After the receipt of another gift from the Boy, a chain for the pendant (that Mildred thought had been purchased at Tiffany""s), he Girl""s mother encouraged her to join Harold in the city: "Don""t you think it""s dangerous for a young man to be alone in the city, with so much money? If I were you, I wouldn""t wait.He also confessed that he was "hung-up" on an ex-girlfriend, so they mutually agreed not to "complicate" their lives by getting seriously involved.The hope is to extract the venom from their glands and turn hat into a cure.An agent that heals diseased cells.Norman: And if I can be cured, imagine what this could do for other diseases like Alzheimer""s, even cancer.I am asking for a truce with your personal convictions in an hour of public danger." He speculated that he might not return from the unknown, thereby leaving "the whole future of our civilization" for the two of them to either preserve or destroy.Kara""s parents included:a caring mother Debra (Kim Darby)and an extremely abusive father John (Bradford English)John called Danny a "bastard" boy - he believed Kara had brought bad luck to the household.