And if it is? What of it? ( She hisses it, unyielding, unconvinced. Either she has already discredited these arguments, or, hearing them now for the first time, yet finds them unworthy.

He is a man who can be persuaded to her cause. She feels it. Knows so with certainty, because her reasons seem to be his own. )

Is he the first man to lose a child? Would you let rampant what he has, only for a daughter? Know this: it's easy to fuck. It makes children.

( Her smile's strained, deeply dug. ) He's a man. Any time, he could have another daughter.