CHRIS AND ALBERT ARE IN THE DREAM HOUSE SITTING AT THE TABLE.
Albert Lewis:Drink it. Think it’s coffee and it will be.
Chris:OK. It’s coffee.
CHRIS TAKES A SIP.
Chris:Paint! Acrylic.
Albert Lewis:Why is it so hard?
Chris:What?
Albert Lewis:Your brain is meat. It rots and disappears. You really think that’s all there was to you? Like you’re in your house right now. You’re in your house, it doesn’t mean you are your house. The house falls down, you get out and walk away.
Chris:It looks like I rebuilt, huh?
Albert Lewis:You see your body because you like seeing one. We’re seeing because we choose to see. Let me show you something.
ALBERT COMES TO THE WALL AND MAKES A WIDOW. IT’S A FASCINATING VIEW.
Chris:Ha! It’s real. Where is the paint?
Albert Lewis:You don’t need it anymore. This is your world now. Though is real. Physical is the illusion. Ironic, huh?
Chris:Where’s God in all this?
Albert Lewis:He’s up there. Somewhere. Shouting down that he loves us. Wondering why we can’t hear him. You think? Drink your coffee.
Chris:Needs milk.
Albert Lewis:Don’t push your luck.
Scene 21
ANNIE IS PAINTING.
(Annie’s inner voice:What do you think, Christy? Right here. Like this? You think? They say we live in our minds anyway. Having you with me, like this, keeps me happy. Why do I believe you can hear me? Why do I think you can see this?)
ANNIE ADDS (PAINTS) A PURPLE TREE IN THE PICTURE NOT FAR FROM THE DREAM HOUSE.