LAURELINA is walking down a small path in Mossflower, not a day out from Redwall, when she turns around to discover HITHIL following her.

LAURELINA
(scowls, and crosses her arms)
Come out of there. What do you want?

HITHIL
(emerges onto the path, looking ashamed, and stammers)
I want to� I know that�

ABBESS
(appearing in the corner as a narrator, singing)
HE WANTED TO SAY
I AM HERE BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE
HE WANTED TO SAY
I AM HERE FOR WHAT IS RIGHT
EVERY DAY I WAKE UP KNOWING
WHO I AM AND WHAT I�M OWING
WISHING I COULD BECOME
A DIFFERENT BEAST EACH NIGHT

HE WANTED TO SAY

HTHIL
I AM NOT WHO I APPEAR TO BE

ABBESS
HE WANTED TO SAY

HITHIL
DO NOT BLAME ME FOR THE PAST
WE HAVE DIFFERENT LIVES AND FACES
BUT OUR HEARTS HAVE COMMON PLACES
THIS WAS DEEP INSIDE ME
AND YOU HELPED ME FIND IT AT LAST!

ABBESS
TWO BEASTS MEETING
FOR A MOMENT
IN THE DARKNESS

LAURELINA
ONE TURNING FROM�

HITHIL
ONE WAKING TO�

LAURELINA and HITHIL
THE WORLD WE KNOW!

ABBESS
TWO BEASTS FINDING
FOR A MOMENT
IN THE DARKNESS
WHAT THEY SHARE!

LAURELINA and HITHIL
WHAT WE SHARE

ABBESS
SHE WANTED TO SAY

LAURELINA
HOW I ENVY YOU, YOUR INNOCENCE

ABBESS
HE WANTED TO SAY

HITHIL
YOUR FRIENDSHIP I�VE NEVER KNOWN

I WANT TO KNOW�CAN YOU ACCEPT ME?
THE WAY I AM�IF NOT, REJECT ME!
BUT THERE ARE SO MANY THINGS
I CANNOT DO ALONE!

CHORUS
BUT ALL HE SAID WAS:

HITHIL
I want to come with you.

CHORUS
TWO BEASTS MEETING
FOR A MOMENT
IN THE DARKNESS
FOR A MOMENT
IN THE DARKNESS!

Laurelina nods stares at Hithil before nodding stiffly, and she sets off down the path again, the hare following.