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　　MAVERICK
　　Well， get used to it.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Used to what？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　I’’m different.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　I’’m starting to sense that now.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　You’’re slow to engage. But you’’ll come around.
　　
　　She pushes him out the door
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　Let’’s make it at eight.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Make what？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　Anything.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Okay， anything. Just…… go. I’’ve gotta work.
　　
　　She closes the door， turns back to her screen.
　　
　　BEACH LA JOLLA – DAY
　　
　　A day off. Pilots， other personnel are enjoying a day at the beach. There are bikinis， and beer， sunfishes and water skiing. The annual Over-the-Line （a variation of softball） tournament is in progress. The team from the Teddy Kennedy Driving School is whipping another known as Scum de Terre. The pilots are doing pretty well at blowing off steam.
　　
　　UNDERSEA
　　
　　Undulating sea grass. Muffled HISS of the surf. A pretty fish comes into view. A spear shoots through it， and nails it to the ocean floor.
　　
　　SHORELINE
　　
　　Two figures pop to the surface and wade in to the beach. Maverick holds the wriggling fish. Charlie is repulsed. She pulls off her mask and snorkle， follows him in to shore……
　　
　　THE BEACH
　　
　　They flop down. He drops the fish in front of her， sees her reaction at watching its death throes.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Why’’d you do that？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　（surprised）
　　I had the shot.
　　
　　She looks at him for a moment， then turns away， fiddles with her mask.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　It dies. We live.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　You’’re an animal.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　That’’s true. What are you？
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　I don’’t enjoy watching things suffer.
　　
　　He smashes the fish on a rock. It is still.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　No!
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　It’’s not suffering anymore.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　（she looks at him strangely， half jokes）
　　You’’re horrible
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　You’’re not， cause you eat frozen meatballs？
　　（he puts it down）
　　Things die. Every time you breathe， you kill millions of tiny organisms. Every time you eat， something had to die.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　You don’’t have to kill it.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　Somebody does. It’’s more honest this way. You do your own dirty work.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　You ever think about killing another human being？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　About as much as they think about killing me.
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Does it bother you？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　They know the rules……
　　（this is too strong for her， she turns away， he comes around to her）
　　That’’s the deal. That’’s why you’’re up there. It’’s him or me. That’’s the price of admission.
　　（she draws away）
　　It bothers you， why？ You’’re part of it.
　　（she stiffens， he’’s losing her， he softens）
　　Everybody dies. Most people don’’t get to die for something. You don’’t want to confront it， do you. You want to keep it all clean， cerebral…… velocity vectors， wing-load diagrams…… You ever been up？
　　
　　CHARLIE
　　Flying？
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　You use your mind to keep things at a distance. You ever just let go？
　　
　　She doesn’’t answer.
　　
　　MAVERICK
　　You know what really scares me？ Living too long. Losing my hair and my teeth…… and my guts and my wind. And my brains…… Sitting in a room with my hands in my lap， watching daytime TV.