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how much blood runs through a deer.

But everyone wants to know how much blood runs through an Indian.

It's kind of hard to tell unless you cut one of us open and

watch all the stories pour out.

Don't forget, you two owe me Dr. Pepper. Shut up, Band -Aid boy.

Let's go, Cheeky.

There was a boy who followed in the deer's footsteps instead of his

Want to help me work on my truck tomorrow?

Sure.

Want Mommy to cut your meat for you?

For God's sake, Maggie.

You can cut his own meat.

He's big enough to kill his own meat.

Eat your buddy.

Yeah, I can kill my own meat.

Granddaddy kills his own meat.

You don't eat enough to keep a bird alive.

How was work?

Old Mrs.

Deeringwater passed her kidney stone today.

Wonderful.

Put that away, Maggie.

Don't be such a baby. She's 95 years old. It's an antique.

Hunter, stop that.

You're going to cut your tongue, bleed all over your food. We're going to have

to get a shot.

Fine.

We can hear defense of the day that lost me.

Give me that crescent wrench, will you?

Which one is it?

You kidding me?

That is a crescent wrench.

Sometimes I can't believe you sprung from my lawyers. I swear.

with a broken or damaged rack is seen as inferior by other bucks.

A strong buck won't hesitate to attack a weaker one and run

him out of his territory.

Like you've been skinny dipping up Chick Creek.

I've been dirty for so long, I don't even wash off no more.

I think I got dirt in my veins.

You don't owe me a Dr. Pepper no more.

How come?

Well, because it costs kidney stones.

Well,

we can't get our hunting license.

Yeah, they raised the limit this year. This damn deer about to run us out of

state. Yeah, well, they ain't exactly endangered, are they?

You know, I still ain't got one in three years.

Mom says you're cursed.

Yeah, she does say that, don't she? This lucky little shit got a four -pointer

last year on the dead run.

Mom says the deer are holding a grudge against you because you hit too many

your truck.

Your mom says a lot of things, don't she?

Yeah. I'm gonna try Hunter's hand this year.

See if he's got any of his old man in him.

That's a good deal.

Guy can't carry a name like that around for nothing. Oh Hell honey ain't gonna

arm him in a contact sport

Your great -granddaddy would have disowned me if he ever seen me playing

flute for a hamburger.

He only played for one thing.

What?

To get girls.

Dad was very traditional.

Until it came to women, and he was plum crazy.

Is that how you got Granny?

Yep.

She heard my flute.

Her knees wobbled till she fell down.

Lookie there.

That's Tommy Deer in the water.

There's a real hunter.

There ain't no weekend warrior like your daddy.

Always hunts alone.

Only takes one arrow.

One arrow.

That's all a real hunter needs.

Heard he got so close to one once, hung some beads around his neck.

Is that true?

Remember, a good hunter always gives the deer a chance.

You don't have to dress up like a tree and then sit around and wait for one to

walk by.

I bet Tommy Deeringwater don't dress up like no tree.

Real hunter don't need to dress like tree.

He's not built for that, Hank.

Ain't a whole lot we can do together, Maggie.

Ain't your usual chip off the old block.

Ain't that the truth?

I'm serious.

Can't play sports, can't work with tools.

Well, damn sure never take him in the military.

Good. It ain't good.

Afraid he's going to end up a nurse, too.

Ain't nothing wrong with a boy taken after his mother. Well, his mother

just about everything a regular kid does at his age.

I didn't outlaw nothing.

I'm only trying to follow Doc Moore's advice.

Yeah, and what did he say?

He warned you not to be overprotective.

Or Homer would end up afraid of his own shadow.

Or some punk with a chip on his shoulder.

Now he's got his heart on his sleeve chip on his shoulder won't hurt

There's nothing like killing your first

buck man never forget the look of my dad's face when I killed mine

Only other time I saw that look was when I got in a

flat school

He was dead before I ever made him proud again.

All right.

You want to tell him he's got to be the first man on either side of the family

that don't hunt?

You're my guest.

You just don't want to be around when you do it.

And take him.

But I want you to pat his shoulder and hunt as close to town as possible.

I'll slap a damn bulletproof vest on him if I have to.

Sorry about them shoulder pads, bud.

If I bring you home with a bruise, your mom will have my butt.

Why do I have to dress up like a tree?

What are you talking about?

Real hunters don't dress up like no tree.

You ain't a hunter just yet, are you?

Why don't you run it around repeating everything your granddad tells you?

It's good here.

It's about five miles away.

It's right where we want it.

So we just stay here where them idiots run around shooting at each other?

Send the deer right to us.

You mean we're just going to sit here?

You want a deer, don't you?

Yeah.

But I don't want to wait around all day.

You've got to give the deer a fighting chance.

You sound just like Marvin.

You're missing your daddy.

I've been hunting a long, long time, all right?

I've got 15 bucks this way.

You just sit your butt down there.

Well, you know what?

We'll be hauling us a big load out of here.

Hey,

you got your safety on?

Yeah. All right.

Hey, keep your eyes peeled.

Thank you.

It was a buck, Dad.

I swear.

We ain't a buck no more.

How

the

hell you shooting the doe for?

Don't wait for me to hit one of them and pick him off the side of the road.

Hunter had a little mishap today.

How?

Hey, Hunter.

Why are you wearing a shoulder pad?

She don't play football.

Because it felt like it.

She ain't much of a trophy.

But she'll taste good.

Way to go, Hunter.

Huh?

I can't see ten dead does a day on that highway.

Why is this the end of the world?

He wanted a story to tell for the rest of his life.

You nap him while he shoots a woman.

Probably don't cut the mustard.

You ain't helping him any.

Filling his head full of stories of magic beads and magic hunters.

There ain't no magic around here, Marvin.

It's just real life.

You don't listen to me.

Sorry, Mom.

Not your fault.

I knew I shouldn't have let you go.

There was a boy who shot a woman while his father slept.

A boy with bullets in his eyes and arrows in his chest.

Yep.

They offered me jets.

Offered me F -16s.

Fuck it.

I'd rather work on them than fly for them bastards.

Can't learn how to handle a stick sitting in a friggin' classroom.

Can't learn a damn thing till you're up there with a G -force pinning your ears

behind your head.

You'd have been a great speech writer, honey.

Chuck Yeager.

He's the best goddamn pilot ever lived.

Broke the sound barrier before the friggin' scientists knew there was one.

Told them he wasn't smart enough to go to the moon.

Well, not smart enough, my ass.

That fucker was a legend, man.

What's wrong?

Nothing, honey. I'm tired.

I'm gonna take a shower.

I stink.

Hang on a second.

Let me see them pants.

Wow.

What?

Where the hell did you get them things?

I bought them. They look like a waste of money.

I save most of my money.

Leave him alone, Hank. He's tired.

I'm just asking about his pants.

Gotta be pretty brave to sport a garment that sweet.

Lots of people got pants like this.

How?

All the kids are wearing their pants like that.

Well, I ain't never seen them before.

That's because you ain't been shopping in about ten years.

Still got that poop -stained underwear you wore to our wedding.

Hey, tell you what, though.

I know a neighborhood in Dallas where everybody dresses like that.

If you want, Hunter, I can drive you down there and leave you for a week.

You might fit right in.

Don't listen to him, Hunter. He's losing his mind.

I'm not listening to him.

Well, maybe you ought to spend your money helping your mom make pay for that

wonder juice we got to keep in your veins. That shit ain't cheap.

That's enough, Hank.

What the hell's wrong with you?

I'll tell you what I'm faving it for.

Faving it to move out of this goddamn house.

Bitch.

I'm sick of your crap, Dad.

If you're out of here by the time you're 30, I'll give you a thousand bucks.

To a buck, every doe smells unique.

When hunting with doe scent, it's best to use the scent of one doe instead of a

mixture of lots of does.

I need to go to the nurse's office.

Do you want me to go with you?

No, that's okay.

Yeah.

Bird,

wait up!

Are you okay?

You scared the crap out of us. What happened?

I had to pee.

I didn't know you still got nosebleeds.

I haven't in a long time.

How do you stay so calm?

Shoot, I ain't calm.

I just look it.

How y 'all, Mom?

Getting hep on me?

I got you that to match them pants your daddy hates.

I don't hate them pants.

I just don't understand them.

I hate them.

Nice one, Marvin.

Thought you weren't going to make things anymore.

That's the first one I made since your mama passed on.

I figure if Hunter learns to play, I won't have to take my one skill to the

grave.

I learned to play it.

Yeah, you better.

It'll help you catch that Indian girl.

Why do you smoke when you can't breathe half the time as it is?

He's an idiot.

Thanks, love.

It's true.

It'd be about, like, Hunter getting a job at a knife factory.

We gonna play some pool or what?

Come on. Hold your horses.

You just got to beat somebody at something, don't you? No.

I just don't know how long I can sit here with a corner of the seat going

on my butt crack. Oh, shit. I'm sorry.

I'd like to make some toast. Some toast.

Just a dough boy. Dough boy. Dough boy.

One of the fastest guys I ever met. That's right.

And the worst hunter who ever lived.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm going to get some quarters.

Oh, come on.

Maybe we shouldn't call him dumb boy on his birthday.

He loves it.

He loves it.

Idiot.

Excuse me, Oliver. That's a stiff -legged friend.

Good shot.

I hate to do this to you, man.

Nope. Done it anyway.

You owe me a beer.

Good game, dope boy.

See you later.

Bye. Why don't you two go get a hotel room or something?

This is a public place.

Hey, Oliver.

What?

I only beat you because you're bad.

It's not that I'm any good.

It's just that you really suck.

How to kick your ass.

You've always been a little smart -ass.

Well, now I'm a big smart -ass who can still kick your ass.

Limp on over here, you can't be redneck.

Fuck you, doughboy.

Fuck you!

Hey, shit!

What's wrong with you?

You ain't even old enough to be in here.

Well, buy me a beer.

He might as well be a little steroid -shooting friend.

Yeah, well, the steroids, yeah. One of these days we ain't gonna be

here to save your dumb ass.

Didn't ask you to.

He only does that because he knows you guys will break it up.

I ain't afraid of him.

I ain't afraid of shit.

Who's next?

Today's my birthday.

You have a funny way of celebrating

How's your birthday?

It's okay.

Played some pool.

Lost ten bucks to Tommy Deeringwater.

Well, that's one way to piss your money away.

You don't remember how to do this, do you?

No. Didn't think so.

Why should I?

I ain't a hunter.

Well, you always got your nose stuck in them damn hunting magazines.

What's that all about?

It's like them.

You watch war movies all the time and you've never been to war.

Most guys your age are looking at titties on the toilet, not quail and

That's supposed to mean I'm gay or something?

No, what it means is guys like you are the reason plumbers can charge an arm

a leg to replace a washer.

Because you read about stuff and never learn to do it.

I never called a plumber in my life.

When does the season start?

Next weekend.

You didn't invite me.

No.

So what are you talking about?

I gave up on inviting you.

I ain't going to beg you to hunt with me.

My dad never had to beg me.

The difference between hunting and killing, you know.

I didn't want to get a deer the way you hunt.

Sitting in tree stands, waiting for him to walk by, dressed up like a tree.

You're just like them guys that shine a light in the woods and knock them off

while they're paralyzed.

I hunt like every other man in the goddamn state hunts.

Tommy Turnwater wouldn't think so.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

Why are you always talking about that crazy Indian?

You ain't dumb enough to believe them stories, are you?

Don't lecture me about killing.

Because I've been there and you ain't.

No, you haven't.

You missed the war, remember?

You were one of the lucky ones who didn't have to go.

I didn't miss nothing.

I did my time.

You didn't do anything.

You think you were there, but it's all in your head.

I had a thick Navy to take care of.

Maybe if you'd come out and help me, I could have done things different.

It's probably your blood that ruined me. It's goddamn white disease.

You don't know what you're talking about, boy.

Why are you always blaming me for everything?

It's not my fault you couldn't cut it as a pilot.

You don't respect anybody else, you're gonna respect me.

Bleeding?

You sure you don't want me to go get your mom?

You need her?

You go get her.

I can be a lazy hunter.

Just how lazy I can be.

There was a boy who shot nothing, then turned himself on the gun.

Whose blood turned against him when he needed it most.

What are you doing up so early?

I don't know.

He's not in his room, his bed's still made.

He ain't here.

He didn't come home last night.

Is he at Junior's?

What's wrong?

He's got to learn he can't talk to me like that, Maggie.

What are you talking about?

I hit him in the face last night.

We took care of it. He's fine.

Are you okay?

I'm fine. You're filthy.

Where'd you sleep?

In the car.

Where'd you go?

Nowhere.

Sit down. Your dad owes you a big apology.

No, you don't Got

money

saved keep your money

I'm sorry. I hit you

You lost a lot when you lost me, six paperback books and a diamond

ring. You

lost a lot when you lost me, six paperback books and a

diamond ring.

not taking my powwow chair.

Mom, I ain't got any furniture.

I guess you're just gonna have to sit on the floor.

Or stay here where all the furniture is.

When you getting a phone?

I don't know. How many times you gonna ask me that?

Any times as I want to, smart aleck.

Remember, you have a doctor's appointment on Tuesday.

Told me that ten times, too.

Guess I'll just have to meet you there.

Mom, you don't have to go.

It's just a checkup.

I can handle it.

Maybe I want to go.

You ain't invited.

I'm 18 years old, remember?

Ooh, big deal.

I had a skillet older than you.

Dad'll be home in a few minutes.

Don't you want to say goodbye to him?

Nah.

Junior's waiting.

But you can't tell me he owes me a thousand bucks.

It's not good to hold a grudge.

It's bad for your spirit.

He shouldn't say things he don't mean.

Give me a hug.

All right. I gotta go now.

Call me.

I'm over at Dr. Moore's there.

I will.

Have a good night at work, Mom.

So when are you and Cheeky leaving?

Next week.

Dad's going to drive us out there.

Doesn't want me to have a car because he thinks I might try to escape or

something.

Hey, Junior.

When you and your dad are hunting, y 'all don't just sit down by a tree and

for the other hunters to try to do your way, do you?

Are you kidding?

Dad's got a steel rod in his knee from the war.

Sat down in the cold, ain't never getting up again.

He'd rust all like that silver dude from the Wizard of Oz.

Tin Man?

Yeah, that guy.

Yeah, more like the Scarecrow.

What, all skinny and shit?

No.

Every time I bleed, it's like, there goes some more of me again.

Yeah, my dials shoot anything that moves.

Some never hits nothing.

Said when he was a nom.

And they get attacked, he'd just shoot in the direction where the bullets were

coming from.

Kind of hunts the same way, too.

Empties his chamber and hopes he hits something.

Ain't easy killing something as big as you are.

Hey, Junior.

One more thing before you go.

through basic training, you fat ass!

Shut up, you skinny bleeder!

You happy now, doughboy?

Yeah, I'm happy.

You're the one leaving the best girl in the world to go sleep with a bunch of

guys before you.

Yeah, how'd you know?

Mailbox.

I'm Jerry. I live next door to you.

You got a boy's name.

You have a great name.

Met the other day.

Yeah, I remember that really cute guy was helping you move in.

Are you cold sitting out here?

Is it cold out here?

Uh -huh.

That's weird.

I can't feel it.

What'd you buy?

Oh, some jeans, a pair of shoes.

What about a shirt?

Didn't buy a shirt.

I'd like to see that outfit.

I bet you would.

Hey, come keep me company while I do my laundry.

So, did you grow up around here?

Trying to.

Keep getting younger.

Lucky you. I feel like I aged five years since school started.

What tribe are you from, anyway?

A little bit of everything, pretty much.

Pueblo, Navajo, Mexican, Spanish.

Damn. You're like an Indian goulash.

Do you always say whatever's on your mind?

No.

Got lots of secrets.

So, how are you, man?

I'm fine.

So, can I go now?

I, uh...

I ran into your mom at the hospital. She said you moved out of the house?

Yep.

What's your hurry?

Not enough hot water.

Oh, I got a brother who lived at home the whole time I was in medical school.

think he was about 30 when he finally flew the coop.

Maybe you had a taste for free food.

It's good to see you and all, Doc, but now you didn't just call me in here to

shoot the shit.

What's on your mind?

You remember Jimmy Littlejohn?

Oklahoma City?

The only other Indian hemophiliac in the state?

Sure. How could I forget him?

He passed away last week, Hunter.

I wanted to be the one to tell you.

I saw him dancing at Palau's all summer.

What happened?

You ever heard of AIDS?

From your mom or on the news?

It's that gay disease, right?

There's no such thing as a gay disease.

So what are you saying?

Jimmy died of AIDS?

Yeah.

And how'd he get it?

Through his infusions.

How old was he?

34.

At least he lived that long.

Hunter, he had a much more severe case than you.

You think that just because he had it, that I might have it too?

No.

I just think we should test you to make sure that everything is okay.

Since all clotting factor is made from the same blood supply.

I can't believe this.

Just got out of school and I'm getting tested again.

Can't they just clean up the blood supply?

Instead of taking it from anyone who just walks in from the street?

I don't want to say anything to my folks until we know for sure.

We should get the blood work back in about three weeks.

We'll take it from there.

I saw Dr.

Moore.

Everything's okay.

He's just checking up on me.

I'll see you.

Cheer up. There'll be other days.

So what are you studying at

Northeastern?

Linguistic pathology.

Is that like the study of liars or something?

Speech therapy.

I want to work with people who have speech impediments because of strokes

head injuries.

Do you like dudes with medical problems?

No. Not necessarily.

What are you doing in the next minute or two?

I don't know.

Talking to you.

Mama flip if she saw this

How come out of all your kids and grandkids, you picked me to pass your

to?

How come you didn't pick Vince or Robin or Uncle Bingo?

Because you're the one I trust to pass it on again when you're an old man.

What if I don't live to be old?

Keep thinking like that.

You get old before you know it.

You know, when I was little, I used to think my blood was bad

because I wasn't full of blood like you.

Oh, you're lucky.

Sometimes I feel like a tick that ate too much.

Like I'm going to blow up.

There's still lots of stuff I want to do.

Any fool can get old, Otter.

It takes a genius not to waste time.

Not bad, huh?

This old house sure did get big when Honor left, didn't it?

Sure did.

Any kid that survived this long with that mouth must have magical powers.

Cut that boy open.

Bunch of four -leaf glowers will probably pour out.

What you doing here?

Came to see it. Is it against the law or something?

Step into my humble commode.

I'd offer you a seat, but I'm sitting in it.

That's all right.

Never this neat before.

You owe me a thousand bucks.

Let's get you some food, boy.

Your mom would blow a gasket if she saw this.

Thanks for the groceries, Dad.

That's all right.

What are we doing here?

I don't know.

Thought you might get a kick out of it.

So how's Mom doing without me?

She's okay.

She brought an umbilical cord home from work last week.

Buried in the backyard for some damn reason.

Not so nobody could put a curse on it.

I think about it. She buried yours, too.

A lot of good it did me.

I was born cursed.

Yeah, you ain't cursed.

I always admired you.

You sure about that?

Yeah.

She ain't never got a break with your health.

You kept on laughing like an idiot anyway.

Dad? There's something I've got to tell you.

I was going to wait until I heard. I know, son.

Your mom's the one who asked Dr. Moore to give you that test.

She heard about Jimmy at work.

Nothing gets past you when it comes to you. You know that.

So does granddaddy know?

Mom don't keep secrets from her son.

I'm so scared, Dad.

Hey.

Look at me.

I'm going to stand by you no matter what happens.

It's gonna be alright.

Hey,

Jerry. Hey.

I can't do this.

Can I help?

More than anything.

But I can't.

Not yet.

You're starting to freak me out, Hunter. Tell me what's wrong.

Sometimes my body rejects my bionics.

This isn't funny, Hunter.

Are you on fucking drugs or something?

No.

No, it's not what you think.

Then what is it?

I don't want to hurt you.

Don't just run away, Hunter.

Hunter, talk to me.

A deer is a perfect hiding machine.

It can disappear in any terrain, in any season.

I must have got him, Bear.

I knew we missed it.

Damn.

You couldn't hit your pocket with a goddamn quarter, Manny. No.

Not this time, Bear.

You couldn't hit the bottom of a toilet with a turn.

You couldn't hit water if you fell out of the damn canoe, Manny.

Hey, you and a minute, Bear.

Just keep looking.

It's around here somewhere.

Do you see him, Bear?

Bear?

Don't just stand there, Bear.

Let's see if he's alive.

I should have been there, granddaddy. I should have been with him.

Could have been you if he had gone.

Maybe it was supposed to be.

Knock it off.

Who's that?

Pretty rotten, huh?

Look, sorry about the other day.

It's okay.

Maybe someday you'll tell me what that was about.

You want me to get that food my dad sent over?

Yeah.

Sorry about your dad.

Thanks for coming home.

Say hi to Cheeky for me.

Try to eat, Mom.

I can't. Looks like afterbirth.

Well,

I'm done.

I'm sorry.

That was gross, wasn't it?

Just a little.

Guess we should call Doc more one of these days.

I'm not ready yet.

Me neither.

Just wait a little while.

Is that from me?

I don't know.

He just showed up.

Thank you.

Feels good to make something.

Dad wouldn't believe it if he saw it.

He sees it.

I guess now I just have to practice.

You don't need practice for what you're looking for, Honor.

Just courage.

And you're full of that

Satsang with Mooji

I used to wear this in case of emergencies.

I think I've outgrown it.

uh huh

Bye.

Bye.

There was a boy who was part deer and part bird.

Part science and four leaf clovers.

There was a boy who dreamed of becoming a good story.

And made it happen.

Got your note?

Are you okay?

Thank you.

Thank you.

I don't know what you mean