Boone Tallahasse's Questionnaire

"Arlington, Tennessee. Small little town in the western part of the state, nice little farmin' area. Handle a lot of my livestock there, such as my cows, my sheep, my pigs, you name it. I got'em all over here. Sometimes, I sell'em off to a higher bidder if they desire my animals, and atypically, I'll give'em a nice home. In a manner of speakin', I handle a lot of animal husbandry, and going up north would be troublesome to my business. Hard life, but it's one I do with a level of care. My favorites are my horses, and one such is this horse named Tattertrot. Do love the hell out of her, and she's usually my ridin' buddy when I go off places."

"Selling animals. Not exactly the easiest feat to make work. You try sellin' a pig when there's a disease in its body you had no idea about. I ain't a doctor, I'm an adept in animal husbandry, and I can tell when an animal needs to be put down. Hurts my fundin' specifically, and since I gotta pay for all the food, it makes the property a logistical nightmare in terms of finance and funding. Ain't no thing though, I enjoy the stress. Young people put too much stock stressin' about shit that don't end up mattering in the end. Me, I ain't gonna. So, when I get a little cash, I go to the store, get myself a good meal. Even spent my money once on a massage. Ain't too bad."

"I guess you can call it an Ambition. World's too dark and scary to go frettin' about shit that doesn't matter. What I want is somethin' a little noble? I wouldn't call it that, but. The world has lost its luster. Animals goin' extinct for no reason. I literally saw on the Animal Channel, about the Hawksbill Turtle. They keep the coral reefs goin' strong, but they're facin' extinction.

Here's the long and short of it. Animals, species that were here long before us, kept this planet up to the status quo, and humanity has greedily traded that quid pro quo. All I want is to give back to the world that let me in. How we do that, is we give the world back a bit of itself. Bloodshed ain't necessary. But I stake my life on the preservation of the world. I'll die for that cause."

"I had a dog once upon a time. Way back when, I loved that little pup. My pa told me that this was my little man to raise. He'd grow up with me, and he would be mine to take care of. I loved him. I fed him everyday, we played in the fields when work was done. It was this tiny dog, full of life and love. You could tell him your biggest secrets, you could give him hugs, and all he wanted was to sleep next to you. I know him well. I named him Bea.

Years go by. One day, he gets out of the house while I'm out for school in the local town school. I must've been fourteen at the time, but we go home on the bus. Family too poor not to, right?

My family was outside the farmhouse. When I got home...  I saw the body. Bea was dead. Shot by some sonuvabitch in the woods, right through the chest.

They say no father should ever have to bury their son. That puppy was like a brother to me, and I remember cryin' the whole time. I ain't some weak-skinned kid either, I was tough as nails. But I wept. I wept for little Bea. I loved Bea so much.

Humanity is cruel. But don't you fret. I'll make it right, boy. You stay good. One day, I'll see you again soon."