2:29:08
To think that we quarreled so often
those last days.
2:29:19
Snout, why are we being
tortured like this?
2:29:27
We have lost our sense ofthe Cosmic.
2:29:31
Ancient man had no such problem.
He'd have never asked why...
2:29:38
You remember the myth of Sisyphus?
2:29:42
Since we sent your encephalogram,
2:29:45
not a single one ofthe visitors
has returned.
2:29:49
Something beyond our understanding
is happening to the ocean.
2:29:53
lslands have begun
to form on the surface.
2:29:55
First there was one,
then others began to appear.
2:29:59
Are you telling me that
we were understood?
2:30:02
Just like that? ln one stroke?
2:30:05
At least we can hope now.
2:30:17
- How old are you?
- Fifty two.
2:30:21
Have you been here long?
2:30:25
You must have read my background
papers.
2:30:29
After so many years
on the station,
2:30:35
do you still feel as clearly your
link with the life down below?
2:30:40
l suppose next you'll want to know
what life's all about, eh?
2:30:46
Please, let's not be ironical.
2:30:49
When a man is happy,
the meaning of life
2:30:56
and other themes of eternity
rarely interest him.