Solyaris Page #4

---

I don't understand.

Evidently the Ocean responded to

our heavy radiation with something else.

It probed our minds and extracted

something like islands of memory.

Will she come back?

She will...

and she won't.

- Hari the Second.

- There may be an endless number of them.

Why didn't you warn me?

You wouldn't have believed me.

I got scared and acted not entirely...

Don't be hard on yourself.

We've had enough of Gibarian.

There's talk about

liquidating the station.

That's why I was sent here.

If I submit a report, will you sign it?

And what if we suddenly make

that long-awaited contact?

Night is the best time here.

It somehow reminds me of Earth.

Attach strips of paper

to the airvents.

At night it sounds like

the rustling of leaves.

It was Gibarian's invention.

So simple, like all genius.

I adopted it right away.

Sartorius made fun of us,

but he has one in his room.

He hides it in the closet.

You should rest.

If you can, come to the library later.

I've prepared a list of books for you.

Snaut, is that you?

Kris, where are you?

Come here.

- It's so dark.

- Come here. Don't be afraid.

Hari!

The door opens the other way.

Hang on.

I'll be right back.

When I saw you weren't there,

I got scared.

Hello, Kris.

I can barely hear you.

Speak louder.

What are you doing right now?

Nothing.

Sartorius has invited us

to his laboratory.

How are you?

Fine. I'll try to make it.

Kris, what's wrong with me?

Maybe it's epilepsy?

This is my wife.

Hello.

Hello.

- We've been waiting for you.

- I was busy.

- How lovely! Are these yours?

- No, they're Snaut's.

So, as far as I can tell,

they are constructed...

Let's just call them "guests."

Fine.

While our structure is made of atoms,

theirs consists of neutrinos.

But neutrino systems are unstable.

They seem to be stabilized

by Solaris' force field.

You've got a superb specimen.

That's my wife.

Wonderful. Perfect.

Then take a blood sample

from your wife.

Why?

It'll sober you up a bit.

What do you think?

- Snaut?

- Enough of all of you!

I burned the blood with acid,

but it's restoring itself.

Regeneration?

In essence, immortality-

Faust's problem.

Excuse me.

There's no need for cotton.

Are you qualified

to perform an autopsy?

I've already told you -she's my wife.

Don't you understand?

I think these experiments are

more humane than testing on rabbits.

Don't you agree?

It doesn't matter.

It would be like

cutting my own leg off.

Did you feel pain

when you broke through the door?

Pain? Of course.

So if I ever catch you doing anything...

- You're lucky.

- How so?

It's meaningless,

yet you've managed to establish

emotional contact with them.

It may be pleasant...

- What are you, jealous?

Maybe I'm jealous.

No, you're not jealous.

After all, you're not guilty of anything.

- Of course.

- But I am guilty.

Of what?

When you turn into an utter cripple

with no arms or legs, call us.

We'll empty your chamber pot.

- But whom have you wronged?

- You, among others.

My father shot that.

Well, I shot a bit.

Listen...

I don't know myself at all.

I don't remember.

When I close my eyes,

I can't recall my face. And you?

What?

- Do you know yourself?

- Like all humans.

That woman in the white coat hated me.

Don't make things up.

She died before you and I met.

I don't understand

why you're deceiving me.

I remember perfectly.

We drank tea and she kicked me out.

Naturally, I stood up and left.

I remember perfectly.

What happened after that?

After that, I went away,

and we never saw each other again.

Where did you go?

To a different city.

- Why?

- I was transferred.

Why did you leave without me?

You didn't want to come.

That I remember.

Forgive me.

I thought you were already awake.

What happened?

The regeneration is slowing down.

For two or three hours

we can be free of them.

You came in the middle of the night

to tell me that?

I'll tell you why I came.

Sartorius and I were thinking:

If the Ocean derives guests from us

while we dream,

maybe it makes sense to transmit

our waking thoughts to it.

- How?

- With beams of radiation.

Perhaps it will understand

and spare us from all these apparitions.

Again these ridiculous X-ray sermons

about the greatness of science?

We'll modulate the beam

with the brain waves of one of us.

And "one of us" means me, of course.

An encephalogram!

A transcription of all my thoughts!

What if I suddenly want her to die?

To disappear!

Entrust everything to that...

that mass of jelly?

It's already invaded my soul.

Kris, we're running out of time.

Sartorius has proposed

another project:
the annihilator.

Self-destruction

of the neutrino systems.

What is this? Blackmail?

I convinced him to start

with the encephalogram.

But forget about this for now.

Tomorrow's my birthday.

Consider yourself invited.

- Liar! You just want to make up with us.

- Yes, I do.

Don't shout. She sleeping.

Sleeping?

She's already learned how to sleep?

This will all end badly.

- Well, what do you propose I do?

- Nothing.

So you'll come?

Tomorrow, in the library.

We'll set the table.

At least there are no windows in there.

In the meantime, let's go.

Sartorius is waiting.

She's sleeping.

Will she follow me?

Don't lock the door.

What door?

It's just an apparition.

Wait. I'll be right back.

Where are you going?

Forgive me.

Why aren't you asleep?

- You don't love me.

- Stop it, Hari.

- We have to talk.

- About what?

You understand that I don't know

where I came from.

Maybe you know?

- What's with you?

Stop. Don't interrupt.

If you know,

but you can't tell me now,

perhaps one day you will.

What are you talking about?

I don't understand a thing, honestly.

You don't want to tell me.

You're afraid.

Then I'll tell you.

I'm not Hari.

Hari is dead.

She poisoned herself.

I'm somebody else.

Who told you this?

- Sartorius just told me.

- Last night.

It would have been better

if you had told me yourself.

My God, what's the difference?

How have you lived all this time?

Were you in love with anyone?

I don't know.

Did you ever think of me?

Yes, but not all the time.

Only when I felt unhappy.

You know, it feels like

somebody is tricking us.

And the longer this fog lasts,

the worse it will be for you in the end.

Particularly for you, Kris.

How can I help you?

Tell me.

And her, the other one,

what happened to her?

We argued.

Towards the end, we argued a lot.

I gathered my things and left.

She made me understand

without saying it directly,

but when you live with someone for a

long time, such things aren't necessary.

I was sure they were just words,

but then I remembered that I'd left

the laboratory specimens

in the refrigerator.

I had brought them from the laboratory

and explained how they worked.

I got scared.

I wanted to go to her.

But then I thought it would look like

I had taken her words seriously.

After three days, I couldn't take it

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes