INT - THE CENTRE/SIMULATION ROOM



The scene is in black and white. Jarod, 12 years old, is sitting
at a table. Behind another plate glass wall stands Mr. Raines
& Sydney.



INT - THE CENTRE/OBSERVATION ROOM



Mr. Raines: How soon do you think he'll have an answer?


Sydney: Based on what we are asking of Jarod, I would expect
no answer.


Mr. Raines: I thought you said he was your brightest pupil?


Sydney: By far. But what we are asking of him Raines, we dont
even have an answer for!


Mr. Raines: We'll give him to the end of the week.



Through the glass they hear Jarod call out.



Young Jarod(VO): I'm finished!



Raines and Sydney look at each other. Sydney exits the observation room.



INT - THE CENTRE/SIMULATION ROOM



Sydney enters and looks at the paper Jarod has with him at the table.
The paper is blank.



Sydney: Jarod, your page is blank. I take it you don't have an answer?


Jarod: I've got an answer, Sydney.


Sydney: Are you sure my dear boy?



Jarod nods, smiling.



Jarod: The question is what came first, the chicken or the egg.


Sydney: You don't see anything wrong with the question?



Jarod nods no. Sydney becomes intrigued. He paces.



Sydney: Ok, Jarod. What is the answer?


Jarod: Neither.


Sydney: So, you DO see something wrong with the question?



Jarod nods no.



Jarod: There is an answer.



Sydney comes closer, looking at Jared intently.



Sydney: Go on?


Jarod: We know that there are Chickens and that they lay eggs.



Sydney: Yes, but it still doesn't answer the question though.


Jarod: There are no fossil records that support one over the other.
No evolutionary proof.


Sydney: So what conclusion can you offer based on that Jarod?


Jarod: They must have both come first.


Sydney: Why would you say that? Isn't it more logical to conclude that
one or the other came first?


Jarod: There is no evidence to support it.


Sydney: So, based on that, what is your final answer then?



Jarod: That the Chicken must have been purposefully created to be a chicken
intended to lay eggs!



Sydney thinks on that for a moment, then smiles.



FADE TO BLACK