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Adult: There, I think that's the last of them. You look familiar.

Bethany: We get this bus most days.

Adult: Maybe I'll see you tomorrow then.

B rakes sq u ea l an d he w alks dow n to th e fro nt of the bu s. D o ors hiss open and
CLOSED AND PULLS AWAY AGAIN.

Jo: Reckon you're in there, girl.

Bethany: Eww ! That's. eww ! You're so full of shit.

Jo: Oh, as if he would've said no. As if you would.

Bethany: Yes, I totally would have. I've got standards. Low standards, I grant you, but
still. S o . they still think that shooting was a Halloween thing? Just a joke?

Jo: That's the official word but everyone's theorising. Turf war, random attack,

grudge match, hate-

Bethany: Grudge? Who'd have a grudge against him? I mean, he's just some random
guy off the street.

Jo: Yeah, and..? Doesn't take a lot to send people to those extremes.

Bethany: You wouldn't think so, would you? But what if he'd done something
unforgivable to them, abandoned some-one or hurt them really badly?

Jo: The world gets mean sometimes. It doesn't give anyone the right to kill.

Bethany: Kill?

T he bus sq ueals to a halt an d th e doors hiss to let people o n. D o ors clo se and
bus starts up a g a in. T he pair speak a little louder to be heard over the n o ise.

Bethany: They said he was still alive.

Jo: Some-one tried to kill him. I don't think this was some-one taking pop shots.