F – A – L – L – I – N – G
Originally posted on January 14, 2007
F – A – L – L – I – N – G…Continued from Kaida and Kenzo, Sitting In A Tree…
Kaida: Arrrrgh I gotta change – that ground was wet! I’ll be right out. Want some Christmas cookies?
Kenzo: Sure… I guess.
Kohana: What’s wrong with your hand?
Kenzo: Yeeeesh, don’t sneak up on a guy like that – sorry, Kohana, didn’t see you there.
Kohana: The carpet muffled my steps. What’s wrong with your hand?
Kenzo: Oh…nothing really. Just a little scraped – we had a little falling-out-of-a-tree incident.
Kohana: I just passed Kaida – she seemed ok. Let me have a look.
Kenzo: She is okay, and don’t worry about me, I’ll just wash it off and…
Kohana: Your hand, Kenzo, let me see. Did you hurt it when you fell?
Kenzo: A little maybe. Really, it’s okay.
Kohana: Make a fist.
Kenzo: Hey I’m a lover, not a fighter.
Kohana: (giving him “the look”) A fist, Kenzo. Make a nice tight fist.
Kenzo: I…OW…. That kinda hurts.
Kohana: Let me get my keys – we’re going to have this checked.
Kenzo: No, I don’t need to, it’ll be fine… it’s just scratched that’s all, and…
Kohana: I thought you were a serious musician, Kenzo.
Kenzo: I am. What’s that got to do with anything?
Kohana: You have to take care of your hand. If it’s really injured, it needs attention. You don’t want to risk a permanent injury.
Kenzo: It’s not that bad –
Kohana: Humor me then. I may not be a doctor….
Kenzo: But you play one on TV?
Kohana: No, but I will be one, soon enough. I’m concerned about you and while you’re here visiting with us I feel responsible. Now let’s go.
Kenzo: Kohana, I don’t want to make a big deal out of this in front of Kaida. She uh.. sort of fell out of the tree on top of me and that’s when I did this. It wasn’t her fault, but she’ll feel bad.
Kohana: I understand. If there was a way to keep it from her we could do that, but I just know that…
Kaida: What? Keep what from me? What’s the matter? (only half-joking) Why are you two holding hands?
Kohana: I’ll let you explain, Kenzo. But we are going to get you checked out.
Kaida: What is she talking about? Check what out?
Kenzo: Kohana thinks I should have a doctor look at my hand, Kaida. I… hurt it when I landed on it. But nothing’s wrong with it, I’m sure that…
Kaida: Your hand? You hurt your hand?..... NO……, I hurt your hand! I had to show off, I had to climb that stupid tree, I had to…
Kenzo: Kaida – it was an accident. A little one even. It’s ok.
Kaida: It’s not ok if you’re hurt. It’s just not. I’m so sorry, Kenzo. If your hand is badly hurt I’ll never forgive myself for it…
Kenzo: It’s not badly hurt. It’s ok. You’ll see.
Kaida: But you…
Asher: Kaida, everything will be fine, I’m sure… (to Kohana) Just a precaution, right?
Kohana: We just need to be sure, Kaida.
Asher: (to Kaida) C’mon kid, what you need is a distraction. We’ll go down to the theater for a few - I need to do a security check - then when we get back, Kenzo should be all checked over and back home.
Kaida: I’m so sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’m sorry…..