↓ Transcript(Emily puts the water in the tea and carries the mugs to the living room.) Emily: Here you go. Do you want me to pick a movie? Dee: Sure (She puts a DVD on. Then she and Dee sit[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Chapter 49
↓ TranscriptDee: Still, I didn’t think of everything, is all. Emily: Do you think we shouldn’t do those things? Dee: No, it’s fine, it all makes sense. You need cooking and hygiene for your health. And beauty is important. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: I guess this looks kinda bad to you, huh. Dee: But – why? Why are you killing them? Emily: So they don’t crowd out these other plants, that we do want. Dee: Are these food plants? Emily: No,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(Emily puts teabags in two mugs and turns on the kettle. Then she leans on the bench and puts her head in her hands.) Emily (sighing): HHHhh oh my god (We are in a flashback. Emily is much younger,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ Transcript(Emily carries Dee home and into her house.) Emily: Now, um, can I offer you some creature comforts, or is that… I dunno, perverse? Dee: ???? Emily: I know nothing I can offer you is remotely on the scale[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Hey, are you stuck stuck, or… well there’s no such thing as stationary. Can I carry you home? Dee: Oh – ! You don’t need to – Emily: You literally weigh nothing. Just hold onto me. (She stands[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Listen to mine, then. You saw – you were part of a terrible thing. Of course you’re sad. It’s sad. It’s a lot of things. It’s okay to feel all messed up about it. (They sit together with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: Ha ha ha… they’re really very clever. I love them! I hate them! Ha! Oh well, it doesn’t matter. Why not watch the fireworks. Everything’s like this forever anyway. I’ll just – take everyone away – and feel[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: That doesn’t seem very likely… Dee: Oh but it is!! I already saw myself there! I do that kind of thing! I don’t know how many times I’ve watched the bombs… Emily: Wh… which bombs? Dee: All of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: And it doesn’t matter how awful it all is! There’s no way to make it not awful! Or maybe there is and I just can’t see it. Because I don’t know anything! Anything I think I know is[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…