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After Shock is a presentation of my Heart Radio

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and Nomadic Engine previously

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on Aftershock. I'm Maud

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Modbule and this this is my help of Karen.

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There are two dozen of us, mostly down the beach,

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clearing space to unload our interest into

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Banka Kenya. But now this is home.

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I'm a US citizen, man, I have rights.

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You, my friend, are in international waters

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twelve miles off the coast. You are not in

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the US of A anymore so Miranda

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habeas corpus in the right to counsel.

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Well, they just don't exist. Great,

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I'll join you. What to find my daughter? Nothing

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personal. I'd rather you didn't. I don't know you,

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so who knows? If I can't rest you. What I know

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is that you're refusing ILP and that seems odd

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to me. Real question. Permission to go to the infirmary,

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sir? What's wrong with you? I don't know, sir. I

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just maybe the floor. You care very much about

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this island, don't you. I don't know. I just

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got here. Something here is speaking to

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you already. It's speaking to me too.

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Do you think that springs okay to drink from? Whoa

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taste sweet? To me? They

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are telling me the same story.

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Sound of the detail sounds rehearsed, like two

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people getting their stories straight. Yes,

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sir, do you hear that? Kayla?

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Where's it coming? Mikayla? Where are you?

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That's her on that shelf down there? How do

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we get to her? Micaela?

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Don't move, just stay where you are. Is

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there a rope in the go back? Yes? Can you be right

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back? You careful in the dark up

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there, it's Kathy. I'm

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here to get you out of There's

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no time to get the hell away.

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The ledgy isn't safe. Michaela's

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away? What are you doing here?

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Help us there?

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Please get us out of here? Who's that? How

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many people are down there? Just two of us?

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But the rocks are crumbling here. I got

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it. You're taking this end. I'll

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anchor the you know you lower it over and I'll

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anchor. I'm twice your son, Wayne, Please

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trust me. You talk her through it. I'll stay back

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there in case she falls. Two

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of them, two who I don't

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know. Just bring Michaela first, of course,

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up there. I'm here. I'm coming. Okay,

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you're tied in. Stay back as far

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as you can't sit down, lean back, keep the rope

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tight. If one of them is on the other

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end of this thing and they fall, you're really going to feel

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it. Ready, Yeah,

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I'm ready to go, MICHAELA. I'm

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gonna lower the rope down to you. Do you understand

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me a

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stranger who doesn't want you to die? That sounds

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good? Okay?

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What do I do? You see that noose

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looking thing coming down to you? Yeah?

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Step into it. Since you around your waist,

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you know, knots right? You sailed? Yeah?

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Make sure that it's slipped tight. Ok

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good, Now, climb up to me and then we'll

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send the rope down for your friend. I

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got her here. I'll stand

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on my shoulders and I'll get a good start. It's

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spotest feel really dicey? Hey,

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do you see? Focus on getting up there? Okay? Right?

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Three points on the wall? What three

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points? Wily? Move one hand before quarter?

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Dassy? Hold on? You

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canna get back on the cliff. Don't

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think about him? Hey, look at me? Can

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you see me? Mikayla?

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Can you see me? Big ugly guy? Blue

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eyes?

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Me and the cliff are the only things you

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look at? Are you secure right now?

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Good? It's not that far. Reach up with

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your right hand. Can

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you see that. It's a good,

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big hole. Feel

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for it. Two o'clock. Okay,

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that's it. Now straighten your leg and

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get your left hand up

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to the crack. Good

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girl, keep coming almost,

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get your legs under and push up

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on anything solid. Joey,

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I won't. I got you a.

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I mean, I'm knocking down. I

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know it wasn't your fault. You

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had no control. Stay

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over there, we'll come to you. Just a few scratches.

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She's fine, he's

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still fucking here. Hey,

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easy, she just saved your life, really

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did you did? You just saved my life

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on the other end of that rope when you felt

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MICHAELA, don't not a

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word. Okay, I can give you space.

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Is that a fucking joke? How

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about you gave Dad's face so like ever

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that I wouldn't be out here, and I WoT I have to just kick

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that out. Excuse moved. How about you start by

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thanking your mom my what

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for saving your life? That

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bitch is not my mother. And

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so you and Wayne tried to save this guy what's

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his name, Joe, but

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you failed, That's

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right. It's awful. A ledge

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gave way just as we were dropping the rope. Any

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idea where he got the paint paint

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spray paint. It appears he

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was trying to draw an S O S

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on the cliff wall there. I

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didn't see any s O S. It

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would have been out of your sight line. Still

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no idea where he got the paint. Maybe

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he was the one who sailed to MICHAELA. You

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could have could have been on board. I

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wondered that too. So

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it's just you Wayne, Joe. There

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no one else, that's right.

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Modern her crew were having dinner and they

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couldn't hear us down where they were. Are

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you sure about that, Miss Wallace? I

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am yeah, uh

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huh, this

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is dope. I wondering stop

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him for a right for a second. I'm

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busy and

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come. It

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should only take a minute. Sit tight, m

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m all

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right, I'm here. It

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looks like you have your hands full. Are these

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guys sick? Are they angling for a leave?

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I think they're all six? Ser That's why I called

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you. I mean you think, well, a half

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dozen came in day before yesterday. It seems

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like a flu, but it's progressing fast.

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Major Jobs was admitted yesterday pretty banged

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up, but it seems like the same symptoms

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apart from the wounds associated with his fault. What

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is your assessment? Assessment,

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sir? Yeah, what's wrong

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with them? These guys work pretty hard.

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They don't get much sleep. A compromised immune

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system can take a comic hold and make it a real pain in

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the ass of your pardon my friends for

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all of them to beginning. Quite this sick is

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fast. You don't know, do you? No,

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sir? But it seems like the same almost

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And you're what exactly, Corman

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or a medical officer. No, I'm

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a reserve nurse, sir. All right, if

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you can run any sort of tests on these guys,

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run them right, everything down, report

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what you find in me, no one

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else you understand, Yes,

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sir, you're the senior aboard. Whatever you say goes

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uh. And I'll draw some blood maybe, yes,

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please? A blood draw would be useful.

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What did you just say? That

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bitch? He's not my

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mother and I can't stand

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her face for another second, MICHAELA you need

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to know, Cassie,

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Yeah, what's

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going on? Can we sit for a minute.

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You're not worried about Michael? All of a sudden,

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she's got nowhere to go and a boat full of

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food. She'll be Okay, while she cools down,

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she's pretty mad at you. She is? Is

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she your daughter, Cassie? She

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isn't. No, I lied

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about that. Interesting. I made

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a promise to her father that I would find her

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and take care of her. That part is

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true. Yes, so is

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the love of my life part. But

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I misled you. He's

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not my husband and she's not my daughter.

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He's someone else's husband. Yeah,

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he's married to Michaela's mom.

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But before you think you know the rest, let me just

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say this. You lied to me. I

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convinced a total stranger to help me save a

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young woman he didn't know or care about. If

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I had said that I was her father's mistress, would

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you have come all the way out here? I

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doubt it, so do I panicked

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mother looking for her lost child. The

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whole world response to that middle

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aged mistress looking to fulfill her dead

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lover's dying wish a little less sympathetic

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for what it's worth. You don't know me, exclamations,

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Sure I do. You came all this way, You did

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what you needed to do to save Michaela, and you saved

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him even though the city fell apart. I

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can't fault you for you're

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not, Are you mad? I

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can't say I would have done it differently? In

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your shoes the wrong

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thing to do right reason, it's my fault.

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She's here. She took

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the boat when she found out about the affair. Nice.

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What now? I

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let her cool down, I keep her safe, and

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eventually I tell her that her father's dead. How

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the bools cruise treating you? That ran out

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of Margarita Mix an hour ago? And that's why I'm

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calling marine? What

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can you do sending the navy? I

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got your message, sir? What can I

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do for you? Need you back here? Between

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you and me? We don't have a lockdown and

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have to shuck a damn five point to just

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leveled a Red Cross shelter with people

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inside. Jesus, the

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only thing on our side is folks don't know how

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bad it is. But the cell towers under repair

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in one of these days, just when we got the riots

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under control. Yeah, tip of the iceberg?

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How can you be wheels up? Captain?

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You were paiste at disassignment. I have something real

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for you. Can I get twenty four? Sir?

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What? Like I said, Sir, I

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think these two are lying to me. I

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don't like it. Sir, you're taking it personally.

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Remember what happened when you were taking Yes, sir,

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I don't plan on making that mistake again, but I'm

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concerned that there are security risks involved.

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Like I don't want to bother you yet you

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have then you're

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reassignment coffee, sir, Good

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morning. I think

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you didn't sleep much. That was

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out for a few hours, and

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then I went to check on MICHAELA. She had the

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boat. Yeah, sound asleep

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on a pile of Snickers rippers. I

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made coffee, set up the solar charger.

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Still no signal. Coffee

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is better than yesterday. Get the hang of it.

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Hello, Who's that's

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me? I

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wish you made camp closer to the beach.

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I like the view. Can

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you come? Something's wrong with

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Maud? What do you mean she's

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coughing up blood? Sorry?

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This was Maude, the

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sweetly co leader. Was

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she the first to die on the island? Well,

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I mean the the bodies on

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the beach, they were dead

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when you found them, right, and this guy

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Joe who fell off the cliff when you tried

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to save Yeah, Cassie

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told me she did great.

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I'm sorry unless question

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for me? Maud? What

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were her symptoms exactly. I

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mean, I'm not a doctor. What did

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you see when you went to her? She

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was burning up? She got delirious later,

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but at first it was just a fever kind of a

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flu thing. And remember

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that Tombstone movie where Val Kilmer

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coughs blood into a pank aerchief Tombstone.

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Yeah, they're playing cards. She

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was coughing up blood. As your point. Yeah,

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but in the movie it's like it's virculosest

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thing. I think, so maybe

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Okay, good doctor, Okay,

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mon h

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o, here we go. Here, we got

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every person in the Greater Los Angeles area.

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It's a stupid antenna. No

14:49

inceptions will be made and the

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National Guard has been given the authority to on

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site in highway updates

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and after shock has collapsed, the I five

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just up dick that route

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into and out of the city where remain closed

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until further note, although the traffic

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snarl extent all the way back to the four

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O five inter change. First day interactions

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will be airlifted starting immediately.

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Oh my god, your local authority as

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you're closed a shelter, all

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National guardsmen, so

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help me. God, if you do. There's

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something you need to know why

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you were sucking my father? Why

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you wrecked my home? Sweetheart, don't call

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me. I'm sorry, MICHAELA. I'm not

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here to argue with you. You're every bit as angry

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as i'd expect you to be. Although

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if you think angry teenagers are new to me, you're

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forgetting what I do for a living. But I

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respect all of your feelings

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towards me, and I'm not here to change them.

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But right now, in this moment,

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you need to put them aside and be a grown up. What

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happened the

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day of the earthquake. Your

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dad came to see me and the building

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collapsed on him

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and we couldn't free

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him. We tried

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with everything in both

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of us, but

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the last thing that he said to me was

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to find you and to make

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sure you're okay and

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tell you how much he loves you.

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He's

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gone, we're dead,

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and I know that I'm the last person you want to hear

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this front. For what

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it's worth, I am so sorry.

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He loved you more than

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anything on this earth. All

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he thought about in the end was you. I

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know I'm not what you want, but I'm what you have right

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now. Is there

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anything I can do for you? Just

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go away, are you sure? Okay,

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I'm on the beach if you need anything, and

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I'll bring you the next meal that gets made.

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Sir. I'm glad you're here. I want to

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give me a minute please. Now I have to have a chat

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with Major Chavez. Where's

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he at third on the left. And when you're done, you

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will have my undivided thank you,

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sir. I always hear

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what two hours ago? About

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that? Yes? Were there this many people?

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Then? No, sir, that's what I wanted to talk with you

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about. Another four guys came in in the last

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two hours, in the last two hours, same

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symptoms. That's who everyone else,

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sir. They were the guys who brought Major

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Cholvis in, sir yesterday when

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he fell down the stairs. Yeah, thank you carried him

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in your whole bloody and every one of them

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is sick now with what seems like the same flu

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or whatever. Major Travis has. I need

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to speak with me. I'm sure

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he'll do his best, sir, but his throat

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is pretty raw. It's been coughing up

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blood for the last hour. Blood,

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all right, I will keep it quick. Do

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you have a mask? Oh, yes,

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sir, of course I should

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put one on too, shouldn't I? How

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are you holding up? Soldier? Never

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better, sir good Man. Look,

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I will keep this quick, let you rest. You

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Just have one question for you? How

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can I help? When you did your recon on

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the island, did you did you

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encounter anything you might describe as an

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infectious agent? Sarah

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in the corpses, of course, But I'm

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I'm wondering if there was anything else that might

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have I lived on the island. Never

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at all, No, sir, I've been on ships

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since we left the party. You needly all

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right? Thank you for your time. Major. Do you

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look quick now, Captain?

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Yeah, I'm sorry

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about the interrogation sort

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of got away from me, especially

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when kind of ran

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circles around me. You

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let me worry about that. You

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don't trust him, do you, Captain? Not

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as far as I can throw him? She

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says, he bring some

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water? Maud,

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Maud. Can you hear me? Yes?

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I can hear you. I'm sick, not deaf, and

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you're talking like I'm eyeing. It's incredibly

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impolite. Got

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a hell of a bug though, I'll tell you that boy.

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I wanted Karen to I

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wanted Karen to bring you warn you in case

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it was the water. I feel fine

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relative to the city falling down.

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Keep an eye on yourself. I'm

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older. It might it might hit

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me sooner than you. Or maybe it was

20:24

something from the dead bodies on the beach, or

20:26

maybe that manure reloaded on the boots.

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Should I stop the plant include making vegetable

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beds right now and let them work. It

20:33

will give them something to occupy their minds. Do

20:37

they know your sick? No, no

20:39

reason to worry them. That's why I sent for

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you.

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Forgive me. Where's

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Cassie? She had to go talk with

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someone. How can I help

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you? Your highness? Give

20:55

Karen a hand while I get better with your mind.

20:58

There's a lot to get done around year, and I

21:00

can't seem to think straight. All

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right, Well there, and just

21:07

to be safe, filter the spring

21:10

water from now on. We

21:13

brought some good carbon filters and there's

21:15

iodine tablets and we

21:17

got it. We got it. You just rest

21:20

up now. I'm

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not sure she's that's dope down

21:28

here. Okay, she has

21:31

the ears of a pet. I don't want

21:33

to scare her. How much water do you

21:35

guys have enough for another day or so?

21:38

Ration? How about hand sanitizer?

21:41

But we don't use you to use that kind of thing. Start

21:43

whatever she's got you don't want it, well there's

21:46

really only one bottles, then keep it

21:48

for yourself. I

21:50

couldn't Karen, Maud may

21:54

Or may not make it and your group

21:56

they're gonna look to you. You have to stay strong,

21:59

Okay, I

22:01

feel bad. Sometimes

22:05

you have to make decisions you don't like be

22:08

the leader. I got your back. You're

22:11

very kind. Just in case,

22:14

where's the once?

22:19

Look down at the water. It's

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receding so

22:24

fast. Is that

22:27

the tide? Wayne is? Now? What happens

22:29

before? Oh my god, look

22:31

out there, Holy shit, take over?

22:34

What that is? One big, motherfucking

22:37

Wayne. Aftershock

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Episode four stars Sarah

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Wayne Kelly's as Cassie Wallace, David

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Harbor is Wayne Sharp, and Jeffrey

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Dean Morgan as Mark Dover, Tatti

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Gabrielle as MICHAELA. Annesley, Janelle

23:04

Parrish as Lela Hua Masters, Tovah

23:07

Feltscha as Maud Buell, Bethany

23:09

Joy Lens as Karen Russell Hornsby

23:12

as CEO, and E J. Bunilla as

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Ernesto Chaves. Additional

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cast includes Michael Carter as

23:18

Joe Eric Tovel as broadcaster

23:21

and Mark Lawson as nurse. Aftershock

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is created by Patrick Carman, Sarah

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Wayne Cally's and Ben Haber. Written

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by Sarah Wayne Calley's, directed

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by Sarah Wayne Cally's, sound

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design, scoring and mixed by Jeff Schmidt.

23:35

Original score composed by Emily

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Rice. Aftershock is executive

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produced by Ben Haber, Mark

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Ramsay, Sarah Wayne Cally's and Patrick

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Carman. Executive produced by

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Salmon al Raschid, Sam Frohman

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and Simmons Fraser. Executive produced

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by David Harber. Executive produced

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by Jeffrey Dean Morgan. Executive

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produced by Paul Anderson and Nick

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Pinella for Workhouse Media. Executive

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produced by Noel Brown for I Heart

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the COVID nineteen pandemic and was mostly recorded

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remotely out of the performers and producers homes.

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