Monster
	 Volume 6 : The Secret Woods
	  Chapter the Forty-Eighth
	   The Thursday Boy

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<<Langer: There's another one.
	Another boy who calls himself the son of Schuwald and Margot Langer.
	You take turns reading Schuwald books on different days, right?  He was one of those kids.
	Yeah, that's right, the "Thursday Boy".

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<<Lotte: He had blond hair, and such a beautiful face...

Karl: {Who is it...?!}

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[Monday]

Karl: {Who is the "Thursday Boy"...?}

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Karl: {There's another guy here on campus masquerading as me...
	So who is this guy pretending to be...
	my mother Margot's son...?!}

<<Margot: Okay?!  Listen to what Momma tells you, Karl!!
	Take this money and ride the train on line 5!!
	Get off at the eighth station, and a lady named Marta will be there!

<<Karl: What about you, Momma...?

<<Margot: I told you, I can't go with you!!

<<Karl: Are the police chasing you?

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<<Karl: I want to be with you!

<<Margot: No!!  If you stay with me, you'll be caught up in the institution!!
	If you stay here, people will keep calling you the son of a whore...
	Now, hurry...

<<Karl: What about Dad...?

<<Margot: What...?

<<Karl: My dad is named Hans Georg Schuwald, right?

<<Margot: Who told you that?

<<Karl: Mrs. Bella from across the street...  he's rich, isn't he?
	She said I was "abandoned" by my father.

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<<Margot: He didn't abandon you...

<<Karl: Okay, then I'll go see Dad.

<<Margot: Not now!!

<<Karl: When can I?

<<Margot: Once you're big...
	If you want to see him once you're a grown-up...
	But you musn't want anything from him!
	Don't treat him coldly or hate him!!

<<Karl: Why?

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<<Margot: Because Momma doesn't hate him.
	Oh!  Here, take this.
	Your father gave that to you when you were born.

<<Karl: Momma...

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<<Karl: Momma!!
	Momma!!

Lotte: I found out, Karl!!
	I found out who... (hah)(hah)
	the "Thursday Boy" is!!

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Shoes: (clack)(clack)(clack)

Karl: Lotte, your researching skill is pretty amazing.

Lotte: (clack)(clack)
	I can handle it!  Leave this kind of stuff to me, I can handle it.
	Edmond Fahren...
	A philosophical literature major.
	He most CERTAINLY reads books to Schuwald to make money.
	And he does it on Thursdays!
	What a scoundrel.
	To think, he's just prowling around campus, pretending to be you...

Karl: Edmund Fahren...

Lotte: Here it is!

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Lotte: He should be in that classroom.  Looks like the lecture just ended now.
	Excuse me!!
	I want to see Edmund Fahren.

Guy: Hm?  Oh...
	Edmund!  Hey, is Edmund Fahren in here?!

Guys: Edmond... huh?  Actually...
	He didn't come today.

Lotte: I see...

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Lotte: That's too bad...
	But it's only a matter of time!  We'll catch that fraud!
	You're the one who's supposed to inherit Schuwald's fortune!!

Karl: It's not that...

Lotte: Huh?

Karl: I don't care about the inheritance.
	He can exploit Schuwald for money all he wants!!
	But!

Lotte: But...?

Karl: But...  I can't believe this Edmund Fahren person...

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Karl: Could have the audacity to call himself my mother's son!

[Tuesday]

Karl: "Yes, the mockingbird sang that time as well..."
	"As the petals of your silk flowers swayed in the breeze..."
	"The mockingbird sang within my heart..."
	Mr. Schuwald...?

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Karl: You aren't saying anything today.
	Mr. Schuwald...

Schuwald: Mm...
	Why don't you quit after I yell at you so much?
	Is it the money...?

Karl: No, that's...!!
	No...
	that's not it...

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Karl: Can you talk of nothing but money?

Schuwald: You're...
	You're quite right...
	Where are...  your parents...?

Karl: I...
	Have foster parents...

Schuwald: I see...  forgive me for asking.

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Schuwald: Don't you want to meet your real parents?

Karl: Actually...
	I'm...

Schuwald: I think that boy might be the real one...

Karl: Huh?

Schuwald: He doesn't want money...

Karl: He...

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Schuwald: Oh...  just talking to myself.
	You may go now...
	Ah...  but I must say...
	Your Latin...
	has gotten much better...

Karl: Thank you...

[Wednesday]

Paper Guys: Here we go, here we go, new issue on sale!!

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Occult Guy: In this issue, the Occult Study Group's news flash!!

Paper Guy: Chock-full of shocking news!!
	One copy, only 2 marks!!

Lotte: So it seems Edmund Fahren is absent today, too.

Karl: Yeah...

Lotte: He's probably just holed up with a cold...

Karl: Don't worry, tomorrow's Thursday...
	He'll show up for Schuwald's job.

Lotte: Oh, I get it!  He shows his true colors in front of Schuwald!!

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Lotte: Let's do it!!
	Let's go get him!!

Guys: What the hell's this?
	"Occult Study Group" report...  why'd you buy that?
	What the?  "Prophecies of Bishop Gropius, founder of the school"?
	"This college will be attacked by a god of destruction, and shall be wreathed in flames"...?
	That story about the monster called the "Thursday Boy" coming?
	How can they get away with selling such bullshit?!

[Thursday]

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Lotte: Haven't seen him.  And it's been an hour already...
	If he's caught a cold,
	He could be staying in his apartment...
	Hey, why don't we go give him a surprise visit?

Karl: Huh...?
	You...  you even know Fahren's address?

Lotte: No. 204!

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Lotte: Here...

Karl: (knock knock)
	(knock knock)
	(click)

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Sfx: Sirens

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[Friday]

Lotte: What a horrible thing to happen.
	The entire school's talking about Edmund Fahren.
	They can't believe he committed suicide...
	His last testament is in the school paper, right?

Karl: Yeah...

Lotte: "I can't pretend any longer"...
	He really couldn't...

Karl: Yeah...  after pretending to be Schuwald's son,
	his conscience and the pangs of guilt consumed him.

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Lotte: If it caused him enough trouble to kill him, he shouldn't have done it in the first place...

Man: That was pretty hard to take yesterday, wasn't it Lotte?

Lotte: Ah...
	Yes, since we were the first to discover the body, the police had us in questioning all night...

Man: The reading job is called off for today as well...
	Mr. Schuwald was so distressed when he heard the news.

Lotte: Oh...  Karl, let me introduce you to the Friday reader...

Man: A pleasure to meet you...

Karl: Same here!  Karl Neuman, Management Studies.

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Johan: Johan Liebert, Law Major.

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