A Private War

460 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:34,795 Wait. 461 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:37,872 I'm not good under pressure. 462 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:42,036 (PAUL SIGHS) (CLICKING) 463 00:33:44,040 --> 00:33:46,315 Ta-da. You're a bloody genius. 464 00:33:55,520 --> 00:33:56,669 (TYPING) 465 00:33:57,400 --> 00:33:58,799 (EXHALES) 466 00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:01,680 Night, Marie. 467 00:34:04,200 --> 00:34:05,200 Night. 468 00:34:25,720 --> 00:34:27,119 (CHUCKLES SOFTLY) 469 00:34:43,440 --> 00:34:48,673 MARIE: Bones and decomposed robes emerged amid the dirt of the machine's jaws. 470 00:34:51,680 --> 00:34:53,477 A small pelvis that was unearthed 471 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:57,109 appeared to have been that of a young teenager. 472 00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:02,632 (MARIE MOANS) 473 00:35:11,880 --> 00:35:16,192 Limbs severed, dirt and rock and flesh torn alike. 474 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:25,679 (GASPS SOFTLY) 475 00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:36,712 The knowledge of the fragility of the human body never leaves you 476 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,028 once you've seen... 477 00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:45,314 Once you've seen 478 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:51,678 how easily flesh can be rent by hot bits of metal. 479 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:00,950 (MARIE BREATHING HEAVILY) 480 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:05,999 Once you've seen... 481 00:36:07,960 --> 00:36:09,598 (MARIE BREATHING HEAVILY) 482 00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,197 (GASPING) 483 00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:17,952 (GROANING) 484 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:19,680 (PANTING) 485 00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:20,909 Fuck. 486 00:36:26,160 --> 00:36:27,673 (CLATTERING) 487 00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,357 (EXHALING) 488 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:40,396 (PHONE RINGING) 489 00:36:44,160 --> 00:36:45,388 (ANSWERING MACHINE BEEPS) 490 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:47,596 Hey. It's Marie. Leave a message if you want. 491 00:36:47,680 --> 00:36:49,193 Although I never actually check this. 492 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:50,280 (SIGHS) 493 00:36:52,960 --> 00:36:54,951 It's just as well, to be honest. 494 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:57,593 I'm up to my neck in politics 495 00:36:57,680 --> 00:36:59,671 and we need to report on the recovery of the euro. 496 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,910 Forget it. Go with the mass grave. 497 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,719 Have you actually spoken to her since she got back from Baghdad? 498 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:05,800 Of course I have. 499 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:13,353 It's pretty grim for a Sunday front page. 500 00:37:14,080 --> 00:37:16,958 Yeah. Is it provocative? Yes. 501 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:18,996 Will it make people choke on their cornflakes 502 00:37:19,080 --> 00:37:21,435 when they're reading about these poor sods? Yes. 503 00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:24,717 We're onto a bloody winner. Fuck the bloody euro. 504 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:28,474 (CHUCKLES) 505 00:37:29,720 --> 00:37:33,110 Listen, I don't think I can come and see you all this weekend. 506 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:34,656 RITA: (ON PHONE) Oh, I really want you to see Chloe. 507 00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:36,272 She's almost started walking. 508 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,197 (SNIFFLES) And I just saw that girl again. 509 00:37:40,760 --> 00:37:41,909 Who? 510 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:43,992 (SOBS) 511 00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:48,278 That child's lifeless body. I can't get it out of my head. 512 00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:52,598 (CRYING) I can't get her out of my head, Rita. Which child, Marie? Marie? 513 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:55,114 The girl who's always on my bed. 514 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:56,918 (PHONE CLATTERS) 515 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:00,274 (SNIFFLES) 516 00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,396 (CRYING) 517 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:05,479 (PHONE RINGING) 518 00:38:06,760 --> 00:38:08,034 (MARIE SNIFFLES) 519 00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:09,678 (CONTINUES RINGING) 520 00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,638 Oh, go on, fuck off. Go on, fuck off. 521 00:38:12,720 --> 00:38:13,720 God. Okay. 522 00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:16,519 Just tell Sean to stop fucking calling me. 523 00:38:16,600 --> 00:38:18,955 I wanna be alone. Right, okay. 524 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:20,075 Done. 525 00:38:21,120 --> 00:38:23,236 (SIGHS) Marie, can we talk now, please? 526 00:38:23,360 --> 00:38:24,918 If you hold the sheet steady. 527 00:38:25,000 --> 00:38:28,072 You have been avoiding this conversation for months. 528 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:31,791 Do you think you might have, you know, 529 00:38:32,720 --> 00:38:34,392 post-traumatic stress disorder? 530 00:38:35,240 --> 00:38:36,275 No. 531 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:41,397 PTSD is what soldiers get. 532 00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:44,136 Come on, we both know you can get it from just witnessing a car accident. 533 00:38:44,160 --> 00:38:46,230 I think you need to talk to someone. 534 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:49,557