Animals with the Tollkeeper Page #3

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In such a place, anything is possible.

This is where I saw my

first glimpse of paradise.

Not in my heart and

mind, but in my eyes.

I shock you?

I'm a cab driver, every

unemployed sideshow freak

and festering dreamer has crawled

through that door one time or another.

It's nothing personal.

Half my life is spent

with wackos like you.

So you know everything?

Enough. Enough to know

what is and what isn't.

One man's cesspool is

another man's paradise.

But to me, it all smells the same.

Let me tell you something, Henry.

A cynic is the architect of his own abyss.

It takes nothing to be a misanthrope.

But to devour life with

all it's seeds takes courage.

I feel terrible, Henry.

In all the excitement, we have

forgotten to exchange our currency.

Yeah, well you're lucky

I had some spare cash.

When we find your friend I

want my money. I'm no schmuck.

Last guy that tried something like this

now suffers from a

severe lack of breath.

- We are men of honour!

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Do you like driving a taxi?

Pays the rent.

What do you do at night?

I drive. I usually

don't pick anybody up.

Just drive around in circles

until the sun comes up.

You have a girl?

You know, we got an

expression in this country

'Curiosity killed the cat'.

So you prefer the man?

I don't go for that other stuff.

I got plenty of women. I got more

women than I know what to do with.

I think you have nobody.

This is no good.

You must find a companion.

You know, Laurent, you seem

like an alright guy to me, really.

You know, but I don't like

people trying to run my life.

Nothing personal, but to me you're

nothing more than $62 and some change.

Don't worry, Henry. I'm willing

you a heart full of romance.

Thank you. You do that.

Tell me the truth.

When you saw me

carrying on like that back there

What did you think? You must

have thought I was crazy, right?

Felipe suspected you were

an imbecile, but I saw a soul who had

the suffering of a condemned man.

Oh, Maryland, The pine tree state!

I'm afraid we must stop again.

We've been stopping every ten minutes.

We're nearly one

hundred years old, Henry.

I mean, come on. So we pee a lot.

Alright, we find a place to

stop and everybody pees together.

He says he's dry.

Everybody!

You see! He's completely dry.

I'm afraid it's time for Felipe's nap.

- He's a man of strict regiment. - No.

Just one hour.

One hour! I promise, I cross my heart.

You're a very kind man, Henry.

Not an imbecile at all.

The subject sleeps peacefully

as rays of the afternoon light warm him.

What thoughts occupy his slumber?

What memories does

he conjure up and relive?

Do the endings change

or remain the same?

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