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Exactly.KIRBYHENRIThen it has started. You'realready in it. It will onlyget worse from here.KIRBYWhat is? What's happeningto me?HENRIThe more you look for thisfilm, the more you will seethose burns. You're goingto pay for every stepcloser you take. Iam trying to do you afavor. I'm telling you towalk away because I likeyou, Kirby. I've been whereyou are right now. I'vefelt that same buildingcuriosity, like anunscratchable itch. I hadto know. I had to see it.Henri finally removes his left hand from his pocket andholds it up.The skin is scarred, as if terribly burnt, and three of thefingers are fused together.HENRII was the projectionistthat night. The faces inthe room... famous andbeautiful people from allover Europe. When Ithreaded the film into theprojector, I saw those samedots you described. When Iactually started itrunning, I... Ilooked away. I lost mynerve. It was playing rightthere, right in front ofme... and I was toofrightened to watch.Kirby studies the hand nervously.