Strange Angel

There is great danger in me.

For those who do not understand these mysteries

shall fall into a torment called Because,

and there be ripped apart by the teeth

of Reason.

The answers do not exist without,

but within.

You can't see past your own obsessions.

Having a vision of going to the moon

doesn't make it any less impossible.

Why is it you think that Mesulam and Braxton sent me to D.C.?

They needed someone they could trust

to make a sensible presentation.

An actual scientist and not someone who believes they can

will things into existence.

Before we make our offering to the Great Beast,

concentrate

on the answers you seek.

Parsons.

These parts are corroded, sir.

Paying me overtime's gonna be a lot cheaper

than replacing the machine.

I didn't come down here to reprimand you.

I've noticed a change in you. You're punctual.

No more last-minute absences, even working overtime.

Even when no one asked you to.

Yeah.I can only assume

this has something to do with your little side project

not panning out.Its aims are no longer worthy

of my abilities, sir.

Well, Caltech's loss may be Pueblo Powder's gain.

How would you feel about being made supervisor?

For I am in pain,

desperate for the release of union.

May you be granted the accomplishment

of your true will.

May you be granted the accomplishment

of your true will.

May you be granted

the accomplishment of your true will.

So what do you think about the offer?

Certainly a big step up.

Would mean more money.

More responsibility, but we could buy a bigger house.

Is that what youwant?

I'm trying to do the right thing here.

I think you should do whatever your true will tells you to do.

You can stop that. I know what you're doing.

What am I doing?

Giving me a taste of my own medicine.

Why are you so insistent we go tonight?

Because I'm trying, Jack.

What if I'm not in the mood to go to a mass?

Well, I want to go.

Would you prefer I go alone?

May you be granted the accomplishment

of your true will.

May you be granted the accomplishment

of your true will.

May you be granted

the accomplishment of your true will.

[laughter and indistinct chatter]

There you are.

Have you got a second?

Make it quick, frater.

Got to get these done before mass begins.

I am this close to my next ascension.

Well, you're not the only one up for a promotion.

First degree?

Man and brother of the faith?No.

To supervisor.

At Pueblo Powder.

Supervisor.

I don't know whether I should accept.

Guess you'll know what to focus on at mass.

The right answer will reveal itself.

Whether they will

absorption into the infinite, or to be united

with your chosen and preferred,

I say unto them, "Love is the law."

May you be granted the accomplishment

of your true will.

May you be granted the accomplishment

of your true will.

May you be granted

the accomplishment of your true will.

Do what thou wilt

shall be the whole of the law.

Love is the law.WOMEN: Love under will.

Come down, O, God, and become one with Man.

Come down, O, Man, and become one with Beast.

Iô, i, iô, i,

sabaô,

kurie abrasax kurie

meithras krie phalle.

Iô, pan, i, pan, pan,

iô iskhuros...

Sing unto me the rapturous love song.

Burn unto me perfume.

Wear to me jewels.

Drink to me.

'Cause I love you.

I love you.

You're sure you want to go?

If you're coming for me, the least I can do

is leave for you.

Wait.

I guess it's not up to me.

You are not ready to participate in the workings,

but we have other matters to attend to.

It was...

I don't really know how to put it.

Try.

Shocking, I suppose.

That's the idea, isn't it?

Everyone has their own reaction.

All are valid.

I'm just trying to ascertain how it affected you.

Not up here.

But here.

According to Eastern healers, this is your power center.

Did you feel it tighten during mass?

Maybe.

A little.

What about here?

Susan?

Did my question

embarrass you?

I thought inviting you here tonight might help

your walls crumble,

but it seems to have made them taller.

I'm sorry.Don't be.

I'm the one who's failing.

Can we try again?

If you want to.

Who was she?

Who... was she?

I only saw her for an instant in my mother-in-law's yard,

and then she was gone.

And you have no sense of who this girl was or what she means?

Who was she?

We haven't made much headway.

I thought this vision of the girl was the key,

but the essential agitation persists.

You made the pain go away once.

But it came back.

If I'm being honest, it's gotten worse.

You remain so ephemeral, not just to me, but to yourself.

It's...

It's as if you were made of air.

Perhaps it's time we tried a different technique.

Ready?

So, are you not gonna tell me what you two did in there?

You ought to know.

You've been through his purge sessions.

Did you talk about me?

No, Jack. Not everything is about you.

Now, this is the best that I could come up with,

based on the data.

It's about damn time.

Mr. Nickels, you are aware that it's less than a month

until our demonstration with the Air Corps.

I am well aware.

Of course you are. You are a highly qualified chemist.

Thank you.

It wasn't meant as a compliment.

You were supposed to go beyond

what your predecessor was able to accomplish,

and instead you've given us

this paradox. Please explain how

we're supposed to find a-a fuel

that is simultaneously a liquid and a solid.

From what I can make out of Mr. Parsons' notes,

you've wasted a lot of time

going back and forth between solid and liquid fuels.

You can't have a fuel that exists

in two different physical states simultaneously.

If my solution's impossible,

maybe that's 'cause the whole endeavor is impossible.

A solution to an impossible problem

requires someone who doesn't believe in the impossible.

You have never loved me.

You have only thought it pleasant to be in love with me.

When I was at home with Papa,

he would tell me his opinion about everything,

and so I had the same opinions.

If I differed from him, I would

conceal the fact

because he would not have liked it.

He called me his doll child

and he played with me

just as I used to play with my dolls.

Bravo! Bravo!

Knock, knock.

Come in.

Ah. You shouldn't have.

You already got me flowers for the opening.

I really think it keeps getting better and better.

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