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BODEVAN:

Flawed exit strategy. Everyone wentout the same doors. No one utilized

the loading dock area at all. If itgot blocked, we'd all be trapped.

VESPYR:

Inadequately planned extractionpoint. We probably shouldn't haveall gone directly to the bus.

KIELYR:

Predetermined pickups would havebeen much less risky.

BEN:

And I would be remiss if I didn't

single out Kielyr and Vesp for praise

here. Improvising on the spot, havingan elderly couple escort them out,

that provided additional cover andshowed on-the-fly analytical thinkingbeyond their 15-years.

NAI:

"Mission:
Free the Food!"

BEN:

Your mission, you want to start?

Bodevan pulls a package out of a bag.

BODEVAN:

8 packets of Salmon jerky. Mainlyprotein and healthy fats, includingOmega 3s.

KIELYR:

One pound dried organic apricots.

Beta-carotene.

BEN:

Why?

KIELYR:

Your body converts it into vitamin-

A. Plus it prevents free radicals.

Bo continues to pull food out of various bags.

VESPYR:

Tomatoes for lycopene, one of thestrongest carotenoids;

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VESPYR (CONT'D)

spinach for lutein and zeaxanthin,

again carotenoids; lentils forisoflavones, fiber and protein;

peanut butter for good fat, skim milkfor vitamin-A, B, and D and for

calcium; and lastly watercress andarugula for penethyl isothiocyanate,

believed to arrest the development ofcancer cells.

Ben nods.

BEN:

"Mission:
Heart Attack."

Accomplished. Nai. Open my bag.

Nai reaches into his father's bag and pulls out a cake.

The kids stare, frozen.

NAI:

What is THAT doing here?

Ben takes out a can of CoolWhip and covers the cake.

BEN:

Happy Noam Chomsky Day.

ZAJA:

It's today?!

KIELYR:

Today is Noam Chomsky Day?!

VESPYR:

But Noam was born on Dec. 7th.

BEN:

Well. We're celebrating it today.

Ben cuts the cake and as soon as he passes them a piece, thekids practically inhale it.

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From the floorboards, Ben flips open a trapdoor - revealing alarge storage area. He grabs a poster board of Noam Chomskyand a pile of wrapped presents.

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52 EXT. ROADSIDE CAMP. DAY. 52

Everyone, apart from Rellian, sings the family's version ofthe "Happy Birthday Song." "Noam! Uncle Noam! Today! The day

of your birth, all hail!" as Bo and Ben hand out presents.

The kids rip at the wrapping paper. Bo pulls out an exquisite

recurve hunting bow with inlays of various woods.

BEN:

It's a 55-pound pull. Laminated wood

and glass. Silent and fast.

As Bo tests the pull, the twin girls and Zaja unwrap massive

knives, as long as their forearms.

KIELYR VESPYR:

A new knife! So beautiful!

ZAJA:

KA-BAR fighting knife! Thanks, dad!

BEN:

7 inch blade, partially serrated.

Handle’s slip resistant. Good balance

if you dip down when you cut.

Nai's present is an old, 1970s copy of "The Joy of Sex." He

flips through it, eyes wide.

BEN (CONT’D)

Pictures.

Nai stares at a drawing. He looks horrified.

Rellian opens his present: it's a new recurve like Bo's and a

quiver of arrows. But he just puts them on the table andsits, staring at his shoes.

BEN (CONT’D)

Those are Black Storm Broadheads.

Razor sharp.

RELLIAN:

What kind of crazy person celebrates

Noam Chomsky's BIRTHDAY like it's

some kind of official holiday?! Why

can't we just celebrate Christmas

like the entire world?!

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BEN:

You would prefer to celebrate amagical fictitious elf instead of aliving humanitarian who has done somuch to further human rights andunderstanding?

Rell just stares at his dad.

BEN (CONT’D)

Let's have a discourse.

Forget it.

RELLIAN:

BEN:

No. Explain. Take the opportunityprovided to make your case. We areall open to hearing your arguments.

If they're valid, if you persuade us,

I'm absolutely open to changing.

RELLIAN:

No, it's great. Yea, Noam ChomskyDay!

Rell stomps toward the bus.

Nai opens another present. It's the same knife Ben gave tothe twins. Now Nai's face lights up.

NAI:

Yes! Thanks, dad.

Little Nai runs up and hugs his father.

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Now back on the road, Bo stands and approaches Ben.

BODEVAN:

I want to go to college.

Ben laughs.

BODEVAN (CONT’D)

We're not all going to just livewith you forever.

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This stops Ben. He stares at his son.

BEN:

I have to think about it.

BODEVEN:

There's nothing to think about.

BEN:

You're too young.

BODEVAN:

You said my training was done.

BEN:

It is.

BODEVAN:

So let me go.

Ben stares at Bo for a moment. He shakes his head no.

Bo slams his fist into a seat and stomps back to his sleeping

loft.

55 EXT. HIGHWAY. DAY. 55

As Steve travels along, the rural communities of Northern

California slowly transform into suburbia.

56 INT. STEVE - MOVING. SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. DAY. 56

Steve now drives through the outskirts of Sacramento,

California, and into rush hour. Ben picks up the PA radio.

BEN:

Today's Great Human Being is a man

named Enrique Pe.alosa, the Major of

Bogat., Columbia from 1998 to 2001.

Pe.alosa completely re-envisioned the

idea of "city;" beautiful, functional

public space designed to promote

daily human interaction among people

of all incomes and races. He

massively restricted cars, created

vast acres of bikes lanes and green

spaces, emphasizing the happiness and

safety of children.

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BEN (CONT'D)

What we have HERE is an example ofCalvin Coolidge's “The business ofAmerica is business.” ExxonMobil,

Chevron and ConocoPhillipscollectively made $58.3 BILLION lastyear. Instead of spending our moneyon health care, education,

infrastructure, we shall pray at thealtar of Saudi Princes, we enter -

for oil - unwinnable foreign wars,

spend your tax dollars on theoccupation of foreign countries,

create more enemies who want to kill

us. Good American men and women die

every day. Our democracy is one ofthe brightest lights of socialjustice in the history of humankind.

But hear freedom ring! Let's goshopping! We can drive to the Mall!

NAI:

What about Prince?

BEN:

Different one.

The kids stare out the window, amazed at the endless miles of

cars.

57 EXT. SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD. EVENING. 57

Steve winds through tree-lined, middle-class neighborhoods.

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