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DANCERS: AMANH HAIII

ZONA:  Come on - it’s second dance!

MENTL: Right on.

MENTL: Huh.

ZONA: What?

MENTL: Where’d your folks go?

ZONA:  Maybe they went to dance somewhere more private?



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ZONN’S BEDCHAMBER - ZONN AND IPOLA MAKING LOVE




IPOLA: You don’t think it’s a good idea?

ZONN: Wha - no, it’s just …

IPOLA: Undignified?  I would hate to embarrass myself …

ZONN: No, no! Not that … I mean … do you … dance First Dance a lot ... these days?

IPOLA:. Well, it has been awhile - I may not do as well as these young folk here, but perhaps someone will find me interesting enough to dance with …

MENTL: This oughta be good …

JEEVIK: (hands him a drum) Here you are, Lord.

ZONN: Huh?

JEEVIK: Forgive the presumption, lord, I had assumed you wouldn’t want someone else to “get” her.

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IPOLA:  So - hello, Mentl.

MENTL: Ma’am.  Uhh … your Majesty.  Ma’am. (oy)

IPOLA: You did it.

TULA: Yes.

IPOLA: Of course you did.  And so much more. I could not be more proud of you right now, Tula.

TULA: A lot more was at work than just us.

IPOLA: It always is. I’m still proud of you. Both of you.  My girls!

IPOLA: (To Mentl) And you.

MENTL: Your Majesty.

IPOLA: I need to balance a few things between us.

MENTL: Wha - no ma’am, you didn’t do anything …

IPOLA: I know what I did and what I didn’t do, Mentl.  I also know what I bear responsibility for.

MENTL: You were just trying to look out for your people.  I … freaked out. That’s on me, not you.

IPOLA: Yes it is, but not completely.  I was afraid. I acted and spoke out of fear and I passed that fear on to you when there wasn’t anything to gain by it.  To act out of fear alone is always an offense to the cha, no matter the cause.   There are always consequences. And I owe you for my part in it.  

MENTL: So - what do we do?

IPOLA: It can be very simple. Ask any honorable thing of me, and if it’s within my power I will grant it.

MENTL: Wow … well, I don’t need … I mean, you don’t have to.   You -

ZONA: Yes, she does.

TULA: Yes. She does.

MENTL: Oh.  Umm …



MENTL: Well, you know, now I think of it, yeah.  There is something.

JEEVIK: The climate here is a trifle warm for such a cloak, your Majesty, May I ?

IPOLA: You may, thank you, and these as well.  

JEEVIK: Very good, Majesty. 

IPOLA: Hm. Have we ever met before?

JEEVIK: The possibility is an extremely remote one, your Majesty. 

IPOLA: Zona ...

ZONA: Mother ...

IPOLA: Oh ... you’ve been through so much. My baby ...

ZONA: Mother!  I'm so sorry!  Cha na amanh ...

IPOLA: Me too, my child. Cha na amanh.

ZONA: I ... I said awful things ...

IPOLA: Some of them were well deserved. But it’s balanced, now. At least for me.

ZONA: We just need to go home now and it will be. 

TULA: Here she comes.  

ZONN: (terrified) Uhhhh …

Chera: Do you want some numbwort?

ZONN: No.

ZONA: (with a shove) Go, Your Majesty.  Greet the Queen of the Moon Tribe. We’ll all wait here.

TULA: If she starts to do more than just draw a little blood, we’ll intervene.

ZONN: Oh, thanks.


TULA: I made friends with one of your local hawks here and sent her a message practically as soon as we got out of the cave and you and Zona had stopped beating on each other. So - I guess she decided that she’d come and see you for herself.

ZONN: (incredulously) That’s … that’s Ipola?

ZONA: Oh yes. I can see her now.

MENTL: Good eyes.

ZONN: Ipola … coming here …

ZONA: Yep.

ZONN: And riding on the back of a giant bloody eagle! GODS can that woman make an entrance!

ZONA: Yep.

ZONN: (suddenly) Oh … oh God. She’s going to kill me.

ZONA: Don’t worry, Father. I’ll protect you.