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you seem like a singer.

So what are you taking?

What classes are you taking?

I'm taking

the Greeks, the Greek...

Greek singing with Christos.

That one, and maybe

a few dance classes.

I've mainly just been wandering

around the woods, actually.

She just wanted to get

away from the madness.

That's a great base.

What is this?

Slivovitz,

it's like a plum brandy.

Bulgarian, Balkan plum

brandy, slivovitz.

- Cheers.

- Cheers.

Wait, who was the

woman that we were talking to

earlier who was, said

that she sang with Merita?

Marianne said she

sings with Corinna,

from like 30 years ago

or something like that.

Can you do me a favor?

Can you not tell people

that I just got

out of something?

Is that okay?

I just don't want to like...

I didn't say

anything to anyone.

Well you were like, you know,

it was like an

introduction to someone.

I mean I was being

introduced to her, and then

my introduction was

like, "Oh, she just got

out of of this relationship."

I'm sorry.

I don't want to make

it into a big deal,

but I don't want to be introduced

as someone who just got...

I'm sorry, I can totally see

how that would feel

strange for you.

I'm sorry, that was

kind of insensitive.

I guess I was just

trying to open up the,

the door for you to talk openly

about what's been going on

with you, so I wanted...

Well I've slept with

like three different people

like over the course

of four years.

And like, you'd have

to be a f***ing saint

to stay with someone

like that, you know?

What?

You'd have to be

like a saint to stay...

You'd have to be a saint

to stay with someone who's

trying to get rid of

you for four years.

But it's just f***ed up

because he was the one

who actually was

totally in love with me,

and I was the one

who pushed him away.

Because I didn't

just have the...

The guts to leave him.

- Yeah, I know he's in love

with you, but it seems

like it's gone on and on

and every single time, you

got to a point where...

You know what I mean.

This guy is so annoying.

Yeah, it's okay.

But I mean, do you

know what I mean?

Yeah.

It's fine, we don't have

to talk about it right now.

No, that's why I

want to talk about it.

I want to understand.

I feel like that's going to

help you through the entire...

Let's just drink, okay?

- Isolde.

- Let's finish these drinks.

I have to slowly be

pried open, you know.

Let's just finish these

drinks and then we'll dance.

Maybe I'll find some,

like, cute banjo-violinist

and we can all go...

- That guy plays a banjo.

Skinny-dipping in

the pool or whatever.

- He's cute.

- There's a waterhole.

Who?

- That guy is so cute.

Do you think?

- No, he's...

No.

- He is so cute.

I'm sorry, not the timing,

the time and place.

It's okay.

I'm following you,

you're following me,

neither of us know's

what we're doing.

My name's Steph.

I don't want to be at the end

of the line, it

makes me nervous.

Did I, I have a habit of...

- Hi.

- - Hi.

This is exhausting.

It was a pleasure

dancing with you.

She put it down in

front of my father,

and just sort of looked up

at him expectantly, and as...

And he was like

As she was making

eyes at my father,

the bunny got up and ran away.

The bunny was just

paralyzed with fear.

That's it, it was fine.

You missed a good,

you missed a good pet story.

What was it?

I can't even tell it.

Which one,

the triple homicide?

Oh, now you

ruined the punch line.

My cat brutally

murdered my parakeets,

three all in one afternoon.

Nice.

- Yeah.

How are you?

- Good.

- - No, I mean...

No, I mean, how are you?

Like, how are you

since everything?

When?

New York in that

really awful house?

Oh, yeah, she's fine.

Grandma, she just needs

to switch her medications.

No no no,

that really awful house,

and you were with those guys?

Did you go to the

hospital, or end up

filing a report of any kind?

Oh, oh, I just remembered it.

Someone taught me when I was

in first grade, and it was...

A bad joke, it was

like a dirty joke.

And it was, "Why did

Raggedy Ann get kicked out

"of the, the toy box?

"Because she sat on

Pinocchio's head."

F***.

You disappeared

after our dance.

I was looking for you, I was

like, "I want to dance more!"

Dancing.

Yeah, cool.

Well, I'm headed to lunch.

Cool.

Because they are eating.

- What time is it?

- - Lunch time.

Do you want company?

- Yeah, sure.

- All right.

Oh sh*t!

What happened?

It was too much caffeine,

that is disgusting.

I'm so sorry.

- You're just, "I just OD'ed.

"My body is rejecting it.

"It's like a bad transplant."

Would you be friends with

me if I was like this?

I don't think I could

be friends with you.

No, I don't think I would be.

Okay.

But I think I would be

more likely to be friends

with you if you were like

that, than you would be

likely to be friends

with me if I was like...

Big set-up.

You're not going to like this.

It actually scares

me a little bit.

I think I know what's coming.

You might really not like it.

I think I know what's coming.

No, but it's worse

than with other people.

I really have to...

I cannot wait for this.

I cannot wait, you've really

built it up very, very high.

Don't look at me for a second.

I can't stop looking at you.

You'll be able

to stop shortly.

- Oh.

- Oh sh*t.

Hey, Steph.

- It changes your voice, too.

You are so beautiful.

Thank you so much.

I love the smacking

of your lips and tongue.

Yeah, it's really good,

it's very rodentine.

Don't I have almost like...

It's gorgeous, it's gorgeous.

It's gorgeous.

The four so it's a little

bit faster, so it's going...

Because it's a lot faster, okay?

So let's practice that, two

nines into a faster four.

One two, one two, one two three.

One two, one two, one two three.

So let's listen to it.

It's in us, you know?

And these are like,

very old rhythms

that are, like, biological.

Even the seven and the three.

And the idea, the

idea that a four...

So what do you

do when you hit someone

immovable like me and it

just doesn't even affect me?

- I'm not hitting you hard.

- - Can you?

Yeah, hit

me like it would be...

Run away!

Cool, cool.

Ouch, God.

Man, I am going to fall

asleep on this table.

I am so sleepy.

Do you want your cigarette?

Yeah.

I think it's the only thing

that's keeping me up right now.

What is this stuff?

What is that drink

called again, schluzo?

Slivovitz.

You didn't have that much.

No, I didn't.

How far are we?

Sarah?

I feel like you were the one who

was kind of leading

us, so where...

I don't know where we're going.

Maybe...

Maybe this way.

What do you

mean "maybe this way?"

I mean I don't,

I'm not 100 percent sure.

I need to pee.

You're absorbed.

Like in that you're no longer...

Jesus, man.

I need to pee.

Where's the, did

you bring the wine?

I have it, it's in my hand.

Did you drink all of it?

Because I don't,

because I still...

We still need some when

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