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Man: COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SELF AND SELF,

BETWEEN SELF AND OTHERS, MAY TAKE MANY FORMS.

DREAMS ARE A LANGUAGE WHICH WE MAY LEARN TO INTERPRET...

OUR DEEPER SELF TALKING TO OUR SELF--

THE NEEDS, THE SENSATIONS,

THE FLIGHTS OF FANCY OF OTHERS IMPINGING ON OUR OWN.

TAKE HEED NOT TO DISREGARD THESE COMMUNICATIONS,

BUT RATHER, LISTEN, AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY.

Master Kan: YOUR TREAD MUST BE LIGHT AND SHORT,

AS THOUGH YOUR PATH WERE UPON RICE PAPER.

IT IS SAID

A SHAOLIN PRIEST CAN WALK THROUGH WALLS.

LOOKED FOR, HE CANNOT BE SEEN.

LISTENED FOR, HE CANNOT BE HEARD.

TOUCHED, HE CANNOT BE FELT.

THIS RICE PAPER IS THE TEST...

FRAGILE AS THE WINGS OF THE DRAGONFLY,

CLINGING AS THE COCOON OF THE SILKWORM.

WHEN YOU CAN WALK ITS LENGTH AND LEAVE NO TRACE,

YOU WILL HAVE LEARNED.

THANK YOU.

WHAT WILL YOU DO NOW?

STAY HERE FOR A TIME,

IF I MAY.

ALLOW ME TO OFFER ADVICE.

LEAVE. GO ELSEWHERE.

WHY?

THERE ARE EMANATIONS OF EVIL IN THIS PLACE.

EVIL?

YES. PERHAPS THE SPIRITS OF THIS SOIL ARE NOT RIGHT FOR US.

THERE IS DANGER.

IT IS PRESENT WHEN WE WORK,

AND IT DOES NOT STOP WHEN WE SLEEP.

YOU DO NOT GO ELSEWHERE.

I AM TOO OLD TO SEARCH FOR OTHER PLACES,

BUT YOU--YOU SHOULD.

IS THERE WORK TO BE HAD?

FAR MORE THAN A MAN CAN DO

FOR LESS THAN HE SHOULD BE PAID.

I DO NOT SEEK WEALTH.

WHAT, THEN? HUH? EXHAUSTION? PERIL?

THAT IS ALL A MAN CAN FIND IN THIS PLACE.

IS IT?

HAVE I NOT ALREADY FOUND A FRIEND?

YOU SURE LOOK LIKE YOU COULD USE WORK.

THE PAY IS 75 CENTS A DAY.

OF THAT, WE KEEP 30 FOR FEEDING YOU; 10 FOR WORK CLOTHES.

THAT LEAVES 35 FOR ME.

YOU COUNT TOO FAST. YOU HAVEN'T BEEN HIRED YET.

YOU SAID YOU NEEDED MEN TO LAY TRACK.

I KNOW WHAT I SAID.

PETE!

YEAH? NEW JOHN, HUH?

YEAH. WANTS TO BE.

Pete: WELL?

Foreman: WELL, THIS ONE WASN'T SENT TO US. HE JUST WALKED IN.

OH, I SEE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

DAMIAN WILL BE VERY INTERESTED.

THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT.

WHAT IS DAMIAN?

HE'S AN INVESTIGATOR FOR THE RAILROAD.

LET'S GO.

LET'S GO.

COME IN.

DAMIAN, WE MIGHT JUST HAVE SOMEONE FOR YOU.

NEW JOHN WALKED IN OUT OF NOWHERE,

ASKED TO BE PUT ON THE TRACK-LAYING GANG.

CHINESE? BIG ONE.

ALRIGHT. LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT HIM.

AND GET JOE.

Foreman: GO ON IN.

YOU'RE NOT FULL CHINESE, ARE YOU?

MY FATHER WAS AMERICAN LIKE YOU.

JOE?

ALRIGHT.

NOW, DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS MAN?

ARE YOU SURE, JOE?

NOW, IT WAS DARK WHEN YOU SAW HIM.

YEAH, BUT IT LIT UP, AND I SAW THE FACE CLEAR,

AND I AIN'T NEVER GONNA FORGET IT.

THIS AIN'T HIM.

ALRIGHT. THANKS.

WHAT'S YOUR NAME?

I AM CAINE.

I'M SORRY. I HAVE TO CHECK EVERYONE.

WHY?

WELL, WE'VE HAD A SERIES

OF EXPLOSIONS AROUND HERE.

THAT'S HOW THE BOY WAS HURT.

SOMEONE'S TRYING TO ROLL UP OUR TRACK

AND MAYBE US ALONG WITH IT.

I COULD NOT DO SUCH A THING.

I AM SORRY ANY MAN CAN.

THIS MAN IS A WILL-O'-THE-WISP.

THE NEXT, HE'S GONE.

I HOPE YOU CAN STOP HIM.

I'LL STOP HIM.

YOU'RE FREE TO GO, CAINE.

UH, WHAT DO WE DO WITH HIM?

YOU SAID HE WANTED TO WORK. LET HIM WORK.

Foreman: HEY! COME ON. PUT THAT TIE DOWN. SET THAT RAIL DOWN HERE.

COME ON. COME ON. MOVE IT FAST. MOVE IT ALONG.

HONEST DAY'S WORK, HONEST DAY'S WAGES.

COME ON. COME ON! YOU'RE GETTING PAID GOOD WAGES. MOVE IT OUT!

COME ON! COME ON!

PICK IT UP. PICK IT UP. PICK IT UP. PICK IT UP. COME, COME, COME, COME!

GET THAT RIGHT UP THERE!

Man: THAT'S IT.

MOVE IT ALONG!

GIVE ME THAT.

HONEST DAY'S WORK, HONEST DAY'S WAGES. COME ON. LAY IT DOWN.

ALRIGHT. LINE IT UP. COME ON. MOVE IT!

I WILL WORK MORE SLOWLY.

NO, NO. THE FOREMAN WILL BE ANGRY WITH YOU, AS HE IS WITH ME,

AND THEY WILL TAKE MORE MONEY FROM YOUR PAY.

Foreman: COME ON! SWING THAT SLEDGE, OLD MAN.

YOU PEOPLE DOWN THERE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

COME ON. GET UP HERE AND GO TO WORK!

THEY ARE WORSE WITH US

SINCE OUR COUNTRYMEN HAVE CAUSED THEM TROUBLE.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF THIS MAN?

HE STRIKES WITH THE SURPRISE OF A SNAKE

AND THE STRENGTH OF A TIGER.

IS IT STRENGTH TO USE EXPLOSIONS TO HARM A SMALL BOY?

ALL OF US ARE HARMED.

ONE CHINESE BRINGS EVIL.

THEY EXPECT EVIL FROM ALL CHINESE.

PLEASE TAKE THIS.

THEY PERMIT US THIS.

THEY KNOW WE WILL WORK TWICE AS HARD ONCE WE ARE REFRESHED.

HERE. YOU CAN GET RID OF THEM RAGS YOU GOT ON.

COME ON. LET'S GO. GET UP. GET UP, OLD MAN.

LET'S GO. HURRY UP. LET'S GO.

WHERE ARE WE GOING?

I'M PUTTING YOU ON GUARD DUTY AT THE BRIDGE.

GUARD DUTY? I'M VERY TIRED.

WELL, MAYBE I'LL GIVE YOU AN EASIER SHIFT TOMORROW.

COME ON.

NOT YOU. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU YET.

PLEASE... COME CLOSER.

YOU WEAR THE ROBES OF A SHAOLIN MASTER.

THEY ARE MY OWN.

MASTER LEE?

WE COULD NOT BE SURE YOU WERE ALIVE.

AS YOU SEE.

I HAD HEARD THAT YOU WERE IN THIS COUNTRY.

YOUR EXPLOITS HAVE PRECEDED YOU.

YOU DO ME HONOR.

MAY ONE ASK WHY YOU LEFT CHINA?

FLEEING THE SAME ENEMY AS YOURSELF, MASTER--

THE EMPEROR.

YAH!

AH! WHOA!

A MOST IMPERFECT MOVEMENT, DISCIPLE CAINE.

FORTUNE, NOT SKILL, ACHIEVED THE RESULT.

MAY I BE INSTRUCTED, MASTER LEE?

LET US REPEAT THE MOVEMENTS.

YOU SEE?

YES. I WILL TRY TO IMPROVE, MASTER.

KWAN LEE, OF THE FAMILY OF KWAN CHO,

OF THE PROVINCE OF HOPEH?

YES.

A MESSAGE FOR YOU.

YAH!

UHH!

YAH!

SPEAK!

IT WAS THE ORDER OF THE EMPEROR THAT YOU BE KILLED.

WHY?

YOUR FAMILY HAS BEEN DECREED

GUILTY OF TREASON.

THAT IS NOT TRUE!

THE EMPEROR'S EDICT MAKES IT THE TRUTH,

WHATEVER THE TRUTH.

DOES MY FAMILY STILL LIVE?

THEIR DEATH WAS TO FOLLOW QUICKLY UPON YOURS.

I MUST GO TO HOPEH.

AT ONCE.

FORGIVE ME IF I HAVE INJURED YOU.

DO YOU KNOW THAT I HAVE SENT FOR YOU?

I FELT IT.

DO YOU WISH TO LEARN WHY?

IF SUCH IS YOUR WISH.

YOU HAVE BEEN IN THE WORK CAMP. HAVE YOU HEARD NOTHING?

THEY SEARCH FOR A MAN

WHO HAS DONE HARM TO THE RAILROAD.

YOU HAVE FOUND HIM.

BUT YOU ARE NOT THIS MAN. YOU ARE SHAOLIN.

YOU COULD NOT FOLLOW SUCH A PATH.

FOR ANY REASON?

FOR ANY REASON.

YOUR CLOTHES ARE IN TATTERS.

PLEASE...

TAKE THESE.

YOU ARE KIND.

WE WILL SPEAK AGAIN. I WILL COME TO YOU.

YOU DO ME HONOR.

GO NOW.

IS HE HURT BADLY?

YES, HURT BADLY.

I'M SORRY.

WHAT KIND OF THING IS IT--

TO TAKE AN OLD MAN ON GUARD DUTY AFTER A LONG DAY'S LABOR?

I'M NOT THE TRACK BOSS.

HOW BAD IS THE DAMAGE?

THAT BRIDGE IS A COMPLETE WRECK.

WE'VE LOST A WEEK, AT LEAST.

THAT'LL MAKE SOMEBODY VERY HAPPY.

YOU SURE HE AIN'T THE ONE?

NO, BUT I THINK HE KNOWS MORE THAN WE DO.

I COULD PROD HIM A LITTLE.

THAT'S MY JOB. CAINE.

Joe: ALRIGHT. COME ON, YOU MEN. LET'S GO.

IT GETS WORSE AND WORSE.

WORSE?

PEOPLE HURT, DAMAGED. IT'S LIKE A GHOST.

BUT HE HAS BEEN SEEN.

THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BOTHER HIM.

HE WAS SEEN AGAIN TONIGHT.

YET THEY DO NOT KNOW HIM.

AH, YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY.

ALL CHINESE LOOK ALIKE TO WHITE MEN.

TO YOU?

LET ME GET ONE LOOK AT HIM.

NO CHINESE EVER SEEN HIM?

NONE THAT WILL TALK ABOUT HIM.

THAT IS PERHAPS UNDERSTANDABLE.

IS IT?

YOU LEFT THE CAMP THIS AFTERNOON.

YES.

YOU MIND TELLING ME WHERE YOU WENT?

FOR A WALK IN THE WOODS.

AND?

AND I CAME BACK.

YOU WALKED VERY QUIETLY. NOW, THAT'S ONE THING

THAT THEY SAY THIS MAN I'M LOOKING FOR DOES, ALSO.

YET JOE HAS TOLD YOU I AM NOT THAT MAN.

IS THERE A DOCTOR?

THEY DON'T THINK WE NEED A DOCTOR.

BUT THEY THINK WE NEED AN INVESTIGATOR.

I MUST ATTEND MY FRIEND.

WORK FOR THE RAILROAD AND RETURN A RICH MAN TO SHANGFAN.

YOU SEE HOW RICH I HAVE BECOME,

AND I MAY NEVER SEE SHANGFAN AGAIN.

YOU CANNOT BE CERTAIN.

I CANNOT BELIEVE--

BELIEVE THE MAN WHO DID ALL THIS DAMAGE IS CHINESE.

HE WOULD NOT HURT US. HE WOULD NOT HURT US.

MY MASTER.

YOU DO NOT WEAR THE GARMENTS I GAVE YOU.

NO, MASTER.

THEY WERE MADE FOR MY NEPHEW.

HAS HE GROWN SO TALL?

YOU REMEMBER HIM.

I REMEMBER.

Master Lee: IF ONLY HE WOULD CRY OUT HIS GRIEF, HIS RAGE.

DID HE SEE THE SLAUGHTER?

HE SAW IT--

FATHER, MOTHER, 2 BROTHERS, HIS SISTER

DRAGGED FROM THE HOUSE AND KILLED BEFORE HIS EYES.

THE WHOLE FAMILY?

ALL BUT THE BOY.

HOW WAS HE SPARED?

A WHIM OF DESTINY.

HE HAD CLIMBED A TALL TREE IN THE GARDEN. DARED THE HIGHEST LIMB.

IT WAS THEN THE SOLDIERS CAME.

HE HAS NOT EATEN SINCE, AND I AM WORRIED FOR HIM.

IT IS NOT FOOD THAT HE NEEDS NOW.

Master Lee: HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 17.

WOULD HAVE BEEN?

HE IS DEAD.

HE WAS CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER THE WHEELS OF THE RAILROAD.

MAY HIS SPIRIT BE AT REST.

MINE IS NOT.

HE WAS THE LAST OF MY FAMILY.

NO SEED REMAINS TO LINK US TO THE FUTURE.

WE ARE REMOVED FROM THE EARTH FOR ALL TIME.

IT IS SAID THE SOUL MAY BE REBORN.

NONE MAY KNOW THAT FOR CERTAIN.

NO, MASTER.

SHALL I TELL YOU WHY I SENT FOR YOU?

IF SUCH IS YOUR WISH.

MAY A MAN LOVE, KWAI CHANG?

AS YOU HAVE LOVED YOUR NEPHEW.

AND MAY A MAN ALSO HATE?

WE ARE TAUGHT THIS IS THE HUMAN CONDITION.

I WILL DESTROY THE RAILROAD.

IT IS SAID THE WAY AVOIDS DESTRUCTION.

I DESTROY THE DESTROYER-- IRON AND STEEL.

MORE THAN IRON AND STEEL ARE DESTROYED.

WHO IS HE?

HIS NAME IS HAN TSUNG.

HE WAS INJURED LAST NIGHT IN THE EXPLOSION.

HE WILL NOT LIVE.

ONE MAN?

THERE WERE MANY BEFORE HIM.

THE RAILROAD HAS KILLED THOUSANDS.

ARE YOU ASKING ME TO JOIN YOU?

I GAVE YOU THE GARMENTS OF ONE WHO WAS TO ME

AS A CHILD OF MY OWN FLESH.

YOU COULD FILL HIS PLACE.

VENERABLE MASTER,

THAT IS WHY I CANNOT WEAR THE GARMENTS.

CANNOT.

SAY "WILL NOT"! YOU--

HOW'S THE OLD MAN?

ASLEEP.

WHERE WERE YOU WHEN THE BRIDGE BLEW UP LAST NIGHT?

HERE.

ANYBODY WITH YOU?

YES. WE ALL HEARD IT.

HMM.

DO YOU ALWAYS GO BAREFOOT?

YES.

WHY?

I DO NOT LIKE SHOES.

THIS IS A PIECE OF FUSE WIRING.

I FOUND IT DOWN BY THE BRIDGE.

NOW, IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT OUR MYSTERY MAN

HAS LEFT ANYTHING BEHIND HIM.

MAYBE HE'S GETTING A LITTLE CARELESS, A LITTLE COCKY,

BUT HE ALSO LEFT A BARE FOOTPRINT

WHERE I FOUND THIS.

THE FOOTPRINT IS NOT MINE.

THAT'LL BE VERY EASY TO PROVE.

HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT ALL THIS,

ABOUT THE TRACK BEING BLOWN UP,

MEN BEING HURT?

I DO NOT LIKE IT.

BUT YOU WON'T HELP ME FIND

THE MAN WHO'S DONE IT.

IT IS NOT MY PLACE.

WILL IT BE YOUR PLACE

TO BURY THAT OLD MAN IF HE DIES?

IS YOUR CUP EMPTY?

MASTER.

I WALK AMONG THEM. I SIT.

THEY CANNOT SEE ME.

HOW CAN THEY STOP ME?

TEA.

I'M SORRY TO HEAR ABOUT THE OLD MAN.

HE IS NOT THE FIRST TO DIE

WORKING FOR THE RAILROAD.

YOU CAN'T BLAME HIS DEATH ON THE RAILROAD.

NO.

BUT SOMEONE ELSE DOES.

IS THAT IT?

YOU'RE NOT A TRACKLAYER, CAINE.

NOW, WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO STATION 431?

MY OWN...PATH.

AND THAT PATH, I SUPPOSE,

HAS NO CONNECTION WITH THE MYSTERY MAN?

DO YOU APPROVE OF WHAT HE'S DOING?

HE DOES NOT CARE IF I APPROVE OR DISAPPROVE.

IF YOU FIND THIS MAN WHO IS DOING THESE THINGS,

WHAT WILL YOU DO TO HIM?

THEY'LL PUT HIM ON TRIAL,

AND IF HE'S FOUND GUILTY, HANG HIM.

PLEASE EXCUSE ME.

SIR.

YOU ARE DAMIAN?

YES.

INVESTIGATOR FOR THE RAILROAD?

THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU ARE WELL-ARMED.

DO I KNOW YOU?

YOU MUST ANSWER THAT.

WELL, WHAT DO YOU WANT?

TO BE OF SERVICE TO YOU.

HOW?

TAKE YOUR RIFLE.

WHY?

THIS MAN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR--

I KNOW HIM.

YOU KNOW HIM?

AND CAN LEAD YOU TO HIM.

NOW? YES.

FOLLOW ME.

HOW DO YOU KNOW HIM?

I HAVE DEALT WITH HIM.

HELPED HIM?

HE NEEDS NO HELP.

WHO ARE YOU?

I AM MAI JUNG.

IS THAT YOUR NAME?

YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MY NAME.

YOU WANT THE MAN WHO BLOWS UP BRIDGES.

YEAH?

I AM LOOKING FOR MR. DAMIAN.

HE AIN'T HERE.

WHERE IS HE?

I DON'T KNOW. HE WENT OFF SOMEWHERE WITH THE TEA JOHN.

JUST THE TWO OF THEM?

I DIDN'T SEE NO ONE ELSE.

IT IS NOT FAR NOW.

ARE YOU AFRAID?

I ASKED YOU BEFORE. WHO ARE YOU?

'TIS OF NO MATTER. WE ARE HERE.

THERE'S NO ONE HERE.

NO ONE?

YOU?

NO.

YES. I AM THE MAN YOU ARE LOOKING FOR.

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.

I THINK YOU DO.

ALRIGHT, I DO!

UH! UH!

HYAH!

UH! UH!

AAH!

WHY DO YOU DO THIS?

YOU MUST BE SHOWN THE WEAKNESS YOU TAKE FOR STRENGTH.

IF THIS MAN DIES, OTHERS WILL TAKE HIS PLACE.

STRONGER?

THEY WILL NOT YIELD.

ARE THEY SHAOLIN MASTERS?

NO.

DO YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN STOP ME?

I WILL HAVE TO TRY.

KWAN LEE, STOP!

I AM NOT KWAN LEE.

MAY I GO?

GO!

KWAI CHANG,

I CALLED YOU HERE.

NOW I TELL YOU, LEAVE!

WHO IS HE, CAINE?

HOW MANY OTHER PEOPLE IS HE GOING TO KILL?

YOU'VE TRIED TO STOP HIM.

YOU CAN DO NO MORE.

I CAN DO ONE THING.

PETE?

YEAH, DAMIAN?

ARREST THIS MAN.

CAINE? BUT--

YOU HEARD ME. LOCK HIM UP!

COME ON OUT, CAINE. DAMIAN WANTS TO SEE YOU.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE HIM.

NOTHING BOTHERS YOU, DOES IT?

IT MAY SEEM THAT WAY TO YOU.

OVER THERE.

LET'S TAKE A RIDE.

HOW DO YOU FEEL?

THAT'S A QUESTION I MUST ASK YOU.

YOU SAVE MY LIFE, I THROW YOU IN JAIL,

AND YOU'RE NOT ANGRY?

ARE YOU NOT HOLDING ME FOR A PURPOSE?

I GUESS YOU KNOW YOU'RE THE ONLY HOPE I HAVE

OF BRINGING HIM IN.

CAN I COUNT ON YOU?

WHY SHOULD I DO THIS?

MAYBE BECAUSE YOU FEEL ENOUGH OUTRAGE

AT THE HARM HE'S CAUSING.

I COULD FEEL THE SAME OUTRAGE AT THE RAILROAD.

I SHOULD QUIT.

I'M NO MATCH FOR HIM.

IT IS TRUE. YOU ARE NOT.

YOU TRYING TO CHEER ME UP?

I WAS AT HIS MERCY YESTERDAY.

I WAS FRIGHTENED.

IT DIDN'T HELP HAVING 2 GUNS AND A KNIFE.

HE WOULD HAVE FINISHED ME OFF

IF YOU HADN'T SHOWN UP.

HOW'D YOU HAPPEN TO FOLLOW US?

THAT IS BETWEEN ME AND HIM, NOT YOU.

YOU CAN'T LEAVE ME OUT OF IT.

I WANT TO BACK YOU UP.

WHAT?

THERE MUST BE THINGS THAT YOU WANT,

THINGS THAT I CAN GET YOU.

NOT ME, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO HIRED ME.

THEY WANT TO TRACK THIS MAN DOWN,

AND THEY CAN BE VERY GENEROUS.

I AM NOT A BOUNTY HUNTER.

I WASN'T TALKING ABOUT MONEY.

SO, YOU DO NOT CAPTURE HIM,

BUT YOU HAVE ME.

LET'S WALK.

THERE ARE WAYS OF GETTING RID OF THIS.

THE MEN WHO RUN THIS RAILWAY HAVE A LOT OF INFLUENCE.

THEY COULD GET A CRIME OFF THE BOOKS.

A CRIME COMMITTED IN CHINA?

IF THEY COULD PULL IT OFF, YOU'D BE A FREE MAN.

AND FOR THIS QUESTIONABLE FREEDOM,

I MUST SURRENDER MY FRIEND.

YOUR FRIEND?

REMEMBER--I SAW THE TWO OF YOU TOGETHER.

WOULD HE BE AS SCRUPULOUS ABOUT YOU?

YES.

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF I TURNED YOU IN?

I WOULD BE SENT BACK TO CHINA.

AND BE BEHEADED.

I'M NOT A SHERIFF.

I DON'T WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT.

YOU MUST DO WHAT YOUR CONSCIENCE TELLS YOU.

WHAT DO YOU OWE THIS MAN?

MUCH.

MUCH.

I WOULD SAY SO.

YOU ARE STILL HERE.

AS YOU SEE.

DESPITE MY ORDER.

THE INVESTIGATOR HAS ASKED ME TO BETRAY YOU.

BETRAY ME. IT IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE.

HEY, WHAT'S THIS?

WE FEEL REFRESHED WHEN WE DRINK TEA.

I THOUGHT YOU WOULD LIKE COFFEE.

GOOD THINKING, JOHN.

I WAS ABOUT TO FALL ASLEEP.

SMELLS GOOD.

PASS ME A CUP OF THAT.

AH. THAT LOOKS GOOD, TOO.

HERE YOU GO, STANLEY.

MMM. THAT'S GOOD.

GOOD AND STRONG.

YOU KNOW, PETE, WHAT THIS REALLY NEEDS

IS A GOOD SHOT OF WHISKEY.

THEN YOU WILL FALL ASLEEP, STANLEY.

HA HA HA!

HA HA HA!

I DIDN'T THINK THAT WAS FUNNY.

YOU DIDN'T THINK IT WAS FUNNY?

NO.

I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY.

I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY FUNNY.

HA HA HA!

WELL, I STILL THINK IT'S A GREAT IDEA.

YEAH. WE SHOULD DO THIS EVERY NIGHT.

WITH THE SHOT OF WHISKEY.

HA HA HA!

WITH THE SHOT OF WHISKEY!

HA HA HA!

YOU HAVE BEEN TAUGHT

THAT YOU DARE NOT DISOBEY YOUR MASTER.

YET I MUST

IF I BELIEVE MY MASTER IS WRONG.

I AM SHAOLIN, BUT I AM ALSO MAN,

AND I FEEL PAIN, GRIEF, THE SORROW OF LOSS.

HOW CAN WE QUESTION THE WAYS OF DESTINY?

I CAN AND DO!

ALL WE MAY QUESTION ARE THE WAYS OF MEN.

ARE NOT EMPERORS MEN?

WAS IT NOT MEN THAT BUILT THAT TRAIN

THAT CRUSHED MY NEPHEW TO DEATH?

AND MAY A MAN NOT STRIKE BACK?

THERE WILL BE PEOPLE IN HERE IN THE MORNING.

COMPANY MEN! BOSSES!

MEN!

AND OUTSIDE, THOSE YOU ARE DOING THIS FOR--

YOU WILL KILL THEM, TOO.

I MUST STOP YOU.

YOU, OF ALL MEN, THE LAST I WOULD WISH TO HARM.

YOU ARE THE MASTER. I AM THE STUDENT.

I WEAR THE GARMENTS

OF THE NEPHEW YOU HAVE LOVED,

YET IF I WERE HE, IF I WERE YOUR SON,

STILL I SHOULD DO THIS.

I MUST.

YOU INSIST?

LET IT BE.

UHH!

UHH!

YAH!

YAH!

NOW CALL THE INVESTIGATOR TO ARREST ME.

I ONLY MEANT TO SHOW YOU

WHAT YOU YOURSELF HAVE TAUGHT ME.

NO MAN IS OMNIPOTENT.

IT IS NOT FOR ME NOW TO TELL YOU WHAT TO DO.

YOU ARE THE MASTER.

YOU GOT PAID.

LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE READY TO LEAVE.

YES. I SETTLED WHAT I HAD TO.

DID YOU GO INTO THE HEADQUARTERS BUILDING LAST NIGHT?

WHAT DOES IT MATTER?

WELL, SOMEBODY LEFT ALL THIS,

AND WE FOUND IT THIS MORNING.

WHO?

NOBODY SAW HIM, AS USUAL.

NOW WAIT.

UM, AREN'T YOU GOING TO TELL ME HOW YOU DID IT?

IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU.

BUT THE RESULTS DO.

I HAD A CONFERENCE WITH THE BOSSES THIS MORNING.

I MADE A FEW SUGGESTIONS--

NOTHING MUCH,

JUST SAFER WORKING CONDITIONS,

A DOCTOR IN THE CAMP.

THEY WOULDN'T LISTEN.

PERHAPS THEY WILL WHEN THE EXPLOSIONS END.

NO. I DIDN'T DELIVER A CULPRIT.

THEY WANTED A CARCASS.

THEY, TOO, LOOK FOR REVENGE.

YEAH.

JOE.

JOE, LET ME HELP YOU WITH THAT.

PLEASE. I DO NOT NEED THIS.

THANKS.

I'VE DONE MY LAST JOB FOR THE RAILROAD.

YOU WILL IMPROVE NOTHING BY GOING AWAY.

BUT I DON'T HAVE TO BE A PART OF IT.

I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING I PICKED UP FROM YOU.

I SAID THAT?

YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT EVERYTHING IN WORDS.

CAN I GIVE YOU A RIDE?

I THANK YOU,

BUT I THINK IT IS BETTER

THAT I GO MY OWN WAY.

WHY? WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

I MAY NEVER KNOW.