EXT. DEEP WOODS - DAY

WILLIAM TELL OLIVER (late 60’s) hikes through the thick brush and stops to inspect a plant under a tree. He pulls it, puts it in his sack and moves on. Getting to a spot where the woods open onto a broad view of the valley, he sits wearily on a rock. Below him is Hovington’s house, which is a bee-hive of activity. A 1930’S-PERIOD TRUCK is being unloaded by a GANG OF MEN under the supervision of Hardin. It’s BOOTLEG WHISKEY, hidden under BALES OF COTTON. As the work progresses, Pearl and Amber, still about seven, stand nearby watching. YOUNG WOMAN’S (V.O.) Dallas Hardin moved through life the way a shark feeds - taking everything into its belly, sucking out what it needed, shitting out what it didn’t. No one really knew where he came from originally - he showed up in the county and started setting up his stills, blowin’ up the competition or simply burnin’ ‘em out. As Pa got sicker, Hardin smelled it like blood in the water. He took over his operation, his house, even his wife... Everything Pa had, Hardin believed was now his. The truck having been unloaded, Hardin follows Pearl into the house, giving her ass a little squeeze as he goes. YOUNG WOMAN’S VOICE (V.O.) Those were lean times, but Hardin prospered. It seems the harder things are for most people, the better they are for people like Hardin. DISSOLVE TO: