You are me
I am you
I am the sky
I am the ocean
in blue
in white
YOUNG MAN
But wait
why are you going
YOUNG WOMAN
No reason
YOUNG MAN
We were having such a good time
YOUNG WOMAN
Yes
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yes we were
we certainly were
YOUNG MAN
But you’re going
YOUNG WOMAN
I’m not going
YOUNG MAN
Yes you’re going
YOUNG WOMAN
No
YOUNG MAN
Yes
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you’re just going
suddenly you’re just going
Short pause
Is there something
Is something wrong
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Have I done something wrong
YOUNG WOMAN
No
no it’s not that
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But it feels
breaks off
I got scared
there’s something here
YOUNG MAN
Yes
YOUNG WOMAN
continues
it feels
yes so dangerous
to be here
I’m scared
I’m a little scared
YOUNG MAN
No
don’t be scared
THE SHADOW
I am the sky
I am the ocean
I am here
FIRST VOICE
I am here
SECOND VOICE
I am here always
YOUNG WOMAN
I think there’s something here
YOUNG MAN
But there’s no one here
Only we are here
So why are you scared
No one’s here
No one can see us
You
just you and I
are here
Come here
Come here to me
THE SHADOW
I am here
YOUNG WOMAN
I
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I think maybe
yes
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yes that
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yes that
breaks off, quite short pause
no I don’t know
I’m just scared
YOUNG MAN
You are here
I am here
We are here
It’s just the two of us here
so come now
He goes to her, stretches his hand out to her
come to me now
YOUNG WOMAN
But I am scared
It’s true
YOUNG MAN
You mustn’t be scared
I am here
You are here
There’s nothing
to be scared of
YOUNG WOMAN
But
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yes
yes it feels in a way
yes
in a way
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it doesn’t feel
as if it’s right
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that we’re here
quite short pause
and there’s something here
YOUNG MAN
Not right
YOUNG WOMAN
No
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no because
the land threatens
in a way
with its mountains
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but you can’t say things like that
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the land threatens
with its mould
YOUNG MAN
Don’t be silly
The mould threatens
THE SHADOW
I am here
I am here always
FIRST VOICE
I am here
SECOND VOICE
I am
here
always
YOUNG MAN
Everything’s fine
We’re here
You’re here
I’m here
It’s just the two of us here
THE SHADOW
I am here
And I shall always be here
I follow everything
I am part of everything
YOUNG WOMAN
But something’s here
Something’s looking at us
YOUNG MAN
No
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no just you and I
are here
come to me now
She remains where she is
Alright then
Do you want me to go
I can go if you like
Pause
YOUNG WOMAN
No don’t go
I don’t mean it like that
You mustn’t go
It’s not like that
YOUNG MAN
But come then
Short pause
No
You don’t want to
YOUNG WOMAN
Yes
He goes and takes her hand. Short pause
YOUNG MAN
Don’t be so silly
Always us
you know that
from now on
always us
right
YOUNG WOMAN
Yes
YOUNG MAN
Always us
YOUNG WOMAN
Always you and me
YOUNG MAN
You and me
YOUNG WOMAN
Always you and me
Pause. He pulls her tightly against him, and she puts her arms around him and they kiss each other. Pause. She pulls away from him. Pause
I’m not scared
now
not now
it’s true
truly
YOUNG MAN
You’re no longer scared
YOUNG WOMAN
No
no I’m calm now
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because
for when you held me
when we kissed each other
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yes then I felt it
yes that I was no longer scared
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and that here
here we can be
I felt it so clearly
I saw it so clearly
YOUNG MAN
Always us
YOUNG MAN
Always us
always you and me
Short pause
THE SHADOW
I am here
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I am the blue movements
in the sky
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the vanishing movements
I am here
I am the sky
I am the shimmering
deep down inside you
I am the ocean
FIRST VOICE
I am here
SECOND VOICE
Always am I here
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and everything else
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comes
goes away
FIRST VOICE
Comes
Goes away
SECOND VOICE
Is there
Goes away
FIRST VOICE
But we shall always be here
SECOND VOICE
Here where it
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comes
disappears
comes
goes away
THE SHADOW
You must always be here
YOUNG WOMAN
But
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there’s something here
something that’ll make us
disappear
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and it’s vast
THE SHADOW
I am the sky
I am the blue
disappearing
movements
in the sky
I am there always
I am the wind
Pause. The Young Man moves towards The Old Man
YOUNG MAN
There
looks at The Old Man, points
can you see
YOUNG WOMAN
Yes
Long pause