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was that our future lies here...

Ah.

With your village.

Or your neighbor... the

village you call Sulfur Falls,

across the mountain.

The eagle is cautious.

Uh, we don't understand.

What don't you understand?

Bureau of Indian Affairs,

recognition of the Alguanqua Tribe,

Federal Indian

Gaming Commission license...

and a $20 million

equity agreement.

Our casino will save

your dying town.

So don't talk to us

of the standard deal.

Your people have always given

our people the standard deal.

The standard deal blows.

You have 24 hours

to make an honorable offer,

or we go across the mountain

to Sulfur Falls.

I have chosen my gift.

- What just happened here?

- Well, we got ambushed.

So you're telling me now we're in competition

with those hicks over in Sulfur Falls?

"F" that sh*t.

We weren't prepared.

We're gonna be.

I don't think he saw

an eagle in this area.

Yeah, I thought

they were into hawks.

This Indian sh*t...

that got really

"Indiany" in here.

He might have seen

an osprey.

They were talkin' about

a dream, you F-holes.

Oh, hey. Hello.

You work at Long John Silver's?

Uh, oh, no.

No. I work at

the Battlefield Museum.

I'm, uh...

I'm the manager there.

Slash,

you know, senior curator.

- Oh.

- Uh, what about you? What... What's your...

"ocupado"?

Oh, just freelance.

- Freelance what?

- Just freelance.

No, but, like, freelance...

Just freelance.

Just freelance.

Good old freelance.

That's cool.

I like your bike.

Oh. Yeah. L... I let my

dad borrow my car today.

I usually travel

on four wheels.

This is my dad's.

Oh, yeah?

- Mm-hmm. Maybe they

could carpool. -

- Right? It'd be environmental.

- That's all the rage these days.

Very green.

Did you, uh,

lose the keys, or you...

No.

No, because...

Did you try the other door?

Were you watching me?

No.

No, I was... I...

I was comin'... No.

I was just drivin'

down the hill. L...

All right. I mean, I

saw you for a while.

Yeah, just try that.

Maybe sometimes... Ah.

There you go.

You're clever.

Thanks.

Can you double me on that?

Um,

it's not technically a bike

built for two.

It's built for one.

Seat's a little warm.

That's all right.

Okay.

You okay?

Mm-hmm.

Go. Go.

What?

Keep goin'.

Keep goin'.

Okay.

Okay. You okay?

Yeah.

Whoo!

Say, do you, uh,

want to have a beer?

Yes.

My dad slinked off

with this woman last year.

We were living in Sulfur Falls.

He just disappeared

in the middle of the night.

Just like that.

Nobody's seen him since.

I decided to move here.

You know, fresh start.

Yeah. And then, bam,

I spot his car here.

So, naturally,

you had to blow it up.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

That was just so he knows...

I know he's around,

somewhere.

That was my message

to him tonight.

Loud and clear.

Mm-hmm.

He's got something of

mine. I want it back. What?

A necklace.

Is it made out of, like,

the bones of Jesus?

Jesus.

It was my great-grandmother's, then

my grandmother's, then my mother's.

Now it's supposed to be mine.

So, do...

So, do you miss him?

That's personal.

I'm sorry. L...

That's... I shouldn't have.

No.

I don't.

Yeah, I do.

My mom died, like,

four years ago now.

- Oh, my God. I'm so sorry.

- Can I call you?

Sure. You can call me,

but...

if I don't answer, you

won't take that personally.

Chances are

I probably would.

An honest man.

I mean, the head of the Chamber of Commerce

canceling a meeting like that at the last second.

It's not cool. I know he's your

dad and all, but it's not cool.

Nice.

So, uh, who's this girl?

Lucy something.

That's all I know.

Lucy?

Yeah.

Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy, Lucy.

Wait. Kind of weird

but kind of hot?

Implications of something

dirty and awesome goin' on?

Yeah. You know her?

Dude, Lucy Spanks.

She was living in Sulfur Falls.

- My cousin Slinky at the, uh...

- Slinky?

Dude, he tried

everything on her.

No dice. Her knees are glued

together extra-virgin style.

Slinky'd say

that nobody's hit it.

Ever.

I'm gonna ask her out.

- No, no, no, no, no, no. What?

- Yeah.

- No, dude. Don't bother.

- Why?

Dude, just 'cause she looks like a

slut, doesn't mean that she is a slut.

And right now, you and I...

we need sluts.

That's my opinion.

Oh, hey. I got some

other news for you. What?

Dude, we're gettin' a casino.

Here?

Yeah.

This dipshit town's

about to win the lottery.

Everything's gonna change.

No way.

No way.

All right, dude. You don't have to believe

me, but my dad heard it from the mayor, so...

Okay. This is like the time the

Olympics were gonna come here.

The Winter Olympics.

Or what about...

when they were gonna move the Eiffel

Tower from Paris to Patriotville?

- That was true.

- Or Disneyland was gonna move in?

- Disneyland... they're still working on

the plans. - I don't believe a word of it.

- Are you kidding me?

- You don't have to believe me,

but my dad said

it's a done deal.

They don't... They don't get it. They don't

understand that our point of difference...

for the vacationing public is...

i-is our place in history.

They move some casino in here... some crap-ass

casino... it's gonna change the whole thing.

It's gonna ruin it all. We're gonna be like every

other sleazy casino town. They can't do that.

Maybe the town

would rather be rich...

than have a rich history.

I'll pretend like

you didn't even say that.

Dude, I heard one more thing. What?

One of the places that they were

talking about building the casino...

Yeah? Where?

At the...

At the battlefield,

where you work.

Come on.

Chief!

Here.

Christ.

You almost scared me.

I have an office, you know.

Corn comforts me.

Yeah.

Look, uh, I'm a bottom line guy.

Okay? Like yourself...

what makes us leaders.

Yeah. We're gonna, uh,

expand the acreage offer...

and enhance

all the financial terms.

And...

We're gonna make the lease

a dollar a year. Okay?

We're basically

gonna give it to ya.

These are the same wind-filled

promises of your rival.

Surely you can think of offerings

that would prove your worthiness.

There is a river

in our legend history.

The mighty Alguanqua.

There is no stronger

river anywhere,

because, in this river,

the water flows both ways.

The both ways river.

Yeah, can I get

back to you on that?

- Hello?

- Hey. Uh, it's Chase.

Hey. I have

a question for you.

Okay.

If you answer correctly,

you can ask me out.

If you want.

Do you want to ask me out?

Is that... Is that the question?

Do I want to ask you out? No.

That's the follow-up question to the

first question, if you get it right.

But, since you brought it up,

what's the answer?

Uh... What? No. No.

Sorry. You have to ask

the first question first.

I forgot it.

I lost the upper hand,

didn't I?

Oh, well. Don't get too confident.

I am much more

complicated than I look.

Are you at

Long John Silver's?

Yeah.

I actually am.

You want to come over?

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