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SCENE 3
(The Headquarters set is frozen. Lights up on Older Dee and
Scribe, who's writing at the desk.)
OLDER DEE: Reopening this case energized us in the days to follow.
SCRIBE: (writing as Older Dee talks) I bet it did!
OLDER DEE: (thinking aloud) No, scratch that … too predictable … (Scribe
scratches it out) reopening this case took over our lives! We all
gave whatever it took to crack the code for "born again" and
"eternal life." No sleep. Our eyes glazed over from reading
endless scrolls of Scripture searching for prophecies, looking
for answers. Hour after hour. Scratch that … (thinking) more
meticulous … (Scribe scratches it out) uh … minute by minute,
until our next breakthrough!
(Lights down on Older Dee and up on Headquarters. Actors un-
freeze.)
CHIEF: Numbers, any breakthroughs on what "born again" means?
NUMBERS: It's quite a puzzle, Chief. Jane, please read us the rest of Agent
Dee's report where Nicodemus asked the question.
JANE: (flipping through her clipboard notes) Alright, here it is.
Nicodemus asked, "How can someone be born when they are
old?"
NUMBERS: That is the question. I've calculated every possible scenario,
Chief, and by all indications, Jesus has to be talking about a
different kind of birth. He mentions "born of the Spirit" when
He says … well, give it to us exactly, Jane.
JANE: He said, "Flesh gives birth to flesh, but the Spirit gives birth to
spirit."
CHIEF: (thinking aloud) So it's a second birth that seems to happen
within your spirit … something supernatural.
(A ruckus interrupts as a group enters—Dee, Knox, Bree, and
Lenny, blindfolded.)
CHIEF: What is going on here?
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