ANGER
"Give me one good reason to go on Hutch, just one reason."
"I can't buddy, you'll have to find that reason yourself."
"I'm too tired to think of anything."
"I know, but that'll pass."
"When?"
"When you're stronger."
"Bullshit! Don't gimme that Hutchinson."
"You have to give it time Starsk."
"Time is all I have left."
"I don't agree with that. There is so much more you still have."
"Yeah? Like what?"
"You're still alive."
"I hate my life."
"No you don't. You just hate the way you feel right now."
"How would you know? What do you know about my life before we met?"
"Not very much but enough to know that you have good childhood memories until your Dad died."
"Yeah and after that I've been so damn lonely. And now?, now I'm a pathetic cripple who can't even throw a glass against the wall to let off steam. What kinda life is that?"
"That will change Starsk. You need to get stronger, that's all."
"That's all? That's all he says. One more therapy session with that...that...that woman from hell and I'm gonna drop dead where I stand."
"Well?.."
"Well what? Huh? What were you gonna say?"
"Well, you hate your life, you just said, so...?"
"That's not funny Hutch."
"I know, but look at it this way Starsk, you've come so far. Nobody believed you could do it but you did."
"Hm."
"Don't you see? You've overcome so much through the years and built up a life you love. No obstacle was too high to stop you and then this happened and nobody believed you`d survive , but you did! You did Starsk, you started building up a life again when nobody thought you could. You are a survivor like I've never seen one."
"Maybe I was a survivor once but not any more. How do I start all over again? Where do I start? How am I going to do it huh?"
"One step at the time."
"One step at the time?"
"Yeah, not too fast but as fast as your body and mind allow you."
"That's easier said than done."
"No, it's not. Listen to what your body tells you."
"My body tells me I'm old before my time, I'm scarred for the rest of my life and...?"
"Stop that! You got to listen to other things your body tells you. Like, when it's tired, or hungry or needs sleep."
"My body now tells me I want a beer."
"Try again."
"Damn!"
"Listen again."
"I think my body is too tired to say anything. I gotta take a nap."
"Smart body."
"Smartass!"
"You comfy now?"
"Yeah. Hey Hutch.
"What?"
"Everybody should have a friend like you."