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A Scottish loch, the water clear and unbroken by waves, mountains reflected in the surface.
A small motorboat comes into view at the end of a wooden jetty, one man aboard. He climbs up the ladder, a cardboard box in his hands. It’s full of groceries. A head of celery sticks up from one corner, two bottles from the other side.
The man puts the box down further up the jetty before returning to the boat and starting the engine. The boat leaves the picture. Some hours pass where only a few birds come into the screen and fly away again – a heron and two ducks.
At last, Scylla appears. She seems out of breath.
She pulls one of the bottles out of the box.
Now we see that it’s whisky. She unscrews the lid and starts to tip the contents into the loch.
Moments later, Charybdis comes into view, her teeth bared in a silent scream.
She pushes at Scylla, trying to get hold of the bottle, but then stops, catching sight of the full bottle that’s still in the box.
She snatches this and runs away up the jetty and out of shot. Scylla watches after her before putting the bottle in her hands up to her lips and draining the rest of the contents. Then she, too, moves out of shot.