FADE IN.
Act 1
INT - SLEEPING ROOM - DAY
PETER wakes up.
PETER (V.O.): I dreamt of a woman asking my thoughts on destiny.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Yesterday, I was responding to a Quoran's answer request on the issue of destiny.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Was it determined by antecedent cause that I had to dream about destiny?
Pausing.
SOMEONE: Or was it due to my own freewill that I want to dream about it? The substance between my dream and reality is the same.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Determinism and indeterminism can't coexist. The issue has been with me since I was young.
Act 2
INT. SITTING ROOM - DAY
Peter sees a phone notification.
PETER (V.O.): "What's the narcissistic trail of destruction?" That's another answer request.
Researching.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Narcissistic personality is a mental disorder. It involves a pattern of dysfunctional attitudes and behaviours such as self-centred, arrogant thinking, excessive need of admiration, but no empathy for others.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Narcissism isn't self-love at all. Self-love is being content with what one is. Being oneself is to compare with one's past and not with others. Self-love isn't thinking about better than anyone else.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've experienced narcissistic personality traits in schools, in workplace and in society.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): There's no point to argue with them as they won't change their stance. What I could do was to distance myself from them.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It's also easy to see and hear from the media that certain people seem to expect constant admiration, behaving as if they're always better than everyone else.
Recalling.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I've actually watched a documentary about a former female student leader in the June 4th Incident saying that she was different from others.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Her obedient admirers might die in any violent confrontations but not her. She has the sense of entitlement.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): They live in a fantasy world that supports their delusions. They frequently demeans, intimidates and bullies others without guilt or shame.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): What causes narcissism then?
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The mental disorder may be linked to (1) the environment eg excessive adoration/criticism; (2) genetics ie inherited characteristics and (3) neurobiology eg the brain's impact on behaviour.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Parents in Hong Kong, China, tend to indulge their children. As to genetics, I have come across a father and a son having the same narcissistic traits. As to neurobiology...
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): It seems that some people are destined to suffer from the narcissistic mental disorder. They don't have any free will at all.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Here're some facts. Narcissism is more common among adults aged 20-29. And around 6.2 % of people have narcissism once in their lives.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): So, nearly half a million of the people in Hong Kong, China might be suffering from narcissistic personality disorder.
Peter's eyes are wide open.
Act 3
INT. SITTING ROOM - CONTINUOUS
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Some people may believe in fatalism ie everything that's happening in the future has been pre-planned and there's no way to alter the course of events.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): I still believe in my free will though. I've proven that I've the ability to determine my destiny.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Perhaps, a better way of looking at fate is that: the potential opportunities are all there; and whether one would do something with them rests in one's free will.
Reading.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): While narcissism often begins in one's teens or early adulthood, it doesn't necessarily mean that one goes on to develop the narcissistic personality disorder.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): But those suffering from it might not think that they've the narcissistic personality disorder and that they need medicine or psychotherapy.
Thinking.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): Do people pay attention to their lives? If the results of their behaviour aren't in their favour, do they ever attempt to change themselves?
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): The problem is that they may not have the capacity to do so due to antecedent causes.
Pausing.
PETER (V.O.) (Cont'd): And if they can't do it voluntarily, society would have to provide the correctional services to rehabilitate them.
INT. SLEEPING ROOM - NIGHT
Peter lies in bed, listening to music.
PETER (V.O.): My destiny is to become the best version of me.
Peter sleeps.
FADE OUT.
THE END
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