Malady Page #2

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[Matthew] I can't.

[Holly] It'll be okay.

We'll be together.

[breathing heavily]

[gasping]

[Matthew crying]

[Matthew] Take it off.

But it's my mum's.

She won't like it.

This is Holly.

You'll need to clean.

Sit down.

Where do you come from?

I'm from Rains.

Near where Matthew lives.

I don't know where

Matthew lives.

Do you love Matthew?

Yes, I do.

Are you with child?

You look too fragile

to be with child.

I doubt you'd be capable.

What have you been cooking?

You wouldn't like it, dear.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Matthew] We can't share beds.

This food is poisoned.

It comes from slaves.

You should try to eat.

We kept animals.

We had a dog, a b*tch.

Then she got pregnant

without God's consent.

She left this house

and she got herself impregnated.

When the puppies came,

we took them to the river,

and drowned every one of them.

A small bag,

thrown in and weighed down, a

perfect and meticulous solution

to bring back order

to this household.

This household

is full and quiet.

Everyone up and left me.

We had a cat once.

I'll need washing, first thing.

[Holly] You did the

right thing in coming.

Your mum doesn't look

like her photo, does she?

Is that Matthew?

That photograph doesn't exist.

He needs mom here.

He's my healer.

Where is Matthew?

I'm sure he'll be up later.

Can I get you anything?

She was asking after you.

And she's missed you.

I think you should go up

and see her.

You need to spend

some time with her.

It's been a long time,

I think you need it.

[door closes]

[door creaking]

[door closes]

You've finally come to talk

to your mother properly then.

I didn't want to come back.

Liar.

Holly made me.

You really are

your father's son.

You're still sapping the

goodness from your father's.

I'm glad you're here.

I've missed you here.

How long have you

been seeing her?

Not long.

Do you love her?

I don't have long left,

you know.

I concede to needing

taking care of.

My body is failing me,

it's breaking.

My body is not

what it used to be.

When you look at me,

do you see me then?

Or do you see me as now?

The body changes, Matthew.

Bodies mould to fit their

circumstance.

Do people change?

People are their bodies.

I'm still me.

Deep down, I still have

the same beliefs,

the same wants, the same needs.

[Matthew] What do you

think you want?

[Lorelai] A child.

I want to see

a legacy left behind.

I can't give anymore

to this world or to you,

than I already have.

My body is a plaything.

I'm a rattle.

Take a child from her.

I'm sure she's capable.

I want to see you finally

becoming a man.

Does she love you?

[water running]

[Holly] Did she talk much?

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