"DUEL IN THE DEEP" "What a creep." "Who?" "Feliciano." "I thought you meant Rob." "Let's not spy on them." "Let's go to the car." "Can I get two rum, friend?" "To your health, Mr Van De Berg." "Another one." "Let's get to business, funny guy." "Have you got the proof?" "It's in here?" "That should put an end to the gangster stuff." "Let's hope so." "Rob can be very convincing." "Yeah, when he wants to be." "What do you mean?" "He doesn't want much anymore." "All he does is drink." "I thought he'd come back to normal after we talked that night." "I thought so too." "Give him time." "Rob needs time." "One day he'll be back." "And we're supposed to be happy then." "I'll be happy." "Our organisation will check this very well." "You can drop dead." "If we don't trust it, we lose our patience." "Then we'll give you a hard time." "Next time, go for me first." "I know you're not bluffing." "Because you have nothing more to lose." "I think we'd do you a favour by killing you." "If you'll be the one doing it, I'll take you with me." "I'd enjoy that." "If someone kills you, it won't be me." "It's not good to hurt someone who saved your life." "So you're sentimental." "Lucky me." "That's what I believe." "You're safe from me." "You're serious, aren't you?" "Thanks." "I also believe that favours must be repaid." "Great." "So I'll tell you something useful." "And then we'll be even, ok?" "Let me tell you something, Feliciano." "The only favour you can do me, is to stay away from me." "Easy, no?" "Listen, this is important to you and the girl, whoever she is." "Ok, tell me." "The proof looks genuine to me but... if my organisation won't trust it, they'll send someone else." "For revenge." "Only our people know what I'm about to tell you now." "So by telling you this, I'm saving your life." "So I don't owe you anymore." "I don't want to have to be grateful to anyone." "To no one." "That's how I am." "Interesting." "Now tell me." "I'm in a hurry." "When they won't trust things... they'll send a guy." "A guy on his own." "It's taking so long." "I think that's a good sign." "Just like a gangster movie." "Where's my piece?" "We're dealing with gangsters." "For Rob to take them seriously, they have to be dangerous guys." "You have a high opinion of that Rob of yours." "Don't you?" "What are you doing?" "I'm having a look." "Remember that name well." "Ok, that's good to know." "But the proof is genuine." "I never want to see you again." "Let's hope so." "I'm all for it." "And those two apes of yours?" "If you see them again, something will be wrong." "It'll be a double warning." "We won't see each other again." "Adios." "It's your fault that she's dead." "Do you think I'll ever forget that?" "We didn't kill her." "We... did... not... kill... her." "We... did... not... kill... her." "And?" "I think it's alright now." "Good, I was afraid to go into the kunuku on my own." "If you ever see those two again, warn me." "You said it was alright." "You know where to find me." "Yes, Captain." "Is it alright or not?" "You never know with that scum." "And she must be about done here." "It's better if she leaves." "Fat chance." "I'm staying for a couple of more weeks." "Can't you explain to her that it's dangerous, Professor?" "Fat chance." "No place like home, thanks." "Wait a moment!" "What?" "Will you come to the barbecue?" "Sure." "Really, we're all going." "Right, Eddy?" "I love barbecues." "Promise?" "I swear on my mother's grave." "You can't break an oath like that." "See you tonight then." "Isn't she sweet?" "Yes, she breaks my heart." "That's exactly what she's doing." "Admit it." "Bastard." "Look at the drunk bum." "And he thinks he's so unique." "No, Rob van den Berg won't be at the barbecue tonight." "He's too good for it." "Even when the drinks are free?" "I'm surprised." "Bye, Rob, have a nice evening." "The more the salt's crystallised, the more the reflection becomes purple." "Even though it's just white salt." "Do you know why?" "I don't care." "Well?" "I don't care, Professor." "Right." "I see." "Don't mope." "Is this better?" "Get lost." "This is Father Confessor Lucas." "Saint Lucas the Logical." "He's such a bastard." "Yes, he is." "Do you think he'll really come tonight?" "See?" "He's nothing but a whiner." "A coward." "And Eddy's so affected." "I feel sorry for him." "But he'll still defend him." "No matter what happens." "It's logical." "Why?" "We only know Rob the way he is now." "But for Eddy he once was a big hero, an idol." "And understandably so, if you believe all the stories." "That's why Eddy still believes in Rob." "That's logical, isn't it?" "You and your logical..." "Well, isn't it?" "Sometimes I think you also divide people in species and subspecies." "And Eddy gets the 'Loyal Friend' label." "Yes, a threatened species." "That's why I'm so sorry for Eddy." "Because Rob... that..." "Whiner, coward, bastard?" "That crazy man lets him down." "You only think that because of Rob's smoke screen." "Because of his so-called toughness and cynicism." "If you weren't so angry with him, you'd see through it too." "Of course I'm angry." "And why are you angry?" "Because..." "Right, because he wants you to leave." "Even though it's safer if you do." "He already took a risk for you once." "But you don't want to leave." "I wonder why." "You insist on staying in Bonaire, where that madman lives." "Who's always so nasty to you." "That's not very logical, dear Sylvia." "But it is true." "No, don't start about diving again." "You're a good guy, Lucas." "So why does that white salt look so red?" "I have no idea." "I've got them back!" "I'm rich!" "You brought them back!" "I would have come to get them!" "I've got them back!" "I'm rich!" "We swam up and it came straight for us." "There's a big future in it." "But when you've heard everything by Neil Diamond..." "I'll be right back." "Where is he?" "Who?" "Very funny." "And where's Eddy?" "I saw him ten minutes ago." "Shall we dance?" "Yes, next song?" "Are you waiting for a foxtrot?" "Gentlemen ask the ladies, remember?" "Feliciano..." "Good." "Where's Rob?" "Rob?" "You didn't count on him, did you?" "Yes, a bit." "Who's Rob?" "El Loco." "Oh!" "Eat first or dance first?" "Eat first." "I've slept all day." "Light, music, dance!" "You can't show up dressed like this." "I'm wearing a beautiful tie!" "You look better than normal, but it's not good enough." "Oh no, oh no." "See, I'm here." "I'm a man of my word." "What about that?" "Embarrassing!" "How can someone do that?" "But he came, didn't he?" "I was crazy to invite him." "He even promised to come." "You all laughed at me." "But here he is." "Sit down here." "You can't do this to Sylvia." "And you know it." "Where's that gin and tonic?" "What about some sea water?" "It makes you thirsty." "Eddy, remember that joke?" "How did it go?" "Everybody talks about how much I drink... but no one talks about how thirsty I am." "You'd forgotten that one." "Yes, I had forgotten that one." "Shall I get you some gin?" "There's plenty of time for that." "I'm having such a good time." "Right, Professor?" "Look who we have here." "Welcome." "Sit down, ladies." "I'm glad you're here." "Shall we dance?" "No dancing without Lucas." "Dancing!" "Yes, later." "Beautiful, isn't it?" "What?" "The sea." "Do you call that beautiful?" "You can drown in it." "It's really great that you came." "That tie!" "What about it?" "It's new." "You tied it wrong." "John." "Hello, dear girl." "How are you?" "Did you have a good flight?" "John, this is Sylvia." "Hello." "We met John on the plane." "I promised him he'll like Bonaire." "He's from Caracas." "Can you believe he's Venezuelan?" "My parents sent me off." "I had to take a break." "And I heard there's a great diving club here." "Aquaventure or something." "Yes, this is the place for scuba diving." "We brought the beach car for the suitcases." "We'll take a cab." "See you later." "Oh well." "I'd like to go twice a day, but Eddy says that's not smart." "Something about oxygen or nitrogen in your body." "The compressed air in the bottles is no normal air." "Do you know who she became good friends with?" "El Loco." "Rob van de Berg." "Whatever his name is." "Did you meet him?" "Is he seeing people again?" "He often goes to barbecues." "Invite him." "We're having a barbecue on Saturday." "Yes, give him time to have his tie cleaned, Sylvia." "We'll ask John van der Velde too." "He's so nice." "And Lucas for his solo dancing." "That's mean, he tried." "Who's Lucas?" "Isn't he the student?" "He's a malacologist." "Interesting." "I believe the ladies had a good time while we were gone." "Who wants some soup?" "PARERA NAVAL BASE" "Good morning." "Someone to see you." "Show him in." "Good morning." "How are you, Eddy?" "Fine." "How's your father?" "Fine." "He says hello." "Thank you." "I know why you're here." "Let's have a look at the map." "When we received the message, we didn't know exactly what was going on." "We performed an aerial reconnaissance." "How are you, Miguel?" "Fine, you?" "How are you?" "Hello." "Can I hire the boat again?" "Of course, no problem." "Thanks a lot." "I'll be seeing you." "Bye." "Finally." "Don't complain." "I have a surprise." "This is John." "He arrived this morning." "The same plane as your parents." "Your father bragged about you." "John van der Velde." "Eddy Gomez." "You're unlucky." "I'm closing for a few days." "Why?" "Relax." "We can dive today, but I'll be closed as of tomorrow." "You can also dive at Habitat." "When will you open again?" "End of the week, probably." "Have you dived before?" "Yes, but your father says this is the most beautiful place for it." "Have you got your own gear?" "Yes, my own bottles." "Go get them." "Ok!" "New boyfriend?" "Not bad, is he?" "A movie star, congratulations." "What was the surprise?" "I thought you'd never ask." "We're going fishing." "And diving." "Sounds like fun." "Don't feel obliged." "Don't you have to be here?" "I'll never get rich anyway." "Can you go?" "Maybe Rob wants to come too." "That was not the idea." "Hurry up, or you'll get in the way of your movie star." "What do you want to catch?" "Skipjack." "What's that?" "Swordfish's little cousin." "When we catch them and they come on board, you'd better climb up a mast." "No, we'll club them to death first." "We only catch really big ones on that line." "Why couldn't Rob come?" "He wouldn't have come anyway." "Did you ask him?" "Kind of." "Lucas, I didn't know you were into fishing." "I didn't know either." "What will you do when they bite?" "Then I let go right away." "Dutchman, right?" "I recognize the accent." "Very good." "Why are they closed?" "Surprise." "Is it?" "Yes." "Did you want to dive too?" "Dive?" "Maybe you're a diver too." "Underwater sports." "I'm not into them." "I am." "The beauty... the coral fish..." "fantastic." "Is that so?" "Yes, you should try it." "I can recommend it." "They'll open up again at the end of the week." "I wonder where they are." "I went diving with them this morning." "I believe they mentioned a boat trip." "Where to?" "I don't know." "They went fishing and diving." "Does the name Midalia ring a bell?" "Anyway, closed is closed." "Can I offer you a cool drink to get over the disappointment?" "Why?" "I don't know anyone here." "I just arrived." "It's no fun being alone." "A beer to get to know each other." "I don't drink." "You... glass of lemonade?" "Mummy?" "Yes, in the other house." "I can't get the zipper in." "You have to do it by hand." "Let me show you." "Look who we have here." "Hello, Mrs Gomez." "Hello." "Hello, Calina." "Do you know where Eddy and Sylvia went?" "They went with Miguel." "I know but do you know what they're doing?" "They were going to dive, far away on the ocean." "Yesterday, we saw Lieutenant Gerritsen at a party." "He's a navy hot shot." "He said Eddy came to see him for information about a special spot." "If I understood correctly." "He brought a sea chart." "Is it urgent?" "No, it's not important." "Are you looking for a particular spot?" "No, nothing special." "I'm just trying to get my bearings." "Where did you learn that?" "I'm an experienced sea yachtsman." "And according to my calculations, we're near Greenland." "A little iceberg would come in handy." "Here's a warm beer." "Wait, no alcohol before diving." "Remember?" "Lesson one." "How to ruin life." "Let's quickly get in before we eat." "That's always better." "How deep will you go?" "Not deep." "No more than 40 metres." "There's no reason to go deeper." "It's only cold and dark there." "And it's harder." "Right, caisson disease." "You always have to be aware of that." "Even if you only go to 40 metres." "Right Sylvia?" "Never come up too fast and never stay down for more than 30 minutes." "Don't you have big white sharks down there?" "Sharks have no reason to go there." "There are only monsters there, with bulging eyes." "Sharks like swimmers like you." "They don't have to chew through all the rubber." "Very funny." "One more thing, Professor." "Did you know you can get high on the compressed air?" "Really." "When you breathe it under pressure, deep down." "You can get stoned out of your brain." "Sometimes a diver starts to act crazy." "He takes his mask off, for instance." "He suddenly thinks he doesn't need it." "That's nitrogen poisoning." "Come on." "The deeper you dive, the bigger the chance." "But there's not much to see at that depth anyway." "And that's what it's all about." "Maybe that's how El Loco became loco." "How?" "Because he dived too deep." "Rob was a professional." "He was aware of all the risks." "I was only joking." "Not funny." "Hello." "I think we've already met." "They told me in the souvenir shop that you lived here." "You make those statuettes, don't you?" "Statuettes?" "You can't really call them that." "What do you call them?" "I don't know." "It's a hard one." "I think they're beautiful." "I bought one and I thought I'd see the creator." "I have plenty of time." "It's no fun being alone." "Exactly." "Why are you here?" "To meet the artist." "Seen enough?" "Funny." "So you don't like that I came to see you." "Just say so and I'll go again." "Maybe you're waiting for inspiration." "I'm glad you understand." "Ok, I'm off." "I'm not offended." "I understand." "Nice to have met you." "Goodbye." "We had already met." "But I couldn't know that." "Where is she?" "What happened?" "He went to look for the girl." "Stop that!" "Did you want to die?" "Why did you come up at once?" "You know what that does." "I almost suffocated." "Nonsense." "With all that compressed air in your lungs?" "I was suffocating." "If I had let you come up like that, air bubbles would have entered your blood." "You know that." "Didn't you know all about caisson disease?" "This is the most certain way to get it." "Damn!" "I thought I was dying." "You were close." "Why didn't you stay with the cable?" "I saw a bottle." "A bottle?" "I wanted to have it as a souvenir." "Unbelievable how many things you did wrong." "One after another." "First, you can never do anything alone under water." "If I had been there, that net wouldn't have been a problem." "Second, never panic." "You panicked and got caught in the net." "Third, if you get caught, unhook and come up." "I'd never have made it in time." "Fourth: never come up so fast from that depth." "Damn, I repeated it over and over!" "The moment something went wrong, you panicked." "Give her a break, please." "No, he's right." "Fifth: if you had come on board after her, nothing would have happened." "Stay out of it." "You can't admit you're wrong." "Shut up!" "I thought you were dead when I saw you in that bloody net." "Nice mangoes." "Shall we get some?" "Yes, nice." "Do you sell them per kilo or a piece?" "A piece." "Give me four mangoes then." "Shall we also get some cucumbers for the salad?"