CUT TO: WEST CENTRAL DISTRICT
INT. COFFEE SHOP - MORNING
TYNICE SITS AT A TABLE READING THE NEWS ABOUT SHADE'S CHARITY TO IRON MEAL. A FEW SECONDS LATER DOUGLASS COMES BACK TO THE TABLE WITH TWO COFFEES.
[Tynice]
Can you believe this? Shade donated money to the same people he likes to kick in the face. Just what the hell does he think he's going to accomplish?
[Douglass]
I thought you hated Shade.
[Tynice]
Does it sound like I'm trying to pay him any compliments?
[Douglass]
No. Why trouble yourself with all of his goings on?
[Tynice]
Because this is something that affects everyone!
[Douglass]
Surely the police will be able to do something.
[Tynice]
I don't know if there's much they can do. Even with Elder not wanting to work with Shade, they still can't catch him.
[Douglass]
Why do you hate Shade so much?
[Tynice]
Kids are dumb and myopic. It's why a lot of kids only learn from examples and mistakes. My nephew threw in with the wrong crowd because it was all that he knew. Shade being the self-righteous prick he is, caused him to earn a third strike.
[Douglass]
So you hate that Shade got to him before you did?
[Tynice]
I suppose that's one interpretation. I believe that trying to annex that level of authority without going through the proper channels despite what the world around you looks like is what I have a problem with. People are just thrown in jail and you know they don't learn any lesson besides to do whatever they can never to go back there.
[Douglass]
Well, certainly you can't believe that about everyone who ends up there.
[Tynice]
I don't. Why us though? Why the people who need the most chances?
[Douglass]
Perhaps because the chances allotted to us as a whole shouldn't be obstructed by us either.
TYNICE TAKES A SOP OF HER COFFEE.
[Tynice]
All I know is that Shade needs to face the same justice.
[Douglass]
He will. He can't get lucky all the time. Sooner or later, someone will come along who can put him in his place.
DOUGLASS TAKES A SIP OF HIS COFFEE. TYNICE THEN LIGHTLY TOUCHES DOUGLASS' HANDS.
[Tynice]
I'm sorry. Let's talk about something else. What kind of TV do you like to watch?
[Douglass]
I really do like documentaries.
[Tynice]
What? I like documentaries too.
CUT TO: EAST DISTRICT
EXT. BILL AND HILLARY CLINTON NATIONAL AIRPORT - NIGHT
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Shade - The Living Shadow
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