Enconters

Arthur:
Silence
It's time wasted if you ask me. If I could walk out that door right now I would. I'd go see the
world. I always get to see the TV whenever it's on. My favourites are all the shows he
watches about nature and history and travel. The Galapagos islands. That's where I'd go.
Jack:
I haven't got much worth doing anything for.
Arthur: The great barrier reef.
Jack:
Certainly not worth doing this for.
Arthur: The Pyramids. See all the mummies charging around the place.
Jack:
I could have been doing something else.
Arthur: I know. I'd go to the North Pole and see Santa Claus.
Jack:
I was going to go to college.
Arthur: That'd be like a dream come true.
Jack: I fecked that up anyway, didn't I.
Arthur: All the snow. And the reindeer. And the elves.
Silence
But that's never going to happen is it. All I'm ever going to see is this room.
Jack gets up and walks around the room, perusing goods.
Arthur: What's he doing now.
Jack:
I lived with my uncle you see. He was a tough case. We lived on a farm west of here. I hated
him. He never used to let me have friends. He was afraid I'd go out drinking I guess. Get in
with a bad crowd from the town.
Arthur: He really is taking his time alright.
Jack:
I should have listened to him. He was going to send me to college. He wanted me to get into
finance so I could manage the farm's accounts. I ran away then and when I came back a few
months later he wasn't there. He'd sold the house to a man and his wife and the farm to one
of the neighbours. I couldn't find him.
Arthur: Why hasn't he taken anything.
Jack:
I should have stayed. I could have looked after him. I could have had a wife and kids. Been
living in a house like this. Had nice things like this. This lot have a bloody portrait hung over
the fireplace.