2020-05-09
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      MAN: Suppose there is
           nothing out there.

      BOY: Ok.

      MAN: Should we
           open the door?

      BOY: Of course not.

      MAN: Why not?

      BOY: If there is nothing, there is nothing.
           If there is something, then we will have
           other problems to deal with.

      MAN: They might be more meaningful than this.

      BOY: I doubt that.

  The light flickered, then died.
  There was breathing. There was
  the smell of concrete dust and
  the cold floor. Through the
  night he dreamed of duties and debts.

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