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And a recurring argument…
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Panel 1 [Ezra’s mother looks over at him with a tired expression.]
MA:
The sea ain’t your only choice like you say.
Panel 2 [Ezra puts his head in his hand, exasperated, while ma continues to speak, off camera.]
MA:
Your father made decent money. And his work didn't steal him away from us for years at a time.
Panel 3 [Ezra lifts his head, still frustrated as his mother insists.]
EZRA:
He was a carpenter.
MA:
A respectable job.
EZRA:
And he was always gonna be a carpenter. There wasn't nothin’ more than that.
Panel 4 [Ezra’s mother is frustrated and angry now, standing up]
MA:
Do you know what it took for your father to build a life for us here? For you and your sister to be born here?
Panel 5 [She points towards the door, still frustrated and upset]
MA:
For you to grow up lookin’ at those damn ships that put all these fool ideas in your head that’ll kill you ‘fore your time.
MA:
The sea ain’t your only choice like you say.
Panel 2 [Ezra puts his head in his hand, exasperated, while ma continues to speak, off camera.]
MA:
Your father made decent money. And his work didn't steal him away from us for years at a time.
Panel 3 [Ezra lifts his head, still frustrated as his mother insists.]
EZRA:
He was a carpenter.
MA:
A respectable job.
EZRA:
And he was always gonna be a carpenter. There wasn't nothin’ more than that.
Panel 4 [Ezra’s mother is frustrated and angry now, standing up]
MA:
Do you know what it took for your father to build a life for us here? For you and your sister to be born here?
Panel 5 [She points towards the door, still frustrated and upset]
MA:
For you to grow up lookin’ at those damn ships that put all these fool ideas in your head that’ll kill you ‘fore your time.
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