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(voice cracking): "Elias... you taught my brother how to whittle. How to ride. Then you buried him under the floorboards of your cabin." MURDERER ELIAS: "I told the judge. I told you . It wasn't me. It was my brother. You hanged the wrong man, Vega. And now you get to finish the job." (They pace. Three steps. Sheriff Vega’s hand hovers over her gun. Elias does not draw. He spreads his arms.)

"Three duels. Three verdicts written in blood and gunpowder. The town will call Moss a hero. They will call Vega a sister who failed. And Harding? They will build a statue for a man who died smiling because he took his wife's killer to hell with him." (Moss walks to Vega. He offers a hand.)

"Forgive... you..." (Sheriff Vega drops her gun. She falls to her knees. She did not just kill a murderer. She may have killed an innocent man. The crowd is silent.) SCENE IV: THE THIRD DUEL – THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS PARTICIPANTS: Sheriff Harding vs. Murderer Locke (the man who killed Harding’s wife) murderers vs sheriffs duels script

"The law don't care if you're right. Only if you're standing. Get up. We got more murderers to bury by midnight." SHERIFF VEGA (looking at Elias’s body): "What if I buried an innocent man, Moss?" SHERIFF MOSS (pause, then quietly): "Then you live with it. That's the other duel. The one that never ends." (They walk into the dying light. Behind them, the crows descend.)

"Go ahead. Add my blood to your brother's. See if that brings him back." SHERIFF VEGA (screaming): "DRAW!" (Elias does not move. Vega fires. Elias falls. His last word is a whisper.) (voice cracking): "Elias

"You prayed over their bodies before you slit their throats, Cain. Said the Lord told you to 'prune the flock.'" MURDERER CAIN: "The Lord speaks in whispers. You speak in lead. Let's see which one reaches heaven first." (They pace. Three steps. Dust rises. They turn.)

Both draw. Sheriff Moss is faster—but his gun jams. Cain fires, grazing Moss’s shoulder. Moss does not flinch. He clears the jam with one hand, fires again. The bullet takes Cain in the chest. Then you buried him under the floorboards of your cabin

"In Black Hollow, every bullet has a name. Every sheriff has a ghost. And every murderer? Every murderer was once someone’s last prayer. Duel at dusk. Draw if you dare. But know this: no one walks away clean." FADE TO BLACK.