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that you-you look|so much like me...

or anyone else from Earth?

Why is a soap bubble round?

Why is a soap bubble round?

You know, for an educated|person, Mark, you repeat|things quite a bit.

Are you aware of that?

A soap bubble is round...

because it is the most|energy-efficient configuration.

Similarly, on your planet,|I look like you.

On K-PAX,|I look like a K-PAXian.

Prot,

why did you want to|come to our planet?

Well, I've been here|many times before.

But what brought me|here first? I don't know.

Pure curiosity, I guess.

I'd never been to|a Class BA-3 planet before.

Class BA-3?

Early stage of evolution.

Future uncertain.

And if I give all my possessions|to feed the poor--

Howie. Go on.|Talk to him.

Go on.

You're really from...|up there?

Indeed.

I am from K-PAX.

What--

What sort of place is it?

K-PAX is bigger|than your planet.

But we are circled|by seven purple moons.

Bullshit, bullshit,|bullshit, bullshit,

bullshit, bullshit,|bullshit.

Go on.

Well, K-PAX is most lovely|when K-MON and K-RIL|are in conjunction.

Those are our two suns.|What you would call|Agape and Satori.

You finish|Your homework, Abby?|Yeah.

I lost another tooth.

Oh, yeah? Let me see.|Hey! Maybe the tooth fairy|will come tonight, huh?

There's no such thing|as the tooth fairy, Dad.

Theres just you and Mom.

I fed them already.|I couldn't wait.|How was your day?

Oh, 6:
15 was late.|Didn't leave the station|til 6.:30.

Should have caught|the nearest beam of light.

You should have caught what?

Oh, nothing.|How was your day?|Good.

Sent the deposit in|for the house on the cape for|the last two weeks of August.

Which works out perfectly,|'cause Abby doesn't get out|of camp till the 1 5th.

Sent the deposit in?

Yeah.|Come on, Rache.

That wasn't definite.|We were just talking.|I said maybe.

Maybe sometime in August|we'll clear it.

Maybe. Maybe we should start|paying you for your time.|You got a family rate?

Oh, look.|They published my letter.

I spoke with Natalie about going|into the after-school program|next year,

in case|I go back to teaching.

And this morning my head|fell off, but I was able to sew|it back on with dental floss.

Waxed, of course.|Dental floss?

Sorry.|I wasn't l listening.

Yeah, I know.|Let's just eat.

Train was late.|I'm tired.

And to top it off,|the city is dumping|patients on us.

I know.

You stink.

Have a nice day, Sal.

I've been to 64pLanets|within our galaxy.

Earth is the only one|with your species, Homo sapiens,|that I've visited so far.

And when did you arrive|on Earth?

Four years and nine months ago.

So that makes you how old?

In Earth terms, 337 years old.

I aged about seven getting here,|traveling at six multiples|of "C."

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