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↓ TranscriptChapter 19 (An image of an open packet of gum. The packet is branded ‘HYPERBUBBLE’, with the slogan ‘IF YOU’RE NOT CHEWING HYPERBUBBLE, YOU MIGHT AS WELL BE CHEWING YOUR CUD’. The flavour is labelled ‘COOL MINT’. One stick[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(Emily is queueing at a café. Behind her is a mother with two children: a young girl and a younger boy.) Mother: What happened to the other bit? Daughter: Just don’t give him any, he doesn’t get it. Mother:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(Dee appears at Emily’s bus stop just as she is getting off the bus.) Emily: There you are! I’ve been wanting to ask you something. Do you have a birthday? Dee: What? Of course not. Emily: Really? So you’ve[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: I’m not sure it’s measurable. Would we go by the universe’s time, which is straightforward and all that, but is way shorter than my actual age, or would we go by my personal time including all the backtracking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Anyway, since when is there a point to birthdays at all? Dee: I figure it makes sense to celebrate avoiding me for another year. (Behind them, the boys make gestures to each other to indicate that Emily is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: What- Dee: So anyway, no birthdays for me. No reason to celebrate them, at least. Emily: What if I want to celebrate them? Dee: You’re crazy. Nobody should want to celebrate my existence. Emily: … You have very[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: But I don’t need anything! Emily: It’s not about need! Dee: But I don’t want anything, either! Emily (rummaging in her backpack): That’s what you think. Dee: What could you possibly get me that I – Emily (handing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: … Emily, I… … Emily: Just open it! (She sits down next to him.) Emily: Go on! (Dee lifts up the lid of the box, to reveal a selection of different shaped chewing gum packaging and some loose[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee (holding the bottle of water now also): You… you really thought about this… Emily: Yup! So… I hope you like it. Dee (smiling): … (He hugs her.) Dee: Thank you Emily. Thank you. Emily: Um… it’s just chewing[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: Which one should I try first!? Emily: Hmm. Dee: Here, you have some! Emily: Are you sure? Dee: Yeah! I’ll have what you have. Emily (picking one out): Oh, ok. Let’s try this one! Dee: Alright. Um… Can[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…