The Target Page #4

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Could you read the directions?

I can't see without glasses.

Of course.

"...is a synthetic equivalent

of the pineal gland hormone.

It normalizes circadian rhythms,

and regulates

the sleep-wake cycle,

daily changes in locomotor

activity, and body temperature.

Contradictions:

Kidney dysfunctions, autoimmune

diseases, leukemia, lymphoma..."

That's not really important.

"Maximum daily dose: two tablets."

Hello! Pardon my intrusion.

I think I know you.

And I think I've seen

you somewhere too.

You host the program

"Chinese for Dummies".

Yes.

You're Anna Zivers.

I'm Anna Zivers.

And you're Dmitri?

Yes, I'm Dmitri.

I listen to you over and over.

Every day.

Why over and over?

You need Chinese that badly?

It's not that. It's just that

you have a remarkable voice.

- So you're on the radio?

- Yes.

We don't even have a radio here.

- Have you been here long?

- No, since morning.

You came from Moscow?

I was at a resort in Belokurikha.

Some friends there told me

about this place.

Strange.

- Why is that strange?

- It's strange that I met you here.

You look very much

like your voice.

Listen,

I'm famished.

Go to the restaurant.

- Where is it?

- Up on the hill.

Hello!

Hello!

Today we have vegetable soup.

And fried rabbit.

Cute girl.

I almost fell.

- Let's switch seats.

- Thank you.

I was about to suggest the same,

but I was too late.

Anyway, mine's wobbly too.

- How's yours?

- Well...

- Mine's perfect. Want to switch?

- It doesn't matter.

Take your hat off the table.

What's your name?

Taya.

That's a pretty name.

Pretty mysterious.

How many people are living

in your village?

About fifty.

Does this place even have a name?

It used to be called

"Urban Village B-114".

Now it's Bombay.

- Bombay? Why?

- Because it starts with "B".

I thought it was because

it's overpopulated.

Thank you very much.

Valera, who drove us here, said

he's sixty-four. Is it true?

It's true. He has

two grandchildren.

Taya, and how old are you?

I'm fifty-two.

Your carriage awaits.

So what is it, guys?

It's an astrophysical facility

for accumulating

and recording space particles.

There wasn't another one

like it in the USSR.

And why at this particular place?

First, it's the clearest

place in the world.

Second, it's high up

with almost no precipitation.

In '92 the guard was disbanded,

and in '93 everybody left.

Then we came.

- Where are you from?

- From Kazakhstan.

Is this radiation dangerous?

It's not dangerous,

just the opposite.

There it is.

Here it is.

What is it?

The thing. The detector.

The Target.

When everything was working,

they called it the Target.

The retention layer was called

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