Owen Vaccaro: Lewis Barnavelt
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Jonathan Barnavelt : Have a look around, it's perfectly safe...
[a tentacled monster opens a door, Jonathan shoves it back]
Lewis Barnavelt : THAT's safe?
Jonathan Barnavelt : As long as it's fed.
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Lewis Barnavelt : But, Uncle Jonathan, don't I have to have dinner before I'm allowed to have cookies?
Jonathan Barnavelt : Well, why not just eat cookies for dinner? They're far more delicious.
Lewis Barnavelt : I know. It's just, we had these house rules.
Jonathan Barnavelt : Well, not in this house. There's no bedtime, bath-time or meal-time. You can eat cookies till you throw up for all I care. You'll see. Things are quite different here.
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Lewis Barnavelt : This all feels weird.
Florence Zimmerman : What's wrong with weird? Weird's like the nuts in my cookies. It's the nuts that make things interesting.
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Lewis Barnavelt : So, how long have you lived next door to Uncle Jonathan?
Florence Zimmerman : Oh, we've been friends forever, ever since I came here. Ran here, actually. From Paris. After the War.
Florence Zimmerman : [notices Lewis giving her a sly grin] And NO, to answer that look you're giving me, your uncle and I aren't anything kissy-faced.
Jonathan Barnavelt : [in another room, but he overheard that] Gross!
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Mrs. Zimmerman : [talking to Lewis, about Isaac Izard] All he said was he was lost in the Black Forest. Now, that is a very old place with very old magic. It's where the Brothers Grimm wrote their histories.
Lewis Barnavelt : You mean fairy tales?
[Zimmerman gives him a sly look with knowing smile]
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Lewis Barnavelt : [after preparing for Issac Izzard to come] Uncle Jonathan. This is my fault.
Jonathan Barnavelt : Lewis, you helped us. You're the one who decoded the blueprints.
Lewis Barnavelt : No. I mean I'm the one who brought Isaac back.
Mrs. Zimmerman : Lewis?
Jonathan Barnavelt : What are you talking about?
Lewis Barnavelt : I opened the cabinet. I used your book. I-I'm so, so, so sorry.
Jonathan Barnavelt : No, you couldn't have. You don't know enough magic to pull off a spell like that.
Lewis Barnavelt : I just followed the directions. I bled onto the book.
Mrs. Zimmerman : Oh, Lewis. Blood magic?
Jonathan Barnavelt : That was my one rule.
Lewis Barnavelt : I-I know. I'm sorry.
Jonathan Barnavelt : And you broke it?
Lewis Barnavelt : I didn't mean to.
Jonathan Barnavelt : So you opened a forbidden cabinet and performed an unholy ritual on accident?
Lewis Barnavelt : I didn't know Isaac was evil. You never told me.
Jonathan Barnavelt : Oh, so this is my fault?
Lewis Barnavelt : I didn't say that.
Jonathan Barnavelt : [furious now] Then what are you saying? What the hell were you thinking?
Lewis Barnavelt : [sobbing now] I just wanted Tarby to be my friend again. And I want my parents back. And I figured, if it worked here, I could go home and try it on them. I just want my mom.
Jonathan Barnavelt : [more calmly] I'm sorry. It was a mistake. You coming here.