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(RUMBLING)

(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING ON STEREO)

(SIGHS)

No barkeep?

Who you gotta chup around here to get a drink?

(SIGHING)

He'll be back.

Nice jacket. Who'd you kill for it?

Killed a lot of people. Hard to say.

What's it to you anyway?

L used to have one just like it.

(SCOFFS)

Have you seen this girl?

(lNDISTINCT CHANTING)

(SCREAMING)

(SPEAKING ALIEN LANGUAGE)

(lRISA WAILING)

Hi.

My name is Nolan.

It's okay.

Come here.

(SOBBING) (SIGHS)

All right. Now, look at me.

We're gonna go.

That's it.

(MACHINE BEEPING)

NOLAN: So, what was that back at that temple there?

Some kind of wacko religious ceremony?

Uh... (SPEAKING lRATHIENT)

Yeah, lrathient is not really my first language.

(SIGHS)

Well, you don't talk much. l can appreciate that about you.

Hey, those people, back there.

They're not gonna hurt you again. You're safe, l promise.

(WHIMPERS)

Good thing, l came across you.

L think you might be able to help me out with something.

L won this

in an all-night lvali game at a speakeasy.

You know, the one just out past the Bedship Pass,

the one with that great jukebox.

There's a waitress there.

(CHUCKLING) She's got the most amazing pair of...

Sensoth bodyguards.

Tough, large men.

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

Anyway, uh...

l don't have much use for this so l thought maybe you could help me out.

It's chocolate. You eat it.

Listen, kid.

This is what's known as a precious commodity.

So if l were you, l would grab at this with both hands.

What's the worse that can happen? You turn human?

It's all right.

That's it.

(SPITS)

Okay, thank you. Point made.

Hey, No Man.

This here is Lieutenant Eddie Braddock.

Hey. (HISSES)

(LAUGHS)

You can call him Uncle Eddie.

Hey, don't get too attached, huh.

This one's bound for the refugee camps in the morning.

Eddie, she might understand English.

Does it really matter?

You know what happens to kids in those camps.

Let her know what she's up against.

(SNARLS)

NOLAN: Have you seen this girl?

A long drive sure do leave you ragged.

Dodging all that Votan scrap,

nothing on the radio since Topeka,

too much time alone

makes a man unpredictable,

and l've been driving such a long time.

(CHUCKLES)

Must be some piece of ass to bring you all the way to the Storm Divide.

Oh, you might wanna rephrase that, friend.

The world's full of dirty l-raths.

Who gives a shtak about that one?

(GRUNTS)

She's my daughter. She disappeared.

And at this point, l'd do just about anything

to find out where she is.

So l'm gonna ask you again, nice.

Have you seen her or not? (GUN COCKS)

Easy there, cowboy.

No one causes trouble in my bar but me.

L'm not looking for trouble, friend.

Just clearing up a misunderstanding.

The man disrespected my kid.

That gun in your holster,

take it out.

Slowly.

Lenny?

(BOTH LAUGHING)

No Man Nolan.

Well, l'll be damned.

L haven't seen you since, what?

The winter of '39. Uh-huh.

That night, that we stole Torc's bad hellbug.

L still got the scar. Yeah.

So what brings you out to the ass-end of the Storm Divide?

My daughter.

That little l-rath kid that used to follow you around?

Her name is lrisa.

L think you might be able to help me with something.

From what l heard, the last guy that tried to help you,

that Braddock guy,

he ended up being locked up in an E-Rep prison for six years.

L don't know what you're talking about, Len.

(MAN COMMANDING)

(lNDISTINCT TALKING)

All right.

You're ready? Let's go.

Come on. Stay close. We should be fine.

(DOOR OPENING)

Hey.

Where the hell are you going?

For a walk.

Nolan, you don't wanna do this.

Eddie, l can't send her to that place. Look at her.

She's all skin and bone. She won't last a week.

Sorry, l'm missing the part where that's my problem.

This cute little kid is gonna grow into an adult

who'll slit your throat without blinking.

L'm missing the part where that is your problem.

All l'm asking you to do is look the other way for a couple of minutes.

Don't do this. The E.M.C. is gonna hunt you down.

And they will not stop until you're locked up or dead.

L guess we better get moving then.

All right.

L'll stall as long as l can.

L'll owe you one.

Hey, what's the worst that can happen, right?

Nolan, l'm telling you as an old friend.

You need to manage expectations.

These l-raths, they're nomadic.

She might have wanted to be with her own kind,

and maybe she doesn't want to be found.

No, we're family.

Wouldn't leave, not without saying goodbye at least.

Hey, didn't you once pay a brain-dead bio-man

10 scrip to babysit her in Yuma?

Bio-men are surprisingly nurturing.

And you dragged her along to every single whorehouse in Kansas City.

You lurching towards an eventual point?

Yeah.

If you were my dad, l'd wanna get far, far away.

If you were my kid, l'd shoot us both.

Anyways, what makes you think that she's out here in the Storm Divide

and in Denver of all places?

This is where l rescued her from that Votan snake cult.

L thought we wiped them all out that day, but now l'm not so sure.

She's never quite gotten it out of her head.

Mmm-hmm.

L thought she might come back out here, looking for answers.

Mmm-hmm.

(GRUNTS) Here l am.

What, you're leaving?

Yeah.

L'll see if that Votan temple is still standing that l found her in.

Look, the Razor Rain is just starting to come down.

Why don't you wait it out? Take a snore in one of the sleeper racks.

Yeah, l think l'll take my chances.

You're no good to her

if you get hit in the head with a flying piece of scrap metal.

Listen, take this, on the house.

Another one of these, l'll be on my ass.

(CHUCKLES)

(GRUNTING)

A little help?

On Casti, we had a saying...

(SPEAKING CASTITHAN)

Varus will pay double for this.

Maybe l should give him a call.

A crime lord will pay you nothing.

Varus will slit your throat and weave yourjonder

into his beard for decoration.

L know this guy, and he more than has it coming.

But l'm just curious. What is it exactly that he stole from you?

Salvation.

Redemption.

(SPEAKING CASTITHAN)

(SPEAKING ENGLISH)

l will see these things return.

Come on. Come on.

Nothing to see here.

Go back to base.

(SIGHS)

l really am an idiot. L always have been.

L think l've just outdone myself this time.

They're going to catch up with me for sure. Throw me in the stockade.

(CHUCKLING) Hell, they'd probably execute me on the spot for this one.

And for what?

You don't even know what l am saying, you little weirdo.

No, you're right.

No need for name calling, you're probably perfectly normal

on your home planet.

(GASPING)

Hey, it's all right. You're okay.

L told you, l'm not going to let anything happen to you.

Look, we're just gonna...

Park up here for the night so go to sleep.

Please?

Fine, you want to be like that? All right. You asked for it.

(SINGING) As l slept upon the ark.

(SPEAKING) Uh-huh. This is happening.

(SINGING) I dreamt about a tree.

In it sat a Casti bird.

Who sang of Kahmali.

Kahmali, Kahmali.

Made with ivory hair.

Starlight came along with thee.

And swallows in the air

(HUMMING)

LENNY: This is about the girl.

Oh, she is so much more than just a girl.

Ah. So you're a part of that snake cult?

You people tortured that little girl.

And Joshua Nolan came and blew you all to hell.

He tried to slaughter us.

Scatter us like ash to the winds, but here we stand.

(SPEAKING CASTITHAN)

Hey! Hey!

You said you were going to ask him some questions

and rough him up a little.

L believe our business here has come to an end.

Or would you care to renegotiate?

Sorry, No Man. A guy's got to eat.

(BLADE SCRAPING)

Lenny?

Lenny, you son of a bitch. What the hell did you do to me?

Lenny has gone for the evening.

He asked that we lock up.

Huh?

What do you want with me?

My scrip chip? Take it.

Not much there but you can help yourself. l don't want your money.

L know you.

You're a part of that cult l raided years ago.

And that snake charmer Daigo

wasn't the only piece of scum that made it out.

Where is the ilata?

(CHUCKLES)

l don't know. And even if l did.

Sure as hell wouldn't tell you.

You took the ilata from us.

(SCREAMING)

(NOLAN GRUNTING)

Where is she?

Her name is lrisa.

And l didn't take her. L saved her.

All right. L'm going to take a look around,

see if l can't find us something to eat.

You stay put.

That means, don't go anywhere. Good chat.

(DOOR OPENING)

(DOOR CLOSING)

(MUFFLED VOICES)

(SOBBING)

(SCREAMING)

(SOBBING)

What happened?

This, yeah?

All right.

It's okay. L know. L know. L know.

L know, look. Lt looks scary, but...

Looks scary, but it's just a tool.

It does what you tell it to.

Huh?

You want to try?

Yeah?

Like that?

That's it.

There you go, okay.

Now, what have we got here? Here we go.

Let's put your thumb there,

right up against the tang on the back,

and grip the handle nice and tight.

And keep your wrist flexible so it can't get knocked out of your hand.

That's it.

Good.

Side to side, up and down, never straight in.

Look at you.

Well, (SIGHS) you're a natural, kid.

A little scary, but you're a natural.

CULTIST: Where is she?

(SCREAMING)

Where is she?

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

You never cared about her.

You tortured her, you and that monster, Daigo.

We don't own our bodies, our blood.

Someone who has taken as many lives as you must understand that.

It was war, as a soldier.

Fighting for a cause, yes?

So were we.

The ilata means more to the world than you can imagine.

So if it costs us our lives, the lives of children,

even our own,

so be it.

(CHUCKLING)

Then you do understand.

No, l was just remembering

how l put that little club of yours out of business,

before you could hurt lrisa.

That... She had a destiny!

She was special! And you took that away from her.

You dressed her up like a human, like a...

What is the word? A dochola, a clown!

As you can imagine,

the loss was considerable.

(SPEAKING CASTITHAN)

You're right. You're right. L'm not much of a father.

Never was.

So you admit your failings?

(SIGHS)

l nearly got her killed a hundred times.

Just remember it's not a toy.

Hold on.

(VEHICLE APPROACHING)

Here they come, kid. Better hide.

Didn't have to tell you twice.

(DOOR OPENING) Hold it right there!

Oh, good afternoon.

What brings you around these parts?

You know why l'm here. Wasn't there supposed to be a girl?

Yeah, she gave me the slip back in Dallas. l haven't seen her since.

Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. L'll go easy, fella.

You're a deserter in a time of war.

My order is to put you down.

Well, war is pretty much over right?

So why don't we call it right here?

There's a nice little bar down the street, my treat, two-for-one slammer.

On your knees!

(SQUELCHING)

A little warning before we do something like that again, huh?

You're an idiot.

Come on, kid.

We have a long road ahead of us.

L did the best l could.

Which is more than l can say for your boss.

He is a great man.

He's a frightened little chivo

who ran off at the first sign of trouble.

Left you holding the bag. That's a lie.

NOLAN: Yeah? L've been to Manhattan.

He's packed up, scurried off under a rock somewhere.

He has not forgotten us.

He's lying low in New Chicago,

in constant contact with his followers.

Chicago, huh?

Good to know.

(GRUNTING)

Since you were wondering what gives me the right to be her father,

because l never gave up on her.

And l never will.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Nice job. (SIGHS)

l see, you've still got that knack

of showing up after the heavy lifting has been done.

It's called conserving energy.

L'm a very efficient organism. Thanks.

Chicago, huh?

That's where l'll find Daigo.

You may not like what you find there.

That's not going to stop me from trying.

Irisa's out there somewhere.

L'm going to find her.