Touched With Fire Page #4

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You should spend the night,

and first thing in the morning,

we'll go over all of this in detail.

Sign this and check yourself in,

and we will do a thorough

examination of your case

first thing in the morning.

You accidentally checked yourself

into a mental institution?

- Just for one night.

- No.

For one night.

- It's not that funny.

- It's stupid.

Okay.

Now it's your turn.

I climbed to the top of a building.

I looked up to the moon...

asking it to take me home.

And all of a sudden...

I felt this light shining on my face.

And I thought,

"My God."

It's working.

"I get to go home."

And...

Know what?

You know, maybe...

Maybe you're right.

I mean, maybe we are aliens.

You, too?

Maybe.

Lunatic mind ticks in sync

with lunar time.

The more the moon pulls the tides,

the more it lifts our minds,

and the more the sunlight

shines on the moon,

the more manic we become.

This is a normal brain,

lit up just in a few places.

But this, this is a manic brain,

fully lit.

That's what you call illumination.

- It's the sages.

- I know.

It's the prophets through the ages

who know about the gods.

The prophets, when they were manic,

that was when

they were almost reaching

full illumination.

And that was right before they died.

That's the 13th hour.

That's what you're talking about.

- Right, that's what I'm saying.

- That's illumination.

Look at these pyramids.

They all face the heavens.

This is intricate cosmic mapping,

ways out.

These all have to do with escaping

to somehow getting out

of the body, this flesh...

Well, they did find certain stones,

metals, that absorb energy.

And the metals absorb the heavens

reaching up to the tip

of the pyramid to the sun,

inviting its light in.

Yes, yeah, put it in.

Silverware, silverware.

Yeah, we need a transmitter.

- These are for the antenna?

- Yeah.

They'll get out, yeah.

That's not gonna work.

What can we use?

Use this.

Stick it in there.

I don't know if these things

are strong enough.

There are four sides to each pyramid.

This is a view from...

of the third pyramid.

The three pyramids,

four sides to each one.

There is 12.

- 12 months.

- 2012.

- 12 hours.

- 12 apostles.

Dr. Strinsky doesn't want you two

coming out at night anymore.

So...

Could I have something

to help me sleep?

No reaction.

You know what?

The more down-to-earth they are,

the deeper they sleep.

Okay. Don't wait, then.

- Okay, no. Yeah.

- I'm going to stretch that over.

What if our souls get lost?

They won't.

We'll keep each other oriented.

What if we lose each other?

If we lose each other,

then we come back to our bodies.

Okay, we come back to our bodies,

and we remember this.

We remember this map.

Okay?

And we remember it's in this book.

And it'll be on this page, all right?

And it'll be right here

in the top right corner.

Okay?

Are you ready?

Yeah.

The nurses tell me you two have

continued to stay up at night together

even after I instructed you not to.

First reports say you

stayed up until 4:00 A. M.

And the more recent reports

say you haven't slept at all.

So, we're going to move you,

Marco, to a different ward.

- Why?

- Because you have a bad influence...

- But, why?

- No, we don't.

Is it true that neither of you

thinks you're from this planet?

Because we're not from this planet.

Okay, sit.

Where do you think you're from?

- Would someone from your planet do this?

- Marco. Sit down.

- You know what? You can't separate...

- Would someone from your planet do that?

That's not fair.

- Would they?

- F*** you!

- Don't you go near her.

- N-N-No!

Marco! Marco!

- F*** you!

- No, Marco! No!

No! No!

- Get them off!

- No, you motherf***er!

Hold her...

No!

No!

Let us go home!

Please, let us go home!

We just want to go home.

Why is he so sedated?

He was with a female patient,

and they made each other manic.

We separated them and they

became even more manic.

How long is he going to be like that?

It's not just the medication.

Because the mania got so

out of control and he went so high,

he's going to go just as low

with the depression.

It's going to be severe.

It'll be about six months.

We would keep him here,

but the hospital just can't afford it.

I suggest that he live with you

for a while.

Wake up.

Made you dinner.

Taken a shower?

Just take a bath?

Yeah.

Didn't you take one,

like, four hours ago?

It's the same one.

You've been in the tub for four hours?

It comforts me.

Oh.

I didn't see you there.

How you feelin'?

Same.

Meet me on the other side.

What if we lose each other?

If we lose each other,

then we come back to our bodies.

Okay, we come back to our bodies,

and we remember this.

We remember this map, okay?

Yo, yo, I got another joke.

I got another joke.

I was a patient here,

back in the fall.

There was this girl who was in my ward.

I don't have her contact information.

Yeah, we can't give out

patient's information,

for confidentiality reasons.

Is Dr. Strinsky here?

Hey, Carla.

Hey.

Listen, I know it's hospital policy

not to give out patient's information,

but if you hadn't torn us apart,

we would've exchanged information.

I'm sorry, but no matter what,

it's out of my hands.

Will you at least tell me

if he came looking for me?

No, he didn't.

Marco.

I already told you,

I'm not giving you her information.

Okay. Can you just give her this,

if she comes in?

Let me see.

I'm sorry.

I'm not going to give this to her.

But that's not personal information.

That's not against hospital policy.

It's not just policy, Marco.

You two made each other manic

when you were together

in the hospital.

It's my professional opinion

that you're not healthy

for one another.

Have a seat.

I'll tell Dr. Strinsky that you're back.

What did you think...

seeing it up close?

I thought it was...

It was cool.

What did you think?

I thought it was nice.

You didn't like it, did you?

I guess I just...

It wasn't...

Do you remember what this looked like

when we were in the hospital?

You've just come out of the depression.

You haven't been in a physical relationship

for quite a while.

- It's understandable.

- No, it's not just that.

I don't feel the emotion

that I should feel for her.

Well, you won't have the passion you had

when you were manic.

You're going to have to learn to live

within a normal range of emotions.

This isn't a normal range.

I don't feel anything.

You've lived in emotional extremes

for so long,

you've no way of knowing

what normal feels like.

And it's going to take you

some time to learn.

Okay. Okay.

I've been calling.

Why didn't you pick up?

I'm sorry...

You know, I'm still not comfortable

with you living on your own.

So that might worry me a little bit.

- Mom...

- What, you're...

Do you think maybe I could come

and visit you tomorrow?

You're not going to let me come in?

Well, I'm just...

Well, I'm...

- You know how...

- Please, sweetie, I just...

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