Micaela. Do you consider me as your equal?
Kacper. I don’t think so. You do come up to me for advice, so I would say I am slightly wiser in a way.
Micaela. In what way?
Kacper. I don’t know. Things like keeping monkeys away from the camp, that sort of thing.
Micaela. That doesn’t seem to be very important.
Kacper. What’s important then?
Micaela. Relationships would be one.
Kacper. Do you need help with your relationships?
Micaela. No, I don’t think so.
Kacper. I wouldn’t think so. You seem pretty grounded.
Micaela. Thanks.
Kacper. But if you did need help, I might be able to help.
Micaela. Is that another thing you’re wiser?
Kacper. What do you think?
Micaela. Well, you’re getting married. Maybe you do have a slight advantage. I’m not close to being married. I think I need to know what it means to be married before I go forward.
Kacper. The first night I arrived in India, I met a girl from Japan. She was staying in the same hostel, but she was traveling alone. It was very curious. Why was this girl traveling alone in India?
Micaela. Why was she?
Kacper. I didn’t ask.
Micaela. Why? Did you like her?
Kacper. She was attractive. She was one of those girls that a dozen guys would be attracted to at the same time.
Micaela. Do you think I’m one of those girls?
Kacper. I remember my neighbor wrote a song about her. Kaiyo was her name. He was lying on his bed with his legs against the wall and his guitar on his stomach singing about Kaiyo.
Micaela. Kaiyo. I can’t tell if that’s a pretty name or not.
Kacper. I did find out what her story was from the neighbor. She was getting married, so she decided to travel to India before she got married.
Micaela. Sounds like she was figuring out what it meant to be married.
Kacper. I think we all have our thoughts and words on marriage.
Micaela. What are yours?
Kacper. I’ll let you know when I’m married.
Micaela. Do you think Kaiyo ever figured out what it means to be married?
Kacper. She would have been married for eight years now. I would hope so.
Micaela. I guess she’s that much wiser.
Kacper. I didn't know anything when I was in India.
End. Eight Years Wiser
