Valerie: Hi?
Pierce: Why did you say that like a question?
Valerie: Excuse me?
Pierce: You are excused. But what I mean is that you greeted me with like it was a question. As if you were not sure that “hi” was an appropriate way to greet me. But the fact that you spoke to me at all makes me heart flutter like a hummingbird’s wings.
Valerie: Uh, okay...
(Valerie pulls out a notebook and starts to write in it. Pierce watches her write.)
Valerie: You’re not going to be able to read it from there.
Pierce: Is that an invitation to read your most private and innermost thoughts?
Valerie: No. It’s just that..I thought you were trying...to read..my journal.
Pierce: As I curious as I am to read the depths of your complex mind, I think that we should set some boundaries seeing as we just met.
Valerie: Okay well first of all, if you really want to set some boundaries then please stop looking at me. And secondly, what makes you think that I’m complex?
Pierce: You are human. All humans are complex. We have own quirks and flaws we need to fix.
Valerie: Really?
Pierce: Yes.
(Pause)
Valerie: What are yours?
Pierce: Mine?
Valerie: Yes. Yours. What are your quirks and flaws that you’re working on?
Pierce: (takes a deep breath) I am dealing with PTSD.
Valerie: Wow.
Pierce: Yeah. And I am also getting treatment for dementia.
Valerie: Oh, uh, I mean, wow.
Pierce: Yeah.
Valerie: I’m here for eating, anxiety, and depression disorder therapy.
Pierce: That’s a lot.
Valerie: So is PTSD and dementia.
Pierce: Well those things often work hand in hand. So...
(awkward silence)
Valerie: Do you know why they call the sand sand?
Pierce: Excuse me?
Valerie: You’re excused.
Pierce: Thank you.
Valerie: Do you know why they call the sand sand?
Pierce: No I do not. Could you please tell me why?
Valerie: Why? Of course.
Pierce: Thank you.
Valerie: They call the sand the sand because it’s between sea and land.
Pierce: (smiles) Do you know why they call leaves leaves?
Valerie: Because they always leave the tree.
Pierce and Valerie make eye contact and both look away from each other.
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