Days of Significance – Roy Williams

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H What, are you just going to stand there all night? Ignoring me? J?
J Why?
H I got tired of everyone telling me I can handle it. I can’t handle it.
J And that made you want to get off with him?
H I needed to forget.
J To be Hannah the slapper again.
H Yeah. No one cares what that Hannah thinks. That Hannah does not have an opinion,
on anything. But I can’t help it, J, it’s haunting me. The more I think about what you did
to those people, the more I …
J Hate me? I can see it in people’s faces what they think of me. Even when they try to
hide it, I can see it.
J You shag him?
H I used him.
J I could kill you right now.
H Yes, show everyone again what a big man you are.
J That’s it, that’s the look. Do you think I’m a monster?
H I don’t want to think about any of this. This fucking war!
J So what you want?
H You musta known it weren’t right.
J It was an order!
Don’t look at me like I’m some monster.
H How should I look at you, J?
J We got tough with them, like they wanted.
H That’s not what they wanted.
J Like they said.

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H Who is they?
J You sound just like Dan.
H You should have known it was wrong, you shoulda said no.
J So what you want me to do?
H Tell them you were scared.
J But that wouldn’t be true.
H Like you were before you left. You were scared.
J No I weren’t.
H Jamie?! I was there!
J I can’t go there crying, I had a job to do.
H They were innocent –
J Innocent? Oh for fuck … this ain’t you talking, it’s yer college mates. What do they say
about me? That I’m evil?
H Yes.
J And I bet you just sit there, taking it all in, not opening your mouth
J Fuck them, like I care. Least I know where I stand. But not with you though … I’d
have more respect if you just said, fuck off, Jamie, you’re an evil monster. But don’t tell
me to say I was scared
H Fuck off, Jamie …
H Well, what then? I’m trying to understand, I’m trying so hard not to hate you, but yer
giving me nothing here. Can’t you at least tell them it wasn’t just you?
J Grass on my mates? Dishonour myself as well as my unit? You really don’t know me
H No, I don’t. Why’d you do it, and don’t give me you were following orders?
J I was.
H Jamie! Why’d you do it? You can tell me, please. I don’t wanna hate you, so don’t
make me. Why’d you do it? Why’d you do it?
J Dunno. I dunno, I dunno why I did it, I didn’t think, right, wrong, I dunno.

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