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80EXT. HOUSE GARDEN - DAY

Loner Leader talks to a dog near a kennel, but we can’t hear what’s being said. The rest sit around a large table and drink orange squash. The couples are very tender with each other. David checks on Loner Leader from time to time. We don’t know what connects her to the animal; if it was her brother, sister, uncle or just some normal dog. She comes back to the table and sits down.

LONER LEADER’S FATHER

Will you stay a few days?

LONER LEADER

I’m afraid not, Dad. We’re heading

back again today. Tomorrow I’m

going away on a business trip. You

know how demanding my job is, don’t

ask if I can stay a few days every

time I come.

LONER LEADER’S FATHER

Do you all work for the same

company?

DAVID

Yes.

LONER LEADER’S FATHER

My daughter tells me it’s a very

fine company. Do you agree?

David struggles to keep things vague but consistent.

DAVID

It’s a rather good company, yes.

One of the best, I’d say. The only

problem with the job is that I

don’t have enough time for my wife

and kids. We have four beautiful,

healthy children.

LONER LEADER’S FATHER

Congratulations.

DAVID

But even if we’d never had

children, I’d never dream of

leaving my wife.

Even if it was just the two of us,

on our own, we’d go on trips, we’d

go to Portofino in Italy or to a

Greek island for the summer and so

our relationship would be as

intense as it was at the start. I

love her so much I could die for