The Manster Page #3

Thanks Ian.

Hey, how about that?

You know, Tara, I figured you'd

live in a place like this.

It fits you, it's beautiful.

Larry, why did you come with me tonight?

Why did you make that choice?

I'll tell you the truth, Tara.

It's you I want.

I feel comfortable with you.

But something strange has

been happening to me, lately.

I can't explain it.

You're the only one that

seems to understand.

Don't ever leave me.

No, Larry, not this way.

What do you mean, not this way?

When I belong to a

man, no one else does.

If it can't be that way,

then I don't want him.

You're thinkin' about Linda?

Yes.

She's not gonna give up so easily, Larry.

I know how a woman thinks.

If I'm not mistaken, she's waiting for you

at your apartment right now.

She said she'd leave

if I didn't come back.

That won't settle it.

You must go and tell her it's finished.

It would be best that way.

You'll wait for me here?

I'll wait for you to come back,

if you'll come back.

Go Linda, go home!

Larry, what's the matter?

What is it?

Can I help you?

Nothing's the matter,

I don't need any help.

I just want you to leave.

I know I shouldn't have stayed here,

but I couldn't give up that easily.

Give up what?

What we never had?

After being here all this time,

you know I've asked you to join

me overseas more than once.

Larry, what sort of a life is that?

Living in hotels, places

not even on the map.

Picking up and moving

everytime there's a new war

or a revolution.

You married me, you knew

I was foreign correspondent.

Yes, I know, but I figured one day

you could settle down.

Settle down, that's

a good way to put it.

Settle down like mud in a pool.

Bridge on Wednesdays, cocktail Thursdays,

PDA Fridays.

I can't give you this

kind of stuff, Linda.

Go home and find someone else.

Larry, what's happened to you?

I don't know, Linda.

I just want you to let

me alone, that's all.

Just leave me alone, go away.

I won't let you alone, Larry.

I'm fighting with something

that belongs to you and me.

I don't know how it happened,

but it won't last.

This woman, she's got you all mixed up

so you can't think straight.

I don't know how it started.

Maybe a weak moment.

- Weak!

- Maybe you...

You think I'm weak?

Do you think I covered all

those wars and revolutions

'cause I was weak?

Or maybe it's because I never

put you in your place before,

never slapped you down when you needed it.

Larry, what's gotten into you?

Nothing's gotten into me!

I just became my real

self for once, that's all.

Nobody's gonna tie me down anymore,

nobody's gonna tell me what to do.

I heard you singin'.

I don't know why I came

in, I was just passing by.

I guess you don't know

what I'm talking about.

Maybe that's just as well,

makes it easier to talk.

I've gotta talk to someone.

I've gotta get it out of me.

You've gotta get it out of me.

I thought you weren't coming back.

You were a long time.

I told you, after Linda

left I went out for a walk.

Where did you go?

I don't know.

Fix me another drink, will you?

It was like a dream, a sort of nightmare.

Only I don't know where the dream stopped

and the real thing began.

I came to a temple, I remember that.

And then I was walking, just walking.

Does your hand hurt?

Those prayer beads,

where did you get them?

I don't know, picked them up some place.

I can't remember.

I have a feeling I don't wanna remember.

I wanna forget.

That's something I can do.

Help you forget.

I like everything about this place,

but the music.

Well, maybe I'm getting a little senile.

You're as young as you ever were, Ian.

And as kind.

It's sweet of you to bring me here.

You know, I was getting a bit lonely.

That's an understatement.

I was getting to scream.

Linda, I asked you here,

because I wanna talk to you about Larry.

What the devil's gotten into him lately?

I don't know.

Maybe it's what you just said.

The devil's gotten into him.

He used to be a good reporter, Linda.

All reliable.

Now when I want him,

I can hardly find him.

And when I do, I can't seem

to break though to him.

You say hello, and he starts an argument.

I've never seen anyone change so quickly.

Yeah.

Yeah, he doesn't seem the same person.

What are you gonna do?

You can't stay here in Tokyo forever

and watch Larry go to pieces like this.

I don't know exactly

what I'm gonna do, Ian.

But I'm sure of one thing.

I still love Larry,

and I'm not gonna run away.

Guess I'll just have to

stick around for a while,

and hope.

Well, I knew if I kept

looking, I'd find you.

All right, you found me, now what?

We've got a pretty big

story to cover this morning.

What's the matter with your hand?

I burned it.

When are you coming back to work, Larry?

Seems to me I got some vacation due.

Yes, you have,

but you're still being

carried in my books.

I think I have a right to

know what your plans are.

Plans?

Who has any plans?

Ian, do me a favor.

If you're not drinking,

leave me alone, will you?

I was about to.

I've got an office to

take care of, you know.

But I have a suggestion.

How about tonight?

You and I used to go on some

pretty good binges together.

Not tonight.

Look, Larry.

Confession's good for

the soul and all that.

Are you sure there isn't

something you'd like to tell me?

You're pressing your luck, Ian.

All right, Larry.

All right.

Whatever what's eating you stops eating.

You've got a job waiting.

But remember this, it can't wait forever.

Where'd you get those?

Get what?

Those.

I don't know, picked 'em up somewhere.

They're Buddhist prayer beads.

You don't say!

Oh, I just thought it odd you had them.

They're common around here,

but I've never seen you with

anything like that before.

There must be a lot of

things you've never seen, Ian.

Yes.

But Buddhist prayer beads.

As a matter of fact,

I talked to quite a

few Buddhists recently.

I found out one very

good thing about them.

What's that?

They mind their own business.

All right, Larry.

Look at that, Tara.

There's a definite cycle.

That proves another theory of mine.

That change doesn't come all at once.

Larry Stanford right now is

going through the metamorphosis.

This is his old self here

at the bottom of each curve.

And this is his new self,

actually a different

species of men, at the top.

But notice how the waves are rising.

Before long, he'll be entirely on the top,

entirely a new being.

Robert, I don't like it.

That's your privilege.

Not everyone's interested in mutation.

That's not what I mean.

I don't like what I'm doing.

I know you had to keep him in Tokyo,

and at first I didn't care.

Any emotion I ever had was

killed in me a long time ago.

But, maybe I've just a little left,

and I don't like watching

it happen to him.

Are you falling in love with him, Tara?

I don't think I'm able to fall in love.

You don't have any

illusions about us, do you?

You know where you found me.

And you know what happens to me

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