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r   specie s   evolve d   fro m   th e   fishes ;   ou r   forefather s   wer e   somethin g   lik e   your worms."
    "An d ye t yo u evolve d int o somethin g ver y muc h lik e us."
    " I though tI explaine d tha t i n ou r previou s discussion . Yo u coul d chec k you r notes"
    "Thi s i s al l ver y interesting-uh-prot , bu t wha t doe s paleontolog y hav e t o d o wit h you r upbringing?"
    "Everythin g jus t a s i t doe s o n EARTH."
    "Wh y don' t   w e   procee d   wit h   you r   childhood ,   an d   w e   ca n   com e   bac k   t o   thi s   relationshi p   late r   i f   I
    hav e an y question s abou t it . Woul d tha t b e al l right?" H e ben t ove r th e noteboo k again . "Certainly."
    "Ver y   well .   First ,   let' s   tal k   abou t   som e   o f   th e   fundamenta l   items ,   shal l   we ?   Fo r   example ,   ho w   often d o yo u se e you r parents ? Ar e you r grandparent s stil l alive ? D o yo u hav e an y brother s o r sisters?"
    "Gene ,   gene ,   gene .   Yo u   haven' t   bee n   listening .   Thing s   ar e   no t   th e   sam e   o n   K-PA X   a s   the y   ar e   on EARTH .   W e   don' t   hav e   `families '   a s   yo u   kno w   th e   term .   Th e   whol e   ide a   o f   a   `family '   woul d   b e   a   non sequitu r o n ou r PLANET , an d o n mos t others . Childre n ar e no t raise d   b y   thei r   biologica l   parents ,   bu t   by everyone . The y circulat e amon g us , learnin g fro m one , the n another."
    "Woul d i t b e fai r t o say , then , tha t a sa chil d yo u ha d n o hom e t o g o to?"
    "Exactly . No w you'v e go t it."
    "I n othe r word s yo u neve r kne w you r parents."
    " I ha d thousand s o f parents."
    I   mad e   a   not e   tha t   prot' s   denyin g   hi s   fathe r   an d   mothe r   confirme d   m y   earlie r   suspicio n   o f   a deep-seate d   hatre d   o f   on e   o r   both ,   possibl y   du e   t o   abuse ,   o r   perhap s   h e   ha d   bee n   orphaned ,   or neglected , o r eve n abandone d b y them . "Woul d yo u sa y yo u ha da happ y childhood?"
    "Very."
    "Ca n yo u thin k o f an y unpleasan t experience s yo u ha d a sa child?"
    prot' s eye s close d tightly , a s the y ofte n di d whe n h e trie d t o concentrat e o r t o recollec t something.
    "No t really . Nothin g unusual .I wa s knocke d dow n b y a n a pa coupl e o f times , an d squirte d b ya   mot onc e o r twice . An dI ha d somethin g lik e you r measle s an d mumps . Littl e thing s lik e that."
    "A n 'ap'?"
    "Lik ea smal l elephant."
    "Wher e wa s this?"
    "O n K-PAX."
    "Yes , bu t wher e o n K-PAX ? You r ow n country?"
    "W e don' t hav e countrie s o n K-PAX."
    "Well , d o elephant s ru n aroun d loos e there?"
    "Everythin g run s aroun d loos e there . W e don' t hav e zoos."
    "Ar e an y o f th e animal s dangerous?"
    "Onl y i f yo u ge t i n thei r way."
    "D o yo u hav ea wif e waitin g fo r yo u bac k o n K-PAX? " Thi s wa s anothe r tos s fro m lef t field ,   agai n   to determin e th e effec t o fa ke y wor d   o n   th e   patient' s   stat e   o f   mind .   Excep t   fo r   a   barel y   perceptibl e   shif t   in hi s chair , h e remaine d calm.
    "W e   don' t   hav e   marriag e   o n   K-PAX-n o   husbands ,   n o   wives ,   n o   families-ge t   it ?   Or ,   t o   pu t   i t   more correctly , th e entir e populatio n i s on e bi g family."
    "D o yo u hav e an y biologica l childre n o f you r own?"
    "No."
    Ther e   ar e   man y   reason s   wh y   a   perso n   decide s   no t   t o   hav e   children .   On e   o f   thes e   ha s   t o   d o   with abus e   b y   o r   hatre d   o f   hi s   parents .   "Let' s   ge t   bac k   t o   you r   mothe r   an d   father .   D o   yo u   se e   the m   very often?"
    H e sighe d i n apparen t frustration . "No."
    "D o yo u lik e