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You

"Okay, tell me something else."

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You

"What's so funny?"

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"You're right." Her expression turns serious. "There is nothing funny about civilization."

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"Civilization has existed for eight thousand years, sir." She grins.

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"You're right." Her expression turns serious. "There is nothing funny about civilization."

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She hates civilization. She feels betrayed by it.

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"What's so funny?"

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She hates civilization. She feels betrayed by it.

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"You're right." Her expression turns serious. "There is nothing funny about civilization."

You

"What is it that they have against the police here?"

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"The dockworkers are pretty cocky. They think they're police enough. At least here on the coast -- I can't say about the rest of the city."

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Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"The dockworkers are pretty cocky. They think they're police enough. At least here on the coast -- I can't say about the rest of the city."

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"What is it that they have against the police here?"

You

"Your room is almost next to mine. Did you hear anything last night?"

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"There was the usual ruckus." She shrugs. "Loud disco music."

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Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"There was the usual ruckus." She shrugs. "Loud disco music."

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"Did I have any visitors?"

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"Your room is almost next to mine. Did you hear anything last night?"

You

"Did I have any visitors?"

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"I couldn't say -- it's impossible to hear people speaking from over here." She nods toward Room #3.

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"There was the usual ruckus." She shrugs. "Loud disco music."

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"I couldn't say -- it's impossible to hear people speaking from over here." She nods toward Room #3.

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"Did I have any visitors?"

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"Loud disco music?"

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"Oh yes, various artists. Ostentatious Orchestrations prime among them." She raises an eyebrow, waiting for the name to connect with you.

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"I couldn't say -- it's impossible to hear people speaking from over here." She nods toward Room #3.

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"Oh yes, various artists. Ostentatious Orchestrations prime among them." She raises an eyebrow, waiting for the name to connect with you.

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Oh, that. Yeah, whooh... The less said about OO, the better.

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"Loud disco music?"

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Oh, that. Yeah, whooh... The less said about OO, the better.

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"OO were huge where I come from. I was very young then, of course. Like seven. 'Life gets haaard!'" she sings, "'But we go ooooooon!'"

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"Oh yes, various artists. Ostentatious Orchestrations prime among them." She raises an eyebrow, waiting for the name to connect with you.

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"OO were huge where I come from. I was very young then, of course. Like seven. 'Life gets haaard!'" she sings, "'But we go ooooooon!'"

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In that case, doesn't life get hard because we go on?

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Oh, that. Yeah, whooh... The less said about OO, the better.

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In that case, doesn't life get hard because we go on?

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"OO were huge where I come from. I was very young then, of course. Like seven. 'Life gets haaard!'" she sings, "'But we go ooooooon!'"

You

"It mostly just gets hard, doesn't it?"

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"It would appear so. At around two o'clock, the disco stopped, and there was a change of pace."

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Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"It would appear so. At around two o'clock, the disco stopped, and there was a change of pace."

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"What happened?"

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"It mostly just gets hard, doesn't it?"

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"What happened?"

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"A slow, sad song started playing. Like organ music, on repeat. That went on for quite a while. Some of the time you were yelling along to it."

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Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"A slow, sad song started playing. Like organ music, on repeat. That went on for quite a while. Some of the time you were yelling along to it."

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"What happened?"

You

"I've heard enough."

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"Okay."

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Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"Okay."

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"I've heard enough."

You

"What was I singing?"

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"That it doesn't matter anymore. And that we're alone now. It was difficult to tell -- the song itself was very quiet and soft, but you sounded like a wounded boar, sir. It was hard to understand what you were singing on top of it."

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"A slow, sad song started playing. Like organ music, on repeat. That went on for quite a while. Some of the time you were yelling along to it."

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"That it doesn't matter anymore. And that we're alone now. It was difficult to tell -- the song itself was very quiet and soft, but you sounded like a wounded boar, sir. It was hard to understand what you were singing on top of it."

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You

"Then what happened?"

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"Then you started screaming and trashed the place."

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Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"Then you started screaming and trashed the place."

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"Then what happened?"

You

"That's so me. What did I do?"

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"A window was smashed. The tape player probably -- the song stopped -- and furniture too. A real destructothon. There was screaming. Then, I think, you passed out."

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"Then you started screaming and trashed the place."

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"A window was smashed. The tape player probably -- the song stopped -- and furniture too. A real destructothon. There was screaming. Then, I think, you passed out."

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You

"Please tell me there wasn't anything else."

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"There was. I think you screamed that you... didn't want to be 'this type of animal' anymore. I may have misheard, but it was sort of memorable."

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"A window was smashed. The tape player probably -- the song stopped -- and furniture too. A real destructothon. There was screaming. Then, I think, you passed out."

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"There was. I think you screamed that you... didn't want to be 'this type of animal' anymore. I may have misheard, but it was sort of memorable."

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Sounds like you were in some real fundamental pain there, muscle-man.

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Sounds like you were in some real fundamental pain there, muscle-man.

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"I went out afterwards. Everything was quiet by then. Around four or five." She nods. "And that was it."

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"There was. I think you screamed that you... didn't want to be 'this type of animal' anymore. I may have misheard, but it was sort of memorable."

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"I went out afterwards. Everything was quiet by then. Around four or five." She nods. "And that was it."

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Sounds like you were in some real fundamental pain there, muscle-man.

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"It prides me to hear this. Tell me there was more."

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"There was. I think you screamed that you... didn't want to be 'this type of animal' anymore. I may have misheard, but it was sort of memorable."

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"A window was smashed. The tape player probably -- the song stopped -- and furniture too. A real destructothon. There was screaming. Then, I think, you passed out."

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"Was there anything else?"

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"There was. I think you screamed that you... didn't want to be 'this type of animal' anymore. I may have misheard, but it was sort of memorable."

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"A window was smashed. The tape player probably -- the song stopped -- and furniture too. A real destructothon. There was screaming. Then, I think, you passed out."

You

"You're making this up. I would never behave like that."

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"Yes." She looks at you. "Never."

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"Then you started screaming and trashed the place."

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"Yes." She looks at you. "Never."

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"You're making this up. I would never behave like that."

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"What happened then?"

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"A window was smashed. The tape player probably -- the song stopped -- and furniture too. A real destructothon. There was screaming. Then, I think, you passed out."

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"Yes." She looks at you. "Never."

You

"Are you sure I wasn't being assaulted?"

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"No, it didn't sound like there was a fight. It sounded like someone was trashing their room."

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"Then you started screaming and trashed the place."

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"No, it didn't sound like there was a fight. It sounded like someone was trashing their room."

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"A window was smashed. The tape player probably -- the song stopped -- and furniture too. A real destructothon. There was screaming. Then, I think, you passed out."

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"Are you sure I wasn't being assaulted?"

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"When you say wounded do you mean that in a cool way? Like a wild beast?"

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"Yes. It was very cool."

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"That it doesn't matter anymore. And that we're alone now. It was difficult to tell -- the song itself was very quiet and soft, but you sounded like a wounded boar, sir. It was hard to understand what you were singing on top of it."

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"Yes. It was very cool."

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It's impossible to say whether she's being sarcastic or really means it.

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"When you say wounded do you mean that in a cool way? Like a wild beast?"

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It's impossible to say whether she's being sarcastic or really means it.

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"Then what happened?"

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"Yes. It was very cool."

You

"I'm sorry."

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"Don't be, I was going out later anyway. It didn't bother me."

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"That it doesn't matter anymore. And that we're alone now. It was difficult to tell -- the song itself was very quiet and soft, but you sounded like a wounded boar, sir. It was hard to understand what you were singing on top of it."

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"Don't be, I was going out later anyway. It didn't bother me."

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"Then what happened?"

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"I'm sorry."

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"Was I singing this?" (Show her the empty case of "The Smallest Church In Saint-Saëns".)

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"Yes! There was a church in there. A really small church. Like the smallest, saddest church in the whole world. It was about that. And also..."

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"A slow, sad song started playing. Like organ music, on repeat. That went on for quite a while. Some of the time you were yelling along to it."

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"Yes! There was a church in there. A really small church. Like the smallest, saddest church in the whole world. It was about that. And also..."

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"Was I singing this?" (Show her the empty case of "The Smallest Church In Saint-Saëns".)

You

"What else?"

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"That it doesn't matter anymore. And that we're alone now. It was difficult to tell -- the song itself was very quiet and soft, but you sounded like a wounded boar, sir. It was hard to understand what you were singing on top of it."

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"Yes! There was a church in there. A really small church. Like the smallest, saddest church in the whole world. It was about that. And also..."

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"Maybe we should stop going on then? Doesn't the 'going on' cause the 'getting harder' part?"

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"I think you might have come to the same conclusion last night. At around two o'clock, the disco stopped, and there was a change of pace."

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In that case, doesn't life get hard because we go on?

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"I think you might have come to the same conclusion last night. At around two o'clock, the disco stopped, and there was a change of pace."

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"What happened?"

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"Maybe we should stop going on then? Doesn't the 'going on' cause the 'getting harder' part?"

You

"Yeah, we go on, alright."

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"I don't know about that... At around two o'clock, the disco stopped, and there was a change of pace."

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In that case, doesn't life get hard because we go on?

Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"I don't know about that... At around two o'clock, the disco stopped, and there was a change of pace."

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"What happened?"

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"Yeah, we go on, alright."

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"Tell me something else."

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"I couldn't say -- it's impossible to hear people speaking from over here." She nods toward Room #3.

You

"Okay. You can go now." [Leave.]

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"Glad to have been of assistance."

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"Glad to have been of assistance."

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"Okay. You can go now." [Leave.]

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Let the moment pass.

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You don't have to. No one is forcing you to be a cop.

You

"Before you go I have some questions for you."

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"Yes?"

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Klaasje (Miss Oranje Disco Dancer)

"And no, it never stops."

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"Goodbye."

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"Goodbye."

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Something stirs in you as she's about to go. Call it an instinct, a need -- the need to ask questions. It's like you've said the words a million times before...

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