22687 - Shadow V
N. Lygeros
Translated from the Greek by Vicky Baklessi
Absolute silence. The two women fall into the arms of oneself.
Lucy
Why do you do the same for me?
Dominique
Because prayer is the only thing we have left.
Lucy
But I was saying a prayer.
Dominique
What then?
Lucy
I was embracing the pain.
Dominique
It may be the same.
Lucy
I hadn’t thought of it.
Dominique
Did you notice that the black climbs up on us?
Lucy
Looks at her and then looks at herself.
We don’t have the same height.
Dominique
From the beginning…But now it is difficult for me.
Lucy
Do you think we too will become rhinoceroses?
Dominique
What do you mean?
Lucy
Shadows…
Dominique
Then we need the…
Lucy
No! Don’t say a word.
Dominique
That’s why the difference.
Lucy
It’s as if they hear us…
Dominique
Everytime we speak.
Lucy
They hear everything, they hear us too…
Dominique
We can’t even say a joke.
Lucy
You’re joking, don’t you remember the book…
Dominique
Now I understood the music…