J. DANIEL ATLAS MY BELOVED. :D

As far as I understand it, when the man from Paris put on the magical helmet..

Listen to me. If you didn't rob that bank, then you knew about it. Which makes you an accomplice. So if you wanna walk out of here today, I'd suggest you start...

Now you listen to me, unless you think there's a D.A. in the state of Nevada who'd be willing to make sense of this to a jury, then we have a show to perform. And you, Agent Rhodes, have a drawing board to get back to.

Is this your first date?

What?

No, I mean, obviously, you guys don't know each other well, if at all. But, like, there is a palpable tension in this room. And before you get involved, you should consider the fact that she has a lot of big secrets. And I know the first one is that this is your first time off the desk. Isn't it? You should have said something to him. This is a weird way for you to find out.

You are literally begging to be arrested, you know that?

If it means you would actually do it, then, yeah. But you won't. Because if you did, it means that you, and the FBI, and your friends at Interpol, actually believe, at an institutional level, in magic. The press would have a field day. And we'd be even more famous than we already are. And you guys would look like idiots, even more then you already are. Well, no, not you. But him. Right?

You have, what we in the business, like to call, "nothing up your sleeve." And you know it. Don't draw him in and then dump him because abandonment is a big "area" for him. Mommy? Daddy. Ah! You have big daddy issues.

Okay, that's enough.

I'll tell you what. Your average therapist is gonna charge you $200-$300 for this sesh. Me? I'll take a tenner. Okay, later, if you're feeling magnanimous... I'll still take a tenner.

You wanna know who sat in that chair before you? Mob bosses, murderers, and thieves. And you know who put them there? The guy who's sitting in this chair. So I warn you, I can maintain my resolve much longer than you can maintain that phony arrogance. And the instant that you even show the slightest crack in that smug facade, I'll be there. I will be all over you like...

Like white on rice? Sorry. That's unfair. Let me warn you. I want you to follow. Because no matter what you think you might know, know that we will always be one step – three steps — **seven** steps ahead of you. And just when you think youre catching up, thats when we’ll be right behind you. And at no time will you be anywhere other than exactly where I want you to be. So come close. Get all over me. Because the closer you think you are, the less you’ll actually see.

I'm gonna nail you...

Something wrong with that soda, Miss?

(RATTLING)

(CAN OPENS)

Oh! Shit!

First rule of magic.

Always be the smartest guy in the room.