(The TELEVISION turns on.)

(The TELEVISION turns on.)

PRIST (holding THOMAS in a chokehold.)

...

Hmm, I don't seem to have enough in me to write these scenes...

I wish I did. Writing spirit and energy seems to come and go quite sporadically...

Well, as I can't write the scenes themselves, perhaps I can consolidate what I do know of the DRAMATIS PERSONAE of this story.

CARLOS - THOMAS' neglectful father. CHRISTIANA - ??? THOMAS - our damaged protagonist, seeking to return to reality THREE WOMEN - a reference to the Fates. Delivers exposition, in addition to representing the cold, factual part of THOMAS' personality. NEWSCASTER - one representation of THOMAS' inner critic, retelling the events of the story in the most scathing manner possible PRIEST - another representation of THOMAS' inner critic,