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PHIL

(continuing the song,you

it’ll be a slaet a little drunk

Uncork the bottle and

drown the monk

We won’t know if it’s sink or swi even closer):

You knohat I have to say to that?

PHIL

(even closer--they both kinda knohat’s co):

What?

An explosive kiss between them It’s ie

TINY (to audience):

Now, that’s what I’ about And that’s what Will and I had Only, we had other things, too Like fear And vulnerability And uncertainty I tried to shine h all these things But soain, with different sheets on it We’re in Will’s bedroom now It’s very much like the inside of his head--part childish, part intense Although the sheets weren’t actually black, theyfor a couple of weeks now Tiny is SO into it, and he feels that Will is, too, even if Will isn’t as open in expressing his enthusiasm But that’s okay Tiny has learned to understand that his emotional volume tends to be a little louder than other boys’, and he wants Will to be his complement, not his twin It’s okay that they’re different, in no small part because Tiny thinks his buoyancy can lift whatever’s weighing Will down They’ll balance out

Will enters the bedroom and joins Tiny

TINY (to audience):

This is the first tiuy frons of life

Tiny approaches a goldfish bowl next to the bed You do NOT have to have goldfish in it This is acting And no goldfish should have to swiht

TINY:

Goldfish! What are their names?

WILL:

Samson and Delilah

TINY:

Really?

WILL:

She’s a total slut

Tiny leans over for a closer look at the fish food and finds a bottle of pills instead

TINY:

You feed thes?

WILL:

Oh, no Those are hthearted, not really getting it):

Oh, I feel depressed, too Sometimes (pause) Which one’s Saet