The Return

INT. DARK ROOM - NIGHT


A man, DR KYLE MILLER, stands facing a window, the night sky shining through it.


SMOKE slowly rises above his head, most likely from a cigarette.
He stands there staring at the night sky.
The silence is broken by a question from an unseen person.


INTERVIEWER (OS)
Dr Miller?


KYLE slowly turns his head to the left, stopping at what looks like it being half-cocked.


Smoke BELLOWS from his mouth.  ZOOM IN on mouth.


INTERVIEWER (OS)
Would you like to start from the beginning?


KYLE smirks slightly.


KYLE
Which beginning?


INTERVIEWER (OS)
Whichever makes you more comfortable.


KYLE brings a CIGARETTE to his mouth and takes another drag.


He turns his face back to the window, staring at the night sky.


Smoke RISES agins above his silhouette.


KYLE
It's not about comfort. It's about what
you want the people to know.


INTERVIEWER (OS)
What do you mean?


KYLE
I mean there's more to this story than
the war we just fought.
   (beat)
More to the story about who we are as
humans... as people.


INTERVIEWER (OS)
Start with recent events. We can fill in
from there.


KYLE
As you wish.


KYLE takes one more dragging, letting the smoke rises above him again.


KYLE
On a cold night in December, the fate of mankind, the world, changed.