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Sure, and your boss would have hired you,

knowing what you were up to before?

You know me well enough to know I can

make your life quite miserable, right?

Manuel ..? On this job,

or any other job you might get ...

- Need any help?

- No, I'm good. I got this.

Sure, you check

out their tits! You do!

But carefully, so you can

deny it if she catches you!

But you do it!

F*** yes, you do it!

Okay, we have now heard

Jorma's boob theory ...

- Here's my theory ...

- Okay, shoot.

It's simple. You would never sit here

unless you wanted something, right?

Don't tell me you treat skinheads to beer

all the time, I won't accept that ...

Why would I want something?

Okay, check this out ...

Pedro's theory:
There doesn't

need to be a reason.

You're thirsty,

and you like beer.

I am thirsty,

and I like beer.

I am buying, we're drinking!

I don't claim to be as wise as Odin, but

there is one thing I know a lot about.

- What?

- Jerking off, of course!

Call me paranoid if you want to,

but besides Jorma I don't trust anyone.

I trust none of my skinhead friends,

none of my relatives ...

Not a single person.

But I know Jorma would die for me ...

... and I would do the same for him,

if it came to that point.

But I think you know my

world is full of threats.

Wherever I go, I check them out.

I notice how people react,

what they do, what they avoid doing ...

Where they look, how they look ...

Whenever something goes down,

I am always one step ahead.

- For example ..?

- I'll give you an example.

This is our first visit to this pub.

When we arrived, the boss got a pipe

or something and hid it behind the counter.

- What? He did?

- It was a baseball bat.

How the f*** do you know that?

Except for serving us this beer, he hasn't

taken his eyes off it the whole night.

And whenever he did,

the other guy stood ready.

He doesn't know that I know.

He acts calm and composed.

When he wants nothing but for us to leave.

That's for his safety.

Of course he got a baseball bat,

when he saw how you looked.

He got scared.

Of course. When we just got here.

Now he's just getting nervous

as nothing bad is happening.

Just because we arrived looking like this,

he feels that he has to be on his toes.

Of course.

Personally I am happy if I

don't get my head bashed in.

Okay, I have a suggestion.

Ah, I told you!

I thought ... we could play a game.

- What?

- The Keep-a-Secret game

- Do you know the rules?

- No.

The rules are easy,

but the game is hard.

You have to tell the truth.

- The truth?

- Yes.

First a truth about yourself.

And then something you

think is true about the other.

Okay ... But I don't think I want to.

You don't think you dare?

- Games are childish.

- That depends.

You have been paid off by some journalist,

hiding outside with a camera?

It's nothing like that.

It's something I have to do.

- My last resort.

- For what?

- Doesn't matter ...

- Sure it matters!

We can't just beat

you up, for no reason?

Well, you're not known for needing

a reason to beat up the likes of me.

- What do you know about it?

- Nothing.

That's right. I never do that.

- Why?

- Me neither!

- Why do you want us to do it?

- Because you know how to do it!

Sure, I could go downtown and

pick a fight with someone ...

... but who knows

how that might end.

The guy might grab a knife,

or act like a complete maniac.

It has to be someone who knows

how to fight, and knows when to stop.

- And you think we know all about that?

- Yes.

- Don't you have any friends who can do it?

- I will pay you.

It doesn't f***ing matter if we

get paid for it or not!

Wait, wait ...

How much are we talking?

1,500 kronor.

750 for each one of you.

- That's all I got.

- How f***ed up do you want to get?

- Cut it out, Jorma!

- Enough to put me in hospital.

But stay away from the face.

Are you insane? Huh?

- Are you some kind of masochist?

- No ...

- So what is it, then?

- It doesn't matter!

I'm leaving ..!

- Let's finish the beer!

- This guy is nuts!

Why don't you do it yourself,

you get double the money!

It has to the both of you.

If one gets carried away, the other can stop it.

Let's pretend that we do it ...

How do we know your

pals aren't waiting for us?

- You can't know that ...

- Exactly!

You can pick the place! If you think

someone is following us, call it all off!

I'm leaving.

- I am leaving!

- F***, man ..!

Wait! I will explain ...

You won't believe it when I tell you.

My mother gets sad

over the weekends.

She needs to rest.

And I am too big a burden for her.

I make a mess, and get in the way.

She gets upset, and drinks

a lot to calm down.

And she pays the rent,

so I usually go here to sleep.

I ... I have never ...

I have never had a girlfriend.

I tell everyone that I have done it.

I have done it many times.

And they believe me.

I don't know what it is ...

Is it that I don't dare ..?

Don't break the rules!

Wait for me to say something about you.

- Oh. Okay.

- It's cool.

Say something about me.

I think you're afraid

to show who you really are.

If people wouldn't like

that girl either ...

... you wouldn't know where to turn.

Follow the rules.

You must say that I am afraid ...

... not that you think I am.

Okay?

Okay.

We could talk about everything.

But last Friday her friend called,

and told me ...

... it was over.

She didn't want to see me anymore.

I didn't understand it.

I asked why ...

She said ...

"It's for the best."

You see, with her I meant something.

Now I am no one.

Not even sh*t.

If I could get in touch with her,

I could explain everything.

Haven't you talked to her?

I have tried everything.

I have sent flowers,

I have talked to her friends ...

I have been to her apartment,

but she refuses to see me.

I have called her,

but she won't talk to me.

I don't get it ...

You are my last chance ...

If she finds out I got

beat up by two Nazis ...

... and got hospitalized,

she has to go and see me.

When she visits me, I have my chance

to explain what she means to me.

I have a different world inside of me.

I know everyone, and they're

always happy to see me.

I say smart things,

and everyone is listening.

I like being there, because my

body is left somewhere else.

I don't feel when they guys

are sleeping with me.

It's like they're with someone else.

I am not there.

Lately I have felt ...

... an urge to stay

in that place.

You're afraid to fall in love, because then

you would have to put trust in someone else.

You don't dare to do that.

It's easier to hate everybody.

My dad hates me.

He will grab a knife and cut

my throat when I am sleeping.

Or when I least expect it.

And if God doesn't exist ...

... does it all turn black when you die?

I don't want it to just turn black.

I really want to believe in God.

Believe you will go to

heaven when you die.

But if God exists, he would never ...

... never have created my father.

If I would burn the school down,

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