" Are you okay?" " An ambulance is on the way." "Thankyou." "Is there a name yet?" "Elijah." "Is he supposed to be crying like this?" "May I?" "Can I have him back?" "What happened during the delivery?" "Nothing." "It was very quick." "The babyjust wanted to come right out." "And there were no problems." "Did you drop him?" "What?" "Did you drop this baby?" "Jesus Christ, no." "Inform the ambulance that we have a situation." "All right." "Molly." "I've never seen this." "It appears that your baby has sustained some fractures... while inside your uterus." "His arms and his legs are broken." "This is Eastrail 177." "Nextstop, Philadelphia." "Are you alone?" " Yeah." " Yeah." "Someone left this magazine." "Want to take a look at it?" "Could I take a look at that one?" "Thanks." " You like sports?" " It's my fileid." "I represent athletes." "I'm an agent." "Are you looking for any male synchronized swimmers?" " I'm thinking about getting into that." " Is that right?" "I'm afraid ofwater." "Think that's a problem?" "You represent someone in Philadelphia?" "I'm meeting this player from Temple University." "He's a cornerback." "This kid is 6'1 ", 2 1 0 pounds." "He runs a 40 in 4.3 seconds." "He's gonna be a god." "Do you like football?" "Not really." " I'm David Dunn." " Kelly." " Hi." " Hi, nice to meet you." "Nice-Nice to meet you." "How long are you gonna be in Philadelphia?" " I'm married." " Great." " I'm sorry." " What are you talking about?" "I" "I thinkyou misunderstood what I was, uh..." " s-saying" " I know." "I think I'm gonna fiind another seat." "I-I didn't mean, uh" "That's what he failedto realize." "llook classy, not trashy." "llook classytoo." "What about me?" "Don't llook classy?" "But I'm afraidyou forgot this!" " Andthis!" "And" " Where hasyou been, Banana?" "Nowl'vegotyou, weasel." "Some carsarestillon fire, andthe debris is everywhere." "We are notsure at this time, uh... howrescuepersonnel willbe able toget on scene at all." "Ifyou'rejust tuning in, Eastrailtrain number 177... hasderailed just outside Philadelphia." "And we're bringingyou live coverage from Skycam 4." "Yes, that is-- lt appears to be a rescue ambulance... andthere are more behindit lcan see on the access road." "ldon't knowhowclose they're gonna be able toget, David." "These are woodsand, uh, trees." "It'sgonna be a very difficult rescue effort." "Try to hack some ofthat off." "Hi." "I'm Dr Dubin." "You're in the emergency room in the Philadelphia City Hospital." "You were in a serious accident." "Look at me." "How are you feeling?" " Okay." " Good." "I'm gonna askyou some questions." "Have you ever had any heart or asthma problems in the past?" " No." " Kidney or renal problems?" " No." " Any allergies?" "No." "Where were you sitting on the train?" " Against the window." " In the passenger car?" "Yeah." " Where are the other passengers?" " Was your family travelling with you?" "No." "Did you get up from your seat?" "Are you certain you were in the passenger car?" "Yes." "Why are you looking at me like that?" "Your train derailed." "Some kind of malfunction." "They only found two people alive so far-- you and this man." "His skull was cracked open and most of his left side was crushed." "And to answeryour question, there are two reasons... why I'm looking at you like this." "One, because it seems in a few minutes... that you will offiicially be the only survivor ofthis train wreck." "And two... because you didn't break one bone." "You don't have a scratch on you." "David?" "What happened in New York?" "I don't think I got thejob." "I'm still going to, uh" "I'm still moving there." "Just" "Uh, just-just not now." "Good night." "Good night." "Sara Elaston... social worker at Broad and Locust Community Centre." "We pray foryour soul." "Kevin Elliot, businessman... father ofsix." "We pray foryour soul." "Glen Stevens... researcher in the area of leukemia... at Drexel University." "We pray foryour soul." "Jennifer Pennyman... third-grade teacher atJefferson Elementary." "We pray foryour soul." " Yes?" " Is Noel in, ma'am?" "No, sir, he is not." "I read about you in the paper." " What?" " I was in an accident once too." "A horse almost trampled me to death." " Wow." " Had him put down." "That's a sad story." "Could" " Could you ask Noel something for me, please?" "Proceed." "Would you ask him to check how many sick days I've taken... since I've worked here?" " That the entire message?" " Yes, ma'am." "Thankyou." "Hey, Noel." "What, you hit your head on that train?" "Get your brain to start working again?" " What?" " Forty dollars." " Forty dollars what?" " You're gettin' a $40-a-week raise." "That's it." "I checked." "You were right." "You've never taken a sick day." "Five years, no sick day." "I get it." "You want a raise." "Smart way to make your point." " IsJoseph okay?" " Yeah." " He's asleep." " Oh." "I wanted to askyou a question." "It's gonna sound a little strange, but, uh... just think about it for a second, okay?" "Okay." "When's the last time I was sick?" "Do you remember?" "Um, I-I don't know." "It's been a while." "I haven't been sick this year, I know that." "Okay." "Do you remember me gettin' sick?" "Um... not a specifiic day." "And what's-what's this about?" "Audrey, do you remember me ever getting sick?" "In the three years we lived in this house?" "In the old apartment?" "BeforeJoseph was born?" "Before we ever got married?" "I-I can't remember." "Don't you think that's kind ofweird... not remembering one cold or a-a fever or a sore throat?" "What do you think it means?" "Um..." "I think it means I'm probably too tired to remember." "No more sittin' in this room." "I let it go on long enough." "I'm not goin' out there any more." "I'm not getting hurt again." " This was the last time, I told you." " You can't do anything about that." "You might fall between this chair and that television." "Ifthat's what God has planned foryou, that's what's gonna happen." "You can't hide from it sittin' in a room." "They call me Mr Glass at school because I break like glass." "You make this decision now... to be afraid... and you will never turn back." "Your whole life, you will always be afraid." " I got a present foryou." " Why?" "Forget why." "You want it or not?" "Well, go get it, then." "Where is it?" "On a bench... across the street." "Someone's gonna take it." "Then you better get out there soon." "I bought a whole bunch." "There'll be one ofthese waitin' foryou... every time you want to come out here." "They say this one has a surprise ending." "This is from Fritz Campion's own library." "This is before the fiirst issue of the comic book hit the stands in 1 968." "It's a classic depiction of good versus evil." "Notice the squarejaw ofSlayer, common in most comic heroes." "And the slightly disproportionate size ofJaguaro's head to his body." "This again is common, but only in villains." "The thing to notice about this piece... the thing that makes it very, very special... is its realistic depiction of its fiigures." "When the characters reached the magazine... they were exaggerated... as always happens." "This is vintage." "Well... wrap it up." "You've made a considerably wise decision." "Well, my kid's gonna go berserk." "Once again, please?" "My sonJeb-- it's a gift for him." " How old isJeb?" " He's four." "No." "No, no, no, no, no." "You need to go." "Now." "What'd-What'd I say?" "Do you see any Teletubbies in here?" "Do you see a slender plastic tag clipped to my shirt... with my name printed on it?" "Did you see a little Asian child with a blank expression sitting outside... in a mechanical helicopter that shakes when you put quarters in it?" "No?" "Well, that's what you see at a toy store... and you must think you're in a toy store because... you're here shopping for an infant named Jeb." "Now, one of us has made a gross error... and wasted the other person's valuable time." "This is an art gallery, my friend... and this is a piece ofart." "We're by appointment only." " I got a card from this store." " Congratulations." "You have a mailbox." "The exhibition isn't for two weeks." "This one was under the windshield wiper of my car." "How certain are you that you've never taken ill?" "Seventy-fiive percent." "Well, that's not certain at all, is it?" "That's hole number one." "I'm going to be extremely skeptical about all this." "About all what?" "I'm assuming you've never been injured." "Would I be wrong in that assumption?" "Dad's been injured." "Is the child correct?" "Yes, sir." "In college, I was in a car accident." " Was it serious?" " He couldn't play football any more." "That's hole number two." "That's a big one." "Mr Price, can we talk about the note that you left on my car?" "I've studied the form ofcomics intimately." "I've spent a third of my life in a hospital bed... with nothing else to do but read." "I believe comics are our last link... to an ancient way of passing on history." "The Egyptians drew on walls." "Countries all over the world still pass on knowledge through pictorial forms." "I believe comics are a form of history... that someone somewhere felt or experienced." "Then, ofcourse, those experiences and that history... got chewed up in the commercial machine, gotjazzed up... made titillating, cartooned for the sale rack." "This city has seen its share ofdisasters." "I watched the aftermath ofthat plane crash." "I watched the carnage ofthe hotel fiire." "I watched the news waiting to hear a very specifiic combination ofwords... but they never came." "Then one day I saw a news story about a train accident... and I heard them." ""There is a sole survivor... and he is miraculously unharmed."" "I have something called osteogenesis imperfecta." "It's a genetic disorder." "I don't make a particular protein very well... and it makes my bones very low in density." "Very easy to break." "I've had 54 breaks in my life... and I have the tamest version ofthis disorder, type one." "There are type two, type three, type four." "Type fours don't last very long." "So that's how it popped into my head." "Ifthere is someone like me in the world... and I'm at one end ofthe spectrum... couldn't there be someone else... the opposite of me at the other end?" "Someone who doesn't get sick, who doesn't get hurt like the rest of us?" "And he probably doesn't even know it." "The kind of person these stories are about." "A person put here to protect the rest of us." "To guard us." " You think my dad's a real" " I don't think anything right now." "It's a possibility-- one with many holes." "Joseph, don't take another sip ofthat water." " Go throw it in the trash." " But Dad" "Do it now, please." "I see guys like you all the time in my work." "You fiind someone you want to take advantage of... you tell them a fantastic story... and somewhere in there you say it:" ""I just need your credit card number... a small down payment."" "This morning was the fiirst morning that I could remember... that I didn't open my eyes and feel... sadness." "I thought the person that wrote that note had an answer for me." "I'm gonna leave now." "Good luck with your exhibition." "So, what kind ofjob do you have, David?" "You said you've met guys like me in your work." " What exactly is it that you do?" " I work at the University Stadium." "I'm a security guard." "Hi." "I've come to a decision." "Okay." "I just wanna askyou something, okay?" "And you can be totally honest." "I'm prepared for any answer, and-and it won't affect me." "Have you been with anyone?" "I mean, since we've been having problems." "The answer won't affect me." "I just need to know, you know?" "I mean, it won't affect me either way." "No." "Sorry, David." "I'm sorry." "Anyway... my decision is... that I want to start again." "And I want it to be like it was in the beginning." "And it's a big deal that you walked away from that train." "I feel like it's a second chance." "And ifyou feel like asking me out sometime... that'd be okay." "Okay." " Dunn." " Go for Dunn." "Yeah, it'sJenkins." "Look, wegot aguy overatgate 17-C with a bogus ticket." "Sayshe knowsyou." "He won't tellme hisname." "What's he look like?" "Why is it, do you think, that ofall the professions in the world... you chose protection?" " You are a very strange man." " You could have been a tax accountant." "You could have owned your own gym." "You could've opened a chain of restaurants." "You could've done one of 1 0,000 things." "But in the end, you chose to protect people." "You made that decision, and I fiind that... very, very interesting." "Now all I need is your credit card number." "That last part was a joke." " You're a big sports fan, are you?" " It's starting to intrigue me." "It gets heaviest ten minutes before kickoff." "Programme here." "Programme." "Programme." "Programme." "Programme here." " Rich, why don't we pat down?" " Right." "Just give me a minute." " Is there a problem?" "I'm sorry." "I'm gonna have to search you." " It's nothing personal." " The tall guy in the camouflagejacket." "Sometimes people carry weapons in here, and they drink too much." "Ifthe team's not doing good, bad things can happen." "We do pat-downs ofthe crowd to discourage people from carrying." "If he's carrying, he'll step out of line." "Yeah, step right up here." "Okay." "I got you a seat up in the yellow section." "It's in the nosebleeds, but at least you won't get spit on." " All right." " How'd you know that guy you bumped... was carrying a weapon?" "I don't know." "Maybe it was that camouflage armyjacket he was wearing." "Those guys like to carry hunting knives and stuff for show." "You thought he was carrying a knife?" " I thought he was carrying something, yeah." " But not a knife." "I got a picture ofa silver gun with a black grip... tucked in his pants." "You know, like on TV." "You have good instincts for things like that?" " Like what?" " Knowing when people have done something wrong?" " Yeah." " Have you ever tried to develop it?" " I don't know what you're asking me." " Your skill." "Look, I gotta be down on the sidelines during the game." " You can get to your seat right down" " Characters in comics... are often attributed special powers-- invisibility, X-ray vision, things ofthat sort." "Okay." " I don't wanna play this game any more." " It's an exaggeration ofthe truth." "Maybe it's based on something as simple as instinct." " But he might not have been carrying anything." " But he might have been carrying... a silver gun with a black grip tucked in his pants." " Dunn." " I gotta go." "Yeah, I know." "I'll be right down." " One last question." " What?" "That car accident you were in." "Was there anyone else involved?" "Yeah." "My wife, Audrey." "She was in the car with me." "Have a good life, Elijah." "Next time, try to buy your tickets at an authorized sales location." " Dunn." " I'm on my way." "...into the investigation oftrain 177... being conductedat the Eastrail holding warehouses." "The citycouncilhas steppedupplans topassa bill... requiringhigherstandards forinspection andmaintenance... ofallrailtransportation forPhiladelphia... andits outlying districts." "Hold up a second!" "I just want to askyou something." "Dad!" "Hey, Dad!" "Dad!" "Joseph, do you know how mad your mother would be if she knew you were playing football?" "Are you gonna tell?" "You wanna play last ofthe downs?" "We got a big guy like you." "You could play on opposite sides." "He's Potter's cousin." "He's starting cornerback at Temple University." "He's going pro in the draft." "They say he can run the 40 in 4.3 seconds." "Yeah, I've heard." "You can beat him, Dad." " Let's beat him." " I'm gonna go in." "Just play one set ofdowns." "I told them you were great." " Why'd you do that?" "Just one." "I'm gonna go in." "I've got some things to do." " What things?" " I'm gonna work out." " I'll help you." " No, I-I don't need" "I can't play, guys!" "I'm working out with my dad!" "Go, go." "Here we go!" "Ready?" "Hut!" "You're doing good." "Right there!" "Catch!" "I'vegot to run" "To keep from hiding" "Andl'm bound" "To keep on riding" "Andl'vegot one more silverdollar" "How much did you put on there?" "You put too much." "That's 250 pounds." "How much can you lift?" "That's the most I ever lifted." "That could've been dangerous,Joseph." "Why don't you go upstairs now and let me fiinish up, okay?" "I'll take it off." "I'll help you right." "You thinkyou could have beaten up Bruce Lee?" "No." "I mean, ifyou knew karate." "No." "Well, what if he wasn't allowed to kick, and you were really mad at him?" "No,Joseph." "How much did you take off?" "I lied." "You added?" "How much is it?" "270 pounds." "Let's put more." "Okay." "Why don't you move back a little just to be safe, okay?" "More?" "You should never do anything like this." "You know that, right?" "What do you do ifsomething bad happens?" "Get Mom." "Right." "How much did you put on that time?" "All of it." "What else can we use?" "How much is it?" "How much is it, Dad?" "About 350 pounds." "Fracture ofthe fiifth metacarpal ofthe right hand... as well as multiple fractures of the sixth, seventh and eighth ribs." "The worst ofthe injury, however, was sustained to the right leg... in the form ofa spiral fracture." "There were 1 4 breaks." "It simply shattered." "They call me Mr Glass." " Who does?" " Kids." "Are you all right, Mr Price?" "Shall I continue?" "Pins were placed throughout the length ofthe leg." "The use ofa wheelchair will be needed for a two-month period." "The use ofcrutches will follow for 1 2 to 1 4 months." "Hospital stay will range from fiive to eight days... followed by nine to twelve months of physical therapy." "Prescribed medication for pain management will take the usual forms... of morphine drip, percocet, darvocet." "Your, uh, 1 0:00 is here." "The hospital discharged him this morning." "Thanks." "Elijah, right?" "We're gonna prevent any substantial atrophy ofyour good leg with this... and it works your quadriceps." "How long have you been married?" " Twelve years." " How'd you get together?" "I'm a little nervous being here." "I ask too many questions when I'm nervous." "A car accident." "Oh." "And now you're gonna have to tell me more." "My husband was a star athlete in college... and we were in an accident together." "Our car flipped on an icy road and we were both injured, and he couldn't play football any more." "And ifthat hadn't happened, we probably wouldn't have been together." " How so?" " I think we should talk about your rehab." "You don't have to answer ifyou don't want to." "So, tell me more about the quad machine." "It prevents atrophy by" "I couldn't spend my life with someone who played football." "It's pretty much that simple." "I mean, I don't hate the game." "I admire the amount ofskill it involves." "And-And like everyone else, I was in awe ofthe way he played it." "But football, in many ways, is the opposite ofwhat I do." "You're rewarded the more you punish your opponent." "You know, it's too much about violence, and I don't want violence in my life." "It's not a thing many people can understand, but" "Anyway, fate stepped in with that car accident... and took football out ofthe equation." "And everyone lived happily ever after." "Sort of." "What part of David's body was injured?" "Who said my husband's name was David?" "Ladiesandgentlemen" "ln the first half" "A 737 crashes on takeoff-- 1 72 die, no survivors." "A hotel fiire downtown-- 2 1 1 die, no survivors." "An Eastrail train derails 7 1 /2 miles outside the city-- 1 31 die... one survivor." "He is unharmed." "I've spoken with your husband about his survival." "I suggested a rather unbelievable possibility." "Since then, I've come to believe that possibility... however unbelievable... is now more a probability." "And what was it you suggested?" "These are mediocre times, Mrs Dunn." "People are starting to lose hope." "It's hard for many to believe... there are extraordinary things inside themselves as well as others." "I hope you can keep an open mind." "Excuse me, sir?" "Can you step out of line, please?" "We've been having some problems with people selling drugs here in the stadium." "Would you mind if I checkyour pockets?" "Raise your arms, please." "Come on, raise them up." "I just got here, man." "Can I put my hands down now?" "Can I go?" "Yeah." "Hope you fiind them." " Yo, Dunn." " Yeah." "ljust came into the office." "Yourkid washurt." " Where is he?" " Someplay rehearsalatschool." "He wantsyou to come down there." "Is that your dad?" "I bet my dad could beat up your dad." "No, he, uh, he insisted we call only you... though we had some trouble tracking you down." "I mean, you're not on our list." "Audrey handles this type ofstuff." "Oh." "What type ofstuff?" "Joseph stuff." "Do I need to put any smelly ointment on him or anything?" "No, no, it's more emotional damage." "Not, uh" " Not to serious, physically." "Nothing like when I sent you to the hospital." "When was that?" "My offiice was on the other side ofthe building back then." "You don't remember me, do you?" " No, ma'am." " I had red hair." "Well, you were a little younger thanJoseph when it happened." "Did you know that we changed the rules ofconduct... around the pool because ofyou?" "The kids still tell about it... like it was some sort of ghost story." ""Did you know there was a kid nearly drowned in that pool?" "He lay on the bottom ofthe pool for fiive minutes." "And when they pulled him out, he was dead."" "We let them tell it." "It helps keep them safe." "You still phobic ofwater?" "It was Potter and another guy." "They were messing with this Chinese girl in the dressing room." "Y-You can't let bad things happen to good people, right?" "That's your code, right?" "That's the hero's code." "I tried to make them stop... but they kept pushing me down, and they wouldn't let me get back up." "I thought maybe 'cause you're my dad..." "I thought I might be like you." "I'm not like you." "You are like me." "We can both get hurt." " I'm just an ordinary man." " No, you're not." "Why do you keep saying that?" "Elijah Price came to visit me at the centre today." "Jesus." "He didn't do anything." "Hejust... told me his theory." "That's sad when patients get like that." "They lose reality." "Joseph, what the hell are you doing?" "Oh, my God." "You don't believe." "I'll show you." "You can't get hurt." "That gun's not loaded." "He doesn't know where I keep the bullets." "In your Rookie ofthe Year trophy." "Joseph, did you load the gun?" " You won't get hurt." " Elijah was wrong." " When did he meet Elijah?" " He was with me when I met him." "No one believes him." "Joseph, listen to me." "Sometimes when people get sick or hurt for a long time, like Elijah... their mind gets hurt too, and they start to think things that aren't true." "He told me what he thought about your father." "It isn't true." "I'll show you." "Do you remember the story about the-- about the boy that almost drowned in the pool?" "That was me they were talking about." "I almost died." "That was me." " You're lying." " I'm not lying, okay?" "I just didn't remember it, that's all." "Joseph, you know your father was injured in college." "You know that." "You know all about that." "Don't do it." "He'll die,Joseph." " I'll just shoot him once." "Joseph, listen to what your moth" "Don't be scared." "Joseph... ifyou pull that trigger, I'm going to leave." "Do you understand?" "I'm going to go to New York." "Y-Y-You're right." "Ifyou pull that trigger... that bullet isjust gonna bounce off me, and I'm not going to be hurt." "But then I'm going to go upstairs and I'm gonna pack... and I'm going to leave for New York." " Why?" " Because I thought we werejust starting to be friends for real." "And friends'll listen to each other." "They don't" "And-And they don't shoot each other, uh, uh, do they, Audrey?" "N-No shooting friends,Joseph." "Joseph!" "You are about to be in big trouble!" "Now, I am your father, and I am telling you... to put that goddamn gun down right now!" "One, two" "I followed the guy in the camouflagejacket." "He had a silver gun with a black grip tucked in the back of his pants." "Were you really injured in that car accident in college?" "'Cause I believe you faked it." "I believe you took the opportunity... to end your football career, no questions asked." "And I thinkyou did it, ofall things, for a woman." "I guess that makes sense." "Football's what, just ten years?" "But love?" "Hmm." "Now, that's forever." "And that little bit ofsadness in the mornings you spoke of?" "I think I know what that is." "Perhaps you're not doing what you're supposed to be doing." "Most guns have a black or silver handle." "I had a 50-50 shot of getting the colour right." " That's not what I witnessed." " Stop." "Stop messing with my life, Elijah." "My son almost shot me last night because he wanted to prove you were right." "I never said you couldn't be killed." " I never said that." " My wife was right." "There have been three major disasters, and you were the only one unharmed." "I have been sick." "When I was a kid, I spent a week in the hospital getting better from pneumonia." "I almost drowned." "Two skinny little kids... were fooling around in a pool dunking me and I swallowed some water." "They didn't know it, and it almost killed me." "Heroes don't get killed like that." "Normal people do, right?" "I don't need to see you any more, okay?" "Please stay away from my family." "Shesaidlcouldtellstories that couldmakeyou cry" "What aboutyou" "Hey, man, it's 20 after." "It's time to choose." "I gotta head." "Andshesighed, ahh lsaid, I want to be a singer" "You better not bejacking offto the Japanese comics, I swear to God." "Let'sgo, let's sit Let's talkpolitics" "Goessogood with beer And while we're at it, baby" "Why don'tyou tellme one ofyourbiggest fears lsaid, losing mypenis to a whore with disease" "Uh, look, man, I didn't know you were in a" "Losin'my life to a whore with disease" "Just choose something, all right?" " Excuse me, please" "The baby-sitter's here." " Should we cancel?" " I'm fline." "We can do this another time." "Don't lie." "I'm fline." "I just got mixed up." "How about wejust go for a couple drinks?" "Okay, look, man, I'm-I'm just gonna wheel you out." "All right?" "You can think about things outside on the sidewalk." "I gotta get some chicken in me, you know what I'm sayin'?" "I've been tired, I've been tired I've been tired, I've been tired I've been tired" " ltoldthe tale ofagirl" " Shit!" "She'sa little bit olderthan me" "Strong legs, strong face voice like milk" "Breasts like a clusterofgrapes lcan't escape her ways" "She raise me" " Dude." " Even ifyou have no one" "Man, I don't care ifyou are in a wheelchair." "Ifyou do that again..." "I'm calling 5-0." "And whileyou're at it, baby" "Man." "You don't want to sleep aftersetting my loins on fire" "That's it, crackerjack." "You're gonna be sitting your ass in jail now." "I've been tired, I've been tired I've been tired I've been tired, I've been tired" "I've been tired, I've been tired" " l've been tired, I've been tired" " How much for this one?" "I've been tired" " Rust?" " Yeah." "As a colour, not as rust." "You know, like rust-coloured paint or wood." " I didn't know that." " Mm-hmm." "Mine's still brown." "Okay, my turn." "Favourite song?" ""Soft and Wet" by the Artist Formerly Known as Prince." "What?" "We're supposed to be honest." ""Soft And Wet."" "That's very interesting." "Okay, my turn." "When was the fiirst time... the thought popped into your head we might not make it?" "That's not the game." "It's the fiirst date." "There aren't any rules." " Don't know for sure." " Think carefully." "What about the game?" "It's over." "I won." "Look, maybe it wasn't a specifiic moment." " Maybe it was a time" " I had a nightmare one night... and I didn't wake you up so you could tell me that it was okay." "I think that was the fiirst time." "Does that count?" "That counts." "Do you knowingly keep me and Joseph at a distance?" "Yes." "Why?" "I don't know." "I just don't feel right, Audrey." "Something's... just not right." "Do you resent us, David?" "Resent the life you have?" "I mean, there were a lot ofother things you could've done after college." "These were your choices." "You know, even if it meant we couldn't have been together..." "I never would've wished that injury on you." "What you could do physically... was a gift." "I never would've wished it to go away." "You know that, right?" "You had two calls afterJoseph went to bed." "One came through... while I was on the other line, but I wasn't talking too long." "There was an emergency with my sister." "She tried to do her own perm, and now she looks like she stuck her head" "Who called through?" "Um, someone from New York... uh, about a securityjob." "They want to hire you." "I didn't know you guys were moving to New York." "Thanks for telling me." "We weren't all gonna move." "Oh." "I let the answering machine pick up the other call." "Great." "Look, let'sjust be honest here." "We'rejust at the beginning... and I don't expect you or I to change... the course ofwhere our lives were headed... because ofone date." "And ifyou do go to New York, we can develop this." "We'll just be forced to take it slow." "And in the end, I think that's defiinitely better." "I mean, this is our second time around, David." "I didn't expect us... to get carried away." "But I guess "congratulations" is the right thing to say." "David, it's Eliijah." "It wasso obvious." "It was this one issue that brought it backforme" "Century Comics 1 17." "That's where thisgroup, the Coalition ofEvil... triedto ascertain the weakness ofeverysuperhero... because theyallhave one, just likeyou." "Yourbones don't break." "Mine do." "That's clear." "Yourcells react to bacteria and viruses differentlythan mine." "You don'tgetsick." "Ido." "That'salso clear." "But forsome reason, you andl react the exactsame wayto water." "Weswallowit too fast, we choke." "Wegetsome in ourlungs, we drown." "Howeverunrealit mayseem, we are connected, you andl." "We're on thesame curve, just on opposite ends." "Thepoint ofallthis is we nowknowsomething we didn 't." "You have a weakness-- water." "It's likeyourkryptonite." "You hearingme, David?" "Audrey?" "Gotcha." "Come on." "Audrey." "Audrey." "Hey!" "You'll be okay." "What" " What happened?" "I thought I was-- I thought I was dead." "Me too." "Is she all right?" "I think her leg's broken." "Are you hurt?" "Hey, man, are you hurt?" "Hello." "I wasn 't injuredin that caraccident." "David." "I've neverbeen injured, Eliijah." "What am lsupposedto do?" "Go to where people are." "You won't have to look very long." "It's all right to be afraid, David... because this part won't be like a comic book." "Real life doesn't fiit into little boxes that were drawn for it." "There's one in the fiirst row." "It's" " It's the second one." "Yes." "It's the second one over." "Go back to Africa!" "Hey, what's your name?" "I thinkyou drank too much." "Can I come in?" "Who are you?" "I like your house." "Can I come in?" "What is this?" "No, you can't come in." "Are you sure?" "What are" " What are you" "It's okay." "It's okay." "It's okay." "I had a bad dream." "It's over now." "I don't know." "I can't believe you'd think that." "I'm just asking you." "I'm making French toast." "I've been thinking about Elijah Price." "If he shows up again, I think we should call the police, okay?" "Okay?" "Okay." "You were right." "This is one ofJohann Davis' earliest drawings." "See the villain's eyes?" "They're larger than the other characters'." "They insinuate a slightly skewed perspective on how they see the world-- just off normal." "He doesn't look scary." "Mm-hmm." "That's what I said to my son." "But he says there's always two kinds." "There's the soldier villain who flights the hero with his hands... and then there's the real threat-- the brilliant and evil archenemy... who flights the hero with his mind." "Are you Elijah's mother?" "I am." "I'm helping him with the sale." "Nice to meet you." "I'm David Dunn." "He's spoken ofyou." "Says you're becoming friends." "We are." "Looks like he's doing good today." "I'm very proud of him." "He's come through a lot in his life-- a couple of bad spills I thought had broken him." "Mm-hmm." "They were bad... but he made it." "Yes, he did." "He's kind ofa miracle." "Yes, he is." " I'll tell him you're here." " Thankyou." "We'll work something out." "Always able to work something out." "It has begun." "Tell me something, David." "When you woke up this morning, was it still there?" "The sadness?" "No." "I think this is where we shake hands." " Look!" " Did you see it?" "I worked in that building 25 years." "I know all its secrets." "Secrets?" "Like ifthere ever was a fiire on floors one, two or three... everyone in that hotel would be burned alive." "Passengers aren't allowed in there." "Do you know what the scariest thing is?" "To not know your place in this world... to not know why you're here." "That's" "That'sjust an awful feeling." "What have you done?" "I almost gave up hope." "There were so many times I questioned myself." "You killed all those people." "But I found you." "So many sacrifiices... just to fiind you." "Jesus Christ!" "Now that we know who you are..." "I know who I am." "I'm not a mistake." "It all makes sense." "In a comic, you know how you can tell who the arch-villain's going to be?" "He's the exact opposite ofthe hero." "And most times, they're friends, like you and me." "I should've known way back when." "You know why, David?" "Because ofthe kids." "They called me Mr Glass."