Play 294: There’s Some Light

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(They’re in a dark cave.)

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Where?

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I don’t know.

(Beat.)

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There.

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What?

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There’s some light.

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I don’t see anything.

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I think I did over there.

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Where?

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There.

(Beat.)

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I don’t see anything.

(Beat.)

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Nevermind. I don’t anymore either.

(Pause.)

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We need to get out of here.

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I know.

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If we don’t soon…

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I know.

(Beat.)

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We’ll find a way.

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How do you know?

(Beat.)

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There has to be a way.

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Why? The tunnel fucking collapsed.

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We just have to keep looking. We’ll find something.

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Where?

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I don’t know.

(Beat.)

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What if we don’t?

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Just keep looking.

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But—

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Worrying won’t help anything. The only thing that’ll get us out of here is looking around for a way out.

(Beat.)

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You’re right.

(Pause.)

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What about over here?

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Where?

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Here.

(Beat.)

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I don’t see anything.

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You sure?

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Yeah.

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I think there’s a little light.

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You’re seeing things.

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But there’s some light right here.

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There isn’t anything there. You just want it to be.

(Beat.)

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Maybe you’re right.

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I know.

(Pause.)

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I think we’re trapped.

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Don’t.

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Why?

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It won’t help at all.

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Doesn’t mean it’s not the truth.

(Pause.)

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Maybe we’re just trapped down here and we’ll never find a goddamn way out no matter how long we look. You thought of that?

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Keep looking.

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Why? Like if I look for another minute I’ll suddenly notice something I haven’t in the last hour?

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What else can we do?

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Accept the fact that, just maybe, we’re completely fucked. We’ll be stuck here until the air runs out and we suffocate. Or maybe the air’s still circulating. Then we get another few days before we starve.

(Beat.)

We’re fucked.

(Long pause.)

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Huh.

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What?

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I might see something.

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Where?

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Here.

(Beat.)

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I don’t see anything.

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You sure?

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Yeah.

(Beat.)

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Oh.

(Pause.)

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I’m sorry. About that.

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Just keep looking.

(Beat.)

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Just keep looking.

(Blackout.)