Backgammon Page #2

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I was just thinking about it.

[Sighs]

What are you gonna do

with an art history degree?

With an engineering degree,

your dad could get you a job

right after college.

I mean, you wanted that, right?

I don't know.

You sound stupid.

Like already in college,

just decide.

You've changed.

Well, it's been five months.

So, yeah...

I have changed a little bit.

But it's still me.

Five months ago,

you wouldn't have

wanted anything to do

with somebody like Gerald,

or Miranda...

Come on. He's just trying to

get a reaction out of us.

And if we run away, he wins.

We can't let that a**hole win.

Right?

I don't care.

I don't know him. I don't even

know what we're doing here.

I thought it would be fun.

Come on...

We could still

go get dinner in town.

Maine clams, lobster...

Let's get out of here

for a while.

No. No. No.

I'm not hungry, I'm exhausted.

[Miranda]

How ls Elizabeth?

Oh, she's all right.

We were just...

Wondering what to do

about dinner tonight.

[Gerald]

Well!

What wonderful events have

we planned for this evening?

It's lovely to see that you

haven't gone to bed yet.

- [Laughs]

- I was about to...

Not before we've consumed vast

quantities of alcohol, right?

We've been drinking

all day, and yesterday.

Oh...

We've hardly

even started, Lucian.

Oh, some for me.

Here we go.

Here you go.

That right.

There you go, my dear.

Who... well...

I propose a game of cards.

Oh, I don't know, I...

Huh?

What?

I guess I can play

for a few minutes, yeah.

That's right.

That's good.

So...

What should we play for?

Hmm?

I didn't realize

we were playing for anything.

[Miranda]

Of course you are.

But I warn you,

all Gerald will play is poker.

He doesn't do anything

unless he can make money at it.

What about his art'?

Well, his reason for painting me

is that it turns him on.

You see, it also turns

other people on

and they pay him

large amounts of money

for the erotica that I pose for.

Look at her.

She's posing now.

[Miranda laughs]

- [Laughs]

- It's quite

a convenient arrangement,

really.

So, you always paint Miranda?

Well, I am the only inspiration

for his art.

It annoys him, though,

because he hates not being given

complete credit for his work.

- That's not true.

- Of course it is!

- No, it's not...

- You're wandering around

with your head

in self-generated clouds

of hot air,

until someone says to you,

"well, if it wasn't for Miranda,

would you be

as good a painter?"

Whatever makes you happy,

my dear.

Why don't you just try

painting someone else?

Or something other than nudes?

Well, he has.

But as I said...

I'm the only inspiration

for his art.

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