Agent 1317: …so you were there?
Lawrence: Yeah. But it’s all cloudy. Like, I don’t remember half the stuff, like I was drunk or something.
Sarah: (woman entering holding a tray) Green cup for Mr. Agent (smile) and black one with 3 sugar cubes for you honey, just how you like it!
Lawrence: Th.. thanks Sarah.
Agent 1317: Thank you. Mr. Sol, when the alarm went off, where were you?
Lawrence: (silence)
Agent 1317: (cough)
Lawrence: (drinks tea, shaking)
Sarah: Lawrence…
Lawrence: I can’t…
Sarah: We’ve been over this.
Lawrence – I know but…
Agent 1317: It’s okay Mr. Sol, it’s perfectly..
Sarah: (turns towards Agent 1317. [Eyes.emot : anger, intensity : 78]) No!
(Turns to Lawrence. Hand on Lawrence. shoulder. [Eyes.emot : fear, intensity : 35, Body.emot : happiness, intensity : 40])
Sarah: You need to do this. Please! I’m gonna leave the room, so you two can talk. Please Lawrence…
(Lawrence.Eyes.target : floor, duration : 143)
(door closes)
(music from the other room increase; now 50dB)
Agent 1317: (coughs) I don’t want to push you here…
Lawrence: I heard the door open! I heard the fucking door open! I’m stupid, fuck I’m so stupid!!! I could’ve gone there, could’ve stopped it all, if I wasn’t so fucking stupid. I-I-I (stutters)…
Agent 1317: (interrupting) What happened Mr. Sol?
Lawrence: (teary eyes) I thought nothing of it, just some squirrels, you know? I didn’t mean for all this…
Agent 1317: (raised, deeper voice) Lawrence. This is not your fault.
Lawrence: Yeah, yeah… I stood there. After a minute, lights went out, so I started walking to control room… I tripped on something, so I pulled a flashlight and… (gazes through Agent 1317)
Agent 1317: Was it Jeff?
Lawrence: (begins to sob) He… he didn’t even have his gun out!!! He was just dropped there in that tiny room, killed by some fucker, and I did nothing to stop it! I froze…
Agent 1317: You did nothing wrong. You experienced a horrible thing.
Lawrence: I finally turned my head. Some cameras weren’t working. But I saw him. He was moving to the boss˙s room.
Agent 1317: What did you do?
Lawrence: I rushed there. I knew a faster path, so I thought I could close in on him. My ears were filled with noise.
Agent 1317: Did you hurt him?
Lawrence: (starts breathing heavily, talking fast) I slammed the door open, my gun out and everything… But I stepped in the pool of blood, looked around and there was boss… Shot against the wall.
I heard the glass break and I instantly shot there, without looking. They told me I got him, they found blood… But he has already escaped.
(breathing starts to slow down)
Agent 1317: Thank you Mr. Sol. You were brave! We’ll catch the murderer.
Lawrence: (stares into a spot)
(song stops, sob is heard through the door)
Agent 1317: (leaves a card on the table)
Agent 1317: Goodbye, Mr. Sol! I will let you know if we find something.
