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<v Speaker 1>Hello, dear friend, Welcome to this peaceful moment just for you.

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<v Speaker 1>Find a position that feels completely comfortable, whether you're lying down,

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<v Speaker 1>nestled under soft blankets, or gently reclined against pillows that

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<v Speaker 1>cradle you perfectly. Let's begin by taking a deep, nourishing breath. Together.

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<v Speaker 1>Breathe in slowly through your nose, filling your lungs completely,

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<v Speaker 1>and then release that breath through your mouth with a

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<v Speaker 1>gentle sigh. Feel the day beginning to leave your body

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<v Speaker 1>with that axe piled again, Breathe in two three four

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<v Speaker 1>and out two three, four, five six beautiful. Now, I

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<v Speaker 1>want you to remain that with each breath you're drawing

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<v Speaker 1>in peace, calm, tranquility, and with each exhale you're releasing tension, worry,

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<v Speaker 1>and the weight of the day. Breathing in peace, breathing

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<v Speaker 1>out tension. Let's bring awareness to your body. Starting at

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<v Speaker 1>the very top of your head. Imagine a warm, golden,

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<v Speaker 1>honey colored light touching the crown of your head. It's warm,

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<v Speaker 1>but not hot, soothing, healing. This light begins to melt

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<v Speaker 1>away any tightness, any holding. The warm light flows down

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<v Speaker 1>across your forehead. Feel the muscles of your forehead softening,

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<v Speaker 1>smoothing Any worry lines fade away. Your forehead becomes as

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<v Speaker 1>smooth as still water. Down to your eyebrows. Releasing your eyes,

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<v Speaker 1>let them grow heavy, so wonderfully heavy. Your eyelids are

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<v Speaker 1>like soft velvet curtains, closing gently naturally. There's no effort needed,

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<v Speaker 1>Just let them rest. The golden light continues down to

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<v Speaker 1>your cheeks, your jaw. Unclench your teeth if they're pressed together.

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<v Speaker 1>Let your jaw hang loose and comfortable. Your lips part slightly.

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<v Speaker 1>Your tongue rests softly in your mouth. Your entire face

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<v Speaker 1>is peaceful, serene at rest. Down your neck, now, releasing

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<v Speaker 1>any tightness there. Your neck holds so much during the day,

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<v Speaker 1>Let it soften. Now, let the golden light melk away

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<v Speaker 1>any knots. Any tension across your shoulders. Oh, your shoulders,

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<v Speaker 1>they carry so much. Let them drop down away from

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<v Speaker 1>your ears, feel them becoming heavy, sinking down into whatever

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<v Speaker 1>supports you release. Release Release down your arms, through your elbows,

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<v Speaker 1>past your wrists, into your hands. Your fingers curl gently naturally.

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<v Speaker 1>Your hands are completely relaxed, warm, at peace. The golden

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<v Speaker 1>light spreads across your chest and your back, Your Breathing

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<v Speaker 1>is easy, now, effortless, like gentle ocean waves in and out,

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<v Speaker 1>in and out, requiring no thought at all. Down through

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<v Speaker 1>your stomach, your abdomen, your lower back, everything softens, releases.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's go down through your hips, releasing any tightness there.

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<v Speaker 1>Down your thighs, past your knees, through your calves, down

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<v Speaker 1>to your ankles, your feet, all the way to the

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<v Speaker 1>tips of your toes. The golden light has traveled through

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<v Speaker 1>your entire body, leaving peace and relaxation in its wake.

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<v Speaker 1>Your whole body is now wrapped in warm and comfort,

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<v Speaker 1>in perfect peace. You are safe, You are calm. You

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<v Speaker 1>are ready to journey into Tonight's story. And as we

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<v Speaker 1>enter the story, you you confort to talk to sleep

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<v Speaker 1>at any more. There's no need to hear every word.

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<v Speaker 1>Let the story carry you gently into dreams whenever you're ready.

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<v Speaker 1>There is a library that exists between waking and dreaming.

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<v Speaker 1>Not everyone can find it, and those who do often

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<v Speaker 1>can't remember how they got there or exactly where it is.

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<v Speaker 1>But once you've been, it calls to you, especially on

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<v Speaker 1>nights when sleep feels just out of reach. Tonight, you

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<v Speaker 1>find yourself on a quiet village street, just as the

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<v Speaker 1>sun has set, the sky is that particular shape of

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<v Speaker 1>deep blue that only exists for a few precious mits

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<v Speaker 1>between day and night. One by one, stars are beginning

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<v Speaker 1>to appear, like someone is lighting tiny lanterns in the heavens.

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<v Speaker 1>You're walking down a cobblestone lane lined with old stone cottages.

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<v Speaker 1>Warm light glows from their windows, and you can smell

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<v Speaker 1>wood smoke from chimneys mixed with the scent of evening flowers,

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<v Speaker 1>night blooming jasmine and honeysuckle. Climbing over garden gates at

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<v Speaker 1>the end of the lane, you see a building you

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<v Speaker 1>don't remember noticing before. It's built of honeycolored stone, two

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<v Speaker 1>stories tall, with ivy growing up its The ivy is

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<v Speaker 1>dotted with small white flowers. It seemed to glow faintly

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<v Speaker 1>in the twilight. Above the arched wooden door, a sign

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<v Speaker 1>reads simply the Starlight Library. Something about it feels familiar, welcoming,

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<v Speaker 1>like coming home to a place you've always known but

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<v Speaker 1>somehow forgot. You approach the door. It's heavy, oak, dark

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<v Speaker 1>with age, with an iron handle worn smooth by countless hands.

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<v Speaker 1>You don't knock. Somehow you know you don't need to.

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<v Speaker 1>You simply turn the handle and the door opens silently inward. Inside,

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<v Speaker 1>the air is warmed and smells of old books, bees, wax, candles,

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<v Speaker 1>and something else, something like cinnamon and vanilla and rain,

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<v Speaker 1>all mixed together. It's the smell of stories, of dreams,

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<v Speaker 1>of peaceful endings and new beginnings. The entrance hall is

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<v Speaker 1>small and cozy. The floor is made of wide wooden planks,

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<v Speaker 1>smooth and warm beneath your feet. To your left, a

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<v Speaker 1>wooden staircase curves up to the second floor. To your right,

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<v Speaker 1>an arched doorway leads into the main library. You step

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<v Speaker 1>through the archway and pause, taking it all in. The

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<v Speaker 1>room is beautiful. The ceiling is high, with dark wooden

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<v Speaker 1>beams crossing it. Between the beams, you can see the

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<v Speaker 1>night sky, real stars twinkling through panels of glass. It's

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<v Speaker 1>as if the roof is partly open to the heavens,

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<v Speaker 1>but somehow you know that rain never falls inside, and

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<v Speaker 1>the air stays perfectly warm. Bookshelves line every walk, reaching

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<v Speaker 1>from floor to ceiling. They're made of dark wood, polished

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<v Speaker 1>until they gleam softly in the candle light. And there

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<v Speaker 1>are so many books, thousands of them. Their spines are

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<v Speaker 1>every color, imaginable, leather and cloth, old and worn with reading,

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<v Speaker 1>or pristine and waiting to be opened for the first time.

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<v Speaker 1>But these aren't ordinary books. As you look closer, you

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<v Speaker 1>notice that the titles are unusual. One spine reads the

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<v Speaker 1>Dream of the Sleeping Forest, Another says Lullaby for the

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<v Speaker 1>Wandering Moon, yet another the Tale of the cloud Keeper.

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<v Speaker 1>These are dream stories, sleep stories, tales meant to be

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<v Speaker 1>experienced in that drowsy space between waking and sleeping. In

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<v Speaker 1>the center of the room, there's a large stone fireplace.

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<v Speaker 1>The fire burns there, but it's like no fire you've

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<v Speaker 1>seen before. The flames are silver and blue and palest gold,

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<v Speaker 1>and they make almost no sound at all, just a whisper,

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<v Speaker 1>like silk sliding over silk. The fire gives off warmth

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<v Speaker 1>and the most beautiful soft lane, but it doesn't crackle

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<v Speaker 1>or pop. It simply glows, peaceful and eternal. In front

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<v Speaker 1>of the fireplace, there are several deep, comfortable chairs. They're

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<v Speaker 1>upholstered in soft fabrics deep burgundy and forest green and

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<v Speaker 1>midnight blue. Each chair has a small table beside it

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<v Speaker 1>with a candle in a soft blanket draped.

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<v Speaker 2>Over the arm.

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<v Speaker 1>You choose a chair, the one closest to the fire, beautiful,

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<v Speaker 1>deep blue that reminds you of the evening sky. As

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<v Speaker 1>you settle into it, the chair seems to embrace you,

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<v Speaker 1>adjusting perfectly to your body. It's the most comfortable seat

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<v Speaker 1>you've ever experienced. You notice a blanket on the arm

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<v Speaker 1>of your chair. It's made of the softest material imaginable,

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<v Speaker 1>like clouds or mist given form. You pull it over

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<v Speaker 1>yourself and it's perfectly warm, weightless but warming, settling over

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<v Speaker 1>you like a blessing. As you sit there, you become

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<v Speaker 1>aware that you're not alone. At a large wooden desk

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<v Speaker 1>near one of the bookshelves sits the librarian. She's an

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<v Speaker 1>older woman with silver hair pulled back in a soft goat.

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<v Speaker 1>She wears a cardigan the color of heather and reading

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<v Speaker 1>glasses on a chain around her. She looks up from

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<v Speaker 1>the book she's reading and smiles at you, a warm,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing smile that makes you feel completely welcome. Good evening,

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<v Speaker 1>she says, and her voice is soft and musical. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>so glad you found your way here tonight. Please stay

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<v Speaker 1>as long as you like. This is a place for rest,

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<v Speaker 1>for peace, for letting go. Of the day. You smile

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<v Speaker 1>back and settle deeper into your chair. The fire continues

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<v Speaker 1>its gentle shimmer through the glass panels in the ceiling.

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<v Speaker 1>More stars have appeared. They're so bright here, so clear,

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<v Speaker 1>as if you're seeing them for the first time. You

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<v Speaker 1>notice something magical happening. Very slowly, very gently, books her

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<v Speaker 1>beginning to float down from the shelves. They drift through

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<v Speaker 1>the air like autumn leaves, but with purpose, with grace.

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<v Speaker 1>They circle around the room in a slow, dreamy dance.

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<v Speaker 1>One book floats closer to you. Its covers deep purple,

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<v Speaker 1>like the sky just after sunset, and it's embossed with

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<v Speaker 1>silver stars. The title reads, the Song of the Sleeping Garden.

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<v Speaker 1>The book hovers near you for a moment. Its page

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<v Speaker 1>is ruffling slightly, as if in a breeze, though the

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<v Speaker 1>air in the library is perfectly still. Then it joins

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<v Speaker 1>the others in their gentle circling. Another book drifts by,

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<v Speaker 1>this one bound in soft green leather with gold lettering.

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<v Speaker 1>The Journey of the Moonlit River, it says, Then another

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<v Speaker 1>the Dream of the Mountain Peak. And another whispers from

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<v Speaker 1>the meadow of stars. All around you. Stories are floating, dancing, waiting,

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<v Speaker 1>But there's no pressure to read them, no urgency. Just

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<v Speaker 1>watching them move through the air is soothing, hypnotic. They

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<v Speaker 1>move in patterns, spirals and figure eights, slow and graceful.

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<v Speaker 1>The librarian rises from her desk and moves to an

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<v Speaker 1>old gramophone in the corner. It's made of polished brass

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<v Speaker 1>and dark wood, beautiful and antique. She whinds it gently

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<v Speaker 1>and music begins to play. But it's not quite music.

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<v Speaker 1>It's more like the memory of music, or the sound

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<v Speaker 1>of music heard from very far away, a piano playing

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<v Speaker 1>a melody that seems familiar but that you can't quite place.

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<v Speaker 1>It's beautiful and sad and peaceful all at once. The

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<v Speaker 1>books are choosing their readers tonight, the librarian says softly.

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<v Speaker 1>Or perhaps the readers are choosing their books here. It's

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<v Speaker 1>difficult to say which comes first. You watch the dancing

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<v Speaker 1>books and realize you don't need to choose one, You

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to read tonight. Just being here, in this warm,

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<v Speaker 1>peaceful place is enough. The fire glows, the stars shine

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<v Speaker 1>through the glass ceiling. The books dance their slow dance.

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<v Speaker 1>The music plays on. The librarian brings you a cup

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<v Speaker 1>of tea appearing beside your chair so quietly you didn't

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<v Speaker 1>hear her approach. The cup is delicate china, painted with

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<v Speaker 1>tiny flower The tea smells of cammeal and lavender and

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<v Speaker 1>something sweet you can't quite name. You take a sip.

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<v Speaker 1>It's perfectly warm, not too hot, and it tastes like

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<v Speaker 1>peaceful endings and sweet dreams. Thank you, you whisper, and

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<v Speaker 1>she nods, smiling, and returns to her desk. You cradle

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<v Speaker 1>the warm cup in your hands and watch the fire

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<v Speaker 1>in the flames. If you look closely, you can see

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<v Speaker 1>pictures for me. A garden at dawn, a lake reflecting moonlight,

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<v Speaker 1>a forest path covered in soft moss, a cottage window

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<v Speaker 1>with candle light glowing. The images form and dissolve and

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<v Speaker 1>form again, each one more peaceful than the last. One

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<v Speaker 1>of the floating books settles onto the small table beside you.

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<v Speaker 1>You glance at it. The covers soft gray like morning

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<v Speaker 1>must and the title is written in silver, The Sleeper's

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<v Speaker 1>Journey Home. You don't open it, you just rest your

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<v Speaker 1>hand on its cover, and somehow you can feel the

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<v Speaker 1>story inside, warm and comforting, like a promise that everything

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<v Speaker 1>will be all right. Time moves differently here in the

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<v Speaker 1>starlight library. Minutes might be hours, or hours might be minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>It doesn't matter. There are no clocks here, no schedules,

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<v Speaker 1>no obligations. There is only this moment, stretching out peacefully

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<v Speaker 1>in all directions. You hear soft sounds around you, the

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<v Speaker 1>whisper of pages turning though no one's reading, the gentle

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<v Speaker 1>sigh of the wind outside no inside, all is still

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<v Speaker 1>and warm. The quiet crackling of a silver fire, like

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<v Speaker 1>distant wind chimes, but barely there. Music from the gramophone,

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<v Speaker 1>now playing something that sounds like a lullaby from childhood,

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<v Speaker 1>though you can't remember which one. Through the tall windows,

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<v Speaker 1>you can see the village street outside. A cat walks

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<v Speaker 1>by silver and starlight. A leaf drifts down from a tree,

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<v Speaker 1>spinning slowly. Everything outside is peaceful, sleeping at rest. The

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<v Speaker 1>fire and from the stars above. The room has taken

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<v Speaker 1>on a dreamy quality, as if you're seeing it through

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<v Speaker 1>water or mist. The edges of things have softened, the

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<v Speaker 1>colors have deepened. The floating books are settling, now drifting

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<v Speaker 1>back to their shelves one by one, Like birds returning

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<v Speaker 1>to their nests at nightfall, they slide into place with

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<v Speaker 1>the softest whisper of leather and paper. Soon only a

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<v Speaker 1>few remain in the air, circling slowly, peacefully. You finish

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<v Speaker 1>The blanket is warm around you. The chair continues to

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<v Speaker 1>hold you perfectly, supporting every part of your body. You

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<v Speaker 1>feel yourself sinking deeper into comfort, deeper into peace. The

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<v Speaker 1>librarian comes over one more time. She adjusts your blankets slightly,

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<v Speaker 1>tucking it around you with a grandmother's care. She picks

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<v Speaker 1>up the book from your table, the gray one about

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<v Speaker 1>the Sleeper's Journey, and places it in your lap. You

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<v Speaker 1>don't need to read it, whispers, just hold. The story

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<v Speaker 1>will find its way to you in your dreams. And

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<v Speaker 1>she's right. With the book resting on your lap, you

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<v Speaker 1>can feel its story seeping into you, not through words,

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<v Speaker 1>but through feeling. It's a story about finding your way home,

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<v Speaker 1>about peace, about rest, about knowing that you are safe,

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<v Speaker 1>that you are loved, that you can let go. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>the last of the floating books has settled on its shelf.

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<v Speaker 1>The music from the gramophone has faded to almost nothing,

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<v Speaker 1>just the ghost of a melody. The fire burns lower.

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<v Speaker 1>It's light softer, more like moonlight now than firelight above

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<v Speaker 1>through the glass ceiling, the stars or my magnificent There

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<v Speaker 1>are so many of them, more than you've ever seen.

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<v Speaker 1>They form patterns, constellations you recognize, and some you don't.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're not quite still. They pulse very gently, very slowly,

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<v Speaker 1>like a heartbeat, like breathing, like the rhythm of the

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<v Speaker 1>universe itself. When the eyelids are growing heavy, the weight

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<v Speaker 1>of the book on your lap is comfortable. The warmth

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<v Speaker 1>of the blanket is perfect. The chair holds you like

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<v Speaker 1>loving arms. The room around you is safe and peaceful

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<v Speaker 1>and timeless. The librarian has returned to her desk. She's

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<v Speaker 1>writing something in a large leather bound book by candlelight.

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<v Speaker 1>She looks up and sees that your eyes are closing.

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<v Speaker 1>She smiles such a warm, loving smile and mouths two words,

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<v Speaker 1>sweet dreams. When you feel yourself beginning to drift, not falling,

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<v Speaker 1>but floating, like the books were floating earlier, you're weightless, peaceful,

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<v Speaker 1>cradle by comfort and warmth. The starlight library surrounds you

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<v Speaker 1>protects you, holds you safe. The story in the book

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<v Speaker 1>on your Lap unfolds in your mind without words. You

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<v Speaker 1>see yourself walking down a peaceful path. There are trees

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<v Speaker 1>on either side, their branches forming a canopy of stars overhead.

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<v Speaker 1>The path is soft beneath your feet. You're walking home,

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<v Speaker 1>though you don't know where home is, but you're not worried.

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<v Speaker 1>You know you'll recognize it when you are. The path

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<v Speaker 1>winds gently through a meadow of silver grass. The grass

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<v Speaker 1>whispers as you pass, telling you secrets of peace and rest.

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<v Speaker 1>The sky above is filled with stars and a moon

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<v Speaker 1>so large and bright it seems close enough to touch.

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<v Speaker 1>In the distance, you see a light, a warm golden

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<v Speaker 1>light like a candle, in the window. You walk toward it, unhurried,

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<v Speaker 1>knowing it will wait for you. As you get closer,

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<v Speaker 1>you see it's a cottage, small and perfect, with smoke

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<v Speaker 1>rising from its chimney and flowers growing around its door.

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<v Speaker 1>This is home, This is where you've been heading all along.

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<v Speaker 1>The door is open, waiting inside. You can see a

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<v Speaker 1>fire burning in the hearth. You can see comfortable chairs

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<v Speaker 1>and soft blankets and everything we need for perfect rest.

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<v Speaker 1>You step through the door and close it gently behind it. Home.

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<v Speaker 1>You're safe. You're at peace, and in the Starlight Library,

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<v Speaker 1>in the blue chair, by the silver fire, under the

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<v Speaker 1>canopy of stars, you sleep. The libraryan watches over you

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<v Speaker 1>grandly and love. The books on their shelves hold their

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<v Speaker 1>stories quietly, ready for another night. The fire burns on,

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<v Speaker 1>eternal and peaceful. Outside, the village sleeps, the stars shine.

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<v Speaker 1>The night wraps the world in soft darkness and gentle dreams,

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<v Speaker 1>And you rest deeply and completely, knowing that the Starlight

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<v Speaker 1>Library will be here whenever you need it, waiting for

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<v Speaker 1>its books and its fire and its infinite beautiful piece.

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<v Speaker 1>The story you carry with you now, and the gray

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<v Speaker 1>book continues to unfold in your dreams. It tells you

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<v Speaker 1>that you are loved, that you are safe, that you

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<v Speaker 1>can rest now completely without worry or fear. It tells

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<v Speaker 1>you that tomorrow will take care of itself. Tonight is

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<v Speaker 1>for sleeping, for dreaming, for healing. The librarian blows out

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<v Speaker 1>the last candle. The only light now is from the

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<v Speaker 1>silver fire and the stars above. It's enough. It's perfect.

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<v Speaker 1>Rest now, dear friend. The library keeps watch while you dream.

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<v Speaker 1>The books are quiet, the fire glows softly. The stars

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<v Speaker 1>wheel slowly overhead, marking time in their ancient, peaceful way,

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<v Speaker 1>and you you sleep the sleep of the blessed, the protected,

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<v Speaker 1>the deeply loved. The Starlight Library cradles youth the night,

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<v Speaker 1>and its gift to you is this perfect, restoring, healing rest.

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<v Speaker 1>When morning comes soft and gentle, you will wake slowly, peacefully,

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<v Speaker 1>carrying the peace of the Library's magic with you. But

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<v Speaker 1>you won't quite remember how you got there or how

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<v Speaker 1>to find it again. You'll just know that somewhere between

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<v Speaker 1>waking and dreaming, there's a place where you are always welcome,

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<v Speaker 1>always safe, always at peace, And on nights when sleep

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<v Speaker 1>is hard to find, the Library will call to you again,

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<v Speaker 1>and you will find your way back to the blue

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<v Speaker 1>chair by the silver fire, under the ceiling of stars,

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<v Speaker 1>where stories float through the air like dreams, and where

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<v Speaker 1>rest comes easily, naturally beautifully. Sleep well, dear friend. The

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<v Speaker 1>Starlight Library watches over you, sweet dreams. Good night, La.

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<v Speaker 2>Come when.

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<v Speaker 3>N n never man m la la day a day

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<v Speaker 3>And the last then happen, and when will.

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<v Speaker 3>They lay, and the moon.

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<v Speaker 1>And the.

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<v Speaker 3>Man then an n n name na the man say

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<v Speaker 3>Na never.

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