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Beginning

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Ow! Darnit

Oh, no! I’m sorry! I’m sorry!, Oh… I didn’t see you!, Are you okay?!?

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Oh… I didn’t see you!, Are you okay?!?

(Unfazed.) Yeah.

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No, you’re not!! I smashed you with the ironing board!, I wasn’t even looking!, Are you hurt?

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Are you hurt?

(Calmly resituating himself on the bench.) No

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Oh, you must be!! I just smashed you!, Where did I get you?

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In the head.

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In the head!?!, Oh, come here!, Are you okay?

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Is there any blood?

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No.

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Any discoloration?

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No.

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Then I’m okay.

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Well, I’m gonna go get you some ice.

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No. I can’t feel things like that.

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Like what?

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Like when I get smashed in the head with an ironing board. I don’t get hurt

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What?

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I can’t feel pain.

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Oh Jeezum Crow, what the heck have I done to you (continue)

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Nothin’

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You’re talkin’ loopy!, Listen to you, goin’ on about not being able to feel pain!, That’s delusional!, I’ve knocked the sense right outta ya!

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No , I’m okay.

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Shh! Listen: I was gonna be a nurse, so I know: You’re hurt. You just took a good shot right to the head, and that’s serious.

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No, it’s not serious. I don’t think an iron board could really hurt your head cause’ see, ironing boards aren’t on my list of things that can hurt you>

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What is…?

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plus, there’s no blood or discoloration from where I got hit // so…

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Well, you can be hurt and not be // bleeding or bruised.

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See, I bet if I took this ironing board and hit you with it, that it wouldn’t hurt you. See?, // That didn’t hurt.

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OW!!

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OW!!
Oh!

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Ow! What the heck was that?! // Why did you do that?

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I’m sorry! // Did that hurt?

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God!

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Oh, it did, didn’t it?

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Ow!

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Oh I didn’t think it would ‘cause, see ironing boards are not on my list of things that could hurt you but gosh maybe they should be on my list, becau // se

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What are you talking about?

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I have a list of things that can hurt you- My brother Rob is helping me make it- and ironing boards aren’t on it.

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Well, that iron board hurt me.

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Well, that ironing board hurt me.

Yeah,

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So you should add it to your list.

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Yeah… Should I be afraid of ironing boards?

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Well, If someone swings it at your head and wallops you with it, yes.

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Well they shouldn’t be, really.

No?

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No, you shouldn’t be afraid of ironing boards.

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No, you shouldn’t be afraid of ironing boards.

No?

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No

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25
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But they can hurt you.

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Yeah

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So I should be afraid of them.

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No.

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27
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So I shouldn’t be afraid of them?

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Right.

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But they can hurt me.

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Well, if they’re used in the way you used it, yeah.

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Oh-Oh-Oh! So they’re kind of like the opposite of God!

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What?

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Well, ironing boards can hurt me, but I shouldn’t be afraid of them, but God, my brother Rob says, God won’t hurt me but I should fear him.

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I guess.

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Boy, this is getting very complicated.

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What is?

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The business of learning what hurts, what doesn’t hurt, what to be afraid of, what not to be afraid of.

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Are you sure you’re okay?, // You’re just goin’ on and on about crazy stuff–

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Oh, yeah, see, I have congenital analgesia, he thinks. Some // people–

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What?

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What?

Congenital analgesia.

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Who thinks?

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35
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My brother Rob. Some people call it congenital insensitivity to pain, but…it all just means you can’t feel pain You can hit me if you want to, to see!

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No.

36
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Go ahead., It won’t hurt., See?

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OW!

37
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OW!
See?
X2

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OW!
X2

38
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Go ahead.

A

No!

39
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Come on!

A

No!!

40
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Come on!
No!!
Come on!!

A

NO!!

41
Q

My brother Rob said I shouldn’t tell people about myself because I scare them, so I’ve actually recently put “myself” on the list of things to be afraid of, see? But–

A

Oh my gosh! I’m sorry // Oh my gosh I just clocked you >

42
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You hit me! Most people go away, but you hit me!

A

I had to see! … But–are you okay?

43
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Yeah, I don’t feel // pain!

A

… Don’t feel pain, right, of course you’re okay! But–are you sure?

44
Q

Then I’m okay.

A

Well, buddy, you can be hurt and not even look like it.

45
Q

Well, buddy, you can be hurt and not even look like it.

But–

A

Trust me. There are things that hurt you that make you bruised and bloody, and there are things that hurt you that don’t make you bruised and bloody and… they all hurt

I’m–my name’s Marvalyn.

46
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Hi, Marvalyn. I’m Steve.

A

Hi, Steve. I just moved in, so I don’t know many people here. What room are you?

47
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Room 3, second floor

A

Oh. We’re on the third floor. Room seven.

48
Q

Yeah, right above us. We saw you and your husband move in.

A

Oh, he’s not my husband. He’s just my boyfriend. Eric.

49
Q

Oh, he’s not my husband. He’s just my boyfriend. Eric.

Oh

A

Yeah, our roof collapsed from all the snow in December. We’re just here till we can get our feet back on the ground.

50
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A place where people can live until they get their feet back on the ground. My brother Rob says we’ve been trying to get our feet back on the ground our whole lives.

A

Oh.

51
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Yeah, it takes some people longer to do that than others.

A

Yeah.

52
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You guys are loud.

A

Huh?

53
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You want Eric. You yell and bang. We’re right below you.

A

Oh. Sorry about that. We’re goin’ through a rough patch. Happens. Sorry…

What’s it like?

54
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What’s what like?

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To not feel pain.

55
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I don’t know. I don’t know what it’s like to hurt, so… I don’t know.

A

Is this… how you were born?

56
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Yeah. I don’t have fully developed pain sensors. Their immature, my brother Rob says //, And because their immature–

A

How does he know that?

57
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Oh, he reads,>

A

But-

58
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and because they’re immature, my development as a human being has been retarded, he says,>

A

But-

59
Q

but he teaches me what hurts, though

A

Why??

60
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See, my mind can’t tell me when to be afraid, ‘cause my body doesn’t know what being hurt is, so I have to memorize what might hurt.

A

Okay…

61
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And I have to memorize what to be afraid of. Things like bears. And… guns and knives. And fire. And fear–I should fear fear itself. And pretty girls.

A

Pretty girls?

62
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Pretty girls?

Yeah.

A

Why should you be afraid of pretty girls?

63
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Well, ‘cause my brother Rob says they can hurt you, ‘cause they make you love them>

A

What?!?

64
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I’ll probably never have to do with love, because I have a lot of deficiencies and not very many capacities as a result of the congenital analgesia.

A

Wait, what do you mean you’re never going to have to do with love, // why-

65
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‘Cause I’m never going to know what it feels like, Rob says.

A

Well how does he know that?

66
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‘Cause it hurts.

A

It shouldn’t.

67
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And, plus, I have a lot of deficiencies and not very many capacities.

A

You know what, a lot of people do.

I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry. Are you all right? Are you okay?

68
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Well is there any blood?
No.
Any discoloration?
No.
Then I’m all right.

A

Yeah. You are.
I’m so sorry I did that It’s just-… You’re just… very sweet.

69
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But … you have a boyfriend

A

Yes, I // do.

70
Q

Eric>

A

Yes-

71
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And you’re his girlfriend, right?

A

Yup.

72
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And if you’re his girlfriend and he’s your boyfriend you must love each other, right?

A

Yeah, we do, very much.

73
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Well it’s not… I have a list of things to be afraid of, too, and ironing boards are not on this list either.

A

Well they shouldn’t be, really

74
Q

But–you just kissed me

A

Yup, I did.

75
Q

And it’s Friday night, and you’re doing your laundry.

A

Yup, I am.

76
Q

And they kiss each other. They don’t kiss other people–you know what? I think maybe you and your boyfriend don’t actually love each ot//her.

A

You know what? I’ve been down here longer than I said I would be, and he doesn’t like that.

77
Q

You know what? I’ve been down here longer than I said I would be, and he doesn’t like that.

Who?

A

My boyfriend

78
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Wow, I’m going to have to talk to my brother Rob about this!

A

No! Don’t talk to your brother Rob about this! Tell him to stop teaching you.

79
Q

No! Don’t talk to your brother Rob about this! Tell him to stop teaching you.

What?

A

Whatever he’s teaching you. Tell him to stop. What he’s teaching you… isn’t something you wanna know

80
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But I have to learn from him!

A

Look: I was going to be a nurse so I know: You need to go to a doctor and not have your brother read whatever it is he reads.

81
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You need to go to a doctor and not have your brother read whatever it is he reads.

But–

A

You know what?, I gotta go.

82
Q

Right. You got to go. You’re–you’re leaving. I knew you would. That’s what people do.

A

No, I just have to–. I told you, Eric // doesn’t like it if-

83
Q

No, I just have to–. I told you, Eric // doesn’t like it if-

Your boyfriend?

A

Yeah, he doesn’t like it if I’m down here longer than I said I’d be, and I’ve been down here longer than I said I’d be.

84
Q

OW!!

A

Oh! I’m sorry!

85
Q

Ow!!

Oh! I’m sorry!

OW!!

A

Wait-: What did you just say?