Burn Country Page #4

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like Gabe and I did.

Osman, what are you

talking about?

I'm going to go out on patrol

with you, Afghan-style.

Huh?

I'm not just going to write

the police blotter,

I'm going to do it.

Osman...

Turn this bullshit job

into real work.

Osman, you can't.

You can't go out with me,

as delightful as you may be.

But... One, it's totally

against the rules.

Last night...

And two, it interferes.

I can't have you with me

out there when I'm working.

I can't.

I... I wouldn't interfere.

I'd be in the back...

No.

I'm sorry.

Here. Sit.

It's the only thing

I can actually cook.

You... you don't

need me to be here.

You know that, right?

We should do the interview

when we're done this, right?

Yeah, man. Yeah.

Many people say

the Taliban receive support

from the Pakistani government.

Does the Taliban receive

support from Pakistan?

Come on.

He's actually affirming

that the Pakistani government

helps them,

and did nothing against them.

They got many offices

at the border... Hmm.

And that's how they operate

their operation.

Right. What is the structure?

Sh*t, man.

That sounds like...

Like a detective aircraft.

That sounds

like a detective aircraft.

Should we go?

He's actually saying

that it's an American aircraft,

so we should just

wrap things up.

So, we should go?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Let's just wrap things up.

Tell him thank you very much.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Go, man.

Go!

Oh, sh*t.

Go, go, go!

Go! Go! Move!

Gabe?

Whoo!

Thank you. No problem, brother.

Hey, foreign correspondent.

You here to report me?

I'm just f***ing with you.

I'm just messing around.

Come on, get in.

Look, I owe you.

That sh*t the other night,

my bad, all right?

Serious misuse

of a sacred martial art.

I own that.

I apologize.

Come on.

Man, I ain't going to touch you.

You sit on that side,

I sit on this side.

Come on.

All right, it's cool.

Man, no problem at all.

No problem at all.

You just...

Anywhere you want to go,

just say the word, brother.

No, man, you'd be doing me

a favor.

That karmic rebound.

Seriously.

Where do you want to go?

I have to go downtown.

"Downtown" is kind of

a vague direction.

Well, I...

I have work to do.

Yeah?

Something going on

I should know about?

You got a scoop?

No, no.

Oh, yeah?

So, what are you working on?

The police blotter.

No sh*t?

F***ing love it, man.

First thing I read

every morning.

Really?

Yeah.

Love all that dirty

underbelly stuff.

You know, the last dude that

wrote the blotter was stellar.

Frankie the finger.

Frankie the finger, man.

He wrote me up a couple times.

Yeah, but he had

the perfect tone, you know?

Wry as a motherf***er.

Like a laser beam, you know?

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