Look for severe childhood disturbances associated with violence. Our Billy wasn't born a criminal, Clarice. He was made one through years of systematic abuse. Billy hates his own identity, you see, and he thinks that makes him a transsexual. But his pathology is a thousand times more savage and more terrifying.
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And you said that I was very close to the way we would catch him. What did you mean, Doctor? There are three major centers for transsexual surgery. Johns Hopkins, the University of Minnesota, and Columbus Medical Center. I wouldn't be surprised if Billy had applied for sex reassignment at one or all of them and been rejected.
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Yes, she will, Precious. She will get the hose. Okay, okay, okay. Okay. I'm there. Okay. Mister, if you let me go, I won't press charges. I promise. See, my mom is a real important woman. I guess you already know that. Now it places the lotion in the basket. Please! Please! I want to go home.
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It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it's told. Mister, my family will pay cash. Whatever ransom you're asking for, they'll pay it. It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again.
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What is your worst memory of childhood?
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This offer is non-negotiable and final.
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A copy of the senator's offer.
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No. He was a very decent man.
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Quid pro quo, Doctor.
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Our Billy wants to change, too.
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Caterpillar into chrysalis or pupa, and from thence into beauty.
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On what basis would they reject him?
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Billy is not a real transsexual. But he thinks he is. He tries to be. He's tried to be a lot of things, I expect.
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There's no correlation in literature between transsexualism and violence. -Transsexuals are very passive... -Clever girl.
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Why, Clarice? Did the rancher make you perform fellatio? Did he sodomize you?
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You're so close to the way you're gonna catch him. -Do you realize that? -No. Tell me why.
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I went to live with my mother's cousin and her husband in Montana. They had a ranch.
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After your father's murder, you were orphaned. What happened next?