what happened?
blew your water pump. can't drive it.
el reno's just a couple miles up ahead. can call for a tow there. c'mon, i'll give you a lift.
he waves to everybody.  just kinda walks up and down.
people call him vietnam tom.
he thinks he was.  kind of a joke, ya know?
hey.
so you guys stayed here last night?
what's up with your car?
for a water pump?
none of my business, but.
i was just gonna say, if you wanted, i could give you a ride back.
you too. i mean, i could give you both a ride.
thought you could maybe use this.
so what's so wrong at home that you had to take off?
i'd love to get outta here someday too.  just don't know quite where i'd go.
small towns. how `bout your family?
what?
you just gotta be yourself, that's all. what is it you wanna do exactly?
no.
really?
why not?
huh.
no, i was just-
sam, wait.  hey, come on.
get the hell outta here.
should know better than to be carrying his rifle around town like that.
you okay?
i had to put in a statement too. can i give you a lift?
i'm real sorry about sam.
it's such a waste. just a horrible, freak thing.
i'm sure she knew you didn't mean it.
hey.  how ya feelin'?
is there anything i can do?
i'm off at 3:30. meet me out behind the store.
shouldn't you go back home?
what about sam's funeral?
i can take you.
so you guys were real close, huh.
how long had you been plannin' your trip together?
huh.
you can't think like that.
that was sam's brother?
her parents must be going through hell.
i saw something on sam's wrist the other night.  it looked like a scar.
did you believe her?
god.
i don't understand why we're lookin' at this stuff.
i was pretty close too, but everything was all crazy. whoever it was must've jumped out and took off.
a book? i don't get what your talkin' about. what was the reason?
what?
he should be. he was driving around shit-faced and somebody got killed.
that's probably as much as the car's worth.
you didn't do anything. what's she want a water pump for if she doesn't have an engine?
let's go.
sorry.
everybody wants somethin'.
what do you mean?
why not?
maybe you're wrong about that.
they're there. at the front, by the trapper keepers.
d'ya hear the news?
they found that billy moorcroft kid. he was at dusty's house.
sick bastard had him locked up in the basement. i can't believe we were just over there yesterday.
i guess he's gonna be okay-
you okay?
i'm really sorry, sam.
it's horrible.  but sometimes these things can happen for a reason. sometimes good can come of it.  growth, ya know?
all i meant was, sometimes-
i'm sorry, i-
i just stopped by to see how you were holdin' up.
sorry about the other night.  i
so what are you still doin' here? i figured you woulda hopped on a bus by now.
i don't know if you're doin' anything later on, but.
nothin'.
yeah, sure.
bye.
may i?
i guess you heard.
it's so messed up.  i feel bad that i recommended him now.
uh.  sausage, eggs, coffee, please.
wheat toast, please.
if i had kids, i'd be worried sick about `em in a world like this. i'm sure your parents must be.
yeah, but everybody doesn't.
i'm sure you can.  but i wouldn't feel right if i didn't tell you about jeremy.
i don't know what you have goin' with him.  but you shouldn't be hangin' around him. let's just leave it at that.
it's just that i know him better than you do. he lived in my neighborhood when we were kids.
so he used to do weird stuff.  to animals.
my sister lost her pet rabbit once, and we went all over the neighborhood lookin' for it. we were just about to call it quits when we heard something comin' from jeremy's garage. he'd stuck it in a trash can and put the lid on.
it was half starved by the time we got it home. died just a few days later.
i don't know, just a couple years. cute little black and white-
he was like nine, probably.
when you were nine years old did you know it was wrong to put a living creature in the trash can and leave it there?
that's enough.
it is, actually. you're disturbing my customers. get out.
just doin' my job.
you're welcome.
where the hell is sam?
no.
hey.
so you guys stayed here last night?
what's up with your car?
for a water pump?
it's none of my business, but.
i was just gonna say, if you wanted, i could give you a ride back.
you too. i mean, i could give you both a ride.
sorry to screw you guys up.