05-02-2023, 10:12 PM
It isn't "a lot of questions." It's a single question, director's cut: approached from a couple of different starting points, viewed from a couple of different angles, one story all the same.
That's the nub of Near's problem, really. He's been grasping this one question for too long; hasn't put it down long enough to stretch his fingers. Now his hand is cramped up around it and he can't let go. Or he would have already. He would have dropped the whole thing ages ago. As if he enjoys sitting here interrogating Jude. As if listening to Jude refusing to provide a single piece of useful information doesn't make him want to throw his empty glass at the kid's inexplicably surprised face. As if he doesn't have better things he could be doing.
"Pick one of them," he says flatly. "Start from there." (Toddler, toddler, toddler ... maybe if he holds Jude's hand they'll both make it across the street ...)
That's the nub of Near's problem, really. He's been grasping this one question for too long; hasn't put it down long enough to stretch his fingers. Now his hand is cramped up around it and he can't let go. Or he would have already. He would have dropped the whole thing ages ago. As if he enjoys sitting here interrogating Jude. As if listening to Jude refusing to provide a single piece of useful information doesn't make him want to throw his empty glass at the kid's inexplicably surprised face. As if he doesn't have better things he could be doing.
"Pick one of them," he says flatly. "Start from there." (Toddler, toddler, toddler ... maybe if he holds Jude's hand they'll both make it across the street ...)