SOLARIS Page #3

SNOW:

You didn't bring any chocolate, did

you?

KELVIN:

What?

SNOW:

(musing)

I love chocolate. I realized just

yesterday how much I love it.

(beat, then he recovers)

I thought maybe, if they let you

bring personal effects, you might

have snuck some through, because...

well, I've been thinking about it.

A long beat as Kelvin stares at Snow.

KELVIN:

What happened here?

Snow lies back in his bunk.

SNOW:

I can't talk just now. I'm too

tired.

KELVIN:

Where's Sartorius?

SNOW:

In his lab. He won't let you in.

KELVIN:

(leaving)

He'll let me in.

SNOW:

Kelvin, if you see anything

unusual...

Kelvin stops, but doesn't turn around.

SNOW:

... try to stay calm.

CUT TO:

INT. CORRIDOR

Kelvin stands outside a door.

KELVIN:

Let me in.

A beat.

SARTORIUS:

(inside, muffled)

You have to give me your word you

won't come in. Then I'll come out.

KELVIN:

All right.

Sartorius cracks the door open and slithers through the slit

and into the hallway. He is of obvious intelligence and not

to be messed with; contentious, intimidating when he wants to

be, and probably brilliant. Kelvin eyes him suspiciously.

KELVIN:

What happened to Gibarian?

SARTORIUS:

Didn't you talk to Snow?

KELVIN:

I want to hear your version.

SARTORIUS:

(incredulous)

Who, here, could possibly care what

you want? At best, you're Employee

of the Month for the highest bidder

in the Solaris auction. They have

no idea what's going on up here.

They've never even been in space.

And I'm supposed to listen to you?

KELVIN:

I am here to recover this mission,

report my findings, and make a

recommendation. Now: What happened

to him?

SARTORIUS:

The same thing that could happen to

any of us.

KELVIN:

Where's his body?

SARTORIUS:

In the lab. With her, probably.

KELVIN:

Her? Who are you talking about?

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