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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to May's Mouth, a Ghostwax interlude. May's Mouth is

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<v Speaker 1>set in the worlds of Ghostwax, but is a shade

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<v Speaker 1>darker and contains graphic content. Listener discretion is advised. Episode one,

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<v Speaker 1>support group.

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<v Speaker 2>Rain falls on a dirty alley. Smoke trails up from

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<v Speaker 2>the cigarette clutched in the fingers of a young man.

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<v Speaker 2>He waits nervously watching a set of stairs with a

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<v Speaker 2>rusted railing. He's ten minutes late. They'll think he's not

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<v Speaker 2>coming now or never. The man takes a last drag.

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<v Speaker 2>He goes in.

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<v Speaker 3>You came of shit. Sorry, no, I'll get it. We've

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<v Speaker 3>all got reasons to be nervous. That's why we're eh.

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<v Speaker 3>Everyone's inside.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I'm sorry, I'm late.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh good, Just glad you're eh. Yeah, wasn't supposed to rain.

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<v Speaker 4>Huh.

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<v Speaker 3>The weather weird lately, is it? Don't you think?

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<v Speaker 2>The room smells like a wet basement and coffee. The

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<v Speaker 2>man finds more people like him. They look haunted, all

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<v Speaker 2>of them seem thin, worn through.

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<v Speaker 5>Oh shit, he came in, Vicky, I owe you a coke?

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<v Speaker 6>Yeah, I told you he needs it bad as we do.

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<v Speaker 7>Hi, got you here?

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, kind of can't believe I am.

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<v Speaker 7>We all stood out in the rain, wondered if we

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<v Speaker 7>were really gonna come down here too.

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<v Speaker 6>Yep, Like, oh my god, am I really gonna go

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<v Speaker 6>in there and talk to people about the shit that

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<v Speaker 6>came out of my walls or the people that got

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<v Speaker 6>pulled in?

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<v Speaker 5>But we wandered in flames?

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<v Speaker 7>Ah, it's okay. You aren't feeling good lately, are you?

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<v Speaker 7>Dies he aches and pains.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's part of it.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, everybody, relax. We have a way we do this.

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<v Speaker 5>You mean, now we pretend this isn't insane by playing

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<v Speaker 5>around with the support group pantomime a theater.

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<v Speaker 3>Shit, fig you can't be starting this already.

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<v Speaker 5>Dude, I'm hungry. Can we just cut to the chase.

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<v Speaker 3>We have a way we do this?

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<v Speaker 5>Fine, fuck, then let's do it.

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<v Speaker 2>The man notices there is an empty folding chair for him.

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<v Speaker 2>Light from a street lamp outside almost hits it like

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<v Speaker 2>a spotlight.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry to keep everyone waiting.

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<v Speaker 7>It's fine, have some coffee, Okay, let's get started.

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<v Speaker 2>The man in charge of the meeting is big. He

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<v Speaker 2>looks like he works out a lot. Somehow, Even with

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<v Speaker 2>the muscles and broad shoulders, he still seems thin too.

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<v Speaker 3>Hi everyone, my name is Ben Conning. That is my

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<v Speaker 3>real name. But again, no one has to use the

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<v Speaker 3>real name if they don't want to, just give an alia,

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<v Speaker 3>So whatever you like. I have seen the maze. Two

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<v Speaker 3>years ago, my wife and I picked up an old

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<v Speaker 3>wardrobe off a curbside. They had a sign on it

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<v Speaker 3>that said free, so we took it home. Didn't think

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<v Speaker 3>anything of it. It was nice, solid. We had bad

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<v Speaker 3>dreams the first night. They got worse, became night terrors

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<v Speaker 3>by the end of the week. Didn't imagine it had

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<v Speaker 3>anything to do with the wardrobe. Then one afternoon, something

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<v Speaker 3>came out the back of it, from behind the winter

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<v Speaker 3>coats and killed my wife bike, shaking her until she

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<v Speaker 3>came apart. I know that's a lot to hear. I

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<v Speaker 3>feel crazy every time I say it. I know the key.

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<v Speaker 3>We don't say crazy around here. I don't want any

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<v Speaker 3>confusion or misunderstandings. And again, no one has to talk

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<v Speaker 3>about the reasons they're here if they don't want to.

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<v Speaker 3>But I didn't want any illusions about why we are here.

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<v Speaker 3>These things are out there and we aren't going to

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<v Speaker 3>pretend that they aren't. So John, you and I talked

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<v Speaker 3>online a bit, and I just wanted to start right

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<v Speaker 3>up and say that, so you know, we aren't just

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<v Speaker 3>fucking you around.

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<v Speaker 4>Holy shit, it.

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<v Speaker 7>Can be overwhelming to hear other people admit to seeing

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<v Speaker 7>it too, the maze and what comes out of it.

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<v Speaker 7>That's normal.

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<v Speaker 8>I just thought that what happened to my brother and

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<v Speaker 8>I I had just felt like alone on a desert island.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, John, that's good sharing. But we have a

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<v Speaker 3>way we do this. We go around clockwise like then

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<v Speaker 3>we get to you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 4>Sorry, you said you saw the maze.

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<v Speaker 3>I did. After what happened. I followed the blood. I

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<v Speaker 3>had a knife, one of my hunting knives. Don't know

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<v Speaker 3>what I was thinking. I was chasing it, I guess.

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<v Speaker 3>But I opened the wardrobe and the back of it

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<v Speaker 3>was a whole way cold stones criss crossing up into

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<v Speaker 3>the air, the air inside the space, inside the space.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, I got lost. When I came back out,

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<v Speaker 3>I was two towns over. I never went back home.

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<v Speaker 3>I tried anything to get back to normal, new job,

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<v Speaker 3>new city, new country. But well, you know, well I

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<v Speaker 3>think that's my time. We're just doing intros. Molly, Okay, Hi.

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<v Speaker 7>My name is Molly sharp. I've seen the maze. I guess,

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<v Speaker 7>I guess. I just wanted to say this week has

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<v Speaker 7>been easier than most of them. Empty is the word.

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<v Speaker 7>We're all running from emptiness to emptiness. I got lost

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<v Speaker 7>in the maze for a week after I chased mister

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<v Speaker 7>long legs into it, trying to trying to get it

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<v Speaker 7>to let go of Lincoln, my son. I didn't need

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<v Speaker 7>to eat or sleep. I mean I didn't for the

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<v Speaker 7>whole week. I learned it was a week later when

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<v Speaker 7>I walked up out of a subway station all covered

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<v Speaker 7>in blood, and I was two states over and a

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<v Speaker 7>week later, empty empty ever since. I mean, I know

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<v Speaker 7>we're all feeling really empty. It's not just me. But

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<v Speaker 7>I'm ready. I am. I've got my levels really worked out,

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<v Speaker 7>and I'm getting good at sleep but actually keeping kind

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<v Speaker 7>of regular. I don't know why. Yeah, I feel like

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<v Speaker 7>we are getting close to something, like it's just right

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<v Speaker 7>around the corner. I know we felt like that last fall,

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<v Speaker 7>but like this time, I'm thinking it's different. And yeah,

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<v Speaker 7>I've been using kind of a lot what I'm tapering.

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<v Speaker 7>Don't look at me like that. I am. I know

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<v Speaker 7>I gotta be ready. I know I gotta be ready

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<v Speaker 7>to go because we are close and this thing without him,

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<v Speaker 7>that Deli, it's gonna be a hit. It's gonna get

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<v Speaker 7>through the fucking weekend.

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<v Speaker 3>No talking about future plans yet, right right, one thing

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<v Speaker 3>at a time.

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<v Speaker 7>First we get right, then we.

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<v Speaker 5>Get moving right, Just gonna jump right in here. I'm

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<v Speaker 5>Figment Loneley, and I've seen the maze. That really is

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<v Speaker 5>my name, by the way, I know no one believes me,

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<v Speaker 5>but it is. My parents were in the Novetera Church

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<v Speaker 5>of Oneness, So okay, whatever, Hi, I'm fig and I

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<v Speaker 5>think it's dumb. We do this every time. Yeah, I

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<v Speaker 5>get it's for what do you want us to call you? John? Sure?

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<v Speaker 5>I mean it's not like John really matters right, like

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<v Speaker 5>he's not sticking around. Okay, okay, fine, Sorry, christ I

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<v Speaker 5>found the maze when I was sixteen and just fucked

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<v Speaker 5>around in it because well, it's amazing. After spending an

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<v Speaker 5>afternoon in a bunch of rooms where gravity switched every

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<v Speaker 5>couple of minutes, I guess something followed me back. And

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<v Speaker 5>those Culty parents I mentioned earlier. It ripped them to

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<v Speaker 5>shreds right through the walls.

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<v Speaker 7>It was.

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<v Speaker 5>So weird. Its bites made their flesh swell up like

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<v Speaker 5>clusters of grapes, and it ate those like they weren't

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<v Speaker 5>what it needed, but it was making them what it wanted.

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<v Speaker 5>Huh oh right, Sorry, John, I guess I'm done.

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<v Speaker 9>Oh real fucking nice, real fucking nice. Fig he's green,

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<v Speaker 9>he's fucking green around the gilds and he's been here

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<v Speaker 9>for like what ten minutes, not even even ten five? God,

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<v Speaker 9>I'm sorry, new guy.

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<v Speaker 6>Don't run off. And it would be really really bad

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<v Speaker 6>if you tried to run off, because we need you.

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<v Speaker 6>We sure, we for sure need you. This shit has

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<v Speaker 6>to stop, you know, John, And you've seen it.

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<v Speaker 9>I could tell you've seen it.

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<v Speaker 6>How do I know?

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<v Speaker 1>How do I know? How do I know?

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<v Speaker 5>I know?

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<v Speaker 6>I know because the thing that took my daughter, or things,

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<v Speaker 6>a group of things. I don't know if they did

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<v Speaker 6>it to you too. I know I can tell that

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<v Speaker 6>look in your eye, the way check over your shoulder.

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<v Speaker 6>But I think more than anything, you know what, there's

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<v Speaker 6>a there's a smell. Yeah, I don't know if other

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<v Speaker 6>people can smell it. It's not a bad smell. It's

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<v Speaker 6>like it's like a storm in the air. I don't

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<v Speaker 6>know the others the others say they can't smell it.

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<v Speaker 7>I uh, you.

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<v Speaker 6>Know, there's something else I wanted to say. Yeah, it's uh,

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<v Speaker 6>it's important to me that we all agree. Okay, we

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<v Speaker 6>aren't just here to support one another, right, I mean,

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<v Speaker 6>we are looking for a way to find it way

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<v Speaker 6>back in. We've gone over and over checked all the

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<v Speaker 6>places we found ways in before, but they don't use

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<v Speaker 6>those anymore. They come in and out, they attack and retreat,

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<v Speaker 6>hit and runs. But but we are going to find

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<v Speaker 6>a way back and we are going to make it right. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>I lost my kid. Something took her, uh like this,

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<v Speaker 6>this long white bunch of fingers. They just they just

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<v Speaker 6>plucked her up like a flower through the TV.

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<v Speaker 5>And they've.

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<v Speaker 6>They've locked me up for saying it. But you guys,

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<v Speaker 6>you guys, you guys have seen it too. So yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 6>the ship. I'm I'm Vicky, Vicky Cassetti.

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<v Speaker 5>That's my name.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, John, your turn, just tell us whatever you need to.

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<v Speaker 8>Okay, I'm let's just go with John.

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<v Speaker 4>Still, this is really this is really a.

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<v Speaker 3>Lot gotta say. The thing like we talked about.

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<v Speaker 8>Oh, my name is John, and I've seen the mace perfect.

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<v Speaker 8>I've been in groups like this before I get the

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<v Speaker 8>whole ritual thing. I spent some time in Autumn's the

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<v Speaker 8>mental health facility after what after the back of the garage,

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<v Speaker 8>my brother.

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<v Speaker 2>His legs just.

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<v Speaker 7>Fuck.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I don't think I could. Yeah, I'm just gonna skip.

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<v Speaker 4>But I believe you.

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<v Speaker 8>I finally believe myself. I saw this, this thing happen.

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<v Speaker 8>And I mean, when you see something like that, like

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<v Speaker 8>aliens or monsters or whatever.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean.

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<v Speaker 8>I mean, if I was religious, I'd think it was demons.

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<v Speaker 8>If I was a conspiracy person, I'd think aliens. If

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<v Speaker 8>I was another way, I'd think like ghosts. But you

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<v Speaker 8>see shit with your own two eyes, and you like,

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<v Speaker 8>can't believe.

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<v Speaker 4>Certain kinds of things.

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<v Speaker 8>But after all the meds and the therapy and the

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<v Speaker 8>nightmares and the sounds, it won't go. And I found

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<v Speaker 8>Ben online and and at a certain point, you're just like,

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<v Speaker 8>I am crazy fuck forever.

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<v Speaker 4>Maybe something else.

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<v Speaker 3>It's something else, John, You're not delusional.

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<v Speaker 7>Well not just delusional. Hallucinations are part of it, though

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<v Speaker 7>you are fucked forever.

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<v Speaker 4>I am pretty messed up. But it feels a lot

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<v Speaker 4>better to know I'm not alone.

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<v Speaker 8>How many people does this happen to? How is it

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<v Speaker 8>not gotten out? I mean cameras in everyone's pocket.

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<v Speaker 5>You can't capture the maze.

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<v Speaker 4>But how do people don't know?

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<v Speaker 7>We aren't sure, aren't sure?

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<v Speaker 3>There's people keeping it secret.

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<v Speaker 5>Vicky is convinced of a conspiracy. Their headquarters is just

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<v Speaker 5>behind the Great Wall of.

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<v Speaker 6>Ice, mean mean, nasty twink.

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<v Speaker 4>What do we do? We have to do something?

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<v Speaker 3>Yes, yes, I'm really glad to hear you say that.

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<v Speaker 8>Yeah, but what revenge? I would definitely like some revenge.

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<v Speaker 8>But are they like what demons? Animals you can kill?

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<v Speaker 8>But are they demons? Or what do we even do

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<v Speaker 8>if you can't record them? How do we expose it?

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<v Speaker 8>I feel like we have to expose it.

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<v Speaker 3>We have plans, but finding a way is the first step.

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<v Speaker 7>How there are people that help them? We don't know

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<v Speaker 7>if they know what they're doing, but we think there's

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<v Speaker 7>like a network of people involved.

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<v Speaker 3>We shouldn't say anymore, not yet, but we are doing something.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got plans.

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<v Speaker 4>I want to help.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, yes, great, you will, John, You get it right

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<v Speaker 3>that we have to stop this. This place wherever it is,

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<v Speaker 3>is preying on people, on children. It has to end.

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<v Speaker 3>We have to end it. Whatever it takes. How say

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<v Speaker 3>you swear to do anything it takes? What say you'll

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<v Speaker 3>do whatever it takes, and we'll tell you everything. What

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<v Speaker 3>I need to hear you say it?

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, I'll do whatever it takes.

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<v Speaker 2>How strange it is when a thing changes, when a

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<v Speaker 2>group turns on you. You can feel it, can't you?

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<v Speaker 5>Hm?

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<v Speaker 1>Hm?

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<v Speaker 3>Okay?

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<v Speaker 1>Then?

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<v Speaker 5>Oh, good dinner and a show.

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<v Speaker 3>What the fuck?

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<v Speaker 7>You know? That horrible ache you're feeling, the one that's

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<v Speaker 7>worse and worse every night, Well that feeling isn't gonna

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<v Speaker 7>go away. It's going to keep on gnawing at your

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<v Speaker 7>bones until it's crawling around in your marrow ants like

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<v Speaker 7>hot lead port striped through your nervous system. There's plants

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<v Speaker 7>in the jungle that have little fiberglass poison filled needles

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<v Speaker 7>in them, getting your skin. And it hurts so bad

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<v Speaker 7>and for so long that some people kill themselves. You're

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<v Speaker 7>gonna wish you hurt that bad. Your soul is gonna

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<v Speaker 7>catch fire.

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<v Speaker 4>What the fuck is happening? What are you saying?

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<v Speaker 5>Is locked? John? Stay seated? This is gonna happen.

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<v Speaker 2>The large man named Ben has gotten up, taken off

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<v Speaker 2>his coat, and rolled up his sleeves. He has a

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<v Speaker 2>hunting knife in a holster at his side.

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<v Speaker 7>Early on, when we had first met up, there was

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<v Speaker 7>another guy, Chucky. Yeah, and Chucky had been to the

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<v Speaker 7>Maze before us, so he was hurting the worst. He

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<v Speaker 7>was going nuts, tearing his skin all night, trying to

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<v Speaker 7>get it out of him, poor devil. Vicky tried to

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<v Speaker 7>stop him, keep from hurting himself, and he he turned

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<v Speaker 7>on it started biting her.

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<v Speaker 2>Vicky shows him the deep white crescence all over her arms.

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<v Speaker 7>So Vicky shot him.

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<v Speaker 6>I can't believe y' all don't carry all the time

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<v Speaker 6>with the shit that's out there.

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<v Speaker 7>Shut him in the chest, punctured one of his lungs.

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<v Speaker 2>Ben is stretching like he's getting ready for a workout,

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<v Speaker 2>and this.

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<v Speaker 7>Air came pouring out of his lungs. It was well,

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<v Speaker 7>we all remembered it from the Maze. It's that air

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<v Speaker 7>changes you, makes you need it. We were dying without it,

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<v Speaker 7>so here it came pouring out of poor Chucky, and

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<v Speaker 7>when we breathed it, we got right. It was months

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<v Speaker 7>before the pain came back.

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<v Speaker 8>I want to get it through your head.

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<v Speaker 5>We are all dying. It's one of us or all

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<v Speaker 5>of us. Ben brought you in, so it's you or him.

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<v Speaker 4>What the fuck is this?

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<v Speaker 7>This is a necessity, John, You'll get it if you

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<v Speaker 7>make it. If you don't, just trust us that we

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<v Speaker 7>have to do this.

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<v Speaker 2>Ben tosses him a large hunting knife in a leather sheath.

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<v Speaker 2>It thumps to the floor.

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<v Speaker 3>Pick it up.

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<v Speaker 8>No, no, no, no no, you're crazy and you're a coward.

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<v Speaker 4>What the fuck did you say?

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<v Speaker 3>You ran when that thing started sucking the blood out

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<v Speaker 3>of your brother's legs. You could have saved him, You

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<v Speaker 3>could have tried. Fuck you, I'm going to count to

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<v Speaker 3>ten and then I'm gonna stab you to death. John.

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<v Speaker 3>If you don't fight back, you're gonna die, and we're

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<v Speaker 3>going to breathe the air in your lungs that we need.

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<v Speaker 3>Have you killed me instead? You can breathe me with

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<v Speaker 3>my blessing. You can take my place.

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<v Speaker 4>Don't fucking do this.

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<v Speaker 3>Be a man like you weren't when your brother begged

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<v Speaker 3>you to help him.

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<v Speaker 5>He's trying to row you up, so you'll fight back

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<v Speaker 5>and he won't have to feel as guilty.

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<v Speaker 7>Ah.

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<v Speaker 8>Fuck here, you fucking psychos.

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<v Speaker 2>John never really has a chance. Surprised, scared, betrayed all

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<v Speaker 2>for show. You suppose assuage the guilt, eat what you kill.

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<v Speaker 2>At the center of a ring of overturned metal chairs,

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<v Speaker 2>John tried to breathe.

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<v Speaker 5>Jesus yugh you okay, yeah, it's not deep.

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<v Speaker 2>John tried to breathe, but the air wouldn't come in.

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<v Speaker 2>It would only go out. And it wasn't just air.

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<v Speaker 3>Ohlujah, don't waste it.

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<v Speaker 6>Oh.

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<v Speaker 2>John had wanted people to believe him.

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<v Speaker 1>They did.

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<v Speaker 2>John wanted people to surround him.

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<v Speaker 1>They did.

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<v Speaker 2>He wanted someone to take his pain away. They breathed

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<v Speaker 2>him in. He took theirs away instead.

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<v Speaker 1>Thank you for listening to Ghost Wax, a production of

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<v Speaker 1>Foreign Tall Tales. Find us at Farign Talltales dot squarespace

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<v Speaker 1>directed by Robert Knutsen, production and editing by Aaron Schoenrock,

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<v Speaker 1>with music by Colton Warren. This episode features Michael mcgeekon

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<v Speaker 1>as Ben, Abigail Ramsdale as Molly, Adrian Northam as Big,

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<v Speaker 1>Allison Hassett as Vicky, and Adam McLaughlin as John