mary

Alice I swear to fucking Christ-

liaison

Hello, Mary. Please accept my apologies.

mary

...

mary

Excuse me? Who is this?

liaison

It doesn't matter. Pick a number. Literally any number.

mary

Oh shit. Is this a hostage situation?

alice

well I hadn't thought of it like that before

mary

Why is something interesting always happening to you? Why can't I get hostaged for once?

alice

that's kind of a weird thing to say about someone who's getting hostaged

liaison

HOSTAGED IS NOT A WORD.

liaison

PLEASE PICK A NUMBER.

mary

Um.

mary

Six?

Yeah, six.