The First Qualm and Quotation!

Kid and Lou are sitting around a campfire...the past two days having not exactly been what they had planned!

LOU
There was somethin' you were gonna ask me. Before the shooting started?

KID
Yeah.

LOU
Well, you know, if you still want to ask... now's as good a time as any.

Kid opens his eyes. Sad and serious.

KID
I ain't so sure I oughta ask that anymore.

LOU
(hurt)
Why?

KID
(sincere)
What we've gone through in the past few days. It scares me to think of what might have happened to you.
(a beat)
What might still happen. It's made me think twice.

Lou's reply: That's the problem with you, Kid. Too much thinkin', not enough doin'.

What would your response have been?

Lisa's response:
Well, Kid. You can think three or four times about it, but I'm not waiting around any longer. Someone has to take the horse by the reins in this family! Kid, will you marry me?
Starbright's response:
Yeah and one of these days I might accidentaly shoot myself in the foot too. What a pity you won't be around to save me, huh?
Megan's response:
Oh lord, not that old line again. (leaves)
Beth's response:
Lou: Kid, sometimes I just don't understand you. If you really loved me, you'd know that this is who I am--ridin' for the Pony Express is part of me and always will be. And if you expect me to change or be somethin' I'm not, then I'm afraid you better find yourself a different kind of woman. 'Cause I'll be damned if I'm givin' up my life and what's important to me for someone who has such doubts in my abilities!

Shelley's response:
Okay, we'll talk about it later....you wanna go make-out behind that tree?

Joanna's response:
Kid, that's it. I'm tired of this. I'm running away with Jimmy. He understands me. And if you don't by now, you never will.

Becky's response:
Kid, you gotta stop thinking like that. Stop being so protective and give me a little credit for being able to take care of myself. Just because you love me, don't mean you have to be afraid of every little thing that happens.
Kirsten's response:
Kid, I respect your feelings, but now I'm asking you to respect mine in trusting that I can handle the danger just as well as you.

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