The Rain Page #2

came through.

Ha.

Looks like it.

[Thunder crashes]

[Sighs]

Can this day get any worse?

Well, well, well.

If it isn't Cari Lumis.

What's going on, Sheriff?

Well, we've got some flooding.

We're re-routing traffic.

Oh, okay.

Well, does that mean

I have to turn around, then?

No.

We don't turn away our own kind.

Okay, well, I better get going.

My parents are probably

waiting for me.

Well, you let me move those first.

[Power window hums]

[Thunder rumbles]

[Thunder crashes]

[Insects buzzing]

[Crow caws]

[Truck door closes]

[Crow cawing]

[Door opens]

[Gasps softly]

Welcome home, everybody.

Daddy!

Let's all get in out of the heat.

CLARENCE:
Come on.

Come on, baby. It's still daddy.

[Rain falling]

[Cari coughing]

ELEANOR:
Drink this.

What is it?

KARL:
Just...

Just drink it, dear.

Just drink it.

Ahh.

I can breathe! What was that?

It's a remedy.

Now take the bandages off.

Ohh.

Ohh!

It's working.

I need more.

[Thumping]

I'll give you more.

But you got to do exactly

what I say, without question.

- Do you understand?

- Yes.

- You understand?

- Yes!

Now, that's a promise.

'Cause if you don't...

I can't help you.

Listen to me.

You listen to me.

Your illness is hereditary.

You could say it's a...

it's a curse.

It occurs when you reach adulthood...

and it can kill you.

- [Gasps]

- Shh. Shh. Shh. Shh.

But there is a cure.

[Groans]

Shh. Shh.

No, no, no.

Now...

I want you...

I want you to let go of your pain...

...and walk into the healing rain.

[Fire crackling]

MAGGIE:
Daniel, you awake?

Yeah.

I'm thirsty. You think you can

just sneak a little water?

Pa said we could have

some rations in the morning.

I can't sleep. Please.

All right.

What's the matter?

Thinking about what the boy said?

Yeah.

Well, don't be afraid.

All he saw was the hat, right?

Yeah, but even monsters

can wear hats.

There's no such thing as monsters.

[Sighs]

[Thumping]

[Footsteps approach]

[Grunts]

Getting water, huh?

It's for Maggie.

[Water splashes]

Go on in the house.

What's going on?

Heh, heh, heh, heh.

Rain.

The shaman delivered

on his promise.

Skeptics are worried.

We need to choose another one.

Now. Before they change

their minds.

Maybe they're right

to be worried, Horace.

We already had

this conversation, Clive.

You turning yellow on us?

The shaman promised us rain.

And we need this.

And what's next?

What happens next here, Horace?

We'll worry about that later.

Right now we need

to see this through,

or we're all dead

and there is no next year.

Come on, Clive!

What's it gonna take?

All the crops are gone,

our livestock.

We lost, what, 30 to the drought?

Yeah.

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