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Blow out your candles

After the song

ends So we can eat cake

And then After the party

Lit up like this.

Between your fingertips.

This is my record.

It was summer of 2024.

The little girl on the merry -go -round.

She was my first.

Her tricycle had fallen over.

The wheels were spinning.

In time, everyone saw the entities.

These ghosts that feed on our fears.

The dead move among the survivors now, appearing when we are afraid.

Fear is the enemy.

It is constant.

We call them companions.

We've heard of survivors in the Isle of Bodega.

Tomorrow we begin our journey there.

It gives my wife something to hope for.

She is desperate for safety.

I told you to tie him to a tree. He can hear better than both of us.

Come on.

You know you like him.

He makes noise.

Yeah.

It's like they vanished.

Oh, don't start.

It's like the house is watching.

You're doing it on purpose.

I'll check the barn.

Being in a hurricane...

Gus,

Grace... I don't know how you've kept us alive for this long, but you are...

amazing.

It's my, uh...

Keen sense of judgment.

Excellent choice in traveling companions.

But she needs to start listening.

Here. We'll see how you feel when I'm running from your companions. Oh, I

so haunt you.

Look, out here I'm more worried about survivors than companions, okay?

Okay.

Okay, we're like 20 miles from the main road.

We're four miles from the main road.

I ran while you studied. I think I know how far 20 miles are.

Really?

Okay. Okay, I have a better idea of how far four miles are, but still.

I can't have anything else to worry about right now, okay?

Just stay here, watch for Buster, and we need to be quiet.

Water!

Really?

That was louder than I thought it was going to be. I'm sorry. I'm just, I'm

really thirsty. Can I please?

Damn it!

Is that all you got?

Is that your workout box?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm collecting things to trade a bodega like you told me. Good.

We're leaving.

You said one night. No, I didn't. You did.

Now, Ella. No.

No, not now. I'm not your fucking dog.

An egg beater, tampon, and

aluminum foil.

We're rich.

It's all on the list of the top 100 things to disappear first.

How do you know that?

We have a fortune in lantern mantles.

Did you?

A woman.

A woman. I don't know. Ella, her companion, maybe?

Okay, well, companions are drawn to fear, right? So as long as we don't get

afraid, they don't come.

Besides, they don't go very far from where they died anyway.

Like she's stuck in there.

I mean, Jesus, Ella, what if somebody died here? And what if companions have

nothing to do with death?

I need a break.

Okay, one night. Look, I don't want you going anywhere near that barn or in that

field or by that car. There's something in there. I won't. I mean it. I won't,

Gus, I promise.

Besides, companions can't even touch us. No, no, not companions.

Survivors. Ella, something happened here, okay?

The war was three years ago. I doubt it happened yesterday.

Get in the tub.

It's my watch.

So no sex for you.

Join us.

A life without fear.

The Isle of Bodega is a barrier island just off the coast of the town of

400 miles south of Houston.

We have laws, food, medicine, and children.

Wonderful children. Your boyfriend is on the radio.

I hope that wasn't your dog.

We take life for granted.

Because that's the way it's given.

Easy.

People are changing, son, all around.

But it mostly goes unnoticed.

Take your lady.

For example.

I doubt she'll ever be the same.

Wait.

I'm a doctor.

I'm a doctor. I can't.

Well, now that's bad luck.

Because Matty here got his jaw broke.

No, no.

No, no.

Have you seen an awful angry fella running around here, huh goes by the

Abner?

Son

Nothing

happens in this world that ain't absolutely necessary

Tonight

You're witness to a miracle.

We have seen things.

Things that are hard to understand.

Buster!

Uh, ma 'am?

I'm a preacher.

Don't be afraid.

Open the door.

What's Psalm 23?

Oh, that's smart. Yeah, a Bible verse. Now, I like that.

There's a companion.

The Lord is my shepherd.

Now, that's Old Testament.

Now, personally, my favorite is Psalm 46.

Be still and know that I am God.

We can build this world back together.

Isle of Bodega, huh?

Why, we're heading there ourselves.

Now, don't that just sound like palm trees and coconuts, huh?

Hell of a place to start a ministry.

You're looking for a savior.

Let me show you mine.

Gus! Oh, my God.

We have to hide. We have to hide. Gus! No! No! We have to hide. No!

No, I'll die in there!

No!

Gus.

Into the box. I'm not, no.

He's going to hurt you!

No, no,

no, no, no, no!

No, no, no, no, no, no!

Don't look like you're gonna make it, son.

That's a shame.

Broken men make the best soldiers.

Is she alive?

When given the option, man always reverts back to his most bestial

character. I believe she's beginning to understand that.

People are savages nowadays, I know. But now is the time to do something about

that. Let her go. Faith binds us together like a fabric.

Now, I'm building an army, and fear is going to drive them right to it. She's

not safe in there. Oh, you got to let her go.

Let her go.

Hope is the only thing a savage man suffers.

Hey, look at me.

You know that fella on the radio?

Well, everybody's headed to his commune, so we're going to take it. We're going

to start building the world back the way that it should be.

Honestly. Now that those two are in there taking turns with your wife,

how can you think of anything other than violence? You son of a bitch!

No cover for your daddy.

Timely preparation for future eventualities is the definition of

You failed.

Fuck you!

I failed too.

And I'm gonna kill that fucking preacher boy.

He got away.

But I know where he's going.

Man out there with you. Stop looking at me!

He's gonna die.

He's been gutted.

That's weeks of agony until it ends you.

Now, there's a time for fighting.

And this is a time for mercy.

Coming from you

Lady

This

world no memory damn thing One moment

To the next.

You want to survive?

You don't either.

I am not going with you!

Oh, Gus.

Protect yourself.

No, Gus. I can't.

I've got enough regret.

What do you want?

She can come with me.

My wife?

She gonna die out here?

No. No, tell him. Do you want to take my wife with you? It ain't right just

leaving her.

Shit like that... Will you stay away from me? It'll be worse for you.

There'll be other survivors.

Take both of us. We can help you find the preacher.

I ain't taking a chance at losing him. He can make it. Come with me.

Be stuck here with his ghost.

He's right.

Maybe he's crazy.

I'm sorry.

Gus. Wake up, Gus. Gus, wake up.

Gus, please wake up.

Gus, no.

No.

You want to say something? No.

There is no telling our shapes apart when the killing season

comes.

The killing season comes.

Everything worth saving is waiting, waiting in a

glass jar.

And summer comes in blazing.

I ain't spoken to nobody in months.

Hell, I've never known from my conversation anyway.

You smoke, I got a carton. Are you going to hurt me?

I ain't got time to hurt you. What kind of answer is that?

Honest.

I ain't going to hurt you.

Preacher's injured. I'm just trying to spot him.

I would have stopped.

You didn't bring nothing like I told you.

You expect me to fucking feed you? My husband just died.

We gotta clean it out.

Give me the key.

You know, my father was a cop.

Yeah, the kind that liked for his daughter to know how to shoot.

I couldn't have left you back there.

That ain't right.

Tripp.

What?

Take off your fucking clothes!

How do you

feel?

I can't imagine.

I wouldn't wish that on nobody.

What are the handcuffs for?

I have to go places.

I get scared, all right?

I cuff myself to the damn bumper. That way I have to face it.

Fear can't be used against me.

Teach me how to do that.

They're supposed to drain the tanks, but they don't.

I got it.

Put

it

in your mouth, take a draw.

Put it in your mouth.

You gotta learn.

That's part of it. I just left him there.

They ain't real.

People paint them so survivors leave them alone.

What's gonna happen to him?

Is he gonna turn into a companion?

Sit down, you're making me nervous.

Look,

you ain't gotta be afraid of me.

What you're worrying about ain't a part of me at all.

You can't save everyone!

I saw her.

I saw it too.

I didn't know we even couldn't be out.

We'll try and figure it out.

Is she trying to talk to us?

It won't last.

We ain't afraid no more.

What? What?

Why are you still here?

Say something.

She's gone.

Women. They'll fail you every time.

You ever shoot somebody?

Look, we're wasting bullets.

Hitting targets is more important than bullets.

You missed. Well, now you sound like Gus.

Don't blame me if you didn't stand up to your husband.

You know, it's not that you're not known for your conversation.

It's... No, go on. Say it.

It's that what you have to say is useless.

I'm useless?

Don't... Everyone left is survivors, Ella. Ain't no room for victims.

You should have killed that man in the barn.

What he done to you? You don't get to talk about that.

At least my family didn't ask me to leave you. God died fighting for me.

about that?

Because I remember him telling me to go and take you with me. I'm going to kill

you.

I don't give a fuck.

That's a joke.

The Lord's just waiting for us to find something that matters so he can tell.

Unique are the responsibilities of the wife, one of which are helping her

husband become what he is intended to be.

I say let her go.

Hey now.

I did not do that to you. You attacked us! You saw who I was with.

You can't... Control crazy?

Now, I stayed clear of that barn.

Didn't lay a hand on her.

Now, I could have split you open with that axe.

But I did not.

You're not the only person trying to survive around here.

So what?

You want me to be your soldier?

Oh, son.

I don't have soldiers.

I've got orders.

Orders?

What? You're saying all this is for someone else?

The man above.

There's something seriously wrong with you.

It's twisted.

And you know it.

Do you know how long it took us to come out of the dark ages?

Thousands of years.

Now, right now, we are on the precipice.

And we can either correct it or we can let people suffer.

Don't you see you're the one making people suffer?

What do you got there?

It's sugar.

Right? It keeps the pH levels down.

Makes it hard for bacteria to grow. Just trust me.

Who's the soldier now?

I'm only doing this because the guy that has my wife won't stop until he kills

you. And you're gonna save her, are you?

Yeah.

I am. A woman should never abandon her husband.

I made...

Ella, go with him. But you didn't want her to, though, did you?

Yep. See, now that's your fault.

A good woman does what she's told. He told her I was going to die.

So she found somebody stronger.

Enough!

There. That'll hold you for a while.

Now, where we're going...

We're going to need a vehicle, so we'll probably have to take one.

So I need to know.

What are you willing to do?

God, I miss the ocean.

It's all there.

Makes me want to fight.

I could make it if I was at the beach.

Yeah? I could.

I studied marine biology.

Stingrays were my specialty.

So, stingrays are the key to survival.

Wish I'd known.

It'd take me some effort.

I know how to fish.

What else do I need?

A place to hide when the hurricanes come.

South Texas storms ain't too friendly.

I never wanted to live in Houston.

Gus wanted to.

Not a bad spot for a doctor.

You know stingrays can see auras?

Yeah, they have these, like, organs that can detect electricity in nerves and

muscles.

I was, uh...

I was a welder.

I was a master.

I would have thought you were probably in the army or something like that. Hell

no.

My dad was army.

I hated him. My father could barely keep me out of the ocean.

You know when you're in the water for too long and your fingers get wrinkly?

He would tell me that it was because all the sunshine had gotten washed off and

I'd have to lie on the beach to get it back.

I knew it.

You don't have an aura.

Come on. We got shit to do.

I'm not sleeping out here.

I figured you'd be happy.

You want me to be your guard dog.

You ain't got to worry about me cozying up in the middle of the night.

You asked me to teach you.

You gotta get comfortable being alone out here with your thoughts.

This is how you do it.

These shades keep your line of sight in the truck.

That way your mind don't wander.

Clean the gun over and over and stay focused in here.

I feel useless.

You ain't useless.

I'm just teaching you how to take care of yourself.

If nobody had done that for me, I wouldn't know how to do it neither.

I'm out in the open.

Yeah.

They'll get you first.

Listen.

In the dark, listening is better than seeing.

If anything happens, drive.

It's 100 yards of road, you can do it blind.

You got a gun, you got a truck, you got a straight path out of here, don't get

no better than that.

Beat me to a bus with a miracle child.

They want a cold gray sky.

Today in the...

Thank you for watching.

Where were you?

Abner, where were you?

Talking to my son.

It happens.

But his companion?

I got history too.

I can't let it go.

Did you bury him?

Did you?

I want to bury mine.

We have to go back for God, please.

I mean, if you know where the preacher is, then what does it matter?

There ain't nothing back there but misery.

There ain't nothing out here but misery.

If we don't at least try to fix what went wrong, then...

What's the point? Why continue?

If he's close, we can just bury Gus and...

Go fucking back.

You're right.

We should have been.

We'll go back, then we ain't got to talk about it no more.

I seen Ephraim once on the way to Bodega.

He's dangerous.

That's funny.

You calling somebody else dangerous?

I don't think that man believes in anything.

What's in Bodega? I don't know.

The end of the rainbow.

I got close, but then I came across Abner.

You're a fucking monster.

Maybe.

You know, even if you're right, you can't just make people follow you. It

doesn't work that way. I am well aware that people like me have got no place

once this is over.

It's going to be a dirty reminder.

They're going to put me out to pasture.

Now, death may be the meaning of life, but we alone are unique in that we can

see the design.

Now, merit, the merit of life, well, that's what you put into it.

What if you're wrong?

I'll go with misunderstanding.

It's a hell of a lot better than not listening.

Did you hear that, Gus?

Fear.

Now that's the real fabric.

Have you ever seen somebody's companion?

Yeah.

Have you ever seen somebody's companion who's still alive?

Who?

Who?

I didn't come here to kill him.

I wouldn't do that to you.

Hell, I wouldn't do that to nobody.

I've been through this too.

We were isolated at my ranch for so long.

When the preacher showed up, I wanted to believe anything.

I was desperate for someone to tell us it was okay.

I let my guard down.

Well, that's not your fault.

We wanted to believe it, too.

I lied to you.

I don't know why.

I told myself it's because you was dying alone out here.

But it was me.

I'm dying alone out here.

I don't know where the preacher's going.

He's going to Bodega.

He told me.

I ain't going back to Bodega.

He's gonna kill Ephraim. We have to save him. It's a hundred miles from here.

It'll take months.

What do you mean, go back?

What do you mean, go back?

My family's buried in Bodega.

It's where my ranch is.

What if Gus is alive?

Find help.

And if he's dying?

We wait.

If he's going to Bodega, I can get to fucking Bodega.

Thank you.

You know, the preacher, he told me something.

Said that I was searching for a savior.

He was right.

God don't make saviors.

He makes survivors.

You know what?

Because you might be alive, you should be happy.

That's right, Hela.

It ain't safe here.

That's what you want!

Head to back!

You said you could beat them.

What, are they getting stronger?

I'm getting weaker. We have to get to Ephraim before the preacher.

How far is the Isle of Bodega?

Then what's the point? I don't know where it is.

But if he's still alive, I know someone in Bodega.

Let me be a sody dog. I don't be your man at all. Honey, let me be a sody dog.

Sody dog.

Hello, fellow, I know you with a hole in your pocket and a hole in your shoe.

Honey, let me be a sody dog. Sody dog.

Let me be a sody dog. I don't be your man at all. Honey, let me be...

Hey, lookie what I found.

One for each of us.

Are you feeling all right?

I can hook.

I like to stay busy.

You ain't got a fever, do you? Don't.

Don't fuss.

Here, use that table.

Did you see it?

Did you?

I asked you first.

No. I ain't in here.

I already got me a good one.

Hello, Merritt.

Adam?

You're looking good.

Damn, I thought she was dead.

You seen the preacher around?

Well, you tore out of here.

I thought you went after him.

Yeah.

We come back a few days ago.

Everyone's people took care of him.

Hey, baby, you grab me and my cousin a couple beers?

Beer?

Then one of them will get here.

Well, they're hot, but they still fizz good.

So they're on the Isle of Bodega.

Ain't no such place.

Just... Patches of ground right off the coast.

Mostly salt grass.

Us fishermen used to take ladies out to run with the beach.

We call it the Isle of Buganga.

Harry, when we was in school, we used to ask Merrick why he put page numbers on

his toilet paper.

Still ain't got a lick of damn sense.

So they could be here?

Are you looking for paradise?

From the radio?

Ephraim's out at your ranch.

Moved in right after you.

Well, you know.

That forest is full of bones.

I don't know what they're doing out there, but that's where they take them.

What happened to the preacher?

Killed him.

But he was alone?

As far as I could tell.

I'll have to ask Ephraim.

Well, why don't they come after you?

I'm sick!

Why don't y 'all take him with you?

Just give him a chance!

Please!

Do you think the butcher killed him?

We'll find out in the morning.

Hey, look at me.

No.

Will you talk to me, please?

What's the matter?

What, being in bed together?

I don't want you being uncomfortable.

Deserted, like the dwarves at dawn.

It's the hour of departure, oh deserted one.

Cold flowers are raining over my heart.

In you, the wars and flights accumulated.

But from you, the wings of songbirds rose.

How terrible my desire was to you.

How difficult and drunken the

cemetery of death is.

There's fire burning in your tombs.

The tenderness light as water.

And flower the words scarcely begun on our lips.

He was my destiny.

And in my voyage of longing fell.

And you everything think.

That's Pablo Neruda.

Did it for the 2015 talent show.

It's longer, but... Gus... Gus, he really liked it.

But I performed it for my father.

I'll take that.

You're not my father.

He would have given up on me already.

I doubt that.

What do you think companions are?

I don't.

Liar. Punishment.

Punishment for what?

Like I said, I don't.

God left the building.

That's what I think.

And there's no one to keep score anymore.

He left the playing field.

Do you trust him?

I'm not much for religion.

No. No, Merritt.

Do you trust Merritt?

I'm mad at him.

Yeah, but I hear talking.

We're talking. Okay, I hear whispering.

I left my bone on the kitchen counter.

God damn it, Elle.

You can't keep doing shit like this. I'm sorry.

Sorry ain't good though.

We're in this together.

You gotta start pulling on me.

I'm sorry.

My name is Evan Bonham.

I am speaking to you from the Isle of Bodega.

I want you to know me.

The real me.

Faces.

Again. Fear.

My reflection.

Full of rain.

Where's the gun?

Sorry.

I'm so sorry. Who are you talking to?

The preacher?

I ain't got a choice.

We're blood, Merritt.

What the fuck is wrong with you?

She's sick.

Okay.

He's gonna help her.

We gotta stay.

They'll come quick.

Merritt won't survive it, okay?

Give me the gun.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Hey, just leave her alone.

It's me.

Abner ain't got the courage.

You know what he's gonna do to us.

Just... Put us out of our misery, man.

How long?

How long till he gets here?

Fifteen minutes.

Y 'all got the gift.

Ain't no use.

You got to go, Merritt!

I ain't gonna go without her.

Well... She ain't gonna make it.

I don't want to go on if she ain't with me. I ain't telling you.

They died out there.

All them people.

There ain't no Olive Bodega.

They're all gone.

They started to see things.

Themselves.

They saw themselves.

Only they was... They was dead.

If you go out there, you'll see.

There ain't nothing.

Ephraim just made it up so everybody'd come.

Is Ephraim dead?

Is he?

Where is he?

Your ranch is gonna be full of companions, Abner. There ain't nothing.

They're all gone.

Hell, you might even see yourself!

How about it?

No. I can fish too. We can head further south, find ourselves a little beach, a

little bar, take a drive.

Eat sushi till we're sick.

Yeah, that does sound nice.

You can swim with stingrays all damn day if you want.

I got it.

It can be good.

Better. It can be better than... No, I...

I don't believe you.

I think you'll leave me somewhere and come back.

I know you.

When you die out here, it'll be justice. Well, I don't want you to die either,

but... I mean, don't change a damn thing.

Did I move you just a little?

I practiced that all the way down here.

No, not at all.

Give me my hat.

This one?

This hat?

You know we're probably going to die out here.

You really want me to remember you this way?

Yeah, I do.

And besides, right, I have your hat.

I've got a gun.

And I've got a straight path out of here.

Don't get much better than that.

You're really attached to this thing.

Abner.

This is me.

Showing you I'm in it.

I walk right out here.

Taking you all the way to Mexico.

Jacob?

Abner? Jacob!

Not!

You was a good boy.

Do what you were told.

Stay down.

Jacob!

What have you taken from me, Ephraim?

You've taken my certainty.

We're in the dark here!

We went back for you.

You left me there.

We went back for you.

You knew I was alive.

Did you see it in the barn?

You know what it means, right?

You know what it means!

It's all been decided!

It's not over!

Nothing!

Well, shit, son.

I tried.

You tried.

Every time I breathe in around you, I am startled by this cold wind that is

entirely full of piss!

Take it.

They're all dead.

Is that for him, death?

Can't say for sure.

After!

That woman.

ground you into dirt.

I have to bring her back.

Tell you what.

I'll save her for you.

Oh, that's right.

You already told me how this ends.

Well, this will be interesting.

Abner?

Abner?

Abner, help me, Abner!

Hey.

We can get to Ephraim.

Okay, Abner?

Abner, I... I need you.

I should have stayed with her.

Give me my gun. No, no, no. Hey, hey.

You don't need it anymore.

You see?

You can go with him.

You can go.

Let that sunshine get washed away again.

This place is old.

And I feel it's a break.

It calls to my soul.

I feel it in my bones.

What does my grandfather see?

A life without fear.

The Isle of Bodega is a barrier island just off the coast of the town of

It's haunted.

That tape rewinds itself.

There are skeletons all over the salt flat.

I'll listen to all of it.

All those poor souls were led here on the confession of a

madman.

That was my purpose.

Join us.

A life without fear.

No use sitting around feeling sorry for ourselves, huh?

I didn't think I'd ever get to touch you again.

You're bleeding.

Did you kill Abner?

Want him to kill me? No, we went back to the farm to save... Abner saved me.

The creature was going to shoot me.

I know why he did it. He was a good person.

He just made some mistakes.

Can we fix this?

I want to, but please be honest and tell me, did spending all that time... I had

to listen to him.

Believe him.

I wish he never would have came.

You did what you had to do.

You got back to me.

There is no Isle of Bodega, Ella. I know.

And nobody is going to save us.

We'll save ourselves.

No more radios, just us.

It's gonna take me some time to get back to normal.

I know.

And I'll be with you.

I've done things.

It doesn't matter.

I forgive you, and that's what matters.

These things are gonna come back.

And I've got to... I've got to take care of her. No, you won't.

That was the whole point of this. We've earned it.

And I want my ring back.

Did you lose it?

It's at the farmhouse.

You left it.

I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry now we have something to do

Oh!

Jesus.

I made you a plate.

Okay, it's not Thursday night, day, but, you know.

Mmm.

Beans.

So?

How'd you sleep?

He made me sleep in the truck.

He made you sleep in the truck?

Yeah, he didn't want me around.

It's not like what you think it was.

What makes you so sure of that?

I mean, what if it is exactly what I think it is?

No, he wanted them to get me first.

Look, do you want to talk about it?

Because I think we should.

You know what I think we should talk about?

I think we should talk about what you and that cowboy...

Talked about I was afraid she didn't want him to die

Did you know he didn't deserve

to die

What's

out there I hear it

I don't hear anything.

Looks like a drum.

Look, uh, tomorrow I want to plant a garden.

You know, for the future.

I found these seeds in the barn.

You went into the barn?

I didn't think I needed your permission.

Bella, I told you!

Not to go into the bar! What difference does it make?

It doesn't.

Abner. You saw me?

I was in the trees.

You love him?

And in front of us.

All the time.

God, please.

Not in here.

Just let me go. Don't fight. Don't fight!

I've had this secret for so long.

And I can't keep it in anymore.

Time doesn't mean anything to the dead.

Okay, I'm sorry.

But you die in here.

Neil.

We both do. We can stop it. There's no end. But don't you want to find it?

I mean, we could at least try. We fought for each other.

I fought for you. Because you were always coming back to me.

We both were.

Give me the fucking keys, Gus.

Give me the keys.

Give me the keys.

I threw them in the field.

No.

No.

No.

You fucking did it.

You got to give me back the pay.

You got to give me back the pay.

on my knee.

Now don't you know you got me begging in the street.

Now don't you know you got to give me back the pay.

You're my crazy motherfucker walking up your street.

Craziest fucker that you ever seen.

Motherfucker walking up your street

Craziest fucker that

you'll ever meet Craziest

fucker that you'll ever meet You got to give me

back the pay Now don't you know You got to give me back the pay Now don't you

know you got me crawling on my knees. Now don't you know you got me begging in

the streets.

Now don't you know you got to give me back the page.

And there comes the time.