After his wife leaves him, David has 45 days to find a partner at a hotel or become an animal; he escapes, falls for a shortsighted loner, and must decide whether to surrender his sight so they can stay together.
- Scenes 1–15
David moves from his broken home into the hotel, where couplehood is imposed as the norm.
- Scenes 16–24
He must find a partner before the 45-day limit turns him into an animal.
- Scenes 25–62
He participates in the hunt, attempts a false match, then escapes into the woods.
- Scenes 63–84
He adapts to loner customs and cautiously begins a connection with Shortsighted Woman.
- Scenes 85–100
They build a secret language and plan to leave the loner community together.
- Scene 106
The Leader’s deception leaves Shortsighted Woman blind and turns their covert relationship into an exposed crisis.
- Just before
- Scene 110
In a dreamlike sequence David tests Shortsighted Woman’s compatibility with questions about blood type, food, piano, and German; he wakes terrified before the sequence resolves.
- Scene 111
David repeats the compatibility questions about blood type, berries, piano, and German with Shortsighted Woman under the midday sky.
- Scene 112
David tests her sense of touch with a cup and tennis ball; she warns him that their coded fist gesture cannot continue.
- Scene 113
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