When We Decide

DJANGO

We’re not birds, we’re rats. We don’t leave nests, we make them bigger.

REMY
Maybe I’m different kind of rat.

DJANGO

Maybe you’re not a rat at all.

REMY
Maybe that’s a good thing.

REMY
Rats! All we do is take, Dad. I’m tired of taking. I want to make things! I want to add something to this world.

DJANGO
Come with me... I got something I want you to see.

DJANGO
We’re here.

DJANGO

Take a good, long look, Remy. This is what happens when a rat gets a
little too comfortable around humans.

DJANGO
The world we live in belongs to the enemy. We must live carefully. We look out for our own kind, Remy.
When all is said and done, we’re all we’ve got.

His point made, Django turns to go. Remy stares up at the
horrible window, then softly says--

REMY
No.

DJANGO
(stops in his tracks)
What..?

REMY
No, Dad. I don’t believe it. You’re telling me that the future is-- can
ONLY be-- (points at window) --more of this?

DJANGO
This... is the way things are. You can’t change nature.

REMY
Change IS nature, Dad.
The part that we can influence.
And it starts
when we decide.

DJANGO
Where you goin’?

REMY
With luck... forward.