Yes
Pause
No
quite short pause
no
quite short pause
no I
breaks off
THE OTHER
What
THE ONE
Well
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I’m here
I have my place
everyone has their place
I have my place
Everything has its place
Short pause
THE OTHER
But you shouldn’t be here
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should you
not here in the boat
I mean
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THE ONE
I am here
THE OTHER
But you don’t want to be here
THE ONE
I don’t want to be anywhere else either
THE OTHER
You don’t want anything
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is it possible not to want anything
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when you’re cold
you want to put some clothes on
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don’t you
or warm up
somehow
THE ONE
Yes
Pause
THE OTHER
And when you’re hungry
or thirsty
right
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THE ONE
Then you want something to eat
or something to drink
THE OTHER
That’s right
Short pause
And don’t you want those things
THE ONE
Now and then
Pause
THE OTHER
Then you do want something
THE ONE
Maybe
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if that’s what it means to want
THE OTHER
Isn’t it
THE ONE
Maybe it’s only because we’re here that
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that all those things
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yes all those things you’re talking about
breaks off, short pause
THE OTHER
Maybe
Pause
But if someone
Me
right if I hit you
THE ONE
Then I’d try to defend myself
THE OTHER
Isn’t that about wanting
THE ONE
It might be
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Or it might just be because it really hurts getting hit
Pause
THE OTHER
But life must live
THE ONE
Life must live
THE OTHER
And you
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you don’t like that
THE ONE
No I do
THE OTHER
How can you
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how
OK I
breaks off
THE ONE
Because it isn’t always like that
THE OTHER
It’s not always like you’ve said
THE ONE
No
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no it can be different sometimes
every now and then it isn’t like that
THE OTHER
It’s different
at sea
THE ONE
Yes
Pause
THE OTHER
And when you were a child
was it like that then
THE ONE
No
THE OTHER
What was it like then
THE ONE
Then everything was in motion
Pause. THE ONE goes and lifts up the anchor
But now
quite short pause
we’re here
look
we’re in our cove
THE OTHER
Right
THE ONE drops the anchor
THE ONE
But
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right why don’t you go out on the deck
quite short pause
go to the bow
and get ready to moor the boat
quite short pause
the rope
lives up in the bow
points
yes there
there in that crate
points
but hurry up
points
right
now go now
THE OTHER
And then what
THE ONE
quite short pause
Then
when we reach the shore
right
then you jump off
THE OTHER
And then what
THE ONE
Then you moor the boat
THE OTHER
Right
THE ONE
Well go on then
We’ve not got all day
Hurry up
THE OTHER
Right
quite short pause
I am hurrying actually
Can’t you tell
THE OTHER goes out on the deck and walks forward, finds a rope
THE ONE
Now
jump now
Quite short pause
Go on jump
Jump ashore
THE OTHER jumps, slips, falls, hurts himself
Did you hurt yourself
THE OTHER
I slipped
THE OTHER tries to stand up, gets to his feet, but is in pain
THE ONE
Are you alright
THE OTHER
Yes
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I think so
I just bashed myself a little
THE ONE
Right
THE OTHER
But I’m alright
THE ONE
Now tie the rope there
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yes there
quite short pause
to that bolt you see over there
THE OTHER
I’ll try
Pause
THE ONE
Is it sore
THE OTHER
A bit
yeah
short pause
THE ONE
Right
But hurry up will you
please
THE OTHER
Okay
short pause
now what do you want me to do
THE ONE
You’ve got to tie the rope to that
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to that bolt you see over there
THE OTHER
And then what
THE ONE
And then you get back into the boat
THE OTHER
I can’t get back
The boat’s too far away
THE ONE
Just pull it towards you
THE OTHER
Okay
Quite short pause
THE OTHER pulls the boat a little further in
I can’t get it any closer
THE ONE
No
Short pause
Can you get back on board
THE OTHER
I’ll have a go
THE OTHER jumps and grabs the rail and crawls back on deck
THE ONE
That didn’t look easy
THE OTHER
No
quite short pause
no
but I did it
THE ONE
Yup
Pause
THE OTHER
And now ok right
quite short pause
now that the boat’s moored
breaks off, quite short pause
what happens now
Pause
THE ONE
Well
Short pause
When you’ve cast anchor
then
quite short pause
then
quite short pause
then you have yourself a drink
THE OTHER
A wee dram
THE ONE
It’s just what you do
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shall I pour us one
THE OTHER
Yeah
A drink would be terrific
THE ONE goes to fetch a bottle and glasses
THE ONE
I think it’s exactly what we need
THE ONE gives both glasses to THE OTHER, pours, takes one glass
That’ll hit the spot
Short pause. THE ONE puts the bottle down
Cheers
THE OTHER
Cheers
They raise their glasses and drink
THE ONE
Oh that’s lovely
Pause
Great here
isn’t it
quite short pause
the grey reefs
all bare
nothing grows here
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the bare little islands
all grey and black
and the rocks on the seashore
the round rocks
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and then
out there
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behind there
there’s the ocean
quite short pause
and there
is where the ocean and sky meet
quite short pause
the ocean’s so calm
THE OTHER
Yeah
THE ONE
Nothing grows here
it’s all grey rock
THE OTHER
And there are so many little islands here
so many reefs
Quite short pause
And the ocean
And the sky
Long pause. THE ONE fills their glasses, they drink
THE ONE
I do like a drink
THE OTHER
Yeah
Short pause
THE ONE
And it’s so quiet here
THE OTHER
All you can hear
is the sea lapping against the boat
THE ONE
Yes
and we just float
nice and light
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we’re so light
it’s sort of like
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there’s wind in us
THE OTHER
It’s like we’re rolling
THE ONE
Yes
Yes that’s good
THE OTHER
And the boat’s rolling
THE ONE
Rolling lightly
Rolling gently
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that’s exactly the way it is
THE OTHER
We’re so light
We’re as light as the wind
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nearly
THE ONE
And we’re rolling too
high up here
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lightly
with the boat
THE OTHER
Yes
Pause
Yes
quite short pause
we’re so light
quite short pause
yes
quite short pause
but you
quite short pause
a while ago
you said
that every now and then
you were so heavy
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that you were a rock
THE ONE
Yeah
Short pause
THE OTHER
What did you mean by that
THE ONE
Nothing
THE OTHER
You must’ve meant something
THE ONE
They were just words
It was just something I said
I didn’t mean anything
THE OTHER
Just something you said
THE ONE
Yes
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yes just words
THE OTHER
Rock
The word rock
THE ONE
It’s just something you say
THE OTHER
Right
THE ONE
Yup
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it’s not real
quite short pause
you try to say how something is
by saying something else
THE OTHER
Because you can’t say
how it really is
THE ONE
No
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no of course you can’t
Short pause
THE OTHER
It just becomes words
THE ONE
Words words and more words
Pause
THE OTHER
But what you said
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right that thing about being a concrete wall
which is cracking
THE ONE
That was badly put
THE OTHER
It was an image
THE ONE
Yes
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yes I suppose you could
call it an image
THE OTHER
And an image
breaks off
THE ONE
Yes I suppose it says something
quite short pause
something small
quite short pause
but mostly it says something wrong
quite short pause
something that’s not supposed to be said
THE OTHER
An image
should say how something is
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because you just can’t say it any other way
That’s the whole point of it I suppose
THE ONE
Yes
I think so
THE OTHER
But in the end it always says something else
THE ONE
That’s what I think
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I think maybe all words are like that
quite short pause
but the essence of something
how it really is
you can’t communicate that
because right
that’s not a word is it
THE OTHER
It’s something that is there
Quite short pause
breaks off
THE ONE
Yes
Short pause
But
short pause
all those things I say
I know
People shouldn’t say things like that
Short pause
I know
There’s no point in saying anything really
But
quite short pause
but I
quite short pause
I’m alive
so I’ve got to say something
quite short pause
And now
breaks off
THE OTHER
Yes what now
Quite short pause
What happens now
; THE ONE
Does something have to happen
THE OTHER
Well we can’t just stay here
quite short pause
in the boat
quite short pause
THE ONE
Course we can
THE OTHER
Well we could
THE ONE
It’s so quiet now
THE OTHER
Yeah
quite short pause
yes now everything alive
is quiet
Short pause
THE ONE
Don’t you love it
THE OTHER
Yes I do
THE ONE
Not really
THE OTHER
Well no I do
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but I don’t think I understand it completely
quite short pause
I don’t think I completely understand
what’s so good about it
THE ONE
No
THE OTHER
Can you tell me
THE ONE
No
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no it’s the same
THE OTHER
As before
THE ONE
Yes
Pause
Yes I really like it
I just like
everything when it’s so quiet
quite short pause
and the light wind
I like that too
quite short pause
I like
quite short pause
being light
rocking gently
in the heavy boat
quite short pause
It’s good
THE OTHER
Yeah
THE ONE
I just like being in the boat
THE OTHER
Yes
quite short pause
I think I
breaks off
yes me too
I like the smell of the sea as well
Short pause
And I like looking
at the rocks on the seashore
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or the reefs
or the little islands
Quite short pause
I like looking at
the sky
And at the ocean
And I like
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just being in the boat
I didn’t think that I
would like that
But I do
THE ONE
Yeah
Pause
I like
that out there
quite short pause, points
is the sea
cold and dangerous
calm and vast
quite short pause
and if you lie there
short pause
in the sea
it wouldn’t take long
breaks off
THE OTHER
You’d freeze to death really quickly
You’d be dead
quite short pause
be gone forever
THE ONE
That’s right
Pause
We’re completely attached to
breaks off, short pause
without the boat
short pause
a couple of steps to the right
short pause
and we’re finished
THE OTHER
Short pause
But do you quite like
quite short pause
do you quite like thinking about that
THE ONE
Yes
quite short pause
I do
THE OTHER
Isn’t it frightening
THE ONE
Yeah
Yes of course it is
THE OTHER
Because
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this boat’s really small