Muse Page #4

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There's a line by Cavafy

that can produce

blisters filled with pus

and a high fever.

And a very brief Neruda that

explodes like a nuclear plant.

Boom!

Poetry can do incredible things.

I didn't come here

to see party tricks.

No, of course not.

We have matters to

deal with, do we not?

First, you have to

give me your word.

You will not harm us.

You have your own conditions?

You should stop drinking

whiskey, Mr. Salomon.

The girl and the child. No one.

If I give you what you want,

you forget about us

forever.

I want to see it.

Promise...

and I'll give it to you.

I promise.

This is not the imago.

Just a shell.

Did you by any chance come

here to trick us, Mr. Salomon?

Well, someone did. It's obvious.

It seems that girl of yours

is not to be trusted.

Bring us the imago, Mr. Salomon.

But do not expect mercy now.

Samuel?

Rachel, open the door.

Who is it?

You know who I am.

Please open the door,

they can't see me here.

Lidia.

You started to remember.

No, but...

No, that's impossible.

I saw you die.

They had to believe that.

Why?

You still don't remember,

but you will.

My baby?

No. No.

No, it wasn't

because of your baby.

That was an excuse.

It was because of you.

You-You're different.

You've always been different.

You can feel things.

They'll never

be able to feel.

That's why they envy you.

What about you?

I'm with you.

We have a plan.

That's why I'm here.

Do you want to remember?

We're so lucky that

insignificant man came along.

Samuel.

Jaqueline's puzzled.

Doesn't understand what

he has to do with any of it.

You called him.

With the dreams,

like you called... me.

Yes. Right.

How forgetful of me.

Who are you?

Gotcha.

Don't you remember me?

She who lies.

You can tell

I'm out of practice.

What do you want?

You know exactly what I want.

You can't have it.

You can't take it from me.

I remember the rules.

Of course. The rules.

The ones you don't follow.

But that's not why I'm here.

Mom?

Go back to bed, buddy.

Six. Where's the six?

She...who punishes.

I've been expecting you

for a long time.

Secrets must be kept, Professor.

You should have

learned that by now.

Don't exert yourself.

That's Yates.

It won't let you move.

Don't be afraid.

This one is very short.

But it's going to keep

you alive for hours.

We didn't want you to

miss out on anything.

What the f***?

Six.

What did you do?

What the f*** did you do?

They took my son.

What?

I just wanted that thing.

-Why didn't you give it to me?

-Couldn't.

I remembered.

What are you talking about?

Remembered what?

What I am.

My imago.

Every lady has one.

It's our power.

Our memory.

This is eternity.

Without it, we're just

pieces of flesh.

I've seen them.

And you're not like that.

That's why they hate me.

They hate everything

that seems human

because they'll never

be able to have it.

But I can love.

They've been looking for a chance

to banish me for centuries--

any excuse.

Then it happened.

There are rules.

There are hundreds of rules.

A lady cannot bear children.

It's forbidden.

That gave them a reason.

They could have

just destroyed it

and let me to die like

any human, but no.

They wanted more.

They buried it

and they voided it.

I lost my power.

I forgot everything.

And then they

sold me to that man.

But my eternity would

remain intact.

So the punishment

would never end.

Then Lidia got it back.

She was different too,

in her own way.

She always wanted to help me.

They must've found out somehow

and that's why they killed her.

That can't be.

There is a way.

A ritual.

The White Ring.

Lidia could see the future.

She's been guiding us

from the beginning.

But why me?

Maybe she thought

I needed help.

She would never have chosen me.

I would have chosen you.

"Nor want

"Nor weakness

"Still conspires

"To bind us

"To a sordid state"

What are you?

She who impassions.

Give it to them.

No.

They've won.

They'll do the same

thing to you again.

And they'll kill me,

I'm sure of it.

As long as we have the imago,

they'll keep me alive.

I took it, I have to give it back.

Those are the rules.

This is the only thing

that's protecting us.

What?

Number Seven.

She who hides.

Not even we have seen her.

She's the cruelest,

the most dangerous.

But she's also the weakest.

If she dies, they all die.

That's why she hides.

Where?

The receptacle.

Nobody knows what it is.

Wait.

Lidia.

Maybe she knew.

No, if she wanted to help us,

she would have told us somehow.

Maybe she did.

Makes sense.

Lidia knew they

were watching her.

That's why she was

being so cryptic.

That's why she sent the

letter to Rauschen.

And hid the photo in the frame.

She knew it would

lead you to him.

You better stay here.

Professor?

Hello?

Professor?

Professor?

Professor?

Professor, is that you?

Professor, the letter.

Where is it?

Professor?

Now, listen, listen to me now...

"My heart aches,

"and a drowsy numbness pains"

Do you think they know

about the letter?

No, they they would

have taken it.

A key?

"They are all gone into

the world of light

"And I alone sit lingring here

"Their very memory

is fair and bright,

"And my sad thoughts

doth clear."

My sad thoughts doth clear.

My sad thoughts doth clear.

It's Milton. I'm sure of it.

-It has to mean something.

-I don't know.

But I know someone who will.

It's open.

Oh, f***.

Susan?

Susan?

Oh, my God!

Susan, stop that!

Oh, f***.

F***ing hell, what

have they done to you?

When did they do this to you?

Oh, my God!

What are you doing?

Dammit! Stop it!

Stop it!

Stop!

What does it mean?

She's gonna devour herself.

Well, there must be some

way we can stop it!

There's nothing we can do.

You stopped the nurse,

maybe you can do it.

I didn't stop the nurse.

I killed him.

Do you want me to do that now?

Maybe we can cut it out!

-What?

-Go get a knife!

I don't think that'll work.

Down to the kitchen at

the end of the hallway.

Bring whatever you can find.

No!

Susan, please, stop it!

Stop it!

Rachel! Hurry, please!

Rachel!

I can't.

Help me put her on her back.

Hold her hand,

don't let her touch it.

Take her hands, hold her hands.

Are you sure about this?

No!

We're gonna have to

tie her down.

Stop her hurting herself.

Find us something to tie...

Tie her up.

I'm not gonna hurt you,

but I'm gonna have to stop you

from doing this to yourself, all right?

I'm so sorry...

I got it, I got it!

All right.

-Turn her round.

-Give me her hand.

All right, that's good.

Get it, get it.

We're gonna get you onto the

bed now, you'll be okay up there.

All right, shh now...

Here we go.

Shh...shh...

Okay.

All right.

Shh, shh, shh...

Try to breathe.

Breathe...

Breathe.

We have to call an ambulance.

They'll take her to a hospital.

They'll try to remove it.

They won't.

They don't know what it is.

As soon as she's free,

she'll start doing it again

and she won't stop. I'm sorry.

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