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INT. MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES MAGIQUES, RECORDS ROOM ATRIUM--NIGHT MELUSINE: Puis-je vous aider? NEWT: Er--yes, this is Leta Lestrange. And--I'm her-- TINA: Fiance. There is an increased awkwardness between them. NEWT: Tina, about that fiancee business-- TINA (brittle): Sorry, yeah. I should have congratulated you-- The doors to the records office open. They enter briskly. INT. MINISTERE DES AFFAIRES MAGIQUES, RECORDS ROOM--NIGHT The doors close behind them, plunging them into darkness. NEWT: No, that's-- TINA: Lumos. NEWT: Tina--about Leta-- TINA: Yes, I've just said, I am happy for you-- NEWT: Yeah, well, don't. She stops. Looks at him. What? NEWT: Please don't be happy. (in trouble) Uh, no, no. I'm sorry. I don't . . . Uh, obviously, I--Obviously I want you to be. And I hear that you are now. Uh, which is wonderful. Sorry-- (a gesture of hopelessness) What I'm trying to say is, I want you to be happy, but don't be happy that I'm happy, because I'm not. (off her confusion) Happy. (off her continued confusion) Or engaged. TINA: What? NEWT: It was a mistake in a stupid magazine. My brother's marrying Leta, June the sixth. I'm supposed to be best man. Which is sort of mildly hilarious. TINA: Does he think you're here to win her back? (beat) Are you here to win her back? NEWT: No! I'm here to-- A beat. He stares at her. NEWT: --you know, your eyes really are-- TINA: Are what? NEWT: I'm not supposed to say. Pickett is climbing out of NEWT'S pocket onto the nearest shelf. NEWT doesn't notice. A beat. In a rush TINA: Newt, I read your book, and did you--? NEWT: I still have a picture of you--wait, did you read--? NEWT pulls the picture of her from his breast pocket and unfolds it. She is inordinately touched. He looks from the picture to TINA. NEWT: I got this--I mean, it's just a picture of you from the paper, but it's interesting because your eyes in newsprint . . . See, in reality they have this effect in them, Tina . . . It's like fire in water, in dark water. I've only ever seen that-- (struggling) I've only ever seen that in-- TINA (whispers): Salamanders?
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"TINA: I'll have to go to the Ministry with what I've got. (a wobble in her voice) It was nice to see you again, Mr. Scamander. She strides from the room, leaving NEWT perplexed and upset. INT. FLAMEL HOUSE, HALLWAY--AFTERNOON JACOB follows TINA into the hall. JACOB: Hey, hold on one second, will you? Well, hold on! Wait! Tina! She leaves. As the front door closes, NEWT appears at the drawing room door. JACOB: (to NEWT) You didn't mention salamanders, did you? NEWT: No, she just--ran. I don't know . . . JACOB (firm): So you chase after her! NEWT grabs his case. He leaves. EXT. RUE DE MONTMORENCY--END OF DAY TINA is hurrying up the road. NEWT hastens to catch up. NEWT: Tina. Please, just listen to me-- TINA: Mr. Scamander, I need to go talk to the Ministry--and I know how you feel about Aurors-- NEWT: I may have been a little strong in the way that I expressed myself in that letter-- TINA: What was the exact phrase? "A bunch of careerist hypocrites"? NEWT: I'm sorry, but I can't admire people whose answer to everything that they fear or misunderstand is "kill it"! TINA: I'm an Auror and I don't-- NEWT: Yes, and that's because you've gone middle head! TINA (stopping): Excuse me? NEWT: It's an expression derived from the three heads of the Runespoor. The middle one is the visionary. Every Auror in Europe wants Credence dead--except you. You've gone middle head. A beat. TINA: Who else uses that expression, Mr. Scamander? NEWT considers. NEWT: I think it might just be me." --
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