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Why do you say that?

You lied to me about having children.

How'd you know that?

I told you, I pick up on stuff.

Well, I didn't lie.

I don't have children. I had one.

What happened?

- I lost him.

- He died?

No, he disappeared.

Really?

Yeah, in a grocery store, nine...

How old was he?

Six.

Do you have any more questions?

'Cause if you do, ask them now.

I don't wanna talk about it again.

What was his name?

Lloyd.

When did you stop looking for him?

Couple of years ago.

Except in my sleep.

I still look for him in my sleep.

- Do you ever...

- No.

I did lie about one thing.

I do get scared at night.

If you want, you can...

You can stay here again.

Okay.

It's kind of nice having

somebody around, you know?

Different.

I haven't been to bed with a woman

for a long time,

but I think I could go to bed with you.

Come here, boy.

Motherf***er. F***!

- F***, f***, f***, f***!

- What's the matter?

F***ing bug! A f***ing bug bite!

- A bug?

- Where are you, little motherf***er?

- What kind of bug?

- Look at these bites.

Jesus, those look like spider bites.

Well, I felt it a second ago.

It's like a bedbug or some sh*t.

- Maybe you killed it.

- No, I had it between my fingers,

but it squiggled out.

Pull back the sheet and find it.

Ah, little f***er!

I was just about to fall asleep.

I don't see it.

- There.

- What?

Right there.

- Where?

- There.

- Where?

- There. You see it?

- What?

- Right there.

- This?

- No. This. That there.

- Well...

- There! Right there, Agnes!

- It's right there!

- Don't get all upset.

- But do you see it?

- Well, I don't know.

Right there.

It's really small.

Well, I guess. What is that?

It's a f***ing bug.

No, I know that. What kind of bug?

- Like an aphid.

- An aphid?

An aphid is like a, a...

- A bedbug?

- No.

Well, yeah, kind of. More like a louse.

- Louse? Oh, lice.

- Not like head lice. More like plant lice.

- Oh, like a termite.

- No, that's more like a thrip.

- "Thrip"?

- Like a termite.

- You mean "tick"?

- No, a tick's like a flea.

A thrip's like a termite.

- What's a bedbug like?

- A bedbug.

No, I mean, what is a bedbug?

A bedbug.

I thought that was a nickname.

- This is an aphid.

- A plant lice?

- I think so.

- And they bite?

This one sure did.

Well, maybe it's not really

an orchid or whatever.

- Aphid.

- Oh, aphid f***ing schmafid.

Whatever. Could you just kill it

so I can get some sleep?

- F***er.

- Oh, that showed him.

- Hold on. Get up.

- How come?

- There might be more.

- There's not. We would've seen them.

- You almost didn't see that one.

- Well, it was very small.

That's my point, Agnes. They're small.

We may not have seen them.

Oh, Jesus!

Look at my wrist. You wanna wake up

in the morning and find this?

It's morning, and now I am awake.

Sort of.

- Do they travel in packs or something?

- "Packs"?

Well, if there's one, do you have reason to

suspect there's others with them?

Makes sense.

And you're assuming it's a "him"...

Some rogue aphid on his travels

instead of some matriarchal type

with a big brood somewhere.

- "Matriarchal"?

- You ever watch Big Valley?

- Sure.

- Barbara Stanwyck?

Like her.

Where'd you learn to talk like that anyway?

School.

- I was home-schooled.

- No sh*t?

My father didn't believe in school.

Must've done a pretty good job,

throwing around words like "matriarchal."

Well, I learned that from Big Valley.

This is clean.

You got a nice body.

So do you.

Better looking without clothes on it.

I agree.

You know how some people look nice,

and then you see them naked

and they're a big disappointment?

Yeah.

Why'd you say you weren't

one for the ladies?

It's true.

Could've fooled me.

You're different.

How am I different?

You don't...

You don't speak the codes.

How long has it been since

you was with a woman?

I don't know. A few years, I guess.

Must've gotten a bad one.

No. I just decided

it wasn't worth it anymore.

- What wasn't?

- You have a center, right?

I mean...

A place inside of you that's just you,

that hasn't been spoiled.

And I think it's really important to try and

keep that space sacred.

In some sense. On some level.

But sex or relationships

cloud that space.

Or they cloud me, I guess,

and make it difficult to be just me,

and not have to worry about

being somebody else.

I sound like a big a**hole, don't I?

Not at all.

I like hearing you talk.

- Aren't you gonna answer it?

- No.

- Why not?

- It's Goss.

You were Goss once.

Hello?

Hello?

- Goss, right?

- I don't think so.

What'd they say?

Just static.

- There you go. See?

- Where?

- There.

- I'm sorry. Where?

- Right there.

- Squish him.

There you go again. How do you know

it's not the super-mother aphid,

and she's carrying a million eggs?

Oh! What are plant lice doing in my place?

Biting me, for one thing.

You know what?

I got to get this place sprayed.

I'll do it. I'll buy some stuff tomorrow.

F*** that. It's their room.

They should pay for it.

- But someone would have to come in.

- Goddamn right, they will.

Well, you do what you want, but I wouldn't.

How come?

- Never mind.

- No, wait. How come?

No, I shouldn't say anything.

It's your place and I don't want to interfere.

Why wouldn't I want someone in my place?

'Cause you're a con?

Why didn't you just tell me when I asked?

I've never been to prison.

I've just got people after me, that's all.

Oh, you've just got people after you.

Well, who?

- I don't want to drag you into it.

- Drag me into what?

Agnes, please.

- I'm not comfortable telling you.

- Drag me into what?

You don't trust me?

- You can trust me. I'm not gonna...

- I trust you. That's not it.

- I don't want you to get hurt.

- I'll take my chances.

I won't.

So, what, you're going?

Where? You don't even got nowhere to go.

I'll be fine.

Oh, well, all right, then. Just f*** you!

You know what? You may think it's easy for

me to just take you in here,

but I ain't the kind of woman who

moves from man to man.

Fact is, it's been quite a while

since I even had anyone to get close to,

you know what I'm saying?

Not that I need a man.

Oh, I need a man like I need a hole

in the goddamn head, but...

I just get lonely sometimes, you know?

It was kind of nice

having somebody around for a change.

It was different.

Oh, you son of a b*tch!

I...

Got in some trouble with the Army.

I was stationed at Sakaka

in the Syrian Desert

during the war, and...

These doctors,

they kept coming in

and giving us shots and pills.

A lot of the guys were getting sick

with vomiting, diarrhea,

migraines, black-outs,

and I was having...

I was having some weird thoughts.

And I started feeling sick,

so they shipped me home

and they put me in this hospital

at Groom Lake

and they started running these...

These tests on me.

And they had every kind of doctor

you could imagine just...

Just probing and jabbing at me

and asking me all these weird questions,

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