(Another joins. Then another. Slow. Uncertain. As if the clapping hurts.)
(She slams a cluster of notes — dissonant, like a scream through glass.)
Player 237. You chose the piano instead of the bread. Instead of the lottery ticket. Tell us… why?
Thud. (Thud.) Thud. (Thud.)
(A VIP laughs nervously. Another leans forward.)
(Another joins. Then another. Slow. Uncertain. As if the clapping hurts.)
(She slams a cluster of notes — dissonant, like a scream through glass.)
Player 237. You chose the piano instead of the bread. Instead of the lottery ticket. Tell us… why?
Thud. (Thud.) Thud. (Thud.)
(A VIP laughs nervously. Another leans forward.)
