1. Hello.
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2. Hello. Am I speaking
to Mr. Philip Connarthy?
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3. It's pronounced "Connarty."
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4. Apologies. I'm calling on behalf
of a Miss Kelly Royce.
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5. I don't know a Kelly Royce.
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6. Absolutely, but this regards
Miss Royce's mother, Carol Royce.
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7. I don't know a Carol Royce either.
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8. Her maiden name was Hartman.
Carol Hartman.
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9. Yeah, I know the name.
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10. Um...
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11. I knew her.
Uh, sorry, why are you calling?
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12. I'm afraid she passed away last Wednesday.
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13. Her daughter wanted you to know.
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14. Hello?
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15. - Tell her I'm sorry for her loss. Uh...
- Of course.
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16. Thank you for letting me know.
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17. There will, of course, be a funeral.
In London. In England.
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18. In England.
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19. No, um, I can't. Uh...
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20. No, that's understood.
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21. I'm not calling about attendance.
I'm from a company called Eulogy.
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22. Eulogy, okay.
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23. We're helping the family curate
an immersive memorial.
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24. Immersive memorial. Mm-hmm.
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25. We've been contacting names
in her mother's old papers,
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26. which is where you were listed.
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27. Locating people who knew Carol
in her youth has been challenging.
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28. If you could contribute a memory,
it would mean a great deal to the family.
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29. - It was all so long ago, and I can't, um...
- Well, you won't have to write anything.
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30. The system curates your recollections
and uploads them for the memorial.
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31. - Would you like to take part?
- I'm not sure.
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32. It's entirely voluntary.
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33. If it's easier, we can just send you
the kit, and you can decide then.
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34. The kit?
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35. - Hello?
- Ah!
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36. Hello?
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37. Hello?
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38. You don't have to speak directly into me.
Sorry. I know, weird thing to say.
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39. Sorry.
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40. I've got a bit of an opening spiel
I need to do here.
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41. - Go for it.
- Okay.
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42. Today, we celebrate
the life of Carol Royce.
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43. As guide, my role is
to help you reminisce, relive,
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44. and to curate
your fondest memories of her.
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45. Yeah, can we maybe skip the intro?
Just tell me what you need me to do.
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46. Okay. Uh...
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47. So first, let's, um... let's calibrate.
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48. Simply place the guide disc,
uh, that's me, on your temple.
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49. - This, like, on the side of my, like...
- Mm-hmm.
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50. That's it.
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51. Now all you have to do is think of Carol.
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52. Well, I haven't done that for a long time.
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53. Mm-hmm. Understood.
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54. But try to recall her now.
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55. Close your eyes and picture her face.
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56. Okay, uh, not really getting anything.
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57. Oh, well... sorry, but, um...
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58. Just, uh... just try to focus.
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59. I am, but it's hard to, uh...
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60. To see her clearly?
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61. Yes.
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62. At first, getting hold of a memory
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63. feels like trying to grab a river
with your hands.
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64. - Oh boy.
- Yeah, sorry, not my words.
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65. That's what the, uh, brochure says.
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66. What helps are tangible prompts.
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67. Photos, songs, mementos.
That kind of thing.
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68. Can't you supply photos?
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69. Oh, I'm not allowed
to provide external material.
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70. - It would get mixed up with your memories.
- Right.
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71. They do it this way
to keep the recollections accurate.
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72. Right, right, right.
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73. But if you grant access
to your photo cloud,
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74. I can search for images of Carol.
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75. Smartphones and clouds didn't exist
back when I knew her.
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76. Um, okay,
but do you have any physical photos?
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77. - Are you there?
- Yeah, did you find some?
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78. - Uh, a few.
- A few?
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79. Okay, three.
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80. - I can process up to 1,500 photos.
- And I got you three.
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81. They recommend a minimum
of six different images.
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82. - Can we just get going?
- Absolutely.
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83. - So?
- So pop me back on.
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84. Lay out the first image
you'd like to import and then look at it.
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85. - Literally just look at it?
- That's right.
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86. Okay. Uh, the first one is, uh... this.
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87. Okay. What are we looking at here?
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88. That's the day I met Carol.
This would've been in Brooklyn.
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89. Rooftop barbecue at The Coop.
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90. - The Coop?
- Uh, yeah. It used to be a squat. Um...
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91. The idea was it was a co-op, so everyone
just called it Coop, hence The Coop.
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92. I mean, we were just kids, really,
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93. but we called ourselves artists,
musicians... misfits.
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94. Well, believe it or not, that, yeah,
that young man is me, and that is Carol.
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95. What, the... the woman with her back to us?
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96. Yeah.
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97. We're looking for
a clear recollection of her.
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98. This is what I have.
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99. We can enhance the moment
by entering the image.
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100. Shall we go in?
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101. - What do you mean "go in"?
- It's easiest to just show you.
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102. Jesus Christ.
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103. - Hi. Sorry.
- Ah!
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104. - Oh.
- It's me.
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105. - Your guide.
- Holy crap.
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106. I didn't... didn't mean to make you jump.
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107. No, it... it's not... It's just that this is...
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108. Yeah. Take a moment to get your bearings.
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109. This is the photograph
fused with your memories.
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110. Some parts are missing,
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111. but details appear
as and when your memories fill out.
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112. So when this was taken, this was
before you and Carol got together?
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113. Huh...
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114. Well, I never said we got together.
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115. Oh, come on.
Look at the way you're looking at her.
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116. And I'm guessing she was looking back
at you the same way.
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117. I'd made her laugh.
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118. She was new in the house.
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119. I didn't know her, but I wanted to,
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120. and I'd made her laugh,
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121. and she looked...
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122. - Oh Christ.
- It's okay.
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123. No, there's no... Um, I can't see her face.
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124. It'll come to you.
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125. Try to focus on
what you can recall of this moment.
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126. Okay.
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127. Um...
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128. She had just moved in. Uh...
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129. She kept to herself.
She had been studying the cello.
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130. She was usually in her room, practicing.
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131. I think she still had a boyfriend
back home at this point.
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132. Fiancé.
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133. Sorry?
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134. There's an engagement ring
on her finger. See?
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135. The eye can't make
that level of detail out in your photo,
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136. but there's enough for the algorithmic
sharpening to make visible to us in here.
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137. I never knew she was engaged.
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138. Maybe you chose not to see
or not to remember.
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139. No, she never said it was that serious.
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140. Perhaps she underplayed it.
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141. - Didn't wanna scare you off.
- Uh-huh.
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142. Shall we mark this moment
for potential upload for the memorial?
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143. I don't think her family would appreciate
seeing a fond memory
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144. of her flirting with me
while engaged to someone else.
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145. Hmm, you're right.
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146. Though it would be
an honest representation of her character.
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147. Shall we move on?
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148. Jesus Christ.
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149. Yeah. Don't worry.
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150. These transitions should get
less disorientating as you go.
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151. Shall we try your next photo?
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152. Okay.
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153. Looks like another party.
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154. Uh, yeah, I can't remember what for.
Any excuse would do, you know?
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155. That was The Coop.
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156. Okay. A lot of faces.
Why don't you talk me through who's who?
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157. Uh, okay.
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158. That's Emma with the blonde hair.
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159. And the guy with the bong,
that's Jamo.
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160. And the girl lying back there is Amanda.
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161. You'd have liked her.
She was British, like you.
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162. But there's no Carol.
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163. Or you.
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164. No, we're not in the photo,
but we were definitely both at this party.
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165. Mm.
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166. Looks like there was a record playing.
"Fools Gold" by...
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167. The Stone Roses.
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168. It's one of Amanda's.
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169. Music's great for jogging the memory.
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170. There.
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171. Right.
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172. Yeah.
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173. We were through there,
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174. down the hall.
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175. That was the first time
me and Carol really got talking.
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176. I was so nervous.
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177. My brain was screaming behind my ears,
"Don't fuck this up, man."
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178. But I didn't fuck it up.
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179. Talking with her was easy.
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180. She was funny.
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181. Can you remember what you talked about?
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182. No, but
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183. she was like no one I'd ever known.
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184. Or even thought of knowing.
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185. That was our first night together.
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186. I can't use this either, can I?
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187. "I screwed the deceased.
May she rest in peace."
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188. Probably not.
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189. Um, let's try your last photo.
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190. Uh...
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191. Me again.
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192. What the hell was I wearing?
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193. Don't have a clue who took this.
I didn't notice anyone taking it.
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194. But still no sign of Carol.
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195. No. But I was listening...
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196. ...to her.
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197. She was in her room.
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198. On her cello, practicing.
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199. Lost in it.
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200. She didn't know I was watching.
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201. - She's in there, but I can't see her.
- Can you remember what she was playing?
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202. This thing she used to play over and over.
It was a beautiful piece of music.
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203. If you can remember the name of the piece,
I can look it up.
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204. Listening might fill out the memory.
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205. No, it won't be on a service.
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206. She wrote it herself.
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207. It was a piece she composed?
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208. Yeah. She was good.
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209. She was good.
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210. It's a shame you don't have more photos,
but since that's all you have,
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211. perhaps we should try
some other form of stimuli...
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212. It's not.
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213. Sorry?
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214. I've got other pictures.
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215. Of her.
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216. Great! Then let's look at those.
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217. They won't help.
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218. See what I mean?
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219. Yeah.
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220. A year or so after we broke up,
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221. if it had her face in it,
I either threw it out or I did that.
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222. You were upset with her.
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223. That's one way of putting it, yeah.
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224. You won't ever know
how hard I fell for that girl.
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225. Like, beyond everything.
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226. And she said...
she always said she felt the same,
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227. and I believed she felt the same,
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228. and then she drops me.
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229. Into a pit. Just a fucking pit.
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230. Just cold, bang.
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231. Just, "See ya."
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232. Not a word. Just walks away.
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233. And she went on with her life
while mine just stopped.
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234. So that was me.
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235. Lost. No hope. Nothing.
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236. So then came the drinking,
all that shit, the desperation of it.
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238. Me and Carol were together three years.
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239. It took me 15 to climb out
of the hole she put me in.
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240. - So, yes. I was upset.
- And you never stayed in touch?
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241. Uh, no.
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242. No, we did not.
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243. Reexamining the past
isn't always comfortable, but...
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245. But, yeah,
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246. there were good times...
when we were together.
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247. I know that. But, uh...
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248. that's all gone.
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249. I can't even picture her face anymore.
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251. No.
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252. Well, do you have any particular memories
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what's left of these photos?
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254. I don't... Um...
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255. Used to, maybe? I don't know.
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256. It's just the more you can recall,
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257. the more likely it is
we can restore your memory of her face.
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258. All right, then.
Let's... let's try this one.
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259. Which one's you?
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260. Sorry, I'm joking.
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261. Oh, you're hilarious.
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262. What do you remember
about the day this was taken?
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263. It was wet.
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265. Let's see what else you can recall.
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266. So where exactly are we?
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267. Uh, the pier at Cape Cod.
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268. Well, that's where you live now.
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269. Yeah, well, I inherited my folks' house,
but they were out of town,
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270. so we took the opportunity
to take a cheap little vacation.
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271. My first getaway with a girlfriend.
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272. Who took the photo?
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273. Uh, just a tourist.
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274. Some passerby
we handed the camera to and asked.
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275. I liked this photo more than Carol did.
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276. - She wasn't into hot dogs?
- No, it was the beer.
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277. "You could've put that bottle down
for the picture."
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278. Well, yeah. She had a point.
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279. Yeah.
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280. You know, it was on this trip
that we knew we were serious.
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281. Lying in bed,
fascinated by each other's eyes.
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282. "I love you" back and forth, all that.
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283. Nothing else existed. Just us.
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284. That's all we needed.
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285. We made plans.
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286. Man, we were so young.
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287. So what were the plans?
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288. Well, we decided
to get our own place together.
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289. Oh, black and white? That's a bit arty.
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290. This was it.
Tiny place over a piano store.
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291. Uh, I took the picture,
so I would have been about there.
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292. Mm.
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293. Can you remember
what color she's painting with here?
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294. The walls were nicotine-yellow
when we moved in.
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295. First place of our own for both of us.
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296. We wanted to make our mark,
so we painted the whole place... blue.
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297. Yeah, that's it. Blue.
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298. Yes!
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299. Oh my God, the landlord lost his shit.
We weren't supposed to redecorate.
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300. It was a stupid idea, really.
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301. It made it look
even smaller than it already was.
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302. - The two of you were happy here?
- Mm-hmm.
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303. Just me and her.
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304. And the cello.
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305. Yeah, we both kept up the music.
She'd joined the band by now.
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306. - You were in a band together?
- Oh yeah. I'll show you.
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307. Here, it's one of our gigs.
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308. It's about... '91, I think.
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309. I stabbed it with a pen.
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310. Will it still work?
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311. Should do.
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312. There we are.
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313. So Carol played keyboards?
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314. Yeah, that was my idea.
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315. Not cello?
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316. Cello wouldn't have fitted our sound.
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317. You could adapt the sound.
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318. She could play anything.
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319. It might not have been the cello,
but she was fine with it.
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320. She told you that?
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321. Sorry, it's not a trial.
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322. No, it's not.
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323. We were getting quite a following.
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324. I'm not saying we were a big deal,
but maybe we could've been.
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325. Have you got a recording?
It might bring back more of the moment.
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326. Not anymore, no.
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327. Zeke quit the band,
moved to Seattle, decided he was God,
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328. and that was it for us.
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329. So, no, no recording.
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330. It's just as well.
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331. Hearing his voice gives me hives,
to be honest.
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332. He went on to become a big deal,
didn't he?
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333. Yeah, well, assholes prosper.
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334. Maybe we could've kept going
without him, but
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335. Carol's heart wasn't in it.
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336. - Maybe you should have let her play cello.
- Maybe you could say "cello" again.
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337. - Well, the cello was important to her.
- I know.
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338. She played it her whole life.
Taught her daughter to play it.
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339. Are you supposed to be mildly annoying?
Is that how they coded you?
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340. I wasn't really coded.
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341. - More generated.
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342. Generated from some digital asshole.
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346. Okay, so these are definitely all '91.
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347. - Halloween at the Undervault.
- Oh, this is good.
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348. With multiple photos, we'll get
a composite of the entire night.
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349. Yeah, Jamo took a whole bunch.
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350. Wild night. A lot of drinking.
And I mean a lot.
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351. Jesus, that's Carol in red there.
I was so mad, I used a cigarette on this.
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352. - You burned your own face out too?
- That's not me.
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353. That's me in the hockey mask.
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354. I had the bar job by now.
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355. So who's Beetlejuice?
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356. Just some dickbag
trying his luck with my girlfriend.
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357. Even though you're standing right there
dressed like Jason from Friday the 13th?
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358. Exactly. I was that close,
and she still just sat with this guy.
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359. Right in front of me.
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360. Looks like
you had company too.
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362. Oh, that's Emma.
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363. She was in The Coop photos earlier.
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364. Yeah, she worked there too.
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365. The two of you get on?
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367. Oh Jesus. Not you too.
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368. Carol thought I encouraged her,
which I didn't.
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369. - It was a bar job, for Christ's sake.
- You joke around. You know?
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371. We fought about it that night.
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372. I was pissed she'd been sitting all night
with Mr. Asshole.
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373. Looks like she wants to get away from him.
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like his breath smells.
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377. Believe me, she could've moved anytime.
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378. - She was there the whole night with him.
- The whole night?
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380. I think so.
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381. See that area?
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382. Jamo must've photographed it
at some other point that night.
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383. Isn't that Carol
with her back to us in red?
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that she didn't get an early night
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some audition tryout thing the next day.
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390. For the cello.
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391. And she didn't get it.
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392. She must've been sad about that.
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393. Not for long.
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394. It opened the door
to other things for her.
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395. When the orchestra gig didn't work out,
she was bummed.
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397. But then Amanda,
the British girl from The Coop,
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398. she'd moved back home,
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399. pulled a couple of strings.
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400. Got Carol a six-month placement
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401. in the orchestra pit
for Phantom of the Opera, of all things.
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403. Total tourist bullshit, but
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405. Yes, she was.
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407. Oh, she kept saying,
"It's just for a few months," but
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408. it's easy to say that
when you're the one going on an adventure.
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409. She sent me a postcard every week.
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410. Upbeat, but saying she missed me.
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412. Maybe we could scan in one of the...
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413. - Oh.
- I was thorough.
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415. No, but we arranged
for me to fly out there in the fall,
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420. My birthday.
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the whole time she was gone.
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422. What do you mean?
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426. Oh God, yeah.
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428. Oh Christ, yeah.
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429. Um, don't look at me like that.
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430. - Like what?
- Like you are.
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434. Uh, not my idea.
They were practically forcing shots on me.
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435. Sure.
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436. And Emma came back to the apartment,
and, you know...
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437. Uh, we weren't...
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438. It was a dumb thing, okay?
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439. It was just a one-off thing.
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440. I mean, we'd... we'd have just regretted it,
me and Emma, in secret.
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441. It wouldn't have been
a big fucking deal if...
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442. If what?
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443. I mean, Carol never called.
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444. Couldn't afford to.
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445. Long distance back then was a fortune.
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446. But this night,
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447. she gets up early
and called to sing me "Happy Birthday,"
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448. and Emma answers the call.
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449. I don't know why.
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450. - Making mischief?
- Yeah, I don't know, maybe.
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451. Anyhow, shit hit the fan.
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452. Me and Carol screaming
at each other down the line.
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453. She yelled all kinds of shit.
I yelled all kinds of shit back.
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454. Just ugly, scorched-earth stuff.
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455. Ugly.
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456. She hung up on me.
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457. Or I hung up on her.
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458. I don't know. I can't fucking remember.
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459. But, yeah, anyway,
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460. not good.
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461. Do you want to mark this memory
for potential upload? For the memorial?
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462. I never said I was perfect.
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463. You've said a lot about Carol's failings.
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464. "She did this, she did that,
she's the root of all evil."
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465. Okay, you don't understand.
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466. What did she do
that was so awful, so heinous,
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467. you become this wounded dog?
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468. I haven't shown you yet.
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469. You remember I told you
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470. - Mm-hmm.
- I already had my ticket, so...
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471. - So Carol knew you were coming.
- Right.
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472. A few months or so after my birthday.
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473. Now, she was staying in
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474. in the sticks somewhere,
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475. so I booked us a stupid suite
in a hotel I couldn't afford.
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476. Big romantic.
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477. Nice.
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478. I went to the matinee.
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479. Not my thing,
and I couldn't even see her, of course.
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480. She was in the pit somewhere,
but... I met her at the stage door after.
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481. I took her suitcase back to the hotel,
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482. and...
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483. we went out for dinner.
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484. Anywhere nice?
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485. To a fancy restaurant.
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486. I'd read this article about it
on the flight.
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487. When I landed, I called
to see if they had a table for two.
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488. I think they bumped someone
when I told them what I was gonna do.
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489. What do you mean?
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490. We were over here.
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491. So walk through what happened.
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492. Well, uh...
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493. she looked kind of the same but different.
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494. She said she'd put on weight,
but I couldn't see that.
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495. I thought she looked beautiful.
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496. And I ordered a bottle of champagne.
First time I'd done that anywhere.
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497. But she didn't touch it.
She didn't wanna drink anything.
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498. And I was like, "Come on."
"I've come all this way. Have one."
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499. But no.
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500. So I had to bite my tongue
because, you know, it was irritating.
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501. I had the ring in my pocket,
so I was nervous.
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502. I'm draining the glasses.
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503. And, finally, I pluck up the nerve,
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504. and I take out the ring,
and I almost dropped it.
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505. I was so jittery.
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506. And she looks at it, and...
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507. she goes quiet.
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508. She doesn't say anything.
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509. She doesn't even look at me.
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510. And now the waitresses
are shooting looks over
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511. 'cause they know I'm there to propose,
so I'm on display, you know?
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512. My cheeks are burning.
My throat is dry, so I'm drinking more.
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513. And then, in the end,
I just... I ask her, "Just say something."
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514. "Say anything."
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515. And she's just staring at the floor,
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516. so I bang the table with my fist,
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517. and now everybody's watching,
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518. and she just gets up...
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519. and walks out.
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520. There's just silence.
There's just the clanging in the kitchen.
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521. And I'm there, and
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522. everyone's quiet,
the staff can't make eye contact,
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523. just this stink of humiliation on me.
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524. So I sat there,
and I finished that bottle.
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525. They told me I didn't have to pay for it,
but I insisted I would.
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526. - I didn't want their pity.
- No, because you could provide your own.
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527. What?
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528. You're talking a lot
about how sad you were.
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529. I was destroyed.
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530. And how was she?
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531. I'm not saying that she was
a big, happy fucking sandwich,
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532. but she walked out on me.
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533. Not a word as to why.
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534. Would you have listened if she told you?
A bottle of champagne down.
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535. - Of course.
- So why do you think she left?
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536. Maybe she was cheating.
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537. Maybe she was sick of me.
Maybe she was cruel.
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538. She... she knew that I was coming.
She could have ended it on the phone.
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539. She made me fly all that way. She knew...
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540. But not that you were coming to propose.
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541. Like that's a big difference.
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542. You said this was autumn '92?
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543. Fall, yes, like October.
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544. She looked sort of different.
Wouldn't drink.
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545. She was pregnant.
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546. With me.
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547. Kelly Royce.
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548. Carol's daughter.
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549. The one she taught to play cello.
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550. Don't worry. You're not my dad.
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551. He was a one-night stand.
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552. Played xylophone in the orchestra,
believe it or not.
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553. You're Carol's daughter?
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554. Yes. Well, kind of.
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555. I'm not real.
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556. I'm a disposable avatar.
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557. A temp guide. An echo, really.
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558. I'm programmed
with her thoughts and opinions
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559. so I can decide what she'd like to include
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560. without her having to be exposed
to everything herself,
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561. which, as you can imagine,
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562. might be upsetting.
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563. Why didn't you say?
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564. You said, "Skip the intro."
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565. So you know everything
that the real daughter knows?
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566. Mm-hmm. More or less.
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567. So you already knew
everything I've been telling you here.
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568. Well, some of it,
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569. but, to be honest, she never really
spoke much about this time in her life.
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570. - Right.
- I think looking back was painful for her.
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571. It doesn't mean
your time together wasn't meaningful.
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572. - Probably the opposite.
- Mm.
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573. This guy, your dad.
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574. - What was he like? I just wanna know.
- Why?
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575. - She cheated with him.
- You mean, followed your lead?
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576. Could you just tell me?
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577. I never knew much about him.
He was called Brian.
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578. - Brian?
- Yeah.
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579. And they were never together.
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580. And by the time I was born,
he was in Manchester.
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581. I saw him maybe five or six times.
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582. And the last time, he was ranting about
some online rabbit-hole conspiracy theory.
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583. And the year after that,
I heard he died of Covid.
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584. Oh boy.
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585. He sounds like a real catch.
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586. Great choice, Carol.
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587. Great choice.
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588. Sorry.
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589. It's okay.
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590. She'd agree.
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591. She said she wrote to you to explain
or at least start the conversation,
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592. and you never replied.
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593. - She never wrote to me.
- It's what she told me.
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594. She never wrote!
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595. Or I never got it. I... I didn't get it.
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596. I'd have listened.
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597. Yeah, and said, "Get rid of it."
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598. - No! I don't know.
- We'd have talked it over.
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599. - And you'd have heard her?
- Yes, I would! Yes, I would!
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600. I wanna get out of here.
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601. I just wanna see her, you know?
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602. Maybe there's something else
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603. I don't know.
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604. Well, um, what about in that box?
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605. Is that, like, a camera there?
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606. - This?
- Yeah.
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607. It's a disposable camera.
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608. Big in the '90s. I got it at the airport.
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609. The plan was we would take photos
around the city together.
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610. That never happened, of course. We never...
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611. Here.
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612. - I haven't seen one of these in forever.
- Can you still process it?
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613. - There's only one photo been taken.
- I know, I know, I know.
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614. - I'll have to wind it on.
- Okay.
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615. - You'll waste the rest of the film.
- But you can retrieve the one photo?
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616. Might take a while.
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617. I'll wait.
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619. Matte.
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620. So?
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621. Was there anything on it?
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622. Here.
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624. Oh.
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625. Look, we could still go in.
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626. What's the point?
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627. Well, you took it on your trip,
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628. Sure.
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629. Told you. It's nothing.
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630. This was the hotel room.
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631. When I came back from the restaurant,
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633. And I took it out on the room.
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634. It was pathetic.
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635. What are you even looking for?
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636. I just want to see
what your camera picked up.
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638. It says "Philly."
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639. System sharpened it up.
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640. There's a piece of paper
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641. - That's what she called me.
- I'm pretty sure it's her writing.
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642. Well, I... I never saw that.
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643. No, Philip, it's just part of an image.
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644. - You...
- Oh, come on.
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645. You won't be able to pick it up.
I'm sorry. That's just not how it works.
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646. No, come on.
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647. Please, come on.
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648. Get me out of here.
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649. Maybe you kept it somewhere.
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650. - No.
- Are you sure?
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651. I'd fucking remember.
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652. Sorry.
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654. Let's just walk through
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655. Um...
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656. I just smashed the room up. Uh...
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657. I went out, drank myself into a blur.
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658. And when I got back,
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659. the maid had cleaned the place up,
put it all in a little pile.
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660. I just packed everything up,
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661. I... I put it away, and I never...
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662. Uh...
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663. Philly, I have to
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664. I couldn't say earlier. I froze.
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665. I'm sorry.
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666. Please... please don't hate me.
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667. That day I rang and got Emma,
I was so mad.
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668. I had a one-night stand
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669. It didn't mean anything, and I'm sorry.
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670. I've missed my period.
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671. I don't know what to do.
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672. I love you, and I want us to work,
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673. I think I wanna keep the baby.
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674. I don't know.
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678. I'll understand
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682. I'm so sorry.
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