EXIT STRATEGY: SCENE 2

JANIA: What’s he doing here?

--Hey. Uh. Welcome, welcome back, guys

I’m

Just. Just. Just here to watch. So. I’m watching.

I mean, if that’s / OK with-

ARNOLD: Ok.

-Actually.

Actually I was… I was the last person that was able to speak to Pam.

I heard her… I heard her last words and they’ve really…

It’s a very had thing to, to, to shake…

--But I don’t think we could possibly ever know, or should try to pretend we could know,

anything that she would have wanted for the final year of this school.

It’s. It’s. I don’t think it’s that simple.

…. I didn’t mean to-- I’m just, just listening, but--

just listening.

Thank you for--thank you for the coffee, it’s, it’s very nice, thank you.

So! So we’re back in full swing, huh, guys, that’s…

How was your summer?

LUCE: Wanna smoke

Uh

ARNOLD: Ricky hold back for just a minute, just a minute

Ok

LUCE: I’ll be waiting

“Sure”

ARNOLD: “And we’re off.”

…I thought--I saw the, the meeting, was happening, and I just--

I know I’m not supposed to be here, but / this

ARNOLD: Ricky Hubble, I am going to say this very simply because I’d rather assume you have no idea what’s happening than think that you possible know anything of the enormity of our situation.

Maybe

Maybe we could do this later.

At. At a bar / or

ARNOLD: I haven’t been able to drink since you were able to.

You will never see me at a bar.

You will see me, right / now

I think

ARNOLD: Look at this room. Look at the hallways. Look at us.

I just want to / help

ARNOLD: I sincerely hope you do it outside the confines of this crumbling building so that I may properly articulate

just what kind of man you are.

… Is that a

ARNOLD: Is that a what?

Arnold?

Arnold, -I’m sorry