Remembering Brion James.
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Dr-girlfriend — 11 years ago(February 20, 2015 03:53 PM)
From here to the beyond, happy birthday Brion, we miss you
Female announcer over intercom:"next subject: Kowalski, Leon. Engineer, waste disposal. File section: new employee, six days."
Holden:"you're in the desert walking along the sand, when all the sudden you look down.."
Leon:"what one?"
Holden:"what?"
Leon:"what desert?"
Holden:"it doesn't make any difference what desert, its completely hypothetical."
Leon:"but how come I'd be there?"
Holden:"maybe you're fed up.maybe you want to be by yourself. Who knows? You look down and see a tortoise Leon. Its crawling toward you"
Leon:"tortoise? What's that?"
Holden:irritated "you know what a turtle is?"
Leon:"of course!"
Holden:"same thing."
Leon:"I've never seen a turtle.but I know what you mean."
Holden:"you reach down and flip the tortoise over on its back Leon."
Leon:"do you make up these questions Mr. Holden? Or do they write 'em down for you?"
Holden:"the tortoise lacks on its back, it belly baking in the hot sun, beating its legs trying to turn itself over, but it can't. Not without your help, but your not helping."
Leon:angrily "what do you mean I'm not helping!?"
Holden:"I'm mean you're not helping. Why is that Leon?"
Leon visibly shaken
Holden:"they're just questions Leon. In answer to your query, they're written down for me. Its a test, designed to provoke an emotional response. Shall we continue? Describe in single words only the good things that come into to your mind about, your mother."
Leon:"my mother?"
Holden:"yeah."
Leon:"let me tell you about my mother. shoots Holden w/a gun pulled from under the table-Leon & Holden, "Blade Runner"