:24:01
He was dead, technically speaking.
:24:05
His time was up.
:24:08
He wanted out. But l was in.
:24:13
A little traumatized, true.
After all, his brain was jelly.
:24:19
Lack of oxygen and that sort of thing.
You understand?
:24:24
lt took a maximum effort. . .
:24:28
. . .that at last got me out
of that cheap little coffin!
:24:33
Vow of poverty, disgusting.
:24:37
Never mind.
:24:41
Toward the end, a little slapstick. . .
:24:45
. . .and comic relief
when old Brother Fain. . .
:24:48
. . .who was tending the body,
saw me climbing from the coffin.
:24:54
lt's the smiles that keep us going.
:24:57
The giggles and bits of good cheer.
:25:02
But then, after that, it was all
blue Mondays for a while, l'm afraid.
:25:09
So much damage to Karras' brain cells.
:25:14
So many lost.
:25:19
lt's not enough, you see,
to be a spirit.
:25:24
There's no magic.
:25:26
ln this artificial box
you call a world. . .
:25:29
. . .we can't touch,
except through bodies.
:25:33
We must operate through neurologic
systems, brains that function. . .
:25:37
. . .and your friend's
was nearly past resurrection.
:25:42
lt was quite an effort to regenerate
his puny little brain cells.
:25:47
lt took me 15 years!
:25:53
So many years.