An amazing scene....
Taylor:This is chemical burn.
(Jack's whole body JERKS. Taylor holds tight to Jack's hand and arm. Tears well in Jack's eyes; his face tightens.)
Taylor:It will hurt more than you've ever been burned and you will have a scar.
(Jack looks--the burn is swollen, glossy, in the shape of Tyler's kiss. Jack's face spasms)
JACK (V.O.):If guided meditation worked for cancer, it could work for this.
(SHOT OF A GREEN MAPLE LEAF, GLISTENING WITH DEW. RESUME:
Taylor looks as Jack's glazed and detached eyes.)
Taylor:Stay with the the pain, don't shove to center.
JACK:No!
Taylor:The first soap was made from the ashes of heroes. Like the first monkeys shot into space. Without pain, without sacrifice we would have nothing.
JACK (V.O.):I tried not to think of the words "searing" or "flesh".
(SHOT OF A FOREST, IN GENTLE SPRING RAINFALL. RESUME:
Jack, snapping back, tries to jerk his hand away. Taylor keeps holding to it and their arms KNOCK UTENSILS off the table. Taylor JERKS Jack's hands, getting Jack's attention.)
Taylor:Stop it! This is your pain -- this is your burning hand. It's right here! Look at it.
JACK:I'm going to my cave. I'm going to my cave to find my power animal!
(SHOT OF THE INSIDE OF JACK'S FROZEN ICE CAVE. RESUME:
Taylor JERKS Jack's hand again. Jack re-focuses on Taylor...)
Taylor:No, don't deal with this the way those dead people do. Come on!
JACK:I get the point, ok, please!
Taylor:No, what you're feeling is premature enlightenment.
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