(This happens after the Kid talks the Archivist into investigating a broken fence post. The Kid thinks this might be evidence of an unknown entity or threat near the farm. You don't need to record anything for The Archivist -- just pause when they would speak,)

(Crunching sounds of feet on frost, overlaid by a wintry wind. We hear the Archivist pushing the fence back into the dirt.)

ARCHIVIST: Are you sure the goat didn’t do this herself?

KID: Yeah. Why would the goat mess up a fence post?

ARCHIVIST: I mean, I’m not suggesting there’s some secret goat motive. Just that maybe she could have bumped it free by accident. It doesn’t look like we hammered it in right.

KID: So I’m just making things up?

ARCHIVIST: Hey, I didn’t say that. It could be any number of things, I just don’t know that it’s a threat, huh? We don’t want to get all worked up over nothing. You know how the Soldier gets.

KID: Yeah, I know.
(They sigh.)
So what else could it be?

ARCHIVIST: I don’t know. A strong wind? ... A weak bear?

(The Kid laughs.)

ARCHIVIST (CONT’D): Ghosts, maybe? Really bored ghosts?

KID: Or aliens.

ARCHIVIST: You know what? Yes. It’s probably aliens. The fence aliens.

KID: We are the fence aliens, from Jupiter! We come to steal your fences!

ARCHIVIST: Oh no! Too bad I’ve contacted the wire aliens from Mercury to foil
your plot!

KID: Or it could be -- what if it’s a person?

(Sudden silence. The wind whips back and forth.)

ARCHIVIST: Listen, point is, it’s nothing to worry about, okay? But it’s getting dark, and I think the Cook’s already making dinner. I’m going to go ... yeah, help her with that. Would you mind hunting the patch and making sure we didn’t miss any pea pods? I think it’s going to snow tonight, so, last chance.

KID: Okay.
(beat)
Um, I didn’t mean --

ARCHIVIST: I’ll see you in there.

(The hurried crunch of footsteps.)

(This takes place when the Kid, Scientist, and Cook and alone at the farm. The Cook is very sick, and the other two are taking care of them.  Again, no need to record the other character's lines. The scene begins when The Kid follows the Scientist out into the woods at night.)

(The sound of a shovel being tossed to the side.)

SCIENTIST: Kid, what are you doing here? You should be back at the house.

KID: I had to come find you, Cook is – why were you digging?

SCIENTIST: You need to go back home. It’s cold out here –

KID: I thought you were working on helping the Cook, not digging a hole in the woods.

SCIENTIST: Kid, please, let’s talk about this later. Let’s go back to the house. Kid. Kid?

KID: Doc? What’s the hole for?

SCIENTIST: I’ll tell when we get back to the house, let’s just –

KID: That’s a pretty big hole to be digging. When the ground’s so cold. And there are chores to be done in the house and Cook needs your help.

SCIENTIST: Kid, listen. I don’t know what—

KID: Are you digging a grave, Doc?

(A long pause. The wind in the trees.)

SCIENTIST: Kid—

KID: And here I was thinking you’d missed something, that you didn’t know how bad it was—

SCIENTIST: Listen, the others could be back any day, we don’t know—

KID: I thought you were working on a cure! I thought you were trying to help them!

SCIENTIST: I never—

KID: And you’ve just given up!?

SCIENTIST: Kid listen to me, it’s a precaution, alright. I needed to. Cook wanted me to.

KID: Bullshit.