Ellie questioned Malcolm about the wisdom of taking Carver - the one who had shot and wounded Ash.Malcolm replied that he had no choice, because of his technical expertise: "He used to work at the Water Department.Norwood persuasively urged Marvin to accept that he had eclipsed his poor-white status from his past.The next scene follows Phyllis"" feet and ankles - from Neff""s point-of-view as a remembered gaze - as she descends the stairsagainto answer the door.There, he spots a little lame bird on he ground in the middle of the narrow gauge rail-track.He picks up the feeble, wounded creature, tenderly examines it, and kisses it (in closeup) - revealing his more gentle impulses.Successfully inside the facility, Hunt placed a metallic protractor on the glass of the lab, retracted its arm, and activated it to begin laser-cutting the glass in a circle.