Polk Quotes in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (2000)

Polk: Listen to me, whether you want to hear it or not. You weren't even born when this happened. Do yourself a favor & listen to the story.

[reaches for his mug]

Polk: I'm going to tell you about the time when the children were kidnapped; there were 10 children all together.

[takes a drink]

Sheriff: [still not looking away from D] Yeah, I heard about that time.

Polk: [setting his mug down & returning to his repairs] Kidnappers turned out to be vampires; of course. And so the townspeople pooled their money to hire a vampire hunter. They wanted the best.

[beat]

Polk: And when the hunter came, he was a very strong & quiet man; & he did his job too, which was to return the children safely back into their parents homes. It wasn't easy, but many vampires died by his hands before this job was over with. And when it was over, & the children were back home, the people attacked the man. They said he was a Dunpeal, half vampire, himself.

[sounding upset at what they did]

Polk: So they punished him.

Sheriff: [looks at Polk out of the corner of his eye] Can't say I blame them for doing that.

[looks back at D; the same tone of disgust as when he spoke to D before]

Sheriff: You can't trust 'em! That's all that's about.

[resolve now stronger]

Sheriff: You're right about that part, Polk

Polk: [sets his tools down,even more upset that this story had no effect] He did the Job.

[reaches down to the side of his desk]

Polk: I see then I'll have to take matters

[pulling up a large gun]

Polk: into my own hands. Let him go!

[points the gun right at the Sheriff's head]

Polk: [to Sheriff] I can tell you, I won't think twice about using this weapon. I might even enjoy it.

[to D]

Polk: Get on your horse, stranger.

D: [genuinely] Thank you.

[gets on the horse; starts to leave]

Polk: No, it's only fitting I Thank you. It's the least I can do.

[D stops, looking at Polk]

Polk: I may be just an Old Fool now, stranger, but I can never forget a face like yours.

[Polk sparing a look at D; sounding grateful]

Polk: And I'll never forget what you'd done for me back then.

[all the Sheriff's men sound & look shocked]

Polk: That's right. I was one of them kids!

[pause, letting it sink in; eyes on the Sheriff again]

Polk: And I always felt bad about that. The way you was treated. How nobody stopped ya; nobody thanked you. Instead the ignorant bastards, ran you right out of our town!

[looks at D again]

Polk: So it's true, isn't it, what they say about you Dunpeal's: you don't age.

[focuses once again on his target]

Polk: Now go, I'm getting tired.

[D clicks & the horse starts out of there; once outside he gets the horse up to a run]

Polk: This is New Orleans - there are no laws - you follow the laws we make up, or you get out.