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​iii. stones (phone ring.) SADIE (as sister) ​hey beckett, it's your sister ​um, i don't…i just got a call from ireland. it's gran and gramps. ​they—they died ​this fucking thing ​give me a call… BECKETT ​gran and gramps? ​fuck ​i had lost touch with my grandparents ​they were this mad old hermit couple that lived in ireland ​county cork (grandfather appears, drinking brandy and humming.) ​gramps had been a stonemason ​their backyard was this insane rock sanctuary ​giant boulders and cairns set up in arcane formations ​sacred geometry GRANDFATHER ​listen to the stone ​lay your hands upon the stone ​for the stone stands watch for a thousand thousand years ​listen to the stone ​see the sparkle on the stone ​for the stone will never die BECKETT ​in the center he had built a clochán ​one of those beehive-shaped stone huts ​that celtic monks and old luke skywalker lived in ​i visited them once on a backpacking trip, after my dad died ​gramps and i spent a whole night in the hut ​sucking down plum brandy ​singing old irish ditties ​while we grieved BECKETT & GRANDFATHER ​listen to the stone ​lay your hands upon the stone ​for the stone stands watch for a thousand thousand years ​listen to the stone ​see the sparkle on the stone ​for the stone will never die SHELOB ​how sweetly he used to hum ​your grandfather's brandy recitals ​are legendary amongst us spiders BECKETT ​i suppose i should also mention here ​that my new local liquor store ​had the exact brand of plum brandy my gramps used to drink; ​and they delivered ​eight bottles in a case ​it became a nightly ritual SHELOB ​yes beckett ​enjoy yourself ​you deserve it (grandmother appears beside grandfather.) BECKETT ​gran had been mystical too— ​her thing was crystals ​quartz, amethyst, malachite, tiger's eye ​tuning her spirit to their energies ​a couple weeks after they passed ​i got a package; ​gran's pendulum ​a piece of deep blue lapis lazuli ​strung on a silver chain ​swinging back and forth ​and round and round BECKETT & SHELOB ​swinging back and forth ​and round and round BECKETT ​gran and gramps had gone deep mystic after their son died ​looking for answers in the stones SHELOB ​i never knew my parents ​my mother was ungoliant, the gloomweaver ​she used to gorge herself on the light of the world ​morgoth himself feared her ​the crystal suits you beckett ​maybe you should pierce an ear ​go full on midlife crisis BECKETT ​yeah, maybe SHELOB ​what happened between you and this "jackie"? ​did you let her see the darkness within? BECKETT ​little bit ​i guess i was afraid she'd see more (phone ring.) SADIE (as jacqueline) ​beckett? it's jacqueline ​your sister told me about your grandparents, i'm so sorry ​anyway, just checking in, are you okay?