01x09 - The Deepest Cut

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And watch after you and Hope until Will took my place.

If we could just cr*ck this, it could tell us more about the CRM, help our chances of saving Dad.

Silas isn't a m*rder*r.

Felix: But we have to look at the hard facts here.

What about Percy?
We searched for hours.

Elton: I'm leaving to join Silas.

I lied to you, Elton.

I didn't know it until I saw the picture in the book.

Clean up, we'll debrief.
And take this.

Is this Dad's?

[Engine rumbling]

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Here.

You must be hungry.

[Chuckles]
No lettuce.

You remembered.

So... how is it going with the asset?

Good.

She's not ready for integration yet.

The timeline can't drag on.

It shouldn't.

The longer you take, the more exposed you are to potential scrutiny, however minor the expenditure it entails.

If anyone doubts me, you remind 'em what I did to my face, my arm... the days on that g*dd*mn raft... all to earn their trust in Omaha.

You tell them that.

And then to go to hell.

Jennifer... It's gonna work.

I'll make it work.

I just need more time with the girl.

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[Sighs]

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There are others with us.
It was unavoidable.

Nothing's unavoidable.

Getting her alone, isolating her from the others, is critical.

I know.
So that's what you'll do.

Whatever it takes to make that happen.

If you can't, we will.

I thought you said the C.R. didn't want to put any more resources into this.

We don't.
I don't.

But I want this to succeed.

For you to.

That's why I gave the girls the map.

To keep things on course.

They are.

Thanks for the sandwich.

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Alright, get a good night's rest, Jennifer.

And please, please take that before you go.

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[Watch ticking]

Why?

Dad left us.

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But he left that for us.

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And it brought us back together... safe and sound, despite everything.

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Maybe it will again.

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[Tires screech]

[Rattling]

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What was that?

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[Insects chirping]

Yo, how far did you say this place was, huh?

About a mile or two back.

It's shelter.
And who knows.

Maybe we'll find something to patch that tire with.

[Exhales deeply]
Good.

I'm freezing my ass off.

It's cold tonight.

Yeah.

Coldest it's been since we left.

I know what you're trying to do. I'm bringing up the weather.

No, you're trying to say how cold it is so I picture Elton and Silas out there alone.

I'm worried, and I know you are, too.

Of course I am.

We can't keep picking this scab over and over.

I can't stop thinking that we might have...

I hate how things went down with Silas, and, yeah, I'm scared Elton's gonna freeze to death in his little suit, but...

So then why won't you talk about it, Hope?

Because we spent hours searching and didn't find him.

Or Silas. They don't wanna be found, alright?

There's nothing else we can do.

Watch out.

Felix: Maybe it's karma.

What?
I said maybe it's karma.

Us moving on without Silas and Elton.

Felix.

What?

Alright, forget about it, okay?

Just forget I said anything.

Since when do you believe in karma?

[Sighs]

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[Pen clicks]

So, how'd you wind up in Omaha?

Don't remember much.

Isn't all of that in the file you got there?

"Huck," right?

It's a nickname.

"Scarface" was taken, so...

Can I help you?
Oh.

I'm here to conduct a security intake.

That's funny.

'Cause that's what I'm doing.

Uh, then I guess you can stop.

[Chuckles]

Can I ask you who assigned you?

Dr. Bavolar.

This applicant was submitted by Omaha Police because she's former m*llitary...

Oh, no, I know who she is.

I read her file.

You see, I have been doing these security clearances for four years now.

Unassisted.

Yeah, but you don't have a doctorate in criminal psychology and a master's in behavioral psychology.

Or do you?

Makes sense why security'd want a psych specialist.

I'm sorry.

No one told me.

Dr. Bavolar thought we could conduct the interview together.

It'll help to have someone with your experience in the room.

Will Campbell.
Huck.

You're gonna be doing a battery of psychological tests today.

Can't I just blame everything on my mother and be done with it?

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Huck: Hold up.

Looks like we got some.

[Walkers growling]

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Hold your light steady.

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[Silenced g*nsh*t]

[Metal rattling]

Hope: What the hell?
They're all caught on something.

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It's barbed wire.

We're gonna have to fight our way past.

Watch your six.

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Ugh!

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Good?

Yeah.

Felix!

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Huck!

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[Silenced g*nsh*t]

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I'll clear us a path.
Follow me.

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[Birds chirping]

Felix, you good?
What's up?

Nothing. I just got a little sliced on the wire.

You're sure that's all it is?

I'm good.

Let's just get where we're going.

[Paper rustles]

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[Grunts]

[Breathing heavily]

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[Rain falling, thunder rumbles]

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[Walker growling]

H-Hello?

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You.

How the hell'd you find me?

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[Walkers growling]

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[Doorknob rattles]

[Tapping]

Quicker we find something rubber, waterproof, quicker we can get back on the road.

Iris: Oh, this...

This place looks haunted.

Whole world's haunted.

[Thumping]

Felix: Must've evacuated the place.

We still need to be careful.

Let's check it out.

Come on, Hope.

You're with me.

See you on the flip.

C'mon.

I don't bite.

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Gonna be honest.

Kinda feels like you avoid me sometimes, kid.

I'm lucky Hope found you.

Could've trained with us.

You never asked.
Hope needed it.

The structure, the discipline.

She was only into it 'cause she wanted to sneak off to Omaha.

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You knew that, right?

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Yeah.
Totally.

It's crazy how different you two are.

It took you weeks what it took Hope months to get in training.

When I was 16, I was just like her.

Flyin' by the seat of my pants.

But you?

You're who I wanted to be.

Disciplined, principled.

The speech you gave before you left, not trusting the C.R....

I get it.

But maybe...

Maybe your dad's whole situation isn't as bad as we think it is.

What makes you say that?
I don't know.

I was just thinking how easy it is to overthink sometimes.

Especially for someone smart like you.

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We should keep looking.

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[Door creaks]

Ohh.

[Door slams]

That room's not for us.

The people that lived here...

They're still here, but they ain't living.

[Smacks lips]

I'll check down here.

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Huck: This place is a bust.

Nothing else around here.

Gonna have to ditch the car, go the rest of the way on foot.

You sure?

I'm sure.

90 miles northeast, there's some mountainous terrain.

Your leg good?
Up for some climbing?

Yeah.

Okay.

I'll round up the girls.

Meet you out front in five.

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[Grunts]

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You know...
Hmm?

You've been leaving your jacket at my place.

[Chuckles]

It's my old one.
And don't freak.

It's not like it's my toothbrush or anything.

Shut up.

Mm. I'll make pancakes if you make dinner.

Deal.

You know what this place is missing?

Uh... wine glasses, decent towels.

A toaster oven, new rug.

I don't know.
Maybe a lamp.

Yes.

And... a dog.

Yeah, no.

There's an adoption event in the east quad today.

If I see a puppy... I said no.

Okay.

What's up with you?

You've been in a mood lately.

Leo told me last night he wants me to stay home and watch the girls while he's gone.

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And that's a bad thing?

If you joined his security team, you'd be gone for months, maybe years.

You know he thinks that you're good for me, right?

Ooh, he is a smart man.

What if he just wants me to stay because of us?

Because... You're happy.

Which you're allowed to be, in case you didn't know.

Here.

I owe him everything.

I mean, he didn't have to save me, right?

But he did.

And if anything happens to him...

Nothing's gonna happen to him.

Look, except for Huck maybe, you and I are obviously the two best equipped to...

Well, fine.
Then ask Leo to go.

I can't just ask him to go.

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He made me promise that I would watch Hope and Iris.

Okay, so you can't stay, you can't go.

You're miserable either way.

You don't trust anybody else to take care of things.

You're so controlling, you don't even trust me to make you a cup of coffee.

What are you talking about?

Just because someone saved your life doesn't mean you have to live the rest of it for them.

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[Elton grunting]

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[Grunts]

You gonna tell me why you're doing this?

I'm gonna die.

You know that, right?

I need to try and save you.

Why?

Th-The wind.

It... It...
It brought me to you.

It's a sign
I'm supposed to save you, so that's what I'm going to do.

The wind?
You know you can't fight that.

It took your dad.

And your mom...

That sh*t tore through her like a hurricane.

Freaking out, sh**ting people.

Shut up.

Shut your mouth.
I am not my mom.

I am nothing like her.

What about Hope?

Are you like her?

She was little.

My mom has no excuse.

Well, if you are hell-bent on saving me, I suggest you find where I'm leaking.

Patch me up before I bleed out.

You're not really talking right now.

This is just a stress reaction manifesting itself.

Percy: Blah, blah, blah.

You know what I think?

I think you're scared.

I think you're scared to find out what your buddy Silas did to me with that wrench of his.

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No.

I'm not scared.

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Surprise, Rocket Man.

I got sh*t.

[Birds chirping]

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Some kind of blockade.

Looks like there's another one further past it.

We should go around.

There's an alley on the other side.

Come on.

We got this.

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Hope: Pick up the pace, Carlucci.

[Breathes deeply]

Okay.

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Oh, sh*t.

[Grunts]

Just relax, okay?

It's not that bad.

Right here.

Okay.

Let's take another look, see if it's gotten worse.

Hope: I still don't get it.

How did it get that bad from the fall?

It didn't.
Last night with the empties, I nicked it on some of that barbed wire.

And then you rolled it when you jumped.

Yeah.
I should've said something.

Yeah, you should've.

We could have slowed down.

I'm sorry, alright?

I am.

Hey, it's not that bad, okay?

I started on some antibiotics before we left just in case.

And I can handle the pain.
It's no big deal.

It'll heal.

We'll figure it out.

Yeah.

Maybe we could find something we can use to keep it stable, take some of the pressure off of it.

Yeah.
We'll look.

[Breathes sharply]
Aw, Jesus, Felix.

You're not going anywhere for a while, and you know it.

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[Laughs]

Who knew we had two master chefs?

Um, the carrots could use a little work.

Oh.
I made the carrots.

I think they're great.

So, I heard they are, uh, adding a second person to join Romano on your security detail.

[Radio playing indistinctly]

Yeah.
That's right.

I thought it might be Dwyer, but I asked her, and she said it wasn't her, so...

I'm surprise they're not just asking you who you want.

It's me.

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[Laughs]

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What?

Girls, can you go get dessert ready?

Yeah.
Mm-hmm.

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I don't understand.
Why would you do this?

It's not his fault.

I asked to go.

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Will told me this is what you really wanted, but that you were too afraid to ask, so I...

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Felix...

I've only ever wanted what's best for you.

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Yeah.

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I'll go check on the girls.

I'm going for you.

So you don't have to worry about him.

And maybe when I'm back, things can be different.

You mean you need me to be different, right?

I love you, Felix.

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I love you so much.

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But it is not up to you to carry everybody else.

You gotta figure out how to let that go, put your trust in other people.

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In me.

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C'mon, Percy.

Please wake up.

Wh-Who did this to you?

Was it...

Does it matter who did this?

I'm a figment of your imagination.

What the hell's that sh*t you're putting on me?

It's a poultice.

It's supposed to draw out the infection.

Assuming you didn't get something serious, like staph or MRSA.

You know what?
Let's not think about it.

Look, you're wasting your time, kid.

Look at me, Corduroy.

I'm dying.
No. No, you're not.

It's not over.

Yeah?

Look behind you.

[Walkers growling]

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[Rustling]

I am so sick of looking for things in this place.

What are we even doing?

You know what we're doing.

Felix isn't gonna last another mile on his foot, let alone all the way to the research place.

Look, if he can't run from empties...

Felix has spent months protecting us.

So we protect him.

And what if the extra week it takes us to get there is the difference between Dad being okay...

Hope, what are you saying?
That we should leave him?

No, that's not what I'm saying.
I just...

We have to figure out something.

Well, we're not leaving him,
Hope.

I just wish sometimes I had a map to figure you out.

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[Walkers growling]

[Elton grunting]

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I'm just gonna die anyway.

No, you're not.

I'm going to save you.

It's okay.

It's okay to walk away and save yourself.

No.
I won't.

I'm not her.

Hey, Elton... listen to me, alright?

Look around.

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It's over for me.

But not for you.

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It's cool.

We got a minute.

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Come on.

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It's a crazy world out here, huh?

Full of good people who sometimes disappoint us, but...

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It's damn beautiful.

Look, you're not just the guy behind the camera anymore, Elton.

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You're part of it now.

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That's not what this was supposed to be.

It never is.

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You didn't want me to die.

That's a noble thing.

But trying to save a guy who's probably already dead?

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That's not worth it.

You can live, Elton.

To save other people down the line.

Other people who can live to change the world.

There's no changing the world.

We only have 15 years before we go...

We go extinct?

You sure about that?

I am.
My mom studied...

I think your mom had more faith in people than you think.

If she really thought it was gonna be over, why have a son?

Why have your sister?

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I think it's because, despite what she wrote in her manuscript, and deep down, she believed that people stood a fighting chance.

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There's a big, beautiful world waiting for you out there, Elton.

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Go.

Fight for it.
Be brave.

Like she knew you could be.

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[Crying]

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[Walkers growling]

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No.

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[Gasps]

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[Birds chirping]

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Iris: The transport to Omaha is ready to go?

Yes.

A CRM helicopter will pick them up from there.

Where's your sister?

She's not coming.

She's still angry I'm leaving.

I'll get the rest of your bags.

I'm sorry about Hope.

Yeah.

I keep reminding myself that anger is just the soul's attempt to avoid sadness.

Mm.

Some people can't bear to say goodbye.

Yeah.

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There's no point in trying to outrun pain.

It'll just sit patiently and wait for you to get too tired to run.

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You mind making me a cup?

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Romano's waiting downstairs with the transport.

Yeah, well...

Romano can wait, right?

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I was thinking that taking highways would be easier.

No. [Sighs]

We're sticking to the original plan.

Uh, it's impossible for you to hike.

Yeah, it is.

[Groans]

You're coming with us.

You don't need me.

You don't need me to hold you up, put you in more danger.

Of course we need you.

At the beginning, yeah.

But not anymore.

You are more than capable, Iris.

You are.

I believe in you.

I mean, I believe in who you've become.

[Chuckles]

Who you're becoming.

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Felix...

We'll leave first thing in the morning.

As soon as we find out what's up with Leo, we'll be back.

[Sighs]

Yeah.

Okay.

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Don't you worry about us.

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We got this.

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Yeah.

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I know you do.

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I love you, Huck.

Yeah, you do.

[Both laugh]

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Aah!

Just like I love you.

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Now, you be careful, alright?

This is bullshit.

Let me.

It's hard.
I know.

But sometimes we gotta make decisions that are...

No, this shouldn't be a decision.

We shouldn't even be discussing this.

Take a hard look, a deep look.

No bullshit.

Do that, and you'll see your purpose is to find Leo.

Your dad.

You really think we should go without Felix?

He's a danger to himself out there.

He stays here, he's safe.

He lives.

Isn't that what you want?

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[Door slams]

Hey.

Um... you and Huck are pretty close, right?

Yeah. Why?

What's she told you about her life before?

She was in the m*llitary.

Her mom d*ed when she was little.

They found her on a raft.

Wh-Why are you asking me this?

What if we can't trust her?

What?
There's something off about her.

Wh-Where is this coming from?

I've been thinking it for a while.

I just...
I just can't explain it.

Then don't.

What you're saying sounds crazy.

Look at how quickly she dropped Felix.

Huck doesn't want to leave Felix behind, either, but we have to do it.

What about that don't you get?

Suddenly now she's untrustworthy because she's willing to make tough choices?

That's not what I'm saying.

I'm saying I have a gut feeling, and I j... just need you to trust me on this.

Well, Huck has been there for me in ways that you don't understand.

She saved my life.

She's never judged me.

Are you saying I have?

Ever since I told you how Mom d*ed, you've looked at me different.

We've been pretending it's been the same, but it hasn't.

It has all changed between us, no matter how much we pretend it didn't.

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Huck listens.

She understands.

And, yeah...

I told her everything.

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What the hell is going on with you?

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Maybe you just don't know me as well as you think you do.

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Were you gonna leave for Omaha?

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Were you even gonna tell me?

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No.

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[Fire crackling]

[Gasps]

We gotta talk.

It's the middle of the night, girl.

We gotta leave.

Right now.

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Iris won't move on without Felix.

He's just gonna drag us down.

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Lemme grab my stuff.

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[Thunder rumbles]

[Rattling]

[Walkie-talkie beeps]

Hello?

Felix?

Anyone?

Want me to carry your pack?

Thank you.
It's no big deal.

I've carried way heavier packs than this before.

No.

I mean thank you for believing in me.

I'm stronger than I've ever been before, and it's because of you.

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Thanks, Hope.

I'm glad you feel this way.

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Give me a second, alright?

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[Beeping Morse code]

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Come on, Felix, pick up.

Please...

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[Static]

H-H-Hello?
Felix?

Elton?
Is that you?

Yes! It's me.
I-I'm with Percy.

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What?
I found Percy, but he's hurt.

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Tell me where you are.

We're... We're about 10 miles southwest...

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Y-Y-You're awake.

Look, I'm trying to get you help.

No.

She's the one that sh*t me.

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Elton?

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Elton?

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Felix.
Whoa. What?

They're gone.
What?

Hope. Huck.

I can't find them or their stuff.

I-I don't know...

They just left us?

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Any regrets about this?

None.

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Iris: I just wish sometimes I had a map to figure you out.

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Where's my g*n?

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[Birds chirping]

[g*nsh*t]

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Oof!

[Growls]

[Panting]

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[Walkers growling]

[g*nsh*t]

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