K-Pax (35 page)
snack
,
an
d
i
n
th
e
di
m
ligh
t
I
coul
d
se
e
hi
s
fingertip
s
comin
g
togethe
r
an
d
hi
s
eye
s
rollin
g
up
.
I
t
too
k
a
few
second
s
fo
r
hi
m
t
o
gathe
r
hi
s
thoughts
,
o
r
projec
t
the
m
ont
o
hi
s
interna
l
screen
,
o
r
whateve
r
h
e
di
d
with
them
.
"Well
,
t
o
begi
n
with
,
w
e
don'
t
hav
e
`days
'
i
n
th
e
sens
e
yo
u
mea
n
them
.
W
e
experienc
e
rather
dusk
y
ligh
t
condition
s
mos
t
o
f
th
e
time
,
yo
u
see
,
muc
h
lik
e
i
t
i
s
i
n
thi
s
roo
m
righ
t
now.
"
Th
e
las
t
phrase
wa
s
accompanie
d
b
y
a
ver
y
familia
r
wr
y
grin
.
"Also
,
KPAXian
s
don'
t
slee
p
a
s
muc
h
a
s
y'al
l
do
,
no
r
do
w
e
slee
p
a
t
regula
r
times
,
bu
t
onl
y
a
s
th
e
nee
d
arises.
"
I
ha
d
gotte
n
staf
f
report
s
t
o
thi
s
effec
t
o
n
prot's
sleepin
g
habits
.
H
e
staye
d
u
p
mos
t
o
f
th
e
nigh
t
readin
g
o
r
writin
g
or
,
apparently
,
jus
t
thinking
,
and
nappe
d
a
t
od
d
time
s
durin
g
th
e
day
.
"An
d
finally
,
K-PA
X
doesn'
t
rotat
e
unidirectionall
y
a
s
does
EARTH
,
bu
t
reverse
s
itsel
f
a
s
i
t
reache
s
th
e
en
d
o
f
it
s
cycl
e
ever
y
twenty-on
e
o
f
you
r
years
.
Thus
,
the
lengt
h
o
f
a
`day
'
varie
s
fro
m
abou
t
on
e
o
f
you
r
week
s
t
o
severa
l
month
s
a
s
K-PA
X
slow
s
an
d
reverses
it
s
spin."
A
t
thi
s
poin
t
I
note
d
dow
n
somethin
g
I
ha
d
forgotte
n
t
o
mentio
n
t
o
Steve
:
prot'
s
descriptio
n
o
f
the pat
h
o
f
K-PA
X
around
,
o
r
between
,
it
s
sun
s
didn'
t
see
m
t
o
matc
h
Dr
.
Flynn'
s
"figur
e
eight
"
pattern.
"Incidentally,
"
h
e
said
,
an
d
hi
s
eye
s
opene
d
fo
r
a
moment
,
"w
e
d
o
hav
e
calendar
s
an
d
clocks
,
though
w
e
rarel
y
us
e
them
.
O
n
th
e
othe
r
hand
,
the
y
neve
r
nee
d
t
o
b
e
rese
t
o
r
replaced-the
y
ar
e
th
e
typ
e
you woul
d
cal
l
`perpetual.
'
Bu
t
t
o
ge
t
bac
k
t
o
you
r
question
,
let'
s
sa
y
I
hav
e
jus
t
awakene
d
fro
m
a
little
snooze
.
Wha
t
woul
d
I
do
?
I
f
I
wer
e
hungr
y
I
woul
d
ea
t
something
.
Som
e
soake
d
grains
,
perhaps
,
and
som
e
fruit."
I
aske
d
hi
m
wha
t
h
e
mean
t
b
y
a
"soaked
"
grain
,
an
d
t
o
describ
e
som
e
K-PAXia
n
fruits.
Hi
s
eye
s
poppe
d
ope
n
agai
n
an
d
h
e
sa
t
u
p
straighter
;
h
e
seeme
d
t
o
relis
h
th
e
opportunit
y
t
o
explain
th
e
detail
s
o
f
hi
s
"world."
"
A
soake
d
grai
n
i
s
jus
t
wha
t
i
t
sound
s
like,
"
h
e
said
.
"Yo
u
soa
k
a
grai
n
lon
g
enoug
h
an
d
i
t
get
s
soft,
lik
e
you
r
ric
e
o
r
oatmeal
.
O
n
EART
H
yo
u
prefe
r
t
o
coo
k
them
.
W
e
jus
t
le
t
the
m
soak
,
usuall
y
i
n
fruit
juices
.
Ther
e
ar
e
twenty-on
e
commonl
y
eate
n
grain
s
o
n
ou
r
PLANET
,
but
,
lik
e
yours
,
non
e
i
s
a complet
e
foo
d
i
n
itself
.
The
y
hav
e
t
o
b
e
mixe
d
t
o
ge
t
th
e
prope
r
amin
o
aci
d
balance
.
M
y
favorite
combinatio
n
i
s
dra
k
an
d
tho
n
an
d
adro
.
I
t
ha
s
a
nutt
y
flavo
r
muc
h
lik
e
you
r
cashew."