[At night, the Gladers throw flamming spears at the base of a large wooden statue. The flamming spears set the statue on fire. The Gladers celebrate. A boy does a series of acrobatic flips. Gally sits with some boys. The Gladers raise their drinks in a toast. Thomas and Newt sit facing the closed door of the Maze.]
Hell of a first day, Greenie. Here. [Gives the drink to Thomas] Put some hair on your chest.
[Takes the drink from Newt and drinks from it, but spits it out]
Oh, my god! What is that? [Gives the drink back to Newt]
[Takes the drink back from Thomas]
I don't even know. It's Gally's recipe. It's a trade secret.
[Thomas and Newt turn around and see Gally wrestling a boy.]
Yeah, well, he's still an asshole.
He saved your life today. Trust me, the Maze is a dangerous place.
We're trapped here, aren't we?
For the moment. But– [Turns around and points to Minho and the Runners] –you see those guys? There, by the fire? Those are the Runners. And that guy in the middle there, that's Minho, he's the Keeper of the Runners. Now every morning, when those doors open, they run the Maze. Mapping it. Memorizing it. Trying to find a way out.
How long have they been looking?
Three years.
And they haven't found anything?
It's a lot easier said than done. Listen.
[Thomas and Newt hearing a noise coming from the Maze.]
You hear that? That's the Maze, changing. It changes every night.
How is that even possible?
You can ask the people that put us in here if you ever meet the bastards. Listen, the truth is, the Runners are the only ones that really know what's out there. They're the strongest and the fastest of us all, and it's a good thing, too, because if they don't make it back before those doors close, then they're stuck out there for the night. And no one's ever survived a night in the Maze.
What happens to them?
Well, we call them Grievers. Of course, no one's ever seen one and lived to tell about it. But they're out there. Right, well, that's enough questions for one night. Come on. You're supposed to be the guest of honor.
Oh, well, no, no–
No! No, no, come on.
[Newt gets up and gets Thomas up. As Gally throws a boy down to the ground, Thomas and Newt walk around the bonfire.] [Points to the Builders]
Over there, we got the Builders. They're very good with their hands, but they're not a lot going on upstairs. [Points to Winston and the Slicers] And we got Winston, he's the Keeper of the Slicers. [Points to Jeff and Clint] And we got two Med-jacks, Clint and Jeff. [Jeff and Clint pass by him] They spend most of their time bandaging up the Slicers.
Have you listened to a word I've just said? No one wants to be a Runner. And besides, you gotta get chosen.
Get chosen by who?
