The 9th Life of Louis Drax Page #3

don't want to wake up.

They feel they can't come back

until they feel safe.

You can feel safe here, Louis.

What happened to your arm there,

Louis Drax?

It was an accident.

An accident? What kind of accident?

I was digging a grave, and I slipped.

A grave? For who?

A grave for a human,

a big fat one with chubby cheeks.

You've been having a lot of accidents.

Well, I'm accident-prone. So what?

Sometimes the accidents are big,

and sometimes they're small.

So I guess the big ones are the ones

where you end up in the hospital, right?

That's not all bad.

Hospitals can be kind of fun.

Well, I don't like the pain.

I hate that part.

But the recovery is okay.

Jell-O.

Ice cream.

Nice ladies bringing you more Jell-O.

Yeah, and then they make a fuss over you,

and then you don't have to go to school.

Hmm, you ever find yourself

actually being relieved

when you get to the hospital 'cause you...

'cause you feel safe?

You think I do it on purpose, don't you?

I didn't say that. Why would I say that?

I read your book yesterday.

Subject changer.

It wasn't that bad, actually.

I liked the part where you

hypnotized the Sikh.

Do you hypnotize a lot of your patients?

- Mmm, some of them.

- But not me?

Don't think so. I don't know.

Haven't decided yet.

Not sure it would help.

Because I'm a Whacko Boy?

Because you're a special boy.

Am I a typical disturbed child?

The concern is that Peter Drax

might reappear.

Is there a member of staff

on duty here at all times?

Yes, two.

And we have a strict

registration process for any visitors.

Are we not safe?

Just keep an eye out.

But you don't know where he is.

I didn't say that.

Is there anything you can

tell us about the boy,

anything that might be helpful

from a medical point of view?

Louis was a bit disturbed.

He had been seeing a therapist,

a Dr. Michael...

Perez.

Um, disruptive at school,

no friends, doesn't fit in.

The other kids called him "Whacko Boy".

Now, looking through his records, there's

a recurring theme of physical trauma.

It's difficult to get

to the bottom of that one.

His therapist thinks that he may have been

self-harming for attention.

But the admissions go back to infancy.

I noted this also.

So there's a history

of violence from the father.

What's the chances that this boy

is going to wake up?

Well, based on his most recent EEG,

I have diagnosed

a persistent vegetative state.

Which means?

It means not good.

I spoke to Dr. Janek this morning

about your awareness accretion theory.

He said that your methods are radical,

that you believe in your patients

when others don't.

Well I don't know

how radical my methods are.

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