The Third Law

H Areth megalwnei monh ths thn efhbh korh ths, thn Eirhnh. Oi sxeseis toys einai dyskoles. H yperprostasia ths Areths «pnigei» thn Eirhnh poy psaxnei tropoys na ksefygei. 'Ena athwo psema ginetai aitia na katalhksei h Eirhnh sto nosokomeio, xtyphmenh asxhma kai biasmenh. H Areth meta ap' ayto kleinei kyriolektika thn Eirhnh sto spiti. Ki oso oi meres pernane ta pragmata agrieyoyn. To spiti ginetai fylakh kai aprospelasto gia toys alloys. H Areth ftanei mexri kai sto egklhma, prokeimenoy na prostatepsei thn korh ths ap' opoion thewrei epikindyno.

O Petros, foithths sto ekswteriko, epistrefei meta apo makroxronh apoysia sto spiti toy kai brisketai antimetwpos me mia nea pragmatikothta. O pateras toy, o Kwstas, exei ksanapantreytei. O Petros arneitai na apodextei th nea katastash. O idios, para to gegonos oti exoyn perasei sxedon dekapente xronia, den exei kseperasei to thanato ths mhteras toy. Thewrei, ki enw yparxoyn bebaies apodeikseis pws h mhtera toy aytoktonhse, ypeythyno ton Kwsta. Enw pateras kai gios sygkroyontai entona, h Stella, h nea gynaika toy Kwsta, epixeirei na gefyrwsei to keno sth sxesh twn dyo andrwn. Kai brisketai mplegmenh se ena kyklo pathoys, enoxwn kai kala krymmenwn mystikwn. Poy fainetai na ksekinaei apo ena mikro paramythi.

H 'Anna, nhpiagwgos poy perimenei to diorismo ths, einai pantremenh edw kai ligo kairo me ton Niko. Ki enw sth sxesh toys den yparxei kapoio orato problhma, h 'Anna aisthanetai apextheia gia ton andra ths ki arneitai na kanei erwta mazi toy. O Nikos arxizei na apomakrynetai ki ekeinh katafeygei sthn Maria, paidikh ths filh kai psyxiatro. H opoia, epixeirwntas na bohthhsei, tha odhghsei thn 'Anna sta pio skoteina monopatia toy myaloy kai ths psyxhs ths. Ekei poy o monos odhgos einai h myrwdia... Toy kthnoys...

H 'Ellh einai pantremenh me ton Takh ki exoyn ena agoraki ligwn mhnwn. 'Enas agnwstos andras apagagei to mwro kai traymatizei paraligo thanasima thn 'Ellh. Oi meres poy akoloythoyn einai efialtikes gia to zeygari, kathws o agnwstos den epikoinwnei mazi toys. H astynomia syllambanei ton enoxo, alla to brefos brisketai nekro. O drasths, poy einai eksarthmenos apo oysies, tha ektisei thn poinh toy se klinikh apeksarthshs. To gegonos ayto klonizei thn 'Ellh. H adikia, poy noiwthei, thn odhgei se mia epikindynh apofash: na parei to nomo sta xeria ths...

H Katerina, o Miltos ki o filos toys o Swthrhs einai treis neoi anthrwpoi poy menoyn se mia mikrh paraktia polh. Oi perissoteroi katoikoi ths polhs doyleyoyn sto nayphgeio ths perioxhs. O thanatos enos efhboy kai filoy ths Katerinas xarakthrizetai atyxhma kai stadiaka oloi kai ola ksanagyrnoyn sth roytina ths mikrhs kleisths koinwnias. H Katerina kai o Miltos etoimazontai na pantreytoyn kai tha toys pantrepsei o Swthrhs, poy bohthhse ap' thn arxh sth sxesh toys. Ki enw ta pragmata kyloyn omala, h apokalypsh ths alhtheias anatrepei ta panta...

H 'Anna kai h Biky, mana kai korh, zoyn armonika sthrizontas h mia thn allh me agaph kai katanohsh. Ayth h sxesh klonizetai otan apofylakizetai o Antwnhs, pateras ths 'Annas, poy sto parelthon eixe dolofonhsei th mhtera ths. H 'Anna exei krypsei thn alhtheia, ap' thn korh ths. Prospathei na krathsei ton Antwnh makria ap' thn Biky, poy thewrei ton pappoy ths pethameno. Ekeinos, omws, briskei ton tropo kai proseggizei thn eggonh toy. Ta mystika toy parelthontos kseskepazontai kai odhgoyn toys hrwes sta akra...

O Markos, enas epityxhmenos dikhgoros, einai pantremenos me thn Nikh kai perimenoyn to prwto toys paidi. Mia seira apo fainomenika asyndeta kai tyxaia, alla dysaresta, peristatika anastatwnoyn th zwh toy zeygarioy. O Markos ta antimetwpizei me psyxraimia, diasfalizontas thn hremia ths syzygoy toy, toylaxiston mexri thn tyxaia synanthsh toys me thn Gewrgia. Ki enw h Nikh den mporei na katalabei to logo ths taraxhs toy, o Markos einai sigoyros pws pisw apo ola ta dysaresta peristatika krybetai h Gewrgia. Kserei pws, an thelei na prostatepsei thn oikogeneia toy, tha prepei na palepsei m' olh toy dynamh kai na antimetwpisei to pio mystiko kai to pio tromaxtiko kommati toy parelthontos toy.

H Persa zei me ton Giwrgo kai th mikrh toys korh mia symbatikh zwh. O gamos toys exei teleiwsei apo kairo, alla ekeinh den briskei to koyragio na apodesmeytei. Sth zwh ths emfanizetai o Makhs poy kyriolektika ths anatrepei oti pisteye mexri tote gia ton eayto ths alla kai gia toys alloys. Me th ripsokindynh stash toy thn odhgei se monopatia poy den tolmoyse oyte kan na ta skeftei. Bgainei kyriolektika sthn paranomia mazi toy kai zei entona kai paratolma. H oikogeneia ths kai h koinwnia thn katadikazoyn alla ekeinh den metaniwnei. Antitheta apofasizei na to paei ws to telos.

H Lia ergazetai se ena synoikiako kafe. O antras ths, o Stratos th zhleyei. Den antexei ta blemmata twn thamwnwn panw ths. Oyte to gegonos oti ton synthrei h Lia, kathws ekeinos einai anergos. Eksagriwnetai kai ksespaei me biaio tropo. Para ta syxna peristatika swmatikhs kakopoihshs ths, h Lia fainetai pws den exei prothesh na afhsei ton Strato. Toylaxiston, mexri th stigmh, poy gnwrizei ton Mano...

O Mhnas kai h Elenh psaxnoyn apegnwsmena thn eikosaxronh korh toys, thn Dhmhtra, poy eksafanisthke xwris profanh aitia. Symparastaths kai synodoiporos sthn anazhthsh o Spyros, poy diathroyse sxesh me thn Dhmhtra. Oi treis toys diasxizoyn th xwra akoloythwntas kapoia thola ixnh kai to enstikto toys. Dystyxws, den katorthwnoyn na broyn kapoion h kati poy na toys odhghsei konta ths. Tsakismenoi kai apelpismenoi apozhtoyn parhgoria o enas ap' ton allon. Mexri poy h alhtheia apokalyptetai ksafnika mprosta toys. Kai o ponos den exei telos...

H Nikh einai etoimh na pantreytei me ton Leyterh otan ekeinos peftei thyma egkataleipshs troxaioy atyxhmatos. H zwh ths dialyetai. Me th bohtheia kai th symparastash twn filwn ths katafernei epeita apo megalo xroniko diasthma na stathei sta podia ths. Prospathei na ksanaftiaksei th zwh ths alla h tyxaia gnwrimia ths me ton Petro thn fernei antimetwph me katastaseis poy einai anikanh na xeiristei...

O Andreas zei me ton 20xrono gio toy, ton Nikhta kai thn 17xronh korh toy, thn Magda. Megalwse ta paidia monos toy kathws h gynaika toy, h Giwta, toys egkateleipse 13 xronia prin. H mhtera ths Giwtas kathgorei emmesa ton Antrea oti ferotane asxhma sthn korh ths kai gi' ayto to logo efyge. Ta paidia -eidika o Nikhtas- dyskoleyontai na pistepsoyn ayth thn ekdoxh. H Magda, omws, arxizei kai to psaxnei. Xwris kala kala na to katalabei erxetai antimetwph me mnhmes poy ksypnane kai me thn alhtheia, poy kanenas toys den mporei na anteksei.