K-Pax (58 page)
"Ar
e
yo
u
tellin
g
m
e
yo
u
hav
e
name
s
fo
r
al
l
th
e
frog
s
o
n
K-PAX?"
"O
f
cours
e
not
.
Onl
y
th
e
one
s
I
know."
"Yo
u
kno
w
a
lo
t
o
f
lowe
r
animals?"
"The
y
ar
e
no
t
`lower.
'
Jus
t
different."
"Ho
w
d
o
thes
e
specie
s
compar
e
wit
h
thos
e
w
e
hav
e
o
n
Earth?"
"Yo
u
hav
e
mor
e
variety
,
but
,
o
n
th
e
othe
r
hand
,
w
e
hav
e
n
o
carnivores
.
And,
"
h
e
beamed
,
"n
o
flies,
n
o
mosquitoes
,
n
o
cockroaches."
"Sound
s
to
o
goo
d
t
o
b
e
true."
"Oh
,
it'
s
tru
e
al
l
right
,
believ
e
me."
"Let'
s
ge
t
bac
k
t
o
th
e
people."
"Ther
e
ar
e
n
o
`people
'
o
n
K-PAX."
"
I
mean
t
th
e
being
s
o
f
you
r
ow
n
species
.
Th
e
-
-
u
h
-
-
dremers."
"A
s
yo
u
wish."
"Tel
l
m
e
mor
e
abou
t
you
r
frien
d
mano."
"
I
tol
d
you
:
Sh
e
i
s
fascinate
d
b
y
th
e
behavio
r
o
f
th
e
horns."
"Tel
l
m
e
mor
e
abou
t
her."
"Sh
e
ha
s
sof
t
brow
n
hai
r
an
d
a
smoot
h
forehea
d
an
d
sh
e
like
s
t
o
mak
e
things."
"D
o
yo
u
ge
t
alon
g
wel
l
wit
h
her?"
"O
f
course."
"Bette
r
tha
n
wit
h
othe
r
K-PAXians?"
"
I
ge
t
alon
g
wel
l
wit
h
everyone."
"Aren'
t
ther
e
a
fe
w
o
f
you
r
fello
w
dremer
s
tha
t
yo
u
ge
t
alon
g
with-tha
t
yo
u
like-bette
r
tha
n
others?"
"
I
lik
e
al
l
o
f
them."
"Nam
e
a
few."
Tha
t
wa
s
a
mistake
.
H
e
name
d
thirty-od
d
K-PAXian
s
befor
e
I
stoppe
d
hi
m
with
:
"D
o
yo
u
ge
t
along
wel
l
wit
h
you
r
father?"
"Really
,
gene
,
you'v
e
go
t
t
o
d
o
somethin
g
abou
t
tha
t
memor
y
o
f
yours
.
I
ca
n
giv
e
yo
u
som
e
tip
s
if-"
"Ho
w
abou
t
you
r
mother?"
"O
f
course."
"Woul
d
yo
u
sa
y
yo
u
lov
e
her?"
"Lov
e
implie
s
hate."
"Yo
u
didn'
t
answe
r
m
y
question."
"Lov
e
..
.
lik
e
..
.
it'
s
al
l
a
matte
r
o
f
semantics."
"Al
l
right
.
Le
t
m
e
tur
n
tha
t
around
.
I
s
ther
e
anyon
e
yo
u
don'
t
like
?
I
s
ther
e
anyon
e
yo
u
actually
dislike?"
"Everyon
e
o
n
K-PA
X
i
s
jus
t
lik
e
me
!
Wh
y
woul
d
I
hat
e
anyone
?
Shoul
d
I
hat
e
myself?"
"O
n
Eart
h
ther
e
ar
e
thos
e
wh
o
d
o
hat
e
themselves
.
Thos
e
wh
o
haven'
t
live
d
u
p
t
o
thei
r
own
standard
s
o
r
expectations
.
Thos
e
wh
o
hav
e
faile
d
t
o
achiev
e
thei
r
goals
.
Thos
e
wh
o
hav
e
made disastrou
s
mistakes
.
Thos
e
wh
o
hav
e
cause
d
har
m
t
o
someon
e
an
d
regrette
d
i
t
late
r
on...."
"
I
tol
d
yo
u
before-n
o
on
e
o
n
K-PA
X
woul
d
caus
e
har
m
t
o
anyon
e
else!"
"No
t
eve
n
unintentionally?"
"No!"
"Never?"
Yelling
:
"Ar
e
yo
u
deaf?"
"No
.
I
hea
r
yo
u
quit
e
clearly
.
Pleas
e
cal
m
down
.
I'
m
sorr
y
i
f
I
upse
t
you.
"
H
e
nodde
d
brusquely.
I
kne
w
I
wa
s
ont
o
somethin
g
here
,
bu
t
I
wasn'
t
certai
n
a
s
t
o
th
e
bes
t
wa
y
t
o
proceed
.
Whil
e
h
e
was
composin
g
himsel
f
w
e
talke
d
abou
t
som
e
o
f
th
e
patients
,
includin
g
Mari
a
an
d
he
r
protectiv
e
alte
r
egos-he
seeme
d
quit
e
intereste
d
i
n
he
r
condition
.
Wh
o
know
s
wher
e
inspiratio
n
come
s
from
?
O
r
i
s
i
t
merel
y
a
momentar
y
clearin
g
i
n
th
e
fo
g
o
f
stupidity
?
I
n
an
y
cas
e
I
realize
d
a
t
tha
t
momen
t
tha
t
I
ha
d
bee
n
focusing,
perhap
s
fo
r
reason
s
o
f
self-interest
,
o
n
hi
s
delusion
.
Wha
t
I
shoul
d
hav
e
bee
n
attackin
g
wa
s
th
e
hysterical
amnesia!