Hey, Annie.
Homelander's had a breakdown. He's lost his fucking mind.
Hey, hey, hey. Hey, slow down. Slow down. What?
He's bringing the Deep back into The Seven, so I brought up the video, and he said to go ahead and release it. You were right. Co-captain was a bad idea. I have to leave.
Look, I–I know I should tell you to run out of there like a house on fire, and I want to… [sighs] but you gotta stick it out.
I'm sorry?
Listen, I'm–I'm back with Butcher.
Why?
We're onto something that could kill Homelander.
What? What is it?
Some kind of weapon. Uh… I'm not sure, but you gotta buy us some time. Keep your eyes on him.
How much time?
Uh…
You don't know. So for God knows how long, I have to paste on a smile with Homelander growing more unstable by the hour, hoping that he doesn't kill me or worse.
If that's what it takes, then yeah. [pause; sighs] I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Just… Homelander and Vicky, they–they're running laps around us because… because we keep trying to do it the right way. The high road just doesn't work. We–We have to be as mean and fucked-up as they are.
Now you sound like…
Like Butcher, I know. But Annie, he's... he's right. He's been right all along. I'm just so… tired of losing.
[sighs] Okay. You better pull this off, Hughie, but… okay.
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