Wildling

Do you want to hear a story?

Do you want me to tell you about the Wildling?

His teeth are long...

...and sharp like this.

And so are his nails.

Long and sharp...

...like this.

And his hair...

...is long and black.

All over his whole body.

Do you wanna hear more?

No.

Okay.

You're my special little berry.

- Good morning, Anna. - Good morning, Daddy.

I'm gonna listen to your heart and I'm gonna tell you to breathe.

Okay, now.

Breathe in.

Okay.

The men are getting worried. They don't see you around anymore.

Hunt's over.

Sure, but that don't mean you can just disappear.

Roger, I'm retired.

Alright. I'll see yo...

I'm sorry the door gave you a sting.

I told you about that.

It's made so that the Wildling will get hurt if he tries to get in.

Why does he wanna get in?

Because you're the last one left.

He ate all the other children.

Who was that today?

I heard someone talking.

There is no one.

There is only Anna and Daddy.

Anna and Daddy.

There is only Anna and Daddy.

But only Daddy can go outside...

...because Anna is too small.

Anna must always stay inside.

Anna must stay inside.

# Happy birthday to you

# Happy birthday, dear Anna ##

Close your eyes. Okay, now open.

I plucked him from the berry-bush.

"Was evident...

"...that the youngster had become so accus...

- Accustomed. - "Accustomed...

...to the marvelous..."

One, two, three, four...

...five, six, seven, eight...

Seven, eight, nine, ten.

He's in a better place.

I'm gonna take him to where I plucked him...

...and I'm going to bury him there...

...and then after a while...

...a bush will grow out of him...

...and then when the spring comes...

...it'll grow new berries.

And Dusty will grow back?

Yes...

...but it will be a new Dusty.

What's wrong with me?

You're sick.

Anna, this is medicine...

...and Daddy needs to see your tummy.

Good girl. Now Daddy is gonna put the medicine in your tummy...

...and it's gonna sting, okay?

Anna, close your eyes. Now, one...

...two...

...three.

Good girl.

We're gonna have to do this every day.

Hey, Anna. Anna.

It's your birthday.

Don't you wanna count your bears?

Daddy...

...can...

...can you take me to the better place?

Maybe a bush will grow out of me.

You'll close your eyes...

...and you'll go to sleep.

Then there will be nothing.

No.

Very good, we're pushing 1000 milligrams.

Hi.

It's okay.

I'm here to help you.

I'm the one who found you.

Your neighbors called me to report a gunshot.

Sheriff Ellen Cooper.

I have a few questions to ask you. Would that be okay?

Yeah?

What's your name?

Anna.

Anna. It's nice to meet you, Anna.

What's your last name?

Anna.

Officer...

...can I talk with you for a minute?

You sit tight.

We detected a high concentration of Leuprorelin in her system.

One more day and we probably would've lost her.

- What's that? - It's typically used to treat...

...endometriosis uterine fibroids or conditions such as paraphilia.

Thing is, she's got none of those.

In fact, we couldn't find anything to justify this kind of treatment.

Do you think he was poisoning her?

Uh, it's a pretty heavy drug...

...with a wide range of drastic side effects, but it is very efficient...

...at down-regulating the secretion of estrogen in a woman's body.

There is no evidence of any menstrual cycle at all.

I think whoever did this to her wants to slow down her maturity.

- That's fucked up. - Yeah, I'll leave you to it.

- Thank you, doctor. - Yeah.

Anna...

...I'm gonna undo these straps for you, okay?

It's okay.

Just gonna undo these straps.

Like that.

It's okay.

There you go.

Where's Daddy?

Is he in the better place?

Good morning, everyone.

So the doctors have told me what a bright young girl you are...

...and how well you've responded over the past week to all their crazy tests.

I bet you're just about ready to get out of here, huh?

Well, we think you're ready to move on too.

So the Belington House is a wonderful place.

They have a wide variety of special therapeutic programs...

...designed for girls just like you and it's a lot more fun than a hospital.

Excuse me, I'm sorry to interrupt...

...but I gotta say, locking her up again doesn't really sound like the right strategy.

With all due respect, Sheriff, I think we can trust Dr. Rooney's expertise.

We haven't even received the DNA results yet.

I was just explaining to our patient, the Belington House is...

I'm gonna go with her!

Well, uh...

...we'll see about that.

So you're gonna be with me until your DNA results come in.

DNA is something that we use to identify any relatives that you might have.

Until then I'm gonna be responsible for you.

You okay with that?

You don't like my driving?

We're going less than 20 miles an hour. It's safe.

I mean, not in... in general.

If, you know, for example if you're driving under the influence but...

...I don't drink so no need to worry about that.

- You don't drink? - Not anymore.

You must be very thirsty.

Not many vegetarians in this town.

Little shit.

- What are you thinking? - Come on, let's go.

You wanna stay away from guys like that.

You hungry?

I'm not a great cook, but I know what goes with ketchup.

Pretty good, huh?

- Who's this? - Anna, this is Ray.

Ray, this is Anna, the girl that I was telling you about from the hospital.

Why is she wearing my clothes?

Because she's our guest and because she needed something to wear.

You never wear that shirt anyway, so why do you care?

- What happened to your head? - It's none of your fuckin' business.

Excuse me, language, young man.

Are you his Daddy?

No, I'm not his daddy. I'm his sister.

Only men can be daddies and women are moms.

Everyone has them.

Whether you like it or not.

I'm sorry it smells a bit musty in here...

...because we don't use this room very often.

Okay, here you go.

Well if you, uh, you need anything, I'm just across the hall, okay?

Okay?

- Can we close it? - Are you cold?

The Wildling.

What's the Wildling?

He eats children.

Oh.

Did your daddy tell you that?

Have you ever seen him, a Wildling?

In my dreams.

Listen, Anna, I've been to a lot of places...

...and I've never seen a Wildling before.

It's okay, you're safe here.

You get some rest. You've had a long day.

Goodnight.

Hey.

Good morning.

You okay in there?

It's 7:00, time for breakfast.

Whoa!

We only moved here for Ellen's job. Right after our parents died.

If we were still in the city, we'd be taking the subway.

No subway sucks.

No cell phone signal anywhere, ever. Sucks.

Only one single chain restaurant and that's Dairy Queen. Sucks.

I told you.

They're not hamsters. And they're not babies either.

No?