@GilGonzalezJr @GorospeGabriel @YasminM64377895 @kat_garrison@cxntrina@syphilisrice@Nichola05739326@MirandaHarries4 From what we have read so far. The characters seem awkward towards each other as seen with the stage directions to pause in between lines. This makes the interactions between them seem natural. The pauses also simulates the thinking that happens before responding.
@GilGonzalezJr The struggle between John and Carol is that Carol doesn't understand the concepts that John is teaching her. Carol believes she is dumb for not understanding the concepts and John is trying to help her understand the concepts and cheer her up.
@GilGonzalezJr @GorospeGabriel@NoclafAJ The viewer/ reader of the play only reads/hears one side of the conversation. The pause is the time the other character is responding to John on the phone.