not just a telepath.

You can control objects with your mind.

"Control" may be an overstatement.

What we're seeing here is raw power lashing out,

but you can learn to use it, take control.

First we have to find your triggers.

What happened right before this?

Right before the fight with Philly?

This little piggy went to the market.

This little piggy went home.

This little piggy robbed his therapist

and bought druggy drugs for his homey.

Do you smell cake?

An astronaut approaches... with baked goods!

Sweetie, Peter and Vanessa are on their way.

- Peter? - One small step for man.

- One giant leap for mankind. - Hey.

David, are you okay?

Mmm, mmm.

Oh, no, no, no. No.

Oh, no. That can't happen.

- Don't touch me. - Get off.

She didn't know about the drugs?

Unhand the reptile, Space Captain.

Aw, hey, now. Don't fight.

- Let go! - Freeze.

You were a junkie, and you got caught.

I was high, and Lenny and Philly

started saying all these things...

You got caught, and you felt trapped.

How is this helping me get Amy back?

Show me what happened next.

- What's wrong? - I don't know.

He's resisting again.

- David? - It's not me.

- What? What is it? - You can't... you don't see him?

See who?

Who's there?

Ah!

What just happened?

- I don't... - Something's wrong.

- He shouldn't be able to... - You saw something.

I don't... I don't know.

I don't remember.

It's just fear.

How is that possible?

All right. Take us back.

We'll watch it again,

but this time from a safer distance.

- Stop fighting me. - I'm not.

Did you know the equatorial diameter of the Earth

is 12,756 kilometers?

Paul?

No. We're out.

This is right now.

- Listen to me, David. - I didn't...

Yes. This was you.

There was something you didn't want us to see.

Melanie, we were in the memory cube.

Somehow, he teleported three of us

600 feet through two solid walls.

What are you?

Where did you grow up?

Why?

You seem like a city girl.

I was raised on the 31st floor.

- Mother? - Yeah, I had one of those.

Father?

A couple.

I think they were intimidated by her.

She knew people.

She traveled in circles.

She was famously smart.

She wrote these essays people talked about.

We had these parties. "Salons," she called them.

Artists with mustaches and men with money clips,

like big game hunters trying to bring her down.

We kept their heads instead.

We lived in the country.

Read mostly picture books.

That sounds nice. Trees and meadows.

No crowds.

Do you ever...

- What? - Well, it's...

Sometimes, I feel like I have long hair.

Like, from when we... when I was you.

And it's not like I just remember having it.

I reach for it to, like, brush it out of my face,

and it's just... it's not there.

Does that... does that ever...

Hmm?

What else?

Sometimes, my balance is off.

Like, my center of gravity and my hips...

- Watch it. - No.

And...

What?

Well, you know, when we changed places,

it was over, like, two hours,

and, you know, I had to pee and...

- No. - No, it's not...

I know how everything works down there, I just... I...

- No. Go on. - No, I...

I didn't touch anything or look.

Any more than I had to.

I just...

look, just to be completely...

I did... when we switched, I did...

Well, that's okay. I, uh...

What?

No, I didn't.

I should have, but I didn't.

It's fine.

It's not my body, you know?

It's just how I've come to think about it,

if anyone can just come and go.

Isn't that a little sad?

No. Not really.

It's like the soul, you know?

No one knows for sure. Does it exist?

But I've got proof.

We're more than just this.

I've been a Chinese man, a 300-pound woman,

a five-year-old girl, but everywhere I go, I'm me.

Well, I liked it.

Being you. I mean, not at first.

That was really weird and horrifying,

but then...