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Welcome to the world of Tales from Davidstown.

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Episode Six: What Jess Saw.

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Originally released on Patreon

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on August 4th, 2023.

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Previously on Tales from Davidstown.

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Paul: I'm concerned for a friend's well-being.

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Hobbs: Is this girl a patient of yours?

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No. She's been acting different of late.

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Mai Ling: This is truly old.

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A diary infact.

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Emily: I can't read the language, but the images.

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The wolf of Ansbach.

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This creature. What is it?

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Many names have come and gone,
but most today

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know of this beast by the name werewolf.

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Jess: What is this?

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Jess, I...

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After everything I've helped you with.

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I'm not making this up.

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Emily,
there are no such things as werewolves

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or whatever
Mei has been telling you about.

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You need to believe me!

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Emily, for fuck's sake.

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Just wait here
and I will be back, and we will fix this.

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Enough of this.

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Philippa? It's me.

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Get the video camera ready for me,
will you?

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You can't argue against video evidence, Em.

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**groaning in pain**

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Oh...

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**Camera Beep**

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I don't know how I'm going to tell
any of this to anyone.

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So I'm
just going to keep a record of it here

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for myself.

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I'm thinking

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maybe if I just let the words come

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then it’ll help? Oh.

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Help me figure this out.

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**She pours a stiff drink**

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**Coughing**

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Yesterday...

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Last night was supposed to be the moment

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I set Emily free from a delusion.

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But then.

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No... I’ll... um...

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I'll start at the beginning.

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Emily,

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I so,

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so wanted to help you.

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To continue

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to help you.

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After everything you went through
with Jason.

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That motherfucker Jason.

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I just wanted you to be safe.

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I wanted to prove to you that you weren't
the monster

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you kept telling yourself you were.

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But I just couldn't get through to you.

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And those pictures you showed me,

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the ones from your car and the stories.

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It all sounds so fucking insane.

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So I lied to you.

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I needed to lie to you.

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Help you see the truth.

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I’d collected

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my video camera from the office and...

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And I sat a little ways
down the street from the house,

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trying to work out
what the hell I was going to do.

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I mean,

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in some way,

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I thought it’d be simple, right?

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March in there.

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Your house, present you with my plan
and would finally fix everything.

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I’d film you the whole
time, and then you'd see.

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Finally

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I'd be able to prove it to you.

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Prove I was right.

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Then,

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just like that, you stepped out the door

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and you looked

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so sad.

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The first thing I thought was

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“Is she running away?”.

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“Where the hell is she going with that
backpack?”

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I'm sitting there
getting caught up in my thoughts so much

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I barely notice the taxi pull up.

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Taxi Driver: Ah, right. Love, Emily. Is it?

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Emily: Yeah.

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That's me.

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I've just got this bag.

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No worries love. Hop in.

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Thank you.

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Where are you going Em?

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So this is how that little trip started.

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And now I'm following, tailing

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even, my friend
like some kind of private detective.

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I hit record on my camera...

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Okay, so you've left the house in a taxi
for some reason.

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With a bag.

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I'm following you,
and I'm trying to film at the same time.

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I've lived
in this town for most of my life.

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Know, every road, every nook
and cranny, like the back of my hand.

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It was obvious where you were heading.

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You were going into the hills.

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Back into the moors.

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Why do you keep going up there, Em?

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**Jess’s car passes by**

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Okay,

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so I've been following you
for nearly an hour at this point.

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Jesus,
this taxi is going to cost you a fortune.

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The sun was setting behind the hills.

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It was just about breaking
through the clouds.

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Those God rays stretching out right
across the distant ground

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while the sky glowed red at first,

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and then gradually into that blue
purple hue

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that I know so well.

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It was hard not to get caught up
in the beauty of it really.

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By now...

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it was just your taxi and me on the road,

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and I was doing my best
to keep my distance.

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Radio Presenter: It's coming up to 9:30.

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And now the latest news from the area.

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Hundreds flock to Davidstown
ready for meteor shower season.

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The Perseid Meteor Showers 
are in full swing

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and promises to be quite the spectacle,
especially this evening.

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Despite the brightness of the full moon.

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We asked some of these astronomy
enthusiasts just what they're looking-

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Full moon.

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I remember that damn diary.

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The images: a wolf and a huge full moon.

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**recorder beep**

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You're up here because of the full moon?

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You’re
all the way out here because of the tourists.

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The rocky outcropping

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was getting more and more common either
side of the road by now.

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I saw the red brake lights
from the taxi flash catching me out.

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Ah, shit!

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Come on, you stupid

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lights, off!

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It's getting pretty dark by now.

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I could just make you out.

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Walking away from the taxi.

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My God, Em.

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We're in the middle of nowhere.

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You've left the cab now...

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Fuck!

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Where are you?

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All I needed was the damn torch.

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But I couldn’t risk you spotting me.

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Wait a minute. **click** Yes.

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Thank God
these home cameras have night vision.

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Otherwise, I'd have been screwed.

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All right,

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let's see

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what we can see.

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I couldn’t remember

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the last time
I've been in such a quiet place.

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The darkness was creeping in
more and more.

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And the heat the summer's day was fading fast.

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**Shivers** Crap.

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Should have really brought a coat... **Shivers**

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Away from the road
I could see a break in the rocks.

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Like a doorway.

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Just past that

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your torch light weaving away in the dark

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as you walked.

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I pointed the camera.

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Now where are you going? Oh,

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I'm going to end up freezing my tits off here aren’t I.

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I don't know if I'd ever considered
the dark a scary thing before.

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I mean,

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not since I was little, anyway.

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But tonight.

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Following you in the black...

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Everything felt...

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Off.

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**Rustling**

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Hello?

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Emily?

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Damnedest thing but, as crazy as it felt then

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I could swear something was nearby.

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Near me.

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Maybe watching me.

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The way I was watching you.

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Fuck.

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I hate this.

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Emily,
I swear to God, I'm going to kill you

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if something gets me out here.

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Only one bar.

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It's better than no phone signal.

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**Breaking sticks**
**Gasp**

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The fuck was that??

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Of course

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I could barely see anything.

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That was until the moon began
to rise over the surrounding stones.

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Bright and blue,

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almost parting the clouds.

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It's light

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touched the ground all around me.

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And suddenly

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I could see everything clearly,

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including you.

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A few hundred metres ahead,

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next to the bottom of the cliff,
I could see the glow of a campfire

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And your shadow.

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A huge projection against the wall.

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Do you see what I see, Em?

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Here you are all alone out here.

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Not a monster in sight.

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I stopped.

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Crouching down,

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taking time to get a bit more film

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before I let you know that I was there.

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But that moment, in still of the night

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I could hear something.

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**Crying**

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Emily.

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I watched a moment longer,

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trying to think of how I could help

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bring you home.

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Then I saw you reach for something.

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It glinted in the light.

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Something... small... metal.

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A knife!

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And as you took it to your wrist,

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I panicked.

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Emily. No!

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Emily: Ahhh!!

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Jess??

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Jesus Christ, Emily, what are you doing?

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What the fuck are you doing here?

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You shouldn't be here.

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What am I doing here?

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How about

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what the fuck are you doing here?

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And what the fuck are you doing with that
knife?

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You...

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You followed me here?

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Why would you do that?

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Is...

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Is that a camcorder??

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I'm here to save you from yourself, Emily.

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By filming me??
Yes!

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Look around you. Look at yourself.

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There's no monster, Emily. There
never was.

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Now I can prove it to you with this.

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No, no, you don't understand.

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You shouldn't be here. 
Well, I am here

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Em. I'm here to take you home.

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Take my hand Em.

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Come home with me.

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No. No!

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Get away from me!!

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You fucking idiot!

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I was trying to protect you.

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Protect all of you!

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Get away!

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Leave me alone!

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Fuck this!

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If you won't come with me, then you'll
have to listen to reason another way.

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What are you doing?

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I'm sorry Emily.

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I can't leave you here to hurt yourself.

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Hello?

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Police please.

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Yes. It's an emergency.

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Stop.
Yes. Hi.

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I'm with my friend.

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Hello. Hello? Can you hear me?

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Stop!!
Hello?

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It's a really bad line. I'm with...

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Hello.

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Hello. I need help.

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I'm with my friend.

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Stop!!!

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**Emily strains...**

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Emily..?

277
00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:27,920
**Bones crunch**
**Emily screams**

278
00:13:28,360 --> 00:13:30,000
Oh fuck...

279
00:13:30,000 --> 00:13:31,000
Oh fuck!

280
00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,160
Ahhhhhhh!!!!

281
00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:42,880
**Bones break and reform**

282
00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:45,960
Em..?

283
00:13:46,800 --> 00:13:48,360
Emily?

284
00:13:48,360 --> 00:13:54,800
**Emily’s pained breathing carries through the air**

285
00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:57,760
**CRUNCH**

286
00:13:57,760 --> 00:13:59,000
RUN!!

287
00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:01,640
RUN AWAY!!

288
00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:03,800
AHHHH!!!!!!

289
00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:06,480
And there it was.

290
00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:08,440
Under that bright night sky

291
00:14:08,440 --> 00:14:12,360
I watched you scream and writhe...

292
00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:14,520
and grow.

293
00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,200
Feet, glued to the spot in fear

294
00:14:20,240 --> 00:14:22,360
I saw your back arch hard,

295
00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:25,360
splitting your shirt open. And your hands...

296
00:14:26,640 --> 00:14:28,680
Oh god.

297
00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,680
Your hands.

298
00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:33,880
Huge black claws

299
00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:35,760
ripping through the ends of your fingers

300
00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,760
as your palms stretched and swelled.

301
00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,000
J...

302
00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,040
JESS!

303
00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:48,040
PLEASE!!

304
00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:54,640
AHHHHHEEEELLPPP MEEEEE!!

305
00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,200
I was barely able to even register
anything else around me.

306
00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:00,240
It was a nightmare

307
00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,240
I was desperately trying to wake up from.

308
00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:08,040
More and more

309
00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,040
you changed.

310
00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:13,160
Ears pointed.

311
00:15:13,160 --> 00:15:16,160
Shoes split wide open

312
00:15:16,560 --> 00:15:18,760
and black hair poured out of your skin.

313
00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,560
Then I caught myself
just repeating something over

314
00:15:26,720 --> 00:15:29,720
and over again.

315
00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:33,160
It's real...

316
00:15:33,960 --> 00:15:35,280
It’s real....

317
00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,280
RUUUUUUUUUNN!!!

318
00:15:38,280 --> 00:15:40,080
**Jess screams**

319
00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:42,720
I didn't know what else to do, Em.

320
00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:43,520
The fear...

321
00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:45,840
The fear was debilitating.

322
00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:49,200
It was like something was stopping me
from being able to coordinate my limbs.

323
00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:51,040
Like a dream

324
00:15:51,040 --> 00:15:54,120
when you try and run,
but the air is as thick as glue.

325
00:15:55,600 --> 00:15:58,200
And then suddenly,

326
00:15:58,200 --> 00:16:01,560
this other voice appeared in my mind
as if someone else was talking to me.

327
00:16:02,280 --> 00:16:05,160
Strange voice: Run you idiot! Get away! Go!

328
00:16:05,160 --> 00:16:08,040
It was like
a shackle had been unbolted from my legs.

329
00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:10,040
I ran.

330
00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:12,440
I ran so hard
I thought my ankles would split

331
00:16:12,440 --> 00:16:15,440
through the soles of my own feet.

332
00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:18,480
The echoes of your screams.

333
00:16:18,480 --> 00:16:21,480
Your roars
rang out like some chorus out of hell.

334
00:16:21,920 --> 00:16:23,120
Deeper and deeper

335
00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,320
until...

336
00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:26,920
**Distant roaring**

337
00:16:27,480 --> 00:16:30,480
And I knew then and there

338
00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,400
you were gone.

339
00:16:32,400 --> 00:16:35,400
But no matter how hard I pushed.

340
00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,760
No matter how exhausted I already was.

341
00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,400
If I stopped now

342
00:16:42,520 --> 00:16:45,400
I was dead.

343
00:16:45,400 --> 00:16:48,400
I could hear something
running circles around me.

344
00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,000
A huge gallop of feet passing me.

345
00:16:53,320 --> 00:16:54,920
Stalking me.

346
00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:56,320
**Jess yelps**

347
00:16:57,440 --> 00:16:59,480
The edge of an outcropping.

348
00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:01,960
I missed it, and fell right over
rolling down hill,

349
00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:05,040
hitting every jagged rock on the way down
in what felt like forever

350
00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:06,520
until...

351
00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:08,040
**THUD**

352
00:17:11,640 --> 00:17:12,480
**Jess yelps**

353
00:17:13,480 --> 00:17:17,960
I remember that single second of the cry
I let out, suddenly realising

354
00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:22,680
that if I made another sound, the monster,
the wolf, would find me.

355
00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,560
There I was... the middle of nowhere,
laying in stinking,

356
00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:33,320
foul smelling mud, trying not to scream
and breathe and cry all at the same time.

357
00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:37,440
If it wasn't for the sheer
pain in my ankle and ribs

358
00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:40,440
I think I might have passed out.

359
00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:47,680
Slowly,

360
00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:49,440
quietly,

361
00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:52,440
I dragged myself sliding out of the mud

362
00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,280
into a bush.

363
00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:04,160
**Growling**

364
00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,160
I prayed.

365
00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,160
In my head I desperately prayed.

366
00:18:13,040 --> 00:18:14,760
I'm not even religious.

367
00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:15,960
Looking at you

368
00:18:15,960 --> 00:18:19,760
Or rather, this thing with bright
yellow eyes

369
00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:21,800
that used to be you.

370
00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:26,360
What else can I do?

371
00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,760
If there was a God,

372
00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,400
let me live.

373
00:18:31,400 --> 00:18:33,360
Let me live
long enough to tell you...

374
00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:35,000
I'm sorry.

375
00:18:35,280 --> 00:18:38,640
I'm so, so sorry that I didn't believe you

376
00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:41,640
when you needed me to.

377
00:18:42,560 --> 00:18:49,280
**The wolf smells the air and growls**

378
00:18:50,240 --> 00:18:51,280
Mud.

379
00:18:51,600 --> 00:18:53,080
The stench.

380
00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:54,960
You couldn't smell me anymore.

381
00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:57,960
All I had to do was just lay still
and I'd be safe.

382
00:18:58,400 --> 00:19:00,160
Just wait for it to move on, then- 

383
00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,160
**The camera beeps**
“Camera, Low power”

384
00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:04,000
Fuck!!

385
00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:06,680
No no no!!!

386
00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:07,680
Too late.

387
00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,520
It’d seen me.

388
00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:12,360
And that was it.

389
00:19:12,360 --> 00:19:14,280
I was done.

390
00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,920
Emily, please.

391
00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:18,320
Please. It's me.

392
00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:19,920
It's Jess!

393
00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:20,520
Please!

394
00:19:20,520 --> 00:19:23,520
You have to remember who I am!

395
00:19:26,560 --> 00:19:27,720
Emily, please.

396
00:19:27,720 --> 00:19:30,720
I don't want to die.

397
00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,440
**The wolf stops and sniffs the air**

398
00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,320
The galloping.

399
00:19:40,320 --> 00:19:42,680
But if it wasn't coming from the wolf...

400
00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:44,560
From you, then-

401
00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:45,680
**High pitched shriek**

402
00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:48,960
Right in front.

403
00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,560
This monstrous white creature lands
between me and the wolf.

404
00:19:54,360 --> 00:19:56,120
It's pristine fur

405
00:19:56,120 --> 00:19:59,520
catching the light of the moon as nine...
nine

406
00:19:59,520 --> 00:20:03,480
massive tails waved aggressively
all about it.

407
00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:08,400
Not another wolf,
but something else, almost fox like,

408
00:20:08,400 --> 00:20:11,400
raised itself onto its hind legs.

409
00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:14,440
Standing ten feet tall.

410
00:20:15,040 --> 00:20:18,320
**The creatures growl at each other**

411
00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:19,440
I raised the

412
00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,440
camera again, trying to get a shot.

413
00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:23,760
No good.

414
00:20:23,760 --> 00:20:24,520
It's dead.

415
00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:25,800
**The white fox roars**

416
00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:26,760
**The wolf roars**

417
00:20:26,840 --> 00:20:29,840
**The white fox shrieks**

418
00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:33,480
Like a coiled up snake

419
00:20:33,480 --> 00:20:37,760
the fox leaped at the wolf,
the two biting, clawing and screaming.

420
00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:40,880
And I'm ringside, hoping
they don't land on

421
00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:43,880
top of me.

422
00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:49,440
It's only been seconds.

423
00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,040
And there's blood everywhere.

424
00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:52,760
And then

425
00:20:52,760 --> 00:20:55,360
again, I heard it.

426
00:20:55,360 --> 00:20:57,920
Get away! GET AWAY!!

427
00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:00,000
Had I totally lost my mind?

428
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:03,000
Or was something trying to talk to me?

429
00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:06,400
And one final play:

430
00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,400
These two massive creatures
run at each other.

431
00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,120
Whichever wins now, decides
if I live or die.

432
00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:16,960
The fox leaps, bringing its huge legs

433
00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:19,960
full force smack into the wolf’s face.

434
00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,640
It flew backwards,
hitting a rocky wall at full pelt.

435
00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:27,040
Enough to bring down a large rock
right on top of it’s head.

436
00:21:36,840 --> 00:21:39,400
Was I safe?

437
00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,320
Or is this just a contest to see

438
00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,080
who eats next?

439
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:45,240
Trapped...

440
00:21:45,240 --> 00:21:46,360
I waited as the fox

441
00:21:46,360 --> 00:21:49,360
limped towards me, and again

442
00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:51,160
that damn voice.

443
00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,160
Stupid girl. Stupid girl!!

444
00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,440
My eyes locked with its own.

445
00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,680
Huge blue glowing,

446
00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,520
and suddenly I felt...

447
00:22:03,880 --> 00:22:05,040
faint.

448
00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,600
My eyes heavy,

449
00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,800
heavier than they’d ever felt before.

450
00:22:10,800 --> 00:22:12,560
Sleep.

451
00:22:13,640 --> 00:22:15,400
Sleep.

452
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:18,560
Sleep.

453
00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:24,960
**Silence**

454
00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,760
**Bird song**

455
00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,200
Morning.

456
00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:36,040
Somehow

457
00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:39,040
I made it to morning.

458
00:22:39,720 --> 00:22:41,880
And somehow

459
00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:43,320
I'm laying next to my car.

460
00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,320
Miles from where I was.

461
00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:49,200
What the fuck?

462
00:22:49,200 --> 00:22:52,200
And there it is.

463
00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,200
There it all is.

464
00:22:56,800 --> 00:22:58,520
I went out there to prove something.

465
00:22:58,520 --> 00:23:01,720
And in the end,
I only proved how fucking selfish

466
00:23:01,720 --> 00:23:04,720
and stupid I am.

467
00:23:05,280 --> 00:23:08,280
I should have believed you, Emily.

468
00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,120
And now I don't know

469
00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:14,040
anything anymore.

470
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,960
I don't know where you are.

471
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:16,960
I don't know what fought

472
00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:18,960
that night.

473
00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:21,960
Only thing I do know

474
00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:24,360
is this;

475
00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:27,360
I know this
tape will never see the light of day.

476
00:23:28,520 --> 00:23:30,720
I mean,

477
00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,320
how can it?

478
00:23:33,320 --> 00:23:36,320
Who would believe it?

479
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,200
But living through that, seeing...

480
00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:44,560
I can barely believe it.

481
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:46,840
Even now.

482
00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:48,840
But I'll keep this here

483
00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,840
safe to show you.

484
00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:55,480
To help you.

485
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:57,880
Somehow.

486
00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:00,360
But first,

487
00:24:00,360 --> 00:24:02,720
I promise you,

488
00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,160
I will find you.

489
00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,160
And we'll work this out

490
00:24:08,160 --> 00:24:11,160
together.

491
00:24:15,120 --> 00:24:18,120
**Small safe closes**

492
00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,800
Now let's find out

493
00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:28,800
what the fuck is going on.

494
00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:37,680
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495
00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:40,920
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496
00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:45,000
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