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Speaker 1: listening to maxim Miles. This is chapter one Hastings Happy,

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Speaker 1: Happy Monday. We're almost their most The annual Hastings Harvest

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Speaker 1: it's going to be. This is the big one, the

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Speaker 1: Big five, almost as old as me and I won't

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Speaker 1: be the only piece of Hastings history there. We've honored

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Speaker 1: the original then from nine and we'll be hanging it

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Speaker 1: over the town square. Which brings me to a grim

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Speaker 1: bit of mayoral business that I have to address this morning.

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Speaker 1: We discovered kind of get a bit close, aren't we.

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Speaker 1: If I leave in the next two minutes, I'll be fine.

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Speaker 1: I guess I'm making these eggs for no one then, sorry, Joe,

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Speaker 1: just take an apple or something at least, So, did

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Speaker 1: you sleep past your alarm? No? I was up early

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Speaker 1: working on the first quarterly for Environmental Club. Oh Hey,

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Speaker 1: you got more kids to join? Well no, not not exactly. Well,

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Speaker 1: then it's a dumb rule. I don't see why you

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Speaker 1: a club. It's not my fault. No one else cares

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Speaker 1: about the environment. Principle Jennings can't stop me from distributing

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Speaker 1: important literature about the climate just because I don't have

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Speaker 1: an actual club. Maxie know, I know, don't harass the Principle.

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Speaker 1: You're not going to get any calls from him this year,

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Speaker 1: I promise good. You know most people get calls from

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Speaker 1: the Principle because their kids are in trouble. You should

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Speaker 1: be proud of me. I am proud of you, Max,

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Speaker 1: But your poor middle school principal when entirely gray in

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Speaker 1: three years coincidence, and you've got a fresh start with

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Speaker 1: this one exactly. And he's already coming around to my

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Speaker 1: way of thinking. I just know it. He's just used

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Speaker 1: to being caught up in soccer and whatever the archers want.

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Speaker 1: That never mind, it's fine. I'm not going to get

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Speaker 1: caught up in Hastings high politics. I'm going to focus

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Speaker 1: on what really matters. You'll be home for dinner tonight.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to the library after school, but I'll be

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Speaker 1: homework or spending time on the internet. I can do

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Speaker 1: know about that, Joe. It's nineteen. One of these days

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Speaker 1: I gotta good you too, Oh, Principal Jennings, Can I

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Speaker 1: is not a good time, Maxcine. I know that's why

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Speaker 1: five minutes. Did you hear that? Principal Jennings is a

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Speaker 1: great shirker of responsibility, still giving you crap about environmental club.

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Speaker 1: It's a stupid rule. You know. If you said you

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Speaker 1: You're going to annoy him to death? Shut up? Ross.

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Speaker 1: I was talking to Riley, so did you guys hear?

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Speaker 1: Someone spray painted the town square? What? Yeah, with all

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Speaker 1: this anti Hasting stuff, Hastings as hell, wasting way and

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Speaker 1: of specific Archer ones. Ransom Archer is a liar? Whoa

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Speaker 1: what that one was actually on the Atticus Archer statue.

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Speaker 1: the graffiti? Oh? Hey, theo Hey what? I don't get

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Speaker 1: the festival, Ross, Maybe those of us still living in

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Speaker 1: going Max. Maybe we can meet up. Yeah, yeah, that'd

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Speaker 1: you guys? By THEO? By? What do you want? Teller? Nothing?

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Speaker 1: Just surprised you didn't have a million questions about the graffiti.

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Speaker 1: I know you're pretty well at this point, and I

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Speaker 1: By Ross, I heard they've already got a cleaning crew

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Speaker 1: look at it, you should go right after school? Whatever? Ross,

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Speaker 1: how long is this going to take I need this

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Speaker 1: cleaned up now. We told you, Mr Roger, we gotta

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Speaker 1: get to the roads and the wall first, then we'll

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Speaker 1: get to the statue. This is my great grandfather right here.

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Speaker 1: Do you realize how long my family has been in

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Speaker 1: charge of Hastings and he wants the roads cleaned up first. Hey,

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Speaker 1: how long have you guys been cleaning this place up?

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Speaker 1: Since this morning? There was that much? Or they're working

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Speaker 1: extremely slowly? There was that much? Was it all anti Hastings,

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Speaker 1: wasn't taking notes. Oh I see it's Max right, um, yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: you're that kid that likes solving little mysteries and stuff. Right,

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Speaker 1: I've been known to help out. I'll give you twenty

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Speaker 1: That's okay, I don't want your money. What why? What

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Speaker 1: time did you get into town this morning? Mr Archer? What?

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Speaker 1: Oh about? And all of this was already here right?

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Speaker 1: Obviously Hal apparently discovered it this morning on his usual

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Speaker 1: left the tavern? Last night. How do you know I

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Speaker 1: was in the tavern? Were you? Yes? No, it wasn't there,

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Speaker 1: And what time was that? Eleven thirty or so? I

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Speaker 1: thought the tavern closed at eleven on weeknights. When your

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Speaker 1: and the message it seems up pointed. Yeah, I'll say,

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Speaker 1: can you think of anyone who might want to call

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Speaker 1: you a liar? Publicly? Very publicly? Whoever they are, they'll

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Speaker 1: who did it? Yet? Why does everyone automatically assume I'm

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Speaker 1: trying to figure out who did it? No, not yet.

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Speaker 1: him to speed up his cleaning crew. Sure, I'll get

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Speaker 1: was come on, seriously, you're gonna do the planters before

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Speaker 1: That guy is such a dick. Riley, what you're going

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Speaker 1: to disagree? He was being sort of helpful. At least

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Speaker 1: I know that the vandals did this after before six am.

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Speaker 1: Really tight window there, Max, It's a start. Why are

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Speaker 1: you going to the Mayor's office? Um, just an interview

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Speaker 1: for the paper. You're doing a piece on mayor how No,

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Speaker 1: just general town stuff. The new mining project, the fiftieth festival,

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Speaker 1: the new innkeeper. Oh yeah, I heard about that. I

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Speaker 1: can't believe someone actually bought that place. Apparently she's from

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Speaker 1: New York, like the city. That's what I've heard. Wow,

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Speaker 1: that is so cool. One d years. That's all old.

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Speaker 1: be a deep ship. I can't believe that that is

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Speaker 1: the guy who's going to inherit half this town. Maybe

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Speaker 1: he's not as bad as as what he seems his

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Speaker 1: dad as the way he's always behaved. Okay, fair point. Sorry,

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Speaker 1: I don't mean to. It's it's just frustrating. You know,

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Speaker 1: the Archers care so much about their stupid family legacy.

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Speaker 1: The Archer line that stuff just isn't important. Family is

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Speaker 1: last name with. Are you okay, Riley? Yeah? Sorry, I'm fine.

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Speaker 1: Just sick of this place. I get that. You what

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Speaker 1: come on, Max? You love Hastings. It has its charms.

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Speaker 1: Only you could be looking at anti town graffiti and

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Speaker 1: complimenting the town at the same time. You really always

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Speaker 1: like it's a bad thing. I gotta get going. Good

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Speaker 1: luck with your interview and good luck with your mystery. Thanks,

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Speaker 1: see you tomorrow. Hey, Max, don't ask me how I

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Speaker 1: know this, but the graffiti wasn't here at one am.

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Speaker 1: Might help you tighten that window. Wait what Riley? See you?

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Speaker 1: Nancy Drew? Excuse me? Do you have any books on

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Speaker 1: the history of the area. Yes, that shelf back there

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Speaker 1: is our Hastings history section, mostly old newspapers and pampus

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Speaker 1: from town events, though there are a few books in

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Speaker 1: the mining industry in the Archer family, one of the

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Speaker 1: founding families of the town. Oh great, thank you, that's

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Speaker 1: very helpful. Do you have any maps, old maps especially,

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Speaker 1: it would be helpful. Maps won't help you learn the

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Speaker 1: place very well. Now. We may not be on the

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Speaker 1: cutting edge, but Hastings has changed through the years. Oh

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Speaker 1: it's um. I just moved into the old inn and

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Speaker 1: I'd love to get my hands on the original blueprints

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Speaker 1: if I could even what the street used to look

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Speaker 1: like would be a great help. You're the new owner

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Speaker 1: of the maple Thorpe and yes, Alana Honeywell, nice to

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Speaker 1: make your acquaintance. It's delight for the meet miss Honeywell.

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Speaker 1: That's a great property. It is. You can find blueprints

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Speaker 1: at city Hall. I'm sorry. If you're looking for old

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Speaker 1: blueprints of the Maplethorpe, they'll have them at city Hall.

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Speaker 1: I'm sure may Or how would be happy to help

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Speaker 1: of all that town history stuff. Well, thank you, yes,

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Speaker 1: thank you, Maxine. This is Maxine Miles, one of our

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Speaker 1: more precocious residents. That's a new one. It's lovely to

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Speaker 1: meet you, Maxine Miles. I'm Alana Honeywell. You're from New York.

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Speaker 1: I am how did you know? As I said, precocious.

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Speaker 1: It's a small town and I've lived here my whole life,

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Speaker 1: so I see. Well, Maxine Miles, it is extra lovely

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Speaker 1: to meet you. Then. I've only been here about twelve hours,

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Speaker 1: but I've gotten the distinct impression that I'm the first

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Speaker 1: new person in Hastings in a million years. Something like that.

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Speaker 1: I could very much use a guide one Hastings, New

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Speaker 1: Hampshire Guide at your service. You've only been here twelve

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Speaker 1: hours something like that. I got in late last night.

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Speaker 1: The inn is right on the town square, Yes it is.

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Speaker 1: Do you mind if I ask you a couple of questions.

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Speaker 1: I'm Hume in the kitchen. Hey, can I have dinner

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Speaker 1: in my room? Well? Hello to you too. Why are

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Speaker 1: you Are you feeling okay? Oh? Yeah, I'm fine. I

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Speaker 1: just have a lot of work to do. You can't

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Speaker 1: a very productive day who's miss Honeywell, she's bought the

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Speaker 1: if you don't mind, Oh, come on, Max, the Combs

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Speaker 1: are coming for dinner. I at least like what. Well, yeah,

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Speaker 1: Walt and I set it up when we were playing

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Speaker 1: I thought you liked THEO. What who told you that? No?

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Speaker 1: be okay with me. You're almost fifteen and freakishly responsible

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Speaker 1: I should open the wine, Max, Can you get the door? What? No?

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Speaker 1: I have to I can't, So THEO. How's your freshman

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Speaker 1: year going? It's going okay, Thanks for asking, Mr Miles.

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Speaker 1: You can just call me Joe. Right. You're enjoying your schoolwork. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: We're doing Frankenstein in English right now. So that's pretty cool.

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Speaker 1: Oh I love that book. Max. You didn't mention you

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Speaker 1: not that well. Max isn't the biggest reader in the world. What, No,

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Speaker 1: I just meant that Maxine reads a lot of nonfiction,

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Speaker 1: a little SCHOLARO. Fiction is all that THEO reads. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: didn't think you liked poetry. Yeah, I've read it all

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Speaker 1: news on the graffiti artists. Nothing yet. The mayor is

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Speaker 1: I think Max has some theories about who might have

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Speaker 1: done it in the right kiddo, What No, I don't.

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Speaker 1: That's right, our resident amateur sleuth. You're still into that stuff, Max,

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Speaker 1: the like Harriet the spy stuff. Oh no, no, definitely not.

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Speaker 1: I just heard some things when I was in town today,

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Speaker 1: that's all. While I was on my way to the

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Speaker 1: got to do homework. Wait. Max, thanks for dinner, Joe.

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Speaker 1: It was good seeing you. Mr Colmes a sheriff. Sir

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Speaker 1: theo so damn stupid? What's stupid? Not now, teller rough night,

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Speaker 1: I said, not now. My night was spent convincing Mr

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Speaker 1: And already the anti Christ? Yes, I thought Charlotte was

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Speaker 1: the Antichrist. All of them spawns of Satan. They're your siblings.

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Speaker 1: Wouldn't that make you spawn of Satan to Mr Beady

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Speaker 1: Shore seems to think so, Well, maybe if you weren't

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Speaker 1: You don't realize how creepy he is. He's a lonely

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Speaker 1: on Mr Beati. I so what's going on with you?

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Speaker 1: Did I see the columbs leave earlier? Yeah? They were

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Speaker 1: Good morning, Jenna, So senior locker mate recently, I don't know,

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Speaker 1: don't you, Maxine, always putting together a little clues and

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Speaker 1: have just asked me, max you don't always need to

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Speaker 1: prove that you're better than everyone else. No, that's not

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Speaker 1: what students. Please rewards to the auditorium for an emergency

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Speaker 1: assembl All students to the auditorium. What's that about? Whatever

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Speaker 1: it is, I doubt it's good. Why do you assume

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Speaker 1: it's bad. The sheriff just walked in. Settle down, a lease,

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Speaker 1: settle down. We'll give you back to class in a moment.

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Speaker 1: But Jeff Colmes is here with a very important announcement.

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Speaker 1: Good afternoon, students. We've got ourselves a bit of a situation.

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Speaker 1: Here is he actually going to call someone out for

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Speaker 1: vandalism in front of the whole school. Sh Now, this

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Speaker 1: very close attention. About an hour ago, we discovered that

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Speaker 1: Riley Stevens has gone missing. Maxie Miles was created by

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Speaker 1: Lauren Shippen. Dialogue, editing and sound designed by Morrissy Ewing

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Speaker 1: artwork by Shane McMullan for more information about the show,

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