By His Grave (2-part Audio Drama)
ldn09 for Adult 2
The adult version of Thomas Capilero. He's always trying to shake himself of how mean he feels he was in his past, but can't get rid of his need to prove himself that he's always had. Medium-low, full voice. It used to be the kind that could take command of a room, but that's been toned down over the years as he tries to push himself into the background.
[After being called out for making a mountain out of a molehill. For context, the line before is "Can this seriously be a problem for you?"] ADULT 2: It shouldn’t… be. Why are we still here? What for? To “honor” him? I mean really, you guys didn’t like him, and he wasn’t even that great to me. What the hell are we still here for?
[Reminiscing on being "popular" in your teenage years] ADULT 2: I completely understand that feeling. It’s like… I had everything to lose back then. I learned that early on, you know? There was always something that I had to be doing correctly, or else I was ejected. It happened to Angie, you guys know that.
[Snapping at someone who's trying to diminish your past.] ADULT 2: That’s what you say?! That’s all you can do to make me feel better? Obviously, it is my fault, I could’ve just… Not done what I did, but I went along with it. It felt better to exclude someone else than to be excluded myself! You’re trying to tell me that it wasn’t my fault, my therapist tried to tell me that it wasn’t my fault, even I tried to tell myself that it wasn’t my fault, but I know it was! I hurt her! My friends hurt her! And we decided it was just “okay,” because she was different from us. Just because she wasn’t “normal,” like we were. It was unfair, and it absolutely was my fault, so I don’t want to hear it.
