( And back one step the child goes — two and three, because he's a great, looming thing, this man, and he's got to keep the distance between them. )
Don't hurt me, I'm not lying, I'm not — ( Careful, when his voice breaks, when his hands unbind. ) My friend said, my father's dead. So I said, I didn't know you knew him, and he said, he said, he did, and... and... and he said my father was looking for me, he was looking all along, and I didn't... and I said, he should have told me, but he said that's not how it works, and I screamed - and he didn't like that, but no one tells me things, and everyone just gets sick and —
( Worked up, agitated, breathless. He's a fright. Worse, frightened. ) You should just leave. I won't play with you, so... so leave, because you're not wanted here, and no one's got toys to share with you.
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( And back one step the child goes — two and three, because he's a great, looming thing, this man, and he's got to keep the distance between them. )
Don't hurt me, I'm not lying, I'm not — ( Careful, when his voice breaks, when his hands unbind. ) My friend said, my father's dead. So I said, I didn't know you knew him, and he said, he said, he did, and... and... and he said my father was looking for me, he was looking all along, and I didn't... and I said, he should have told me, but he said that's not how it works, and I screamed - and he didn't like that, but no one tells me things, and everyone just gets sick and —
( Worked up, agitated, breathless. He's a fright. Worse, frightened. ) You should just leave. I won't play with you, so... so leave, because you're not wanted here, and no one's got toys to share with you.