briefly

[slidingsideways]

Note: we regularly throw small toy mice for the cat, one after another. I refer to it as skeet (the first time we played, she meowed when she wanted the next mouse), or as throwing passes for her to receive. Sometimes I do this sort of distractedly, and the mice don't end up where I planned.

SCENE
SEATMATE and ME, INT BEDROOM, lights ON

SEATMATE
Did you water the plants?

ME
Which ones?

SEATMATE
The ones in here. Specifically the pothos on the top shelf. It looks... fluffy.

ME
No, I didn't.

(pause)

ME
But I should probably tell you something about the pothos.

SEATMATE
What?

ME
There's a mouse in it.