SURF. The waves TOSS a BEARDED MAN onto wet sand. He lies there. A CHILD'S SHOUT makes him LIFT his head to see: a LITTLE BLONDE BOY crouching, back towards us, watching the tide eat a SANDCASTLE. A LITTLE BLONDE GIRL joins the boy. The Bearded Man tries to call them, but they RUN OFF, FACES UNSEEN. He COLLAPSES. The barrel of a rifle ROLLS the Bearded Man onto his back. A JAPANESE SECURITY GUARD looks down at him, then calls up the beach to a colleague leaning against a JEEP. Behind them is a cliff, and on top of that, a JAPANESE CASTLE. INT. ELEGANT DINING ROOM, JAPANESE CASTLE - LATER The Security Guard waits as an ATTENDANT speaks to an ELDERLY JAPANESE MAN sitting at the dining table, back to us. ATTENDANT (in Japanese) He was delirious. But he asked for you by name. And... (to the Security Guard) Show him. SECURITY GUARD (in Japanese) He was carrying nothing but this... He puts a HANDGUN on the table. The Elderly Man keeps eating. SECURITY GUARD ...and this. The Security Guard places a SMALL PEWTER CONE alongside the gun. The Elderly Man STOPS eating. Picks up the cone. ELDERLY JAPANESE MAN (in Japanese) Bring him here. And some food. INT. SAME - MOMENTS LATER The Elderly Man watches the Bearded Man WOLF down his food. He SLIDES the handgun down the table towards him. ELDERLY JAPANESE MAN (in English) Are you here to kill me? The Bearded Man glances up at him, then back to his food. 2. The Elderly Japanese Man picks up the cone between thumb and forefinger. ELDERLY JAPANESE MAN I know what this is. He SPINS it onto a table- it CIRCLES gracefully across the polished ebony... a SPINNING TOP. ELDERLY JAPANESE MAN I've seen one before. Many, many years ago... The Elderly Japanese Man STARES at the top mesmerized. ELDERLY JAPANESE MAN It belonged to a man I met in a half-remembered dream... MOVE IN on the GRACEFULLY SPINNING TOP... ELDERLY JAPANESE MAN A man possessed of some radical notions... The Elderly Japanese Man STARES, remembering... COBB (V.O.) What's the most resilient parasite? CUT TO: INT. SAME ELEGANT DINING ROOM - NIGHT (YEARS EARLIER) The speaker, COBB, is 35, handsome, tailored. A young Japanese man, SAITO, eats as he listens. COBB A bacteria? A virus? Cobb gestures at their feast with his wine glass- COBB An intestinal worm? Saito's fork pauses, mid-air. Cobb GRINS. A third man is at the table- ARTHUR. He jumps in to save the pitch- ARTHUR What Mr. Cobb is trying to say- COBB An idea. Saito looks at Cobb, curious. 3. COBB Resilient, highly contagious. Once an idea's taken hold in the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate. A person can cover it up, ignore it- but it stays there. SAITO But surely-to forget...? COBB Information, yes. But an idea? Fully formed, understood? That sticks... (taps forehead) In there, somewhere. SAITO For someone like you to steal? ARTHUR Yes. In the dream state, conscious defenses are lowered and your thoughts become vulnerable to theft. It's called extraction. COBB But, Mr. Saito, we can train your subconscious to defend itself from even the most skilled extractor. SAITO How can you do that? COBB Because I am the most skilled extractor. I know how to search your mind and find your secrets. I know the tricks, and I can teach them to your subconscious so that even when you're asleep, your guard is never down. Cobb leans forwards. Holding Saito's gaze. COBB But if I'm going to help you, you have to be completely open to me. I'll need to know my way around your thoughts better than your wife, your analyst, anyone. (gestures around) If this is a dream and you've got a safe full of secrets, I need to know what's in that safe. For this to work, you have to let me in. 4. Saito gives this a flicker of a smile. Rises. A BODYGUARD opens double doors which give onto a LAVISH PARTY. SAITO Gentlemen. Enjoy your evening as I consider your proposal. Do your best to Convert this script into a GoT version, including elements of GoT.