K-Pax (74 page)
Th
e
subjec
t
the
n
turne
d
t
o
thos
e
huma
n
being
s
wh
o
seeme
d
mos
t
lik
e
K-PAXian
s
t
o
him
.
Her
e
is
wha
t
h
e
said
:
Henr
y
Thoreau
,
Mohanda
s
Gandhi
,
Alber
t
Schweitzer
,
Joh
n
Lennon
,
an
d
Jan
e
Goodall.
"Ca
n
yo
u
imagin
e
a
worl
d
ful
l
o
f
Schweitzers?
"
sh
e
hooted. I
said
,
"Joh
n
Lennon??"
"Hav
e
yo
u
eve
r
hear
d
`Imagine'?"
I
tol
d
he
r
I
woul
d
loo
k
i
t
up.
The
n
sh
e
sai
d
somethin
g
I
ha
d
bee
n
wonderin
g
myself
:
"Yo
u
kno
w
wha
t
else
?
I
thin
k
h
e
ca
n
tal
k
to
animals!
"
I
sai
d
I
wasn'
t
surprised.
I
ha
d
n
o
tim
e
fo
r
the
m
tha
t
afternoo
n
becaus
e
I
wa
s
o
n
m
y
wa
y
t
o
War
d
Four
,
wher
e
Russel
l
was
tryin
g
t
o
ge
t
in
.
Apparentl
y
distraugh
t
wit
h
th
e
los
s
o
f
hi
s
follower
s
t
o
prot'
s
counse
l
an
d
advice
,
an
d
his
failur
e
t
o
wak
e
u
p
th
e
catatoni
c
patients
,
h
e
ha
d
decide
d
t
o
conver
t
som
e
o
f
th
e
psychopaths
.
Whe
n
I arrive
d
I
foun
d
th
e
nurse
s
attemptin
g
t
o
ge
t
hi
m
t
o
g
o
bac
k
t
o
hi
s
ow
n
ward
.
H
e
wa
s
u
p
o
n
hi
s
toes
shoutin
g
throug
h
th
e
littl
e
barre
d
windo
w
hig
h
i
n
th
e
stee
l
door
:
"Tak
e
hee
d
tha
t
n
o
ma
n
deceivet
h
you!
Fo
r
man
y
shal
l
comet
h
i
n
m
y
name
,
saying
,
I
a
m
th
e
Christ
;
an
d
shal
l
deceivet
h
many!
"
Apparentl
y
his
word
s
wer
e
no
t
fallin
g
o
n
dea
f
ears
,
a
s
I
coul
d
hea
r
laughte
r
comin
g
fro
m
inside
.
Bu
t
h
e
kep
t
o
n
yelling,
eve
n
afte
r
I
pleade
d
wit
h
hi
m
t
o
g
o
bac
k
t
o
War
d
Two
.
I
ordere
d
a
sho
t
o
f
Thorazin
e
an
d
ha
d
hi
m
taken
bac
k
t
o
hi
s
room.
Tha
t
sam
e
da
y
tw
o
othe
r
thing
s
happene
d
tha
t
I
shoul
d
hav
e
pai
d
mor
e
attentio
n
to
.
First
,
I
go
t
a
repor
t
tha
t
Howi
e
ha
d
aske
d
on
e
o
f
th
e
resident
s
ho
w
t
o
perfor
m
a
tracheotomy
.
Dr
.
Chakrabort
y
finally
tol
d
him
,
thinkin
g
Howi
e
wa
s
goin
g
t
o
sho
w
Erni
e
ho
w
easil
y
h
e
coul
d
b
e
save
d
eve
n
i
f
h
e
wer
e
t
o
get
choke
d
o
n
something
,
despit
e
th
e
unfortunat
e
exampl
e
o
f
hi
s
mother'
s
demise.
Th
e
othe
r
even
t
concerne
d
Maria
.
On
e
o
f
he
r
alters
,
a
sultr
y
femal
e
calle
d
Chiquita
,
someho
w
got
int
o
War
d
Thre
e
and
,
befor
e
anyon
e
discovere
d
he
r
presenc
e
there
,
offere
d
hersel
f
t
o
Whacky
.
Bu
t
the
result
s
wer
e
th
e
sam
e
a
s
wit
h
th
e
prostitut
e
prescribe
d
earlier
.
Facin
g
thi
s
unexpecte
d
rejection
,
Chiquita
quickl
y
exite
d
an
d
Mari
a
appeared
.
Thoug
h
findin
g
hersel
f
wit
h
a
nake
d
ma
n
engage
d
in
self-manipulatio
n
sh
e
didn'
t
becom
e
hysterical
,
a
s
yo
u
migh
t
expect
.
Rather
,
sh
e
immediatel
y
bega
n
to
pra
y
fo
r
Whacky
,
whos
e
despai
r
sh
e
seeme
d
t
o
understan
d
completely!
