2020-05-09
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       MAN: Suppose there is
            nothing out there.

       BOY: Ok.

       MAN: Should we
            open the door?

       BOY: Of course not.

       MAN: Why not?

       BOY: If there is nothing, there is nothing.
            If there is something, then we will have
            other problems to deal with.

       MAN: They might be more meaningful than this.

       BOY: I doubt that.

   The light flickered, then died.
   There was breathing. There was 
   the smell of concrete dust and
   the cold floor. Through the
   night he dreamed of duties and debts.

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