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Kate : May be we
should introduce ourselves properly. I'm a doctor,
dedicated to
curing the sick. At least, trying to.
Alex : I'm an architect. I like to build. And while I
wouldn't say my current project is ideal...it allows me
to be here, in this place, and that's enough for now.
But tell me something. If you're working in a hospital
in Chicago now, where were you before, in my time?
Kate : Two years ago, in your time I was working in
internal medicine in Madison.
Alex : Tell me about the future. What's it like in the
year 2006?
Kate : I'm afraid the world's pretty much the same. Of
course, we all dress in shiny metal jump suits and drive
flying cars and no one talks anymore because we can read
each other's minds. But the truth is, man from the past
not much has really changed in 2006. Speaking of the
past, though, I've been thinking about the paw prints.
How is that possible?
Alex : Well, I think we have the same dog.
Kate : Oh, yeah? What's yours like? According to the
vet, mine is eight years old in my time, six in yours.
She's skinny, has sad eyes, snores, and sleeps like a
person. I don't know why, but I call her Jack.
Alex : Hello, Jack.
Kate : Hey. What are you doing? You're supposed to
be asleep.
Patient girl : Is she gonna marry him?
Kate : What do you think?
Patient girl : I don't know. He's kind of old.
Kate : Okay, he's not that old.
Patient girl : My mom's last boyfriend was bald. He
was nice, but my mom didn't marry him.
Kate : No?
Patient girl : "There's always something better coming
around the corner." That's what she says. May be that's what that lady
should do. Wait for something better to come around the
corner.
Kate : Maybe. But if she's not careful, she could
spend her whole life waiting.
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