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FERNANDO I can get Dr. Berganza to meet you here.

MANUEL Please, call her back and tell her I’m fine.

FERNANDO You need to see her.

MANUEL Fernando, listen to me. I’m okay now. Look at me. I’m smiling. Even with all of this, I am smiling.

FERNANDO We’ll see what she says.

MANUEL Don’t make me beg you.

FERNANDO You’ll thank me.

MANUEL (Grabs Fernando) You’re enjoying this, aren’t you?

FERNANDO Let go of me.

MANUEL Is this your revenge for Isabel?!

FERNANDO Manuel, let me go!

MANUEL Is it because I am a greater painter than you are!

Fernando pushes Manuel away. Manuel rushes to a nearby palette knife and picks it up in self-defense.

FERNANDO You’ll put anyone or anything at risk for your art.

MANUEL More people should.

FERNANDO You’ll never change.

MANUEL You’re not asking for change, you’re asking for a transformation! I am a man obsessed with my work and nothing else! It’s what makes me great.

FERNANDO It also makes you a monster.

Fernando exits.