The Lathe of Heaven Page #2

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Feel ok?

Yeh!

Well, you did dream, my friend! That much I can tell you.

What was it about?

A horse. It was about a horse.

That one.

What about it?

Don't you notice anything unusual about that picture?

Oh, some people find it a bit overwhelming.

You know what's Freud said about horses, staircases and cigars?

- Was it here an hour ago? - An hour ago?

Yes, wasn't that a picture of Mount Hood when I came in?

Mount Hood?

Yeh, I remember it, don't you?

George, that is Tammany Hall, the triple crown-winner.

Oh, I'm insane!

No, I'm not insane!

I'm not insane. I know I'm not insane!

- So not to drive me insane! - Back up, George!

Dreams are not harmful, for instance, day dreams can be wonderful.

I have them all withy. I dream heroics.

I save the girl, the whole damn planet.

Haber saves the world!

Yeh, I daydream sometimes, that I have a cabin

- by the ocean. - Eh,

that's nice. What does that tell you about yourself?

That I am a massacre; nobody can afford a cabin by the ocean anymore.

You know, what I'd like to see, George?

I'd like to see you learn to use your dreams.

Doesn't that strike you as a nice idea?

<i>I don't know.</i>

Well, we'll work on it.

You're feeling very sleepy, George. Very relaxed.

You're going to sleep in a moment.

Now sleep George.

Sleep!

In a moment I'm going to suggest a dream to you.

And you will dream that dream.

You are going to have a very good dream, George.

Beautiful sunshine, no smog,

no rain.

Antwerp!

What a hell is he doing?

The Augmentor is not doing, ah.

- Penny - Is something wrong?

No. No, nothing at all!

Doctor, are you all right?

Yes, yes of course!

- Get me a report on weather on the line. - Yes, Doctor!

George! George! George!

What did you dream, George?

It was an effective dream, I can tell you that.

Can you recall it?

Yes.

I was having a picnic on Mount Hood

in the rain with Genghis Khan

And his umbrella lit.

And then the sun came out.

I have weather on line 2, Doctor.

That's good.

Schedule for Mr. Orr for noon tomorrow. Can you make it, George?

- Yes, but why should? - Good.

Good.

It's actually stopped raining.

All right, George, go on now. I'll see you tomorrow.

This is the weather report for Portland, the Sunshine city.

The temperature is 105 degrees Fahrenheit, 40 degrees Celsius.

Humidity is 8%, the barometer is 29.80

You see, it's because of all this sunshine!

- We were better off when it rained all the time. - Yes, that's the truth!

He knows!

He knows!

Son of a b*tch knows!

<i>- I'm not insane, am I? - Oh, no, of course not!</i>

<i>Why didn't you tell me back in the office?</i>

George, I thought we had a very good session this afternoon, extraordinary really.

But don't you think we can continue this tomorrow?

But, wait a minute, you're acting like nothing happened.

Oh, a great deal happened, but let's not make more of it than it is!

We have a long way to go.

My dream stopped the rain.

George, it hasn't rained in Portland since two years ago last Easter.

Why are you doing this to me?

One cardinal rule of this therapy,

never hand the answers for the patient on a silver platter.

- Now you must work for them otherwise they are meaningless. - The sun is out!

- It stopped raining. - Yes, it's beautiful, isn't it?

You told me to dream a sunny day and I did, now you admit it.

George,

It's impossible to correct a defective reality or intension of it over night.

But we are making the real progress. I'll see you tomorrow.

- But - Tomorrow!

- Orr? - Yes.

Heather Lelache. Please, be sitted.

Was this an accident?

- What? - Your overdose.

No. Yes!

My legal advice is agree to the psychiatric treatment

and you won't be prosecuted, or prosecuted for that matter.

But the therapy scares me.

Come on, Mr. Orr.

I don't mean to cause Dr. Haber any trouble.

I'm sure he means well.

- I'd just like another psychiatrist. - Oh, not without real cause.

I mean, theyre no gonna take a patient's word against a doctor's.

Not in this kind of case.

- You mean a mental case. - Exactly.

Well.

Thank you very much, Miss Lelache.

- Sorry to have bothered you. - Wait a moment.

I didn't say you didn't have a case. It's just a

Well you haven't told me anything yet.

If I told you what was really going on you'd think I was crazy.

I'm a Civil liberties lawyer, Mr. Orr.

If you have something to say you'd better say it.

He's not an evil man and he means well.

It's just a

I'm in a position to be used by him, like an instrument.

He can't do that even if he aims at good.

Nobody can play God.

But he doesn't realize that.

That's why I tried taking drugs to suppress my dreams.

- I just wanna get cured. - Of drugs?

Of dreaming!

What a hell are you talking about?

Well, Miss Crouch, I'd like you to do some research for me.

Use a computer linked up to the Library of Congress in the lobby. Do you think the others will mind?

- No, I don't think so, I was definitely got allowed. - Good.

I'd like you to get me as much information is possible

on the effective dreams symbology in pre-Columbian culture.

- I may be a while. - Take as much time as you need.

- Be very thorough, Miss Crouch. - Yes, Doctor.

Listen carefully, George.

You and I are about to embark upon a magnificent collaboration.

We are going to make history today.

Using your gift I'm going to do what no politician,

no scientist, no philosopher has ever done.

I'm going to make the whole world... right!

We need an institute, William Haber Institute of Oneirology.

Antwerp!

<i>George! George!</i>

<i>George!</i>

Take it easy, don't sit up so fast.

Oh, no!

- Something wrong, George? <i>- Doctor?</i>

- Oh, Miss Crouch! - I have that research information you wanted, Doctor Haber.

That didn't take you any time at all, did it? Amazing what computers can do.

- Is there anything else, Dr. Haber? - Yes, I'd like you to schedule Mr. Orr for noon tomorrow.

- I can't make it! - Yes, Doctor!

- But I can't make it! - Why not?

Because I have a job! Now I can't keep coming here, they will fire me!

Your therapy is more important than your job!

In any case the institute will clear you.

Don't tell me that institute stuff, I know what's going on here!

Aha! End in active resistance; it's a good sign, George. Let it out!

Look! You don't know what you're doing!

- When you change one thing, you would - You see, you're not really resisting me,

you're resisting your own self examination.

- It happens in every therapeutic situation. - Look, I'm not gonna do this anymore!

George, I had hoped that your motivation for being here would be better by now.

What about getting well?

- Yeh, what about it? You tell me! - I am going to cure you, George.

You have my word on that. You must believe me.

I would like to believe you, Dr. Haber. I really would.

Good. Then we have something in common.

Why doesn't this Dr. Haber just come right out and say that he knows you have` effective dreams?

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