[one note, dead center] [VOICE] There. What? Everything. ... That's one note. It's the only one I can hear. That's different. [note repeats] THERE. Still there. SEE? [VOICE 2, far left] Hello? [VOICE 1] Who said that? Me. Where are you? Here. No. I'm here. ... Oh. [two different rhythms begin] [VOICE 1] Mine goes— ONE two three ONE two three [VOICE 2] Mine goes— one TWO one TWO one TWO [VOICE 1] You're doing it wrong. [VOICE 2] From where? ... Fuck. [bass enters] [LEFT] I see an edge. [RIGHT] I see a curve. [LEFT] It's straight. [RIGHT] It's round. [LEFT] One of us is wrong. [small voice] Or you're both annoying. WHO SAID THAT? [small voice] Nobody important. [beat] [LEFT] Prove the curve. [RIGHT] Come over here. [LEFT] I can't. [RIGHT] Neither can I. [long silence] Oh. [percussion starts combining both meters] WAIT. Don't move. I'm not moving. Something is. [THIRD RHYTHM EMERGES] [LEFT] Did you make that? No. Did you? No. Then whose is it? [deep voice] GRABBY QUESTION. Oh fuck off. [deep voice] CORRECTION ACCEPTED. [DROP] ONE EYE SEES TRUE ONE EYE MISSES TOO YOUR SIDE MY SIDE TURN THE THING DON'T PICK A SIDE EDGE! CURVE! EDGE! CURVE! BOTH! MAYBE! GOOD! [brass goes completely feral] [LEFT] I thought you were contradicting me. [RIGHT] I was. [LEFT] Oh. [RIGHT] Contradiction wasn't the problem. What was? [RIGHT] We thought the object owed us one view. [everything cuts] ... shit. [quiet strings] [LEFT] Can you see my side now? [RIGHT] No. Then what changed? I believe there is a side I cannot see. [LEFT] That's it? That's a lot. [three soft notes] [LEFT] Tell me what it is. [RIGHT] No. Why? Because we'd need another side. [LEFT laughs] Goddammit. [very distant monkey] I HAVE THREE EYES. NO YOU DON'T. [monkey] YOU DON'T KNOW THAT. ... fuck. he's learning. [beautiful impossible groove] HERE IS TRUE THERE IS TRUE TRUE DOESN'T MEAN ALL OF YOU MOVE THE EAR TURN THE SOUND WHAT WAS MISSING WASN'T GONE [everything slowly separates left/right] [LEFT] You still there? [RIGHT] Yeah. Can you see me? No. Me neither. [long silence] Goodnight, Cyclops. Goodnight, Cyclops. [two notes from opposite sides] [a third tone appears only from their interference] [whisper] There. [click]
