The Posthuman Project Page #2

Denny, just one last

Mountain before you

walk across that stage

and into the rest of your life.

I'm begging you, please.

Okay.

Hey, detention should

be over by now.

Where's Archie?

I don't care what

you're laughing about

Oh, ladies and gentlemen,

let me introduce our

special guest today,

mister Archibald Burke.

He's here promoting

his new movie,

I'm a total effing

loser with no friends,

except for books

and Internet videos.

What can you tell us

about the movie, Archie?

Leave me alone.

Oh, "leave me alone."

Hmm, I'm not sure that's gonna

get past our p.R. People.

Hmm, okay, so let's try

a different quote.

Uh, how about,

"hey, that's mine"?

Hey, that's mine.

Good, you can take notes.

Now take this one.

If you kill the finals

curve in tiggins' class

next week I'm gonna

come looking for you.

I need to pass that class.

If I tank it I'll

wreck my g.P.A.

Wreck his gpa.

If you don't...

I'm gonna wreck your life.

Got it?

Got it.

Hey, there he is.

Where you are little

man, we were...

dude, Archie, what happened?

Nothing.

No, tell me what happened.

Nothing happened, okay!

I just fell down the

stairs or whatever.

Don't lie to me.

Who did this to you?

Was it ferguson

and his friends?

I swear...

it wasn't anybody, okay?

Hell, you can't be able to do

anything about it anyway, Denny.

God, just take me home.

I'm drifting

out of the space

my mind is misplaced here

I'm racing out of my chest

looking for rest here

Oh, I can't find my way

can't find my place here

and I've lost all my

thoughts lost all mind here

Archie.

Archie.

Archie.

I don't want to talk about it.

I do want to talk about it.

Look, I know things aren't

exactly fantastic right now.

I know that I've messed up,

and I've been bringing

you late to school. Okay?

I'm sorry. I'm trying.

Trying? Great!

That makes two of us.

I'm trying to help

you understand

that I'm getting

killed out there.

Can't you see that?

People at that school

hate me, Denny.

They don't hate you, Archie.

Yeah, they do. A lot.

Those kids.

They hate me because

I'm smarter than them.

People are always gonna be

afraid of intelligence, Archie.

Yeah? Well I guess

it will always

suck to be me then, huh?

Get out...

dude, you've got to

listen to me.

No, I don't!

I don't have to do

anything you say, Denny.

You're not dad.

Dad left. Remember?

That looks familiar.

I used to fight like that

with my brother Kevin.

Your father, Kevin,

I should say.

Hello, boys.

I should introduce myself.

It's been a while since

we've seen each other.

I'm your Uncle William.

Uncle Billy?

That's me.

Now, will you please...

Invite me in?

So, uh, not to be rude

or forward or anything,

but why exactly are you...

am I here?

To celebrate you, of course.

Excuse me?

I received your graduation

invitation in the mail.

And I realized

it had been far too long

since I'd seen this family.

And I've been out of touch.

You know,

I am a man of science.

Well, I didn't know that.

Your father never told

you about my work.

Mom said you were an overseas

entrepreneur or something.

A group of very powerful men

overseas hired me

for my knowledge on a

subject I know very well.

Genetics.

I led a team of scientists

and we discovered some

very interesting things.

Ah. Like what?

Hello, Archie. Feeling better.

Did your father ever

tell you how we used to

fight the other boys

in the streets?

No.

We did.

Kevin! William!

Get your butts in gear!

I'm not taking you out

once It's dark!

Boys!

What is going on up here?

Get up, little girl.

My friends are...

what did I tell you

about locking this door?

Go, go. Go, go.

Boys!

Open this door!

Kevin Archibald Burke!

You get back here right now!

That's it!

I am confiscating all the candy!

I really don't want

dad to be mad at us.

If he gets mad at any one,

he'll just get mad at me.

Then when he gets mad at you...

Billy, Billy,

leave the old man to me.

I'll take care of it.

You know I always do.

Okay?

Okay.

Kevin and I were...

Lots of good memories here.

You said you

discovered something?

I don't want to lose you

on the science, young man.

Well, I mean,

Archie can handle it.

His IQ is 125.

Ah 129.

Some other time perhaps.

So I was saying Dennis, I...

It's Denny. It's Denny now.

I haven't been Dennis

since the 4th grade.

All right then, Denny.

I'm here because

I was going to give you

your graduation gift,

but, however, I'm not sure

It's appropriate now given...

No, I-I understand.

It's a shame.

Arrangements have

already been made.

I used my overseas earnings

to purchase a large property

just outside of the barrows.

There's a Mountain out there

that I hear is quite

the thrill to climb.

You bought mount Dominic?

Few times I talked

to your father

he was very proud of your

climbing achievements.

And I was going

to invite you out

to climb mount Dominic

this weekend.

We'll be there in the morning.

Denny!

We'll be there in the morning.

Me and my friends.

Your friends, too?

Very well. If you insist.

Graduate.

I'll meet you up there

tomorrow evening

for a little

post-climb celebration.

Thank you, Uncle Billy.

Thank you.

Sometimes you need your family

to help lift you up.

And I can't think of a better

way for you to celebrate

this phase of your life

than by proving to the world

your scars have healed.

Takes a lot of strength

to withstand

ignorance and jealousy.

Perhaps someday your

physical attributes

will match your mental ones.

I wish.

Keep working hard,

and sometimes wishes come true.

What are you doing?

I'm texting Adam.

He's got the gear.

And If we're gonna climb

tomorrow we're gonna need it.

I'm still mad at you,

by the way.

I found a rock in my life

built in our love

and found out It's a lie

no part of me must die

and on this rock

I must climb

I found a hole in my soul

played altogether

and found out I ain't whole

I'm back to the start

on knees, operation calls

Lisa? Have you lost

your freaking mind?

What?

Adam Says you're climbing

mount Dominic tomorrow.

Oh, yeah.

"Oh, yeah?"

Are you kidding me, Burke?

You can barely stand as it is.

I've been in

physical therapy for months.

My... my therapist cleared me.

I'm okay.

So instead of the one

in four chance

you fall to your death,

It's all on the one in nine now?

Congratulations, Denny.

Whatever, Lisa.

I'm going with you.

What?

If you're determined

to hurt yourself,

the least you can do

is have somebody

with some

medical training around.

Medical training?

Having a doctor for a dad

and taking a first aid class

hardly qualifies you

as medically trained, Lisa.

I've already cleared it

with my parents.

I'm going with you.

Goodnight, Denny.

I miss you, dad.

Pc 40 headquarters,

tell the mckenzies

there's no one on the roof.

They're probably drunk again.

10-4.

Sir, those readings

you asked for.

Sir?

Never mind.

I see you're busy.

What? No crutches?

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