YOU - “Kim, I know the alphabet now.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Good. I also know the alphabet.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It is a very useful skill to have, he thinks. For all sorts of life-activities.
YOU - “Kim, I know the alphabet now.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Good. I also know the alphabet.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It is a very useful skill to have, he thinks. For all sorts of life-activities.
KIM KITSURAGI - “God, please…” the lieutenant says quietly, without trembling. He aims, face pale…
VISUAL CALCULUS - He’s aiming for the eye-slot in Ruud’s helmet. An extremely difficult shot.
EMPATHY - He has to. The rifleman will fire at you again.
YOU - “DISCO ELYSIUM.”
KIM KITSURAGI - The lieutenant has taken a small step back. He looks at your face illuminated by the flames and nods silently. Then the fire falters...
EMPATHY - The flames warmed him too. Not at all in a bad way.
YOU - “Kim, I know the alphabet now.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Good. I also know the alphabet.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It is a very useful skill to have, he thinks. For all sorts of life-activities.
YOU - “Wait, but *why* do you forgive me?”
CUNO - “Listen-listen, Cuno's just big like that. Doesn't need that bitch-ass melodrama. Cuno fires and forgets. Cuno forgives and moves on.”
EMPATHY - He doesn't have anyone in the world.
YOU - “I think he's dead.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “I agree.”
SUGGESTION - There are crows feet in his eyes, he's laughing silently.
KIM KITSURAGI - “Totally dead.”
YOU - “Deadady-dead-dead.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Daba-doop-doop-dead” he says without a hint of melody.
YOU - “I think he's dead.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “I agree.”
SUGGESTION - There are crows feet in his eyes, he's laughing silently.
KIM KITSURAGI - “Totally dead.”
YOU - “Deadady-dead-dead.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Daba-doop-doop-dead” he says without a hint of melody.
INLAND EMPIRE - As your gaze instinctively turns north, a small black pit opens up in your stomach.
YOU - “We’re six thousand kilometres from the end of the world?”
JOYCE MESSIER - “Yes -- that is enough. Many cities are built *much* closer.”
DOLORES DEI - She is not kissing you back.
YOU - But I succeeded...
SUGGESTION - This was not about failure or success. This was always going to be horror. I should not have suggested it, and you should not have listened to me.
YOU - “Kim, I know the alphabet now.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Good. I also know the alphabet.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It is a very useful skill to have, he thinks. For all sorts of life-activities.
KIM KITSURAGI - “Pleased to make your acquaintance, Harrier Du Bois.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - He's not going to call you Harrier. He'll keep calling you 'officer' when he's angry with you and 'detective' when he's not.
YOU - “Wait, but *why* do you forgive me?”
CUNO - “Listen-listen, Cuno's just big like that. Doesn't need that bitch-ass melodrama. Cuno fires and forgets. Cuno forgives and moves on.”
EMPATHY - He doesn't have anyone in the world.
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YOU - “Wait, but *why* do you forgive me?”
CUNO - “Listen-listen, Cuno's just big like that. Doesn't need that bitch-ass melodrama. Cuno fires and forgets. Cuno forgives and moves on.”
EMPATHY - He doesn't have anyone in the world.
YOU - “DISCO ELYSIUM.”
KIM KITSURAGI - The lieutenant has taken a small step back. He looks at your face illuminated by the flames and nods silently. Then the fire falters...
EMPATHY - The flames warmed him too. Not at all in a bad way.
YOU - “I've finally gone insane…”
KIM KITSURAGI - You feel the lieutenant's hand on your back. And then you hear him say four words:
KIM KITSURAGI - “I can see it.”
VOLITION - Thank god. If he can see, then you're not insane.
VOLITION - Subdue the regret. Dust yourself off, proceed. You'll get it in the next life, where you don't make mistakes. Do what you can with this one, while you're alive.
VOLITION - Subdue the regret. Dust yourself off, proceed. You'll get it in the next life, where you don't make mistakes. Do what you can with this one, while you're alive.
VOLITION - Subdue the regret. Dust yourself off, proceed. You'll get it in the next life, where you don't make mistakes. Do what you can with this one, while you're alive.
KIM KITSURAGI - “Every school of thought and government has failed in this city -- but I love it nonetheless. It belongs to me as much as it belongs to you.”
AUTHORITY - He speaks not as a cop, but as a citizen. He is *Vacholiere*. A Revacholian.
VOLITION - No. This is somewhere to be. This is all you have, but it's still something. Streets and sodium lights. The sky, the world. You're still alive.
YOU - “I've finally gone insane…”
KIM KITSURAGI - You feel the lieutenant's hand on your back. And then you hear him say four words:
KIM KITSURAGI - “I can see it.”
VOLITION - Thank god. If he can see, then you're not insane.
KIM KITSURAGI - “Alright,” the lieutenant coughs abruptly. “It's a good moment to stop. My neck was starting to hurt. If there's nothing more, we should get going.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - He would follow you into death itself... and you would do the same for him.
KIM KITSURAGI - “The problem is…” the lieutenant says, glancing at the lapels, sleeves, and studs, “it really *does* look cool to have both of these jackets on right now.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - I can't believe I've climbed aboard the piss-train.
YOU - “Kim, I know the alphabet now.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Good. I also know the alphabet.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It is a very useful skill to have, he thinks. For all sorts of life-activities.
YOU - “Wait, but *why* do you forgive me?”
CUNO - “Listen-listen, Cuno's just big like that. Doesn't need that bitch-ass melodrama. Cuno fires and forgets. Cuno forgives and moves on.”
EMPATHY - He doesn't have anyone in the world.
YOU - I don't want to let Kim down.
DICK MULLEN AND THE MISTAKEN IDENTITY – Just make sure you don't lose him. You'll not find another like him...
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It's true in more ways than you know.
YOU - “Kim, I know the alphabet now.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Good. I also know the alphabet.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It is a very useful skill to have, he thinks. For all sorts of life-activities.
YOU - “Cuno, you still have my back, right?”
CUNO - “We're all pigs here.” He nods to you, then straightens his back.
ESPRIT DE CORPS - Even though we're all pigs here, you and Cuno are more pigs than the rest of the pigs. He'll have your back.
YOU - “I've finally gone insane…”
KIM KITSURAGI - You feel the lieutenant's hand on your back. And then you hear him say four words:
KIM KITSURAGI - “I can see it.”
VOLITION - Thank god. If he can see, then you're not insane.
YOU - “I think he's dead.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “I agree.”
SUGGESTION - There are crows feet in his eyes, he's laughing silently.
KIM KITSURAGI - “Totally dead.”
YOU - “Deadady-dead-dead.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Daba-doop-doop-dead” he says without a hint of melody.
KIM KITSURAGI - “Okay, let's say teleportation is a thing. You can't just do it without apparatus.”
YOU - “It won't hurt to try.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Oh yes. It could hurt. A lot.”
AUTHORITY - He is restraining himself from using a parental tone with you right now.
KIM KITSURAGI - “One more thing…” He looks you in the eye. “Great work, detective.”
AUTHORITY - The word lingers in the air of the yard, far away dogs are barking, further yet the sound of motor traffic...
KIM KITSURAGI - “God, please…” the lieutenant says quietly, without trembling. He aims, face pale…
VISUAL CALCULUS - He’s aiming for the eye-slot in Ruud’s helmet. An extremely difficult shot.
EMPATHY - He has to. The rifleman will fire at you again.
WORKING CLASS WOMAN - “And you just... found him there? Lying in the cold?”
WORKING CLASS WOMAN - “How long had he been there?”
EMPATHY - If you say 'Two days, maybe', it will be etched in her mind forever.
AUTHORITY - Good. Now put the gun in your mouth.
YOU - But I want to point it at *them*.
AUTHORITY - Quit your whining. Everyone knows how to do that! You're a special man. You're going to point it at *yourself*. Go ahead, show them.
YOU - Put the barrel in your mouth.
YOU - “The fuck? How is this even *possible*?”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Tools break, officer. Try to control yourself.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - For example, see how calm I am, although you broke my favourite prybar.
YOU - “Kim, I know the alphabet now.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Good. I also know the alphabet.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It is a very useful skill to have, he thinks. For all sorts of life-activities.
YOU - “I *did* say there was an emergency on the dance floor, did I not? The emergency?! NOT ENOUGH KIM!”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Oh, c'mon…”
SUGGESTION - Did that just cheer him up a bit? Could be... It feels like the lieutenant cracked a little smile there.
KIM KITSURAGI - “Someone must have been messing with the radio, or maybe it picked up a random frequency... You wanted the primeline, right?”
EMPATHY - He's still avoiding your gaze -- and his ears glow red.
KIM KITSURAGI - “The problem is…” the lieutenant says, glancing at the lapels, sleeves, and studs, “it really *does* look cool to have both of these jackets on right now.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - I can't believe I've climbed aboard the piss-train.
KIM KITSURAGI - The lieutenant stands next to you, but he might as well exist in a parallel realm.
ESPRIT DE CORPS - This man does not crack under pressure. Stars would die before he'd succumb to any kind of manipulation.
YOU - “I think he's dead.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “I agree.”
SUGGESTION - There are crows feet in his eyes, he's laughing silently.
KIM KITSURAGI - “Totally dead.”
YOU - “Deadady-dead-dead.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Daba-doop-doop-dead” he says without a hint of melody.
YOU - “Kim, I know the alphabet now.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Good. I also know the alphabet.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It is a very useful skill to have, he thinks. For all sorts of life-activities.
SMOKER ON THE BALCONY - “I had a friend over.”
YOU - “What kind of friend?”
SMOKER ON THE BALCONY - “My Sunday friend.”
AUTHORITY - Makes sense. Friends are nice on Sunday. You don’t have to work, you can just spend time with pals, watching rugby and drinking beer.
WORKING CLASS WOMAN - She touches her neck, eyes pale like pearls in seawater.
WORKING CLASS WOMAN - “But he was just…” She looks at the kitchen table, where two cigarette butts are still in the tray.
EMPATHY - But he was just here. Alive.
YOU - I don't want to let Kim down.
DICK MULLEN AND THE MISTAKEN IDENTITY – Just make sure you don't lose him. You'll not find another like him...
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It's true in more ways than you know.
YOU - “I've finally gone insane…”
KIM KITSURAGI - You feel the lieutenant's hand on your back. And then you hear him say four words:
KIM KITSURAGI - “I can see it.”
VOLITION - Thank god. If he can see, then you're not insane.
YOU - I don't want to let Kim down.
DICK MULLEN AND THE MISTAKEN IDENTITY – Just make sure you don't lose him. You'll not find another like him...
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It's true in more ways than you know.
YOU - “DISCO ELYSIUM.”
KIM KITSURAGI - The lieutenant has taken a small step back. He looks at your face illuminated by the flames and nods silently. Then the fire falters…
EMPATHY - The flames warmed him too. Not at all in a bad way.
KIM KITSURAGI - “We might need your help with something later,” he adds, suddenly regaining his confidence.
AUTHORITY - As if he recalled that he's, in fact, a decorated police lieutenant, and not a naughty boy.
ELECTROCHEMISTRY - The two aren't mutually exclusive.
YOU - “I'm hallucinating.”
KIM KITSURAGI - “Wait, really?” The lieutenant sounds concerned. “Take your head out of the chimney, please. It's not safe.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - It feels safe to know that the lieutenant's got your back, now and always.
KIM KITSURAGI - “Alright,” the lieutenant coughs abruptly. “It's a good moment to stop. My neck was starting to hurt. If there's nothing more, we should get going.”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - He would follow you into death itself... and you would do the same for him.
YOU - “Wait, but *why* do you forgive me?”
CUNO - “Listen-listen, Cuno's just big like that. Doesn't need that bitch-ass melodrama. Cuno fires and forgets. Cuno forgives and moves on.”
EMPATHY - He doesn't have anyone in the world.
YOU - “Wait, but *why* do you forgive me?”
CUNO - “Listen-listen, Cuno's just big like that. Doesn't need that bitch-ass melodrama. Cuno fires and forgets. Cuno forgives and moves on.”
EMPATHY - He doesn't have anyone in the world.
KIM KITSURAGI - “In my experience, when you make the wrong decision, you can tell right away. It's the right decisions that won't leave you alone…”
ESPRIT DE CORPS - Someday the lieutenant will tell you about the decisions that won't leave him alone, but it won't be this day.
DOLORES DEI - She is trying hard not to look at you. When she withdrew and you held on to her hand she tried not to look at your face and see the expression there.
SUGGESTION - Brother, you should put me in front of a firing squad. I have no words for how I failed you.
YOU - “Wait, but *why* do you forgive me?”
CUNO - “Listen-listen, Cuno's just big like that. Doesn't need that bitch-ass melodrama. Cuno fires and forgets. Cuno forgives and moves on.”
EMPATHY - He doesn't have anyone in the world.
CUNO - “They're gonna hang me by the nuts if you leave me here. You want that on you? A dead kid? Or you want Cuno at your station, solving shit? Like we *just* did.”
EMPATHY - He's genuinely scared of being left behind.
YOU - “By the way, I'm going to sing karaoke here.”
GARTE, THE CAFETERIA MANAGER - “Absolutely out of the question.”
INLAND EMPIRE - Absolutely *in* the question! First we find a *sad* banger, then we sing this place to SHIT.
DRAMA - Your body is ready, sire.
VOLITION - Subdue the regret. Dust yourself off, proceed. You'll get it in the next life, where you don't make mistakes. Do what you can with this one, while you're alive.