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[Assistant] The members of the Sand Nation troop selected by Brian were all from the small tribes that had relocated to Port of Clearwater.


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[Assistant] Unlike the big clans such as Wild Flame, those tribes were still concerned about the tribes left behind at the Oasis, even though they had chosen to live at Grey Castle.


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[Assistant] As these people were not politically involved, but still maintained a relationship with the desert, they were perfect for forming a local military power.


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[Assistant] They used old, outdated flintlocks as their weapons.


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[Assistant] Suddenly, outside the camp came the little pattering of feet. Stop there! The guard hollered. I'm Jottle from the ambush unit. I have something important to report to Mr. Commander. Let him in. Brian opened his eyes abruptly.


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[Assistant] The tenth flap was pulled open, and a man stumbled in, his face smeared with blood, all shaky and breathless.


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[Assistant] He sank to his knee, panting but his eyes were glinting with excitement. Sir, we won.


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[Assistant] Brian walked out of the tent and saw the victorious soldiers return one after another.


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[Assistant] Compared to how they had looked when they had marched for war, they now look no better than a bunch of refugees. They were all ragged and covered in blood. It was obvious that they had just returned from a fierce battle. The number of casualties was astonishing.


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[Assistant] Out of the two thousand soldiers that left, less than half were walking. All the horses and camels had been used to carry the wounded.


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[Assistant] Together with a few captured enemy soldiers, the group looked so beaten up that it did not look like a well-trained army at all. Nevertheless, their spirits were high. Everybody was excited about the victory.


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[Assistant] This was literally the first time that the small tribes were able to defeat the big clans of Ironsand City.


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[Assistant] Brian knew this past battle had made those hunters true soldiers.


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[Assistant] He was more pleased to see that the ambush team, although battered and disheveled, had followed his instructions that no soldier should abandon his weapons under any circumstances.


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[Assistant] Most of their water sacks and ration bags were gone, and some had even lost one of their shoes. But all of them still had their guns and swords.


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[Assistant] The First Army could not be stationed in the Southern Territory to protect San nations forever.


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[Assistant] They must be able to carry out Greycastle's policies among their tribesmen by themselves.


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[Assistant] Brian knew the King of Grey Castle wanted more than a simple implementation.


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[Assistant] He wanted more soldiers, more Magans to participate in the Battle of Divine Will.


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[Assistant] Now, these people were qualified to move on to the next step.


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[Assistant] Brian turned around in satisfaction and nodded a joddle. Tell me the details of the battle.


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[Assistant] It was a pretty straightforward battle, although it was full of errors and accidents.


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[Assistant] The initial plan was that the 2,000 strong army should be divided into two groups.


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[Assistant] One would sneak into Silver's stream oasis and advance to the north during the night to make an impression that they were planning to attack the Saline land.


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[Assistant] While the other would wait for the enemy in an uninhabited oasis at the end of the silver stream so that they could launch an ambush.


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[Assistant] Provoked by the smaller tribes, the wild wave and cut bone clans had soon dispatched an infantry of more than 800 people to pursue the traitors.


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[Assistant] Although there were many traitors, the two clans had not taken them seriously.


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[Assistant] In their opinion, this group were even weaker than the Watchdogs.


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[Assistant] As the battle had progressed, the enemy had soon been lured into the ambush. Everything had gone well up to this point. The baits were supposed to dismount and yield.


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[Assistant] They should have found an opportunity to disperse the horses once the enemy had dismounted as well. Then the ambush squad would have launched their attack.


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[Assistant] However, the group responsible for blocking the retreating path had set the fire too early.


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[Assistant] As the road had been ablaze, the enemy had realized something had gone wrong and started to retreat.


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[Assistant] Had they not prepared a large amount of black water beforehand, the enemy would have probably escaped. The battle then turned to chaos.


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[Assistant] The baits had drawn out their swords and flung themselves at the enemy, and so had the ambush team.


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[Assistant] Many people had used the flintlock just once, completely forgetting the loading and firing skills they had learned during training.


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[Assistant] In the end, they had resorted to their traditional combat method, a hand to hand fight.


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[Assistant] Like Brian had said, the people of the Sand Nation had weapons other than flintlocks.


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[Assistant] With the horses neighing and fires sizzling in the air, the withering, small oasis had become the location where the two parties had started an intense life and death struggle.


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[Assistant] One moment a soldier had lunged at a horse rider, and the next a horse had trampled a man.


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[Assistant] When two people tussled, teeth could also be a lethal weapon. The small tribes also had warriors.


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[Assistant] Since the people of the Sand Nation had started to learn how to cope with the harsh living conditions from the moment they had been born, almost everyone that had survived the venom of Sandworms or Scorpions possessed excellent combat skills.


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[Assistant] Indeed, there was no large difference between a member from a big clan and one from a small tribe in terms of individual physical strength. What those small tribes lacked was resources.


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[Assistant] Inadequate resources limited their ability to reproduce and expand.


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[Assistant] No warrior could defeat ten people at a time, no matter how strong he was.


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[Assistant] As long as the tribes remained small in size, it would be impossible for them to compete with the big clans. But now, they had what they needed. All the soldiers were from the Ten Silver River Clans.


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[Assistant] Since everyone shared the same food, wore the same clothes, slept on the same bed, and received the same training, they did not have to fight for resources.


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[Assistant] Now what they needed was simply the courage and determination to challenge the big clans in Ironsand City.


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[Assistant] The massacre of the small tribes committed by the wild wave and cut bone clans had encouraged them to stand up for themselves. The battle had lasted all night. The San Nation army had gained a tough victory.


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[Assistant] By the time the fires were quenched, the oasis was covered with blackened wood.


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[Assistant] Since all the trees were gone, the sand would soon drain the little water around this area, and silver stream would shrink further, exposing more oases to wind deflation. But the people of the Sand Nation would survive.


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[Assistant] The battle prelude the eventual disappearance of the Oasis, but it also pointed out the direction in which the people of the Sand Nation should head.


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[Assistant] After hearing Jowell's report, Brian walked up slowly to the returning soldiers. Good job.


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[Assistant] You should be proud of yourselves because you protected your people.


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[Assistant] This is a victory belonging to you, so you have the right to decide on how to deal with these captives.


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[Assistant] Brian's eyes met with the anxious ones of the people of the Sand Nation.


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[Assistant] He gave them a casual wave and they immediately understood what to do.


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[Assistant] With clanks and clatters, numerous swords were drawn out from their scabbards. Blood blossomed and soaked the coarse sand beneath their feet. The soldier's morale had reached its peak. But Iron Sand City still poses a threat to us.


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[Assistant] The wild wave and cut bone clans will still dispatch their troops to the interior of cyverse stream, so your tribesmen are still exposed to danger, Brian proclaimed.


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[Assistant] The chief has granted you the right to permanently live in the oasis, but the traders attempt to ruin everything. Tell me, what should you do?


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[Assistant] Take Iron Sand City and drive them out of Blackwater Swamp. Let them know the consequence of betraying the Chief. Commander, some of my friends are still in the Oasis. Please allow them to join us. And also my, my sisters.


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[Assistant] Gwels and Thuram stepped a few paces back involuntarily, shocked at the soldiers' reactions. Brian looked in the direction of Neverwinter.


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[Assistant] Your Majezi, we've shed the trader's blood, and I hope this will be a nice present for your coronation.


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[Assistant] The Majins who used to only care about themselves have started to work together.


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[Assistant] I believe that sooner or later, you will be able to take over Iron Sand City. But this was just the beginning.


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[Assistant] The entire southernmost region will eventually become a part of your territory. There will be nobody on this desert to challenge your authority. I hope you like my gift.


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[Assistant] Chapter 1034. Subtle hints at the ceremony.


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[Assistant] The coronation celebration lasted all day, from noon all the way through to the evening.


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[Assistant] The central square was saturated with the warm aroma of savory soup as it simmered in pots above the fire.


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[Assistant] Within the pots, a thick layer of spicy oils glaze the surface displaying the richness of the soup.


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[Assistant] As spices were still considered as luxuries in this era, the party attracted many civilians.


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[Assistant] Some people even brought jars and barrels, hoping that to bring some soup home to savor every drop of it later.


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[Assistant] City Hall was in charge of continuously adding water and broth into the pots.


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[Assistant] With each addition of chopped beef bones and sausages, the crowd would burst into loud cheers.


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[Assistant] People used to breathe gingerly during a long winter season for cold-represented death.


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[Assistant] But now, they could appreciate the snow drifting down from the sky and express their love for life without such fear. Because they knew there would be enough food to keep them warm.


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[Assistant] Everybody raised their cups in celebration of the new king while sending him their blessings.


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[Assistant] Sylvie turned around and watched the bustling castle hall. People here were also having a good time.


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[Assistant] There was plenty of delicious food, wine, music and laughter.


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[Assistant] The party became even more boisterous when Roland and Anna presented themselves in their wedding gowns.


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[Assistant] It was Sylvie's first time to see such a unique wedding gown.


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[Assistant] Completely different from the white dress the bride had worn on the chief night's wedding. The new one designed by Rowland was actually nothing like a nightgown.


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[Assistant] The dress was mainly in red and gold, with long sleeves and a full skirt.


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[Assistant] Its shoulder parts were ornamented with two patterned ribbons of intricate and elegant designs.


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[Assistant] Not many people could pull off such a bright color, but the dress was perfect for Anna.


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[Assistant] She was a genius fire controller and one of the most outstanding witches of this era.


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[Assistant] The bright red outfit made her look even more stunning whilst also making her display a gracious and queenly aura.


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[Assistant] Everybody raised their glasses, to which Roland and Anna returned a smile. It was a perfect party. But Sylvie was all tensed up. She had noticed something strange at the ceremony.


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[Assistant] As she had the Eye of Magic, she was obligated to detect anything out of character before anyone else and promptly notify the other guards.


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[Assistant] For things like a coronation ceremony, she had to make sure Roland was absolutely safe. Not only because he was Princess Tilly's brother, but also because it was her responsibility as a guard.


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[Assistant] Therefore, Sylvie had been extremely cautious, making sure that she did not miss anything.


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[Assistant] Each incident seemed insignificant if she looked at them separately.


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[Assistant] However, once she pieced them together, she found something suggestive. This reminded Sylvie of a song Roland often hummed.


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[Assistant] The lyrics were quite interesting, which read a walking stick blacken, a strong floral scent softened. Many jigsaw puzzles that might not make sense to you would eventually lead you to the discovery of a truth well hidden.


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[Assistant] It was worth noting that after Mystery Moon heard the tune, she made it the song of the detective group.


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[Assistant] The situation this time had been exactly as the lyrics described. Sylvie did not know what the problem was.


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[Assistant] Normally, she would have worn nightingale and ashes by now. But this time, she kept silent.


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[Assistant] The person who keeps the secret is always the one that knows it. I need your help Sylvie.


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[Assistant] At that time she had not understood the meaning behind it, so she had not given it much thought.


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[Assistant] But now, as if struck by a sudden enlightenment, Sylvie saw the full picture.


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[Assistant] Anna's words were the last piece of the puzzle that had just been slotted into place. She discovered a secret. Sylvie did not take delight in it.


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[Assistant] Instead, she felt a huge burden being laid upon her shoulders.


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[Assistant] Because now she had to not only keep the secret, but also stop others from noticing it.


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[Assistant] The odors I smell seemed inconsistent with the number of people here. Inconsistent? Ashes cut in. Can you actually tell people apart by their smells?


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[Assistant] I can as long as they aren't too far apart and there's no interference of a strong scent, said Lorger with a nod.


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[Assistant] There are nearly 100 people in the hall, said Andrea with an incredulous look.


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[Assistant] Even if you do have an acute sense of smell, you can't remember all the odors people are giving off. Besides, many of them are wearing perfumes. They also tend to touch others, like this.


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[Assistant] With these words, Andrea touched the back of Ash's hand with the hand she had just used to eat a chicken drumstick. I'll also have her odor on me now. Can you still tell us apart?


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[Assistant] Sylvie appeared behind the three witches and said, you're probably sick. Sylvie? Andrea raised her brow. How come you're here? I'm just walking around and overheard your conversation. She shrugged and looked at the wolf girl.


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[Assistant] The weather on the desert in the south is quite different from that in the western region. It's easy to catch a cold.


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[Assistant] Plus, this is your first winter here, so it's normal that you are feeling under the weather.


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[Assistant] If you feel there's something wrong with your nose, you might as well drink some lilies cleansing water. I was like that too when I first came here. Really? Lorger seemed to suddenly understand the reason. I see. Sylvie walked off, feeling a bit relieved.


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[Assistant] Because of her ability, Lorde Burnflane possessed far better hearing and a much more acute sense of smell than ordinary people.


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[Assistant] As she had an animal intuition, Sylvie needed to watch out for her all the time.


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[Assistant] Fortunately, she had successfully prevented her from discovering the secret.


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[Assistant] Even if they did find out something, they would not understand it.


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[Assistant] Likewise, nobody would be able to read something out of their conversation either.


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[Assistant] At this thought, Sylvie locked her eye of magic on her third target.


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[Assistant] This was probably the person who was most likely to discover the secret and also the most difficult one to deal with out of the three. It was Honey.


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[Assistant] Chapter 1035 An Obscure and Wonderful Night


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[Assistant] As a key figure of the Greycastle Weekly, Honey basically had informants everywhere.


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[Assistant] This combined with the advantages offered by Lorger and Maggie.


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[Assistant] The olive forest in the castle backyard was like her headquarters, and to escape from her detection was not easy. Yet that was not the whole story.


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[Assistant] Having the earliest access to interesting anecdotes in the city, she could always attract a large number of witches during gatherings.


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[Assistant] For instance, at the moment, the batch of witches that gathered around her was the biggest one in the hall.


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[Assistant] Besides Mystery Moon and the other members of her detective group, Nightingale, Wendy, and Scroll were not easily fooled.


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[Assistant] Even Leif, who had not shown herself for quite some time, also seemed to be talking about something with honey.


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[Assistant] Conceal the secrets you know and keep others from knowing them. Sylvie took a look at Anna at the other end of the hall.


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[Assistant] Thinking of the words Anna had given her, she walked toward Anna unwillingly. What do you think of these birds? Leif's voice went into Sylvie's ears.


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[Assistant] They're the new species I found in the misty forest. Not big, but fly very fast.


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[Assistant] I figured that they might be helpful to you one day, so I took a nest of them back.


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[Assistant] Sylvie saw two big kingfisher and one small one standing on Leaf's shoulders and rubbing her face intimately, which gave her a completely different impression as the brave bird's honey just described. Sure, thank you. Honey took over the birds delightfully. I haven't seen you for quite a while. I feel like you've become a qualified bird trainer.


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[Assistant] Then again, the changes that happened in the town really surprised me. Not only are there more houses, there are also such novel things like magic film and newspaper.


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[Assistant] If it wasn't for the fact that exploring the deep forest is equally enjoyable, I would have envied you. You should come back more often, Wendy said softly. Everybody misses you. I missed you too. Leaf sileds lowered.


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[Assistant] But nowadays only the southeast edges of the misty forest are under the control of the heart of jungle. I must stay integrated with the forest as long as possible so as to adapt to its ever-enlarging consciousness.


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[Assistant] I'll ask lightning to send the newly published newspapers to you every week so that you'll know what's going on in Neverwinter at any time.


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[Assistant] That is a wonderful idea, Mystery Moon shouted. But what's written in the newspaper are things known to all.


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[Assistant] Compared to that, I prefer to know the secrets that are only known to a few.


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[Assistant] We have the most skillful detectives who'll ensure all your puzzles will be solved.


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[Assistant] But I'm not able to act that well. Sorry, Anna. I've tried my best.


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[Assistant] Oh, although I'm also curious, I'm not going to tell it. Honey stuck out her tongue.


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[Assistant] I especially can't tell His Majesty Roland. This is out of Sister Wendy's request.


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[Assistant] I think this is for the good of the witch union. You'll be safer not knowing something. Sylvie let out a long sigh. Thus the latest crisis was averted. I've successfully kept the secret, haven't I? An anxious Sylvie had the toughest dinner party in her life. After the banquet, Roland returned to the bedroom with Anna.


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[Assistant] At the moment this place had been as decorated as their wedding room.


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[Assistant] Under the flickering candlelight, Anna's figure in the wedding dress appeared dimmer, yet it exuded a particular sense of grace.


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[Assistant] Roland walked up, gently took down her bridal veil, lifted up her bang, and stared into her eyes.


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[Assistant] After hearing Roland whispering in her ear, Anna lowered her head shyly. My request, is it a little weird? A little. Roland poked at her nose. You'll get tired of hearing this name in the future. You're my wife, with or without my family name.


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[Assistant] In the world he came from, marriage did not require one party of the couple to change family names, so he did not care much about the name change after marriage. Even so, I feel I'm complete this way. Anna pressed one hand on her chest. I feel I'm no longer alone.


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[Assistant] That's probably the point of any ceremony. Either wearing a crown or changing a title. People are just acquiring a self-identification through the attached external changes.


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[Assistant] Although emotions between two people need no verification through a ceremony, without this link, a couple might feel pitiful and regretful afterward. Roland could not help but hold her in his arms. At this moment, any answer would have appeared redundant.


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[Assistant] After a little intimacy, Anna said, Roland, can I ask for something?


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[Assistant] If Roland remembered correctly, this was the first time that Anna ever asked something of him. Sure, go ahead.


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[Assistant] I wanna take the post of the Minister of the Department of Industry. Roland was a little surprised. This isn't a problem, but why do you suddenly?


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[Assistant] Because I'm only a common girl born in a remote small town, Anna said smilingly. Now I am suddenly the queen of Grey Castle. I guess there must be many people feeling discontent. Don't worry.


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[Assistant] Nobody dares to gossip about it. Roll and consult her.


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[Assistant] If everything has to be quieted down by you, it would only add to people's suspicion. She shook her head.


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[Assistant] I can't keep on hiding behind you and only indulge in things that I'm interested in.


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[Assistant] I wanna do more, offering people no excuses to accuse me.


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[Assistant] You've gone from being an unknown witch to becoming a figure taking charge of a whole department by yourself. Roland smiled subconsciously. I've never intended to keep you in that narrow backyard. As you wish, my dear. Thank you for indulging my willfulness.


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[Assistant] Anna stood on her tiptoe and gently kissed Roland on his forehead.


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[Assistant] The curtain of the night covered their silhouettes like a thin veil What an obscure and wonderful night.


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[Assistant] On the second day after Roland's inauguration, he called for the third plenary session in the castle's reception hall.


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[Assistant] The main content of the session was the distribution of power, which concerned the officers the most.


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[Assistant] As the advocates of choosing the right side, this session was undoubtedly the moment that these officers had long hoped for.


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[Assistant] To serve the local lords and to serve the king were two totally different concepts.


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[Assistant] Especially since most of them had worked in the city hall, so they had a rough mastery of the new king's idea of weakening the local, strengthening the center to concentrate power.


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[Assistant] They understood their promotion had special significance, which meant they had gone from being nobodies to the top officers of the Kingdom of Grey Castle.


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[Assistant] What they would govern was no longer be a small piece of land in western region, and their influence would be stronger than the former great nobles.


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[Assistant] Roland would not allow his officers' ambitions of ascending to the skies with a single leap to keep on growing, so he laid down the general principle right at the beginning of the session.


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[Assistant] First of all, I'd like to congratulate each of and every one of you.


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[Assistant] Anyone who is invited to this session will join the elite class of Greycastle.


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[Assistant] In the next few decades, you will be joining me in the endeavor of governing this kingdom. That's flattery, your majesty. Barov took the lead to stand up and bow. It's our honor to serve you. Just tell me whatever you want me to do. I'm at your disposal.


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[Assistant] Although what he said meant to be humble, Barov's face wrinkled with the smile he put on.


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[Assistant] The reason I took back the noble's feudal power is to replace them with capable personnel.


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[Assistant] A kingdom's prosperity depends on the number of talents who are working for it. I don't hope to see you turning into another kind of noble. Of course, Barov said hurriedly.


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[Assistant] Nobody can be sure that his descendants will be as equally capable, so all the positions should be dispatched to the most capable. The others instantly agreed with Bariff. Roland wasn't so sure.


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[Assistant] He felt these city hall officers had changed a lot and their flattery sounded a lot more smooth and the expressions in their eyes were filled with an unexplainable awe. The changes brought him a vague sense of satisfaction. This was probably also the effect of the ceremony.


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[Assistant] No wonder Timothy and Garcia did not hesitate to drag more than half of the kingdom into the fires of war.


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[Assistant] Yet Roland did not indulge himself in this kind of satisfaction for long.


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[Assistant] Even as a supreme king, what he governed was no more than a corner of the extensive continent.


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[Assistant] If I'm content with what I've accomplished, what difference would I have with a sheik from an isolated island? The world is so big. I wanna see it. What you said is only the most basic point. Roland looked around the hall.


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[Assistant] As a matter of fact, even the most capable could not be guaranteed to always be qualified for their positions.


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[Assistant] There are many ways to ruin one's prospect, such as external temptation, the solidification of ideas and the desire to expand one's influence. You are not exceptions.


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[Assistant] With the rising of Roland's voice, the officers lowered their heads, not even daring to breathe heavily.


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[Assistant] Therefore, entering them as the starting officers is only the start for your career. Your abilities and performances will be assessed annually.


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[Assistant] Whether you're to be promoted or stay where you are will be decided by the assessment. Roll and post. Of course, there could be a worse consequence.


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[Assistant] Bear have asked carefully, may I know who will write this assessment report? Myself. Roland looked at him. Are there any more questions?


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[Assistant] Although it was Nightingale from the security bureau who would do the investigation, Roland felt it was more fitting to tell people that he would be the one executing the assessment. No, I have none. I know what's on your mind. Roland proceeded.


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[Assistant] You must be thinking that you've gone such a long way to achieving this. It's supposed to a time for your reward. And if you have to keep on giving great effort, but behave like you are walking on thin ice, what's the point of becoming the starting officers?


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[Assistant] Yet what I'm about to say is your reward doesn't contradict with what I've said just now. Instead, they're supplements to each other.


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[Assistant] As long as you finish the tasks I give you, I don't mind that you seek profit for yourselves. It's like dividing a piece of bread.


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[Assistant] When the bread gets big enough, everyone can eat well even with a very small portion of it. On the contrary, if the bread is too small, one can't eat enough even if he eats it all by himself.


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[Assistant] As for the fact that those who stand in the front of others will get a slice of bread sooner, I think all of you can understand that.


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[Assistant] The resources an officer of upper rank got was far greater than his listed salary, and the connections and power he had access to were far more effective capital than money.


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[Assistant] If one even failed to see that, Roland would not want him to continue to have a say in the city hall.


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[Assistant] The driving effect of the combination of stick and carrot had been repeatedly tested in the rivers of history.


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[Assistant] Although it was still a little rough, Roland had begun to master the use of it.


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[Assistant] Before I announce the new appointments, you can still choose to give up your career in the government.


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[Assistant] Those who choose to give up will get a large number of gold royals as compensation, which is enough for you to squander for the rest of your life. But if you decide to stay, you'll have to take on the responsibilities and obligations of an officer. Now, make your decisions. Nobody dared to leave.


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[Assistant] Even the Minister of Chemical Industry who had complained constantly in the beginning and wished to retire as soon as possible remained silent at this moment.


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[Assistant] Obviously, through the two years of experience of holding a political position, he understood the significance of the post of a minister in requesting for appropriation from Barof.


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[Assistant] Alright, Roland smiled and said, here are your appointments.


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[Assistant] Compared with the old city hall, the biggest change in the new power system was that the towns and all the regions were also put under the management framework.


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[Assistant] Rowland adapted a modern method and set the big cities as provinces whose prefecture included their surrounding residential areas such as towns and villages.


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[Assistant] The manager of a province was called a governor, the same rank as a minister.


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[Assistant] Every province needed to set its own city hall, which was under the control of the city hall in Neverwinter.


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[Assistant] As this was building on the foundations on the previously established secondary city halls, such a transformation was not difficult.


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[Assistant] Although the workload of the ministers would greatly increase, their power would correspondingly rise up to a new level.


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[Assistant] Barathe, as he had always wished, was promoted to the Hand of the King.


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[Assistant] He was responsible for coordinating all the departments and concurrently in charge of the Treasury.


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[Assistant] As an old chief who was among the first batch of border towns managers and who cultivated numerous talents for the city hall, his appointment could not be any more suitable.


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[Assistant] He didn't expect that a joking promise Roland made four years ago could be realized today.


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[Assistant] Apart from some similar institutions like the King City City Hall, the Army, Security Bureau, Witch Union, etc., Rowland also established a whole new department, Headquarters of the General Staff.


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[Assistant] This was different from the staff organization that served in a combat capacity.


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[Assistant] The headquarter of the general staff took charge in making foreign policies and any specific schemes about strategic plans.


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[Assistant] With the expansion of the strength of Grey Castle and the increasing threat of the Battle of Divine Will, the future connections among the other three kingdoms and the fjords were bound to grow tighter.


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[Assistant] That was why Roland needed a visionary department to assist him in controlling the overall situation.


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[Assistant] As for its minister, it was none other than Edith Kant, the Pearl of the Northern Region.


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[Assistant] Yet three times previously, his membership application was rejected by a single blackboard. Most regrettable. Therefore, I've asked Mr. Martingale to make a personal plea. Thank you.


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[Assistant] We go out to some of the neighborhoods, they just are starved for resources and investment.


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[Assistant] The drug trade is probably one of the largest employers on the west side and I did that calculation of number of people who've been arrested and prosecuted for dealing drugs out there and then comparing that with employment numbers.


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[Assistant] Chicago was the place where people came so they could build their families and build their futures.


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[Assistant] You could be an accountant in the north. You could work for an insurance company in the north. You could be a policeman in the north.


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[Assistant] Racism is structured into housing. That is when people who are from a different background move in large numbers, you just restrict them.


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[Assistant] It's segregated by class as well as race. And so it's almost tribal.


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[Assistant] For most of us who are living in ghettos and moving into the projects was a chance to get stabilized and then to move into the mainstream of American housing and American life.


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[Assistant] What would happen then is that you've got a lot of children now without adult supervision from men.


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[Assistant] Now you have taken away the housing, but you don't have anything to replace it. Instead, you have condominiums that are costing $1,800 for one bedroom and $2,000 for two bedrooms.


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[Assistant] I have this venom toward Gloria already. Whoever you see already knows somebody's line.


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[Assistant] If it wouldn't have been for Gloria, Nicole would have always been just that person on the gurney.


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[Assistant] The police always used to say they don't go into Cabrani until the shooting stops. You hear a lot of residents say they fear it for their life because of the lack of protection.


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[Assistant] For years, community activists at Cabrini Green have been saying the city's ultimate plan was to move them out of these buildings and off this land because Cabrini is only minutes from downtown Chicago, making the land very valuable.


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[Assistant] This came from a funeral man and it was good. I'm not good about it at all.


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[Assistant] Sorry, to peel back the curtain somewhat there, because that held on the support WrestleTalk thing for quite some time. I, uh, I saw the countdown going. I was like, yep, I'm all ready to go. Me and Dan have already had a bit of a brief discussion, a bit of prep work. And then just as the one came up, I was like, did I lift the faders on the mixer before?


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[Assistant] Welcome to the WrestleTalk Podcast Review of Monday Night Raw. Please do press the subscribe button for more great content like this. Press the thumbs up button please, that massively helps us


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[Assistant] Massively helps us with the algorithm and what not. And please do get in your Ultra Chats to restalk.com forward slash support.


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[Assistant] Thank you once again to Professor Dan Layton for joining us for today's show. And of course I'm the current D.A.D. And we're going to be talking openly about here. Yes, everyone's botchamania. Lads, lads, lads.


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[Assistant] Anyway, we're gonna be talking today openly, about, uh, to open.


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[Assistant] I mean I don't have to, I can do it from here.


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[Assistant] Bad content. That is just bad content. Genuinely bad content for a second there. That shows that I have got the power. Um, yeaah, so AJ Styles, last week...


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[Assistant] They're like, can't be a loser with us in the Judgement Day. We run Monday Night Raw.


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[Assistant] And I'll give credits to Triple H all the live long day for this. He has made Judgement Day feel like an actual faction, feel like an actual group, feel like actual purpose, and when they say things like, we run Monday Night Raw,


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[Assistant] I don't believe them. But it feels like it could be. It feels like they believe it. They believe it. And that kind of like adds some greater. And yeah, you've seen what's happened with Dominic and he's being dumbed all over the show by his mom or dad, depending on which promo he's doing this week. And he, like, it feels like it's elevated his stock.


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[Assistant] This sort of, this sort of like dusk order. Yeah, yeah. I also appreciate your use of French. Oh, well, you know. Yeah. Although I do think using French terms is passe. Jesus Christ.


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[Assistant] I was quite intrigued by last week. Obviously, Finn and AJ have got shared history outside of the world of WWE, which actually WWE themselves are starting to acknowledge. Well, I was about to say that. Name dropping things like PWG on episodes of SmackDown and stuff.


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[Assistant] Uhm, and this week we had Balor Approach Styles again, and say...


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[Assistant] I know, I know I thought this was really clever here. It was like, look, you're going up against Sammy Zane, who's going to have backup.


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[Assistant] Why don't you come and join? Like, I'll be in your corner. I could have your back. And AJ's like, no, the only person who's got my back is me.


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[Assistant] And that actually led commentary to have a really good discussion, like their own storyline to play through this match that AJ had with Sami Zayn.


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[Assistant] Which actually just added more colour to what was already quite a colourful and wonderful match. It was great stuff between AJ and Sami. Sami is one of my favourite things in WWE.


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[Assistant] Well, at least you give AJ an idea of what happens if you are part of a faction and a group and this and the other. Cause like, they played, they recapped what happened with Sammy on Smackdown, which was a wonderful, so unbelievable. Every single person knocked that out of the park.


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[Assistant] And the commentators were able to play this up on commentary, being like, look, Sammy has got Solo Sokoa in his corner, AJ is on his own out here, and like maybe AJ would benefit.


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[Assistant] So Sammy's storyline gets elevated because he won because he's part of a faction and it sort of carries on from the episode, from Smackdown.


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[Assistant] BANG on the money for me, which is that this is the first time I feel like I've sat here talking about the Judgment Day, being like, eh, here is different directions that we could take them as a group. Granted, I think a lot of the stuff I liked about Judgment Day was slightly undermined by the end of the show when Edge returned.


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[Assistant] We knew Edge was gonna come back, we knew we were building to Edge vs. Ballot, and I think an Iquit match at Extreme Rules is very good, but it is just gonna be...


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[Assistant] Yeah, so the ending segment, as Dan was just saying then, is that Sammy wins the match, Judgement Day come out, and Valor reiterates his point of just like, look, we had your back, this wouldn't have happened.


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[Assistant] Does a little. And he offers up the two suites. Yeaah. And AJ considers it and he gets the two suite up himself.


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[Assistant] And he flips it around and he gives Balor the finger. Outrageous. The middle one, no less. In this day and age. And I'm slightly annoyed. If you've seen the thumbnail we've got for this YouTube video, I was trying to get the perfect freeze frame of it. Because the moment that I've got like the most clear version of AJ giving the finger,


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[Assistant] And he does that just as AJ takes the finger down, so you only get this blurred image of AJ throwing his hand down, so. Got it. I was gutted. So, I mean, if anything- Next time, Damien, think of the thumbnail. Well, I'm blaming AJ in this because you should have left the finger up longer, AJ, to sell the moment. Destroy my life. What's that, after dark all of a sudden?


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[Assistant] And then Judgement Day beat him down, wrap a chair around his head. And Ballas about to stomp, and I was ready for Riddle to run down because Riddle and Priest was the main event. I was like, okay, Matt runs down and he makes the save. But no, Ballas stops himself and he just says, I'm not going to do this.


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[Assistant] Cause friends don't do- cause I'm your friend and friends don't do this.


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[Assistant] And I love that line so much. And you're right, because it opens up the opportunity for AJ to sort of self-reflection. And that moment, you know, in this week following to be like, what do I need?


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[Assistant] You could do, you could do the bullet club story, like bullet club is fine, bullet club is mine. The Cody, Kenny Omega, like who really runs judgment.


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[Assistant] I think there is a good possibility, because I think you'd have AJ brings back in the good brothers and you essentially reform the OC, which I always hated as a name. I hated the OC.


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[Assistant] I loved it for that purpose, but I respect, yes. But you know, essentially, Bullet Club vs. Judgement Day, because you can do some great six-man tags around that, and you know, some Balor AJ stuff, and you know, there's a really good run you could go with that. Carl Anderson was quite negative towards WWE, not just Vince McMahon, but specifically Triple H.


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[Assistant] The good brothers re-signed with WWE before they got released. They re-signed and then they were released. Massive contract, wasn't it? Massive contract and then were released during the pandemic. They were in talks with AEW.


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[Assistant] And Carl, you know, was talking with Triple H. Triple H said to Carl, this is Carl Anderson's story, so it's not mine, I'm not reporting anything here, but he said that Triple H said to him, like,


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[Assistant] You don't know how long that comment's gonna last, what you need to think of as your family in this scenario.


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[Assistant] And then what happens a few months later is that, well, they got released anyway, so not only did they not take up a deal that they could have got, they signed a different deal, arguably for more money, but then also got cut.


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[Assistant] So, I don't know what the relationship is like, like, is Carl gonna forgive and forget?


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[Assistant] Uh, over on Fightful, it was quite negative towards the company. That would piss me off. It would piss me off as well. Yeah.


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[Assistant] But I do, I still like the fantasy booking idea of the good brothers going in and, and, you know, do some stuff with Judgement Day, but also, you know, to ask the question.


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[Assistant] Should AJ join Judgement Day? I'm looking for AJ to do something. I'm kind of sick of AJ just being this wheel that's spinning. And he's been a spinning wheel since I'm off.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I also think from a slightly different aspect, I find it very interesting that Triple H is doing this storyline.


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[Assistant] Because this is a storyline that is kind of aimed towards us.


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[Assistant] character is going, going on. So I, I think they're actually balancing very, very well.


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[Assistant] Right at the time I was getting married that that happens and I was on my sort of second stag day in a way I was basically out with my dad and my father-in-law. Like we went out for a curry and I went out with my best man. Um, and like my brothers and everything were there.


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[Assistant] And all of a sudden I just saw, I got a text message and I just showed it to my, my best man who's also a wrestling fan and said, Kat Angle's returned to the ring.


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[Assistant] So, I'm going to ask you the question. Let's take the good brothers out of the equation for now, because we don't know what that situation is. So just based on what we've got now, should AJ join Judgement Day?


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[Assistant] Well, let's do a poll, shall we? You love a poll? Mod Mother, if you can hear me, could you put a poll up, please? Should AJ Styles join the Judgement Day? Yes or no?


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[Assistant] Very curious to hear. Uhm, we'll get into your Ultra Chats now. We actually don't have that many to go through, so we'll just do these and we'll do these two we've got here and then we'll go into the main topic of conversation. This first one, funny enough, left over from the SmackDown review that Pete and Tempest did. So we can actually maybe share some thoughts on this story.


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[Assistant] Get Jay back into that main event scene and have him be the one that goes off against Raymond Raines. Uh, I, I don't think I know about that. Like I love the Jay thing, but like Jay works best as part, I think I'm really enjoying this part of the bloodline, but I love this sort of the jealousy that he's got and the hatred he's got towards Sami Zayn. He was my MVP of that segment.


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[Assistant] Well that's one thing, well, this was the question I was going to ask you, because we talked about it at some Blackpool content club on Friday, is which version do I like more? Do I like War Games of the Bloodline


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[Assistant] With Sammy going up against Kevin Owens, Drew McIntyre and some other bab- like Street Profits and whoever. Or the Bloodline going up against Sammy K.O. Drew and someone else. Doing it 5 on 5 or 4 on 4.


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[Assistant] I don't know which version of that I'd prefer. In a way I kind of prefer it to be the


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[Assistant] The five on five with Sammy on the bloodline side of things, because I want that Sammy going up against KO in the middle of the ring and KO trying to reason with him and trying to get him back to be the Sammy that we know. And you can then delay this storyline further so you can then do


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[Assistant] That's a great Smackdown main event, right? Yeaah. Like, you don't have to do that on pay-per-view. Like, if you've got a B show coming up where Roman's not gonna be on, but you do have him on a Smackdown, what a great Smackdown main event that is. Or you could have it at the Rumble. Or the Rumble's a great champion.


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[Assistant] AJ joining the Judgement Day wouldn't be the worst idea, hell, might even be good. My opinion, the current Judgement Day is better than Dark Version, uh, Dark Order version 1.0. I consider Brodie as leader as version 1.5. Also, AJ vs Sammy Mayne events it.


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[Assistant] I did write my notes, I wish this was the main event. I get why Riddle and Priest was the main event because of the angle we got at the end of the show.


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[Assistant] Meh. Yeaah. This was a better main event. This is the lasting image for me. Yea, although Riddle and Preach beat the holy heckens out of each other. They really did.


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[Assistant] Which we'll get on to in a moment, but let's kick on with the show. It opened with Bianca Belair and friends. Um. Yeah, Bianca and friends popped the ring. Coming down and they stood in the ring and they watched a recap of them being beaten up last week. And it cuts back to Bianca Belair smiling.


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[Assistant] Yeah, and apparently it was announced earlier in the day, but I didn't realize this has been announced because the segment ends with Bianca Belair challenging


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[Assistant] EoSky to a match, or one of them to a match, and I did run around and was like, well that's a good job Eo was in her gear, I guess.


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[Assistant] Referee who slid from the wrong side because she was already at ringside.


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[Assistant] Uh, the verbiage between Bailey and Bianca Belair. Who had a terrible high school argument.


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[Assistant] That was just, yeah, well, I did this thing that one time. And then the other one's like, well, yeah, but actually, when you think about it, I did this thing.


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[Assistant] And I was like, no human adults talk this way. You could say.


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[Assistant] You're not doing it, he's just having matches in other people's storylines. Like, Bella is literally the only title on this show. Don't give her a microphone.


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[Assistant] And this was not a good segment for me. It did lead to a pretty decent match between Bel-Air and Sky though.


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[Assistant] I completely agree with you and I thought the crowd were not into this at the start.


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[Assistant] It sort of felt like, I say this in my edited review, more like a formality than an emotional response. Like this is awesome, used to be an emotional thing that people chanted because they wanted to let it. Now this is awesome, it's just like a


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[Assistant] Um, and then Bel Air won with a KOD, pinning one of the tag team champions, not all that great. However, this is not that bad. So what you do with factions, Bel Air beats the goons before she gets to the big final boss with Bayley at the pay per view. So I actually wasn't mad about it.


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[Assistant] Yeah, this was a great, great use of damage control and Bianca Belair. I just feel so sorry for Asuka and Alexa.


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[Assistant] Who stood on the ringside looking like absolute dorks and geeks. Dorks is the exact word. Dorks, geeks and dweebs. They look so foolish. Yeah. Cause they didn't say anything in the segment either. Nope. They're just standing behind and being like


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[Assistant] Yeah, they really are. Uh, Kevin was backstage with Reg Mysterio, who you'll never believe, talked about, he talked about Dominic, same promo we've seen about him talking about Dominic, but then said, no, hey, I'm not gonna, I will show my son mercy.


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[Assistant] But I'll show no mercy for Seth Rollins later on. No mercy, return confirmed. I'd love it! Uh, The Miz!


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[Assistant] Has lots of security now called the Mizz Force.


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[Assistant] It's one of the worst t-shirts this company has ever made, and this company has made a t-shirt which looked like Jizz. Did it? Yea, yea.


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[Assistant] Oh, no, no, it's the penis t-shirt, sorry. Safe searches off. Haha! Penis t-shirt. Uh, yeaah. That one there. Oh, that is-


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[Assistant] Yeah, I actually thought The Miz was really great in this segment. That's because The Miz is brilliant. And I thought Miz Force was very funny. And there was this moment I had with The Miz.


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[Assistant] Where I was like, man, the dude really goes out of his way to make himself look like an absolute prick. Like not just the way that he dressed in the suit or his dumb sunglasses, even his haircut makes him look like a massive tool. Fabulous sunglasses. And I'm just like, ah, he goes the extra mile to make himself look like an absolute tool.


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[Assistant] Seth Rollins vs Rey Mysterio, uh, uh, Rollins got a promo, uh, before this saying that, uh, he- I mean he does-


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[Assistant] He said very little. He said that he will be just, he'll be just fine in the fight pit. He'll be fighting against Matt Riddle, he's not 1-1 either. And...


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[Assistant] He didn't really say much, like the only thing I could really think about Rollins though is that he is 100p the heal.


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[Assistant] But I, I actually thought this was a decent match between the two of them. We also got our QR code dealio for this week, which was a very fun, um, promo thing. If you haven't seen it, it's got clips from ECW in it. Does it? I actually haven't seen it. Oh yeah, it's very cool. It makes people think that extreme rules, you know, might be where we see the return happen. If we don't,


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[Assistant] I said this to Pete and Tempest in the office earlier, so if Extreme Rules is another tease, and like another tune in to watch Raw, I'll be like, nah, I'm starting to get a bit.


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[Assistant] Oh yeaah. Way past Jump the Shark. Uh, but this, this match was so good, it kind of reminded me of how good they were together during that Eye for an Eye feud, and while that was a massively silly stipulation, they had a really decent match around it.


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[Assistant] And, and I thought these two worked together. I thought I had a really, really cracking little match here. Uh, it did end with some interference. Dom, uh, distracted Rey Mysterio and asked him to hit him with a chair again. He's hardcore. And then Rhea Ripley pushed Rey into the post. I love this finish because it's not this bit of the finish because that was, you know, just part of the course. But they rolled Rey in and Rey gets hit by the stomp and Seth Rollins doesn't pin Rey Mysterio.


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[Assistant] He instead locks in a submission and makes Rey Mysterio pass out. Cause that is the way to win in fight pits. You can only win by submission or knockouts. That is true. So him not going for pin and showing Matt Riddle, I can win by submission.


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[Assistant] Which is very interesting because later on, Matt Riddle wins by pin.


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[Assistant] He doesn't win by submission, so Matt's not got the rights on the tools going into there, but.


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[Assistant] I don't associate submissions in any way, shape or form with Rollins.


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[Assistant] Exactly. That's kind of the genius of it. And I thought it was a really, really smart finish to this match. I really loved that.


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[Assistant] Oh yea, I mean, I can wear a terrible wig and, uh, for it to be dominant.


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[Assistant] Who swears down there's gonna be a big talent scout at the next gig they got.


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[Assistant] Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're second on the bill.


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[Assistant] We've got a 15 minute slot and we're absolutely gonna kill it. God, it's the waistcoat. It's the waistcoat.


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[Assistant] Uh, uh, Riddle was watching backstage on a massive screen.


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[Assistant] Maybe that's when they- Brute force is what they need. So, my GM reference there.


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[Assistant] Kevin Owens and Johnny Gargano next took on Alpha Academy. Now.


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[Assistant] And then, you know, it's nice. It's Gargano and Owens together. It was in Canada. So the guy, the Canadians were doing the Ole Chubb and doing KO, KO, KO, KO, which I thought was delightful. There's like, okay, I'm going to praise a bit of Corey here. And I don't often praise a bit of Corey because I actually, I find him to be quite obnoxious at times.


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[Assistant] Uhm, Alberta's podcast. However, there was a moment when...


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[Assistant] That was delightful. But there's, I mean, this, this match was a combination of two things. It was Kevin playing with the crowd, this Canadian crowd wanting to see Owens wrestle and for great wrestlers having a great NXT takeover mid card match, mid card tag team match, complete with table break spots.


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[Assistant] And I was actually surprised that Gargano was the one that picked up the win because the crowd was so into Owens. But it was done to further the Gargano theory storyline.


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[Assistant] Yeah. And also gable cell of that slingshot EDT.


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[Assistant] And actually I thought this match made Alpha Academy look really good. I thought Gable and Otis had their stocks raised coming out of this match even though they lost and they do lose a lot on TV. They came out of this match feeling like a bigger deal because they kicked out of some big moves and Otis looked really, really great.


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[Assistant] Bearing in mind as well that these two were absolutely destroyed and humiliated by Braun Strowman in that 2 on 1 handicap match. Which then sucked later on when they had a backstage segment with Austin Theory who says that


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[Assistant] This does nothing for Brawn, it does nothing for Gable.


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[Assistant] I didn't like, I'm already gutted about this, because like, I just really thought we might go somewhere with Alpha Academy, maybe like we could try and get something going, but I've already seen Braum beat him up, I've seen them beat him up two on one, why do I need to see him beat up Chad Gable?


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[Assistant] I've got all the time in the world for them. But if I'm bringing Brawn back in... I don't have any time for Brawn. Can I tell you how little I care about Brawn? Oh, I could listen all day because I've got no time for Brawn. I just don't care.


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[Assistant] Uh, we then had all the AJ stuff with Balor, and then Amos walked backstage, which ties us nicely into Amos versus two local lads, because VT and USAFeed cut out last week, so we didn't get to see Amos. We did this time. I wrote down, uh, nothing.


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[Assistant] Well, I also can say is that last week we made the presumption that a moss beating two lads was probably boring and not worth watching. I'm glad that our suspicions were correct because this was boring and not worth watching.


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[Assistant] We, MVP set up something in this match. Oh. Because.


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[Assistant] Amos has beaten these two lads up, and it's a bit dreary, I've seen it before. And he then says, hey.


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[Assistant] Braun may be the monster among monsters, but he's no Nigerian giant. And I was like...


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[Assistant] Oh no. Big beefy men bashing each other around. We're setting up brawn versus amass. And I can't think of a match I want to watch less.


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[Assistant] It's so thrilling to have a bathroom break sometimes, it really is. Don't say that to Kate. Like, over a five full hours, let's not bring this up again. Poor lass. It's had it all over the weekend, for all the wrong reasons. Uhm, yeaah, I think that sounds utterly horrible. This was dreadfully dull, I've got nothing else to say about it.


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[Assistant] Uh, Ms. walked backstage and found all of Ms. Force dead in perfect comedy form.


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[Assistant] And then, uh, it looked like it was a mannequin behind him wearing some Kevin Smith merchandise, but it was actually Dexter Loomis. Can I tell you what worked on me?


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[Assistant] Uhm, this was a great reveal. I loved that. I thought this was a superb reveal, and he hits Miz with a hockey stick, strokes his face, puts him to sleep, and while this was a very good reveal, and Miz Force was a lot of fun, and there were some prizes to be won,


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[Assistant] I'm ready for this wacky show to move to a new chapter. I've read chapter one. I've read chapter one of this book.


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[Assistant] For the last eight weeks. I'm ready for chapter two now.


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[Assistant] Make him his brother already. Please! Uh, Loomis! Loomis! Well, I mean, Adam gets all of his booking ideas for me anyway. Uh, so I, I gave him that as a suggestion. What a shade. I, I, well, okay, it's not even in the shade. Adam comes, Adam basically says to the office, I'm out of ideas. What do people want me to do? And I'll be like, do this. I gave him.


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[Assistant] Dexter Loomis. And like, that's your next booking video. And you could do Loomis. Loomis.


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[Assistant] And that's why Miz won't say anything, and that's why Miz won't announce what happened, because he's found out the truth. He has to admit it. He doesn't want to admit it. Lou Miz. Lou Miz. Speaking of surprising, so, WWE


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[Assistant] I, so, I've said this in the number of weeks now since Triple H has taken over. He makes you have to concentrate on the show otherwise you miss something.


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[Assistant] They did this Dexter Lumis and Miz thing. They went to an ad break, so I'm already pressing fast forward, skip through the ad breaks. Comes back, and the show's on, and it was like, moments ago this happened, and I went, ugh.


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[Assistant] So more for me, I missed out on the fun here, because this is a show that is making viewers watch every single moment of it, because you don't want to miss something.


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[Assistant] Great, great work once again. This was a bit of fun. Candice is back. She beat Nicky very, very quickly with the swinging netbreaker off the second rope.


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[Assistant] Yeah, she was like almost crying. I thought the shock face she had when Candice came out was really good as well because that is uh-oh, it's another new face in this division. I already don't have much of a spot on this card and I'm always losing.


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[Assistant] So like, I thought it was a really good performance by Nikki. I think this is the end of the Nikki A.S.H. character. About time too, because that whole do-drop thing has been like, we should probably stop doing this, and she kept doing it.


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[Assistant] Uh, but great, nice to see Candice back, and she immediately inserted herself as being one of the and friends with Bianca Belair, so...


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[Assistant] I was going to say, because you can't do returns every other week, and there will be a period of time when Trips doesn't have the, and I'm not even saying that he falls back on the returns to get the cheap and easy pot, but there is, there's only so many returns you can do.


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[Assistant] Before they were said about NXT, like, don't take on to the main roster unless you've got a plan for them. And they often brought them up without any plans, that's why they all floundered. Candice LeRae, clearly, I think they have set up to do, uh, her with Bianca and friends versus Damage Control at War Games. Like, that's your Women's War Games match. Which kind of makes the idea that it might be 4 on 4.


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[Assistant] Who's damage control? Alexa, I want it to be Alexa. She's on the good side. I know, but I want her to leave it and then they can have, like, other people. So that's what I think is the likely, uh, likely, like, her aligning herself and was like, well, there's four of them now, like, I feel that is WarGames territory. Video promo for Logan Paul versus Roman Reigns.


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[Assistant] However, I did watch this bit, and I'm glad I did, because Kevin interviews Judgement Day, and I didn't really watch much, I didn't really watch much of this, but when it finished, they all hugged, and Damien Preece went, oh man, we rule. Oh man, oh man, we rule. Oh man, we rule.


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[Assistant] I thought it was, it really made me laugh. Uh, and then the main event, speaking of, was Damien Priest vs. Matt Reynolds. We've already talked about the Sammy AJ stuff. Uh, crowd were tired, man. Like this was a long show, lots of long wrestling matches.


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[Assistant] So they were tired, but I think that these two beat the hell out of each other and hit each other so very hard that the crowd were very much awake for it by the end of the match, and then the return of the end certainly helped with that, but particularly a moment when Damian Priest


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[Assistant] Dropped Matt Riddle so hard on the barricade on his back, and Riddle selling me it was like a woof. Oof, it looked very sore.


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[Assistant] But, you know, hey, there was distraction and interference.


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[Assistant] Like, I think it's like AEW have this at times as well where it's like, ah, I get it. Like, too much interference in matches is, eh, it's a cheap way to write your finish. And actually, AEW do all the smacking time and it's like a, yeah, alright, yeah, I get it. But I think, especially across a three hour show.


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[Assistant] And he's just like a, alright I get it. That's it. But I thought this match was actually pretty good considering that I was done with this show.


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[Assistant] After with the A.J. judgment day thing, I was done, I was ready for this show to be done so I could get the train. But uh, I thought they actually, they turned, turned me around and I really enjoyed it by the end. But, uh, Matt Ridley became the distractions and he rolled up Damien Priest and he won.


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[Assistant] Then they beat him up immediately afterwards, Judgement Day did, and who should run down to make the save, but HONEST DAY EDGE came back.


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[Assistant] Well yeaah, so we had this conversation in the office today. In our 70k update, we did make the proclamation. We won't be doing every B show, WWP because it's a bit of a money pit for us to do it. While we do enjoy doing them and it is fun, it loses us business, it loses us money.


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[Assistant] And like, do we do the extreme rules on the off chance that it sprays? And I was like, maybe, but like, even when we've had like, the MJF one, uh, actually didn't end up drawing us much more. The Cody reveal at Hell in the Cell didn't draw us anything. People didn't come to us to see that. Like, I don't think our brand is people coming to us to see my reactions.


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[Assistant] What culture, uh, cultaholic. Like their audience and actually a wider audience.


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[Assistant] Go to them to see what their reactions are. They don't really come to us for that. So I think even if Bray did, we wouldn't do it. But that's kind of an off-topic thing.


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[Assistant] Not all of them, but some of them I actually am quite into the idea of. Like I actually think Edge and Balor will have a banging.


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[Assistant] But we'll see what happens. Uh, that was the show. I actually thought it was a very, very good episode where I gave it a high 4 out of 5. I can't, couldn't give it a 5. It's not an all time classic episode, so it's not 5 out of 5. Also it's 3 hours, it's too long.


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[Assistant] But I did think this was a four out of five show. Like I was very rarely bored throughout. I thought a lot of the wrestling on this was excellent. I thought it furthered some stories, which is what we didn't get last week.


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[Assistant] It's 2.5. Um, we also have a result of the poll. Oh, tell me. Of should AJ join the judgment day, 66% voted yes. Yeah. While 33% voted no. That's a, we love a two thirds majority. Indeed.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I'm thankful to everyone who has sent us the secret word.


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[Assistant] Yep, so thank you all so much that has listened and I apologize to those of you who did.


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[Assistant] Armageddon94, who's been a member for five months, said, I think Dexter Loomis should join Judgement Day. Oh, I don't like that at all.


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[Assistant] Judgment Day, pray on people's insecurities and they can use Loomis to help them expose those insecurities.


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[Assistant] Uh, Charles Berg, we gather here today to celebrate my final day of vacation. It was lovely. In case I'm wrong about my genius idea of Loomis, my other theory is that Dexter is a huge fan of the Marine franchise, but he's socially awkward and doesn't know how to tell them this. And Decky's not around.


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[Assistant] I was right. With Michael Rucker, no less. Before, before James Gunn rehabilitated his career. John Doe, from Guardians. Oh, I've met him.


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[Assistant] I went to the oddest screening of Guardians of the Galaxy 2. Yeah. I went to it at the, uhm, the O2 Apollo. Ooh! In, in, uhm, Shepard's Bush.


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[Assistant] And I bought a gig t-shirt for this garden and it's basically just got the awesome mixed volume 2 cassette. And on the back it's got like the tour dates and it's all the planets that they visit and then it ends with


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[Assistant] I thought it was very, very cool. Although it was weird because they also had like a DJ set, but we were all sat in our seats ready to watch a movie. So it was just a DJ playing to sat people.


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[Assistant] When I went to the, uh, the YouTube Christmas party a couple of years ago, me and Ollie went in 2019 and, uh, we were just chatting with this guy who was, he was just about to start university. Yeah. And we thought, you know, we're pretty, we're pretty big.


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[Assistant] Every single thing we've done on YouTube has been 100% wrong, which is why...


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[Assistant] I have been pitching for the last three years to buy a hydraulic press or to rent one and do a video series called The Squash Match.


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[Assistant] Thank you very much. We just get wrestling merchandise and we crush it. You could say that that kid was crushing it.


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[Assistant] Why did Bobby Heenan's commentary work, but Cory's is not quite right? Why has Asuka been relegated to official holder of important items? Why are they planning Braun vs Amos? I don't think I want that. Anyway, love you guys. Jam that jam.


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[Assistant] Ev- without fail every single week, too cool, hand Rikishi some sunglasses and he dances. Every single week, without fail, Jerry Lawler says, it's gonna happen now.


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[Assistant] Ben says, hey guys, who do you think has been hurt by the Triple H era? I think it's been Corey Graves because you can see how much he needed Vince in his ear way more than any other commentator thought. I don't think I agree with that. Yeaah. Because I think Corey's been relatively quite good.


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[Assistant] I was going to say, like, Amos isn't on TV as much as he once was, and he is just doing the same thing he did during the Vinci era, via Mahan, this sort of nowhere to be seen. And he had that one week run. Um, so I guess some of like those projects probably haven't like, like even Austin Thierry I think has survived it pretty well.


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[Assistant] LigusKing, it says, I got to see Imperium wrestle together on the main roster live show Saturday. It was great. I also got to see you at Walter Chop Live.


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[Assistant] Uh, Cooper Bridge, regarding Dan's comment on main event Sami, every 10th WrestleMania has an underdog victory for the title, so Sami winning the purple would be perfect for WrestleMania 40. I'd say nudge nudge, wink wink.


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[Assistant] I love that for you. I, however...


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[Assistant] I'm going to be so smug about that. I don't think it's going to happen though, because he is, but honestly, I've got my lot with him is, he is bang fine and that's okay because that's what you did to him. When he retires, my work, when he retires, you will shed a tear and that will be my finest hour.


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[Assistant] He'll have his, cause like his in two years time will be his like 20th year in WWE.


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[Assistant] I think she's great. I think she's also bang fine.


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[Assistant] You guys are a consistent joy in an inconsistent world. Love you all.


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[Assistant] A couple of other chats that have come through, COB said Tegan Nox to be the fourth member of Damage Cuttral.


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[Assistant] Well, I know, but now we've got to write that wrong. We've got to get Team Kick back.


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[Assistant] And I like Team Kick, that's good wrestling I like. Uh, AJ should only join if the Good Brothers are not returning. Feed your head. Feed your head.


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[Assistant] Uh, Dog on Mad says, Obviously it wouldn't work, but I still think it should be mentioned. Because of Edge and, uh, Edge and Finn used to team with together to fight against the Judger of the Day.


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[Assistant] Well, do you know what's got me thinking, Dan? I don't. Pressing the subscribe button as well as the thumbs up button on this video because thank you so much for watching this episode of the Restful Podcast. Thank you so much for joining us today and spending your hour and a bit with us.


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[Assistant] I wasn't proud of it. No. No. I mean, I was, I did, I started it thinking we had a sponsor for this episode. And then remembered that we don't.


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[Assistant] Uh, please, uh, do head on over to other videos on this channel, because that also helps us out in the algorithm. Thank you for spending your hour and a bit with us. Sorry it went slightly long today, but we just like spending time with you.


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[Assistant] Uh, we'll be back on Thursday with the AEW Dynamite review. Quite the card they've got for Dynamite this week. Bandido is wrestling Chris Jericho.


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[Assistant] Okay, 2022 continues to surprise and I'm here for it. Then on Friday it will be the Blackpool Content Club where we are going to be talking about the Malachi Black situation, the Buddy Matthew situation and how wrestling media


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[Assistant] Covers Wrestling News. We thought I'd be in How Meta. Well, that's what we thought. It's meta. It's meta then. It's a bit meta. I know, I've seen it. I've seen it.


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[Assistant] Because we thought from a position that we're in, we could talk about this openly and kind of sort of share some thoughts about that. So please do join us there on Friday. And then Pete and Tempest will be doing the Smackdown review this coming Saturday. But until then, I have been Luke Owen. That has been the Professor Dan Layton. And that was wrestling. Jam that jam.


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[Assistant] Because like, I don't know how to be like, I just did that, I just did this. Like, I gotta be like-


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[Assistant] Haha, that's right, Sally. Go cry to mama. Oh, that's it, you son of a bitch.


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[Assistant] I was supposed to be the cook, the chef for Michael Jackson.


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[Assistant] Guardian of the Galaxy Volume 2.


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[Assistant] I'm like, wow, that's a lot of actors, you know, big actors, you know, like the guy named Chris.


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[Assistant] I was thinking something while walking yesterday. Suddenly, I felt that someone is calling me. He was none other than but my teacher. He asked politely, Shall I take your pen?


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[Assistant] Although I was standing, he went down to take his blessings.


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[Assistant] I believe that I was scapegoated to take the blame for the programs that were not running well.


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[Assistant] They're a very strong industry. They've got a tremendous amount of political influence and an awful lot of money.


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[Assistant] These, uh, gases when they come off the tank battery and so forth, you may be breathing those for 12 hours a day.


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[Assistant] I think there's no question that people are getting sick.


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[Assistant] from the environmental effects of oil and gas exploration production throughout the United States. And what's striking is when you ask them what their symptoms are, it's the same in one area as it is in another area.


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[Assistant] If the industry waits 15 years down the road, they're answering some very hard questions to a jury and to a number of plaintiffs saying, you know, when it was so inexpensive to put some of the


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[Assistant] These pollution control equipment and practices on your operation.


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[Assistant] Why when you knew that there were sicknesses, why didn't you do it?


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[Assistant] I regret that we missed each other at the station. Doubtless you were anxious to get here as quickly as possible.


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[Assistant] I have sometimes regretted that your poor father's temperament made it impossible for the two families to meet. But now, you're welcome to Clare Hall. Isn't that so, Lawrence? Glad to have her, Barry. And now that you're here, we must...


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[Assistant] When we inherited this estate from the widow of Adam Fury, whose portrait you see there, we took the family name. I think it would be advisable for you to do the same. I take it you've no objection.


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[Assistant] I think I should tell you straight away, Blanche. I don't wish you to make a mollycoddle of Lavinia. I shall ask you to look upon yourself as a governess. A kind one, but a strict one.


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[Assistant] He's not a very pleasant fellow, and he has a grievance which makes him even less so. I only continue to employ him because of an obligation. And surely he can have no grievance against you, Uncle.


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[Assistant] I'll explain very frankly what it is, Blanche. This property came to us because the last of the Furies, Adam Furey, had no children. I say he had no children, I should say he had no legitimate children. He had indeed some romantic adventure with an Italian woman. And Philip Thorne is their, their natural son. He has of course no claim at all to the estate. But as I say, he cherishes a grievance.


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[Assistant] No, he runs this place extremely well. But he's inclined to be familiar. Remember that he's a servant.


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[Assistant] I give orders here. My orders are for her to be shut. See that they're carried out. Come Lawrence.


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[Assistant] I'll go and see. Whiskey for Major Fraser. When am I going to have those yearlings you promised me? Any day now, tomorrow if you like. Good. I'll tell Lawrence to attend to it personally. How's my pot? Oh, thank you.


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[Assistant] Now that happens to be a metal art. There's five eggs in there, kinda gray and speckled.


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[Assistant] Until you get on the federal property, I think it is private interests that own the mineral rights.


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[Assistant] All through here. Once you get on the forest or BLM, then of course it's the government.


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[Assistant] And over there, they're on 10 acre spacing. From here, if you knew what you were looking for and you knew how many wells were on pads, I'd bet you could see three, four hundred wells. You're standing right over a pipeline right here, by the way.


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[Assistant] And, uh, that stack closest to us blew one day.


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[Assistant] It looked like Old Faithful had cut off over there.


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[Assistant] We were concerned that it would contaminate and ditch.


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[Assistant] When you arrived, this had already been found. Yeah. Could you say whether you'd ever seen this before?


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[Assistant] You knew of the gypsy threats against Mr. Fiori's life? Yes, everybody did. That is all, Thorne, thank you.


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[Assistant] May I have a word with you, Mrs. Fury? I'll say goodbye. Please don't trouble to see me out. And once more, my deepest sympathy.


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[Assistant] On the veneer's life. What possible motive could he have for that?


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[Assistant] You realize if Thorn is brought to trial, you may be questioned about this in public.


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[Assistant] Uh, uh.


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[Assistant] Protests continue in Egypt as the country's top opposition leaders renew calls to topple the Islamist regime.


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[Assistant] They don't like being preached to. They like the real. And we give them the real.


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[Assistant] I have had, uh, I think no symptoms at all. Uh, on the first day, a little bit of a tickly throat. That's it. That's the whole sum total.


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[Assistant] Framing the main event. It's really really good because I think


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[Assistant] Putting over the title as really important is obviously going to help everyone that's fighting for it.


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[Assistant] And also it makes it feel like it's not like a stagnant, it feels like a more fleshed out like world in and of itself. If Ziggler's talking about this other match that's happening for a title that he also wants to fight for, it feels like there's lots


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[Assistant] Uhm, if I'm going to be nitpicky, which I am, because I'm here on Raw, baby, and that's what I do is I nitpick.


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[Assistant] Last time Ziggler hold the US title, I believe he just relinquished it immediately afterwards. He really? Yeaah.


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[Assistant] The match itself I've really enjoyed, because like you said, they didn't have too much time, but they compensated for that for being really, really quick. So they just did a lot of stuff in not a huge amount of time, which was really, really fun. Really liked the match itself. Uh, and Lashley attacking the referees is fun. It's a nice little, like, uhm,


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[Assistant] Uh, so I'm actually attacking the officials I'm all on board for.


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[Assistant] The firing I'm very curious about. I don't know where this is going. And I think, in a good way, I'm on board for it, and I don't know what they're gonna do from here, and I'm interested. Yeah, I really hope what they don't do is they just bring Lashley back next week and be like, Andy's been reinstated.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think we're gonna have a little bit of time off for a brief period of time. I would also like to see...


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[Assistant] I don't know if they can make this happen, I do want to see Lashley vs Adam Pearce now.


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[Assistant] I want to see Lashley murder him, even though Adam Pearce is kind of in the right, and Lashley's being a bit of a dick, I still just want to see Lashley kill him. I think that'll be really fun.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if we see like, you know, Lashley shows up in the crowd and he's not supposed to be here and he's beating up security and he just wants to get his hands on Adam Pearce or whatever it is. I'd love Lashley versus Pearce though. Lashley versus Pearce would be so much fun. I mean he called him a mother effer. He sure did.


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[Assistant] Oh absolutely, yeah. Uhm, and I think it'd be really cool if kinda Adam Pearce, who's essentially been in the right so far, maybe firing him is a bit extreme based on WWE's history of people are totally allowed to just attack officials with not much consequence, maybe a fine, at best. Uhm, so maybe Adam Pearce could just go off the deep end.


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[Assistant] And just be like, Lashley is now barred from every arena. There's no way that he could ever step foot back in the WWE. He's permanently fired. No one can bring him back. I'm gonna decree it that Lashley's career is ruined and all that stuff. He can never wrestle anywhere ever again. And he goes way too far to then make Lashley the babyface in this. And he's like, no, I'm just gonna murder you now.


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[Assistant] I'm not gonna lie, celebrations are great, they're no quality street.


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[Assistant] Yeah, I think this, this, if you want to call it a home run segment, you can call it a home run segment. I thought this was really good for everyone. And there's also a video package from, uh, about Lashley as well, right before this match as well. Yeah, that's right. Over Lashley in the, in another segment. This is all kind of built around building up a lot of people at the same time and it worked.


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[Assistant] I also really like that lash leader, like, one of the last moments. As Adam Pearce walks off, he goes, I'M WHAT?!


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[Assistant] Sure, yeaah. I mean, yeaah. I'm intrigued by the cliffhanger too.


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[Assistant] Excuse me, there's several parts going into that of not just caring about the wrestling but caring about the story beats within the wrestling, caring about the psychology of a match, telling a story through wrestling. There's a lot of steps to make your audience care about this stuff and I think they are doing it, it's just gonna take some time.


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[Assistant] Um, it did until a few moments later. I think if they hadn't have referenced anything to do with any spookiness at all, then it would have been like, oh, that's a bit weird considering all the teasers and stuff.


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[Assistant] But I think that this was now step two of the teases, and the actual thing that's gonna happen is gonna be during the match with Bianca Belair.


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[Assistant] This is really good. I really liked, uh, Alex's kind of selling of the moment of her being like,


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[Assistant] The hell was that? And just kinda like walking up to me like, I'm just kinda like shaking your head a little bit as she walks off kinda like, okay, it's like some good teasers there, some solid stuff. I like it. I really hope this isn't magic. I really hope this isn't magic.


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[Assistant] I think the Reginald stuff was worse. Oh, well with, um, with Sasha Banks. Yeah, because he did actively ruin a build. Sure did. The match was still fantastic. Thank God the match was still fantastic.


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[Assistant] At least it's something new for her. And I will also say, I appreciate the more subtle nuance of having the logo flash on the screen, because I feel like, and this is just speculation on my part, in years gone by they would have done like, ooh, spooky lighting, and all of logo on the screen, there's a Bray Wyatt film.


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[Assistant] That's the line. It can be weird and creepy and a bit strange. It can't be magic. That's my line.


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[Assistant] Yeah, that's what they did. They were laughing at their phone because Chad Gable got milked.


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[Assistant] More, more, more of this please! Uh, this was a short match, but I liked it a lot. I also liked when Chad Gable got thrown out the ring, Otis caught him, and then he turned to the camera and he said, I'm a tree trunk, I'm alone.


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[Assistant] Real bad combination of the two. I think it was, he was a white hot baby face, and then he had a bad twist game, and everyone went, aww.


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[Assistant] But it's fine, it's still good, it's still good. And then the fiends have happened and you went, ah, nevermind. Yeah.


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[Assistant] That, that is the segment. That is what they did. They did a promo, and then Akira Tizawa said, we want the smoke, and then he drank what was in his cup, and then like did a fired up yell, and then they all yelled in each other's faces, and then yelled together, and that was the segment.


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[Assistant] Really, really made me laugh. My note for this one was, that was stupid, but I kinda liked it.


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[Assistant] It was so good. The pace of this match was so great, and I cannot think of a single misstep in this match. It felt like everything was just like bang, hit this one, bang, hit this one, bang, hit this one, and everything was spot on that they wanted to do.