Exam Page #5

What proof

can I possibly give you?

You know, it's funny

how something

so simple and inoffensive

as a piece of paper,

when placed

in the wrong hands,

can become a deadly weapon,

all from one slice of a tree.

What are you doing?

What has to be done

within the time remaining.

You're gonna torture me?

Do something!

Please!

Brown, what are you doing?

I know what I'm doing.

Meaning what?

You've done this before?

In the services, yeah.

I thought

you were a gambler.

All soldiers are gamblers.

See, I find the flesh

of the inner thigh

especially sensitive.

F*** you!

Get off me!

All right, stop this.

This can't be our only option.

No, it isn't.

It's mine.

What have we here?

It seems you got there

before me.

What?

Undervalued at work and at home?

Daddy didn't love you.

Hmm?.

So you studied psychology

to find out why.

Tell me I'm wrong.

No, actually

on second thoughts,

don't answer that.

Answer this.

What is the question?

I don't know!

You're lying!

I don't know!

I swear!

What is the question?

What is the purpose

of this exam?

Do you think I'd volunteer

if the only way

for you to solve this

was to beat it out of me?

How f***ed up are you?

With 20 minutes left,

this f***ed up.

Okay, enough.

That's enough.

Don't interfere.

For God's sake,

she's a woman.

Equal opportunities,

Black.

HR wouldn't expect

anything less, would they?

Oh, by all means,

ask him for help.

It's nothing personal.

I just need to know

what you know.

Brown, don't do this.

There must be another way.

We need certainty,

the kind only unbearable pain

can give.

I've told you everything

I know!

Please, stop!

Or the threat of it.

She's telling the truth.

Sorry.

Here.

Thank you.

You wanted convulsions.

Now you've got them.

You think he's faking it?

It's genuine.

How do you know?

My wife,

she died from it.

I'm a carrier.

He's not faking.

Even liars tell the truth

occasionally.

He really needs that pill,

doesn't he?

Fast.

If anyone took it,

own up now.

All right,

if we can't trust each other,

we'll have to search each other.

Nothing.

Got any gum?

Sorry.

I'm all out.

Really?.

All soldiers are gamblers,

and all gamblers are cheats,

I've found,

given the opportunity.

I took a calculated risk.

You're as bad as he is.

No, he's worse.

There was never any pretense

about White.

Let's think about this

selfishly again, huh?

While he's dying?

That's not selfishness.

That's murder.

Coma comes before death,

right?

I mean,

people recover from comas, yeah?

Not this kind.

Sink too deep,

and it's irreversible,

but that pill mimics

an adrenaline shot to the heart.

If you're gonna do it,

do it now.

Have you forgotten

what you said about him?

We're not releasing him.

We're saving his life.

Let her go!

Afraid I can't do that.

I can see it,

but I can't reach.

Let me try.

Obviously the gods agree

with my risk assessment.

Is he unconscious?

He's lapsing.

We have to carry him out

for treatment.

Bi-Org will understand.

Trust me.

Are you gonna help me?

Fine.

You can live with his death

on your consciences.

I can't.

He's bleeding.

What does that mean?

I don't know.

I haven't seen this before,

but it can't be good.

Do something, Black!

- Like what?

I'm not a doctor.

Help him, please!

Can't you see he's dying?

No!

I work for you!

I work here!

You weren't wrong

about that pill.

Hey.

If you can hear me,

nod your-

F***ers.

I have it too, brother.

Yeah, well,

don't expect me to thank you.

You have her to thank,

not me.

Well, I would've preferred

a kiss of life.

Bet you're good at that,

aren't you?

Well...

Four down and four to go,

and only ten minutes

on the clock.

It's exciting.

I felt you take it,

you know?

Is the room not big enough

for both of us?

That's the spirit, Brown.

If you remember me taking it,

you'll remember

the promise you made us.

Blonde gave you the pill

as requested.

Now give us what we asked for

in return.

The question?

What is it?

Where is it?

You still don't get it,

do you?

Let me spell this out for you.

There is no question.

All right?.

There never was one.

Well, not the kind

you're looking for anyway.

That's what

you've been holding back?

That's your big secret?

Mm-hmm.

You heard the Invigilator.

There is one question

before you,

and one answer is required.

There is one question!

You're calling him a liar?

When you've eliminated

the impossible,

whatever is left has to be

the truth, doesn't it?

No matter how crazy it seems.

This test is the question.

And the answer is us.

We're the answers.

Answers?

Plural?

If I recall...

One answer is required.

Singular.

That's right.

Just one of us.

You wouldn't dare.

Whoa!

Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa!

Everybody calm down, yeah?

Seconded.

Crikey.

All right, all right, all right.

You're not gonna shoot me.

I didn't take it

to shoot you.

I took it to stop you

from using it on us.

Let me tell you what I think.

I think we're the answers too,

all of us together,

as a team.

I think we'd all passed

when we walked in here,

and all each of us

can do today

is lose what we've already won

through selfishness,

stupidity, and impatience.

Deaf was right.

We see what we want to see

in here.

You're a fighter,

so all you can think about

is being the last man standing,

but they never said

there was only one position

available.

Yeah, yeah, yeah,

all right.

I see what I want to see,

Black.

And you hear what you want

to hear, all right?

But answer me this, brother.

What corporation doesn't know

how many positions

it's got available?

What CEO can't decide

whether he wants

one assistant or eight?

There's only one job

going in his office,

you know that?

And the rest is fantasy.

White, stay back.

This ain't worth killing for.

You seem to think it is.

Is it?.

Worth dying for?

Put the gun down, Black.

You started this.

Now it's in play.

We can't just put it

back in the holster.

Throw it out the door then.

That won't break any rules.

Go on.

Shoot me.

Go on.

Shoot me in the head.

Go on.

Yeah, see?.

You can't fight who you are,

can you?

Don't!

F***ing-

Fingerprint ID.

No!

That's okay.

That's okay.

Okay, okay.

Just tell us what you want.

I want to be alone!

You want us

to spoil our papers?

Disqualify ourselves?

Okay.

We'll take those odds

over the alternative.

You win.

Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah.

I can't let my partner

escort you out.

We just became friends.

How about you walk out instead?

Each of you.

One by one.

Starting with you.

Come on, we ain't got all day.

Let's go.

They deserve you.

Now you.

Come on.

Don't be stupid, Black.

You won't shoot.

I'll be missed.

You're sick, like me.

Your death will be

explained away, okay?

No one outside this room

even cares.

They got problems

of their own,

like avoiding the infection

themselves.

Your conscience

will haunt you.

You're assuming

I got one.

I'll go.

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