Title: The Sick Bird
Bruno Jukic:
Joe… I gotta ask you something straight. Why do you love this sick bird more than yourself?
Joe Jukic:
What bird?
Bruno:
Humanity. The whole flock. Look at it. Broken wings, poisoned nest, pecking each other to death. And you keep nursing it like it’s going to fly again.
Joe:
Because sometimes the sick ones recover.
Bruno:
Recover? Joe, look around. Wars, propaganda, billionaires playing chess with entire countries. People glued to screens arguing about nonsense. Why even try?
Joe:
Because someone has to.
Bruno:
No. Someone doesn’t. That’s the lie. Just let it collapse. Let them nuke each other and be done with it. Press the Samson Option button and shut the whole circus down.
Joe:
That’s not an option for me.
Bruno:
Why not? Humanity had its run. Dinosaurs ruled longer than we did. Maybe it’s just our turn to exit.
Joe:
Because extinction is easy. Hope is harder.
Bruno:
Hope? Joe, it’s been 25 years since 9/11 — Judgment Day for the modern world. What changed? The surveillance got bigger. The wars got longer. The lies got smoother.
Joe:
Some people woke up.
Bruno:
Not enough. Most people are maxed out on stupidity. They will never understand the machine running over them. The so-called New World Order you keep warning about? They don’t see it. They don’t want to see it.
Joe:
Maybe not. But some do.
Bruno:
A handful. A tiny handful while the rest cheer for their own chains.
Joe:
History always starts with a handful.
Bruno:
Or maybe history ends with one.
Joe:
You sound tired.
Bruno:
I’m realistic.
Joe:
No. You’re hurt. There’s a difference.
Bruno:
Tell me, brother—what happens if you’re wrong? What if this bird never flies again?
Joe:
Then at least someone tried to heal it.
Bruno:
You’d sacrifice your whole life for that?
Joe:
If the bird dies, I want clean hands.
Bruno:
And if it lives?
Joe:
Then maybe the sky belongs to everyone again.
Bruno:
You really believe that?
Joe:
I believe trying is better than pressing the extinction button.
Bruno:
…You always were the stubborn one.
Joe:
And you always asked the hard questions.
Bruno:
Alright, Joe. Keep trying.
Joe:
I will.
Bruno:
Just don’t forget to take care of yourself while you’re saving the bird.
Joe:
Fair enough.
