When the Sheik discovered that he was being trailed, the Boy pretended he just happened o be strolling by - and walked straight into the open door of one of the South Pacific Lines refrigerator cars next to the platform.He urges his friends to take a ride down the river before a man-made lake will forever flood it:...because they""re buildin"" a dam across the Cahulawassee River.They""re gonna flood a whole valley, Bobby, that""s why.Dammit, hey""re drownin"" the river...Just about the last wild, untamed, unpolluted, unf--ked up river in the South.Don""t you understand what I""m sayin""?...They""re gonna stop the river up.There ain""t gonna be no more river.There""s just gonna be a big, dead lake...You just push a little more power into Atlanta, a little more air-conditioners for your smug little suburb, and you know what""s gonna happen? We""re gonna rape this whole god-damned landscape." After the failed ransaction, Lou recognized Dave from the hallway as he nervously made a phone call to the recommended contact, but Dave rudely ignored him.The Penguin perceived Shreck as a "well-respected monster" while he regarded himself as the opposite, and then he described his purpose - to locate his parents: "I want some respect.