Writing subtext

Pauline Kiernan, on her site Unique Screenwriting, has written:

The effect on an audience of all that is going on under the surface action is that it gets us intrigued. We have to do some work. We have to enter into an imaginative engagement with the story. It brings us close to the feelings of the characters and into the heart of their journey.

Write a story that begins with a scene in which the characters' goals and feelings are not stated but are conveyed through subtext.

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