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to Tampon Rock,

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We don't want

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to. Previously

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Tampon Rock, Daja and Chloe get

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in the fight. It's so sad. Chloe

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changes her life sort of in

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Deja disappears. Oh my god,

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it's she Okay, no, she's

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dead. What I'm

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just kidding? Oscar

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nominee Alicia Brown. Wait wait, wait, we're

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starting with Gina and Data again.

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Okay, I'm getting worried that they're not

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in bed, they're driving. Okay,

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so just cue the radio.

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Okay, hey,

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thanks for letting me crash here annual

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glamping Extravaganza. The more

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the merrier. You don't think your friends

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will mind, right, No, not at

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all. I think they'll actually be pleasantly

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surprised. Well,

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look, I do have a few questions. First,

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one, okay, are

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your friends white, because I have seen it out and I'm

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not trying to have a brain transplant. And two

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are we sleeping in the same time because

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you know, like if there will be bears, I just want to

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be protected. Okay, Okay, Well

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one, no, don't worry

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you and your brain will be safe. Okay,

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and too we'll all be sleeping

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in a cabin, so you'll have lots of people to

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protect you. Wonderful. Oh,

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we should probably stop and get some gas. Oh yeah, yeah,

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yeah, we should pull off at this exit right now because

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Google says there's only yes, the

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next one isn't for another hand. Okay,

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great, we're doing this

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great all right. Also

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perfect timing because we need to re up on slurpees

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and snacks. Yes, yes, and

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snacks. Slurpees and snacks brought

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to you by Tampa on raw Deja

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Sophie. Oh my god,

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I thought you moved back to Toronto

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after graduation. Wait in my Canada?

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I've been trying. Oh my god, this is

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crazy. Yeah, well I do live

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in Toronto, but I'm just on a road trip. Hey

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baby, can you grab me a bottle of water? I'm just

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gonna go to the bathroom real quick. Wait. This

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is my friend Sophie from college, Kwind.

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How crazy is it that we ran into one another.

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She doesn't even live here, She's from Canada. Thanks

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to meet you. Sorry, what was your name?

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Oh my bad? This is my girlfriend

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Gina. Nice to meet you. Likewise,

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enjoying your American freedom,

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yeah, nothing like freedom without the free

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healthcare. Yeah yeah, no, that's

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that's the American dream right

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there. Um, well, I

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still need to pee, Desh.

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I'll meet you at the car. It's so nice to meet

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you, Sophie. I

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got you the large water but they only

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had to signy. Sorry. Oh

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my god. This world is so small.

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That's so random.

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Ran into somebody from college. I know that.

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Hey, can can

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we talk about something? Oh?

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That's scary? Are you breaking

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up with me? No? I

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think I'll keep you for now. Okay,

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what's up? I just want to

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be clear about some things.

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You introduced me as your girlfriend,

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which is so freaking

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sweet, and obviously we're more than

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friends, but I'd really prefer

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the word partner. I

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feel like girlfriend is a little bit too heteronormative

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for me. Oh, oh my god, yeah, totally.

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I'm sorry, partner instead of girlfriend,

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got it. I'm just I'm not really into the whole

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like patriarchal, monogamous

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understanding of love, you know.

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Of course, it's just really important for me to be

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upfront and communicate these things.

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Not that there's anything wrong with that type

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of love. That's just not who I am.

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I dated people where my being Polly

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was an issue for them, so I just

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wanted to bring that up. Definitely, honesty

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is the best policy. As I learned in kindergarten,

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Well, forthcoming honesty

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is the best policy. And

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in the spirit of that, I

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want you to oh that some of my other

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partners will be there tonight. Um,

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I think you've already met Tina,

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right, Oh yeah,

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great? Cool? Yeah,

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okay, okay, I know this is still

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new. I just don't want you to be uncomfortable. Oh

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I'm so comfortable with it. I can fall at sleep.

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You know. I'm just as cool as the sloopy.

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I'm so see and see, comfy

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and cool. That's me. You're

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so freaking weird but really

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cute. She's

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comfy, that's

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that one way. She's

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actually so sweaty. Yeah,

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those pits stains are

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unreal, Desia. I

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mean her phone is going straight to voicemail.

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And then her things are gone. I mean not all

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of her things, but like her important things

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like Mr Foxy the Fox and her computer.

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Let me get the straight because she took some of her things.

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You think she moved out. Yeah,

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obviously, I

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think you're making a pretty big leap here. There

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is a difference between moving out and taking space.

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If she has moved out, what would that mean for you?

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What's so scary about that? Me

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and I feel betrayed. She didn't

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even tell me, she just left. What

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does betrayal look like for you? Well,

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now she has this new friend Angie, and

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she's been dating you know, Gina, and

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she probably told them she's moving out. So

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yeah, that's it. I'm being replaced.

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What I'm hearing you saying is that when Deja

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has other friends, you feel like your relationship

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with her is threatened. Yeah, well,

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okay, that's not who Deja

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is like. She's just more of a

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one best friend type of person. So

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is it possible that Deja has changed? Wait?

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I thought you were supposed to be on my side? What

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do you like? Deja's therapist took

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Just take a breath. What

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is it you're feeling right now? Um?

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I feel angry? Okay, what are you angry

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about? That? You're not taking my side?

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Chloe, I'm not taking any sides. I

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am just trying to understand why Desia having

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other relationships triggers you so much, because

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she is going to have other relationships.

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Okay, Oh, I

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see what you're trying to do here, trying to make

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me say that I feel abandoned by

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Deja because I felt abandoned my Paul. Now

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I have this massive fear of abandonment.

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Okay, so there I said it. You

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did it. Congrats first, please

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that the therapist Olympics. Okay,

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Um, let's back up for a second. Okay,

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who's Paul. Paul is

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my older brother who committed suicide when I was sixteen.

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Blah blah blah. I've already talked about it and dealt

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with it, so we don't even need to go into it because

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this isn't even about him, So let's

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just stay focused. Okay.

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I'm very sorry that happened. Ah.

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Yeah, it sucked.

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Of course that did, Chloe.

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It's not surprising that you're so afraid of loss after

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that experience. You

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know, my parents made it like a million times worse

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because they're just like pretended nothing

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happened. They didn't even want to talk about it at

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all. They wanted somebody else to

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deal with it. Hence therapy then,

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and actually hence therapy now. You

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know, they turned his room into an office, like

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four months after he died. Four

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months of fucking office. They don't even

8:35

need an office. It sounds like they abandoned

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you too, essentially, right, you

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needed more support in your greeving process and

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it wasn't given to you. I never really

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thought about it that way. You

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were just a kid. Yeah, but I I

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mean, I can't be mad at them. I know

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they were going through something really horrible. You

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know they had to bury fucking

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bury their only son. You know, they're firstborn,

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of course, and I'm sure it was whole ruble for

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everyone. But feelings aren't binary.

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You are allowed to be upset at your parents for not giving

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you the support you needed well at the same time feeling

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empathy for their loss. I

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mean, they may have lost one child, but they didn't lose

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you. Yeah.

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So what do I do now? I

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don't know, Chloe, What do you feel like you

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need? M hm?

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Do you feel like you need to talk to your parents about how you

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feel? I mean, is

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there any point it's

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not going to bring him back? No? No,

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it won't. But what about

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your relationship with your parents? You don't have

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to lose that too, Okay,

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think of it this way. If you can resolve

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these feelings of abandonment from your parents, maybe

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you won't feel as triggered when you're dealing with those feelings

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and your friendships. Yeah,

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I guess it

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still sucks. I have to go through this. Yeah,

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but then I wouldn't have a job. It's

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your last name, humor, because

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then your first name would be sensed and your middle

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name would be up. You get

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it. Okay, that is

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a great place for us to stop. Okay,

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I'll see you the same time next week. Mm

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hmm. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

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We call a Chloe two sessions to

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two sessions for her to have a breakthrough.

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That's how it works, therapy.

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It's a weezy bouts of busy. She made

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that open spy

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only took two sessions. We out

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here only took one, not two. Only

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two sessions. That's it. Not five,

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not four, not three, only fucking two.

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Okay. So remember Haley and Don dated

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for like three months but broke up because

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Don was in love with Haley's sister, Nikki.

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Nikki isn't gay, but they make out when they're

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drunk, but Haley won't be there, So don't mention

10:54

that name. Okay, got it, Donn

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and Nikki, don't mention no Haley

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Haley Okay, Okay. And then there's

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Justin Walter and Brian all

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best friends from college. Typically

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no drama between them, except we

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do have a saying when Brian

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gets wasted, Brian gets naked. Okay,

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I'm already so

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earlier you mentioned Tina would be there. Is

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there anyone else you may have provided tooth

11:22

precious war in the mast? So my other

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partner, Frankie is going to be there.

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We met in college. We

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don't really see each other often, maybe like

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a few times a year, but we

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faced time frequently. But don't

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worry, we're sleeping with me. Okay,

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Frankie could figure it out themselves and

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I'll take care of you. Oh

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oh, this is it. Oh

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look, it's only two pm. Brian's

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already naked. Oh wow, I

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thought you were joking. I wouldn't joke about male

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nudity. Taja Lish

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I'm so good, I made it. I've missed

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you. Hug me it'll

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please know that thing out? Since

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when are you at jim daphobe? What

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what do you mean? I work out? I go to

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the Jymnaphobe is the fear of nudity?

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You know what? Never mind? Who is this?

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Oh, this dashing young laddad is

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Desia. Isn't she just the cutest?

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Well this is not the first time the naked man

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has complimented me, but it was the first time.

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I don't feel a fine lady

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Gina, I like her. See,

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Desha, you're already fitting in. Everyone's

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outback drilling. Do you need help with

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your bags again? Not with that

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thing out? Please? Your last

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time? I can lift a lot with

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this thing. Well,

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he's fun, definitely one

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of my favorites. Hold

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on, you got a little eyelash on your face.

13:19

Make a wish,

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Frankie. Oh

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my god, oh

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sorry, no, stop

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come here. Oh I missed

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you, Frankie.

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This is Deja Desa. This is Frankie.

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So this must be the Desia. I

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didn't realize you were coming. Yeah, it was very

13:43

last minute. Let's just say she needed some

13:45

saving. Oh should I ask?

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And it's a long story. Gotta dropped?

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You want to beer? Yes? Please,

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I'll bring your stuff in. Go ahead round back so

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you can meet everyone. I'll be there in a second. All right, thanks

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Ben, Welcome

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to London time. Actually

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we're in the cabin. We're

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Deja. We'll just started checking on her.

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She seems

14:19

like we're having a little bit of technical difficult

14:21

taste. To try it again, hopelessly

14:24

drowning. Yes,

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you are not supposed to be hitting that sad song.

14:29

Okay, Well anyway, we're lit

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as the American hit

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It names

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everyone. This is Deja, say

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hi, hi, Deja,

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this is everyone. Hi

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everyone, Hey guys, I put

14:54

your stuff in the blue room upstairs. Deja,

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let me grab you the beard? Gee you

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you want the I was expecting

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it to be served upon my arrivals.

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Nothing, it's just a vodka drink we made

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up. Okay, cool? Cool? Hey

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Tina, baby,

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I know I just saw you like a few days ago,

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but I missed you so much. Here

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take these jellow shats you guys. You have to

15:19

catch up. Well I went

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in Rome. Oh no, baby, we're

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in like Tahoe. Wait, this is

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like Tahoe. I thought we were

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in Canada, are

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you guys? Okay? Bottoms

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that the dams

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you drinks? Thank

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thank you. So what are

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we talking about. Well, we just found out

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Frankie things they have a secure attachment

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style. Oh okay, really

15:46

secure? Huh? Attachment style? What's

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that? So we have this little virtual

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book club and we've been reading this

15:52

book on attachment styles called

15:55

attached and basically, an

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attachment style is how you function

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in your relationships, not just

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romantic relationships, but like all

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relationships.

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So Frankie was just saying that Gina

16:09

obviously has an avoidant detachment

16:11

style. Okay, no,

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that's offensive. Not all polyamorous

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people have an avoided attachments

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time, but come on, do you definitely

16:21

used to be avoided? In your defense, Gina,

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I disagree. I think you are very secure.

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Thank you, Tina. Frankie, I

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don't know why you think you're secure. You're

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deaf, anxious. You know, we're all secure

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until we're not. Take Chrissy cheeking

16:35

for example, Please

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heart, do me

16:41

a favor. Hold that thought and then throw

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it out. Avoid. What's

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that? Did somebody say? Shrooms?

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Is it shroom tradition

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of ours? But don't feel crushed?

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True?

16:57

True day you

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down? I

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don't know, I've never done them. Well,

17:05

if you just take a little it's kind

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of just like being stoned. Okay

17:11

cool? Uh yeah,

17:15

you've got this alright, one

17:17

for me, two for you. Everyone

17:19

got to peace deja. I'm gonna give

17:22

you this little tiny baby peace. Oh my god,

17:24

thank you? All right, everyone see you in

17:26

the morning. Wait, that's not reassuring.

17:31

Oh my god, this is disgusting. You

17:34

voluntarily eat this? Yeah? Um,

17:37

sometimes we eat it in chocolate or pizza.

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But happy people are keto now,

17:42

so growing on naturalis

17:44

here? Anyone want

17:46

to try and defeed the rain champions for the past

17:49

three years? Am I right? Yeah?

17:52

That's good. Who wants to take us on? O?

17:55

Wait me? You're on

17:57

my team? Oh? Okay,

17:59

look I'm morning. I'm not good at all. Oh

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cut your mouth. Oh I made tea

18:03

if anyone wants the actually cannot

18:06

have some. I don't know if his allergies. But my

18:08

throat does feel dry, of

18:11

course. Oh

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no, sweetheart, that's shrewd

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ty. Oh

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shit, I thought she knew that. No,

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I didn't know that. What's

18:24

gonna happen to me? Nothing, babe, You'll

18:26

be fine. Just embrace it.

18:28

The worst thing you can do is fight it. Okay,

18:32

are you sure? Am I going to die?

18:34

You know? What I know. Let's just play some VP

18:36

and loosen you up and distract you and no,

18:39

no, I know you'll be fine. Okay,

18:44

you're going down bitches, you

18:46

know what. I'm generous.

18:49

I'll let you guys go for We don't

18:51

need your pity, but we'll take it. Oh

18:55

so close, you got

18:57

this next one? Let's go wait what's her

18:59

team name? Oh? Good idea? Um,

19:02

how about the blanket statements?

19:05

Okay? Oh a

19:08

quilting pie

19:10

already waiting for Christmas. Let's

19:13

go ear

19:15

ball good

19:19

try baby? Oh

19:21

my god, freaky remember

19:23

when you Oh my god? Yes

19:27

about It's

19:30

kind of annoying being around them, right,

19:33

they just have so many inside jokes,

19:35

like no one should have that many inside jokes.

19:39

Lucky throw, I

19:42

think you're cheating. Nah, I'm just

19:44

that good bro Ya. Alright,

19:47

stay, let's see what you got.

19:49

Okay, but please lower your expectations.

19:54

What okay?

19:57

Okay, I see how it is. Days you get every

20:00

do you think and you're so bad but you're secretly

20:02

good. I

20:04

promise is never gonna happen again. Um,

20:10

like you just

20:13

hustled us. Well, what can

20:15

I say? I guess I don't know my own strengths.

20:19

It's so crazy how connected

20:21

they are even from a distance. Do

20:23

you mean what is there? Oh?

20:26

Well, they never see each other

20:28

anymore, but like ever since they broke up

20:30

after college, they always just pick up

20:32

right where they left off. I think that

20:34

if they lived in the same city, they'd still be monogamous.

20:39

They were monogamous. Yeah,

20:41

oh, you're losing your touch, Gina.

20:44

Well you know you're about to lose you're

20:47

something.

20:50

Yeah, that's right.

20:54

Wait where were we? Oh? Yeah, so

20:57

they were in an open relationship, but they

20:59

were so concer assumed with one another they never

21:01

really acted on it, you know, like real

21:03

unhealthy stuff, borderline obsessive.

21:06

I think they became Polly because they just don't live

21:08

in the same city. But that's just

21:10

my opinion. Whatever, I mean,

21:13

I benefit from it, So that's

21:15

what I'm talking about. Good

21:20

job, Gee, I guess you two, Frank,

21:22

what do you never called me? Gee? I'm

21:24

just trying something new? Is in my turn? No?

21:27

The game is over? Deja oh

21:30

exciting. I think your shreoms have kicked in

21:43

Asia. Look

21:46

at that tree. It's

21:48

moving. I think it's waving

21:51

high tree. Say

21:54

hi h no

21:57

to the tree. Hi

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te hi Hi,

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me out, me out.

22:08

I love cats. Oh

22:10

my god, my stomach really hurts.

22:13

Oh yeah, that means the shrooms

22:15

are working. I'm pretty sure

22:17

we already knew they were. You

22:20

were just talking to she can

22:22

hear you. But you might

22:24

have to alleviate yourself, you know, pull the trickle?

22:27

Trickle? Is

22:30

that the right word? Trick?

22:39

I think I gotta go to the brook

22:44

alright, Deja, don't

22:46

you dare throw up? You

22:49

got this? Yeah, Desa,

22:51

you got this? What the fuck? Who

22:54

said that? Me? Your very

22:57

gay mother? I have a very gay

22:59

mother. Actually, you have to what

23:03

I've always wanted to moms. Watch

23:05

your step you're bout? Oh

23:08

my focus, Asia, you're very

23:11

high tripping as a? Did you

23:13

see what I just did? Tripping?

23:15

As

23:17

Okay? Okay, okay, right

23:19

foot, left foot? Whoa

23:23

left foot? Have you always been so

23:26

big? Asia? Focus?

23:28

Okay? Right right, right

23:31

foot, left foot, right

23:34

foot, left foot, right

23:38

okay, okay, okay, okay. I made

23:40

it to the bathroom.

23:43

What am I doing it here again? You

23:46

came to throw up? Oh right?

23:48

Right? Wait? I think I have to pee instead,

23:51

or maybe both at the same time. I

23:53

don't think you can do both, which

23:56

is more urgent. Would you rather pee on your vomit

23:58

or vomit on your key? Oh that

24:01

was a really good question. Guys, I

24:03

can figure this out by myself. Okay.

24:06

The girl that tripped in her own foot think she

24:08

can make this decision by herself.

24:11

Must be nice, dave to think she's all growing

24:13

up. Guess we'll just you know, go then, right?

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No, no, no, please don't leave me. Fine,

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we'll stay. I guess ah.

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I love peeing. It feels

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so good. You know, if peing feels

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so good, could you imagine like what pooping

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would feel like right now? Oh my god,

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you're so right great

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guys. Oh my god,

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my pores are huge. Listen.

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I wasn't gonna say anything, but like, listen,

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I think your pores might be bigger than the grandpadon.

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Okay, only one solution to this. I

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need to shrink my pores immediately right

24:56

now. How are you going to do that with toothpaste?

24:59

Jeanie? Okay, but like, where's

25:01

the toothpaste? It's in my bag? Oh

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no, fuck, my bag

25:06

is so far away.

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Operation Desia have changed toothpastes.

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Ago. Alright,

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coast is clear. Repeat, we have

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a clear coast. This

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is Blanche Devereaux to headquarters.

25:21

We're moving ahead and securing this target over.

25:24

Got be that tinak

25:29

or in the room with the target port

25:32

port Get out of there. Oh

25:34

ship, they're making out. Deja

25:39

fuck. Gotta dodge friend's baby,

25:42

run deja run? Oh

25:45

is that Tina dger? Holy

25:47

shit, Tina just turned its more quilt.

25:53

I can't believe Gina, Frankie.

25:58

I'm still stuck on Tina as a quill. Franky

26:02

and Gina are now Frina

26:06

or Cranky one

26:09

monster? Two heads. I

26:11

knew they were close, but I didn't know they were that close

26:14

because I don't know what I'm doing here. I don't

26:16

want to date Frankie or anyone

26:18

else. I just wanted dat Gina too

26:21

bad. Now Gina's got two heads. God,

26:23

it's crankier buss babe. No,

26:29

guys, where are we?

26:32

Is that tree waving at us? That

26:34

tree has been at it all night? Guys?

26:36

Where's the cabin? Oh? No, I don't

26:39

see it? Are we? I

26:43

think we are? I think

26:45

we are? What why?

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This episode was created and written by Lucia

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Brown, Sarah Almond, and Sophie

27:06

dinnacoll, directed and composed

27:08

by Sarah Almond, music supervision

27:11

by Lucia Brown and Sophie dinnacoll.

27:13

Executive produced by Brian Walland

27:16

for Anthem Entertainment produced by

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Selena Razak, Audio by

27:20

Tad Gregor and David Kulick. Starring

27:23

Brandia Lewis as de Asia, Jules

27:25

Forsburg, Larry as Chloe, and Lea

27:28

Covenetti's as Gina. Narrated

27:30

by Lucia Brown and Sarah Almond,

27:33

Additional voices by l An Horn,

27:36

Rachel Napoleon, Jessica Cummings

27:38

and Brian Bahy. For

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