Elegy for Newt

ANDREWS:

They may use The Furnace, 

but I want everyone in lockup by 22:00 hours.

We commit This Child and This Man 

to Your keeping, O Lord.

Their bodies have been taken from 

The Shadow of Our Night.

They have been released from all 

Darkness and Pain.

The Child and The Man 

have gone beyond Our World.

They are 

Forever Eternal

and 

Everlasting

[Barking]

Ashes to Ashes

Dust to Dust

DILLON:

Why?

Why are The Innocent punished?

[ Rotweiler whimpers ] /

[ Ox Caucus Rumbles Deep and Heavily ]

Why The Sacrifice?

Why The Pain?

There aren't any Promises.

Nothing's Certain.

Only that some get Called.

Some get Saved.

She won't ever know 

The Hardship and Grief for 

Those of Us Left Behind.

We commit these bodies to 

The Void, with a Glad Heart.

[Growling]

 

For within each Seed there is 

The Promise of a Flower.

And within each Death, no matter how small – 

There's always a New Life

.

A New Beginning.

[ RAISES FIST ]

Amen.

PRISONERS : 

Amen.

St. Helena :

I just wanted to say thanks for what you said at the funeral.

My friends would have appreciated –

DILLON:

Yeah, well you don't wanna Know Me, Lady –

I'm a Murderer, and Rapist of Women.

St. Helena :

Really.

Well, I guess I must make you nervous.

DILLON:

Do you have any Faith, Sister?

St. Helena :

Not much.

 DILLON:

We've got a lot of Faith here.

Enough even for you.

St. Helena :

I thought women weren't allowed.

 DILLON:

We've never had any before – 

but we tolerate anybody...

Even The Intolerable.

St. Helena :

Thank you.

DILLON: 

That's just a Statement of Principle, 

Nothing Personal.

We've got A Good Place to Wait, Here.

And until now... 

No Temptation.

*******

CLEMENS: 

Dillon and the rest of the alternative people embraced religion, as it were, about five years ago.

Take two.

St. Helena :

I'm on medication?

CLEMENS: 

Hardly.

St. Helena :

What kind of religion?

CLEMENS: 

Some sort of apocalyptic, millenarian Christian fundamentalist...

St. Helena :

Right.

CLEMENS: 
Exactly.

When The Company wanted to close the facility Dillon and the rest

of the converts wanted to stay.

With two minders and a medical officer.

And here we are.

St. Helena :

How did you get this wonderful assignment?

How do you like your new haircut?

St. Helena :

It's OK.

CLEMENS:

Now that I've gone out on a limb for you with Andrews, damaged my less-than-perfect relationship with him, and briefed you on the humdrum history of Fury-161 –

Can't you tell me what you were looking for?

St. Helena :

Are you attracted to me?

In what way?

St. Helena :

In that way.

CLEMENS:

You're very direct.

St. Helena :

I've been Out Here a long time.