EVE I can’t believe . . . ADAM I’m se...

EVE

I can’t believe . . .

ADAM

I’m sensitive to dust! I sneeze every time I step on this stage.

EVE

Do you have a fever?

ADAM

No. No sniffles. No headache. No fever.

EVE

You’re not lying? You’re sure?

ADAM

I’m positive.

EVE

You’re positive! You tested positive?

ADAM

No! Not positive.

EVE

You said positive.

ADAM

I haven’t been tested! I mean . . I’m positive I’m not positive! No, I’m CERTAIN I am not . . . just take a deep breath,

EVE

And inhale the virus?

ADAM

If the virus is in the air, you’ve already taken it in.

EVE

I don’t know what to do. I can’t stop breathing. And I can’t stop worrying. And I can’t . .

ADAM

None of us can.

EVE

It’s really an absurd situation.

ADAM

It’s . . .

EVE

It’s absurd. Nothing I do is going to make any difference. If I act or don’t act the final result is the same. People get sick.

ADAM

Nothing you can do.

EVE

So I have to do something.

ADAM

Why?

EVE

To prove I’m human? I don’t know. (Picks up the bottle of sanitizer) Here. Want another spritz?

ADAM

From six feet?

EVE

(Coming to him) I’m human. In general I’m gonna be careful, but . . . here.

ADAM

Thanks. I have to get out the ghost-light and shut the place down.

EVE

Why even bother with the ghost-light? No one will be coming in here for weeks. Maybe months.

ADAM

And when they do the light will be on.

EVE

A ray of hope?

ADAM

Light at the end of the tunnel? Maybe. It’s something.

EVE

And even if it doesn’t matter, you have to do something.

ADAM

Right.

ADAM moves the ghost-light center stage and plugs it in.

EVE and ADAM look at it for a beat. EVE puts her backpack on her shoulder.

EVE

Well . . .

ADAM

Yeah.

EVE

Shall we go?

ADAM

Yeah. Let’s go.

THEY don’t leave.

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