FADE IN.
Act 1
INT. BEDROOM - 07:45
PETER wakes up.
PETER (V.O.): I dreamt of my late Auntie Kwai (葵姑媽) - my late father's sister.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The last time we met was in 1992. She died two years later.
Checking his smartphone notifications, Peter's eyes twinkle.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): About my answer on "a strange event that has got swept under the rug like it didn't even happen", a Quoran suggests that I've left the mouse in my parallel universe.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Well, a possible explanation. Two car keys and a battery cover have also disappeared.
Peter types his reply.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Do I have a parallel reality?
Act 2
INT. STUDY - 10:00
Peter is having screen time.
PETER (V.O.): The stock market has entered into the recovering phase of the price cycle.
Having checked real-time quotes, Peter types his orders.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My orders can be executed in seconds.
Peter checks the changing numerals on his investment list.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The market value of my portfolio changes in the twinkle of an eye.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): The money I can charge by the minute at work can't be compared with my investment gain/loss.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): I work for gain. If I don't work, I get negative gain.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The companies I've invested in work for stakeholders including me, for profit or loss.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Parallel realities are at work.
EXT. PARK - 14:15
A shaded area under trees with blossoms. Peter is practising Viennese Waltz steps.
PETER (V.O.): Dancing enables me to lose myself and find myself at the same time.
INT. STUDY - 18:00
Peter is watching TV - the Science channel.
PETER (V.O.): Science as a subject was hard for me in my secondary school days.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): My teacher in Physics and Chemistry was a Form 5 graduate of the school.
Watching.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Since formal retirement, I've learned a lot from documentaries on quantum mechanics, parallel dimensions and parallel realities.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I'd also reflect on Platonism - the idea that the heavenly reality is perfect while the earthly one is just its imperfect shadow.
Pondering.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): Do I have a co-existing variant of my existence?
Pondering.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If so, do I go to my alternate world from time to time?
Pondering.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): If so, do I travel to the past/alternate history as well?
Pondering.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Or even to the future/alternate future too?
Peter's eyes twinkle.
Act 3
INT. BEDROOM - 23:00
Peter is thinking in bed.
PETER (V.O.): In the parallel dimension, the possibilities are infinite.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O)(Cont'd): Time is unreal. The illusory past, present and future are in one dimension.
Pondering.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd): And if an electron can be in two places at the same time, why can I?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O)(Cont'd): Auntie Kwai (葵姑媽) and I met up in my dream - a parallel dimension.
FADE OUT
THE END
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