:22:12
He listens to water beating
against a ceramic wall.
:22:14
It is a soothing sound for him,
with a calming effect.
:22:18
Hi. This is Jenny. I got your message.
I knew you'd call.
:22:22
- I told every one you'd call.
- Yes!
:22:24
I can't believe you went through
two area codes just to find me.
:22:27
I'm really, really flattered,
or very, very afraid.
:22:33
Anyway, I'd love to have dinner
with you. Now that you have my number...
:22:37
you better use it.
- Wait. That was a random shot.
:22:39
- I'll be waiting by the phone.
- No, leave it! Leave it!
:22:46
The male weeps as the female's
mating cry comes to an end.
:22:50
Billy, this is your mother.
:22:52
I haven't heard from you
in almost a week.
:22:54
I'm wondering If you're living or dead.
Call me either way.
:22:57
Hi. It's Jenny again,
on the off chance...
:23:00
you didn't keep track
of which number was mine.
:23:01
I know no one
can be that dumb.
:23:04
But just in case,
it's 310-555-0181.
:23:07
- Now use it.
- Yes!
:23:10
But it is the second
Of the female's mating cries...
:23:11
that causes the male
to go rabid.
:23:14
Mating is imminent,
and he knows it.
:23:18
The female prepares carefully
for her next encounter with the male.
:23:22
She paints her face with berries
and chemically processed colors...
:23:25
hiding from the male
her natural state...
:23:27
which she hopes to show him
at a later time.
:23:31
She uses chemically altered forms of
vegetation to cover parts of her body.
:23:35
Then other forms of vegetation
over those.
:23:38
She leaves much of her body
uncovered...
:23:41
but is careful to cover
the first layer of vegetation.
:23:46
She puts the excretions of
small, sea-dwelling creatures...
:23:49
through holes in the lobes
of her hearing organs...
:23:51
which she had mutilated
long ago...
:23:53
as a symbol of her entry
into womanhood.
:23:57
She pulls a bone