495 - Athanasia’s metamorphosis
N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Evi Charitidou
Next day at the islet of the windmill. Full shot.
The whole company is together except Fotis.
Aris
Do you know why we are all here?
Irene
No…Athanasia insisted on that… Time. You’ve seen though that nothing has happened…
Aris
Are you sure that something didn’t happen?
Irene
What may have happened?
Aris
Athanasia seems to me completely different…
Irene
What to tell? She didn’t tell me anything…
Marina
Do you know what happened yesterday?
John
Not exactly…
Marina
But you can imagine, can’t you?
John
This is the reason why she has brought us here…
Marina
Now she belongs to our era…
John
Definitely!
Athanasia
When I was a little girl I used to carefully follow Marina’s fairytale…
Marina
It was not one…
Athanasia
Yes, now I know.
Irene
What do you know?
Aris
Yes, what do you know today that you didn’t know yesterday?
Athanasia
The sacrifice of time. Time. I’m sorry, John…
John
You didn’t know what he knew… Time. And now I don’t know what you know…
Athanasia
Yesterday I committed a suicide. Aris is looking at Irene.
Irene
Athanasia, are you crazy?
Athanasia
No, I used to be crazy…
Irene
What happened at the Gallery?
Athanasia
There nothing… Time. While it was here where his myth was born…Looking at John and Marina… It was here that the pain was born…It was here that the death lived…
Marina
Did you see him?
Athanasia
No, I heard him…
Irene
But, what did you hear?
Athanasia
I didn’t know how humanness could suffer that much…
Irene
Can’t you see that she’s not at her senses? Time. It’s not our Athanasia!
John
Yet, this is how she used to be when she was little…
Athanasia
When I heard his voice I almost faded…
Irene
So, I’m the only one that doesn’t understand…
Aris
Remain silent and you’ll understand…
Athanasia
They tortured him inhumanely… Silence… But, he didn’t talk…
John
It was just before the Exit…
Athanasia
I don’t know… I couldn’t stand it any longer… Silence. And I killed myself…
Irene
But how is this possible? Since you are here!
John
If she’s here now alive it’s because she died there!…
Marina
Life is immortality’s suicide…
Aris
And how about Fotis, did he stay there?
Athanasia
Showing the location of the windmill. He stayed here. Time. He had promised it…
John
The bridge of time endured… Time.
Marina
Peter was right…
Athanasia
Peter?
Marina
When he asked him to continue his diary after his death…
Athanasia
Looking at John. Did you know this?
John
Yes, but you shouldn’t have learnt it…Time. It was too soon…
Athanasia
Did I have to die first?
John
One life is not enough…
Athanasia
He was right… Time. It was only yesterday that I realized who he is… Looking at everybody. I had to tell you.
Irene
Crying silently. I can’t stand this anymore… Aris takes her into his arms.
Athanasia
I didn’t mean to hurt you, as I didn’t mean to hurt him… But you are my only friends…
John and Marina embracing her.
Marina
My daughter, your soul is beautiful…