Wonderwoman Page #9

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Diana leaves, brimming with anger -- Hippolyta with

conflict.

37 INT. INFIRMARY - EPIONE'S ROOM - NIGHT 37

EPIONE, a skilled healer, stitches up a wound on Diana's

ARM. Diana doesn't flinch.

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EPIONE:

Is it true you saved his life?

DIANA:

Who told you that?

EPIONE:

He did.

(beat)

What will the Queen do with him?

Will she kill him?

OFF Diana, wondering herself.

38 INT. INFIRMARY - STEVE'S ROOM - LATER 38

Diana enters to find Steve stepping out of a TUB -- his

back to her -- NAKED. She studies his body as he towels

himself dry.

Steve's shoulder has been BANDAGED, but his body is

covered with CUTS, BRUISES, SCARS from other battles.

Diana touches her own wound, sympathetic. Steve finally

turns, startled to see her there.

STEVE:

Didn't hear you come in./Didn't

hear you knock.

Diana stares at him. Puzzled. Steve isn't enjoying the

look on her face.

DIANA:

Would you say you're a typical

example of your sex?

Steve raises an eyebrow, slightly offended, but he

doesn't cover himself.

STEVE:

I like to think of myself as...

above average.

DIANA:

What is that?

Steve is relieved to see she means his POCKET WATCH on

top of his clothes.

STEVE:

It's a watch.

DIANA:

A watch.

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STEVE:

My father gave it to me. Been

through hell and back with him,

and now me, and it's still

ticking.

DIANA:

(listening to it

tick)

Why?

STEVE:

Because it tells time.

(off her look)

So, I know when to wake up, work,

eat, sleep.

DIANA:

(that's ridiculous)

You let this little thing tell you

what to do?

Steve takes the watch from her, covers up.

STEVE:

Do you mind if I ask you a couple

hundred questions?

Diana shrugs.

STEVE:

What is this place?

DIANA:

Themyscira.

STEVE:

I caught that before. I mean what

is this place? How come I've

never heard of it? Who the hell

are you people? How do you know

English?

DIANA:

We speak hundreds of languages.

We are the bridge to a greater

understanding between all men.

STEVE:

Funny, because I understand even

less now than before you walked

in.

The way Steve watches her makes Diana self-conscious.

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STEVE:

Hey, I didn't get to say it

earlier... but thanks for dragging

me out of the water.

DIANA:

Thank you for what you did on the

beach.

STEVE:

So... Are you here to let me go?

DIANA:

I'm sorry... It's not up to me. I

tried. I even asked them to send

me with you --

Steve's eyes brighten. Diana backpedals in

embarrassment.

DIANA:

-- or anyone. An Amazon. The

Amazons.

STEVE:

The Amazons?

DIANA:

It is our sacred duty to defend

the world... and I wish to go.

But my mother will not allow it.

Which, from her tone, clearly disappoints Diana. Steve's

surprised to find himself disappointed, too, though his

better sense tells him not to be.

STEVE:

Can't say I blame her.

(off Diana's

surprise)

The way this war is going, I

wouldn't let anyone I care about

near it.

DIANA:

Then why do you want to go back?

Steve starts dressing.

STEVE:

I don't think want is the word,

but... I've gotta try.

(wistful; remembering

his father)

My father used to say.

(MORE)

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STEVE (CONT'D)

`You see something wrong in the

world, you can either do nothing,

or you can do something. And you

already tried nothing.'

Moved, Diana takes that in. Determination on her face.

39 EXT. ARMORY (THEMYSCIRA) - NIGHT 39

On this still, MOONLIT night, the armory stands

monolithic amongst the other buildings of Themyscira.

Diana surveys from an opposing hillside. The building's

face an impenetrable mountainside, accessible by only one

main entrance, completely blocked by SEVERAL GUARDS who

stand watch -- and even if she could take them all on,

Diana doesn't want to hurt them.

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