The enemy's intelligence officer tells Michael that if the townspeople do not stand up to him and his men, they will have to leave the town. He says that he can guarantee that they will be able to use people like himself to help them. He also says that they can use his clothes, his car, and his knowledge of the town to get away from it. He tells Michael to think about what he's going to do with his young son. He doesn't want to see him killed, but he knows that when he thinks about it, he will come to the same conclusion that everyone else does. The old man is the one who's stirring up the town, he says, and they need to get rid of him. They need to change the town's name, he tells them, because the sky has been holding it back for too long. They should change their name. He reminds them that he brought them in to handle the transportation of the army's cargo across the border to Canada, and that he single-handedly brought the town back to prosperity under his leadership. He asks them to follow him to the highway, where a car is waiting