Looper Page #4

but I'll look.

Cid!

- How's the math coming?

- I want to help the man.

Help him with what?

I could help him with my toys.

No. Let me talk to you.

I need you to stay away

from that man. Okay?

Let him do his thing,

but stick with me.

Okay?

Is he not good?

Well, we're gonna see

what he is. All right?

But I need you

to stick with me.

Good boy.

Shh.

Hand me that Phillips.

Tell me if you hear her coming.

What are we doing here?

Commundication.

But I need to make it stronger.

And how do we do that?

Bigger battery.

Smart.

Do you kill people?

Uh... Let's say I kill people.

With your gun?

Uh-huh.

You want a gun like mine?

Yeah.

What are you gonna do with it,

pole vaulting? It's bigger than you.

Stop bad things from happening.

Sh*t!

So how long you and your mom

been out here on the farm?

She's not.

She's not what?

Sara doesn't know,

but I remember my real mom.

When I was a baby,

I couldn't stop it.

Couldn't stop what?

I couldn't stop her from getting killed.

I saw it, but I couldn't stop it.

I wasn't strong enough.

You should, uh...

You should talk to your mom about this.

She's not my mom. She's a liar.

Spotted him coming out of a sewer tunnel

on the west end. He's on the run.

Think he's heading

to the west on Talbott Street,

possibly to Whore's Alley.

We have a visual.

You can't take that thing out

with a plow or something?

Uh-huh.

Listen, I found a, uh...

In the barn, I found some parts

and I made a thing.

Here.

So if you see something,

just push that.

When?

Last night he woke me up.

Don't tell him I told you. He didn't...

You said you were his morn.

Yeah.

He told me you're not.

He said that?

Yeah.

If he's not your son, who is he?

He's my son.

I had Cid when I was 22.

But I didn't want to give up

my life in the city.

So I dropped him here on the farm

with my sister,

and she saw how I was living,

so she took him.

And my sister, she raised him.

She loved him.

He called her Morn.

How did she get killed?

Jesus Christ.

He remembers it.

You've gotta talk to him.

I told you one thing.

I told you to stay away from my son.

He asked about my gun.

Stay out of it!

And stay the f*** away from my son!

Where does 56 go?

Oh, good. You're smart.

Twenty-one?

How long can you not sleep?

I don't know. Probably a while.

It's a good question.

Where does it go? Come on.

Good.

Thirty-two?

You should help Joe watch.

Joe?

Because he can't stay awake

all the time.

Isn't our business. Okay?

He's keeping us safe.

Let's do this now, okay?

You have 32 there.

I know you know this one.

No. Eight times three is what?

Thirty-two.

Eight times three is what?

Thirty-two.

I want you to count three eights.

Eight, sixteen...

thirty-two.

You telling me you want alone time?

No.

Then why don't you put that

where it belongs?

Alone time.

He's protecting us

because you can't do it.

I told you to stay away from him, didn't I?

I never did anything.

Do you think I'm stupid?

So?

I told Joe to leave...

So?!

You do what I tell you!

You can't tell me what to do.

You're not my mom!

You're not my mom! You're a liar!

You're gonna get killed

because you won't stop lying!

Cid, calm down.

You're lying! I hate you!

You're lying to me! I hate you!

Cid...

I hate you! Liar! You're lying!

Calm down. Calm down.

Liar!

Liar!

You're not my mom! You're a liar!

You're not my mom!

I hate you!

Liar!

Liar! Liar!

I'm sorry.

It's okay, sweetie.

Holy sh*t.

Evening, ma'am.

Evening. How can I help you?

Ahem. You can start by accepting

my apologies re the hour.

Hope I didn't catch you at supper.

That's fine.

I've been walking

between empty farms all day.

Thought I'd just

tick this one off the list.

Not have to come back tomorrow.

What's this about?

You alone here, ma'am?

My husband should be back any time.

Happy to hear it.

Mm-hm.

Could I trouble you for some water?

I'll get you some.

You can take the glass with you.

Actually, ma'am,

my business today,

this ticking off the list business,

is gonna require me coming in,

if that's all right.

Will you tell me what this is about?

I will, yes.

Can I come in?

Ma'am?

I'm a deputized police officer,

looking for an escaped criminal.

Anyone through here

in the past two days, vagrants?

Vagrants are always

passing, nobody near the house.

That man there?

He's young. No.

We're looking for his father too.

Similar looking build, late 50s,

may or may not be traveling together.

Do you recognize them?

No.

Keep them.

Your kids with your husband?

Yeah, just one.

How old?

Ten.

Ten...

I'm gonna show you

the barn and house.

And then you can be on your way.

I took the liberty

with your barn. Apologies.

So the house.

Ten, you said? Your boy?

Yeah.

And your husband?

Mm-hm.

I've just gotta check in

with the home office.

The boy's in the city with his father.

When they getting back?

Couldn't tell you.

Ah.

This goddamn thing.

I can never get a signal

this far out of town.

Ah. Piece of sh*t.

Okay. Here we go.

Is this man dangerous?

He shoots men down for a living.

He's a stone-cold killer.

My boss has half the city

looking for him.

Half the city and me, so...

And if you find him,

there's a hell of a price.

Chunk of money like that,

you should think on it.

I will.

All right. Show me upstairs.

There's drafts in the house.

My granddad built this tunnel

when the vagrant raids got bad.

- Nana said he was nuts.

- Thank you, Granddad.

That wasn't the man.

No. It's funny. I know that guy, though.

His name is Jesse.

I like him. He's good.

He's gonna go away

once he doesn't find me.

He won't hurt your morn.

Sara.

Where's your morn?

Where's my mom?

She, uh, gave me up.

I was younger than you.

We were vagrants,

and she was alone.

I thought she was stupid

for getting on the drugs she was on,

but now I see she was

just so alone.

It's what she had.

She sold me

to a panhandle gang.

I got away and I ran

and ended up on this train.

I remember I was sitting there

in an empty car.

And I saw myself

over and over again,

killing those men that bought me,

that got my mom on what she was on.

Just finding them and tearing them apart.

Saving my mom.

But you didn't.

No, a man in the city found me,

put a gun in my hand.

Gave me something that was mine.

That's just men trying to figure out what they

would do to keep what's theirs, what they've got.

That's the only kind of man there is.

I'm not gonna let Sara get killed.

I think we're clear.

Sara!

Baby.

All working girls, yeah?

This whole block

and a couple of blocks over.

Hello, Joe.

If you want to check those,

too, I can arrange.

I'm an arranger, stranger.

If you don't see

what you want to see, no refunds.

What?

What happened?

That's pretty good.

In the city, young guys would

hit on me

by floating f***ing quarters.

And I wouldn't tell them

I was TK,

but I would keep

their quarters down.

This one guy just busted a blood

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