K-Pax (25 page)
W
e
dran
k
bee
r
an
d
chatte
d
abou
t
astronom
y
an
d
psychiatr
y
mos
t
o
f
th
e
afternoon
,
Abb
y
an
d
her
mothe
r
naggin
g
u
s
no
t
t
o
tal
k
sho
p
an
d
t
o
pa
y
som
e
attentio
n
t
o
ou
r
sons/grandsons
,
wh
o
kep
t
throwing
foo
d
a
t
Shast
a
an
d
eac
h
other
.
On
e
thin
g
I
wante
d
t
o
kno
w
wa
s
hi
s
opinio
n
o
n
th
e
possibilit
y
o
f
light
travel
.
"It'
s
not,
"
h
e
state
d
flatly
,
stil
l
no
t
convinced
,
I
think
,
tha
t
I
wasn'
t
pullin
g
hi
s
leg
.
Bu
t
whe
n
I
asked
i
f
h
e
woul
d
b
e
willin
g
t
o
hel
p
m
e
prov
e
t
o
m
y
ne
w
patien
t
tha
t
"K-PAX
"
wa
s
a
figmen
t
o
f
hi
s
imagination,
h
e
said
,
"Shore.
"
Befor
e
the
y
lef
t
I
gav
e
hi
m
a
lis
t
o
f
question
s
t
o
as
k
Dr
.
Flyn
n
abou
t
th
e
doubl
e
star
system-th
e
type
s
o
f
star
s
the
y
were
,
thei
r
actua
l
size
s
an
d
brightnesses
,
thei
r
rotatio
n
period
,
th
e
duration
o
f
a
"year
"
o
n
th
e
putativ
e
planet
,
eve
n
somethin
g
abou
t
wha
t
th
e
nigh
t
sk
y
woul
d
loo
k
lik
e
fro
m
suc
h
a world
.
H
e
promise
d
t
o
cal
l
m
e
wit
h
whateve
r
informatio
n
h
e
coul
d
di
g
up.
Sessio
n
Four
TH
E
Manhatta
n
Psychiatri
c
Institut
e
i
s
locate
d
o
n
Amsterda
m
Avenu
e
a
t
112t
h
Stree
t
i
n
Ne
w
York
City
.
I
t
i
s
a
privat
e
teachin
g
an
d
researc
h
hospita
l
affiliate
d
wit
h
th
e
nearb
y
Columbi
a
Universit
y
College
o
f
Physician
s
an
d
Surgeons
.
MP
I
i
s
distinc
t
fro
m
th
e
Psychiatri
c
Institut
e
a
t
Columbia
,
whic
h
i
s
a
general treatmen
t
cente
r
tha
t
deal
s
wit
h
fa
r
mor
e
patients
.
W
e
refe
r
t
o
i
t
a
s
"th
e
bi
g
institute,
"
an
d
ours
,
i
n
turn
,
is
know
n
a
s
"th
e
littl
e
institute.
"
Ou
r
concep
t
i
s
unique
:
W
e
tak
e
i
n
onl
y
a
limite
d
numbe
r
o
f
adul
t
patients
(on
e
hundre
d
t
o
on
e
hundre
d
twent
y
i
n
all)
,
eithe
r
case
s
o
f
unusua
l
interes
t
o
r
thos
e
tha
t
hav
e
proven
unresponsiv
e
t
o
standar
d
somati
c
(drug)
,
electroconvulsive
,
surgical
,
o
r
psychotherapies.
MP
I
wa
s
constructe
d
i
n 190
7
a
t
a
cos
t
o
f
jus
t
ove
r
a
millio
n
dollars
.
Toda
y
th
e
physica
l
facilit
y
alone
i
s
wort
h
on
e
hundre
d
fift
y
million
.
Th
e
grounds
,
thoug
h
small
,
ar
e
wel
l
kept
,
wit
h
a
grass
y
law
n
t
o
th
e
side
an
d
back
,
an
d
shrub
s
an
d
flowe
r
garden
s
alon
g
th
e
wall
s
an
d
fences
.
Ther
e
i
s
als
o
a
fountain
,
"Adoni
s
in
th
e
Garde
n
o
f
Eden,
"
situate
d
i
n
the
,
cente
r
o
f
wha
t
w
e
cal
l
"th
e
bac
k
forty.
"
I
lov
e
t
o
strol
l
thos
e
pastoral
grounds
,
liste
n
t
o
th
e
bubbl
y
fountain
,
contemplat
e
th
e
ol
d
ston
e
walls
.
Entir
e
adul
t
live
s
hav
e
bee
n
lived
here
,
bot
h
patien
t
an
d
staff
.
T
o
some
,
thi
s
i
s
th
e
onl
y
worl
d
the
y
wil
l
eve
r
know.
Ther
e
ar
e
fiv
e
floor
s
a
t
MPI
,
numbere
d
essentiall
y
i
n
orde
r
o
f
increasin
g
severit
y
o
f
patien
t
illness.
War
d
On
e
(groun
d
floor
)
i
s
fo
r
thos
e
wh
o
suffe
r
onl
y
acut
e
neurose
s
o
r
mil
d
paranoia
,
an
d
thos
e
who
hav
e
responde
d
t
o
therap
y
an
d
ar
e
nearl
y
read
y
t
o
b
e
discharged
.
Th
e
othe
r
patient
s
kno
w
thi
s
an
d
often
tr
y
ver
y
har
d
t
o
b
e
"promoted
"
t
o
War
d
One
.
War
d
Tw
o
i
s
occupie
d
b
y
thos
e
mor
e
severel
y
afflicted:
delusional
s
suc
h
a
s
Russel
l
an
d
prot
,
mani
c
an
d
dee
p
depressives
,
obdurat
e
misanthropes
,
an
d
others
unabl
e
t
o
functio
n
i
n
society
.
War
d
Thre
e
i
s
divide
d
int
o
3A
,
whic
h
house
s
a
variet
y
o
f
seriously
psychoti
c
individuals
,
an
d
3B
,
th
e
autistic/catatoni
c
section
.
Finally
,
War
d
Fou
r
i
s
reserve
d
for
psychopathi
c
patient
s
wh
o
migh
t
caus
e
har
m
t
o
th
e
staf
f
an
d
thei
r
fello
w
inmates
.
Thi
s
include
s
certain
autist
s
wh
o
regularl
y
erup
t
int
o
uncontrollabl
e
rages
,
a
s
wel
l
a
s
otherwis
e
norma
l
individual
s
who
sometime
s
becom
e
violen
t
withou
t
warning
.
Th
e
fourt
h
floo
r
als
o
house
s
th
e
clini
c
an
d
laboratory
,
a
small
researc
h
library
,
an
d
a
surgica
l
theater.
