(FADEIN: The First sitting Indian style in front of a doll house where the little girl is currently playing with some tiny dolls. First is still wearing the same face paint and get up as last time.)
FIRST: We all make choices...I've made mine...It seems to have been in error...I followed the path...It was a mistake...
Copycat interfered, so I went after him...It led to the greatest victory against Anthology in it's history...Finally a true rebuke of them...The first time they entered into a main event...And were repelled...Driven back into the shadows where they belong...Such was the nature of that match, that battle...But they regrouped and returned...A 6 man tag now...
And I see it and I fear for EPW...Stevens...Stevens is most likely bored by Cruise, bored by Anthology...Mercurial in nature he is...But I'd have expected more from Westscott, more from Ice Tre..From my hand they took the baton to fight Anthology, from my hand they took up the cause to protect EPW from this plague of wrestlers banding together out of fear and cowardice...
And they are failing...Their silence is deafening...What happens if Anthology rips through the three of them...What if Champion and #1 Contender are run out of the ring by Anthology? What happens then...Lindsay Troy's hand may be forced...Cameron Cruise would get to do what he claimed was his ambition all along, to put himself into the main event of the next PPV...Who could say otherwise...What with his leading Anthology to such a crushing victory...
I have been side tracked, sent away, diverted from the true battle by Shawn Hart...A man who makes light of all things, who tells jokes and entertains...Who kills with kindness...Like many of the huckster poker players I see on TV who know a winning smile and a glib personality lead to endorsement deals away from the poker table and to an easier life at it...Who doesn't want to chat with Daniel Negreanu and pretend like they are pals while he picks their pocket...That is Shawn Hart...The lying smile, the false embrace...This time...He's done ever better then that...
Just by meddling in the main event, even failing in that attempt, he's done what was needed, dragged away the one man who truly seeks to end Anthology...Away from that objective.
So Shawn, while you talk of women, of love, of loss, you play me as a fool, for you already have played me...Already I have done all you wanted, I'm out of the way of the main strike, the real plan...Win or lose, you can report back to Cruise that the mission was a success, that he, Wells, and Edmunds have nothing but smooth sailing in front of them as they seek to atone for last week's loss, and to truly make a name for themselves...
Anthology's grip upon EPW tightens...Like a python wrapping itself around it's prey...I say all these things, lament this plight, yet here I am, playing dollhouse, I'm not doing anything true, anything real to stop Anthology...I'm just going in, fighting my match, leaving...I expect the big picture to somehow change from these little actions...
CHILD: Everything effects the big picture, nothing is without meaning...You know nothing of the future...Your victory over Shawn Hart could be the downfall of Anthology...You have no idea what one event can do in the scheme of the universe...
FIRST: To think such a thing, that defeating Shawn Hart matters truly in the grand scheme of things is madness...It is trusting to hope...
CHILD: Hope will destroy Anthology...You said it yourself...There is no hope in them...They all exist not to rock the boat, not to aspire, not to seek more...They are dead to the world...Hope is beyond them...Cruise is craven, weak, a leader due to circumstance rather then design, he curses the crown upon his head more then Sean Stevens enjoys the one he wears...But even in his weakness he is a menace...Even the most timid of souls can be spurred to action...Yes, his possible victory is bad for everyone involved...But it isn't the end of this story...
FIRST: So how does it all play out, she who entertains herself with dolls?
CHILD: That's the joy of all, living through the events, what fun would it be if everything was known? And what's wrong with playing with dolls?
FIRST: Oh nothing I guess...So tell me about this little family here.
[The child starts explaining in great detail the life and times of the doll family, the camera pans back.]
(FADEOUT)