20.13: Purgatory Page #2

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with moral victories.

So, you didn't even try

to interrogate the prisoner...

No, I didn't.

Why not?

Is that against your principles?

I don't have any problem

with asking questions.

What bothers me are certain methods

used in order to obtain answers.

I've never had any sympathy

for people who use those methods

and never confused

authority with brutality.

- And I won't have you question that!

- That wasn't my intention.

However, if my captain

give me permission to speak frankly...

I hope that, when you

referred to my principles,

you weren't questioning my loyalty.

Lieutenant Gaio, if I doubted

your loyalty, we wouldn't be talking.

My only doubt is to what extent

I can count upon your dedication,

in light of your ideas.

What ideas?

You don't agree with this war, do you?

Excuse me, but that's none

of anyone's business.

Because when it comes to my acts, I don't

think I've ever failed in my duties.

That's true, you've never failed.

But until now, there haven't

been any problems in this zone,

and we don't know whether what

happened was an isolated episode

or the forerunner

of a more serious situation.

And in the latter case, your ideas

could be a cause for concern.

I don't know, for example,

whether your experience

at the hands of our secret police

may have contributed

to your own reluctance

in interrogating the prisoner.

It wasn't a question of reluctance.

It was a question of priorities.

The most important thing for me,

was to bring back Lito.

I focused all my efforts on that task,

and everything I did

was conditioned by that underlying

concern. It's as simple as that.

What if the circumstances

had been different?

Such as?

For example, if you had to decide

between defeating the enemy

or bringing one of your man back alive,

what would be your priority?

- That depends.

- Depends?

Yes, it depends.

It depends on what we're fighting for

and whether it represents something

I myself would risk my life for.

The problem is that it shouldn't

depend on such questions.

It should only depend on the mission

that you pledged to fulfill.

That you dedicated your honour to.

For which no soldier is obliged

to sacrifice his life,

but wherein all of us must

accept the risk of dying.

That's what it depends on,

isn't it, Lieutenant Gaio?

Larga-Larga?

You still glued to your weapon?

He has put so much oil on it,

it'll squirt instead of shooting...

We'd be better off

giving him a hosepipe,

that way no one

would be in any danger...

True...

Larga-Larga!

Looks like you've got mail!

- Maciel, still got some raffle tickets?

- Sure.

Gimme the 22.

See that?

No one touches it, okay?

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