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DAY 3. Caption card at top of page. Daytime. The workshop. Dev at a workbench with the USB on a small magnifier. He is now in full engineer mode, deep in concentration. A tube amp's chassis open in front of him. He is rebuilding it from the inside out.

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Sunny brings him a sandwich. Sets it next to the chassis. Doesn't speak. Walks away. He doesn't look up. He smiles.

  • No copy.

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Across the warehouse — Jesse and Lou onstage. The warehouse has a small raised stage at one end, where the band rehearses. Jesse and Lou trading a guitar lick — Lou plays it, Jesse plays it back, Lou plays a variation, Jesse plays the variation back with a twist. Call and response.

  • LOUYes!
  • JESSE(small smile)That's the variation in fourths.
  • LOUYes!
  • LOUDon't explain it, Jesse. Play it.

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Lou, leaning in.

  • LOUThe problem with you, Jesse, is you understand music too well.
  • LOUYou play it like you're reading a textbook out loud.
  • LOUI want you to play it like you don't know what's going to happen next.
  • LOULike you're finding out at the same time as the rest of us.

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Jesse, looking at his hand on the fretboard. Quiet.

  • JESSEI don't know how to do that, Lou.
  • LOU
  • LOUI know.
  • LOUThat's why we have a week and a half.
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