| Phil. | Mary said something to me the other day. |
| Jack. | What's that? |
| | |
| | (As they continue to talk, a dancer comes by to refill their
coffee.) |
| | |
| Phil. | We're not gonna live forever. |
| Jack. | Me and you? |
| Phil. | Yes. |
| Jack. | Or was she using the royal we? |
| Phil. | All of us. |
| Jack. | All three of us? |
| Phil. | Everyone. |
| Jack. | Everyone in this room or everyone in the world. |
| Phil. | Everyone. Every person, everywhere. Everyone. |
| Jack. | Y'don't need to bite my head off. |
| Phil. | Everyone. |
| Jack. | What about 'em? |
| Phil. | They're all gonna die. |
| Jack. | You can say that again. |
| Phil. | (thoughtful:) We're all gonna die. |
| Jack. | You can say that again. |
| Phil. | And y'know what? It made me think. |
| Jack. | Had you stopped? |
| Phil. | Had I stopped? |
| Jack. | That's what I wanna know. |
| Phil. | Stopped what? |
| Jack. | Had you stopped thinking? |
| Phil. | No. |
| Jack. | Were you thinking before? |
| Phil. | Before what? |
| Jack. | Before Mary talked to you. |
| Phil. | Was I thinking? |
| Jack. | Yes. |
| Phil. | I hope so. |
| Jack. | And she said to you... |
| Phil. | "We're not gonna live forever." |
| Jack. | And you didn't stop thinking? |
| Phil. | No, it made me think. |
| Jack. | It couldn't have made you think. |
| | (like Perry Mason:) |
| | If you were thinking before and you seem to be thinking now. And you
haven't stopped. Then you must have been thinking all along, maybe even thinking straight
through. So what Mary said couldn't have made you think. There must have been something
farther back that made you think. Possibly something from your childhood. What is your earliest
memory? |
| Phil. | Why do I talk to you?
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