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The
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Striker and Kettle.
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Scrapes.
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My shoulder is killing me. Yes,
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you landed on some rebar. It went clear
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through, but it didn't hit any major arteries. You
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should have left me behind. No.
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I'm gonna slow you down like this. You
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can't get by on your own. You can't be responsible
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for my safety. You said
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so yourself.
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I can't leave you either. She
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would never forgive me. I
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don't even know if she's into me like that. She
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is. Believe
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me, she is. She
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really fucking kills me to think of what
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she's going through. We're
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going to go back. Yeah.
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All right.
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That should last us a night. Because
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it's not our ground floor. Sorry?
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You said you found the bacon downstairs. Oh,
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yeah. It was too cold to stay down there, babe.
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Are you done? Thank you. Don't
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mention it. What
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about you? What about me?
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Breakfast? I'm
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fine. You can't
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ask me
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what was the symbols worth of blood three days ago.
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You have to be feeling it. I can get by.
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Besides, you need both your hands to draw blood. Just
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drink from me yourself. Sorry.
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Hey, you've found things
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you need to find.
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Thank you. But I don't think
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so. Why not?
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Come on, you saved my life.
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I pushed you. I
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pushed you.
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You fed me. Let
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me feed you. Please.
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Olivia. You're
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going to need it eventually, right? Here to do
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it. Before
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I forget how good that bacon was and start hating you again.
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Alright.
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Fine.
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See
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my fangs? I'm
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not going to think them in. I'm just going to break
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the skin, drink and
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patch you up. Okay? That's
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fine.
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Warning or no warning? Uh...
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Warning. You're
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sure about this? Yep. Alright.
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Bite on three.
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One, two... Oh,
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sorry. You alright? You
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alright? Go ahead.
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You have to be delicate about it. Like a
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baby. If you'd
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gone to all the trouble I did to keep the blood in you, you'd be delicate
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about it too. Here.
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Get that cleaned up. Okay.
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Field log. Lid of the wake.
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Lucid. Moving her limbs. Doesn't seem to
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have any spinal damage, thank God. She's
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kept her food done so far, so that's good. The
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uncluttered heel if we hold off infection.
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I, um... Not
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quite sure how I'll explain this to Hope. I've really fucked
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up her girlfriend. But
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yeah...
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Yeah, I don't know what I unlocked in there. But
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her blood... It
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tastes so...
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sad. I'm
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sorry.
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God help me. I
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think I've really fucked her up. Can
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I ask you something personal?
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Sure.
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You like girls, don't
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you? I've
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been around for a century and a half. I've
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liked all sorts of people. And
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hope?
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Hope like girls.
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Do you have feelings for her? Is
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that really what you're worried about? I'm
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not accusing you of anything, I just... well...
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I see how much you care about her.
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She told you I killed an overlord? Yeah. Did
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she say why? To
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protect someone you loved? To
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avenge someone I loved. Someone
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I failed to protect, actually.
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My sister?
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I killed my maker after she murdered my human
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sister.
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I care about hope a great deal.
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It's been a long time since I had a sister.
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But I couldn't protect her either. Not
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at the end of the day.
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You tried.
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That's what matters. Is
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it? I hope
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so.
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I was a girl back in
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Soho.
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Emily? Yeah.
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We found each other after the impact. We
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were close, hid together
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in South London until we were caught and brought back
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to Soho.
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Early on we were both called into the
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house with the red door. Calistrata
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was talking about devotion
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and sacrifice.
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She had Emily kneel in front of a white
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basin. I
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don't know why she picked her instead of me. You
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don't have to tell me about this. I have
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to tell someone. I
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don't want to.
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I mean, I'm not screwing with you. No, no,
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it's all right.
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What happened?
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Em got on her knees and Calistrata
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passed me a knife.
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She
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told me
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to cut her throat. The way they do when they put
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the words in your head. I
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felt this shock because I knew, you know?
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I knew I was going to do it but I
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tried so fucking hard to fight it. It was so
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hard.
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Like, I told myself to shove that knife
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in my chest
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but my body wouldn't listen. I
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just
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gently tilted her head back and she
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just looked up at me and said, I'm
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sorry, I'm sorry.
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I said, it's
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okay.
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You thought. She
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was gone. Just
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like that. Gone.
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I'm so sorry.
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It was the right call. We
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had to find Darcy. Let me try to take
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it from you. No. Let me
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try Lydia. No, please. But
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I appreciate it. I
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do, but...
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I don't want you to take it. I
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don't want to forget her again. It's
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not fair.
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Not to her. Not
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to me either, probably.
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Because it matters that you tried, you know?
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Like...
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It doesn't matter. It
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must matter.
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Even when you can't win it. Maybe
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especially then.
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No.
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Field log. The pub has nine
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possible points of entry on the ground floor. Six
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windows,
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all boarded up. Three doors, front,
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back and side. Another side door shut
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and blocked back from the bookcase. Front
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is a sick oak door, medieval looking thing.
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It feels secure enough. I
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won't be long. I just need to get the prize.
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The snow froze overnight so we
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need change for the car before we can get moving.
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Crutches for Lydia too. Medicine.
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I hesitate to leave her here alone. Here,
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keep the crossbow close while I'm out. I don't
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know what you think I'm going to do with this. Don't
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anticipate the recoil. That's the only reason
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you missed. Next time just hold
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it steady and pull the trigger. What if I miss
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again? Then you've always
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got the cricket bat hanging over the bed. It's
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not decorative. Bet it works the same as a proper
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bat if you crack someone over the head with it.
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I'm sorry I shot you. It's
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fine. Didn't even
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leave a mark. See? Everything's
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locked up
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down there. Tight as a drum. But
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I can wait. No.
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No. Do you alright? We
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need to keep moving. I'll
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be fine. Go. Alright.
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I'll be back soon. I'm
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going to lock the bedroom door. Go already.
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Right. I'm
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sorry, I'm sorry. You're
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not. I'm sorry. You need some help. I'm
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sorry. You need some help. Go.
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Please. No need help. I
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thought I did
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a good job up ahead. I might have. What's
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this? The
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tracks here. And the
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snow. Fresh
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tracks. You're
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very easy.
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Ignite these risks. Three,
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five, four, five... Shit.
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I smell the blood of a stubborn English.
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Four, five, four, five... Little
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fox...
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I know you're here! You're
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a long way from home, little fox!
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You're here. I'm
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a world traveler! I'm
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a world traveler!
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Oh, it's a rarer size I'm after!
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What's that? Why
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don't you come out? We can chat
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about it. I
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don't think so! You
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found her, didn't you? Was
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this her? Yes,
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they thought you might. With
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the proper incentive, you're
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such a clever little fox. She's
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safe. She's safe.
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For now. For now? Well,
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her situation is in your hands, isn't it?
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For example, if you told me where her
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sister is, they'd have no reason to keep her
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home. I could go fetch
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the younger done raven and return her safely to
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you.
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How? Why?
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Why?
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He's here. You
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followed me this time. Maybe
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I'm just a sporting block. Yes,
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I was just thinking one of those... ...my
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shooting jackets over there would look small
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for you.
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I'm giving you the chance to save
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your friends. No,
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I don't think so.
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I think you're giving me the chance to save you.
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I think you're scared.
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Oh, I like you. Making
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jokes in the face of death.
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You're the one staring down death. What
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do you think will happen when I tell the first anointed
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one in three centuries who took
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her? We'll
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never know.
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Because your road doesn't
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lead to her. It leads to me.
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You just don't know it yet.
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You should come out while
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I'm in a dealing mood. Put
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me in a hunting mood and who's to say what
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I'll do? It's
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a rare treat to break a shade. You
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look like people but you don't die nearly so
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quick. Just
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keep on squirming through it all. Can
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you remember it? The
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feel of my fist buried deep in your chest. I
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do. It's all wet and
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intimate. I
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can do worse. Much worse.
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You will scream while I want
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to know just how I may stop. You
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heard a fox scream? Such
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sweet music. Sorry,
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I love ourselves and fox shots. We're
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leaving tonight. Lydia,
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it's me up there. It's
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me, sir. We're leaving tonight.
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We're
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not allowed over here. We've
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been followed.
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We need to start thinking we've got the right to wake.
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Why
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is your door open?
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Lydia, what's wrong? Why
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did you cross back? Find you! Hide
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her! Kill Gore! Ah!
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Good to see you again. You
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followed us? Yes, I thought
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this one was trying to tell me something and now
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I find you holed up here with your own little
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private blood bank. I tried to explain
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to him. Yes. Now this
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poor thing thinks you've been caring for
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her. You really baked
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a noodle, didn't you? You're fucking hypnotised,
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you prat. Kill Gore, you
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have to let me go. It's
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where I'm all you like. Those are steel manacles. And
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it's right around my neck. I'm guessing C4. I
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told you. It's great at clearing
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obstacles. I am no obstacle to
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you. I know. And
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I've got a detonator right here if
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you decide to make yourself one. You die too, Einstein.
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Maybe I don't have anything to live for.
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What do you want? I want to know what
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you're really doing out here. I already told
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you what we're- I want to hear it from
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her! We're
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looking for Darcy.
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Well because her sister was taken, was she? Yes. Was
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she really though?
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Or did you break her legs too, sock
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her away somewhere to snack on? We don't have
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time for this. Hope is in danger. Yes.
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The mysterious sect of the vampires
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in the Balkans. How exotic.
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What an interesting little fairy tale you've
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all spun. It's no fairy tale,
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Kilgore. They're real. It's funny
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that Gussie never shared this choice bit
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of intelligence with me. Maybe she didn't
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want to scare you. Ooh.
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Are they powerful, are they? They are
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more powerful than anything you've ever
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encountered. Then what the fuck is
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Jepsen's runaway prodigy going
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to do about it? Darcy didn't run away, Kilgore.
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She returned. She's an overlord. An
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overlord? Yes. Alright,
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I'll bite. Where is she? I'm not going
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to tell you that. You expect me to believe this, Codswallop?
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A heroic overlord squaring
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off against some secret vampire
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parliament, really? It's true, why
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would we lie? Why would an overlord
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care about what becomes of Hope fucking
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Dunraven? Because it's her sister.
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No! No vampires
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don't have sisters.
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They have teeth.
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They have appetites. My
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own mother
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tried to kill me, my mother.
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So don't you sit there and tell me
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that Darcy's different, that you're different.
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She is different.
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I didn't think so, but she is. What
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was that?
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That's the blighter that took Hope. Humble
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Johnny, is it? Yes, I barricaded the door but it won't
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last long. How do I know it's not someone
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trying to rescue you? She's the one who barricaded
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the fucker.
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Fucking door, you tedious whore! We need
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to go, now!
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No, this is a trick.
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It is not a trick. Get this collar
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off of me! No, I
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have a better idea.
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Hey, psychopath, that thing is gonna get in!
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Good. I'll blow
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us all to kingdom come to vampires
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with one bomb.
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Mr. Nook, I
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know you think
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you know what they are underneath. I
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did too, but
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I was wrong.
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Do you hear me?
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I was wrong. Look at me.
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My eyes are clear. I
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have seen what she is underneath. She's a
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good person. A good
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person.
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You have to let us go, please.
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See, I realise she's got to you, but believe
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me when I tell you that she will rip
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my throat out the second I unlock those costs.
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You poor man.
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You have no idea. What?
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She got the cost of 15 minutes ago. What? What
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do you want about those costs? Olivia!
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Did you really do it right? It does
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work the same as a proper van. It cost two
23:16
minutes to go pretty on performance. I almost believed it myself.
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I need to get in the reed. Here,
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thanks. We don't have long. Mr.
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Fack, I'm getting the collar too. Careful. Got
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it. Would I set it on the bed gently? Where's
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the detonator? Over there.
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We're inside. Oh, God, it's fine.
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Look
23:40
out the window. It's ported up. Not
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for long, it's not.
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I found you dead, little fox. I
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found you dead.
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Still
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thinking you can go what? You're
24:12
just making it hard on yourself.
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No, no,
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no.
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Here, grab onto my back. Hurry. Oh, shit.
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Fuck. You keep
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me alive. You
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can't
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escape me. You only
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work me out.
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What's
24:56
that smell?
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Go on, little.
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Do
25:27
you
25:28
think Matt did it? I don't plan
25:30
to stick around to find out.
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Oh.
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Oh, I've heard this fuck's coming around.
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Is that a talking
25:40
lighter? Humble John.
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He works for the council. Huh.
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I suppose you've got me now. We'll
25:54
finish it then. Do
25:56
it. He deserves it.
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Maybe he does.
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And I'm not hungry. Hang
26:06
on. What? What
26:08
are you doing now? Just sit here. Let's get this
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boot on. You're just... you're
26:13
cutting me loose. Go home, Kilgore. I
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tried to kill you. There. How does
26:18
that feel? That'll do. Good. Sit
26:21
tight. I'll get the change on the car. Wait.
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I can help you. We don't need your help. Here.
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Crossbow. Casey tries anything. I'm
26:29
not going... Come on. Just hear
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me out. Just not leaving, can I try something?
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You're
26:34
cool. I have a snow cat. I
26:37
can get you to the marina in Strandraut
26:39
faster than those snow chains can.
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That's... that's where you're going,
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right? The marina.
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You want to take a boat over to Ireland.
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And I'm supposed to believe you've turned over and
26:59
you leave. Is that it?
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I'm in your debt.
27:04
Let me make it right. Please. What
27:10
do you think, Lydia?
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Mr.
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Knope? Yeah?
27:20
Penelope is one of us. If
27:23
you hurt her again, I will
27:25
kill you.
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And no one will blame you. No
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one.
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Field log.
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I still don't trust
27:53
him. Kill Gore. And
27:56
he got us to the marina. Even
27:58
got the Strandraut up and running.
27:59
I hadn't come along in case his handiwork
28:02
clumped out on us, but so far so
28:04
good. He seemed genuinely
28:07
contrite. Lydia's
28:10
watching like a hawk, though. She's
28:13
doing better, up and about
28:16
in the deck thanks to that cane.
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She might just turn out okay. She's
28:23
stronger than she looks, that one.
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It's like we all are. Amen.
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There's no time for
28:58
stunking to your side.
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I keep moving forward.
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She's stronger
29:19
than me. I'm
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going to go back to my home.
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