The Walking Dead2010

[first lines]

Reg Monroe:
[Noah talks to Reg Monroe about Alexandria] Sorry I'm late. The power's out again. How is it that you called this extremely early morning meeting, yet I'm the one bringing breakfast?

Noah:
'Cause you're a good guy?

Reg Monroe:
The evidence seems to go in that direction. What's up?

Noah:
Can we start, meeting in the mornings?

Reg Monroe:
So I can bring you steel-cut oatmeal and ask you why we're meeting?

Noah:
So you can teach me how to build things.

Reg Monroe:
You want to be an architect?

Noah:
I want to make sure those walls stay up.

Reg Monroe:
Do you think they could fall?

Noah:
I think they can get knocked in. Could be years from now. Could be when I'm your age.

Reg Monroe:
[Reg chuckles] I'll still be around when you're my age.

Noah:
Well, it wouldn't hurt if I knew some of what you knew. For the walls, for the houses. Some new buildings.

Reg Monroe:
So you're in it for the long haul.

Noah:
Yeah.

Noah:
[Reg pulls out a diary] What are you writing?

Reg Monroe:
Oh, I write everything down. Everything of note.

Noah:
[Reg pauses, and then rips out the top page and gives the book to Noah] Now you should. There's going to be a lot to remember. This is the beginning of this place. You should record all that. Along with everything I'm gonna teach you about building things.

[Noah smiles and accepts the diary]