Dani enters, Christian follows.

CHRISTIAN
Okay, can you slow down? Just wait a
sec...

DANI
Please, Christian.This is feeling
really wrong. We need to leave.

CHRISTIAN
I know that this is weird. But it's
because it's alien. We haven't been
exposed to anything like this.

DANI
No, please. This is completely
backwards.

CHRISTIAN
We just need to acclimate

DANI
I don't want to acclimate, I want to
go.

CHRISTIAN
Well, I can't, I'm sorry. Period I'm
doing my thesis on this.

DANI
What? Since when?

CHRISTIAN
Since I decided. Today.You know what a
nightmare this has been for me to
figure out. And I've made the mistake
of telling Josh and now he's competing
with me.

DANI
So if he wants it, let him have it. We
need to leave.

CHRISTIAN
Can you not see what's going on here?
This level of tradition? No-one's seen
this, no-one's written anything on it.
and they invited us to be a part of it.
Can't you see what a privilege that is?

DANI
Why did they invite us?
 CHRISTIAN
Because Pelle did!

DANI
Why did Pelle?

CHRISTIAN
Because he trusts us!

DANI
Why would they trust us? You're
opportunistic anthropology students!

CHRISTIAN
Maybe because we're anthropology
students! Maybe they want somebody to
document this.

DANI
Oh my god, are you fucking blind?
They're doing Pagan rituals. People are
jumping off cliffs.They depend on
no-one knowing about this. Ever.

CHRISTIAN
Not necessarily.

DANI
Okay, I want to leave.

CHRISTIAN
Okay, then you can leave. But I'm
staying. I invited you and I don't
regret that, but I'm here for a reason.

DANI
Do you not love me anymore?

CHRISTIAN
What does that have to do with this?

DANI
This is the devaluation phase, we've
been in it for a long time. Next comes
discard.

CHRISTIAN
Can you spare our relationship your
textbook Psychology keywords?

DANI
We've been in this for a while. You've
been trying to pull away and I have
been in denial.
 CHRISTIAN
Please, give yourself some credit,
babe. Looks like you've got this all
figured out.

DANI
What?

CHRISTIAN
Actually, you know what? I'm going to
say one thing. When you casually gift
me an impromptu bouquet of flowers

DANI
What flowers?

CHRISTIAN
That just makes me think how and when
am I supposed to pay that back?
Everything you give me is a reminder
that I'm not doing enough for you in
this relationship.

DANI
What, at lunch? I picked those on a
whim!

CHRISTIAN
Don't try to tell me that you had no
ulterior motive. On your birthday? The
day after I didn't get you something

DANI
Are you being serious?

CHRISTIAN
Okay, fine.Play the wounded party,
again. You're just a self-denying
altruist and I'm a paranoid dick.You
don't have a conniving bone in your
body.
DANI
What is it that you imagine I'm
conniving?

CHRISTIAN
You are, Dani!I feel locked into your
debt every time/ you do something, just
because.
DANI
/I don’t keep you in my debt
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/Because it's never just because.

DANI
/I was being kind, I was being kind

CHRISTIAN
Okay. Fine, I'm the asshole.

DANI
Nobody's the asshole.

CHRISTIAN
I clearly am. You selflessly gave me
flowers and I feel trapped. Fuck.

DANI
Are you actually going to leave?

CHRISTIAN
I'm supposed to be working here.

Christian exits.

DANI
You're going to leave me like this?
Christian!