1. I thought your story was beautiful.
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2. Like I'm hearing your most
private, most intimate thoughts.
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3. This wonderful hidden life
you have access to.
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4. I'm completely jealous.
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5. Thanks.
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6. For reading it.
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7. What will you do with it?
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8. Don't know.
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9. You should submit it
to the magazine.
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10. They liked the last one.
I don't know.
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11. Don't know if it's good enough.
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12. Ah, you're just fishing now.
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13. It's brilliant.
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14. Right, make a wish.
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15. This looks so yummy.
I can't believe you made this.
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16. It's a perfect essay distraction.
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17. It's very sweet.
Totally unnecessary.
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18. Shut your face.
You have to have a cake.
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19. Did you get good presents, Marianne?
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20. Lovely presents.
Thank you, Niall.
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21. And what did you get her, Connell?
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22. Uh, a book.
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23. Some Frank O'Hara poems.
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24. Anyway...
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25. I love it.
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26. And what about your family?
They get you anything nice?
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27. A sports car or a pony?
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28. What are you implying?
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29. Well, I'm just going off
my own birthday list.
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30. Mm, they don't really
go in for birthdays.
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31. Oh, fair enough.
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32. Mm, this cake's fuckin' delicious.
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33. Birthday message?
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34. Yeah.
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35. My mother.
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36. Not exactly "happy birthday."
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37. What does it say?
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38. "Send me back the keys
to the Dublin flat as soon as possible."
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39. So...
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40. I'm sorry.
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41. It's okay.
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42. I'm okay.
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43. Did you like that?
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44. Yeah.
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45. Very much.
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46. Good.
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47. Could be described
as bureaucratic inertia.
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48. Who? Connell?
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49. Yeah, all right, well,
you're getting better.
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50. What do you fancy doing tonight?
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51. Watch a film.
Sounds good.
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52. Oh, I might go for a swim.
Another one.
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53. But I, I could pick up some food
and come to you after.
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54. Great.
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55. Did we get married and become
50 years old without noticing?
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56. Maybe.
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57. I actually love it.
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58. Do you think our first-year selves
would hate what we've become?
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59. I should have known, to be fair.
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60. I think first-year me
would have been amazed.
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61. "Look at her, she's actually content."
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62. Wow.
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63. You all right?
Mm-hmm, yeah.
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64. I just got this email.
From who?
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65. Connell, from who?
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66. It's, uh...
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67. it's, it's from
this university in New York.
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68. They're offering me a place in their
MFA creative writing program.
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69. Oh.
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70. I didn't even know you'd applied.
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71. I mean, congratulations.
I'm, I'm not surprised
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72. they've offered you a place.
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73. I'm just a bit surprised
you didn't mention it.
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74. Well, it was such a long shot.
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75. I, um, I-I was embarrassed.
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76. To be honest, I, uh...
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77. I still look up to you a lot, and I, uh...
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78. I wouldn't want you to see me as like,
I don't know what, deluded, or...
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79. Connell. And I,
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80. I don't even know why I applied.
It wasn't even my idea.
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81. Whose idea was it?
Uh, one-one of my tutors.
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82. It's really brilliant, Connell.
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83. You can see me in New York, can you?
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84. Yeah, actually.
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85. I can.
I can't even...
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86. It's making me feel...
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87. Now is not the time for me to go
halfway across the world
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88. and live in a city
where I don't know anyone.
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89. Like...
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90. I could barely walk down the street
in Dublin
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91. a couple of months ago
without having a panic attack.
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92. How's that gonna work in New York?
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93. Put it away for a bit.
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94. It, it's brilliant
they offered you a place.
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95. Don't think about
what to do with it for now.
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96. I'm not going.
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97. Okay.
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98. And of course,
we have to thank Connell.
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99. For stepping up and turning out to be
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100. the most naturally fucking
gifted editor of all times.
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101. Leading me to announce that
our latest brilliant issue
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102. launches tomorrow,
and we could not be prouder.
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103. And I made punch,
and it's fucking delicious.
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104. - And it's fucking lethal.
- Drink up!
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105. Marianne.
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106. Yeah?
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107. Can I ask you something?
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108. Mm-hmm.
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109. Christmas.
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110. What about it?
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111. Would you like to come to ours?
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112. I don't know, Connell.
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113. That's kind.
Lorraine would love to have you.
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114. You don't know that.
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115. What?
I think I do know that.
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116. It's her idea.
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117. That's kind of her.
Mm-hmm.
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118. So?
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119. So...
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120. Stop.
Oh, Connell.
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121. Yeah?
It's not funny.
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122. There they are.
Aw, look at the two of you.
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123. A little Christmas miracle.
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124. Been cooking for weeks.
Get in here.
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125. Hi.
Hello, sweetheart.
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126. Oh.
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127. Thanks for having me.
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128. - Where should I put these, where?
- I'll take them off ya.
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129. Editor.
Well, that's impressive.
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130. No, well, I'm just really doing it
as a favor.
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131. I'm sure people edit newspapers
as a favor.
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132. He's doing brilliantly.
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133. It's a literary magazine.
It's absolutely not a newspaper.
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134. Am I, am I involved in politics?
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135. What?
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136. Why is that funny?
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137. Am I Dobby?
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138. - Do I like me?
- Oh, no.
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139. No...
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140. You all right?
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141. Yeah.
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142. Is it too much? No.
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143. It's so nice.
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144. Proper Christmas.
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145. It's lovely.
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146. Well, you have to do something.
What are your school friends up to?
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147. Brennan's, like every year.
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148. I'm just not sure I could
see a New Year's in a Brennan's.
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149. Hello, Denise.
Happy New Year.
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150. What do people in town think of her?
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151. I suppose...
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152. I suppose she'd be considered a bit odd.
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153. Oh.
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154. Your cheeks are red.
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155. It's cold.
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156. Will you come tonight?
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157. You should.
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158. Far be it from me to disobey an order.
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159. All right, hey, hey, you!
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160. How's it going, Gary?
Good to see you.
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161. Good to see you, too.
Happy New Year to you.
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162. Hey!
Hey!
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163. So nice to see you.
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164. - You look amazing.
- So do you.
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165. You look gorgeous.
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166. Marianne, how are you getting on?
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167. Happy New Year, how are you?
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168. Good to see ya. Good, good.
Get you a drink?
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169. - Yes, please. Would you like one?
- No, no, no.
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170. See you in a second.
One second.
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171. - Marianne Sheridan.
- Hi.
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172. I love you.
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173. I love you, too.
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174. You all right?
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175. Yeah, I am.
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176. Just never felt like home.
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177. Didn't feel right to be here
to be honest.
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178. What?
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179. I've been thinking about New York.
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180. The offer.
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181. What about it?
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182. I don't know, I just...
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183. I keep imagining you being there.
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184. Writing.
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185. Right.
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186. You've been thinking about it.
Yeah.
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187. Yeah. A bit.
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188. Like, obviously, I-
I've thought about it a bit,
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189. but that doesn't mean that...
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190. Uh...
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191. it just feels too hard.
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192. Everything recently has been hard
or it's been an effort
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193. and maybe this year just needs to be
straightforward, you know?
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194. There's, there's been a lot of stuff
that's been difficult.
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195. And painful.
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196. And this would be difficult and amazing.
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197. Potentially, yes.
It's New York.
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198. It's writing.
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199. It'd be fucking amazing, Connell.
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200. Yeah.
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201. Yeah, maybe.
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202. Would you come with me?
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203. We could be there together, and,
and you could study or work, and...
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204. Why?
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205. I want to stay here.
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206. I want to live the life I'm living.
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207. It's quite a thing.
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208. And I'm getting better at it.
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209. Yeah.
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210. I'd miss you too much.
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211. I'd be sick.
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212. At first.
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213. But it would get better.
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214. Mm-hmm, yeah.
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215. Yeah, and it's only a year,
and then I'll be back.
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216. Don't promise that.
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217. You don't know...
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218. where either of us will be.
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219. Or what will happen.
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220. I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you.
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221. No.
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222. That's true.
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223. I mean, you'd be somewhere else entirely.
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224. You'd be a different person.
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225. And me, too.
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226. But we have done so much good
for one another.
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227. You know I love you.
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228. And I'm never gonna feel
the same way for anyone else.
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229. I know.
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230. I'll go.
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231. And I'll stay.
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232. And we'll be okay.
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