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I always wonderd why....


When Anton had buried Pnub and Seth, they awaken and try pull him to the ground. When he's struggling to get loose, Anton simultaneously tries to take a hit of his weed. Why was he doing this? Did Anton want to finish his bowl and die high or something?

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His attempt to smoke his pipe was just to display how much he couldn't handle the situation in front of him.

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I think it's cause he think's he's just nervous and thinks the weed is gonna help but when the hand pops up he realizes he ain't hallucinating.

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As others have pointed out his immediate impulse on encountering something disturbing/stressful is to light up and huff as much grass as possible to ‘escape’.

I love how seriously Sawa plays it - hears Mick’s voice from the grave and doesn’t even stand up - just lies on the ground and hurriedly fumbles for his inhaler.

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