Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Manfred takes a trip


Farmer: "Who's there?"

Manfred: "Me, who else would come all the way out here in the middle of the night?"

Farmer: "Just making sure"

Manfred: "Why the added security?"

Farmer: "..." 

Farmer: "You really don't know?"

Manfred: "No, if I did I wouldn't ask"

Farmer: "..." 

Farmer: "You must have pulled the hole you crawled in after you."

Manfred: "I figured I had to after this job"

Farmer: "Yeah, you really stirred the ant hill."

Manfred: "Heh, you been on the farm too long. Where'd a city boy pick up a saying like that?"

Farmer: "D'you know how long I've been out here now?"

Manfred: "...I try not to think about it."

Farmer"Yeah..."

Farmer: "Do you ever think about them?

Manfred: "..." 

Manfred: "You mean her?"

Farmer: "Yeah"

Manfred: "..." 

Manfred: "Why do you ask?"

Farmer: "Shit"

Manfred: "What?"
Farmer: "I'll tell you later" Manfred: "What?" Farmer: "I Said. I would tell you later. 

Manfred: "..." 

Farmer: "Word is, you got what you were sent for."

Manfred: "Yeah, I am not happy about that. There wasn't supposed to be word."

Farmer: "Some will say you should have killed the kid"

Manfred: "Some'd, better say it soft then. If I hear it, I'm likely tae be annoyed."
 
Farmer: "I can hear home in your voice when you get mad."

Manfred: "..."

Farmer: "Don't want you to think I'm getting soft out here staring at ant piles."
Farmer: "..."

Manfred: "Here. It should stay dry in there as long as the wax stays whole."

Farmer: "I'll send it along."

Manfred: "Now. Tell me. 

Farmer: "..." 

Manfred: "Tell. Me."

Farmer: "She's dead"

Manfred: "... Danni... "

Farmer: "... She was killed at her post."

Manfred: "... Of course she was... "

Manfred: "Who?"

Farmer: "The coup fell apart and the participants were routed in the field. James took Lord Fowler's banner. He made Fowler swear and he now keeps the kings coffers full. He won't let you touch them."

Manfred: "Fowler."

Farmer: "Don't think I'll forget why I'm all the way out here."

Manfred: "She's the reason I haven't gone home to pay him a visit."

Farmer: "Going back will finalize your exile; with Fowler feeling the heel of his majesty's boot... He might call us back."

Manfred: "Not after Word gets to him"

Farmer: "... I'm glad you didn't kill the kid."

Manfred: "Yeah."

Manfred: "..."

Farmer: "You're going."

Manfred: "Yeah"
 
Farmer: "... If you time it right. ... He may give you a head start when he gets this."

Manfred: "That was my thought."

Farmer: "... Good bye, old friend"