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JUNE
Levon Monk.
LEVON
Hi, June.
JUNE
You're a mess. The men's room is around back. Clean yourself.
Then join us for lunch.
Levon walks back to the shower stalls alone. June keeps an eye on him. Levon enters the men’s side of the washroom. The shower area is a large tiled room lined with shower heads. There are no stalls. Levon undresses in the dim window light. He looks at his smartphone. It’s flashing red, with the white number 386.
Levon turns on the shower. The water is warm. He closes his eyes and lets it run down his face. His makeshift bandage slips away from his wound. The dried blood dissolves away.
June enters the bathroom unnoticed. She walks behind Levon and begins observing him. She lights a corncob pipe and begins smoking.
Levon smells the smoke and turns around. He’s startled at the sight of her. He keeps his back to her.
LEVON
Hi, June...
June clinches her pipe between her teeth. She tosses a bar of soap at his feet. Levon crouches slowly and picks it up. He shyly rubs the soap on his body. He peeks over his shoulder. June is still staring at him, smoking her pipe.
JUNE