Into the Forest Page #3

Hey, hey.

What's this?

What's this one?

Is this it?

It's a Laurel Berry.

It's an anti-inflammatory.

Black currant.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Let's drink.

I thought we were saving

this for...

A snake bite or childbirth

or something.

Well, there will be no

childbirth around here

any time soon.

Come on!

Oh my god.

Uuuugh.

Okay, we're getting drunk.

Old people booze.

It's gross.

Oranges. It's good for you.

Oh yeah.

- Vitamin c.

- Oh, vitamin c.

Your immune system, it

builds the immune system.

You know what I was thinking?

We could afford a few minutes

of music.

Are you serious?

Yeah.

Like, right now?

Sure!

I don't know, I think

I kinda wanna...

Like, save it so I can look

forward to it.

Okay.

I'm serious.

Now's the time.

No, it's not.

It is, too!

Remember what dad used to say?

What did he call it?

Uh... the um...

Snots too wars.

Oh my god.

Is not, is too, is not,

is too...

Snots too, snots too, snots too!

Still no signal.

Nothing?

No Internet.

But there's popcorn!

Action!

Isn't he handsome?

Hey, so those blueberries

should be ripe.

They're just past the bridge,

so I don't know,

I'll be like a couple hours?

Oh, I can taste it already.

Blueberry crumble!

Yeah.

But without the crumble.

Hiya.

It's okay, I'm sorry.

Hi.

Hi.

Do you remember me?

Uh, Stan.

Yeah.

Wow, you do remember.

Well, you have your...

Oh, yeah.

You're Eva.

I remember.

Yeah.

What're you doing up here?

Uh, I was heading north to visit

a friend in Grantsville

and I heard your axe and uh...

Smelled your smoke and

just thought I'd come by

to see if you're okay.

So have you heard any news

or anything?

Nope.

We heard things might be

picking up back east, but...

Who told you that?

A friend.

A friend?

You've got friends up here?

Yeah.

I heard that stuff

about Boston, too.

I even heard there's some fools

who took off,

chasing rumors

across the country.

They won't last long.

Yeah.

Well, you girls sure do have

a good sized wood pile there.

That's good.

Yeah.

Did you chop all that wood

by yourself?

My father cut it.

Your father?

Your father around here?

Yeah.

Yeah, he's around.

Yeah? Where is he?

I just want to talk to him

and see what he knows.

He's in the woods.

In the woods.

Sure.

He's coming back any minute.

Sure, yeah.

I think I'll just stick around

until your dad gets back.

Sorry if I scared you.

You know, you shouldn't

be scared.

It's just, you know,

it's hard times.

It's hard.

No! No!

No!

No!

Stop!

Please!

Eva!

Eva!

Eva!

Eva!

What happened?!

What happened?!

I will f***ing kill you!

I will f***ing kill you!

Eva!

Eva!

He's gone.

He's gone.

Yeah, he's gone sweetie.

I got you.

You're okay.

You're okay.

You're okay.

Take this aspirin.

It's the last one.

We should save it.

Take it.

I'll just take half.

Eva.

I miss mom.

She loved you so much.

When you danced together,

it was like seeing double.

She really loved you, too.

Yeah.

I miss dad, too.

Here.

Eva, please.

I'm not hungry.

Please.

Today we are serving

some worm-free rice

with 14, count them,

14 kidney beans.

And the piece de resistance,

a cup of white tea madam.

Where did you get the gas?

Huh?

I thought he stole it.

No, I hid it.

From me?

From rash decisions.

That's good, I guess.

Come on, I thought

you'd like it.

I thought we could dance...

Have some fun.

Just let it go.

Oh my god.

It's a note from dad!

Look!

Do you think he left it in

case something happened?

Let's make this special.

Let's go outside and read it.

Come on.

I'll get the gun.

Eva, come on.

Eva!

What? What?

I hurt my back!

Are you okay?

No!

Ow, oh, ow.

F***.

Okay.

Okay, okay.

Hey.

Here.

Just lay down.

If you don't listen to your back

then it's just going to

fight you forever, so here.

Eva, what?

What?

I just get so scared.

I can't stop it.

It just feels like...

These black waves, and I-

I swim up to the surface,

and I-I think

I'll do okay and I can-

I can fight this.

And then another

black wave comes

and I'm just drowning, and-

sweetie.

It's okay.

I got you.

It's okay.

Is it food poisoning?

It could be dysentery

or cholera.

Oh, Jesus, Nell.

Sorry.

It's okay.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm just...

I'm just queasy.

I'm going to go lay down.

Hey.

Hey!

What're you doing?

I was just looking up um...

Canning techniques,

'cause we have to store enough

food for the two of us

for the winter.

That's a lot.

There's gonna be three of us.

There's a baby coming.

Oh.

Yeah.

Yeah, I was afraid of that.

It's okay.

It's okay, we'll figure it out.

Right?

Figure what out?

Surely you're not against

stopping an unwanted pregnancy.

No, I don't think any baby

should be unwanted.

Well, there might be

a safe way-

I want it.

I don't think I can lose

anything else, Nell.

Eva, you were raped.

That has nothing to do with it.

Yeah, it's his kid.

I don't think the kid

is responsible

for the parents' actions.

Anyway, how could this baby

even be mine?

What does that mean?

It's its own person.

F***, I'm hungry.

Listen:
If fatigue and nausea

are present

in the second and third

trimester, microcytic anemia,

caused by a lack of b12,

may be suspect,

which may cause

postpartum hemorrhage

and brain and nerve damage

in the neonate.

Maybe we should call

him neonate.

Eva.

This is serious.

You look like a ghost.

I mean, brain damage.

B12...

B12 is found in animal

and dairy products.

Please die.

My sister's having a baby.

I need you to die.

Oh, sh*t.

God, it'll be nice

to have soap again.

Mmm.

It's good?

So good!

Good.

He's gonna be a dancer.

Feel.

Or maybe she'll be

a furniture mover.

No.

It's gonna be a boy.

A sweet, strong, beautiful boy.

I'll bet you the guess.

Okay.

A feast.

What's that smell?

Me?

No.

No, I don't know.

Is this some, like, wacko

pregnancy thing?

Like magical mystery

imaginary smells?

No.

It's like smoke,

but it's not ours.

Can you smell it?

You think he's come back?

No.

Is that his campfire?

No. No.

Why don't you think so?

I don't know.

Hide.

Where?

By the kitchen door.

What?

What is it?

A beam fell.

What?

Oh my god.

A contraction?

I think so.

Oh god.

Okay, the average length

of labor is 16 to 18 hours.

How long has it been?

Five hours.

Nelly.

Yeah?

It's really sweet of you

to do this.

Of course.

What else are sisters for?

Okay.

Is it speeding up?

I think you're stuck.

The house is falling apart.

I gotta get out of here.

Okay.

It'll be good for you to move.

Do you think you can walk?

Can you try?

I'll try.

I think it's gonna help.

Careful.

It's good here.

It's good here.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay?

Oooooh!

You're okay.

Okay, you're doing so good.

Oh god, oh god!

No, you're doing so good.

You're almost there.

Oh god, it's coming!

It's coming, I can feel it!

I can feel it!

Oh my god.

You're okay.

It's coming!

Oh, god!

It's coming!

Holy sh*t!

Push!

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