CYRANO

Should I insult you, so you can leave, too?

DONNA

Is that what you want?

CYRANO

It’s never about what I want.

(CYRANO goes to exit.)

DONNA

You make too many enemies.

CYRANO

You make too many friends!

DONNA

Not everything has to be a fight.

CYRANO

I wasn’t out-of-line.

DONNA You wouldn’t have to say it if you weren’t.

CYRANO What am I supposed to do? Just let it happen?

DONNA

That’s what some expect.

CYRANO

I am not what people expect.

DONNA

I know.

CYRANO

What’s that supposed to mean?

(Catches herself.)

Sorry. I didn’t mean to—

DONNA

Don’t apologize, or people might think you’re capable of sympathy.

CYRANO

As long as it’s not empathy.

CYRANO & DONNA

Anything but that!

(They laugh together.)

CYRANO

Montfleury... He’s the captain? Him?

DONNA

I know.

CYRANO

And then Christian has