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Boy: You Taggert?
Older Jack Jr.: That's right.
Boy: Can we see it?
Older Jack Jr.: [referring to the sign "Bat Out Of Hell"] Can you read?
Boy: Is that thing real? Because I've heard it's a bunch of bullshit.
Older Jack Jr.: It's still five bucks.
Girl: Where'd it come from?
Older Jack Jr.: My dad killed it.
Boy: Yeah, but where'd it come from?
Older Jack Jr.: It's five bucks from you too.
Boy: How'd he kill it?
Older Jack Jr.: Ask him.
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[last lines]
Boy: What's the story on this thing?
Taggert: Whatever you've heard, probably.
Boy: You expect us to think that that thing's real?
Taggert: Don't really care.
Boy: How'd you kill it?
Taggert: Stabbed it right through the heart, with a big homemade harpoon.
[awkward silence]
Girl: When?
Taggert: About twenty-three years ago.
[another awkward silence]
Boy: You waiting for something?
Taggert: About three more days, give or take a day or two.
Marieh Delfino
Extended Reading
