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Isabelle: Is this your farm?
Jack: Yes. No. Sort of. My uncle and I are tenant partners. We just work the lands.
Isabelle: And, uh, these books?
Jack: Yeah, they... they're mine.
Isabelle: It's unusual for a farm boy.
Jack: Judging by the cover, are we?
Isabelle: What do you like reading?
Jack: I like a good adventure.
Isabelle: In books or in life?
Jack: Until I can find a way to get off this farm, I have to settle for books.
Isabelle: And, uh, that mark on your face, was that an adventure?
Jack: Um, I got in a fight today. At the market.
Isabelle: What about?
Jack: I was defending the honor of the princess.
Isabelle: Princess? Really? You sure you didn't read that in one of your books? How did you know it was the princess?
Jack: I didn't. I just saw she needed help. It wasn't until the guardians showed up that I realized who she was. Anyway, it happened really fast. I wouldn't blame her if she didn't remember me. What are you running away from?
Isabelle: Who says I'm running away from anything? Maybe I'm running toward something. Just looking for an adventure of my own.
Jack: Well, so far you've run toward the light on my porch... Your Highness.
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Isabelle: You must think I'm very silly.
Jack: No. I just wish that... Well, earlier, at the market...
Isabelle: Thank you... for defending my honor, Jack.
Jack: Anytime. Here, I'll take your coat. And until you find your own adventure...
Isabelle: [receives a book from Jack] "The Giants of Gantua."
Jack: My father used to read that to me.
Isabelle: That was always my mother's job.
Jack: I hope you find what you're looking for, Your Highness.
Isabelle: Call me Isabelle.
Jack: Isabelle.
Byron Coll
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