Believing that he couldn""t live up to his father""s aspirations, Kyle turned to drink and fast living.And I""ll put a mark, a brand on ""em, to show they""re mine too.Matt: What kind of a mark?With a dream of a cattle empire (even though he is a long distance from the Red River), he kneels in the dirt and traces a distinctive Red River brand (the Red River D) for the bull and cow - his initial D (for Dunson) and two lines (a double S to show he two banks of the river):I""ve been thinkin"" about that.He was about to drag her to the balcony (where she had earlier tried to commit suicide, but Logan had intervened).He remembered how - as a privileged young man - he had given up college to volunteer for military service, and hat he admired other lowly and disposable "grunts" (mostly teenaged male high-school dropouts from small towns, all poor, black and Hispanic) as the "heart and soul" of he war effort, used as infantry bait:(voice-over)Of course, Mom and Dad didn""t want me o come here.Evening - Day OneThe next scene, introduced by the snapping fingers of the guitar player to set the tempo, is within the Elysian Room where a group of five, suited-and-tied jazz musicians on a bandstand play a rhythmic number.