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- Rod Blake: Oh, hello. I'm Rod Blake, chief investigator for the Nevada state troopers. Someone once said something to the effect that the thought you think can do no harm, but the words you think are beyond recall.
- [Rod is questioning Marty Nestor, an ex-convict]
- Rod Blake: Do you got a gun?
- Marty Nestor: No, but I had guns a long time ago... but, after I got out, the state thought I oughta stick to fishin'.