American Mary Page #4

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seemed to be a lot of things he was.

We found a lot of questionable things,

things of a deviant sexual nature.

- I'd never have guessed.

- Yeah.

Anyway, a guy called Dr Walsh

gave us a shortlist of girls

that Dr Grant may have given a reason

to have something against him.

- You were mentioned on that list.

- In what sense?

Just we should talk to you, that's all.

Why do you think you'd be on that list?

I really have no idea.

He was a tough instructor,

I suppose people could have thought

- he was picking on me, but...

- Yeah, that's quite similar

to what we've been hearing

about your relationship.

So, if you do think of anything,

give me a call.

- I'll be in touch.

- OK.

- Look after yourself.

- Thanks.

Titties and shrimp?

Whoo!

All right!

Come on!

Hey, come on! At least you get to see

some f***ing tits!

Hey, I don't know if I entirely trust

the shrimp we make.

How's the shrimp?

- What?

- I asked you how the shrimp was.

Oh.

Uh... What are you doing here?

I thought you had an appointment.

I did. The guy was completely vanilla,

had no idea what he wanted.

- He was asking me for piercings.

- I'm sorry about that.

It's nice to know that after a long day

you like to come visit me.

I'm not here to see you.

Beatress...

...won't stop bothering me

to go out for coffee or something.

I had to make it stop.

Why, do you...

...have a job for me or something?

Cutting? Sewing?

No, Mary.

We just don't torture people

like we used to.

People don't make you mad any more?

No, they make me mad. Just...

...not the same kind of mad.

- People still make me mad.

- Someone bothering you?

Oh, a detective came to talk to me

about Dr Grant today.

- What does he know?

- Nothing.

Although, he probably wouldn't be

talking to me if Dr Walsh

didn't tell him to talk to me.

Who's Dr Walsh?

Another instructor from med school.

I don't know what he knows,

because I blacked out.

You want me to take

care of it for you?

No. Thank you.

Very nice of you to ask.

Offer's on the table.

I'm gonna go see if Beatress is ready.

- Yeah, go on in.

- See ya.

I want you to know, if you're taking me

someplace to kill me, I will fight back.

You're hilarious, Mary.

No, I got a surprise for you.

I think you'll get a kick out of it.

You don't want to go to places

I get a kick out of going to.

That might work with the thugs

at the Bourbon A Go Go,

but you don't scare me, Dr Mason.

- The thugs at Bourbon are scared of me?

- Mm-hm.

Even Billy.

I must be a monster.

You're not. You're a creative artist.

And no one ever understands artists

and their work.

Usually you have to wait

till you're dead.

Then everyone goes around saying

what geniuses you are.

Ruby's been out of town

for a little while.

But she wanted me

to give you something.

- Where is she?

- I don't know.

She gets bored very easily.

She's a very strange girl.

I didn't know Ruby had a boyfriend.

She has many.

That's of her husband.

I found what I was looking for.

- What is it?

- It's your Sistine Chapel.

Looks like something that could have

been sent over email.

Hm. They run the largest body modification

website in the world.

- Abstrakt.me.

- I've heard of it.

'Course you have. They also have

a magazine by the same name

and they feature all kind

of strange and wonderful things.

They want you to work on them ever

since they saw the work you did on Ruby.

- They want me to work on them?

- Mm-hm.

They're gonna be in town for one week.

I'm sure Billy wouldn't mind you

using his office to meet with them.

- Thanks for this, Beatress.

- Good luck.

May I offer either one of you a drink?

- Candy apple martini.

- I'll have the same.

- Nothing for me, thanks.

- Oh, come on. Don't make us drink alone.

I'll have the same.

Oh. Ruby. Very pleased

with how she worked out.

Is that how you found me?

Through her website?

How we first heard about your work, ja.

Finding you was a different matter.

Your work is easily accessible online.

You might say you're somewhat

of a celebrity.

Bloody Mary.

Bloody Mary? That's online?

Don't worry. We would

never dream of betraying our

doctor-patient confidentiality

by giving out your full name.

But we will be asked

about our procedure.

People will have lots of questions.

You should get

a website for your work.

We can take care of that for you.

Consider it a thank you gift

for agreeing to see us.

Do you feel... connected

to anyone, Mary?

No.

Most people attracted

to this culture don't.

At least you can feel

connected to yourself.

I guess everybody feels

connected to themselves.

Ja und nein.

I have the benefit of being connected

to myself...

...und my sister.

But I know that connection may

or may not last beyond this existence.

We never want to lose

that connection, Mary.

Maybe we'll die together and face

whatever's to come together.

Maybe not.

But should anything ever happen

to one of us before the other,

we never want to lose that connection.

We want you to take off our left arms

and exchange them with one another.

That shouldn't be a problem.

We also want you to strengthen

our connection with ourself.

It's a bit more complicated

than an appendage exchange

and somewhat difficult to put

into words, but we feel that image

best describes the

reflection we... desire.

Of course, the amount you need

for compensation is not an issue.

How's Friday?

- What's that?

- It's my blueprint.

- Goddamn waste of time, if you ask me.

- I didn't.

Thank you for letting me use your club.

Don't mention it.

I need help.

You ain't kidding.

It's a big job, they need to be

operated on at the same time.

Do you know anyone that's good?

I know someone that's just awful.

Who owes me.

Thanks.

Don't mention it.

Yeah, that's good.

When you wake up,

you will be connected to yourselves,

and to each other.

Thank you, doctor.

Now, I would like you...

...to close your eyes, breathe deeply,

count backwards from 1 00.

Just relax,

and it should take effect immediately.

What's that?

- Twins, ja?

- Yeah.

Hello, Dr Grant.

It's been a while.

Mm-hm.

Oh, what's that?

I couldn't hear you

'cause your mouth is sewn shut.

I know.

Yes, you must be terribly

uncomfortable.

We're just gonna take a few pictures

of you today.

For my website. Mm-hm.

For my brand-new website.

Because everyone needs

their own website these days.

And they can scan these or something.

That one probably could

have been done better.

Looks a little bit infected.

Well...

That one healed nicely, though.

You really should have seen it tonight.

My work is getting

consistently stronger.

Comparatively to the work

I've done on you.

It's rather crude, but then again...

...you were never something I was

excessively proud of before, were you?

Oh, really.

So unattractive.

So...

What we're going to do with you today?

I have been asking myself

why your right ear still exists.

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