Journey from the Fall

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Nurse Evelyn! Nurse Evelyn!

I have a message for you. In English!

And here we go.

Now, look, here's the list of all the patients

we've had in the ward in the last month.

Thank you, Nurse.

- You're Alexandria?

- Yes.

Your note came in, and landed on my lap.

Couldn't even understand it.

It's written in gibberish or something.

You didn't understand it, didn't you,

didn't understand it, it's not for you.

My name's Roy.

- How'd you hurt your arm?

- I fell.

Me too.

I was picking oranges.

Is that so?

How do you go to the potty?

I don't. They let me go right here.

- In bed?

- Yeah, it's true.

I don't believe.

Hey, Alexandria.

Hey, do you know

you're named after Alexander the Great

who was the greatest warrior

who ever lived?

Yes. And my note is not in gibberish.

It's in English!

Hey, I can see you. Come on out here.

I can see you hiding.

Alexandria.

Hey, did you know

he was also looking for a message?

He was lost.

He almost died, separated from his army.

- Did he find the message?

- What?

Did she find the message?

Alexandria the Great.

All right, right, I'll tell you,

just come in here.

Now, come on, grab that chair right there.

All right, don't break your other arm.

- Thank you.

- You're welcome.

- What's in your box?

- Things I like.

- Things you stole?

- No.

A photo.

Where'd you get the elephant?

My friend gave it to me at work.

He's from India.

Look, this is my horse

- and this is my father.

- Yeah?

He's got the same gap in his teeth,

must run in the family.

- Yeah, and here is my house.

- Oh, yeah?

- It was my house.

- What happened?

- They burn it.

- Who burned it?

Angry people.

I'm sorry to hear that.

I said, I'm sorry to hear that.

Angry people.

Yeah, I know,

I'm just sorry that your house got burned.

Why did Alexander

didn't go from that buildings on his horse?

- If him was lost...

- What?

Why did Alexander didn't go

from that middle of the buildings

from that buildings on his horse?

Well...

First of all, he didn't have a horse

because his horse was killed in a battle.

And he wasn't

in the middle of any old buildings.

He was lost in the middle of a vast desert,

full of orange sand

with only a handful of men

but they didn't have any water.

Look!

"My Lord, all hope is lost.

"It seems your mighty army

shall finally be conquered.

"Not by the Persians, but by our own greed

and gluttony for water.

"This helmet contains our last supply.

"Oh, King,

I believe your wisdom shall save us all."

- Why?

- Why?

What?

Why?

Well, because there wasn't

enough water for all of them

and it was Alexander the Great's way

of showing his army

that they were all equal...

It's stupid.

What would you do better?

Was Alexander throw the water

instead to give every soldier a little bit.

Hey, why don't you come back tomorrow

and I'm going to tell you a different story.

An epic tale of love and revenge.

- You know what "epic" means?

- No.

I still got this tightness here.

It's like I can't even...

It means a really long story,

and it's set in India.

...the elephant sitting on my chest.

- You should be fully recovered.

- All right, go on.

- I want you to examine me.

- Will you come back tomorrow?

You personally. I'm not very well.

The swelling seems down.

I know how much it hurts.

A sense of humor.

In the next couple of weeks the pain

should abate, then one more operation.

Like the last one?

This is going to take some effort

on your part, too, you know that?

See?

Come on, then.

- Be back before lunch.

- Okay.

Alexandria, get away from that ice.

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