
Martian Child
(0.00 / 0 votes)Uh... oh, no.
I suppose there's one
in every group, one oddball...
- who never fits in.
- Let's go get him.
- Come on!
- Yeah.
Well, that was me...
- Aah!
- David Gordon.
I found my escape
through my stories.
My imagination was a...
was like a rocket ship...
that took me far away
where I could look at life...
from a safe distance...
which, I guess, is what I...
I now do in my books.
As unlucky
as I was in childhood...
I was very, very lucky
as a writer.
well-adjusted, normal person...
I became a kind of a deranged,
successful person.
And I'm not sure
which is preferable...
but it doesn't really matter
'cause you don't get to choose.
But to answer your original
question more directly...
yes, I do believe
that in every work of fiction...
there is one character that,
for the author...
is in some ways
autobiographical...
for Dracoban.
You know, like in a dream...
one character, um,
usually represents you...
but in this case,
it's not who you expect...
um, because, you see,
I'm not the human.
I'm the creature.
Is that good?
David.
Hey, Harlee.
Thought I might see you
here today.
Yeah. I thought
I might see you, too.
Sweet of you to come.
Yeah, I think...
I think we spent...
together since the third grade.
Hi, Somewhere.
Somewhere's happy to see you.
So what do you think, honestly?
Are you kidding?
I love the idea
of you adopting a child.
I think it's so beautiful...
for you to open up
your heart like that.
Liz thinks I'm crazy, you know?
I mean, what if she's right,
you know?
What if I'm...
What if I'm not up to it?
Let me tell you something.
and never, for one second...
was cut out to be a parent.
And she was great, right?
No, the worst.
Her shrink has a house
Oh.
Just the fact that you're even
asking yourself the question...
pretty much proves
you're qualified.
Most people spend
more time worrying about...
how to raise tomatoes
than they do their own kids.
You even imagine how happy
Yeah, but that's not
a good enough reason to do it.
You've got a lot of love
left in your heart.
You better come back here!
Hi, David. Hi.
Hi, Sophie.
It's been a long time.
Yeah, yeah, been a few years.
You look well.
Thanks. You, too.
Come on, throw the ball!
Just not ready to commit
to something like this.
I'm sorry.
Didn't you know I was gonna
ask you something like this?
Didn't want to say no
over the phone.
Right.
It didn't seem right.
I'm really sorry.
When girls go shopping...
Hi.
What's your name?
Esther.
Hi, Esther.
I know who you are.
You do?
You're the man who Sophie
called about Dennis...
but you don't want him
'cause your wife's dead.
Who told you that?
Dennis.
Are you a friend of his,
or what?
No. He's a weirdo.
He doesn't have any friends.
He doesn't?
Where is he hangin' out?
He's in the box.
He doesn't come out until night.
Why does he do that?
The sun. He hates the sun.
Why does he hate the sun?
I don't know.
Because he thinks it's too sunny?
Right.
I told him you were weird.
He is in the box.
Oh! Man! Ooh!
But I don't understand...
why did she call you
in the first place?
Well, she thought she had
found a good match for us.
Aren't, like, single men like
Hey, I am not a single man.
I am a widower...
and that is
the worst of all worlds.
I am in the ground
below the totem pole.
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