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Bryce:
Wow. I've never seen you like this - unable to get up... unable to do anything.

Emily:
Once you've reneged on your pledge I've shriveled up like a prune - no, a raisin! (Softly) Cuz a raisin is smaller. (Faintly smiles)

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Georgy:
Wait... So Bryce is me... and Emily is you?

Marin:
Maybe. To a writer, real and fictitious characters are intertwined. And besides, this is proof that blatant melodrama, a.k.a. being pathetic, can be funny. (Faintly smiles)