↓ TranscriptEmily: No, not staring, just… looking at you. Dee: … Emily: Oh dear. I’m sorry, I should have thought about this. You’ve never… really been visible before. People- Humans are all about visual perception. Well, most are. We look[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chapter 41
↓ Transcript(Emily follows Dee down the alleyway and finds him trembling out the back.) Dee: I can’t do this, I can’t do this, they know… they know! I can’t do this, they know, I can’t do this, I can’t do[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(Emily and Dee have reached the shopping strip and walk along, looking at people’s dogs and in shop windows.) Emily: Ooh new flavours! Dee: Oh fancy! (They continue walking along and chatting. (Dialogue illegible.) They approach an alleyway.) Dee:[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: It just really freaked me out. And I think it wasn’t just the lying. I think… Well, I thought for real that everyone could see you, and then someone passed through you like you were nothing. And I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(They walk along in silence until they encounter another pedestrian.) Dee: Hello! Random man (bemused): Ah… g’day! Dee: See? Emily: … okay. And it isn’t so bad, is it? Dee (smiling): Oh! It’s terrifying! Emily: Haha! Oh, Dee! You’re[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: I do! Genuinely! Emily: I know you already told me you’ve lied before. I just thought… I hoped… you didn’t… anymore. Dee: That’s true! I haven’t told any new lies in ages. Years! Until… until now. And I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: What exactly was the point of that, Dee? Dee: I panicked – I’m sorry – Emily: Sorry that lie was so pointless? Sorry you only got five minutes of me thinking people could – I mean how long[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: … ok I’ll put them on my phone for you! I just don’t get how you can listen to anything so autotuned. Dee: What? Sometimes I’d like to hear music that isn’t gloomy and discordant. Emily: Fine I’ll[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: So I’ll stay invisible until maybe a block away from your house? Emily: Yeah, as soon as nobody’s around to see. Dee: Yeah. Emily: Ready? Let’s go! (She walks out and past the kitchen where Alan is on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptWE CHOSE THE DREARIEST DAY OF SUMMER. Dee (wearing his robe shortened to a jumper/hoodie length, with his hood up): Does this look ok? Emily: Oh dear. I think you’d better have your hood down. Dee: Oh… why can’t[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…