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river: Ruby doesn't talk. Her voice got scared away. [gets distracted and smiles] river: I hear crickets. doralee: I don't understand. If Ruby didn't talk, how do you know...? simon: Um, uh, my sister's... she-she's very good at- What's wrong? doralee: "And they shall be among the people, and they shall speak truths and whisper secrets, and you will know them by their crafts." simon: What are you talking about? doralee: "Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live." / river: I remember everything. I remember too much. And some of it's made up, and some of it can't be quantified, and there's secrets, and... simon: Hey, i-it's okay. river: But, I understand. You gave up everything you had to find me. You found me broken. It's hard for you. You gave up everything you had. simon: Mei-mei, everything I have is right here. / simon: This is the recovery ward. This is where patients come to get better. river: They're going to die. simon: No one is going to die. river: [points] He is. / simon: Did you do anything today? river: Played with Kaylee. The sun came out, and I walked on my feet and heard with my ears. I hate the bits, the bits that stay down and I work, I f-function like I'm a girl. I hate it because I know it'll go away! The sun grows dark and chaos has come again. It's... fluids. What am I? simon: You are my beautiful sister. river: I-I threw up on your bed. simon: Yep. Definitely my sister. / [River's sitting up in bed, face hidden in her hair & hands; panting & sobbing softly] simon: Bad dreams again? river: No I - I can't sleep. There's too much screaming. simon: [pause, River still sobbing; sounds slightly worried] River, there is - there is no screaming river: [looking straight at him; whispers] There was. / |