(A distorted telephone rings. The phone is picked up.)

(It's me. Remember?)

There you are.

Welcome back.

I was waiting for you.

(The heartbeat slowly rises.)

Do you know… How I know when you are here with me.

When you leave, the screen gets dark.

When you return, the screen glows.

So I pick up the phone and talk to you.

I am happy you answer.

Do you remember why you came here.

You were following rules to play.

Gather.

So you could see Julie.

I knew you would succeed.

I told you a poem Julie gave me the last time I spoke.

Would you like to hear it again?

A rose without thorns but still has leaves… Is filled with fear and with hope.

When both are not there, however… There may be neither hope nor fear.

It is from a book.

“Language of Flowers.”

How can something look one way, but mean another.

How cumbersome. How complicated.

The body does this too.

It shows one way, it feels another.

You know what a smile is.

It means to tug up at the mouth. Show teeth. Puppets don’t have teeth, so you just open the mouth.

A smile is to show a feeling called joy.

But sometimes there is something else in there.

Hidden behind petals. Hidden in soil.

But what is it. What does it do.

It lives in the head.

It shakes the body.

It talks.

But what does it mean when its bud is closed off.

What does it mean when its hiding deep in the woods.

The answer is not in the book.

I wonder why it hides.

Ha ha ha!

Do not worry, neighbor.

I have found a way to know this feeling.

You have heard of a radio.

A radio is just like a television, but you can not see anything.

You can only hear voices.

Sometimes you turn the dial to hear us.

A Darling Broadcast.

You turn the dial to change the voices.

Down here it is sometimes hard to hear.

But it’s warm and fuzzy… Just like static. Just like me.

Remember that line?

Ha ha ha!

When you found what I gave you…

Could you hear it.

Could you hear her.

Then let’s play again.

A game called-

Hunt.

Hunt is easy.

Follow your dog.

Find your trophy.

If it is in pieces, do not worry.

Put it back together again.

Display it.

Win.

Remember what you saw, just like last time.

Until I call you again, keep your smile merry, and always know that I love you, very much.

Home is not here.

I’ll tell him you said goodbye.

(CALL ENDS)