THE MAN
No maybe not
THE WOMAN
Just something you thought
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But did you see something
THE MAN
No it was probably nothing
THE WOMAN
But did you see something
THE MAN
Nothing worth mentioning
THE WOMAN
But what was it
THE MAN
Just forget it
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THE WOMAN
So you saw something
THE MAN
Yes
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THE WOMAN
But you don’t want to say what it was
THE MAN
It’s nothing worth mentioning
THE WOMAN
Not if I didn’t see it
THE MAN
No
THE WOMAN
Because then it was only you who saw it
THE MAN
Yes
THE WOMAN
And then it doesn’t exist
THE MAN
Yes I suppose
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THE WOMAN
Shall we move on
THE MAN
Yes
The Man remains where he is. Pause
THE WOMAN
Don’t you want to walk any further
THE MAN
Yes
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yes of course
short pause
THE WOMAN
But you don’t have to
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if you don’t want to
we don’t have to walk any further
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it’s quite alright
yes
of course
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it has been a nice walk
yes so far
Short pause
THE MAN
Yes
of course we’ll walk further
Short pause
THE WOMAN
But we don’t have to walk to the very top of the mountain
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not if you don’t want to
THE MAN
I said I wanted to
THE WOMAN
Yes
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But still
THE MAN
Let’s go
THE WOMAN
If you want to
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yes let’s go then
THE MAN
I want to
He remains where he is. Long pause
THE WOMAN
But
yes
quite short pause
yes what did you see
THE MAN
Don’t ask about it
THE WOMAN
Sorry
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It’s just
since I didn’t see it
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yes
yes I mean
THE MAN
I’m sure it was nothing
THE WOMAN
Just something you imagined
THE MAN
I’m sure
THE WOMAN
Maybe
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in any case I didn’t see anything
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THE MAN
Let’s sit down for a moment
THE WOMAN
Yes why not
The Man and The Woman sit down
Are you tired
THE MAN
No
THE WOMAN
But it’s nice to rest the legs
THE MAN
Yes
THE WOMAN
We’ve been walking for some time
THE MAN
Not for that long
THE WOMAN
No
quite short pause
no but for quite a bit
THE MAN
Yes
Long pause. The Man turns around and looks and then he stands up, again he stands and looks. Pause
THE WOMAN
Do you see anything
Pause
You want something to eat
quite short pause
something to drink
perhaps
Pause
The weather’s not too bad
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at least it’s not raining
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it’s not so nice to go for a walk then
not when the sun’s burning
either
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this is good weather for walking
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it couldn’t have been much better
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no
quite short pause
and wasn’t it good that we finally got to take
this walk
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we’ve been talking about it for so long
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yes about walking up to that mountain
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I don’t even know what it’s called
and
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you don’t either I suppose
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no
no I don’t suppose you do
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and so far
it’s been a nice walk
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hasn’t it
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at least that’s what I think
and wasn’t it good that we both
finally found the time to do it
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perhaps we should walk a little further
yes before we have something to drink
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before we stop to eat
quite short pause
yes we should probably do that
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but it was good to sit down for a bit too
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have a rest
quite short pause
I can feel it in my legs
yes
that we’ve been walking for some time
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can’t you
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can you feel it too
quite short pause
The Man walk forwards a little
So it was good to sit down for a bit
Rest for while
The Man continues to walk forwards
You don’t want to sit for a bit longer
rest a bit more
yes
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yes we still have quite a distance to cover
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it’s a long walk all the way
to the top of the mountain
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it looks pretty far
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but we’ve got the whole day
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that’s good isn’t it
The Woman stands up and looks at The Man
you don’t want to rest any longer
we can just keep walking
yes
yes of course
The Man continues to walk forwards
I’ll come
too
The Man stops and stands and looks
What are you looking at
What is it you see
THE MAN
But don’t you see
THE WOMAN
looks
No
THE MAN
Don’t you see that it shines
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yes over there
THE WOMAN
No
THE MAN
points
there from over the mountain
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