Rebuilding

Here you go.

One hundred sixty-eight, eight on five.

One hundred sixty-eight, eight on five.

Hey, don't be afraid to get some today.

We got a lot of good ones out here.

We got a total dispersal sale now.

Got a total dispersal sale here and a lot of good cattle coming.

All right, got a nice set of yearlings right there.

All right, these will be Dusty Fraser's.

They're eight-weight, backport, ready to go out on grass.

These are good set right here.

They're going through

a little bit of a hard time.

Let's see what we can do to help him.

A dollar 70, 71.

$1.71 is one to two. Who'll do $1.72, 72.

Now three. A $1.73, a three and hold. $1.74.

Hold at five, we'll do six. Make it six, $1.76, 77, 78--

Hold at $1.78. Seventy-eight, nine, $1.79. Hold at $1.79.

Nine, now eight. You're holding at $1.80. Make it 80.

Eighty-one, one, ordered at $1.81.

$1.81, bids a $1.81. Now twos, a $1.82.

Who'll bid at a $1.82.

Make it two? Who will make it a $1.82.

$1.82. Buyer number 824 on two.

This is really a crisis in fast motion.

The way that this has, um, quickly moved to destroy

close to a thousand homes and many more damaged,

affecting many more thousands of people...

...in Colorado and trying to think out of the box.

And she's a pretty good ally in helping us do that

in a lower-cost way, faster way.

Uh, we are...

...the Federal Emergency Administration can bring to bear.

Um, to, uh, the families who've lost everything they have,

uh, we are setting up everything--

Two, eight,

seven,

six.

Hey.

Hi, Dusty.

Ruby.

How are you holding up?

I'm fine. Thanks. Uh...

-Do you need something? -I was just passing by.

I figured I... I'd, um...

-It's been a while. -Yeah, I ought to be off.

Things are busy, so...

Uh, it's good to see you.

-Callie-Rose. -Oh, no.

Your dad's gonna take you for a bit.

I don't think that's a good idea.

Mom has a doctor's appointment

and Robbie's working night.

It actually works out good.

Have a seat on the couch. She'll be down in a minute.

Dusty.

Bess.

How you holding up?

My, uh, cousin, Lannie...

I think you met her one time.

She's got, uh, 2,500 acres up in Montana.

Big spread and, uh,

says she could use a hand up in calving season.

Maybe longer if things work out. Save up to rebuild the place.

Hm. Can't get no work here?

They... They set me up with some work in the highway department.

Um, you know that old dirt road up by 50?

But, I mean, that's not...

That's not who I am, so...

You told Ruby yet?

What, Montana?

Yeah.

Um...

Callie-Rose.

So, uh...

I don't know how much your mom, um...

-How much you heard about-- -I know about the ranch.

I'm gonna be...

staying somewhere else...

just for the time being.

Till things go back to normal.

Is your grandma all right?

She puts pills in her yogurt.

I know how to set a fence post.

Yeah?

It's just temporary.

-Oh, I-- -I can do it.

I can do it.

Do you want something to drink?

I brought some.

You sure came prepared.

Mom says it's like camping.

This one's berry, this one's kiwi strawberry,

and this one's apple.

Mom's a good camper.

Hey, you know...

I was in advanced reading back in elementary school.

Mom said you didn't apply yourself.

Yeah, that's true, I guess.

Mom sent you with that, too?

It's from my school.

There are stories in there we read,

and then there's questions about them.

Huh. No kidding.

What's the Wi-Fi?

Wi-Fi?

Robbie usually does a hotspot from his phone.

What about the neighbors?

We don't need to bother nobody.

Not real neighbors, anyway.

I didn't realize it closed early.

Internet's in the lot here if you need it.

Network's written on the door there.

You want me to read it to you?

No, I need to do it myself.

All right. Lordy.

"The most un-or-di-nary thing

about William's cowboy boots was this.

They were magic. They weren't magic in the usual way.

They didn't glow or throw off sparks.

But when William put them on, he could go anywhere he wanted.

All he had to do was think of a place, any place.

And in the blink of an eye, there he was, just like that."

Can you be a cowboy even without cows now?

I think so.

I just might have to travel to do it.

For work, you know...

get the cows back.

But you live here.

I don't live nowhere anymore.

Mom says you just have too much work with the ranch.

Oh, she said that, huh?

I bet I could be one.

Be one what?

A cowboy.

Thank you for looking after her.

You know we like having her around.

Could've been any one of us. Just a mile down the road.

Yeah.

Listen, uh, I was wondering

if y'all had any work going.

Ditches or haying or something?

Shit, man. Got lots of work.

Yeah?

Lots of work. Endless work.

Got no money, though, man.

Won't be able to pay you nothing.

We're going underwater as it is.

Yeah, sorry. Stupid question.

Yeah. Forget I asked.

Tried getting a loan?

From a bank?

Fair enough. Can't say it worked out for us.

Could try to pull a few hundred dollars together,

sell some stuff for you.

Oh, no. Come on, man.

-I'll be fine. -You sure?

Yeah, of course.

Spent a few hundred years,

moving water, trying to make this place green.

But it's a desert.

That's all it is.

Hey.

Hi.

Thanks.

Just, uh, brought some of Callie's things.

Some clothes and toys.

She should have stuff here, too.

That's all right, uh...

Glad to see you finally started unpacking.

Oh, yeah. I was... I was just gonna...

So, Montana, huh?

Sounds lonely.

Well, what am I doing here?

You really need me to tell you that?

I heard y'all had fun at the library. She won't stop talking about it.

-I'm going, Ruby. -She said she wore your jacket.

-Ruby. -She also said you need a booster seat.

She don't need my help with nothing.

Of course not.

She's trying to be just like you.

-I think this needs batteries. -Ruby.

I only give her one of these a day

-'cause there's sugar in it. -Ruby.

Can you pick her up on Friday? I can get her tomorrow...

-Can you listen to me? -...but my mom stopped driving.

I know you feel like nothing right now...

but to her, you're reborn.

You ain't earned it, but that's how it is.

I gotta go.

Hey there.

I'm Mila.

I live right there.

Dusty.

Is that, like, a cowboy name?

I guess.

You wanna grab a beer?

Oh, that's all right. Thank you.

Oh, come on. We're roasting chilies.