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Oh god... in the cafeteria. Before. Titus confessed to it.

He pulls the trigger. A plume of smoke erupts from the muzzle.

"I'm okay... I'm okay..." The woman staggers backward, crouches, then grabs her left side. Her white shirt soaks a blood red around her abdomen and she gasps for air.

She's not. She's bleeding out. In 20 minutes she'll be dead. Maybe 15.

"Look, loincloth." He turns to you. "I'm a funny clown."

"I did it... I can't believe I did. I'm so fucking boring, but..."

"I did and I'm so sorry."

"I'm an amnesiac cop. I probably did it and I can't even remember I did."

"I don't know why I did it. I just do shit. I'm an accident waiting to happen."

"I did it in a last ditch effort to ward of the End of Times. And it didn't even work."

"I've changed my mind. I can still change my mind, right?"

"You think you're funny?" There's a dangerous gleam in his eye. "What if I just shot one of your pals here right now, huh?"

"How about the kipt?" He points his gun at Elizabeth. "That'd be fucking funny..."

"This is an insane plan I've hatched. To get the ex-something back."

(Point to the coast) "It was Ruby."

"Yeah? Who the FUCK is Ruby?!" He puts his hand on the gun.

His fingers are twitching. That's a draw reflex. He's about to draw.

"A suspect! Ruby is a suspect we chased down on the coast. She was hiding..."

"She was jealous of Lely. She wanted Klaasje for herself. This is some sordid stuff."

"You think I'm fucking stupid, cop?" There's a dangerous gleam in his eye. "What if I just shot one of your pals here right now, huh?"

"How about the kipt?" He points his gun at Elizabeth. "Go ahead -- tell me that confusing shit one more time..."

"She fled. Trapped us and fled -- like killers do."

"You think I'm fucking stupid..." There's a dangerous gleam in his eye. "What if I just shot one of your pals here right now, huh?"

"Go ahead." He points his gun at Elizabeth. "Tell me about some other cunt on the coast one more time..."

"She's wrapped up in some really dangerous La Puta Madre stuff."

"You think I'm fucking stupid, cop?" There's a dangerous gleam in his eye. "What if I just shot one of your pals here right now, huh?"

"How about the kipt?" He points his gun at Elizabeth. "Go ahead -- tell me about some puta one more time..."

Bad argument -- he doesn't know local mobsters...

"She killed herself. But I know she did it."

"You think I'm fucking stupid..." There's a dangerous gleam in his eye. "What if I just shot one of your pals here right now, huh?"

"Go ahead." He points his gun at Elizabeth. "Tell me about some cunt who killed herself one more time..."

"It was someone else -- someone who's not here now."

"How fucking convenient..." He gives you a drunken stare -- then puts his hand on the gun.

His fingers are twitching. That's a draw reflex. He's about to draw.

"A lot of people could have gotten to that roof. Like Garte, the cafeteria manager."

"What the FUCK?" The man yells from the balcony. "What are you DOING?!"

"You think I'm fucking stupid, cop?" There's a dangerous gleam in his eye. "What if I just shot one of your pals here right now, huh?"

"Go ahead." He points his gun at Elizabeth. "Tell me it was the fucking cafeteria manager one more time!"

"Actually, they are here." (Point to the enemy) "It was one of you."

"One of us? You saying we..." There's a dangerous gleam in his eye. "What if I just shot one of your pals here right now, huh?"

"How about the kipt?" He points his gun at Elizabeth. "Go ahead, tell me we fucking killed our own colonel one more time..."

"He was shot from a great distance. A sniper did it."

"You think I'm fucking stupid, cop?" There's a dangerous gleam in his eye. "What if I just shot one of your pals here right now, huh?"

"How about the kipt?" He points his gun at Elizabeth. "Tell me it was a magic fucking sniper one more time..."

"Wait, I just need a little time to figure this out."

"Time? You had time -- to fuck around in that church." She points over the water. "To run errands for your Union chief. I saw you..."

"Time is up, loincloth," he says to you. "Give me a name. NOW!"

"Time? You had time -- to fuck around in that church!" She points over the water. "Chase some dumb drug trader. I saw you..."

"Time? You had time. To fuck around on the coast." She points over the water. "Chasing some dumb drug trader. I saw you..."

(Point to the roof) "It was Klaasje."

"The bird?" He puts his hand on the gun. "You fucking telling me a bird killed our colonel?"

His fingers are twitching. That's a draw reflex. He's about to draw.

"Inadvertently -- the shot was meant for her. She had a past and it caught up with her."

"She used to work in industrial espionage and..."

"You think I'm fucking stupid?" There's a dangerous gleam in his eye. "What if I just shot one of your pals here right now, huh?"

"How about the kipt?" He points his gun at Elizabeth. "Go ahead. Say inadvertently one more time..."

"She was the only person in the room when he died. Upstairs."

"You think I'm fucking stupid..." There's a dangerous gleam in his eye. "What if I just shot one of your pals here right now, huh?"

"How about the kipt?" He points his gun at Elizabeth. "Go ahead. Tell me about some fucking room again..."

"Where is she now? She fled -- because she did it."