Clay is sitting on his knees in the Rookery taking deep calm breaths and staring at a burrow. Stella and Ben walk up behind him.
STELLA: Repeat after me
CLAY: What?
STELLA: It’s ‘Excuse me’ and I said, repeat after me. I am a pakana man
CLAY: I am a pakana man
BEN: I am a Duncan
CLAY: I am a Duncan
BEN: We have been hunting birds since the beginning of time.
CLAY: We have been hunting birds since the beginning of time.
STELLA: It’s in my blood
CLAY: It’s in my blood
STELLA: I make fear my bitch
Clay looks around and smiles.
CLAY: I make fear my bitch
He moves to his belly and throws his arm down the burrow in one smooth quick action. Everyone encourages him. He holds it down there for a few seconds, his facial expressions and shoulder movements show that he is being bitten by the bird. He holds fast and pulls out a mutton bird.
