↓ TranscriptChapter 43 —- Alt text: There are up to about 10 different forms here but some of them overlap
Chapter 43
↓ Transcript(Emily is filling in the visitor sign in log at the nursing home.) A coworker: Hello Emily! You’re a visitor today? Emily: Yeah! Just came to hang out with Ken. Coworker: Wait, it’s Wednesday, shouldn’t you be at school?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptSally (on phone): …so we were remembering that trip you and Mum took! Kenneth: Ah yes! Your mum fell in, too, you should tell Tina that. And the crocodiles sheemsh… I sshhf… shffbsh… sh… ffarssshh… (One side of his[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: Hello! Oh… are you ok? Emily: Yeah, just thinking about Kenneth. His funeral was today but I was at school. Dee: Oh, right. I’m sorry. He had a pretty good death – he was glad it was quick,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: How would you do that? Emily: I dunno, I could put a notice on the board… Haha! Hairdresser comes on Thursdays, Bingo Fridays… Scared to die alone? Contact Emily, she’ll be there! Dee: Ha! Yeah, maybe better stick[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: They’d have to be within eyesight and everything. What are the chances, really? So the real question, as ever, is what are you comfortable enough to allow? Dee: There’s a possible risk that seeing me in more forms[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: Honestly, I wish I could shapeshift right now and show you. Show and tell at someone’s death bed seems a bit perverse. Emily: I’ll be chill, I won’t try talk to you about it ’til after, but also[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: I don’t think you will. Maybe it’ll feel weird. But that’s fine! Emily (pulling her hands away): No, I’m not comfortable with that. That seems way too risky. Dee: What? Why? I really don’t think it would hurt,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: But – Ugh, yes, I know that, intellectually, but it’s hard to fully grasp, you know? Cos of how I live. And I’d rather preserve the clothes-body distinction, even if it’s purely conceptual. Or maybe I should stop.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptSO I WENT AND I SAW. (Emily holds Magda’s hand and speaks softly to her. Death appears in the form of Śmierć.) Śmierć: …yes she does. She says thank you, Emily. Emily: You’re very welcome, Magda. Thank you. MY[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…