FADE IN..............................................

We open to a scene of Dan Ryan on a beach along the Atlantic Seaboard - North Carolina-ish....

Ryan is thumbing through the pages of a worn leather-bound book and comes to a stop on an odd phrase.

If you slip in time, Nova will be your constant.

Ryan smiles and relaxes slightly...puts the book down on the sand beside him and lies back, pulling his sunglasses over his eyes and drifting off to sleep.

FADE OUT...........