In the Deathroom

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Handcuffs?

Don't be silly.

Put them away.

Mr. Fletcher here is

here to help us with a few inquiries.

Then, he will go back

to his country.

In the meantime...

...Mr. Fletcher here is

our honored guest.

Of course, Ramon...

...if our guest of honor

tries anything...

...foolish or makes any

aggressive moves,

youre gonna have to shoot him.

Just a little.

Ramon...

Hace algn movimiento.

Desesperado...

O tonto...

Lo vas a tener que desmembrar...

un poquito.

Smoke, Mr. Fletcher?

Should I? You quit 3 years ago cold turkey,

though if I make it out of this alive...

...I may take up that habit again.

No. I quit.

The men who did that to your face...

...they've been disciplined.

Not too harshly though, I'm afraid.

I myself...

Stop short of an apology.

You will see.

These men are patriots...

...as we all are here.

As you yourself are...

Mr. Fletcher.

I suppose.

Ramon.

- Mr. Fletcher, est listo y empacado

en el hotel? - Si.

- Hay un coche esperando

para llevarlo al aeropuerto? - Si.

Do you understand what I asked him?

I asked him...

If you were already

checked out of the hotel.

I mean...

After all this time...

...it must feel to you

like an apartment.

Yes?

I also asked him,

if the car was ready...

...to take you back

to the airport.

Yes?

You'll be on the first Delta flight

to New York.

Your passport will be handed to you

when you land on American soil.

You are not going to be held here,

nor harmed Mr. Fletcher.

Not as long as you cooperate

with our inquiries.

But, you are being deported,

kicked out, or as...

...you Americans say:

"given the bum's rush".

And, you call yourself a reporter...

...if you were still at the Times,

instead of quitting when you met Nuez...

...you wouldn't even be

in this f***ing room.

I understand.

Are you ready...

...to help us out

in our inquiries, Mr. Fletcher?

Do I have a choice?

You always have a choice.

But you have...

...worn out your carpet

in our country.

Is that how you say it:

"Worn out your carpet?"

Close enough.

You can't believe him, Fletcher...

As bad as you'd like to.

What they say means nothing.

What matters is what's on the

cart underneath that cloth.

What matters is that guy

who hasn't said a word yet.

Do you deny...

...that for the past 14 months...

...you've been giving sensitive

information to a man named...

...Thomas Herrera...

...who funneled it to a known

insurgent communist...

...named Pedro Nuez?

No, I don't deny it.

Have a cigarette, Mr. Fletcher.

Not at this time.

Thank you.

Okie dokie.

Take a look.

Look at Thomas.

He is not too pretty, is he?

We actually didn't want

to bother you, why would we?

We are a small country.

We have our pride, but...

We also have...

Yes?

We don't want to bother you;

but, for a long time...

...we was watching you.

You didn't see us.

But, we was watching you.

Maybe, because...

...you are so big...

And we are so little...

We know that you know...

...what Thomas knows.

So, we try...

...to go to him. We try to

talk to him, so he can tell us...

...what he knows. But, he won't.

Until finally, we ask Heinz here...

...to try to make him talk.

Heinz,

show us how you got Thomas to talk

when he was sitting right there...

...where Mr. Fletcher is sitting.

- I can do that.

It's quite simple really.

A modification of the device...

...that neurologists use to

administer electric shock...

...to those suffering

from unipolar neurosis.

Only this...

...administers a far more powerful jolt...

I find the pain is secondary.

Most people don't even remember the pain.

What makes them

so eager to talk is...

...an aversion to the process.

Its some sort of an atavism.

Someday, I hope to write a paper.

Now this can be touched

to the extremities, the torso...

...the genitals of course.

It can also be placed...

...if you excuse the crudity,

where the sun never shines.

A man whose sh*t that has been

electrified never forgets it Mr. Fletcher.

Did you do that to Thomas?

No, he received a jolt

at half power on the hand. Just to get him...

...acquainted with what he was

up against. When he still declined to...

...tell us about El Condor...

- Nevermind about that. - I beg pardon.

When he still wouldn't tell us

what we wanted to know, I placed this wand...

...on his temple and administered

another carefully measured jolt...

...carefully measured, I assure you.

No more than half power.

He had a seizure and died.

I think it was epilepsy.

Did he have a history of epilepsy...

...Mr. Fletcher?

Well, nevertheless.

That's what I think it was.

His autopsy revealed

no sign of cardiac weakness.

Very sad, of course.

Now I'm going to ask you

some questions.

I'll be frank with you.

These are the questions that...

...Thomas refused to answer.

I hope you don't refuse.

I really like you.

You sit there in dignity.

You don't cry, you don't beg

or urinate your pants.

And, I know you're doing this

because you believe in your patriotism.

You need to answer

my questions...

...quickly and truthfully.

You don't want Heinz

to use his machine.

I said I'd help you.

You said it and youd better mean it.

Were not f***ing around here, gringo.

I know, youre nott.

Nuez...

How soon will he come?

Will he come like

Zorro in that movie?

Will he come to the city...

...or will he strike at the garrison

on the hills of Candido...

...or the St. Therese...

St. Teresa.

Will he not want the

TV stations...

...or the government radio stations?

- No.

- Does he have rockets?

- Yes.

- How many?

- Not many.

They know I'm lying. I need to find

a way to surprise them somehow.

Make a sudden move, but

Ramon will shoot me if I do.

And if I went for Ramon and managed

to get his gun, what then?

Escobar and Heinz would

be all over me by then...

...and even if I managed to

kill everyone, surely there are...

...guards outside the door.

They'll hear the shots, they'll come running.

Amigo...

You're lying.

No...

What... Why would I lie?

Don't you think

I want to get out of here?

I don't know

why you would lie Mr. Fletcher.

And I don't know why you'd work

with Nuez in the first place.

Perhaps, it was a little bit of

American naivete, as they say.

And I think, that played

a part in it, yeah...

But that can't be all of it.

Nevermind.

I think, we need a demonstration. Heinz.

No, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no, no, you can't do

this to me. You can't do this to me.

I'm an American citizen.

I work for the New York Times.

People know where I am.

- Hold out your hand.

- Right hand. - No.

Do it, or I cant help the

consequences.

How do you describe it? Now that

feeling is still fresh in your mind?

How do you describe it?

- Like dying.

- Yes.

And you see, he's wet himself. Not much; just a little.

- And Mr. Fletcher...

- Heinz! Don't be an ass.

Step aside.

Let us do our business.

That was one quarter power.

You've been bad, Mr. Fletcher.

We know Nuez will come to the city.

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