Family of Origin Issues

Time’s Champion : 

Ah. What are you going to do with her? 

KATHLEEN: 

Oh, something will turn up. 

One of the girls has gone to ask her sister if Audrey can stay with her for a few days till I sort something out. 

Do you have any family yourself? 

Time’s Champion : 

— I don't know. 

KATHLEEN: 

Oh, I'm sorry. It's the war, isn't it? 

It must be terrible not knowing. 

Time’s Champion : 

Yes.

“Goodbye, Susan — Goodbye, My Dear....”

(Ace sits down by The Rev. Mr. Wainwright, a man whose care-worn countenance betrays the deep inner turmoil going on within the creases of his troubled brow.) 

ACE : 

Funny church, this, isn't it? 

Rev. Mr. WAINWRIGHT : 

I was just remembering when I was a child. 

My Father was The Vicar here then. 

It seemed such a warm, friendly place in those days. 

ACE : 

Things always look different when you're a child. 

Rev. Mr. WAINWRIGHT : 

Now I stand in The Church every Sunday, I see all the faces looking up at me, waiting for me to give them something to believe in. 

ACE : 

Don't you believe in anything? 

Rev. WAINWRIGHT: 

I used to believe there was Good in The World, 

Hope for The Future. 

ACE: 

The Future's not so bad —

(catches his eye)

Have Faith in Me.

Orion: 

Okay, stop. I don't care how it's been for you. 
This ain't about us commiserating with each other. 
This is about you making things right.

AARON: 

This how you talk to your dad?

Orion :

I don't know cos he ain't been around. 

So don't come walking back in demanding respect, 
'cos that ain't where we are.

AARON: 

What do you need me to say, hmm? 

Because I want to say it.

Orion: 

Okay. You say,

‘Ryan,  I'm sorry. 

I've messed up. 

I haven't been good enough. 

I've let you down a lot. 

And I know that's made Life hard for you. 

And if it meant that over the years, you ever felt lonely or abandoned or didn't know Where to Turn or Who to Talk to or How to Be. 

Then I'm sorry. Cos... 

'Cos you mustn't ever think that you didn't deserve my love.’

AARON: 

You didn't ever think that..? 

Orion :

Yeah. Why wouldn't you? 

[Maidens Point]

ACE : 

I don't love her!
 She's My Mum — ! 

....and I don't love her! 

What's wrong with me? 

Why can't I stop hating her? 

Time’s Champion : 

You Loved The Baby —

ACE: 

But I didn't KNOW she was My Mum! 

Time’s Champion : 

Love+Hate — Frightening Feelings.

Especially when they're trapped struggling beneath The Surface. 

Don't Be Frightened of The Water. 

(Ace pulls off her snood and dives in, fully clothed)

[Underwater]

KATHLEEN [OC]: 

Audrey. It's all right, darling. 

ACE [OC]: 

I'll Always Love You. 

I'll Always Love You. 

I'll Always Love You. 

KATHLEEN [OC]: 

It's all right, darling. 

It's all right, darling. 

ACE [OC] :

I'll Always Love You. 

[Maidens Point]

(Ace splashes ashore.) 

ACE: 

I'm Not Scared Now. 

(They walk back up the shingle to the warning sign, arm in arm, shoulder to shoulder) 

ACE: 

Dangerous Undercurrents, Doctor? 

Time’s Champion : 

Not anymore — Niet!