Human Nature Page #28

LILA:

Out.

Puff gets out casually, then makes a mad dash for the road.

Lila calmly presses the button on her black box. Puff spasms

and falls to the ground.

LILA:

Bad.

Puff stays on the ground, breathing hard.

LILA:

Get up.

Puff does.

LILA:

Take off your clothes.

Puff does. So does Lila. She is covered with hair, except

for her face. But whereas Puff is now white and soft-looking,

Lila is tan and taut and muscular. This is a reversal of the

way both of them were when they first met.

Puff seems taken with her body.

LILA:

We're going back to nature, you and

I. I'm going to retrain you. I'm

going to make you free again if I

have to kill you doing it.

PUFF:

But I like being human now.

Lila shocks Puff. He falls to the ground.

LILA:

You what?

PUFF:

I want to be the way I was before.

LILA:

(sweet)

Good. I'll show you how, apey.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. WOODS - A BIT LATER

Puff and Lila have built makeshift shelter out of leaves and

twigs. They are sitting around a campfire, naked and dirty,

roasting a couple of skinned squirrels on sticks. The black

box rests in Lila's lap. Puff looks at the roasting squirrel,

is repulsed.

PUFF:

Nice night.

LILA:

Talking is to be kept to a minimum.

Eventually, when we are ready, there

will be none. Language was invented

so that people could lie to each

other and to themselves. There is no

other reason.

Puff begins to disagree. Lila's hand hovers over the button.

He stops himself.

PUFF:

(confused)

I agree?

Lila shocks Puff.

LILA:

You lose. Any answer is the wrong

answer.

DISSOLVE TO:

INT. MAKESHIFT SHELTER - NIGHT

Puff and Lila lie seperately under blankets of moss. The

breathing is heavy. Both seem to be sleeping. Puff opens his

eyes and tries to extricate himself from the moss without

making any noise. Lila presses the button and Puff falls in

a quivering mess.

LILA:

(whisper)

You'll thank me eventually, Puff.

Well, you won't thank me, because we

won't be speaking, but you'll sort

of thank me with a special look, the

look a dog gives you to let you know

he loves you.

PUFF:

What an enchanting picture you paint

of our future together.

Lila shocks Puff once again. As he spasms, we:

CUT TO:

INT. AUDITORIUM - DAY

Puff testifies.

PUFF:

And so commenced my reeducation,

gentlemen. Lila taught me so much.

She was a stern but fair teacher.

And over time, I began to remember

the carefree joy of living in a pure

state of being. But something else

happened as well, something perhaps

distinctly human... I began to fall

in love with Lila.

DISSOLVE TO:

EXT. WOODS - DAY

Lila and Puff are naked and collecting mushrooms and berries.

Time has passed. Both Lila and Puff are dirtier and hairier.

Puff still wears his collar. Lila bends over to pick a

mushroom. Puff looks at her from behind.

PUFF:

Boy, you look so good from this ang...

Lila turns, puts her finger to her lips in a gentle "no

talking" reminder, then shocks the hell out of Puff. He spasms

and falls on top of her, knocking her to the ground.

He regains his composure, finds himself on top of Lila.

They look at each other for a moment. Then they kiss. It's a

violent kiss. They grope each other. This is primal sex now.

In the dirt. Sweaty. Loud grunting. Lila even presses the

shock button at the right moment. Puff seems to like it in

this context.

CUT TO:

INT. GABRIELLE'S APARTMENT - NIGHT

Nathan and Gabrielle are in bed, making love. It is gentle,

romantic, in good taste -- in direct contrast to the animal,

violent sex Puff and Lila are having. They finish. Nathan

pulls himself off of Gabrielle and falls onto his back,

staring up at the ceiling.

GABRIELLE:

A penny for your thoughts, mon cheri.

NATHAN:

I don't know. Something's missing.

CUT TO:

INT. DINING ROOM - NIGHT

Gabrielle, Nathan, and Nathan's parents eat dinner.

Nathan's parents are in clown make-up. There is a long

silence. Nathan is still sad. Gabrielle steals glances at

Nathan's parents. Finally Nathan speaks.

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