JOHANA
Then, tell me a story.
JACQUES
Uh... Ah! A story? He turns around and sits on the window sill, his feetdangling in mid air. He looks at the sea, seeking inspiration.
JACQUES
Do you know how it is? (starting again) Do you know what you're supposed to do to meet a mermaid?
JOHANA
(with a smile) No... tell me.
JACQUES
You go down to the bottom of the sea, where the water isn't even blue anymore, where the sky is only a memory... and you float there, quietly, quietly and stay there... and you decide that you will die for them... Only then do they start coming out. They come and greet you and they judge the love you have for them... If it's sincere. If it's pure... They will be with you and take you away forever.
Luc Besson
