Monster
	 Volume 7 : Richard
	  Chapter the Fifty-First
	   Richard

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Richard: You look well.

Wife: Yes...

Richard: How's work...?  Going okay?

Wife: Yes...

Richard: That's good.
	And Rosemary...  how is she?

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Wife: She's fine...
	She has lots of friends...

Richard: I see...  that's great.
	Yes...  wonderful.
	She must be getting used to school...

Wife: I'm sorry...  If I don't get going now...
	I brought a picture of Rosemary.

Richard: Will you let me see her...?
	How about in two days?  Right here...

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Richard: I've quit the drink...
	My life is getting back to normal...  hell, it might be more normal than it ever was in the first place...
	I understand how great the things I lost were...

Wife: I'll let her decide whether to see you or not.

Richard: Okay...
	Sounds fine...

Wife: I need to go...

Richard: Goodbye...

Wife: (creak)

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Richard: (gulp...)

Waitress: Yes?

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Richard: Another coffee, please.

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[Reichwein Counseling Center]

Richard: What do you think about him, doctor?

Reichwein: Hey, Richard!!

Richard: What?

Reichwein: What are you here to do?!
	To receive my counseling, that's what!

Richard: But your perception is such a big help with my work.

Reichwein: I'm not a fortune teller, already!!

Richard: It's years of experience with clients, right?

Reichwein: Hmph!!  So who's the kid...?

Richard: The first one to see the body.

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Richard: This is man who found Fahren's corpse.
	He appears to be a friend.
	My old police detective instincts say...
	Always doubt the first witness...
	And to me, this man just seems too...

Reichwein: Hey, Richard...

Richard: Huh?

Reichwein: Working is nice and all, but don't forget you need to relax sometimes.

Richard: Oh, I am relaxed!

Reichwein: If I could only believe that.

Richard: Actually, doctor...

Reichwein: What is it?  You seem peculiarly happy today.

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Richard: I may...
	be able to see my daughter.

Reichwein: Oho...
	Well that's a delight.

Richard: Yes!!

Reichwein: However...  even when you meet her, you cannot bring back what is lost...
	Always keep that in the back of your mind!

Richard: Yes, I will...

Reichwein: No matter what happens, don't you dare touch alcohol again!
	Got that?!

Richard: No need to worry!!

Reichwein: Going back for more work, now?

Richard: Yes...

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Reichwein: Well?  Are you ready to face down the case that got you expelled from the police force?

Richard: Yes...
	Of course!
	He was 16...
	A serial murderer...
	And I shot him to death.
	On duty...  and piss drunk!

Reichwein: Very good.
	You can't run from that.  You cannot erase the truth!
	But what's important...

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Richard: Is moving forward.
	Right?

Reichwein: Good...  you're a very good pupil.

Richard: A+ 100 points?

Reichwein: Don't be ridiculous!!  I don't hand out 100's that easily!!

Richard: So harsh.

Reichwein: Besides, the people who get those are boring.

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Richard: (wobble...)

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Richard: (gulp...)
	Karl Neuman...  Management Studies major at Munich University...

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Richard: Like Fahren, he also visited that brothel and called himself Schuwald's son...
	It's still not clear whether that's true or not.
	But this boy certainly has something to do with this case...

Rakwitz: Mr. Richard, I'm done cleaning so I'll be going now...

Richard: Oh...  thank you so much, Mrs. Rakwitz.

Rakwitz: It's no trouble at all.
	You live so neatly for a single man that I don't have much to do.

Richard: Well, you should have seen it before.

Rakwitz: I see you have a new picture of your daughter.

Richard: Yes...
	I'll be able to see her soon.

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Rakwitz: Oh!!  Why, that's wonderful!!
	She will be so happy!!

Richard: I wonder...

Rakwitz: Of course.  There's no daughter alive who wouldn't be happy to meet her father.

[Munich University, Friedrich Emmanuel School]

Richard: {Karl Neuman...  why don't you tell Schuwald himself that you're his son?}

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Richard: {Are you a fraud...
	Or the real thing...?
	Either way, I'm going to find out who you really are!
	But if he's Schuwald's real son...
	A father always wants to see his children.}

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Wife: I'm sorry...
	She...  doesn't want to see you...

Richard: It...
	It's...  okay.

Wife: Sorry...  I don't have any time right now...

Richard: Y...  yeah.
	It...  well, don't worry about it.

Wife: Bye...

Richard: Seeya.

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Door: (creak...)

Richard: (gulp)

Waitress: Yes?

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Waitress: What can I get for you?

Richard: A w...
	Whiskey...

Waitress: Coming right up.
	Here you go.  (clink...)

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Waitress: Huh?
	Pardon m...

Door: (creak...)

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