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Use my .22.

And please don't f***ing drop that.

You take it, man. I'm not.

It's your spot, your kill.

Now, remember what I said.

Just relax and let it happen.

Do it now, Vaughn. Take the shot.

Do it. Now, Vaughn.

Vaughn. Vaughn, come back. Vaughn, no.

Vaughn.

Vaughn.

Sammy!

Sammy!

Here. Here.

Come on. Come on.

Okay, okay.

You f***ing...

Sh*t.

Sorry.

Sammy.

Sammy. Sammy!

Oh, my boy!

Sammy.

Sammy.

Oh, my boy.

Oh, my boy. Oh, Sammy. I didn't see him.

I didn't see him. I didn't see him.

I didn't...

I didn't see him. I didn't see him.

Oh, my God.

Okay, here we go. Here we go. Come here.

There we go. There we go.

Come on. There we go. There we go.

There we go. There we go.

Run. Run.

Run.

Marcus. Marcus.

What are you doing? Marcus.

Marcus. Marcus. Marcus.

What are you doing?

We have to be seen hunting

somewhere else.

- What? We're just gonna report it.

- You shot a child.

It was... It was an accident.

- With my gun.

- It was a f***ing accident.

It's illegal for you to even use my gun.

I don't care.

We just go to the police...

- Go to the police?

- We explain.

Stinking of whisky?

It'll be considered murder.

Can you handle prison, mate?

Because I don't think I can.

Jesus, f***, man.

Jesus f***ing Christ.

- F***ing Anna, man. F***.

- Exactly, Vaughn. Exactly.

You could be in for years.

And I shot that man from over

a hundred yards away. I'm f***ed too.

Because I was protecting you, Vaughn.

Protecting you.

They were in a tent.

They were probably tourists.

And we are in the middle

of f***ing nowhere.

In hundreds of miles of forest.

If we bury the bodies, it could be days,

weeks, months until they're found.

I'm not f***ing burying people.

Listen to what you're saying.

We go back to that town and we come

back here tonight and we bury them.

No, man.

Look, listen to yourself, Marcus.

- We're not burying people.

- The alternatives are unthinkable.

- Vaughn...

- Just shut up. Shut up.

- You have to trust me.

- I... Shut up.

I'm getting us out of this, mate.

I'm doing this for both our sakes.

You just have to trust me.

I can't do this, man.

You have no choice.

You have no choice, Vaughn.

We need to be seen up here.

Further north.

There has to be something.

Hi.

Oh, it's a cold one. How are you?

Culcarran's south.

What are you doing up here?

We've been hunting Drumrain

all afternoon.

Aye, Logan told me about you.

There's no other stalkers out.

Be still.

- How much for the fuel?

- Call it 20.

Thank you. Have a nice day.

Aye.

You okay?

Nothing happened out there, okay?

Yeah, we could... Okay.

We could do that next... next week.

Oh, okay. Got to go.

- How did you get on?

- Oh, a total washout.

Oh. Well, no chefs tonight.

But there's bar food at the Stag's.

Or there's the restaurant there.

It's pricey, mind.

- Thanks.

- Alright. Thank you so much.

- Thank you.

- Night.

We need to eat.

And we need to get out there.

It won't look right if we don't.

Hey. Fancy some more drinks tonight?

- Not tonight.

- Maybe later?

Tomorrow.

Let's go, Vaughn. I'm starving.

- You okay?

- Yeah, just a bit hungover.

- Uh, where is the restaurant?

- Just round to the left.

Thank you.

Evening.

Join us if you like.

Yeah, sure. Why not?

This is... This is Al.

He's a cousin of mine.

- Al, this is Marcus and Vaughn.

- Pleased to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.

- Have a seat.

Please.

Successful day's stalking?

Uh, no. A total washout.

Oh. Well, let's see

if we can't improve things.

I, uh, well, I...

I recommend the venison.

Huh?

- Yeah.

- Good. Peter, two more venison.

- Some wine?

- Please.

You look a bit rough. Are you alright?

Yeah, yeah. Just had far too much

last night. Stupid.

Don't feel great.

That's really no state

to have gone hunting in.

- Isn't that right, Alastair?

- Shocking behavior.

Aye,

you wouldnae catch us doing that.

- As long as you had a good time.

- Yeah.

So where did you lads stalk?

Drumrain. It's beautiful up there,

really beautiful.

The woods are right enough.

But not the village. Not any more.

Yeah, what's happening with that place?

It's turning into a ghost town.

It's just dying, slowly, over time.

These kind of villages, they, well,

they survive on a knife's edge.

I can imagine it's quite rough

up here this time of year.

Aye. And brutal not so long ago.

There's always a risk

of things sliding back that way.

Aye, it pretty well comes down

on the individual folk

to maintain the order of things.

Logan and his father before him,

they held this place together.

Aye. We all have.

Are you... Are you not enjoying that?

No, no. It's lovely, lovely.

So, Iona tells me

that you're about to become a father.

- Yeah, I am. Yeah, yeah.

- Congratulations.

Yeah, thank you.

Is that a boy or a girl you're having?

Excuse me for just a second.

Be right back.

Early to bed tonight, aye?

Folk are resilient up here.

They'll take three, four jobs

to survive.

If the work's there.

So what is it you do yourself?

Finance and investment.

Hmm.

Aye, we've... we've rested

on past glories here, fallen behind.

But we'll make it through this stretch.

And there's real, well, there's

real potential for development here.

Absolutely. Anyone can see that.

Listen, I don't wanna

put you on the spot

or sully a good dinner with business,

but could I give you my card?

Yeah, sure. I know

some good people you could talk to.

Thank you. Good man.

Cheers.

Is he... Is he okay in there?

I should check on him. It's my fault

he's had too many drinks last night.

- Aye.

- Are you alright?

- Yeah, yeah.

- Alright?

I think I'm gonna waive the food

for just now.

- Stomach's not quite up to it yet.

- Aye, we've all been there.

Aye, some of us more times than others.

We'd offer another, but it's, well,

it's obviously not the night, huh?

No.

We should...

We should shoot in any case.

Still lots to prepare

for Alban Eiler tomorrow.

- And what's that?

- It's a solstice festival.

It marks the last week

of the hunting season.

Well, it's just a... a piss-up

and a bonfire these days, really.

But brings everyone together.

The, uh, bill's covered. I insist.

- That's very generous. Thank you.

- Pleasure to meet you.

- Thank you.

- Thank you so much.

You're welcome. Take care.

Get some rest.

- I will.

- I've got your card.

- Pleasure.

- Nice to meet you.

Have a good night. Take care.

This isn't going to be easy.

It's four hours till daylight.

We need to dig a hole.

Six foot deep.

Here.

- Vaughn.

- Yeah.

- F***ing hell, man.

- If we're seen here, we're f***ed.

You've been a complete liability

since this has happened.

Vaughn, take the torch

and help me dig this f***ing thing.

Okay, that's enough.

- You said six feet.

- I know. It'll have to do.

We've no time.

Daylight's coming. Come on.

Okay.

Under the arms. Ready?

Oh, God.

What the f*** you doing?

The other bullet's in his skull.

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