Lady in the Water Page #3

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Is it a pins-and-needles kind of feeling?

Yeah, kind of.

Yeah.

Maybe you should go lie down.

Nice meeting you.

I'm so very happy we saw each other.

You don't have to leave right now,

do you?

I have to go finish a couple of things.

I'll be back.

Is that okay?

Your words are very beautiful.

Your heart is very big.

No one knows about my family here.

Please do not bring it up again.

Coming.

Sorry I'm late, Mrs. Bubchik.

It's... It's been a long day.

Come on.

Listen, he's on the toilet.

He's been having some gas issues.

Don't tell him I told you.

L... I thought the toilet was broken.

That's why I came.

He may just be looking in the mirror.

I mean, he's got this growth on his ass.

Don't tell him I told you.

Honey, Cleveland's here.

He's come to fix the toilet.

Tell him I had it fixed already.

I called the plumber this morning.

- Don't let it hurt his feelings.

- Right.

It's... It's... It's okay.

I should come when you call.

It's my job.

What if that thing's out there?

It'll try to get you?

There are laws. It will be safe.

I'm allowed to leave this night.

- How long do you think?

- It is time.

You must not watch.

Am I not allowed to watch you leave?

I won't watch.

Thank you for letting me wear

your beautiful shirt.

You keep it.

What happened?

Okay. Okay.

Hey. Calm down. Calm down.

How'd you get those scratches?

Did the eagle come?

Did something go wrong? Story.

Story. Was it that dog again?

What's happening?

I thought it was gonna be safe.

Your face doesn't look right.

Are you okay?

Mr. Heep is here. He has a friend.

She's beautiful.

She's not feeling that well:

So she's lying down in my room.

Why is she here?

Why isn't she at his place?

Well, she got sick

in the stairwell downstairs.

She's wearing no clothes

under his shirt.

Blim-blam.

Mr. Heep is a player.

- I hope it's all right.

- It's fine.

Do we need to take her to a hospital?

- Oh, no. No, no, no. That's f... F... F...

- Fine?

Thank you.

No, she just needs some rest.

She can stay here

as long as she needs to.

You started writing again?

Yeah.

I'll be right back. Okay?

Hello. M... Mrs. Choi,

is Young-Soon at home?

No home.

Great. Unbelievable.

Hey. Hey.

Thanks.

- Yeah, hello?

- Mr. Heep?

- Where are you?

- At a club.

Don 't tell my mother.

She thinks I'm at a dance class.

Okay.

What happens if a narf gets scratched?

I don 't know.

Put my mother on, I'll ask her.

Mrs... Mrs. Choi. Mrs...

- Hey.

- Hey. Thank you.

Oh, she... She... She...

She doesn't look happy.

She said the story

her grandmother told...

...said a scrunt has poison

that kill narfs.

But she said

narfs can protect themselves.

They are given a mud called Kii

that cures them.

They keep it where they live.

Okay, okay.

All right. Now, you said that the eagle

comes to take them back.

Right.

Now, what stops this green thing...

...from attacking them

when the eagle comes?

You're funny, Mr. Heep.

- Yeah, I know.

- You really thought about this.

Put my mom on.

- Hey.

- Yeah. Hey. I'm sorry.

Yes?

She said only a rogue scrunt

will break the law of that night...

...because most scrunts are afraid.

Afraid of what?

Tartutic. They are the law keepers

in this bedtime story.

Her grandmother said

there are three of them...

...but they are called one name:

Tartutic.

They live in the trees.

They are said to look like monkeys.

No one knows for sure because

no one who has seen them has lived.

The legend says

that they were born so evil...

...that they killed their parents

on the night they were born.

The fear of them has kept justice

in The Blue World for centuries.

Bye, Mr. Heep.

Thanks.

They are given a mud called Kii

that cures them.

They keep it where they live.

My mom figured out I was at a club.

She made me come home.

She tell me more of the story.

- Why you wet?

- That's... Apartment business.

Listen, Mr. Heep,

my mother thinks of you as stranger.

You have to make her

see you as a child, innocent.

Then she will tell you the bedtime story.

There is a reason

the rules might be broken.

A Thousand Narfs is about a rare narf...

...who comes once

in a generation of narfs...

...who is called the Madam Narf.

Her vessel is important.

This vessel will cause change.

But it is the Madam Narf herself

that is truly the key.

She's considered

a queen to her people.

Her return will be seen

as a great inspiration.

A scrunt will do anything

to kill a Madam Narf...

...even forget his fears of the Tartutic.

He might break the rules for that,

Mr. Heep.

Will she know

that she's a Madam Narf?

No, that is moral of bedtime story.

No one is ever told who they are.

I think we are linked.

It's more than just a story to me too.

I actually want to believe it.

Goodbye, Mr. Heep.

You have saved my life again.

You made that room.

The cracks that I saw. Is that room

supposed to collapse eventually?

I'm not allowed to speak

of The Blue World.

Well, the door needs a little work.

I noticed that you took things

from the apartment...

...that people left around the pool.

That's how I saw you.

You were taking something off of a chair.

I think I might know why

the scrunt needs to get you so bad.

Why did he break the rules tonight?

As it turns out,

I think that you're someone...

...very important to everyone.

I tried to tell them about you.

I don't know if I did the right thing.

I'm not sure how they're gonna react.

I trust you.

I believe you are here to protect me.

Is the Kii working?

Yes, thank you.

If it is true that I am...

He will keep coming after me.

I will not be safe until...

Until Tartutic comes.

My mother said she saw a ghost once,

in the basement.

I was the only one who believed her.

She's not an apparition, Anna.

I don't know who you are...

...but you did something to me.

My thoughts.

Everything became clearer.

The fears that were muddling

my thoughts just went away.

I can hear myself.

Do you wish to know your future?

A boy in the Midwest of this land...

...will grow up in a home where your book

will be on the shelf and spoken of often.

He will grow up

with these ideas in his head.

He will grow into a great orator.

He will speak and his words

will be heard throughout this land...

...and throughout the world.

This boy will become

leader of this country...

...and begin a movement

of great change.

He will speak of you and your words.

Your book will be the seeds

of many of his great thoughts.

It will be the seeds of change.

The Cookbook?

One, two, three.

Oh, jeez.

Could you tell her that I was interested

in hearing more of the story?

Tell her it's a beautiful story.

Are there... Are there any parts

that might be good to hear?

- How is she?

- The medicine's helping her.

I told her to stay under the shower.

She does better with water.

I need to talk with her.

And Vick should be there too.

I told them to wait right outside.

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