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Jesse, sees them. Goes very still.
- JESSE(off-mic, to Dev)They came.
- DEV(off-mic)They came.
- JESSEAre they here to —
- DEVNo.
- DEVLook at their hand.
- DEVIt's empty.
- DEVThey came to listen, Jesse.
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Jesse, looking at the Operative across the salvage yard. Allred — slow the panel. Two thousand feet of crowd between them. Direct eye contact across the distance. The Operative — in their long grey coat — does not move. They are not pleading. They are not threatening. They are receiving.
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Jesse, very quiet, to Dev.
- JESSEDev.
- DEVYeah.
- JESSE…What do we do.
- DEVPlay.
- DEVPlay for them.
- DEVThat's what they're here for.
- DEVDon't make a gesture. Don't acknowledge them onstage. Just play.
- DEVAnd — when this is over — go talk to them.
- JESSE…Talk to them?
- DEVJesse.
- DEVEvery villain we have ever met in this book was a person who needed somebody to hear them.
- DEVMom hears people. Dad hears people. We hear people.
- DEVWe have one more villain and they are here without a weapon.
- DEVHear them.
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Jesse, processing. Then nodding. He turns back to the mic.
- JESSENew Vegas.
- JESSEThis next song is the one I'm afraid of.
- JESSEI've been afraid of it my whole life.
- JESSEI'm going to play it anyway.
- JESSEThis is "Without the Armor On."
- JESSEOne — two — three —