Welcome to the Horizon Part 7: Double Deidre

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Hey, folks, before we get started, I just wanted to make a brief announcement.

Remember last season when we were going through the season and then we suddenly realized that I actually would like two additional episodes of the season?

That was a good time, right?

That's kind of happening again this season, only this time it's happening with the mini-series.

So Welcome to the Horizon was meant to be nine episodes altogether, but now I'm thinking that it needs to be more like 11.

So there's going to be two additional episodes of Welcome to the Horizon coming to your feed.

So just to let you know that when episode 9 hits, that is not the end.

Usually when I start doing a season, I have kind of a grocery list of things and it's about developing the connective tissue between those things.

And sometimes I need a little more connective tissue.

And that's part of the joy of an independently produced audio drama, because, you know, if this were a TV show, you'd be locked into 10 episodes and you wouldn't be able to do anything about it.

But we can because,

as you all know, the defining characteristic of the Nightburger is we do what we want.

And that's what we want to do.

So that's what we're doing.

Anyway, enjoy two additional episodes of Welcome to the Horizon.

I know we're going to enjoy them.

And without further ado,

here comes the episode.

How are you feeling?

I'm feeling all right.

Good.

How are you feeling, Frank?

Well, I've got a truck full of scrap wood, and I'm boarding up Deidre's windows.

How do you think I'm feeling?

Can I help?

Do you know how to board up a window?

No.

No!

No.

You don't!

Apparently, hidden somewhere in all these trees is a spaceship that you can fly to a distant planet, but you don't know how to board up a window.

Ironies abound.

I'm sorry, Frank.

No, apologies aren't subject to the transitive of property, Verge.

Apologizing to me doesn't mean you've apologized to the person you need to apologize to.

I don't think she wants to talk to me.

That actually doesn't matter when you need to apologize to someone.

I don't mean she's mad at me.

I mean she is scared of me, Frank.

That actually doesn't matter either.

I don't think your folksy earthling wisdom applies to this particular situation.

Yes, it does, Verge.

Do you know why?

Because it's my fucking town.

We didn't start playing by your rules when you got here.

You play by ours.

Look,

I came to tell you that I'm leaving.

I came to tell you that I'm sorry

and I'm leaving.

You won't have to worry about your town or your rules anymore because I won't be here, all right?

One less thing you have to worry about.

No,

No, you're not leaving.

Yes, I am.

You're not.

Frank, I am trying to make this easy.

Easy?

Easy.

So there was a fucking laser gun shootout, and you and Deidre were almost killed.

You're trying to make it easy?

You know what I mean.

Well, here's what I mean.

If you decide to fuck off now and head for Tatooine or whatever,

what was your last known position, Verge?

Right.

It was right here.

And that means that more of your space friends are going to show up here looking for you, and that's going to be a problem for us.

This means that you are going to have to stick around and deal with this problem yourself.

That is what a good person would do.

I haven't exactly been truthful since I've been here, but at no point did I try and convince you that I was a good person.

Well,

then I guess you can do whatever the fuck you want, then.

Can't you?

I've never been able to do what I want.

Oh,

and that grants you nothing, Burge.

Your life being rough does not entitle you to make it rough for others.

It grants you nothing.

Look,

I'm telling you what a good person would do.

The rest is up to you.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to finish boarding up these windows so that Deidre can actually live in her home.

So, how long are you going to be doing this for?

You have a problem with my bartending, Steve.

No, I was just wondering.

You have a problem with my bartending.

No.

After all I've done for you, you're going to criticize my bartending.

You ungrateful little twist.

I'm saying I think you're good at it.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

You've got a real knack for it.

I do?

Yeah.

I'm making the drinks too strong is what this is telling me.

I think they're perfect.

Speaking of which, what are you doing, day drinking?

We need everybody to bring their A-game right now, and you're over there on your second tequila sunrise.

June,

everybody in town is day drinking these days.

And by the way,

I asked for a tequila sunrise and you brought me a Bay Breeze.

I'm not taking notes at this time.

Okay, I got a keg of full sale here.

Thank you, Doug.

Look at Doug.

Helping.

I'm helping.

I'm contributing to the local economy.

You just asked me if you could pay for your drinks with Dogecoin.

It's a valid currency.

It is neither valid nor currency.

Um, hey, guys, has anyone seen Celeste recently?

Celeste.

Celeste, um,

she hasn't been to the story in a while.

Oh, great.

That's just fucking great.

Hey, June, I'm here.

Sorry, I can't seem to get used to sleeping somewhere else.

I really appreciate you doing this for me.

Can you do me another favor, though?

I need to go to the hardware store.

Frank made me a list of things that I need to order so he can fix everything.

I need to just run across the street and give them this list.

Also, can you help me find a way to pay Frank for everything he's doing?

I'm going to offer to pay him, and I'm sure he's going to say, don't worry about it.

And then I will proceed to feel guilty for the rest of my life.

God damn, that house was built in 1923.

Oh my God, it just breaks my heart.

And why is everyone looking at me?

Deidra.

You just did this.

What?

You just.

You were in here here five minutes ago and you just said the exact same thing.

Okay,

y'all, I know I'm usually going nine different ways, but I think I'd remember if I'd already come in here this morning.

Oh, Jesus, are we all high again?

I don't feel high.

I do, but I mean, I am.

Can

deja vu happen as a group?

I thought deja vu was just that feeling that something happened again.

Yeah, I mean, we were all right here.

When Deidre in.

You said everything

exactly the way you said it just now.

Did

I forget everything I just did?

Happens to me all the time.

Not comforting.

Oh, Deidre, maybe

try and retrace your steps.

She's not trying to find her keys, Doug.

What the fuck?

Hang on.

Sheep's eye.

Oh, hey,

Deirdre,

you

need a few more minutes.

Sure,

no problem.

I'll

see you when I see you.

Bye-bye.

Everybody remain calm.

Double ganger.

Steve!

Doppelganger!

Steve!

I had a very superstitious German grandmother.

Her number one fear?

The Doubleganger.

What is it?

It's your spirit double.

It's a harbinger of doom and destruction.

Mine got.

Oh, God.

No, no, no, no.

Stop.

Everybody, stop

for a minute.

Okay, Steve.

I know everything is crazy right now, but I feel comfortable ruling out German mysticism.

Do you're folly?

Steve, I am going to throw a glass at you so hard.

No, no, no, no, no.

Let's slow down and just, and we can talk about what we know for sure.

Okay, okay, good.

Doug coming in as the rare voice of reason.

Let's hear it, Doug.

Well, oh, oh,

what do we know for sure?

We know that Deidre is standing right here with us, and we also know that Deidre just called June June on the phone.

But that's all we know.

Oh, June, what did Deidre say?

Which one?

Oh, no, the one on the phone.

She said that they had to make a few calls at the hardware store to make sure she could get all the things she needed, that she was going to need a few minutes.

Okay.

And then?

And then, and then she'd be back.

She'd be back.

She can't come back.

What if something bad happens when she meets her doppelganger?

If you you say doppelganger one more time, no, no, okay, okay, okay, okay, wait, wait.

Um,

we we need to get eyes on her.

She was just in here.

What if

if if it oh, oh, some kind of of of of time thing we need to absolutely confirm that there's a uh Deidre in here and a Deidre across the street.

No, I'm not doing that.

I oh, oh,

I will do it,

Doug,

are you sure?

I'm sure.

I'm sure.

I will head over there

and act casual.

You, Doug,

are going to act casual.

Sure.

Sure, I am.

Fuck it.

Okay.

Don't get cloned,

Doug.

Okay.

You're fine.

You're fine.

Oh, you're fine.

Oh, my God.

Hey, Doug.

Hello, Deidra.

What are you doing here?

Oh, Frank gave me a list of things I need to rehab my house.

I see.

And how long have you been here?

Um,

about ten minutes, I guess.

That house is so old, I have to make sure I get wood that matches.

I don't actually think it's a big deal, but Frank says it'll start to look weird over time if I don't use the right wood.

Yes, we don't want things to look weird.

I guess.

Okay.

It was very enjoyable to see you, Deidre.

Bye, Doug.

Goodbye.

That was terrifying.

Jesus Christ.

Okay.

Let's be real, Frank.

Would you rather be fixing this house than dealing with whatever freak show you're sure is happening in town today?

The answer comes back: yes.

Hey!

Day off!

When was the last time you had one of those?

Oh!

Well, hello there, Elijah Craig, 18-year-old.

Oh,

what are you doing down there?

Is drinking while fixing a house advised?

No, No, it is not.

But perhaps I should ask the foreman.

Oh,

wait, that's me.

Well.

Hello.

We've got a problem.

Yeah, no shit.

There are two deirdres in town.

What does that mean?

Like, literally, two Deirdras?

One's at the hardware store and the other is standing right here.

Huh.

Well, it sounds like Deirdre's going to get a lot done today.

Frank.

Yeah.

Today's weird thing has arrived.

Do you want to clock in?

Wow.

I think you got this one, June.

Oh, I do, do I?

Yeah.

Oh, Frank.

It's just me.

Steve, Doug, and Deirdre number one over here.

Wow.

Sounds like you've assembled a cracked team.

So what the hell is wrong with you?

Are there two Franks now?

I sure hope so, because I could use a hand over here.

You're just going to abandon me.

June, today,

I have to figure out how to get alien blood out of oak flooring.

You want to switch places?

Okay, so I guess I'm stuck here then.

Best of luck.

Well?

Um.

Confirmed.

Oh my god.

I'm not gonna say what's on my mind right now,

but it begins with Doppel

and ends with Gonga.

I didn't say it.

We need better ideas, Steve.

Is it an android?

Uh, no, definitely not an android.

Oh, shit.

Oh, shit.

Body snatcher.

For fuck's sake.

Thanks.

Seidra.

Have you had anything strange happen lately?

Lost time.

Have you had anything happen that you might consider a close encounter with an alien race?

Say that again.

Aliens

can sample your DNA.

They can walk among us, and we'd never know it.

My DNA.

Hey, Deidre,

let's go to the bathroom.

Like girls do.

You know the thing?

Where girls go to the bathroom together?

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Keep it together.

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Breathe.

We're breathing.

June.

I've had a close encounter with an alien.

That's not breathing.

That doesn't sound like breathing.

It was a real close encounter, June.

How about a happy place?

Let's find a happy place.

Have I?

Have have has my body been snatched?

Have I been replaced?

What is happening, June?

I'm

sure that's not it.

Is that a thing that can happen?

happen?

Only in the movies.

Everything that is happening in town are things that only happen in movies, June.

Deedrick, come on.

That's not true.

Giant exploding dogs.

Ghostbusters.

Time-traveling cowboy.

Back to the future, part three.

Aliens attacking a small town.

Aliens are always attacking a small town in the movies.

Okay.

First of all, excellent movie knowledge.

June.

Hey, considering how things are going in town these days,

this could be anything.

I have to see.

No,

no, no, no.

I have to see, June.

I'm walking around in town right now, but I'm also right here.

I strongly urge you to not do that.

I had a really...

terrifying experience the other night, June.

I know.

When is this town going to give me a break?

Not today,

but really,

I'm sure anytime now.

What do I do?

Just wait here?

What happens when I come back from the hardware store and I meet myself?

Okay.

Let's get a plan together.

Okay, plans are good, right?

Yeah, plans are good.

Let's

eliminate some possibilities.

I'm going to go talk to Verge.

Don't do that.

It'll be fine.

I'll head over to the horizon and we'll have a nice casual chat.

Hey, Verge, how are you feeling?

How are your laser gun injuries?

Also,

do you happen to clone people after you bang them?

Super casual.

It really was a nice night.

Sweetie, I know.

If it's any any condolence, I really admire you.

Why in the world would you do that?

Deedra, come on.

You're the girl in the small town that the wandering alien falls for.

That's classic shit.

Star man,

man who fell to earth.

Earth girls are easy.

Sorry about that last one.

And what happens at the end of all those movies?

The alien usually goes back to space.

Yeah.

Okay,

come on.

Scared, Deidre, is better than depressed, Deidre.

I'm going to go talk to Verge, and you are staying here, and you are not going to talk to the weird version of yourself that's out there, okay?

Okay.

Scared, Deidre.

Not depressed, depressed, Deidre.

Scared, Deidre.

You're terrified.

I'm terrified.

Okay.

Here I go.

Okay, dummies.

Your job is to stay here with Deidre

and make sure the two Deidras do not meet.

What do we do if she comes in here?

I don't know.

Hide her somewhere?

Why did we get him mixed up?

And how are we supposed to tell him apart?

Jesus.

Give me your hand.

I have just sharpied a big black X on the real Deidre's hand.

Okay, don't fuck this up, you two.

In the big rock candy mountains, you never change your socks.

And the little streams of alcohol come a trickling down the rocks.

Damien Lillard, why

the High Priestess has arrived.

Hey, hello,

I saw your truck.

Thought I'd say hi.

I am engaging in my favorite pastime: drinking bourbon and complaining about the Trailblazers.

Frank?

Yeah.

What happened to Deidre's house?

Where have you been the past few days?

Foraging.

Oh,

what'd you get?

Dandelion greens,

hazelnuts, and thimbleberries.

Seriously, what is your life?

Frank.

It got real fucked up, Trinket.

I can see.

But I have to say, they don't make them like this anymore.

Bones are still good.

I'll have her shhip shape in a few days.

Frank!

Trinket.

Are you ready to come inside?

Inside the house?

No, I mean, you know how sometimes you wish you hadn't asked something?

It's like that.

Are you ready to come inside?

Sure.

Well then,

go inside and get yourself a glass.

June.

Hi.

What?

Did you clone Deidre?

What?

Did you make a clone of Deidre?

What are you talking about?

There are two Deidre's in town.

There's a Deidre at the sheep's eye and a Deidre at the hardware store.

You done any cloning lately?

Or

I can't clone people.

Are you sure?

Well, let me really think about it.

Hmm.

Why are there two Deidras in town?

I don't know.

Where's Mr.

Smarty Pants?

Elden?

Please, Mr.

Smarty Pants was my father.

Elden.

How could there be two Deidras in town?

Has she been cloned?

Unlikely.

How unlikely?

Cloning is possible.

Your planet has even done it.

The men that attacked her house were clones.

Oh, fuck, really?

Yes, but cloning is not an overnight process.

For Deidre to be sampled and cloned would take several Earth months at least just to get an embryo.

Well, then what's the deal, Elden?

Tell me exactly what happened.

I was bartending at the sheep's eye.

Deidre walked in and said she needed a few more minutes before she started and listed off all the things she has to do today.

Then, a few minutes later, she came in again and said the exact same thing.

Now there's two of them.

It sounds like you have a temporal anomaly on your hands.

Oh, well,

Imagine the universe is encased in a giant cube of jello.

If you press on any side of the jello cube, the fabric of time within the cube can bend and loop and cross over.

Events may repeat themselves, elongate, or skip forward.

It happens.

What are we supposed to do about it?

There's nothing to be done.

These things usually work themselves out.

Oh, so we just sit here.

It is important to stay away from the anomaly.

Why?

The more you interact with an anomaly, the more the chance of it solidifying and becoming a permanent fixture.

Okay, I only

talked to her the one time.

June,

you don't know which one of them is the anomaly.

Did you stay away from both of them?

Well, shit.

Uh-huh.

Where are the Deidras now?

One's at the Sheep's Eye and one's at the hardware store.

Well, it's early yet, but I'd say we're well on our way to there being two permanent Deidras in town.

Oh, that sounds bad.

I'm sure everyone would get used to it eventually.

Yeah, I don't think so, Elden.

What else have you got for me?

Well, it's theoretical, but you could try merging them.

How?

Get them in the same room and hope for the best.

That sounds really ill-advised, Elden.

I have access to the knowledge of three galaxies, June.

What do you have other than your encyclopedic knowledge of Farscape?

Okay,

you don't have to be a dick about it.

If you can get them in the same room and have them focused on the same thing, get them of the same mind, get their thoughts and attentions aligned, you may be able to merge the anomaly with the original without having to sacrifice either.

Okay.

I love Deidre.

I really do.

Focus though.

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Hello, Deidre.

Hello, Deidre.

Hey, guys.

What's going on?

How are you doing today?

Fine.

Deidre,

I'm afraid we need you to come with us.

What's going on?

Oh,

we need you back at the Sheep's Eye.

Guys, I know.

There's a bunch of stuff I need to do right now, though.

It's kind of an emergency.

Yeah.

This is kind of an emergency, too, Deidra.

What do you mean?

What's wrong?

There's a

problem

back at the bar.

God.

What now?

Oh,

there's a

raccoon.

Oh, there is a raccoon inside.

Buck.

Really?

How the fuck did a raccoon get in in there?

Oh, we don't know.

We think it's rabbit.

What?

What?

Oh, oh,

yes.

Oh, it attacked June.

It attacked her.

Is she okay?

I mean, who knows?

It's a rabid raccoon, Deidre.

Oh, you've got to come with us.

What am I supposed to do about it?

We have to do what we always do.

Do you remember when Sue Watts had that aggressive Pine Martin in her pantry?

We've got to call Animal Control.

Uh, hang on, I have their number still.

Oh, uh, actually, I think we should go in there and deal with them.

None of us should be dealing with the rabbit animal.

We need to call.

Just hang on a second.

But, um.

Ah, fuck it.

Grab her.

Oh, God.

Guys, whoa, what are you doing?

We're sorry, Deidre.

This is for your own good.

It all makes sense.

We promise.

We need to get you inside the sheep's eye.

I am not going in there.

There is a rabbit animal in there.

It's not a rabbit animal.

What is it?

Hey, Deidre, how are you?

June, will you tell them to let go of her?

Guys, what the fuck?

Sorry.

He told her it was a rabbit raccoon, and it didn't go well.

Jesus Christ, get her in there.

Deidre, I love you so much, and it's all gonna make sense in a second here.

Why is everyone acting crazy?

Crazy like a fox, though.

What the fuck?

What do we think?

Ten minutes, five.

What is happening?

Let's say ten.

Can they refill your drink?

I

how

why are you laughing?

Because

because it's funny

it's not funny.

Oh sure, it is

alien

yeah

yep.

I I

so I I'm gonna assume that that is a yes on the refill?

They

look human.

Yes.

You know, they wear some sort of thing that disguises them.

Fuck off.

No, I'm serious.

They're making this up.

This is you making fun of me.

Triggered, you were standing there in Cameron's house and they pulled out a laser gun to clear the mushrooms.

I don't keep up on technology!

Oh.

Okay.

So

you thought ray guns were now available in stores?

Frank.

Drink it.

I don't know what to tell you.

Alien with a laser gun.

And

here we are.

So

what

it's okay.

You can ask.

What do they really look like?

I knew it.

I knew it.

Honestly,

not that much different from what you see.

Okay.

Plus,

two more arms.

Arms?

They have four arms?

Puatro, Miyamigo.

You've seen that.

Oh, yeah.

Yes.

So

at first, it was very disturbing.

But then,

I thought about all the times I had to carry three coffees instead of two, and then I was just jealous.

What the fuck, Frank?

I think it's important that we have reached this stage.

What stage?

The

throwing up your hands stage.

I'm not at that stage yet.

In a very short period of time, I've gone from a time-traveling cowboy, what the fuck?

To

late-night showdown with alien vaders?

Whatever.

You know, it's nice over on my side.

You should join me.

It fucks with my belief system, Frank.

You don't have a belief system to fund.

Trinket, come on.

Did you expect two druids 3,000 years ago to be like, oh, but guys,

what about aliens?

I don't know.

People believe things.

And that's not bad sometimes.

Well, I mean, sometimes it's really fucking terrible.

But we strap on these belief systems that are all based on the shit we know now.

What about all the shit we don't know?

Don't don't use this as an excuse to make fun of the witch, please.

I am not.

I'm not.

Look.

Trinket.

I don't have any problem with the things you believe.

Yes, you do.

No, no, okay.

The smudge sticks and the magic rocks and the flowing garments, yes, 100%.

They all look a little goofy to me, but the only problem I ever had with you and your whole thing was that

I think I have a problem with anyone who says with authority, I know this for sure.

I guess

I have a problem with that amount of confidence.

Right?

Where's the church of

who knows?

Where is the temple of the shrug emoji that's bullshit no it's not frank it

frank i get up in the morning and i feel things

there's a certainty to those feelings that i can only call belief

and

and my journey through life isn't about trying to figure out what to believe it's about taking in the world that's presented to me and finding a way to fit fit all that into these

feelings of certainty.

Yeah, well, I have felt a lot of things in my life, and they turned out to be bullshit.

Frank,

you and I both know that there's no way I'm going to make you understand this.

Probably true.

I.

I

feel it

in my bones.

As certain as I feel the ground.

But the important step is:

does this certainty hurt me?

Does it hurt someone else?

That's when I know I'm onto something.

My belief isn't shaken by all these things that are happening in town.

Yes, it's a struggle to understand what they all mean,

sure,

but

they do mean something

To me, at least.

But

still.

Fucking aliens.

Good luck with that one.

Hang on.

Ooh.

Text from June.

I figured out a plan for the two Deedras.

Not that you care because you've decided to be a little asshole today.

You see the thanks I get?

too Deedris?

Oh,

right.

So, quick update.

Okay.

I haven't heard anything for a couple of minutes.

I think it's time.

I don't understand how this is supposed to work.

Don't worry about it, Steve.

Your work here is done.

Skinny Jeans, you're up.

Whose idea was this?

Yours.

Right.

What the fuck?

June, just go with it.

Hello, ladies.

What are you doing here?

I'm.

I'm here to apologize.

I don't think that's the most important thing right now.

I know it doesn't seem that way,

but June's not letting the two of you out of here until the problem is solved, so

I'm afraid you have to hear this, whether you like it or not.

I'm going out the back door.

They blocked the back door, too.

What the fuck?

Well,

I'd just

give in to it if I if I was you.

I don't feel great about you being here, Virg.

I know.

Um, Elden.

Greetings, Deidras.

You are currently the victims of a fairly nasty temporal anomaly.

From what I can gather, time looped back on itself when Deidre entered the bar for the first time this morning, and when the second Deidre interacted with the people in the sheep's eye, there was a deviation.

And now we have two Deidras.

I'm not the real Deidre.

Let me be clear.

You both are.

How is that possible?

Would you like a lecture on relativistic versus quantum mechanics, or do we want to just take my word for it on this one?

How do we stop it?

It may seem a bit odd, but

Verge is going to say a few things.

What does that have to do with...

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

Obviously, I didn't know

that was going to happen the other night, but considering the list of people who'd like to see me dead, I should have taken better care with who I spent my time with.

I, um...

I couldn't get you out of my head.

And it sort of

took over.

I convinced myself that I was in the clear, that

things were different.

And I convinced myself I was one of you.

Just a happy person on a planet somewhere.

Verge,

I'm terrified of you.

I was hiding under the bed like you told me to.

I.

I heard everything.

I heard the person that you became when they showed you.

You're a dangerous person.

That scares me.

I'm scared to be in this room with you right now.

Can you understand that?

Yes.

I apologize for everything

that happened.

But

I'm sorry, I can't apologize for the person you saw.

That's the person I've had to be.

I was this kid in a refugee camp once, and

that's all I used to be.

Over the years, it's

like I put on a whole other person,

bit by bit, like pieces of armor.

I think it's what anyone would have done.

Verge, there's this part of me that wants to hear this and wants to understand what happened.

And there's this other part of me that's scared to hear more.

I don't want to hear things that will make me even more afraid of you.

I know.

It's not time for me to tell you my life story.

I appreciate your apology, Virge, but it was a lie in my bedroom.

I can't have that.

I know.

Look,

you won't have to worry about it for long.

Okay.

Frank thinks I should stay for some reason, but

I'm not staying.

I'll be far away soon.

I just need a few more days to plan, and then I can get out of here.

No, no, that's not what I want.

I think it's the best thing for everybody.

Virt, no, I have 9,000 feelings about this whole situation, but I don't like the idea of you out there all by yourself.

That doesn't feel right to me.

That scares me even more.

And what kind of person am I if I put you in danger just because you scare me?

You're right that it was wrong of you to put me in danger.

Is it right for me then to put you in danger?

Because you would be in more danger, right?

If you left?

I don't want that.

Elden, June was telling me that it's actually hard to get to Earth.

It's a controlled zone.

There's a process to go through, a bit like one of your national preserves.

Okay, well, that sounds safer to me than whatever's out there.

I can see that little kid you were talking about.

I see them in you.

I have the whole time.

I think that's what I.

You were in my head, too.

You are.

But there's a lot more that comes with that now, and

I don't know how to feel about all of it.

I'm scared of you, but I don't think you're a monster.

You're a person.

Despite all that.

What I need from you right now is for you to be safe.

Okay.

Oh my God.

It's just me.

Oh, fuck.

Oh, my God.

Thank God, Jesus Christ.

It It is just me.

Oh fuck.

I have to lay down.

That was terrible.

Deidre.

Deidre, it's not that you're angry.

It's that you're scared for Verge.

You're scared that they're in danger and that's conflicting with your feeling of fear for yourself and you don't know how to reconcile those things so your soul has split in two and we need to bring those halves back together.

Wait, we're way ahead of you there, Sabrina.

Oh.

Well,

it, okay?

Good job.

You two were supposed to keep people out of here.

I couldn't stop her.

No, she has surprising upper body strength.

Deidre, they only count one of you.

Yeah,

that was a weird one.

Sorry, we had to kidnap you, Deidre.

That's okay.

Speaking of, we don't think this is contagious, right?

Oh.

Oh, God.

so

it's your time

you want me to stay

i'll stay good

i'll see you at 7 a.m tomorrow

why

i am going to show you how to hang drywall and we we've got a lot of work to do over there and i could really use an

extra hand or two oh fuck you oh fuck you i'm gonna have to endure

all sorts of jokes about about that.

We've only just begun.

Full sale, Amber, please, barkeep.

Sir, yes, sir.

I would like to propose a toast.

Frank did absolutely nothing today and is feeling inappropriately fine about that.

Fuck you, Frank.

Cheers.

Hey

Hey,

how long have you been standing there?

I don't know.

Well,

what's up?

I spent a lot of time looking at myself today.

You did.

I didn't like it.

I did.

Do

do you do you want to come inside and talk about it?

No.

Okay.

Can I stand here and you stand there and we talk about it like that?

We can do anything you want.

Okay.

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