Aggie
I burnt the book into dust. Now I don’t have to listen to that stupid story ANYMORE!!! [shoots lightning at Norman] Leave me alone.
Norman
No! No, I’m not leaving. Just listen to me! Once upon a time, long ago, there was a little girl…
Aggie
What?
Norman
A little girl, who was different…who was different from the other people in her village.
Aggie
I’m not listening! [starts duplicating and swirls around Norman]
Norman
She could see and do things that no one could understand, and that made them scared of her.
Aggie
I don’t like this story!
Norman
She turned away from everyone and became sad and lonely and had no one to turn to!
Aggie
STOP IT!
Norman
The more she turned away from people, the more scared they were of her! And they did something terrible! They became so scared that they took her away and they killed her!
Aggie
NO!
Norman
But even though she was dead, something in her came back!
Aggie
STOP!
Norman
And this part of her wouldn’t go away in over three hundred years!
Aggie
SHUT UP!
Norman
The longer it stayed, the less there was of the little girl.
Aggie
I'll make you SUFFER!
Norman
Why?!
Aggie
Because… Because…
Norman
Because you want everyone to hurt just as much as you are. So whenever you wake up, you play this mean game, but you don't play fair!
Aggie
They hurt me!
Norman
So you hurt them back?
Aggie
I wanted everyone to see how rotten they were.
Norman
You're just like them, Agatha.
Aggie
No, I'm not!
Norman
You're a bully!
Aggie
No, I'm NOT!
Norman
They did something awful, but, that doesn't mean you should too! All that's left of you now is mean and horrible!
Aggie
That's not true!
Norman
Then stop! This is wrong and you know it! [walks a little closer to her] You spent so long remembering the bad people, that you forgot the good ones! There must have been someone who loved you and cared for you. You don't remember them?
Aggie
Leave me alone!
Norman
But you're not alone! You have to remember!
Aggie
Keep away from ME!!! [turns away from him to flee]
Norman
Remember! [grabs her hand]
