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Cyrano is a soldier with a talent for alienating those she loves. Her
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CYRANO
Should I insult you, so you can leave, too?
DONNA
Is that what you want?
CYRANO
It’s never about what I want.
(CYRANO goes to exit.)
DONNA
You make too many enemies.
CYRANO
You make too many friends!
DONNA
Not everything has to be a fight.
CYRANO
I wasn’t out-of-line.
DONNA You wouldn’t have to say it if you weren’t.
CYRANO What am I supposed to do? Just let it happen?
DONNA
That’s what some expect.
CYRANO
I am not what people expect.
DONNA
I know.
CYRANO
What’s that supposed to mean?
(Catches herself.)
Sorry. I didn’t mean to�
DONNA
Don’t apologize, or people might think you’re capable of sympathy.
CYRANO
As long as it’s not empathy.
CYRANO & DONNA
Anything but that!
(They laugh together.)
CYRANO
Montfleury... He’s the captain? Him?
DONNA
I know.
CYRANO
And then Christian has
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