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[Assistant] Besides, what do you even know about the matter between Bloodfang Association and Sleeping Island? Is that so? Nightingale raised her browse. Then why aren't you working? What? Let's do a quick calculation.


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[Assistant] The cost of transportation and food from Neverwinter to Eastern Region is around 20 Silver Royals per person.


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[Assistant] Once there, 10 to 12 bronze royals will be needed per day to purchase food.


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[Assistant] But don't forget that, because of war and migration, most of the villages have turned into wastelands.


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[Assistant] So, to live over there, expenses will be a few dozen times higher than in the past.


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[Assistant] This is also why the refugees are moving to Neverwinter. She explained with great composure.


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[Assistant] In other words, it won't be easy to leave Sleeping Spell without a sack full of gold royals.


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[Assistant] If it were me, I would grab this opportunity to apply for work everywhere so that I can accrue as much money as possible.


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[Assistant] This is the basis for the group to be able to survive independently. Yeah, what have you people done in this half a month?


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[Assistant] After enjoying the food distributed by sleeping spell, you still hope that Her Highness will provide you with your travel expenses? Aye. Asima was momentarily stumped.


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[Assistant] She wanted to refute the accusation but did not know where to begin. To me, this is simply cowardice.


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[Assistant] That's why you sided with the Bloodfang Association under pressure from the church and further on, it was because of this sketchy relationship that you felt outraged by the destruction of Heidi Morgan. Yet you have no guts to stand up against an extraordinary. Nightingale shrugged.


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[Assistant] It's indeed true that I'm unclear about the matter between Bloodfang Association and Sleeping Island, but the members of Bloodfang Association, who are in Neverwinter now, certainly know better. Do you really think Heidi regarded you as sisters? Nightingale. Enough. Wendy Hollard.


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[Assistant] When I travel to a foreign land, I'll also seek to draw support from the locals. Your abilities were of great help to them.


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[Assistant] If they didn't destroy the ears and eyes of the church, more and more people would track and encircle them. You just happen to be in the right place at the right time.


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[Assistant] Let me just ask, if Heidi was really friendly to you, did she inform you about her plotting and sleeping island to overthrow Tilly? Azima bit her lips tightly.


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[Assistant] If you truly want to prove your resolve, then you should get started with the most basic things.


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[Assistant] You can find a pack of excuses if you are living on your own deserted island, but over here, Sleeping Spell may be unable to restrain you any further.


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[Assistant] Nightingale gave Wendy a Blythe smirk before disappearing in front of everyone.


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[Assistant] She's always this straightforward, but like I said, she has no malice. Wendy hastily apologized. You don't have to take her words to heart.


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[Assistant] If you break off from the sleeping spell, your situation will be much tougher than now.


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[Assistant] However, none of the witches could speak a word, especially Azima, whose expression seemed exceptionally unpleasant.


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[Assistant] The heaving of her chest revealed that she was in a highly intense state of mind.


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[Assistant] Had it been a regular mockery, she might have been able to laugh it off, or perhaps even protested and argued against it.


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[Assistant] Unfortunately, Nightingale's words left her completely speechless.


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[Assistant] Aside from the accusation of cowardice, the other words were like nails that pierced into her heart.


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[Assistant] When they were still wandering about the eastern region, all of them worked very hard for survival.


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[Assistant] Holding a copper sheet in one hand, she would tirelessly search, like a dirty little rat, for dropped bronze royals and exchange them for bread and other food products.


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[Assistant] This would be sufficient for her to live in any city or town had she been on her own.


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[Assistant] The problem was that she had a large number of companions to take care of.


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[Assistant] On days when the yield was insufficient, they would be forced to bear the hunger.


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[Assistant] Asima was adamant that she was not a coward, or else she would never have had the courage to leave home and venture into unknown territories on her own.


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[Assistant] Similarly, it wouldn't have been possible for her to acquaint with so many companions and become their leader. But Nightingale was absolutely right.


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[Assistant] Ever since her group met the Bloodfang Association, they began to gradually lose their independent spirit.


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[Assistant] After all, compared to picking up scraps to sustain a living, it was much faster for these combat witches to act directly against the rats.


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[Assistant] If luck was good, they could snag in one day as much money as she did in half a month of toil.


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[Assistant] And it was only when passing through wild and uninhabited areas that our guidance was needed.


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[Assistant] The immense fighting capacity of the Bloodfang Association provided them with a guarantee of safety.


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[Assistant] She no longer needed to worry whether she had enough bronze royals to purchase the necessary food or to afford the escort of a caravan.


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[Assistant] This situation did not change even after they joined the large forces.


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[Assistant] After a long time, Azima finally gritted her teeth and spoke. How tough will it be?


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[Assistant] I don't know the precise amount of money that Sleeping Spell will distribute for living expenses, but it shouldn't be any lower than that of the Witch Union.


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[Assistant] That means at least one gold royal per month, which is four to five times that given to a normal person. Wendy replied with an anxious look.


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[Assistant] This money can be used for food and accommodation, but there won't be much for luxury.


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[Assistant] Most importantly, even if you leave Sleeping Spell, the Witch Union will temporarily be unable to take you in. The reason is simple.


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[Assistant] His majesty doesn't want there to be a rift between the witch union and sleeping spell, and this sort of thing will easily lead to misunderstandings. Is that it?


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[Assistant] Asima snapped indignantly 20 silver royals per month for each person. That means 120 silver royals in total. Does she really think I can't manage that on my own? That's not funny. I'm not a girl of noble birth.


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[Assistant] I've rummaged sewers and garbage dumps all for a little bit of food. How can I be fazed by a little hardship like this? This is absolutely nothing. I'll show you, Nightingale. I know you're still here. Miss Azima.


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[Assistant] Wendy was about to attempt another round of persuasion, but was held back by Doris.


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[Assistant] I know that you mean well for us, but I also feel that what we've done has been a little too much.


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[Assistant] I feel red-faced after that telling off from Miss Nightingale.


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[Assistant] She embarrassedly touched her reddish cheeks and spoke in a soft voice.


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[Assistant] Perhaps Heidi Morgan was like what she said and never took us seriously, but we cannot continue on like this. I support Azima's decision this time. Me too. If Azima's a coward, then what are we? Me too. Everyone nodded their heads in unison. I've decided that I want to leave Sleeping Spell. And I won't just make enough for survival. I'll eventually return all that I owe to them. Azima bellowed at all corners of the room.


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[Assistant] Wendy sighed and remained silent for some time before replying. Since you've decided, I'll explain it to her highness Tilly.


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[Assistant] I'll also try my best to get his majesty to maintain your special allowance.


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[Assistant] This way, when you accept the witch's recruitment, you'll also receive an extra portion of money which will make life a lot easier. Azima turned her curtly. Do as you like.


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[Assistant] Wendy let out an uncontrollable sigh as she walked out of the residential area What's the problem? Nightingale's voice was heard from behind her


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[Assistant] Nothing, I just feel a little ashamed suddenly, she muttered. I'm not what they think.


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[Assistant] My desired outcome is for them to work for His Majesty Roland. But you still did it this way, didn't you? Because you know that this would be better for everyone.


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[Assistant] Instead of using reason, it's much more effective to hit them hard until they wake up.


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[Assistant] There are some even more stubborn people who only repent when death stares them in the face. I guess enlisting your help was indeed the right decision.


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[Assistant] You completely silenced a person who dared to express her discontent directly to Tilly. Truly the shadow killer who awed King City. I simply followed your plan. Nightingale puckered her lips. All I did was make my tone a little meaner. Well, your tone was the key, Wendy exclaimed. I probably sweated a little on her behalf. I wasn't just acting when I shouted enough.


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[Assistant] If I were her, I probably would have come to the same decision. Wait, why don't I see this to be a compliment? Nightingale grumbled. Of course it's a compliment. A few chaos drinks shall prove that. Wendy laughed and held Nightingale's hand.


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[Assistant] Let's exchange ten dollars for some drinks tonight, shall we? Alright, I believe you.


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[Assistant] After reading through Wendy's report, Roland could finally feel assured.


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[Assistant] Most of the Sleeping Island witches had accepted recruitment, and the minority groups did not cause too much trouble. Everything was shaping up like he had hoped.


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[Assistant] If the progress in this matter was smooth, there would soon be witches in each and every production industry.


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[Assistant] Everywhere that people went, they would be able to see the figures of these young and beautiful women, which could be said to form the unique and unparalleled landscape of Neverwinter.


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[Assistant] More importantly, the addition of more than 70 new witches would be a significant boost to the overall industry of Neverwinter. Just thinking about it filled him with hope. Right at this moment, the telephone on his desk rang. The signal was from the city hall.


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[Assistant] He picked up the phone and heard Barov's voice on the other end.


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[Assistant] Your Majesty, the Fjords Explorer, Sander Flyingbirds, fleet has arrived in the shallow port.


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[Assistant] Describe the go-home edition of Monday Night Raw before we get into Survivor Series this weekend. A polite way to describe it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I mean I put Lackluster on the thumbnail, Bland, in the title. I didn't want to say boring, because the uhm, some of the wrestling were good. So I don't want to say boring.


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[Assistant] If this is your first time here, press that little thumbs up button. Of course, I am Luke Owen, D.A.D.


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[Assistant] You're Jam That Jampion, everyone! It's so bright in here! You're Jam That Jampion. I did win the title off of Tempest at full gear. You did, you did, you did. Thank you, Jamie Hater, who basically won the belt for me. We are both champions now. Well, I mean, Jamie's interim.


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[Assistant] I'm actually, I'm actually a real 100% yes. There are no injuries here. People said that picking Jamie Hayter to beat Tony Storm was a hell merry choice. I was like nope, it was the only choice.


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[Assistant] So yea, Jamie Hay to one minute, and Samoa Joe to a lesser extent. But I'm also joined by of course the Professor Dan Layton. Thank you so much for joining us today. You can get your thoughts, get in your praise for me as your Jam That Jam, if you'd like to, to WrestleTalk.com forward slash support.


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[Assistant] I'm also kidding as well, I don't know how to be a good girl when I'm the champion. No, you do your best. I do, I just do my best. Yeah, exactly, that's what you can ask. Which is not what Triple H did on this episode of Raw. No it is not. Boom, what a segue. This, what, okay, so this, all of my ire.


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[Assistant] Towards this lackluster build towards Survivor Series is targeted towards this main event segment, the women's stuff here.


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[Assistant] Where my eye towards this lies, it wasn't that the promos had no effort in them whatsoever.


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[Assistant] Raw storyline with the Raw wrestlers who are all fighting towards becoming the Raw Women's Champion have one storyline which is who is the fifth member of this team on Raw going up against this other team on Raw and you will find out that answer


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[Assistant] By tuning into Smackdown on Friday. But, but, uh, uh, that was good.


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[Assistant] This year's Roar- Wait, you got heat from the internet wrestling community. Oh, I know. So the Roar after Mania this year.


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[Assistant] Roman Reigns had just won both the WWE and Universal Championships. He was gonna be coming out as a dual champion. The whole show, every 20 minutes, Roman's gonna be counting this promo. Gotta stick around, Roman's counting a promo. Stick around, main event, Roman Reigns is counting a promo.


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[Assistant] Roman then does his 10 minute entrance, he comes out and says, Hey y'all, I'll tell you what my next steps are on SmackDown.


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[Assistant] And I was like, so we spent the entire show building to an advert for me to watch smackdown. You've given me nothing in this segment and you're just telling me to watch another show in a few days time. That is a terrible, terrible storytelling and a waste of my time. I just can't fathom why this raw storyline


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[Assistant] The main event of the show was Asuka vs Rhea Ripley, the winner of which will get the advantage for their team going into war games. Standard stuff, I like it, also the heel one, so they've got the dynamic right.


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[Assistant] Good job, because they tried it in NXT last year, where the Babyface team had the advantage, and it does not work. No, it shouldn't happen. The only way you can do wargames is if the baddies start and have the advantage.


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[Assistant] No, exactly. So yea, the good guys should always be at the disadvantage in war games. Also, WWE have got a day out bad at explaining war games. You're like, Kevin Patrick trying to explain these rules is awful.


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[Assistant] But uh, Asuka, who is having the singles match here. Yep.


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[Assistant] I was like, you are really and friend in this scenario. So she came out with Alexa Bliss, who looks bored off her tits and fist storyline.


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[Assistant] Ria Ripley was available to come out for her sake, but that's beside the bar. So the three of them standing in the ring are the original Bel Air and Friends.


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[Assistant] And Bianca says, we've got a fifth person, it's good. But we'll tell you on Friday.


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[Assistant] The rumour mill is, you know, there are people who are speculating it could be Sasha, particularly because it's in Boston. Boston. Boston. Boston. On. Park your car in the Harvard Yard, Sasha Banks. On, on Saturday. So, that's where Banks is from. The rumour mill from 5-4 Select is that it's Becky Lynch.


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[Assistant] So they're gonna bring him out on Friday, whoever it is. Why on Friday? I've no idea when this is a raw storyline. Asuka and Ripley had a match, it was good. And Ripley won with the Riptides. Clean. Clean.


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[Assistant] As a whistle, even though both teams were at ringside, and then you'll never guess what they did. Oh, they only went and had a bloody brawl, didn't they? Oh, didn't they just? They really did. You know, you know the ending to almost every episode of Raw since the summer, since this whole thing began at SummerSlam? They had another one of them. They only had a brawl. Oh.


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[Assistant] And didn't they brawl? We better put these on cages.


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[Assistant] They'll brawl everywhere. I saw, I saw Io and Asuka did a bit of brawling. They did some brawling. They did some brawling. I saw Bianca and Bayley. They were brawling.


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[Assistant] Just going back through my notes actually, and I had this while I was writing my review as well. Not a lot happened on this show. No it didn't Luke! And yet... Oh man. Anyway, we'll get into it.


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[Assistant] And, uh, so my big takeaway from this show is that raw is inconsequential.


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[Assistant] Raw is unimportant. Raw is second place, second best, second fiddle. Everything is so focused on Smackdown. And I get it. Smackdown is the biggest show. Smackdown is the A show. It's on the bigger network. It gets the bigger audience. It gets in some cases, well, it's not, it's like almost half of what


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[Assistant] Almost, it's not double, it's like a quarter of more of what Raw gets. Raw gets like 1.5, 1.6. Smackdown gets 2, 2.1, 2.2. So, Smackdown is the biggest show.


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[Assistant] But Smackdown's also got like all of your hot things at the moment. It's got the Bloodline, it's got Bray, it's got the Brawling Brutes, it's got Imperium, it's got all of the belts. And so like, you're looking at Smackdown, it's got Ronda Rousey, and then you look at Raw, and it's like, oh, Raw's got nothing going for it at the moment.


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[Assistant] But they just keep telling us that SmackDown is the only one that's worth watching.


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[Assistant] Why am I supposed to care? Here's my other big thing. When I was thinking about this, Raw has only got four storylines at the moment. So it's got Bianca Belair and Friends vs. Damage Control, Seth and the US Title, OC vs. Judgement Day, and Miz and Loomis.


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[Assistant] As far as I'm aware, correct me if I'm wrong, those are the only four big storylines that are going on in the world.


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[Assistant] Bianca Beller and Friends vs Damage Control, Loomis and Miz, OC and Judgement Day, and Seth with the US title. We have an element of Matt Riddle.


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[Assistant] Or, you know, maybe you can now add all Baron Corbin versus Akira Tozawa.


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[Assistant] That's a, it's a three hour show, and then you look across to SmackDown, SmackDown's got like, so much going on with it, and so much like, so much action and drama, and there's an hour or less of it.


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[Assistant] These are, these are baggy shows. Bear in mind that this only had one, two, three, four, I mean to say five matches and then the Amos squash.


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[Assistant] For me, it'd exacerbate the problem that raw doesn't matter at the moment.


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[Assistant] While I agree with you, and we said this on the podcast, Raw has been a good show. And I said this in my editing review, a thousand times better than what it was earlier this year. So you can't take that away from it, but it is not without fault. And


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[Assistant] It is a show without a purpose. Yeah. Smackdown is riddled with purpose and a reason to tune in. Raw is can't, Raw should be can't miss. At the moment it's can miss. This is, that, that, that's it. It's just like.


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[Assistant] I would also, in, you know, to kind of retract my statement I made earlier as well about, uhm,


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[Assistant] Not great, but let's get into your Ultra Chats and see what you thought of this episode of Raw. In particular, the fact that it was a lackluster go-home show for Survivor Series. Also, thank you to everyone who has said that there is a delicious irony in me talking about how SmackDown is the number one show.


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[Assistant] Here's the problem with that though. Yea, Seth Rollins cut a promo, but it wasn't, didn't feel like he was on this show. That's so boring.


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[Assistant] And it was just a fine little thing. I agree with you that the Seth and Austin stuff was good last week, but there was no real good follow up to it this week.


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[Assistant] And like, you know, Balor and AJ are having a match on, uh, the pay-per-you this weekend. Balor and his team lost on this show and they just brawled with AJ. I didn't really feel like that was the big go-home angle to build their singles.


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[Assistant] Kevin continues, also I want to thank you for creating this community. Y'all are great and I hope the best for you. I'll stop watching shows live and also chatting for a while because of work. It's a financial decision. Keep being great. Much love to you all. Mwah. We love you Kevin.


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[Assistant] I mean, in fairness, that water bottle up there is a pro wrestling e-bit of merchandise.


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[Assistant] Uh, and Gabriel Rez has been at Memberg for 16 months in a row. He said they booed Bianca for delaying until Friday. Bittersweet day. Last show I can watch live with my new job. Catch you on VODU Legends. Well, Gabriel, thank you so much and thank you for being in Memberg as well.


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[Assistant] Thank you so much for tuning in. If you haven't already, please do press the thumbs up button. Do you know what it's called? Luke Owen. Grand D.A.D.


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[Assistant] No, but if you were to like, in on a Whatsapp, you can-


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[Assistant] No, because I've got, if I'm after one specifically, like I'm after, you know, crying, it brings up all the crime. They have names.


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[Assistant] Kevin Owens opened up this episode of Raw after making his big return to WWE on Smackdown. And interestingly he said that he's not doing war games because of Sami Zayn. Yes. He's instead doing it because he wants to get his hands on Roman and dethrone him because he should have dethroned him two years ago.


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[Assistant] So I thought that was interesting because that was like the big tease from Smackdown was that showdown between Kevin and Sami and everyone thought that's the direction we're going in. But according to Owens himself...


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[Assistant] And I think that is an interesting wrinkle because I think that Seamus is clearly gunning for a title shot as well. So that might actually cause some internal conflict.


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[Assistant] Between, uh, Autobots as they go up the Decepticons.


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[Assistant] I don't know, I like Kevin's promo here. Uh, I actually, what really got me? One point you went for a sit down Luke.


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[Assistant] The thing that got me going here, the thing that got me burning, you know, I watched the show at 6 AM. Right. So I'm a bit bleary eyed. Kevin Owens music is, I'm more, you know, a bit of a wake up. Kevin Owens has the best music. Bit of sweet coffee.


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[Assistant] Yeah, basically, since Triple H took over, he's like, no, you're just price fighting, Kevin O'Neill. And you're bringing back your property.


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[Assistant] Yeah. Got his NXT too. That one spotted. Yeah. And so Kevin knows music at all.


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[Assistant] The eye, the eye. Less bleary eyed now, swig of coffee for the working man.


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[Assistant] Shame they're all SmackDown guys, but like they actually feel like genuine stars on this show and no one else on Raw does. Absolutely. And I was about to be like, oh, and then the judgment.


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[Assistant] I was like, oh, my boys, here's our guys. Yeah. Raw time. This is a raw talent coming out. You got to show these smackdown schmucks. Schmuck down. You're in our house now. You're in our house now. And unfortunately they made them look like absolute Gipronis. Absolute. Spooky jobbers are back.


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[Assistant] It's like, wait, Vin, come here to me. You're a plastic patty, aren't you? And he was just a lot of this and then Vin didn't really know what to say. And he was like,


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[Assistant] Poor Kev. There was a point when Corey Graves said, sorry Kev, I'll do the line for ya.


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[Assistant] This feels like what the old Raw versus Smackdown dream matches were supposed to feel like, but never quite did. I was genuinely like, oh awesome, what a cool match this will be. Didn't really think in my mind, I was like, oh yea, but one of the teams has got to win, and that's the team that's going into the pay-per-view in WarGames in the main event, so yea, the Brawling Brutes are going to win here.


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[Assistant] Captain Positive on this segment, because this was the one thing on the show that I really, really, really did like. It's there in black and white. I bloody loved Dominik Mysterio in this match.


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[Assistant] That's what we were waiting to see, was Dom alone in the ring with Shamers. And Dom's like, uh oh, I've got no one to hide behind now.


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[Assistant] Bro kick, one, two, three, mwah, chef's kiss. I loved it. I had a great, great time with this. Sucks to see my boys lose.


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[Assistant] Uhm, particularly because they've also got a hot angle going into Survivor series, guys, so I don't think I'd be having them taking big L's before the pay per view to-


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[Assistant] I mean, yeah, I suppose you're right. He didn't take the pin. Yeah. But his group of losers did.


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[Assistant] But, Captain Positive. Yep. Swoops in. Thumbs up. Yes. Overall, this gives me, I give a this, a big thumbs up. Because I got to see the Brawling Breeds versus Judgement Day. Also got to see the Brawling Breeds on Raw. A team that feels like actual stars.


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[Assistant] So then Johnny Garganous, uh, gets interviewed by Cathy Kelly.


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[Assistant] He is gonna have a match with The Miz, and doesn't want Dexter involved. Gargano has new music.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I didn't even recognise it was a cover of Rebel Hearts.


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[Assistant] Uh, the Miz comes out and says he injured himself doing a TikTok.


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[Assistant] I think you had an actual ample opportunity to make a more cultural, a more time-sensitive reference and say, I broke my hand setting up a new profile on Hive.


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[Assistant] Oh, I see, because the audience for Aurora is 60 plus. Exactly. He's a heel because he's on TikTok. Oh, I see. I'm with you now. But he's got a worthy replacement for Johnny Gargano. It's a moss. It sure is. And a moss came out to zero reaction.


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[Assistant] And Amos won. And it was boring, clunky, slow, and, uh, Amos is, uh, terrible. I bless Johnny Gargano's cotton socks. Because he sure did try. He really did try here, but there is only so much one man can do.


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[Assistant] This is their first, this is their first, um, exposure to Johnny Gargana because they didn't watch NXT. It was an Ultra Chat last week, yea.


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[Assistant] Well, I think it was more he owns a cactus in California.


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[Assistant] Uh, Seth Rollins did a promo. They also announced it's gonna be a triple threat of Rollins, Lashley, and Theory for the US title, uh, at the Peppa View.


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[Assistant] He actually asked for this triple threat because he's got beef with both of them. And then theory cut a return program, which I thought was very, very good.


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[Assistant] Because he's got this new gimmick now, he's not doing the selfie anymore, he's not- he even says, I'm not doing the m- the youngest, this, that, and the other because that's a stupid gimmick and I'm moving past it.


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[Assistant] I thought this was a very, very good promo from, uh, Meman Austin Theory.


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[Assistant] Apparently, he made the Goonies reference wrong. He did say, Goonies never say die. And the Goonies never say die.


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[Assistant] I thought maybe I misheard him, but I thought it was almost on the money. If someone could get me what the direct quote is, we'll be able to clarify whether or not.


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[Assistant] He did get it wrong. Anyway, Mustafa Ali then took on Austin Theory. Uh, Theory is so far into this new character that he doesn't come out with a phone. He doesn't even have his Titan Tron of previous selfies. And his AR situation. He's literally now just


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[Assistant] I am Austin Theory. I'm a serious guy. I've got a beard now.


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[Assistant] Ali got quite a bit of offence in on this match, but Theory won with the A town down.


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[Assistant] And then lastly kind of promo in theory saying, I'm gonna come and get you right now.


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[Assistant] We came back from the ad break, and Lashley was a man of his word, and did so.


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[Assistant] Lashley comes out and says to us in theory,


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[Assistant] You suck because you uh, you couldn't, you cashed in money to the bank and you didn't win. And theory's response to that was like, well you suck, Brock Lesnar beat you.


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[Assistant] So apparently, uh, Roland said in his promo, unlike the Goonies.


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[Assistant] Uhm, yeaah, and then, oh man, poor Ali. So.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that joke landed. And uhm, theory hit Lashley with a chair that he no sold, and then theory ran away, which I thought was massively out of character for this brand new Austin theory. That's the sort of thing that the old Austin theory would have done. And anyway, he runs into the back, runs into Mustafa Ali. Mustafa Ali then gets thrown into Bobby Lashley. Mustafa Ali then looks at Bobby Lashley and said, what are you doing, bud? And I was like,


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[Assistant] Yeah, like, the, the, his, uh, it really did feel like, uh, your push has come to an end. Yeah. Yeah. You didn't get over, sorry bud. We did try for a handful of weeks, but it didn't work. And, uh, yeah, now you've just been beaten up by, by, uh, Bobby Lashley. I really felt bad for him. Yeah.


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[Assistant] Uh, speaking of ice cold, until the end of course, Alpha Academy took on Wish.com RKBro of Matt Riddle and Elias. Elias got a hot tag, and this crowd went deathly silent.


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[Assistant] They even booed when Matt Riddle kicked out of Otis' finish. Did they? I didn't hear that. Yea, and they went BOO. I guess like, this match is still going on. Thankfully.


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[Assistant] The match then kicked up a gear, got into its final third, everyone got in, did their big moves, and the crowd then chanted a very lightly, this is awesome. And Matt Riddle hit a floating bro for the win, so...


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[Assistant] Yes, uh, and I don't know what you do with the next.


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[Assistant] Gotta put the vacuum on, so I don't need to hear it, because I've got the vacuum going.


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[Assistant] There's nothing to hear. Corey Graves be like, yeah, Kev, it's your line, mate. Yeah.


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[Assistant] I can't believe we're at this. Yea, this is basically the last thing to talk about. Corbin and JBO were playing poker backstage. Drew walked up.


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[Assistant] Uh, they made fun of Scotland not being in the World Cup. Maybe it's for the best.


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[Assistant] And then Drew, uh, said that him and Corbin are gonna have a match. Uh, Drew respects his elders, so he didn't hit JBL, but he does not respect Corbin, so he slapped him across the face. And then we got-


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[Assistant] And I actually really like- I love Drew. And I love this line of like, respect me elders, and I don't respect ye.


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[Assistant] Back to my amateur dramatic days. Where I was once in a play.


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[Assistant] Um, which was a series of like, uh, monologues and duologues and sort of like mini scenes about- So a play. Well no, it wasn't because it was like individual things.


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[Assistant] Yeah, so it wasn't like an overarching narrative. Gotcha. Uhm, and it was about what it was like to be a teenager in the late 90s, early 2000s.


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[Assistant] Which I, which I was, and it, and it was, I think it was in 2001 maybe, maybe in 2000 that we did this. So it was like, you know, what's it like to be a teenager now?


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[Assistant] Yeah, I must have been like 15 or so. And uhm, so one of these things that we did, I can't remember much else about this but we did a scene about the text messages that you received.


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[Assistant] And the way that we broke up people walking to the front of the stage to read out the text message that they were as part of the scene was we did a dance to that, to...


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[Assistant] Yes. I thought you'd appreciate it. I can't, unfortunately I can't remember. The only scene I really remember doing is I did a monologue of a guy going into the bathroom at a club.


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[Assistant] Oh, if we could do a livestream reaction to my stage plays I did when I was a teenager, because some of them were diabolically bad.


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[Assistant] I've got a couple of scenes actually in, um, the, the Twilight Zone anthology series that me and my friends did in 20, 2009, 2010. That's how I met my wife. Lovely. Um, and I also have, uh, I'm one of the zombies in the zombie movie that I made, uh, the good, the bad and the undead. So I have done other performances.


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[Assistant] A little window into Teenage Luke as he trod the boards, so to speak.


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[Assistant] Collage posters. There's Jordan, there's Jerry Halliwell, and there's Street Fighter.


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[Assistant] No, no, no. The conversation went, you said David Beckham was my hero because he married a Spice Girl. And he married my favourite Spice Girl. And I said he married the most boring Spice Girl. Incorrect. And you said, I bet you're a Jerry man. And everyone else in the room said, of course we're Jerry man, he's the best one. Right. No, wrong. She had the best solo career.


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[Assistant] And I was told on commentary this was a rematch from Wrestlemania and I do not remember these two. I forgot. I do not remember these two having a match at Wrestlemania. No. Do not at all.


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[Assistant] It was, uh, another good example of... I've written my notes here. This is actually a good example of the good the Triple H has done. And so this does feel like two genuine stars having a big match. When I was watching that I was like, well, Baron Corbin's getting a


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[Assistant] And then, um, Akira Tozawa, from Out of Nowhere.


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[Assistant] He did, and he's in his original gear, he's ditched, he's ditched the Vince McMahonisms, and he's now Akira Tazara again.


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[Assistant] Excuse me, he stole JBL's hat, that distracted Baron Corbin, Andrew hit the claymore, and he won.


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[Assistant] Yep, and then the very last thing is the OC did an interview which broke down into a huge brawl, uh, with the Judgement Day.


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[Assistant] Sure wish that it was, uh, OC versus Judgment Day at Survivor Series, because I'd actually be into that more. Um, we've been, those are breadcrumbs. We've been given that. Yeah, absolutely. I'd have been, I'd have been really into that. I also wish I could have seen this brawl, uh, but the camera work was...


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[Assistant] And it was lots of crash zooms. Yep. By, uh, by Kevin Dunn.


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[Assistant] But I don't think that I am. Kyle here, I was born in 2004. What's a spicy girl? Kyle.


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[Assistant] Highlight again, this is the problem with Miriam and Rhea Ripley being in War Games. Their story is not in War Games. Their story is elsewhere. Their story is with OC and Judgment Day.


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[Assistant] That's sort of like accidentally being forced into this. It's shoehorned. It's shoehorned into this damage control hole. And I don't think that's really working.


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[Assistant] Unfortunately, I, I mean, I thought this was a, like a three out of five episode of Raw. I didn't think it was that bad. I, you know, thinking about it now, it's probably more two out of five, but, um, I'm, I don't want to make people angry on RestorMainChannel, so I said three. Um, but yeah, I thought I...


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[Assistant] Unfortunately, I just feel like not enough on Raw matters at the moment. Like not enough on Raw. I don't think there's enough care and attention being put on Raw. Like everything is being put onto SmackDown and I don't think that's fair because I don't get to review that one.


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[Assistant] Uhm, we have got some shoutouts to do for our wonderful Patreon Pledge Hammers. Let me find those fine folk in the podcast shoutouts. Uhm, hey, guess what tomorrow, Dan?


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[Assistant] It's Wednesday, you know what that means. It's a brand new upload for patreon.com forward slash WrestleTalk. It is in fact myself and Oli Davis reviewing Survivor Series 2003. It was a lot of fun to review.


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[Assistant] It is. It is a show that reeks of desperation from a company saying, please come back and watch our products. Look, look, look, Vincent Undertaker having a match. Look, Shane McMahon's on the card. Look, Austin's here. Barry DeLine. Remember those, don't you? And it is Vince McMahon. Bleeds an absolute


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[Assistant] Yasha in that Buried Alive match. It's amazing he finishes it. It's amazing he's still around. Actually genuinely, cause then he starts wrestling in dirt and it is not pretty. Um, but I cannot believe this match of the night.


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[Assistant] Shane McMahon vs Kane in an ambulance match. Ambulance? In an ambulance match. That's how John Cena says it because he's trying to rhyme ambulance and chance.


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[Assistant] He was bad at this. He just said words that rhymed in a vaguely rhythmic sense.


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[Assistant] Thank you so much for being our Patreon pledgehammers. There's loads of stuff over on Patreon.com forward slash rest of you to enjoy from the month of October, November in fact, uh, including a rest of behind the scenes where Ollie, Pete, um, Tempest and I,


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[Assistant] We talked about survival series and what it was like recording on a day. We go in depth on what it was like, how the show came together and all that sort of good stuff. So you go and check that out as well. Let's get into the rest of your options. Would you like to kick us off down?


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[Assistant] So, do you want to take back your Grand D.A.D.? Because it turns out I'm the only one here with my finger on the pulse.


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[Assistant] You are right as well because it's American. Judgment is spelt wrong.


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[Assistant] It's quite something. Seamus legit opened one of his Royal Rumble promos by going, how are you? Come here to me.


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[Assistant] Wrong. No, not wrong. Not wrong. Uh, 10Rosset said, lads, hope you're well. Dan, always with his infectious laughter. A great women's build was the NJP stardom show with Kyrie, a huge Wrestle Kingdom match for her. And also Omega Osprey, Wrestle Kingdom 17 looking damn fire. I was serious because TV is not good.


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[Assistant] Obviously they showed the best of 7 graphic, and it was very clear that January 4th was missing.


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[Assistant] Like, it's like every week apart from Jan 4th. And a lot of people, you know, I don't think it was a secret. Everyone was like, oh yea, Jan 4th isn't it? Someone even mentioned it in the media script and asked Tony Khan, why isn't there one on January 4th? Does that have anything to do with Wrestle King?


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[Assistant] I can't remember, I was with a kid, I was walking back from a Christmas market, so I finished the show at 6, oh 5, I then didn't finish work at 6, couldn't get a train until 25 to 9, so I got a train home, and then I went to a Christmas market with a kid and a wife,


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[Assistant] And then I walked home in a very sleepy state. And as I was walking home, I was thinking to myself, I bet you they're gonna have Omega there.


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[Assistant] Well, I, you know, on that note, the, I thought the ending angle was quite lackluster for the, um, you know, the women's war game match, but every one of those video promos with like the...


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[Assistant] With the Montreal Prelude mod, it sets you right before Survivor Series 97, so you have a bidding war for Bret Hart and fight with ratings and show quality. So I didn't play a lot of TEW, but I played


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[Assistant] I'll be honest with you, the reason why I have a tutu at university is partly down to...


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[Assistant] Anyway, thank you all so much for watching today. Thank you all so much for your amazing and generous ultra chats. Uh, please do press the subscribe button if you've made it this far. Press the thumbs up button before you do leave this video because it massively helps out this channel. Tell your friends about it as well because we wanna reach.


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[Assistant] As many people as we possibly can. Just like to make friends, really. We do like to make friends. Uh, there will be Survivor Series predictions here on the Restor Podcast channel tomorrow as Pete and Tempest will fight this weekend for the number one contendership for Royal Rumble. Oh, hella! It's that season!


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[Assistant] So yea, so they're going to be fighting for the number one contendership too. The gem that championship. There's no automatic rematch clause round here tempo. Uh, and then I will defeat whoever that is at the Royal Rumble. Although going by my previous track record, I won't. I'll just lose it back to whoever it is.


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[Assistant] Thank you buddy, I appreciate that. But until then, or actually on Thursday, Oli Davis and I will be doing the AEW review, which is now on the upswing of positivity again because...


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[Assistant] I'm just copying AW. But thank you so- I'm kidding. I'm kidding. Kind of. Thank you so much for watching. Jam that jam everyone!


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[Assistant] But that would be very nice. I can't really offer you anything, so...


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[Assistant] Yeah, a mini rifle can go strong. But now there can be a shot in the head.


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[Assistant] He died half a year after he had an overdose. A serious overdose.


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[Assistant] I stared at him, uncomprehending. What do you mean? You're a subject of the Crown as well, aren't you? How would you change such a thing?


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[Assistant] Scots law and English law are very similar, he said, frowning, but no the same.


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[Assistant] And an English officer cannot compel the person of a Scot.


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[Assistant] Unless he's firm evidence of a crime committed or grounds for serious suspicions.


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[Assistant] Even with suspicion, he could no remove a Scottish subject from clan lands without the permission of the Laird concerned. You've been talking to Ned Gowan, I said, beginning to feel a little dizzy again. He nodded. Aye, I have. I thought it might come to this, he came. And what he told me is what I thought myself.


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[Assistant] The only way I can legally refuse to give you to Randall is to change you from an Englishwoman into a Scot. Into a Scot? I said.


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[Assistant] The dazed feeling quickly being replaced by a horrible suspicion. This was confirmed by his next words. Aye, he said, nodding at my expression. You must marry a Scot, young Jimmy. I couldn't do that. Well, he frowned, considering. I suppose you could take Rupert instead.


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[Assistant] He's a widower, and he's the least of a small farm. Still, he's a good bit older, and...


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[Assistant] I don't want to marry Rupert either. That's the- the most absurd-


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[Assistant] Words failed me. Springing to my feet in agitation, I paced around the small clearing, fallen rowanberries crunching under my feet. Jamie's a goodly lad, Dougal argued, still sitting on the coping. He's not much in the way of property just now, true. But he's a kind-hearted lad. He'd not be cruel to you.


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[Assistant] And he's a bonny fighter, with very good reason to hate Randall. Nay. Marry him, and he'll fight to his last breath to protect you. But, but I can't marry anyone. I burst out. Dougal's eyes were suddenly sharp. Why not us? Do you have a husband living still? No. It's just- Oh, it's ridiculous. Such things don't happen.


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[Assistant] Dougal had relaxed when I said no. Now he glanced up at the sun and rose to go.


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[Assistant] Let's get moving, lass. There are things that we'll have to attend to.


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[Assistant] There'll have to be a special dispensation, he murmured as though to himself, but Ned can manage that. He took my arm, still muttering to himself. I wrenched it away. I will not marry anyone, I said firmly.


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[Assistant] He seemed undisturbed by this, merely raising his brows. You want me to take you to Randall? No! Something occurred to me.


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[Assistant] So at least you believe me when I say I'm not an English spy. I do know. He spoke with some emphasis. Why now, not before?


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[Assistant] He nodded at the spring and at the worn figure etched in the rock.


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[Assistant] The water smells of the fumes of hell. Anyone who drinks the water and then tells untruth will hear the gizzard burnt out of him. I see. I spoke between my teeth. Well my gizzard is quite intact.


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[Assistant] So you can believe me when I say I'm not a spy, English or French.


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[Assistant] He had already pushed his way through the bushes that screen the spring. Only a quivering oak branch marked his passage. Seething, I followed him.


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[Assistant] The first presidential debate is tomorrow night. More than a hundred million people could be watching two candidates whose campaigns have been defined less by questions about their policies than their ethics.


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[Assistant] If you are still somehow torn about which one to vote for, and are factoring their scandals into your decision, we thought it might help to spend tonight walking you through them. So let's start with Hillary Clinton, the woman who, if she loses, will sit there motionless not speaking until she eventually dies.


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[Assistant] Not being as bad as Donald Trump is a low bar to clear. And if you focus on nothing but him, you fail to vet a woman who might be president. And if you believe the internet, she's guilty of everything.


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[Assistant] Now, more than six years of investigations by three different prosecutors and multiple congressional committees failed to find sufficient evidence of wrongdoing. Then there was Benghazi. Now, eight congressional investigations


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[Assistant] Non-found evidence of wrongdoing by Clinton. And then, there is the problematic issue of the Swiss file transfer. And while yes,


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[Assistant] Investigators found Hillary was in Zurich at the time of the transfer, and documents show she was aware the transfer took place, and yes, the Clintons did have something to gain financially from it. The fact is, the Swiss file transfer is something I just made up right now.


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[Assistant] But many, but many rational people are still worried about two particular scandals. It turns out nearly half of all Americans are very concerned about both her emails and the Clinton Foundation. So let's start with the emails, which you may remember from their starring role at the Republican National Convention.


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[Assistant] Now that is a bad answer for a number of reasons. First, she says everything I did was permitted, which isn't remotely true. The use of a private email server would have required prior approval and she never asked for it. Then, she blames not being technically capable, which is a fine excuse for your dad when he accidentally texts you the letter Q ten times.


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[Assistant] So there have been exaggerations on both sides, and while she's since acknowledged that her use of the server was a mistake, the idea persists that it was a good deal more.


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[Assistant] So let's walk through what we actually know. Hillary claims this started due to a simple tech issue, because when she took office in 2009, department issued blackberries couldn't access two different email accounts.


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[Assistant] Hillary sent everything through a non-government address. It's a practice that's legal, but highly discouraged. Although she is by no means the only one.


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[Assistant] But, Hillary went much further than just having a private email. She had her own private server, and it wasn't just any old server.


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[Assistant] The private server wasn't the only way Hillary communicated. There was a separate official government system for classified information. Unfortunately, some emails sent to Hillary


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[Assistant] Did contain pieces of information that were classified in nature. The FBI found 113 such emails. Though, in fairness, only three of them had classification markers and were not in the header of the email as they should have been.


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[Assistant] And while the FBI found Clinton and her staff to be extremely careless, they said they couldn't find a case that would support bringing criminal charges. So it's not good...


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[Assistant] And to be fair, in 2008, the foundation tried to head this off by promising the Obama administration they'd not only disclose all donations, but also get advance approval for any coming from certain foreign governments. Which they did.


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[Assistant] But, a few slip through. There's one involving Algeria donating half a million dollars, although there's no proof that State Department policy was swayed as a result. More concerning is one involving Russia, which does sound bad.


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[Assistant] Basically, the Canadian chairman of the mining company that was eventually sold to Russia had also given money to the Clinton Foundation. But instead of doing it directly,


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[Assistant] He gave it through this Canadian affiliate, which didn't disclose his name because it didn't have to, because the affiliate wasn't actually included in that agreement the Clinton Foundation signed with the Obama administration. So neither the law nor the agreement were technically violated, though the spirit of the agreement definitely was. So again, this looks bad.


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[Assistant] Especially given that the State Department did sign off on the sale of that uranium mile to Russia. But!


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[Assistant] Not only was Hillary not involved in that decision, but eight other federal agencies plus the Nuclear Regulatory Commission also had to sign off, which they did. So this donation was legal, but very annoyingly handled. And any suggestion of...


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[Assistant] Pay for play fails to account for the separate actions of nine unrelated government agencies. Basically it's complicated.


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[Assistant] PolitiFact checked around the same number of statements from both of them over the years and found around 13% of Hillary's statements to be flatly false. But for Trump, that figure was a whopping 53%. Presumably, it's only that low because the rest of the time he was saying things like this.


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[Assistant] And if you're thinking, okay, Hillary may not lie as much as Trump, but she needs to be more transparent, that's fair enough. But bear in mind, we know almost nothing about Trump's finances, and that is not good. He's the first major party nominee since 1980 not to release his tax returns, and his justification is pathetic.


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[Assistant] And on top of Trump's personal tax records, there are unanswered questions about his business dealings. As many experts have pointed out, his investments, debts, and business ties span the globe and could present unprecedented ethical challenges for a president. Now traditionally, presidential candidates in that kind of situation


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[Assistant] Trump promised to put their financial holdings into a blind trust, where an independent trustee is given control over their investments. But when Trump was asked if he would do that as well, he seemed not to know what it meant.


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[Assistant] I'm talking about his charitable organization. The Washington Post has been investigating and has found, among other things, that Trump has not personally given it any money since 2008. And just this week, this story broke.


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[Assistant] Now, now what Trump did there would technically be legal as long as the portrait itself was put to some charitable purpose. Well, Univision found it, and it wasn't exactly in an orphanage.


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[Assistant] This campaign has been dominated by scandals, but it is dangerous to think that there is an equal number on both sides. And you can be irritated by some of Hillary's. That is understandable.


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[Assistant] Carlisle was not the only one who stayed calm. Centuries of experience in the emergency room was evident in his quiet, authoritative voice. Emmett, Rose, get Jasper outside.


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[Assistant] Unsmiling for once, Emmett nodded. Come on, Jasper. Jasper struggled against Emmett's unbreakable grasp, twisting around, reaching toward his brother with his bared teeth, his eyes still past reason.


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[Assistant] Edward's face was wider than bone as he wheeled to crouch over me, taking a clearly defensive position. A low, warning growl slid from between his clenched teeth. I could tell that he wasn't breathing.


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[Assistant] Rosalie, her divine face strangely smug, stepped in front of Jasper, keeping a careful distance from his teeth, and helped Emmett wrestle him through the glass door that Esme held open, one hand pressed over her mouth and nose.


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[Assistant] Esme's heart-shaped face was ashamed. I'm so sorry, Bella. She cried as she followed the others into the yard.


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[Assistant] Let me by, Edward, Carlisle murmured. A second passed and then Edward nodded slowly and relaxed his stance. Carlisle knelt beside me, leaning close to examine my arm. I could feel the shock frozen on my face and tried to compose it.


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[Assistant] Here Carlisle, Alice said, handing him a towel.


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[Assistant] Bella, Carlisle said softly, do you want me to drive you to the hospital? Or would you like me to take care of it here? Here please, I whispered. If you took me to the hospital, there would be no way to keep this from Charlie.


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[Assistant] I'll get your bag, Alice said. Let's take her to the kitchen table, Carlisle said to Edward. Edward lifted me effortlessly while Carlisle kept the pressure steady on my arm.


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[Assistant] Edward sat me gently into a chair, and Carlisle pulled up to another. He went to work at once. Edward stood over me, still protective, still not breathing.


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[Assistant] Just go, Edward." I sighed. I can handle it, he insisted. But his jaw was rigid, his eyes burned with the intensity of the thirst he fought. So much worse for him than it was for the others.


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[Assistant] You don't need to be a hero, I said. Carlyle can fix me up without your help. Get some fresh air.


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[Assistant] You might as well do something useful," Alice added. Edward's eyes narrowed as we ganged up on him, but finally he nodded once and sprinted smoothly through the kitchen's back door. I was sure he hadn't taken a breath since I'd sliced my finger.


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[Assistant] A numb, dead feeling was spreading through my arm. Though it erased the sting, it reminded me of the gash, and I watched Carlisle's face carefully to distract me from what his hands were doing. His hair gleamed in the gold, gleamed gold in the bright light as he bent over my arm.


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[Assistant] I could feel the faint stirrings of unease in the pit of my stomach, but I was determined not to let my usual squeamishness get the best of me. There was no pain now, just a gentle tugging sensation that I tried to ignore.


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[Assistant] No reason to get sick like a baby. If she hadn't been in my line of sight, I wouldn't have noticed Alice give up and steal out of the room. With a tiny, apologetic smile on her lips, she disappeared through the kitchen doorway. Well, that's every one I side. I can clear a room, at least.


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[Assistant] It's not your fault, Carlisle comforted me with a chuckle. It could happen to anyone. Could, I repeated. But it usually just happens to me. He laughed again.


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[Assistant] I couldn't find any trace of anxiety in his face. He worked with quick, sure movements. The only sound besides our quiet breathing was the soft plink plink as the tiny fragments of glass dropped one by one to the table.


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[Assistant] How can you do this? I demanded. Even Alice and Esme. I trailed off, shaking my head in wonder. Though the rest of them had given up the traditional diet of vampires, just as absolutely as Carlyle had.


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[Assistant] He was the only one who could bear the smell of my blood without suffering from the intense temptation. Clearly this was much more difficult than he had made it seem.


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[Assistant] Years and years of practice, he told me. I barely noticed the scent anymore.


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[Assistant] What is it that you enjoy? I wondered. It didn't make sense to me, the years of struggle and self-denial he must have spent to get to the point where he could endure this so easily.


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[Assistant] Besides, I wanted to keep him talking. The conversation kept my mind off the queasy feeling in my stomach. His dark eyes were calm and thoughtful as he answered. Hmm.


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[Assistant] What I enjoy the very most is when my enhanced abilities let me save someone who would otherwise have been lost. It's pleasant knowing that thanks to what I can do, some people's lives are better because I exist. Even the sense of smell is a useful diagnostic tool at times. One side of his mouth pulled up in a half smile.


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[Assistant] I mulled that over while he poked around, making sure all the glass splinters were gone. Then he rummaged in his bag for new tools, and I tried not to picture a needle and thread.


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[Assistant] You try very hard to make up for something that was never your fault, I suggested, while a new kind of tugging started at the edges of my skin. What I mean is, it's not like you asked for this. You didn't choose this kind of life, and yet you have to work so hard to be good.


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[Assistant] I don't know that I am making up for anything, he disagreed lightly. Like everything in life. I just had to decide what to do with what I was given.


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[Assistant] That makes it sound too easy. He examined my arm again. There, he said, snipping a thread. All done. He wiped an oversized q-tip, dripping with some syrup colored liquid, thoroughly across the operation site.


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[Assistant] The smell was strange. It made my head spin. The syrup stained my skin. In the beginning, though, I pressed while he taped another long piece of gauze securely in place, sealing it to my skin.


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[Assistant] Why did you even think to try a different way than the obvious one?


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[Assistant] His lips turned up in a private smile. Hasn't Edward told you this story? Yes, but I'm trying to understand what you were thinking.


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[Assistant] His face was suddenly serious again, and I wondered if his thoughts had gone to the same place that mine had, wondering what I would be thinking when I refused to think if it was me.


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[Assistant] You know my father was a clergyman, he mused as he cleaned the table carefully, rubbing everything down with wet gauze and then doing it again. The smell of alcohol burned in my nose.


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[Assistant] He had rather a harsh view of the world, which I was already beginning to question before the time that I changed.


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[Assistant] Carlisle put all the dirty gauze and the glass slivers into an empty crystal bowl. I didn't understand what he was doing, even when he lit the match. Then he threw it into the alcohol soaked fibers and the sudden blaze made me jump. Sorry, he apologized. That ought to do it.


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[Assistant] So I didn't agree with my father's particular brand of faith. But never in the nearly 400 years now since I was born have I ever seen anything to make me doubt whether God exists in some form or the other. Not even the reflection in the mirror.


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[Assistant] I pretended to examine the dressing on my arm to hide my surprise at the direction our conversation had taken.


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[Assistant] Religion was the last thing I expected, all things considered. My own life was fairly devoid of belief. Charlie considered himself a Lutheran, because that's what his parents had been, but Sundays he worshipped by the river with a fishing pole in his hand.


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[Assistant] Renee tried out a church now and then, but much like her beliefs, affairs with tennis, potter, yoga, and French classes, she moved on by the time I was aware of her newest fad.


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[Assistant] I'm sure all this sounds a little bizarre, coming from a vampire. He grinned, knowing how their casual use of their word never failed to shock me.


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[Assistant] But I'm hoping that there is still a point to this life, even for us. It's a long shot, I'll admit. He continued in an offhand voice. By all accounts, we are damned regardless, but I hope, maybe foolishly, that we'll get some measure of credit for trying.


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[Assistant] I don't think that's foolish, I mumbled. I couldn't imagine anyone, deity included, who wouldn't be impressed by Carlyle. Besides, the only kind of heaven I could appreciate would have to include Edward. And I don't think anyone else would either. Actually, you were the very first one to agree with me.


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[Assistant] The rest of them don't feel the same? I asked, surprised, thinking of only one person in particular. Karla, I'll guess the direction of my thoughts again.


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[Assistant] Edward's with me up to a point. God and heaven exist. And so does hell. But he doesn't believe there is an afterlife for our kind.


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[Assistant] Carlyle's voice was very soft. He stared out the big window over the sink into the darkness. You see, he thinks we've lost our souls.


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[Assistant] I immediately thought of Edward's words this afternoon. Unless you want to die, or whatever it is that we do. The light bulb flickered on over my head.


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[Assistant] That's the real problem, isn't it? I guessed. That's why he's being so difficult about me. Carlisle spoke slowly.


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[Assistant] I look at my son, his strength, his goodness, the brightness that shines out of him, and it only fuels that hope, that faith, more than ever. How could there not be more for one such as Edward? I nod at infirm agreement.


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[Assistant] But if I believed as he does, he looked down at me with unfathomable eyes. If you believed as he did, could you take away his soul?


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[Assistant] The way he phrased the question thwarted my answer. If he'd asked me whether I would risk my soul for Edward, the reply would be obvious. But would I risk Edward's soul? I pursed my lips unhappily. That wasn't a fair exchange.


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[Assistant] You see the problem. I shook my head, aware of the stubborn set of my chin, Carlisle's side. It's my choice, I insisted. It's his, too. He held up his hand when he could see that I was about to argue. Whether he is responsible for doing that to you.


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[Assistant] He's not the only one able to do it, I eyed Carlisle speculatively. He laughed, abruptly lightening the mood. Oh no, you are going to have to work this out with him. But then he sighed.


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[Assistant] That's the one part I can never be sure of. I think, in most other ways, that I've done the best I could with what I could have had to work with.


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[Assistant] But was it right to doom the others to this life? I can't decide.


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[Assistant] I didn't answer. I imagined what my life would be like if Carlisle had resisted the temptation to change his lonely existence and shuddered. It was Edward's mother who made up my mind. Carlisle's voice was almost whisper. He stared unseemly out the black windows.


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[Assistant] His mother? Whenever I'd asked Edward about his parents, he would merely say that they died long ago, and his memories were vague. I realized Carlyle's memory of them, despite the brevity of their contact, would be pretty perfectly clear.


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[Assistant] Yes, her name was Elizabeth. Elizabeth Mason. His father, Edward Senior, never regained consciousness in the hospital.


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[Assistant] He died in the first wave of the influenza, but Elizabeth was alert until almost the very end. Edward looks a great deal like her. She had the same strange bronze shade to her hair, and her eyes were exactly the same color green.


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[Assistant] His eyes were green. And remember trying to picture it? Yes. Carlisle's ochre eyes were a hundred years away now. Elizabeth worried obsessively over her son.


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[Assistant] She hurt her own chances of survival, trying to nurse him from her sickbed. I expected that he would go first. He was so much worse off than she was. When the end came for her, it was very quick. It was just after sunset and I'd arrived to relieve the doctors who'd been working all day.


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[Assistant] That was a hard time to pretend. There was so much work to be done and I had no need for rest. How I hated to go back to my house, to hide in the dark and pretend to sleep while so many were dying.


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[Assistant] I went to check Elizabeth and her son first. I had grown attached. Always a dangerous thing to do considering the fragile nature of humans. I could see at once that she'd taken a bad turn. The fever was raging out of control and her body was too weak to fight anymore.


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[Assistant] She didn't look weak, though, when she glared at me from her cot.


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[Assistant] Save him, she commanded me in the hoarse voice that was all her throat could manage.


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[Assistant] I'll do everything in my power, I promised her, taking her hand. The fever was so high, she probably couldn't tell how unnaturally cold mine felt. Everything felt cold to her skin.


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[Assistant] You must, she insisted, clutching at my hand with enough strength that I wondered if she couldn't, wouldn't pull through the crisis after all. Her eyes were hard, like stones, like emeralds. You must do everything in your power, what others cannot do. That is what you must do for my Edward.


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[Assistant] It frightened me. She looked at me with those piercing eyes and for one instant I felt certain that she knew my secret. Then the fever overwhelmed her and she never regained consciousness. She died within an hour of making her demand.


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[Assistant] Just one other creature who could really know me, rather than what I pretended to be. But I could never justify it to myself, doing what had been done to me.


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[Assistant] But then, Edward lay, dying. It was clear that he had only hours left. Beside him, his mother, her face, somehow not yet peaceful, not even in death.


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[Assistant] Carlisle saw it all again, his memory unblurred by the intervening sentry. I could see it clearly, too, as he spoke. The despair of the hospital, the overwhelming atmosphere of death, Edward burning with fever, his life slipping away with each tick of the clock. I shuddered again and forced the picture from my mind.


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[Assistant] Elizabeth's words echoed in my head. How could she guess what I could do? Could anyone really want that for her son?


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[Assistant] I looked at Edward. Sick as he was, he was still beautiful. There was something pure and good about his face. The kind of face I would have wanted my son to have.


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[Assistant] After all those years of indecision, I simply acted on a whim. I wheeled his mother to the morgue first, and then I came back for him. No one noticed that he was still breathing.


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[Assistant] There weren't enough hands, enough eyes, to keep track of half of what the patients needed. The morgue was empty, of the living, at least. I stole him out the back door and carried him across the rooftops back to my home.


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[Assistant] I wasn't sure what had to be done. I settled for recreating the wounds I'd received myself so many centuries earlier in London. I felt bad about that later. It was more painful and lingering than necessary.


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[Assistant] I wasn't sorry though. I've never been sorry that I saved Edward. He shook his head, coming back to the present. He smiled at me. I suppose I should take you home now.


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[Assistant] Carlisle can take me, I said. I looked down at my shirt. The light blue cotton was soaked and spotted with my blood. My right shoulder was covered in thick pink frosting.


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[Assistant] I'm fine. Edward's voice was unemotional. You'll need to change anyway. You'd give Charlie a heart attack the way you looked.


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[Assistant] I'll have Alice get you something. He strode out the kitchen door again. I looked at Carlisle anxiously. He's very upset. Yes, Carlisle agreed. Tonight is exactly the kind of thing that he fears the most. You being put in danger because of what we are. It's not his fault. It's not yours either.


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[Assistant] I'm already done. She smiled up at me. How do you feel? I'm fine, I assured her. Carlisle sews faster than any other doctor I've had. They both chuckled. Alice and Edward came in the back doors. Alice hurried to my side, but Edward hung back, his face indecipherable.


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[Assistant] Come on, Alice said, I'll get you something less macabre into wear.


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[Assistant] She found me a shirt of esmes that was close to the same color mine had been. Charlie wouldn't notice, I was sure. The long white bandage of my arm didn't look nearly as serious when I was no longer spattered in gore. Charlie was never surprised to see me bandaged.


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[Assistant] Yes, she kept her voice low too and looked at me curiously, her head cocked to the side. How bad is it? I couldn't be sure if my whispering was a wasted effort, even though we were upstairs with the door closed. Perhaps you could hear me, her face tense.


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[Assistant] I'm not sure yet. How's Jasper? She sighed. He's very unhappy with himself. It's all so much more of a challenge for him, and he hates feeling weak. It's not his fault. You'll tell him that I'm not mad at him. Not at all, won't you? Of course.


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[Assistant] Edward was waiting for me by the front door. As I got to the bottom of the staircase, he held it open without a word.


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[Assistant] Take your things, Alice cried as I walked warily toward Edward. She scooped up the two packages, one half opened, and my camera from under the piano, and pressed them into my good arm. You can thank me later when you've opened them.


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[Assistant] Esme and Carlyle both said quiet good night, said a quiet good night. I could see them stealing quick glances at their impassive son, much like I was.


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[Assistant] It was a relief to be outside. I hurried past the lanterns and the roses now unwelcome reminders.


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[Assistant] Edward kept pace with me silently. He opened the passenger side up for me, and I climbed in without complaint. On the dashboard was a big red ribbon stuck to the new stereo. I pulled it off, throwing it to the floor. As Edward slid into the other side, I kicked the ribbon under my seat.


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[Assistant] He didn't look at me or the stereo. Neither of us switched it on, and the silence was somehow intensified by the sudden thunder of the engine. He drove too fast down the dark, separatine lane. The silence was making me insane.


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[Assistant] Say something. I finally begged as he turned onto the freeway.


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[Assistant] What do you want me to say? He asked in a detached voice. I cringed at his remoteness. Tell me, forgive me. That brought a flicker of life to his face. A flicker of anger. Forgive you. For what? If I'd been more careful, nothing would have happened. Bella, you gave yourself a paper cut that hardly deserves the death penalty. It's still my fault.


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[Assistant] Mike Newton ended up in this conversation because Mike Newton would be a hell of a lot healthier for you to be with. He growled.


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[Assistant] I'd rather die than be with Mike Newton, I protested. I'd rather die than be with anyone but you. Don't be melodramatic, please.


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[Assistant] Well then, don't be, don't you be ridiculous. He didn't answer. He glared through the windshield, his expression black. I racked my brain for some way to salvage the evening. When he pulled up in front of my house, I still hadn't come up with anything. He killed the engine, but his hands stayed clenched around the steering wheel.


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[Assistant] You can't have it both ways. Either you want people to ignore your birthday or you don't. One or the other. His voice was stern, but not as serious as before. I breathe the silent sigh of relief. Okay, I've decided that I don't want you to ignore my birthday. I'll see you upstairs.


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[Assistant] I hopped out, reaching back in for my packages, he frowned. You don't have to take those.


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[Assistant] I want them, I responded automatically, and then wondered if he was using reverse psychology. No, you don't. Carlisle and Esme spent money on you. I'll live. I tucked the presents awkwardly under my good arm, and slammed the door behind me. He was out of the truck and by my side in less than a second.


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[Assistant] Let me carry them at least, he said as he took them away. I'll be in your room. I smiled. Thanks.


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[Assistant] Happy birthday, he sighed and leaned down to touch his lips to mine. I reached up on my toes to make the kiss last longer when he pulled away. He smiled my favorite crooked smile, and then he disappeared into the darkness. The game was still on.


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[Assistant] As soon as I walked through the front door I could hear the announcer rambling over the babble of the crowd.


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[Assistant] Bell? Charlie called. Hey dad, I said as I came around the corner. I held my arm close to my side. The slight pressure burned and I wrinkled my nose. The anesthetic was apparently losing its effectiveness.


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[Assistant] How was it? Charlie lounged across the sofa with his bare feet propped up on the arm. What was left of his curly brown hair was crushed flat on one side.


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[Assistant] Alice went overboard. Flowers, cake, candles, presents, the whole bit.


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[Assistant] I tripped. It's nothing. Bella. He sighed, shaking his head. Good night, dad. I hurried up to the bathroom where I kept my pajamas for just such nights as these. I shrugged into the matching tank top and cotton pants that I'd gotten to replace the holey sweats I used to wear to bed.


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[Assistant] Hi, he said. His voice was sad. He was wallowing. I went to the bed, pushed the presents out of his hands, and climbed into his lap.


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[Assistant] Hi. I snuggled into his stone chest. Can I open my presents now? Where did the enthusiasm come from? He wondered. He made me curious. I picked up the long flat rectangle that must have been from Carlisle and Esme.


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[Assistant] Allow me, he suggested. He took the gift from my hand and tore the silver paper off of one fluid movement. He handed the rectangular white box back to me.


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[Assistant] Are you sure I can handle lifting the lid? I muttered, but he ignored me. Inside the box was a long, thick piece of paper with an overwhelming amount of fine print. It took me a minute to get the gist of the information.


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[Assistant] We were going to Jacksonville, and I was excited, in spite of myself. It was a voucher for plane tickets, for both me and Edward. That's the idea. I can't believe it. Renee is going to flip.


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[Assistant] You don't mind though, do you? It's sunny, you'll have to stay inside all day. I think I can handle it, he said and then frowned.


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[Assistant] If I had had any idea that you would respond to a gift this appropriately, I would have made you open it in front of Carlisle and Esme. I thought you'd complain.


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[Assistant] Well, of course it's too much, but I, I get to take you with me. He chuckled. Now I wish I'd spent money on your present. I didn't realize that you were capable of being reasonable.


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[Assistant] I set the tickets aside and reached for his present. My curiosity rekindled. He took it from me and unwrapped it like the first one. He handed back a clear CD jewel case with a blank silver CD inside.


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[Assistant] What is it? I asked, perplexed. He didn't say anything. He took the CD and reached around me to put it in the CD player on the bedside table. He hit play, and we waited in silence. Then the music began. I listened, speechless and wide-eyed.


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[Assistant] I knew he was waiting for my reaction, but I couldn't talk.


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[Assistant] No, it's not my arm. It's beautiful, Edward. You couldn't have given me anything I would love more. I can't believe it. I shut up so I could listen. It was his music, his compositions. The first piece on the CD was my lullaby.


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[Assistant] I didn't think you would let me get a piano so I could play here for you.


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[Assistant] He explained, you were right. How does your arm feel? Just fine. Actually it was starting to blaze under the bandage. I wanted ice. I could have settled for his hand, but that would have given me away. I'll get you some Tylenol.


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[Assistant] I don't need anything, I protested, but he slid me off his lap and headed for the door.


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[Assistant] Charlie, I hissed. Charlie wasn't exactly aware that Edward frequently stayed over. In fact, he would have a stroke if that fact were brought to his attention.


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[Assistant] He had the glass from the bathroom and the bottle of pills in one hand.


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[Assistant] I took the pills he handed me without arguing. I knew I would lose the argument and my arm really was starting to bother me.


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[Assistant] It's late, Edward noted. He scooped me up off the bed with one arm and pulled the cover back with the other. He put me down with my head on my pillow and tucked the quilt around me. He lay down next to me on top of the blanket so I wouldn't get chilled and put his arm over me.


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[Assistant] I leaned my head against his shoulder and sighed happily. Thanks again, I whispered. You are welcome.


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[Assistant] It was quiet for a long moment as I listened to my lullaby drift to a close. Another song began. I recognized as May's favorite. What are you thinking about? I wondered in a whisper. He hesitated for a second before he could, he told me.


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[Assistant] I was thinking about right and wrong, actually. I felt a chill tingle along my spine. Remember how I decided that I wanted you to not ignore my birthday? I asked quickly, hoping it wasn't too clear that I was trying to distract him. Yes, he agreed wary.


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[Assistant] Well, I was thinking, since it's still my birthday, that I'd like you to kiss me again. You were greedy tonight. Yes, I am, but please don't do anything you don't want to do. I added pike


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[Assistant] He laughed and then sighed, heaven forbid that I should do anything I don't want to do. He said in a strangely desperate tone as he put his hand under my chin and pulled my face up to his. The kiss began much the same as usual. Edward was careful as ever, and my heart began to overreact like it always did. And then something seemed to change.


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[Assistant] Suddenly his lips became much more urgent. His free hand twisted into my hair and held my face securely to his. And though my hands tangled in his hair too, and though I was clearly beginning to cross his cautious lines, for once he didn't stop me.


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[Assistant] His body was cold through the thin quilt, but I crushed myself against him eagerly. When he stopped, it was abrupt. He pushed me away with gentle, firm hands.


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[Assistant] I collapse back into my pillow, gasping, my head spinning, someone tugged at my memory, elusive, something tugged at my memory, elusive, on the edges.


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[Assistant] Sorry, he said. He was breathless too. That was out of line.


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[Assistant] Fine, I agreed, snuggling closer to him. I really did feel exhausted. It had been a long day in so many ways, yet I felt no sense of relief at its end.


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[Assistant] Almost as if something worse was coming tomorrow. It was a silly premonition. What could be worse than today? Just the shock catching me with, catching up with me, no doubt.


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[Assistant] Trying to be sneaky about it, I pressed my injured arm against his shoulder so his cool skin would soothe the burning. It felt better at once.


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[Assistant] I was halfway asleep, maybe more, when I realized what his kiss had reminded me of. Last spring, when he'd had to leave me to throw James off my trail, a word kiss had kissed me goodbye, not knowing when or if we would see each other again.


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[Assistant] This kiss had the same almost painful edge for some reason I couldn't imagine. I shuddered into unconsciousness as if I were already having a nightmare.


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[Assistant] He painted it all on the walls of Arthur's house. It was all there, every bit of it.


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[Assistant] If he's well enough to paint, he's well enough to have come to Thanabar and save me this confounded work. I imagine my time is as valuable as his.


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[Assistant] Don't you see anything strange in your face? Don't you see the thickening of your features and the look? How shall I describe it? The books call it lion faced.


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[Assistant] My poor friend must I tell you that you have a terrible disease?


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[Assistant] When you look at yourself in the glass, you see the typical appearance of the leper.


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[Assistant] And the sickly sweet odor that surrounds the leper was almost overpowering. I went inside.


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[Assistant] It was as if I were present at the beginning of the world. It was a sort of garden of Eden.


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[Assistant] Good afternoon everyone and welcome to KHM Today, your weekly resource for industry news and straight up fun. I am your host Carolyn Orff and today is June 7th, 2023 and I'm so excited to be with you all today. Make sure you let us know that you're here by telling me hello in the public chat.


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[Assistant] We've got some really fun stuff for you guys today.


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[Assistant] Let's see, but let's start with some fun, fun news. So it's Pride Month, so don't forget to check out.


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[Assistant] Our travel agent tips, uhm, on LGBTQ plus travel. That's in the KHM YouTube channel. And you'll also see a poll this week, uhm, on our channel that we'd appreciate you participating in.


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[Assistant] Three Treasures Travel, the TTT. So good to see you. Uhm, it's wonderful that you guys are here today on this beautiful, well, I think it's beautiful. I'm working in my basement, so who knows.


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[Assistant] Uhm, but I'm so glad you guys are with us today. Before we get to our first guest, just a couple of quick travel news announcements. I don't know if you guys heard this.


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[Assistant] But Clear Reserve has a, is a new program through Clear. If you guys are familiar with that, through the airport. Uhm, it's a new program where you can reserve front of the line time slots with TSA.


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[Assistant] So you don't have to be a clear member. And recently they just added Denver and Minneapolis to the airport list. So now there's about 20 airports, uh, nationwide that have this option, actually internationally, Canada and Europe as well.


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[Assistant] And uhm, it's no additional costs, no fingerprinting, no eye scans. You just, uhm, sign up on Clear as Wet.


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[Assistant] You know security and all that sort of stuff and you still have to show your passport and boarding pass but it's like a reservation for


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[Assistant] Security, which is kind of neat. So if anyone gives that a try, let us know how it goes because I think this is kind of neat.


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[Assistant] Okay, now here's a really important one you guys. Hello Sam. Hello Ashley. Hello Carrie.


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[Assistant] Uhm, so great to see you guys. So here's a really important one. And I know, Carrie, you're heading to Estes Park. Guys, it's national park season. If you have clients traveling, let's just remind them that this is a national park, not a petting zoo.


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[Assistant] Buffalo, moose, deer, elk are not household pets and should not be pet.


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[Assistant] They need to be observed from a safe distance. So make sure if you are sending people to national parks, even on a guided tour, you're letting people know that this is uhm, this is


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[Assistant] Just the best way to do it. Stay in your car, stay a comfortable distance, especially if it's a mama and a baby. Uhm, you do not want to be charged by a buffalo and you certainly don't want to be charged by a moose. So.


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[Assistant] Uhm, you know, we think this is common sense, but unfortunately with the news reports lately, uhm, it's not always common sense. So make sure that you share these helpful tips with your clients.


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[Assistant] Let's see, we've got some comments here. Huh, okay. Uhm, nothing that has to do with national parks, but that's alright.


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[Assistant] Okay, so uhm, we're excited for our first guest cause he's never ever been here before. Please welcome Zach Caravetta, I hope I said that right, senior director of agency sales with one of our favorite cruise lines, Norwegian. Nice to see you.


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[Assistant] Well, I grew up with a very difficult name, so I try very hard to get it right. And I'm also very, when people say, oh, it doesn't matter, I always say, yes, it does matter because I grew up always having my name butchered.


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[Assistant] Uhm, Zach, before we play a little game to get to know you better, uhm, when you're at a national park, do you stay a safe distance away from buffaloes? I, I really do.


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[Assistant] So you laugh, but it, it, yeaah. Uhm, where I have a little place in the mountains, there are a lot of moose that wander around and we have to, they almost become your neighbors because you'll look up and all of a sudden they're there.


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[Assistant] And thankfully, you know, they, uhm, are used to humans, but you, you never know. They could become aggressive, especially when they're with the baby. Uhm, and with pets especially, you always have to make sure that they're on a leash because...


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[Assistant] It's only like eight to ten questions and they're really easy. They're, they're nothing to trip you up. Um, they're all just like about you. So it's not even like trivia for NCL. Um, so let's start with, um, what was your first job?


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[Assistant] I've never heard that one before. Uhm, what is your favorite breakfast?


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[Assistant] Yes, for those of you that don't live in Florida, that chili 70 to 70.