The One About The War

INT.  SUNNYSIDE SHOPPING CENTRE.  DAY.

It's Easter Day and Sunnyside is deserted.  There are a few PEOPLE wandering around, aimlessly. In the Central Concourse, MIRIAM (the self-styled preacher we last saw in The One About The Preacher) is holding forth for the benefit of anyone who will listen. But they pass by, ignoring her.  Except, that is, for MAEVE, who stands there, absorbed. 

MIRIAM

He has cast this war as a conflict between

good and evil, between right and wrong,

between Christianity and Islam.  He has

proclaimed this war to be noble, necessary

and just, because it is beyond reason or

justification.  He has called it a struggle

for civilisation.  He has said that unless 

we prevail, they will not leave us alone.

They will follow us, wherever we are,

and kill us.

Security Officers CONNOR and HAYLEY saunter over - it's a well-rehearsed routine - to stop her from speaking.

CONNOR

Come on, let's be having you, Miriam. 

MIRIAM

Wake from your slumber and save your-

selves!  On this day, of all days, when

Christ rose from the dead!

CONNOR and HAYLEY forcibly move MIRIAM on.  Watched by MAEVE.