by Sandspirit
EVE
Zoë? An interesting name. Ever thought of calling yourself something else?
ZOË
It’s the name my mother gave me.
EVE
I remember her. A particularly difficult birth.
ZOË
The eve of destruction. That’s what they call you.
EVE
You’ve been reading my toe tag.
ZOË
Don’t get mad, get even. That’s what they say.
EVE
They can all go to hell. And they probably will.
ZOË
Eve the Temptress. Purveyor of forbidden fruit.
EVE
If you’re looking for someone to blame, blame the
serpent.
ZOË
For the fall of man?
EVE
Man didn’t fall. He jumped.
ZOË
You’re sure you didn’t nudge him in the back? Just a little? To help him on his way.
EVE
I gave him the apple. But he ate it.
ZOË
You were told to stay away from the tree. Yes or no?
EVE
Yes and no. Why put it there in the first place?
ZOË
To tempt the temptress.
EVE
Or beguile the fallible. We’re related, you and I. You know that, don’t you?
ZOË
You’re the mother of all mothers. The original.
EVE
More sinned against than sinning.
ZOË
And our names.
EVE
Hebrew and Greek.
ZOË
Two different worlds.
EVE
Two different words.
ZOË
One meaning.
EVE
Life.
ZOË
Life, that’s right.
EVE
And without death, there can be no life.
ZOË
So when you gave him the apple?
EVE
I gave him his life.
ZOË
He ate it, though. Remember?
EVE
I plucked it from the tree with my own fair hand.
ZOË
At the serpent’s suggestion.
EVE
I heard a hissing noise. Nothing more.
ZOË
And the word of God?
EVE
What of it? If Eden was paradise, why build a wall around it?
ZOË
To keep your demons at bay.
EVE
I am the demon. Or so they say.
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