The Echo
Supernatural, she answers first
- Supernatural
- Two-hander
- 2 min
- Female role
- Adult
- Intermediate
Casting
8 lines- L’ENFANT Female role, Child
- MOI Female role, Adult your role
Full text
(An empty waiting room. A little girl sits, calm, facing a woman.)
L’ENFANT
Yes. She’s fine. Don’t worry.
MOI
…Sorry?
L’ENFANT
You were about to ask if your mother was all right. So I’m answering first. It saves time.
MOI
How do you…
L’ENFANT
Know? I hear you a little early. A few seconds. Your questions reach me before you ask them. It’s tiring, at first. You get used to it.
(A beat. The woman opens her mouth. The girl raises her hand, gently.)
L’ENFANT
No. Don’t ask that one. You don’t really want to know when. No one wants to know when.
MOI
…I didn’t say anything.
L’ENFANT
I know. That’s good. Stick to the questions whose answers you can bear.
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