1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: Cool Zone Media. 2 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:10,880 Speaker 2: Book Club book Club book Club book Club. It's the 3 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 2: Cool Zone Media book Club, which is a book club 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:18,599 Speaker 2: where I read you a story. I'm Margaret Kildre. I'm 5 00:00:18,640 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 2: the I in the aforementioned I read you a story. 6 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 2: People say that pronouns are hard, but I is an 7 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,280 Speaker 2: example of a pronoun and I bet you've used it. 8 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 2: I bet you can figure it out. You might have guessed. 9 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,239 Speaker 2: The other thing you might have figured out is that 10 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,080 Speaker 2: I don't have a guest today. It's just me. I'm 11 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:41,760 Speaker 2: gonna read you a story. It's a me reading you 12 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:47,120 Speaker 2: all bus story. That's today. You all are the guests. 13 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 2: Every single one of you is welcome the Cool Zone 14 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 2: Media book Club. Okay, so today we got sci fi 15 00:00:55,480 --> 00:01:01,960 Speaker 2: story for you and it is by SJ. Klupecky. Who's 16 00:01:02,080 --> 00:01:04,560 Speaker 2: s J. Clopecky. I'm glad you asked, because I'm going 17 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:07,320 Speaker 2: to read their bio. 18 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 1: S J. 19 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 2: Clipecky is a writer from the North of Canada who 20 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 2: focuses on queer themes in the way that power interacts 21 00:01:12,880 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: with people. Starting from anarchist principles, they write science fiction 22 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,360 Speaker 2: and fantasy about those who do not fit within the norm. 23 00:01:19,680 --> 00:01:23,760 Speaker 2: You can find them at s j klup heck writing 24 00:01:23,880 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 2: on Twitter, which is s J k l A p 25 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 2: e c writing on Twitter. This story is called Printed 26 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 2: Guns and Sold Schematics. So get yourself your whatever you 27 00:01:41,120 --> 00:01:46,240 Speaker 2: it's Sunday. Don't don't drink whiskey early in the morning 28 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:52,120 Speaker 2: on Sunday unless you really want to t Get yourself 29 00:01:52,120 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 2: here some tea or whatever you would like, and cozy 30 00:01:57,000 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: up because you're the guest today. Printed Guns and Sold 31 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:06,559 Speaker 2: Schematics by s J. Clipecki. The weapons of the future suck. 32 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 2: Everyone imagined great sci fi glassings, the world being reduced 33 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,040 Speaker 2: to a gray nanite sludge, some viral contagion that only 34 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:16,880 Speaker 2: kills men, or some shit. But it's none of that. 35 00:02:17,880 --> 00:02:22,280 Speaker 2: It's drones, not even the proper Lockheed Martin ones. Instead 36 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,800 Speaker 2: their quad copters, the type rich kids get when their 37 00:02:24,840 --> 00:02:28,280 Speaker 2: parents feel bad for divorcing. Only some assholes strapped a 38 00:02:28,280 --> 00:02:32,440 Speaker 2: bomb to them too. The market for guns is still big, 39 00:02:32,480 --> 00:02:36,000 Speaker 2: but they changed made of layers of printed plastic, doped 40 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 2: with as much metal as needed to keep it together, 41 00:02:38,400 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 2: and not an iota more. I have a pepperbox revolver 42 00:02:41,919 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 2: I printed myself, strapped to my chest. The hard edge 43 00:02:45,320 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 2: of an unsanded handle digs into my breast. The gun's 44 00:02:48,720 --> 00:02:52,000 Speaker 2: a hack job, made before I left and without any 45 00:02:52,080 --> 00:02:54,919 Speaker 2: my usual care put into it. But it's six shots 46 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: of nine to nineteen parabellium that I can't go without 47 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 2: in my pocket. There's a USB on that USB. There's 48 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:06,359 Speaker 2: designs that were originally made by an afghanji hottist, iterated 49 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 2: upon by an American Nazi, taken by a French anarchist, 50 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 2: and changed before being sent to me. Another American Darwin 51 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 2: would be proud of how quickly things now evolve, how 52 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 2: they iterate and phil niches. The compound I was told 53 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:24,560 Speaker 2: to go to is a small place, at least small 54 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,840 Speaker 2: for compounds that radical groups hang out in fifty acres 55 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:30,320 Speaker 2: of land in the middle of fucking nowhere. I know 56 00:03:30,400 --> 00:03:33,120 Speaker 2: it's the right place because the only way in is 57 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:35,840 Speaker 2: a break in the birch trees. There's a sign that 58 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 2: reads Clarefield Farm standing outside. Those are the two clues 59 00:03:40,080 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 2: I was given as a standard. No phone, no way 60 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: to trace me if I'm not carrying anything with a signal. 61 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:50,760 Speaker 2: Even if the state security APPARATUSUS have collapsed, others might 62 00:03:50,800 --> 00:03:56,520 Speaker 2: want my trail. Sadly, that means no GPS. There's a 63 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 2: building in the middle of nowhere with its lights on. 64 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 2: It doesn't look new, retrofitted, so the roof is covered 65 00:04:01,800 --> 00:04:05,440 Speaker 2: with solar panels. A red flag is illuminated from behind, 66 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: the words Montana Free Corps in bold gold lettering glowing 67 00:04:09,960 --> 00:04:14,360 Speaker 2: from the window. I wonder briefly how many different compounds exist, 68 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:18,239 Speaker 2: how many radicals stake out just across the border, flitting 69 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 2: back and forth. But it doesn't matter. This is the place. 70 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 2: I let out a sigh of relief and walk right 71 00:04:24,800 --> 00:04:27,760 Speaker 2: on up. A blinking camera shifts this attention to me. 72 00:04:28,160 --> 00:04:32,159 Speaker 2: The disembodied eye of some security guards staring I wave. 73 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 2: An intercom lights up. A gruff, deep voice speaks, demanding 74 00:04:37,400 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 2: my name and the passcode Rahai Yotan's daughter. I replied 75 00:04:42,200 --> 00:04:45,119 Speaker 2: the fake name. I gave them Buck the front power 76 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,919 Speaker 2: to the people. I feel silly even saying it, but 77 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:50,479 Speaker 2: I don't control the passcodes that the clients give me. 78 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 2: I don't control their ideologies or what they do, or 79 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 2: what stupid things they obsess over. It's not like it matters, 80 00:04:57,160 --> 00:04:59,760 Speaker 2: so long as they're good on their cash. There's a 81 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:02,880 Speaker 2: moment of waiting. I tap my foot on the ground expectantly. 82 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: Rain dribbles down my back, cold and uncomfortable. Wish they'd 83 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 2: hurried up so I could at least be a little 84 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:12,400 Speaker 2: bit dry. Don't know how good a bunch of leftists 85 00:05:12,440 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 2: are for hospitality, but when dealing with the type of 86 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 2: people who run out to the woods to do a 87 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 2: bunch of training, it's always a mixed bag. Sometimes it's 88 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 2: a bunch of unwashed men who keep thinking you're there 89 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 2: to get with them. Sometimes it's a polite group of 90 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 2: ideologues who try to win you over with tea, biscuits 91 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 2: and god awful pamphlets. Sometimes it's just the smell of 92 00:05:30,800 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 2: gunpowder and laconic grunts until the transaction is over. The 93 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 2: last one is always the one I hope for, quick clean, 94 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 2: done in and out. A boy greets me. His voice 95 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 2: is squeaky. He's young, no older than nineteen. If I 96 00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:49,640 Speaker 2: had to guess, he's wearing a beret and a T 97 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:52,720 Speaker 2: shirt with from some punk band. I don't recognize. A 98 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,280 Speaker 2: beard that refuses to grow as much as he's been trying, 99 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 2: and a revolver strapped to his waist. The smell of 100 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 2: gunpowder and weed hits me as the warmth of the 101 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:05,960 Speaker 2: house bleeds out come in, he says. I step inside. 102 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:10,400 Speaker 2: The door closes behind me. A low sigh escapes involuntary 103 00:06:10,680 --> 00:06:14,279 Speaker 2: from my mouth. I take off my jacket. Underneath is 104 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 2: a thin polyester windbreaker. Under that my revolver. I don't 105 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,200 Speaker 2: feel the need to strip further. As I put my 106 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 2: jacket on the coat rack, the squeaky voiced man asked 107 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 2: me a question you hear about the I have the schematics. 108 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 2: I am kurt, but not rude, measured, someone who seems 109 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 2: even tempered, mild if direct. The man shifts uncomfortably. He 110 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 2: must have wanted more from me, an apology for lateness. 111 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:43,559 Speaker 2: Perhaps I run my fingers through damp, short hair. Maybe 112 00:06:43,560 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 2: he heard my name expecting someone more ladylike than my 113 00:06:46,480 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 2: make up list demeanor gives off no matter. I shake 114 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 2: my hands dry and clasp them in front of me. 115 00:06:53,240 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 2: Your name is, I ask Louis? He says, in the 116 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:02,279 Speaker 2: French pronunciation, I'm louis. Probably a nom de guere based 117 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 2: on some FLQ member or something. I can't remember too 118 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 2: much about history. That's not where I bake my bread. Well, Louis, 119 00:07:10,560 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 2: I try to shake off the cold of the storm 120 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 2: as I speak. Wouldn't want to come across as rude, 121 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 2: now would I I was told there would be a 122 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 2: commander or something I would be meeting or something the 123 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 2: guy who wanted me to sell you all what I have. 124 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 2: Louis's face changes. I can see that he's trying to 125 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 2: figure me out, read me as best as he can, 126 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,160 Speaker 2: and process new information. I don't know if he was 127 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 2: told why I was coming here. I doubt it. He 128 00:07:37,160 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 2: didn't see him in the inner cadre, so to speak, Yeah, 129 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,280 Speaker 2: that would be uh. He's raking his mind. I can 130 00:07:43,320 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 2: see the confusion on his face, the way his eyes 131 00:07:45,440 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 2: scrunch a little as he searches for a name, or 132 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:51,480 Speaker 2: maybe as he figures out what name to use. Half 133 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 2: these guys use a half dozen names, not that I 134 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 2: can judge, right, I'll get them for you. I don't 135 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:01,200 Speaker 2: know who I expect, but it's sure as hell not 136 00:08:01,280 --> 00:08:04,800 Speaker 2: who shows up. Funny how after years of dealing you 137 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 2: never really clear that image out of your mind of 138 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:10,320 Speaker 2: the rebel leader with a beard, a beret, a hopeful 139 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 2: and youthful look. Chay is burned into the neurons of 140 00:08:13,240 --> 00:08:15,760 Speaker 2: my brain that I associate with rebel, but I've never 141 00:08:15,760 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 2: seen a chay. The man I see before me is clean, shaven, dower. 142 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 2: He looks in pain based on the limp my eyes 143 00:08:22,680 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 2: trailed down, and a medical brace is tight around his leg, 144 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:29,360 Speaker 2: which he had shown up sooner. He says. He sounds old, 145 00:08:29,680 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 2: maybe in his forties, with a gruff voice, the type 146 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,680 Speaker 2: someone gets from a packa day smoking a cigarette. Isn't 147 00:08:36,679 --> 00:08:39,080 Speaker 2: in his mouth right now, but it's a matter of time. 148 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 2: I don't particularly like speeding when I'm carrying a legal stuff, 149 00:08:43,559 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 2: doubly so when it's pissing brain outside. I say that 150 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:52,080 Speaker 2: gets a smirk out of him. He understands, So what 151 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:53,920 Speaker 2: do you got from me? M We discussed it on 152 00:08:54,240 --> 00:08:57,160 Speaker 2: h fuck. I can't remember they squashed these sites as 153 00:08:57,200 --> 00:09:00,920 Speaker 2: soon as they pop up. No, they don't, not since 154 00:09:00,920 --> 00:09:03,320 Speaker 2: the Americans started fighting in their homelands more than they 155 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:07,320 Speaker 2: did in the overseas ventures. Five Eyes collapsed when the 156 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 2: central government did an anti insurgency, turned from that flawed 157 00:09:10,840 --> 00:09:14,920 Speaker 2: system of panopticonic internet trawling and investigation to whack a 158 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: moles that none of their allies could handle on their own. 159 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,720 Speaker 2: I remember exactly the site, I remember the username, the 160 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 2: contact used. I know this game and sidestep the implied 161 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 2: question I have. I look around the hall. Bookshelves are 162 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:33,480 Speaker 2: full of radical literature. Bookchin lenin. I don't care all 163 00:09:33,520 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 2: of a maw or two well read radicals across their 164 00:09:37,160 --> 00:09:41,719 Speaker 2: own narrow spectrum of ideas. An idea strikes a good 165 00:09:41,800 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 2: idea of political power to hand over if you're keeping 166 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:48,640 Speaker 2: your end of the bargain. He smirks a grin. He 167 00:09:48,800 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 2: liked the reference to the old warlord. Play to the customer, 168 00:09:52,040 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 2: keep them thinking I'm on their side. I won't mention 169 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 2: that the Christian Front made me an offer too. Yes, well, 170 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:00,679 Speaker 2: maybe you can tell me a little bit more about 171 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 2: the form that power takes. He raises a hand to 172 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:06,480 Speaker 2: his face, scratches behind his ear. If I recall it 173 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 2: was an anti tank round a nod. It isn't, but 174 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 2: the differences are slight when it comes to blowing up technicals. 175 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 2: It's a squash head round that could be mass printed 176 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 2: with basic three D metallurgic techniques. The last guy you 177 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:23,200 Speaker 2: touched it didn't trust the plastic to hold and overcompensate 178 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:26,200 Speaker 2: it with the metal. That's probably the design you're using. 179 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 2: If you printed them right now, I actually know what 180 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:32,080 Speaker 2: I'm doing, so a gesture as I speak, trying to 181 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:35,440 Speaker 2: sound unrehearsed and on the fly. I modified the design 182 00:10:35,480 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 2: to use fifteen percent less material with only a five 183 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,920 Speaker 2: percent reduction of material strength. And that's irrelevant to your purposes. 184 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,199 Speaker 2: If you're using this in rockets, you're using them in rockets, 185 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,000 Speaker 2: right you heard. I'm sure about the people in Kansas 186 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 2: who blew themselves up trying to stick something like this 187 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:55,079 Speaker 2: in an M seventy nine. Dropping out of that engineering 188 00:10:55,080 --> 00:10:56,959 Speaker 2: course is the best damn choice of my life, all 189 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,320 Speaker 2: things considered. They hadn't yet beaten safety pro to call 190 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,199 Speaker 2: into my brain, but they sure taught me a lot 191 00:11:02,200 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 2: about material science, how plastic flexes and bends, and how 192 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:09,080 Speaker 2: it snaps breaks on a windshield and sends glass and 193 00:11:09,120 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 2: tannerite into the eyes of a driver fractions of a 194 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:16,200 Speaker 2: second before the detonator goes off. He nods approvingly and 195 00:11:16,240 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 2: waves Louis away, because, dear listener, who is of course 196 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 2: our guest, this man knows a good deal when he 197 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,440 Speaker 2: hears one, and I think you know a good deal too, 198 00:11:28,120 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 2: which is why all of our ads are for good deals. 199 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:40,320 Speaker 2: And you can totally trust me, because I'm saying this 200 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 2: not coerced by a capitalist system. I just genuinely believe 201 00:11:47,040 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 2: in everything you're about to hear. And we're back. Come 202 00:12:08,200 --> 00:12:11,520 Speaker 2: on inside, he urges. His voice is warm and cheerful now, 203 00:12:11,559 --> 00:12:13,840 Speaker 2: as though he's trying to put some fatherly affect into 204 00:12:13,840 --> 00:12:17,320 Speaker 2: his words. Water off A Duck's back to me, do 205 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 2: you drink tea? I reply? Nothing harder A call for 206 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 2: someone else, someone named Isabel, to put a pot on, 207 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 2: A half hearted reply that she's been putting too much 208 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,280 Speaker 2: pot on tonight. I stiffle a laugh, don't trouble yourself. 209 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 2: Then I insist. The older man leads me deeper into 210 00:12:35,200 --> 00:12:38,240 Speaker 2: the house. We passed through the main hall, a kitchen 211 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 2: messy and with a sink full of dishes. A barracks 212 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 2: or something like it, with a dozen or so bunk 213 00:12:43,800 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 2: beds crammed together. People sleep soundly, despite haligen Court's lights 214 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:51,400 Speaker 2: burning over them. One of the rooms has been converted 215 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,079 Speaker 2: into an impromptu armory, printing caseines for bombs and upper 216 00:12:55,080 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 2: receivers for rifles. Someone is working on a quadrone, trying 217 00:12:59,520 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 2: to armor O the limbs, don't I point to the drone. 218 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 2: The arms can take it. You need to focus on 219 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,360 Speaker 2: the rotors. Any good great bird shot will tear those up. 220 00:13:10,840 --> 00:13:13,960 Speaker 2: The armorer is a woman. Faded black dye covers up 221 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:17,240 Speaker 2: her blonde roots. Her shoulders drop, and she smirks at me. 222 00:13:18,040 --> 00:13:20,360 Speaker 2: If I had to guess, she'd been telling people the same, 223 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,560 Speaker 2: but only now did someone agree with her. She holds 224 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 2: her gaze at me for a fraction too long before 225 00:13:26,160 --> 00:13:29,440 Speaker 2: nodding and getting back to work. If this was a 226 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:31,920 Speaker 2: different context, I'd hoped to heaven she was gay too. 227 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:36,560 Speaker 2: But it's not good business to flirt on the job, right, Well, 228 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 2: we got those designs from a person and occupy. He 229 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 2: tries to justify himself his mistake. Everyone does, and they're wrong. 230 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 2: I cut the man off, so survivorship bias probably wasn't 231 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 2: factored in. You need those things to hit their target, 232 00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 2: nothing more. It doesn't matter if they get buckshot lodged 233 00:13:55,000 --> 00:13:57,280 Speaker 2: in an arm It matters if their rotors are shredded 234 00:13:57,320 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 2: into foil. He doesn't like this. I can see senses 235 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 2: demeanor change. He is a bit icy as he gestures 236 00:14:03,520 --> 00:14:06,679 Speaker 2: towards the central computer. I don't know how many hundreds 237 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 2: he spent on the design. Schematics. But hey, at least 238 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 2: he doesn't need to invest in new ones. Should be 239 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 2: thanking me. Really, I don't sit down. Instead, I take 240 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,080 Speaker 2: out the USB, plug it into the computer and ask 241 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:22,200 Speaker 2: him to sit down. I'm sure you know your system's 242 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 2: better than I do. I'd hate to screw anything up. 243 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 2: It's disingenuous, I know, but it convinces him. He sits down. 244 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:32,400 Speaker 2: I notice the outline of a pistol tucked into his 245 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:35,520 Speaker 2: pant line between the disheveled dress shirt and the khakis. 246 00:14:36,200 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 2: He opens the files. The actual instructions are encrypted. I 247 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:41,600 Speaker 2: have the key on a piece of paper tucked into 248 00:14:41,640 --> 00:14:45,080 Speaker 2: my windbreaker. If it wasn't, then stealing my designs would 249 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,280 Speaker 2: be as simple as copy paste. Instead, he gets a 250 00:14:48,280 --> 00:14:52,640 Speaker 2: series of PNGs from some short videos, my own voice 251 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:55,800 Speaker 2: through the speakers explaining what is different about these squash heeads. 252 00:14:56,520 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 2: He watches them closely, glancing at my hand every so 253 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:03,080 Speaker 2: often to check if still on the USB. It always 254 00:15:03,120 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 2: is right, he says, But the designs, I want to 255 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:11,000 Speaker 2: see them in actual printing programs first, so I know 256 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 2: you're not selling me a pile of shit. I want 257 00:15:14,160 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 2: my money first, four thousand euros cash. That's what your 258 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:21,360 Speaker 2: contact promised me, mister, I nudge for a name. He 259 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:27,760 Speaker 2: grumbles and sighs. Tom, Just Tom. A few moments pass, 260 00:15:28,240 --> 00:15:30,640 Speaker 2: I consider ripping the USB out since he's starting to 261 00:15:30,640 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 2: get on my nerves. He shifts back in the chair, 262 00:15:33,440 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 2: an old leather piece of work with more duct tape 263 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,160 Speaker 2: than filling. Is he going to make a move and 264 00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 2: put my hand over my zipper? Ready to go for 265 00:15:40,600 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 2: my own gun? Look, I don't know what my contact 266 00:15:44,680 --> 00:15:47,760 Speaker 2: promised you exactly. He has this tendency to make you 267 00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:51,200 Speaker 2: know deals that I don't exactly agree with. Tom explains 268 00:15:52,080 --> 00:15:55,000 Speaker 2: he promised me four thousand euros in cash. I made 269 00:15:55,000 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 2: that pretty clear. I think my hand plays with a zipper. 270 00:15:58,560 --> 00:16:01,680 Speaker 2: Can we agree on something more reasonable? It's only designed plastic, 271 00:16:01,720 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 2: after all, his voice takes a grating edge to it. 272 00:16:05,480 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 2: I probably fucked up telling his armorer how to do 273 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 2: her job. It's only designed plastic. That took me twenty 274 00:16:12,080 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 2: two hours of work, math, chemistry and more to work 275 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 2: out a prototype for and four days of testing to 276 00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 2: make sure it worked according to my calculations, and then 277 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 2: a month of shopping it around. And I know that 278 00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 2: there's people like me, right, now doing the same. Who 279 00:16:26,880 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 2: wouldn't be caught dead selling to someone who isn't good 280 00:16:29,320 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 2: on the money in crypto. Well before they sent the 281 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:36,320 Speaker 2: design over, I unsit my windbreaker, hoping he doesn't notice 282 00:16:36,360 --> 00:16:39,440 Speaker 2: the bulge of the revolver. I'm taking a risk here, 283 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 2: and I don't want to take any more. He glares 284 00:16:43,760 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 2: at me. I can see the game fall apart in 285 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 2: his head, what he wanted to do, how he wanted 286 00:16:48,400 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 2: to haggle. But I'm still in the room full of 287 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:52,960 Speaker 2: his friends who are all armed to the teeth and 288 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:56,160 Speaker 2: are out here on a moment of R and R 289 00:16:56,200 --> 00:17:00,160 Speaker 2: and training, probably before descending back down into Montana and 290 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 2: helping his folks down there some plans that I'm starting 291 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:05,879 Speaker 2: to feel less like an accomplice to and more like 292 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 2: a hindrance to Freya. He says, You're putting me in 293 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 2: a fucking difficult position right now. His voice raises to 294 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:17,560 Speaker 2: a growl, a hiss between Tobacco's stained teeth. I clench up, 295 00:17:17,600 --> 00:17:21,000 Speaker 2: step back, and yank the USB from its port. My 296 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:24,719 Speaker 2: hand plunges into my windbreaker, wraps tight around that unsmooth handle. 297 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 2: I don't draw it yet, but he knows that I 298 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:32,840 Speaker 2: have it and that's enough, right, he says, I'm putting 299 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 2: you in a difficult position too. I get that, but 300 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:37,800 Speaker 2: you've seen what the Front's doing down in Montana, right, 301 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 2: the fucking burnings. Moral considerations aren't what got me into 302 00:17:42,240 --> 00:17:45,000 Speaker 2: this job. They're not gonna make me budge. He has 303 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:47,960 Speaker 2: to know that I'm not in this for some glorious revolution. 304 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 2: What she might be in it for, dear listener, flash guest, 305 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 2: is the deals. Like you know that, that's kind of 306 00:17:58,560 --> 00:18:03,160 Speaker 2: a thing, And much like you, you actually only listen 307 00:18:03,200 --> 00:18:06,399 Speaker 2: to podcasts for the ads, and I respect that, unless, 308 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:08,320 Speaker 2: of course, you listen to cooler Zone Medium, which case 309 00:18:08,359 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 2: you get the ad transitions and none of the ads. 310 00:18:10,760 --> 00:18:13,919 Speaker 2: But if you're just on cool Zone Medium, just perfectly legitimate, 311 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:17,560 Speaker 2: then you get to hear the ads like these ones. 312 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:37,880 Speaker 2: Yeah I've seen them. Oh I'm back by the way, Yeah, 313 00:18:37,920 --> 00:18:41,119 Speaker 2: I've seen him. Frontists laughed as they screamed, so fucking 314 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 2: what people like me sold them the weapons? Hell, I 315 00:18:43,880 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 2: might know the guy who did. I know what the 316 00:18:45,920 --> 00:18:48,240 Speaker 2: sides are doing. I know your fucking friends. And the 317 00:18:48,280 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 2: GDF did when they captured a bunch of the Front's men, 318 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,080 Speaker 2: lined them up and shot them. No trial, nothing, that's war. 319 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,840 Speaker 2: I sell war. You want to buy war. Don't try 320 00:18:57,840 --> 00:19:01,560 Speaker 2: to clean this up. Stands. I see the pistol in 321 00:19:01,600 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 2: his waistband glock nineteen polymer, not a shadow gun, probably 322 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 2: for long term carry. Sweat sticks his shirt to his body. 323 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 2: You aren't gonna hurt me, I say. My voice is confident, 324 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:17,320 Speaker 2: my soul is shaking. You either pay me now or 325 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:20,040 Speaker 2: I take this and leave. I threaten. We had a 326 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 2: deal set up, and I won't haggle again. I already 327 00:19:23,400 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 2: did that with your contact. They said four thousand, no less, 328 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 2: damn fucking cheap for that price, and you know it. 329 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 2: I don't think you fucking understand. Actually you've seen the videos, 330 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 2: but you haven't been there, even smelled the aftermath. You 331 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 2: haven't given food to the hungry or water to the thirsty. 332 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,920 Speaker 2: His voice devolves into something almost rehearsed. We're doing good 333 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:46,720 Speaker 2: workout there, and you can help us. Oh, yes, the 334 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:50,440 Speaker 2: ideological crusade. They think I care about. The shifting acidic 335 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 2: weight heating at me intensified. I tried my damnedest to 336 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:55,560 Speaker 2: not show it, not to give any clue of what 337 00:19:55,600 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 2: was happening in my head. I failed. He took his chance. 338 00:20:00,000 --> 00:20:01,919 Speaker 2: If I don't know your type, he steps towards me. 339 00:20:02,359 --> 00:20:04,360 Speaker 2: You think I don't know how little info you keep 340 00:20:04,359 --> 00:20:06,760 Speaker 2: about yourself, how fake your name is? 341 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:07,160 Speaker 1: Hell? 342 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:08,880 Speaker 2: I bet you don't even have a license on you, 343 00:20:09,040 --> 00:20:12,720 Speaker 2: let alone someone who's worried for you. I inhale sharply. 344 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,840 Speaker 2: The chime comes up, A sour taste forces itself under 345 00:20:15,880 --> 00:20:19,560 Speaker 2: my tongue. I can feel my body. My bone's shaking. God, 346 00:20:19,600 --> 00:20:21,639 Speaker 2: I hope I'm not showing it. I hope he's not 347 00:20:21,680 --> 00:20:25,040 Speaker 2: seeing the twitch in my eye, every tug, every involuntary 348 00:20:25,080 --> 00:20:29,200 Speaker 2: pull of a stressed muscle. I feel everything. Tom knows 349 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,439 Speaker 2: he's got me in a bind. I think over the 350 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,199 Speaker 2: exits in my head, try to remember where anything is. 351 00:20:34,760 --> 00:20:37,440 Speaker 2: A pang of fear strikes through me. There's only one 352 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:39,560 Speaker 2: way out. My back would be turned to him, the 353 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:42,280 Speaker 2: whole way. If I ran, good way to get my 354 00:20:42,400 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 2: spine ventilated. Maybe backing away would work. A step back, 355 00:20:46,680 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 2: glancing over my shoulder to the door. So you're going 356 00:20:49,880 --> 00:20:53,120 Speaker 2: to hand it over as palm is extended outwards? Are 357 00:20:53,119 --> 00:20:56,080 Speaker 2: you fucking robbing me? I try to stall for time. 358 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 2: It's a USB and a few hits to your dignity, 359 00:20:59,600 --> 00:21:02,600 Speaker 2: hardly grand theft. We can make this far more painful 360 00:21:02,640 --> 00:21:04,399 Speaker 2: if you want, but I'm not going to give you 361 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,440 Speaker 2: a lot of time to think it over. He notices 362 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:10,919 Speaker 2: my step backward, a flash of movement. A gun points 363 00:21:10,920 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 2: at the ground, aimed at my feet. My heart stops 364 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:21,200 Speaker 2: cold dead. An exasperated sigh comes from behind me. Christ Above, Tommy, 365 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 2: you're being a shithead, The lady working on the drone says, 366 00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,320 Speaker 2: just give her the fucking money. You think we can't 367 00:21:27,320 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 2: take the hit, Go and fuck with Henry. He set 368 00:21:30,760 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 2: up the deal. If he promised something, that's all on 369 00:21:33,200 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 2: us to keep in an internal matter to resolve. We're 370 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:40,879 Speaker 2: not the fucking front. We have protocol silence for a moment. 371 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:44,160 Speaker 2: Tom looks at me, then at the armorer. There's something 372 00:21:44,200 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 2: between them that I can't place. Maybe they were in 373 00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:50,159 Speaker 2: battle together. That connection people have in the trenches is 374 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 2: hard to place, hard to replicate. You think you have 375 00:21:53,280 --> 00:21:56,720 Speaker 2: a fucking right to tell me what to do, Tom growls, yes. 376 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 2: She says, yeah, I fucking do. Swinging your cock around 377 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:03,640 Speaker 2: isn't going to help any of us. Her tone is measured, casual, 378 00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 2: like this is a Tuesday for her. Hell, what if 379 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 2: she did give you the designs? Did you ever think 380 00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,359 Speaker 2: past five minutes from now, she'd give you the USB, 381 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:14,560 Speaker 2: run like hell and tell every damn person in the 382 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:16,880 Speaker 2: business that we're liable to rob you blind and call 383 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:21,520 Speaker 2: it business. How would that look for us? Tom sighs. 384 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 2: He removes the magazine from his pistol and racks the slide. 385 00:22:24,720 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 2: A bullet clatters on the concrete ground. My shoulders drop. 386 00:22:29,040 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 2: I breathe in clean, fresh air, almost purifying. I hadn't 387 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,359 Speaker 2: realized how long I've been holding my breath. I wipe 388 00:22:36,359 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 2: the sweat off my forehead and relax the grip on 389 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 2: my revolver. Maybe this would actually go all right? You're 390 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:46,439 Speaker 2: right here, right, he sighs Alex, he looks past me. 391 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 2: The woman perks up. Go to the vault. I think 392 00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,000 Speaker 2: we have enough fifties and hundreds. If you can, I'd 393 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 2: like to go with her, if you don't mind, I say. 394 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:58,800 Speaker 2: Tom frowns, but Alex waves me over. I follow her 395 00:22:58,840 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 2: down the hall. She smells like peaches under the burnt 396 00:23:02,040 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 2: metal and sweat and WD forty. I'm so sorry about Tom, 397 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,560 Speaker 2: she says to me. The second we're out of ear shot. 398 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 2: He's got a real fuck you got mine attitude, and 399 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 2: I've tried to whip him into shape. It's not really 400 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 2: working out. I'm just glad I'm not leaving here in pieces, 401 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:21,840 Speaker 2: I say. She laughs. It's sweet, gentle, reassuring. I remind 402 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 2: myself once more that I am working and think about 403 00:23:24,640 --> 00:23:28,480 Speaker 2: her too much. He's a business partner, after all. She 404 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:30,959 Speaker 2: lets out a laugh, a tired laugh, somebone who's had 405 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:33,639 Speaker 2: to deal with far too much nonsense. We wouldn't do 406 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:37,800 Speaker 2: that to you, promise. They keep all their money in 407 00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:40,720 Speaker 2: a room, hidden in filing cabinets and sorted by denomination. 408 00:23:41,560 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 2: Some foreign currency, a lot of Canadian. Obviously, there's one 409 00:23:44,960 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 2: thing the Canadians got right other than poutine. It's polymer currency. 410 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 2: Europe has yet to catch up. And so my eyes 411 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 2: wander to the piles of cotton bills four thousand euros. Right, 412 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:58,560 Speaker 2: Fuck Tom might have a point, as my wipe our reserves. 413 00:23:59,240 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 2: Not again, I'm not playing this haggling game again. A 414 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 2: cute girl won't change my answer. Not my problem, I 415 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:09,399 Speaker 2: hope you know, I state. She nods and starts counting 416 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,520 Speaker 2: a real hard nose. I see her voice grates like 417 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:16,320 Speaker 2: glass shards. I must have foiled some plan. You know, 418 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:20,360 Speaker 2: Tom's not a bad person. I don't care about his morals, 419 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:24,720 Speaker 2: I say, I just want promises kept right right. She 420 00:24:24,800 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 2: hands me stacks of currency. I count through it quickly. 421 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:30,199 Speaker 2: None of it seems fake, though I might need to 422 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 2: inspect closer later. The ero is always a good bet. 423 00:24:33,320 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 2: The Canadian and US dollars both collapse and rise and turn, 424 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 2: but across the pond the EUS managed to keep things 425 00:24:38,359 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 2: relatively stable. I say goodbye to Alex and start down 426 00:24:42,359 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 2: towards the entrance. As I pass through the hall, I 427 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 2: see a few people on a couch watching television. One 428 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,919 Speaker 2: of them seems real strung out. Another is intently watching 429 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,439 Speaker 2: the screen. The television plays footage from the Christian Fronts 430 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,359 Speaker 2: fighting with the remains of the National Guard, and anchor 431 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:00,879 Speaker 2: is speaking about the need for intervention from Britain or 432 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,640 Speaker 2: something something. I need to pay attention to new players 433 00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:07,960 Speaker 2: in the field and all that. Tom meets me as 434 00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 2: I walk no gun. At least it doesn't look like. 435 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 2: I don't take the time to search him up and down. 436 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:16,400 Speaker 2: He doesn't speak. I have nothing to say to him. 437 00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,520 Speaker 2: It's a short walk to the door, but it feels 438 00:25:18,560 --> 00:25:22,840 Speaker 2: so so long. This didn't go smoothly, and I've put 439 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 2: these guys firmly on my blacklist, but I won't contribute 440 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,960 Speaker 2: to the rumor mill. Maybe one of my competitors won't 441 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:33,040 Speaker 2: be as lucky as me. That'd be nice. I stand 442 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,800 Speaker 2: at the threshold, and a final few thoughts cross my mind. 443 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 2: But how they might not have the right materials. It 444 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:42,439 Speaker 2: did include a list in the text file. How they 445 00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 2: might try to alter the designs themselves, might fuck it 446 00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 2: up too. The Alex seem capable just not listen to 447 00:25:49,920 --> 00:25:53,119 Speaker 2: They rarely listen to the engineers, at least until the 448 00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 2: survivors need to pick up the pieces. A thousand thoughts 449 00:25:56,560 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 2: run through my head. I opened the door, say goodbye 450 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,920 Speaker 2: to Tom, and I leave the idiots to blow themselves 451 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:08,240 Speaker 2: up the end. If this was an old movie, it 452 00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 2: would say Finn, although it's French when it says Finn, 453 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 2: So who knows? Maybe you don't. Maybe is it's probably 454 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,120 Speaker 2: how it's pronounced, because you never pronounce all the letters. 455 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:21,159 Speaker 2: Why am I randomly making fun of him? This is 456 00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,000 Speaker 2: the problem, is that you all are my guests, and 457 00:26:23,400 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 2: you've been a little bit quiet, So I've been left 458 00:26:26,880 --> 00:26:32,679 Speaker 2: to make these terrible jokes. But that's this week's story. 459 00:26:33,840 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 2: I don't know. I like this story, and I thought 460 00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 2: that you all might like it too. I like this 461 00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:46,680 Speaker 2: kind of simple exploration of the complications involved in revolutionary 462 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 2: struggle and how you know, often at least I read 463 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,520 Speaker 2: stuff that's like from a revolutionist's point of view, right, 464 00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 2: and you know, it talks about the complications as like, 465 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,080 Speaker 2: oh well, it's just complicated. You know, sometimes you got 466 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:03,440 Speaker 2: to break goup served the making an omelet or whatever 467 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 2: fucking bullshit, you know, And I like something that's from 468 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 2: the perspective of a sort of a neutral observe. So 469 00:27:13,240 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 2: I thought you all might like it too. But there's 470 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 2: a few things I want to plug. Well, first I 471 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 2: want to plug s J. Clipecky, who you should follow. 472 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 2: You should follow on Twitter, which, as I said, is 473 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:34,160 Speaker 2: s J k l A P E C W R I, 474 00:27:34,280 --> 00:27:39,919 Speaker 2: T I n G on Twitter. Also, you can follow 475 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:43,360 Speaker 2: s J. Clipecky on Patreon, which is SJ Underscore. We'll 476 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 2: just google it. Clipecky is k L A P E 477 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:51,240 Speaker 2: c K I. And probably more than anything else, I 478 00:27:51,320 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 2: want to plug their book, which I haven't read yet, 479 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 2: but was published by ak Press, who also published cool 480 00:27:55,680 --> 00:28:01,560 Speaker 2: Zone Media Friend of the Pod Me and also cool 481 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:05,080 Speaker 2: Zone Media Friend of the Pod Robert Evans. Ak Press 482 00:28:05,080 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 2: published ak Press is a collectively run publisher who puts 483 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,560 Speaker 2: out really good shit and has started to put out 484 00:28:10,600 --> 00:28:13,880 Speaker 2: a lot of really good fiction and ak Press put 485 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:18,400 Speaker 2: out Station six by s. J. Clepecky and I think 486 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,399 Speaker 2: you'll should check it out because I have it on 487 00:28:20,440 --> 00:28:23,480 Speaker 2: my shelf and I'm excited to read it, especially after 488 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 2: reading this story. That's the end of book Club. I'll 489 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 2: see you all next week. Maybe I'll have a different guest. 490 00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,640 Speaker 2: Maybe you'll be the guest again. Do you like being 491 00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 2: the guest? If so, I don't know, Well, I guess 492 00:28:38,880 --> 00:28:39,960 Speaker 2: you're kind of always the guest. 493 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:40,520 Speaker 1: Oh. 494 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,160 Speaker 2: Also there's me. I have a podcast. If you heard 495 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:44,680 Speaker 2: this on they it could Happen here feed. 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I tell you a story 499 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 2: of history instead of this futurest I'll. 500 00:28:54,360 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 1: Just shut up. 501 00:28:55,120 --> 00:28:55,880 Speaker 2: See you all next week. 502 00:28:57,680 --> 00:29:00,160 Speaker 1: It could happen here as a production of cool Zone Media. 503 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 1: For more podcasts from cool Zone Media, visit our website 504 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 1: cool zonemedia dot com, or trick us out on the 505 00:29:05,240 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to podcasts, 506 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 1: you can find sources for It could happen here, Updated 507 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:15,280 Speaker 1: monthly at coolzonmedia dot com slash sources. Thanks for listening.