Principles of Magic

TRANSCRIPT

The girls are back in their dorm room, and we can see outside the window that it’s almost sunset. Charlie is in bed, looking absolutely miserable. Pepper sits on her bedside, comforting her. Avery is sitting on her own bed, across the room.

Charlie, out loud: Uuuughhhh….

Pepper: Nobody is upset with you. Nobody thinks you were lying.

Charlie: They think I’m stupid.

Pepper: NOBODY thinks you’re stupid.

Charlie: That’s what they’d say at my old school. They wouldn’t let us use sign language. They’d hit us. They’d tie our hands down to our desks if we wouldn’t stop.

Pepper: Oh, Charlie…