WILD & WANTED.

feel free to change pronouns etc as needed!

“ you alright back there?”

“ does everything look alright?”

“ well, what’s going on?”

“ you need help?”

“ i reckon we can handle it.”

“ you still strong enough to hold up a wagon?”

“ see, you ain’t so useless after all.”

“ what you think?”

“ come on, let’s not push our luck.”

“ what happened?”

“ unpleasant? how do you rob and kill people pleasantly?”

“ hey, don’t blame it on me.”

“ just cause it sounds fancy, don’t mean he knows a damn thing about what he’s talking about.”

“ all life i’ve been on the run.”

“ he was a very sad man and the drink had a mean hold on him.”

“ wait… i don’t understand.”

“ what’s the problem between you two?”

“ it’s a long story.”

“ you know this area?”

“ it’s a good place to lie low?”

“ things go wrong sometimes. people die. it’s the way it is. always has been.”

“ we’ve all been in this line of work a long time, and we’re still here, so… i figure we must’ve got it right a hell of a lot more than we got it wrong.”

“ what are you working on there, anyway?”

“ here, you can have all this. i’m at the point where i can do it with my eyes closed.”

“ we have survived.”

“ we have all made mistakes over the years, __. every last one of us.”

“ i kept us together. kept us alive. kept the nooses off our neck.”

“ i guess i’m just worried.”

“ i want folks safe before i go.”

“ i know, my brother, but we are safe.”

“ would you just look around you.”

“ i prefer robbing banks to usury. seems more dignified somehow.”

“ i know that things have been tough… but we are safe now.”

“ get to work, but stay out of trouble.”

“ it is time for everyone to earn their keep.”

“ we need food. real food.”

“ oh, don’t remind me.”

“ well, we can always make more money.”

“ i’ve seen shit with more common sense than you.”

“ i’m gonna read a book.”

“ we’re free to plan our own futures once more.”

“ you kept the faith, __… you always kept it.”

“ my name ain’t no concern of yours.”

“ i’m hungry.”

“ i don’t give a damn.”

“ you seem like a nice feller, behind it all.”

“ then you ain’t a good judge of character.”

“ careful not to work yourself to death there.”

“ yeah, does it pay well?”

“ so, while the rest of us are busy, stealing, killing, lying, fighting to try to survive, you get to think all day.”

“ it’s a strange world we live in.”

“ do you wanna head into town, see if we can find anything out?”

“ why what you got planned?”

“ i’m bored outta my mind. been cooped up here for two weeks now.”

“ what’s happened to you, __?”

“ you’re worried about house chores? let’s go!”

“ fair enough, you got me.”

“ i can’t believe we’re going to see civilization. feels like weeks since we did.”

“ oh, i got lumbago. it’s very serious!”

“ oh, you couldn’t help me get my horse back from over there, could you?”

“ you’re turning into a regular old fairy godmother there.”

“ what’s that supposed to mean?”

“ it means you’ve got a heart. a small one perhaps, hidden deep inside, but a real one.”

“ lizards have hearts!”

“ well, __, i’m proud of you.”

“ to be honest, if you hadn’t been here, i probably woulda robbed him.”

“ smell that sheep. or is that you?”

“ heaven forbid you put your head on the line.”

“ just remember, keep a low profile.”

“ so that’s how you see yourself, is it? a maniac?”

“ you are a sad man, __. but i know you love me.”