Slim! Smoke!
Delta Slim
Where the hell you been at, man? Huh?
To go see a man about a dog, like I told you, you old drunk. Turns out I need to take a shit, too. [Noticing that Smoke is covered in blood] God Dog! What happened to you, Smoke?
Smoke
Stack dead. ****, what the **** happened to you?
I'm sorry. All right, well, let me in, so I can help.
Annie: Hold on.
What y'all doin'? Just step aside and let me on in, now.
Annie
Why do you need him to do that? You big and strong enough to push past us.
Well, that wouldn't be too polite now, would it, Miss Annie. I don't know why I'm talking to you anyway. Probably your fish sandwich messed up my guts in the first place. Usin' old, stale grease.
Annie
I ain't never used stale grease, and you know it.
Shut up, Annie. Smoke...
Annie
Don't talk to him. You talkin' to me right now. Why can't you just walk your big ass up in here without an invite, huh? Go 'head. Admit to it.
Admit to what?
Annie
That you dead. That one of them white folks out there kill you, and you a haint now.
Smoke, you listenin' to this? Woman, this man showed me kindness. Employed me. Grabbed me out of the field. Now, he say his brother been killed. The man needs comfort, not you fillin' up his mind with that old Louisiana bayou bullshit you on. Now, we out here playing games, telling ghost stories in place of doin' what we ought to do.
Delta Slim
And what is it we s'pose to be doin'?
Being kind to one another. And bein' polite. Now, we is one people's. And we shouldn't go in, bargin' into other folks' places uninvited. So...
Smoke
You been in and outta here all day. Ain't never need an invite then. Yeah, somethin' ain't addin' up.
Shit, Stack was my ride up here. I 'posed to walk back?
Smoke
That ain't my problem.
Well, it be, your own peoples. And I thought you was better than this, but you just like the white man. Can I at least get my money?
Delta Slim
Oh you did such a bang-up job, now you wanna to get paid for what you ain't did.
Ain't nobody talkin' to you, you old drunk. Shut your mouth.
Delta Slim
No, you shut the **** up. Don't give him shit, Smoke. Don't give him nothin'. [Smoke is taking money out of his pocket]
Annie
Careful.
