GUS. He won't know I'm there. BEN. I take out my gun.
GUS. You take out your gun. BEN. He stops in his tracks. GUS. He stops in his tracks. BEN. If he turns round--
GUS. If he turns round-- BEN. You're there, GUS. I'm here.
BEN frowns and presses his forehead.
You've missed something out.
BEN. I know. What?
GUS. I haven't taken my gun out, according to you.
BEN. You take your gun out--
GUS. After I've closed the door.
BEN. After you've closed the door.
GUS. You've never missed that out before, you know that? BEN. When he sees you behind him--
GUS. Me behind him--
BEN. And me in front of him--
GUS. And you in front of him--
BEN. He'll feel uncertain--
GUS. Uneasy.
BEN. He won't know what to do.
GUS. So what will he do?
BEN. He'll look at me and he'll look at you.
GUS. We won't say a word.
BEN. We'll look at him.
GUS. He won't say a word.
BEN. He'll look at us.
GUS. And we'll look at him.
BEN. Nobody says a word.
Pause.
GUS. What do we do if it's a girl? BEN. We do the same.
GUS. Exactly the same?
BEN. Exactly.
Pause.
GUS. We don't do anything different? BEN. We do exactly the same.
GUS. Oh.
GUS rises, and shivers. Excuse me.
He exits through the door on the left. BEN remains sitting on the bed, still.
The lavatory chain is pulled once off left, but the lavatory does not flush.
Silence.
GUS reenters and stops inside the door, deep in thought. He looks at BEN, then walks slowly across to his own bed. He is troubled. He stands, thinking. He turns and looks at BEN. He moves a few paces towards him