"CHAPTER 1:" "PINK ELEPHANT" "Good day." "Here you go." "Hello, and welcome." "It's good from here." "Isn't that right, friend?" "Are we good and calm?" "We?" "This is ridiculous." "Don't you see the truth here?" "Right, come along now." "I was thinking that this time you should take the bed." "That's great." "You won't get anywhere being all pouty about it." "It's better to just talk things over." "It shows that you don't trust me." "You don't know me at all." "Álfheiður, I don't know what's changed with you." "You used to enjoy coming with me when I worked here." "Hey, sweetie." "Let me see." "See?" "Just like her mother." "Yes, you both got quite a tan on that holiday." "He won't let me go to the festival!" "Úa's mother is also there, and will watch over us!" "You must discuss this with your father." "It's daddymonth now." "I think that it's out of the question." "Mom, can't you talk some sense into him?" "Your father must be in charge." "The doctor will be along shortly to talk with you." "Morning, everyone." "Good seeing you, new sweater?" "Got a cigarette?" "No, I don't smoke anymore." "That's the custody arrangement, sweetie." "Got a cigarette?" "Why can't you give permission?" "Because you're with your father now, he's in charge." "Don't interrupt me dear, mommy's job is more important than your father's, which makes this harder for me." "When mommy's working, mommy is working." "Here you go." "Take them yourself." "I think it's unfair!" "We're done talking about this!" "You can help you father with the patients in the craftshop, daddy wants to have his little girl with him." "Don't talk to me like I'm a baby!" "Morning, Sólveig!" "Morning." "How do you do." "Einar?" "I'm Margeir Orri Einarsson." "Sorry if I'm late, but they didn't tell me of your arrival." "Can I trust you?" "Yeah." "It's all a plot." "To bury me, and what I have to say." "They intend to keep me here until the election's over." "I see." "You're in charge here, you can stop all of this!" "These men, they'll stop at nothing!" "Feed my wife full of lies, have me locked up in here, my family... is being used against me!" "They're ruthless!" "They?" "The Octopus group!" "Right." "I need to leave the country." "I can work from anywhere as long as I have access to a fax machine!" "You understand me?" "Yes." "You're the first man I meet that understands me." "Thank you so much." "Thanks." "Thanks." "Are you imitating me?" "If you'll excuse me..." "You are Margeir Orri Einarsson..." "CARING FOR BUDGIES" "You are healthy and in good balance..." "Sorry about that." "You were saying...?" "You're not a doctor!" "Who are you?" "!" "?" "Did they send you?" "!" "?" "Did they send you?" "!" "?" "Who sent you?" "!" "?" "Who sent you?" "!" "?" "You have a hidden recorder." "You have a hidden recorder." "Who sent you?" "!" "?" "Who sent you?" "!" "?" "The Independence Party!" "The Independence Party!" "They sent you here!" "What's going on here?" "This man is pretending to be someone else!" "Is everyone crazy around here!" "?" "!" "Búi..." "What are you doing?" "Shouldn't you be getting ready for crafts?" "Good morning." "Good morning, sunshine!" "Thank you very much!" "A new and beautiful day that we've been given." "Something to be grateful for." "The sun is up, and everything full of color." "Well Hulda, what do you have to say?" "Morning." "I brought you your coffee." "I'm sorry... who are you?" "No wonder you ask." "I'm Lúðvíík, your occupational therapist." "We're at the Heimsendir home, a wonderful place." "You've been here for 2 years." "You're quite happy here." "I am?" "Yes you are." "You're a person that all of us here can look up to." "You face life with a smile on your face." "You haven't tried on the new nightgown?" "That's not mine." "You just got it sent to you." "What was your name again?" "Lúðvíík." "We've done so much together, you could write a book about it." "That's best left for someone else." "Aren't you feeling well here?" "Have the kids visited lately?" "I have a son." "He's 4 years old." "He knows the entire alphabet." "Hannes, yes." "Shall we go see him?" "Hannes is here too?" "Not in person." "Let's see..." "Hi mother, it's your son Hannes." "These are your grandchildren," "Sigrún and Sara, and Elísabet, my wife." "What beautiful people." "Yes." "Hannes is a doctor." "My husband is a doctor." "So is Hannes junior." "What's this nonsense?" "Hannes is only 4 years old." "You're right on that." "He was 4 years old once, but time has passed since." "Now he has a wife and children." "Your grandchildren." "I don't like the new guy." "Einar." "He's unbalanced." "Tell me, o Fortune, I ask of thee." "With gold I shall gladden you, with silver I shall soothe you if you speak truth to me, but with fire I shall burn you and with urine I shall drown you you if you speak lies to me." "Is Einar dangerous?" "My fitness tournament will be broadcast live on Sunday." "Just letting you know, in case you're watching TV." "Sounds fun." "I won't miss out on that." "I will." "I'm going to the Eldborg festival." "You're not supposed to be in here." "It's 30 minutes until your next cigarette." "Be outside." "I'll let you know when it's time." "Heimsendi?" "Yeeeaaah... hold on." "It's the farmer at Lækur, he says there's a runaway up on the road." "Odda." "Some girl with a backpack." "We'll have to make do with what we have." "We'll have to reduce the dosages even further." "Again?" "During a holiday weekend?" "When's the delivery due?" "Tomorrow or the day after." "Will they add more staff in the meantime?" "No." "This is preposterous." "We're already understaffed." "Cutting down on meds like this is dangerous." "Isn't that a good thing?" "Don't look at me, I only do meatballs." "Try dropping the meds, try other methods." "We're not talking about dropping the meds here, it's just an interrim phase that we're going through." "Lessening the dosages while we wait for the new meds." "There are other methods besides drugging everyone." "So when they go berserk, you can just craft them down?" "I'm talking about more constructive methods." "Using their mobility, get them more exercise." "We have to believe that rehabilitation works." "These are all interesting ideas." "You don't care what's happening to our daughter?" "Aren't you the therapist, trained to handle such things?" "I dont' like messing with the meds of Búi and The Blob." "We'll keep them on their current dosages." "What about Margeir?" "We can easily cut back on..." "No!" "He's at a critical point in his therapy." "He's close to being released." "I ask of you to be mindful of him this weekend." "Make sure that he isn't put under undue stress." "His birthday's on Tuesday." "He's always sensitive then." "I have to say this, Torfi." "You're always here, but completely uninterested in everything but Margeir." "I'm close to releasing the boy." "He shouldn't even be here." "He just wants attention." "This so-called disease is just a work of fiction." "Excuse me, are you a doctor now?" "I'll admit that the diagnosis has been met with doubt, but I do not appreciate your tone." "I'm sorry." "It just bothers me that while I'm trying to work here you don't do your duties, and they fall on me." "It would be nice to have more staff around here, but it's pointless to argue about that." "Excuse me, Torfi?" "Could I have a word with you?" "Margeir!" "One moment, Sólveig." "This man, Einar, that is in my room now, he is very unstable." "Margeir!" "Margeir is alone in a 2 person room." "He can have the new guy with him for the weekend." "Torfi..." "I'm quite busy here." "Come see me later." "Later then." "This can wait." "Don't you see how he acts?" "Ignoring all boundaries." "I'm a teacher." "An educated man, you see?" "I don't belong here." "That may be." "I see what kind of place this is." "You talk like my stay here is a temporary thing but it's clear that this place is the last stop." "The people here are dealing with all kinds of problems and we've made some progress in treating them." "This is all a lot of effort for such a lousy joke." "I can't tell when I'm supposed to stop laughing." "Placing me among these people is ridiculous!" "I'll start you off on a mild dosage of medication, to help you gain balance..." "I won't take any drugs." "I refuse to have myself switched off!" "It's nothing like that, it's completely harmless." "Hello?" "Did you hear what I said?" "You'll have to force the meds down my throat." "That's all the time we have for that subject." "You will be taken care of, you can count on that." "Everything fine with the rest of you?" "Anyone?" "Ölrún?" "Ástrún." "Great." "Rúnar?" "How do you feel?" "Lousy." "What are your plans today?" "None." "There's no point." "Don't be like that." "You'll upset the others." "He is unaware of his illness, you'll get him those meds whatever it takes." "But only a minimum dose." "Haldol and Artan then?" "Yes." "Just 2 times 2.5." "Shouldn't we put him on Litarex right away?" "I'd rather not, we have to save that." "Let's wait for a definitive diagnosis." "I would reconsider that." "I'm afraid that Einar's condition is much worse than we anticipate." "I'm not sure that he's suffering from a psychosis." "Despite his delusions..." "Margeir." "Shut up and take your bath." "Though his medical history is short," "I cannot rule out manic depression." "He's restless and annoyed, which calls out for Litarex." "4 tablets, even 6." "6?" "We could start with 4, and maybe up the dosage later." "Are we having this conversation?" "It looks like mania, but if it is psychosis then it is a very serious case." "But I've only met him twice." "Interesting perspective." "You make a good point." "Let's start with Litarex." "4 tablets." "You see nothing wrong here?" "The boy may have a point." "He's a patient." "He's trying to make a contribution." "Do you have today's paper?" "We only buy the weekend edition now." "Budget cuts." "One, two, three." "Toggi, where's the tobacco for the crafts class?" "Over there." "Right." "Baldur!" "Got a cigarette?" "Yes, I have a cigarette." "Hold this." "Say, can you hold this for me as well?" "I'll hold that for you." "Wanna cigarette?" "Cigarette." "That looks great there." "Let me see that." "Nice clean-up work here." "I like this." "I think you're the only person around here that has real silk in her curtains." "Very nice." "That doesn't add up, having it rise by a septave." "The notes must be rearranged properly." "It's jazz." "It's junk." "It's Jón Múli." "H-h-he's a communist." "He is Lenin's son." "He's a radio presenter." "He's Lenin's son who is Marx's son who was  who was the son of the devil." "Hi." "I'm Magnea." "Hi there." "Could you help me out a bit?" "I need to put this up on a shelf." "I'll find someone else." "No, I'll help." "It's just in here." "Right up there." "You may kiss me." "What do you think of me?" "Could you open the door?" "I need to get outside..." "You think I'm ugly?" "No, not at all." "Then what am I?" "Just... cute." "Stop this!" "Who do you think you are?" "You think you're special?" "You're just a jerk!" "An insane jerk!" "Leave me alone!" "Get off me!" "I said no!" "I didn't touch her!" "She headbutted the wall!" "What kind of place is this?" "!" "?" "Relax!" "What happened, Magnea?" "It's all my fault!" "I always get the blame!" "What did he do?" "Did you bang your head against the wall?" ""Wolf wolf", the boy cried out as loud as he could..." "You can't keep making up the same story, then we never know what's really happening." "You're doing splendidly." "We're on the right track." "It's a nice place, but is it safe?" "Yes." "Mostly old people live there, so it's very quiet." "You can't get in or out without a key." "The view is great." "Nice weather too." "The weather can change, as you know." "I'm worried about the chickens, once I'm gone." "Especially Kiki." "No one here can replace me..." "Don't worry about them, they'll be fine here." "Count on that." "But you must stop thinking those thoughts." "You must now think forward." "Right." "Imagine waking up in a nice, new bed, breathing in the fresh air and thinking to the future." "But live in the present." "Live in the present, exactly." "Tomorrow we'll go for a drive and have a closer look." "I believe in you, Margeir." "But now you must focus." "You've been asymptomatic since we tried the new drugs about 4 months ago." "That's a long time." "But only one step at a time." "One baby step." "We're about to accomplish something remarkable here." "They're well kept in there." "The door is locked." "When you leave this place, they'll be left behind." "Hello?" "How do you feel?" "We're staying at a hotel while the insurance company is appraising the damages." "They refuse to cover it?" "You smashed the walls, Einar." "It's self-inflicted damage." "It weren't my prints on those listening devices." "I heard them through the walls." "We all did." "The beeping noise." "The doctor says you won't take your medication." "You must do as they say." "How are you, sweetheart?" "It'll be alright." "You just need to help me get out of here." "Tell mommy that daddy must come home." "Einar!" "I'm talking to my daughter!" "You need to work things out." "I am working things out!" "I am trying to create a socialist society here!" "We've talked about this!" "I know nothing about politics!" "I thought I could trust you!" "You have me committed!" "When you speak, all I see is your father." "Go to hell!" "Einar!" "There there now." "... I'm just to stay with her family at Akureyri..." "Ástrún!" "She's just like a little kid." "Coffee?" "You could use some." "It's just ridiculous!" "Rough day for you?" "Nobody here listens to me." "Do you know what that's like?" "If there's anything that you need, you can come see me." "Once there was a little girl." "She lived in a little house by the edge of the forest." "The little girl always wore a little velvet hood which her mother had given to her." "That's why she was called Little Red Riding Hood." "I want you to take some cookies and fruits to your grandmother." "Grandma is sick and needs something to make her feel better." "Take this basket and run along now." "Walk gracefully and never stray off the roads, otherwise you'll never find your way back home." "Grandma lived in the forest and Little Red Riding Hood had to walk a long way to get to her grandma." "When she was inside the forest, she met the wolf." "Good morning, Little Red Riding Hood, the wolf said." "Where are you going so early?" "Little Red Riding Hood didn't know that the wolf was dangerous, so she told him she was visiting her grandma." "Did she carry you into the house?" "She never touched me." "Even though you couldn't move your hand, she didn't help you?" "PATIENT X DIAGNOSIS  FINDINGS BY" "DR. TORFI EZEKÍEL MARINÓSSON" "No." "Never." "Never?" "What do you mean, never?" "She must have held you when you was a tiny baby, breast-feeding you and carrying you to your crib." "No."