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Reece hands him the pistol. Ben slots the bullet back into the magazine, and the mag back into the gun. He spies an engraving on the Glock’s slide: “RIDE OR DIE...” BEN (CONT’D) What’s this? REECE It was a gift from the troop. Engraved our slogan on the slide. BEN Maybe Boozer picked the team gun to send a message. A way to say goodbye. REECE Maybe... The questions about his platoon are clearly eating at Reece. Ben hands the gun back to his friend. BEN Yeah. You might be a beer or two short of a six pack. But you feel like anything’s off, you call me. Ben raises his bottle. Reece toasts him back. Grateful. INT. THE REECE HOUSE -- NIGHT Reece enters the house. A T.V. plays in the kitchen. NEWS ANCHOR (O.S.) INT. THE REECE HOUSE -- KITCHEN -- NIGHT Lauren watches T.V. at the dinner table, working on a laptop. Reece enters and serves himself pasta, ignoring the news. NEWS ANCHOR (CONT’D) --An action that is being called the largest single loss of Navy SEALs since the 2011 shoot down of a Chinook Helicopter in Afghanistan-- Reece turns it off. He sits at the table with Lauren. REECE Where’s Luce? She eat already? ...San Diego is bracing for an early winter storm, with up to two inches of rain expected tonight. But first, our top story...
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