Patience Series 1 - Episode 6 -

“You’re not afraid.”

“Terrified. But fear and courage are roommates. You know that.” Patience Series 1 - Episode 6

“I know. I’ve had screams follow me too. But those children behind you? They’re not soldiers. They’re not your past. They’re just kids who want to go home.” “You’re not afraid

“Your wife. Your son?”

(whispering, into the void) “...they’re still screaming.” Act Three: The Fracture Scene 3: Flashback – Fallujah, 2006 Grainy, desaturated visuals. A younger Marcus Thorne drags a wounded soldier through dust and gunfire. An explosion. Then silence. He looks down. The soldier’s face is gone. Thorne screams—but there is no sound. Tinnitus rings. I’ve had screams follow me too

She places the receiver on the table and leans back. She closes her eyes. Two minutes pass. Then five. One hostage begins to cry. Thorne flinches. But Patience does not move.

“You served in Fallujah, 2006. Medic. You pulled seventeen wounded out of an ambush. You didn’t sleep for three days. Your hands never stopped moving.”