SOMA | The Meme Dump
LEVON
Oh, I don't know. Chill...
JUNE
Smoke weed and watch wrestling?
LEVON
Pssh. Are you mad or something?
JUNE
I'm sorry, Levon. I didn't get much sleep last night. Can we hang another time?
LEVON
Sure.
JUNE
Cool, sorry, my mind’s in a million places today.
LEVON
So I guess...
JUNE
We’ll talk soon.
LEVON
Okay, bye.
Levon and the dog pack stop at a rundown innercity residence.
Levon ties up the dogs. A faded sign in the window of the house reads “Herbal Remedies Cambodian TakeOut.”
Levon scans the area suspiciously. He crouches down among the dogs. When he rises, he is palming a small bundle of magic mushrooms sealed in a condom. Levon approaches the front door and is met by an elderly Asian woman, smiling widely with a mouthful of silverplated teeth. She is carrying a large shopping bag filled with empty beer cans. She greets Levon in broken English, 4
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nodding her head vigorously.
SILVERTOOTHED WOMAN
Hi! You making money?
LEVON
Pssh. I never stop hustlin’.
Levon exchanges the mushrooms for a handful of loonies and toonies in a sandwich bag.
SILVERTOOTHED WOMAN
How much for the dog?
LEVON
They're not mine, Mrs Tam.
SILVERTOOTHED WOMAN
How much for the fat one?
She gestures towards an English bulldog within the pack.
LEVON
Pssh!
Levon departs. As the dog pack pulls away, he pokes and stares at the photo again.
Levon rides down an empty service road bordered by vacant industrial parks. He is startled when the dogs pull him off road.
LEVON
Woah! Woooooah! Frig!
The longboard skids through the gravel shoulder. Levon steps off it and pulls on the leashes. His rotting sneakers tear apart as his feet are pulled through the rocks.