Not surprised, there. He's always so...closed off, 'bout things that happened 'fore he got to Whitetail. Unless it's something he learned, like— like a harvesting technique or something... All I know's we're all he's got. Me and the others, learning from him.

[ Why agree to The Final? Brett asks that on the tape. Her soft expression freezes. That's...something she wants to know, too. ]

He... He's the only one...who doesn't...coddle us.