IT WASN’T LIKE THAT BEFORE Tales from the Loop — Country Road Kids Inspired by Stranger Things
Sean:
“You hear that?”
Eljara:
“What?”
Sean:
“They’re arguing.”
Eljara:
“No.”
Sean:
“They are.”
Eljara:
“Listen again.”
Silence.
Sean:
“…they’re not.”
Eljara:
“No.”
Sean:
“I heard it.”
Eljara:
“I know.”
Sean:
“They were shouting.”
Eljara:
“Yes.”
Sean:
“Kids.”
Eljara:
“Yes.”
Sean:
“And now?”
Eljara:
“They’re playing.”
Sean:
“That’s not the same group.”
Eljara:
“It is.”
Sean:
“No.”
Eljara:
“Yes.”
Sean:
“They were fighting.”
Eljara:
“They’re not.”
Sean:
“I saw one push the other.”
Eljara:
“No.”
Sean:
“You’re telling me that didn’t happen?”
Eljara:
“I’m telling you no one else saw it.”
Silence.
Sean:
“That’s not what I asked.”
Eljara:
“I know.”
Sean:
“Ask them.”
Eljara:
“They won’t remember.”
Sean:
“They just did it.”
Eljara:
“They won’t remember.”
Sean:
“That one.”
Eljara:
“Yes.”
Sean:
“He was crying.”
Eljara:
“No.”
Sean:
“I saw him.”
Eljara:
“You saw something.”
Silence.
Sean:
“That’s not the same.”
Eljara:
“No.”
Sean:
“So what is it?”
Eljara:
“Mismatch.”
Sean:
“That word again.”
Eljara:
“Yes.”
Sean:
“It used to be small.”
Eljara:
“Yes.”
Sean:
“Details.”
Eljara:
“Yes.”
Sean:
“And now?”
Eljara:
“Events.”
Silence.
Sean:
“That’s not how memory works.”
Eljara:
“No.”
Sean:
“You don’t forget something that just happened.”
Eljara:
“Not alone.”
Sean:
“What do you mean?”
Eljara:
“Alone, you question it.”
Sean:
“And together?”
Eljara:
“You adjust.”
Sean:
“To what?”
Eljara:
“To them.”
Sean:
“They all agree.”
Eljara:
“Yes.”
Sean:
“And that makes it real.”
Eljara:
“It makes it stable.”
Sean:
“That’s not better.”
Eljara:
“No.”
Sean:
“So what happens to what I saw?”
Eljara:
“It fades.”
Sean:
“That’s convenient.”
Eljara:
“It’s efficient.”
Sean:
“For who?”
Eljara:
“For whatever needs consistency.”
Silence.
Sean:
“That kid.”
Eljara:
“Yes.”
Sean:
“He looked at me.”
Eljara:
“I know.”
Sean:
“Like he knew.”
Eljara:
“He did.”
Sean:
“Knew what?”
Eljara:
“That you’re wrong.”
Sean:
“I’m not.”
Eljara:
“I know.”
Silence.
Sean:
“But if he says it…”
Eljara:
“They’ll agree.”
Sean:
“And then?”
Eljara:
“You’ll doubt it.”
Sean:
“And if I don’t?”
Eljara:
“You’ll stand out.”
Sean:
“And then?”
Eljara:
“They’ll fix it.”
Sean:
“Fix what?”
Eljara:
“You.”
Silence.
Sean:
“It wasn’t like that before.”
Eljara:
“No.”
Sean:
“When did it start?”
Eljara:
“You didn’t notice.”
Sean:
“And now?”
Eljara:
“Now you did.”
Long pause.
Sean:
“And that changes things.”
Eljara:
“Yes.”
Sean:
“How?”
Eljara looks at him.
Eljara:
“You’re part of it now.”
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