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Good morning, father.

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Sorry you start with me.

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I didn't expect anyone

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in this early.

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Today's the big day, isn't it?

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Yes?

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I suppose it is.

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If you've come to help, then just give me a task.

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Well, at the altar, there's a stack of pamphlets

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that can be passed out on the.

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Seatbacks, six per pew

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on it. I

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must say, you seem especially chipper today.

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Who me don't take so

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just my normal charming self.

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Things are going well?

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Then, well, let's see,

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still locked up in a labyrinthine prison,

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with no idea as to the reason, no autonomy

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as to what happens to me, and little to any

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hope about a future that includes freedom.

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Soon, I'd say, about the same. But

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who's counting?

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I see there is.

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Something something more

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like someone someone

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here, Yes, someone

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special.

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You remember the woman I told you about,

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the one I saw barefoot outside my

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cell the first night I was here.

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The one who was singing to you, Well, she

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was singing.

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I wouldn't necessarily say to

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me, but uh, anyways,

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Yeah, we've seen each other again a

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few times.

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You don't have to explain. But

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would you mind if I say I'm happy

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for you?

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Yeah?

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It's nice, right.

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We all need other people.

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It is through those relationships that we learn

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about ourselves.

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Paradoxically, it is only by learning

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about ourselves that we may honestly understand

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others. And to that end,

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it is most important that we not lose sight

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of our own individuality in the reflection

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of another person's mirror.

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Why would you say that, I.

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Must be thinking about myself.

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Six pamphlets per pew. What's next?

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Syh? I appreciate the help, but

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I think you'd better be off.

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Wait, you're sending me away?

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Never but I understand

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you have your first day of work today. What the

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captain told me to start up work detail this morning?

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I am he asked for.

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My recommendation if I thought you were ready for the

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responsibility, and I gave an emphatic

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yes.

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Didn't they tell you?

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Why won't you tell me where we're going work

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detail? Sure?

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Got that, but where my religious

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gitsuru?

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Right?

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What the machine shop? What

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kind of machine shop?

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This mushoe woman?

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What the kind with machines.

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Why is it so quiet?

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What wouldn't it be?

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I don't know.

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Aren't machines loud?

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Uh?

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What am I supposed to be doing? You'll find

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out inside, won't you?

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Well? This is interesting.

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I wonder what.

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I'm supposed to You must be SIORI.

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Yeah, I'm Thomas, your foreman. Didn't

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mean to startle your saary.

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S now now?

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No?

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No, I mean just sigh.

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Is myne so glad to have you as our newest

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edition salary?

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And I can see on your face that you're already

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getting a good sense of how wonderful

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it is here.

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This isn't isn't like the rest of the pen.

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You're right, it's not. It's

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special.

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I think it's okay to say that. Look

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around you, everything has order? Does

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it follow me? There

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is no fighting here, no chaos,

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none of the disruption and politics are the rest

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of the pen.

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Do you know why that is? No?

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See that poster on the wall? Mm read

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it?

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Tell me what you think.

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Balance, Let work be work

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and let life be life.

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I'm not sure I know what that means.

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All of those things I mentioned those

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are life life here anyway,

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But what happens in this room.

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That is work. Work is here,

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life is out there?

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And what about the Christmas music?

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Have you worked with Bettel before, Siguri?

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You know?

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Probably not.

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That's funny.

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You strike me as someone who has This

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is your station, right next to Josiah, Sir

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Josiah, this is Siuri. She

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will work on the machine.

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In place of side.

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And who's Robert?

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Show her how to cut the blanks.

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I'll leave you to it.

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Welcome again, Salary.

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You can just call me.

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Sk See these

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are blanks, the different sizes. Okay,

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you match them to the size of your template.

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But how do I know which?

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No?

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No, just watch you take one

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of these and then you open this box.

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This is your template. Okay,

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every day you'll have a different one. But you

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take your blank, you line it up with the template.

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Okay, sure, and you don't on.

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The machine, and

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then you grind the blank along a template like

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this and

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that's it. Okay, try

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it now,

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just follow the template.

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What is this?

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It's just a.

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Part a part of what.

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That's not a thing to ask.

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You don't know. Do you.

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Do I get anything for my eyes or

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gloves?

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I don't know. Maybe eyesight is good for

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working, right?

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Well? I suppose you could ask,

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why not anyway?

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That's your job in a nutshell, not much

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to it?

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Thanks? How many do

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I.

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Till you're out of blanks?

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Well? Here goes nothing.

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Okay, one down, I'll

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a jillion to go.

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Everyone lunch, Say

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uri, where.

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Are you going to the cafeteria?

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No?

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No, no, no no, they'll bring

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it to us. Come on into

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the break room.

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First day of school all over again?

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Can I if you want?

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This is crazy? We get our own

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lunch room.

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This is so much nicer than.

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The food

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is here?

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What is it?

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Don't you smell it?

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Steik steak, steak

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steak?

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Where did this even come from?

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Listen to me, It ain't gonna get

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better than this anywhere else, So

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don't ask stupid questions, eat

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your food, be happy here.

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Oh my god, this never ends.

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Good afternoon project for your

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workday is over. Please proceed

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to security screening.

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That's it.

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That's it until tomorrow.

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Good morning project for have a

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pleasant work day.

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Oh, different sized blanks today,

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different template?

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What is this new day? New

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part?

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The shape seems so specific, like

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it's familiar to me, But I don't

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know why.

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Remember what I said? I

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know he seems nice, but he's

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just like all the other screws.

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Just do your job, Siary.

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Do you have a question?

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No?

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All good, thank you. Food

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seems normal today.

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Not every day is special.

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Listen. I just want some idea of

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what we're making here.

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Everything in this world has a maker. Good

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things, bad things, things

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that help, things that hurt. Whatever

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it is, somebody had to make it.

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Do you always speak in riddles?

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There once was a king, and

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in celebration and reverence, a

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blacksmith came to him and presented him

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with a weapon that he'd make just

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for the king. And it

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was beautiful and special

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and unlike anything else, And the

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king was touched. And

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so the king went to war. His

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armies decimated their opponents without contest,

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and the king felt he owed it all to the blacksmith,

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and this weapon, it

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was made just for war. So the

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king called the blacksmith back, and he said

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to him, I want all my generals

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to have these, to which the black

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smith replied, my King, it

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takes months of dedication and skilled

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to build even one. I can't

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possibly make enough for all of your generals.

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I'll need to train apprentices. But

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then the technique will no longer be secret. So

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I need your blessing. Then

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the king gave his blessing, saying, whatever

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it takes so that each one of my generals have one.

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And so the blacksmith went to train

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five apprentices. No

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Yah, hold me.

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Something how, then sory back

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to your station. Nahi project

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for machine shop needs attention, medical

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extraction, biohezard, CLEANUPCA, repair,

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inact, replacement.

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What a mess could be a lot worse.

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At least he isn't screaming grab his arms.

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I'll get the machine.

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I've got biohazard. I

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can see the concern on your face that man

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no longer works here and is no longer

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our concern. When he leaves his room,

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that will be life.

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Remember, Let life be life,

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Let work be work.

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The blacksmiths apprentices were

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able to build weapons for each of the generals,

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and the King's army continued to expand

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and conquer. Then

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the generals went to the blacksmith to say, these

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weapons are incredible. If all

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of our soldiers had them, the King's

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glory could spread even further. And

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so the blacksmith went to his apprentices

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and told each of them to train

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more apprentices. But

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the apprentices were haunted by

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the hundreds of souls whose lives

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had been claimed, and so

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the apprentices trained the soldiers to

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make their own weapons.

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Good morning, project for have a

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pleasant workday.

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New day, New Part.

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Now that every soldier had a weapon themselves,

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the army was unstoppable. The

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King's dominion continued to expand

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as they conquered lands far and wide.

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Still they needed more weapons, for

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the greater the kingdom grew, the more there

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was to protect and defend.

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But now the soldiers were haunted by

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the ghosts of those slain, and

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they needed to find someone else

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to build the weapons for them.

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So who did they train the

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slaves.

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Good afternoon, Project Fall. Your

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workday is over. Please proceed

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to security screening. Good

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morning, Project Fall, Have a pleasant

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work.

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Day, a

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day New Part.

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Things in the Kingdom were good, but

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in order to build all of these weapons, they

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had depleted the resources of the land.

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Mills had been built all along the river, so

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the fish were getting harder to find and catch. There

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was a hard winter, and the crops

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died, and the animals and wild

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game were thinned out. And

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when there wasn't enough food, the

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first people to beat denied were

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the slaves. So while the

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king sat in his castle, safe

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and sound with all the food in the world. The

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slaves were out in the barren

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lands, starving. Many

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had come from the lands the king had

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conquered, remembered

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their burning homes, the dead

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families, death with no

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conscience, but never without consequence.

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Altogether, the slaves outnumbered

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the soldiers and the guards and

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the generals, and they overthrew

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them all, even the king, with

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the same weapons that had conquered

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them.

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But then, weren't they haunted by the

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ghosts?

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Did you understand the story?

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Project for room needs attention, medical

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extraction and bile hazard only.

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Good morning, project for have a

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pleasant work.

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Day, New

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day, new part. Wait,

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this is not a new part today.

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One of the parts repeated.

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You don't say, look.

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Can I ask you something? What

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was the weapon?

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You ever notice when you leave

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here? How Thomas only sort of

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half pays attention to the metal detector.

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I guess I hadn't really thought about it.

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What about yourself? The screws? Ever?

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Toss it? Toss it, you know, search

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through it, check the mattress, snack

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the toilet.

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You know what?

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No, they never have.

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Some of these people, they don't

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belong here. And the pen knows it.

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Listen, your parts are repeating.

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This place wants something from you, or

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to show you something, or maybe it wants

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you to do something.

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You're saying, what that the pen has a

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consciousness.

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At least an influence. Haven't

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you felt it?

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What is it supposed to feel like?

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You ever leave somewhere? Sure

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you forgot something but can't remember

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what it is. It's that sort of feeling.

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It's not constant,

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but I bet you feel it, don't

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you.

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I feel like that every single day. But

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just saying, you're right, how

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do I know what it wants?

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Think of it as a puzzle.

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Good afternoon, project Ful. Your

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workday is over. Please proceed

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to security screening.

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Siary.

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Oh shit, you know what? I left the blank

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in my pocket.

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I was just about to start a piece right before lunch,

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and I totally forgot about it.

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Could you please hand this to Thomas.

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Thank you, siriy. Please be mindful

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in the future, naturally.

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Good morning, project for have a

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pleasant work.

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Day,

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New day, old part. I

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did exactly what you said. I've got one

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of each of the parts in my cell.

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Good.

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They took the blank from my pocket but didn't even think

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to look at my sock. It's such an obvious trick.

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I can't believe it actually worked.

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Maybe it was supposed to them.

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Okay, but what do I do now? How do I

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put the pieces together?

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How should I know?

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Project four room needs attention, medical

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extraction, biohazard clean up, mechanical

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repair.

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Good afternoon, project for your

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workday is over. Please proceed

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to security screening.

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Light's apt.

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Okay.

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If it is a puzzle and there

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must be a solution, somehow,

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these all have to fit together, maybe

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like this, maybe

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like this.

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Maybe this is impossible. Maybe

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I'm insane.

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The pen doesn't want anything from you, Siurie. It's

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not the fucking Overlook Hotel. The

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only influence that has over people is to crush

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their spirits into submission, to make

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them crazy, a remaningless minutial

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like this, and steal their souls in the process.

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They have the kingdom, the generals, the soldiers,

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and all the weapons. All

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you have is a contraband stack of scrap metal that's

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going to get you throw them back in the fucking dungeon. Bad

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and delusions of grandeur that anything you do

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in this life could actually make a difference. Holy

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Mother of God, it's

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a key.

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At least I think it's a key, but it's not

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a normal door key.

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It sort of looks like like.

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This could be a key, could

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be anything.

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Let's say it is a key, what

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do you think it opens?

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Well? Do you think it opens?

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I have no idea, and.

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I don't know anything more than you. But

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you put facts and observations together,

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and sooner or later you'll

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understand things, or

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at least you think you do. Anyway,

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that was fast. It took me hundreds

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of tries before my part's finally repeated.

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You mean I already finished my puzzle.

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I've just been waiting to use it. What

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is that device?

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A device that.

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Does what we're about to find out?

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Wait?

22:36

Hold on, do you understand the story

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now?

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Yeah, the pen is the kingdom. We are the.

22:41

Sleeves, but we're also holding the weapons

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because they taught us how to build

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them.

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You're saying that things.

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When we go back to the shop, you leave.

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Do you understand, no questions,

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no looking back, just to leave.

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Yeah, listen, there's no time

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for that. This is what I'm saying supposed

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to do. I feel it,

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This is it? You're sure

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no, But I'm taking the leap

23:22

of faith. Now go.

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Pardon me, Saiary, where are

23:31

you going? Work hasn't ended.

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Hey, Let work be work and life be

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life.

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Right.

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Well, if work isn't here, I guess

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I'm going back to life unacceptable.

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If you walk out, there will be consequences. Do you understand?

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I hope so.

23:50

Somebody get her back.

23:51

She can't just just tire?

23:53

Where is that?

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What do you think you're.

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Protect? Repeat

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forty three Initiate Rebuild Oh

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Yetha.

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Maleetita, maquier a,

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la gra Colomachita

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alasiton Osito.

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Thirteen Days of Halloween penance

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starring Natalie Morales, Episode

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nine, Occupation written

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by Matthew Riddle, editing in sound

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design by Noa Amy Griffin. Featuring

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the voices of Chris Jay, Alex Morgan

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Brown, Rachel Rosenbloom, Raphael

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Corkil, Wayne Bastrup, Sonny

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Bowling, Steve B. Greene, Miguel

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Perez, and Trevor Young. Directed

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by Alexander Williams. Executive

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producers Aaron Mankey, Noah Feinberg,

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Chris Dicky, Matt Frederick and Alexander

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Williams. Supervising producers

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Trevor Young and Josh Thain. Producers

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Jesse Funk, Rima Ilkali, Noami

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Griffin, Chandler.

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Mays and Cassy Bias.

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coordinator Wayna Calderon. Production

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assistants Jenna Johnson and Winona

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Lowe. Theme music by Rose Azerti

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