Updated the dialogue to be clearer with what I was actually intending, and to clarify the relationship between Zeynel, Ayse and Safiye. It’s a question I get sometimes.
This scenario is also another prose spin-off elaboration. Ack, maybe I should continue work on it for TCM’s 50th anniversary.
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Not long after, during an expedition in which the couple have found themselves in a village, they have a serious discussion. They are going to secretly rescue a teenager from her oppressive household, in the strangest way possible.
Zeynel raises an eyebrow. “Are you sure we can do this? Marrying her is extreme.”
Ayse holds his hand, looking at him with concerned seriousness. “But we’ve to help her, Memo. Please. Safiye is trapped. Her family won’t let her go, unless she marries us. It’s her only chance to escape and to dream big, away from this dead end. I can’t let her fade away…”
Zeynel raises an eyebrow. “Are you sure we can do this? Marrying her is extreme.”
Ayse holds his hand, looking at him with concerned seriousness. “But we’ve to help her, Memo. Please. Safiye is trapped. Her family won’t let her go, unless she marries us. It’s her only chance to escape and to dream big, away from this dead end. I can’t let her fade away…”
