K-Pax (49 page)
Sessio
n
Seven
BECAUS
E
o
f
wha
t
ha
d
happene
d
a
t
th
e
en
d
o
f
ou
r
previou
s
encounte
r
I
aske
d
Mr
.
Jense
n
an
d
Mr.
Kowalsk
i
t
o
stan
d
b
y
durin
g
sessio
n
seven
.
However
,
pro
t
seeme
d
i
n
unusuall
y
goo
d
spirit
s
a
s
he
chompe
d
o
n
a
pineapple
.
"Ho
w
wa
s
you
r
meeting?
"
h
e
sai
d
wit
h
hi
s
familia
r
grin.
I
t
too
k
m
e
a
momen
t
t
o
figur
e
ou
t
wha
t
thi
s
meant
,
bu
t
I
finall
y
remembere
d
th
e
"importan
t
meeting
"
I
ha
d
dismisse
d
hi
m
wit
h
a
t
th
e
en
d
o
f
sessio
n
six
.
I
tol
d
hi
m
i
t
ha
d
gon
e
well
.
H
e
seeme
d
please
d
t
o
hear
this
.
O
r
wa
s
i
t
a
smirk
?
I
n
an
y
cas
e
th
e
cloc
k
wa
s
movin
g
an
d
I
turne
d
o
n
th
e
tap
e
recorder
.
I
also
switche
d
o
n
m
y
backu
p
machine
,
thi
s
on
e
t
o
pla
y
bac
k
a
Schuber
t
son
g
I
ha
d
recorde
d
earlier
.
Whe
n
it
wa
s
finished
,
I
aske
d
hi
m
t
o
sin
g
i
t
bac
k
t
o
me
.
H
e
couldn'
t
eve
n
hu
m
th
e
firs
t
phrase
.
Obviousl
y
music
wasn'
t
on
e
o
f
hi
s
talents
.
No
r
wa
s
sculpture
.
I
aske
d
hi
m
t
o
creat
e
a
huma
n
hea
d
wit
h
a
piec
e
o
f
cla
y
-
th
e
resul
t
looke
d
mor
e
lik
e
Mr
.
Peanut
.
H
e
couldn'
t
eve
n
dra
w
a
hous
e
o
r
a
tree
.
Everythin
g
cam
e
out
lookin
g
lik
e
th
e
wor
k
o
f
a
third-grader.
Al
l
o
f
this
,
however
,
too
k
u
p
hal
f
ou
r
session
.
"Okay,
"
I
said
,
somewha
t
disappointedly
,
"las
t
tim
e
we
talke
d
abou
t
medicin
e
o
n
K-PAX
,
o
r
th
e
lac
k
o
f
it
.
Tel
l
m
e
abou
t
you
r
scienc
e
i
n
general."
"Wha
t
woul
d
yo
u
lik
e
t
o
know?"
"Wh
o
doe
s
i
t
an
d
ho
w
i
s
i
t
i
s
done
?
Ar
e
there
,
i
n
fact
,
an
y
scientists?"
"W
e
ar
e
al
l
scientist
s
o
n
K-PAX."
"
I
kne
w
yo
u
wer
e
goin
g
t
o
sa
y
that."
"Mos
t
huma
n
being
s
I'v
e
me
t
hav
e
a
rathe
r
negativ
e
opinio
n
o
f
science
.
The
y
thin
k
i
t
i
s
dul
l
and
abstruse
,
possibl
y
eve
n
dangerous
.
Bu
t
everyone
,
eve
n
o
n
EARTH
,
i
s
a
scientist
,
really
,
whethe
r
he realize
s
i
t
o
r
not
.
Anyon
e
wh
o
ha
s
eve
r
watche
d
an
d
wondere
d
ho
w
a
bir
d
flies
,
o
r
a
lea
f
unfurls
,
or
conclude
d
anythin
g
o
n
th
e
basi
s
o
f
hi
s
ow
n
observations
,
i
s
a
scientist
.
Scienc
e
i
s
a
par
t
o
f
life."
"Well
,
ar
e
ther
e
an
y
forma
l
laboratorie
s
o
n
K-PAX?"
"The
y
ar
e
par
t
o
f
th
e
libraries
.
O
f
cours
e
th
e
whol
e
UNIVERS
E
i
s
a
laboratory
.
Anyon
e
can
observe."
"Wha
t
sort
s
o
f
scientifi
c
observation
s
d
o
K-PAXian
s
usuall
y
carr
y
out?"
"Ever
y
specie
s
no
w
livin
g
o
n
ou
r
PLANET
,
o
r
tha
t
eve
r
live
d
there
,
o
r
o
n
severa
l
othe
r
PLANETS,
i
s
catalogue
d
an
d
thoroughl
y
described
.
Th
e
sam
e
fo
r
th
e
rocks
,
geologica
l
formations
,
fo
r
th
e
STARS
an
d
othe
r
ASTRONOMICA
L
OBJECTS
.
Ever
y
medicina
l
her
b
an
d
wha
t
i
t
ca
n
d
o
i
s
indexed
.
Al
l
this
fro
m
million
s
an
d
million
s
o
f
year
s
o
f
observin
g
an
d
recording."