↓ TranscriptChapter 11 (An image of Dee with hood up and scythe, standing amid a row of burning or soon-to-be-burning gum trees.) —- Alt text: (none)
Chapter 11
↓ Transcript(Emily is sitting at her laptop. Dee appears behind her.) Emily: Hey. Dee: Hello. What are you doing? Emily: Checking the CFA website. Dee: Oh? Emily: Yeah, they kept saying today would be the worst day ever for bushfires,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: Hang on what? Are you sure? (He looks over her shoulder at the screen.) Dee: That’s not right. I’ve just been at the fires. There are firestorms that have destroyed entire towns. Emily (startled): What? When? Today? Dee:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: How many people are dead? Dee: Humans? Um… a hundred and… seventy something? Emily: What!? Are you serious? Dee: Yes. Emily: You’re saying… hang on… … You’re saying the worst fire in history is going on right now[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: Yes, definitely. Emily: You’re absolutely sure? Dee: Look, I’ll go count for you. (He leaves and returns a moment later.) A hundred and seventy three exactly. You want to know the toll on the wildlife? Emily: Where are[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(A map of victoria comes out of the printer. Emily hands it to Dee, along with a pen.) Emily: There you go. (Dee flies into the sky with the piece of paper. Emily leans in the front doorway, watching[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(Dee returns and holds out the map to Emily.) Emily: Why isn’t this on the site?! Why doesn’t anybody know about this? Dee: There’s a town in there… and there… and… Well, they’re just gone. Emily: What do you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: … So they haven’t all died yet? Dee: No, I don’t think so. Emily (runs back inside, shouting): Ella! Where do Janet and Rudy live? Dee: Emily! Shut up! What are you doing? Emily: Ella’s best friend from[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(Dee vanishes and returns again.) Dee: There’s a man, a woman, two boys, a girl, a dog, and about fifteen cockatiels in a cage. Is that right? Emily: Yeah. Dee: Then they’re safe. They’re trapped at home but the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptTHE NEXT DAY… (A sequence of panels zooming out from a scene of devastation, to the television showing it, to Alan, Ella, and Emily looking at the television.) Ella: Oh my god… Janet… (Emily looks at the screen, hunched[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…