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COL Reed

You the guy in the flaming car, Sergeant James?

SFC William James

Afternoon, sir. Uh, yes, sir.

COL Reed

Well, that's just hot shit. You're a wild man, you know that?

SFC William James

Uh, yes, sir.

COL Reed

He's a wild man. You know that? I want to shake your hand.

SFC William James

Thank you, sir.

COL Reed

Yeah. How many bombs have you disarmed?

SFC William James

Uh, I'm not quite sure.

COL Reed

Sergeant?

SFC William James

Yes, sir.

COL Reed

I asked you a question.

SFC William James

Eight hundred seventy-three, sir.

COL Reed

Eight hundred! And seventy-three. Eight hundred! And seventy-three. That's just hot shit. Eight hundred and seventy-three.

SFC William James

Counting today, sir, yes.

COL Reed

That's gotta be a record. What's the best way to... go about disarming one of these things?

SFC William James

The way you don't die, sir.

COL Reed

That's a good one. That's spoken like a wild man. That's good.

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