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[INT., VAMPIRE MANSION, NANDOR’S ROOM. NANDOR CAREFULLY UNLATCHES HIS CAPE AND HANDS IT TO GUILLERMO, WHO FOLDS IT AND SETS IT ON A PILE OF SHOPPING BAGS AS NANDOR PREPARES TO ENTER HIS COFFIN.]
NANDOR: [SIGH] Long day.
GUILLERMO: You can say that again.
NANDOR: Why would I say it again? Did you not hear me? Maybe you should have gotten your hearing checked today instead of your eyesight.
[GUILLERMO ROLLS HIS EYES. WITHOUT EVEN THINKING, AS THEY'D REHEARSED THOUSANDS OF TIMES BEFORE, GUILLERMO TAKES NANDOR’S HAND AND HELPS HIM INTO THE COFFIN, EVEN THOUGH HE DOES NOT NEED IT ANYMORE. ONCE SETTLED, NANDOR LOOKS UP AT GUILLERMO WITH GLITTERING DOE EYES. GUILLERMO ATTEMPTS TO RESTRAIN A SOFT SMILE.]
NANDOR: Thank you for showing me the mall, Guillermo. I had a lot of fun.
GUILLERMO: I'm glad. Goodnight, mas-
NANDOR: Wait, Guillermo?
GUILLERMO: Hm?
NANDOR: Something seems... different about you. Did you perhaps get a haircut while we were at the mall?
[GUILLERMO PAUSES. HE KNOWS HE'S BEEN CAUGHT, BUT ISN'T SURE JUST HOW MUCH NANDOR KNOWS.]
GUILLERMO: Uhh... yeah, that's what it is. New haircut. Thanks for noticing.
NANDOR [UNUSUALLY SOFT]: Well, it looks good on you.
GUILLERMO: Thank you, master.
NANDOR: Eyy, no more "master" talk! No need to be so formal anymore. My dear Guillermo, we are... friends, right?
GUILLERMO [SHOCKED]: Uhh... yeah. Yeah, we are.
NANDOR: Then you have my permission to stop using such a phrase. Now, goodnight, Guillermo.
GUILLERMO: Goodnight, mas- Nandor. Goodnight, Nandor.
[NANDOR SMILES BRIGHTLY AND PATS ONE OF GUILLERMO’S HANDS THAT ARE RESTED ON THE EDGE OF THE COFFIN. HE LINGERS A SECOND, HIS EXPRESSION CHANGING SLIGHTLY, AS IF A SMALL SPARK RAN THROUGH THEIR FINGERS WHEN THEY TOUCHED. WHEN THE VAMPIRE'S HAND RETREATS, GUILLERMO GENTLY CLOSES THE COFFIN AND BLOWS OUT THE VARIOUS CANDLES AROUND THE ROOM. ONCE FINISHED, HE STANDS IN THE DOORWAY OF THE DARK ROOM, JUST LOOKING IN AND THINKING. HE LETS OUT A SMALL, LOVING SCOFF BEFORE EXITING.]