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SCENE 39

INT. NEWT’S BASEMENT MENAGERIE—NIGHT

CLOSE ON JACOB as he enters, pushes open the door, stares around. Soaked through, he has been searching the streets for an hour. NEWT is nowhere to be seen.

JACOB

Hey, Newt?

NEWT (O.S.)

Down here, Jacob. I’ll be with you in a second.

JACOB starts peering into the enclosure. By the patch of dark water where the Kelpie lives, NEWT has placed a sign for BUNTY: BUNTY, DON’T TOUCH UNTIL I GET BACK. He walks on.

An Augurey caws mournfully at JACOB as he walks past.

JACOB

I got my own problems.

NEWT (O.S.)

No, no, no. Back in, please. Right, wait, wait, wait, wait.

A sign on the Augurey cage reads: BUNTYDON’T FORGET TO GIVE PATRICK PELLETS. JACOB hears movement and changes direction, passing a snoozing griffin with a bandaged beak: BUNTY: CHANGE DRESSING DAILY.

NEWT’S case sits beside the Niffler enclosure. On the inside of the lid is a large moving picture of TINA he has torn out of a newspaper.

NEWT comes round the corner wearing his coat.

NEWT

Queenie left a postcard. Tina’s in Paris looking for Credence.

JACOB

Genius. Queenie’s gonna go straight for Tina.

(elated)

Okay, we’re going to France, pal! Hold on. I’ll get my jacket.

NEWT

I’ve got it.

NEWT has already pointed his wand at the ceiling. JACOB’S coat, hat, and case drop onto the floor in front of him. JACOB is blasted with warm magical air, which dries his rain-soaked clothes.

JACOB

(impressed)

Oh. Beautiful.

They leave. We close in on the note that has appeared: BUNTY, GONE TO PARIS. HAVE TAKEN NIFFLERS WITH ME. NEWT.

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