K-Pax (12 page)
"Wha
t
make
s
i
t
unpleasant?"
"I
t
i
s
a
ver
y
painfu
l
procedure."
Ah
,
I
thought
,
a
breakthrough
:
Mr
.
"prot
"
ver
y
possibl
y
suffer
s
som
e
sor
t
o
f
sexua
l
terro
r
or
dysfunction
.
I
quickl
y
pursue
d
thi
s
lead
.
"I
s
thi
s
pai
n
associate
d
wit
h
intercours
e
itself
,
wit
h
ejaculation
,
or
merel
y
wit
h
obtainin
g
a
n
erection?"
"I
t
i
s
associate
d
wit
h
th
e
entir
e
process
.
Wher
e
thes
e
activitie
s
resul
t
i
n
pleasurabl
e
sensation
s
for
being
s
suc
h
a
s
yourself
,
fo
r
u
s
th
e
effec
t
i
s
quit
e
th
e
opposite
.
Thi
s
applie
s
bot
h
t
o
th
e
male
s
an
d
females
o
f
ou
r
specie
s
and
,
incidentally
,
t
o
mos
t
othe
r
being
s
aroun
d
th
e
GALAX
Y
a
s
well.""Ca
n
yo
u
compare
th
e
sensatio
n
t
o
anythin
g
els
e
I
migh
t
b
e
abl
e
t
o
understan
d
o
r
identif
y
with
?
I
s
it
,
lik
e
a
toothache
,
or-"
"It'
s
mor
e
lik
e
havin
g
you
r
gonad
s
caugh
t
i
n
a
vise
,
excep
t
tha
t
w
e
fee
l
i
t
al
l
over
.
Yo
u
see
,
on
K-PA
X
pai
n
i
s
mor
e
general
,
an
d
t
o
mak
e
matter
s
wors
e
i
t
i
s
associate
d
wit
h
somethin
g
lik
e
your
nausea
,
accompanie
d
b
y
a
ver
y
ba
d
smell
.
Th
e
momen
t
o
f
clima
x
i
s
lik
e
bein
g
kicke
d
i
n
th
e
stomac
h
and
fallin
g
int
o
a
poo
l
o
f
mo
t
shit."
"Di
d
yo
u
sa
y
mo
t
shit
?
Wha
t
i
s
a
`mot'?"
"A
n
anima
l
somethin
g
lik
e
you
r
skunk
,
onl
y
fa
r
mor
e
potent."
"
I
see.
"
Unforgivabl
y
I
bega
n
t
o
laugh
.
Thi
s
imag
e
couple
d
wit
h
th
e
dar
k
glasse
s
an
d
suddenl
y
serious
demeano
r
-
-
well
,
a
s
the
y
say
,
yo
u
ha
d
t
o
b
e
there
.
H
e
grinne
d
broadl
y
then
,
apparentl
y
understanding
ho
w
i
t
mus
t
hav
e
sounde
d
t
o
me
.
I
manage
d
t
o
regai
n
m
y
composur
e
an
d
carr
y
on
.
"An
d
yo
u
sa
y
i
t
i
s
the
sam
e
fo
r
a
woman?"
"Exactl
y
th
e
same
.
A
s
yo
u
ca
n
imagine
,
wome
n
o
n
KPA
X
d
o
no
t
striv
e
ver
y
har
d
t
o
reac
h
orgasm."
"I
f
th
e
experienc
e
i
s
s
o
terrible
,
ho
w
d
o
yo
u
reproduce?"
"Lik
e
you
r
porcupines
:
a
s
carefull
y
a
s
possible
.
Needles
s
t
o
say
,
overpopulatio
n
i
s
no
t
a
proble
m
for
us."
"Wha
t
abou
t
somethin
g
lik
e
surgica
l
implantation?"
"Yo
u
ar
e
distortin
g
th
e
importanc
e
o
f
th
e
phenomenon
.
Yo
u
hav
e
t
o
bea
r
i
n
min
d
tha
t
sinc
e
th
e
life
spa
n
fo
r
ou
r
specie
s
i
s
a
thousan
d
o
f
you
r
years
,
ther
e
i
s
littl
e
nee
d
t
o
produc
e
children."
"
I
see..
.
Al
l
right
.
I'
d
lik
e
t
o
ge
t
bac
k
t
o
you
r
ow
n
childhood
.
Ca
n
yo
u
tel
l
m
e
a
littl
e
abou
t
your
upbringing
?
Wha
t
wer
e
you
r
parent
s
like?"
"That'
s
a
littl
e
difficul
t
t
o
explain
.
Lif
e
o
n
K-PA
X
i
s
quit
e
differen
t
fro
m
tha
t
o
n
EARTH
.
I
n
orde
r
for
yo
u
t
o
understan
d
m
y
background
,
I
wil
l
hav
e
t
o
tel
l
yo
u
somethin
g
abou
t
ou
r
evolution.
"
H
e
pause
d
at
tha
t
point
,
a
s
i
f
wonderin
g
whethe
r
I
woul
d
b
e
intereste
d
i
n
hearin
g
wha
t
h
e
ha
d
t
o
say
.
I
encourage
d
him
t
o
proceed
.
"Well
,
I
suppos
e
th
e
bes
t
plac
e
t
o
star
t
i
s
a
t
th
e
beginning
.
Lif
e
o
n
KPA
X
i
s
muc
h
olde
r
than
lif
e
o
n
EARTH
,
whic
h
bega
n
abou
t
two-point-fiv
e
billio
n
year
s
ago
.
Hom
o
sapien
s
ha
s
existe
d
o
n
your
PLANE
T
fo
r
onl
y
a
fe
w
ten
s
o
f
thousand
s
o
f
years
,
giv
e
o
r
tak
e
a
millenniu
m
o
r
two
.
O
n
K-PAX
,
life
bega
n
nearl
y
nin
e
billio
n
o
f
you
r
year
s
ago
,
whe
n
you
r
WORL
D
wa
s
stil
l
a
diffus
e
bal
l
o
f
gas
.
Ou
r
own
specie
s
ha
s
bee
n
aroun
d
fo
r
fiv
e
billio
n
o
f
thos
e
years
,
considerabl
y
longe
r
tha
n
you
r
bacteria.
Furthermore
,
evolutio
n
too
k
a
quit
e
differen
t
course
.
Yo
u
see
,
w
e
hav
e
ver
y
littl
e
wate
r
o
n
our