The young women rush over to Dani. They surround her, touching her, rubbing her. Dani CAN’T BREATHE. She’s panicking. Hanna directs the women to LEAD Dani to the Main House. They all hurriedly guide her in that direction.
The young women usher Dani to her bed. They sit her down, gathering intimately around her. Dani struggles increasingly to breathe. Hanna HOLDS Dani’s FACE in her hands. She locks eyes with Dani and affects DEEP BREATHING. Dani’s eyes, unwilling to settle at first, gradually become FIXED to Hanna’s. Hanna continues to affect deep, measured breathing. Dani struggles to follow her. Her breathing trembles to meet Hanna’s example. Finally, Dani BREAKS DOWN into tears. Everything she’s bottled up, all the emotions that she’s labored to stifle - it all comes BURSTING out. She falls into deep, anguished SOBS.
Still locked onto Dani’s gaze, Hanna also breaks down. She SOBS DEEPLY along with Dani. They are sympathetically connected. It’s remarkable, and very unsettling. The surrounding women have also started CRYING, although not as intensely as Hanna, who has absolutely fixed herself to Dani. The crying is infectious, and the deeper they go, the greater the outpour.
It has become a circle of hysterical, weeping women. They moan and scream and cry. It’s positively TRIBAL.
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