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NIECIE Robyn. Robyn, come here girl.
From the crowd emerges a young black woman/girl ROBYN BARNET (17, black, as lovely as she is hard). Robyn approaches her aunt. NIECIE (CONT'D)
Pitypapa, I’d like you to meet my best friend Frida’s little girl Robyn. Frida died and now Robyn live with me and Hilly. Robyn this is my mother’s brother, Ptolemy Grey.
Robyn does her best to suppress a sneer. ROBYN Hi. Ptolemy, on the other hand, is enchanted. PTOLEMY Robyn. First bird of spring. NIECIE
She might be coming by to take care’a you sometime, Pitypapa. Ain’t that right, girl? ROBYN I guess. NIECIE You know what young people like, Uncle. They just want hip-hop, rap and video games. But she’s a good worker. You hungry? PTOLEMY I wanna see, um, Hilly, I mean Reggie. I wanna see Reggie. NIECIE Get sumpin in your stomach first. Get sumpin in your stomach and then Reggie. (to Robyn) Go take your uncle and fix him a plate. ROBYN Okay.
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