Cold Souls Page #5

- Paul-

I don't wanna make a scene.

- Who are you?

- I'm an actor.

Uh-

I would just really like...

to have my soul back.

- An actor?

- Yes.

Sir, we're busy here...

You'll have to leave.

Sveta, I'm sorry.

What are you doing here?

Who is this guy?

He's a famous actor in America.

He came all the way from New

York...

Dimitri knows about this?

Please! You're disturbing everyone!

What is she-

What are you-What is she doing?

Don't call him. He knows.

He lied, right?

It's not what you think.

- What is she saying?

- I said, my husband lied to me.

Listen, listen.

I don't even have a sexy soul.

It's all dark and twisted.

It's got a ridiculous shape.

Did they tell you what it looks like?

I'm sure they didn't.

It looks like a chickpea.

It looks like a chickpea, for

Chrissakes.

This isn't about you.

It's between my husband and me.

Jesus, when did my life become so

complicated?

I like to stay home, you know?

Just read, watch movies, nothin'

crazy.

What do we do now?

We wait... for a good moment.

Did you see anything in my soul,

or was it just empty?

No. It wasn't empty.

I liked it so much.

It made me curious about you.

What did you see?

What?

I don't know. It's just-

I couldn't look.

Is he a relative?

No, just a friend from America.

I didn't know

she had friends in America.

Olga...

two weeks ago...

committed suicide.

She had no family.

Do you want her address?

Olga committed suicide.

What happens to the soul when the

donor dies?

I- I don't know.

You never asked?

I didn't know she had friends

in America.

She never paid on time.

Except before the tragedy...

She paid all her debts at once.

All this is going into the garbage.

Is he your husband?

- Hmm?

- Hmm?

Ah.

- Da.

- Ah.

- Thank you.

- Okay.

"Her clothing is characterized

by fastidiousness, hushed sexiness...

and a certain deluxe abandon."

Deluxe abandon."

Jesus.

Oh- Oh-

Oh, is that absolutely necessary?

Yes, Paul.

- What do we do now?

- Stay around and alert.

It's okay. She's sedated.

W-Wait a minute. It's- It's all dried

out.

Well, I'm not surprised.

Go and get her.

Whoop. Whoa.

What's goin' on?

Your soul is resisting.

Wha-

What do you mean, the soul is

resisting?

They have a strange capacity of

resistance.

Oh, for Chrissakes. What-What do

we do now?

You have to look inside and

reconnect to it.

- No. No! I don't want to look inside.

- Don't worry.

- You won't have time to see much of

it.

- No way. No.

- I already refused in New York.

I don't wanna do this!

- There's no time.

Wha- How does this work?

Just-

Oh, my God. Are you reading the

manual?

I-I-I only deal with extractions.

It's in English.

What does "glaucoma mean?

What? Oh, it's a-

it's an optic nerve disea-

What? Glaucoma?

Jesus Christ!

I'm not doin' this.

- I'm not doin' this.

- The probability is only three out of

- Yeah, well, but- but that's really

h-high!

- Shh.

Lie down.

Mmm.

Well, I knew it. I knew it. I knew it.

Nothin'. I knew it.

Jesus.

Nothin'. Oh, God.

Huh?

Okay. Okay. Uh-

It wasn't that terrible, was it?

[Footsteps]

What happened to Olga's soul?

I don't know.

What, it just- It just vanished?

Let's go before she wakes up.

How long are you planning to stay-

"Margarita Petrovna"-

Margarita Petrovna Alexandra.

You've been here before?

- You look familiar.

- I look Russian.

Put your right index finger on the

mark.

Y-Your hand is too cold.

Okay, hon. Next.

Sign here. Mark there. Mark

there.

Not yet.

- Excuse me, sir.

- What's goin' on

here?

Homeland Security. I can't really

talk about it.

- Most of the unclaimed souls

have been transferred to a hedge

fund.

- Oh.

Well, I'm- I'm glad it's all sorted out.

Believe me, I've spent

some sleepless nights thinking about

you.

Well, uh,

it's not completely sorted out,

Doctor.

I'm here for, uh, Nina.

- I'd very much like to help her.

- Mm-hmm.

Um, she's quit the mule... thing.

Oh, well, that's some good news.

She wasn't gonna last long at that

pace.

Uh, c-come with me.

Uh, excuse me.

This is Paul Giamatti. He's, um-

He's a very good client of ours.

Stephanie, I need you.

Are you interested in an acquisition?

Uh, well, no, not exactly.

I'm looking for a soul. Number 532.

Here. You're lucky. We've just

acquired it.

- Very good. The donor would like it

back.

- Not a problem.

We have to assess the value.

It's a shadow price.

- I don't know what that is.

- There's no market price for it yet.

- Our accounting department has-

- This person was-was working here.

- She was-

- I know, our records indicate she was

a mule.

We're not a charity business.

We're a hedge fund.

You're speculating in human souls,

for Chrissakes.

Mr. Giamatti, we took large financial

risks

to set up this operation.

Without us, this soul

would probably be somewhere...

on the Eastern European

or Asian underground market.

To be honest with you,

I'm not even sure she has room for it.

- Her residues quota exceeds

the standard threshold.

- Her what?

The fragments

from all the souls she carried-

they accumulate.

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