Gilda

Question 1

Start

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…it’s not so long.

Question 2

It’s long

it’s a long time

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There was that time-

Question 3

There was that time-

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Before, We lost them

Question 4

That’s / not

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We had nothing from them then

Question 5

They warned us before, we knew that was going to happen, it was scheduled. They were
repairing a satellite.

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Maybe they’re doing that now

Question 6

It’s completely different

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It might just be

Question 7

**Two days with prior warning is completely different to three weeks radio silence.
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If someone farts out here they want to know about it.
They want a ten page report on who farted, when they farted, why they farted. You’re Miss
Paperwork for fuck’s sake.
That’s half the reason they keep us locked to their hours, so they can breathe down our necks easier.
And I’ve been out here a thousand times and haven’t / once
**

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Not this far

Question 8

It’s doesn’t matter

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No one’s been out this far

Question 9

**Three weeks, no contact, that is a long time. Wherever you are. …
**

**That is a problem.
…
It’s not something to debate.
**

Answer 9

So then we go through all the systems

Question 10

He says they’re fine

Answer 10

So then one of the satellites

Question 11

So then one of the satellites

He says they’re fine

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If it was fine we’d be talking to them ,

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If it was fine we’d be talking to them,

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something is not fine

Question 13

He says everything tech-wise is

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There’s something wrong

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Of course there’s something wrong but it’s outside his range of influence

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His range of influence ?

Question 15

Calm down. It’s late

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You’re telling me to panic

Question 16

I’m telling you how it is

You’re a grown woman, calm down

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I don’t like how you talk to me

Question 17

Well

He takes some pills from a bottle in his pocket

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What are those ?

Question 18

Pills .

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What pills ?

Question 19

**My pills, it’s none of your business what pills, why would I tell you what ** / **pills I take?
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Answer 19

I’m sorry-

Question 20

I’m sorry-

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Sorry.

Question 21

Sorry.

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So what do we do .

Question 22

So what do we do?

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(Pause)

What can we do?

Question 23

Nothing.

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Noth-

Question 24

There’s nothing to do. We wait.

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We can’t just

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We’re here, they’re there

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I get that

Question 26

The phone lines are fucked.

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Yes

Question 27

We can’t reach them, they can’t reach us

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No

Question 28

They’re supposed to have picked us up by now

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We don’t

Question 29

And We’ve no means of going anywhere ourselves

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I know

Question 30

So then what are you asking me for?
What do you think I know that you don’t?
You’re the genius here, why don’t you tell me what to do?

Oh Jesus Christ

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What.

Question 31

** I can’t even have a normal conversation.**

You’re supposed to be my second in command

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I’m fine

Question 32

I can’t talk to you if you’re going to start blubbing every /time

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I’m not “blubbing”

Question 33

Well it looks like you’re doing something

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I’m not.

Question 34

I’m not.

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…But if I was,

Question 35

…But if I was,

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Which I’m not,

Question 36

Which I’m not,

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But if I was it would be a perfectly appropriate response to the situation

Question 37

** They will come and get us.
Maybe they’re late, maybe something’s wrong, but they’ll come.
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And not because of us, but because you don’t send billions worth of gear to Pluto then forget about it.
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We’ve done eighteen months. A few more won’t kill us.
Pause.
**

Answer 37

I wasn’t crying.