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Sophie : Yes.
Andre Vernet : Understood.
Keys are often passed on and
first-time users are
sometimes uncertain of
protocol. Keys are
essentially numbered Swiss
accounts. Often willed
through generations. Is it
yours, mademoiselle? The
shortest safety-deposit-box
lease is 50 years.
Sophie : And what's your
longest account?
Andre Vernet : Quite a bit
longer. Technologies change,
keys are updated. But our
accounts date back to the
beginning of banking itself.
Once the computer confirms
your key, enter your account
number and your box is
retrieved. The room is
yours, as long as you like.
Sophie : What if I lost track
of my account number?
How might I recover it?
Andre Vernet : I’m afraid
each key is paired with a
10-digit number, known only
to the account bearer. I
hope you manage to remember
it. A single wrong entry
disables the system.
Sophie : Ten.
Robert : Ten. Your
grandfather's Fibonacci
sequence. Scrambled,
unscrambled?
Sophie : Unscrambled.
Robert : It’s your key.
Sophie : Funny, I don't even
like history. I’ve never
seen much good come from
looking to the past.
Robert : Moment
of truth. My
God. I don't believe this. A
rose. The rose was a symbol
for the Holy Grail.
Andre Vernet : Forgive the
intrusion. I’m afraid the
police arrived more quickly
than I anticipated. You must
follow me, please. For your
own safety.
Sophie : You knew they were
coming?
Andre Vernet : My guard
alerted me to
your status when you
arrived. Yours is one of our
oldest and highest-level
accounts. It includes a
safe-passage clause.
Robert : Safe passage?
Andre Vernet : If you would
step inside, please. Time is
of the essence.
Robert : In there?
Andre Vernet : Hey, is there
a problem?
Fache : (French) Good
evening, sir. Police.
Andre Vernet : (French) I
just drive from here to
Zurich. Not French, English?
Fache : English?
Andre Vernet : Yes.
Fache : OK. We are looking
for two criminals.
Andre Vernet : You came to
the right place. They're all
criminals here.
Fache : Would you mind
opening the hold?
Andre Vernet : Please. You
think they trust us, the
wages I get paid?
Fache : You don't have keys
to your own truck?
Andre Vernet : It’s armored.
Keys get sent to the
destination. You mind? I’m
on a schedule here.
Fache : And do all the
drivers wear a Rolex?
Andre Vernet : What? This
piece of shit.
Forty euros in Barbes. Yours
for 35.
Fache : No, no, no.
Andre Vernet : Thirty.
Fache : It’s okay, it's okay.
Andre Vernet : Come on, 30,
eh?
Fache : I said, no! Move
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