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[Assistant] Normally when someone is talking that level of crazy, Batman crashes through the ceiling and punches him. Trump is like a bad waitress in a crappy diner who's trying to get fired so she can go to a concert.


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[Assistant] Billy, last question for you. Uh, speaking of powerful women, I think you're second in streaming only to Ariana Grande right now. How does that feel for you? Dude.


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[Assistant] To share the show on your social media feed, among the groups, much love to the fam man. We in this one talking Elvin Kamara. It is of course Hump Day.


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[Assistant] And we up in this thing. Let's get a fam a round of applause man for being up in this thing.


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[Assistant] In the damn world. So shout out to y'all. Appreciate y'all being here as we cover some of this stuff, man. This broke yesterday. We covered this, some of this on our Patreon special.


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[Assistant] Uh, that's on our YouTube membership and our Patreon champions. Man, if you want that information, the description section below helps out the platform as we continue to build forward. So we'll cover this in this episode of the show.


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[Assistant] What's interesting is we covered this. We talked about this ad nauseam, man, about what was going on with this Elvin Kamara situation, man. And we knew something was, was happening. You know, we was looking at his, what is this defense was, what was his thinking, but ultimately cool heads profiled. Obviously the lawyers got involved, say, Hey bro, let's get this crap over with, man. So we can move on to the.


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[Assistant] Alright, so there you go. So that, there you go. That's the bulk of this. The, the stuff is official is behind us. And what an expensive lesson it is for Elvin Kamara. A very expensive lesson. And the guy got broke off. Uh, wow.


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[Assistant] A very expensive lesson, but nonetheless, the man, you know, pleaded out, no jail time.


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[Assistant] Impending. Now, what's the time frame on that? We don't know. It can happen anywhere between now and.


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[Assistant] Somewhere between the start of the season. So we'll be monitoring those events. So this is just an article right here that's basically saying the similar things as the video report was indicating with Elvin Kamara.


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[Assistant] Moving forward, so after all of this is said and done.


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[Assistant] And it was done, uh, let's move on into what is the next move right now as the saints were prepared for this.


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[Assistant] This happened during the Pro Bowl. The Saints had plenty of opportunity and time to be able to find out which direction that the team wanted to go in in terms of.


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[Assistant] Addressing the situation dealing with the running back room in the same, they did just that. They done a wonderful job of fortifying.


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[Assistant] The running back room for now and into the future. So shout out to them for that.


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[Assistant] So let's jump right into Saints backfield options with Kamara's clarity and focus. Shout out to Bob doing his work here for Saints News Network. With some further clarification on Kamara's situation, but still waiting on the official NFL punishment, is a look at the options now.


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[Assistant] Uh, once the suspension becomes official. So with all that out of the way.


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[Assistant] What's next for the Black and Gold? Legal saga of Saints running back is finally nearing the end. Kamara surprisingly pleaded no guilty. We heard all of that kind of stuff.


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[Assistant] You had a plea agreement. We knew the particulars of the deal, but the NFL said they were monitoring. So what does all this mean for Kamara and the Saints on the football field? The baseline suspension for


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[Assistant] The violation for an NFL's personal conduct policy in a situation like this calls for a suspension of four to six games.


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[Assistant] With the league office reserving a right to lengthen or reduce the suspension.


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[Assistant] That's very interesting, you know, cause uh, and like we said, you know, I don't like Roger Goodell and a lot of people don't like Roger, Roger Goodell, right? A lot of people don't like him, but we do understand that when you give a guy who don't like you bullets, you know, eventually he's going to get enough.


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[Assistant] And, uh, it's listen, ain't none of my money going to them. That is a very expensive lesson to learn.


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[Assistant] And we know, uh, AK 41 is a smart dude. The dude just, like I said, he just got caught out there.


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[Assistant] The dude caught him out there for real, man, and that's pretty much what the hell it was, fam. He got caught out there. He got caught out there. The man caught him slippin'. And that's how it went, man. You gotta be careful.


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[Assistant] When you're out here in these streets like this, they'll have guys that have an opportunity and that guy had a massive payday because of this.


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[Assistant] $10 million settlement case, Busby, who was the guy that went against Deshaun Watson when he was dealing with the issues dealing with uhm,


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[Assistant] At the end of the day with all that behind us, four to six games is with the.


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[Assistant] That's what it basically comes down to. Four to six games of the.


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[Assistant] Uh, of the season there. So New Orleans prepared an off season for a Camaro suspension. They also fortified the depth chart behind it. But before we even get to that, let's take a look at the schedule, right? This is the schedule.


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[Assistant] This is the schedule as it stands for the black and gold going into the season, right?


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[Assistant] We got, uh, the preseason stuff. So if it's four to six games where we basically looking at.


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[Assistant] Family is a month and a half worth the games. Worst case, let's say it's between four to six, it's a month worth between a month and a half, right?


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[Assistant] Best case scenario, four games. Worst case scenario, more games, six games.


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[Assistant] Four games would be week one at home against the Titans. He'll miss that one. The two away games, September the 18th at Carolina.


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[Assistant] In September the 24th at Green Bay, he'll miss them, those two. He'll miss the first, the home, uh, matchup against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He'll miss that one for four games, six games.


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[Assistant] He misses the October 8th game against the Patriots at Patriots, and then he'll miss the October the 15th matchup at Houston. So who, worst case scenario will be up to


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[Assistant] The Texans matchup will miss Kamara if it's a mutt word to contest Tennessee Panthers Packers Bucks. And then of course Patriots Texans, which if you think about it.


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[Assistant] You look at some of those teams and you kind of say, man, listen, you should be able to beat the Titans. You should be able to beat the Panthers. You should be able to beat the Packers. You should be able to beat the Buccaneers.


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[Assistant] You know, you can't look at last year's team and say, oh yeah, they were given, but truthfully and honestly with the saints have assembled.


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[Assistant] Five wins, five, maybe five and one or at the, at the least four and two. It shouldn't be no three and three. That shouldn't be shaken, but before we even prophesy on something like that.


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[Assistant] This is what it could be. So that's the four games that he could miss the Titans, Panthers, Packers, Bucks.


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[Assistant] Four games suspension, six games at the Patriots and the Texans. So he should be back in time for the Thursday might match up October the 19th against the Jacksonville Jaguars dependent.


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[Assistant] So usually when you're thinking about a clown like Roger Goodell, usually it's going to be heavy handed. It's going to be heavy handed because that's what he does. He hit, he doesn't like the saints. And when.


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[Assistant] People screw up on the Saints team. Goodell comes and he hammers you very heavy-handedly. That's what he does.


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[Assistant] So anyway, let's get back to that. Just wanted to sprinkle some game with you.


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[Assistant] You know, when the season starts, he's not going to be there, but we expect him to be at training camp getting ready.


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[Assistant] Yo, Kamara's always ready, man. He can play football right now if you need him.


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[Assistant] You know he's in football shape right now. That's how good he is. Jamal Williams.


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[Assistant] Behind AK 41, Kendre Miller, rookie third rounder, Jamal Williams, 17 rushing touchdowns in NFL. A lot of that came in the red zone and he had notes, no problem finding the end zone, has excellent vision.


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[Assistant] If they stay healthy could, I ain't going to say better than Mark Ingram and Elvin Kamara was, but Jamal Williams is closer to Kamara's age and those two right now, two, you know, have the similar personality, two high energy guys, very good players. And I'm just, we're just incredibly fortunate.


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[Assistant] And who that nation and give a big shout out to Mickey Loomis.


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[Assistant] You know, very big move. These are the players like, and I would do a show.


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[Assistant] With three players that I believe will be at the end of the season, we're going to be like, man, getting Jamal Williams is huge for the Saints. You know, you can see that before the season start.


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[Assistant] That was a huge, huge move to get. We were thinking to get a guy like this there, but Jamal Williams can start for other people right now, man.


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[Assistant] You know, he's, he's, he's a, he can start for them right now and we have him as our second running back combo with Elvin Kamara. The Saints are incredibly fortunate to have that. Then of course you look at Kendre Miller.


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[Assistant] Who was a third round draft pick rookie out of TCU. He had 16 Russian touchdowns last year in college for a very competitive TCU club. Kendre Miller is special.


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[Assistant] Big running back, runs with power, has excellent vision, man. Excellent vision, man. Just able to run inside, outside. He uses his stiff arm, runs with power, and he has an extra gear.


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[Assistant] So having Jamal Williams and Kendrea Miller, that's two power guys with speed component to them. That'll help us out. Love that. That is a strong running back room for the saints. And of course, Enu Benjamin is another, he's a basket back type satellite back type running back.


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[Assistant] Is a guy that can help you. He catches the ball out the backfield very well, like a wide receiver scab back with a lot of speed, has a little degree of, he has a degree of power. I've seen him lower his shoulder, not afraid of the contact, but he's a guy with flashes, a lot of athleticism and speed.


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[Assistant] You have some variety, a variety of different talented players. Elvin Kamara, All World, Jamal Williams is fantastic.


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[Assistant] Kendre Miller is awesome and Enu, Enu Benjamin's another guy. Then of course we have Ellis Meriwether who's an undrafted rookie of the Saints added to the running back room as well. He probably ended up on the practice squad barring injuries, but if you watch footage, we showed, we showed some of Ellis Meriwether's film on our Patreon channel and when we did our film, uh, work


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[Assistant] And you see Ellis Merriwether runs very aggressively. He runs hard as hell, man.


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[Assistant] He's one of them old school style running backs that'll hit your ass and drop you and run over. That's what Ellis Merriweather like. He initiate contact, a very violent running back and he's the type of dude.


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[Assistant] That kind of reminds me like of a Mike Bell. Y'all remember Mike Bell?


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[Assistant] And we used to love that the New Orleans Saints family base love running backs that run with power. We love that.


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[Assistant] We love that. We love watching guys like Mike Bell crush.


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[Assistant] Linebackers and, and defensive backs when he got to the third level. Ellis Merriweth is a brutal running back, man.


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[Assistant] Out of a small school, but he is big time. He is big time in terms of his power and the saints see that you probably end up stashed on the practice squad. And of course, two of our fullbacks right there, Jake Boggess is our backup fullback competing with Adam Prentice for that position. So Boggess is an old school.


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[Assistant] Bust you in your mouth style fullback, same as Prentice.


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[Assistant] And it's good to see the saints providing.


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[Assistant] I remember Ad Apprentice really, I think it was last year, he really didn't have much of a, uh, nobody competing with him.


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[Assistant] Really, uh, uh, I've been pushing this for a while. Justin Ustrich, uh, what's his name, uh, Ustrich. Y'all can correct me in the chat. Uh, the, the full bag for the 49ers.


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[Assistant] I've been advocating say, man, could we get another Heath Evans type fullback or use truck, uh, type fullback that can bring, uh,


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, versatility to the fullback room. He can be a guy that only plays fullback, but you can use them as an H-back. You can use them as a tight end if you need to. Now remember,


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[Assistant] Coach Peyton tried to do that, he just didn't have enough patience.


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[Assistant] Uh, to stick with it when we brought in, uh, what's your boy from the Carolina Panthers, man? Then he ended up going to the commanders.


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[Assistant] Len, I think he's still over there right now. We brought him in from Carolina.


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[Assistant] And coach Peyton, I say, I see what coach Peyton trying to do. Cause that was the, at the time, I think, uh, that year that his last year, year he was trying to.


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[Assistant] And you know, he tried to bring in, uh, I forgot the man name. Y'all put it in the section, but.


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[Assistant] But it was cool to see him attempt to do that. So, you know, it'll be cool to have that. But Adam Printers and Jake Boggess is two old school full bag type guys, man. That's really interesting. It'll be cool to see Jake Boggess unseat Printers. I'll be kind of really keep, you know, vote for Boggess, man. Just because I like his name. We got an old school.


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[Assistant] Kick you in the teeth for, uh, old school.


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[Assistant] Old school NFL films type name, you know?


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[Assistant] You know, you want a fullback on your team named Jake Boggess.


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[Assistant] You know, so yeah, that's some of the stuff, man, as we keep it going. So.


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[Assistant] Williams fourth round pick in 2017 and after a draft by the Packers out of BYU where he was a teammate at Taysom Hill. Speaking of guys who can operate in the running back room, he's coming off a career best.


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[Assistant] Over a thousand yards rushing 17 rushing touchdowns with the lions.


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[Assistant] And in 2021 erupted for TCU last season rushing for almost 1400 yards and I said 16, 17 scores. Miller doesn't have the breakaway sweep, but possesses extra vision and balance along with nice burst to get into open space. That's absolutely true. You watched the film and we did our film work on our Patreon channel.


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[Assistant] He does show you he has an extra gear. It ain't no Elvin Kamara gear, but he does have an extra gear.


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[Assistant] You've seen them operate the screen. So they'll dump it down to Kendra Miller when he's with TCU and he was able to use vision. And that's the thing I noticed about him as he been, he's a very special running back that he has the abilities. He's very patient and his eyes quick when he see he'll work behind his running. Like you'll see some runners.


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[Assistant] They'll contribute to the injury. They will run over their own offensive lineman. Not Kendra Miller. Kendra Miller.


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[Assistant] He seems unlikely to figure in the backfield plans, but he could give the team some quality plays if he makes the team. Uh, and his experience gives him an edge over Boggess. And he talking about, uh,


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[Assistant] Uh, you know, and he's considering bargains as a running back, but he's actually a fullback. And then Merriwether, an undrafted rookie, runs hard, runs hard as hell. Y'all gotta watch the film. That's his number one thing. I think that's why the Sanks love him.


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[Assistant] We think in four to six games, but what if it's more than that? What if it's for half the season? You know, I don't think it'll be a full season.


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[Assistant] What if it's half the season? What if it's for eight or nine games? Can the Saints be good with what they have? I think they could.


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[Assistant] But this is just an idea of guys on the market right now that you're looking at. Delvin Cook, which I don't think this happens because I think Delvin Cook, you know, wants to be somewhere.


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[Assistant] Could you imagine Delvin Cook, Elvin Kamara and that, that wouldn't be fair. They would literally block this.


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[Assistant] They would literally block this. They would not allow Delvin Cook. They'll file up the paperwork and say it.


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[Assistant] Oh yeah, you misspelled this right here. Oh, you gotta kick the paperwork out.


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[Assistant] It would literally block. Are you kidding me? You know? So I don't think Delvin, I would love to see that. Don't get me wrong. Kareem Hunt's interesting. You see him. Kenyon Drake. Uh, we had some flirtations with Kenyon Drake in the past.


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[Assistant] Marlon Mack, we've been advocating for Marlon Mack for a long time. I just think Marlon Mack is such a terrific running back.


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[Assistant] He's healthy now and still young at 27 years old. Marlon Mack can really help, man. You know?


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[Assistant] That kind of takes us back, back in the day. If we get a Mac on our team, it'd be like first time in a while since we had.


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[Assistant] Okay, JD McKissick and Benny Snail. Remember, Benny Snail played for Kentucky. He's a pretty decent young running back there. So that's a few of them. Now, Cook is the most accomplished of these four ages after Evers is released from Minnesota, Minnesota, but he won't be a saint. He'll sign as a future back and was never a serious option for New Orleans unless perhaps Kamara was suspended for the year. Not a hunt.


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[Assistant] And Drake are two quality backs who've sat behind the better players and haven't gotten many touches in recent seasons.


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[Assistant] Both the unselfish and would be effective in backup duties, either player has the versatility to be productive in the New Orleans Saints system.


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[Assistant] Now, you know, I, it's just, we had an opportunity when they released them from Jacksonville. It's like, go and get them, go and get them. And Peyton just like, nope. And just sat there, I was like, sign them just so Tampa Bay couldn't get them. And then he come back and kill us in the playoff game. So, uh, uh, it's the past, but you know, you need kind of 2020, right? So, uh, anyway, as we keep it going, so hard to envision for that in the Saints Univard.


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[Assistant] Uniform. However, he's quality. He's a quality back would be productive threat if he's willing to accept a reduced role.


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[Assistant] Mac had a terrific production in 2018, 2019, but hasn't been the same since his Achilles injury. Snailed as limited could be an effective short yardage back. So yes, indeed. Remember that Camaro won't take up a roster spot. He says, remember that Camaro won't take up a roster spot during that suspension.


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[Assistant] It is possible, but would it depend on the length of Camaro suspension plus the health of an effectiveness


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[Assistant] of Williams and Miller. Remember that Taysom Hill also gives the team another running threat and will be used in various roles. That's why I kind of look at


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[Assistant] I don't think so. I don't think that happens unless injuries start really impacting the Saints running back room that you can look at them looking to lesser names on that list.


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[Assistant] And I, you know, it's kind of hard to envision Leonard Fennett being here, even though it would be super cool to have Leonard Fennett as a New Orleans Saint. Being that he was local New Orleans star, LSU star, won a championship with Tampa Bay. Then he kind of on the back end of his career.


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[Assistant] Put on the black and gold just for that namesake, you know, he could still give you something.


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[Assistant] In supply with a combination of banks, people saying Q, he washed.


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[Assistant] But he can still contribute to the room, man. You know, he can still contribute. He can't. But unless injury severely...


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[Assistant] Jump in the Saints running back room. I don't anticipate them going there.


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[Assistant] And getting, uh, these top, higher names on the fridge hierarchy that Bob was run, running down. They would simply use a Taysom Hill in the role. Like they've been using Taysom. He's basically a running back anyway. Most of his production comes via him.


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[Assistant] Turning into a running back when he's behind, when he's in the quarterback position. He adjusts to be in a running back and he starts running the ball. That's the best thing Taysom does.


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[Assistant] In terms of what he brings to the offense. So Elvin Kamara is still a huge key to the Saints offense team could bring in another back to bolster depth chart depending on the length of his pending suspension. However,


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[Assistant] To keep their offense on track with or without them. So shout out to my guy, Bob Rose at the Saints News Network.


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[Assistant] And listen to his fantastic show to the Bayou Blitz podcast. Love Bob, man. He's a terrific dude. Uh, he tells it like it is, man. And to me, he's one of the best ones out there covering the saints always tells it like it is.


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[Assistant] Professional to the core. So shout out to brother Bob. But yeah, this is some of the stuff, man, we covering today.


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[Assistant] With Elvin Kamara facing his legal issues, it's over with. Now these are the options facing the black and gold headed into the season. It wasn't a bad idea to kind of take a peek at it and see what Kamara and all these guys there. And this is just the guys that's listening.


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[Assistant] In the running back room here. So the Saints have done a phenomenal job. So even if Kamara is out for four games or six games, perhaps eight games or half the season, depending on what Roger the stunk Goodell does.


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[Assistant] You know, I can't really be mad at Goodell because Kamara kind of did this to itself.


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[Assistant] But at the end of the day, like I said, better decisions need to be made. It's an expensive price to pay to hand over $10 million for a boneheaded decision. We could have just turned, just simply turned the other way or just had security there. Could have kept my $10 million in my pocket. Very expensive lesson, man.


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[Assistant] And this is, and hey, for all our rest about our football players out here, the young guys from listen from.


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[Assistant] Uh, in college and high school that watched the show, let this be a learning lesson because you guys are the future and sooner or later.


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[Assistant] Elvin Kamara is teaching you some game right now to be honest with you. Boy, is that an expensive lesson. $10 million plus all the stuff you got to do for a bad decision, baby. That's tough.


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[Assistant] Alright, so anyway, that'll do it for the stream, man. Much love to the fam. I appreciate y'all for tuning in for this episode of the show.


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[Assistant] You know, all kind of fun and cool stuff we're going to be coming up with.


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[Assistant] Uh, for our email listers, man. So if you want to be a part of some of the contests and stuff that we'd be running.


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[Assistant] Uh, join that email list, man. We'll be giving free goodies and all that stuff through that email list. So just a way to kind of give an incentive for family members to join our email list, uh, to, uh, because, you know, things happen here. So.


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[Assistant] Anyway, with that being said, I'm gonna get out on that. Listen, I appreciate y'all, man. I hope y'all having a fantastic hump day. We over the hump. It's Thursday, Friday heading into the weekend, man. And we gonna be doing it, baby.


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[Assistant] North Korea has clearly been on everyone's minds this week, and I think you know why.


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[Assistant] Look, this is clearly a very serious situation requiring a deft hand. And sadly, that's not what it got.


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[Assistant] Not unprecedented. They have made similar threats before. But what is different this time, obviously, is that we now have a president who has the general temperament of a wet cat. And in response to that Guam threat, Trump promptly doubled down.


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[Assistant] We thought we would ask, what exactly is North Korea thinking?


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[Assistant] How did we get into this mess, and what can we possibly do about it? And let's start by trying to understand just a little bit more about North Korea. And that in itself is difficult.


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[Assistant] And it can be hard to trust any information about North Korea because lots of it is inaccurate for multiple reasons. First, there's the outright state propaganda, which glorifies North Korea's leaders, the Kim family.


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[Assistant] And while it may not be true that all men had to get the same haircut as Kim Jong Un, State TV did run a series called Let Us Trim Our Hair in Accordance with the Socialist Lifestyle.


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[Assistant] And it's weird when a verifiable truth is almost as strange as a wild rumor. It's like how the Richard Gere put a gerbil in his arse story is completely false. But what if the truth was that he engaged in consensual mutual anal play with a chinchilla? That would still be bizarre. You wouldn't have to exaggerate that.


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[Assistant] And look, look, we're all having fun when laughing about North Korea. And it can be very funny, but the very fact that that is true can be extremely frustrating to journalists who cover it.


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[Assistant] She's absolutely right, and even when North Korea is objectively funny, like with Pulgasari, it has dark undertones, because Kim Jong-il got that movie made by abducting


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[Assistant] Two of South Korea's biggest names in film, and forcing them to make movies for him for years. And you know what? They did eventually escape, so I'm gonna go ahead and say, and I know this is not gonna be a popular opinion, but...


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[Assistant] The underlying truth of North Korea is that it is a dark place. Not just figuratively, but literally. You can get a sense of how little development there has been there when you look at it from space. See that void? Where there is almost no lights? That's North Korea.


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[Assistant] And the Kim family is known for their bone-chilling cruelty and mismanagement. They were largely responsible for the deaths of somewhere between 600,000 and two and a half million people during a famine in the 1990s. And we know that there are large, brutal camps where political dissidents are imprisoned, sometimes alongside their extended families.


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[Assistant] That is truly horrific. But the existence, the continued existence of those camps brings us to a really important point to understand. Kim Jong-un is terrified of losing power.


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[Assistant] And while we love to present him as a madman, many experts believe that his actions are motivated by rational self-preservation.


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[Assistant] He has seen leaders like Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi scale back their nuclear programs only to be overthrown, either by the U.S. or by their own people, and die gruesome deaths. And it's true that dictators generally don't end their careers like disgraced American politicians with a stint on Dancing with the Stars. Although...


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[Assistant] So, so how can Kim Jong Un justify that spending? Well, he argues that the huge military is the only thing staving off imminent invasion from a host of outsiders, and that is where we come in.


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[Assistant] Because the most dominant and useful villain in North Korea's narrative is the United States. And it is not like that comes out of nowhere. We sided with the South during the Korean War. And while many Americans may have forgotten just how devastating that war was, the North Koreans certainly haven't. They have an entire museum.


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[Assistant] devoted to American war atrocities. And I'm not saying that there were none.


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[Assistant] I don't think any were quite as over the top as this.


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[Assistant] And the notion that North Korea is working on a bomb that can kill all the American bastards is a tremendous source of national pride. There have been stamps depicting missiles hurtling towards the U.S. Capitol, and a few years ago they produced a video depicting the destruction of New York set to the least appropriate song imaginable.


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[Assistant] And if you think about it, that is very dangerous for Kim Jong Un, because if people get a sense that the image of America that he has carefully painted for them is false, he could have huge problems. And when you understand him in that light, as a dictator,


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[Assistant] Desperately hedging against a loss of power. It is possible to understand why all his recent threats against the United States have been reckless, but in his mind, also rational.


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[Assistant] And that brings us to the key question here. What are we going to do about it?


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[Assistant] Because on the campaign trail, Donald Trump made it all seem very simple. They said, would you speak?


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[Assistant] And since taking office, Trump has voiced support for an even simpler solution. China!


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[Assistant] Yeah, and that is some pretty weak enforcement. Think about it this way. Let's say HBO decided they wanted to cancel this show. Their hand would be pretty weak if I was just able to get around that simply by changing the name to Earlier Times But Now, starring Spence Nagendurfer.


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[Assistant] Now, Trump has also been mentioning military solutions, but even targeted strikes against weapon systems could get out of hand very fast. North Korea would likely retaliate, and they have an estimated 8,000 pieces of heavy artillery stationed just north of the DMZ, which is here.


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[Assistant] And that artillery is capable of reaching Seoul, which is just 40 miles away, and is an area with 25 million people. So even a non-nuclear war could have horrific results. And let's just engage in some truly magical thinking. What if you could somehow just take out Kim Jong Un? Well...


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[Assistant] You've probably got an immediate humanitarian crisis on your hands, as well as a leaderless country with a power vacuum and nuclear weapons. And as we've learned from Iraq and Afghanistan, when regimes fall and there is no plan in place, that vacuum can be filled with terrible things. We do not want to find out what North Korea's ISIS would be.


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[Assistant] So, sanctions are no guarantee, and military action could be catastrophic, and diplomacy is gonna be extremely difficult, given that you usually need to have a specific goal in mind, and Trump seems to be making all of this up as he goes along.


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[Assistant] So the thing is, that's not a surprise. Deep down, we all assumed that he was winging it. We have become accustomed to discounting a large percentage of what comes out of his face. But North Korea is listening to what he says. And the people there have been primed for decades to believe that America is on the brink of an invasion.


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[Assistant] Just look at their government's response to his fire and fury line.


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[Assistant] We have two nuclear armed leaders who are accustomed to issuing empty threats to impress their own people, and they are now currently goading each other towards Armageddon. Which is absolutely terrifying. And I don't really have a solution to this, but part of me would love the chance, just the chance, to speak directly to the North Korean people. So, on the off chance.


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[Assistant] You may be hearing some frightening rhetoric from our president, but if it helps at all, when our president says words, he doesn't necessarily mean what those words mean. It's very difficult to describe to you. We're still trying to wrap our heads around it ourselves. Really, it's our problem, except it is now kind of your problem too.


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[Assistant] But I wanna talk to you about some misconceptions, because we certainly have misconceptions about you, uh, but you should know...


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[Assistant] Ideally, that we are not remotely what your state propaganda implies either. We honestly do not spend our days plotting your destruction. We spend them sharing cat memes and spinning fidgye.


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[Assistant] The good news is, I know someone who plays it like a fucking angel. Ladies and gentlemen, and the people of North Korea, please welcome Mr. Weird Al Yankovic.


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[Assistant] So what they worry about is if they do that, will the regime collapse?


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[Assistant] What does that mean? Millions of refugees pouring into China, uh, possibly a unified Korea that is then a pro-American country sitting on their southern border with, don't forget there are 30,000 American troops in South Korea, which would then be on China's border. And by the way, 15 nuclear weapons.


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[Assistant] I was gonna shout to you as soon as I got home. But I got cold feet.


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[Assistant] I'm not sorry I wrote it. I'm sick of people taking it for granted John's guilty. Thought it was about time we had a say. You won't get any arguments from Eva.


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[Assistant] Okay, you win. But I'll, uh, I'll settle for a game of Scrabble.


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[Assistant] And I sat there and I thought, we'd been discussing this for a couple of hours, I sat there and I thought for a couple of minutes and I said, Bob, I really want Pat and I and Tony to have our own house for Christmas, 1982.


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[Assistant] And this was early November. And, uh, I was, that's what I wanted, uh, and it scared me, uh, we hadn't done real well financially up until that point. Uh, we were living in a basement apartment.


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[Assistant] And, uh, the idea of owning our own home before Christmas was what I really wanted.


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[Assistant] But, I didn't know how to do it, I didn't know what I needed to do it.


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[Assistant] Anybody that I needed to help me get this house.


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[Assistant] And that's when Bob sat there and looked at us and he said, well, what you have to do is put together a plan. And with that he, uh, reached down and he,


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[Assistant] He moved his coffee cup off the placemat and he...


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[Assistant] It says decide on, on the amount you want to live the way you want to live and, uh, go for it. And with that we started into


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[Assistant] Some action, uh, Bob suggested that a real estate agent, uh, that we...


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[Assistant] Contact and get this real estate agent to show us some houses. Find out what the prices were. Find out what kind of house we wanted. We had to get a picture, a clear picture of what we wanted. We had to get emotionally involved in that picture. It was something that was


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[Assistant] He put a line through the day, December 20th, 1982, and he wrote, moving into house. And that made me feel uncomfortable. After that we, uh,


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[Assistant] Within a couple of days, we found exactly the home we wanted. And, uh,


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[Assistant] Then the pressure really came on because we signed an offer on this house. The offer was accepted and we still did not have the money to close the house deal. It was, it was interesting. It was


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[Assistant] Uh, it was a fair amount of pressure because it was uncomfortable.


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[Assistant] When you're doing something different than you've normally done in your past, it becomes uncomfortable. It's very uncomfortable to you. But to make the story come to a beautiful ending in November,


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[Assistant] Uh, early November we, we chose the date December 20th to move in the house. And at seven o'clock December 20th, the lawyer brought the keys to us and we unpacked our furniture and moved into the house. That's the Pat and John story. It's a good story. It's true.


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[Assistant] But she knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that she could not part with her drugs.


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[Assistant] Well if that's the case, she said slowly, I hope you will leave me some privacy while I'm back.


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[Assistant] Before the words were even out of her mouth, her mother slumped over and would have fallen if it had not been for her husband. He caught her and held her up. I'm going to take your mother to her bedroom. When I return, Terry, I want you out of my house.


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[Assistant] Terry grabbed a few things and tossed them in a suitcase.


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[Assistant] She knew she would have to move fast before her father returned because there was the possibility of his asking for the car keys. With the thought of losing her car in her mind, she raced around the room, gathering up only the things she knew she must have. In a few minutes she was finished and on her way down the stairs.


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[Assistant] Teddy and Snake sat in the car waiting impatiently for Dirty Red and Tiny Tim to come out of the department store.


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[Assistant] I told them before they went in that the store had private cops and all of them wore guns. You know how they feel about private cops, Snake? A goddamn store cop ain't no different than nobody else. If you're gonna play, you got to be able to play on floor walkers and private cops alike. Snake snorted.


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[Assistant] There's one hell of a difference, Teddy. And that's that fuckin' gun the cops wear.


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[Assistant] Both men became silent, as they worried over what was keeping their friends.


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[Assistant] Their senses were so sharp from stealing every day that they could feel a bust. On entering a store, they could read Roller and the Most Innocent Looking Floorwalker.


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[Assistant] Now both of them had just about reached the conclusion that their friends had been busted.


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[Assistant] Suddenly, there was some commotion in the front of the department store.


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[Assistant] Tiny Timmock come out of the store first, clutching something under his coat.


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[Assistant] At his heels was a white man. As soon as they reached the pavement, the man grabbed his arm. Dirty Red, coming out of the store behind the white man, made a blurring motion towards his pocket, causing both of the men in the car to groan. The floorwalker never knew what hit him. Red shot him in the back twice.


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[Assistant] Before he could get over his astonishment, two men in blue uniforms rushed from the store with drawn guns. Their yells of rage filled the night. Halt! Halt or we'll shoot! Before the words had cleared the cop's mouth, his partner had aimed and shot. Red staggered.


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[Assistant] Snake jumped out of the car and rushed towards the crowd of people that was gathering beside his fallen friends. From the fringe of the crowd, he could tell that both his friends were dead. Neither man moved, and from the murmuring of the people nearest the bodies, he knew they wouldn't have to worry about any more fixes. Teddy joined him, and they stood silently.


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[Assistant] They waited until after the ambulance had come and gone before returning to the car. Well, Teddy said, breaking the silence, at least Red did kill him a peck of wood before going. That ain't worth shit, Snake growled. Dirty Red is gone, and killing a peck of wood ain't gonna make no difference. When you dead, you're done. They drove for a while in silence. Finally, Teddy spoke up.


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[Assistant] We ain't got nothing to say, oh snake. What we gonna do about a do?


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[Assistant] But his next words let Teddy know that he was thinking about the same thing.


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[Assistant] Poki oughta give us a blow-home credit after we tell him the news. Yeah, man. He oughta give us one free.


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[Assistant] All the money Red and Tim and us done spent with him, I know it should at least be worth a free do when we tell him he done lost two customers. With the thought of a free fix in his mind, Snake began to drive a little faster.


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[Assistant] The money they had spent already that day with Porky should have been enough for a fix on credit. Snake reasoned.


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[Assistant] Teddy noticed Terry's car parked in front of the hotel across the street. He cursed under his breath. One of these days, he thought, I'll get a chance to fix a little red wagon, and I'll fix it damn good. That's your ex-girlfriend's ride parked over there, Teddy, Snake asked coldly. Yeah, that's the bitch's car. Teddy answered shortly. Why you break up, Teddy?


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[Assistant] If I'd had me a sassy little piece like that, I might even have given up shooting stuff.


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[Assistant] Nigga, you ain't gon' give up shootin' dope till you as dead as Tim and Red. Teddy replied harshly.


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[Assistant] Snake tossed back his head and laughed loudly as they started to climb the stairway. My, my, man. You still got your nose open by that young bitch, ain't you?


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[Assistant] She sure must have had some good lovin' to keep a dope fiend's nose open. He laughed again, then added more seriously, It's really your fault that you blew a teddy.


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[Assistant] You knew she was going to become a motherfucking dog once she got strung out. That's all right, Teddy replied heartily. I fixed the smart ass up properly.


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[Assistant] I'll put something on her ass she'll never forget. Every time that bitch gets sick, she'll think about me being the cause of it. Snake stopped at the head of the stairs and looked back at him strangely. I guess you did fix that, but you made a snake out of her, and damn if you wasn't the first one she bit. Gigi, one of Porky's doorman, opened the door. He watched them closely as they entered, then closed the door behind them. Where's Porky at?


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[Assistant] The thought of Porky not being available had not entered their minds.


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[Assistant] You might as well let the dough hit you in the ass, cuz Porky done said all that laying out around his dope house has got to cease, dig. Teddy stared up at Gigi, dub at him. Gigi was a touch hot. He liked to fight. It really didn't make any difference to him who it was either. He didn't pick his people.


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[Assistant] Snake came in with that smoothing ability of his to sway anyone. Dig, GG. We got some bad news for Pokeman.


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[Assistant] All of us was taken off a joint and the fuzz busted down on us and shot Dirty Red and Tim.


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[Assistant] Now we need someone with the knowledge to call them white folks and find out that they do any talking before they died. Or are they dead? Can you dig that? This rang a bell with GG.


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[Assistant] From living in the narrow world of a gop house, he was starved for gossip.


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[Assistant] Most of the time, they talked about what other addicts were doing, who was doing time, and who just got busted.


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[Assistant] News about anyone just getting killed or taking an overdose was always exciting enough to kick around for the next week or two.


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[Assistant] The room full of addicts had started buzzing over Snake's comment. The only person who didn't seem excited was Smokey. She was sitting in Porky's chair with a king-sized cooker, full of dope, trying to find a vein. Gigi spoke to her. You want to tell Porky Smokey? She looked up at him with eyes that had seen everything. So what? Two fucking dope things got killed. Big deal.


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[Assistant] Now what you want me to do? Run all over the house, shoutin' the news?


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[Assistant] Teddy stared at her surprised. It was the first time he had ever heard Smokey say that many words before. Her reply struck him dumb.


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[Assistant] You don't promise to hit me, and I'm gonna hold you to it.


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[Assistant] Smokey said as she got up and walked towards the bedroom, it was hard for her to get someone to hit her because most of her veins were shot out.


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[Assistant] There'll be no sleep in here. The last train's gone and I gotta lock up.


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[Assistant] If you go across the fields, it's only four short miles.


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[Assistant] I got my orders and I got to obey them. You can't stay here!


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[Assistant] Beyond it all right, you won't find any in these parts that would stay here. Especially tonight.


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[Assistant] I warned you. There ain't no pretty story. Maybe when you've heard it, you'll change your mind about staying.


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[Assistant] Will you keep that confounded bird quiet? It was the time of the diamond jubilee, 43 years ago this very night.


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[Assistant] In them days, the station master here was a man by the name of Ted Owens. He was asking about the old line that runs on the other side.


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[Assistant] Aye, but in them days the trains used to run on it. Through yonder short tunnel down to the old port.


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[Assistant] And the day I be telling you about, a party of some Blansfolk went to a bean feast up at Truro, and they chatted a special to take them home late that night. Ben Isaacs was the driver of that special. Ted Holmes was kept on late duty here to close the bridge. He was a sick man, but no one knew it at the time.


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[Assistant] When they phoned through you from Truro, warning Ted to close it as the special were starting off, Ted answers as he'll go and shut the bridge that moment. But them were the last words he was ever heard to speak.


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[Assistant] It was striking eleven o'clock when he lit his lamp and went out on the platform. He reached the bridge wheel, and as he tried to turn it,


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[Assistant] I wonder, it weren't no pretty story you was making me tell.


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[Assistant] Probably a good strain. I tell you there weren't no trains run on these metals from 10 at night till 7 in the morning. Besides, whatever it is, it never starts from true low, and it never runs into some plans. If it be a natural thing, why do it come down? Why do it go?


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[Assistant] Have you ever seen it? I shouldn't be here if I had. They do say, as to look on the ghost train, to mean death.


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[Assistant] You can stop here if you like, but not me. I got a wife and children looking to me. Do you mean you're afraid? Afraid? I am afraid. I bear the shame to warn it. Well, we're not. Very well. Seeing you've made up your mind to it.


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[Assistant] I both wished and feared to see Mr. Rochester on the day which followed this sleepless night.


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[Assistant] I wanted to hear his voice again, yet feared to meet his eye.


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[Assistant] He was not in the frequent habit of entering the schoolroom, but he did step in for a few minutes sometimes, and I had the impression that he was sure to visit it that day. But the morning passed just as usual.


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[Assistant] Nothing happened to interrupt the quiet course of Adele's studies. Only soon after breakfast, I heard some bustle in the neighbourhood of Mr. Rochester's chamber, Mrs. Fairfax's voice and layers and the cook's, that is John's wife, and even John's own gruff tones. There were exclamations of, What a mercy, master was not burned in his bed! It's always dangerous to keep a candle lit at night.


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[Assistant] It is to be hoped it will not take over sleeping on the library sofa, etc.


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[Assistant] To much confabulation succeeded a sound of scrubbing and setting to rights.


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[Assistant] And when I passed the room and going downstairs to dinner, I saw through the open door that all was again restored to complete order. Only the bed was stripped of its hangings.


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[Assistant] Leia stood up in the window seat, rubbing the panes of glass dimmed with smoke.


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[Assistant] I was about to address her, for I wished to know what account had been given of the affair.


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[Assistant] But on advancing, I saw a second person in the chamber.


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[Assistant] A woman sitting on a chair by the bedside and sewing rings to new curtains. That woman was no other than Grace Poole.


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[Assistant] No start, no increase or failure of color betrayed emotion, consciousness of guilt, or fear of detection. She said, Good morning, Miss, in her usual phlegmatic and brief manner,


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[Assistant] And taking up another ring and more tape, went on with her sewing. I would put her to some test, thought I.


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[Assistant] Such absolute impenetrability has passed comprehension. Good morning, Grace, I said. Has anything happened here? I thought I heard the servants all talking together a while ago. Only Master had been reading in his bed last night.


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[Assistant] He fell asleep with his candle lit, and the curtains got on fire, but fortunately he awoke before the bedclothes or the woodwork caught, and contrived to quench the flames with the water in the ewer. A strange affair, I said, in a low voice, then looking at her fixedly. Did Mr. Rochester wake nobody? Did no one hear him move?


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[Assistant] She again raised her eyes to me, and this time there was something of consciousness in their expression. She seemed to examine me warily, then she answered, The servants sleep so far off, you know, Miss, they would not be likely to hear. Mrs Fairfax's room and yours are the nearest to Master's, but Mrs Fairfax said she heard nothing. When people get elderly, they often sleep heavy. She paused.


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[Assistant] And then added with a sort of assumed indifference, but still in a marked and significant tone. But you are young, Miss, and I should say a light sleeper. Perhaps you may have heard a noise? I did, said I, dropping my voice, so that Lear, who was still polishing the panes, could not hear me. And at first I thought it was Pilate, but Pilate cannot laugh, and I am certain I heard a laugh, and a strange one.


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[Assistant] She took a new needle full of thread, waxed it carefully, threaded her needle with a steady hand, and then observed with perfect composure.


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[Assistant] It is hardly likely Master would laugh, I should think, Miss, when he was in such danger. He must have been dreaming.


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[Assistant] I was not dreaming, I said, with some warmth, for her brazen coolness provoked me. Again she looked at me, and with the same scrutinising and conscious eye.


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[Assistant] Have you told master that you heard a laugh? she inquired. I've not had the opportunity of speaking to him this morning.


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[Assistant] You did not think of opening your door and looking out into the gallery? She further asked.


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[Assistant] She appeared to be cross-questioning me, attempting to draw from me information unawares.


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[Assistant] The idea struck me that if she discovered I knew or suspected her guilt, she would be playing off some of her malignant pranks on me. I thought it advisable to be on my guard. On the contrary, said I, I bolted my door.


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[Assistant] Then you're not in the habit of bolting your door every night before you get into bed?


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[Assistant] Indignation again prevailed over prudence are applied sharply.


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[Assistant] Hitherto I have often omitted to fasten the bolt. I did not think it necessary.


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[Assistant] I was not aware any danger or annoyance was to be dreaded at Thornfield Hall, but in future, and I laid marked stress on the words,


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[Assistant] I shall take good care to make all secure before I venture to lie down. It will be a wise thing to do.


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[Assistant] Was her answer. This neighborhood is as quiet as any I know, and I never heard of the hall being attempted by robbers since it was a house.


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[Assistant] Though there are hundreds of pounds worth of plate in the plate closet, as is well known. And you see, for such a large house, there are very few servants, because masters never lived here much.


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[Assistant] And when he does come, being a bachelor, he needs little waiting on. But I always think it best to err on the safe side. A door is soon fastened.


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[Assistant] And it is as well to have a drawn bolt between one and any mischief that may be about. A deal of people may serve for trusting all to providence, but I say providence will not dispense with the means, though he often blesses them when they are used discreetly. And here she closed her harangue.


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[Assistant] A long one for her, and at it with the demunus of a Quakeress.


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[Assistant] I still stood absolutely dumbfounded at what appeared to me her miraculous self-possession and most inscrutable hypocrisy when the cook entered.


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[Assistant] The green building was in very bad condition.


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[Assistant] All of its windows were broken and the decoration on the outside walls had fallen off long ago. There was strange writing above the entrance.


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[Assistant] I asked Weena to try and read it, but then it occurred to me that these people had no written language.


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[Assistant] The interior of the building was very impressive.


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[Assistant] The first part formed a large hall, all around which were tall windows.


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[Assistant] The rays of light shining through them reflected beautifully from the thousands of years of dust that hung in the air.


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[Assistant] Ancient scenes showing animals from long ago roaming about the fields and forests were painted on the walls.


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[Assistant] It could be seen that the wall, facing the windows, had also been painted at one time, but now was reduced to just a few tree tops and what looked to be a person's head. The color faded from years of exposure to damaging sunlight.


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[Assistant] I saw what appeared to be animal bones lying about in different areas of the floor, and along the lower part of the walls were little windows, behind which could be seen ancient looking objects, such as jewelry, clothing, and pottery.


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[Assistant] Looking back at the bones, they reminded me of some that I had recently seen at a museum in England. A museum, I said to myself. That is it. We're in a museum. You cannot imagine how excited I was.


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[Assistant] The possibilities this place had to offer seemed endless.


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[Assistant] I could learn so much about how this world had come to be as it now was.


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[Assistant] I could see at what point in history human beings were at their greatest and most powerful and at what time they began to lose this greatness and move back toward being simple animals again.


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[Assistant] I guess that there was probably an enormous library somewhere that housed all kinds of interesting books for me to choose from.


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[Assistant] However, these were things that would have to wait to be explored another time, for the current situation required more useful information and materials.


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[Assistant] So, taking Weena's hand in mine, we moved on to search about the place for whatever might prove helpful.


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[Assistant] The next room was full of rare rocks and minerals from deep inside the earth.


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[Assistant] I have very little knowledge of or interest in this science.


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[Assistant] I did not look at anything too carefully until I found sulfur, which is referred to as S in scientific chemistry tables.


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[Assistant] I wondered if there might be a way for me to make a gun or some kind of bomb.


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[Assistant] But there were many other things I would need in order to do that, so I decided that it was impossible.


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[Assistant] The next room however, proved to be extremely interesting for me.


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[Assistant] It was a huge hall full of machines.


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[Assistant] Unfortunately, there was no way for me to guess what they might have once been used for.


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[Assistant] Yet I was no less interested in them and I would have probably stood staring at them for hours if Weena had not come running over to me and cried out.


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[Assistant] Taking hold of my head with both hands, she turned my eyes toward the other end of the room.


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[Assistant] There, the floor seemed to sink deep into the ground, making a very large opening.


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[Assistant] As we walked closer, I could hear the sound of those machines I had heard down in the Morlocks hole getting louder.


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[Assistant] If I were truly to try and help the Eloi, I would have to teach them how to fight.


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[Assistant] There was no way for me to fight the Morlocks all on my own.


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[Assistant] This made my heart sink, for I knew that the Eloi would make useless soldiers. They had no strength, no skill, and no intelligence.


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[Assistant] If we were to challenge the creatures below in battle, I feared it would be nothing more than suicide.


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[Assistant] My plan suddenly came back to me with even greater importance than before, and I immediately began to look around for possible weapons.


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[Assistant] Running over to one of the machines, I took hold of one of its levers and started to pull it down toward me with all my strength.


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[Assistant] Happily, the lever broke off in my hands, so that now I had a long metal bar to beat any approaching Morlocks with.


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[Assistant] I had the urge to run down into that darkness and kill as many as I could, but I knew that my time would be better spent looking for more weapons with which to protect myself and Weena.


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[Assistant] Moving on, we came upon a room of books.


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[Assistant] Actually, I should say a room of what used to be books. For now, all that remained of them were scattered pieces of paper, with little to no writing on them whatsoever.


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[Assistant] At the sight of this, I could not help feeling that everything we are doing in our time.


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[Assistant] All the work we are putting towards understanding and improving our world was nothing but a pure waste of time and effort.


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[Assistant] Again, Weena squeezed my arm and reawakened me to the present concern.


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[Assistant] I looked about the room for something useful, but saw nothing.


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[Assistant] I searched it high and low, feeling more and more the lateness of the afternoon.


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[Assistant] I opened them all, and you will never guess what I found. A box of matches. They looked almost as good as new, too.


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[Assistant] I tried lighting one, but accidentally broke the stick. Then testing a second one, I was successful.


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[Assistant] I became so excited that I started to dance like a fool in the middle of the room. I could not believe my luck.


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[Assistant] Moments later, I found something else equally as useful.


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[Assistant] Oil, which could help me to light fires. It came in several cans.


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[Assistant] I quickly gathered all of them up and put them deep into my pockets along with the matches.


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[Assistant] Later on, I found knives and guns, but I felt that my metal bar was stronger than the knives, and I have never been very good with guns, so I chose not to weigh myself down with such things.


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[Assistant] We spent the entire day inside the old museum going from room to room. By nightfall


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[Assistant] We found ourselves in a little courtyard with grass in the center. We sat down there to rest for a while.


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[Assistant] I was much more hopeful now that I had something with which to fight the Morlocks.


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[Assistant] I decided that because it was too late to return to the village,


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[Assistant] We would walk back to the village and with my newly obtained metal bar


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[Assistant] Try to open the base of the Birdman statue, where I hoped my time machine would be waiting.


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[Assistant] The Monster stopped talking and looked at me, waiting for me to say something. I did not know what to think. I was still angry with him.


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[Assistant] But as I listened to his story, I had also felt pity because of the cruel way everyone had treated him. I felt that I should help him in some way.


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[Assistant] I looked into his yellow eyes and said,


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[Assistant] I have talked with you and I feel sorry for you. What do you want me to do? I want you to make me a friend.


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[Assistant] One who will not be afraid of my ugly face and body.


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[Assistant] One who will understand me and like me. I want you to create that friend, a woman. Make a wife for me.


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[Assistant] When I thought about a woman monster, I felt sick inside. I shouted in anger, Never! I will not create another thing like you.


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[Assistant] Kill me if you want, but I will not do this. Frankenstein, listen to me, he said quietly. I have tried to love people.


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[Assistant] But all anyone has done is hate me, just as you have.


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[Assistant] If you can treat me with understanding and a little kindness, I will leave you alone.


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[Assistant] No, I was sick for many months after I made you. I won't do this again. It is too horrible. How dare you say these things. The monster stood up. Selfish coward.


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[Assistant] If you don't do what I ask I will destroy everything you love. I will destroy your whole life. These words made me think.


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[Assistant] If I did not make a friend for the monster, he might try to hurt my family again.


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[Assistant] And in my heart, I knew that I owed the monster something.


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[Assistant] Because of me, he had lived a life of pain and loneliness.


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[Assistant] Seeing that I was thinking quietly, the monster said, Frankenstein.


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[Assistant] If you make this woman for me, no one will see either of us again.


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[Assistant] We will go far away from here to some country full of forests where there are no people. We will never hurt men or animals.


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[Assistant] These words made my heart sad for the being I had created.


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[Assistant] But when I turned to look at him, all I saw was the killer of my brother.


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[Assistant] But I knew that by doing what he wanted, I would protect my family and myself.


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[Assistant] I had seen that when the monster was angry, he could do terrible things. Finally I said, I will do what you want.


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[Assistant] But you must promise me that as soon as I have made this monster woman, you will leave Europe forever. If you don't, I will kill you.


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[Assistant] The monster stared at me and did not say anything for a minute.


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[Assistant] How would you kill me, Victor Frankenstein? I am much stronger than you.


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[Assistant] But I promise you that you will never see me again if you do what I want. Thank you. Now, begin this work immediately. I will be watching you all the time.


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[Assistant] Before I could say anything, the monster left the shelter. I watched him walk down the mountain. Soon he had disappeared. It was evening when I left the mountain. I was crying bitterly, and I hated myself again. But I would do this terrible thing. That day I went to Geneva. I had to begin my work as soon as possible.


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[Assistant] Chapter 22 Peace at Last Victor Frankenstein's story was finished.


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[Assistant] Robert Walton was amazed, but he did not know what to think of Victor Frankenstein. He was a brilliant scientist.


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[Assistant] But he had accidentally caused the deaths of his family.


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[Assistant] But then he had left his being to suffer alone.


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[Assistant] Walton felt very sorry for Victor, but he did not really understand him. Still, he wanted to know one more thing.


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[Assistant] Frankenstein? He asked. Please, I really want to know how exactly you built this creature. Tell me the secret.


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[Assistant] Are you crazy, Robert Walton? Haven't you listened to my story?


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[Assistant] If I tell you, you might try to create another monster, like the one that is nearest now. Another horrible, evil thing.


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[Assistant] No, no one will ever know the secret. It will die with me.


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[Assistant] But he wasn't evil at first, Walton thought to himself, but he did not say anything. He knew he could never create another monster.


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[Assistant] Weeks went by, but the ship was still trapped in the ice.


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[Assistant] Walton was afraid that the ship would never be able to leave.


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[Assistant] If the ice got bigger and harder, it would destroy the ship and they would all die. Victor became weaker and weaker every day. He could not leave his bed.


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[Assistant] Then one day the men heard a loud cracking sound. The solid sea of ice was cracking because the weather was getting warmer. The ship could move in the water. They were free. They could return to England. Everyone shouted for joy.


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[Assistant] The captain went to his room and told Victor that the ship could travel at last.


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[Assistant] Victor said desperately in a weak voice, Help me find my enemy first! Walton said, Frankenstein,


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[Assistant] I am sorry, but I will not put my men's lives in danger so that you can find this monster. And you are too weak to find him. Please try to understand. Then go if you must, said Victor, and thank you for everything you have done, but I can't go with you. I must kill the monster.


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[Assistant] Victor tried to lift his white, thin body out of the bed.


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[Assistant] When the doctor saw Victor, he told Walton the sad news. He has only a few hours to live, sir. His heart and body are too sick. I cannot help him. I'm sorry.


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[Assistant] Robert sat in his room and stared at the dying man on the bed. He was sleeping peacefully.


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[Assistant] After some time, Victor's eyes opened and he whispered, Robert, are you there? I cannot see you. Come closer to me. I have something to say before I die. Walton ran over and sat next to Victor. Walton, I do not hate the monster anymore.


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[Assistant] All these years a little voice in my heart told me that I was to blame for the monsters becoming angry and terrible.


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[Assistant] I left him alone, and I should have taught him, like a father teaches his child.


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[Assistant] All the times I told the monster that I hated him, and how I was afraid of him, Walton, I was really afraid of myself. I was the real monster, not him. He might have had a good life if I had helped him. But now it is too late.


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[Assistant] He hates people now and he must be stopped before he kills anyone else. Please, if you see him, kill him.


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[Assistant] Do not kill him because he is ugly or because he has killed people.


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[Assistant] If you are watching me, I forgive you for killing my family, and I am sorry.


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[Assistant] With that, Victor held the hand of his last friend on Earth.


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[Assistant] His mouth formed a soft, gentle smile, and his eyes closed forever.


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[Assistant] That night, Walton was standing on the ship's deck looking at the beautiful moon and stars. He was thinking about Victor. Suddenly, he heard a strange voice. It was coming from the room where Victor's body lay. Walton knew what was happening.


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[Assistant] He ran to the room and saw a large shape standing by Victor's body.


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[Assistant] The monster was crying as he held Victor's cold hand. The sound was painful for Walton to listen to.


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[Assistant] When he saw Walton watching him, the monster jumped up and ran towards the window.


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[Assistant] Wait, stay! I know who you are! said the captain.


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[Assistant] The monster pointed down at Victor and said, He is my last victim. I will never kill again.


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[Assistant] At first, Walton wanted to follow Victor's last wish and kill the monster. He was ugly and miserable. He could never be happy on this earth. But somehow, Walton did not think he could do that.


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[Assistant] He said, Monster, I wish you had never done these terrible things.


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[Assistant] Frankenstein was wrong to treat you so cruelly, but why did you kill innocent people? They did not deserve to die? Victor died alone, with no one to love him. What do you say to that? I have many things to say, human. I hated the things I did.


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[Assistant] I thought only of my own pain and anger.


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[Assistant] I only wanted to make Frankenstein as unhappy as I was. But I was not always this way.


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[Assistant] All I wanted was for Frankenstein and other people to care about me and see the goodness inside me. But no one did that.


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[Assistant] They only hated and feared me because I am different. No one gave me a chance. That is what changed me. Sometimes I was sorry for Frankenstein.


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[Assistant] I had killed his little brother, and then another person, the servant girl, died because of what I did.


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[Assistant] But then Frankenstein broke his promise to make me a friend. And I learned Frankenstein was going to marry.


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[Assistant] Robert remembered what Victor had said. He will try to make you feel sorry for him.


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[Assistant] Suddenly he was angry at the horrible looking thing and said, Monster, you ruined Frankenstein's life and he died, sick and almost crazy because of you.


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[Assistant] Now, you come here asking his forgiveness? The only thing you know now is hatred.


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[Assistant] The monster's sad yellow eyes looked at Walton. What do you know about hate? Why don't you hate Felix, who attacked me and drove me away when I was becoming friends with his old blind father?


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[Assistant] I have been beaten, hated, feared, and left alone by humans. Why shouldn't I hate them?


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[Assistant] Now that you have seen me, you hate and fear me too. But not as much as I hate myself. But do not be frightened. The only murder I will commit now is my own.


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[Assistant] I will leave our ship and travel to a quiet, lonely spot.


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[Assistant] There, where no one can find me, I will build a fire and burn my miserable body to ashes. Then the wind will take those ashes into the sea.


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[Assistant] In this way, no part of my body will be found.


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[Assistant] I do not want a curious person to try to create another being like me.


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[Assistant] No one should ever have to feel the pain I have felt. So now, I will say goodbye, human. Goodbye, Victor Frankenstein.


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[Assistant] If you are watching me, you should know that I am sorry now. Goodbye. And the monster jumped through the window. Robert ran towards the window after him, crying, Wait! I have something to tell you! But the monster was not listening.


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[Assistant] Walton had wanted to tell the monster that Frankenstein had understood and forgiven him before he died. But it was too late. The monster was already on a raft, traveling quickly over the water. He was crying loudly.


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[Assistant] In moments, the monster was far away, lost in the darkness.


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[Assistant] The creatures that gathered together on the bank, birds with their wet and messy feathers, animals with their furs sticking to them, were all dripping wet. They were angry, too.


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[Assistant] Because they were uncomfortable and wanted to be dry.


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[Assistant] Getting dry became the first topic of conversation.


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[Assistant] They talked for a little while about this, and after a few minutes Alice started to feel more and more comfortable in their company.


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[Assistant] She felt that these were friends she had known all her life.


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[Assistant] She got into another unpleasant argument with the brightly colored Lori.


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[Assistant] Who became very stubborn and would only say,


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[Assistant] Alice didn't believe that the lorry was right. She did not know how old he was and he would not tell her.


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[Assistant] She decided it was best just not to speak any more with him.


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[Assistant] Finally, the mouse, who seemed to be the group's leader,


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[Assistant] Quickly, they all sat down in a large circle, and the mouse was left standing in the middle.


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[Assistant] Alice did not take her eyes off him the whole time.


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[Assistant] For she wanted to get dry and felt sure that if she didn't, she would indeed catch a bad cold.


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[Assistant] He began such a long and boring story about English history that the whole group was nearly put to sleep


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[Assistant] Said the dodo, shaking his feathers. I do beg your pardon, replied the mouse.


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[Assistant] Who was quite unhappy that the dodo had nearly fallen asleep.


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[Assistant] Still, he tried to be polite and asked,


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[Assistant] Said the unsure Dodo, who by now was walking around proudly and flapping his wings, trying to look important too.


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[Assistant] Well, said Alice, trying to get involved in the conversation.


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[Assistant] There's quite a party of us here right now. Certainly enough to have an election of sorts. But what, may I ask, is a party race?


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[Assistant] said the dodo. Having spoken,


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[Assistant] He made a great flying leap at a branch from a flower bush and began to mark out a race course that looked awfully like a circle.


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[Assistant] Once he had finished this, the big bird made everyone in his party stand at various spots along the course.


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[Assistant] Unlike other races, Alice had been to, no one called out, one, two, three, go.


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[Assistant] But all the creatures on the shore started to run around.


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[Assistant] Then they stopped whenever they felt like it. Therefore


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[Assistant] It was not easy for Alice to know when the race was actually over.


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[Assistant] After they had been running for half an hour or so, they were quite dry again. Suddenly the dodo shouted,


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[Assistant] But who is the winner? All the birds and animals cried.


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[Assistant] Tired and out of breath, they crowded around him.


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[Assistant] The dodo was not able to answer this question without a great deal of thought. And he stood still for a long time.


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[Assistant] But which one of us is going to present the prizes? A voice cried.


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[Assistant] The whole party now gathered around Alice, calling out, Prizes! Prizes!


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[Assistant] Alice didn't have the tiniest idea what to do.


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[Assistant] And as a last hope, she reached into her pocket.


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[Assistant] She pulled out a handful of candy to pass around as prizes.


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[Assistant] Alice was able to give exactly one piece to each of the runners in the race.


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[Assistant] Only this small tool I use for sewing, said Alice sadly.


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[Assistant] The animals all crowded around her once again, while the Dodo, in a grave manner, presented the sewing tool, saying,


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[Assistant] Because she thought the whole thing was quite ridiculous.


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[Assistant] But the little group all looked so serious that she did not dare to.


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[Assistant] Trying to look serious as well, Alice simply bowed and took back the sewing tool.


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[Assistant] For she could not think of anything to say. Then the little group had to eat their candy.


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[Assistant] This caused quite a lot of confusion.


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[Assistant] The large birds complained that they could not taste their candy.


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[Assistant] A lot of creatures had to be patted on the back. However, soon it was over at last and they again sat down in a circle.


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[Assistant] You promised me you would tell me all about yourself, said Alice to the mouse, and also explain why you hate cats and dogs.


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[Assistant] Half afraid that the mouse would get angry again.


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[Assistant] Said the mouse, looking at Alice and sighing.


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[Assistant] You do have a long tail. I can see that.


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[Assistant] She answered, looking in wonder at the mouse's tail.


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[Assistant] But the mouse didn't pay any attention to Alice and began to talk.


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[Assistant] Alice was a little confused and so...


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[Assistant] Anger said to a mouse that he met in the house.


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[Assistant] I didn't mean it, said poor Alice, but you are quite easily made upset. The mouse only walked away in reply.


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[Assistant] Oh Mouse, please come back and finish your story. Alice called to him. Suddenly, all the other creatures said together, Please do.


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[Assistant] But the mouse, as he was tired of their company, only shook his head and walked a little faster.


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[Assistant] Cried the lorry, now that the mouse was out of sight.


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[Assistant] An old crab used the opportunity as a lesson for her daughter, saying,


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[Assistant] Now my dear, let this be a lesson about why you should never lose your temper.


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[Assistant] But the young crab was an impolite child and replied,


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[Assistant] Oh, please don't say anything, Ma. You're old enough to test the patience, even of an oyster. I wish that Dinah was here with me.


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[Assistant] Said Alice to no one in particular. I know she would soon bring the mouse back.


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[Assistant] Dinah's my sweet cat! Alice replied eagerly, and her whole face brightened as she spoke.


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[Assistant] You can't even guess at how good she is at catching mice. And oh, I wish you could see how good she is at chasing birds too.


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[Assistant] Why, she'd eat a little bird as quickly as she'd look at it.


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[Assistant] The speech did not have a good effect among the party of creatures.


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[Assistant] Some of the birds moved their wings nervously and flew away at once.


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[Assistant] Oh, it's time that I left and returned home, said one old magpie, gathering her belongings together.


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[Assistant] The, uh, the night air gives me a sore throat.


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[Assistant] Giving various excuses, all the creatures left, and poor Alice was once again all alone.


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[Assistant] I shouldn't have mentioned Dinah again, she said to herself sadly.


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[Assistant] Even though I know she's the best cat in the world. Oh, my dearest Dinah, do you think I shall ever see you again? Here.


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[Assistant] Poor Alice sat upon a tree stump and began to cry again. However,


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[Assistant] In a little while she heard the soft sound of footsteps approaching in the distance.


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[Assistant] She looked up, hoping to see the mouse coming back to finish his story.


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[Assistant] Chapter 9 Another Speaker of Evil


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[Assistant] Three boats were now lowered to pull the prize back to the Pequod.


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[Assistant] By the time our 36 arms and 180 fingers had moved this vast body, it was already dark. The sight of the dead whale seemed to hurt Ahab.


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[Assistant] It seemed to remind him that Moby Dick was out there, still alive, still waiting to be killed.


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[Assistant] But Stubb was in a good mood from all the excitement. He ordered whale steak for his dinner.


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[Assistant] Early the next morning we began the long hard job of cutting up the dead whale.


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[Assistant] A foot-thick blanket of fat covers a whale like a skin covers an orange.


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[Assistant] First, Starbucks and Stub used long knives to dig a hole in the fat. Next,


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[Assistant] Some men took the strip of fat and began to wind it around and around.


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[Assistant] This was repeated over and over again until all the fat was taken care of in this way. A single whale has enough fat to make a hundred barrels of oil.


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[Assistant] It is almost a lake of liquid weighing about ten tons. Our work was interrupted by the cry, Ship ahead! It was another whaler out of Nantucket, the Jeroboam.


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[Assistant] She lowered one of her boats and Starbuck ordered a ladder let down from our ship for the visiting captain. But instead of coming aboard, the Jeroboam's commander, Captain Mayhew


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[Assistant] Waved his hand to show they would be staying in their little boat.


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[Assistant] Captain Mayhew cried out to us that they wouldn't come on board because of a bad illness that had spread to all the crew aboard the Jeroboam.


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[Assistant] Stub thought he recognized one of the oarsmen in the boat.


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[Assistant] Wild-eyed young man with spots on his face.


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[Assistant] But they lived among themselves and were skilled in furniture making.


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[Assistant] After joining this crew, Gabriel had announced himself to be a prophet, that is, a person who can speak directly to God. Seeing he was the angel Gabriel, he had demanded command of the ship.


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[Assistant] The captain ordered him to stop his behavior or he would be dropped back on land.


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[Assistant] Then Gabriel began to open all sorts of mysterious little bottles.


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[Assistant] He told the captain that terrible things would happen to them if the captain didn't let him stay aboard.


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[Assistant] The crewmen strongly believed in Gabriel's power.


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[Assistant] So they told the captain that not one of them would stay if Gabriel wasn't obeyed. They wouldn't let him be punished in any way either. Thus Gabriel had complete freedom on the ship. When the illness happened Gabriel had even more power.


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[Assistant] In his wild manner that sounded like nonsense, warned him not to.


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[Assistant] He said that Moby Dick was really his shaker god in a whale's body.


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[Assistant] But Macy didn't listen and finally got five men to go with him in his boat.


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[Assistant] Gabriel continued to speak of evil future events from aboard the ship while one of the men in the boat stuck an iron into Moby Dick. Suddenly, a broad white shadow rose from the water and the whale, by the quick and strong movement of its tail, blew the breath out of the oarsman's bodies.


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[Assistant] Macy was thrown into the air and fell into the sea fifty yards away. Not a single bit of the boat was harmed. Nor one hair on any oarsman's head.


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[Assistant] Captain Mayhew asked Ahab if he would hunt Moby Dick if he had the chance.


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[Assistant] Gabriel heard Ahab's answer and quickly jumped to his feet. He looked angrily at the man. Gabriel shouted, Beware! Think of Macy!


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[Assistant] He didn't respect God and now he's dead, down there in the sea. Beware of the same end. Ahab turned away. He was troubled by Gabriel.


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[Assistant] Starbuck remembered that the Nantucket had a letter to deliver to one of the Jeroboam's officers in case the two ships were to meet.