Father quotes from Beauty and the Beast

Vincent

It's irrational...I cannot explain it

Then why don't you try, Vincent?

Vincent

A powerful image, a foreboding...every time I think of her

A foreboding? You mean some manifestation of the empathy you share?

Vincent

No. This is different.

Well, Vincent, remember the last time that a man came into her life.

Vincent

Please, Father, these feelings are real.

I am not disputing the feelings themselves, only the source of the feelings.

Vincent

You think I am the source?

I can understand that...This man is someone with whom Catherine shared the dreams of a lifetime. A life, unfortunately, that you and she could never have.

Vincent

It does not explain the vision...the threat.

The threat to her...or the threat to you, Vincent?

Catherine

[rummaging in a box] Just a few odds and ends from around the house.

Vincent

[chuckles, pulling item from box] You should...learn to remove the price tag from your "odds and ends".

Catherine

[holding up sweater to Father] My father bought this when he took up skiing, and put it in the drawer after one trip down the slopes. What do you think?

Cullen

It's him...Father that is definitely you.

The sweater? Yes, well, it's just what I need for when I...go skiing.

Vincent

A boy...rejected by his own flesh and blood for the sake of a tradition.

The law and tradition is the only permanence in a gypsy's life. They are people without a country and they depend on their laws and their traditions to maintain their culture.

Vincent

Yes, but the cost Father...To be abandoned by those you love...The pain would be unbearable.

I know Paracelsus. As twisted as his mind may be, it's still very complex, filled with designs and structures. No, Vincent, I assure you; that if he intended to kill Catherine, he would have done so already...He's luring you, calling you away from this place of safety.

Vincent

I have no choice but to try to find her.

I know.

Vincent

Why is he doing this, Father?

Why? Because in his mind you are the one person that prevents his return to this world, a world which he still considers to be his own. Know the consequences of this action may stretch far beyond Catherine...The whole future of what we have built here is in balance. Vincent, you must be careful. Expect anything. Remember, Paracelsus has misled you before.

Vincent

I haven't forgotten.

It is all being taken away from us, Vincent. The work of a lifetime. Everything we built, lost.

Vincent

What is lost can be found again, built again. As long as we have each other our world will survive.

I wish I could believe that.

Mouse is such a wild spirit.

Vincent

Whatever happens, Mouse will survive. He survived for years by himself. A shadow. Moving about. Stealing bits of food. Watching us.

Until you caught him. I remember how he kicked and screamed.

Mouse, I hope this experience has taught you a lesson.

Yes.

Good.

Shouldn't get caught.

[referring to Vincent's relationship with Catherine] I sometimes feel that I'm standing on the bank of a raging river watching you try to swim across. How can I not worry? I'd be a fool. And yet, Vincent, sometimes I have to marvel at your courage.

Vincent

Catherine swims across that river as well. She faces the same dangers, shows the same courage. And in many ways the toll on her is even greater.

You really think that's so?

Vincent

On the other side of the river there is no one standing on the bank watching. On her side of the river there is no one praying for a safe passage. On her side of the river, Father, there is no one but Catherine.

Then I shall stand watch, and pray, for both of you.

This boy has a precious gift we've got to protect it.

Eli, part of our dream down here has always been to offer a place of encouragement to those whose gifts have been overlooked and unappreciated.

Extraordinary!

Miss Kendrick

And sad.

Vincent

Why sad?

Miss Kendrick

He does not know what he is playing. He is just copying what he has heard, like a little robot or parrot. He has no understanding.

But you cannot deny that there is a gift.

Miss Kendrick

It's a gift, but right now it is an empty gift.

Mouse, what in the world have you got there?

Found it! Up top! For Rolley!

Some kind of keyboard?

Miss Kendrick

It's from a concert grand piano.

Mouse, what did you do? I hope you didn't wreck this piano.

Found it.

Miss Kendrick

But where's the rest of it?

Up Above, down Below, in between...Mouse took it apart.

I was afraid of that.