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: Oh—

(He looks down at floor and quickly jumps away from spot he’s standing on.)

EMMA

: That’s all right. It’s not sacred or anything.

HAYNES

: That’s amazing. I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone like that.

EMMA

: Like what?

HAYNES

: Well, you know—born and raised in the same house, still living in the same place. Same spot—

EMMA

: There’s a few of us left.

(She returns to watering.)

HAYNES

:That’s amazing.

EMMA

: It’s funny what different people find amazing.

HAYNES

: Aren’t you afraid of drowning those plants?

EMMA

: I’m not afraid of anything.

HAYNES

: (

short pause

) No, but I mean—some plants don’t like to be sitting in water all the time. The roots—

EMMA

: It’s the winters.

HAYNES

: Sorry?

EMMA

: The winters, out here.

HAYNES

: Oh—

EMMA

: They cause behavior like this. You have no idea. You get into these habits. These trains of thought. If I—if I didn’t water like this, I wouldn’t know what to

do with myself. There would be a horrible gap. I might fall in.

HAYNES

: I see.

EMMA

: I suppose you never have this problem in your line of work. Everything must be so exciting all the time. Out there in the West—

HAYNES

: Well, not really.

EMMA

: No? All that danger? The uncertainty?

HAYNES

: Danger?

EMMA

: Yes. The torture! I mean, I couldn’t believe that part of it.

HAYNES

: Torture? Look—I don’t know what Frank’s been telling you, but—