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(Moksa starts crawling to corner of hut)

INDIO

The only reason the village is being developed is so the people can work more efficiently for the profits of the rich.

VAISYA

A man comes to help father and you suspect him of something filthy.

INDIO

The last time they came with "emergency relief" was when they murdered mother.

VAISYA

Even if they gave us everything you want you would hate them.

INDIO

They don't do anything because they love us. They do things for profit.

VAISYA

But you no longer care if what they do is good or bad. In your eyes, whatever they do is bad, merely because they do it and not you.

INDIO

Don't talk crazy, Vaisya! When it's profitable to kill us, they'll kill us. If we want to live, grow and be human, we have to destroy them. That's why I'm going to Congo.

(Re-enter Bureaucrat and two Assistants, carrying papers and a tray)

ASSISTANT I

(Holding steaming tray)

Which one is Kay Mockser?