06x07 - Damage from the Inside

[bunniefuu]

You're best be ready.

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Virginia's my sister.

I wanted to get away from her, find people that would help me do that.

You are never to leave my side again.

I've reassigned you, Alicia.

To what? Where?

Somewhere far away from me.

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My sister.

I need you to make sure she's alright.

Everything I've done, it is all because I wanted her to be safe.

Wait!

[Birds chirping]

[Walker growling, slurping]

[Walker growls]

[g*nsh*t]

[Horse neighs]

Heads up. There might be more.

These horses are slowing us down.

[Walker growls]

[Crash]

You know without an escort, we'd be there already.

If we didn't have an escort, we might not make it.

You really think all these rangers are here to keep me safe?

Since I'm the one who assigned them... yes.

Or they're here to keep an eye on me.

Make sure I can't run away.

[Scoffs]

They're just a buncha toy soldiers.

You know they're keepin' an eye on you, too.

She doesn't fully trust you yet.

She will.

[Walkers growling in distance]

When are you gonna do it?

Do what?

- [Walker growling]
- [g*nshots]

What you were plannin' on doin' at the molasses plant.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

- [g*nsh*t]
- [Chuckles]

Sure you don't.

[g*nsh*t]

Yeesh.

You know, we really could run away.

There ain't enough of them to stop us.

She lost t*nk Town.
And she lost her hand.

Two of her scouts are dead.

Ranger Dorie's been missing for like a week.

Now's the time to do something.

Which is the reason why we shouldn't.

People are their most dangerous when they feel threatened.

[Chuckles]

You know, you're a fount of sisterly love.

[Chuckles] Oh, I am.

You don't even know the half of it.

[Horse neighs]

Ranger: Whoa, whoa! Get the horse!

Hold up! Hold up!

- Whoa, whoa.
- I've got him.

[Horse neighs]

- Whoaaa.
- Wait here.

[g*n clanks]

[Horse neighs]

Vic, that's Terry's horse.
He was scouting ahead.

Terry, come in.

Terry!

[Sighs]

[Horse nickers]

Watch her. Samuels, with me.

Let's check and see if there's a horde up ahead.

[Horse neighs]

[Horse neighs]

[Sighs]

Get a couple of men up here with saws.

Tell Hill we're gonna be late.

Terry. Come in.

Samuels: This wasn't the wind, Victor.

[Hoofbeats]

[Horse neighs]

The convoy!

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[Walker growls]

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[Horse neighs]

[Walker growling]

Think it was the same assholes that took out t*nk Town?

Does it matter?

Only one person matters right now and she's gone.

[Walker growling]

- [Walker growling]
- [g*nsh*t]

[Walker growling]

If we don't find Virginia's sister...

I know.

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Strand: Alicia, do you copy?

Alicia? Do you copy?

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Alicia?

- [Walker growling]
- Alicia?

Do you copy?

Are you there? Pick up.

Please.

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Alicia? It's a matter of some urgency.

Do you copy?

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Alicia? Do you hear me?

There's been some unusual walker activity.

I need you to see it.

He's been trying all day.
Should we see what that's about?

How long have we been out here... six weeks?

What's he done for us?

Nothing.

That's exactly what we're gonna do for him.

Alicia, please. We need to talk.

Are you there?

I need you, Alicia.

You're the only one who can help me.

What do you want? Talk.

In person.

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Alicia. Charlie.

Alicia: Strand.

Can we trust her? We're not supposed to be here.

Her life depends on you agreeing to help us.

Samuels, please.

With what?

Our convoy was att*cked.

Do you know who did it?

No. Maybe the same people who att*cked t*nk Town.

What happened to t*nk Town?

It's gone.

But Luciana and Wes... they're okay.

Okay, well, what were you doing out here?

Transporting Dakota to a safe house.

Where?

[Sighs] Alicia.

Where's Dakota?

We think she drove to escape the att*ck, lost control, fled on foot.

[Sighs]

You lost Virginia's sister?

You're screwed.

Yeah.

Not if you find her.

Ginny knows we've been delayed.

We have half a day before heads roll.

Why do you think I have a better chance of finding her than you do?

Because the girl looks up to you.

She trusts you.

[Sighs]

Alicia, look, if you did this... if I was able to deliver her to the place I was meant to...

I'll be situated to finally do the damage that we talked about.

I promise.

You really mean that?

This is what it was all for.

[Sighs, claps thigh]

When you find her, click three times.

Yeah, I know the drill.

Come on.

[Sighs]

Thank you.

[Footsteps]

- Well, this could be her...
- [Sighs]

...but it could be the dead.

But it's all we got.

Why... are you helping him?

I'm not.

It's not about Strand, it's about the rangers.

When you ran, who brought you back?

The rangers did. Why?

If we want to escape, we're not gonna get very far.

Especially if there's not a lot of gas left.

We need someone who can deal with the rangers.

I don't understand.

Whoever att*cked the convoy, whoever hit t*nk Town...

They can do the kind of damage Strand isn't doing.

So you want to ask them for help?

Well, I want to see who they are.

I want to know who they are, and I think Dakota could probably tell us.

[Walker growling]

[Thud]

[Thud]

Good.

[Walker growling]

Alicia.

[Groans]

[Yells]

[Grunting, panting]

Someone did that to it.

Whoever did that... is crazy.

Looks like an old hunting lodge.

If I were kidnapping someone [sighs] I'd go there.

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Alright, wait here and keep a look out.

I'm going to go inside and check.

Alicia... you can't go in there.

We don't have another choice.

We need to find Dakota.

Okay? Keep a look out.

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[Doorknob rattles]

["Tonight You Belong to Me" playing faintly]

[Faint music continues playing]

[Music continues]

♪ I know you belong to somebody new ♪

♪ But tonight ♪

♪ You belong to me ♪

♪ Way down there by the stream ♪

♪ How very, very sweet it would seem ♪

♪ Once more, just to dream in the moonlight ♪

♪ My honey, I know with the dawn ♪

[Walker growling]

♪ That you will be gone ♪

♪ But tonight, you belong to me ♪

[Walker growling]

[Floorboards creak]

["Jeepers Creepers" playing]

♪ I don't care what the weatherman says ♪

♪ When the weatherman says it's raining ♪

♪ You'll never hear me complaining ♪

♪ I'm certain the sun will shine ♪

♪ I don't care... ♪

[Breathing heavily]

Don't worry.

It won't hurt nearly as much as you think.

[Breathing heavily]

[Growling]

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[Gasps]

What?!

[Panting]

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[Grunting]

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[Knocking]

[Keys jingle]

[Lock rattles]

[Knob rattles]

[Gasps]

It's okay! Alicia, it's me.

Dakota? You're okay?

[Breathing heavily] Oh, God.
Thank God you're okay.

We need to get out of here now.

Ed: What's your rush?

Don't come any closer!

No, it's okay. It's okay.

I-I-I think this is one big misunderstanding.

You injected me with something.

Methohexital. It's just what hunters use to tranquilize animals.

Not making things better!

My convoy got att*cked.

He thought it might've been you who did it.

Who att*cked you? You must have seen something.

W-Walkers came out of the woods and when they were dealing with them, somebody came out of nowhere.

And I took off. That's all I saw. I swear.

She found me when I was out hunting.

She seemed pretty shaken by the crash.

A-Are you from the communities that Virginia's franchised, too?

I'm not answering any of your questions

'til you tell me what you were doing to that walker.

What I was working on was, uh, meant to scare people... to keep them from getting too close.

Didn't stop you, though.

It's okay. He's just trying to help.

Apologies for what happened.

I-I'm Ed.

[Sighs] Um...

I-I don't suppose either of you are chess players?

[Chuckles]

["Lonesome Rambler Blues" playing]

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Ha! Queen's Gambit.

My dad taught me how to play.

Oh. I taught my daughter Emily how to play, too.

Y-Y-You remind me of her, actually.

[Chuckles]

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Yeah, w-we used to come up here every summer.

Me, Em, and her mom.

Get out of the city, fresh air, all that.

And the last time that we came [Chuckles] it rained the entire time.

Uh, so we wound up in... in the game room.

That's what this room used to be.

It's not the worst way to pass the time.

Especially after the world went south.

But [Chuckles] you know, I-I...

There was something just comforting, um, about at least one thing not having changed.

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[Chuckles] I gotta say, it's so nice to be able to play with someone again.

Uh, what happened to your family?

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Same thing that happened to most people's families.

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Yeah. Uh, Virginia... she, uh... she k*lled my parents.

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Dakota, I'm...

No, it's okay. [Chuckles]

I'm... very used to it.

We should get going.

I-I-I'm not goin' anywhere, Alicia.

Look, whoever att*cked that convoy is still out there.

The safest place for you to be is right here. You too.

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[Sighs] It's a little cold.
You mind if we start a fire?

Yeah, that's probably the anesthetic.

Um, I'll get one started.

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Uh, It's going to take a little while to get going.

I can fetch you a blanket if you want.

No, it's okay, um, I can get it.

Oh. Okay. It's just right down the hall.

Second door on the left.

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It's your move.

Mm-hmm. Okay.

- [Door opens]
- Alicia!

Charlie?

How did you get in here?

Well, when you didn't come out, I-I just followed you in.

It's okay. He didn't see me.

Look, after he found you, he... he boarded up the door.

And the windows are nailed shut, too.

There's gotta be a way out.

[Scoffs] There isn't.
A-At least not a quiet one.

Okay. Stay hidden.

- What are you gonna do?
- I'm getting us out.

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Ed: Closet's the other way.

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What's going on?

He's got this whole place locked up, Dakota.

We can't leave.

We... I-I didn't wanna leave anyway.

Someone tried to k*ll her today.

I'm trying to keep her safe.

You really want to keep her safe?

You want to keep us safe?

You have to let her go.

- Why?
- She's Virginia's sister.

Alicia.

She's gonna come looking for her.

You have to let her go.

It's the only way.

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[Sighs] Alright, you can leave at dawn.

Better chance out there in the daylight.

What the hell? Why would you tell him that?

To keep you alive.

And he is not who you think he is.

That walker he was working on... That was a ranger.

I think Ed is the one who att*cked the convoy.

- Why would he do that?
- Because he wants you?

Because he has a problem with your sister?

I don't know. But if we stay here, we're gonna end up like that ranger.

When my convoy got att*cked...

I thought this was it.

This was my chance to finally get away from my sister.

That this was a place that I could do it.

It's fine... if I can't stay here.

But I cannot go back to her.

[Sighs]

Did she really k*ll your parents?

Why?

I don't know.

We'll leave in the morning, first thing.

We'll find somewhere else to go.

Thank you.

Let's get some sleep.

I'll keep watch.

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[Radio tuning]

[Sighs]

Virginia, do you copy?

Virginia, do you copy?

Alicia?

What are you doin' on this channel?

I'm with Dakota. Her convoy got hit.

Most of the rangers are dead.

[Sighs]

And Victor?

He didn't want to tell you what happened

until we found her.

Smart man.

He didn't find her... I did.

I'll deliver Dakota to the safe house,

but you're gonna have to do something for me.

What's that?

Let me go. Charlie, too.

No questions asked.

We get a fresh start, and you don't come looking for us... ever.

[Ticking]

Where are you gonna go? Huh?

I know a place.

Do we have a deal?

Yeah. Yeah, we do.

- Good.
- [Click]

[Walkie-talkie bangs]

[Sighs]

[Flames crackling]

[Music playing on loudspeaker]

[Walkers growling]

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Ed, what are you doing?

I'm bringing them back.
All of my creations.

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[Walkers growling]

What the hell is this?

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She didn't want to leave.

Not until you told her it wasn't safe.

So I'm making it safe.

Ed?

It's not gonna happen.

Not again.

Not gonna let what happen?

[Knocking]

My, uh, my father, he was a taxidermist, and when I was a kid, I-I couldn't understand how you could... do something like that... to an animal.

T-Take something so...

So vibrant and alive and...

A-and freeze it in time.

But my dad, h-he turned me around.

He said, "When else do you get the chance to preserve something like that?

In its most perfect state.

Forever?"

That's why I took up the trade.

It's the same reason why I... came up here after the world...

I wanted them to be able to hold on to things as they were.

I mean, that's what this place was to me and to us.

There was food here, enough to last for years, a-and we were happy here.

[Walkers growling]

But, trouble is, things inside may have been preserved as they were, but... not out there.

Some rangers, they got wind of this place, what we had...

I was out on a supply run, and I came back and...

Emily and her mom, they, um, they tried to protect this place from those people.

And Virginia... she... she k*lled your family.

- She k*lled mine, too.
- Ed.

I should have done more.

I could have done more to protect them.

[Bangs]

[Walkers growl]

I started making them after Emily and Nancy d*ed.

I-I-I wanted them to be scary.

Right. To keep people away from this place.

Yes! Yes.

The kind of people... [sighs] the kind of people that hurt my Emily and... and the kind of people that tried to hurt you.

But if I can keep you safe... well... [scoffs] maybe I'll have done something right.

Okay. Let's go upstairs.

Now.

[Walkers growling]

[Music playing on loudspeaker]

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This is all my fault. I should have just kept going.

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'Cause I was just lookin' for a way to feel like I wasn't trapped.

[Sighs]

I know how stupid that all sounds.

No, it doesn't.

[Keys jingle]

[Doorknob rattles]

Charlie, when did you get here?

He's asleep. So, I got his keys.

And these, too.

He might wake up.

Not any time soon.

We're gonna get out of here.

Find a place where my sister can't get us.

We're doing it. Right?
Just like we talked about.

We lower the music, wait for them to clear out, and then we go.

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[Music stops]

[Walkers growling]

[Growling fades]

It's working.

Ed: You have to hit a vein... in order to make it last.

Why'd you do this?

I-I was just... I was just trying to keep you safe.

You can't keep us here, Ed.

Put it down.

Put it down.

You're gonna get us k*lled.

You can come with us.

Right?

Yeah.

No. No.

She's not gonna do that for me.

She's not gonna do that for you.

She's one of them.

One of Ginny's believers.

No, she's not.

No?

Well, then... then how come you used my radio?

And how come you set it on their channel?

We were just scanning to see if they knew where we were.

Bullshit.

Ed, please!

[g*nsh*t]

[Breathing heavily]

[Groans]

- [Flesh tears]
- Ah!

[Groans] Ah!

Ed!

[Breathing heavily] Ed?

You're gonna be okay.

- Oh!
- [Gasping]

[Walkers growling]

Guys?

I think they heard us.

[Groans] Oh!

Oh, no, stop! Stop!

- Ah!
- Okay, okay.

I'm going to bleed out. [Panting]

[Walkers growling]

[Crashing]

Guys?

We can't wait. It's not going to hold.

Up the stairs... just go out the side.

It... It's boarded shut.

Just break it down!

We don't have time.

I will buy you time. Just leave. Leave!

No. No, no, no, no.

Listen, listen...

I was not able to protect my family.

Please, please let me protect you.

Go!

Go... go now!

[Walkers growling]

Whatever you think you are gonna do... don't.

- What?
- You think you need to do it in order to protect yourself... but you don't.

It's only gonna make things worse.

[Walkers growling]

Virginia did not k*ll my family... I did.

I-I started to augment the dead before they d*ed in order to scare people away, but the first one I was working on... it... it... it got loose in here and [breathing heavily] it was... it was my fault.

It was my fault.

You did it because of her.

It was my fault, Alicia.

[Panting]

I created them.

[Crashing]

But I couldn't control them.

Go.

Go.

[Walkers growling]

[Screams]

[Flesh tearing]

[Walkers growling]

Where are they going?

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Morgan?

Hey.

[Thud]

[Gasps]

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How are you here?

I heard the music.

No...

[voice breaking] how are you alive?

Charlie: Morgan.

We heard the g*nsh*t and we heard what you said on the walkie.

Yeah, I had some help.

From w... who?

Still trying to figure that part out.

[Sighs]

He was just... trying to keep me safe.

And he did.

We should get goin'. Charlie's gathering supplies.

Why are you wearing Emile's clothes?

Who's Emile?

Your sister sent him after me.

Didn't go his way.

Who is Emile?

A bounty hunter... who my sister sends after people who run.

Well, who she sent after people who run.

He won't be goin' after anybody ever again.

We should get on the road before Virginia finds this place.

And go where?

I found a spot.

I've been building it up ever since.

What kind of spot?

Well, you'll understand when you see it.

Al and Dwight are already there and pretty soon, it'll be all of us.

We should go.

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Charlie: Hey.

You okay?

Yeah.

Look... what happened to him wasn't your fault.

I know.

He was right though.

I did make a call to Virginia on his radio.

Give her Dakota so we could leave.

Wait. What?

Where were you gonna take us?

The stadium.

- [Sighs]
- It's not as far as you think.

I've been tracking the best way to get there and just... couldn't figure out how to shake the rangers.

The stadium?

No, it's overrun.

So... that's why you've been training me to k*ll walkers.

Back at the watch tower.

I was trying to do what he was doing here...

Holding on to something that's gone.

You're not... gonna turn her over... are you?

I don't know.

[Sighs]

Virginia is expecting me to deliver her sister.

You can't do that to Dakota.

[Door opens]

This place you have... where is it?

It's easier if I show you.

You're bringing Dakota, right?

[Groans]

You okay?

Yeah.

Wanted to talk to you about that.

Okay, so talk.

It's about how we're gonna get everybody back.

Dakota.

Virginia's got people who are important to us.

We've got somebody who is important to her, so...

You wanna use her as leverage.

I don't want to. No.

But w-with what we're up against, we're all gonna have to do things we never would've done before.

It was you.

You att*cked the convoy.

I gave them a choice, and they chose Virginia.

So you k*lled all of them?

There wasn't any other way.

Virginia has our people, Alicia.

The ones we haven't already lost, and we've gotta get them back.

I don't even know where Grace is or if there's even a... a baby, I...

If Virginia gets her family back, we get ours.

Nobody else gets hurt.

Did you blow up t*nk Town?

It wasn't me.

You know who it was?

Look, I get what you're gonna do, Morgan.

I was gonna do the same thing.

I was gonna trade her in for me and Charlie.

But why turn Dakota against us if we don't have to?

If she can help us take down Virginia?

You ain't listenin'. It's the only way.

No, after seeing what Ed did in here...

Okay, he created the things that destroyed people he cared about.

We don't... we don't have to do that.

What are you doing?

I'm callin' Virginia and I'm making the deal.

Stop it! Stop it!

If we want to get everybody out, that is the only way.

What's going on?

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I-Is something wrong?
Why are you fighting?

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Alicia: Let's go.

Charlie, take Dakota to the place we talked about.

Up north.

- I'll catch up with you.
- Well, what about...

His place... we're not going there.

- Why?
- It doesn't matter.

[Sighs]

It doesn't have to go this way.

I can't do your way.

Let's go.

No, please, wait. Wait. I can't... watch you walk out the door.

I can't... let that happen.

Everything I've done, I've done so we can all be back together, and it doesn't work if it's not all of us.

I will do whatever it takes... to get us all there.

I will.

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Dakota is welcome.

You all are.

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Okay.

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Okay.

[Flies buzzing]

Samuels, do you copy?

I think we may need back-up.

- I'm gonna check out the house.
- Samuels: Copy that.

I'm on my way.

Victor.

What happened here? I saw the smoke, I thought...

We found her.

[Bird chirps]

Alicia, I knew I could count on you.

I'm glad you're alright.

I'm taking you back to Lawton.

She's not goin' there.

And why is that?

Morgan: 'Cause she's comin' with me.

It's good to see you, Victor.

[Scoffs]

Does she know you're alive?

She does.

Guessin' she doesn't want you to.

Looks like you're not as important as you thought.

I found a place. Safe... Virginia won't find us there.

We're gonna get the others out.

You should... You should come with us.

Join us.

You'll have targets on your backs for the rest of your lives.

Another ranger... she's on her way here right now.

Be patient. I'm taking her back to Lawton.

No.

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Do you really wanna do this?

Do you?

We will do what we have to.

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I won't be able to protect you.

This will dismantle everything we've been working for.

Everything.

I'm just doing what you asked me to do.

Let's go.

Come on.

[Wind blowing]

[Indistinct conversation]

Where's Dakota?

[Horse nickers]

Is she safe?

Yes.

Are you and Alicia in cahoots?

We made a deal. She was gonna bring her back to me.

Your sister's with Morgan. Alicia and Charlie, too.

Which side of this are you on?

Yours.

Okay.

Come with me.

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[Door creaks]

I told you the day would come when I would call you out for the big show.

Today is that day, Victor.

Victor?

Grace.

Get up.

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Do what she says.

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Where are we going?

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Who do you want next?

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All of 'em.

I want every single person we took from that damn gulch.