Audience: Sheila Hammond

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It's true! You're only a few years older than my mom but you can't even tell.

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Really? How old is your mom? Tell me about her.

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37! [still working on the nails and such.] She's the best though...she's been a teacher at an elementary school for a while. She's also my biggest fan, I think...she's been really supportive about anything I want to do.

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Ohh... She sounds so sweet! I'm so happy, you have a mom who supports you in everything you do. More parents should be like that.

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I'm definitely really, really lucky! But it's always been just the two of us so I don't know if I could imagine it any other way, you know? She's given me pretty much everything I could ever want.

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You must miss her a lot. Will you get to see her again?

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Probably! I haven't really thought much about it lately.

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Really...? If you don't mind me asking, how come?

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Because I've got other stuff to think about mostly, like making sure things are going well here for you guys.

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That's fair. I do hope you get to see her again, though.

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Thanks. It'd be nice. [but anyway...]

You have a family to get back to, too, don't you?

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Yeah... Keeping that family is kind of riding on this, actually, so I really hope this goes well.

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It should as long as you keep indulging and putting in your best effort! [but...there's a curious hum.]

What is it that you're hoping for anyway?

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Well... The mutant spider ball I threw up when I died may be killing my husband, so I would like to fix that.

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...you know...sometimes I forget about that part of your situation. You don't look like what they show you in the movies or on TV or anything.

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I know!

[She sounds so offended but, like. Not because of Lust, specifically.]

I hate how TV and movies portray the undead. They're so bigoted. Just because I'm dead doesn't mean I'm a mindless monster who wants to eat brains. I'm a loving mother and wife. I volunteer with the elderly. I recycle! And I always eat the guts first.

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...you don't eat the elderly when they die though, right?

[THEY ARE JUST ASKING.]

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Fuck no!

[OFFENDED.]

Also, I turned my elderly woman so she could meet her granddaughter. I could never eat her if she dies.

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Okay, okay! I was just checking! You're kinda the first zombie I've ever met, I was curious!

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Yeah, well, it was kind of rude. [POUTING, GRUMBLING.] Nobody ever asks those questions to people with other medical conditions.

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...no. They just ask other questions. [by now she's on sheila's other hand because they're still doing nails.] Or they don't believe the things you have to say. But I won't ask those questions again, promise.

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Thank you. And the the record, not mad at you.

[A beat, though, and then slowly:]

Are you talking from experience?

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Hmmm....nope! What makes you ask? [and back to being amicable.]

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It just really sounded like you were.

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Oh. No, I've just heard some things from other people, so it reminded me of that.