Moment 14

Question 1

Presley: … all I could see was fear.

Answer 1

Cosmo: …You like talking about the past, don’t you?

Question 2

Presley: It makes me feel … comfy.

Answer 2

Cosmo: Comfy?!

Question 3

Presley: What’s wrong with that?

Answer 3

Cosmo: ‘What’s wrong with -?’ Listen, Mr Chocolate, there’s only one thing in life that guarantees an authentic comfy feeling. Know what it is?

Question 4

Presley: What?

Answer 4

Cosmo: That!

Question 5

Presley: … Money?

Answer 5

Cosmo: Money! … Shall I tell you something? Once I did not have any money. Not a fucking penny. You know what my comfy level was then?

Question 6

Presley: What?

Answer 6

Cosmo: Zero! Then one day I thought, ‘Cosmo’, I thought, it’s about time you bucked your ideas up. Time you got out there and made yourself some money.’ So that’s what I did,

Question 7

Presley: … What?

Answer 7

Cosmo: What ‘what’?

Question 8

Presley: What did you do? To make money.

Answer 8

Cosmo: … Different things.

Question 9

Presley: What exactly?

Answer 9

Cosmo: You are one nosey human being.

Question 10

Presley: What did you do -?

Answer 10

Cosmo: It don’t fucking matter! It’s all … ancient history.

Question 11

Presley: … Well, what’re doing to make money now, then?

Answer 11

Cosmo: Jesus! Why’re you so bother? All you want is enough money for your chocolate. You ain’t interested in anything else?

Question 12

Presley: I am! I’m interested in you, Cosmo.

Answer 12

Cosmo: … You sure you ain’t homosexual?

Question 13

Presley: Yes. How many more times?

Answer 13

Cosmo: Yes, you’re sure you are, or yes, yes you’re you ain’t?

Question 14

Presley: Yes I’m sure … I ain’t.

Answer 14

Cosmo: I don’t know, Mr Chocolate. Some things you say sound a little … suspect.

Question 15

Presley: Like being interested in you?

Answer 15

Cosmo: That’s right. Now let’s get one thing clear. I do not want friends. Understand? I do not want them and I have not got any.

Question 16

Presley: What about the one who’s gone to get the car.

Answer 16

Cosmo: He is not my friend. He’s my work associate.

Question 17

Presley: You looked very close.

Answer 17

Cosmo: What you bloody inferring?

Question 18

Presley: Nothing. You just looked close.

Answer 18

Cosmo: Just because we’re both sitting in a gutter together don’t mean we’re close.

Question 19

Presley: What’s his name?

Answer 19

Cosmo: Pitch.

Question 20

Presley: Pitch?

Answer 20

Cosmo: Pitchfork.

Question 21

Presley: Pitchfork?!

Answer 21

Cosmo: What’s wrong with that?

Question 22

Presley: Oh, nothing.

Answer 22

Cosmo: Don’t look like nothing.

Question 23

Presley: It just… surprised me. You don’t meet many people called Pitchfork. Or are there thousands of those in the phone book too?

Answer 23

Cosmo: No idea. Ain’t looked. Why should I? He’s not my friend.

Question 24

Slight pause.

Presley: So… what do you do?

Answer 24

Cosmo: To earn money?

Question 25

Presley: Yeah. Just … objective interest.

Answer 25

Cosmo: Just objective?

Question 26

Presley: Yes.

Answer 26

Cosmo stares at Presley.

Pause.

Suddenly Cosmo jumps into action.