Godless Youth Page #5

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It was a huge mistake. I'm sorry.

You're even more pathetic than I thought.

Zach, I beg you,

tell the truth in court.

Don't you talk to me about truth.

Nadesh was angry with me. She failed

to get her certificate because of me.

She attacked me with a stone.

It hit me on the head right here.

Then I picked up a stone,

threw it at her,

and then she was dead.

Judging from the coroner's report

the injury could not have been caused

by throwing a stone.

How far away from her were you?

I don't know. Maybe ten metres.

You didn't get closer and hit her on

the head? - Don't know. I can't remember.

Was anyone else present? Like Ewa?

She has nothing to do with it.

- But she saw what you did?

Possibly.

I don't know. I can't remember.

This torch was found at the scene

of the crime. - It's mine. - Your Honour,

my client is clearly lying.

- Stop it.

Several witnesses deny it's his.

- I don't want to be defended.

He's just trying to protect this girl.

- Stop it!

I killed Nadesh!

Quiet!

You've been living in the reserve, right?

- No, we just went there sometimes.

But you have no business there.

You're registered in the Gamma/3 sector.

It's sh*t! You can't live there.

So you went to the reserve to steal?

- We have to survive. - By stealing?

What are we supposed to do?

Starve to death?

Were you there when Zach

hit Nadesh with the stone?

I was there, yes.

But Zach didn't hit the girl with

the stone. Zach didn't throw anything.

So what happened?

- Zach couldn't have thrown it.

She'd hit him on the head.

He fell off a precipice.

I thought he was dead.

- Then what did you do?

I shouted at her to go and get help!

At that point Zach wasn't there at all?

Like I said, he was lying down there.

- That's not true!

And then?

- Then

all of a sudden there was this boy.

He was standing

in front of the girl.

He hit the girl on the head with a rock.

You want us to believe that?

- It's the truth.

The story about the unknown

third party. Heard it all before.

Your Honour, I think the perpetrator

is sitting right in front of us.

No! You want to pin it on me,

because you think we're antisocial.

It's easier for you, if it was one of us.

But it wasn't me. It was that boy!

So who was this unidentified boy?

One of the people from the camp,

how should I know?

Zach says he killed Nadesh.

If it happened like you said,

why is he telling us that?

Because he thinks it was me.

He wants to protect me.

And why?

I think he loves me.

And you? Do you love him?

No.

Can we talk?

How mendacious they all are.

"The strong help the weak," what a lie!

In reality it's about weeding out

those who don't function, the weak,

who only cost money,

and to shunt them off to the sectors.

That's what they call "integration".

And everyone plays along with this lie

because they're scared.

They lie when they talk to me.

They lie on the web. They lie in schools.

Everyone learns these lies from the outset

until no one remembers the truth.

Why am I like this?

Why can't I be like the others?

I look around me and everyone

looks happy with the way things are.

But it prevents me from being who I am.

Why is that? Why am I different?

What is wrong with me?

We have always adhered strictly

to the protocols in the camp.

Is there no one who feels like I do?

Am I really all alone?

As regrettable as it is what happened,

we did everything we could.

What can we do,

if a pupil refuses his medication?

I have always regarded Zach as

a talented young man. He was introverted.

His father's death upset him more

than any of us realized.

- Do you have any idea

what Zacharias wrote in this lost diary?

No.

You never spoke to him about it?

- No.

Were you aware Zacharias

was meeting this girl from the forest?

Did you understand the question?

- Sorry.

Did you know about the relationship

between Zacharias and Ewa?

It's my fault.

Excuse me?

I took the diary.

Before you continue

I must point out that

you're about to make a statement

that may incriminate you.

This will have severe consequences

for you. Do you realize that?

Yes.

So why did you take the diary?

I wanted to help him

to better my position.

In what way?

The more pupils receive a certificate,

the better my annual evaluation will be.

Zach was going to be sent home.

I thought I could prevent it

by trying to understand him.

- By reading his diary?

Yes.

I don't understand pupils any more.

They punish every weakness without mercy.

They're cold. Zach's different.

Shut your damn mouth!

My daughter died because of you!

Clear the court.

We'll adjourn for a break.

This court will retire to deliberate.

Hello.

Karla.

Lukas.

- Hi.

And that's your room.

Five individuals to gather data

for three days. Room 09-28.

Required qualification 2b.

Two for sector Alpha/7.

Room 11-08.

- One truck driver

Three canal workers,

sector Gamma/2. Room 17-02.

Required qualification

- Two facade cleaners. Sector Alpha/7.

Room 11-08.

They closed down the camp for a month

for "concept restructuring".

But when they re-opened it,

there was no longer a place for me.

Sorry about that.

- Never mind.

I'd probably

been asking too many questions.

Do you believe the official version?

That the illegal girl killed Nadesh?

- Who else?

There's no evidence of a fourth

person at the scene of the crime.

Unless the tracking signals

had been tampered with.

Titus, tell him it's crazy.

It'll earn us loads of points!

Titus, pull!

Do something!

Where are you?

F***!

What's wrong? Are you tired?

Now I won't get my certificate because

you're f***ing that whore! - Shut up!

You f*** guys from the camp to rob them?

- Piss off. - Nadesh, get lost!

What are you after? You should be

locked up. - Go on then, lock me up!

Learn how to throw first, girlie!

No!

Go on, go and get help!

Go and get help! Piss off!

Titus, we have to go and get help.

Zach is hurt, I...

Now to the pupil of the year.

With a well-above average result

of 97.8 points,

Titus confidently managed

to secure first place.

That not only makes him

the best ever to leave our school,

but also at a national level

his result places him

in the top three.

Congratulations, Titus.

And how does he know? No!

What did he say?

In the Nadesh K. murder case....

- That's impossible!

...the illegal Ewa A.

was convicted as expected.

The court accepted as proven

that the homeless girl

killed out of greed...

- That's not true!

...and ordered her

to be sent to a closed rehabilitation

facility indefinitely. - Let him try!

Pupil Zacharias W. was acquitted.

The court qualified

his admission as a defensive lie.

Does the young master want anything else?

Well of course we'll support you!

That goes without saying! Certainly.

I won't even discuss it.

Titus, you have a visitor.

Do you like it?

I'm not sure.

It's oppressive.

You've come a long way to visit me.

The place where you live

is far away from here.

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