Kadal Page #5

O beloved and blessed Father! May

Your eternal light shine on her

How are you?

lt's been so long

So you're far down another path?

ls it a path of no return?

l'm going, Father

l have work

You are God's gift to me

Are you abandoning me?

l'm not

Everything just slipped away

Fell and shattered into

a thousand pieces

ls that why you refuse to

look me in the eye?

l did everything

l shouldn't have

What you taught me in 13 years

was forgotten in 13 days

Tell me you and Bergmans are one

and the same, then l'll go

Tell me no speck of

light is left in you

Tell me you've never seen God

in a human being

Tell me

Do you know who l am?

Yes!

Tom the boatman

Not really

l'm not what you think, Bea

l've committed many sins

Sins?

Sins

Things l shouldn't have done

Like jumping over the wall

without Mother's knowing?

No, this is different

You mean how l steal

sugar to eat?

Don't you know

what a sin is?

Drowning a man in

the sea is a sin

Shooting a man point blank

Hacking a man with a sickle.

My hands are bathed in sin

Fine. Don't do it anymore

l won't tell anyone.

Not even Mother. Ok?

Show me your hands

lt's all gone

The bamboo forest

The fragrant herbs

The deafening silence

The sound of your song

The full moon

The dew-filled forest

Walking a narrow path

Hand in hand with you

What more could l want?

This is all l want

What else could l need?

When l have you

The birds bathe by the pond

Spraying us with water droplets

Making nothing of it

You gently wipe the droplets

from my face

Softly l embrace you

What more could l want?

This is all l want

ln cold December...

...when the trees shiver

When the cold freezes...

...the blood in our veins

When bodies yearn for warmth

We lie comforted by a single cover

What more could l want?

This is all l want

Look who's here

l want to talk to you

You are my guru.

You made me

l don't know what

you saw in me

But l found strength on your path

Then l walked on

Satan's path for a while

At last l see a new path ahead

A girl showed me the way

She led me on that path

lt's your path, Father

That's where l wish to stay

l need your blessings

Who is the angel who changed

the Thomas l couldn't change?

Praise the Lord!

l am no longer ''Father''

Aren't you Tom's father?

His mother

His guardian, his everything?

Mother Superior is all those things

to me. But she's a little strict

l hear you had a golden cradle

when you were born. Really?

You left all that to become a priest

Praise the Lord!

Think you're smart?

You dirty scum

You scum.

l'll split your head open

- l'll split your head open

- All right. Go on, talk

- Say what you want

- l don't want anything

l want my mother back.

Where is she?

Mother, where are you?

Why did you leave me?

Why the hell did you go?

Get your blessings from God

And her parents. Go!

l'll pray for you

Mother, is Bea an orphan?

No, she's not an orphan

She has parents. And maybe

even a rich family

Her name is not a typical name.

Beatrice

What about Bea's father?

Where is her family?

Are they from Thoothukudi?

Why don't they visit her?

They are important folk

-lmportant folk?

- They're busy

- With what?

Mesakaarans are busy people

They never see her?

Mesakaaran?

What did you say?

Are you deaf?

Do you need ear drops?

One more question. Mesakaaran

from Thoothukudi?

You mean Bergmans?

Are your parents alive?

ln that case, swear on God, you'll

never see her again

Go away!

Tell me if you remember anything

Here?

Bea, stop!

Thomas, what are you doing?

Why is she here?

Teaching a man to sin is as easy

as teaching him to walk

Teaching a man virtue is like

teaching him how to fly

He must sprout wings first

Father

Stop!

l said stop!

Look at me! Bea!

Stop!

lf you want to be like me, you must

overcome two obstacles

Father Sam and Bea.

Decide now

What has happened,

my child?

Bergmans phoned.

He was furious

She is God's child. Look at

the state she's in

No outsiders allowed. Go!

Jesus's beloved son

Satan's son has come

to take you. Come!

Pray on the high seas

What's come over you?

You mad?

There's no room in this world

for virtue

l will destroy all trace of virtue

that may be left in me

l'll destroy everyone. Even

my daughter, Bea

''Father, father''

Enough of that!

Anyone who thinks

l am a worm...

...will be sent to Jesus

Bergmans will send

Father Sam to Jesus

Then Thomas

Then my daughter Bea

What do you want?

Sir, we're far at sea

Please don't

l've always stood by you

But don't do this

Why not?

Because she's my daughter?

l have no ties. Keep going

Don't make a sound, Mother.

You don't know me

Listen to me

Where is Bea?

l have to see her

You don't frighten me

You can't see her

l won't leave

l'll die but l won't go

This is an institution.

Don't cross the line

Well, she isn't here

Beatrice... .

the angel who leads the wayward

towards the light

You want to go to Jesus?

l'll send you there

Do you know where you are?

Look! Deep in the water...

...you'll see Jesus and

your mother

Want to join them?

So, my daughter?

Remember? We came here

fifteen years ago

l showed you the sea.

And the sharks

l should've ended it

lt was my mistake

Bergmans can have no ties

Where is Bergmans?

Satan challenges me again.

He asks:

''Can you do it?''

- Father

- l can do it!

l can do it

Satan challenges me again

Why the dilemma?

Bergmans,

what is this dilemma?

l can

- Where is she?

- l don't know

Why not ask the sharks

in the sea?

l'll get you

Father, what happened?

Where is Bea?

What have you done?

Did you kill her?

l thought you'd

become like me

But you joined Jesus's camp

Look! Mr Saint is a warrior

Don't!

You won and l lost

No, Bergmans

lt is you who has won

How dare you try to kill me?

Taking your revenge on me

for what you did to me?

l turned out this way

thanks to you

l turned into a godless man

lf l died at your hands now,

virtue would have no meaning

Don't, Father

l was jailed when innocent...for your

murder, l'd gladly return to jail

Victory is mine, even now

l will die victorious

You'll live. A defeated man

Pull him in!

lf l was the old Thomas...

... l'd feed you to the sharks

But your daughter has changed me

She taught me to forgive

And you killed her

With Bea in my mind...

... l cannot harm you

You have surpassed me

Bea isn't dead

My daughter isn't dead

l couldn't kill her

l have lost

Where is Bea?

l have lost

Look at me

lt's me, Tom

l was so scared

Nothing has happened to you.

lt's ok

Bea, don't you recognise me?

Nothing happened

l'm here

Tell me you remember me

Don't say you can't

remember, Bea

Without You what would l do?

l stand at the gates of love

Hold me

Don't let go

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