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STOCK YARD MANAGER
I’ll swap you for mules. SHEA We want horses. THOMAS These folks can’t handle mules. They’re real green. STOCK YARD MANAGER Green’s their problem. Not mine. SHEA I’ll take a mix, but it needs to be half horses. STOCK YARD MANAGER Alright. But don’t give me any lip about the horses -- they are what they are. They cowboys got all the good ones these days. Let’s see how much we can teach them first. I want to give them a chance. THOMAS Hey, it’s a job, Captain. And we took it. All I got’s my word and I’ll see it through, but half these folks ain’t gonna make it, and we both know it. It’s a free country and this is what they chose. We’re doing what we can, but we need to get moving or winter’s gonna kill us all. SHEA They aren’t ready. THOMAS They won’t ever be ready, Captain. SHEA Just ‘cuz they won’t survive doesn’t mean we don’t try.
Shea and Thomas walk back toward town. THOMAS When you want to pull out? SHEA
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