WEBVTT - CZM Book Club: The Barrow Will Send What it May, Chapter Two

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<v Speaker 1>Cool Zone Media.

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<v Speaker 2>Book Club book club club.

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<v Speaker 1>Club?

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<v Speaker 2>What it make?

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<v Speaker 1>I was doing more of like a spaghetti western type deal.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. Well, fortunately we were like really in sync with

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<v Speaker 2>each other, so that's really what that matters.

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<v Speaker 1>That's what made it work.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, well, welcome to Cool Zone Media book Club. The

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<v Speaker 2>only book club that you don't have to do the

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<v Speaker 2>reading for it, because I do the reading for you.

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<v Speaker 2>There might be other book clubs where you don't have

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<v Speaker 2>to do the reading. Actually, every book club I've ever

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<v Speaker 2>been part of as an adult is a book club

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't do the reading for. So I feel like

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<v Speaker 2>this is a we're like, well in line with normal

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<v Speaker 2>book club behavior.

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<v Speaker 1>I think, yes, absolutely, And to keep in line with it,

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<v Speaker 1>I also brought my sword to this book club. Oh

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<v Speaker 1>I'm ready.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a nice sword, thank you.

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<v Speaker 1>It's based off a sword in a novel that I

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<v Speaker 1>read recently for a new fantasy series. Okay that a

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<v Speaker 1>bladesmith I know just happened to also read and made

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<v Speaker 1>this sword, and I said, I will buy this sword,

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<v Speaker 1>and now it's a good sword.

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<v Speaker 2>I recently I did a bunch of episodes about the

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<v Speaker 2>raiders on Harper's Ferry. Besides John Brown, Yeah, and I

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<v Speaker 2>went to Harper's Ferry and I took photos of the

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<v Speaker 2>sword that the Bleeding Kansas sword that he had, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>or that the other raiders had. And I was like

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<v Speaker 2>talking about the sword and how I thought it was

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<v Speaker 2>this one French artillery sword. But then a listener told

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<v Speaker 2>me that it was actually the American copy of the

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<v Speaker 2>French artillery sword. And I found a place and I

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<v Speaker 2>bought one, and then like two weeks later, I got

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<v Speaker 2>an email telling me that actually they were out of

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<v Speaker 2>them and they were going to give me my money back.

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<v Speaker 1>That's heartbreaking, I know, I know I had actually bought two,

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<v Speaker 1>one for someone else. Well, I am also on a

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<v Speaker 1>John Brown related arms. I'm having my blacksmith put together

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<v Speaker 1>like a short spear with a bowie knife type tip

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<v Speaker 1>to it, a good old pike. Uh, it's more of

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<v Speaker 1>a glave. But yeah, okay, yeah yeah, inspired by the

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<v Speaker 1>John Brown.

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<v Speaker 2>I definitely was looking harder for the John Brown pikes

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<v Speaker 2>than I was for the John Brown sword. But I

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<v Speaker 2>did not find the John Brown pikes.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah that makes sense.

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<v Speaker 2>But what I did it find was my own copy

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<v Speaker 2>of my book. I actually had to go buy the

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<v Speaker 2>e book of my book because I don't know if

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<v Speaker 2>people know this, but when you send a book off

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<v Speaker 2>to a publisher, they do like final edits that are

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<v Speaker 2>not in your file, So you don't have a copy

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<v Speaker 2>of the final book on your own computer. But I

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<v Speaker 2>do now. Anyway, we're on chapter three of The Barrel

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<v Speaker 2>Will Send What It May, the second book in the

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<v Speaker 2>Danielle Kaine series. By the time you're listening to this,

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<v Speaker 2>you missed the kickstarter or participated in the kickstarter for

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<v Speaker 2>this book. But don't worry. There's pre orders for the

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<v Speaker 2>third book in the series. But that's not what we're reading.

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<v Speaker 2>We're reading the second one. Hell yeah, chapter three. Morning

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<v Speaker 2>came too soon for my taste. I'd scarcely been asleep

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<v Speaker 2>before the first birds announced their desire to herald the Dawn.

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<v Speaker 2>Brynn was spooning me, and the idea of staying there

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<v Speaker 2>like that was a lot more interesting than getting up

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<v Speaker 2>to go chase down what a demon, a resurrectionist zombies.

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<v Speaker 2>There'd be coffee, though, if I woke up. Sometimes I

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<v Speaker 2>think I let myself get addicted to coffee, not because

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<v Speaker 2>I liked it, not because caffeine did me any favors,

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<v Speaker 2>but because it takes the urge of a physical addiction

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<v Speaker 2>to provide any kind of upside to getting out of

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<v Speaker 2>bed in the morning. It didn't bother me thinking like that.

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<v Speaker 2>Brynn liked coffee even more than I did, so as

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<v Speaker 2>the dawn light came in through the window, I untangled

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<v Speaker 2>myself from her and went off to figure out the kitchen.

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<v Speaker 2>Vasillis was already there, chopping potatoes. He brought the blade

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<v Speaker 2>down slowly with each cut, working silently so as to

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<v Speaker 2>not wake the house. I found myself the coffee grinder.

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<v Speaker 2>It would be fine. Waking up was fine. Over breakfast,

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<v Speaker 2>we worked out our plans. Vulture and Thursday would take

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<v Speaker 2>the library's car, actually the old bookmobile, and head up

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<v Speaker 2>to Glacier for the day see what they could find.

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<v Speaker 2>Doomsday and Vasillis, we're going to go through the library

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<v Speaker 2>see how much information they could dredge up about the

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<v Speaker 2>Book of Barrow and Resurrection. The rest of us, Heather,

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<v Speaker 2>Brann and myself would see what we could find out

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<v Speaker 2>in town. Presumably we'd start by talking to Asola and Gertrude.

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<v Speaker 2>We'd reconvene at sunset or whenever the boys came back

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<v Speaker 2>from Glacier. Now that I was awake, fed and caffeinated.

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<v Speaker 2>I was actually fairly excited to get this thing figured out.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone likes a good puzzle. Turns out a puzzle with

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<v Speaker 2>magic in it is twice as interesting. Brynn, Heather and

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<v Speaker 2>I hopped on bicycles, janky old cruisers, perfect for a

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<v Speaker 2>town as flat as Pendleton, and went off to find

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<v Speaker 2>a sola. I had my travel pack with me, emptied

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<v Speaker 2>in case we found anything. The few people we saw

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<v Speaker 2>looked friendly enough. Outside the gas station slash grocery store

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<v Speaker 2>slash diner combo, an older fellow waved at Heather, who

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<v Speaker 2>waved back. The tattoo on her arm was fresh. A

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<v Speaker 2>simplified or Aboris this town actually likes its punks, I asked,

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<v Speaker 2>we run the library. Vasillis and a Sola are from

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<v Speaker 2>here too, well, Vasillis is from Greece, but he's been

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<v Speaker 2>here twenty years. People don't really understand us, but they

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<v Speaker 2>also don't really mind that they don't. If that makes sense,

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<v Speaker 2>it did. I'd never really stayed put long enough to

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<v Speaker 2>get that kind of feeling in a town, but I

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<v Speaker 2>had met a few folks who had over the years.

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<v Speaker 2>It sounded nice, a bit lonely, though living in one

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<v Speaker 2>place always sounded kind of lonely to me. It took

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<v Speaker 2>us maybe ten minutes to bike out to the western

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<v Speaker 2>edge of town. It had been a tourist town that

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<v Speaker 2>was easy to see the gateway to the great outdoors

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<v Speaker 2>or some shit. We must have been closer to Glacier

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<v Speaker 2>than I realized. The last block of town held four

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<v Speaker 2>bed and breakfasts in a row. One of them, the

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<v Speaker 2>first we passed, even, looked like it was probably still operational.

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<v Speaker 2>The lawn was maintained, and a little fountain shot water

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<v Speaker 2>up about a foot from some rocks in the front yard.

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<v Speaker 2>The other three b and b's, though, were boarded up

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<v Speaker 2>and overgrown, and to my eye at least all the

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<v Speaker 2>more beautiful for it. This one's it, Heather said, parking

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<v Speaker 2>her bike along the wrought iron fence of the last

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<v Speaker 2>house on the block. The building itself was small, barely

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<v Speaker 2>more than a cottage, but its yard was expansive and

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<v Speaker 2>it backed onto forest. If I was rich, I would

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<v Speaker 2>live somewhere like that, or you know, since I was poor,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd squat someplace like that. It would be nice to

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<v Speaker 2>live somewhere where you didn't have to worry about the

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<v Speaker 2>cops kicking down your door. But the trade off of

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<v Speaker 2>being law abiding didn't sound worth it. We didn't lock

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<v Speaker 2>the bikes. We didn't even have bike locks. You two

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<v Speaker 2>might want to go up there alone, Heather told us.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if a solo wanted to talk to me,

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<v Speaker 2>she would have by now, you know. So, bren and

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<v Speaker 2>I opened the iron gate and started up the front walk.

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<v Speaker 2>Never been on a zombies' doorstep, I said, after I

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<v Speaker 2>rang the doorbell, I figure it's more like Lazarus's doorstep.

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<v Speaker 2>The guy Jesus resurrected. That's the one. What's the story

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<v Speaker 2>with him? I asked, Hell, if I know just that

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<v Speaker 2>Jesus brought him back from the dead, why was he

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<v Speaker 2>so special? Go away? This last bit came from inside

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<v Speaker 2>the house, right on the other side of the door.

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<v Speaker 2>Brenn and I looked at each other. We uh, we

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<v Speaker 2>come in peace, I offered, And if you want to

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<v Speaker 2>come in peace, you should bring a piece offering, a

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<v Speaker 2>piece offering like the things that you can get from Oh.

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<v Speaker 1>I thought you were going at a very different place

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<v Speaker 1>when you said come.

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<v Speaker 2>No, no, no, all of our prosing.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh, we are we advertising for hymns again? Right? That's right,

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<v Speaker 1>and there are other product them's which I'm very excited

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<v Speaker 1>to see hit the market.

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<v Speaker 2>And here are the ads for that. And we're back.

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<v Speaker 2>We're not cops or nothing. Brnn added, Yeah, I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>think the two crosspunks at the door were cops. But

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to talk to anyone. Why not, I asked,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a shitty question to ask, and I knew it.

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<v Speaker 2>Sola wanted to be left alone. She'd made that clear

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<v Speaker 2>in a thousand ways, Yet here we were prying. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to open the door, but only because I'm too

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<v Speaker 2>tired to yell through it. As Sola said, you can't

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<v Speaker 2>come in, all right, Brina greed. The door swung open.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know why I expected her to look like

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<v Speaker 2>a zombie or something. I mean, i'd met Gertrude already

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<v Speaker 2>and she looked normal enough, But I legit assumed a

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<v Speaker 2>Sola was going to look like a zombie. A Sola

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<v Speaker 2>didn't look like a zombie. She looked instead like well,

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<v Speaker 2>one of us. She wore a slip dress that showed

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<v Speaker 2>off her full figure, and her hair was tied up

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<v Speaker 2>in a loose bun, revealing tattoos across her neck. Even

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<v Speaker 2>though she probably wasn't a day over twenty two. She

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<v Speaker 2>had a claw hammer in her hand. No, wait, both hands.

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<v Speaker 2>She had a claw hammer in each hand. It's just

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<v Speaker 2>that only one of the two was raised. Instant friend, crush,

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<v Speaker 2>what are you doing here? She asked, You're going to

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<v Speaker 2>get yourself killed on a long enough timeline. Brina agreed.

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<v Speaker 2>She had her hand hovering near the folding baton on

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<v Speaker 2>her belt. No, I mean, if anyone sees me talking

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<v Speaker 2>to you, I don't know what's going to happen, you

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<v Speaker 2>might wind up dead. That's an argument for letting us inside.

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<v Speaker 2>Then I offered, that's an argument for y'all leaving. She countered, true,

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<v Speaker 2>I agreed, but we didn't go. Who would kill us? Barrow?

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know. She thought about it. No, not Barrow.

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<v Speaker 2>What happened to you and everyone up at Glacier?

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<v Speaker 1>I asked.

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<v Speaker 2>She put the hammer down and met my gaze unflinching. Somehow,

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<v Speaker 2>this was even more intimidating than when she had the

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<v Speaker 2>weapon raised. We all die. Okay, that's all I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>say about it. Okay. I waited for her to tell

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<v Speaker 2>me more. Anyway, Look, you're wasting your time talking to me,

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<v Speaker 2>who should we talk to? Then I asked Gertrude what

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<v Speaker 2>she got to do with it? No, No, Gertrude's innocent.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think she knows anything. A soul aside. Then

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<v Speaker 2>set the hammers down on a table near the door. Look,

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<v Speaker 2>if I tell you where to look next, I am

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<v Speaker 2>guessing you'll die. Magic is too fucked up to be

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<v Speaker 2>safe at all for anyone hunting down mad men with

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<v Speaker 2>access to it. That's worse. You really really should just

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<v Speaker 2>skip town and never look back. Forget the name Barrow,

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<v Speaker 2>forget the name Pendleton, Forget me, Forget Gertrude. Ain't gonna happen, though,

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<v Speaker 2>Brenn said. You want to know what's going on, you

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<v Speaker 2>want a man named Sebastian Miller, Gertrude's husband ex husband.

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<v Speaker 2>A Sola said, he runs the gift shop on the

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<v Speaker 2>east edge of town with the dinosaurs, I asked, with

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<v Speaker 2>the dinosaurs. Don't confront him, don't let him know you're

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<v Speaker 2>investigating him, don't let him know you exist, don't tell

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<v Speaker 2>him I talk to you. Thank you, I said. She

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<v Speaker 2>started to close the door. Wait, I said, I still

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<v Speaker 2>have so many questions to ask. Yeah, well, I've got

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<v Speaker 2>about three more seasons of Xena. I planned to watch

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<v Speaker 2>while I pretend like I don't exist. So I'm afraid

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<v Speaker 2>I'm too busy for questions. I'm sorry, bryn said, as

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<v Speaker 2>the door was closing. I'm sorry about whatever happened to you.

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<v Speaker 2>The door hesitated, thank you. The door closed. We reconvened

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<v Speaker 2>with Heather out by the street and told her what

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<v Speaker 2>we'd learned. Hey, that's more than I've gotten out of her,

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<v Speaker 2>Heather said, And we used to live together, so Sebastian

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<v Speaker 2>Miller I said, I bet he's at Dawson's right now,

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<v Speaker 2>the diner or grocery store or whatever. He's there most weekdays,

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<v Speaker 2>only opens the gift shop on the weekends. Do we

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<v Speaker 2>go to Dawson's or the gift shop? I asked, Are

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<v Speaker 2>you kidding? Brynne asked, A SOULO is pretty clear about that.

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<v Speaker 2>We'll go to his place now while he's not home

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<v Speaker 2>and just break in. Heather asked, yeah, Brent said. Heather

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<v Speaker 2>seemed to think that over for a minute. All right.

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<v Speaker 2>We had to bike down side streets to avoid Dawson's,

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<v Speaker 2>but it still didn't take us longer than maybe ten minutes.

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<v Speaker 2>Everyone we passed looked friendly, but riding through town during

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<v Speaker 2>the day, you could tell that the town was poor destitute.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe about a third of the houses were abandoned and

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<v Speaker 2>most of the rest were poorly maintained. Every road but

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<v Speaker 2>the main one, was full of potholes. They were probably

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<v Speaker 2>maintaining the main road for the sake of tourists if

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<v Speaker 2>one day the tourists came back, or maybe they were

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<v Speaker 2>maintaining the main road for their own sake, for their

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<v Speaker 2>own dignity. It was hard to tell. We cut through

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<v Speaker 2>an alley, the small town kind that goes between backyards

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<v Speaker 2>instead of brick buildings, to approach the gift shop. From

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<v Speaker 2>the back it was easy to pick out the right place.

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<v Speaker 2>A twenty foot tall brontosaurus with purple paint shipping off

0:14:23.520 --> 0:14:28.080
<v Speaker 2>its concrete kept watch over the backyard. How will we

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<v Speaker 2>get in, Heather asked, what are we looking for? I asked,

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<v Speaker 2>don't know and don't know. Bryn said, well, know and

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<v Speaker 2>we see it. To both questions. The building was a

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<v Speaker 2>plane cube, two stories tall and peppered with windows. I

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<v Speaker 2>went to the closest one, popped the screen out and

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<v Speaker 2>tried to lift the glass locked. I put the screen

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<v Speaker 2>back in and went to the next one. You get

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<v Speaker 2>much crime in Pendleton, Brenne asked, no, not really. Heather answered,

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<v Speaker 2>no cops in town either. Sometimes the cam sheriff comes

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<v Speaker 2>in to handle something, but we're pretty much on her own.

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<v Speaker 2>People usually lock their windows. I asked, the next window

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<v Speaker 2>was locked too, No, Heather said, acol is something to hide.

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<v Speaker 2>Brynn said, I mean we are trying to break in.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, kind of justifies as paranoia. Help me up.

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<v Speaker 2>This a potosaurus? Brynn said. It was deceptively hard to

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<v Speaker 2>get a hold of, since the ridge of its back

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<v Speaker 2>was just out of reach from the ground and the

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<v Speaker 2>whole belly of the thing was round. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>a brontosaurus, I said. I gave her a boost with

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<v Speaker 2>my good arm, and she straddled the beast like she

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<v Speaker 2>was riding it. Vulture would have wanted a photo for

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<v Speaker 2>his Instagram. Help. I wanted a photo because Brynn looked

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<v Speaker 2>awesome as a crosspunk Dinah writing Cowboy. But you know

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<v Speaker 2>you're not supposed to take pictures of yourself at the

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<v Speaker 2>scene of any given crime in progress. I thought brontos

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<v Speaker 2>weren't real, Brynn said, I thought they were all a

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<v Speaker 2>Potosaurus is now Nope. My youngest niece had been obsessed

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<v Speaker 2>with dinosaurs. Last time i'd gone to see her in Illinois,

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<v Speaker 2>she'd schooled me good when I tried to say that

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<v Speaker 2>brontos weren't real. They count as real dinosaurs. Again. This,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, unrelated is how I feel about Pluto.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I feel strongly this way about brontosauruses. Yeah, because

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<v Speaker 1>it's one of the dinosaurs that I used to know

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<v Speaker 1>all of the dinosaurs, Margaret. When I was like a

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<v Speaker 1>little six year old kid, I had an eight hundred

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<v Speaker 1>page dinosaur encyclopedia, not a kid's book, like very small print,

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<v Speaker 1>and every dinosaur in that book I knew I could

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<v Speaker 1>recognize them from their skulls. Elliet, I can name my

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<v Speaker 1>four dinosaurs today. It's like all the Latin I learned,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just gone, you know. I as a teenager, I

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<v Speaker 1>was translating the fucking a neeod into English, and I

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<v Speaker 1>have like four words now.

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<v Speaker 2>See, I took careers a lot, and then I only

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<v Speaker 2>learned four words the whole time. But yeah, I'm more

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<v Speaker 2>to do with the teacher who.

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<v Speaker 1>Love us cheat right right right? Yes or yes?

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<v Speaker 2>Kicked out of the school for acting inappropriately, but that's

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<v Speaker 2>besides the point. Ah, we all liked him. He let

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<v Speaker 2>us cheat.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, my best teacher also got kicked out of the

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<v Speaker 1>school for something away. He broke the law, but not

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<v Speaker 1>that way, so it's fine.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, is this like, there's a completely normal thing that

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<v Speaker 2>if you go to high school at something wishing to

0:17:13.640 --> 0:17:17.959
<v Speaker 2>drug dealers. Yeah, like yeah, yeah, we had a teacher

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<v Speaker 2>who was the art teacher was stealing kids paintings and

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<v Speaker 2>putting his own name on them and selling them.

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<v Speaker 1>That is that's actually kind of awesome, and that's that's fun.

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<v Speaker 1>He was a good grift.

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<v Speaker 2>He was passing. I don't think he knew any art,

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<v Speaker 2>and he was passing like he would print out from

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<v Speaker 2>course catalogs from colleges their art and put it up

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<v Speaker 2>on the wall as like his art as an example

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<v Speaker 2>of what we should do.

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<v Speaker 1>Amazing, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>And then when he got kicked out, everyone like through

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<v Speaker 2>a well he actually got kicked out for another inappropriate thing.

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<v Speaker 2>He was doing students right.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, of course, Yeah, that seems obvious.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, anyway, something about bronosauruses. So oh jeez, okay, well

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't look at the next line. Uh huh, next

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<v Speaker 2>thing you'll tell me that Pluto is a planet. Bryn

0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:09.080
<v Speaker 2>reached down to help me up, but I waved her away.

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<v Speaker 2>My shoulder was way too still stitched up to climb

0:18:12.520 --> 0:18:15.880
<v Speaker 2>something like that. Brynn started to climb up the beast's

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<v Speaker 2>neck towards the building. You think it'll hold, I asked,

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<v Speaker 2>by which I meant I don't think it'll hold. But

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<v Speaker 2>in a second she had scrambled up to the little

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<v Speaker 2>brono head and was looking at the wall of the building,

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<v Speaker 2>about five maybe six feet away. She was gonna jump,

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<v Speaker 2>She would have had to cross the distance and get

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<v Speaker 2>a hold of the narrow window ledge pull herself up,

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<v Speaker 2>then hope the window was unlocked, because there was no

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<v Speaker 2>other logical way down. Hey, uh, I started, I'd really

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<v Speaker 2>rather you didn't, Heather shouted. Brynn jumped. Time didn't slow

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<v Speaker 2>down or anything. Maybe it's sped up one second, I

0:18:56.119 --> 0:18:59.120
<v Speaker 2>was yelling. In the next second, No, the same second

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<v Speaker 2>was clinging to the window sill, which couldn't have been

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<v Speaker 2>more than three inches deep. She pulled herself up and

0:19:05.640 --> 0:19:10.680
<v Speaker 2>crouched on the sill. Brinn should have been a cat burglar. Actually,

0:19:11.160 --> 0:19:15.040
<v Speaker 2>for all I knew, she was a cat burglar. She

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<v Speaker 2>got the window open and disappeared inside. What do we do,

0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:22.040
<v Speaker 2>Heather asked, unspoken. Do we try to follow her? Because

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<v Speaker 2>I don't want to. No, I said, answering her unspoken

0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:28.960
<v Speaker 2>question instead of her spoken one. I went to the

0:19:29.000 --> 0:19:32.439
<v Speaker 2>closest window. About ten seconds later, Brynn was on the

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<v Speaker 2>other side of it and let us in. And what

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<v Speaker 2>was inside, Robert Evans, was the most amazing deals.

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<v Speaker 1>Just oh yeah, yeah, I mean like, yes, yeah. I

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<v Speaker 1>didn't have anything funny to say.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, no, probably please, here we go.

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<v Speaker 1>Gambling. I love gambling. Yeah, sports, gambling, good idea.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, gambling.

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<v Speaker 1>You always what is people? They said, gamble on everything.

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<v Speaker 2>People who gamble all the time, always doing great. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what everyone says.

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<v Speaker 1>Uh huh. It's a good thing to do constantly, every

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<v Speaker 1>hour of every day that you're away.

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<v Speaker 2>Here's that, and we're back. I lost ten thousand dollars

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<v Speaker 2>during the ad break because I had a gambling machine

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<v Speaker 2>in my pocket.

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<v Speaker 1>But on the upside, you continued your addiction to dopamine,

0:20:35.680 --> 0:20:39.720
<v Speaker 1>that's true, which is constantly spiking every like six seconds

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<v Speaker 1>as a result of all of the different compulsion devices

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<v Speaker 1>that have been forced into your life.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a good point. So with the story, I wonder

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<v Speaker 2>what was going through the head of the person who

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<v Speaker 2>decided that the world needed hundreds of shot glasses with

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<v Speaker 2>the words Pendleton, Montana emblazoned on the side. Because I

0:20:59.600 --> 0:21:02.720
<v Speaker 2>didn't air that particular opinion, But what do I know.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe they'd moved thousands of them already. I pocketed one,

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<v Speaker 2>then spent a full minute having an ethical argument with myself.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have any particular issue justifying theft of necessities

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<v Speaker 2>or from big box stores. But a shot glass wasn't food,

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<v Speaker 2>and this wasn't exactly a Walmart. The store looked like

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<v Speaker 2>any roadside bullshit gift store anywhere. On the other hand,

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<v Speaker 2>the guy who owned the place was probably a bad man.

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<v Speaker 2>Isn't that why we'd broken into his place? That was

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<v Speaker 2>terrible logic. That was state logic. A man wasn't guilty

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<v Speaker 2>just because he was being investigated. I put the shotglass back.

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<v Speaker 2>I am pretty sure eighteen year old me would have

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<v Speaker 2>laughed at twenty eight year old me, But eighteen year

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<v Speaker 2>old me was kind of an asshole, so I didn't

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<v Speaker 2>really hold myself responsible to her. I also didn't need

0:21:50.480 --> 0:21:53.800
<v Speaker 2>a shot glass there wasn't much. We could imagine him

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<v Speaker 2>hiding inside the store itself, so after the briefest of searches,

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<v Speaker 2>we went up the stairs to his apartment. Heather took

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<v Speaker 2>while by the front window, since she knew what the

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<v Speaker 2>guy looked like and the truck he drove. Brynn and

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<v Speaker 2>I combed through the apartment, careful to set everything back

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<v Speaker 2>into its right place, since we weren't wearing gloves. We

0:22:11.720 --> 0:22:14.840
<v Speaker 2>absolutely should have been wearing gloves. We wanted to make

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<v Speaker 2>sure he never even suspected we were there. It was frustrating,

0:22:20.040 --> 0:22:23.399
<v Speaker 2>anxious work. One slip up could land us in prison.

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<v Speaker 2>Even the natural joy of snooping was diminished by how

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<v Speaker 2>careful we had to be. There were two photos framed

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<v Speaker 2>on the wall, one of Gertrude and a man who

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<v Speaker 2>must be Sebastian, holding hands on a mountaintop with a

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<v Speaker 2>valley and a river in the distance below. He was

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<v Speaker 2>an unremarkable old white man, hard to distinguish from any other.

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<v Speaker 2>The other photo was of a younger couple in the

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<v Speaker 2>same place, probably the two of them thirty years earlier. Younger,

0:22:51.920 --> 0:22:55.080
<v Speaker 2>he looked happy and handsome. The difference between the two

0:22:55.119 --> 0:22:58.560
<v Speaker 2>made me sad. Happy old couples give me a sort

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<v Speaker 2>of hope. But by these photos the happiness had been

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<v Speaker 2>gone for decades. There were glaciers in the background of

0:23:06.680 --> 0:23:09.440
<v Speaker 2>the older photo, but they had melted by the time

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<v Speaker 2>the newer one had been taken. More sadness. Why should

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<v Speaker 2>the march of time be inherently melancholic? It didn't seem fair.

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<v Speaker 2>I opened the frames carefully, no hidden notes, not even

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<v Speaker 2>a date written on the corner to sate my curiosity.

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<v Speaker 2>I hadn't done snooping like this more than a handful

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<v Speaker 2>of times. The first time, a couple of us had

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<v Speaker 2>robbed some rich asshole's house and sold his stuff for food.

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<v Speaker 2>I was young, reckless, and I'd never been to jail,

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<v Speaker 2>so it was just kind of fun. The second time,

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<v Speaker 2>the whole affair had been deadly serious. My friend's mother

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<v Speaker 2>had been trapped in an abusive relationship, so we'd broken

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<v Speaker 2>into the man's summer home for blackmail to hold over

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<v Speaker 2>his head so that she could leave him in comparative safety.

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<v Speaker 2>That time, the stakes were too epic for it to

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<v Speaker 2>be thrilling, but righteousness imparts a kind of high of

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<v Speaker 2>its own. Both of those men had had entertaining secrets

0:24:05.200 --> 0:24:09.280
<v Speaker 2>like embarrassingly crass porn collections or a false bottom drawer

0:24:09.320 --> 0:24:14.600
<v Speaker 2>with cheesy ninja weapons hidden inside. Sebastian Miller had an

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<v Speaker 2>easy chair, a bed, a bookshelf full of mediocre but

0:24:17.920 --> 0:24:21.800
<v Speaker 2>not embarrassing books, and a fuck off big TV, a

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<v Speaker 2>mounted deer nothing impressive, and a run of the mill

0:24:24.880 --> 0:24:28.440
<v Speaker 2>hunting rifle hung on the wall. My pack stayed empty.

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<v Speaker 2>Their a basement, I asked, at last, after I checked

0:24:32.680 --> 0:24:35.280
<v Speaker 2>every damn horror book on his shelf for a hidden compartment.

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<v Speaker 2>Maybe through the office downstairs. Heather said, okay, office basement,

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<v Speaker 2>and then I give up. We'll find something. Heather said,

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<v Speaker 2>what's he like? I asked, he weird or anything. I

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<v Speaker 2>never thought twice about him until Gertrude came back. Heather said,

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<v Speaker 2>he drives a nineteen fifties truck. That's about the most

0:24:57.240 --> 0:24:59.760
<v Speaker 2>interesting thing about him. He used to come by the

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<v Speaker 2>live sometimes check out thrillers for himself, romance for Gertrude,

0:25:04.800 --> 0:25:07.520
<v Speaker 2>called her Gertie. He was the only one in town

0:25:07.520 --> 0:25:10.080
<v Speaker 2>who called her that. I don't think she liked it.

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<v Speaker 2>The office door behind the checkout counter of the gift

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<v Speaker 2>shop was locked with a dead bolt. I got out

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<v Speaker 2>my tools. I keep attention wrench and a basic rake

0:25:19.640 --> 0:25:21.800
<v Speaker 2>and a hidden pouch on the waistbelt of my pack,

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<v Speaker 2>usually to break into dumpsters for food and set to work.

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<v Speaker 2>Who the hell are you people, Heather asked, climbing into

0:25:30.480 --> 0:25:33.399
<v Speaker 2>second story windows busting out lock picks like it's nothing.

0:25:34.600 --> 0:25:37.159
<v Speaker 2>Brynn laughed in that out of character giggle of hers.

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<v Speaker 2>We told you we're demon hunters. We should get a

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<v Speaker 2>crew name. I said, the eulixeans. Brynn said, without hesitating,

0:25:46.800 --> 0:25:50.600
<v Speaker 2>we can't name ourselves after a demon we banished. I said, no, no,

0:25:50.760 --> 0:25:53.520
<v Speaker 2>think about it. Brynn said, Eulixe wasn't bad because of

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<v Speaker 2>what he did, stopping those who wheeled power over others.

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<v Speaker 2>He was bad because he was a single manifestation of

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<v Speaker 2>that ideal. We could do the same work, but as

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<v Speaker 2>people not omnipotent, it doesn't really roll off the tongue.

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<v Speaker 2>Heather said, fine. Brynn said fine. The tension wrench gave

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<v Speaker 2>way in my hand, The lock turned over, and I

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<v Speaker 2>opened the door. Just an office, well, an office straight

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<v Speaker 2>out of the eighties or nineties or whatever. Big ugly

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<v Speaker 2>monitor on a big ugly desk, and the carpet was

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<v Speaker 2>about twice as thick as could be reasonably justified. There

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<v Speaker 2>were two other doors on the far wall, one of

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<v Speaker 2>you a hack or two, Heather asked. I shrugged, sure,

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<v Speaker 2>Brynn said, vulture is. We went through the drawers found

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<v Speaker 2>nothing but business receipts and junk mail. To be honest,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think we'll find anything on the computer either,

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<v Speaker 2>I said. I think this whole thing is a bust.

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<v Speaker 2>I opened one of the two doors, a closet with

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<v Speaker 2>cleaning supplies and office supplies. I opened the other door.

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<v Speaker 2>Now here was something interesting. The door led to a

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<v Speaker 2>short hallway about ten feet long, with another door at

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<v Speaker 2>the other end. Above the door, someone had crudely carved

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<v Speaker 2>in Greek letters to Pota's ontana den parasai brene and

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<v Speaker 2>I stared blankly. Uh, Heather said, squinting to Poto's ontana

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<v Speaker 2>den tha parasi, What does that mean? I asked, No clue.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't really speak Greek. I just learned how to

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<v Speaker 2>sound it out a couple of years ago. Bacillis's Greek.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I was trying to impress him. How long

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<v Speaker 2>have you and him? Brent started to ask, I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know if she trailed off because she was shy to

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<v Speaker 2>ask with me around, or she realized it wasn't the

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<v Speaker 2>time and place five years. Heather said, it's good mostly.

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<v Speaker 2>She opened the door. A set of plain wooden steps

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<v Speaker 2>led down into darkness. I sometimes wish, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>Heather said, I wish things were easier between us, more relaxed.

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<v Speaker 2>He's not controlling, but somehow I just I wish I

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<v Speaker 2>felt more free. She took a step through the doorway.

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<v Speaker 2>This time, my perception of time slowed down. I saw

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<v Speaker 2>her hand move and green light rippled out across something

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<v Speaker 2>like someone had strung an invisible window screen across the doorway.

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<v Speaker 2>Her whole arm pierced that veil, and she screamed. She

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<v Speaker 2>didn't have time to stop. Momentum carried her forward. Every

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<v Speaker 2>bit of her on the far side of the doorway

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<v Speaker 2>glowed with green fire. I grabbed for her the fingers

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<v Speaker 2>of my hand, my goat bitten hand went right through

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<v Speaker 2>the doorway, and it tingled. My wrist though passed through

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<v Speaker 2>and it hurt like fire. While most of the times

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<v Speaker 2>I've gotten burned, fire only hurt later once the nerve

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<v Speaker 2>ending started growing back or whatever. This time, it hurt immediately,

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<v Speaker 2>like how fire hurts left. I got a hold of

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<v Speaker 2>her jacket and yanked back. She fell on top of me.

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<v Speaker 2>She stopped screaming. If she was breathing, it was too

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<v Speaker 2>faint to hear. Dune dun dun.

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<v Speaker 1>Whooo.

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<v Speaker 2>That's the end of chapter three.

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<v Speaker 1>Hell yeah, Well what an episode.

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<v Speaker 2>It's a book, all right, See you all next week.

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<v Speaker 1>Huh, see you all next week for more chapter It

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