Mooned

Act 3 Scene 2 - Mooned

(Lighting up, The Smoker glances skyward to notice something unusual)

TS: Wow! That's a really bright moon. Look out how lit up the sky is! And the moon itself is even partially behind clouds.
C: Huh. That is pretty bright.
TS: Yeah, I wonder why. (pauses) Maybe it's cuz the moon's light is actually being deflected by the clouds. To make the whole sky, brighter, y'know?
C: Uh. Yeah, well, I've never heard about anything like that. And besides you've seen the moon partially hidden by clouds tons of times before, and it's never been bright like that.
TS: Well there's gotta be some reason.
C: Maybe it's just the city lights being extra bright, or something.
(The Smoker looks at the sky over the area of The Big City)
TS: No, it's not that. The sky over there is darker, and yellow-tinged. Not blue like this sky. It's gotta be something else.
C: Yeah, well, don't stress about it too much. Even though there may be a reason for everything, it doesn't mean that we're gonna necessarily be able to understand that reason.
TS: (sighs) Yeah, but Man, by his nature still desires to know.
C: That's why I'm pretty content with just being a Cigarette, sometimes.
TS: Oh yeah, well be content with this.
(The Smoker bitterly grinds him out in the ashtray)
TS: Biatch.

(The Smoker glances up one last time at the twilight-like sky, and exits)