[Earlier....]

Smoky: Benjamin Linus says hello!

[Later at the compound....]

Before I operate on your tumor, I need to know one thing.

Who killed Eko?

The... uh... black smoke monster.

I know, but who gave the order?
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...There was this kid I grew up with - he was younger than me.
Sorta looked up to me - you know.

We did our first work together - worked our way out of the jungle.
Things were good, we made the most of it. During Prohibition -
we ran molasses for Dharma - made a fortune. As much as anyone,
I loved him - and trusted him. Later on he had an idea - to build an island
stop-over for Losties on the way to the West Coast.

That kid's name was Ethan - and the island he invented was this one!
This was a great man - a man of vision and guts. And there isn't even a plaque -
or a signpost - or a statue of him here!

Someone put a bullet through his eye... No one knows who gave the order -
when I heard it, I wasn't angry; I knew Ethan - I knew he was head-strong,
talking loud, saying stupid things. So when he turned up dead -
I let it go. And I said to myself...

This is the business we've chosen!

I didn't ask who gave the order - because it had nothing to do with business!

I'm going into anesthesia. When I wake up, if my tumor is gone,
I'll know I have a doctor. If it isn't, I'll know I don't.

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