Part 43 (1/2)

What about your family?

That part was great, too! [Pause.] Oh, s.h.i.+t. That's awful, isn't it?

You killed and ate them.

[Long pause.] Yeah. I'm ashamed.

The Colonel asked me to talk with you about something. On Sat.u.r.day, an elderly couple was eaten a block away from your house.

That wasn't me. No way.

I know. You were at work when it happened. I thought you might be able to help with whoever did it. You know how the Colonel is. It could get ugly.

I'm in the clear, Mr. Harper. I don't hang out with those people no more.

You don't want to go back to the bad old days, do you, Michael? That whole shoot-on-sight thing wasn't good for anybody, was it?

Oh, h.e.l.l, no. That's when I lost this ear. Another inch to the left-

How about if we do a pee test? You think any DNA besides yours might show up?

[Long pause.]

I'm on your side, Michael. I want it to work as much as you do.

[Pause.] I had a bite. Just one bite. I swear.

How'd you get it?

Some guy. Over at the slaughterhouse. You know, when I took my bucket in for a refill.

The Colonel will want to talk to you after our session.

I swear, I didn't know the guy. What the f.u.c.k was I supposed to do, man? He just f.u.c.kin' walked up and gave it to me! If I wouldn't have eaten it, somebody else would have. They were already dead, right?