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Dr. Julius Lifflander:
No, no, I think we're making a big mistake. We're rushing things. We shouldn't even be here.

Dr. Harold Needleman:
Where's the boy now?

Duane's Father:
He's upstairs in bed asleep, he can't hear us.

Dr. Julius Lifflander:
We need to think this over. Talk it over.

Duane's Father:
We don't have time, it must be done now, while my sister in law's away.

Dr. Julius Lifflander:
I'm not sure, I've got second thoughts.

Duane's Father:
Bullshit, second thoughts! I've had twelve years of doctor's second thoughts!

Dr. Julius Lifflander:
I don't know, I just don't know!

Duane's Father:
Well you'd sure as hell know if it were your own son we were talking about.

Dr. Harold Needleman:
Okay, do you understand that if we seperate the deformity from Duane it will probably die?

Duane's Father:
It's better off dead. What kind of life would it have the way it is?

Dr. Julius Lifflander:
We're talking about your child!

Duane's Father:
Child? Duane is my child, not that other thing. All I want is Duane to be normal, it's too late to change the other one, just cut Duane from it.

Dr. Julius Lifflander:
I don't know, I don't know!

Duane's Father:
The hospital says no, every doctor I've asked says no, you two may be my last hope. I don't know who you are, or where Lifflander found you, and I don't care. No questions asked, just separate them.

Dr. Judith Kutter:
He's right of course, the boy should have a chance at a normal life. They don't share organs or bone, just tissue and flesh. If the operation is successful the most we will have is a nasty scar.

Dr. Julius Lifflander:
And the other one?

Dr. Judith Kutter:
Doctor, I'm not even sure it's human...