Dialogue: Only Pain

Police Officer

Take this, you corpo bastard!

Police Officer

Cocksuckin' suits.

Police Officer

Fuck you lookin' at? Nothin' to see here – move along!

V

1AWhat's goin' on here?

Police Officer

1AThis your first day in Night City? What's it fuckin' look like?

1AGet outta here, piss-ant!

V

1BOh, is this how Night City's finest "protect and serve"?

Police Officer

1BWhy? You wanna be some kinda hero?

V

1BDon't care – don't know 'im.

Police Officer

1BSo, why the fuck we talkin'?

V

1BLike to know what's goin' on around me. Not every day you see a man in a thousand-eddie suit gettin' beaten within an inch of his life. Wouldn't you agree?

Police Officer

1BHe put a girl into a coma. Daughter of a friend.

V

1BRotten skiff or an XBD?

Police Officer

1BSecond one.

V

1CTake it easy, or you'll kill 'im.

Police Officer

1CYeah, and? He your brother or somethin'? The fuck you care?

1CKeep walkin', before you end up like him.

V

2ALeave him alone.

Police Officer

2ASee this badge? That means I can do whatever the fuck I want!

V

2BFrom what I can tell, your guy's a mid-level manager.

Police Officer

2BAnd?

V

2BCorp won't let this slide. They'll pull the data from this asshole's biomon and find you. And then, they'll shoot you.

Police Officer

2BYou think I don't know that? Fuckin' corpos walkin' around like holy cows in a two piece. But I ain't lettin' 'im go. No fuckin' chance.

V

2BI'm not asking you to. What I want is for you to let me finish the job.

Police Officer

2BYeah? And what's in it for you?

V

2BNothin'. It's just how I unwind.

Police Officer

2BAll right, let's go, boys.

V

2BTake care of yourself... Officer.

2CI was just leaving, officer. Enjoy your evening.

Police Officer

2CMhm, yeah.

V

3ARise and shine, corpo-swine...

Corpo

3AAkh... oh fuck... khe khe...

3AShit... khe khe... If it wasn't for you, I'd be... well, thank you. Were you sent by the company?

V

3AWrong answer.

Corpo

3AThen... hold on... Whaddaya want from me?

V

4AHeard you've been showin' girls XBDs. You know – kind where your nose bleeds, your mouth froths, brain fries a little...

Corpo

4ANo, no, no, no... Wait, I didn't know... Pusher must've sold me a bad batch...

V

4ABullshit. Corpo-scum like you don't get their merch on random street corners. You know what you're watchin', and what you're showin' to others.

Corpo

4AAll right, all right, it's like... You know how it is when... when you want to get a girl in a club, right?

4ABut you just need a little... a-a nudge in the right direction.

V

5AGo on, get outta here.

Corpo

5ABut... I don't understand... Just like that? For nothing in return?

V

5AYou know what I want? For suit 'n' tie slimebags like you to disappear from Night City. For the NCPD to lock you up for good.

5AI could've killed you. As a matter of fact, I still want to pretty badly.

5ABut that wouldn't change a damn thing. Waste of lead, in fact. City's teemin' with others just waitin' to replace you.

5ANow get the fuck outta my sight. Make me sick just lookin' at you.

5ANothin'.

Corpo

5AI... I don't... I don't believe you. You saved me just like that, because you... felt like it?

V

5ADon't measure others by your own yardstick. Prick.

5BNice chattin' with ya. Now hand over the eddies.

Corpo

5BYeah... yeah, no, of course... you need a reward... I-is this enough?

V

6AThat'll do. Now run off to your little castle made of glass before you run into someone who won't be so understanding.

Corpo

6AThank you! You have my gratitude.

V

6BYou know it's not if you're askin'. Don't make me finish what the badges started.

Corpo

6BOK... Here! Here, here... Tha-that's everything I have on me...

V

6BHave a pleasant evening.

5D...

5DIf I see you again, or hear that you're jackin' girls into virtus, infected or otherwise...

5DI'll put you in a coma you'll never wake up from. Do you understand?

Corpo

5DI... I-I understand!

V

5DNow get the fuck outta my sight. Make me sick...

Corpo

5DAgh! Gah, what the hell was that for?

V

5DTo be honest with you... I have no idea. But I'm guessin' you do.

5DSomethin' in this whole story of yours just... doesn't sit right with me.

5DI'm not really in the mood for an interrogation, but if I was... I've got a feeling you'd have more than a black eye to worry about.

Corpo

5DAgh! Psychos... city of fucking psychos!

V

5DGet outta my sight. Chop-chop, on the double.

4BThe truth. What did they want from you?

Corpo

4BI-I-I have no idea. They said somethin' about some slut a-and a virtu...

4BBut when I asked what I had to do with it, they started beating on me so hard I thought I'd die.

4BAh, this city's really going down the drain. For the police to do this, in plain sight, for no reason...

V

4CIs it really that hard to figure out? I'll give you a hint. It starts with "euro" and ends with "dollars."