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1.)
(Santi and Jack walk through a dense background of red roses. Jack looks away, nervously.)
SANTI: It’s a beautiful place,
isn’t it?
2.)
(Santi and Jack talk and walk. Jack has his arms folded uncomfortably. Lush bushes of roses surround them.)
SANTI: I’m sure it’s more brilliant in the day,
but that is another thing
they’ve taken from us.
3.)
(Santi looks serious.)
SANTI: You and I, we have much
in common. My torments were the same.
4.)
(Back in time, young Santi smokes a cigarette, while a dapper man in a top hat follows him. The man holds a cane and has glowing green eyes.)
SANTI: To be taken randomly,
it never was our fault.
Just the whims of the mad,
to steal what they want.
5.)
(Young Santi sits naked on a bed in a stately room, the older man sleeping next to him.)
SANTI: Their whims are our suffering,
forced into an eternal slavery.
Why? Because they wanted it.
They wanted us.
6.)
(Santi walks down a lonely street at night, carrying what seems to be a bloody bag. Theodore passes him on the other side, they share a look of recognition.)
SANTI: They would never expect us
to rise against them.
7.)
(Santi walks in the mansion with the older man with his hand on his shoulder. In the background, a dark figure hides on the stairs with glowing green eyes. Santi looks that way furtively.)
SANTI: Why? Their foolishness,
indifference, solipsism...
Why shouldn’t we
fight back?
8.)
(Theodore sits on the floor with the beaten body of the older man, whose chest has been split open, revealing ribs. Theodore holds up the bloody heart to Santi, who looks on in shock.)
SANTI: Theodore helped me
when I was in a
position like
yourself. Offered me
the power
to take care
of myself.
9.)
(Santi holds the heart nervously.)
SANTI: After that,
I discovered
so many more
monsters. Why let them
live to ruin
the lives of
the innocent?
10.)
(Santi smiles, while Jack looks on in slight terror.)
SANTI: It is a bit addictive,
you may discover. But it is a service
to the world,
don’t you think?
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