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JESSICA *
Paul, please. *
(then, intensely) *
Remember your training. *
With that, she OPENS the door to: *
10 INT. LIBRARY - NIGHT 10
Jessica leads Paul into the library -- wooden shelves heavy
with ancient books. Suspensor lights hover in the gloom.
Paul is mystified about the purpose of this midnight
awakening.
He finds the REVEREND MOTHER MOHIAM, waiting for them. She
sits in a heavy wooden chair, her aged face ghostly against
her black cloak. Her eyes glitter as she studies him.
Jessica curtsies to the old woman. Paul is astonished by this
meekness in his mother. He studies the Reverend Mother.
She takes the measure of him in turn. His stance. His stare.
REVEREND MOTHER MOHIAM
Defiance in the eyes. Like his
father.
(to Jessica)
Leave us.
Jessica turns to go, reluctantly. She pauses by Paul.
JESSICA
You must do everything the Reverend
Mother tells you.
She hurries out. Paul glares at the Reverend Mother.
PAUL
You dismiss my mother in her own
house.
REVEREND MOTHER MOHIAM
COME HERE.
The command cracks like a whip, her voice suddenly more than
human. Compelling obedience irresistibly. This is THE VOICE.
Paul crosses the room to her, helpless to resist. Shaken.
REVEREND MOTHER MOHIAM (CONT'D)
KNEEL.
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