Chapter 5
↓ Transcript(Emily is at her desk in her room, reading a book. Dee appears smoke-like behind her.) Dee: Hey. Are you doing homework? Emily: Uh, yeah. I have to do this history report… Dee: Oh OK. How long’s that going[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: But I’ve been there! Emily: Haven’t you been everywhere? (She yoinks the book back.) Dee: Yes. But I remember that place in particular. Emily: Which place? Dee (pointing to a photo on the page): That one. Emily: Oh.[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: What do you mean, what’s Auschwitz? You were there! Dee: All I know is that people kept dying there. I never found out what it was for. Emily: Um… That’s what it was for. It was a death[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: … Dee: Sure, I could probably have asked, or had a look around to see if I could figure it out, but… Asking the dead always seems rude, and I was afraid of what I’d find out. Have[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: Oh, ok. How? Emily: Well, um… the people who built the death camps – the Nazis – they also wanted to take over the rest of the world… and that started a massive war. Dee: And who were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: I don’t know everything, for starters… Dee: I thought it sounded like murder. What’s this ‘holocaust’? Emily: That’s what it was called. Dee: But they were gassed. It wasn’t fire. Emily: What? Dee: Doesn’t holocaust mean destruction by[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptLATER THAT NIGHT… (Emily is asleep in her bed. A book thuds against the wall and wakes her.) Emily: Nnnh? (She sees Dee sitting in the corner of her room, his head in his knees.) Emily: Dee! What’s wrong!?[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily (turning on a lamp): Are you ok? What are you even doing? It’s… 2:00 in the morning! Dee: I shouldn’t be here, should I? I’m sorry, I was just… reading… Emily: Is that my History textbook? Dee: I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptDee: But what do I know! Been to every bloody war, never know what they’re about… Oh no, I just clean up the mess… Surely some are fought over something that’s actually worth it, aren’t they? Emily: I think[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…