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Speaker 1: You're listening to the second and final part of Unexplained,

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Speaker 1: season seven, episode twenty, The Haunting of Hannath Hall. I

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Speaker 1: thought we might begin with a seance, says Tony. The

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Speaker 1: group is gathered in the living room of Hannath Hall

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Speaker 1: around a small dining table. The occupants of the house,

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Speaker 1: Audrey and Derek Page and Audrey's mother Rose, Local journalist

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Speaker 1: Anthony Wilmot and his acquaintances mister Perryman and mister Trumpus,

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Speaker 1: and three members of the Cambridge University Society of Psychical

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Speaker 1: Research Investigation Teamwell David Murray and Michael Brotherton have all

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Speaker 1: taken a seat. The fourth member of the team, Alan Gold,

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Speaker 1: has been tasked with keeping watch upstairs. A ripple of

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Speaker 1: excitement circles the room as Tony takes a set of

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Speaker 1: cards from his pocket, the letters of the alphabet numbers

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Speaker 1: zero to nine and the words yes and no, and

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Speaker 1: lays them out in a wide circle on the table.

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Speaker 1: Then he takes a wineglass from a nearby cabinet and

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Speaker 1: places it upside down in the middle of the cards.

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Speaker 1: I take it you're all familiar with the wijab boards,

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Speaker 1: he says. They all nod enthusiastically and draw closer together.

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Speaker 1: Tony takes a candle from the mantelpiece and places it

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Speaker 1: on the table. He lights it with a single strike

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Speaker 1: of a match. Upstairs, in a dimly lit corridor, Alan

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Speaker 1: closes the door to Bedroom A, the haunted bedroom, and

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Speaker 1: positions a small table just outside it with a thermometer

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Speaker 1: placed on top. Remarks the reading as sixty degrees fahrenheit

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Speaker 1: in his note book, then heads back downstairs. All set,

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Speaker 1: he says to Tony, poking his head into the living room. Great,

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Speaker 1: says Tony, Let's begin, Derek, would you mind turning off

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Speaker 1: the lights? Derek Julie obliges, then returns to his seat

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Speaker 1: as Alan clicks on his torch and heads back upstairs.

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Speaker 1: With everyone now seated in darkness save for the yellow,

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Speaker 1: flickering light of the candle and the dying embers of

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Speaker 1: a fire, Tony instructs everyone to place their fingers on

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Speaker 1: top of the upturned glass. Is there anybody there? Asks Tony.

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Speaker 1: There is no response. A scattering of nervous laughter breaks out.

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Speaker 1: Tony waits for it to die down before asking again,

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Speaker 1: is there anybody there? Look, it's moving, says Rose. Everyone

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Speaker 1: fixes their attention to the glass that is now clearly

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Speaker 1: moving over the table. Alan stands in pitch black at

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Speaker 1: the hallway is the door to Bedroom A, which he

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Speaker 1: can't quite make out in the darkness. He tries to

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Speaker 1: ignore the gasps coming up from the kitchen. When he

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Speaker 1: hears a loud snap. It sounded like it came from

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Speaker 1: the other end of the hallway. He flicks on the

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Speaker 1: torch and points it into the darkness, surprised to see

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Speaker 1: A little unsettled, he holds the light steady on the

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Speaker 1: Slowly he makes his way down the corridor. He stops

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Speaker 1: outside the children's bedroom and takes a quick look in sight.

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Speaker 1: Both the children are fast asleep in their beds. Continuing on,

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Speaker 1: he soon reaches Bedroom A. He shines the torchlight through

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Speaker 1: the gap in the door and cocks his head to

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Speaker 1: listen for any sound coming from inside. Is there anybody there,

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Speaker 1: repeats Tony back in the living room. Wilmot lets out

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Speaker 1: a gasp as the glass begins to shift across the

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Speaker 1: surface of the table. It stops just in front of

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Speaker 1: the cart labeled Yes. Now, come on, who's doing that?

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Speaker 1: He says a little peeved. Well, it could be any

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Speaker 1: of us, says Tony. Well it isn't me. I'm hardly

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Speaker 1: touching it, look says Derrick. Sh We need to concentrate,

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Speaker 1: says Audrey. Thank you, Audrey, you'd like to ask the

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Speaker 1: next question, says Tony. Audrey looks at him nervously and

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Speaker 1: pauses for effect before finally asking who are you back

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Speaker 1: up stairs? Having heard no repeat of the snapping sound,

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Speaker 1: Allan returns to the middle of the hallway and turns

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Speaker 1: off the torch. He feels the temperature drop suddenly. Then

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Speaker 1: sound of footsteps climbing up toward him. T says Tony,

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Speaker 1: h Hannath? Was that Hannath? The others watching stun silence

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Speaker 1: the sound of footsteps. It's getting louder. Alan keeps the

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Speaker 1: seance is brought to a close, and the cu spr

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Speaker 1: team retire to the lounge to discuss their findings. Alan

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Speaker 1: of an old house. In return, the others discuss the

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Speaker 1: weija session. They speculate that either Wilmot or his friends

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Speaker 1: Perryman and Trumpus were responsible for moving the glass. After

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Speaker 1: Tony checks inside and confirms that both are still fast

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Speaker 1: the room. He's surprised to find that the mercury has

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Speaker 1: in the living room, Michael lays out the Weija cards

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Speaker 1: once more and places the wineglass back in the center.

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Speaker 1: David lights the candle and switches off the lights before

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Speaker 1: returning to the table. Let's see what we can get

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Speaker 1: this time, says Michael, placing his finger on top of

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Speaker 1: Is there anybody there? Asks David. Upstairs, Alan and Tony

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Speaker 1: point their torches around. The room is exactly as it

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Speaker 1: was from their earlier inspection. After making sure that there

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Speaker 1: is nobody else hiding in the room with them, Alan

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Speaker 1: closes the door and bolts it shut. They each take

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Speaker 1: Alan lays a blanket over them both as a second

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Speaker 1: precautionary measure. With both settled into place, they switch off

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Speaker 1: their torches, plunging themselves into complete and utter darkness. Perhaps

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Speaker 1: it's gone for the night, says a despondent Derek. The

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Speaker 1: group take a collective breath and take their fingers away

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Speaker 1: Michael suggests that Rose try the next question. Rose pauses

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Speaker 1: for a moment before asking, is there anybody there? For

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Speaker 1: a moment, there is nothing, But then, almost imperceptibly, at first,

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Speaker 1: the glass starts to move. What was that, says Tony,

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Speaker 1: throwing torchlight into the corner of the room. Alan does

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Speaker 1: the same. Forget it, it was nothing. He nearly gave

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Speaker 1: says Tony again, more urgent now, Alleyan quickly turns his

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Speaker 1: torch back on and sweeps it around the room. No,

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Speaker 1: keep it off, just listen. Can you confirm that your

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Speaker 1: name is Hannath? Asks Rose. The group watches and raped

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Speaker 1: as the glass slides across the table to the yes

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Speaker 1: are you here? The glass moves quicker now from one

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Speaker 1: Who are you looking for? She asks, but the glass

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Speaker 1: doesn't move. Will you give us a sign of your presence?

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Speaker 1: After a moment's pause, the glass moves again to the

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Speaker 1: yes card. There. Did you hear it? Just to your left,

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Speaker 1: says Tony excitedly. It comes again, clear and unmistakable. This

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Speaker 1: time three knocks on the floor just to Allan's left.

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Speaker 1: Good God, Hello, Can you knock again? Three times? I

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Speaker 1: don't believe it, says Allan, before adding hurriedly, knock once

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Speaker 1: for yes and two knocks for no. Do you understand?

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Speaker 1: You don't really think it's going to be able to

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Speaker 1: insists Derrick. Where are you now? Asks Rose Again. The

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Speaker 1: It stops beside the letter G, then moves left to

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Speaker 1: Is that what it said? That's not a word. It

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Speaker 1: must be a mistake. Try it again, says Wilmot. Wait,

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Speaker 1: nobody knows that word, says David, looking across at all

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Speaker 1: the bemused faces, He takes his finger suddenly from the glass.

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Speaker 1: What is it? Asks Rose. I'm not sure I should

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Speaker 1: just tell us, insists Wilmot. It's a Hebrew word. It

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Speaker 1: means valley of Hinnham. It's a place just south of

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Speaker 1: said to have sacrificed their children. They burned them alive.

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Speaker 1: But what, says Wilmot, It's also another word for hell?

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Speaker 1: Are you a male? Asks Tony. Back upstairs, comes the

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Speaker 1: reply did you die in the house? Did you die?

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Speaker 1: And natural death? Back downstairs, the group, thoroughly unsettled by

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Speaker 1: David's revelation, bring the seance to an abrupt end, and

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Speaker 1: Perryman and Trumpers decide to call it a night, and

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Speaker 1: despite Wilmot's please for them to stay a while longer,

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Speaker 1: he eventually agrees to join them in heading home. Wilmot

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Speaker 1: they have their reports written up. Soon after, the three

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Speaker 1: friends head off back to Wisbeach with the others gone,

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Speaker 1: Michael and David head upstairs to inform Alan and Tony

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Speaker 1: that Wilmot and his friends have left. When they hear

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Speaker 1: claiming to have been murdered in the house in nineteen

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Speaker 1: oh six. Allan suggests David and Michael head to the washroom,

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Speaker 1: making the noises from there. Before they leave, The pair

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Speaker 1: of string around two music stands in case anyone plans

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Speaker 1: to sneak around in the corridor while they're gone. Back downstairs,

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Speaker 1: the pages are sitting in the living room as Michael

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Speaker 1: and David continue through into the washroom beyond which they

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Speaker 1: growing louder and more insistent as Tony and Allan continue

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Speaker 1: to quiz the apparent entity. How old were you when

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Speaker 1: you die? Asks Allan. There is a pause before a

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Speaker 1: loud bang, bang bang. The bangs ring out from opposite

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Speaker 1: sides of the room. Each bang gets closer to Tony,

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Speaker 1: until finally a fourth wraps against the brass bedstand beside

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Speaker 1: his head. Tony launches himself from the mattress. Why don't

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Speaker 1: we check on the others downstairs? Equally unnerved, Alan is

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Speaker 1: only too happy to take a break. He grabs his

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Speaker 1: Alan flings the door open and charges straight into David

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Speaker 1: when they hear a strange rumbling from inside. Tony points

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Speaker 1: to the torch just in time to catch one of

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Speaker 1: holds the now stilled chair in a beam of torchlight.

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Speaker 1: He stares at it for what seems like ours. Satisfied

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Speaker 1: it won't move again, he picks it up and places

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Speaker 1: it back on the pile of boxes. A moment later,

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