(Characters: Edmund, Christian
Setting: Sauna, Arcangel Gymnasium. 3 p.m.)
Edmund: What surprised me most was just how physical it was.
Christian: She is very engaging isn’t she.
Edmund: I had the wind knocked out of me twice and that last stretch I was lucky I didn’t break my neck.
Christian: You have to learn to absorb the shock.
Edmund: I see that now but at the time it was all I could do just to hold on.
Christian: You’ll be wanting it again soon enough.
Edmund: I think I’ll let the bruises fade first.
Christian: Well don’t wait too long she isn’t fond of sissies.
Edmund: It’s like that motto in the Great Hall.
Christian: The what the cognac and the oysters.
Edmund: And the perfumed knife all of it.
Christian: She lives up to the promise.
Edmund: And the obsession comes when.
Christian: Oh it’s on you now I’d say.
Edmund: How did I.
Christian: Don’t worry it’s too late for hindsight.
Edmund: So I simply.
Christian: Prepare the way surrender the keys to your dream world let her stir you in with all the others.
Edmund: You predict me a beggar.
Christian: On your knees with foam for a beard.
Edmund: I wouldn’t change places though is that.
Christian: That’s the spirit give back some bit that isn’t broken.
Edmund: I’m afraid it’d show right right.
Christian: You’re telling me and I’ve been there and crawled away with my cuffs like a dip in bright slaughter and turned right back around for seconds.
Edmund: At her summons you mean.
Christian: At her summons exactly of course.
Edmund: So what now.
Christian: Heal give in to your doubts take a flight of fancy soon enough none of it will matter anymore.
Edmund: I’m looking.
Christian: Look to your heart’s content relax sleep void yourself.
Edmund: My bones.
Christian: I’ve seen worse I’ve seen much worse.
Edmund: Really.
Christian: Really.
Edmund: Hard to.
Christian: You’re doing fine you’re here aren’t you.