Valley of Bones Page #2

MAN 2:
It doesn't

have anything to do...

It has everything

to do with the cartel.

The boom brought

overpopulation.

They brought the

trade of crystal meth

to an all-time high,

and now, you got

these Mexican cartels.

They're up here

and they're trading guns.

Or drugs.

MAN 1:
Right, but the cartel

has been here

since the '90s, at least,

Just didn't hear

about it regularly.

MAN 2:
You hear about it now.

Do you realize

that we have gangs

competing for territory

all across the state?

And I'm not just

talking about Williston.

I'm talking about...

MAN 1:
I'm just saying...

MAN 2:
I'm talking

as far east as Fargo.

MAN 1:
You had 'em, right?

If you wanna take

the power away

from the cartel,

you have to take away

their market.

It's just, I mean...

(GRUNTS)

(BLOWS)

(HARMONICA PLAYING)

(VIDEO GAME BEEPING)

Jump. Look out.

Crap.

Hey.

Easy on the language.

Billy can say it,

and he's only seven.

Oh, yeah? Let me get a game.

Show you how the pros do it.

(VIDEO GAME BEEPING)

Crap.

Anything else for you two?

Just keep 'em coming.

Hi, hon.

So, McCoy.

Word down the line is,

you think you found

yourself something

out in the Badlands.

I know I got something

down there, so,

hon, the question is,

what's it worth to you?

So?

Carnivore species were

known to shed their teeth

all over the goddamn place,

but this still has

its root intact.

That means the incisor

was still attached to

the dinosaur when it died.

You're saying

there's maybe more.

There may be a lot more.

See?

What did I tell you?

She's out there.

How do you know it's a she?

I don't know.

I've just been

calling it a she,

like a...

Well, like a captain.

White whale kind of sh*t.

You know what I mean?

Okay, well, you're not wrong.

This here?

T-rex tooth.

It's a fairly large specimen,

too, which among

tyrannosaur breeds means,

yeah, it's probably female.

Cool.

A T-f***ing-rex?

(CHUCKLES)

(CHUCKLES)

I'll be damned.

Hey. Dead man.

You're supposed to be gone.

But here he is.

Here I am.

I'm kind of in the

middle of something

here, slick, all right?

(LAUGHING)

Yeah, I see that.

I didn't mean to

intrude on your date.

But we've seen you now.

Let's go, Reese.

Next time,

they ought to bury you deeper.

So, good. Great, roots,

teeth, all that.

That's f***ing awesome.

That something

I ought to be

concerned about?

I've never seem 'em

before in my life.

Just a couple of

dumb drunks...

'Cause I don't know you.

I don't know

what the hell this is.

But I do not need

that sh*t on my dig.

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTING)

(LAUGHING)

It's Ace. Okay.

(MUFFLED SHOUTING)

He's all right.

You're all right. See?

See?

Friends.

Buddies.

Right?

Yeah.

You've seen me.

Well, well. Nate Olson,

as I live and sh*t.

Kimberly.

You meet with McCoy?

She did.

Mrs. Jordall.

Hi, it's a pleasure.

Kimberly, please.

"Mrs." is for

spinsters and suits.

We got dirt under our nails,

don't we, Doctor?

Anna, here, she...

You don't have

to give me a big spiel, Nate.

I know who she is.

You're the

paleontologist, yes?

The one that was thrown

into prison for digging up

bones on government land.

Actually, I didn't know

it was BLM land at the time.

(LAUGHS) I'm sure

there's a pretty story.

There always is.

Look, I know how this works.

Someone like you comes

and digs up the bones,

and we're supposed

to arrange for a broker

to find a buyer in Dubai

who wants to be the

only guy on his block

with a dinosaur

in his living room.

What I want to know is,

why should I let an ex-convict

monkey around on my land?

(SIGHS)

I need this.

If that rex is down there,

she's been trapped

for 67 million years.

I think she deserves

a new life.

Well, I certainly

hope she gets one.

I look forward to

meeting our dinosaur.

Thank you.

(GUN CLICKS)

(FLIES BUZZING)

(GUN CLICKS)

(LINE RINGING)

Not her.

I can still...

(DIALTONE)

(EXHALES)

(SCOFFS)

What?

ANNA:
Don't "what." The book.

The book is "what."

Why did you pack it?

Well,

it's just a little something

I got for Eze when you...

I know what it is.

I don't know why I

packed it exactly.

I just thought maybe,

I don't know...

Might be

a little middle ground

for you two.

So, you staying?

It's a little premature before

I've seen the bone bed.

But looks promising.

Oh, honey, that's great.

I'm really happy for you.

So, do you think

Eze's gonna be

staying with you?

If it turns out, uh,

I'll think about it.

Just don't know

if he'd want to.

You two just need some time.

He's young.

He just seems older,

that's all. (CHUCKLING)

Yeah.

He always does.

Yeah.

That's the way it happens.

They grow up.

You have a good night.

Give that boy

a big squeeze from me.

Good night, Dad.

Bye-bye.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Hey, what's up?

(DOOR CLOSES)

I just got off the phone

with the shift manager

over at Scofield.

He said one of his

drillers didn't show.

(SIGHS)

F***ing Scofield.

So, I'm going to

need you to fill

one of these for me.

The boom's slowing up.

The company's cracking down.

It ain't personal.

Hell, they're

testing everybody,

even folks who got no

history of abuse.

Of course,

I could always say

you never

showed this morning.

Yeah.

(EXHALES)

(HORSE NEIGHING)

You like that one, huh?

You...

You like horses?

Yeah. They're okay.

When you feed 'em,

make sure you

hold your hand flat

so you don't get bit.

I'll be out of your hair

in a couple of days,

then you don't have

to worry about anything.

No, I was just...

Be careful, that's all.

Mmm-hmm.

Did you and Dad

use to ride horses

when you were working?

Sometimes, yeah.

Yeah, when we could.

Cool.

(HARMONICA PLAYING)

ANNA:
What's that

you're playing?

I'm not sure

you could call it

playing just yet.

That's a lot

better than I can do.

Couldn't find my

sorry way around

a kazoo, let alone

that monster. (CHUCKLES)

I got a little girl back home.

A bit younger than your boy.

Emily.

Get to call her,

or whatever,

now and again,

when I can sneak

it past her mom.

So, you know,

just thought I'd learn

a little ditty she liked.

A lullaby.

That's nice.

Nah, it's stupid.

NATE:
Hey!

What gives?

We're burning daylight.

Get a move on.

It's up ahead.

No, she won't.

So, you really think you can

have her out inside a month.

Well, we'll have to.

It's late in the year

for a dig of this size.

Over there, please.

It's not unheard of.

We'll have to have her out

before winter, though,

or, we're looking

at having to break

till next season.

This your sh*t?

Thanks, slick.

That is mighty

impressive, Doctor.

Don't get too excited.

It's going to

take us a minimum of two years

in a lab before

she's ready for auction.

KIMBERLY:
All right,

well, I'll have my man

draw up the papers.

ANNA:
Last thing, shares.

We split our 70.

You keep your 30

all to your lonesome.

I see.

Sacks of money from Dubai

are always an option, Kim.

Like hell.

Let Dubai dig up

its own tyrannosaur.

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