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you smoked.

I haven't in awhile.

There she goes.

Got a light?

-You gonna work tomorrow?

-Yeah.

I'll see ya tomorrow.

Good to meet you.

-You too, Justin.

-Thanks for the beer.

No problem, man. Justin,

if you're gonna live here...

...I'd start drinking.

You wanted

to see me, sir?

Yeah.

John called in sick.

I wonder if you could

work for him tomorrow?

Yeah, sure.

Thank you.

Good.

I've got some

not so good news.

I just talked

with the big boys.

I'm gonna have to

start making some cuts

starting next month.

I'm not gonna

lay you off.

I just don't know how

much work there will be.

Got to figure things out.

I just wanted to give you

a heads up so you could

do what you need to do.

Thank you, sir.

Don't go spreading

that around.

I don't want the others

to know until I've had

a chance to sort it out.

I won't say anything.

Sorry, son.

Times are just

tough around here.

Yeah.

See you tomorrow.

Why have you

been cutting class?

I don't know.

Nothing.

I'm just having

trouble with the V.A.

What about

your disability pay?

Oh, hasn't been

approved yet.

It's been almost a year,

and they still haven't

paid your disability?

They still haven't paid

my tuition yet either.

How are you getting by?

It's tight.

You know, I have to

walk to and from work,

skimp on some things.

I try not to dwell on it.

I mean, there's guys

who have it a lot

worse than I do.

Oh, sorry I took so long.

No.

This is great.

I could talk

to you all night.

Yeah.

It's been good talking.

Do you want to

join me for dinner?

We could go to that little

diner on Knott Street.

Come on.

Teacher's new to

hick town too, and

you're like the only guy

who's been passed the

county line since birth.

Yeah, well I wouldn't

have the Middle East as

my first travel destination,

but I guess

it still counts.

Well, it's more

interesting than here.

Dinner?

Sure.

I was only married

to the guy for a month,

and he was

completely useless.

You should've seen

him trying to take

out the garbage.

Oh my God.

I told you...

it was completely stupid.

No. Not stupid.

Dumb.

-And the difference?

-The difference?

You marrying some fat,

greasy douche 20 years

older than you

that you met

backpacking in Greece?

That's dumb.

That's you.

I was serving amidst

two wars and believing

the sales pitch

of a better life waiting

for me when I got out,

and thinking the

government who I took

a bullet for would give a sh*t.

-That's stupid.

-That wasn't stupid.

Idealistic nave?

Yeah. Maybe.

Brave, noble?

Definitely.

Brave, noble bullshit.

I joined up because I

didn't see another option.

I come from sh*t.

I thought I could just

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