[in the real-life 1964, Reichsmarschall John Smith and the Thomas Smith of that timeline eat at a diner in Bailey's Crossroads and have just witnessed a black man and woman being hauled out because the manager wouldn't serve them]
Let's go.
What?
I don't know. I'm just surprised, I guess.
I would have thought you'd have done something.
Well, what would I do?
Said something. Done something.
We're not the law. Come on, it's not up to us.
Just seems so wrong. They passed a law that gives the right to these people to eat at the counter.
And this still happens? So, this is the system you want to lay down your life to defend, huh? [referring to Thomas' decision to join the Marines]
This is the system that you fought for.
And I came back a hero. Is that what you think?
[scornfully] That's what I thought you were.
Is that what you want to be? You want to be a hero? You want to have your face painted on a mural? Maybe have a school named after you? You'd still be dead, Thomas.
How can you be sure?
Because I've seen it before. I know how it ends. And even if you don't die, you're gonna come back, you're not gonna be the same. It's all bullshit, Thomas. It's a fucking lie. Medals, flags, anthems. Pledges of allegiance. Freedom. I look around me, I don't see freedom. I don't see order. I just see chaos. I don't see anything worth giving my son's life for.
[shakes head at what John just said] Who are you? [storms out]
Thomas. Tho...
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