Moment 8

Question 1

Presley goes into kitchen and starts to clean teeth.

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Presley: Don’t touch that!

Answer 1

Cosmo: Why?

Question 2

Presley: Just don’t!

Answer 2

Cosmo: Weren’t going to steal it.

Question 3

Presley: It’s Mum and Dad’s medicine.

Answer 3

Cosmo puts bottle down.

Cosmo: They ill? They ill in this house?

Question 4

Presley: No.

Answer 4

Cosmo: Where are they, then?

Question 5

Presley: Nowhere. They’re dead.

Answer 5

Cosmo: When did they die?

Question 6

Presley: Years ago.

Answer 6

Cosmo: And you’ve still got their medicine?

Question 7

Presley: It’s medicine they gave us, not took.

Answer 7

Cosmo: So you are ill! I knew it! Are there germs in your spit?

Question 8

Presley: No, no, the bottle - it’s got a … a different sort of medicine in it now.

Answer 8

Cosmo: What ‘different sort of medicine’?

Question 9

Presley: Something you can’t buy in shops. It makes you feel all dreamy and numb. You have to be careful though. Once I felt so dreamy and numb I nearly bit my tongue off.

Answer 9

Tentatively Cosmo smells medicine.

Cosmo: Jesus.

Goes to exit.

Question 10

Haley: Mum! Dad!

Answer 10

Cosmo: What the fuck!

Question 11

Presley: Don’t be scared.

Rushing in from kitchen.

It’s just my sister.

Answer 11

Cosmo: Where’d she fucking spring from?

Question 12

Presley: She’s asleep.

Haley: I’ve lost you.

Presley puts dummy in Haley’s mouth.

Answer 12

Cosmo: Nearly gave me a bloody heart attack.

Question 13

Presley: I’ll get you a glass of water.

Answer 13

Cosmo takes off his overcoat.

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Cosmo is looking at Haley.

Cosmo: Is that a dummy she’s sucking?

Question 14

Presley: Yeah.

Answer 14

Cosmo: Er … why?

Question 15

Presley: It’s got medicine on.

Answer 15

Cosmo: The ‘different sort of medicine?’

Question 16

Presley: Yeah.

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Presley: Bright jacket.

Answer 16

Cosmo: Eh?

Question 17

Presley: Your jacket. Bit of a bobby-dazzler.

Answer 17

Cosmo: Wear it for work.

Question 18

Presley: For work?

Answer 18

Cosmo: Yeah.

Question 19

Presley: What d’you do?

Answer 19

Cosmo: That’s my business.

Question 20

Presley: Are you a magician?

Answer 20

Cosmo: No.

Question 21

Presley: A singer?

Answer 21

Cosmo: No.

Question 22

Presley: Do you make cars?

Answer 22

Cosmo: No. I’ve got a car, though.

Question 23

Presley: Where is it?

Answer 23

Cosmo: I told you. The one I was with has gone to look for it. He parked it and forgot where.

Question 24

Presley: Because his brain ain’t all it should be.

Answer 24

Cosmo: That’s right. Good boy.

Question 25

Presley: Am I a good boy?

Answer 25

Cosmo: Yeah.

Question 26

Presley: Dad used to pat me on the head when he called me a good boy.

Lowers his head ready for a pat.

Answer 26

Cosmo: What the fuck you up to? I told you. I do not like touching. Why don’t you keep watch at the window for the car?

Presley hesitates.

Cosmo: Go on.

Question 27

Presley goes to window.

Presley: How will I know it’s your car?

Cosmo is staring at Haley.

Presley: How will I know? … Eh?

Answer 27

Cosmo: What you prattling on about?

Question 28

Presley: Your car. How will I know it’s your -?

Answer 28

Cosmo: He’ll beep the bloody hooter.

Question 29

Presley: Well … if he’ll beep the bloody hooter I don’t have to -

Cosmo is about to touch Haley’s hand.

Presley: Don’t touch her!

Answer 29

Cosmo: Only a finger.

Question 30

Presley: It might scare her.

Answer 30

Cosmo: She’s asleep.

Question 31

Presley: Might wake her, then scare her. You’re not supposed to disturb a sleepwalker or talker.

Answer 31

Cosmo: But she ain’t walking or talking.

Question 32

Presley: That’s not the point - Your water’s on the table.

Answer 32

Cosmo goes to the table and sits down.

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He spits it back into glass.

Cosmo: Jesus! There’s things alive in this!