Murphy
Sam! Sam, what happened?
Murphy
Did the rifle jam? I oiled it like you showed me. I tested it at least a dozen times. It was aces.
Sam
Shellback didn’t jam! [LONG PAUSE] I did.
Murphy
What? That was our chance, Sam. The whole gang would have run if you’d shot Big Harry.
Sam
I told you! I don’t shoot folks I know.
Murphy
Even a boomer who wants to crack your shell and flay my hide? So what if you know his name? We’re trying to get out of this bloody mess alive, you dung beetle!
Sam
He’s got a kid! [PAUSE] Little girl. Same age as my own. I kill him, I turn her into an orphan. She ain’t got a momma like mine does. I can’t do that to a kid.
Murphy
[LONG PAUSE] Sam. How do you know that?
Sam
[LONG PAUSE] Goddammit, Murphy.
Sam
Because he worked for me. [PAUSE] Oh, come on! You think he found me in the yellow pages? I trained him back in Texas. One of the best shooters I ever had. That’s why I trusted him when he offered to get me out of the States. And why he knew I’d do it.
Murphy
You rooted little runt. I gave you a fair go after Benny, but now this? First you were a hired gun, now you’re besties with that monster! How many lies you got stuffed under that shell of yours, you oversized pill bug!
Sam
Oh, you want to clear the air, you dime store coyote? Fine! How about you tell me why you showed up so quick after that truck crashed? Couldn’t have been in there for five minutes. You just that lucky a cur?
Murphy
What are you trying to say?
Sam
I’m saying maybe there’s a good reason you’ve been sticking by my side. Reckon makes a lot more sense if they were after you before we met.
Murphy
You brought this on yourself, Yank.
Sam
How many other roos you put six feet under?
Sam
I know you killed two! That wasn’t the first ditch you dug, was it? Was it?
Murphy
[LONG PAUSE] How did she die?
Sam
What? Who are you talking about, Murphy?
Murphy
Harry’s mate! You said she was dead. How?
Sam
I don’t know. Some car accident or something. [LONG PAUSE] Oh, no. No. No! Son of a bitch!
SFX
[THROWS HAT TO THE GROUND]
Sam
How does land so flat twist a man so much?
Murphy
Welcome to the Outback, Yank.
Sam
I told you, I ain’t a Yank. I’m a Texan.