- A young woman wakes up, she is lying on a sidewalk. She can't move, tied by a rope back to back to a man she can't see. The man wakes up and stands, dragging her away.
- A young woman slowly awakens and comes to, finding she's lying on a sidewalk. She tries to get to her feet, and finds she's tied up; a long, heavy rope encircling her upper body in several loops. This rope ties her back to back with someone she can't see over her shoulder; a young man.
The man suddenly comes to, rises to his feet, and begins to walk-- the woman being dragged along. She kicks and struggles as he trudges forward; the city seeming to be in at least partial ruins. They pass by a commuter heading to work, who stares oddly, but doesn't intervene, even when the woman begs for help.
The man continues walking, still dragging the woman behind him. A pair of vagrant tramps come up, but begin mocking and making fun of them. The man pulls himself and the woman away from the vagrants and resumes walking.
The woman struggles, but still can't get free or away. Suddenly the man loses his balance and falls, lying still on the ground; the woman still bound to him. A pair of toughs pull them to their feet but then start accosting them. The man and woman resist them even while still bound back to back. They get away from the toughs and the man again resumes walking.
The woman has stopped resisting and struggling, her expression almost blank. A man comes running up to them and unties the knot in the rope. The man and woman remain still while he unwraps the rope from around them. Suddenly he begins groping and rudely coming on to the woman. The man knocks him down and threatens him with a clenched fist while the woman watches, amazed.
The man picks the rope up, places himself back to back with the woman, and starts re-wrapping the rope around him. The woman even helps pass the rope back around from in front of her to in front of him. The man re-ties the knot and continues walking.
Now the woman is walking with him, her feet stepping backward in sync with his forward steps. Their hands touch and fingers lace together. Slowly she leans her head back, until it rests on the man's shoulder. They continue walking together.
Fade out.
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