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Sometimes darkness speaks to me
It's a voice that says,
"hold on, hold on!
There will be a chance to talk to someone!"
But that's unlikely to happen.
People get scared when they understand the kind of help I need,
when they get that I don't want to be alone,
that I'm eager to tell them how I got here...
how I ended up at the end of the world...
Don't ever ask for a ride around here again, O.K?
It's such a deserted place and you could die of heat stroke!
Haha, don't worry about it Don Gume!
We, the people from Mexicali, can stand the hottest weather!
Here...
here we are at El Pozo.
It's a crossroad...
Good luck...
to you...
Where is everybody?
That's weird...
I don't see any chickens or dogs.
Nothing at all!
Did you need help young man?
Oh... you are lost!
Uh no... Someone just dropped me here...
How did you get here?!
Don Gume... a rancher brought me here...
Excuse me?
Are you buying anything?
or did you just want to come chat?
A soda.
Take it from the fridge.
10 pesos each.
All of them are 1939 vintage,
the best of the best. Their flavor is unmatchable.
What do you have that's actually drinkable?
Ok then... Go to the well next to the highway.
It has good water. It's all you can drink...
It's free...
Hehehe... It always happens when an outsider visits...
Let's go to Don Hilario's house. He'll know how to treat those wounds.
Please seat yourself down, young master. I'll treat those wounds for thee right away...
Agustin, I thank you for bringing this gentleman in need.
No, no. It wasn't me, Don Hila.
It was Gume. He owed us an offering and....
What is thy name, young master?
I'm Esteban...
Oh, Lord Esteban! It is a pleasure to meet thee!
My name is Hilario Zepeda and the one over here is Agustin Covantes!
Nice to meet you, but... washing up the wound and taking aspirin should be enough...
Really!
First things first! Thou hast lost enough blood already!
Now, let us stitch the wound so it will not get infected.
Then, we will introduce thee to our neighbors...
Agustin, what time is it?
It's past 7, Don Hila. It will get dark soon...
Now we need to dress you up decently!
Not with those rags thou is wearing, my dear young master...
I'm sorry, but... I just want to see my family.
Is there any bus that comes through here soon?
Sometimes automobiles pass by, sometimes a truck...
Please don't move young man, I am almost done...
Thy suit will be ready when thou art back! Thou will see how beautiful it is!
Excuse me, but I'm tired of this place! I have been trying all day to get out of here...
It's said that there was a tremor that swallowed the entire land...
not a person was left alive. Not one!
Since then "El Pozo" is wasteland, just black dust...
Wait a minute!
But I was left there... at El Pozo...
by a rancher from around here... Don Gume!
Don Gume died right there, at that very dangerous curve...
He had a couple gallons of gas in the back of his truck...
he went up flames... The poor thing...
So tell me,
did you see the black boulder?
Yeah, why? Is it important?
Only if the monolith saw you...
What does that even mean?
The only ones who saw me were the dwarf, Agustin I think,
and a tailor... Don Hilario!
Don't tell me that....
I don't know anything about Agustin..
but Don Hilario was my father.
He was murdered around here.
Great tailor, my old man. That's how I remember him,
and you?
Just like you said...
great tailor. He was very professional.
Are you feeling alright boy?
I'm short of breath...
I'll be straight with you kid.
At the next curve you'll disappear,
you get that?
Why me?
Because that's how far El Pozo's strength reaches...
And... what's going to happen to me?
I don't know...
to me you are... well...
you are...
a ghost.
( he owed us an offering... you could die of a heat stroke... Thy suit will be ready when thou are back! )
I knew I'd seen you before, young man.
Look at this...
I was lost 6 days ago...
I went out camping for the weekend... and never came back...
WAIT!
Young man, I'm going to promise you something.
Every weekend I'll drive around here.
If you want, we can travel together for a while... and...
if possible... bring my old man with you...
Tell him I want a suit, like when I was kid and I needed one for graduation...
Do you accept?
I do! Of course I do!
My name is Hilario Zepeda.
Tell the old man that he has 13 grandkids between me and my siblings!
Sometimes darkness speaks to you
Sometimes it only wants to play with you,
to grab your attention, your interest
Like myself, here...
like YOU,
NOW