Fall back ! Retreat !

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Fall back ! Retreat !

A bed in the middle of the stage. Woman lying on the bed, eyes wide open. Man enters, walks slowly towards her, halts at a distance of three meters, never approaches any closer during the act.

- Am I interrupting?

+ Yes.

- May I continue?

+ For sure.

- (Cheerful.) So, what have you being doing?

+ (Bored.) I'm in the middle of something here.

- Nice, let's talk about what you are in the middle of.

+ Okay, you know what, you tell me things and I mind my own business.

- But will you listen?

+ To what?

- To what I will tell.

+ That's none of my business, is it?

- Irresistible logic. (Short silence.) Should I start?

+ To what?

- Telling stuff.

+ I don't mind.

Long silence.

+ (Notices him.) Ah, you're still here. Are you finished?

- More or less.

+ Oh, is there more?

- No, there is less.

+ Very well. Where were we?

- You were supposed to tell me how you have been doing.

+ Was I?

- We could assume that.

+ But we could assume a lot of things.

- That's so not true.

+ (Bored.) Would you rather go, or stay here?

- (Hesitates, sighs.) That's a very clever way to put it. (Sits down, sighs again, gets up, hesitates, sits down, sighs.)

Curtain.