INT. MARS EXPLORATION VEHICLE - COCKPIT - DAY

Janie sits Varon down in the pilot's seat and stands behind him as he checks out the controls.

She starts to massage his shoulders.  He stops her.

                             JANIE
              Wouldn't it be fantastic, to fly it?

                             VARON
              Fly it, to where?  How?

                             JANIE
              We could get away from the nonstop
              horror movie of life on Earth, and 
              make a major statement about what 
              a sad sorry mess mankind’s made of 
              things down there. Just get away, 
              to Mars, or maybe to the moons of 
              Jupiter.

                             VARON
              You can’t be serious.

                             JANIE
              Why not?

                             VARON
              If you’re serious, you’re crazy.

                             JANIE 
              Wouldn’t you like to be free?

She puts her small, strong hands on his neck.  He removes them.

                             VARON
              Janie, they’d come after you.

                             JANIE
              Of course they would.  They’d never
              catch us.  If we could somehow get 
              away, would you come with me?

Varon thinks for a moment, and shudders.

                             VARON
              I wouldn't walk across the street 
              with you, much less go to Mars. 
              Tell me the truth, did you kill Wes 
              and Tom for this?

She clamps her fingers down hard on his throat...