Oblivion: Scene 5 & Interlude

FW: I remember more.

SW: Tell me.

DW: I can feel it, my whole life has returned, and our love was all of what made it worth anything.

SW: And then...

FW: I don’t quite know. You must remember for yourself.

SW: Did I betray you? Perhaps it’s just a vision of the King’s. Anyway, to remember being wronged is easy. Would you have me remember such evil in myself? For what? So I can beg for forgiveness? This is not the stuff of death. Death is quiet. There are no choices beyond it. This is all some kind of game.

FW: It is no game to ask forgiveness.

SW: To whom? Why now? I owe you, and this man, nothing.

FW: What do you owe yourself?

SW: I owe you nothing. That is not for you or anyone, especially in death. Whenever I come to my own, I can wait.

FW: Then you will wait alone?

SW: What if what I’ve done cannot be redeemed? My forgiveness should be my own, granted to me by myself. Perhaps it is the path, perhaps it is the wild. It is there I will become my own. No wonder it is so mysterious? No wonder no one dares. Perhaps I am a hunter. I will absolve myself in the wild, or die again, and be at peace.

FW: Perhaps she’s right – it’s over. But, how can I leave who I loved all my life? Maybe it is the only way to find myself. The wild would be death again, for us both. It can be no mistake that I have come this far to be absolved. Love or redemption? Why must I choose? I’ll never be at peace.

K: Come, I have gathered my strength. Now we will put an end to the Hunter’s rule.