Matt Wixey Extract from King of Fleas
prologue
Dialogue is in Mandarin in this scene.
Darkness. A girl, Chinese, young, on an army cot. Beside her, on a low stool, is a Chinese soldier in military uniform.
In the far corner is an older Chinese colonel. He smokes and observes the other two calmly.
The screen flickers to life. Grainy, black-and-white, crackling with static, it begins to show subtitles.
Soldier: What else did he tell you? Girl: Everything he told us came true. He is the king. Soldier: You mean the emperor? Girl: He is the king of fleas.
Lights up.
Soldier:
The king of /
Girl:
He will find them. He will never stop looking. He will part the roots of the grass to find them.
Soldier:
Where is he now?
Girl:
He lives by a field and the grass is red.
Soldier: Grass isn’t red.
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