MAN (in a rough voice)
Who are you, and how did you get here?
TOM (surprised, but not startled)
My name is Tom. I escaped from the androids.
MAN
Why should we believe you? Maybe you are leading them here.
Tom smiles, his hand passing over his hair.
TOM
Do I look like an android to you? How long have you been here?
MAN
Several years already. We've lost count.
INT. NIGHT. IN THE GUARDHOUSE AT THE ENTERANCE OF THE HUT
Tom sits in the company of two men, three women, a boy, and a girl. A small fire warms them as they sit surrounding it. The girl, Claudine, shyly tries not to lock her eyes on Tom, or at least not to show how curious she is about him, although everyone is aware of her reactions. The two men are her uncle and father, while the boy is her brother. Two of the women are her mother and aunt, and there is another female relative, older than them.
CLAUDINE'S FATHER
So, you're saying they killed your companions?
TOM
I believe they see and hear everything through their TV screens.
THE BOY, CLAUDINE'S BROTHER
Oh my God!
TOM
From what do you survive here in the desert?
CLAUDINE'S FATHER
We have in the mine a shaft full of water and another one leading down to the mine. We find our food through hunting. My son is our most skilled hunter. Without him, we wouldn't survive this time of year.
He looks proudly at the boy whose smile widens.