Thursday 12 August 2021

The Inner King and The Blessing Way








NAVAJO RESERVATION; TWO GREY HILLS, NEW MEXICO
(Mulder sits in a congregation of the Navajo. He is still draped in the blanket. Albert walks over and sits down across from him.)

ALBERT HOSTEEN
You must be careful now to end the ceremony properly
If you leave, you must not do any work, change clothes or bathe for four days.

MULDER
That's really going to cut into my social life.

(Everyone laughs.)




ALBERT HOSTEEN
The boys have a gift for you.

(The youngest boy walks up to Mulder and hands him a small pouch. Mulder opens it and pours out sunflower seeds. He smiles.)

You asked for them during your worst fevers.



MULDER
During my fever, I... 
I left here and travelled to a place.

ALBERT HOSTEEN
This place. You carry it with you. 
It is inside of you. It is the origin place.

MULDER
It wasn't a dream?

ALBERT HOSTEEN
Yes.

(Mulder stares at him, perplexed. A man stands and wipes out the design on the board that had been drawn on before. Albert stands.)

We are done now.

(Everyone else stands and starts to leave, except Mulder, who remains seated as the morning sounds ring in.)

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