breaks off
THE ONE
Yeah
THE OTHER
And on the sea
on the ocean
this big wide ocean
you might have to be there
on the boat
for days
for weeks
THE ONE
Yeah
Short pause
THE OTHER
And you’d like that
THE ONE
Yes
THE OTHER
Always
THE ONE
No not always
Pause
THE OTHER
When don’t you like it
THE ONE
When I’m on my own
THE OTHER
You don’t like being on your own in the boat
THE ONE
No
THE OTHER
Why not
THE ONE
No
short pause
it’s nothing
THE OTHER
Say it
THE ONE
No
THE OTHER
Do you get frightened
THE ONE
Yes
no
quite short pause
no not frightened exactly
but
breaks off
THE OTHER
What are you frightened of
THE ONE
Of
breaks off
THE OTHER
Say it
THE ONE
I get frightened that I’ll jump
THE OTHER
Jump into the sea
THE ONE
Yes
Pause
THE OTHER
Do you think about that a lot
THE ONE
All the time
THE OTHER
You think about it all the time
when you’re on your own in the boat
THE ONE
Yes
quite short pause
well not exactly think
but
breaks off
THE OTHER
You’re on your own a lot
in the boat
THE ONE
Yes
THE OTHER
And it’s always there
THE ONE
Always
Short pause
THE OTHER
As a thought
THE ONE
Not exactly as a thought
quite short pause
or maybe as a thought
quite short pause
but
short pause
yes as a thought as well
quite short pause
but
I think mostly as a fear
quite short pause
no that’s wrong
THE OTHER
That’s just words
THE ONE
Yes
THE OTHER
But it’s something that’s close
It’s there
quite short pause
not quite as a thought
not quite as a fear
but as something close
THE ONE
Yes
quite short pause
yeah maybe
THE OTHER
Do you ever forget it
THE ONE
Yes
quite short pause
that happens
quite short pause
no
Pause
THE OTHER
It’s close to you all the time
THE ONE
Pretty much
THE OTHER
But you don’t think about it
when you’re not alone
in the boat
THE ONE
No
quite short pause
no then
then it goes
Pause
THE OTHER
There’s
breaks off
THE ONE
There’s not much I can say about it
THE ONE wants to refill THE OTHER’s glass, but he holds up his hand
THE OTHER
No thanks
not for me
THE ONE fills his own glass
It was nice
but
breaks off
THE ONE
Yeah
THE OTHER
It calms you down
a drink does calm you down
THE ONE
It does
Pause
THE OTHER
So
quite short pause
in the boat
short pause
and
short pause
THE ONE
Shall I get us something to eat
Just something simple
THE OTHER
That’d be nice
that
THE ONE
Or we can set sail
THE OTHER
And then what
THE ONE
Then we sail
THE OTHER
And then what
THE ONE
And then we could find ourselves another cove
where we could cast anchor
THE OTHER
pause
Is that all
THE ONE
Yes
Short pause
I think so
Pause
THE OTHER
Perhaps we could head off for a bit
THE ONE
Course we could
THE OTHER
I wonder if it is safe here
I’m just thinking about tonight
The wind could pick up
And the ocean
quite short pause
the ocean’s just there
The fog’s settled out there
It’s foggy out on the ocean
And out there
between us and the open sea
all there is is that little island
the grey rock
THE ONE
I know
Quite short pause
But I don’t think the wind will pick up
Quite short pause
The ocean’s still
The sky’s clear
THE OTHER
It might not
Quite short pause
THE ONE
I’ll get us something to eat
THE OTHER
That’d be nice
THE ONE goes and lights the stove, places a pan on it, opens a tin and pours the content in the pot
I am
I am a bit hungry actually
THE ONE
Food always tastes better at sea
THE OTHER
I could do with something to eat
THE ONE
Yeah
Long pause
But you
THE OTHER
What
THE ONE
Food always tastes better at sea
Okay
but I thought
breaks off, quite short pause. THE ONE stirs the pot
THE OTHER
What
THE ONE
No nothing
Quite short pause
I’ll lay the table
Short pause. THE ONE fetches plates and cutlery, lays the table
THE OTHER
Would you like a glass of wine with your food
Have you got any wine
THE ONE
Yes
yes I have
Short pause
I’ll open a bottle of wine
THE ONE goes to get a bottle of wine, opens it, pours one glass for THE OTHER and one for himself
THE OTHER
I’m really hungry now
It must be true
that you get hungry
being out at sea
THE ONE
Yes
THE OTHER
It must be the sea air
quite short pause
well it must be something
THE ONE
It must be
THE ONE lifts his glass
Cheers
THE OTHER lifts his glass
THE OTHER
Cheers
They drink. Pause
THE OTHER
But well
quite short pause
life
right it’s not all that bad
It’s not always
breaks off
THE ONE
No
THE OTHER
Sometimes its good
to be alive
THE ONE
Yes
THE OTHER
It’s only every so often that you
well
how did you put it
that you’re a rock
or something
THE ONE
Yes
quite short pause
yes a lot of the time I’m not
THE OTHER
No
Pause
THE ONE
But
quite short pause
do you know
I think the food might be ready
It just needed warming up
It’s quite a simple meal
You know
THE OTHER
I know that
THE ONE
Simple but good
I hope
THE ONE puts his glass down, goes and fetches the pot
It’s food anyway
And I hope
you’ll enjoy it
THE ONE serves THE OTHER
Here you go
THE OTHER
Thank you
THE ONE serves food to himself and puts the pot away and THE OTHER starts to eat
Lovely
This is delicious
THE ONE
Yeah I can’t wait for mine
THE ONE starts to eat. Pause
THE OTHER
Yeah
Short pause
Life’s not all that bad
is it
quite short pause
there’s good food
quite short pause
this is really good
good simple food
it’s lovely
quite short pause
and the wine
there’s good wine
too
quite short pause
and it’s good to talk to people
quite short pause
to be together
quite short pause
and even if
right
yeah even if you have those thoughts
quite short pause
you know that thing about jumping
you still like being in the boat
don’t you
THE ONE
Well
quite short pause
yes that’s true
quite short pause
it’s just every so often
that I
breaks off
THE OTHER
That you kind of
quite short pause
can’t move
quite short pause
that you’re a rock
sort of
THE ONE
Yes
Short pause
THE OTHER
And then
short pause
it helps
to have a drink
a wee dram
quite short pause
a glass of wine
doesn’t it
THE ONE
Yes
THE OTHER
And to imagine things
short pause
what I mean
what I’m trying to say is
quite short pause
that that helps
too
THE ONE
And in a way
even being on the water
is something you imagine
kind of
quite short pause
isn’t it I mean
even if you are there
THE OTHER
For sure
Short pause
Everything is
imagined
somehow
created
somehow
made up
isn’t it
quite short pause
even if it actually happens
it’s still imagined
quite short pause
it exists somewhere else too
in a way
quite short pause
it happens anyway
doesn’t it
in words
or
breaks off, short pause
I mean
breaks off
THE ONE
Yeah
Long pause
THE OTHER
The food was lovely
THE OTHER lifts his glass
Cheers
then
THE ONE lifts his glass
THE ONE
Yeah cheers
They clink glasses
But
THE OTHER
What
THE ONE
But right
short pause
I don’t know you
THE OTHER
No
quite short pause
maybe not
maybe not all that well
quite short pause
but you know me
quite short pause
you know me a bit
at least
Pause
THE ONE
I want to say something to you
quite short pause
but I don’t know what it is
THE OTHER
Right
THE ONE
I want to tell you something
THE OTHER
short pause
But you can’t get it out
THE ONE
No
quite short pause
I only know
that I want to say something
tell you something
quite short pause
because to live
breaks off
THE OTHER
To live
THE ONE
Yes to live
quite short pause
it’s
I mean
You have to
breaks off
THE OTHER
What
THE ONE
No it’s nothing
Pause
THE OTHER
And now
quite short pause
now that we’ve eaten
yes
quite short pause
yes what do we do now
THE ONE
Now we can head on our way
THE OTHER
Right
Pause
I’ll clear the table
THE ONE
I can do it
THE OTHER
No I’ll do it
And then I’ll do the dishes
THE ONE
The dishes can wait
THE OTHER
And you can have a drink
THE ONE
Will you have one with me
THE OTHER
No thanks
THE ONE pours himself a drink and THE OTHER clears the table, puts the dishes in the sink
And then we’ll head on our way
Quite short pause
That’ll be nice
I think maybe I’m starting to like it here
out on the water
Pause
But
quite short
pause
right
pause
is there anything else you like to think about
THE ONE
I don’t have to think about anything any more
THE OTHER
Don’t you
THE ONE
No
THE OTHER
You’re feeling better now
THE ONE
Yes
Pause
THE OTHER
That’s good
Pause
THE ONE
So now
quite short pause
now
quite short pause
we’ll set sail
quite short pause
and first
quite short pause
first we’ve got to do what we did when we dropped anchor
you’ve got to go out on the deck
and pull the boat towards the shore
THE OTHER
Okay
THE ONE
And then you’ve got to jump ashore and
quite short pause
untie the rope
pull the boat to the shore again
jump on board
coil up the rope
and put it in the crate
on the deck
THE OTHER
Right
THE OTHER goes out on the deck, pulls the boat towards the shore, jumps out, slips, lays on the rock
Fuck
It’s bloody slippery here
THE OTHER gets to his feet and unties the rope, pulls the boat in
How can I get back on board
It’s completely impossible
THE ONE
You’ve got to try
You’ve just got to jump
Just try
THE OTHER
I can’t
THE ONE
Try to pull the boat a bit closer in
THE OTHER
Right
THE ONE
Does that work
THE OTHER
A bit
I’ve got it a bit closer
THE ONE
Can you get hold of the gunwale
THE OTHER
No
THE ONE
You can’t
THE OTHER
No
THE ONE
Pull it closer
THE OTHER
I can’t pull it any closer
THE ONE
The keel’s stuck on the bottom
THE OTHER
Right
THE ONE
Can you reach it
THE OTHER
I’ll try
THE OTHER just manages to get hold of the gunwale and he jumps and crawls onto the deck, gets to his feet
That was close
THE ONE
I’ll pull us out and haul anchor
THE OTHER coils up the rope and puts it in the crate and THE ONE hauls the anchor
I told you you could do it
THE OTHER
Only just
THE ONE
So
THE OTHER
Where are we going
THE ONE
On a little ocean journey
I think
THE OTHER
The sea’s calm
THE ONE
Fairly calm
But there’s a nice gentle wind
THE OTHER
Don’t take us too far out
THE ONE
I won’t
quite short pause
of course I won’t
THE OTHER
Just
a little way out
THE ONE
Yes
Pause. THE ONE stands with his hand on the tiller and THE OTHER stands next to him and looks forward
THE OTHER
The ocean’s terrifying
THE ONE
Yes it is
THE OTHER
It fills up everything there is
THE ONE
But it’s beautiful
the ocean’s beautiful too