Audience: Sheila Hammond

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[SHEILA. lust pauses for a moment of their own before they laugh.]

Hehe, thanks. You really think so?

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Totally! Your mom has great taste.

[Assuming... her mom named her. But, anyway.]

Also— That was not a nice prank to play on that detective? I believed it myself for a minute.

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I'll have to tell her you said that. [but hm. about that. she...pauses, kind of, and she laughs lightly.]

Guess that means my acting's getting pretty good, huh? It's okay. Date forgave me later.

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[... Gently squints at that pause. Iris?]

Sounds like someone's ready for the big screen! What made you come up with a joke like that, anyway? It's so specific.

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Hehe. It's like I told Date, I'm not that big yet. But maybe someday! [ummmm...] Sometimes you have to say something shocking to really nail the punchline, you know?

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Huh. Well, that was one hell of a punchline. Your friend is not going to forget about that one for a while.

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It's okay. I'll just have to make it up to him someday.

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So you will see people from home again, one day?

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Maybe. It's a nice thought to have, right? But we're here until you guys get what you came for, so who knows how long that is.

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For what it's worth, I hope it's soon. And not just for your sake, but for the ones who already let the enclosure go to their heads.

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Yeah...well, that's up to you guys. You're the ones picking the pace.

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True. Guess I'll have to keep telling some people to kick it up a notch.

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If anyone can it's probably you. People seem to listen to you anyway.

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Not all of them. Some of them refuse to lighten up, and that was before people were dead.