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(blackout)

A VOICE IN THE DARKNESS
I am.
Therefore...
I think.
(lights slowly up on Rex, his lips do not move, but the voice is his, his thoughts)
Therefore... I am.
(lights are up)

REX's VOICE
I was standing in the desert.
Someone was walking toward me.
I did not know his name. But he seemed eager to see me.
Stranger, I said, do you know me?

REX's VOICE
(same voice, but coming from a different amplifier)
I know you, he said, you are the brother-slayer, the One who Kills.

REX's VOICE
And I asked him, how do you know this to be true?

REX's VOICE
It is true, he said, because I believe it.

REX's VOICE
Am I a figment of your imagination? STRANGER's VOICE
(second voice is different now, perhaps Leveaux's)
You are a figment of scientific fact.

REX's VOICE
Have you seen me kill? Have you seen blood on my teeth?

STRANGER's VOICE
I have seen your teeth. And they are good for only one thing. You are good for only one thing.

REX's VOICE
Am I good then?

STRANGER's VOICE
You are murder. You are evil.

REX's VOICE
That is not my intent.

STRANGER's VOICE
You cannot escape your biology.
(pause, Rex contemplates this)

REX's VOICE
I think.
...Therefore... I can.
(music swells, blackout)

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