EXT. PINEY WOODS - DAY
The horses are tied to a rudimentary post near where Jackie, Sess and Claire set a picnic table in a clearing fifty yards away from where Tom, Hunter and Chloe walk into frame.
TOM: Either of ya have any idea why they're called ponderosa pines?
CHLOE: Pinus ponderosa. Because they're ponderous. Which is to say large, weighty, heavy, et cetera. Not that you don't already know what ponderous means.
TOM: Which makes one wonder why it's a so-called softwood.
CHLOE: Right?
TOM: Ya speak any other languages besides Latin and impeccable English?
CHLOE: Thank you but hardly impeccable. And no Latin. I'll be starting fourth year Spanish.
TOM (Spanish): You must be about as fluent as Octavio Paz.
Chloe stops them, looks at Tom?
CHLOE (Spanish): What do you know about Octavio Paz?
TOM (Spanish): Not much. My best friend's daughter-in-law is a fan.
CHLOE (Spanish): What is your best friend's name and where does he live?
TOM (Spanish): Guillermo Mendoza. Gil lives in Medina, Texas. A small a little over an hour's drive northwest from San Antonio. Have you ever been to Texas?
CHLOE (SPANISH): The airports in Dallas and Houston. Dad and I are visiting Austin for a long weekend in October to check out the campus and town.
TOM (SPANISH): Softball scholarship offer?
CHLOE (SPANISH): Yes. You've probably been to Austin.
TOM (SPANISH): Several times but it's been awhile. Had an aunt who lived there.
HUNTER: Interpretación, por favor.
CHLOE: I asked Tom how he learned Spanish.
HUNTER: I inferred that and bits and pieces previously. How did you learn Spanish, Tom?
TOM: Grew up with it. Being around Gil and his family. A few vaqueros along the way.
CHLOE: Gil is Guillermo Mendoza, Tom's best friend who lives in Medina, Texas. His daughter-in-law is a fan of Octavio Paz.
HUNTER: Best friend for how long?
TOM: We met in sixth grade.
HUNTER: Does Gil know about me?
TOM: He does. Him, Ruth and Wanda are the only ones.
We see Jackie raise and RING A TRIANGLE DINNER BELL.
TOM: Goodness. Just had a flashback to a chuck wagon and a campfire alongside the San Saba River.
They walk toward the picnic table.
CHLOE: Like a Conestoga wagon?
TOM: Well no. Those were a couple years before my time. One I'm thinkin' of was a modified Ford Bronco, but whatever and pretty much wherever it was called the chuckwagon.
CHLOE: Is that one word or two.
TOM: Oh boy.
HUNTER: Pretty sure both are accepted.
TOM: Whew. Thank you, Hunter.
HUNTER: Happy to help. But It'll cost you more details about the campfire alongside the San Saba River.
CHLOE: Yeah.
TOM: I think I can dig up a memory or two.
HUNTER: How 'bout over lunch. I bet Jack, Sess and Claire would like to hear about it.
TOM: Well alrighty then.
PICNIC TABLE
Lunch (TBD) is set. Sure enough it's a triangle dinner bell hanging from the the table. Jackie, Sess and Claire watch Hunter, Tom and Chloe approach.
SESS: So cousin.
JACKIE: Yes?
SESS: What can you tell us about how Tom and Hunter know each other?
JACKIE (BEAT): They met yesterday.
SESS: Fast friends.
Jackie and Sess exchange a glance Claire doesn't notice.
CLAIRE: They have the same gait.
JACKIE: I can see it.
SESS: Certainly similar enough to notice.
CLAIRE: It's a hip thing, right?
She turns to Sess and Jackie, who nod.
JACKIE: I can see the similarity.
Claire returns her attention to Tom, Hunter and Chloe.
SESS: Uncanny.
Sess and Jackie exchange another look. Jackie nods. They turn their attention to Tom, Hunter and Chloe approaching.