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Phoenix Rising Reprise 10

        'V' walks out into the main area, looking for everyone. "V' shouts, "RITA!" A voice from the upper deck can be heard, "Coming!" As Rita shows up, "What do you need?" 'V', "We have dinner with the Mayor and Elizabeth in an hour, 'and' we have to pick up ice cream on the way. You and Judy, get ready, 'now'." Rita, "Yes, mother." 'V', "I know how you mean that so I will ignore it, but we still have company here and he may not understand." Rita, "Oops, sorry, I will watch closer for who is in hearing range before saying anything like that again." 'V', "Thank you, just remember where you are, you are at home with your family, not guarding the door to Lizzie's. And FYI, the deal is in the works. So be careful what you say and who you say it to when you are working. At least until it is all signed. Some may not understand what is going on and get upse...

Phoenix Rising Reprise 9

      Timmy looks up at 'V', having heard all that she has said, but there was one thing he wanted to hear that she had said nothing about. And so he gathers everything inside of himself and asks her, "But don't you want me?" 'V' is floored by that simple question. She looks to Judy, So Mi, and Rita, they stay silent for her to answer him. She looks back at him, then looks inside him, at what is going on inside, then she looks inside herself at what she has sometimes dreamed of ever since she lost her own parents, and took to the streets to raise herself. She realizes Timmy can't live like she did. The problems he has with implants that he will outgrow soon, and will eventually cripple and kill him if nothing is done, And now, there is no one to take care of these things for him. Finally, she asks herself, why did she save him? Why didn't she just turn away and let whatever was going to happen, happen. But then, in that moment, she knows why she co...