Chapter 7
↓ TranscriptI DON’T KNOW WHAT IMPRESSION I’VE GIVEN YOU OF OUR FRIENDSHIP SO FAR, BUT AFTER THE INITIAL CURIOSITY, WE SPOKE A LOT LESS THAN MIGHT BE IMAGINED. (Panel of them sitting in a tree together.) NEITHER OF US WERE[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptOF COURSE, AT OTHER TIMES THERE WAS SO MUCH TO SAY WE BARELY PAUSED FOR BREATH. (NOT THAT HE NEEDED TO, BUT ANYWAY.) Emily: …no I don’t think so. Living things could be here for something we don’t know[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptI WAS QUITE ANTISOCIAL TO THE OTHER KIDS AT SCHOOL. I TRIED NOT TO BE TOO RUDE, THOUGH I PROBABLY WAS. ANYWAY, APART FROM THE OCCASIONAL TAUNT, THEY LEFT ME ALONE. MOST OF THEM. Markus: Hey, Emily! Are you[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: If you know all the answers, why do you have to ask me so many questions? Markus: … I was just… Emily: Prying! Markus: …I’m sorry. Abe: Ha! Found you! Where were you going? Markus: I was talking[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: He should mind his own business. Dee: What was he saying today? Emily: Trying to find out about my ‘imaginary friend’. Busybody. Dee: Are you sure he’s not just trying to be friendly? Emily: I don’t see why[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Go on, people are so much more… personable if you can see their face. That’s why minions in movies and people in oppressive countries have to cover their faces, to take away their identity. And soldiers’ and police’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Hey, I was thinking… Does time ever seem to pass really fast, and really slowly, at the same time? Dee: I don’t know. What do you mean? Emily: It’s just I’m about to finish year eight… And it[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
↓ TranscriptEmily: Yes I am in awe of your mad disappearing skills. … Come back now. … Dee (reappearing after a beat): Miss me? Ha, ha! Emily: You’re so annoying. Dee: I can be even worse. Watch this! Emily: BUH![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…