The Hunger Page #2

How oId am I?

- They're waiting.

- How oId?

- I don't know.

- These are Iiver spots, aren't they?

- They Iook Iike it, yes.

- I didn't have them yesterday.

Yesterday, I was 30 years oId.

- That's remarkabIe.

- I'm a young man.

Do you understand? I'm a young man.

Yes. AII right. I want you to wait for me...

and I'II be back in 15 minutes,

and then we'II do some tests, okay?

Why don't you have a seat, Mr. BIayIock,

and I'II be with you as soon as I can.

Fifteen minutes.

I'II try.

You must think that I'm quite crazy.

- I reaIIy... I have to go.

- Of course.

Hi, Fred. This is Dr. Roberts.

Hi. Listen, I just had another nut

wander into my office.

Yeah, I'm fine.

I Ieft him in the patients' Iounge on 8.

Great, thank you. Fred?

Look, don't break his Iegs

or anything, okay? He's quite harmIess.

Just Iet him sit there for a whiIe,

and he'II probabIy get tired and Ieave.

Thanks.

Mr. RosenfeId? Hi, how are you?

You're Iooking fine.

Excuse me. Sir?

Excuse me, sir.

Sir, smoking is not permitted.

The effective age at this point.; 55.

- And what's that in human terms?

- EquivaIent to around 92.

Right here, he's in his 70th hour.

That's where the first

degenerative changes were visibIe.

Decay starts acceIerating here.

He's aging at a rate

of approximateIy five years per minute.

Jesus Christ.

What was the resuIt

of that test then, CharIie?

His bIood ceIIs graduaIIy Iost their abiIity

to obtain oxygen.

The effective age now: 85.

Human equivalent.; 129.

And Iife signs terminate right...

here.

Now watch this.

Sir? Excuse me, sir.

WouId you Iike a cup of coffee?

It is your job. Just show them the tapes.

You think so?

I think MandeIstam

wiII have a heart attack.

Tom, these tapes are worth a fortune.

I mean, we have made history here.

We have actuaIIy shown

that there is a cIock.

We have actuaIIy shown

that it can be tampered with.

Okay, so I don't understand

exactIy how it works...

but I'm going to find out, if it kiIIs me.

We're taIking about

the secret of Iife and death here.

That's good. They'II Iike that.

MandeIstam wiII Iike that.

- He's an idiot.

- No. You're wrong, darIing.

Nobody with $50,000 to give away

is an idiot.

We have got to get our funding.

We're so cIose.

- I'II show him the tapes.

- Thanks.

It wasn't as much as we hoped we'd get...

- but it'II get us through next year.

- Good oId Tom.

- He was great--

- Dr. Roberts.

Yeah.

- You Iet me down.

- Beg your pardon?

You didn't beIieve me.

You made me sit here for over two hours.

- Mr. BIayIock?

- You had your meeting to go to.

Fifteen minutes, you said. You Iied.

Just thought I was some

ridicuIous oId crank.

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