The Dialogues
I. Between Hazel and Sherwin "Sherry" Fox
S. Can't you see, though, that it isn't just speculation and specialization? It's more! It's always been more! When did we lose that?
H. Yes yes... but you know when we lost the magic. The magic started to fade when we lost Elias.
S. I do miss him.
H. We all do. Even those multitudes of us who never met him. We all know the stories, the legends, the history. And others are fading, too: Dying with each year. How many voices are no longer their own? How many glass manageries are polished without a cloth and cracked?
S. We're all cracked, Hazel. **strangled laugh**
H. Typical. But why hold back? What do you owe them? Surely not so much of yourself--
S. Don't. Don't even finish that thought. We may not "owe" them, but that
s our lot. We can't change it. Furthermore, we don't WANT to.
H. I hear doubt in your voice, my friend.
S. .......
H. Those eyes!
S. Yes...
H. Come here. Let go. Hold on.
S. All at once?
H. You know you can.
S. I know I will.
H. Yes.... yes, we all know...
HAZEL DRINKS.
Come here. Let go. Hold on. And believe.