Roxanne Page #4

- Thanks.

Hey, Dean, it's Bales. B-A-L-E-S.

- Right, Bales, yeah.

- I hope so.

I know that.

You're the chief.

He's not moving or anything,

but he did it once before...

...but he's never stayed

up there this long.

- It's gonna be all right, honey.

- You think so?

C.D. Will take care of it.

Hey, what's the trouble, Peter?

Come on, what's the matter?

They call me Porky at school.

Why do they have to do that?

Goddamn it.

I shouldn't say that in front of you.

Did you talk to your mother

about it?

Once, I tried.

But she said I had to clean up

my plate first.

Now, see? That's good.

You're way better than these guys

who make fun of you.

You're smart, and you're funny.

You can make things up.

I didn't make it up. It's true.

Bastards.

I shouldn't say that in front of you.

Do I have to get down now?

No.

No.

Let's just stay up here for a while.

- That's our new computer.

- Yeah.

We can pinpoint

any fire in town with that.

I can see that.

It's perfect for us, because, you know,

we're the fire department.

Yeah, well, that is perfect.

- Hi, I'm Andy.

- Yeah, good to meet you.

- How are you?

- Fine, fine.

Well, I just wanted to welcome you.

Okay, thanks a lot.

So okay.

- Hey, there is one thing.

- Yeah?

- Have you met the chief?

- No.

Oh, he's kind of funny-looking,

so I wouldn't mention it.

I wouldn't do that.

Yeah, I figured you wouldn't.

But sometimes, you know,

things kind of accidentally slip out.

And then, you know:

Watch it. Watch it on that stair.

Who designed these steps?

The Marquis de Sade?

Watch the mirror.

Why is this thing so heavy?

It's mostly air.

Yeah, and glass, so be careful.

I have an aunt who knitted one of

these. It was much lighter than this.

This secret of yours

relates to this thing, right?

Sort of, yeah.

What are you doing?

What are you doing, Charlie?

Charlie, I can't hold this by myself.

- You don't have to tell me.

- Charlie.

- Okay, okay, I'll tell you.

- All right, all right, all right.

Start talking. There we go.

Wait a second, get a grip.

Got it.

I think I discovered a comet.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

- Hold it there.

- Okay.

It's no big deal, you know.

There's lots of comets.

But see, I was working on this paper...

Watch it.

- On the Oort cloud.

- The Oort cloud, yeah.

And I discovered

a mathematical irregularity. What?

God, I haven't climbed this many steps

since I went to see the maharishi.

Let's go, go on.

Well, I think that a series

of 10 comets...

- Yeah?

- Watch it around this corner.

- Come around here.

- I got it.

- Are the forerunner of a big comet

which is due back this summer.

- Yeah?

- Yeah.

So you're gonna find it

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