"Pictures didn't do any justice." " I sense danger." " It's fine." "I'm fine." "Were you car sick?" "Of course I wasn't car sick." "That's why I ..." "Richard, I'm not sure you fully understand that you're walking into here, there are killness." "I know." "I can handle this." "Would you please, just give me some credit." "It's not gonna be quiet." "I'm having trouble believing how great this is." "Are you coming?" "Oh, good Lord!" "Claire?" "Oh, poor thing." "At least it was quick." "It was a clean cut throat tear." "You should give him a proper burial." "I feel just like I lost my parents." "Oh, thanks." "Oh, this is charming." "All the wire works." "Good." "I do not know if the stove works." "Maybe they have take-out menus." "Oh, listen!" "Come here, come here." "Come here" "There she is." "The moan of sea." "Still in there." "Wow!" "Yeah." "That's so..." "Oh, they got plenty of towels." "We didn't need to bring any." "Oh well ..." "The fuse box is in the leaning closet, Richard." "Oh, star lights." "Richard?" "The couch." "It could be a problem." "Do not fix it." "You're right." " Wonderful!" "Everything." " Good okay" "You want to grab the luggage out of the car?" "I'll do it." "Phil Turley is very concerned, Claire, about the community's efforts to protect the nesting ground." "So it should be." "Listen, I put all my numbers on the top sheet of that memory pat by the telephone, so if you wanna tear that off and tape it off somewhere." "I'm in surgery from nine until noon, so I'll check you in after that." "OK?" "Great." "Good" "Are you sure you do not want rent a car?" "Didn't they say there was a bike?" "I think it's under the garage." "It's ten minutes to town." "It's no big deal." "Okay." "It is up to you." "So, what is your schedule look like for tomorrow?" "I'll start at the very beginning." "It is a very good place to start." "Speaking of which ..." "Close your eyes." "OK." "Can open them." " Oh!" " Marc just got one of these." "He said a five-year-old could use it." "Richard, easy words." "Actually, I was thinking writing on the Corona." " Oh!" " No, but this is good." "This is ...no, you're right." "This is..." "This is better." "Okay." "Richard?" "Easy to handle this" "Oh, I talked to Peter and Lucy and they said they might come out the weekend the second." "Great, great!" " Who?" " Peter and Lucy?" "Oh, good, yeah." "They are always fun." "Yeah, yeah." "You didn't bring..." "You didn't um... bring him out here, did you?" "What?" "No." "No, of course not." "Okay." "All right" "Have a productive week, OK?" "Save some lives!" "R-No Pressure Love, C" " Any news?" " Let go of me." "Do you remember the time you and I we took a neighbor's bicycle a little fluph?" "No, I do not." "No." "Will you let me go?" "We both know that I'm not gonna quit the deal under these circumstances until you prove otherwise I feel compelled to be on hands." "Can you step aside?" "I have things to do." "I sense danger." "Would you stop saying that." "Be careful!" "Aren't you a cheerleader, anyway?" "I'm not." "You can so easy to be a cheerleader." "You can so easily drop dead." "Oh!" "No!" "No!" "Not like that." "Hands soap?" "Oh!" "No." "It's for your wheels." "The squeak drives me nuts." "It's a nice bike, though." "Used to have one of these when I was young age." "So, how com you following me?" "I'm not." " Are to!" " I'm not, I'm not." "Are to!" "How come?" "Well, I ..." "I kind of ur..." "I just I moved in the town and I need ... uh ... a babysiter." "I just thought you know maybe you ...you ...you uh might know somebody who" "Yeah Okay." "When do you need me for?" "Oh!" "Friday ... night ... six ..." "Address and phone number?" "18 Sag Harbor Road." "I don't know the phone number yet." "Sorry." "All right." "I'll see you Friday." "I'm Mr. .." "I'm Richard." "Merton regarded his solitude as something sacred." "Merton regarded his solitude as something s..." "Face it." "You can't live without me." "Do you mind?" "I am communing with nature here." "Why are you so incapable of believing" "I can do things perfectly fine on my own?" "Becuse you never have." "Excuse me?" "Oh!" "Richard, Richard, Richard." "How many times, huh?" "How many times?" " I'm not gonna go through these ballet lessons alone." " Do not mock me." "I'm gonna like go through the college year, like, alone." "Okay, That" "You konw I do not need you, Captain." "I'll resurrect my half-dead marriage alone." "Please, it's totally stupid!" "I can't leave you to do it alone!" "Okay, good day, sir!" "A good day!" "Oh, my God!" "Merton regarded his solitude as something sacred." "Merton?" "Burton?" "Milton?" "Milton!" "Milton regarded his solitude as something sacred." "Hey, sorry." " I'm a little bit early." " No no" "No problem." "Sorry, I ..." "I..." " I forgot your name." " Oh, that's okay." "I forgot yours' too." "But I was thinking it was Paul, or Steve or Dave ... maybe?" " Richard." " Oh, OK, that works." "Oh, here!" "It's ... uh ... it's a lovelot... for the kid" "Oh well ... actually ..." "So, you just moved here?" "Where are you from?" "Uh ... just ... just ..." " In the city." " Oh!" "Yeah." "It's only temporary." "My wife Claire is New York Presbyterian." "She's vascular surgeon." "Oh, wow!" "Is that her?" "She's cute." "Oh, yeah, that's the Doctor." "My parents went through sepration too, you know?" "What?" "Oh, no, no no." "That is not what is happening here." "No, that's... no that's...." "No, isn't it?" "Well, you should probably find out." "Is it sleeping?" "Uh, the baby?" "Ah ...the thing about that baby." "Are you thirsty?" "Oh, no." "Look ... the baby ...the baby is not ... here." "What do you mean?" "Basically, I guess ... uh ..." "There is no baby." "As such." "Is there no kid?" "No." "Well .." "Sure then it will be easier." "So ..." "When you think you will be home?" "Oh, nine ... nine thirty?" "Okay, I got a lot of homework." "So ... have fun." "OK." "Chicken Shit!" "Gerhard dunn Renderer richard dunn" "Self-floating is a underrated form of psychological checks in balances." "Never too high, never too low." "Thought Mirton do it himself investigating in the rate of repeating breath work" "Jesus." " Don't say it." " Say what?" " I know what you're thinking." " No." "You don't" "I was thinking about pantaloons." " What are you doing?" " You ass!" "How did you get in here?" "The door was open." "What is extremely unsafe, by the way." "You do not need to keep checking up on me." "Is this the guy who was was following you?" "Who does that?" "You do.I am just a babysitter." "Where is the child?" "He dosen't have one child." "Abby, this guy is a pervert." "We got to get out of here now." "He is a famous writer, right?" "Get a life?" "You're my life." "You got a problem with me" "No." "I don't get a problem with you." "And Bryce?" " What about him?" "He treats you like a shit." " When?" "Always." " No." "Yes." " Shut up." "Oh, you're not.- not about what?" "What are you doing?" " Making soup." "You've know this stocker guy for five minutes you're already making him soup?" "I told you, Christopher,he is a writer." "I love you." "What are you doing out here?" "I told her nine, nine thirty." "No." "I want to know what are you doing out here with the girl?" "Nothing." "It doesn't strick you as odd,somehow?" "A babysitter?" "I am under a lot of pressure, OK?" "I have to produce." "People expect literature." "The doctor my publisher.I have got three months for three months create this thing." "The girl helped how?" "Was I popular in high school?" "In right respects?" "And the girl helps how?" "You have to question every decision I take?" "Make better decisions." "Just do the boys." "Oh!" "Oh, no!" "He needs me." "At the juncture, yeah.- juncture?" "Yes." "oh - just do it" "When the world is in peril." "When evil is around you." "When danger is lurking." "Who do you call?" "Captain Excellent!" "I am a poster!" "There is something out there in the woods." "Oh, my God!" "The wolf?" "Did not you hear?" "He escaped from the zoo this morning." "There is a zoo here?" "no it's just...oh..." "Whatever it is, I won't let it get you." "Wanna soup?" "What?" "Yeah." "I made soup." "I thought that you maybe cold." "What did you do tonight?" "I went to the shore and did some thinking." "For three hours?" "In freezing cold?" "You made this?" "Yeah" "How?" " I do not know." "A couple of carrots, and onion,one of your beers ..." "Oh, I hope that's OK." "I just can't help myself" "No, it's fantastic." " You have not even tasted it yet." "No, no." "I mean, I mean ..." "The fact of it... is fantastic that you made something from nothing." "Oh, you can ... you can ...you know kind of make soup out of anything." "That's the great thing about it." "just whatever left things around, you know you can take all the crap that's surrounding in your frige and you can do it up that you can touch to the part you can make soup better" "I go with a soup." "Oh, it's superb!" "Thank you." "No.really!" "It's... excellent." "Do you remember the moment that you realized the soup did not have to come out of a can?" "you've got manufactured" "Your chicken noodles can kick Campbell noodles' ass any day all week" "I think I'm having that moment right now." "Plus, it is very nutritious which which is good." "What uh... what happened there?" "Oh, sorry ... uh ..." "It's just a boyfriend thing." "This bird kind of reminds me of him." "He's chicken shit." "Actually it's not a chicken." "It's a North America Heath Hen" "Relative of great perit chicken, but not technically a chicken." "It's extinct now." "The last few lived out here out of the nature preserve" "I do not know that." "I am not a birder or anything, it just the the last surviving heath hen is a character ..." "in uh..." "In what?" "This bird is the main character of this book ...you know" "I'm attempting to produce." "Uh ... write..." "Finish." "Actually to start." "Saying it out loud, just sound kind of stupid." "Well, there is... there's Chicken Little." "You know, little red hen?" "Henny Penny?" " Yeah, exactly." "Exactly." "There are lots of books out there about um ... poetry." "We should settle up" " Okay." "Is that about right?" " Actually ... uh ..." "I am twelve an hour." " Oh, okay." "I only have a ten." "Do you have change?" "Oh Let me check." "How come your boyfriend's a chicken shit?" "Not my business, so ..." "No.He just ..." "He is a bug, you know, it's like when when he's with me he is all you know when he's with friends he's all... whatever he's a fucking chicken shit" "Right." " Uh, okay, so ..." "Thank you." " Thank you." "Can I ask you a quick question?" "Sure." "Is this couch make me look fat?" "I wouldn't sit there." "So, okay, uh ..." "Good luck with the chicken book ." "Same time next week?" "Okay." "You didn't tell me your name." "Richard?" "Richard?" "Are we separated?" "What?" "Is this a trail of separation what are we doing?" "What makes you think that?" "I do not know." "Are we separating?" "Sweetness, if we were in separating you'll be the first to know." "I guess." "Well we don't have to discuss." "Trust me." "Okay." "Good" "It Just moved well, that is not possible." "It's been boiled." "To death." "Poor little Loui" "Well don't name it, Richard." "I mean ... do whatever you want." "No, don't don't name your food." "Here" "Oh!" "Here." "Right?" "Uhm?" "Go." "Uhm?" "If only everything in the world could be coverd in butter, what world that will be?" "I guess." "What a buttery world ." "He any good?" "I do not know." "It's a kinka wordy." "So, what does the rendered world render?" "I have not get that part yet." "Well, let me know." "I'm sure there's something brilliant." "What were you doing in my gym class?" "Nothing." "You think I didn't see you?" "I was just there for more support." "I am sick of volleyball. - you do not" "I'm sick of everything." " No,you don't." "You're fantastic cross the blocker" "Shut up." "I never go out anymore." " You gonna leave,OK?" "I'm meeting Bryce later." "He's beneath you know." "Well you gonna lose some shit" "It's freezing in here." "Run the heater" "You want to pay for the gas?" "Are you done?" "Yeah" "See you later." "OK." "Well just go for it" " I'm going." "Well, OK well he's dead now.why don't you go." "Damn it." "It's your turn." "I do not know how to do this all day." "I mean, there's so much pressure." "That's just a game." " I know." "Nobody dies here." "Go ahead, please." " Can we play something else." "No it's fine, you know." " Right." "Let's see." "Well, it was fun." " Yes, it was." "Fantastic Weekend" "Have a productive week and I will see you on the 15th ." "Yes." "What?" "Why are you standing?" "Oh!" "Really?" "Really." "Ohh!" "Well, it's like that" "You don't want to stuck that dime out because it smells like you your mouth" "The cowboy outfit for your 7th great book picture." "Remember?" "The horny tart?" "The huger strike?" "Of course you're against those decisions." "Because if you didn't listen to me it's just fine you were just a kid." "Now it's grow up time." "Babysiter?" "Bad, Richard." "very, very bad, Richard." "The chairs can be a problem." "Six." "A lot" "Making the monkey" "A humorous monkey is popular in the zoological garderns" "For example:" "It's lovely that you make a baby mokey with a small paper and you put it on the mother monkey." "Fold a top right corner." "Why origami?" "Why now?" "I need something to do with my hands." "I have the trouble in telling which is the monkey and which is the swan?" " Can't be all of them?" " Oh, no." "There's much more on the truck." "Oh, great." "Start bring them in." "Horton ..." "Richard, for the love of God, Do not do this, please." "Listen to me you're going to make a huge mistake" "You're going forward?" "It's Abby... my name" " Oh, you got rid of the couch." " Yeah, the couch was a problem." "This is for you." "Oh!" "It's a ..." "Let's see ..." "It is a fish." "A dead fish." " Of all dead fish." " Yeah." "My dad fishes, make for a living" "It is a fluke" "In what sense?" "It is called a fluke." "The water around here, something like that" "So is eatable?" "Yeah" "A fluke is uh... that's great." "Thanks." "So I um I read that book you wrote" "I hope that's OK?" "Reading my book, of course." "You may be one of the few, but ..." "So you're out tonight?" "On the town?" "I do not know." "What the people of Montauk do on a Friday night you know" "The yards are totally dance." "So, you probably like that" "It's uh down by the harbour You can't not miss." "What did you think of the uh... ... the book?" "I do not know." "What do you think of it?" "Me?" "Oh I uh... you know ..." "It's ...uh has got its strength ... got its moments ..." "I hate it." "You should probably by that fish in the frige" "It's little stink of the whole house" "Trust me, I know." "What?" "Soup ingredients ." "You know, if you feel like it." "You bought me a turnip?" "You're making it silly me." "Well, I can sell if you don't feel like it" "No pressure." "Your book was cool actually" "Kind of blew me away" " Want uh... have something to eat?" " Thanks no." "I have got soup at home" "Homemade" "Can be that" " Another beer?" " Sure." "So uh..." "What brings you down here?" " A Book ... a bird." "A book about a bird." "research book, you know" "My wife makes a good chatter" "Not so much a claim chatter" "I can expect more a corn chatter." "My Lorrain She can shock a dozen oysters in a minute and a half." "Local moppet oyster?" "That's the one" "My wife invented and patterned a life-saving polarimeter shunt." " Song, you say?" " Song." "So there is a heath hen hunker down the campion." " Just down the road here." " Yep." "As game warrent." "The Alfred guy." "Yeah it could at correct Alfred is the actual name" "In the book I'm going to call him Horton or ..." "Morton." "Anyway, he's brought his flock of heath hens, back from the brink of extinction." "Possible" "I mean he was down to eleventh o'clock I say eleven you know." "But now with care and then I say a love and now he's got two hundred." " You konw it's like the hen is saved." " Sage, Thank God." "But because the story is a tragedy," "You know what happen?" " What?" " Fire." " No Come on!" " Yes, it sweeps accross preserved." "Of course the heath hens are not nature's most intelligent bird to begin with." "They are just sitting there you know..." "They never sense to run or fly while You know, when the fire runs out there're just five birds remained." "Roast chickens." "What happens to the five?" "They dwindle you know they dwindle till there's just one left you know" "Just one... this one poor... stupid little thing, you know, just a stupid bird... just one" "It is a true story" "Go to hunt for my friend here, Mike." "Chicken shit." "Oh, you did make soup." "Bless your heart!" "Just a small act of great kindness, but I can't tell you what it means to me." "Well, it's no big deal." "It's just a soup" "You are such a beautiful girl" "You are such a beautiful child" " You're loaded" " No, no ..." "I well, yes." "Okay, I s hould go." "As you're today a little longer..." "No you know what I am I'll tell you who I am." "Just in case you are interested." " This is who I am." " What?" "I am the only child of only child the only child." "You know what that means?" "No cousins?" "It means I am the end of bloodline" "The last of my kind." "OK, well, then have some kids" "Said the babysiter" "Ahh, if you want to know how..." "You look it's going to be 60 bucks Ok?" "You should go to bed" "I do not blame her the doctor You know, she is ... just ..." "She's a human mechanics." "She's got her hands inside human beings every day ... is a machine to her, you know." "She's a machine doesn't break." "like a rock factory" "So how are you going to creat life for you know it's gonna to end up and down" "I mean I get it..." "I get it!" "I don't blame her, but ..." "Hey, I'm sorry." "Yeah... it's she" "She does not realize that Human beings are warm." "You know They need contact" "They need warmth ..." "I mean" "You are such a beautiful girl." "You are such a beautiful child." "No, no, no!" "Shit!" "I mean to go" "Why all men so sticks?" "It's me?" "I just said he is lonely" "We are all lonely." " May be I shouldn't have hit him ." " No, you definely should have" "Okay, would you rather?" "I don't know" "Oh, come on" "Would you rather have no TV for a year?" "or just be able to wacth the golf channel?" "Golf channel" " Yeah me too." "At least have the TV." "Your turn." "OK" "Would you rather have no freinds or no parents?" "Claire?" "Richard, the couch is outside" "It is the 15th already?" "Are you OK?" "Yes I am" "There's soup in the kitch." "Have you been making soup?" "I'll be right back" "All right." "You made the soup." "What baby sitter?" "Work is going great while I'm still not here?" "Drink it up Great Get out there" "You know a funny thing about soup?" "You get the ingredients basicall into the pot along with the sauce and the ur... that stuff and the ur... juice" "You mean the broth?" "Right... and then... just needs some cooking" "Richard is anything wrong?" "I'm not..." "I'm concerned" "Oh, well thank you for your concern, Claire." "Speaking of how are your patients?" "Are they doing well?" "And what's some of their names?" "No you've got a bruise right here" "Oh well you know... beaten well my life you know..." "Winds of change." "Anyway I want to do unloading of boxes" "If you don't want to have a pitch in so you would then grab some brunch" "Oh, no, Richard." "Are these all?" "Oh, yes." "Why?" "Why would you do that to yourself?" "Well, I'm emarking on writing of my second life much anticipated second novel It should be the reminder of the remarkable" "I mean quite noble failure of my first novel didn't sell any copies whatsoeve" "Richard, I can't go down the throat with you" "Oh, no, no, no." "It's going to be rather motivational really" " That was smooth" " Hey, I got to proven" " Wait, wait, wait." " What?" "My super-senses are telling me something." "What?" "Yes,I think the Dr.may be on to you." "Shut your mouth up." "Knock, knock." "Who's that?" "Shit!" "What do you want?" "I came to see if you are OK." " Because your head was a..." " It's fine, I'm fine." "You need to go now." "What?" "You need to go now." "Screw you too." "And you were the one who came up to me by the way." "What?" "Last night." "Asshole." "I just wanted to apologize." "For hitting you, but forget it, creep." "Wait!" "Abby" "The Dr.'s out of shower." "And voila." " Richard, who was that?" " Girl scout." "Girl scout." "Oh, okay." "Horton regarded his solitude as something sacred." "Horton?" "Norton?" "Norwood?" "Norwood!" "Norwood regarded his solitude ..." "Oh!" "How's it coming?" "Norwood regarded his solitude as something ..." "Richard, what's this?" "The fluke." "In what way?" " The fish is called a fluke." "The water around here is swimming with them." "Oh!" "And what are we planning on doing with it?" "I have to have a plan, can I just have a fish in the house?" "Yes, fine.I 'm Sorry." "I thought we could cook it." "And then eat it.How was that?" "I guess i just hadn't caught up with the fact that you are a cook now." "Okay, stop, stop it, you could stop it, please.Stop now." "Stop, stop it, stop please!" "Stop!" "Abby!" "Who the hell is that?" "I don't think i got a chance to pay you the other night." " How...is sixty." " Keep it." "You don't even have a kid, so ..." "I think there was a kind of misunderstanding or something about my actions, my intentions, pretty sure, sense or something." "Whatever." "I'm sure you're sorry to it,so let so." "I'm not sorry, actually about all that." "I'm sorry about that I was so abrupt at the" " House ..." " Your wife was there." " Yeah, I figured that out." " Yes." " It would be awkward, you know?" " No, actually I don't know." "Well, Claire wouldn't really understand our ..." "Our what?" "Our friendship." "Abby!" "Come on!" "We're out here." "Anyway, I want to let you knew I respect you." "Is that the chickenshit?" " Yeah" " It's a good-looking guy." "Yeah, he sure think so." "Are you coming or what?" "We gonna to Texas." " Yeah,Just a minute." " I'm Richard." "Look, you said you wanna hanging out when you were not out." "It's Okay, Abby.I don't wanna keep you from a new day" "Who's your friend with bike?" "Abby has been babysitting for me." "How's Wednesday night?" "Sure." "Damn, girl!" "Move your ass!" "Sorry." "He was following you here?" "Richard?" " Richard, are you here?" " I'll be right there." "Do not." "Hey.How are you doing?" " Come on, I wanna show you something." " Great!" "Okay." "I have a problem with my hands." "What do you mean?" "They won't do what I want them to do." "What do you want them to do?" "Anything." "I do not know." "Something useful." "I want them to build something or ... make something." "Like what?" "Even Jesus, I mean if he was a carpenter." "It was not enough to save mankind he needed a tray." "I am a flimsy man and insubstancial." "Well, compared to Jesus ..." " I am a paper man." " No, you're a writer." " Yeah, that's crucial." " Yeah, it is." "Here we are." "Where?" "It is possible, so is sea life and land with certain decries, quietly was never see other again" "Did I write that?" "I wrote that." "Hold this." "Abby?" "Abby?" "Abby?" "Come on!" "Abby?" "Abby?" "Jesus!" "What are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "You can not do this." "Can't do that." "It was me that daren't going." "It was really cold." "It was much, much colder than today, but ..." "You know, she wasn't gonna turn down the dare." "You will like that" "And I woudln't be neither adventuress, so..." "I do not know why she went in." "In her cloths. .." "I guess it maybe sort of warmer." "And she was laughing." "And you know." "Fine." "And she was.." "Um..." "And she was calm." "Just under and gone and. .." "I just stood there." "And in a couple of hours my mom came." "And found me and I guess, you know." "as waiting for her to swim back in, but ... she never did." "How old?" "Same just with me." "We were twins." "Oh!" "Oh, my God!" "That was a long time ago." "I'd like to go out there every year." "Swim back to shore." "You know, I like to feel the cold." "You must have..." "I don't know what to say." "So we were both only children." "That was our fate." "Every year, and you knew it." "And you take that guy out there." "On this day." "He didn't even know her." "I know." "Remember when I was the only one who talked to you?" "For a long time." "I know, but ..." "He doesn't love you." "That's your think you're wrong." "What do you want me to say?" "I gotta some move to California." "Shouldn't just assume my always being around because one day ..." "Maybe I won't." "God!" "Stop it." "Is this what you want?" "I don't have much history, do I?" "That is relative visible." "Exactly." "Other people seem to have revise." "Things happen to them." "Life all turn in occurrences." "I used to do things." "Remember?" "This is not about you." "Amazing things." "What do you want me to say?" "I don't know." "No, no." "Tell me what you want me to say literally, because frankly poorly I got nothing." "Come here." "But you have to touch civilizers," "Richard,through your work thought about your happiness be the happiness you brought to her biz." "Hey,um,look!" "It's the fundraiser for the children in hospital tomorrow night and I am thinking of donating that bottle of wine, the 1971 Chateau Petrus ." "I know I was saving up for a special occasion, but what for that cost?" "So ..." "What do you think?" "Richard, did you drink that wine?" "That five-thousand-dollar bottle of wine" "It's not the raft." "It was for the children." "Will you can call me, please?" "Come in!" " Wow, check out the couch!" " Yeah,You like it?" " I made it with these." " Alright!" " That's awesome!" " Yeah, sit, sit, sit." "It's nice." "Oh, the ideas for titles." "For your new book?" "Cool, what do you got?" "Cloud escape." "Death and Desolation." "Daffodil." "Memoirs of an Amnestic." " Bolero" " Bolero?" "Okay." "Ad nauseum?" "Almost Silence." "No?" "Pictures of a Blackberry Wine." "Let's forget it.Titles are impossible." "Paper Man." "You seem a lot more interesting than me." "I'm not." "Just seems like that way because I have a dead sister." " Where have you been all day?" " I do not know." "well." "So the party in office this weekend failed because of them." " And what about the cove?" " It's fucking cold out there." "Big deal to find some place off." "What kind of party?" "What kind of party?" "Fucking party." "It's nothing, just friends hanging out." "You can use my house." "What?" " Seriously?" " Yeah." "Why not?" "This weekend is not so good,because my wife's back, but you know we can do next week." "Friday?" "Friday is cool." " Really?" " Yeah." " I'll get a cake. - nice ... cool." "What else guys need?" "Appetisers,you know paper plates,these staff?" "No, no, no." "We're ok." "We have coverage." "Great." "We're on" "Okay, thanks, man." " You didn't have to do that." " It'll be fun." "Richard?" "Richard?" "Richard, please?" "Hi" "When the world is in peril." "When evil is around you." "When danger ..." "OK?" " Richard, help me." " You don't like it?" "All furniture is outside and. .." "What the hell is this?" "You seem disappointed, you're going up with your body language." "You don't pick up the phone once this week." "You don't" "Call me once." "I traveled all the way out here and there's this!" "Richard, say something." "Well, I ..." " What is it?" " What is what?" "This?" "Whose is it?" "Richard, just tell her." " Claire?" " Yes?" "Are we unhappy or are we just pretendding to be unhappy?" "What do you mean?" "Are we just pretending to be unhappy, to add dramaes to our life?" "So that we seem somehow more substantial?" "I mean, think about it:" "Our lives are embarrassingly easy." "We got plenty of money." "We got friends." "Well, you got friends." "There are people out there who have real problems." "You know?" "Real reasons to be unhappy." "I mean I could be a coal miner dying of black loan , or something." "You could be a Cincinnati clack on foodstuff" "What?" " I do not know." "I'm just on it." "Doesn't it feel like we were faking it our unhappiness?" "No." "No." "It's real." "It is very real." "I'm going home now." "I think you think this's still charming." "We aren't 23 any more." "You need to pull it together." "Pick up the phone this week." "And bring the fucking furniture into the lawn!" "Norwood believes his solitude something like ..." "Norwood?" "Norman?" "Richmond?" "Richmond!" "Richmond regarded his solitude as something like ..." " Richmond?" " Richmond." "Schimithmond?" "Schimithmond!" "Richmond regarded his solitude as something like ..." "Oh!" "Unbearable!" "Richmond regarded his solitude as something like ..." "Unbearable!" "Richmond regarded his solitude as something... unbearable." "Scalpel." "You started too high.You need to go down to the base of the head and cut off it, good." "Careful, careful, careful." "Let me help you." "All right." "Good, good, good." "OK.Would you rather ... always walk backwards or being stabbed when take a new step?" "Why would I wanna do neither?" "It's a game, just pick one." "Oh, throw in the pan." "Beautiful!" "You are really good at this." "My wife reattach the leg today." "Oh no" "You should be a fish monger." "You know, monger some fish." "Which one do you prefer,walking back or just step out?" "Could I just were a special kind of shoes or ..." "No." "You look back in a minute." "Gently gently gently" "I guess I would uh... walk backwards," "I'm not good with pain." "You?" "I like to see where I'm going." "OK." "Come here." "We'll hold this out." " Oh,paper men. - ou know, for your book." "Oh, yeah, yeah." "I get something for you too." "Yeah." "Close your eyes." "Oh!" "A camel?" "A peacock?" "It's the swan.The beautiful and graceful swan." "Sorry." "Oh!" "Come in." " We look good." " Yeah." "Wow, you really went out loud." "Yeah.too much?" "No." "No.It looks great." "The party's house." "Barrels are here and I got the uh... put in order in the kitchen." "I think it will flow all that way." "Oh, this is a pita?" "Yeah, I've one for the donkey you know go classic." "You don't like parties much, do you?" "No." "I get a little nervous." "Oh, relax." "It'll be fun." "Okay." "No!" " Hey." " Hey." " Shit." " I know." " Where is the frige?" " Do not play the asshole." " Whats up?" " Whats up,man!" " Where do I put this?" " Kitchen." " How about the box?" " Wherever, man." "Wherever you feel is right" " Is my castle?" " What?" "Right." "Where are the cups." "Hey!" "Welcome to party central." "Go over here." "Hey!" "Hey!" "How great the guy is he." "No body wants the party" "What's up Come, come." "Today is my day!" "Hey." "Tim-tim!" "High School for me was a time of self-discovery." "When I look back I'm dull." "Got a sick You would not want to be 17 years again, uhm?" "We are 15." "Oh!" "Sorry." " Do you mind?" " What are you doing?" " What?" " What the fuck are you doing?" "What about Abby?" "Goodbye, Abby." "You do this to her You don't do this to the little girl" "Mind your own business,you pervert." "Chicken shit." "What do you call me?" " Chicken shit bastard." "Can not talk to me like that." "You do not talk to me like that,you fucking weired" "You think you can thread me you a child." "I'm a child, huh?" "That's what I am" "Leave him alone!" "What are you doing?" "Stop it!" " Are you okay?" " What is the deal?" "What is the deal?" "You fucked with him?" " Stop!" " You fucked with her?" "No!" "I do not give a shit." "You can have her.She is fucking crazy anyway." "Why don't you go back to loony bin where you belong." "And take him with you!" "Get the fuck out!" "Yeah, yeah, yeah." "Get fuck out!" "Now!" "Go!" "What are you looking at?" "Go out here!" "Party is over." "Chicken shit." "He is an asshole." "Yeah" "Great party?" "Yeah." "I love you." "What?" "I think .. uh ... in an appropriate way." "I I thing you should know." "I discovered I just find when I examined my heart, I found ..." "I think there's love there." "For you." "Yeah." "I love you." "it wasn't... it wasn't really of love only being in use." "I mean, as lonely as ever, I called on months you know just until I ..." "My parents thought of ..." "I don't know." "I never told them." "Never ... told anyone else." "That was a pact." "me and Amy were both there to go." "enter the water and she didn't... didn't swim back." "I swam back." "I could ..." "I could..." "I do not know what we were so unhappy about." "I mean ..." "How could we be so unhappy about ... I think you ...you are too young to know you can get over anything." "He's always made poor decisions." "same with her." "I feel helpless." "How long have you been with her?" "Since she was 8." "You?" "Oh, Christ, it's got to be over 40 years." "second grade." "So he was a little old for you?" "I keep telling him that." "He never listens." "He never do?" " No." "What is your dig?" "I must have done them all." "Monsters under the bed, a cheerleader, governor..." "These days have not been the right time to tell him the truth." "And you?" "I'm crazy in love with her." " oh!" "tough one." " Yeah." "It's been hurry." "I think She's almost done with me." "Good, Great, Run away while you can." "Tell her to open the door and you run." "You don't want to end up like me." "I guess not." " Captain Excellent." " Christopher." "Nice to meet you." "See you around." "Oh!" "What?" "What?" "What?" "Wait a second." "Son of bitch!" "Do not react here." "Do not tell me how to react." " It's not like that." " Shut up." "What?" "What is this?" "Richard" "Who is that?" "Who the fuck is that?" "She is the babysitter." "Get out." "Get out." "Get out!" "Hi, Lucy!" "Hi, Peter!" "Hi" "Claire we'll just be ..." "I did not sleep with the babysitter, if that's what you think of." "Oh, that is so comforting." "Why do we even have a babysitter?" "It was just a kegger, Claire." "That was all." "just a kegger?" "And with whom exactly did you have a kegger?" "just kids from high school ." "Richard, just stop." "none of this is ok. -ok" "You knew we were coming this weekend." "Why are you doing this?" "I've been a bit at a loss." "what a bullshit answer." "I was being flandering and Abby was being ..." "What?" "Abby was being what?" "A friend." "For God's sake, that is not a friend, that's a child." " You do have friends." " No, I do not." "I think that is a touble here..." "Cause you do not have a relate to other human beings." "Yeah, you isolate yourself." "Oh, you can talk." "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" "You can be cold, Claire." "I think we just get out of here." "We just get out of here leave this area." " Where?" " I do not know, anywhere." "I don't know if it's your profession or what... you know, but it makes your heart." "I cannot and I don't accept that." "I wanna to have a baby" "Is that what this is all about?" "We could have a baby, Claire." "Why did not we have a baby?" "Why?" "Because you're a baby." "You're an enfant." "You still have an imaginary friend." "I just wanted a little warm thing." "Something simple I could start with." "A simple relationship with a person that was new and pure." "well, I could be me, they could be them." "and that's all I've expected we can build." "In this world there's someone other than me to think about and be about." "and the relief of being able to give the world to someone else and let it be there and let them have their turn." "so it doesn't end with me." "Well that's all you, Where do I come in?" "What do you mean?" "God, you're the mother." "Ah, I am so sorry, guys." "We are gonna go we're just gonna go..." "We can be just anywhere Anywhere." "I'm so sorry." " No no no." "All right." "We're just going out" "I will walk you out I'm sorry" "Wish you all go on a crew or something" "Okay." "Okay." "Take care." "Alright. if we are gonna do this, let's ..." "Alright, by the way, what's she like?" "like 13,14?" "At least we'll get the fact straight." "It was you, Richard. you didn't want to have a baby." "you weren't ready." "so that little fuzzy fucking speech my friends had to hear was bull shit." "now, I know that I'm..." "I can't." "so I guess I am the bad guy." "No not the novel that's..." "I'd rather you didn't..." "What is this?" "What is this?" "That's it." "After all this time out here and this is it?" "this is That?" "Maybe you should spent more time working instead of ... fucking the babysitter." " No." "I. .." " You're useless." "Yes" " You are totally useless!" " Yes." "I am." "What is wrong with you?" "I do not know what to do with my hands." "Everyone." "Janeth, my sister and Olive all have been made" "I have the one who made me laugh." "What happened?" "I do not know what happened." "You stopped laughing." " May I help you?" " Yeah." "I came here to pay my respects." " sorry?" " Heath Hen, the North American Heath Hen... it's where the last one lived and died." "I don't know anything about the Heath Hen." "But you are welcome to look around." "We've got several varieties of proper." "Thank you." "So that is what the end of something looks like." "The world went on, Richard." "But never the same." "We do not know how much it changes things." "but it is just being here." "The ripple of the fact." "if the chicken hadn't died out here, you will be perfectly adusted." "Maybe." "Doubtful." "Instead of a child, I am a loser and I am condemned to believe in Captain." "it's like a little hand." "It's ..." "It's time for you to go." "No." "You know what I am saying, Captain." "I mean, go and never come back." "I'm not ready." "it doesn't matter." "You can not help me anymore." "The doctor is right." "but You will be alone." "Yes as the last of my kind." "OK." "do the voice." "One last time." "Please." "When the world is peril." "When evil surrounds you." "When danger is lurking." "Who do you call?" "Captain Excellent!" "I wish I had a really amazing and vital father like him." "Captain?" "Richmond regarded his solitude..." "The ..." "Merton regarded his solitude ..." "Norton regarded his solitude ..." "Horton regarded his solitude ..." "Norton thought ..." "Norwood regarded his solitude..." "The ..." "Richard?" "Richard?" "Richard!" "Richard regarded his solitude as something sacred." "I had dreams last night and uh. .." "you were in it." "ah?" "was it interesting?" "you were you." "You're leaving, aren't you?" "yeah, you know, because of the" " situation ..." " Yeah." "I figured it." "You know, spring is ... my favorite time." "cause summer has not arrived yet." "and it's not fucking cold." "uh ..." "I. .." "I made something for you." "It is the swan." "The beautiful and graceful swan." "It's ..." "Richard, it's perfect." "yeah" "Thank you." "It seems like that we were just come started." "Take care." "Okay." "okay" "I am a horse's ass." "Yes, you are." "I am sorry." "I kind of need some help to get this couch in." "Richard regarded his solitude as something sacred." "As well as a badge of honor." "A clock to be warned of warm to life" "As well as safety." "Solitude is who he was." "This cast those into his lives to make him feel barely content." "Richard was certain that there was not lined." "It was just hard on man." "maybe it was because he gave nothing and he received nothing in return." "In any case, the situation became untolerable." "the closed things he had as his friends were either imaginary or extinct." "Richard had reached a point in his life but it was no longer enough." "And then he met a girl." "And she was warm." "And she was sad." "And she was maybe lonely in a way that reminded him of himself." "She lost things that no girl had lost." "And she knew things." "And she taught him." "And Richard thought maybe that was what friendship feels like." "Maybe." "It was just in the blinks." "it barely began really." "But in those long few winter days." "She gave him so much." "Enough so that Richard could go on." "And what did he give her?" "Just a few words on a page." "Not much, perhaps." "But for Abby." "He hoped that was enough." "Okay."