Susan "Susie" Glass, Edward "Eddie" Horniman and others in “Do You Reject Satan?”

Do you ever get nostalgic for your former life as a soldier?

Hm. There’s certainly something very seductive about a chain of command. But once you start taking responsibility for your own actions, it’s, uh, very hard to go back.

Do I detect a double meaning lurking beneath the surface there?

Well, there could be something lurking there if you want.

[approaches and Eddie lights cigar] Thank you for agreeing to meet. I know you’re serious people, and I am eager to resolve this situation to your satisfaction.

Before we can have any kind of conversation, you’re gonna need to give us our weed back.

It seems you have a labor problem. I took the opportunity to deal with this problem for you. Clearly, you’re struggling to find good people. I would like to offer you my services to provide you with a more efficient team of workers who I could guarantee would never have the temerity to steal from you.

Well, there is no deal to be had here, Victor. We’re done.

You seem to overestimate the strength of your position. Bobby Glass is a big man, but he’s been away a long time. I have some Albanian associates who are inside with him, and they say he’s a little crazy these days. Not crazy like a mad dog. The word for that in Albanian is tërbuar, which means... furious, dangerous, deranged. The word they use for him, çmendur, which means mad like a madman. A lunatic. Nobody fears a man who’s çmendur. They give him coins from their pockets. Crust of bread, maybe. You need us.

Well, sadly, we disagree. [drops cigar on ground and Andy wipes out Victor's men] Uh, uh, uh. The next round is trained on you. And he will not hesitate to blow a hole in your fucking brain if I give him the signal.

You seem to have mistaken the man for the symbol. Bobby Glass, the man, is flesh and blood, susceptible to the whims of human nature. But behind him, there’s an army. Many of those soldiers have never met him and probably never will, but their loyalty to him, to what he represents, is absolute. So you’re going to return our weed unless you wanna end up like your friends, in the dirt.

[shakes hands] Good work, Andy.

Impressive proficiency you’ve got with that thing.

Thanks. I’ll be in touch. You know where I live.

Mm.

Do all former Queen’s Dragoon Guards carry themselves with the same poise?

Well, sign of a good drill sergeant, Susan.

Expensive?

I happen to have a 17th century manor house I’ve recently acquired that needs a custodian. Andy needed new digs and a little direction, so it turned into a win-win.

Useful man to have around.

You never know when you might need him.