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[zoramones]

[ FEBRUARY 6TH, 196O ]

After forty days of silence...

SMIT:  I don't know how to live with myself anymore, Bev. I-I've ... killed people. (...)  A lot of people.

BEVERLY: (MELANCHOLY)  I killed someone. D'you forget why we're here?

SMIT shoots her a glare of displeasure. Not funny. His expression conveys, but his eyebrow is quirked up as he takes a long drag of his cigarette. It's not usually in his wife's nature to make a joke like that. Something that crass seems to come out of his own mouth most of the time.

SMIT:  Yes, but—  (he scoffs) the guy you killed deserved it. Plus, (...)

He stares at the cigarette butt between his fingers after pulling it away from his lips. His gaze is hard and judging. Contemplative as he chuckles bitterly to himself.

GUILTY. Smit Eubank knows he's as guilty as sin can be.

SMIT:  Self-defence, remember?  (...)  Mine was never in self-defence.

NOW, HUSBAND AND WIFE SIT IN SILENCE. The gentle breeze soothes the fear of what they left behind ...

Their peace is only temporary...

BRITTLE BONES / STRANGER THINGS (2023)

Preview to the overture