Battle of Wills

AT RISE:

PHIL and CHRIS relax in comfortble chairs.

PHIL:
What time is it?

CHRIS:
Dunno.

Phil grunts.

CHRIS:
Gruntin' ain't gonna change the facts, Phil.

PHIL:
The facts being your inability to check the time?

CHRIS:
You are equally culpable in this chronological blunder, my friend.

PHIL:
Not so. For I am the one who asked. Thus I set events in motion to discover the time, which means that I have been pro-active and thus "put forth an effort". Whereas you have simply resisted any sort of positive action or forward motion of any kind.

CHRIS:
But you have a watch.

PHIL:
Oh yeah.

He checks the time on his wristwatch.

PHIL:
Oh.

CHRIS:
What time is it?

PHIL:
I'm done playing your games.

A tense pause.

CHRIS:
I need a hug.

PHIL:
I know what you mean.

BLACKOUT. END PLAY.