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Rob
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MacWolf,
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your
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fellow
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traveler,
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story
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is
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being
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read
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before
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a
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live audience at Furlandia 2025.
That story is “Carcinographic
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Classifieds”
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by
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Chase
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Anderson,
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a
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speculative
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fiction
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writer,
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spreadsheet
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wrangler,
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and
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internet
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bird.
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story
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was
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first
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printed
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on “Androids
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and
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Dragons,” and
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you
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can
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find
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more
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of
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author’s stories
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on
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his
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website,
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chase.xyz.
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enjoy
“Carcinographic
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Classifieds”
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by
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Chase
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Anderson
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landed
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on
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rocks,
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unyielding
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great
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pitched
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forward
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onto
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fours.
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strain.
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sleep.
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crawled
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familiar
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path;
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volcano
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rubbery
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time.
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exhalation
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vision.
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was
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always
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dragonets
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with
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eggs
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than
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sense,
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reach
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their
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intended
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recipient.
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upon
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crabs
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work.
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tugged
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at
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00:02:43,349 --> 00:02:43,439:
the
332
00:02:43,439 --> 00:02:44,490:
stones,
333
00:02:44,490 --> 00:02:45,389:
dismantling
334
00:02:45,389 --> 00:02:45,479:
the
335
00:02:45,479 --> 00:02:46,319:
words
336
00:02:46,319 --> 00:02:46,620:
one
337
00:02:46,620 --> 00:02:46,830:
by
338
00:02:46,830 --> 00:02:47,909:
one
339
00:02:47,909 --> 00:02:48,180:
under
340
00:02:48,180 --> 00:02:48,300:
the
341
00:02:48,300 --> 00:02:48,599:
light
342
00:02:48,599 --> 00:02:48,659:
of
343
00:02:48,659 --> 00:02:48,750:
the
344
00:02:48,750 --> 00:02:53,430:
moon.
#
Rhox
345
00:02:53,430 --> 00:02:53,699:
wasn’t
346
00:02:53,699 --> 00:02:53,909:
quite
347
00:02:53,909 --> 00:02:54,330:
sure
348
00:02:54,330 --> 00:02:54,449:
if
349
00:02:54,449 --> 00:02:54,539:
it
350
00:02:54,539 --> 00:02:54,629:
had
351
00:02:54,629 --> 00:02:54,810:
been
352
00:02:54,810 --> 00:02:54,840:
a
353
00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:55,080:
glint
354
00:02:55,080 --> 00:02:55,139:
of
355
00:02:55,139 --> 00:02:55,650:
sunlight
356
00:02:55,650 --> 00:02:55,740:
on
357
00:02:55,740 --> 00:02:55,800:
a
358
00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:56,219:
cresting
359
00:02:56,219 --> 00:02:56,639:
wave
360
00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:56,849:
or
361
00:02:56,849 --> 00:02:57,030:
aer
362
00:02:57,030 --> 00:02:57,210:
own
363
00:02:57,210 --> 00:02:57,629:
thoughts
364
00:02:57,629 --> 00:02:57,750:
that
365
00:02:57,750 --> 00:02:58,020:
brought
366
00:02:58,020 --> 00:02:58,169:
aer
367
00:02:58,169 --> 00:02:58,680:
crashing
368
00:02:58,680 --> 00:02:58,860:
into
369
00:02:58,860 --> 00:02:58,979:
the
370
00:02:58,979 --> 00:03:00,120:
sea.
371
00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:00,270:
Aer
372
00:03:00,270 --> 00:03:00,689:
snout
373
00:03:00,689 --> 00:03:01,110:
popped
374
00:03:01,110 --> 00:03:01,349:
above
375
00:03:01,349 --> 00:03:01,409:
the
376
00:03:01,409 --> 00:03:01,800:
water,
377
00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:02,189:
allowing
378
00:03:02,189 --> 00:03:02,250:
the
379
00:03:02,250 --> 00:03:02,610:
dragon
380
00:03:02,610 --> 00:03:02,668:
a
381
00:03:02,668 --> 00:03:02,939:
gulp
382
00:03:02,939 --> 00:03:03,060:
of
383
00:03:03,060 --> 00:03:03,990:
breath.
384
00:03:03,990 --> 00:03:04,830:
Renewed,
385
00:03:04,830 --> 00:03:04,979:
ae
386
00:03:04,979 --> 00:03:05,280:
pulled
387
00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:05,759:
aerself
388
00:03:05,759 --> 00:03:06,990:
ashore.
389
00:03:06,990 --> 00:03:07,139:
The
390
00:03:07,139 --> 00:03:07,439:
bright
391
00:03:07,439 --> 00:03:07,770:
midday
392
00:03:07,770 --> 00:03:08,250:
sun
393
00:03:08,250 --> 00:03:08,490:
dried
394
00:03:08,490 --> 00:03:08,669:
out
395
00:03:08,669 --> 00:03:08,819:
aer
396
00:03:08,819 --> 00:03:12,090:
cerulean wings as ae rested.
This
397
00:03:12,090 --> 00:03:12,539:
island
398
00:03:12,539 --> 00:03:12,689:
was
399
00:03:12,689 --> 00:03:13,199:
supposed
400
00:03:13,199 --> 00:03:13,319:
to
401
00:03:13,319 --> 00:03:13,469:
be
402
00:03:13,469 --> 00:03:13,530:
a
403
00:03:13,530 --> 00:03:13,830:
quick,
404
00:03:13,830 --> 00:03:14,159:
easy
405
00:03:14,159 --> 00:03:14,430:
jaunt
406
00:03:14,430 --> 00:03:14,580:
from
407
00:03:14,580 --> 00:03:14,669:
the
408
00:03:14,669 --> 00:03:15,750:
archipelago,
409
00:03:15,750 --> 00:03:15,900:
as
410
00:03:15,900 --> 00:03:16,110:
well
411
00:03:16,110 --> 00:03:16,230:
as
412
00:03:16,230 --> 00:03:16,289:
a
413
00:03:16,289 --> 00:03:16,650:
prime
414
00:03:16,650 --> 00:03:16,979:
meeting
415
00:03:16,979 --> 00:03:17,250:
place
416
00:03:17,250 --> 00:03:17,370:
for
417
00:03:17,370 --> 00:03:17,819:
dragons
418
00:03:17,819 --> 00:03:18,150:
across
419
00:03:18,150 --> 00:03:18,240:
the
420
00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:18,479:
vast
421
00:03:18,479 --> 00:03:19,830:
sea.
422
00:03:19,830 --> 00:03:20,159:
Rhox
423
00:03:20,159 --> 00:03:20,939:
listened,
424
00:03:20,939 --> 00:03:21,210:
felt
425
00:03:21,210 --> 00:03:21,300:
the
426
00:03:21,300 --> 00:03:22,139:
ground,
427
00:03:22,139 --> 00:03:22,319:
but
428
00:03:22,319 --> 00:03:22,469:
there
429
00:03:22,469 --> 00:03:22,650:
were
430
00:03:22,650 --> 00:03:22,770:
no
431
00:03:22,770 --> 00:03:23,129:
signs
432
00:03:23,129 --> 00:03:23,250:
of
433
00:03:23,250 --> 00:03:23,550:
anyone
434
00:03:23,550 --> 00:03:24,750:
else.
435
00:03:24,750 --> 00:03:24,960:
Maybe
436
00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:25,085:
they
437
00:03:25,085 --> 00:03:25,229:
were
438
00:03:25,229 --> 00:03:25,710:
elsewhere,
439
00:03:25,710 --> 00:03:26,039:
napping
440
00:03:26,039 --> 00:03:26,129:
in
441
00:03:26,129 --> 00:03:26,219:
the
442
00:03:26,219 --> 00:03:28,710:
sun.
Ae
443
00:03:28,710 --> 00:03:28,949:
turned
444
00:03:28,949 --> 00:03:29,039:
to
445
00:03:29,039 --> 00:03:29,159:
the
446
00:03:29,159 --> 00:03:29,550:
wind
447
00:03:29,550 --> 00:03:29,639:
and
448
00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:30,360:
jumped,
449
00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:30,750:
allowing
450
00:03:30,750 --> 00:03:30,870:
the
451
00:03:30,870 --> 00:03:31,379:
breeze
452
00:03:31,379 --> 00:03:31,500:
to
453
00:03:31,500 --> 00:03:31,770:
catch
454
00:03:31,770 --> 00:03:31,919:
aer
455
00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:32,340:
wings
456
00:03:32,340 --> 00:03:32,520:
and
457
00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,710:
buoy aer aloft.
458
00:03:34,710 --> 00:03:35,009:
Rhox
459
00:03:35,009 --> 00:03:35,430:
circled
460
00:03:35,430 --> 00:03:35,490:
the
461
00:03:35,490 --> 00:03:35,819:
island
462
00:03:35,819 --> 00:03:36,120:
several
463
00:03:36,120 --> 00:03:36,509:
times,
464
00:03:36,509 --> 00:03:36,719:
looking
465
00:03:36,719 --> 00:03:36,840:
for
466
00:03:36,840 --> 00:03:37,439:
movement,
467
00:03:37,439 --> 00:03:38,310:
noise,
468
00:03:38,310 --> 00:03:38,772:
some sign
469
00:03:38,772 --> 00:03:38,939:
that
470
00:03:38,939 --> 00:03:39,750:
anyone
471
00:03:39,750 --> 00:03:39,960:
was
472
00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:40,919:
there.
473
00:03:40,919 --> 00:03:41,099:
But
474
00:03:41,099 --> 00:03:41,250:
the
475
00:03:41,250 --> 00:03:41,580:
only
476
00:03:41,580 --> 00:03:41,879:
living
477
00:03:41,879 --> 00:03:42,240:
things
478
00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:42,360:
were
479
00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:42,419:
the
480
00:03:42,419 --> 00:03:43,020:
crabs
481
00:03:43,020 --> 00:03:43,469:
chasing
482
00:03:43,469 --> 00:03:43,590:
aer
483
00:03:43,590 --> 00:03:45,150:
shadow.
484
00:03:45,150 --> 00:03:45,240:
It
485
00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:45,389:
was
486
00:03:45,389 --> 00:03:45,599:
hard
487
00:03:45,599 --> 00:03:45,750:
not
488
00:03:45,750 --> 00:03:45,810:
to
489
00:03:45,810 --> 00:03:45,990:
feel
490
00:03:45,990 --> 00:03:48,719:
disappointed.
After
491
00:03:48,719 --> 00:03:48,810:
the
492
00:03:48,810 --> 00:03:49,080:
fourth
493
00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:49,770:
pass,
494
00:03:49,770 --> 00:03:50,400:
ae noticed
495
00:03:50,400 --> 00:03:50,729:
dark
496
00:03:50,729 --> 00:03:51,330:
stones
497
00:03:51,330 --> 00:03:51,419:
in
498
00:03:51,419 --> 00:03:51,509:
the
499
00:03:51,509 --> 00:03:52,740:
sand,
500
00:03:52,740 --> 00:03:53,039:
laid
501
00:03:53,039 --> 00:03:53,189:
out
502
00:03:53,189 --> 00:03:53,280:
in
503
00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:53,340:
a
504
00:03:53,340 --> 00:03:53,490:
way
505
00:03:53,490 --> 00:03:53,729:
too
506
00:03:53,729 --> 00:03:54,240:
organized
507
00:03:54,240 --> 00:03:54,330:
to
508
00:03:54,330 --> 00:03:54,449:
be
509
00:03:54,449 --> 00:03:54,599:
by
510
00:03:54,599 --> 00:03:55,949:
chance.
511
00:03:55,949 --> 00:03:56,069:
It
512
00:03:56,069 --> 00:03:56,250:
took
513
00:03:56,250 --> 00:03:56,520:
another
514
00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:57,240:
circle or two
515
00:03:57,240 --> 00:03:57,389:
to
516
00:03:57,389 --> 00:03:58,050:
find
517
00:03:58,050 --> 00:03:58,169:
the
518
00:03:58,169 --> 00:03:58,500:
proper
519
00:03:58,500 --> 00:03:58,949:
angle
520
00:03:58,949 --> 00:03:59,099:
to
521
00:03:59,099 --> 00:03:59,729:
recognize
522
00:03:59,729 --> 00:03:59,789:
the
523
00:03:59,789 --> 00:04:00,449:
shapes
524
00:04:00,449 --> 00:04:00,659:
as
525
00:04:00,659 --> 00:04:01,740:
letters
526
00:04:01,740 --> 00:04:03,000:
in that language
527
00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:03,300:
all
528
00:04:03,300 --> 00:04:03,900:
dragons
529
00:04:03,900 --> 00:04:06,360:
knew.
MATURE
530
00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:06,870:
DRAGON
531
00:04:06,870 --> 00:04:07,199:
LOOKING
532
00:04:07,199 --> 00:04:07,409:
FOR
533
00:04:07,409 --> 00:04:08,310:
COMPANION
534
00:04:08,310 --> 00:04:08,550:
New
535
00:04:08,550 --> 00:04:08,729:
to
536
00:04:08,729 --> 00:04:09,180:
area
537
00:04:09,180 --> 00:04:09,330:
and
538
00:04:09,330 --> 00:04:09,569:
want
539
00:04:09,569 --> 00:04:09,659:
to
540
00:04:09,659 --> 00:04:09,900:
meet
541
00:04:09,900 --> 00:04:10,139:
other
542
00:04:10,139 --> 00:04:11,219:
dragons.
543
00:04:11,219 --> 00:04:11,550:
Open
544
00:04:11,550 --> 00:04:11,669:
to
545
00:04:11,669 --> 00:04:11,939:
all
546
00:04:11,939 --> 00:04:12,330:
types
547
00:04:12,330 --> 00:04:12,479:
but
548
00:04:12,479 --> 00:04:12,750:
must
549
00:04:12,750 --> 00:04:12,840:
be
550
00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:13,080:
able
551
00:04:13,080 --> 00:04:13,229:
to
552
00:04:13,229 --> 00:04:13,710:
handle
553
00:04:13,710 --> 00:04:13,800:
a
554
00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:14,400:
dragoness
555
00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:14,550:
of
556
00:04:14,550 --> 00:04:14,879:
my
557
00:04:14,879 --> 00:04:15,750:
age.
558
00:04:15,750 --> 00:04:16,079:
Not
559
00:04:16,079 --> 00:04:16,410:
looking
560
00:04:16,410 --> 00:04:16,560:
for
561
00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:16,889:
anything
562
00:04:16,889 --> 00:04:17,459:
serious,
563
00:04:17,459 --> 00:04:17,639:
but
564
00:04:17,639 --> 00:04:17,819:
would
565
00:04:17,819 --> 00:04:17,970:
be
566
00:04:17,970 --> 00:04:18,329:
open
567
00:04:18,329 --> 00:04:18,449:
to
568
00:04:18,449 --> 00:04:18,750:
the right
569
00:04:18,750 --> 00:04:19,800:
someone.
570
00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:20,279:
Must
571
00:04:20,279 --> 00:04:20,819:
NOT
572
00:04:20,819 --> 00:04:21,149:
have
573
00:04:21,149 --> 00:04:21,930:
hatchlings
574
00:04:21,930 --> 00:04:22,230:
in
575
00:04:22,230 --> 00:04:22,350:
the
576
00:04:22,350 --> 00:04:23,459:
nest!
577
00:04:23,459 --> 00:04:23,819:
Been
578
00:04:23,819 --> 00:04:24,089:
there,
579
00:04:24,089 --> 00:04:24,420:
done
580
00:04:24,420 --> 00:04:24,689:
that,
581
00:04:24,689 --> 00:04:24,990:
ready
582
00:04:24,990 --> 00:04:25,170:
to
583
00:04:25,170 --> 00:04:25,620:
enjoy
584
00:04:25,620 --> 00:04:25,860:
my
585
00:04:25,860 --> 00:04:26,220:
golden
586
00:04:26,220 --> 00:04:26,579:
years
587
00:04:26,579 --> 00:04:31,560:
distraction-free.
Rhox
588
00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:31,860:
shook
589
00:04:31,860 --> 00:04:32,069:
aer
590
00:04:32,069 --> 00:04:33,600:
head.
591
00:04:33,600 --> 00:04:33,781:
Ae
592
00:04:33,781 --> 00:04:33,959:
did
593
00:04:33,959 --> 00:04:34,319:
not
594
00:04:34,319 --> 00:04:34,529:
want
595
00:04:34,529 --> 00:04:34,620:
to
596
00:04:34,620 --> 00:04:34,889:
think
597
00:04:34,889 --> 00:04:35,160:
whose
598
00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:35,730:
mother—or,
599
00:04:35,730 --> 00:04:36,209:
stars
600
00:04:36,209 --> 00:04:36,660:
forbid,
601
00:04:36,660 --> 00:04:38,100:
grandmother—it
602
00:04:38,100 --> 00:04:38,339:
could
603
00:04:38,339 --> 00:04:39,540:
be.
604
00:04:39,540 --> 00:04:39,720:
Or
605
00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:39,899:
what
606
00:04:39,899 --> 00:04:39,985:
ae
607
00:04:39,985 --> 00:04:40,110:
would
608
00:04:40,110 --> 00:04:40,319:
do
609
00:04:40,319 --> 00:04:40,439:
if
610
00:04:40,439 --> 00:04:40,560:
it
611
00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:40,949:
was
612
00:04:40,949 --> 00:04:41,339:
aer
613
00:04:41,339 --> 00:04:42,509:
grandmother.
614
00:04:42,509 --> 00:04:42,779:
Jump
615
00:04:42,779 --> 00:04:42,940:
into
616
00:04:42,940 --> 00:04:43,019:
the
617
00:04:43,019 --> 00:04:43,649:
volcano,
618
00:04:43,649 --> 00:04:46,470:
probably.
So,
619
00:04:46,470 --> 00:04:46,649:
to
620
00:04:46,649 --> 00:04:47,040:
save
621
00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:47,370:
someone
622
00:04:47,370 --> 00:04:47,519:
from
623
00:04:47,519 --> 00:04:47,730:
such
624
00:04:47,730 --> 00:04:47,819:
a
625
00:04:47,819 --> 00:04:48,629:
fate,
626
00:04:48,629 --> 00:04:48,750:
ae
627
00:04:48,750 --> 00:04:48,959:
got
628
00:04:48,959 --> 00:04:49,019:
to
629
00:04:49,019 --> 00:04:49,259:
work
630
00:04:49,259 --> 00:04:49,709:
directing
631
00:04:49,709 --> 00:04:49,800:
the
632
00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:50,189:
crabs
633
00:04:50,189 --> 00:04:50,370:
to
634
00:04:50,370 --> 00:04:51,029:
erase
635
00:04:51,029 --> 00:04:51,149:
the
636
00:04:51,149 --> 00:04:52,709:
message.
637
00:04:52,709 --> 00:04:52,860:
It
638
00:04:52,860 --> 00:04:53,160:
also
639
00:04:53,160 --> 00:04:53,399:
give
640
00:04:53,399 --> 00:04:53,519:
aer
641
00:04:53,519 --> 00:04:53,910:
plenty
642
00:04:53,910 --> 00:04:54,029:
of
643
00:04:54,029 --> 00:04:54,329:
time
644
00:04:54,329 --> 00:04:54,420:
to
645
00:04:54,420 --> 00:04:54,870:
decide
646
00:04:54,870 --> 00:04:55,379:
how
647
00:04:55,379 --> 00:04:55,470:
ae
648
00:04:55,470 --> 00:04:55,649:
would
649
00:04:55,649 --> 00:04:56,519:
compose
650
00:04:56,519 --> 00:04:56,699:
aer
651
00:04:56,699 --> 00:04:56,910:
own
652
00:04:56,910 --> 00:04:58,139:
words.
653
00:04:58,139 --> 00:04:58,290:
There
654
00:04:58,290 --> 00:04:58,410:
was
655
00:04:58,410 --> 00:04:58,649:
just
656
00:04:58,649 --> 00:04:58,829:
enough
657
00:04:58,829 --> 00:04:59,160:
space
658
00:04:59,160 --> 00:04:59,279:
for
659
00:04:59,279 --> 00:04:59,339:
a
660
00:04:59,339 --> 00:04:59,579:
few
661
00:04:59,579 --> 00:05:00,000:
lines;
662
00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:00,149:
any
663
00:05:00,149 --> 00:05:00,449:
more
664
00:05:00,449 --> 00:05:01,230:
risked erasure
665
00:05:01,230 --> 00:05:01,410:
by
666
00:05:01,410 --> 00:05:01,529:
the
667
00:05:01,529 --> 00:05:02,939:
tide. Rhox’s
668
00:05:02,939 --> 00:05:03,180:
words
669
00:05:03,180 --> 00:05:03,329:
had
670
00:05:03,329 --> 00:05:03,420:
to
671
00:05:03,420 --> 00:05:03,569:
be
672
00:05:03,569 --> 00:05:04,620:
memorable,
673
00:05:04,620 --> 00:05:05,730:
moving.
674
00:05:05,730 --> 00:05:05,879:
The
675
00:05:05,879 --> 00:05:06,480:
future
676
00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:06,689:
of
677
00:05:06,689 --> 00:05:06,839:
the
678
00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:07,319:
clan
679
00:05:07,319 --> 00:05:08,009:
rested
680
00:05:08,009 --> 00:05:08,189:
on
681
00:05:08,189 --> 00:05:08,279:
aer
682
00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:08,781:
mission’s
683
00:05:08,781 --> 00:05:15,089:
success.
#
Every
684
00:05:15,089 --> 00:05:15,689:
day,
685
00:05:15,689 --> 00:05:16,290:
Baloryx
686
00:05:16,290 --> 00:05:16,649:
checked
687
00:05:16,649 --> 00:05:16,740:
the
688
00:05:16,740 --> 00:05:17,279:
island
689
00:05:17,279 --> 00:05:17,399:
in
690
00:05:17,399 --> 00:05:17,819:
case
691
00:05:17,819 --> 00:05:18,029:
his
692
00:05:18,029 --> 00:05:18,660:
dragoness
693
00:05:18,660 --> 00:05:18,810:
was
694
00:05:18,810 --> 00:05:20,250:
waiting.
695
00:05:20,250 --> 00:05:20,399:
And
696
00:05:20,399 --> 00:05:20,670:
every
697
00:05:20,670 --> 00:05:21,089:
day,
698
00:05:21,089 --> 00:05:21,300:
his
699
00:05:21,300 --> 00:05:21,810:
message
700
00:05:21,810 --> 00:05:21,990:
was
701
00:05:21,990 --> 00:05:22,500:
left
702
00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:24,209:
unanswered.
703
00:05:24,209 --> 00:05:24,360:
He
704
00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:24,509:
knew
705
00:05:24,509 --> 00:05:24,569:
it
706
00:05:24,569 --> 00:05:24,720:
was
707
00:05:24,720 --> 00:05:24,750:
a
708
00:05:24,750 --> 00:05:25,019:
long
709
00:05:25,019 --> 00:05:25,350:
shot,
710
00:05:25,350 --> 00:05:25,439:
but
711
00:05:25,439 --> 00:05:25,529:
it
712
00:05:25,529 --> 00:05:25,680:
was
713
00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:26,069:
difficult
714
00:05:26,069 --> 00:05:26,160:
to
715
00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:26,339:
meet
716
00:05:26,339 --> 00:05:26,670:
anyone
717
00:05:26,670 --> 00:05:26,819:
out
718
00:05:26,819 --> 00:05:26,970:
here
719
00:05:26,970 --> 00:05:27,029:
on
720
00:05:27,029 --> 00:05:27,149:
the
721
00:05:27,149 --> 00:05:28,500:
islands.
722
00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:29,009:
Besides,
723
00:05:29,009 --> 00:05:29,100:
he
724
00:05:29,100 --> 00:05:29,339:
couldn’t
725
00:05:29,339 --> 00:05:29,490:
go
726
00:05:29,490 --> 00:05:29,819:
around
727
00:05:29,819 --> 00:05:30,870:
asking
728
00:05:30,870 --> 00:05:31,019:
if
729
00:05:31,019 --> 00:05:31,410:
anyone
730
00:05:31,410 --> 00:05:31,529:
had
731
00:05:31,529 --> 00:05:32,250:
seen
732
00:05:32,250 --> 00:05:32,399:
a
733
00:05:32,399 --> 00:05:32,730:
blue
734
00:05:32,730 --> 00:05:33,149:
dragon.
735
00:05:33,149 --> 00:05:33,298:
He’d
736
00:05:33,298 --> 00:05:33,480:
look
737
00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:33,629:
like
738
00:05:33,629 --> 00:05:33,689:
a
739
00:05:33,689 --> 00:05:34,199:
total
740
00:05:34,199 --> 00:05:38,040:
creep.
His
741
00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:38,579:
efforts
742
00:05:38,579 --> 00:05:38,759:
had
743
00:05:38,759 --> 00:05:38,939:
been
744
00:05:38,939 --> 00:05:39,689:
sidetracked
745
00:05:39,689 --> 00:05:39,930:
after
746
00:05:39,930 --> 00:05:39,959:
a
747
00:05:39,959 --> 00:05:40,439:
particularly
748
00:05:40,439 --> 00:05:40,829:
nasty
749
00:05:40,829 --> 00:05:41,790:
storm.
750
00:05:41,790 --> 00:05:41,910:
The
751
00:05:41,910 --> 00:05:42,329:
fallen
752
00:05:42,329 --> 00:05:42,689:
palm
753
00:05:42,689 --> 00:05:42,870:
tree
754
00:05:42,870 --> 00:05:43,230:
hadn’t
755
00:05:43,230 --> 00:05:43,620:
broken
756
00:05:43,620 --> 00:05:43,680:
a
757
00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:44,160:
bone
758
00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:44,250:
or
759
00:05:44,250 --> 00:05:44,521:
tore
760
00:05:44,521 --> 00:05:44,579:
a
761
00:05:44,579 --> 00:05:45,149:
membrane,
762
00:05:45,149 --> 00:05:45,269:
but
763
00:05:45,269 --> 00:05:45,449:
his
764
00:05:45,449 --> 00:05:45,930:
wing
765
00:05:45,930 --> 00:05:46,139:
was
766
00:05:46,139 --> 00:05:46,319:
too
767
00:05:46,319 --> 00:05:46,949:
damaged
768
00:05:46,949 --> 00:05:47,040:
to
769
00:05:47,040 --> 00:05:47,279:
fly
770
00:05:47,279 --> 00:05:47,459:
any
771
00:05:47,459 --> 00:05:48,959:
distance.
772
00:05:48,959 --> 00:05:49,560:
Baloryx
773
00:05:49,560 --> 00:05:49,920:
paced
774
00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:50,430:
anxiously
775
00:05:50,430 --> 00:05:50,490:
at
776
00:05:50,490 --> 00:05:51,600:
his atoll,
777
00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:52,139:
praying
778
00:05:52,139 --> 00:05:52,350:
his
779
00:05:52,350 --> 00:05:52,889:
dragoness
780
00:05:52,889 --> 00:05:53,220:
hadn’t
781
00:05:53,220 --> 00:05:53,579:
given
782
00:05:53,579 --> 00:05:54,089:
up
783
00:05:54,089 --> 00:05:54,240:
and
784
00:05:54,240 --> 00:05:55,800:
left.
785
00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:55,949:
The
786
00:05:55,949 --> 00:05:56,310:
moment
787
00:05:56,310 --> 00:05:56,399:
he
788
00:05:56,399 --> 00:05:56,639:
felt
789
00:05:56,639 --> 00:05:56,759:
he
790
00:05:56,759 --> 00:05:56,970:
could,
791
00:05:56,970 --> 00:05:57,029:
he
792
00:05:57,029 --> 00:05:57,329:
pushed
793
00:05:57,329 --> 00:05:57,839:
himself
794
00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:57,959:
to
795
00:05:57,959 --> 00:05:58,230:
fly
796
00:05:58,230 --> 00:05:58,319:
to
797
00:05:58,319 --> 00:05:58,410:
the
798
00:05:58,410 --> 00:05:59,579:
island,
799
00:05:59,579 --> 00:06:00,029:
sending
800
00:06:00,029 --> 00:06:00,329:
hope
801
00:06:00,329 --> 00:06:00,480:
to
802
00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:00,779:
every
803
00:06:00,779 --> 00:06:01,350:
star
804
00:06:01,350 --> 00:06:01,500:
that
805
00:06:01,500 --> 00:06:01,800:
things
806
00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:01,920:
would
807
00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:02,189:
work
808
00:06:02,189 --> 00:06:04,560:
out.
When
809
00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:04,680:
it
810
00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:05,009:
came into
811
00:06:05,009 --> 00:06:05,759:
view,
812
00:06:05,759 --> 00:06:06,029:
his
813
00:06:06,029 --> 00:06:06,540:
eyes
814
00:06:06,540 --> 00:06:07,050:
locked
815
00:06:07,050 --> 00:06:07,259:
onto
816
00:06:07,259 --> 00:06:07,350:
the
817
00:06:07,350 --> 00:06:07,620:
dark
818
00:06:07,620 --> 00:06:07,949:
smudge
819
00:06:07,949 --> 00:06:08,040:
of
820
00:06:08,040 --> 00:06:09,750:
stones.
821
00:06:09,750 --> 00:06:09,899:
It
822
00:06:09,899 --> 00:06:10,079:
took
823
00:06:10,079 --> 00:06:10,470:
several
824
00:06:10,470 --> 00:06:11,279:
heart-wrenching
825
00:06:11,279 --> 00:06:11,579:
minutes
826
00:06:11,579 --> 00:06:11,670:
for
827
00:06:11,670 --> 00:06:12,209:
Baloryx to
828
00:06:12,209 --> 00:06:12,329:
get
829
00:06:12,329 --> 00:06:12,569:
close
830
00:06:12,569 --> 00:06:13,170:
enough
831
00:06:13,170 --> 00:06:13,319:
for
832
00:06:13,319 --> 00:06:13,379:
the
833
00:06:13,379 --> 00:06:13,709:
letters
834
00:06:13,709 --> 00:06:13,800:
to
835
00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:14,040:
become
836
00:06:14,040 --> 00:06:18,360:
legible.
<> is
837
00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:18,420:
a
838
00:06:18,420 --> 00:06:19,680:
future 10-dragon
839
00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:20,129:
raiding
840
00:06:20,129 --> 00:06:20,430:
guild
841
00:06:20,430 --> 00:06:20,910:
focused
842
00:06:20,910 --> 00:06:21,089:
on
843
00:06:21,089 --> 00:06:21,480:
clearing
844
00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:22,350:
content,
845
00:06:22,350 --> 00:06:23,009:
especially
846
00:06:23,009 --> 00:06:23,550:
seasonal
847
00:06:23,550 --> 00:06:25,620:
events.
848
00:06:25,620 --> 00:06:26,160:
Taking
849
00:06:26,160 --> 00:06:26,939:
applications
850
00:06:26,939 --> 00:06:27,149:
for
851
00:06:27,149 --> 00:06:27,660:
both
852
00:06:27,660 --> 00:06:28,560:
PVE
853
00:06:28,560 --> 00:06:28,889:
and
854
00:06:28,889 --> 00:06:29,370:
social
855
00:06:29,370 --> 00:06:30,480:
members.
856
00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:30,990:
LF
857
00:06:30,990 --> 00:06:31,680:
high-level
858
00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:32,494:
culinarian
859
00:06:32,494 --> 00:06:32,759:
and
860
00:06:32,759 --> 00:06:34,079:
EXPERIENCED
861
00:06:34,079 --> 00:06:34,500:
raid
862
00:06:34,500 --> 00:06:39,209:
lead!!!
Some
863
00:06:39,209 --> 00:06:40,740:
hatchling
864
00:06:40,740 --> 00:06:40,980:
had
865
00:06:40,980 --> 00:06:41,459:
erased
866
00:06:41,459 --> 00:06:41,670:
his
867
00:06:41,670 --> 00:06:42,209:
heartfelt
868
00:06:42,209 --> 00:06:42,600:
message
869
00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:42,990:
searching
870
00:06:42,990 --> 00:06:43,139:
for
871
00:06:43,139 --> 00:06:43,290:
his
872
00:06:43,290 --> 00:06:44,250:
soulmate
873
00:06:44,250 --> 00:06:44,670:
just
874
00:06:44,670 --> 00:06:44,759:
to
875
00:06:44,759 --> 00:06:45,089:
find
876
00:06:45,089 --> 00:06:45,420:
some
877
00:06:45,420 --> 00:06:45,839:
buddies
878
00:06:45,839 --> 00:06:45,990:
so
879
00:06:45,990 --> 00:06:46,139:
they
880
00:06:46,139 --> 00:06:46,920:
could
881
00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:47,670:
torch
882
00:06:47,670 --> 00:06:48,329:
pirates
883
00:06:48,329 --> 00:06:48,569:
and
884
00:06:48,569 --> 00:06:49,980:
livestock!
885
00:06:49,980 --> 00:06:55,290:
Ridiculous.
But
886
00:06:55,290 --> 00:06:56,339:
perhaps
887
00:06:56,339 --> 00:06:56,819:
Baloryx
888
00:06:56,819 --> 00:06:57,149:
hadn’t
889
00:06:57,149 --> 00:06:57,509:
been
890
00:06:57,509 --> 00:06:58,110:
specific
891
00:06:58,110 --> 00:06:58,529:
enough;
892
00:06:58,529 --> 00:06:58,800:
he
893
00:06:58,800 --> 00:06:59,100:
hadn’t
894
00:06:59,100 --> 00:06:59,279:
said
895
00:06:59,279 --> 00:06:59,519:
what
896
00:06:59,519 --> 00:06:59,790:
he
897
00:06:59,790 --> 00:07:00,120:
looked
898
00:07:00,120 --> 00:07:00,930:
like.
899
00:07:00,930 --> 00:07:01,259:
Maybe
900
00:07:01,259 --> 00:07:01,439:
his
901
00:07:01,439 --> 00:07:01,829:
dragoness
902
00:07:01,829 --> 00:07:02,730:
was
903
00:07:02,730 --> 00:07:03,389:
confusing
904
00:07:03,389 --> 00:07:03,810:
him
905
00:07:03,810 --> 00:07:03,959:
for
906
00:07:03,959 --> 00:07:04,110:
some
907
00:07:04,110 --> 00:07:04,319:
other
908
00:07:04,319 --> 00:07:04,980:
male,
909
00:07:04,980 --> 00:07:05,250:
one
910
00:07:05,250 --> 00:07:05,610:
with
911
00:07:05,610 --> 00:07:06,000:
worse
912
00:07:06,000 --> 00:07:06,449:
hunting
913
00:07:06,449 --> 00:07:07,019:
skills,
914
00:07:07,019 --> 00:07:07,079:
a
915
00:07:07,079 --> 00:07:07,470:
duller
916
00:07:07,470 --> 00:07:09,689:
hide.
“Patience
917
00:07:09,689 --> 00:07:09,870:
was
918
00:07:09,870 --> 00:07:09,930:
a
919
00:07:09,930 --> 00:07:10,740:
virtue,”
920
00:07:10,740 --> 00:07:10,889:
his
921
00:07:10,889 --> 00:07:11,131:
mother
922
00:07:11,131 --> 00:07:11,218:
had
923
00:07:11,218 --> 00:07:11,399:
told
924
00:07:11,399 --> 00:07:12,779:
him. “Nothing
925
00:07:12,779 --> 00:07:12,899:
of
926
00:07:12,899 --> 00:07:13,259:
value
927
00:07:13,259 --> 00:07:13,439:
was
928
00:07:13,439 --> 00:07:13,649:
ever
929
00:07:13,649 --> 00:07:13,980:
gained
930
00:07:13,980 --> 00:07:14,430:
easily,”
931
00:07:14,430 --> 00:07:14,639:
he’d
932
00:07:14,639 --> 00:07:14,850:
heard
933
00:07:14,850 --> 00:07:16,079:
elsewhere.
934
00:07:16,079 --> 00:07:16,500:
So
935
00:07:16,500 --> 00:07:16,800:
once
936
00:07:16,800 --> 00:07:17,279:
more
937
00:07:17,279 --> 00:07:17,459:
he
938
00:07:17,459 --> 00:07:17,819:
landed
939
00:07:17,819 --> 00:07:17,939:
on
940
00:07:17,939 --> 00:07:18,000:
the
941
00:07:18,000 --> 00:07:18,689:
beach
942
00:07:18,689 --> 00:07:18,870:
and
943
00:07:18,870 --> 00:07:19,410:
compelled
944
00:07:19,410 --> 00:07:19,529:
the
945
00:07:19,529 --> 00:07:20,250:
crabs
946
00:07:20,250 --> 00:07:20,370:
to
947
00:07:20,370 --> 00:07:20,639:
write
948
00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:21,089:
his
949
00:07:21,089 --> 00:07:22,290:
words.
950
00:07:22,290 --> 00:07:22,620:
This
951
00:07:22,620 --> 00:07:22,920:
time,
952
00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:23,160:
there’d
953
00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:23,310:
be
954
00:07:23,310 --> 00:07:23,610:
no
955
00:07:23,610 --> 00:07:23,970:
doubt
956
00:07:23,970 --> 00:07:24,089:
as
957
00:07:24,089 --> 00:07:24,209:
to
958
00:07:24,209 --> 00:07:24,360:
the
959
00:07:24,360 --> 00:07:24,839:
intended
960
00:07:24,839 --> 00:07:26,370:
recipient.
961
00:07:26,370 --> 00:07:26,550:
As
962
00:07:26,550 --> 00:07:26,759:
long
963
00:07:26,759 --> 00:07:26,879:
as
964
00:07:26,879 --> 00:07:26,972:
there
965
00:07:26,972 --> 00:07:27,089:
were
966
00:07:27,089 --> 00:07:27,509:
crabs
967
00:07:27,509 --> 00:07:27,629:
on
968
00:07:27,629 --> 00:07:27,839:
this
969
00:07:27,839 --> 00:07:28,680:
beach,
970
00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:28,920:
he
971
00:07:28,920 --> 00:07:29,279:
would
972
00:07:29,279 --> 00:07:29,519:
keep
973
00:07:29,519 --> 00:07:30,870:
trying,
974
00:07:30,870 --> 00:07:31,199:
until
975
00:07:31,199 --> 00:07:31,350:
he
976
00:07:31,350 --> 00:07:31,649:
got
977
00:07:31,649 --> 00:07:31,801:
his
978
00:07:31,801 --> 00:07:33,060:
dragoness
979
00:07:33,060 --> 00:07:33,240:
and
980
00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:33,389:
his
981
00:07:33,389 --> 00:07:42,329:
happily-ever-after.
This
982
00:07:42,329 --> 00:07:43,800:
was “Carcinographic
983
00:07:43,800 --> 00:07:44,641:
Classifieds”
984
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by
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Chase
986
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Anderson,
987
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read
988
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for
989
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you live at Furlandia 2025 by Rob MacWolf, Werewolf
990
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Hitchhiker.
991
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You
992
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can
993
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find
994
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more
995
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stories
996
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on
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the
998
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web
999
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at
1000
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thevoice.dog,
1001
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or
1002
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find
1003
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the
1004
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show
1005
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wherever
1006
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you
1007
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get
1008
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your
1009
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podcasts.
1010
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Thank
1011
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you
1012
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for
1013
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listening
1014
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to
1015
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The
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Voice
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of
1018
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Dog.