Rose : Nothing will ever change in this country.
Allen : You like the way things are, do you? The madness?
Rose : The madness is inside you.
Allen : So it's all an illusion.
Rose : Other people live.
Allen : How?
Rose : Day by day.
Allen : And nothing changes.
Rose : You get older.
Allen : Is that your only ambition?
Rose : It's not an ambition at all. It's a fact.
Allen : A fact that negates everything else.
Rose : No. Death does that.
Allen : So death is the only reality.
Rose : You don't understand me, do you?
Allen : I know there's something you want.
Rose : No, it's what you want. I don't want anything.
Allen : Why not?
Rose : Because I've had it all. Power, hunger, fear, desire.
Allen : You don't seem any the worse the wear for it.
Rose : It affects different people in different ways. How will it affect you?
Allen : Do you think that's what I'm after?
Rose : Yes.
[voice over effect from a previous scene: Allen shouting "No!"]
[spotlight/sound effect of Allen's father from previous scene: "You're my eldest son" ]
Rose : You can't even control your emotions.
Allen : What makes you say that?
Rose : You're married and you're falling in love with me.
Allen : What do you want me to do?
Rose : It's not too late to run away.
Allen : Is this the contemporary version of The Dance of Death?
Rose : No rationalisations, you're too good at that.
Allen : You want to take away my only defence?
Rose : Of course. It's not a very good defence anyway.
Allen : Against what?
Rose : The despair you feel.
Allen : I'm not in despair.
Rose : Aren't you? I would be if I were you.
Allen : Why?
Rose : Because you'll never get what you want.
Allen : No one ever does.
Rose : That's remarkably mature of you.
Allen : It doesn't stop you from fighting for it.
Rose : You've got a tragic view of life.
Allen : What do you want?
Rose : I want to know which one of us is real.
Allen : What are the positions?
Rose : Any positions you like.
Allen : All for the adrenalin.
Rose : Not all of it.
Allen : I want you.
Rose : Everything you do is about control.
Allen : I need to know.
Rose : Look for once at the chaos.
Allen : Who are you?
Rose : Feel me!
[All effects stop. A spot comes up on Allen and Rose violently fucking; Allen comes, screaming. Blackout]