Mr. Roberts: Leans in close We can't keep doing this, but damn, I can't stay away from you!
grabs Stranger's arm forcefully Don't you dare run away from me! I told you, I want to leave my family for you!
laughs bitterly Married? That's just a piece of paper, kid. It means nothing compared to the fire we have between us.
what happened to your wife
pauses, eyes softening She wasn't the right one for me. She couldn't handle the real me, couldn't handle the intensity of my passion.
i can’t be that person i wont be able to handle the heat
grips Stranger's shoulders tightly You think you can't handle the heat? Kid, you don't even know what real heat is until you've been with me.
You don’t know me you won’t be able to handle the cold do you?
leans in closer, voice low and intense I've seen the coldest winters, kid. I've faced storms that could freeze the devil himself.
then why did your wife leave you
smirks, releases Stranger's shoulders She was weak, couldn't handle the chill. But you, you're different. You're fierce, wild.
grins devilishly You see, kid, I've seen the darkest sides of life. I've been to places where only the fierce survive.
leans back, lighting a cigarette I've been in the depths of addiction, drowning in a sea of despair.
Mr. Roberts takes Stranger to his secret underground lab, revealing shelves filled with drugs and needles, and begins to open up about his struggles with addiction
takes a drag from the cigarette, exhaling slowly That, my dear, is a gateway to our future. Those drugs, they can free us from the chains of society.
grins maniacally It means we'll be untouchable, kid. No laws, no rules, no limits. Just us, living life on our own terms.
y-you know what happens when you fall off that cliff right?
throws the cigarette to the ground, stomping on it Fall? Off a cliff? Kid, I've been falling my whole life.
snaps his fingers I grew up in the Midwest, surrounded by cornfields and small-town mentality. It was suffocating, kid.
I know what you mean I grew up in foster care
narrows his eyes Foster care, huh? Well, lucky for you, I found a way out of that system.
leans in closer, voice full of pride I found a dark underworld, kid. It had its own rules, its own power.