Kings2009

William Cross:
3:30? In the afternoon? You're just now waking up?

Andrew Cross:
I awoke before the sun; I had my reading to do.

William Cross:
What are you reading?

Andrew Cross:
Newspapers.

William Cross:
[slightly distracted by another conversation on his cell phone] Which ones?

Andrew Cross:
All of them; if I spend fourteen hours a day reading, I should be done in two months.

William Cross:
[trying to carry on both conversations at once] I... wait.

William Cross:
[William ends his cell phone call, then focuses on his son] I don't understand.

Andrew Cross:
I'm reading every newspaper printed while I was in exile - cover to cover. Soon be as if I never left.

William Cross:
Andrew - you're home, after a long time away; you have to *do* something, not just read about it.

Andrew Cross:
Like what?

William Cross:
I don't care... Think of all the things you wish you could have done when you were away - now you can do them. Anything you want - so long as you want *something*.

Andrew Cross:
I just want you to be proud of me.

William Cross:
I'll be proud of you when you make your mark, son... or you might as well never have come back.