1st Gear [Dictated]

[clockworkchild]

I did not think I'd be here again

...I think it is again...

I looked for a key before, this time...this time I need the key and what it goes to.

[There is a shuffle as Hugo gets up from where he sits on his bed and takes in his room with disbelief.]

But I know they won't be here. Someone told me that last time. 

[It's come back to him, the girl he spoke to and the doctor, rather the Doctor as it turned out.]

My name is Hugo Cabret. 

Comments

[clockworkchild]

Because I can't.

It's a secret. [Though that answer never worked on Isabelle, he'll still try.]

[wolfchild]

Why?

[clockworkchild]

Because it is.

Why do you want to know?

[wolfchild]

Because you're being stupid and secretive.

[clockworkchild]

I'm not being stupid. I'm not the one who doesn't understand that a secret is secret.

[wolfchild]

If it's so much a secret, stop telling everyone it is, idiot.

[clockworkchild]

Have you never had a secret before?

[wolfchild]

None I tell everyone about.

[clockworkchild]

But I didn't tell everyone about it, only that I have one..and only because you asked. You're just upset because I would not tell you what it is.

[wolfchild]

I don't care about your stupid secret, but if you're going to go around telling people you have one, you have to know they'll ask.

[ She passes the page, effectively ending the conversation. ]