Any Other Way

ME: I do not want this play to open. I'm going to bomb the theater.

CLARA: Why? You're good at what you do. If you bombed the theater, the theater will be gone. bombed. Sad, right?

ME: ...No. I'm a mean little grinch.

CLARA: I want to fly to you so much

ME: Me too.

CLARA: and punch you.

ME: No!

CLARA: You are going to be okay.

ME: Yeah.

CLARA: You are going to learn something you couldn't have learned any other way.

Two years ago.

CLARA: It's okay to be afraid. You don't always have to be unafraid.