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Mal, what are you doing here?

I thought you might be missing me.

You know I am but I can't trust you anymore.

I have it under control.

I'd hate to see it out of control.

If you can steal an idea from someone's mind why can't you plant one there instead.

Okay, here's me, planting an idea in your mind. I say to you… 'Don't think about elephants'. What are you thinking about?

Elephants.

Right. But it's not your idea because you know I gave it to you. The subject's mind can always trace the genesis of the idea. True inspiration is impossible to fake.

I'm just doing what I know. I'm doing what you taught me.

I never taught you to be a thief.

I need an architect who's as good as I was.

I got somebody better.

I have a test for you.

You're not gonna tell me anything about this first?

Before I describe the job, I have to know you can do it.

Why?

It's not, strictly speaking, legal.

[to Arthur] Why don't you give us another five minutes?

Five minutes? We were talking for like at least an hour.

In a dream, your mind functions more quickly therefore time seems to feel more slow. Five minutes in the world gives you an hour in the dream.

I need to get home. That's all I care about right now.

Why can't you go home?

Because they think I killed her.

[silence]

Thank you.

For what?

For not asking whether I did.

Brain function in the dream will be about twenty times to normal. When you enter a dream within that dream, the effect is compounded: it's three dreams, that's ten hours times twen...

I'm sorry, uh, maths was never my strong subject. How much time is that?

It's a week the first level down. Six months the second level down, and... the third level...

...is ten years! Who would wanna be stuck in a dream for ten years?

Depends on the dream.

So, once we've made the plant, how do we go out? Hope you have something more elegant in mind than shooting me in the head?

A kick.

What's a kick?

This, Ariadne, would be a kick [kicks the leg of the chair Arthur's swinging at]

[finds his balance and glares at Eames]

It would have to be a 747.

Why is that?

Because in a 747, the pilot's up top, and the first class cabin's in the nose, so no one would walk through. But you'd have to buy out the entire cabin. And the first class flight attendant...

I bought the airline.

[Everybody turns and stares at him. Saito just shrugs]

It seemed neater.

If I get on this plane and you don't honor our agreement, when we land, I go to jail for the rest of my life.

Complete the job en route. I make one phone call from the plane. You'll have no trouble getting through Immigration.

So you knew about this risk and you didn't tell us?

There weren't meant to be any risk cause I didn't know we'd be dealing with a load of gunfire.

You had no right.

It was the only way to go three layers deep.

When he promised you half his share?

No, his whole share. Besides he said he'd done it before.

What's happening?

Your subconscious is looking for the dreamer. Me. Quick, give me a kiss.

[Ariadne kisses him and then looks around]

They're still looking at us.

Yeah, it was worth a shot.