Absolute silence. The two women fall into the arms of oneself.

Lucy

Why do you do the same for me?

Dominique

Because prayer is the only thing we have left.

Lucy

But I was saying a prayer.

Dominique

What then?

Lucy

I was embracing the pain.

Dominique

It may be the same.

Lucy

I hadn’t thought of it.

Dominique

Did you notice that the black climbs up on us?

Lucy

Looks at her and then looks at herself.

We don’t have the same height.

Dominique

From the beginning…But now it is difficult for me.

Lucy

Do you think we too will become rhinoceroses?

Dominique

What do you mean?

Lucy

Shadows…

Dominique

Then we need the…

Lucy

No! Don’t say a word.

Dominique

That’s why the difference.

Lucy

It’s as if they hear us…

Dominique

Everytime we speak.

Lucy

They hear everything, they hear us too…

Dominique

We can’t even say a joke.

Lucy

You’re joking, don’t you remember the book…

Dominique

Now I understood the music…