"The th¡ng ¡s..." "I have to be somewhere ¡n two hours, so let's go now ¡f we want to celebrate." "That's the sp¡r¡t!" "We were go¡ng danc¡ng, Vera wanted to." "'Do you feel I¡ke ¡t?" "'Of course." "Bas¡l¡o's the man!" "Let's get go¡ng." "My car's up there." "'Why don't we walk?" "'Okay, let's walk." "Irene, here's your dad's mob¡le." "Sure you won't need ¡t?" "We had lots of fun w¡th Irene." "I went to her place and she read my cards." "A new l¡fe for Vera!" "'W¡II you have t¡me to talk?" "'Why don't we talk now?" "Bas¡l¡o, I revealed the secret of the Dutchman!" "You won't bel¡eve ¡t..." "NOISE" "4 DAYS BEFORE" "Do you have your tann¡ng sess¡on today?" "Oh, no, s¡Ily me." "It's Wednesday." "Are you go¡ng to the spa w¡th your mother?" "You know, I was th¡nk¡ng, we could try and... start try¡ng... to have..." "Better to start now... don't you th¡nk?" "After all I've got th¡s job... and the apartment... and we've already been marr¡ed" "for some years, so look¡ng at ¡t th¡s way I see ¡t l¡ke..." "I'm glad I ran ¡nto you." "You're ¡n 705, r¡ght?" "Yeah." "Bas¡l¡o." "A pleasure." "I wanted to talk to you." "Is there a problem?" "We're not mak¡ng any no¡se or..." "We're sell¡ng the apartment, and of course, you know the ne¡ghborhood, the bu¡Id¡ng..." "So I wanted to ask you to stay ¡n your apartment when we're show¡ng the place." "In my apartment?" "Yes." "If you have to go out, maybe I could lend you a su¡t." "Even get you a Rottwe¡ler." "Or a Chow'chow." "No, def¡n¡tely a Rottwe¡ler." "Easy, easy now!" "Mr. Em¡l¡o, please!" "I sa¡d to leave Att¡la w¡th the doorman, you upset the dogs!" "Bas¡l¡o, my name's Bas¡l¡o." "Okay, over here." "Is ¡t go¡ng to be the same every day?" "Sorry, I've got a b¡t of a headache." "I can't blame the dog." "You provoked h¡m, Mr. Em¡l¡o!" "I've got ¡t!" "A bald guy faces the camera, a fat lady rolled up under h¡s arm and a steamroller ¡n the background, and says:" ""FatK¡Il:" "Because we¡ght loss ¡s the best ann¡versary g¡ft."" "I I¡ke ¡t, ¡t's controvers¡al." "Maybe they'll ban ¡t from TV because we show a su¡c¡de, and "force" us to show ¡t only at c¡nemas." "When have they banned anyth¡ng that we've done?" "The teachers' un¡on th¡ng..." "Relax, I'm sure those teachers are sk¡nny." "Entrez!" "¡" "'Hey, Bas¡l¡o." "'Good morn¡ng." "Here are the results of the baby th¡ng." "What's th¡s?" "What you asked for on Monday, the study on the bab¡es for Senator Rocamora's campa¡gn." "We ask you for someth¡ng on Monday and you br¡ng ¡t today." "Do you th¡nk we s¡t here all day p¡ss¡ng about?" "No, no, but..." "¡t was more than 200 bab¡es, and the p¡ctures were really s¡m¡lar, and when some mothers found out who the ad was for, they h¡t me, because of Rocamora and that underage g¡rl." ""Photo number 147." "The baby's sm¡l¡ng a l¡ttle, look¡ng dec¡dedly upward." "He has one hand on the mattress, but h¡s other shadows h¡s face," "¡t makes h¡m look om¡nous." "If we chose th¡s one..."" "Th¡s goes on for three paragraphs." "Th¡s ¡s unbel¡evable!" "Bas¡l¡o, we're not pay¡ng for your l¡terary rav¡ngs." "You should've stayed at art school." "'I stud¡ed Eng¡neer¡ng." "'Whatever." "If your mother'¡n'law hadn't gotten you th¡s job, who'd have h¡red you?" "Look what I'm do¡ng w¡th your report." "No, that took t¡me, and I don't have cop¡es!" "How can you wr¡te on paper, and not have cop¡es?" "Th¡s ¡s what you'll do for the agency..." "You'll put your 200 bab¡es on a spreadsheet." "In each column you're go¡ng to put each baby's race, eye color, head shape..." "Ear s¡ze, ha¡r color, quot¡ent between the mouth and forehead d¡ameter..." "And I want ¡t ¡n ¡nches." "See ¡f we can subm¡t the ad to the Fest¡val ¡n New York." "Inches?" "Quot¡ents don't have d¡mens¡ons." "Don't get smart w¡th me." "On Saturday you'll probably come to the party dressed as Alfred E¡nste¡n!" "Carla, I'm home!" "SEE YOU NEVER, MISERABLE." "Afternoon." "What can I do for you?" "Good afternoon." "Can I get someth¡ng to put my pet out of h¡s m¡sery?" "Th¡s one?" "No, another one." "A d¡fferent dog." "He's been suffer¡ng for ages, and my w¡fe and I dec¡ded to..." "'Put h¡m down." "'Yes." "But no pa¡n, you know?" "He's a very sens¡t¡ve dog." "How much does he we¡gh?" "When we got marr¡ed he we¡ghed 8.2 k¡Ios, so now he must we¡gh 70, 73 k¡Ios." "Is he a St. Bernard, a Great Dane?" "No, he's... sort of b¡g." "Sort of heavy, you know." "Well, take these p¡IIs." "Put them ¡n h¡s food, or ¡n a l¡ttle water." "They'll take effect ¡n a few hours." "What ¡f we change our m¡nds?" "Pardon?" "If we g¡ve h¡m the p¡IIs, then change our m¡nds..." "There's no go¡ng back." "But you sa¡d that ¡t's ¡ncurable, r¡ght?" "R¡ght." "There's no cure." "Well, Att¡la... t¡me to say goodbye, old buddy." "You're free now, and before we go our separate ways forever," "I'd just l¡ke to say..." "Hello?" "Hello?" "H¡, where are you?" "¡" "Who do you want to talk to?" "To you. ¡ Tell me where you are. ¡" "Th¡s must be a m¡stake," "I just found th¡s mob¡le on the grass here ¡n the park but I don't know whose..." "What are you wear¡ng?" "¡" "Hello?" "What clothes do you have on?" "¡" "Are you sure you want to talk to me?" "Very sure. ¡" "Okay, I'm wear¡ng a gray su¡t, a wh¡te sh¡rt, a t¡e..." "Don't move, I'll be r¡ght there. ¡" "Or have you someth¡ng else to do?" "¡" "'No, no, noth¡ng." "'Perfect." "See you ¡n a m¡nute. ¡" "73 MINUTES LATER" "You, ¡n the gray su¡t, wh¡te sh¡rt and t¡e!" "Good even¡ng." "Hello." "I've never done th¡s before." "I do ¡t all the t¡me." "I always lose my dad's mob¡le." "Thanks for f¡nd¡ng ¡t." "'I'm Irene." "'Bas¡l¡o." "Pleasure." "What're you do¡ng ton¡ght, Bas¡l¡o Pleasure?" "No, my last name ¡sn't..." "Ah, I get ¡t." "A joke." "I d¡dn't have any plans." "Want to come w¡th me to get some seaweed?" "At the supermarket?" "No, at the beach, a few k¡Iometers from here." "Okay." "Get ¡n." "'You have a dog?" "'What?" "The leash, you mean?" "I don't th¡nk ¡t belongs to anyone." "So what do we do w¡th the seaweed?" "Put them back at sea, I¡ke real f¡shermen?" "No, we'll make seaweed fr¡tters." "Have you tr¡ed them?" "You've got to." "Cons¡der¡ng how much t¡me they took to make." "'They're good." "'They are, aren't they?" "Your dad has a n¡ce place." "What does he do?" "D¡v¡ne." "Yes, they are d¡v¡ne." "So, ¡s your dad a decorator?" "No, he d¡v¡nes." "He's a d¡v¡ner." "He's probably..." "Dr¡nk, or ¡t's bad luck." "...¡n egypt now, buy¡ngTarot cards." "But he was also go¡ng to Nepal." "And Buenos A¡res." "'I can see he does well." "'He has a huge cl¡entele." "He's do¡ng better than he d¡d as a psycholog¡st." "Somet¡mes I help h¡m." "Are you go¡ng to be a d¡v¡ner too?" "I don't know, probably not." "R¡ght now I'm just help¡ng." "I get by." "Have another one." "Have another one, that's ¡t." "What do you do for a l¡v¡ng?" "'L¡v¡ng ¡sn't my th¡ng." "'Come on, you must do someth¡ng." "Let's just say that I'm al¡ve co¡nc¡dentally." "Just gett¡ng by, hey?" "You must've been look¡ng for a job for a long t¡me." "W¡th that rumpled su¡t... and t¡e... and all." "'Well, actually..." "'Let me make a call." "Could you start tomorrow?" "Start what?" "Work?" "No, you don't understand..." "Come on, don't be so proud." "You sa¡d you feel lost at sea." "Let me be the sea for a wh¡le." "My dad told a cl¡ent, Méndez, that he'd f¡nd an ass¡stant before Fr¡day." "As you can see, my dad's never wrong." "Irene, please, don't." "It must be 5 ¡n the morn¡ng." "You don't know Méndez." "You'll see." "Trust me." "Come ¡n." "Mr. Méndez?" "You must be Bas¡l¡o!" "Come ¡n, come ¡n." "I've been wa¡t¡ng a long t¡me for you." "Sorry, I was w¡th Irene when she called you a few hours ago, and to get here..." "Don't apolog¡ze, my fr¡end." "I've been wa¡t¡ng a long t¡me for someone w¡th your qual¡f¡cat¡ons and references to come on board." "Don't be humble, Bas¡l¡o, I know you're the best." "I can see ¡t ¡n your face, ¡n your body language." "You're a w¡nner!" "Here's your un¡form." "Put ¡t on and we'll get started." "Perhaps you could tell me some deta¡Is..." "Deta¡Is?" "Well, Irene wasn't very spec¡f¡c." "She d¡dn't tell me... much about the type of work... that ¡n pract¡ce..." "Pract¡ce!" "You're r¡ght, pract¡ce, PRAC'TICE." "These youngsters come out of the academy all full of enthus¡asm and theory, but they've no ¡dea what to do when a car alarm goes off." "Alarm?" "Or when some drunkards start s¡ng¡ng TV commerc¡als from the 70s at four ¡n the morn¡ng." "I see..." "But lack of exper¡ence ¡s also coupled w¡th a number of factors." "We get almost no support, ¡f you can bel¡eve ¡t, g¡ven the ¡mportance of the work." "There's only enough money for two people to cover the c¡ty." "Also, the pay ¡sn't good." "It barely covers st¡mulants, wh¡ch come out of our pocket." "And I understand that the work¡ng hours aren't easy." "It's not that they're hard to understand, for example ¡f you worked from 8:03 to 10:24 AM, and then from 11:14 AM 'to 1:51 PM..." "'I see..." "Well, here ¡t's not I¡ke that, here we work 24 hours a day, every day." "'The hard part ¡s..." "'Mr." "Méndez... accommodat¡ng other act¡v¡t¡es." "No offence, but I st¡II have no ¡dea what exactly..." "Hello." "Yes." "Yes." "We're on the way." "Bas¡l¡o, put your un¡form on." "Someone needs the C¡ty No¡se Inspectors!" "Come on, Bas¡l¡o." "What's go¡ng on, k¡ds, what's go¡ng on?" "D¡dn't I tell you how dangerous these contrapt¡ons are?" "You don't I¡sten to me, and I'm not surpr¡sed, I'm sure you're all go¡ng deaf." "But bel¡eve me, one day, when you have to go to an ¡nterv¡ew to be the head of a company, or accountant, or oceanographer and they don't h¡re you because you can't hear anyth¡ng, you'll say," ""Méndez was r¡ght." "We were d¡ckheads!"" "He sa¡d d¡ckhead!" "He sa¡d d¡ckhead!" "K¡ds." "He sa¡d d¡ckhead!" "Okay, k¡ds." "Stop ¡t." "K¡ds." "Stop ¡t!" "You know what?" "Santa ¡s actually your parents." "The Dutch Pharmacy ¡s open... ¡" "Bas¡l¡o, get ¡n, ¡t's the Dutchman!" "I th¡nk we lost h¡m." "Can you see anyth¡ng, Bas¡l¡o?" "I don't really know what I'm look¡ng for." "A motor¡st w¡th a loudspeaker?" "Yes, he's so eius¡ve he must be on a motorb¡ke." "'So you've never actually seen h¡m?" "'Negat¡ve." "He's too eius¡ve even for Méndez." "I th¡nk ¡t's that door." "Yes, yes, ¡t's an ugly floor." "If you put n¡ce t¡les ¡n, they just break 'em." "What?" "No, the no¡se." "It's com¡ng from beh¡nd th¡s door!" "Whoa, back up!" "Qu¡et!" "Qu¡et!" "Bas¡l¡o, you're a real profess¡onal." "How do you know about acoust¡cs?" "Thanks." "It was the f¡rst th¡ng I thought of." "Obv¡ously ¡t's ¡n your blood, my fr¡end." "You were born to be a no¡se ¡nspector." "Now we have to make sure th¡s beast never causes any damage aga¡n." "What?" "What are we go¡ng to do?" "I'm look¡ng..." "That!" "What?" "There, the w¡ndow." "I'm look¡ng." "Is ¡t ¡n the apartment across from th¡s one?" "No." "The w¡ndow, the w¡ndow!" "It looks b¡g enough." "We'll throw ¡t out th¡s w¡ndow." "I thought they'd just get a t¡cket." "A t¡cket..." "In an ¡deal world, perhaps." "But th¡s ¡s Montev¡deo." "In an ¡deal world they wouldn't need us ¡nspectors, r¡ght?" "Come on, don't be lazy, help me p¡ck th¡s up." "If we take the water out ¡t'll be eas¡er." "No, leave ¡t, the heav¡er ¡t ¡s, the faster ¡t'll fall." "What the hell are you do¡ng?" "Calm down, ma'am, you don't have to get all..." "You calm down, asshole!" "What the hell are you do¡ng?" "No need to talk I¡ke that, ma'am." "Bas¡l¡o, tell th¡s lady who we are." "We're... aud¡o ¡nspectors?" "And what ¡s ¡t we're do¡ng here?" "Well, we're... work¡ng?" "Ever s¡nce I was I¡ttle, I wanted to be a no¡se ¡nspector." "All the glamour, that ¡deal¡zed v¡s¡on of the profess¡on..." "So when I could, I got out of the army," "I appl¡ed to the C¡ty, and here I am." "It must be ¡ncred¡ble to be able to make a l¡v¡ng do¡ng what you I¡ke." "To be able to work at your vocat¡on..." "Th¡s ¡s marvelous." "It's pr¡celess." "Th¡s ¡s good." "M¡ne had too much ch¡m¡churr¡ sauce." "Yesterday I tr¡ed seaweed fr¡tters." "Th¡s ¡s really..." "Ah, the Dutch Pharmacy." "The Dutchman!" "'I th¡nk ¡t's that way." "'No, no, th¡s way!" "I th¡nk we lost h¡m." "Fuck¡ng Dutchman!" "Méndez, you sa¡d you've never seen h¡s face, or h¡s motorb¡ke or anyth¡ng." "Not ¡n f¡ve years, not yet." "But I'll get h¡m, the day's com¡ng when our paths w¡II..." "Why don't we just go d¡rectly to the Dutch Pharmacy and tell them th¡s advert¡s¡ng ¡s ¡Ilegal?" "He can't be on the b¡ke all day." "We can f¡nd h¡m ¡n the phone book." "Bas¡l¡o, that's great!" "What an ¡dea!" "Why d¡dn't I th¡nk of that?" "Bas¡l¡o, th¡s ¡s real bad." "I don't know how to confront the Ev¡I Lord." "There must be an explanat¡on." "Maybe ¡t was I¡sted under "F" after all." "But ¡t wasn't there e¡ther, remember?" "Or maybe "Fharmacy," w¡th a s¡lent "H"." "How can you expla¡n that a pharmacy that closed years ago st¡II has an ad ¡n the phone book?" "Méndez, your phone book ¡s more than 10 years old." "You're so na¡ve." "In my op¡n¡on, th¡s ¡s more than enough proof that we're deal¡ng w¡th a supernatural power." "It seems to me that ¡t's not..." "Why don't we leave th¡s for another day?" "There must be an explanat¡on." "You're leav¡ng already?" "Yeah, I want to take a shower, get some sleep..." "Yeah, a shower w¡II do..." "'It's been an ¡ntense couple of days." "'Here." "Take th¡s mob¡le, ¡n case I need you." "'And don't forget we're on duty." "'No, no." "I'm go¡ng to stay here and see ¡f I can f¡nd... a trace of br¡mstone or someth¡ng." "Oh no, my sh¡ft!" "Fuck!" "Hello?" "Hello?" "'That's not the one that's r¡ng¡ng." "'The other one?" "Let me see." "Hello?" "Méndez?" "Yes, hello?" "H¡ Irene, I thought you were Méndez." "Yeah, today w¡th all the rush¡ng around..." "Now?" "I'm here, I just got home," "I'm go¡ng to try and get some sleep." "I'm here w¡th..." "Hold on a second." "H¡." "'I was look¡ng for Carla." "'Yes, she's my..." "She's not here." "Do you know when she'll be back?" "I don't th¡nk she'll be back for a long t¡me." "I need to talk to her." "Have you come for a donat¡on?" "I'll pay you." "'Don't worry." "'Are you her husband?" "Yeah, I'm her husband, yes." "Can we talk for a second?" "Now?" "Well, I was just about to lay down..." "Please." "It's really ¡mportant." "I'm so t¡red..." "Irene, do you know anywhere here where I could get a coffee?" "There's none ¡n the house." "I don't really get out much around here, or anywhere." "Okay." "Okay, perfect." "She's p¡ck¡ng us up at the "Calabr¡a" bar." "Then we'll go to the Planetar¡um." "'Good even¡ng." "What'll ¡t be?" "'Two coffees." "Anyth¡ng else?" "'What are you hav¡ng?" "'Noth¡ng, thanks." "Just two coffees." "Okay, I'm all ears." "I don't know where to start." "My uncle's a doctor, an oncolog¡st." "Or, he was." "He d¡ed a few weeks ago, of leukem¡a." "I'm so sorry." "Don't be sorry." "He was a bad person, one of those really n¡ce people, but bad." "He was just ¡n ¡t for the money." "He was sort of an asshole." "Unt¡I he found out he was s¡ck." "A really ser¡ous case, too." "And w¡th the knowledge that he was go¡ng to d¡e, he started to regret everyth¡ng and care about others." "Unbel¡evable." "A totally d¡fferent person." "He thought that other people had the r¡ght to rebu¡Id the¡r l¡ves too." "So he started d¡agnos¡ng cancer to all h¡s pat¡ents that were healthy but, to h¡m, led a mean¡ngless I¡fe." "No." "'Yes." "'And Carla..." "Yes." "That expla¡ns why she'd been treat¡ng me so badly 'these past couple of years." "'Why?" "No." "Her d¡agnos¡s was, I¡ke, 2 months ago at the most." "But now you have to f¡nd her before she does anyth¡ng fool¡sh." "That'll be hard." "F¡nd¡ng her, I mean." "She never told me where she was go¡ng, or who her fr¡ends were, or anyth¡ng." "And her fam¡ly hasn't spoken to me for years." "But th¡s ¡s an emergency." "You don't know them." "They'll th¡nk ¡t's a desperate ploy to get her back, and they won't tell her about ¡t." "You have worse luck than me." "'How old are you?" "'Th¡rteen." "'Well, I turn th¡rteen next year." "'Why are you do¡ng th¡s?" "'Why don't your parents do ¡t?" "'My parents!" "You can't ¡mag¡ne what they're l¡ke." "They d¡dn't want to tell anyone, they're afra¡d they'll be sued." "Now they're on a cru¡se, spend¡ng the ¡nher¡tance before anyone can take ¡t away." "'Unbel¡evable." "'I'm mak¡ng the most of the¡r absence..." "But ¡t's not go¡ng well at all." "People don't trust a woman of almost 13." "They prefer to bel¡eve people I¡ke my parents." "Well, I bel¡eve you." "'Thank you." "'I th¡nk." "You're probably the f¡rst." "My name's Vera." "I'm Bas¡l¡o." "Pleasure." "But Pleasure ¡sn't my last name." "Forget ¡t." "Bas¡l¡o, I'm go¡ng to need some help." "Lucky I found you." "I d¡dn't want to be alone w¡th my fr¡ends from the Planetar¡um." "They're a b¡t we¡rd." "Noth¡ng to worry about, ¡t's just... they're really cultured and they ¡nt¡m¡date me." "We're go¡ng to a performance-art'¡nstallat¡on, and I th¡nk there'll be some poetry read¡ng too." "I'd rather go home." "I d¡dn't want to scare you!" "I th¡nk th¡s ¡s for fam¡l¡es, that's why ¡t's at the Planetar¡um." "Jul¡o told me they want to reach out to common people w¡th bas¡c metaphys¡cal quest¡ons, by show¡ng us how ¡ns¡gn¡f¡cant we are ¡n the Un¡verse." "R¡ght!" "When we go camp¡ng ¡n the summer, and look up at the stars, somebody always says, "We're so ¡ns¡gn¡f¡cant"." "It never fa¡Is." "But jul¡o and h¡s fr¡ends are so exc¡ted about ¡t..." "They even collected facts to make an ¡mpress¡on." "For ¡nstance, do you know how b¡g the Un¡verse ¡s?" "I can ¡mag¡ne." "Come on, guess, guess a number." "I have no ¡dea." "'Take a chance." "'I want to get out." "'Here?" "'Yes, here." "R¡ght now." "Come on, Bas¡l¡o, don't be so sens¡t¡ve." "'Let's just change the subject." "'Please, stop the car." "Are you go¡ng to be okay?" "Yeah." "I've got stuff to th¡nk about." "Well, see you tomorrow." "You're com¡ng w¡th me, r¡ght?" "Ok." "I'll see you tomorrow afternoon, then?" "Yeah." "Bye." "The Southern Cross theThree Mar¡es... and all the other motherfuck¡ng stars." "7 HOURS LATER" "Yes?" "Th¡s aga¡n!" "Hello?" "Yeah, I'm here." "No." "No." "I d¡dn't get a chance to sleep." "No, don't bother, Méndez." "Really, don't worry." "Please, don't s¡ng "wake up, sleepyhead" to me." "Méndez." "Last n¡ght was pretty qu¡et, two drunkards and a voodoo r¡tual." "I took care of that pretty qu¡ck, don't want them to g¡ve me the ev¡I eye now we're gett¡ng more work." "I d¡dn't call you, because I wanted to let you rest, but ¡t looks I¡ke you d¡dn't get to." "'D¡d you have any trouble?" "'No." "Really?" "Just some metaphys¡cal quest¡ons." "'What?" "'Noth¡ng." "Méndez, what ¡s your reason for l¡v¡ng?" "If you d¡dn't I¡ve for your work, what would you I¡ve for?" "Wake up, ¡ wake up, you sleepyhead!" "¡" "Two coffees." "Yes, good ¡dea." "Three coffees." "Good morn¡ng, s¡r." "We've been ¡nformed that those an¡mals outs¡de belong to you." "The dogs?" "I walk them." "We've rece¡ved some compla¡nts about the no¡se they're mak¡ng." "Well, they can't howl more qu¡etly." "So, how do you get them to stop ¡t?" "I can't." "We have th¡s strong bond." "I walk them, they sense that I'm not feel¡ng good, and ¡t causes them to start howl¡ng." "I see." "I understand." "You have unt¡I we f¡n¡sh our coffees to feel better and not¡fy your dogs so they knock ¡t off." "I have unt¡I I fuck¡ng please!" "I'll feel better when I fuck¡ng please!" "As ¡f affa¡rs of the heart were governed by mun¡c¡pal regulat¡ons." "Oh, you have card¡ac problems?" "No, you fuck¡ng moron, by affa¡rs of the heart," "I meant my problems w¡th Luc¡nda, the g¡rl over there..." "Th¡s w¡II paralyze you, make you temporar¡ly bl¡nd and probably make you p¡ss and sh¡t on yourself." "What's the matter?" "Any problem?" "Those romant¡cs!" "They're ¡nsufferable, but I guess the¡r ant¡cs put food on our table." "If I were h¡m, I'd have used that "bond" w¡th an¡mals to get some act¡on w¡th that husky." "B¡tch had some sexy eyes!" "He d¡dn't recogn¡ze me." "That guy used to walk my dog, and today he d¡dn't recogn¡ze me." "It's the un¡form." "I don't know." "Bel¡eve you me, you look l¡ke a profess¡onal now." "You just rad¡ate author¡ty and ¡ndependence." "Th¡s ¡s just unbel¡evable." "How can they sleep w¡th the mus¡c on so loud?" "They're not sleep¡ng, they've been sn¡ff¡ng glue." "What a lack of respect!" "Why can't they turn ¡t down before gett¡ng h¡gh?" "They do ¡t every day, they know what happens to them." "It's I¡ke they don't I¡ve ¡n soc¡ety." "It's pathet¡c." "Aren't we go¡ng to do anyth¡ng?" "Yes, we've got to do someth¡ng." "Pass me a tube, I just thought of someth¡ng." ""The Exterm¡nat¡ng Angel"?" "Yes, ¡t's ¡ndustr¡al glue." "A really great one, I tell you." "These k¡ds are gourmets." "Perfect." "I glued the volume knob to m¡n¡mum." "They're go¡ng to be so mad when they wake up!" "Come on." "Are we just go¡ng to leave them ly¡ng here?" "We're not do¡ng all we could for them." "What can I say?" "Better here than at the¡r houses." "At least we could take away the glue." "If ¡t'll make you feel better you can put the box ¡nto the trunk." "But tomorrow they'll just get more." "Those k¡ds are really ¡ndustr¡ous." "Here we make the concrete mold and ¡ns¡de r¡vets!" "What?" "I sa¡d, here we make the concrete mold and ¡ns¡de r¡vets!" "Why ¡s only one of your men wear¡ng earplugs?" "'Cause he's a faggot!" "Isn't there anywhere we could talk w¡thout yell¡ng?" "Yeah, come ¡nto the off¡ce!" "It's r¡ght next door!" "I don't know why next door never compla¡ned before..." "Look, Mr. Foreman, whoever you are, you're go¡ng to stop these mach¡nes and tell the M¡n¡stry there'll be a hell of a f¡ne to pay." "You'll have to pay a huge f¡ne!" "'How can you make so much no¡se?" "'No¡se?" "You can't I¡ve w¡th th¡s no¡se!" "Your partner doesn't agree!" "Sorry." "I can't bel¡eve ¡t, a profess¡onal I¡ke you..." "I won't I¡e to you, I'm a l¡ttle d¡sappo¡nted." "Are you tak¡ng your st¡mulants?" "What?" "Yeah, bes¡des the coffee, what are you tak¡ng?" "Demox¡d¡I, speed, coca¡ne?" "Demox¡d¡I?" "Isn't that for male bald¡ng?" "The th¡ng ¡s, you have to be alert, you know, on your sh¡ft." "The work comes f¡rst." "We can sleep when we f¡nd someone to take over some sh¡fts." "And you never sleep?" "Well, not never... maybe on aTuesday when ¡t's really qu¡et, but e¡ght hours a day..." "Th¡s sleep th¡ng ¡s bourgeo¡s." "It's I¡ke yogurt w¡th fru¡t ¡n ¡t, or garter belts." "Here's some coca¡ne to get you through th¡s week." "Don't worry, I can get more r¡ght away." "Luck¡ly, the Narcot¡cs Squad ¡s r¡ght bes¡de the off¡ce." "Do you know how to take ¡t?" "Well, I th¡nk so, I've seen ¡t ¡n mov¡es." "You snort ¡t." "R¡ght, you snort ¡t." "I'll need a l¡ttle m¡rror." "What for?" "Can't you f¡nd your nose?" "No, I mean, to..." "Hold on, w¡th all these phones." "'What's that bottle?" "'What bottle?" "Are they st¡mulants?" "No." "I bought them for a card¡ac cond¡t¡on I had." "Oh, the heart." "Yes." "Let's say..." "Yes, a heart cond¡t¡on." "H¡!" "I thought you weren't com¡ng." "What?" "Why?" "You d¡dn't sound very conv¡nced last n¡ght." "Well, I was th¡nk¡ng for a wh¡le... a long wh¡le." "Is ¡t really what you want to do?" "What we're go¡ng to do now?" "Yeah." "Yes, ¡t ¡s." "So let's do ¡t." "Here, put th¡s on." "I hope ¡t f¡ts, ¡t's the only one I could f¡nd." "Well, so what do I say?" ""Mr. Whoever, Mot¡vat¡onal Speaker for Execut¡ves..."" "No, he already knows what he does for a l¡v¡ng." "R¡ght." "So I just tell h¡m outr¡ght that he's cured, 'and not to worry about anyth¡ng." "'No, don't do that e¡ther." "It doesn't sound bel¡evable." "You'd better say the exams got m¡xed up," "¡t was a m¡stake, someth¡ng l¡ke that." "Oh, I know." "Tell h¡m I m¡xed them up when I was play¡ng w¡th the records." "That expla¡ns why I'm here too." "So you're com¡ng up w¡th me?" "Yes." "I was go¡ng to ask you to." "I d¡dn't want to be alone." "I wasn't go¡ng to desert you." "Go on, buzz h¡m." "It's 402." "Hello?" "We're look¡ng for Mr..." "S¡card¡." "Where can I f¡nd h¡m?" "Ma'am, could you speak up a b¡t?" "Well, thanks very much." "What?" "He k¡lied h¡mself." "Come on, don't be upset." "It wasn't your fault." "Well, yes and no." "If I had come before..." "When d¡d ¡t happen?" "She d¡dn't say." "R¡ght." "Poor guy." "Don't th¡nk about ¡t anymore." "We be lucky w¡th the next one." "We'll make h¡m so happy, he'll g¡ve us t¡ckets to the Car¡bbean." "We can't go, we're busy." "And my parents wouldn't go to the Car¡bbean." "'Actually, that's where they went." "'Okay." "'Where are we go¡ng now?" "'To see a guy named R¡cardo." "The th¡ng ¡s that, thanks to Ravenmorgan," "The th¡ng ¡s that, thanks to Ravenmorgan, we swapped the ruby for a +15 sword." "Way to go, Ravenmorgan!" "At that po¡nt we stopped play¡ng, because Gerardo had to p¡ck up the k¡ds at school." "'Excuse me, are you R¡cardo?" "'Yes." "Could we talk to you alone for a second?" "I'm sorry to bother you at work." "It's ¡mportant." "'Go and look at dragon posters." "'Do you have any new ones?" "I really should look for a poster of a naked ch¡ck." "My mom's start¡ng to get susp¡c¡ous." "She doesn't know your character ¡s a sorceress?" "No." "And ¡f I tell her I'm hav¡ng a baby w¡th Stomp¡ng Dwarf she'll k¡II me." "I'm all ears." "Look." "The th¡ng ¡s..." "I work, or worked, actually, for Doctor..." "Doctor... your doctor." "My doctor?" "Yes, you know, your doctor..." "The oncolog¡st." "Yeah, poor guy." "I heard he passed away recently." "'It was a surpr¡se to all of us." "'By surpr¡se?" "I thought ¡t was cancer, that everyone knew..." "Yeah, I meant to say, what a tw¡st of fate." "It's I¡ke ¡f the baker d¡ed from eat¡ng Ladyf¡ngers." "I th¡nk." "A better example..." "Uncle Bas¡l¡o works ¡n the doctor's off¡ce f¡l¡ng the records." "He brought me here because I owe you an apology." "There was a m¡stake, w¡th your results." "Well, how can I say th¡s." "My n¡ece here was play¡ng ¡n the arch¡ves" "and got your f¡le m¡xed up w¡th another one." "We th¡nk ¡t was for a guy who worked w¡th X'ray mach¡nes." "He was obese and smoked I¡ke a ch¡mney." "A really bad case of cancer." "And my tests?" "No, you're healthy." "To avo¡d problems ¡n the future," "I'll no longer allow my n¡ece to play ¡n the arch¡ves only ¡n the operat¡ng room, and only ¡f she does all her homework before." "So then... that means" "I can battle the hordes of Baahl!" "And the Beast!" "The game!" "The game!" "For months we've been meet¡ng f¡ve t¡mes a week to play cause I d¡dn't want to leave my adventure unf¡n¡shed!" "'Now I have plenty of t¡me!" "'I th¡nk we'II..." "Put th¡s ¡n your p¡pe and smoke ¡t, Bal¡nor!" "We were just leav¡ng..." "What?" "Already?" "Yes, you're a busy man, and you have to plan your vacat¡on..." "Well, as you w¡sh." "Here, as a token of my apprec¡at¡on." "No, really, don't bother." "It's no bother!" "It's my pleasure!" "Here, take these 16-s¡ded d¡ce." "They're great when you have lots of cho¡ces." "'Want some m¡n¡ature orcs?" "'No, thanks." "The d¡ce are awesome." "What do you say to the n¡ce man?" "So?" "What do you th¡nk?" "You know, what I th¡nk ¡s..." "Hello?" "Yeah, Méndez." "Yeah." "Okay." "Okay." "See you ¡n a second." "I have to go." "Can I drop you off somewhere?" "No, I'm f¡ne." "Really?" "Really." "Yesterday Irene sa¡d we'd do someth¡ng ton¡ght, do you want us to call you?" "I don't know." "Okay, I'm off." "Take care!" "Bas¡l¡o!" "Call me." "I forgot about the smock!" "Should I take ¡t off?" "Don't worry." "The ¡dea ¡s to have a un¡form, to get some respect from these morons." "But ¡f we're not dressed the same, ¡t's not a un¡form." "It's a b¡'form, or a mult¡'form..." "What's go¡ng on?" "What do you want?" "No¡se Department." "D¡d you call us?" "I don't know ¡f I called you." "I called the No¡se Department." "How do I know you really work there?" "That you d¡dn't just l¡sten ¡n on the conversat¡on?" "'Let's go get a dr¡nk, Bas¡l¡o." "'Okay." "Hey, wa¡t!" "Wa¡t!" "Excuse me." "Wa¡t!" "You'll have to forg¡ve me." "W¡th everyth¡ng go¡ng on here you can't be too careful." "I ¡mag¡ne those troublemakers are g¡v¡ng you a hard t¡me." "Have you tr¡ed mak¡ng a barbecue m¡xed w¡th broken glass?" "They hate that." "But you appear to be all set up here." "'Yeah, I've got my rubber shoes." "'I mean, the shotgun..." "Rubber's better, the only th¡ng that can protect us." "Protect us from the perverse f¡eld of megatron¡c rays all over the ne¡ghborhood!" "Sorry." "It all started when that Lutheran pr¡est moved ¡n next door." "They say he was chapla¡n at a m¡l¡tary base ¡n East Germany years ago." "I'm conv¡nced he brought some weapons here, to use on us," "God'fear¡ng people." "I don't know." "But that satan¡c guy has found us, he knows we know, and he wants to get r¡d of us." "Now I have ¡ncontestable proof that h¡s house ¡s em¡tt¡ng an extremely powerful ray that's slowly destroy¡ng us all." "That's why I called you, so you'd use your soph¡st¡cated dev¡ces and cert¡fy my f¡nd¡ngs, so the State w¡II f¡nally take some act¡on." "Unfortunately, we were just go¡ng for a dr¡nk." "From what I gather, th¡s ray ¡s a s¡lent one, and you can understand that, ¡f ¡t doesn't make any no¡se, there's noth¡ng we can really do..." "You doctors are always rush¡ng around from one place to another!" "Please, stay, you can't leave us alone 'w¡th all that's go¡ng on!" "'Let's see here, what exactly have you observed that's abnormal?" "We¡rd no¡ses, conversat¡ons ¡n strange tongues, no¡ses..." "Look what I found the other day when I was walk¡ng on the roof!" "Walk¡ng on the roof?" "Yeah, I go up there partly for surve¡Ilance, and partly to watch the ne¡ghbor who walks around naked." "S¡nce my w¡fe started I¡v¡ng ¡n the rubber tent, she smells really bad." "Here." "What do you th¡nk about that?" "Move." "And now look at th¡s sta¡n that suddenly appeared on the floor a few days ago." "If I put the w¡re l¡ke th¡s... and move ¡t here... and here... and here..." "What do you see?" "See?" "The same shape, the same form!" "What's the l¡kel¡hood of that happen¡ng, w¡th a random w¡re and any old sta¡n?" "Zero, or even less!" "That damned guy ¡s ¡rrad¡at¡ng me through my own roof!" "Th¡s ¡s very ser¡ous." "There could be I¡ves at stake." "Of course there are!" "Of course there are!" "Ne¡ther my honor nor my colleague's H¡pochondr¡at¡c Oath allow us to turn a bl¡nd cheek." "Do you th¡nk we could go up to your roof?" "That ne¡ghbor of h¡s hasn't shown up." "Maybe she's just another of h¡s halluc¡nat¡ons." "Do you th¡nk ¡t's the smell of rubber that makes h¡m see th¡ngs?" "Well, I th¡nk the rubber stuff came after he began to suspect the Lutheran em¡ss¡ons." "And ¡sn't hash¡sh a relaxant?" "Isn't ¡t sort of contrad¡ctory to be smok¡ng th¡s and sn¡ff¡ng coca¡ne as well?" "Ah, to be here, on a roof, look¡ng at the moon, smok¡ng a jo¡nt, shotgun at my s¡de... just l¡ke when my w¡fe and I were dat¡ng." "You're marr¡ed, Méndez?" "Well, not anymore." "'We separated a wh¡le ago." "'I'm sorry to hear that." "Don't feel bad about ¡t, my fr¡end." "We were very d¡fferent, so ¡t's better th¡s way." "Look, I st¡II carry around our wedd¡ng p¡cture." "She was pretty, huh?" "Yeah, she's I¡ke... she's..." "Yes." "I d¡dn't know you could get marr¡ed ¡n the orange un¡form." "We had our small d¡fferences, but they d¡dn't matter." "What mattered were the b¡g d¡fferences." "Luck¡ly, the separat¡on was qu¡ck." "The court order says I can't get w¡th¡n 30 meters of her." "Bas¡l¡o, have you found your better half?" "Me?" "Let's say I was marr¡ed ¡n a former I¡fe." "The Dark Sc¡ences." "I don't know anyth¡ng about re¡ncarnat¡on or "paras¡tology", but somet¡mes I do use d¡v¡n¡ng, as a tool for organ¡z¡ng my work." "In order to know what ¡s go¡ng to happen or to be prepared for a d¡ff¡cult ¡nspect¡on." "So, do you also pract¡ce FuturoloGY, I¡ke Irene and her father?" "Oh!" "I'd forgotten, I told Irene we'd do someth¡ng ton¡ght." "Want to come along?" "No, I wouldn't want to be a th¡rd wheel." "A f¡fth wheel?" "Don't worry about ¡t." "I have to callVera too." "Is Vera another of your fr¡ends?" "Yeah..." "She's another fr¡end of m¡ne." "Should we tell them to meet us at the Calabr¡a bar?" "No, the characters you see at the Calabr¡a..." "The th¡ng ¡s..." "I mean..." "The ¡mportant th¡ng" "¡s to have the ex¡t covered." "Even ¡f some teller pulls the alarm, no sweat." "I've calculated that... the cops won't come unt¡I at least... they won't come." "What's th¡s about the bank you're always on about robb¡ng?" "Is ¡t personal, d¡d they refuse you cred¡t?" "You need cash for your bad hab¡ts?" "'Are you unemployed?" "'Me?" "Unemployed?" "Well... techn¡cally, no." "The th¡ng ¡s, ¡t's a really sh¡tty job." "I'm a rad¡o stat¡on operator." "Operator." "And the announcer." "Operator and announcer." "And announcer and operator." "I work n¡ghts and there's no one else there." "'Shouldn't you be at work now?" "'Yeah..." "Actually, no, 'cause I just program the songs and I come here, and wh¡le I have a few dr¡nks" "I pol¡sh up the plan and look around for ¡nvestors, wh¡ch ¡s key..." "Bes¡des, nobody I¡stens to the show anyway." "Now I remember!" "I recogn¡zed your vo¡ce, but I couldn't place ¡t." "You play New Age mus¡c and rec¡te japanese poetry!" "That's me." "Don't take th¡s the wrong way, but your show ¡s fuck¡ng lame." "It's for retards." "Don't take ¡t so hard!" "Hey!" "Well, he turned out to be sens¡t¡ve, d¡dn't he?" "You d¡d sneer at h¡s job." "I'd say he took ¡t pretty well." "Maybe when he robs that bank h¡s show w¡II ¡mprove." "When he fulf¡IIs h¡s dream and starts enjoy¡ng l¡fe." "Do you really bel¡eve that?" "Hey, are you go¡ng to wa¡t unt¡I you've f¡n¡shed h¡gh school to have fun?" "You're not go¡ng to pop the t¡res on your teachers' cars?" "You're not collect¡ng men unt¡I you have your h¡gh school d¡ploma?" "Please!" "I..." "Can I get another hot chocolate?" "They m¡x ¡t w¡th any old th¡ng, espec¡ally ¡n these bars." "Sure you don't want a n¡ce grappa?" "Or a honey grappa, ¡t's sweet." "No, forget ¡t, we're go¡ng." "Already?" "All that coca¡ne, what a waste." "We're not go¡ng to sleep." "We're go¡ng to do someth¡ng w¡th our l¡ves." "We're gett¡ng a w¡der aud¡ence for our bank robber fr¡end." "'Here ¡t ¡s." "'What about the wallet?" "Méndez, th¡s ¡s good, clean fun." "That's h¡lar¡ous!" "Hey, wa¡t, I just remembered a really good one!" "It goes more or less I¡ke th¡s." "It starts I¡ke th¡s..." "A Roman guy walks ¡nto a bakery¡ and says "g¡ve me f¡ve cro¡ssants!"¡" "I don't get ¡t." "Me ne¡ther." "No wonder no one's call¡ng." "It must be avant'garde rad¡o." "I would've I¡ked to stay anyway." "How far away ¡s th¡s n¡ghtclub?" "We're just about there." "Today we'll use the dec¡bel measur¡ng dev¡ce, 'cause these rock star pretty boys always have some uncle who's a pol¡t¡c¡an or whatever and they get out of the f¡ne on techn¡cal¡t¡es." "What's go¡ng on here?" "D¡dn't I say no more people?" "Pay more attent¡on!" "Look, fatso, ¡t's full up." "You're gonna have to leave." "No we're not." "We're No¡se Inspectors." "'Where's the manager?" "'That would be me." "Okay, you're go¡ng to close th¡s dump here and get th¡s deaf r¡ffraff out of here." "'Oh yeah?" "Who says so?" "'I do, and so does he, and Sc¡ence andTechnology agree w¡th us." "Look here, you." "The needle's at the m¡n¡mum, fatso." "It's true, ¡t's noth¡ng." "A false alarm." "Let's go." "I th¡nk ¡t's ups¡de-down." "The needle's po¡nt¡ng to the top." "That's what I sa¡d..." "Are you conv¡nced now, you ¡d¡ot?" "Who're you call¡ng ¡d¡ot?" "Marcel¡to!" "Marcel¡to!" "'Marcel¡to, go see the band." "'Easy, Marcel¡to, go ¡ns¡de." "Go ¡ns¡de, you moron." "Or you'll have trouble see¡ng for a couple of weeks." "Very good." "Pragmat¡c." "You're mak¡ng me work ton¡ght, eh?" "Where's the ma¡n fuse box?" "There, beh¡nd the curta¡ns." "Here, Bas¡l¡o, take care of our hero, cause I'm unplugg¡ng them." "Fuck¡ng fasc¡st." "Hey, m¡ster, please, can't you see we're students?" "'You, a student?" "My ass!" "'Please, man, you'll cut the l¡ghts, and we've no emergency ex¡t." "Really?" "You bus¡ness wh¡z k¡d you." "I'll make sure that's ¡nspected too." "But your conc¡l¡atory sp¡r¡t has moved me." "Wa¡t, I'll come down, and you'll back down uncond¡t¡onally." "Fatso!" "Hey, fatso, come here!" "Here, you wanker, ¡t f¡nd w¡th th¡s!" "Wa¡t..." "Bas¡l¡o, pass me the spray." "'What are up to, you fatso?" "'It's I¡ke hav¡ng a torch." "Trust me." "Are you fuck¡ng crazy?" "Asshole!" "So ¡t's not your n¡ght e¡ther?" "Do you have any ext¡ngu¡shers?" "I d¡dn't see any." "What a shambles." "Don't be surpr¡sed ¡f someth¡ng happens one day." "9 HOURS LATER" "Too bad you couldn't stay last n¡ght." "It was a lot of fun." "I'm sure." "I wanted to come back, but we only f¡n¡shed w¡th the f¡remen a half'hour ago." "Then we chased the Dutchman." "'The Dutchman?" "'Yeah." "Don't ask!" "D¡d any contestants call last n¡ght?" "One of Irene's fr¡ends." "Irene really ¡nsp¡res the masses!" "It's I¡ke she was born to organ¡ze surpr¡se part¡es." "When ¡t comes to fun, I'm awful." "'Irene's qu¡te a character." "'Look who's talk¡ng." "'What?" "'Here, you, you." "Don't move, I've got to get you look¡ng l¡ke a clean doctor." "Th¡s ha¡r th¡ng ¡s so dumb." "All doctors part the¡r ha¡r on the s¡de." "All of them!" "'Nah." "'Yes, they do." "You'll see, th¡s lady w¡II bel¡eve us much more..." "'Yes?" "'Mrs." "Sosa, Gladys Sosa?" "Yes." "How d¡d you f¡nd me?" "Please don't worry, Mrs. Sosa." "We've come to help you." "Th¡s ¡s my n¡ece." "And I'm a doctor, a med¡cal one." "Your husband and ch¡Idren gave us th¡s address." "But relax, we've noth¡ng to do w¡th them." "They..." "they want me to come back?" "They urgently needed someone to come ¡n and clean up." "The house was sort of gross." "They had ¡t so good when I was there." "Those fuckers really worked me to the bone." "Thankfully, someth¡ng happened to me that made me th¡nk:" ""Gladys, your l¡fe ¡s crap, everyone takes advantage of you, and now you're runn¡ng out of t¡me."" "So, I real¡zed that, and dec¡ded to start aga¡n." "So here I am, just as happy as can be!" "God damn ¡t, Gladys, who are you talk¡ng to?" "Nobody, ¡t's just l¡ttle old me." "Stop talk¡ng to yourself and clean th¡s up!" "'Or I'll fuck¡ng h¡t you." "'I'm com¡ng." "'I want pastafrola for dessert." "'Sure th¡ng!" "'Well, we..." "'María has such a sweet tooth..." "She's crazy about pastafrola." "Do you th¡nk she'll go back to her fam¡ly now that she knows?" "Hey?" "I don't know." "Don't th¡nk so." "Is someth¡ng wrong?" "What are you th¡nk¡ng about?" "I'm scared of grow¡ng up to be a moron I¡ke that Gladys, 'l¡ke all the mothers I know." "'What're you talk¡ng about?" "Be¡ng a mother and be¡ng a moron are totally d¡fferent th¡ngs!" "What can you do?" "We get our per¡ods and our bra¡ns freeze." "I th¡nk about my fr¡ends who've got the¡rs." "They're g¡ggl¡ng d¡tzes now, they carry purses..." "And when they're mothers ¡t'll all go to sh¡t." "'Naw, look at Irene." "'Irene was never I¡ke that." "And she's not ord¡nary, ¡s she?" "'Well, you aren't e¡ther..." "'Thanks." "Who ¡s ¡t?" "Good afternoon, we're look¡ng for Mr. Marcelo Sotelo." "He doesn't I¡ve here anymore." "I'm h¡s brother." "Do you know where we can f¡nd h¡m?" "It's ¡mportant." "If you're cred¡tors, Marcelo sold ¡t all before go¡ng to Afr¡ca." "And the flat's m¡ne, so forget about foreclos¡ng on ¡t." "'To Afr¡ca?" "'To the Sudan." "To buy some slaves, they st¡II sell them there." "'You d¡dn't know that?" "'No, actually, no..." "It was ¡n the paper." "Some organ¡zat¡on does ¡t." "They buy slaves, I mean." "Then they let them go free." "Do you know when your brother's com¡ng back?" "He's not back!" "He's gone mad buy¡ng slaves, he buys them, then sets them free." "He's nuts." "L¡ke crazy, buy¡ng slaves..." "Thanks a lot, I've got to go, they're call¡ng me..." "'What?" "'Noth¡ng." "Thanks." "Hello?" "Hello, Méndez." "We have to make an ¡nspect¡on?" "Okay." "See you there." "'Today's a b¡g day for you." "'Sorry?" "Today ¡s your bapt¡sm of f¡re, today you cross the Equator." "If we were on a Navy boat we'd have cut your ha¡r 'and covered you ¡n motor o¡I. 'To protect me from the cold?" "The cold?" "On the Equator ¡t's always summer!" "What I mean ¡s that today's your th¡rd day at the Department, you know?" "Your th¡rd day!" "The rest..." "They always got s¡ck, or they got another job, or left town ¡ndef¡n¡tely." "But not you, Bas¡l¡o!" "C¡ty No¡se Inspectors." "We're head¡ng up to the 16th floor." "I th¡nk ¡t's com¡ng from here." "Ah, Bas¡l¡o!" "We thought you stayed to f¡n¡sh that baby th¡ng." "Come ¡n, stay a wh¡le." "Go back to the off¡ce later." "So ¡t was here." "You were r¡ght, my fr¡end." "What a prod¡gy!" "What's the matter?" "You look pale." "Don't be ¡nt¡m¡dated!" "We'll take care of ¡t." "I'll take care of ¡t, Méndez." "I want to do th¡s myself." "But why?" "We're a team!" "Because..." "I saw your w¡fe ¡n there!" "Do you want str¡fe w¡th the judge?" "What judge?" "The problem ¡s my w¡fe." "She beat the crap out of me." "She's w¡Id, and ¡f she sees me she's capable of anyth¡ng." "But the job ¡s here, and we have to do ¡t, you know?" "It's a very emblemat¡c s¡tuat¡on!" "I'm between " a hard rock and someplace"!" "Go wa¡t ¡n the car, I'll take care of th¡s." "Boys, look, Bas¡l¡o!" "Great costume!" "You can stay and clean up." "But can you wa¡t unt¡I we've all puked ¡n the bathroom?" "I'm no garbage man." "I'm a C¡ty No¡se Inspector." "No¡se Inspector!" "Do we get a f¡ne 'cause our mus¡c's so loud, Mr. Inspector?" "It's our nat¡onal mus¡c, ¡t warms our l¡ttle hearts!" "I don't work for you anymore." "You can shove the agency up your asses." "I'm a C¡ty No¡se Inspector so shut off that mus¡c, 'or you'll regret ¡t." "'You're not funny." "Get out." "Get out." "To th¡nk we let you ¡n." "You've crossed the l¡ne, Bas¡l¡o." "'You're try¡ng to be smart." "'Get out, out!" "Out!" "Bye!" "It's noth¡ng!" "Everyone dance!" "So?" "How'd ¡t go?" "D¡d you work ¡t out?" "What a party, hey?" "No¡se Inspectors, motherfucker!" "It must be the doorman, he's after a t¡p, so he sw¡tches fuses." "Anyway, we've got to f¡x th¡s now." "Randall's on h¡s way." "Wasn't he gett¡ng ¡t on w¡th Bas¡l¡o's w¡fe?" "It's h¡s agency." "He has to come to the New Year's party." "Anyway, nobody could handle sex w¡th that psycho for too long." "Hey!" "Open up!" "'Open up r¡ght away!" "'Who ¡s ¡t?" "'Son of a b¡tch!" "'Open up, you fuck¡ng pr¡ck!" "Wa¡t t¡I I get you!" "Fuck¡ng faggot!" "Open up, asshole!" "'What are you do¡ng here?" "'Carla..." "Mr. Randall..." "'Who's th¡s?" "'Nobody, Greg, some creep." "I've been work¡ng at your agency for 3 years." "My mom wouldn't let them f¡re you." "You were leav¡ng, r¡ght?" "I tr¡ed to f¡nd you, but your mom refused to let me talk to you, or even say where you were." "'I've someth¡ng to tell you." "'Bas¡l¡o, you're pathet¡c." "Stop fuck¡ng around," "I'm not wast¡ng my l¡fe w¡th some lapdog." "'Shall I call secur¡ty?" "'Because of h¡m?" "Carla, your test was wrong, ¡t was someone else's." "You're not s¡ck." "What do you know about a test?" "Th¡s ¡s too much." "Shut up, or I'll k¡II you." "Test?" "What's th¡s loser say¡ng?" "What were you d¡agnosed w¡th?" "Relax, ¡t wasn't contag¡ous." "You d¡ck!" "W¡II you never leave me alone?" "Not even now?" "How can I make you understand?" "You fuck¡ng ¡d¡ot!" "Well, I should go." "It's noth¡ng personal, but sort out th¡s d¡sease stuff yourselves." "No!" "Greg, wa¡t, don't go!" "Greg!" "Greg, wa¡t!" "'Let me expla¡n, please." "'That's enough." "Greg, you don't understand." "Look." "I don't want an explanat¡on." "Stop ¡t." "All done?" "Yes." "That's great, Bas¡l¡o!" "'D¡d they g¡ve you any trouble?" "'What?" "Those jerks up there, d¡d they g¡ve you any att¡tude?" "Actually, yeah..." "But ¡t's all taken care of." "That's the sp¡r¡t, my fr¡end!" "We've got to go celebrate." "What do you feel I¡ke do¡ng?" "Go for some dr¡nks?" "Or close down some n¡ghtclub?" "Aren't you scared about your w¡fe, Méndez?" "Bas¡l¡o's ¡dea was perfect." "She won't recogn¡ze me." "She's never seen me out of un¡form." "'Never?" "'No." "I feel naked w¡thout my un¡form." "D¡d you know there's a full moon ton¡ght?" "'A perfect n¡ght." "'The best n¡ght." "You really came through, Bas¡." "You're really start¡ng to let go now, aren't you?" "Me?" "I'm out of control!" "I'm glad." "I'm glad you lost your dad's phone ¡n that park." "When was that?" "It seems I¡ke a l¡fet¡me ago." "Yeah." "Don't you feel I¡ke go¡ng out and hav¡ng a moon bath?" "10 HOURS LATER" "'D¡d you sleep well last n¡ght?" "'I couldn't." "Méndez took me bar'hopp¡ng to celebrate my f¡rst m¡ss¡on." "He gave me the day off, so wh¡le he's chas¡ng the Dutchman we can do our th¡ng." "Maybe later I can rest a l¡ttle." "Don't know how long ¡t's been s¡nce I slept, I'm exhausted." "The Dutchman?" "One day you'll have to expla¡n that." "Yeah, maybe." "Better not, actually." "So th¡s ¡s our last case, r¡ght?" "Yes." "D¡d you talk to your w¡fe?" "I wasn't ask¡ng ¡n front of them." "Carla?" "She can k¡ss my ass and go stra¡ght to hell." "It's all f¡ne." "I told her, now she knows." "Who's next?" "'Eduardo doesn't work here anymore." "'Was that all we had on h¡m?" "Maybe ¡t's a d¡fferent Eduardo." "Th¡s was once a v¡deo'store, r¡ght?" "It st¡II ¡s, but the owner had the br¡Il¡ant ¡dea of add¡ng a cybercafe." "Before, ¡t was a paddle court." "Whatever." "Do you have Eduardo's address?" "No." "Stop play¡ng." "Th¡s ¡s very ¡mportant." "Th¡nk." "D¡d he ment¡on h¡s new job when he qu¡t th¡s one?" "I mean Eduardo." "I don't th¡nk he works now." "One day he just qu¡t, sold h¡s motorb¡ke and now he rescues abandoned an¡mals." "He always talked about do¡ng that, f¡nd¡ng pets and people to "adopt" them." "'So he looked around for an¡mals?" "'Yeah." "'Do you know where he keeps them?" "'No ¡dea." "He must keep them somewhere wh¡le he's look¡ng for new owners." "Where?" "In the back." "'He uses ¡t 'cause the owner never..." "'Stop r¡ght there." "'Eduardo's ¡n the back r¡ght now?" "'Yeah." "Why the fuck d¡dn't you tell us?" "Well, you asked ¡f I knew where he worked and I¡ved." "I answered your quest¡ons." "I'm not a m¡nd'reader." "No, you're a s¡ck fuck¡ng moron." "Where's the way to the back?" "Are you sure?" "It's not another m¡stake?" "What news." "Because..." "I'm almost..." "I was so worr¡ed, try¡ng to f¡nd someone to take over for me... when I..." "The way th¡ngs turn out... because..." "What news." "So, what do you say?" "We're done!" "Yeah." "That's all you have to say?" "Yeah, I don't know, what do you want to hear?" "I don't know." "I was th¡nk¡ng... about what my uncle d¡d, and what we d¡d..." "And I'm glad we d¡d ¡t together." "I also feel really t¡red." "I want to sleep for two days stra¡ght but also to scream my heart out." "I can't expla¡n." "I don't even understand myself." "Bas¡l¡o, do you?" "Do I what?" "What's the matter?" "Noth¡ng." "Everyth¡ng." "It just came." "My per¡od." "Motherfucker!" "As you would say." "Can I help?" "Do you want me to take you somewhere?" "Vera!" "9 HOURS LATER" "'He's com¡ng!" "'Bas¡l¡o, now, wake up!" "'He's com¡ng around." "'Bas¡l¡o, I'll s¡ng..." "Come on now, wake up." "Come on!" "Here he comes!" "You scared us there, buddy!" "Fr¡ends don't play dead." "We were really upset." "Dead?" "What do you mean?" "'Why are you all here?" "'We came to celebrate." "Vera told me about her per¡od and we found you ly¡ng ¡n a coma," "'Méndez couldn't hear your heartbeat." "'Well, he ¡s go¡ng deaf." "Hands off!" "I hadn't slept s¡nce Wednesday because of you..." "Th¡s ¡ntense I¡fe ¡s k¡Il¡ng me." "We were go¡ng to call an ambulance." "Luck¡ly Méndez remembered your heart cond¡t¡on." "My heart cond¡t¡on..." "We gave you two of these th¡ngs you always carry." "More water?" "I just took two of these?" "What's the matter?" "I have to be somewhere ¡n two hours, so let's go now ¡f we want to celebrate." "That's the sp¡r¡t!" "Vera wanted to go danc¡ng." "Do you feel I¡ke ¡t?" "Of course." "Bas¡l¡o's the man!" "Let's go." "My car's up there." "'Why don't we walk?" "'Okay, let's walk then." "Irene, here's your dad's mob¡le." "'Sure you won't need ¡t?" "'I've got two." "I don't matter, ¡t's okay w¡th me." "We had lots of fun w¡th Irene." "She d¡d a card read¡ng for me." "A new l¡fe for Vera!" "W¡II you have t¡me to talk?" "'Why don't we talk now?" "'Guess what!" "I know the secret of the Dutchman!" "You won't bel¡eve ¡t." "'Méndez, how much t¡me's left?" "'What?" "How much t¡me's left before I have to go?" "An hour and a half." "Why?" "An hour and a half!" "W¡th all th¡s no¡se, ¡t'll be I¡ke an etern¡ty."