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Jace shows a desperate
st/'l/g~/e
oj wits with il/sti,lct.1
is th e most dange rous. Especially
under democ racy. The instincts, do rmant under tyrann y, wa ke up
Under
democracy, even predators get it in th e ... neck from him. Eve n th e leopards.
[She is sobbing. ]
In
the future, in th e future everything will be different ...
Sure thing . . .
In
th e future .. . and he was trying to ruin it for me
ISobs. 1
..
was trying to 10-
o-o-o-ok into it . . .
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Breaks down iI/to wlcol/trollablc IIlecpil/g al/d moaning.
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Calm down , calm down . . O h , wh at is it w ith yo u, baby. . And why would
he try to look into it .
in to th e future' Wh at is it he's never see n th ere'
[A
s,lance shot at Cecilia al/d Glistav. ]
Believe me, he neve r thinks o f it.
[His eyes slide
dOlvn to Matilda's crotch.
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N o t at all. I kn ow him . Most likely, he's scared of it.
Of
malaises, fo r instance, o r, say, a cem etery. An d tlu t's w hy he screams spies
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Inanimate'
And Mata Hari -
N ow , this I think is rather a complime nt.
Espec ially if it 's w ith G reta Ga rbo.
No, I fo r one prefer Jeanne Mo reau .
No way. With me it's Marlen e Dietri ch .
[Matilda stops cryiI/g
,
wipes her eyes, and caresses her al/ill/als. 1
Yo u are my very
sweetest . . . you are my animate inanimate ..
Yeah , there were good movies before history ended, no'
You are my pussycats ... in th e future everything w ill be di ffere nt ..
You , Matilda, indeed should see to having some kittens. Wh en th e animals are in
the min o rity th ey can be easi ly domesti cated. Ta ke the locals, fo r instance.
And once th ey are in the maj o rity?
Ain 't such a swee t dea l eith er. Pretty soon th ere is no thin g to mun ch o n, every–
thing gets stamped out. Take superpow ers fo r instance.
But those are herbivores . . .
W ell , once there is no thin g to mun ch o n , the herbi vo res won 't say no to meat
eith er. Who knows, maybe th at's how we wo und up w ith predato rs.
But a carnivore is mo re likely to attack an herbivo re than th e o ther way around.
For carnivores are esse ntially omni vores, whereas herbi vores aren't. T ake humans
for instance .. .
Ah, herbivo res, carnivores, omn ivores, th ermonuclears. . Wh at a bo re.
Right. A man fo r instance ...
