Year: 2007
Place: At a public park on Long Island, New York
Dialogue: Aurora and Officer O'Neal, a member of the New York City Police Department
Time: About an hour and a half since Kayla took Dani to her car and left Aurora behind
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Aurora: "I have not broken one law or ordinance."
Officer O'Neal: "I will be the judge of that."
Aurora: "A judge imposes a sentence after a guilty verdict. You are an officer of the peace."
O'Neal: "That's right, I'm Officer O'Neal, and do you know how weird you sound?"
Aurora: "I know I am simply sitting on a public park bench, that is all."
O'Neal: "As a cop, it might be that I conclude you're committing vagrancy."
Aurora: "Yet, you know of course that I am not."
O'Neal: "Missy, let's see some I.D."
Aurora: "I do not carry any paper identification."
O'Neal: "What are you? Something like Amish or Pennsylvania Dutch?"
Aurora: "I am Indian."
O'Neal: "You're way off the reservation, Sacagawea."
Aurora: "I do not understand."
O'Neal: "I was kidding. Sorry. Still, I do need to put on these cuffs and that's no joke."
Aurora: "What is the charge? I want to sit on this park bench with my private thoughts."
O'Neal: "Being in this particular park rises to probable cause. Let's go to my squad car."
Aurora: "Instead, please leave me be."
O'Neal: "There's an issue: You're attractive due to an Anna Nicole Smith vibe you put out."
Aurora: "I am guessing you say I entice a certain type of man. I do seem to attract strange ones."
O'Neal: "While as a teenager, I was more of a Cagney or a Lacey, not any fashion model."
Aurora: "I do not know what those names refer to either. I know Garbo said: 'I want to be alone.'"
O'Neal: "You don't grasp how unsafe this park is. A psychiatrist is going to look you over."
Aurora: "I can analyze probabilities of threat. So how long will this examination take? An hour?"
O'Neal: "Relax, it's just a few days long. We'll start by finding out why your hand's bloody."140Please respect copyright.PENANAU3zSH5taDr