Z for Zachariah Page #2

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an underground pocket of water.

Reckons it's a big part of

what kept this place from dying out.

An aquifer.

Yeah.

Makes a lot of sense.

He's a smart man.

Oh, I could eat this every--

every day of the week.

We can eat it as much

as you want

till the pond freezes over.

What happened last winter?

It snow a lot?

Yeah.

L...l stayed in the house mostly,

bundled up with Faro.

I mean, I saved food,

but we went through most of it.

Truth is, uh...

I almost-- I almost

froze and starved.

It--it was bad.

Well, that's a good reason

to plant the entire field.

Yeah, I mean even

if we could just get

the freezers up and running,

we could stock up on fish.

I just wish the generator

hadn't broken, you know?

Wait.

You got a generator?

Engine's fried.

It's my fault. lt's--

When it stopped working,

I was goofing around.

I was just-- I was--

I was playing a DVD.

Damn it.

I just wanted to hear people talk.

Well, don't beat yourself up.

This thing's old.

Looks like it's been repaired

a couple of times already.

It was liable

to blow no matter what.

Well, it's too bad we can't just do,

like a science fair thing

and just run all our clocks

and everything off a potato.

That's a good idea. Come on.

Yeah, that's a good flow of water.

We need to build a race

at the top, but...

it's enough to spin a generator.

John:
As long as there's enough

cable to reach the house,

we have power.

The lights might flicker,

but we could

get the freezer going.

Wait, it doesn't--

It doesn't matter

that the water's radioactive?

Not at all.

Water's just got to flow downhill.

John:
Heh. It's perfect.

Ann:
What do you mean?

It's the water wheel.

How much wood do we need?

Well, you saw it.

We need most of this, right?

Could we just--

Could we use something else?

Maybe...

Well, no, we can't--

We can't use the house.

We need the barn.

We can't use the store.

It's all cinder block. No, this is it.

Well...

- What?

- I mean...

What?

My dad...built that.

He-he preached there

every Sunday, you know?

And it's 'cause of Him

that we survived,

that, you know,

that all of this survived,

- So...

- 'Cause of your father?

No, no, 'cause--'cause of Him.

What, if we tear down

the church, we don't survive?

All right.

Look...

I know it's hard.

I know it's hard.

But if you got to tear down

a church to get electricity--

But we don't really need electricity.

It's about...rebuilding.

Maybe God...

or your father...

put this here for us.

So we can--

we can start again.

Maybe that's why we're here...

Just to start again.

- Yeah.

- We get a generator,

get electricity,

plant the fields.

We store up food for us.

You never know.

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