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Good connection.

Hello, Jennifer.

It's not working.

It's the local telephone exchange.

Yeah, something like that.

An Irishman.

The long way, I presume.

We're not going to make it before dark.

We're headed to a campsite just outside.

Could be the best offer you're going to get.

That's great.

Thanks a million.

Hop in, Irish.

I'm Kate.

Simon.

I'm Casper.

Sorry about it. I'm not usually this rude.

He won't take a pill.

He's being an ox.

Guinea, tavern, African ox.

Tell her to take them.

She needs them.

Maybe you'll listen to a stranger.

No worries, Simon.

Oscar, what they're for?

Just so you know, he's building up to something horrible.

Don't listen to him.

A man needs to tell lies for a living.

I haven't quite given up the habit.

Just malaria tablets.

Give me bad dreams.

You'll have dinner with us, Simon.

Thanks for the lift, but... But nothing.

It's just frankfurters and beans.

He'll mellow with a bit of alcohol.

He does not need company right now.

Just a bite to eat and a beer.

Okay.

Um, I'm just gonna get myself booked into one of those huts.

Do you need a hand with that?

No.

How long have you been in Malawi?

Just a few weeks.

I've come from Zambia. I'm just passing through on my way to Mozambique.

I'm going to bus it to the lake tomorrow and cross on the Alala.

That's the plan anyway.

I'll be gone first thing.

The Alala.

The old femur.

Aromantic.

I'd love to do that.

And what's in Mozambique for you?

Here we go.

My... A friend of mine works in a bush hospital there. A woman?

Not you, the coy one.

Travelling all that way for love.

And what about you two?

By the looks of it, you've been on the road for a while.

We lived in Tanzania in another life.

Casper was a communications officer for the UN.

Spreading propaganda for the great western machine.

They sacked him. I left those bastards off my own accord.

They were a little too fond of Dars Barfly.

Their nylon dresses and their black faces all rouged. Enough of that. Like

were fucking clowns. I've said enough.

You know, if you've been missing for seven years, you can be officially

dead. Just like that.

In memento mori.

Don't talk like that.

We're not missing. We know where we are.

Seven years.

God,

we must have been all over by now.

There's a look in your eye, friend. I don't like it.

You're judging us from the minute you got in the car. Jesus, I don't judge

anybody. Especially not for a nomadic lifestyle. Stop playing the fucking

politician. You're trying to figure out what we've done, what happened to us,

why we're living outside the boundaries. I can see you putting me apart and

putting me back together again in your head.

It must get tiring.

Listen, thanks for the ride. Good luck with everything.

My Barney lies over the ocean. My Barney lies over the sea.

Listen to me. You fucking ruined our lives. Come here. Come here.

Come here.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. Oh, darling.

Oh, sweetheart. Leave it.

It's bad. It's bad. Get away from me. It's bad, man.

Katie.

Katie.

Hey, go away.

Come on in.

You okay?

You shouldn't see me like this.

Why are you grumbling?

I had no words, but I will.

Someone has to get a good idea.

Don't judge modern life.

That what you saw doesn't happen very often.

How are you getting up?

You'll grow up.

You'll be remorseful.

I'll treat him like shit for a while.

And then we'll just keep on... moving across the world.

Don't you get tired of him?

Don't miss England.

It's really hard to go out.

I mean... Pearl Necks is a really boring town, isn't it?

No.

I mean just... Travelling all the time.

Don't ask me why I came and stopped.

I don't know any time...

I've got stuff on my skin and my hair.

and then we wash.

I don't want to feel healthy about anything.

Wait. Wait, wait, look. What?

I don't have any... bloody outside.

I've got your mug in the hallway. Get it.

Be in the moment.

I don't mind.

Smell nothing.

Sneak off.

I'll see you in the morning.

The hospital will be home over.

You'll be asleep until at least nine.

Have your things packed and ready to go at first light.

Okay.

Listen, I don't want to cause you any trouble, Casper.

I can walk. It's a long way from here.

I got it. Thank you. Come on.

Where's Kate?

She didn't want to get up.

Fucking Africa.

I feel sorry for you, Simon.

Katie says one thing.

I promise I'll tell you the stars one night, forget who you are the next day.

She's got problems.

You know her better than me?

Yes, I do.

Makes you think.

How long till you reach your woman doctor?

I envy you.

A deserted Mozambique beach and a lusty woman who hasn't seen you in months.

This is Africa.

One of those should get you to the lake.

Thanks, Casper.

Good luck.

Simon.

I owe you an explanation.

We were curious about that.

It unnerved me.

You don't owe me anything.

Katie and I have a complicated history together.

I ruined her life.

Look, Casper, you really don't... I gave her HIV.

Small souvenir from my time at Dar es Salaam.

I condemned her.

But, strangely, it bind us together.

She always wanted to travel.

Why do you look so shocked?

Don't be so sorry for us. You don't even know it.

Half the blacks you meet here have it.

What's the difference?

It's got nothing to do with you now.

I'm resting with me.

You miss your past.