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Setting: Vequora wakes up in the back of what appears to be an ambulance, lying down. She sits up, and sees Cyrus in the front seat driving.
Cyrus raises his head and looks at Vequora in the rear view.
Cyrus: “Good morning, sleeping beauty.”
Vequora rubs her head
Vequora: “Where are we going? And why are you driving me in an ambulance?”
Cyrus: “Well… you’re injured, so you’re being taken to the location of the first round of competition separately. And I may or may not have slipped people some cash to let me drive you.”
Vequora: “Oh… well thank you.”
Cyrus: “And… I figured I’d treat you to a little something… if that’s alright with you.”
Vequora (blushing): “Well if we have time… I’d be alright with that.”
Cyrus: “Yeah, the plane departs in six hours, we have plenty of time.”
Cyrus makes a turn and pulls over to a cliffside looking out towards the sunrise. Cyrus gets out of the vehicle, and walks to the back and opens the doors. He helps Vequora down, and lets her use him as a support given her injured foot. They sit down near the edge, and look out to the sky.
Cyrus: “You know… I never really understood what it meant to truly be independent… Being you spend your whole life taking advice and directions from others, and if you go off that, are you truly independent?”
Vequora looks at Cyrus with a bit of a confused expression.
Cyrus: “You left your old home, against what was expected of you. This is your own decision to try to turn your life around… and you had the guts to do it. That’s why I admire you so much, because it’s something I couldn’t bring myself to do if given the opportunity.”
Vequora: “Oh stop it, of course you can, it’s just you need the motivation to go through with it. When something is really important to you, you will work for it with your 110 percent.”
Cyrus: “You radiate optimism, you always know how to light up a room.”
Vequora: “In all fairness, I used to be an entertainer.”
Cyrus scoots a bit closer to Vequora.
Cyrus: “Don’t sell yourself short. It’s a good quality to have nonetheless.”
Vequora: “I guess you’re right in that sense.”
Cyrus puts his arm around Vequora’s shoulder.
Cyrus: “Lighten up, where is that radiant optimism that you always have?”
Vequora: “It’s just… things are all happening too fast for me. This was nothing but a dream to me, but now that I’m here… It’s TOO real.”
Cyrus (with a concerned tone): “Isn’t that what makes it so much better? It’s real, it’s not just some goal just out of reach… you’re here!”
Vequora cracks a small smile
Cyrus: “I feel like I’d go insane without you.”