A scene from Tenet 2020
Neil

Well, I've seen too much. I'm still alive, which must mean you've decided to trust me.

The Protagonist

Or maybe I lost my edge.

Neil

Edge is still intact.

The Protagonist

[chuckles]

There's a cold war.

Neil

Nuclear?

The Protagonist

Temporal.

Neil

[Laughs]

Time Travel?

The Protagonist

No. Technology that can invert an object's entropy.

Neil

You mean reverse chronology. Like Feynman and Wheeler's notion that a positron is an electron moving backwards in time?

The Protagonist

Sure, that's exactly what I meant.

Neil

I have a master's in physics.

The Protagonist

Well, try and keep up

Neil

The Implications of this are...

The Protagonist

...Beyond secret.

Neil

Then why'd you bring me in?

The Protagonist

I thought we'd find a drawing and a couple boxes of bullets.

Neil

Not as surprised as I was.

The Protagonist

I'm going back to Mumbai to get some answers. I'll set you up as a go-between. But remember, to you...it's all about plutonium. Or when we're done, they'll kill you.

Neil

Won't you have to do that anyway?

The Protagonist

I'd rather it be my decision.

Neil

So would I... I think.

The Protagonist

[chuckles]

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