K-Pax (14 page)
"W
e
don'
t
hav
e
marriag
e
o
n
K-PAX-n
o
husbands
,
n
o
wives
,
n
o
families-ge
t
it
?
Or
,
t
o
pu
t
i
t
more
correctly
,
th
e
entir
e
populatio
n
i
s
on
e
bi
g
family."
"D
o
yo
u
hav
e
an
y
biologica
l
childre
n
o
f
you
r
own?"
"No."
Ther
e
ar
e
man
y
reason
s
wh
y
a
perso
n
decide
s
no
t
t
o
hav
e
children
.
On
e
o
f
thes
e
ha
s
t
o
d
o
with
abus
e
b
y
o
r
hatre
d
o
f
hi
s
parents
.
"Let'
s
ge
t
bac
k
t
o
you
r
mothe
r
an
d
father
.
D
o
yo
u
se
e
the
m
very
often?"
H
e
sighe
d
i
n
apparen
t
frustration
.
"No."
"D
o
yo
u
lik
e
them?"
"Ar
e
yo
u
stil
l
beatin
g
you
r
wife?"
"
I
don'
t
understand."
"You
r
question
s
ar
e
phrase
d
fro
m
th
e
poin
t
o
f
vie
w
o
f
a
n
EART
H
person
.
O
n
K-PA
X
the
y
would b
e
nonsense."
"M
r
pro
t
–"
"Jus
t
prot."
"Let'
s
establis
h
som
e
sor
t
o
f
groun
d
rule
s
fo
r
thes
e
sessions
,
shal
l
we
?
I'
m
sur
e
yo
u
wil
l
forgiv
e
m
e
i
f
I
phras
e
m
y
question
s
fro
m
th
e
poin
t
o
f
vie
w
o
f
a
n
Eart
h
perso
n
since
,
i
n
fact
,
tha
t
i
s
wha
t
I
am
.
I
coul
d
no
t
phras
e
the
m
i
n
K-PAXia
n
term
s
eve
n
i
f
I
wante
d
t
o
becaus
e
I
a
m
no
t
familia
r
wit
h
your
wa
y
o
f
life
.
I
a
m
goin
g
t
o
as
k
yo
u
t
o
humo
r
me
,
t
o
bea
r
wit
h
m
e
i
n
this
.
Pleas
e
tr
y
t
o
answe
r
the question
s
i
n
th
e
bes
t
wa
y
yo
u
can
,
usin
g
Eart
h
expressions
,
whic
h
yo
u
see
m
t
o
b
e
quit
e
familia
r
with,
wheneve
r
possible
.
Woul
d
tha
t
b
e
a
fai
r
reques
t
unde
r
th
e
circumstances?"
"
I
a
m
happ
y
yo
u
hav
e
sai
d
that
.
Perhap
s
w
e
ca
n
lear
n
fro
m
eac
h
other."
"I
f
yo
u
ar
e
happy
,
I
a
m
happ
y
too
.
Now
,
i
f
yo
u
ar
e
ready
,
mayb
e
yo
u
coul
d
tel
l
m
e
a
littl
e
abou
t
your
parents
.
Fo
r
example
,
d
o
yo
u
kno
w
wh
o
you
r
mothe
r
an
d
fathe
r
are
?
Hav
e
yo
u
eve
r
me
t
them?"
"
I
hav
e
me
t
m
y
mother
.
I
hav
e
no
t
ye
t
ru
n
acros
s
m
y
father."
It'
s
hi
s
fathe
r
th
e
patien
t
hates
!
`Ru
n
across'?"
"K-PA
X
i
s
a
bi
g
place."
"Bu
t
surely-"
"O
r
i
f
I
hav
e
me
t
him
,
n
o
on
e
ha
s
pointe
d
ou
t
ou
r
biologica
l
relationship."
"Ar
e
ther
e
man
y
peopl
e
o
n
you
r
plane
t
wh
o
don'
t
kno
w
wh
o
thei
r
father
s
are?"
H
e
grinne
d
a
t
this
,
quickl
y
pickin
g
u
p
o
n
th
e
doubl
e
meaning
.
"Mos
t
d
o
not
.
I
t
i
s
no
t
a
n
important
thing."
"Bu
t
yo
u
kno
w
you
r
mother."
"Purel
y
a
coincidence
.
A
mutua
l
acquaintanc
e
happene
d
t
o
mentio
n
ou
r
biologica
l
connection."
"Tha
t
i
s
difficul
t
fo
r
a
n
Eart
h
perso
n
t
o
understand
.
Perhap
s
yo
u
coul
d
explai
n
wh
y
you
r
`biological
connections
'
ar
e
no
t
importan
t
t
o
you."
"Wh
y
shoul
d
the
y
be?"
"Because-uh
,
fo
r
now
,
le
t
m
e
as
k
th
e
questions
,
an
d
yo
u
giv
e
th
e
answers
,
al
l
right?"
"Sometime
s
a
questio
n
i
s
th
e
bes
t
answer."
"
I
suppos
e
yo
u
don'
t
kno
w
ho
w
man
y
brother
s
an
d
sister
s
yo
u
have."
"O
n
K-PA
X
w
e
ar
e
al
l
siblings."
"
I
mean
t
biologica
l
siblings."
"
I
woul
d
b
e
surprise
d
i
f
ther
e
wer
e
any
.
Almos
t
n
o
on
e
ha
s
mor
e
tha
n
on
e
child
,
fo
r
reason
s
I
have
alread
y
explained."
"Isn'
t
ther
e
pee
r
pressur
e
o
r
governmen
t
incentive
s
t
o
mak
e
sur
e
you
r
specie
s
doesn'
t
di
e
out?"
"Ther
e
i
s
n
o
governmen
t
o
n
K-PAX."
"Wha
t
d
o
yo
u
mean-it'
s
a
n
anarchy?"
"That'
s
a
s
goo
d
a
wor
d
a
s
any."
"Bu
t
wh
o
build
s
th
e
roads
?
Th
e
hospitals
?
Wh
o
run
s
th
e
schools?"
"Really
,
gene
,
it'
s
no
t
tha
t
difficul
t
t
o
understand
.
O
n
K-PAX
,
on
e
doe
s
wha
t
need
s
t
o
b
e
done."
"Wha
t
i
f
n
o
on
e
notice
s
tha
t
somethin
g
need
s
t
o
b
e
done
?
Wha
t
i
f
someon
e
know
s
somethin
g
needs
t
o
b
e
don
e
bu
t
refuse
s
t
o
d
o
it
?
Wha
t
i
f
a
perso
n
decide
s
t
o
d
o
nothing?"
"Tha
t
doesn'
t
happe
n
o
n
K-PAX."
"Never?"
"Wha
t
woul
d
b
e
th
e
point?"
"Well
,
t
o
expres
s
dissatisfactio
n
ove
r
th
e
wage
s
bein
g
paid
,
fo
r
on
e
thing."
"W
e
don'
t
hav
e
`wages
'
o
n
K-PAX
.
O
r
mone
y
o
f
an
y
kind."
I
jotte
d
thi
s
down
.
"N
o
money
?
Wha
t
d
o
yo
u
barte
r
with?"
"W
e
don'
t
`barter.
'
Yo
u
reall
y
shoul
d
lear
n
t
o
liste
n
t
o
you
r
patients
,
doctor
.
I
tol
d
yo
u
befor
e
-
if
somethin
g
need
s
t
o
b
e
done
,
yo
u
d
o
it
.
I
f
someon
e
need
s
somethin
g
yo
u
have
,
yo
u
giv
e
i
t
t
o
him
.
This
avoid
s
a
multitud
e
o
f
problem
s
an
d
ha
s
worke
d
prett
y
wel
l
o
n
ou
r
PLANE
T
fo
r
severa
l
billio
n
years."
"Al
l
right
.
Ho
w
bi
g
i
s
you
r
planet?"
"Abou
t
th
e
siz
e
o
f
you
r
NEPTUNE
.
You'l
l
fin
d
thi
s
als
o
o
n
th
e
transcrip
t
o
f
las
t
week's
conversation."
"Than
k
you
.
An
d
wha
t
i
s
th
e
population?"
"Ther
e
ar
e
abou
t
fiftee
n
millio
n
o
f
m
y
species
,
i
f
tha
t
i
s
wha
t
yo
u
mean
.
Bu
t
ther
e
ar
e
man
y
other
being
s
beside
s
ourselves."
"Wha
t
kind
s
o
f
beings?"
"
A
variet
y
o
f
creatures
,
som
e
o
f
who
m
resembl
e
th
e
animal
s
o
f
EARTH
,
som
e
not."
"Ar
e
thes
e
wil
d
o
r
domesticate
d
animals?"
"W
e
don'
t
'domesticate
'
an
y
o
f
ou
r
beings."
"Yo
u
don'
t
rais
e
an
y
animal
s
fo
r
food?"
"N
o
on
e
'raises
'
anothe
r
bein
g
fo
r
an
y
purpos
e
o
n
K-PAX
,
an
d
certainl
y
no
t
fo
r
food
.
W
e
ar
e
not
cannibals.
"
I
detecte
d
a
sudde
n
an
d
unexpecte
d
not
e
o
f
ange
r
i
n
thi
s
response-why?
"Le
t
m
e
jus
t
fil
l
i
n
on
e
o
r
tw
o
blank
s
i
n
you
r
childhood
.
A
s
I
understan
d
it
,
yo
u
wer
e
brough
t
u
p
b
y
a
numbe
r
o
f
surrogat
e
parents
,
i
s
tha
t
right?"
