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Livy: Same place | get my weed and my Adderall (fondly)
love my dad.
ceonus: I love you when you dance / When you
freestyle in trance / So pure, such an expression
frankie turns and sees Phoenix.
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FRANKIE: (ddl dooking arene Not sure im feeling this party,
‘PHOENIX: Yeoh, just saw somecne mixing DeyQull end rum.
{eat} That won't end wel. (then) You want to get out of here?
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They've arrived at # pleyground.
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FRANKIE: (secretly delighted) 1 mean...whenever. | just—t
[Get self-conscious shering it: The only person | ever really
‘show my stuff to is my brother Nick.
PHOENIX: Are you closa with your whole Family?
FRANKIE: (weighing her responce) Well. i's complicated.
(lecisiva) Im aciopted. And people act like my perents are
heroes or something just for wanting me. My mom ahways
‘says sho “dosen't soe color” But sometimes | wish she did.
In that weird? tt’ kind of hard to explain.
PHOENIX Is your brother adopted too?
FRANKIE: Oh, have you not seen Captain America? (chuck
ing) No. Nick Is the homegrown hero. But after my mom
had him she couldn't get pregnant again so my parents
‘went to Catholio Farlly Services and I've been fucking up
thei ves aver eincet
PHOENIX: Good times, Wall I have this theory thet happy
famils only exist n orange jlce commercials and Utah.
FRANK (chuckling) What your situation?
PHOENIX lve with my mom, Hever seen my dad ina min-
‘te, And have one sister. She hes aot of medical sues, eo
‘that kind of rete the tone fr everything elve help my mom
take care of her most ofthe time,
FRANKIE: hate deflnitely not an orange julos commercial
PHOENIX: Nope.FRANKIE: Do you wish you had a different family?
PHOENIX: No. | love them. It’s more like | wish | was a dif-
ferent person.
FRANKIE: Yeah! | know exactly what you mean.
PHOENIX: Like if | was a better kid I'd have it all figured out.
| could fix things at home... (bittersweet) My dad might still
call me...
FRANKIE: (musing) ...My mom might still love me.