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I've lost my shoe.

I'm not the guy to come to if I didn't say that.

Don't come in here.

Did you want me next week or not?

No.

What you doing stealing that nice lady's shoe, eh?

What's the problem, you jealous?

Eh? Yes you are. Yes you are. You jealous?

Good lad. Good lad.

He's a good boy. He's a good boy. Huh?

You jealous?

Come

on

mate, we got work to do.

Two days fella you'll be running through water meadows.

You won't be chasing balls either.

You'll be chasing rabbits, badgers, foxes and

squirrels.

You buy me a drink on the way.

Hello, Mel.

Hello.

I know you today, then.

And how's Mr Quince?

Welcome to see me, have you, Mr Quince? That's nice, isn't it?

Yeah. Smell my dog, probably. That's what it is.

I've got a Jack Russell, two -year -old.

I've probably told you that before, haven't I?

Yeah, you may have mentioned it. There's a good boy.

That's it, that's it.

He's a lovely creature, isn't he?

Yes.

I won't make a foot of him, though. I know he's working.

Quince, come on.

A little bird, tells me.

Quince?

Leaving us.

Off to pasture's new.

That's right.

What are you moving to?

Are you going to visit me?

I don't know, do I?

I can't. If you won't tell me where you're moving to.

No, you can't.

There you go.

Just a couple of inches to your left.

You know what, Aaron?

Just sometimes, if I use both hands, I can find my own arse.

Hey Quince, you've got a good nose.

Is it just me? Look at you smelling up shit.

You lucky you're blind, mate. You don't know the half of it, you little...

Go and check.

Come here, Bo.

Bring it.

Bring it.

Goodbye.

Fooled you.

Get it.

Find it.

Come on, son.

Bring the boat.

Good boy.

Bring the boat.

Good boy.

Bring the boat.

Come on, boy.

Quincy! Bring your bike!

Quincy!

Quincy, Quincy!

Come on, boy! Bring your boat!

Quincy?

Quincy!

Here, boy!

Quincy! Come on, where are you, boy?

Quincy!

Quincy.

Quincy!

Come on, stop fucking about!

Quincy!

Come on, boy!

Good lad!

Good lad, come on.

Fuck you and your... Sorry, what?

Of course I need to swear.

Swearing alleviates stress.

And right now, you are causing me a very fucking high degree of stress.

They said, I'm sorry, sir. We don't even start looking for people until they've

been missing for 24 hours. You get that?

Even fucking people. Nice, eh?

Fucking people.

Look, I've got to close up, but I can call you a cab if you like. I don't need

cab, I've got a guide dog.

We've looked everywhere for him last night.

Wes?

Look, I can't find him myself.

Do I need to walk you in?

Unless they move the fucking houses around.

What?

Thank you.

Did you find your dog?

I need a map.

You what?

Sit down.

I need a map of Greyhawk. All of it.

You're blind, mate. Yeah, you don't miss anything, do you?

Up here.

Start outside the door.

How do I get to the flats?

Is it left or right?

Yeah, well, both.

Both?

Well, yeah, I mean, there's different blocks, so you can go that way for one

then you can go another way for another.

All right, let's go left.

How far?

What, to the flats? Yeah, to the flats. How far?

What, 50 yards?

Why do you say it like a question? Is it 50 yards or not?

Well, I've never measured it, mate. Do you know what I mean?

It's 50 yards.

Straight line?

Yeah. Then what?

What are you there?

No brains. I'm not there. I'm a blind man standing in the middle of a fucking

path. How do I get inside the flat?

How are they built?

Are there stairs?

Balconies? Is there a lift?

Do you know what, mate?

I ain't got time for this. I've got customers.

No, no, no. You don't have customers.

Customers talk.

Customers burp and sneeze and complain about the service. You don't have

customers.

How do I get into the flat?

All right, look, there's... There's a chair.

No,

no, no.

You be coming from this one, okay?

Right.

You want to move forward. Go from the cafe door. Okay, so you come out of the

cafe door, and then there's a step.

You want to move forward.

Hi, I was looking for a gay dog.

I'm sorry to bother you. I'm blind and I've

lost my guide dog, the Black Labrador.

I can't help you. You should put some posters up. And I've lost my dog. Not a

day, thanks, mate.

Black Lab, a gay dog. Nah, it's not happening, mate. It's five minutes. Have

got a photo? Just wondered if... What do you need a dog for?

There haven't been any dogs around here.

Black Lab.

I know that sounds like a joke, but I've lost my dog. What, my bloody dog

catcher? What, my bloody dog catcher?

I don't know.

Excuse me, I'm trying to get by.

Thank you.

God, sorry, I didn't realise you were... Realised I was what?

Well, um, disabled.

Well, no, not... Not disabled, but... Well, I'm sorry, anyway.

Do you want some help? Oh, you're all right.

Unless you've seen a dog.

A dog?

Yeah. I've lost my guide dog.

Oh, God.

That's terrible. No.

I haven't seen any...

Well, I could ask Jim. He's my son. He might have... Well, I'll ask him. Do you

want to come in?

You go ask him.

Yeah, right.

Are you sure you don't want to come in? I could make some tea or... Yeah, I'll

go get some tea.

That's it.

Just straight through.

Yeah, it's all clear.

Yeah, just to your left. Yeah, just left here.

That's it.

That's it.

Now, fire the chair on your right.

Right, so I'll go and find Jim then and actually no, I'll put the kettle on

first, shall I?

Yeah.

My name's Paula, by the way.

What's yours?

Mal. Sorry, it's Mal.

Matt. Mal.

Oh, Mal.

Yeah, right, as in Malcolm.

Well, it might not be Malcolm, but yeah, right, Mal. Got it.

So anyway, I'll just go and find Jen then.

It's embarrassing this.

He's not here.

He was supposed to be up on the cake.

Sorry about that. Anyone who's gone to play basketball most

likely.

Might be better soon anyway.

Pea?

Don't need this. Got to buy sea bags.

There's peas, you are.

Coffee okay?

No, that gives me the shits.

You think I'm alright, I don't know what.

Are you sure there's nothing I can...

I mean, your dog, I haven't even asked you how you lost him.

Are you sure there's nothing I can do for help? No, you're alright.

Bye then.

You've got a computer, right?

Here you go.

Well?

Yeah, it's alright.

How many should we do?

How much paper have you got?

Where'd you live then, Mal?

Cornwall Street. Oh dear, nice round that.

Shut up. I'm moving.

Oh, right.

I don't know anyway, it's nice off the grail, I suppose.

What are you moving to?

Far.

What you do for room

You're

probably

thinking that it's worse now than it actually is there's nothing terrible

it I Was just you know gonna ask you what you did for a living

right

I don't have to answer.

I was just telling you what I was going to ask you.

That doesn't mean that you don't do something.

Because you're blind, it doesn't mean that... I was in the army. Does that

answer your question?

Yeah.

Right, yeah.

Question answered.

James thinks about joining the army. Well, he was.

He's got an idea every five minutes, that boy.

Did you see action?

Last thing I did see.

Sorry, I didn't realise that was how you... That's it?

Yeah.

Blimey. Don't keep me going.

What are you doing?

What for?

The paper.

Oh no, you're going to have to pay me up. What did you do?

Cheers.

Are you playing the game?

Yeah, and I'm losing.

I like your glasses.

Thanks very much. I like you.

I'm not wearing any.

Oh, aren't you?

What's the problem with these? You look cool, but you can't be either.

You're weird.

Do you want to help me with the game?

Okay. What do I have to do?

You just have to pick up all of these posters.

Easy. No, no, not with these glasses on.

What, do I have to wear them?

Well, you should, but...

Seeing as this is your first time, I'll let you off, eh?

Okay. Okay. On the count of bananas.

What? On the count of bananas.

One.

Two.

Bananas!

Stop!

Why?

Is that a ball? A little chewed up rubber ball?

Is this part of the guy? No, it's not part of the... Sweetheart, what's your

name? Sophie.

Sylvie, I need you to tell me where you found the ball.

It's fine.

Yeah, it's yours. Of course it's yours and you can keep it after, OK? That's

fine. But I just need you to show me where you found it.

I found it by the hoover.

The hoover? What, you found it in your house?

Not my hoover, silly.

Could you take me there?

You show me where you found it.

OK.

Take hold of my hand, all right?

OK. OK?

You lead me there, all right? You're in charge.

Oi!

Oi!

You bloody bastard!

You thick, bloody bastard!

I'll have my dog's ball. I just wanted to show me where she found it.

I'll take all the bloody cops on you.

No, look, don't go.

Please, don't go. Just let her show me where she...

Hello? Hello?

Hello?

Hello, my friend?

The door is open. Yes, yes.

Stripes are there and it's still hot.

Come now, my friend. What are you trying to tell me?

A lot of them, yes, but they always ruin his ball.

This is terrible looking.

Hey, why don't you come in? No, no, I don't want to stop.

Please, come in, come in. Tell me about your dog.

Come, come.

Sorry about the mess.

We've got a big day here today.

Come through, come through, please.

Sit through there.

I've seen or heard nothing, but I might be able to deduce something, yeah?

Like the great Sherlock Holmes. When I was a young boy in Amritsar.

I used to read all the Sherlock Holmes stories. Under my bedclothes. With a

torch. I always imagined.

This is my lady wife, Parminder.

She's cooked all the food for my daughter's Roka.

Her betrothal ceremony.

Parminder, this is... I'm so sorry, sir. I've not even asked you a good name.

Wow.

Parminder, you know what?

One minute, okay? You go.

I'll be back tomorrow.

Now. Now.

We have a mystery to solve.

Firstly, let us establish the uncontested fact. Look, either you know

or you don't.

Eliminate the impossible, yes? This is what the great detective says.

Yeah, maybe.

Then, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth, yes?

So, tell me, where did you last see them? All right, I've got a clue.

A clue? Well, mysteries need clues.

A hoover.

Hoover?

This is my dog's ball.

A little girl found it.

She said she found it here on the estate by a hoover.

So where do I find a hoover, Sherlock?

I thought you were doing the flowers. Not you as well. Nag, nag,

nag, nag.

They're going to be here in half an hour.

Do you think I don't know that?

I invited them.

Please, Dad, they're going to be here soon. Mum, say something.

Come on.

Are you all

right?

Yeah, it could be worse. I could be married.

Are you sure you're all right?

Oh, dear Christ.

The rubbish tip behind block C.

That's where you find a hoover.

Elementary, my dear Watson.

Quint!

Hold it still.

Are you a nurse?

I wish, no.

I did a first aid course just after Jim was born.

I used to worry, I used to think about all these terrible things that could

happen to my baby. What if he got burnt or hit his head or choked on

something and I didn't know what to do. So I did a course. It was two days.

Nothing. Done. You do all these things for him and you take all these

precautions and you have all these hopes and dreams and then... Did he not come

back? Oh, no, he came back and then he starts this huge argument about nothing

and just storms out.

Well, what did you let him do that for?

I didn't let him.

It's just what he did.

Look, there's this kid with a laugh. I keep hearing it.

It's a weird laugh, like a high -pitched giggle. Do you know him?

No.

You think your boy might?

Maybe. I don't know. Why? Do you think... I think he stole my dog.

Oh, no.

No.

I... I can't believe it. Did your boy say what time he might be back?

No.

Has he got a mobile?

Yeah, well, no. I bought one for him, but he never uses it.

He says it just makes you a target.

I'll wait.

He could be ages.

He could stay out all night.

How old is he?

He's 14, but... It's not easy when you're on your own. They get to a

and... I'll stay the night.

Well, no, you can't.

I haven't got the bed in.

And... Well, there's Jim's bed, but if he comes back, then... I didn't say I'll

sleep the night. I said I'll stay the night. As soon as your boy checks in,

off, OK?

Um, well, why don't you come back tomorrow?

Because I could book you a cab. Because there isn't a tomorrow. Not for me, not

in this shithole.

I told you I'm leaving.

You know how much compensation you get for both eyes?

A lot of money is how much, and mine just came through.

So I'm leaving.

And I'm taking Quince with me.

Where's far away?

What?

Where you're moving to.

I bought a cottage, South Downs.

Oh.

Wish I had a cottage in the South Downs.

Maybe you will have.

I don't think so. I can hardly afford the rent on this few rocks.

So, if you're not enough, what is it you do?

I do competitions.

Competitions? Yeah, in magazines, you know.

Word searches, crosswords.

That's how you earn a living.

I do online surveys as well.

But they don't pay as well.

Then I've got my benefits, of course.

Where do you get a proper job?

I don't know, really.

I trained to be a hairdresser, but I gave it up when Jim was born.

His dad was a chippy, so... We were OK for money. Well, we were more than OK,

actually. Thought we were going places for a while.

Well, his dad went places, and... Suddenly I was a single mum with no job,

and I picked up a pair of clippers in four years.

Men, though.

Not just men, though, is it?

We all got a bit bad in this, didn't we?

You don't really think someone's taken him, do you?

You know what the funny thing is?

Quince is a shit guide dog.

What? Yeah, he is.

He reacted too late.

Like, you're walking past a tree, or a bollard or something, and he always

until the last moment, and then whoosh!

That's where you can feel the wind going by your face as you walk past.

That's the way you laugh.

First dog I had, he was even worse. Only had him a few days.

Sailor, his name was. Chocolate Lab.

First trip out with him, he walks me straight into the veg rack in

Then it keeps on happening.

Bus stops.

Lamp posts.

Trees. Bang, bang, bang. I was thinking, there's something fucking wrong here.

You know what it was?

He was blind.

Yeah, go on.

Laugh it up.

Blind leading the fucking blind.

Sounds like he needed a guide dog himself.

I could have had a whole pack of them, couldn't I? Like Huskies. Mall of the

Antarctic.

But they're there for you, aren't they?

You just...

Sorry, Phil.

I slept all, Phil.

Fucking shit!

How's your hand, Mel?

What's that supposed to mean?

How's your hand, Mel?

Mother heaven, not me.

Where were you anyway?

I told you, I was playing basketball.

What, all night?

No, we started off playing basketball and then... Where were you? What?

Where were you with?

People.

Which people?

Oh, sorry, you're my dad.

You don't have a dad.

Remember?

Hmm.

Right, listen up, Jim.

I lost my dog.

Guide dog.

He was taken by a kid about your age, and the only thing I know about the kid

that he laughs funny.

He's got a high -pitched giggle, like a girl's laugh.

Now, do you know anyone who laughs like that?

No. You sure? Let me think.

Yeah, that's right. Yeah, I do, actually.

No. I said no, didn't I? Yeah, but I don't believe you.

Well, I think if you think... Look, I don't believe you lost your dog. In

I don't believe you're blind.

I reckon it's that perving little goat's all bloody gone.

If I wasn't blind, you'd fucking know about it.

Now, please don't... Now, Jim, please don't go. Jim!

How dare you? How dare you talk to my son like that? He lied to me.

You don't know that. He lied to me.

When you're blind, you hear things. The way people talk, their little pauses and

coughs. Oh, you're deluded. You're so desperate. You're just grasping at

anything. Am I?

You can't know what people are thinking, by the way, they... Yesterday, when you

had them in the posters, you wanted to come with me, didn't you?

Wanted to help me put them through people's letterboxes. Except you didn't

really want to come with me, because you're scared. Isn't that right?

I already told you I don't like living here. No, no, no, not just here.

Everywhere. Everything.

You're scared of life, Paula.

The thing you're most scared of is you're on turn. You're scared he's going

wrong, but you're too scared to do anything about it, because then he might

leave. He might walk out on you altogether, just like his dad did. Isn't

the case?

That's rubbish.

Is it?

Now I've heard enough.

I want to help you, Mel. I really do. But, Christ knows, you don't make it

Now, will you please just go?

What do you want now?

It's a pub, isn't it? Want a drink?

It's twenty -five. Nine.

Steve, don't be a cunt.

There's another.

Right. Sorry, Mel. See if there's no... What?

You're not going to find him sat in here, are you?

Give me a fucking drink.

Come on, Mel.

Fuck off. Mel!

When I leave, I'm leaving with Quince. You think I'd abandon him in that

shithole?

Seems to me you already have.

Where's the basketball court?

The basketball court on the estate, where is it?

Yeah! What do you want?

I want my little doggy, Jem. You get on all right without him, don't you? Don't

fuck with me. Where is he?

I don't know.

I don't believe you.

Who the fuck are you?

Nobody. You're nobody, you little shit. You're all fucking nobody!

The guy who had a dog nicked. Yeah, you know something about it?

Nah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we do.

We know something about it.

Step inside me.

Mikey. What do you know?

I'm going to tell you. Step inside the court.

Door's on your left.

Come on.

What are you scared of? Not you, you little prick.

Come on, I'm here, aren't I?

Where's my dog?

I'm gonna tell you.

I said I wouldn't, eh?

I just thought, you know, I'd play a little but I'll keep it with butter.

Catch.

WHERE'S MY FUCKING DOG?! What are

you?

Blind or something?

Try again!

Whoa! You fucking little prick!

What's that?

That's no basketball!

That's a donut!

Someone thought about it and shit or something Mikey

Wagon

Easy, man, easy.

How are you feeling?

You know where you are?

You slept two hours and eight minutes.

Are you hungry?

There's some soup in front of you.

There's a leek and potato.

It's only kingdom I pray, it's wet and warm.

There's a

drink of

water there as well.

There you go.

Why

are you

doing this?

What was I gonna do?

Leave you on your backside?

You're left in worse places.

You're an army man, aren't you, Mal?

That's right.

I was in the army once.

Did I ever tell you that before?

No.

Only for a couple of years.

National service.

Taught me a lot, that did.

Met so many people.

All walks of life.

Posh lads.

Clever lads.

Two right bloody crooks and all.

Now, I'm not saying that I liked every man's jacket.

I didn't.

But there wasn't one of them you'd say he was out and out bad.

I've always tried to hold on to that.

it's not easy sometimes especially living around here

but

uh hey

it's all right old fella it's all right

You know something, Howard?

You are a very annoying person.

And you're a very rude person, Mel.

I've got to go.

I've got to find him.

Well, rest up a while, eh?

No, I've got to go now.

Where's McCain?

Now, Luke, if I can help you find him in any way, I

will.

You already have.

Oh.

Hello, Mal.

How are ya?

I didn't mean your hand.

Jim told me what happened.

I thought I asked for it.

Yeah, he told me that as well.

I need to talk to him, Paula.

No shouting.

No swearing. I just... Need to talk to him.

Follow the gunfire.

Next number!

8K40.

Nice bit of kit, that.

Who you killing?

Well, it... Look, what happened yesterday, I didn't mean... Can I come

No.

Erm... You'll have to help me.

You walked straight...

three four steps maybe and There's like a chair on your right. I mean that

I used to want to kill people.

That's why I joined the army, Jim.

I wanted to kill my dad, mainly.

But I also wanted to kill a few teachers, an old boss,

and a couple of ex -girlfriends as well.

Anyone who'd let me down, basically, and that was a pretty long life.

But see, once I joined up, I started to lose some of that anger.

Because I realised that the army was just a bunch of merry little fuck -ups

me.

They were my mates.

I was their mate.

Well... Went to Afghanistan.

One afternoon, in the armoured vehicle, me and three mates, we

stop at a village and we find a burst water pump, so we stop, get out,

and this bloke runs up out of nowhere and shoots the driver. Bang!

Kills him. Starts running off across the field.

So I start running after him.

But the way he's running, it's weird, it's like...

He's running in zig -zag, like a rabbit. You know what that means?

Landmines.

But he just shot my mate, right? So I've got to keep going.

Just got to follow his path, keep putting my feet exactly where he puts

feet.

And I make it across the field.

But that's when I realise...

There were four of us in that Jeep. Me, the driver, and two others. And the two

others, they haven't run across the field. It was just me.

So now I'm on my own.

And the sun's beating down on my face.

There's enough huts and houses and hidey -holes to stash away an entire fucking

army.

I remember looking at a window in one of these buildings.

There's no curtain on the window, just an old blanket folded over a piece of

rope. It was a grey blanket with a red line across one end of it.

It was the last thing I ever saw.

They let me down, Gem.

They were my mates.

And they let me down.

Tell him what you know, Gem.

Tell him.

Sorry?

It's a boy with a laugh.

His name's David Long.

He's got a brother, Neil.

When did you tell me that before, Jim?

I was scared.

Not just for me, but for her.

She helped you with the posters, didn't she?

They take my dog?

Could have done.

David, anyhow.

Neil, he's different.

He... I used to be mates with Neil when we was younger.

They live next to the rubbish block, right?

C block.

E for yay.

I'll go with you. No, you're not.

Stay here and talk to your mum.

Well, you can't just go off on your own.

Can't I?

Well, these boys, you know, if they've taken quince... Well, then there's not a

lot more they can do to me.

Paula.

Thank you for your help.

Fine, and thank you, you know.

Thank you.

I'm looking for David Moore.

Damn, it's long.

I'm looking for David Long. What?

I said, I'm looking for David Long.

Who wants to know?

What? Who are you and who wants to know?

Shut up. Let me do it.

Sit.

I swear he done it earlier.

What? Who's that?

I don't know who you are.

David?

You?

Yeah.

Get me my dog.

Fuck off. Is that his dog? What? Fuck off.

How do you even get in here?

Get me my dog.

Who said it's your dog?

Who are you anyway?

You can't just come wandering in here.

Sit down, Quince.

Oh, my God.

Good boy.

He's a good lad.

Look after him.

Hey.

Did you look after him?

Did you feed him? Keep him warm? I'm fucking evil, cunt.

What did you do with Neil? Did you nick him?

You nicked a guide dog off a blind bloke. It wasn't me, it was Dave.

But please, you've got a mark on you, haven't you?

Yeah, maybe.

Looking for me?

Yeah.

Yeah.

I'm Dave.

That's Mr. Fucking Long to you.

And what do you want, you cunt?

I've got what I came for.

Oh, you cunt.

You've got what you came for, have you?

You've got what you came for.

In my fucking flat.

I think so, mate.

Dave. Shut up.

I mean, what was he going to do? What?

Let him go?

Were you just going to let him go, tap, tap in his cripple stick to the busy

shop?

Out of the blue oblivion There's a golden girl

living alone She called out to you And out of the wild wind and me

Born of the east, there's a light Now it comes and it goes,

I believe