Promised Land Page #5

telling a couple of friends in a bar.

We had a farm in our family for 150 years,

it only took nine months to lose it.

So, I heard you were taking a vote,

And I had to come down here

personally and tell you my story.

This isn't some

environmentalist conspiracy.

This is our lives.

Now it's happened. And

hell, it's happened to one of us

it can happen to all of us.

So I guess I'm just here to say my name

is Dustin Noble, and I'm here for you, so

take one of these pamphlets

on the way out, okay.

Thanks a lot. Thank you

very much, I appreciate.

Oh Yanks, no.

No, wow wow wow.

You have no idea how hard that song is.

That is way higher than you think. No!

Really?

Okay, uh

I get up in the evening, ooh,

and I ain't got nothing to say,

I come home in the morning,

I go to bed feeling the same way,

I got a big day tomorrow.

I ain't nothin' but tired,

man I'm just tired

and bored with myself,

Hey there baby, com'on, I need it,

I could use just a little help,

We can't start a fire,

This is Bruce,

can't start a fire without a spark,

can't start a fire without a spark,

That's him. That's the guy.

This gun's for hire,

I tell you what, if you want me

to do this, I need the help, so

let's do it for real.

Everybody up, let's go!

Let's go, everybody up, here we go!

I can handle it.

Wanna change my hair,

my clothes, my face,

Man I ain't getting nowhere,

everybody up.

Man I'm just living in a dump like this,

Hey. None of what that

guy just said is true.

I'm not a bad guy.

Can't start a fire,

You can't start a fire without a spark,

This gun's for hire,

Even if we're dancing in the dark.

Global go home. What a crock of sh*t.

God, can we go inside, at least?

It's f***ing freezing out here.

I mean, how we know the

guy's even staying here?

Where else would he stay, Steven?

I mean, none of that sh*t

can be true, right?

No, of course not.

We would've heard about it.

They're not gonna send us in blind.

I should have just

confronted him at the bar.

In front of the whole town?

On open mic night?

Okay. Hello.

Hey!

Play nice.

I got it, I got it.

Hey man! What's going on?

Hey, how is it going?

Good. Good. What are you doing here?

What's that?

What

are

you doing here?

I mean, Athena? I've never even heard of

that company. What kind of name is that?

Uh, it's Greek, originally.

Athena is the goddess of

Dude, I f***ing know who Athena is!

Okay. Cause you justyou

just said you didn't.

I'm sorry, who are you?

Are you joking? I'm Steve.

Hi Steve.

Yeah. I'm the guy you were just talking

sh*t about at open mic night!

Oh wow! You're from Global.

Yeah. Yeah.

Because you know who you're dealing with

here, I mean is this like a joke to you?

I mean is this some game for you

and your stoner buddies, that

Yeah. Oh I know exactly

who I'm dealing with.

Steve Butler.

See, I know everything about your company.

I know what you do and how to beat it.

You know how to beat

wait, no okay, bybyby

by telling bullshit sob stories

and singing f***ing Springsteen?

Listen, you seem really nice kid,

you gotta be kidding me.

that doesn't understand that

he is in way oversale on this one.

We've already signed more than enough

leases to start development on this town,

you're too late!

I wouldn't underestimate these people.

I don't.

I know you think what

you're doing is right,

and I really admire that commitment.

But your presence here

only confuses people.

But, we appreciate what you're doing,

and would like to make

a donation to your organization.

Your cooperation is valuable to us.

You gotta be kidding me.

God.

Okay. Get it. Get it! You pull on

the brake, you pull on the brake.

It's stupid, it doesn't even make sense.

Brake. Yeah, I got it.

Okay, check out the horses.

They do seem small.

Next to the goats. Right?

Yeah, they should be

bigger next to the goats.

Right?

You're right! I mean, that

You know, unlessunless the goats are big.

Come on. Those goats are normal!

Holy sh*t!

What?

Holy sh*t!

What is going on here?

Global, go home.

Global goOh, son of a b*tch.

He made signs?

Pull ono, there he is.

I'll be around, so let me know

if you need anything. Thank you.

What are you doing, man?

Hey, Steve!

Hey!

Hello!

What the f*** are you doing?

Well, I'm telling these people the truth.

Hang on, we had an agreement, pal.

Did we?

Yeah, we sure as sh*t did.

Listen Steve, I came here for a reason.

Oh my God, what?

I gotta do what I came here to do.

Okay.

You took our money.

Yeah.

Oh but I did put that donation

to good use, so thank you. Hey sue!

Okay, if it's all a joke, great.

Do you have any idea what

you're dealing with there?

We are a 9 billion dollar company.

Okay, do you know what we're capable of?

Do you?

'Cause all I see here

is you and me, Steve.

And one of us is a lot more

confident than the other one.

One of us is going to get

punched in the f***ing face.

Steve look, I know this must be really

frustrating for you, and I'm sorry.

You're doing all the things you've done in

the past, it's just not working this time.

It's not workI have 60% of

this land bought and paid for.

It's over.

Steve,

you can have 80% of this land bought.

That's only 40% of the vote.

We're not fighting for the land, Steve,

we're fighting for the people.

You're f***ing atthe

these people need help.

Okay? I'm here to give it to them.

Steven!

What are you doing?

Steve, you're wrong.

Right? These people have changed.

It's not just about the money any more.

Get in the car, Steven.

Listen, none of this is

your fault, okay? It's just

It's just time!

Just time for what?

For what, man, what are you selling?

Look at you!

I'll see you around, Steve.

Yeah, let's just run everything on

on rainbows andand happy thoughts.

F***ing dip sh*t.

God damn.

I mean, like, what is his

truck running at, right?

Bio fuel. Okay?

Is it really?

Yes! Like french frie grease.

A**hole.

Well, hello!

My name's Dustin!

Hi Dustin.

So well behaved.

How many guys live on a farm?

Wow! Alright, me too!

And guess what?

This is my farm.

It's not real farm.

What?

There's a ton of them there.

We should just start there.

Fine, wherever.

Goddammit!

Pretend that this is the dirt

underneath my farm. Alright?

And this is all the water that we had.

All the water we had to drink,

all the water the cows had to drink,

all the water the puppies

and kittens had to drink,

all the water for the fish in the rivers.

Hey there sir, good afternoon.

Huh.

Can I have a moment of your time?

I know why you're here.

And we don't need it.

We they do start drilling, they go

right in the ground. Like this.

Right? Seems pretty simple.

Well, they don't have really cool drills

like some of your dads

do in their garage.

They have huge big ones like this.

Hey, there he is.

Hey!

Hey I've been waiting

all day for you folks!

Uh

Sorry I don't think, uh

Yeah, Paul Geary. 442 Henley!

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