67 HANDMAIDEN Well, I may be a young girl, and you may say that I am inexperienced in the ways of the world, but I know what is going on . You have come here not to meet an old friend, you have come for revenge . SHUI LIU CAN You are only partially right . I have come for revenge against the man who is my friend . (Beat) I have awaited this moment for years … twenty years … longer than you have lived . This will be the greatest battle of my life … it is either that I win this one or that I die . If I win, we will be free . (Beat) And if I die, you will be free . HANDMAIDEN I don’t understand, if I were you I’d let your friend go, he is one of the saddest men I have ever seen … SHUI LIU CAN Really huh, what makes you think that he is a SAD man? HANDMAIDEN The way he spoke, it was for me to hear, not just you . He wanted me to know that he had already lost the greatest love of his life and that he was suffering enough for it . Shui Liu Can kneels in front of his handmaiden and grasps her by her hands . SHUI LIU CAN I tell you, I want you to see what is going to happen over the next few days or so … I want you to see how far I am willing to go …. It is at this moment that we see Shui start crying . SHUI LIU CAN I promise you, all this will be over soon enough, then we will be out of here . The handmaiden casts a steely glare into Shui Liu Can’s eyes . HANDMAIDEN I want to be out of here now, I have no wish to stay here . Shui Liu Can stands up . SHUI LIU CAN You don’t understand, it will not be long before this is over …