STORIES
20 - Concern
2005
Wednesday afternoon ...
CAMMEO:
A rare afternoon to myself.
KARANTHIR:
Sorry, didn't know you were in here.
CAMMEO:
Oh ... hullo Karanthir. I thought you had gone to
the park with the others.
KARANTHIR:
I did, but then I began feeling run down.
CAMMEO:
Are you ill?
KARANTHIR:
It's sweet of you to ask. But I don't want to make you
uncomfortable. I seem to say the wrong thing to you, and
for that I'm truly sorry. Perhaps I should go?
CAMMEO:
No, if you're not feeling well, maybe I can help. What's the matter?
KARANTHIR:
I've been having these terrible headaches and, I’m so tired.
CAMMEO:
Perhaps you just need a good lie in. I'll fix you something
to help you sleep. Be back in a jif.
In the foyer ...
CAMMEO:
Mez, you're home early.
MEZ:
I saw Karanthir leaving, so I followed him. Is he here?
CAMMEO:
In the living room. He’s not well, I think he’s quite ill.
MEZ:
He's probably just looking for attention.
CAMMEO:
No really Mez, I think he's being sincere. He seems … different.
and looks so pale. I’m a bit worried.
MEZ:
This - I have to see.
CAMMEO:
I'm going to fix him some warm milk. Promise me, you'll be nice.
MEZ:
I'm always nice.
In the living room ...
MEZ:
Cammeo’s getting you some warm milk.
KARANTHIR:
Warm milk? Is that what she's fixing for me? I was hoping
for something a bit stronger. Warm milk - is so ...
MEZ:
Nasty.
KARANTHIR:
Precisely. Hopefully I'll be asleep before she returns.
I guess you're here to keep an eye on me - eh?
MEZ:
Someone has to. Are you really sick or is
this another one of your tricks?
KARANTHIR:
You don't trust me.
Mez:
That’s right.
KARANTHIR:
Are you going to strike me again? I'm really not up to it. I
simply don’t have the energy to defend myself, so be
sure to knock me out so I'll get some sleep.
MEZ:
I didn't come here to fight, and I’ve already apologized to you for the other day. Like I said, Cammeo was crying and I ... I lost it.
KARANTHIR:
You really are smitten with her, aren’t you?
MEZ:
You’re the last person I want talk to about her.
I’ll go see what’s taking her so long.
KARANTHIR:
Please, don't go. I'm not teasing you. I'm really not
well. I've been having these nightmares, they leave me with
a feeling of dread. I've become a little afraid to sleep.
MEZ:
How long has this been going on?
KARANTHIR:
A few weeks. I'm so tired. Perhaps you could stay
near, in case I need to be woken up?
MEZ:
This better not be a trick.
KARANTHIR:
No, really.
Later ...
CAMMEO:
He’s asleep?
MEZ:
I think so.
CAMMEO:
Would you fancy a cup of warm milk?
MEZ:
No thanks. Why don't you finish practicing your violin,
in the kitchen?
CAMMEO:
What about Karanthir?
MEZ:
I'll stay with him.
CAMMEO:
You think he's ill too, don't you?
