[He can't just mention fire and not expect her to enable him. Her head turns and she looks back the way they came, and there's really only one choice here.]
We only have a lighter. How are we going to blow it up?
[Clearly, she has no moral obligation to blowing up a cop checkpoint. What's border patrol supposed to be, anyway? It sounds restrictive and mean, and they really need to do something about that. Her question is sign enough that she's on board with whatever he wants to do. They can keep on going down this route and try to find their way through El Paso. Or they could blow up the checkpoint and blast through screaming like the really cool people that they are.]
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We only have a lighter. How are we going to blow it up?
[Clearly, she has no moral obligation to blowing up a cop checkpoint. What's border patrol supposed to be, anyway? It sounds restrictive and mean, and they really need to do something about that. Her question is sign enough that she's on board with whatever he wants to do. They can keep on going down this route and try to find their way through El Paso. Or they could blow up the checkpoint and blast through screaming like the really cool people that they are.]