4400 Ariana Jackson 2nd Rev Network Draft 1/19/21 36.
Claudette, Andre and LaDonna huddle on a bench in a corner, some huge POTTED PLANTS providing cover. LaDonna is cutting into Claudette’s arm as Andre freaks, shooting a worried look to the oblivious guards -- ANDRE Ma’am! Mrs. Williams! You musn’t -- And then Andre watches the wound close up again -- faster this time . Claudette admires her arm, smiling. Andre is dumbfounded. ANDRE (CONT'D) But -- how can that be? Is it some medical advance from this era? LaDonna holds up her own arm. A long thin SCRATCH runs down it -- LADONNA
Nope. I tried it and it did not do that. It still stings! But hers healed up even faster this time. ANDRE (processing) But your leg at first acted as any wound might, I feared infection. Before something changed ... CLAUDETTE
I don’t know how to explain it, but I just started feeling...better. Gradually more and more...and now I feel great . LADONNA Well, that makes one of us. ANDRE It seems unlikely that this would be an isolated phenomenon. LADONNA What does that mean? LaDonna’s confused, but Claudette gets Andre’s concern -- CLAUDETTE
You think it’s about this . The guards, being locked up, all this talk of the future...
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