"My stomach hurts a little." "It'll pass." "They're about to serve lunch." "I don't feel like eating." "Your fur is loose." "Let's go back to the table." "You go." "See you tomorrow." "I'm not coming in tomorrow." "Hello." "I've heard" " Do you want some soup?" "No, I don't." "Hello." "What did they say?" " As usual, nothing." "Since they can't do anything." "Two months to two years." "Your hands are so cold." " It doesn't matter." "Can you help me?" " No." "Only the cold can help you." "If it wants to." "HOW?" "You should eat snow." " And that will help me?" "And you'll also need the warm blood of a virgin boy." "I think I've heard enough, thank you." " Suit yourself." "Wait!" "Sit down!" "Let me finish." "I haven't talked to anyone for ages." "Twenty kilometers from here there's a very cold valley, and at the bottom is a lake." "Sometimes the snow doesn't even melt in summer." "It's covered with ice in August." "When the reindeer are sick and weak, the herd is taken to the lake for winter." "The cold decides which animals to give to the lake and which to keep." "Where should I send the bill?" "To the valley." "Write - consultation services." "It's a beautiful place." "You'll like it here." "Go to the valley." "Make a deal with the cold." "And don't forget about the young boy." "THE SNOW QUEEN" "The previous owner used to call a few days in advance before coming to ski." "I turned the heat on in the morning." "If it still doesn't warm up, you can heat up the fireplace." "Tomorrow?" " No, you don't have to come tomorrow." "Sorry." "Hi." " Don't you want to warm that up?" " No." "How was school?" " A window broke." "Aren't you a little too old for breaking windows?" " It just broke." "Come here!" "Guide it here!" "Keep ramming it!" "Dammit, push!" "That's right!" "Harder!" "OK, tum them off." "There are competitions and a training camp coming up over the holidays." "Talk it over with your parents." "What's your name?" " Jasper." "Why did you come?" " Because you asked me to." "No, I didn't." "You came here yourself." " Because you kissed me." "You have to go home." "Pretty?" "Yes, very." "Prettier than mom?" " Yes." "Why did you come back?" "I forgot my bag." " No, you didn't." "I could clear the snow off the lake with a snow plough." "I already have someone for that." "I could kiss you, if you wanted me to." " No, you can't." "Can you skate?" " No." "Come with me." "Take these." "I don't have better ones." "Wait!" "Why didn't you answer my call yesterday?" "I don't know." "I didn't know what to say." "What's the matter?" " Nothing." "Then why are you acting like that?" "Like what?" " Weird." " I'm OK." "Gunnar, I have an extra helping hand for you." "We were talking about real construction workers, not kids." "You'll think of something suitable for him." "Here are some changes to the blueprints." "Put these sticks around the hole, so no one will fall in." "The doctor is here." "You should eat." " Yes, I know, but I don't want to." "You've got hypothermia." "I can't understand how you're still alive." " I feel great." "You know, I have my doubts about all this" "I don't have any doubts." " That the cold would put an end to it or slow it down." "Why do you live in the cold?" "I'm vain." "The cold is a good preservative." "Are you in pain?" " No." "Why did you call the doctor then?" " For a routine check-up." "Shouldn't you be with Gunnar?" " We're on a lunch break." "So why aren't you having lunch then?" " I had lunch at school." "Fever?" " A slight one." "Let's go skating." " Right now?" "Yes." "The cold will cool you down." "It'll do you good." " With a fever?" "Get up." " Let's rest and have a smoke." "The last one." "Got a light?" " No, I don't." " Let's just talk then." "What's your favourite food?" " I don't like any foods." "I don't believe that." "Why not?" " Just don't like anything." "I'll cook something really good for you tomorrow." "Shouldn't you be at home tomorrow?" " No." "Have you told them where you are?" " No." " What will you tell them then?" "I'll tell them I'm at practice or at my girlfriend's." "Have you slept with your girlfriend?" "Yes." "How was it?" " Good." "You said you didn't have a girlfriend." " I used to have one." "You need to go home." " I'm asleep." "How did you sleep?" "Fine." "It feels good to sleep in the cold." "See, what did I tell you?" "It's pure beauty sleep." "Aren't you going to school?" " Where?" "I forgot." "Well, are you?" " Should I?" " I think you should." "Hand me a towel." "I need to get some fresh air." "You have to relay these." " Why?" "It's sloppy work." "In what sense?" " In the literal sense." "This won't hold sun or wind." "Tear it down and lay it again." "You have frozen snot on your collar." "Here are some more changes." "I've made some adjustments." "I can't be here every day anymore." "I have other sites as well." "Just make sure you finish it before spring." "The guys know what to do." "If they have any problems, they'll call." "Go away." " Why?" "Go away, I said." "Where?" " I don't care." "Jasper!" "I can't get the skates off." "I can't get the skates off." " Sleep with your skates on then." "Ouch!" "Slow down." "You have a broken blister on your foot." "Are you coming tomorrow?" "Can I come in?" " No, you can't." "Do you still like me?" " No, I don't." "Not even a little?" "The school holidays are coming up." "We were thinking of going skiing in the mountains." "Want to come with us?" "I have training camp then." "I'll ask the instructor." "I need to run some errands in the city and get ready for the Christmas party." "See you in the valley tonight?" " Yes." "Do you know your Christmas songs and poems?" "I don't believe in Santa Claus." " You will." "You've messed up the buttons." "Jasper!" "Open it." "You don't need to recite a poem." "You can tell a dirty joke." "I planted a tree alley three years ago." "They've all survived nicely." "Come and see yourself tomorrow." "The trees are all nicely covered with frost." "I don't want to see your trees." "How is Jasper doing?" "I don't think it's a good idea to have him around here all the time." "What is he to you?" "A relative or a friend?" "I want all men to worship me." "But they don't." "At least one doesn't." "Nobody even likes me, some of them just screw me." "Like you." "Like everybody just screws with your head." "You can build a palace of shit or gold, nobody's going to love you for that." "I don't need anything from anyone." " You're just saying that." "Yes." "And I can also drink better than you." "How noble of you." "Isn't it a little tacky of you to act like a fed-up poet at a ball?" "Look, we have a new guest!" "A reindeer!" "Where are you going?" " My mother works in the kitchen." "What's your name?" " Robbie Williams." "Get out of here, you piece of shit!" "Get back here!" "That's enough!" "Get back here!" "Fucking faggot!" " Bitch, damn!" "Four, two" " What did you say?" "Two." "Hello, I'm calling from the downtown police station." "We found your son, half-dressed and drunk." "Very well." "Your mother's here." "What happened to the car?" "Left it somewhere." "At the club I think." "The keys?" "Where do you live?" "It's not too late yet." "You'll have time to sleep before school." "What are you looking at?" "I'm tired." "Ugly and tired and" "You were with that damned Gunnar." "And who were you with!" " None of your business." "And Gunnar is your business!" "Do as you please." "I don't care what you do." "But I do!" "Do you understand?" "God, you're so stupid." "One of my reindeer has gone missing." "Some old man came looking for his reindeer earlier today." "Did he find it?" " No." "Did he say anything else?" " We're in for an early spring." "Anything else?" " No." "Jasper's not here." "At the Snow Queen's." "How is it?" "Not bad." "Good." "You haven't even tasted it yet." " It smells good." "Have you lived here all your life?" "Yes." "Who's in this picture?" "I think my parents when they were young." "Haven't you ever wanted a child of your own?" "No." "But have you had a husband?" "Yes." "Where is he now?" "I don't know." "I left him." "Why?" " I stopped noticing him." "I'd like to hear a bedtime story." " I can't remember any." "Get up." "Get up, you have a visitor." "I don't know this girl." " Stop it." "It's not funny anymore." "What do you want?" " What's going on with you?" " What's it to you?" "How did you know the way here?" " Who is that woman?" " I work for her." " Here?" "Jasper, have you been home?" " No." "I've been away abroad, at a training camp." "Liar." "Everybody's asking about you." " Who's everybody?" "I don't want everyone." "I don't want to see anyone." "You'll get expelled from school." " So what?" "I don't care." "But I care." "I want you to come back." "Where to?" "Everything I need is right here." "You stink of sweat." "You go ahead, I can't remember how the old verse goes." "Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name..." "Dear God," "what's your problem?" "Am I indebted to someone?" "Or am I living the life that was promised to someone else?" "Well?" "OK, let's do it this way." "Since you got me into this mess," "I'm allowed to do whatever I like with my body." "By the way, I'm not cold, I'm not in pain." "Amen." "Could you do this in another room?" " Just a minute." "Right now." "I'm hungry." "I don't eat potato crisps!" "Buy something yourself then." "Buy what you like." "Or I could order something." "What would you like?" "Call me a cab, I'm going to the city for a change." " No, I won't." "Where are the car keys?" " I'll come with you." " No." "Stop clinging to me." "You're smothering me." "I know." "You should take up a hobby or something." "Jasper, I don't know what kind of experience you're expecting from me." "It's not enough for me." "I'm the most important thing in your life." "It's high time you started living your own life." "You make me sick with your constant need for attention." "I'm listening." "Come back." "The building is not going very well." "I'll come, but only on one condition." "There are no conditions." "You'll just come and finish building." "You didn't ask me to come here just for these walls, did you?" "Yes, there was something else." "I wanted to-But now it's just the walls." "You wanted to see me." "Admit it, you wanted to see me." "You blew it." "You started setting your own terms." "According to the contract, the building should be completed in a week." "You look like shit." " What am I doing wrong?" "Am I doing something wrong?" " You're not doing enough." "What else should I do?" " You think too much." "You have the wrong thoughts." "All your thoughts are centered around one thing only." " Around what?" "Don't think, do!" "Do!" "Make death a part of your life." "Fool it." "Cause death yourself." "How many reindeer do you have?" " Minus one." "How many do you have altogether?" "Do you have any at all?" "I haven't seen any reindeer." "Isn't it impolite to ask questions like that?" "I'm not asking how much money you have on your bank account." "Run, match boy!" "Why aren't you at school?" " It's the holidays." "How was the report card?" " Very good." "Aren't your parents looking for you?" " No." "Are you cold?" " No, I'm not." "You're lying, boy." "You're lying." "And the truth is?" " The truth is I live here." "My advice:" "leave the woman alone." "Who asked you in?" " Jasper said that he lives here now." "What else did he say?" " Didn't say anything special." "Why isn't anyone at the construction site?" "A day off." "[You]" "My car got stuck, I could use a tractor." "Take it." " I need someone to help me, too." "Go on then." "What are you waiting for?" "Let's make a deal that you'll concentrate on building again." "The building is going well, it'll be finished soon." "That's good." "What do you see in that schoolboy?" "You'll kill him with your ice cubes." "If I wanted to kill someone, I'd do it without your help." "I see." "So I'm not even good enough for that?" "Gunnar, I don't want to see your face around here." "Why do you need all this?" "That stupid schoolboy, all that ice?" "Gunnar, leave me alone." "You'll get hurt." "All my life I've done nothing but lay bricks on walls." "Why am I always the weak and boring one?" "Why is that?" "What is it?" "What is mine?" "What am I?" " Gunnar, stop talking." "I'm smart, good-looking, rich." " So am I." "Why aren't I good enough then?" "Let's give it a try." "You can give it a try, but not with me." "I'm tired of half-baked things." "I've successfully lived through one life that way." "The guys want to get paid for the next week." "They'll get paid next week." "Has everyone left?" " Yes, all of them." "How does this drink smell?" "Like lemon, gin." "I can't smell anything." "This one?" "Yellow." " What colour is this?" " Blue." "What about this one?" " Green." "We're going to buy something really pretty for me today." "Don't you ever miss your family?" " Like when?" "Like right now." " Right now I'm at camp." " I'm serious." "Why are you playing games with me?" "I'm not." "But this is a line I won't cross." "Why?" "Jasper, I want you here, but" "But what?" "Why do you keep pushing me away?" "I have nothing to give." " Let me be the judge of that." "You need to understand, you're just a kid." "You're a kid yourself." "Why do you keep looking at me like that then?" "I like your evil look." "It keeps me back." "I'm not evil, I'm not evil at all." "I love you!" "It's not love you feel." " Like you know what that is!" "Jasper!" "Jasper." "Hurry up!" "She's taken some kind of black poison!" "What do you mean in pain?" "Two months?" "She has stomach cancer." "Three ampoules a day is enough for now." "You've been lying to me all this time." "So have you." " How?" "You said you didn't have a girlfriend." "But why me?" "I liked your smell." "I don't have a smell." "That's right." "You don't have a smell." "That's what I liked about you." "But you stink right now." "Fortunately I can't smell anything." "All this crap about ice and cold?" "It's not crap." "See, I'm still alive." "And you stayed with me thanks to the cold." "So what happens now?" "You'll be hospitalized?" "No." "But you have to leave." "Now that you know, you'll pity me." "I couldn't stand that." "You fool." "I'm not going anywhere." "What do you want?" "The guys said they haven't received their pay yet." "Fuck off." "The light?" "Should I turn it off?" "No." "Leave it on." "The crust is all burnt again." "Come here, have a piece." "Go ahead." "I don't want any myself, don't like sweet stuff." "And you don't like mushrooms, right?" "Aren't you going to make some coffee this morning?" "I'm starving." " Coming right up!" "I'm feeling so good today." "Your blouse is all wrinkled." "Want me to iron it?" "It's OK." "I'll iron it." "The colours have faded." "No, they haven't." "I'm cold." "Cold?" "You?" "Get me my medicine." "And make it a stronger dose this time." "Full stomach makes me drowsy." "Jasper, I'm ashamed that my body would betray me." "I don't know, is it still me?" "It is." "You." "Jasper, I'm afraid a little." "Aren't you afraid?" "No, I'm not afraid."