Female Storyteller:"[first] This is the story of a story. Once upon a time: There was this story, and the story said to itself, 'How should I begin?'."
"What, in the dark with a man and a woman, in a story that is still to tell itself?"
"That's good. 'Far away', so you know the place is close to your own heart. 'Once' is nice, so we know that it always happens. Hmm, Once there was this hero…"
"Some man then; Any man. Say: a man, a woman, and some children; Don't forget the children."
Hector:"Try the usual way."
"Well, you've got to start somewhere. Say: 'Long, Long ago…', or 'Far, far away…', or 'Another time in a different, distant country…'; or just 'Once…' ."
[wryly] "Some hero."