WATCHING COWBOY
Where is that boy?
EXT./INT. LIVERY STABLE – EDGE OF TOWN – DUSK
It’s quiet here, nobody around. We move up to the hay-loading window at the loft level. Now Jake dives into view, leaping from the hayloft to a beam and flipping completely around it. We hear GIGGLES. Phoebe climbs the ladder onto the loft and looks in wonder at her manic companion, who now flies back onto the loft. They look at each other with hungry anticipation.
INT. RAE’S ROOM – NIGHT
Mal looks up as the door opens, then stands up when he sees that Rae has brought Slick with her.
MAL
Why him?
RAE
You need help, don’t you?
EXT. CHURCH – SILVERADO – NIGHT
We are looking up at the church steeple from across the square. Now Slick steps into the foreground, looks around,
and waves someone on from behind. Mal comes into the frame.
SLICK
(quietly)
Jake said he’d meet you behind the church. Be careful. They’re all over the place.
Mal’s opinion of Slick has softened. He offers his hand.
MAL
Thanks.
SLICK
(shakes hands)
Good luck.
Mal looks around, then slips away toward the church. Slick stands and watches.
EXT. BACK OF CHURCH – NIGHT
Mal comes around the corner of the building. Cobb is lounging comfortably on the back steps. Mal aims his rifle, but Cobb doesn’t move.