Claudine and Tom stand in front of an open and dark shaft. A single torch is lit, installed on the wall.
CLAUDINE
Jump in.
TOM (surprised)
What?
Without warning, the girl pushes him inside, and he falls several meters into the depths of the shaft until he finds himself submerged in a container of water as cold as ice. He struggles to float, breathing and panting rapidly and frantically due to the surprise and the intense cold of the water. Claudine jumps after him into the water and extends her hand to him.
TOM (stuttering in surprise, in the water)
What is this?
CLAUDINE
It's to awaken you. (Laughs in the water, also panting from the cold) Dad says it arouses sexual desire. Come on, there's a ladder here.
IN A DISTANT CORNER OF THE MINE
On a giant swing, covered with a tattered blanket and pillows, in the heart of the den, Tom discovers Claudine. Their clothes are thrown over the swing onto the ground. In the biting cold, beneath the blankets, the two make love. Behind the wall, the father and his wife stand in silence, hearing the sounds of Tom and their daughter's lovemaking, and they smile contentedly.
END FLASH BACK
EXT. AFTERNOON. OASIS
Tom lies down and rests on a flat rock, near the waterline. After a short break, Lara returns to the cold water, massaging and scrubbing her body with her hands.
TOM
Lara, I'm starting to enjoy our trip.
LARA (quietly)
I wonder where Leroy disappeared to.
TOM (awakening from his drowsiness)
Yes, it's too quiet here. Earlier, I heard the chirping of birds, but now it's silent.