FADE IN:
INT. SLEEPING ROOM - DAY
Waking up, Peter picks up his phone.
PETER (V.O.)
I bumped into this social
media platform while
researching. What is
Quora actually?
Researching.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
It was founded by two
ex-Facebook employees
in 2009.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
That was the time I used
Facebook actively, as I
was recovering from my
broken ankle.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Now, the Quora App has
300 million monthly visitors.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
I only began using it since
the Yuen Long riot and now
my stuff has accumulated
2.4k views.
On the screen, a long list of unanswered questions.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Let me deal with them
after I've attended my
medical appointment.
Peter remembers something.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Oh! I forgot I've to swim
first! So obsessive with it!
INT. CLINIC - DAY
Peter sits in a waiting area dotting with PATIENTS. Nearby, a healthy standing MAN#1(79) chats with a frail wheel-chaired MAN#2 (89).
MAN#2
I've been living in an elderly
home for over 20 years. It
was very difficult to get in.
MAN#1
A friend of mine lived in
Canada for 40 years. At
the age of 99, he decided
to return to Hong Kong
to die here. Now, he's 107.
PETER (V.O.)
In terms of longevity, that's
encouraging for the older
folk. In terms of our link
with Hong Kong, it's always
home sweet home.
EXT. TRAIN CAR - DAY
Checking the Quora App, Peter bumps into a Daily Digest and reads.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Here's a pertinent observation:
...Hong Kong protesters are
destroying their home...
Let me answer one question
first.
On Peter's phone screen, we see the question:
How will China ultimately deal with differing attitudes and freedoms demanded from Hong Kong residents?
Peter types his answer:
Ultimately, China will satisfy the basic needs of Hong Kong residents as a whole.
Incremental democratic development in political systems has been a historical trend.
The apparent poverty of historicism is a temporal mismatch between the governments and the governed.
Lost between utopia and distopia, China and Hong Kong residents live on, as time goes by.
Peter taps the "Submit" key.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
There's a lot of political
science and philosophy
in the four short paras.
Hope readers can get
them.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd)
Serious it would seem,
the lines are emotively
imaginative...
Peter sees a new notification.
PETER (V.O.)(Cont'd)
One has already upvoted
my answer. I'm defending
my home, making it sweet
in my own way.
Wearing a smile, Peter gets off the train.
FADE OUT. The End