Friday 10 January 2020

The Last Light




That's why I need to find a place where things will be different.

Because that's still in my kids.

But that light, it's getting fainter every day we're out here.
And I can't I can't imagine that part of them dying.

I'll do whatever it takes to keep it alive.




















Alicia Clark,
Daughter of Madison :
Where'd you get these? 


Alfia:
What? 




Alicia Clark,
Daughter of Madison :
Where did you get these?! 


Alfia:
A semi on Route 40 in Oklahoma.
Used to have a bunch of them.
Why? 




Alicia Clark,
Daughter of Madison :
Wait, wait, wait.
W-What did you do with them? 

Alfia:
I traded 'em for an interview.


[Walkers growling.]


Alfia:
What?




Alicia Clark,
Daughter of Madison :
Get back.

Hey! 



Alicia Clark,
Daughter of Madison :
You knew her? 

Alfia:
Who? 


THE INTERVIEW
Madison Clark :
What happened there doesn't matter.

Althea : 
What does? 




Madison Clark :
The fact that what I'm looking for might not be possible.


Althea:
Why not? 


[Thunder rumbles.]




Madison Clark :
There are certain things you always remember about your kids.
No matter how old they get.
No matter how much things change.

You don't need a camera 'cause it just sticks.

We were renting this house in the mountains one summer.
Had these big windows overlooking the lake.


One morning, a bird flew right into one of 'em.
Messed up its wing.
May have been worse off inside.


They named it Wilhemina.
"Amina" for short.
They kept her in a shoe box.
Nursed her back to health.


Took turns at night setting their alarm so they could get up and check on her.


Dug up bugs and worms to feed it and gave it water from an eyedropper.

It went on for weeks.


That damn bird just seemed to get worse and worse.
But they tried to feed it.


They gave it water, anyway.


My son was such a sensitive little boy.
My daughter just decided that bird was gonna live.


[Sighs.]


Every morning, I got up just dreading what I was gonna find.

And then, one day, as I walked down the hallway, I heard something.

[Thunder rumbles.]

Chirping.
Amina was flying around the living room.

She lived because my kids didn't give up on her.

They gave her a chance when no one else would.

There's not a whole lot of that left anymore.


Althea:
No, there's not.




Madison Clark :
That's why I need to find a place where things will be different.

Because that's still in my kids.

But that light, it's getting fainter every day we're out here.
And I can't I can't imagine that part of them dying.

I'll do whatever it takes to keep it alive.

***********

Althea:
She never told me your name.
The stadium-- this was The Place She was Looking For? 

[Walker growling.]

Morgan :
[Body thuds.]
I'm just trying to help my friend.





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