Meanwhile, back in the Surveillance Centre…
LILY APPEARS HOLDING A LILY. SHOWMANDamnation!
LILY (REMEMBERING) I remember! I remember a garden. SHE GOES UP TO THE POWER SOURCE, WHERE A FIGURE IS RISING. It looks like me, doesn’t it? A WILD WIND BEGINS TO BLOW. LILY“Wind’s changed. Gone round.” SHE LOOKS Is this all there is? SHE GROWS ANGRY What have you done with my garden? You? And You? And You? And You Three, Too? AT AUDIENCE And you! What have you done with my Garden? My Sweet Garden? UNCOMFORTABLE PAUSE. THEN SHE LAUGHS. HER LAUGHTER ECHOES IN THE TREES. ARCHITECTShe’s lost a garden. CORYShe’s lost a garden! MINAWho hasn’t? BUMPSIt happens all the time. NEDNo matter - look - as it happens - FRED- I’m a maker of gardens - ma’am - NED- what sort do you want? Dearest. SHOWMANI can manage it for you. Like this one. If you like, Old Thing. SOUNDS LIKE THE CRY MIXED WITH CHILDRENS’ VOICES AND LAUGHTER CREEP FROM THE GARDEN. IT GLOWS RED AND SHUDDERS LILYYou forget: I REMEMBER! This One is Mine Already! Always Was! Sometimes SHE BLOWS THE INCIDENT TENT AWAY. IT IS EMPTY I Think THE SHOWMAN’S TEMPLE BEGINS TO DISINTEGRATE. The Whole Wide World A BEAUTIFUL DEMONESS RISES FROM THE GARDEN, LIKE LILY Is Made OPENING UP BEFORE US: A PRIMROSE PATH TO AN EVERLASTING BONFIRE WITH EVERLASTING FIREWORKS. Of Me. SHE WALKS ALONG THE PRIMROSE PATH INTO EDEN. THE OTHERS FOLLOW. OR NOT. AS WE CHOOSE. THE BEGINNING