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Speaker 1: all right, Devin, UM, hope you're doing well. Uh, just

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Speaker 1: this team is trying. Is you go on this journey

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Speaker 1: And I think, um, you know, no matter all of

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Speaker 1: us keeping each other safe. It's hard, you know to imagine,

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Speaker 1: care more about our safety. I think that's just a

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Speaker 1: And that was the biggest takeaway I got from them.

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Speaker 1: But you know, obviously we've had a lot of conversations

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Speaker 1: we're going to then, Tara salvan Devn on that front,

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Speaker 1: about what your brother said on Saturday, I know it's

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Speaker 1: thank you more than one of your teammates in the

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Speaker 1: but checking on teammates who maybe don't have their families around,

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