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<v Speaker 1>The Seventh Daughter contains scenes of realistic violence and graphic sexuality.

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<v Speaker 1>It is intended for mature listeners. Have you come seeking knowledge?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you wish to know the truth? Allow me to

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<v Speaker 1>show you. Close your eyes and follow the sound of

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<v Speaker 1>my voice. Allow it to lead you further into the past.

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<v Speaker 1>When I remove my blindfold, you may look into my eyes.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't just look at them, look through them, and you

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<v Speaker 1>will see what they have seen, and all my secrets

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<v Speaker 1>will be revealed. The Seventh Daughter. Good, you're awake, yes, ma'am?

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<v Speaker 1>Clear me some room on the table. Got your cleaning done, yes, ma'am.

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<v Speaker 1>Mm hmm, not bad, not bad. Now that the cleaning

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<v Speaker 1>is done, you can help me with some cooking. Oh good,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm starring. Not for you, not for me either. We'll

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<v Speaker 1>eat a meal after after what after we've owned it?

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<v Speaker 1>What are we cooking? Medicine? We bottle it up right

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<v Speaker 1>here in the room. I'm miraculous, mixture of rare isles,

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<v Speaker 1>exotic urban divine spirit ah, a miracle drug with absolutely

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<v Speaker 1>no medicinal value. But but what, come on? Ask me

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<v Speaker 1>what you want to know? What do we do with

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<v Speaker 1>medicine that doesn't do anything? Sell it to people who

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<v Speaker 1>don't actually need it. I'm going slow so you can

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<v Speaker 1>see exactly how it's done, and you can learn the

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<v Speaker 1>proper mixture of ingredients, like cleaning the room, cooking the

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<v Speaker 1>medicine will be your job. Now. Once I feel it,

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<v Speaker 1>you cork it and glue one of these labels on

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<v Speaker 1>the front lotus blood. Is it like patent medicine if

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<v Speaker 1>you want to call it that. Sell it in a shop,

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<v Speaker 1>no door to door, No on the street. We do

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<v Speaker 1>what's called a high pitch, a high pitch from the

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<v Speaker 1>back of a carriage. When the sun goes down, we

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<v Speaker 1>light gasoline torches that hang from the ends of poles.

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<v Speaker 1>Dramatic lighting catch people's eyes. And I'll set up a

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<v Speaker 1>display of medical curiosities, shrunken heads, jar babies, tapeworms, like

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<v Speaker 1>a museum. Where do we do this? Wherever we can

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<v Speaker 1>attract a crowd. How do we attract the crowd? That

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<v Speaker 1>will be your job me. That's right, We're gonna attract

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<v Speaker 1>the crowd by putting you on display. People will look

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<v Speaker 1>at me. They won't know what to make of you.

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<v Speaker 1>Why would people be interested in looking at me? We'll

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<v Speaker 1>make them interested. Got around good people last year City.

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<v Speaker 1>Permit me to share what you a message your truth

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<v Speaker 1>and of hope, the mystery of the Caribbean island, and

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<v Speaker 1>the redeeming grace of our heavenly Lord. And see if

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<v Speaker 1>you're Jesus Christ. These marvels, mysteries, and the blessings are

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<v Speaker 1>personicide and the unlimited lily white flesh of one extra

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<v Speaker 1>ordinary child. A childhood is an ambassador of God's tender

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<v Speaker 1>messes and evidence of his ferruscious power. Oh is the

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<v Speaker 1>child who represent the power youth of which I speak.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh is the embodiment of purity and perfection, filled with

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<v Speaker 1>the wisdom of the ages. Permit me to introduce you,

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<v Speaker 1>good people are Steel City to the seven daughter. By

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<v Speaker 1>that time we should have a crowd of a dozen

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<v Speaker 1>or so. And then what you perform? Perform? We'll start

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<v Speaker 1>with something simple, the absolute lowest form of decorin the

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<v Speaker 1>alphabet code. I'll list twenty six ordinary items in no

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<v Speaker 1>apparent order, but you'll memorize them in this particular sequence

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<v Speaker 1>A through Z. The alphabet is simply a means of

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<v Speaker 1>keeping track of their order. For example, A is this box, yes, yes, okay?

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<v Speaker 1>B is this pencil, C is the door, D is

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<v Speaker 1>the chair, got that A B C D box pencil?

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<v Speaker 1>Door chair? What's see the door and the box D?

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<v Speaker 1>Now do you see change? An aggregation of urban oil

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<v Speaker 1>heretofore known only to the mystics and healers of the Orient.

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<v Speaker 1>I shall now move among you and randomly point two

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<v Speaker 1>items in your position. Pandora, blindfolded and without any coaching whatsoever,

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<v Speaker 1>will accurately name these items. You there? What's that in

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<v Speaker 1>your hand? A walking stick? You there? Show me your yes, Pandora,

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<v Speaker 1>a flower in the lapel of a young gentleman. Carnation,

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<v Speaker 1>I believe. And what color is the carnation? White? Yes, white,

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<v Speaker 1>as white and pure as your virgin and soul at place.

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<v Speaker 1>Applause is not necessary. Pandora performs for your eddie Vakisha,

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<v Speaker 1>not for your approven I'll be doing all the work.

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<v Speaker 1>I'll find the items we're looking for in the sequence

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<v Speaker 1>we've established. You just have to sit there and recite

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<v Speaker 1>your A, B c's. But if someone watches us perform

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<v Speaker 1>a second time, won't they figure out the pattern? That's right?

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<v Speaker 1>And that is why we never perform the alphabet code

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<v Speaker 1>the same way twice. The next day we do the

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<v Speaker 1>alphabet backwards. The day after, we rearrange the letters to

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<v Speaker 1>spell a sentence the quick brown Fox. But the alphabet

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<v Speaker 1>code is child's play, the lowest form of ducker in.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what duckering is. I assume it's like triggery. Wow,

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<v Speaker 1>you're more clever than you look. As quickly as we can,

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<v Speaker 1>will move beyond the alphabet code. I'll teach you other signals, modifiers.

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<v Speaker 1>I will be able to communicate names and dates. Eventually

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<v Speaker 1>we won't use the alphabet at all. We'll be able

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<v Speaker 1>to carry on separate conversations, hidden within the words everyone

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<v Speaker 1>else is hearing. Anyway, Once the audience is hungry for more,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll turn the tip and close the sale. Hide out

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<v Speaker 1>behind the banner and change into your dress while I

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<v Speaker 1>drum up the crowd you have around? What people I'm

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<v Speaker 1>permitted to share with? True part? I didn't realize anybody

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<v Speaker 1>was back there. What are you doing anyway? I'm waiting

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<v Speaker 1>for the show. Oh yeah, you're your Andora? Is that right? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>You're really something. Look I don't I don't mean to

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<v Speaker 1>get you in no trouble, but those big guys and

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<v Speaker 1>that pale skin, just like a baby dough and not

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<v Speaker 1>so much of a baby either practically a grown up

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<v Speaker 1>dough soft and white. Anybody ever tell you you know?

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<v Speaker 1>She probably don't tell you how beautiful you are? And

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<v Speaker 1>I think we both know why that is. Tell me

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<v Speaker 1>what she h? What's she calling herself these days? The

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<v Speaker 1>gal running the show? I think she might used to

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<v Speaker 1>be a friend of mine. Rose, China Rose. China Rose

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<v Speaker 1>sounds like perfume or soap or something. I respect. That's

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<v Speaker 1>her stage name? What's tell me? What's your real name?

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<v Speaker 1>Can you tell me that? Say? China Rose is the

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<v Speaker 1>only name I know? Yes, huh, funny? She ever called

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<v Speaker 1>herself by the name? Leave the girl alone? You should

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<v Speaker 1>be back here, Leave us alone. I'll call the cops.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever you say, duchess, I'll be watching. Who was that?

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<v Speaker 1>How should I know? I ever ever catch you talking

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<v Speaker 1>to that man or others like him? Did I not

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<v Speaker 1>hear your voice telling him my name? Pay attention to

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<v Speaker 1>your work. You let a man distract you, and he'll

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<v Speaker 1>destroy our act. We'll perform the word apostle just like

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<v Speaker 1>we planned. Yeah, yeah, yes, man, all right, then stop sulking,

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<v Speaker 1>clean yourself up, and I'll go drum up a crowd.

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<v Speaker 1>I did all that that's good. Isn't it not as

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<v Speaker 1>good as it seems? I spent fifty cents on bottles,

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<v Speaker 1>two dollars to print the labels, the rental of the wagon,

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<v Speaker 1>your dress, the ingredients, torches. What does that leave one

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<v Speaker 1>and six? What's that dollar? Oh? That's not so good.

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<v Speaker 1>It's a respectable beginning. We should start seeing real money

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<v Speaker 1>in three or four days. You you performed well, burl Oh,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you? How much do we need for the passage? Passage?

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<v Speaker 1>To what to see my father in Haley? You ask

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<v Speaker 1>too many questions. You do your job, allow me to

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<v Speaker 1>do mine. And speaking of jobs, there is one more

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<v Speaker 1>duty that I'll expect you to perform every evening after supper.

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<v Speaker 1>First light the lamp and bring me my toy, the toy,

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<v Speaker 1>the silver tray with the lacquered box, my toy box.

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<v Speaker 1>Hop you know, hop your medicine. I can survive without

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<v Speaker 1>it for a time, eating spoonfuls of yen she scraped

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<v Speaker 1>from the damper. But it's no substitute for this proper

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<v Speaker 1>curative restorative. Are you ill? Mm hmm? Some would say, here,

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<v Speaker 1>let me show you how to prepare it. Use the

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<v Speaker 1>knife to slice a piece of opium from the loaf.

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<v Speaker 1>Then you take this little hook called a yen hock huh,

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<v Speaker 1>and as the cooked opium thickens, you gently work it

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<v Speaker 1>into a little ball of putty like so the little

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<v Speaker 1>brown pearl just like this, And then we place it

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<v Speaker 1>in the bowl and tilt the pipe at an angle

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<v Speaker 1>so the flame warms the pearl. Careful that we don't

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<v Speaker 1>scorch it. You just want to heat it so the

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<v Speaker 1>breath of the dragon will travel up the pipe. And

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<v Speaker 1>I turned the pearl with the yin howk, so a

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<v Speaker 1>new area is exposed to the heat of the lamp,

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<v Speaker 1>and I just breathe. Ah. Some nights I will smoke

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<v Speaker 1>two pipes, sometimes three, scrape the yn she into the box,

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<v Speaker 1>and prepare another pearl, just like I showed you. If

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<v Speaker 1>a smoker is not able to obtain a proper toy,

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<v Speaker 1>she can eat a spoonful of yen she instead. Yes

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<v Speaker 1>you told me that. M oh, yes, Well it isn't pleasant,

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<v Speaker 1>but keeps the demons away. Pay attention. You might need

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<v Speaker 1>to know this someday rose mm hmm. Who was that man?

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<v Speaker 1>What man? The man and the bowler hat and the

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<v Speaker 1>coat with the fur color h The man who sugar

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<v Speaker 1>talked you. He didn't sugar talk me. Oh he did.

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<v Speaker 1>You just didn't know it. Didn't you notice the way

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<v Speaker 1>his eyes were skating across your face. It's the surest

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<v Speaker 1>sign of what off his lust. Ah. A woman doesn't

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<v Speaker 1>know she's being sugar talked until it's dripping down her

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<v Speaker 1>neck like molasses. I'm not a woman, I'm a girl.

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<v Speaker 1>Doesn't make any difference to them. Sooner the better, as

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<v Speaker 1>far as they care. Huhm. Take you away from me,

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<v Speaker 1>take away our livelihood, take away your power. If I

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<v Speaker 1>ever catch you talking to one of them, I'll have

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<v Speaker 1>you back at the convent before sunrise and you can

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<v Speaker 1>live the rest of your life there. M hmm. With

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<v Speaker 1>its ponds, it swans, the sisters lined up in a row,

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<v Speaker 1>Oregan music playing all the time. Oh, nothing to do

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<v Speaker 1>but watch the grass grow and breathe the air. Nothing

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<v Speaker 1>to do but breathe during the performance. You called me

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<v Speaker 1>a seventh daughter? What does that mean? Old Roman knee

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<v Speaker 1>superstition when they say the seventh daughter can commune with spirits,

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<v Speaker 1>and so you shall read minds conju voices from the

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<v Speaker 1>grave cause spirits to rise and frolic in the dark

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<v Speaker 1>under my guidance and hypnotic control. I'll do all that.

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<v Speaker 1>Mm hmm, it'll be just like tonight. Did you see

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<v Speaker 1>their faces tonight? The way the people looked at me,

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<v Speaker 1>It was almost as if I were some kind of freak. No,

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<v Speaker 1>m what were you going to say? Confidence is good,

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<v Speaker 1>it strengthens you. But don't believe the lies you're telling.

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<v Speaker 1>Don't eat the slop you're selling. Don't think of yourself

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<v Speaker 1>as anything other than what you are, which is what exactly,

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<v Speaker 1>at best, a diversion, the magician's misdirection. You're like a

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<v Speaker 1>dancing bear, the organ grinder's monkey in a white crept sheen,

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<v Speaker 1>and at worst a liar and a fraud. But it's

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to be ashamed of. The line between illusionist and

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<v Speaker 1>deceiver is a fine one, and your toes must always

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<v Speaker 1>touch upon it. Don't look so sad. You will find

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<v Speaker 1>this line of work quite rewarding. Continue to perform well,

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<v Speaker 1>and I'll take you to someone who can train you

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<v Speaker 1>in more elaborate skills, show you the real secrets, so

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<v Speaker 1>that maybe one day you can get your face painted

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<v Speaker 1>on a canvas banner, just like her, Just like her, Davina,

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<v Speaker 1>the woman on the canvas. Yeah? Was she? Was? She

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<v Speaker 1>my mother? What makes you ask that I look like her?

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<v Speaker 1>M h, I guess you're doing that. Did you know her? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>I was told that she died when I was born.

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<v Speaker 1>H Did I kill her by being born? No? She

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<v Speaker 1>was dead already by the time they pulled you out

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<v Speaker 1>of her. Her life was over. Hush now sleep. Am

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<v Speaker 1>I a seventh daughter? Don't be silly? If you are

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<v Speaker 1>the seventh? Where are the other six? No? There is

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<v Speaker 1>only you and I and my father? What about my father? Rose?

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<v Speaker 1>When will we see my father? Rose? I must now

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<v Speaker 1>replace my blind fold. As my vision begins to fade,

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<v Speaker 1>Your own senses will gradually return, Return to the warmth

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<v Speaker 1>and the light of your own reality. The Seventh Daughter

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<v Speaker 1>is a production of I Heart Radio, written and directed

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<v Speaker 1>by Brett Wood, recorded and mixed by Rob Gal, featuring

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<v Speaker 1>Nca Wilkes as Rose and Elizabeth Hunter as Pearl. There,

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<v Speaker 1>you may now open your eyes.