Dek quotes from Predator: Badlands (2025)

Dek

You protected me, brother. Wolf.

Dek

You should be able to survive on your own.

Thia

I can survive on my own. But who would want to survive on their own?

Dek

Tessa is your sister.

Thia

Sister. I guess she is. I have a sister. What a lovely thought. I need to find her.

Dek

And legs.

Thia

Excuse me?

Dek

Find your sister. And legs.

Thia

Was that a joke?

You fight with rage.

Dek

I fight like father!

You are not father, you are Dek.

Thia

More friends of yours?

Dek

No. It's my mother.

Perhaps the right son did survive. Yield now... and take your place in our clan.

Dek

I have my own clan.

Thia

Dek of the Yautja.

Dek

Not yet.

Thia

Why'd your father kill your brother?

Dek

My brother was protecting me. The clan can have no weakness. I will show them strength.

Thia

On Earth... there's a predator known as the wolf. It's a powerful creature. They hunt in packs. They're very loyal. The leader of the pack is the alpha, known as the most dominant.

Dek

Wolf. This alpha must be a great killer. I will hunt it too.

Thia

No. The alpha isn't the wolf who kills the most. The alpha is actually the one who best protects the pack.

Dek

I see... The alpha is actually the one who best protects the pack. But, I will be the the alpha that kills the most.

What is the device?

Thia

He's asking about the device.

Dek

It's a children's toy. But says it's a map.

What did it say?

Thia

He says its a map.

How does it work?

Dek

Tell tool to look inside. [The device explodes and blows up the Drone Synth]

Thia

That was a children's toy?

Dek

Yautja children!

Dek

You kept this toy?

You remembered what happened...

Dek

I lost my fang!

And you saved my life. You protected me.

Dek

The sun rises. Let's go.

Thia

We can't leave Bud.

Dek

Bud?

Thia

Yeah. Bud. I named her.

Dek

Yautja hunt alone.

Thia

You're not alone. I'm with you.

Dek

You're a tool.

Thia

The tree would have eaten us without her.

Dek

We're not in the tree now.

Thia

How about a lift? Let's go. [Dek lifts her easily, his hand brushing against the exposed robotic components beneath her damaged outer skin] Excuse me, sir.

Dek

What happened to your legs?

Thia

I'm synthetic. I was built and deployed by the Weyland-Yutani Corporation for research. Because their humans wouldn't last a day on this planet.

Thia

I think she's marking you. She wants you to be part of her clan. Maybe she's lost.

Dek

I have no clan!

Thia

What do you mean? Don't all Yautja have family?

Dek

No clan!

Thia

So you never had anyone looking out for you?

Dek

I had a brother.

Thia

What happened to him?

Dek

Father killed him.

Thia

You're grieving.

Dek

Grief is weakness.

Thia

You're here because you lost your brother.

Dek

I am here for Kalisk. Why are you here?

Thia

I'm here because traveling with you is the best way to get back to Tessa. When I was in that vulture's next, I was so afraid I would never see her again.

Dek

What is this creature?

Thia

Bone bison. They're Kalisk food.

Dek

Then it will be my food, too.

Thia

So exciting. Hunting with the Yautja? Tessa wouldn't believe it.

Dek

I'm still alive, brother.

Still much to prove to show who you are.

Dek

I am Yautja.

Not yet.

Dek

Are you holding your sword, Kwei?

No.

Dek

Pick it up!

Genna. The death planet. Home of the un-killable Kalisk. Even father fears it.

Dek

Then the Kalisk shall be my trophy. Father calls me the weakest... so I must kill the strongest.

Failure means death.

Dek

Then I will not fail.

I cannot allow it.

Dek

I make my vow. I make my vow!

Thia

I could help you, but... I need a hand.

Dek

Yautja hunt alone.

Thia

Yautja might hunt alone, but they die alone too. Kalisk. You're hunting the Kalisk.

Tessa

Hi, Dek. How does it feel to be hunted?

Dek

You tell me. [The Kalisk attacks the Super Power Loader]

Thia

Look. Many Yautja have come for the great Kalisk, and none have survived it or Genna. I've seen the Kalisk. I survived it. Here's my proposal: You take me along with you, and I'll guide you to its den. Once there, I get my legs, you get your trophy, and everyone's a winner. Deal?

Dek

You have seen the Kalisk?

Thia

Oh, yeah. I've seen the Kalisk? [Waits for Dek to respond, her confidence slowly draining as the silence stretches, shifts awkwardly, glancing toward the horizon] Okay. Hmm. Good luck with your journey. I'm just gonna... go on my journey. I'm sure you'll figure something out.

Thia

It's so beautiful. After all the time I've been stuck here, I never get tired of the view.

Dek

How long have you been here?

Thia

Well, we arrived on Genna two years ago, and we built a base. Then, I was in the vulture's nest for the most exciting 13 days, seven hours, 43 minutes and two seconds of my life. But I always knew someone would come. I was just wrong about who.

Dek

Who would come?

Thia

Tessa. Our crew is made entirely of synths. But Tessa and I are special. We have a higher sensitivity than the others.

Dek

Sensitivity is weakness.

Thia

Sensitivity is what allows us to understand the creatures on this planet. We were created to work in tandem. Me, cooped up in the lab, Tessa out in the field. Until the wonderful day Tessa let me come with her. We were exploring Genna. And the Kalisk attacked us. Separated me... and us. The last sound I remember hearing was Tessa calling out my name. Reaching for me. Then the Kalisk. I didn't know what to do. But I refuse to believe she's dead.

Dek

Name is Dek. Now talk that way.

Thia

Okay, sure. Well, let's back up and start at the beginning. Genna was formed 64 billion cycles ago, when a dying red dwarf star in a neighboring system...