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She trips over and falls to the ground. The cause is the
stick she just dropped. It takes three attempts to regain
her balance without slipping on the slick undergrowth. Lee
holds her breath, hears a whisper of animal breath, turns
away from it, and heads back the way she came.
CABIN PORCH - LATE AFTERNOON - EXT
CLOSE ON Paul’s shredded shirt. Hands tear at the ripped
cloth. He is trying to move and almost weeping with pain.
PAUL
Get it over. Go on. It hurts
too much.
He glances at the window but all he sees is Crash’s pale
face, watching him. He stops clawing at his clothes.
PAUL (CONT'D)
Bet you wish you were having this
much fun.
CRASH
Yeah, licking batteries was
always too safe for you.
30.
PAUL
Last time I go to one of your
parties. Going home holding my
guts in­
CRASH
-is better than any goodie bag.
Crash looks away and exits the scene. Paul takes his hand
away from his chest and looks down.
Footsteps echo over the wooden boards. A shadow falls over
him.
CABIN BEDROOM - CONTINUOUS - INT
Shay is sitting before a computer. The monitor reads PAGE
CANNOT BE DISPLAYED. She tries again, another dozen or so
keystrokes and the same screen pops up. Crash puts his
head round the door, sees her trying to get online and
hears her growl when she can’t. He enters and sits on the
bed.
SHANNON
Half of PC World in here and
nothing.
CRASH
PC World - what did you expect?
SHANNON
Only got the Net last year.
Grandad thinks I should do things
the old way. Clean and natural
he says. But technology, it’s
just life.
She swivels chair round to face him, dropping her head into
her hands.