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for listening. Chapter eleven, Montana
Hastings. Yes, Emily, I've been

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wondering, so you mentioned that there
are more types of hidden right, like,

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besides you, the Chronicler September,
the Guide in me, the anomaly.

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How many others are there? Including
the humans? There are nine fully

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sentient species that the chroniclers have identified. Actually, I should clarify the Hunter

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has not beneficially confirmed. Our research
indicates that it is real based on the

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evidence at hand, but no one
has confirmed existence through visual means. We

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are not certain visual confirmation is possible. Would you be willing to tell me

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about them? What would you like
to know? Well, what they're called,

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what they can do? Like do
they shoot different colored lines out of

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themselves? Or you know, just
whatever you think is the important stuff to

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know about them. The chroniclers have
more information on some hidden compared to others,

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and I am not well studied in
the finer details of the sentience,

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but I could give a high level
overview of each if you wish, Yes,

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I would really appreciate that. I
will start with the one I know

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the most intimately, the chroniclers.
Chroniclers log the history of the world and

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are able to determine trends in socioeconomical
and political climates. Yeah, I know

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that you've told me that exact thing
before. Actually September said that to you

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before, but it is part of
our definition. For ease of conversation,

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I think it best to assume you
know as little as possible about each topic.

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Do you not agree? No?
I do. Sorry, As I

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was saying, much of the knowledge
collected by the chroniclers is used for our

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own personal path of study. Some
of it can be used for the betterment

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of humanity, but that does not
happen as often as you would think.

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Why not? It seems like the
chroniclers would be incredibly helpful to the human

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race, as like super knowledgeable advisors. In the past, chroniclers worked with

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leaders, sultans, kings, queens, emperors, and religious figureheads. The

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statistical probability that a ruler will use
our knowledge for personal gain or a destructive

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agenda is so high that it deters
most chroniclers from taking advisory paths. Additionally,

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chroniclers cannot lie. This can put
us in precarious positions when dealing with

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manipulative leaders. About that, Why
can't chroniclers lie? That seems like a

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choice. You know, free will
and all for sentient beings, but you

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make it sound like it's an impossibility. It is not impossible. Sometimes we

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can give misinformation, but that is
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Why though it is simply the way
we are. It is similar to

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asking why anomalies can see blue lines
or why humans cannot use sonar. It

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is our grand design. Hmm,
I guess that makes sense. So where

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do the chroniclers keep all their research? There are different places around the world,

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but the main location that I use
is in Libya. Is that where

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you're from? What do you mean
is that where you were born? No

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chroniclers are born of the blood.
Miss. I apologize, but this is

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one topic that I will not expound
on at this time. Oh Okay,

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what sentient would you like to hear
about next? What can you tell me

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about me? Chicago, Illinois,
is often referred to as the Windy City,

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and for good reason. During the
winter months, the freezing winds blown

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off of Lake Michigan are known to
cut to the bone for those unfortunate enough

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to be caught outside. A citizen
that has spent their entire life in Chicago

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is likely to complain about such weather
with practiced disdain. Emily Swanson was not

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one such complainer. The weather was
what it was, and she didn't see

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how grumbling made it any better.
With that in mind, she smiled as

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Marcus Baker, bundled in a ridiculously
puffy coat and snow pants, approached while

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grumbling about the weather. The two
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where they had both lived since childhood. They were now on a ranch in

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the middle of upstate Nowhere, Montana. It had been six months since they

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escaped Chicago, and the contra winter
had fully set in, and if you

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believed Marcus, this was officially the
coldest place on Earth. November in Montana

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was by no means warm, but
Emily didn't feel like it was that much

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colder than Chicago. She barely noticed. In fact, while Marcus wore an

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entire winter wardrobe all on his own, Emily simply wore blue jeans with a

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long sleeved shirt and jacket. Marcus
really did look ridiculous. Emily looked over

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Marcus's left shoulder and found September and
Hastings chatting in the distance. The guide

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and chronicler were somewhere between four hundred
to five hundred yards away from her.

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This property was one of several that
September owned. He and Hastings were back

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near the house, trying to maintain
a cautionary distance. Emily had learned that

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while she could not directly push her
powers on the two of them, the

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chaos around her could definitely impact them. There was no reason to risk harm

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on him. She gave the two
men a quick wave and then turned her

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back to the Excitement filled her stomach
with butterflies. Today was finally the day

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Emily was tired of lounging around the
house doing nothing but waiting. Today she

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got to use her powers. How
are you feeling fine? Fine? Okay,

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more than fine. I'm excited that
we finally get to test something big

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me too. Although I don't think
Hastings in September share our enthusiasm. That's

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fine. This isn't about them.
They can figure their stuff out on their

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own. This is about us figuring
out how our powers work. All right,

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do you see anything yet? No? Do you no? But I

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don't think I'm supposed to. Are
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I'm very certain it should happen any
minute. Now, just keep an eye

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out. Okay, what did you
see in your vision? Again? All

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right? I saw the suv get
all twisted and warped. Then a giant

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head that looks a bit like you
came up from the ground and ate the

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car. Then the car exploded and
giant head Emily pulled it back into the

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ground to eat it. I know. Harp said that we were fortunate to

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have such clear visions from you,
but they are so weird, Marcus,

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really weird. You're getting better at
seeing them too. You had this one

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two days ago. Right, Yeah, I'm trying to force myself to have

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the visions. It's strange, but
meditating helps. Yeah. I uh,

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I never thought I would be someone
that meditates. Why not, because meditating

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is for hippies and weirdos. No, what isn't meditations for everyone? Besides,

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you're not fooling anyone. You are
definitely a weirdo. All right,

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I'm fair. I guess you're right
about that. I'm definitely right. How

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many other Harbingers do you know?
Good point, aren't you cold? It's

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freezing out here a little, I
guess, just a little. Yeah,

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it's not that bad. Okay,
you are the weirdow probably. I'm just

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glad to be out of the house. Honestly, it was stifling in there.

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You do know we could have gone
outside at any point. That isn't

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what I mean. I'm glad to
be doing something. I feel like we've

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been sitting around just waiting for the
next big disaster and in the middle of

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absolutely. I almost said backwater podunk, but even that sounds like it has

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more going on then where we are. What is more secluded than a backwater

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podunk, because that's where we are. I thought you liked being out in

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the country, sure at first,
but now I just feel trapped here.

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Yeah, I know what you mean. Yeah, yeah, at least when

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we figure this out, you can
go home. I'm a wanted criminal.

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I don't think I can ever go
home. Oh, I'm sorry, Marcus.

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It's fine, it's really not.
None of this is fine. But

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we'll figure it out together, I
promise. All right. God, I'm

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freezing. It's not that bad.
It's awful. You're so whiny. It's

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practically the Arctic. The Arctic.
This isn't even Canada. I think Canada

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is a myth. We've actually made
it to the Arctic and we are going

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to freeze to death. Wait what
it's happening? A thin blue line began

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to form from the center of Marcus's
chest and attach itself to Emily. Unlike

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other humans, this blue line did
not drain energy away from Marcus, nor

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could Emily manipulate the blue line in
any way. The line seemed to act

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as a marker, showing her Marcus
was nearby. Emily attributed this limitation to

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the fact that Marcus was indeed a
Harbinger, her harbinger. Similarly, a

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green line quickly spanned the distance between
Hastings and herself, just as an orange

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line connected her to September green for
chronicler, orange for guides, dim pink

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lines sprouted across the landscape, connecting
her to the snow covered foliage. With

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some effort, Emily was able to
manipulate these lines, pushing and pulling the

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life force from each one. Finally, a few sharp red points darted toward

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her chest, indicating that there were
wildlife or animals nearby. Hastings had told

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her that there were no records in
the ISPET archives that spoke about multicolored ipet

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lines. Whether the lack of information
regarding the multicolored line was because Emily was

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unique, the archives were missing data, or they were simply another symptom of

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the chaos was yet to be determined. Nonetheless, it felt good to feel

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all the surrounding energy pour into Emily's
ispit well. She felt fully alive,

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as if she had been sleeping for
the last six months, and finally awoke.

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She pushed outward with her senses,
feeling for the chaos event that was

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meant to eat the car. The
visions Marcus had were never literal, so

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a giant Emily head was not likely
to rise out of the earth, but

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it was chaos, so maybe it
would. In his first vision, Marcus

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had seen Emily carrying a comically large
gun that she had used to shoot up

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a bank Obviously that never happened,
but he did leave Emily wondering how a

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giant head would translate into the real
world. Marcus took an uneasy step toward

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Emily because he was her harbinger.
Her ISPT would not harm him, but

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she could feel his tension and nervousness
through their connecting blue line. She couldn't

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fault him for his concerns. He
couldn't see or feel the ISPT like she

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could, and could she. Ever, she was bubbling with energy behind her

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passed September and Hastings. Beyond the
ranch house on the far side of the

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property, the SUV sat waiting to
be swallowed. Emily didn't turn around to

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face that direction, but instead closed
her eyes and grabbed hold of the chaos

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that formed there. Like the lines, she could not push in this magnitude.

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She could only redirect the chaos,
so that's what she did. With

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as much control and focus as she
could muster. Emily pulled the event from

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over five hundred yards away and brought
it to her chest, where she attempted

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to hold it in place until she
could feel it stabilized. She wanted to

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dissolve the event or possibly cancel it
out. She wanted to shove the event

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into herpet well to use at a
later time. Honestly, she simply wanted

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to do something that was more than
chaos and destruction. If she could just

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hold on it snapped. The event
surged forward in a cone, with the

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peak starting on the ground just before
her and spanning out for hundreds of yards.

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The snow melted, the plants that
hid beneath the snow wilted and turned

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black, The water in the soil
burned away, and the earth beneath the

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area of the cone dropped several inches. Emily opened her eyes to see the

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destruction that spiraled out before her.
Her shoulders slumped as the lines of east

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bed began to wink out. She
let out a heavy sigh and then looked

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to Marcus well Fuck, four hundred
and seventy two yards away from Emily and

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her destruction. September watched as the
earth sank several inches and the snow melted

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in front of Emily. She turned
and began to make her way back to

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the house. September looked to Hastings, who was scrolling furiously into one of

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his many journals that did not appear
to go well, I disagree. This

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is the biggest event we have seen
since we have arrived in Emily appears to

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have saved the issue. V.
Hastings. Look at her. I can

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see it in her bosture as she
is coming back. She's defeated. She

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looks fine to me, but you
would know best. You barely looked up

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from your journal. She's not okay. None of us are okay. I'm

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okay. You're obsessed. September.
What is bothering you? Everything is bothering

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me. Her is fit is bothering
me. Learning about Harbingers is bothering me.

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The contra is bothering me. The
fact that none of this is bothering

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you is bothering me. September.
This is what we planned. Find an

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ideal anomaly candidate, specifically one that
is strong with is fit, then study

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her to see if there is any
way to save anomalies instead of killing them.

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We are successfully implementing our plan.
I know I built this plan as

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a guide. You were the best
equipped to do so. So why is

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there concern now? After everything that
happened in Chicago? I am no longer

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certain that our plan is the best
course of action so far, all of

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my attempts to guide our group have
been disrupted, presumably by her is fit.

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I'm not certain that I can function
at full capacity when I'm nearer interesting.

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Do you feel a difference in a
physical sense or in your emotional state?

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Not get off, Hastings. I'm
not your test subject. I am

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hindering this process. I think it's
time we move on to the next phase

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already, But there is still so
much I can learn from this phase.

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I could be missing key data sets
during these early evolutions of Emily's is fit,

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and I could not possibly entrust Marcus
to document these events. He's not

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the brightest of humans. You have
enough information to recognize that the isfant archives

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are lacking content. Whether that's by
incompetence or design, is what we need

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to learn next. But September Hastings, please trust me on this. We

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cannot stay here with her. Your
suggesting that we leave her here with Marcus

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unprotected. Emily is an anomaly.
It's not as if she's powerless. I

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understand that she is not powerless,
but she is being hunted by the contra.

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She might be hunted by other guides
and chroniclers. Marcus is a wanted

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criminal. It's very risky to leave
them alone. They are not our responsibility.

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We need to move forward. I
will do as you suggest. You

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are the guide, and I will
trust your instincts, but I really do

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not want to go go where Emily. I didn't hear you approach. You

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two seem pretty caught up in the
conversation. How did it go? I

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couldn't hold these feat event for very
long? I thought I could do better.

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Was the event positioned on you or
were you able to pull it from

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the driveway out to where you stood? I was able to pull it and

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place it, but I wasn't able
to hold it, if that makes sense.

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Fascinating? How do you feel?
Frustrated? Tired? Empty? You

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did great? The fact that you
were able to move it that far means

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that you can control where an event
happens. That alone could save lives.

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Yeah, I guess Marcus. Could
you please repeat the vision that you had

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to forewarn you about this event,
Hastings. I already told you twice.

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Giant Emily head eats our only source
of transportation. Got it? Yes?

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Thank you. You still didn't answer
my question. Where are you two going?

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We need to check in with the
chroniclers. We've been out of touch

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for a while now and we need
to keep up appearances. So you're leaving

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us here only for a month or
so. We will leave a credit card

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here for you to make purchases with
groceries and other necessities can be delivered.

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You'll be fine. And what if
something bad happens, Marcus, It's fine.

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We don't need them here to babysit
us. We'll be perfectly fine on

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our own. Emily, No,
seriously, we're good. Okay, we

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will be leaving for Libya first thing
tomorrow morning. Detective George Bullard tap the

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full on his desk with a heavy
metal pen and let out an exasperated sigh.

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The folder, labeled Marcus Baker,
was worn with creases and coffee stains.

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George didn't even have the willpower to
open the folder. Instead, he

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let it sit in the middle of
his desk, separate from a stack of

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similar folders. The escaped suspect Marcus
Baker had been missing for over six months

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now, and George hadn't had one
single lead come through. The kid had

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been tagged on the FBI watch list
and had very likely left the city,

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removing him from George's jurisdiction. Either
one of those facts would have meant George

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was off the case, but his
captain had allowed him to keep working the

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file, at least until today.
He couldn't fault his captain for pulling him

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off the Baker case. The other
cases that were assigned to him were starting

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to pile up. If George were
in his captain's shoes, he would have

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pulled himself off months ago. That
didn't stop the feelings frustration that plagued the

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detective. It was not as if
this were the first case of his to

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go cold. He had been a
detective for decades now, Plenty of cases

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had gone cold. It wasn't the
fact that the kid had escaped. George

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had seen plenty of guilty parties walk
free over the years. Now. It

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was likely the fact that the only
reason Marcus had escaped was because George had

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led him. The day the fuel
truck slammed into the police station, George

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had taken a gamble and had pulled
Marcus out of the interrogation room. That

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gamble did not pay off, and
George soon found out that the kid had

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escaped, likely with Emily Swanson.
Luckily, the explosion had knocked the power

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out in the station, so the
cameras were offline when George accidentally let Marcus

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escape. When George explained to his
captain what had happened, the captain swept

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it under the rug, saying,
no film, no proof, get back

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to work. George did just that. He worked his ass off, but

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to no avail. The kid was
gone, Emily was gone. But something

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about this case and this damn folder
just irked him. Detective Davis sat at

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the desk opposite George. Hey,
what's working on Nothing? It's the Baker

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folder. Cap told me to file
it away. I'm sorry, Bollard,

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I know how much he wanted that
one. Yeah, well, shit happens.

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I guess you got something else you
can work on today. Martinez Fulder

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needs some follow up and head back
over there and see if anyone's home.

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Can we do that after lunch.
I got a shit ton of paper to

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catch up on it. I'm kind
of hungover, honestly, big night.

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No, I just was watching the
game with some friends. I threw back

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a few too many. Honestly,
I'm just getting too old to be drinking

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like that on a work night,
and I feel you there. Hey,

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it looks like your next appointments in
a shit. I forgot they were coming.

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You know I can sit in on
it if you need me to.

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Yeah, I got it. I
worked an your paperwork. Maybe if grab

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a V eight or something to clear
your head. A V eight and here

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I thought I was the old one. Shut up. I'll be back in

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a bit, Sam Amber. Detective
Bullard, how are you good? Good?

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How's the coffee shop? It's doing
well. Thanks for asking, Detective.

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Have there been any updates on Emily's
case? Oh? Guys, It's

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like I told you before, I'm
not a missing person's detective. I'm homicide.

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You said you would keep us up
to date. I said to keep

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an eye on the case. There
haven't been any new developments. Is anyone

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even working the case? Amber,
We talked about this flies and Honey,

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Remember, sorry, detective, we
are worried about our friend. It's really

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not like Emily to do this.
We think something bad has happened to her.

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Look, I know you both are
worried about Emily, and you both

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seem like good friends for it,
But you have to see things from the

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department's perspective. Missing persons is not
even certain that she's missing. What that's

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ridiculous. Oh listen, Emily as
an adult. She came to both of

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you in the morning that she disappeared
and said she was leaving Hell, Sam,

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you have her cat. How does
that sound like a missing person to

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you? Yes, it does.
That's why we're here again, Detective.

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We told you even back then that
we thought she was in danger. Something

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was definitely wrong, and she wouldn't
or couldn't tell us. I mean,

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Emily is not the disappear off the
grid type of person. And what about

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these September and Hastin's characters. They
disappeared the same day, not to mention

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your Marcus Baker fugitive. Four people
go missing, all at the same time.

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And you want us to believe that
she's out for a six month vacation.

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Bullshit flies and honey flies and honey
amber. He's not going to help

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us if we are assholes. No, it's been six months and the police

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have done nothing. This whole department
is useless. Remember Sam, Please,

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I know you're worried and frustrated.
I promise you I understand where you're coming

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from. Again, I'm a homicide
detective, not missing persons, but listen.

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I'll follow up with that team and
see where we sit and if there's

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anything I can help with. Look, I like Emily. She seems like

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a sweet kid, and you both
seem like great friends. Like I promise

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I'll keep looking for her. Okay, thank you, detective. Now,

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can you two promise me something?
And we're getting close to the holidays Thanksgivings

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right around the corner, and people
start missing their friends and family around this

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time of year. And if,
for any reason, whatsoever, Emily reaches

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out to you, you will contact
me and let me know immediately. She's

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a lot more likely to contact you
than she is me. And if she

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really is in some sort of danger, I want to be able to help

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her. Can you do that for
me? Yeah, we can do that.

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Thank you. Now. Is there
anything else I can do for you?

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Yeah, a little off topic,
but do you know anything about building

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code stuff? The apartment above me
has had a leak for a couple of

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weeks now, and the landlord refuses
to take care of it. I think

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it's a bathtub or something that's that's
not my department. I'm a homicide detective.

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Yeah, we got it. Emily
Swanson is voiced by Tisha Zeng.

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Hastings is voiced by Adam Culbertson.
Marcus Baker is voiced by Nico Rodriguez.

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September is voiced by Richard Collins.
Detective George Bullard is voiced by Anthony Kinney.

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Detective Davis is voiced by Glenn Michael
Sexton. Sam is voiced by Chris

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Barsanti. Amber Lang is voiced by
Nari Quack and narrated by Michael Cole.

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East Fit Archives was written by Nico
Rodriguez in collaboration with Tisha Zang. The

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espat Archives is a Creative Typo entertainment
production. Find out more about our show

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at www dot creative typo dot com. A very special thank you to our

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executive producers from Patreon, Nick Mead
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