The Humanity Bureau

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You have left the security perimeter of New America.

Your safety is no longer guaranteed.

Agent Noah Kross.

Leaving security perimeter A57.

Please record and confirm the following:

I'm aware of the danger.

I'm making this trip of my own free will

and without coercion.

I'm aware of all Humanity Bureau procedures

including subsection 2355.

Send all incoming messages to my voicemail.

I will retrieve 'em

upon my safe return. End communication.

Record and reference the following:

Humanity Bureau case file 56672941.

Chester Hills, white male, age 73.

This is my first visit to Mr. Hills' home.

His motel room.

I'm 15 minutes early.

Mr. Hills' deportation is scheduled for next Tuesday at 9:00 a.m.

Notes to follow. End recording.

Clean water and a clean start.

Agent Noah Kross, Humanity Bureau. I'm looking for Chester Hills.

A new life awaits you in New Eden.

Hey, buddy!

We have an appointment. He's expecting me.

Yeah, I didn't think you were here to rent a room.

Chester's across the parking lot.

Up the stairs to your right. Room 223.

I'm obliged by management

to tell all city dwellers not to drink from our taps.

But if you're interested,

I've got purified water.

Liter bottle seal's intact.

Nitrate-free. No detectable liquid waste.

It's a long ways back to the city.

You know unlicensed sale of clean water is a felony.

Yeah, well, we all do what we have to. Don't we?

There's a loose board on the stairs. Don't trip.

Or do.

# How sweet just to be #

# Alone with our dreams #

This is it? You're not employed. These paystubs are 12 years old.

Is this why I drove 300 miles?

I have a right to an appeal.

Last time I checked this is still America.

Land of the free, home of the brave.

Well, it is, isn't it?

I am here to help you. I am not your enemy.

I don't want your help.

You have no right to come in here and tell me how to live.

None whatsoever.

Well, I'm very sorry you feel that way.

But I do believe New Eden will provide you

with the fresh start you so rightly deserve.

Don't you want a better life?

You have no income.

You've exhausted all of your government benefits.

How will you survive?

You must be a productive citizen. It is the law.

It is a crime to do otherwise.

You're destitute. A burden to society.

You have no grounds for an appeal

under the rules of the Humanity Act.

And if you don't agree to resettlement,

I'll have no other choice but to have you arrested.

I'm no fool.

I know the truth.

And what truth is that?

This is a waste of time.

? Remember warm summer nights ?

? Walks through the tide ?

Mr. Hills, are you all right?

I'm just jim-dandy, Mr. Kross!

I am a citizen of the United States of America.

I dined at the White House.

Goddammit!

It was a pretty good meal, too.

Chester, what in the hell is...

You little shit!

I got a look at the coroner's report.

You fired three rounds.

One of which, caught that old man right between the eyes.

He was the governor of Colorado once upon a time. You know that?

How the mighty fall.

It was just a lucky shot.

Well, look, good, now management took notice.

You're getting promoted.

It doesn't bother you that two men are dead?

It's a hostile environment, you know.

What are you gonna do? You looked after yourself.

People are desperate. Can't find clean water. Soil won't grow food.

I've seen children drink their own piss.

Which is why I rarely leave the city.

Nice.

It's a shame there are no fish left in the ocean.

When I was a kid, there were all kinds of fish.

My mother would take me up north to Canada.

Jackfish Lake. I believe the cabin's still there.

Know what, when you were a kid, your mother starved to death.

Almost took you with her.

There's nothing up there but desert.

You don't know that it's all desert.

Yeah, I do.

Radiation contaminated everything, Noah. Everything.

And that's restricted information.

Why do you insist on livin' in the past?

- Monet? - You like it?

I like the monetary value. Where's your Dogs Playing Poker?

It's hangin' in my bathroom.

There's little enthusiasm for New Eden.

There are rumors of overcrowding and disease.

People would rather stay put.

But that's not an option.

Is it?

Chester Hills said he knew the truth.

The truth?

He was determined to stay put. He wasn't going anywhere.

Chester Hills was a sad old man who probably drank his own piss.

# There ain't no stars in faded Gloryville #

# We've chased our dreams into the ground #

# If disillusion has some hope to kill #

# Here nobody wears a crown #

# The road can break you coming down a hill #

# But going up is always fun #

Record. Case file 56672996.

Rachel Weller, single mother, age 30.

Son Lucas, age 11. This is my first visit to the Weller home.

A two-story farmhouse.

Display photo of mother and son.

Do I have to wear these shoes?

They hurt my feet. They're too tight.

Lucas, it's just for today.

And don't get those dirty.

I have to return them in the morning.

- But mom! - Lucas!

If you want to stay on this farm,

we have to prove that we can take care of ourselves.

So, best behavior, please.

Mrs. Weller.

I'm Agent Noah Kross, Humanity Bureau.

We have an appointment.

It's Miss. This is my son.

Lucas.

So, please come in, Mr. Kross.

So, how do we begin? I assume you've done this before.

Many times. Relax and don't worry. It's painless.

Mom, these shoes are pinching my feet.

He's a growing boy.

They won't be a factor in my review.

He's free to take them off.

I'm taking them off.

Well, don't get the laces in a knot.

You received the registered letter listing the documents I require?

Yes, I did, they're in the living room.

Perfect. No worries then.

Sorry.

What kind of gun do you have?

It's a Beretta PX4.

- You like it? - Yeah.

It won't make you sick. It's boiled and filtered.

We don't want you dying at our table.

That's most considerate. Thank you.

Why are you writing all those numbers?

I'm attempting to verify your mother's productivity rating.

As citizens of this great nation,

it's our duty to contribute more than we take.

- You sound like my teacher. - Mm-hmm.

We all must pull our weight.

She says that too.

Shouldn't people with more help those with less?

In theory, yes.

But in practice, it's a difficult concept to sustain.

Is that why we have to move?

Our score is too low? We don't contribute enough?

You look thirsty.

My friend Bobby Sloan moved to New Eden.

He promised to write, but he didn't Not to me anyway.

I bet has new friends.

I bet he's forgotten all about me.

I bet he drinks lemonade every day.

I wouldn't be so hard on him.

Where is he now?

According to his itinerary,

Kross is reviewing a deportation order in the town of Oliver.

Oh, she's a pretty woman.

The appointment was scheduled for noon, so, uh...

Yeah, he should've returned and filed his report by now.

Why the sudden interest in Kross?

He's up for a promotion. Standard procedure.

Standard procedure. Uh, since when, sir?

Send me his report as soon as he's filed it.

And he's not to know he's being investigated.

Yes, sir.

I can't remember the last time we used the good silverware.

Lucas, I will glue your mouth shut. I swear.