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| - (sounds of office) (chatter on) Rani: Hey, Sarah-John. Sarah: (on chatter) Wow, you're calling from work. This must be important. Did you get another-- Rani: I got another letter from Nick! He said that-- (men enter through far door) Rani: Oh my god. Sarah-John? Sarah: What? Rani? Rani? Rani: Oh no. No, no, no, no, no, no, no. Sarah: Rani? Rani, is someone there? Rani, say something, I'm really scared here. Rani: Oh, Nick... Sarah: Nick? Rani, talk to me! Rani: Two soldiers, in dress uniform. Oh god, they stopped at Beth's cubicle. Soldier: (distant) Mrs. Collingwood, I regret to inform you, your husband, Keith Collingwood, was killed in action off Reach last month. The Navy wants you to know he fought bravely and his sacrifice will not be in vain. (woman crying) Sarah: Her what? Rani: Her husband. He's on a ship. Oh my god, Sarah-John. One soldier means wounded and two means... Sarah: Oh, Rani. Rani: Oh, I thought it was Nick. I thought they had come to tell me it was Nick. Oh, Sarah-John, her face. Sarah: Rani, it's okay. Rani: They wouldn't come to tell me, anyway. I don't have that kind of claim, do I? Sarah: They'd tell his mother. Rani: Right. Of course. Sarah: Come back home, j-just for the weekend. Rani: Life is too short to keep running home, Sarah-John. Sarah: Rani... Rani: I've been thinking about it. Somebody was coming to kill me last week, and I'm going to find out why. Announcer: Washington, Capital City Station. Anyone wishing to exit at Capital City, please disembark now. Capital City. (train arrives) Herzog: Pardon me, Miss. Rani: Hey, what do you think you're-- ...It's you. Herzog: Is that who it is? Rani: No, I mean it's really you. The cranky old man on the CP. Herzog: How do you know? Did you find a picture? Rani: I just knew. I knew what you would be like. Herzog: What am I - like? Rani: Inconspicuous, dressed like a divorced bureaucrat. Herzog: (chuckle) I am a divorced bureaucrat. Herzog: Come, take a walk with me. Rani: What if I don't want to? Herzog: Three close personal friends of the guy who fell off your roof last week have my house staked out. Wouldn't you like to know why? Rani: Oh my god. Herzog: So, come, walk with me already. Rani: How did you know I would be on that train? Herzog: I am a very old, enormously talented spy, Rani. I've been running agents since the year your mother learned to ride a bike. I know how your mind works. I know you better than you know yourself. Rani: Yeah, but how did you really know? Herzog: We put a bug in your purse. Rani: Dammit! Herzog: That reminds me, once you start getting your extra pay from my department, buy yourself some decent accessories. Your idea of business clothes makes you look like a Sunday school teacher. Rani: Why, you pompous, old, Washington son of a-- (train horns) Rani: Let me guess... according to Section 3-- Herzog: --There is no device. Rani: So where is it now?... oh. Herzog: I'm really sorry about this. Rani: Chawla base! The base where I work! Herzog: Rani... Rani: You got me this job in the first place, didn't you? You and that lowdown scheming Professor Avi... you set me up so you would have a pawn on the inside! Herzog/Cranky: You think I don't have problems of my own? In my day we didn't complain when someone offered us a job, no sir. Rani: Well, this is my day, and I don't know.I- I'm thinking I might quit and go home, but I'm afraid y'all won't let me. Herzog: You're going to have to be a little brave, Rani. I'm sorry about that, but the times don't give us many choices these days. There's a young man, up on an orbital platform tonight-- Rani: Please don't. I really don't want you to know about him. Herzog: Rani, I have my enemies, but I have my friends too. They're watching over you. Take a little comfort from that. Rani: Mhm, I'll try. Herzog: Get on your train, go home, go to work like nothing happened. All I ask is that you keep your eyes open. Can you do that? Rani: Oh yes. It's remembering to keep them shut's the problem. (on the train) 'Joe': Is this seat taken? Rani: Hm? Oh, no, go ahead. Joe: Thanks. Name's Joe. Rani: Hey, I'm Rani. Joe: I'm going to New York. You going to New York? Rani: Boston. Joe: Boston... huh. Well, I'm headed to New York. Three days of leave. I mean to use them. Rani: Mhm, I gathered. Joe: Ever been to Coney Island at night? Rani: Nope. Joe: You oughta go. Hey, we could go tonight. Rani: Thanks, but I should be getting back. Joe: You know, we could kick around town, have some laughs, maybe get something-- Rani: Listen, I appreciate the offer, I truly do, and I bet you're a really swell helljumper... Joe: How do you know I'm w-- Rani: And I'm flattered you would ask. Joe: Hey, cute girl on a train... Rani: But, I already have a boyfriend. Joe: I don't see a boyfriend. Rani: *ugh* you don't give up easily, do you? Joe: O-D-S-T, baby. They pound the quit right out of us. Rani: Well, they do a good job. Joe: Hey, which reminds me. Joe: How did you-- Rani: Oh, women's intuition. Plus the campaign tattoos on your scalp and the gold comet logo on your bag. Joe: Woah! Sharp. Hey, I'll do you. Rani: Joe, I'm not talking to you anymore. Joe: I got it. Sunday school teacher. Rani: I am not a Sunday school teacher! Joe: Thought you were talking to me. Come on, your boyfriend will never know. Rani: You're insufferable. Joe: You're cute. Rani: You're married. Joe: Now, there's where you're wrong. Rani: Joe, you think girls don't know what that untanned circle around your fourth finger means? If some tart buys your line of sleaze, it's because she decided to, not because she was too dumb to notice you slipped your wedding ring off that morning. Joe: I should tell the guys in the unit that. Save on drink bills. Rani: Go back to your wife and leave me alone. Joe: Wife and I are... separated. Rani: Meaning she's not on this train? Joe: Meaning she's dead. Rani: Oh. Joe: She bought it on Reach. Rani: Are you sure? There were a lot of survivors on Reach for some reason. Maybe she made it through. Joe: No, she didn't. Rani: I'm sorry. Joe: She always said - she said, Joe, if I buy it, I want you to keep living. I want you to... Rani: What was her name? Joe: Maggie. Rani: It's a nice name. Joe: Can you believe I used to be good at picking up girls? Rani: Joe, you were never good at picking up girls. Maggie was just merciful. Joe: Ain't that the truth. Rani: My boyfriend's up on one of the orbital platforms. Joe: Well he'll be okay there, they're pretty safe. Rani: You really think so? Joe: Oh, yeah. (people boarding/leaving) Rani: Thanks. Joe: So, what do you say? Rani: What? Joe: You, me, Coney Island? Rani: Joe, I can't. Joe: Let me guess. Your boy got called up, you shared a tearful goodbye. He told you how he might never be coming back, and you gave it up for him. Rani: No. Joe: He told you he would always remember you. Rani: Oh, it wasn't like that at all. Joe: I see those guys the day after, Rani. Rani: Nick would never lie to me. Joe: Lying doesn't look the same when you think you're gonna die. Rani: No, Nick wouldn't-- Joe: When you think you're gonna die, you take what you can get, any way you can. Announcer: Next stop, Manhattan Station. There will be no further stops before Harvard Square, Boston. Manhattan Station. Joe: Come out with me tonight, Sunday School. Rani: I can't. Joe: Okay. Rani: I'm so sorry about Maggie. Joe: You still don't see it, do you? I'm not the only soldier here. Covenant's coming, Rani. You better take what you can get. (chyme, last stop) Joe: Last stop. Rani: She loved you, Joe. Joe: Yeah, I know. (leaving the train)
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