Zane
One step closer, Detective, and this one gets a tracheotomy!
Harper
Walter, calm down, please. There's no need for violence.
Zane
God DAMMIT, I am NOT WALTER! I'm ZANE! Walter is dead and gone!
Harper
Alright, alright. Zane. Just take it easy. What do you want for her life?
Zane
I want - I want freedom! I want what you take for granted! I want to exist!
Harper
We - We can arrange this. I can put in a good word for you. Just let Beth go, please.
Zane
Beth? Is that the meat's name? [BEAT] You know, I never bother to ask.
Harper
Walter would. He's kind that way.
Zane
He's *WEAK* that way! He disgusts me! I want nothing to do with him!
Harper
Zane, think for a moment. You want freedom. But when you are caught, that freedom will be denied to you AND Walter.
Zane
Walter doesn't matter!
Harper
He does matter! It's his body you're using! [BEAT] Walter! I know you're in there! Fight him!
Zane
[TORTURED GROWL, THEN PANTING AND WHIMPERING]
Harper
WALTER! This is your last chance! You HAVE to fight him! You can't let him win!
Zane
[SOFTER, AS WALTER] D-Detective - help - can't - fight - him!
Harper
Walter, please, if you're in there, you have to let Beth go! Focus on letting her go!
Zane
[SOFTER, AS WALTER] No - can't - Rrrrr! - too - strong - please - save me!
Harper
Walter! Focus on the knife! Drop the knife! Give Beth to me! We can still save you!
Zane
[AS ZANE] ARRRGH! NO! NEVER!
SFX
[THROAT SLASH, GURGLE, THUD]
Harper
BETH! NOOOO! [BEAT] [SOBBING] Beth - oh God no!
Zane
[PANTING] You - you tried to end me, detective. You tried to take something I needed to live. [DEEP BREATH] What's that about turnabout? Fair play?
Zane
She was PREY, detective! Walter was prey too! They both got what they deserved. What they ALL deserve!
Harper
You - you monster. You goddamn monster!
Zane
Oh, I'm more than that, detective. I'm the essence of hunting. Of survival! I am death! I'm the top of the fucking food chain! [TAKES DEEP BREATH] Mmm. Can you smell it? The blood! That copper nectar. It empowers! Fuels! Drives!
Harper
[STAMMERING] I can't - I can't think, I - I want to -
Zane
Do what? Rip me to shreds? Bathe in my blood? [LAUGHTER] The hedgehog wants to be a predator now?
Harper
No - I have to ar-arrest you. I have to - [WAILING] oh God, Beth!!
Zane
[SCREAMING] Forget the meat! [SOFTER] Your blood is boiling! Feel your heart pound, see your vision narrow - feel that primal urge building? That's ME in there! Let. Me. OUT!
Harper
No - N-NO!! I - NO!! - GRRRR!
Zane
Come on, Harper! Let me out! END ME THE RIGHT WAY!
Harper
[PRIMAL SCREAM AS HE ATTACKS]