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Previously on In Between We'll

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have to dip into the party fund to stock up on

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supplies. It's not as though we're rolling

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in money, is that gonna be enough? More

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than enough. Just leave

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it to me. Let's

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dip into the party fund to stock up on

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supplies. More than enough. Just leave it to me.

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More than enough. I'll

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be there to help

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you out. Thanks

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for watching! How

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much is left in the party fund after all this? You

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slept more than half. Really?

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I tried to tell you. Max is

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good at this. I

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don't like to brag. Oh,

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but you do like to lie, apparently. I'm

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not a fan of this. I'm

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a fan of this. I'm a fan of this.

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I'm a fan of this. Oh,

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but you do like to lie, apparently. All

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right, all right. Yes, I am

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great at negotiating.

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Tessa, could we get

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around? Yes, yes. Maybe

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you're great at negotiating because you're great at

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lying. Yak, I'm hurt. Lying

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is a terrible way to run a

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negotiation. Tessa. Everyone

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likes me. Ugh. Except

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for Ruke, who has no

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taste. It's not

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possible for anyone to be universally

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liked. I'm pleased to be a case in

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point. Everyone else likes

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me. Charm only goes

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so far. It gets me where I

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need to be. It got us all

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these supplies. Do we need

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anything else? Maybe for

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your devices, Phoebe? No, I

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have everything I need. What

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about left-handed sheets? Oh,

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well, I don't need

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them. So

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you couldn't find a use for these? Oh.

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You got these for me? I'm

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left-handed too. Nothing worse

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than using the wrong sheets. I've

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never had a pair of these before. An

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articister without the right tools?

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Preposterous. Thank you.

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Oh, is

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that how you get people to like you?

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By bribing them. Why don't

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I bias this round and you can tell me?

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You can't buy my loyalty. I'll

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take the drink, though. Of course you

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will. Thank

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you. For the drinks. There's

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really no need to debase yourself, Melon.

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It's not debasing to say thank you,

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Rukes. You would know this

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if you had any manners. Forget

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manners. How about sex? That's

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not how you get everyone to like you, Rukes. Take

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it from me, who everyone

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likes. Everyone?

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Bit of an exaggeration. Here

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are your drinks. I'll put it on your tab,

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Max, shall I? Oh,

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Tessa hates you. No.

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She hates you. report.

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Oh god, it's not this again. Tessa

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loves me. She's indifferent

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at best. Simply

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not the case. And

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I will prove it and close my tab.

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Max, don't do this again. I have

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no idea what you're referring to. I'm

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just going to the counter to have

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a conversation with Tessa who likes me.

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Just like everyone else does. Except

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me. Except you. I better

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make sure they don't embarrass themselves too

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badly. Oh,

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that's so sad. Why can't

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you let him have this? Besides

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the fact that this isn't an issue of

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Max's feelings, I enjoy bothering them.

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If it's not about Max's feelings, what

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is it about? His pride,

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which I frankly have no interest

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in perpetuating. People should

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have some pride in themselves. Oh,

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yeah? How's that working out for you? You're

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impossible to argue with. Oh,

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why is that? Because I hold everyone to

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the same standard? Do you think

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people shouldn't have pride in themselves? I

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think the poison is in the dose,

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Phoebe. And Max has more than their

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fair share. The way they

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treat people. But he was nice to

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Phoebe today. I mean, and he's even laid off

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of my problem with blood. Oh

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my god, your standards are somewhere in the

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depths of the ocean. And you claim that

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you hold everyone to the same standard and

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yet refuse to judge them by their actions.

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Okay, let's talk about what action

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is conspicuously absent, shall we? After

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the way he's treated you, Larkin. What

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hasn't Max done? Apologize,

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Phoebe. I think you might

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be the smartest lowlife. I've ever met. I'm

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not even being sarcastic. Um...

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thank you? I mean, I guess they haven't

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apologized, no, but to be

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fair, it's- Are you about to say

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that you lied to them after you

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spent so long arguing that you didn't?

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Are you gonna make excuses for Max?

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What? He's acting... better,

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though. And how long is that gonna last? Until

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he gets mad again. And

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then it's back to holding us all under

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their thumb. Don't

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confuse manners for kindness,

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Larkin. And that's

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your, uh, professional opinion as the priest

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of the Goddess of Love. Alright.

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That's fair. I'm not a good

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person. But it takes one

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to know one. I

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just... I think you're wrong. Uh-huh.

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Which bit? Giving people the benefit of

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the doubt is just... better.

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I don't know. You're happier that way. Oh,

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so you're happy then? Sure.

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Mmm, you don't sound sure. What?

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You have to keep the peace, don't you? At

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what cost? Sometimes...

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sometimes it's the only way to survive. And

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that's the thing, isn't it, Phoebe? This

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isn't one of those times. How

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do you know that? I've been

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trying to show you, Phoebe. I haven't stopped

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trying to show you. What's Max gonna

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do to you? Take away

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a chance at a quarter of a dragon's horde? A

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hypothetical. And, since you know where

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it is, you could just go get it yourself if

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you wanted. They can't do anything to

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us. He drew a sword on you.

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He wasn't going to use it. What

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are you trying to accomplish here? I mean it. What

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are you trying to convince me of? I'm

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trying to tell you not to

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fall for politeness when what you

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deserve is an apology. Deserve?

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I would not have spit. Yes,

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Larkin. Deserve. You are so

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far gone. Did you not think of yourself as

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a person? That's not... that's

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not relevant. Oh, your

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personhood isn't relevant. Gee,

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God. Are you listening to this, Phoebe? No.

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Look, most of the time I'm just

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lucky to be here, alright? I

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have to take what I can get. No,

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you idiot. You don't have to take

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table scraps. You deserve better. You

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are... you

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don't know what you're talking about, okay?

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You have no idea. You're delusional. I'm

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right, actually. And

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evidently, wasting my time. Forget

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it. Fine. I

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will. Do you

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mean it? I

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mean everything I said. Which bit?

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That... that deserving apologies

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is part of being a person. When

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you're wrong, yes, absolutely.

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And... If they never apologize?

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Well, you get to decide

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whether to forgive them for their

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slight or say that enough is

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enough. You know this

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because you're a priest. I

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know this because I'm a person. I

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don't know how you think so highly of yourself. Not

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all of us have the benefit of a

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martyr complex, Larkin. I've had to build my

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own self-worth. I

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told you. She's

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joking. Sure.

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Whatever helps you sleep at night. So...

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how'd it go? It's

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not really important. We

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should plan for the last leg of the trip. Not

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well. Oh,

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yes. Let's plan, by all means. Have

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you been this way before, Max? No,

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but Yakka. We'll have

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to bundle up. It's about to get cold. I

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thought you were calm-blooded. Oh,

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no. That was me weaponizing the stereotype. You'll

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be alright. Next

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time on In Between. What

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about money? Dragonborn don't use

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money. What about family? Dragonborn

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are all. I don't really understand. Then let me show you.

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William Wright. The

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voice of Larkin is Mason Amadeus. The voice of Merix is Malcolm J. The

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voice of Phoebe is Celera

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Jane Jocelyn. The voice of Yak is Emma Laslett. The voice of

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Rukes is CJ Tanewin. Our transcriber

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is Rhea Kowal. Special thanks to Emma Wright for fully assisting. This

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story was created in the traditional territory

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of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute peoples

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and edited in the unceded territory of

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the Salish, Kootenai, and Kalispell peoples. No,

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I'm not an elf. I'm not immune to

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being charmed. I just don't suffer nonsense. No,

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I don't believe anyone has ever tried to cast

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a charm spell on me. Well,

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you can try. Tell me, do you enjoy being beaten

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with a club?