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February 10, 2004

Exercise in Dialogue I

Performance Under Duress

?So it didn?t go well.?
?Are you kidding me? How am I supposed to know how it went? I couldn?t concentrate on anything. I shoved her around a bit, you know, to get her scared, and I think it worked, too, only she didn?t start spilling, she just shut up and watched me. So then I started in on the whole, ?You sure are a prutty woman,? routine. Never met a woman who didn?t start bawling the minute they thought you were gonna rape them?until tonight.?
?What? Did she fight back or something??
?Fuck no, don?t you think I?d have been able to handle something like that? I was going over the whole routine, you know, get real close, smell her and tell her how great she smells?incidentally, she did smell great??
?Get on with it.?
??she didn?t do much but sit there, all stiff like she had before, and then I did the thing where you grab the girl?s neck, you know, an? hold them by their hair??
?I know, I know.?
?So I licked her face, you know, like a dog would, and then pulled her head back some more and bit her neck?and do you know what she did??
?Kicked you in the balls??
?Damn it, Andrew, can?t you pay attention to what I?m telling you? Can?t you figure out what she did??
?No, so why don?t you tell me already??
?She moaned. Not only that, but her neck relaxed, her whole body relaxed. If I hadn?t been holding up her, she would have slid to the floor. She closed her eyes, the whole bit.?
?So? What do you want me to do about it??
?Jesus Christ, how do you threaten a woman with rape when she wants it? I can?t threaten to rape a woman who wants to get laid.?
?You?re acting like a dumbass. If she wants it, then give it to her. Maybe she?ll be grateful, and tell you what we want to know.?
?Give it to her??
?Just fuck her.?
?God damn, you don?t understand a fucking thing.?
?Look, if you?re not up to it, then I can go in there and see how she responds to me.?
?Fuck you, why wouldn?t I be up to it? It just takes a little bit of the fun out of the interrogation process, don?t you think??
?I think it?s the other way around. Have you ever even raped a woman before??
?Well, no, I never needed to, but??
?Look, you?re not up to it, I can tell. I?ve seen her; if she wants to get laid, I don?t mind at all. I think I can handle it for you.?
?Fuck you, I?ll do it.?
?The get the fuck in there and do it.?
?I?m just saying that it?s not going the way we planned, that?s all.?
?I could have fucked her twenty times by now. . . .?
?All right, fuck you. I?ll be back out in a little while. And no listening at the door.?

Posted by mary at February 10, 2004 5:10 PM