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FADE IN:

INT. MARINA BAR - LATE AFTERNOON

Golden hour. Glass walls. Boats that cost more than childhoods.

A half-dozen WELL-DRESSED COUPLES cluster around a high 
table. Cocktails sweat. Sunglasses rest on heads like declarations.

GREG (50s) -- confident, affable, wrong -- smooths a linen napkin.

He uncaps a pen.

                           GREG
               Okay. Geography. Very basic.

He draws a lumpy shape.

                           GREG (CONT'D)
               This is America.

Someone leans in.

                           MAN #1
               That looks like a potato.

                           GREG
               It's stylized.

Greg adds a second, larger blob on top.

                           GREG (CONT'D)
               This is Canada.

A beat.

                           WOMAN #1
               Why is Canada on top of America?

                           GREG
               Historically.

He draws a little line through both blobs.

                           GREG (CONT'D)
               This --
               -- is the border. Very arbitrary.

                           MAN #2
               Tell that to customs.

Greg waves him off.

                           GREG
               Borders are ideas. Water is reality.

He draws a circle around both countries.

                           GREG (CONT'D)
               Now. Once we're here --
                    (taps the ocean part)
               -- we're in international waters.

                           MAN #3
               So no U.S. law.

                           GREG
               Exactly.

                           WOMAN #2
               What about Canadian law?

Greg hesitates. Smiles.

                           GREG
               Canada's very polite.

A laugh. Not everyone.

                           MAN #2
               You're saying laws stop working?

                           GREG
               I'm saying they... loosen.

                           MAN #2
               That's not how laws work.

                           GREG
               That's how regulations work.

                           MAN #2
               Regulations are laws.

Greg draws a tiny boat.

                           GREG
               This is us. Free. Floating.

                           MAN #2
               You're confusing maritime law with vibes.

A WAITRESS appears.

                           WAITRESS
               You folks ordering?

                           GREG
               Yes -- and quick question --
               If someone did something mildly unorthodox --
                    (taps napkin)
               -- out here...

The waitress stares.

                           WAITRESS
               Sir, I'm from Ventura.

She leaves.

                           MAN #2
               You can't just opt out of responsibility by
               buying fuel.

                           GREG
               Spoken like someone who still pays taxes.

A silence.

                           MAN #2
               I pay taxes because I live in a society.

                           GREG
               Ah. There it is.

The room tightens.

                           WOMAN #1
               Please don't do this.

                           MAN #2
               He's drawing Canada like it's a suggestion.

                           GREG
               At least Canada still believes in facts.

                           MAN #2
               Which facts?

                           GREG
               The quiet ones.

A shove. A drink spills.

The napkin slides off the table.

Someone steps on it.

                                   CUT TO:

EXT. LUXURY YACHT - MOMENTS LATER

Engines rumble to life.

The napkin flutters into the water.

Ink dissolves.

Borders vanish.