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Speaker 1: Bridgewater is a production of I Heart Radio three D

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Speaker 1: audio and Grim and Mild from Aaron Bankey. For full exposure,

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Speaker 1: listen with headphones. Listener discretion advised. M h h hi, Mom, Hi,

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Speaker 1: hear me? No, No, for you still at home? It's

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Speaker 1: almost knew it. Are you just waking up? I'm a

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Speaker 1: grown man. I also don't have classes today, and I

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Speaker 1: had a late one last night, and I've actually had

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Speaker 1: a week of late once. Oh, finally seeing someone, Teremy,

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Speaker 1: I'm so glad. No, I'm not seeing someone. The only

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Speaker 1: dates I've had recently are with the library. Oh, Aretty,

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Speaker 1: much different there, then. Oh well, I'm sorry to disappoint you.

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Speaker 1: I don't need you to day, Jeremy. I just think

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Speaker 1: spending time with people your own age might be You know, mom,

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Speaker 1: what did I just say about being a grown man? So?

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Speaker 1: Is it a book that's keeping you awake? Yeah, something

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Speaker 1: like that. It's not the whole thing with your father's dad,

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Speaker 1: is it? Because you said that was all resolved? No,

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Speaker 1: I didn't. I said that the police didn't find anything

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Speaker 1: else with a badge. I didn't say it was resolved.

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Speaker 1: He didn't go and talk to Anne Becker. Did you

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Speaker 1: is that she did or not going to talk to

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Speaker 1: Anne Becker? Mom, why don't you want me talking to her?

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Speaker 1: Instincent history? Jeremy, what is all of that business with

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Speaker 1: your father? She was always sticking her nose and where

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Speaker 1: it didn't belong. You mean in the investigation she was

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Speaker 1: his partner. Makes sense that she would have wanted something

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Speaker 1: just because she was his partner. Does not mean and

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Speaker 1: you know what, just please, Jeremy, you can't trust her.

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Speaker 1: You cannot trust this woman. Mom. I'm sorry. I cannot

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Speaker 1: just take your word on this. I need you to

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Speaker 1: tell me why. There's still a lot that I don't

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Speaker 1: know about Dad's disappearance, so that I don't know what

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Speaker 1: is there to know. I know it isn't satisfying, But

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Speaker 1: people go missing in Freetown forest all the time. Honey,

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Speaker 1: we got I'm lucky. But did he even go missing

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Speaker 1: in Freetown forest? What? My t A just dug up

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Speaker 1: an article that said he went miss singing? Howk him

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Speaker 1: up swamp? Jeremy, You know that local newspapers are hardly

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Speaker 1: the most reliable sorts for anything. Well when corroborated by

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Speaker 1: police files, I think they are. How would you have

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Speaker 1: access to the police files. You're already talking to her too. Mom.

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Speaker 1: I know she's a bit of a kook, but she's

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Speaker 1: had useful insight. And I mean, after this week, I

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Speaker 1: think that there's a lot more than this than we thought. Jeremy,

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Speaker 1: what are you hoping to do? It won't bring him back,

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Speaker 1: you know that, right, that's not I I just think

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Speaker 1: a little I don't know, a little closure would be good. Well,

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Speaker 1: I promise you you're not going to get closure by

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Speaker 1: talking to Anne Becker. Oh my god, you still have

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Speaker 1: not told me what your problem with her is. She

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Speaker 1: filled your father said, with all sorts of nuns, and

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Speaker 1: she pulled them into all her talk of that place

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Speaker 1: that giant dogs and snakes, cold floating lights. And now

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Speaker 1: now she's doing the same with you. No, she is not.

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Speaker 1: I don't believe any of that crap, and you know it.

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Speaker 1: But I do believe there's obviously something suspect about the

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Speaker 1: original case. Yes there is, Mom, I think that the

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Speaker 1: police were too quick to blame it on the popular

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Speaker 1: scapegoat of the moment. You don't think your father got

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Speaker 1: into trouble with the Satanic coat? No, I'm not saying that.

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Speaker 1: All I'm saying is that there is someone out there

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Speaker 1: reason that his badge appeared now and I am going

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Speaker 1: to do what I always do and learn everything I

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Speaker 1: possibly can about it. And if it was a cult,

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Speaker 1: who knows, they might still be around and more people

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Speaker 1: it is not your job. I'm sorry, Mom, I gotta go. Okay,

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Speaker 1: What did she say again? Giant dogs, cults, hipp and

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Speaker 1: I wasn't telling you about it because it's relevant. I

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Speaker 1: was actually just hoping to oh, oh, lights in the woods, right, yeah,

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Speaker 1: but she was just talking. It doesn't actually mean anything. Well,

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Speaker 1: Those aren't reason enough to revisit some things not the

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Speaker 1: It actually seems like there's some other offshoots groups around

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Speaker 1: these groups, the gathering is old. Wait a minute, are

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Speaker 1: you saying these groups have their own internal lore. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: They swapped information about potential locations where the veil is

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Speaker 1: thinnest and did discuss rituals to open it. You know,

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Speaker 1: so on I've shared you and what we've compiled so far.

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Speaker 1: We oh, um, yeah, Olivia, she's actually been helping me out.

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Speaker 1: You know. Um, she's really she makes really good girl

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Speaker 1: cheeses and and she's really good at this stuff. Now,

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Speaker 1: I know why you've been running off so quick after

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Speaker 1: It's just, you know, she's a female perspective, you know, Vipen.

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Speaker 1: You spent a lot of time in here with me. Um. Yes,

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Speaker 1: that's kind of my job. No, I mean, I just

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Speaker 1: don't I don't hear you. I don't hear you talk

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Speaker 1: about your social life or whatever it is you do

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Speaker 1: outside of school. Well, doing a PhD is a full

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Speaker 1: time gig. I know. I'm just saying it's allowed, you know,

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Speaker 1: doing a degree and being passionate about your work and whatever,

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Speaker 1: and having a life outside of those things. Spitballing here.

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Speaker 1: But you can maybe have friends or hobbies, or or

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Speaker 1: maybe you could ask a smart girl out on a date.

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Speaker 1: I can't believe we're having this conversation right now. Sorry, Like,

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Speaker 1: am I crossing a line. I spend most of my

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Speaker 1: weeknights and weekends with you for the past year. You

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Speaker 1: were just telling you about a conversation you had with

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Speaker 1: your mom. We've spent the past two weeks investigating your

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Speaker 1: dad's disappearance. I think we're at the stage where you

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Speaker 1: can ask me about my personal life. But when was

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Speaker 1: the last time you went on a date or did

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Speaker 1: anything but research and writing? You sound like my mom.

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Speaker 1: I do plenty. I I I hike to take photos

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Speaker 1: for your book, okay, I travel to do research. I

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Speaker 1: make new friends often. Not Phil, He's another academic who's

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Speaker 1: so boring? And again it's just for research. Look, I'm

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Speaker 1: just saying, Kettle, you know you're right. Who am I

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Speaker 1: to tell you what to do? I guess I honestly

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Speaker 1: just see a lot of myself in you, and I

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Speaker 1: a safe space. But are you unhappy? No? No, it's

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Speaker 1: not that. It's just I know, I don't know. Actually,

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Speaker 1: never mind, It's just I see how much you care

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Speaker 1: about this subject and how people you want to find

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Speaker 1: find something out. I get it. It can be all consuming.

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Speaker 1: Do you feel like it's consumed you? I feel like

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Speaker 1: I'm a boring academic and you should probably go hang

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Speaker 1: out with some people your age. All right, why don't

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Speaker 1: we say this today is Friday? If that calendar is correct,

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Speaker 1: Why don't you go play hockey for the rest of

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Speaker 1: the day and just go go go lit a life

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Speaker 1: or something. What are you going to do? Don't worry

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Speaker 1: about me. I am very exciting weekend plans. Ah, You're

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Speaker 1: going to meet up with Anne, aren't you? Yeah? I

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Speaker 1: am all right. Any developments I should know about. No,

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Speaker 1: no developments. I I just can't believe how much I

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Speaker 1: been good to get back to real life this week,

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Speaker 1: but you're still spending your weekend with that. Yeah, we're

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Speaker 1: still missing. Um, I don't know. It's just been weighing

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Speaker 1: we should tell the police about the gathering. Will you

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Speaker 1: think the two are related? I just think I can't.

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Speaker 1: I can't take the chance. And besides, maybe the police

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Speaker 1: were able to share some information on celest Ha. There.

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Speaker 1: It is not done with her yet, are you not quite?

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Speaker 1: So we agree this time I'll do all the talking.

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Speaker 1: That is not exactly what I said. I know how

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Speaker 1: to talk to these people. I was one of them.

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Speaker 1: I think that that is precisely why it's hard for

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Speaker 1: you to talk to these people, Professor Bradshaw, Miss Becker,

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Speaker 1: how can I help you? Officer Batista? You can't be here,

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Speaker 1: and yet here we are. You two are working together. Yes, Look, Batista,

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Speaker 1: Jeremy told me about your girlfriend. Come on, let's take

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Speaker 1: She wasn't in Hackamox swamp holding a knife. We are

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Speaker 1: not trying to accuse Katie of anything, not yet, at

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Speaker 1: least I wouldn't think she was there the other night anyway,

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Speaker 1: recognize someone? Uh huh? A woman named Celeste Corey. She

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Speaker 1: I thought you were here to, you know, report cult activity.

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Speaker 1: We need some files. You have all the old files,

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Speaker 1: don't you. I do. But Thomas and I weren't the

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Speaker 1: And God only knows what Celeste has been up to

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Speaker 1: for the past forty years. You're asking me to give

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Speaker 1: what Anne is trying to say here is it. Anything

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Speaker 1: to us. I'm sorry, I can't giving out information about

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Speaker 1: I think dating occultist who lied to the police could

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Speaker 1: also put your job at risk. So I mean, you know,

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Speaker 1: there's no reason your captain needs to know that you're

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Speaker 1: talking to us or about Katie. Right, fine, good, thank you.

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Speaker 1: You didn't see any violence, correct, There wasn't any animal

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Speaker 1: sacrifice or or utilation of anyone. No, no, uh. When

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Speaker 1: we went to see her, Celeste said that they were

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Speaker 1: talk to her? Yes, on Monday. It was mostly a

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Speaker 1: So after seeing a cult meeting involving in a legal

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Speaker 1: all due respect, miss Becker. No, you're not. You can't

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Speaker 1: just go harassing people if I'm going to risk my

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Speaker 1: job for you, then I need you. We weren't harassing anyone,

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Speaker 1: so less talk to us willingly. Mr Bradshaw Captain. I

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Speaker 1: was just umh and a becker. What exactly are you

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Speaker 1: What exactly happened to you? Daniel? You said you'd listen

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Speaker 1: You're probably just here in the wind. Yeah yeah, Pippen.

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Speaker 1: PROFESSORI calls what There's something? Professor Pippin Sippen, will you

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Speaker 1: tell me? Do you see someone? Is there? Someone there?

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