LINES FOR SHAKTI

SETH
I need to know. Our meeting at the bar, the date we were supposed to go out on, was it all a set up, a ruse?

SHAKTI
Somewhat. Yes. But...

SETH
But why?

SHAKTI
I am not here to punish you, Seth. That would not be justice. I'm here to help you to put and end to all of this.

SETH
No, I have to finish what I started.

SHAKTI
Why are you on this killing spree?

SETH
I'm not a killer.

SHAKTI
(Skeptical)
Really, Seth? Then what would you call it?

SETH
Hey, I don't know if you have been keeping score lady, but I'm the one who's been getting his butt kicked. I'm the victim here. If anything, there's probably some psycho bitch out there killing people.

SHAKTI
Seth, you don't have to be coy about what you've done. I've killed too, many times over. I come from a traditional culture whose ancestry dates back thousands of years. We were a poor people victimized by colonialism. I turned away from the culture to seek out riches in hopes that I could bring us out of the degradation and poverty that befell us. So I killed for the highest bidder. And also for revenge.

SETH
Then you understand. So you will join me?

SHAKTI
No, Seth. Because I realized that as I was saving one people I was killing another. And I couldn't reconcile this, so I was trapped. When my people realized what I had been doing they sent someone to stop me. He sought not to destroy me but to bring me what I now bring to you, Seth. An unstoppable power. The power of the Concealed One. I don't know what's vexing you but your campaign must cease. One way or another I will see to that.

Shakti also casually walks to the dresser. She passes over the screwdriver which disappears off the dresser. Seth catches this, too.

SETH
I don't know.