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(Jam Down) I’ll start a fire. (Junior) Wa wrong wid you Rasta? If you

start a fire, who gwa see it? (Jam Down) True, true, the enemy. (Pronto)
Right. Somebody help me with this wound. (Starting to dress Machista’s
wound). It may hurt, so try to relax. (Machista) Ah, OK. Just do what

you have to (Looking Pronto right in the face). (Pronto) (Pronto gets
up). Junior, Jam Down and Kucklins, come here. Born II, stay with ben.

We’re going to get some food.

They all gather outside.

(BornII) Why do I have to stay all the time? (Pronto) We’re going to
hunt for food. (Pronto ushers the 3 guys to follow him). Now, don’t say
a word, but that’s not Ben in there. (Junior) What are you talking about?

I heard you call him Ben ‘nuff times Rosta. (Pronto) Listen. I called him
Ben because at first, I thought it was Ben, but it’s the spirit god

Machista and we are in deep shit. (Jam Down) More shit than the
Japanese from how it looks. (Pronto) Yes, Machista must be hurt
somehow and doesn’t have the strength to kill us or he would have.

(Kucklins) Then if he isn’t Ben or whoever, how did you know? (Pronto)
When Machista was freed from his crypt, I was there and his eyes were

black like the sea. (He flashes back to when Machista was free).
When he looked at me a moment ago I remembered his eyes. We’ve got

to get help. (Junior) Yeah, but Duppy or not I mon Junior Buckey Marshal
Donnivan Dread will not run from no idiot Duppy without first getting my

boy Born II. (Jam Down) Come na say is Duppy conqueror we dis. (Pronto)
You know how to capture spirits? (Junior) Yea mon nuf time I mon see
duppy in na JA. They walk back to the cave. (Junior) Born II, come

here, I need your help. (Born II) I’m coming. (He runs out). Is wa
wrong? (Junior) Come run and I’ll tell you we’ve got to go.

They start to run.

(Junior) You see, back in na dat da cave is a duppy name Machista. Roots.

Jah know I mon na run from duppy but the rest of us will so me is a mon
who stick wid em friend dem so come. (Born II) He’s no duppy back
there, he’s a man. (Junior) No mon, he’s a killa dread. (Born II) Oh yea,

what should we do with him?

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