WEBVTT - Chapter IX - The Choice

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<v Speaker 1>Maxie Miles is a production of A Typical Artists and

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<v Speaker 1>I heart radio. I think I know what happened. Excuse me?

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<v Speaker 1>Is someone here ship? Hello? Come on, we gotta get

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<v Speaker 1>out of here now, let's go down the backstairs. Hello.

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<v Speaker 1>Why are we hiding from Miss Hommy Will? Because she's

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<v Speaker 1>dating Ransom, so she'll want to give these files back

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<v Speaker 1>to him. But I can't let Ransom find out that

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<v Speaker 1>Riley was the one to steal them in the first place. What.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll explain everything, but we've got to get out of

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<v Speaker 1>here first. From a Typical Artists and I heart radio.

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<v Speaker 1>You're listening to Maxie Miles. Yeah, this is chapter nine.

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<v Speaker 1>The choice, and the choice in question is yours. By

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the episode, you'll have heard three possibilities

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<v Speaker 1>for what happened to Riley, and next week you'll have

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<v Speaker 1>to decide which one you think is the truth. Be

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<v Speaker 1>careful what you choose. Follow the wrong lead and there

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<v Speaker 1>could be devastating consequences. H Okay, what the hell is

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<v Speaker 1>going on? Nex? What did you just figure out this

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<v Speaker 1>birth certificate? I think Riley is Ransom Sun What? But

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<v Speaker 1>that does what? I mean? I mean how I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know what it has to do with why Riley is

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<v Speaker 1>missing yet, if anything at all, But it explains so much.

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<v Speaker 1>It does. I never got to the tavern to talk

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<v Speaker 1>to the foreman. Ransom stopped me on my way there

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<v Speaker 1>because he woke up in his office with his father's

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<v Speaker 1>safe broken into and no memory of anything beyond dinner

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<v Speaker 1>last night. So naturally he has a love child. No,

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<v Speaker 1>just hear me out ross, Okay, okay, I'm listening. He

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<v Speaker 1>wanted help to find the files. Yeah, well, good job, then,

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<v Speaker 1>I guess, And he was going on and on about

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<v Speaker 1>this girl he was in love with when he was fifteen,

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<v Speaker 1>who moved away suddenly, never to be heard from again.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think she was pregnant, Yeah, I do, and

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<v Speaker 1>a teenage pregnancy out of wedlock. The Archers would have freaked, exactly.

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<v Speaker 1>They would have sent her away and locked up the

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<v Speaker 1>proof and tried to bury it. Okay, okay, I can

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<v Speaker 1>believe that Ransom Archer had a kid when he was

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<v Speaker 1>a teenager. But why the hell do you think that

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<v Speaker 1>person is Riley? First off, our arch are for Riley

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<v Speaker 1>or for Ransom. It true would be like Ransom to

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<v Speaker 1>name a baby after himself. This certificate is for a

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<v Speaker 1>baby born June eleventh, Ninete Riley's birthday, and there's a

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<v Speaker 1>some kind of legal form here. It looks like there's

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<v Speaker 1>some water damage or something, but I think that's Martha

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<v Speaker 1>Stevens's signature. Do you think Riley knew that ransoms his dad?

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know, but I think he would have stolen

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<v Speaker 1>these files for a reason. We know he had some

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<v Speaker 1>sort of fight with his parents. I wonder if he

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<v Speaker 1>found out he was adopted. Maybe that's why he wanted

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<v Speaker 1>to go to Berlin. This birth certificate is for the

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<v Speaker 1>hospital there, which is why nobody in Hastings seems to

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<v Speaker 1>know about it. This would have been a huge scandal

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<v Speaker 1>at the time. Yeah, and it's not like it was

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<v Speaker 1>that long ago. Fourteen years isn't long enough for Hastings

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<v Speaker 1>to stop talking about anything, right, Okay? So Riley finds

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<v Speaker 1>out he's adopted, and it goes to city Hall out

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<v Speaker 1>for the school paper, but to look up the birth records,

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<v Speaker 1>and he doesn't find his. So he decides he wants

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<v Speaker 1>to go to the only other possible place that anyone

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<v Speaker 1>is born around here. But if he was trying to

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<v Speaker 1>go to Berlin, why steal these files? And how would

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<v Speaker 1>he have known where to look in the first place.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe maybe Honeywall still the files it is her in

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<v Speaker 1>but why what motivation would she have had. I don't know,

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<v Speaker 1>you're the one who actually knows her. Maybe it's got

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<v Speaker 1>something to do with the land deeds, Like maybe miss

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<v Speaker 1>Honeywell is trying to prove that the Maplethorpe property is

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<v Speaker 1>actually bigger than the current maps show. She seemed super

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<v Speaker 1>interested in the history of the town when she got here.

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<v Speaker 1>It is right next to the old Archer apothecary, and

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<v Speaker 1>the maple Thorpes and the Archers were basically the only

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<v Speaker 1>two families and Hastings for a while. I wouldn't be

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<v Speaker 1>surprised if there was a lot of overlapping real estate.

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<v Speaker 1>We should look through all the land needs later, but

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<v Speaker 1>it's hardly the most present concern, right Riley, you said

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<v Speaker 1>you'd figured it out, well. I figured out Ransom his mystery,

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<v Speaker 1>not Riley's. And even that I know the where of

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<v Speaker 1>the stolen files, but not the why or who if

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<v Speaker 1>Riley was the one to take them. Even with that,

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<v Speaker 1>there's still too many unanswered questions why Riley has been

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<v Speaker 1>hiding his back back. Mr Beaties phone call Riley's eavesdropping

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<v Speaker 1>in city Hall. Speaking of let's go through what you

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<v Speaker 1>learned again, Hal said, Riley asked him about the harvest festival.

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<v Speaker 1>They talked about the new mining project, but nothing major.

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<v Speaker 1>And then miss Honeywell came in and when Hal was

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<v Speaker 1>showing her out, he saw Riley looking through the public

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<v Speaker 1>Works office when the foreman wasn't there. Except Honeywell said

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<v Speaker 1>that as she was leaving she saw Riley eaves dropping

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<v Speaker 1>on someone's office. So someone's lying, yeah, but who, well,

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<v Speaker 1>who do we trust? Less? I'm a little less inclined

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<v Speaker 1>to believe Honeywell after after what we had a weird

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<v Speaker 1>conversation right before I saw Riley. Something feels off about her,

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<v Speaker 1>which is how I've always felt about How. And let's

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<v Speaker 1>say How's known the whole time about the mining project

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<v Speaker 1>and hasn't said anything. It would be the end of

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<v Speaker 1>his mayoral career if it came out, And of how

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<v Speaker 1>new that Riley had that information, it would be enough

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<v Speaker 1>to want to keep him out of the way for

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<v Speaker 1>a while. Once the old mine has collapsed, the Archers

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<v Speaker 1>and minute Our Mining are on the hook for the

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<v Speaker 1>new one. They can't back out of the contract. Then

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<v Speaker 1>Hastings gets a major windfall, making How look amazing and

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<v Speaker 1>the detonation is in forty minutes. Wait did how mention

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<v Speaker 1>when the decision was made to move the demolition up Ah?

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<v Speaker 1>He said the board of trustees had an emergency meeting

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<v Speaker 1>Friday night. That's why he couldn't help with the search

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<v Speaker 1>party they sent out in the area. We found Riley's backpack,

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<v Speaker 1>which was Thursday night. Remember what Mr Beaty said that

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<v Speaker 1>he'd get it done by Sunday night. Do you think

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<v Speaker 1>he was talking about the demolition. No, that's just it.

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<v Speaker 1>He couldn't have been not if it was decided on

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<v Speaker 1>Friday night. So what was he talking about? And who

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<v Speaker 1>was he talking to? Okay, I've got a crazy theory.

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<v Speaker 1>This is going to be about how Mr Beati is creepy,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it. Mr Beatie went somewhere the night Riley went

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<v Speaker 1>missing with a duffel full of Riley's favorite candy. Mr

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<v Speaker 1>Beatie has a cabin in the woods. You're making him

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<v Speaker 1>sound like a grim fairytale villain. Just listen. Mr Beaty

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<v Speaker 1>lost his son when he was Riley's age and is

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<v Speaker 1>according to several people in Hastings, it's one of those

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<v Speaker 1>people you considered generally unstable. So, yes, you said, Miss

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<v Speaker 1>Honeywell said it too. She said he was in pain,

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<v Speaker 1>and people in pain do desperate things like kidnapped someone.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe it didn't start that way, but maybe I don't know.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe Riley was down in the dumps about his parents

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<v Speaker 1>and Mr Beatie was feeling sad about his son. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>Riley had been helping Mr Beatie out right, So they

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<v Speaker 1>get to talking and realize they relate on stuff, and

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<v Speaker 1>then Mr Beady just doesn't let him go. I know

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<v Speaker 1>it sounds nuts, No, no, it doesn't. Actually, it explains

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<v Speaker 1>the Duffel bag, why Riley's backpack was in the woods,

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't explain the shovel in tarp. But no solution explains

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<v Speaker 1>everything right, all right. The way I see it, there

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<v Speaker 1>are three distinct possibilities. One, Riley finds out that he

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<v Speaker 1>was adopted and his parents never told him. He runs

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<v Speaker 1>away to Berlin to find out who his birth parents

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<v Speaker 1>are and gets lost in the woods, loses his backpack

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<v Speaker 1>and his money, finds his way back to town, but

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't want to face his parents yet, so he hides

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<v Speaker 1>out in the inn. And he runs from you because

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<v Speaker 1>because he was embarrassed because he was scared, maybe because

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<v Speaker 1>he just wasn't ready to talk to anyone yet. Or

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<v Speaker 1>maybe maybe Ransom did something and then sent you to

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<v Speaker 1>dig up the evidence. Mm hmm. Maybe it was his

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<v Speaker 1>dad more in our shirt is known to be ruthless,

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<v Speaker 1>and if he's the one who covered up the pregnancy

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<v Speaker 1>and the adoption in the first phase, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 1>what what is it? Guys? The guys at city Hall earlier,

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<v Speaker 1>I knew I recognized them. I think they work for

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<v Speaker 1>war and Archer. Really, yeah, remember when he opened that

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<v Speaker 1>ski resort a while back. Those guys were definitely there. Uh.

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<v Speaker 1>There's lots of reasons that Warren would send people to

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<v Speaker 1>City Hall, but the timing is definitely weird. Maybe that

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<v Speaker 1>cabin in the woods is actually the Archers, and Beatty

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<v Speaker 1>is a part of it somehow. Well, that's option two.

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<v Speaker 1>Riley has been helping Mr Beaty out around his cabin.

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<v Speaker 1>You said you never saw Riley working on his house,

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<v Speaker 1>so the stuff he was doing for Mr Beatie must

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<v Speaker 1>have been at a secret cabin. The secret cabin we're

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<v Speaker 1>not even sure is his. You see why I think

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<v Speaker 1>Mr Beatie's creepy. Now, all right, so maybe he is.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe he got attached to Riley, and when Riley got

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<v Speaker 1>into a fight with his parents, he offered Riley a

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<v Speaker 1>place to stay, but then he just kept him there,

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<v Speaker 1>And the stack of money and the phone call we

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<v Speaker 1>everhard was about something else entirely. Maybe it really does

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<v Speaker 1>have to do with the Archers. Maybe Warren paid him

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<v Speaker 1>to kidnap Riley keep his true parentage a secret, and

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<v Speaker 1>Riley escaped and didn't immediately go to the Sheriff. I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know. It all just sort of fits. Nothing's clicking completely.

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<v Speaker 1>We're missing something huge here. Well, what's the third path?

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<v Speaker 1>The mine? Right? The mine? Riley is doing an article

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<v Speaker 1>for the school paper about Hastings and finds out that

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<v Speaker 1>the mind is going to poison everyone, and instead of

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<v Speaker 1>going to Mr Combs, he confronts How, who had no

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<v Speaker 1>idea about it, and then freaks out and threatens him.

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<v Speaker 1>That's so hard to imagine. I don't know. How has

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<v Speaker 1>always been obsessed with making Hastings the best it can be.

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<v Speaker 1>I think he'd go pretty far to protect it. So

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<v Speaker 1>Riley then hides from How and by extension, the Sheriff.

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<v Speaker 1>But why would he run away from me when I

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<v Speaker 1>saw him at the end. I could have helped him.

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<v Speaker 1>He should have known that you love Hastings and how

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe Riley thought you wouldn't believe him. But I'm the

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<v Speaker 1>one who is constantly trying to convince people to care

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<v Speaker 1>about the environment. The New Mind being poisonous is exactly

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of smoking gun I would love to wait.

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<v Speaker 1>Maybe that's it. What's it? We found out about the

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<v Speaker 1>issues with the Mind a full day ago, and we

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<v Speaker 1>haven't told anyone. You're the one who didn't want to

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<v Speaker 1>I know, I know. I'm not accusing you of anything.

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<v Speaker 1>That's my point. We haven't told anyone because we don't

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<v Speaker 1>have proof. All we have is some notes in a

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<v Speaker 1>teenager's notebook. Plus we don't know who we can trust.

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<v Speaker 1>So you think Riley was in the same spot. Whatever

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<v Speaker 1>Riley is doing, whatever a kind of trouble he got into,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever he's hiding from. Maybe he's still in it. Maybe

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<v Speaker 1>he's looking for that proof Ransom's files or the environmental

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<v Speaker 1>impact report. If he's really an archer, or Mr Beatie

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<v Speaker 1>is really a kidnapper, or the Mind is really going

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<v Speaker 1>to poison the water, and Riley is the only one

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<v Speaker 1>who knows, then he doesn't just have an expose for

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<v Speaker 1>the school paper. He's got something that will seriously affect

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of people in Hastings. And Riley is a

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<v Speaker 1>good journalist. He takes it seriously like you. Yeah, like me.

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<v Speaker 1>He wouldn't go running to the sheriff, or to the mayor,

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<v Speaker 1>or to anyone until he knew exactly what he was

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<v Speaker 1>talking about. So you don't think he was kidnapped. You

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<v Speaker 1>think he's been lying low. I'm I'm not sure. I

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<v Speaker 1>know that I saw him at the end. The shoelace

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<v Speaker 1>you found is solid evidence of that, and it seemed

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<v Speaker 1>like he was there of his own free will. But

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<v Speaker 1>that doesn't mean that's where he started. You mean maybe

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<v Speaker 1>he was there hiding from someone who put him in

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<v Speaker 1>danger in the first place. I don't think Riley would

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<v Speaker 1>leave his backpack with his notebook full of information in

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<v Speaker 1>the woods unless he was running from something or someone,

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<v Speaker 1>a notebook that we still haven't shown anyone. I thought

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<v Speaker 1>you didn't care about breaking rules, Ross, I don't, not really,

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<v Speaker 1>But this isn't skipping class. His notebook. The shoe lays

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<v Speaker 1>everything we've put together. It's still evidence in a missing

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<v Speaker 1>person's case. So we need to tell the sheriff or someone.

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<v Speaker 1>But we don't know who's involved yet. I thought you

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<v Speaker 1>at least trusted Mr Combs. I do. But if we

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<v Speaker 1>don't do this right, then someone might get away with

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<v Speaker 1>a crime. And Wiley, we still don't know where he

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<v Speaker 1>is or what's going on. So then what do we do?

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<v Speaker 1>We have to think, like Riley, we need more information

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<v Speaker 1>before we start accusing anyone of anything. How do we

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<v Speaker 1>do that? How long until the demolition? Thirty minutes? Everr take? Okay, okay,

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<v Speaker 1>that's enough time, Enough time for what to confront someone

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<v Speaker 1>who I haven't decided yet. Give me a second. Are

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<v Speaker 1>you telling me that you're just gonna waltz up to

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<v Speaker 1>someone and ask them if they've committed any felonies or

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<v Speaker 1>had love children? And someone knows where Riley is, and

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<v Speaker 1>the fastest way to figure out what's going on is

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<v Speaker 1>to find Riley. That's what this has always been about. Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>I see, so you are going to confront a kidnapper.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought we agreed that we weren't sure if Riley

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<v Speaker 1>was kidnapped. I think we can agree that Riley is

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<v Speaker 1>in trouble, and it's a bit concerning how little you

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<v Speaker 1>seem to care about getting into trouble yourself. I've already

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<v Speaker 1>been grounded for the rest of time. How much worse

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<v Speaker 1>can it get. I'm not talking about that kind of trouble, Max,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm talking about the kind where you pissed the wrong

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<v Speaker 1>person off and they ruin your life or something much

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<v Speaker 1>much worse. What are you talking about the Archers? How

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<v Speaker 1>between the two of them, they own this town. If

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<v Speaker 1>they wanted to destroy your uncle's career or ruin your

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<v Speaker 1>record at school, they could. And Mr Beatie He's already

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<v Speaker 1>lost a lot in his life. People who don't have

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<v Speaker 1>anything left to lose, or people you don't want to push,

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<v Speaker 1>don't be ridiculous. I'm serious. Max. We're dealing with someone

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<v Speaker 1>powerful or unhinged enough that Riley has been hiding out

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<v Speaker 1>for almost two weeks to stay out of their way,

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<v Speaker 1>and if I don't find him soon, something much worse

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<v Speaker 1>could happen. But why does it have to be you?

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<v Speaker 1>Because as we've established, we don't know who we can trust.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you trust me? What do you trust me? Max? I?

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<v Speaker 1>I yes, I do. I trust you, really really, really

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<v Speaker 1>really good? Can trust that trust that? I'm just trying

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<v Speaker 1>to keep you safe. I don't need you to protect me. Ross.

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<v Speaker 1>I know you don't. I know that that that you'd

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<v Speaker 1>be fine without me. If anything, I've been dragging you down. No, No,

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<v Speaker 1>that's not true at all. I would have never figured

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<v Speaker 1>out any of this without you. I meant what I

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<v Speaker 1>said the other night. But you would have kept running

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<v Speaker 1>in those woods forever. You would have confronted Mr Beatie

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<v Speaker 1>right then and there in his cabin. Maybe I keep

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<v Speaker 1>you grounded or less afraid, but maybe I actually just

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<v Speaker 1>hold you back. And that's what scares me. Max. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't know when to stop. Ross. You don't have to

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<v Speaker 1>come with me. I don't want you to do anything

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<v Speaker 1>that you don't want. That's not the point, then what is?

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<v Speaker 1>You really don't get it, do you? I don't care

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<v Speaker 1>what happens to me, Max, I mean, yeah, if I

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<v Speaker 1>had in my way, i'd stay in this treehouse all day,

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<v Speaker 1>every day and never do anything remotely exciting. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think that's true, But I can't stand the idea of

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<v Speaker 1>something happening to you. Ross. Clap is that Joe? No,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just your mom. Where does Joe think you are? Right? Now? Here?

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<v Speaker 1>But not from long? Max? Ross The demolition is going

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<v Speaker 1>to begin any moment now. If there's a time to

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<v Speaker 1>figure this out, it's tonight. Okay, what do we do?

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<v Speaker 1>Not we max? If you think I'm going to sit

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<v Speaker 1>this one out, it's not that I need you to

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<v Speaker 1>go to City Hall? Why because we don't have time

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<v Speaker 1>to do both both. What what is running through your

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<v Speaker 1>head right now? Whoever took Riley, whoever he's running from,

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<v Speaker 1>it might all be over tonight. If it has something

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<v Speaker 1>to do with the mine, then it'll be too late

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<v Speaker 1>for him to do any damage after the demolition, and

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<v Speaker 1>will have lost our chance to catch someone in the act.

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<v Speaker 1>If it's Mr Beatie, whatever he was doing has a

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<v Speaker 1>deadline of tonight, and I'm supposed to be tracking Ransom's

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<v Speaker 1>files down. He's going to be tracking me down soon enough. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>So are you saying we should split up both take

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<v Speaker 1>a different person on ross? There's still the mine. If

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<v Speaker 1>the old mines get collapsed tonight, that means the project

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<v Speaker 1>is moving forward. And if it really is as dangerous

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<v Speaker 1>as right we thought, we need to stop it, which

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<v Speaker 1>is why you need to go to City Hall and

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<v Speaker 1>try to find that environmental survey report. And what are

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<v Speaker 1>you going to do. I'm going to go find Riley

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<v Speaker 1>and now what happens next is up to you, the listener.

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<v Speaker 1>There isn't one chapter ten, but three. You can choose

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<v Speaker 1>for Max to confront Ransom Archer, to go to Mr

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<v Speaker 1>Read's cabin, or race to accuse the mining company. But

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<v Speaker 1>be careful what you choose. There is a right answer,

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<v Speaker 1>but whatever the majority of the audience chooses, whether it's

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<v Speaker 1>the right answer or not, will become the official ending

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