The 9th Life of Louis Drax Page #4

I just believe that Louis

can still sense things.

Though he may appear to be far away,

he's still with us in some way.

Do you think that the brain

is the same as the soul?

I mean, if Louis' brain is damaged,

is he still Louis?

He's still Louis.

We just need to find a way through to him,

track him down, coax him out.

You think he's hiding?

I didn't say that.

You said, "coax."

Seeing and thinking are the same thing

when your eyes are closed,

like a dream, but you choose what happens.

You remember bright lights

and grown-ups yelling,

and everything feels cold inside.

So you think of the sun...

how warm it feels...

Bring back my Bonnie to me, to me...

Clouds...

and the moon...

and the cold...

water...

monsters...

and "squeak, squeak" and "hubba hubba"...

and happiness...

and sadness...

and men have no honor...

and death.

Your mouth tastes of blood...

And you're high up like a balloon.

I'm sitting by your bed right now.

She's talking to you

like you're a baby again.

When I squeeze your hand like this,

maybe you can feel it.

And she would do anything for you

because she's so glad

the danger didn't kill you.

Keep telling me your story.

This thing happened one day.

My dad took me to Sea World.

We stayed in San Diego

for the whole weekend

so that we could give Mom a rest

because we were both men, and sometimes,

men can be too much of a good thing

and give you a headache.

Good afternoon, everyone,

and welcome to Sea World.

My name is Jennifer,

and I'm back up here on the rocks.

Which means, hey,

we're pretty much ready to go!

Louis, come on, buddy.

How about you? You guys excited...

Hey, Louis, come on,

it's starting, come on.

Thanks.

You're going to miss the dolphin show,

come on.

Up first...

Peter.

- Hey. Wow.

- When we were there,

my dad ran into someone he knew.

He looked like he was going

to vomit in his mouth.

What a surprise, hi.

But he just kissed her

on the cheek instead.

This must be Louis.

- Who are you?

- I'm Caitlin.

Uh, this is my husband, Alex.

Alex, this is Peter and Louis.

Ah. So you're the famous Peter.

How come your children are Chinese?

- Louis. That's not polite.

- It's fine.

They were born in China.

Do you know about adoption?

I'm sure you do.

Well, Mei and Lola came into

our lives two years ago,

and then right after,

we had a lovely surprise

when Jerome came along.

Like a bolt from the blue.

My name is Jennifer,

and on behalf of myself...

- Nice to see you.

- Yeah, yeah, no, um, good to see you.

Let's have a big round

of applause for our dolphins!

Seafood special, shrimp supreme,

two orders of fries, and a beer.

- Thanks, man.

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