During questioning, he asserts to the juvenile officer: "Nobody can help me."The housemaid answers all questions directed toward Plato, and explains how his mother habitually deserts him and his father left the family long ago:It seems like she""s always going away somewhere.Slim: (interjecting) Were you?Eddie: You""re alright, lady.You and Harry""s the only one that ever...Morgan: Don""t forget Frenchie.Eddie: That""s right.You and Harry and Frenchie.You know, you got o be careful of dead bees if you""re goin"" around barefooted, ""cause if you step on them they can sting you just as bad as if they was alive, especially if they was kind of mad when they got killed.)Nick helped Tina when her suitcase dumped her clothes and underwear onto the ground.She retrieved one pair of panties from him, then curtly and sarcastically thanked him: "You""ve been a great help.Other Clarke writings are potential film installments:2061: odyssey threeand3001: final odyssey.Plot SynopsisThe film""s opening overture, Ligeti""sAtmospheres, plays behind a black screen - signifying, in a gestaltish way, a pre-creation era, or the mysterious unknown time of the universe""s birth.