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Speaker 1: So but yeah, all good. What was she dying, Gene?

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Speaker 1: See it, you know, and then we talk about it

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Speaker 1: So we got we gotta play a full we you know,

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Speaker 1: tell you what, now, a couple of runs he breaks

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Speaker 1: for them. Awesome. Appreciate you guys,