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[SIGHS HEAVILY]
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[LOUD THUD ON DOOR]
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[MAN HOLLERS EERILY]
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[THUD]
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[THUD]
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[MAN SCREAMS]
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[LOUD CONTINUOUS BANGING AT DOOR]
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6:37 a.m., I'm in my hotel room,
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and I'm recording this
in case something happens.
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There's a man, 40s, Caucasian.
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He's banging his head on my door.
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[BANGING CONTINUES]
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[LOCK TURNS]
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Lia!
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Lia!
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What do you want from me?
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[YELLING] This is your warning!
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[BANGING CONTINUES]
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[WHISPERS] My warning?
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You can't scare me.
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[EERIE STATIC-FILLED MUSIC]
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[BANGING DOOR] You can't scare me!
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[WATER BUBBLES]
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[THROATY VOCALIZING]
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[RECORDING PLAYING]
My name is Lia Haddock.
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My name is Lia Haddock.
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[LIPS BUZZING, VOCALIZING]
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My name is Lia Haddock,
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and you're listening to
American Public Radio.
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[PEN CLICKING]
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In 2003, the world's top neuroscientists
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and their families gathered
at a research facility
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in Tennessee known as Limetown.
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Their mission is still unknown.
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The first time most
people heard about Limetown
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was on the night of Feber-ruary...
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[BABBLES]
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[INHALES]
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The first time most people heard
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about Limetown was on the
night of February 8, 2004.
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A distress call went
out from inside the town.
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[MYSTERIOUS AMBIENT MUSIC]
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- 911.
- Hello?
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Hello, can you hear me?
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We need emergency services at Limetown,
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ambulances, firemen, police,
damn it, just send all... Darby,
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shut it off. Shut it off!
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[REWINDING SQUEAKS]
Shut it off. Shut it off!
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Shut it off. Shut it off!
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17 minutes later,
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first responders arrived at the gates
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only to be denied entrance
by a private security force.
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[CROWD CLAMORING]
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We are here at Limetown.
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A three-day standoff ensued
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with loved ones desperate
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and unable to make contact
with their families inside.
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[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]
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And then something unexpected happened.
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The security force stood down.
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[TENSE MUSIC]
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Let's go. Head out!
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Roger that.
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Bravo team, go!
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[RADIO CHATTER]
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Go, go!
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[RADIO CHATTER]
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[BELL JINGLES]
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Clear!
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- Clear.
- [RADIO CHIRPS]
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- Bravo two, we're clear.
- Clear.
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- All clear.
- Clear.
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- Clear, clear.
- Clear. We're clear.
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Clear!
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They found that every man,
woman, and child, 326 people,
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had vanished without a trace.
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[TENSE MUSIC FADES]
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My uncle was one of
the people living there.
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I thought back to when I was five,
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the last time I saw him.
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[SOFT AMBIENT MUSIC]
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[CHUCKLES]
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Much better.
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How was he one of the missing?
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Can someone disappear
when they're already gone?
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For weeks Limetown was the
biggest story in the world,
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and then just as suddenly as
the story of Limetown landed,
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it evaporated back into
the 24-hour news cycle,
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overtaken by the first
legal same-sex marriage
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in the United States,
the war in Afghanistan,
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the war in Iraq, marriages,
scandals, weather, drugs.
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The story of Limetown
fell through the cracks
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of the constantly-changing world.
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In the 15 years since,
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no explanations have been uncovered
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or given with any credibility.
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And no citizens of Limetown
have ever been found.
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[TAPS KEYBOARD]
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For most Limetown is a tragedy
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among countless other tragedies,
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but for many like myself
it raises a question.
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Without knowing what our loved ones
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had sacrificed of themselves,
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how much are we willing
to sacrifice for the truth?
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You are a month over deadline on a story
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we agreed would take
four months to complete.
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Can you understand how
this might make me feel?
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[SIGHS] I think it would really help
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if you built this through
your personal story.
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I'm not seeing this in your edits.
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What is this story if it's not personal?
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This is an acknowledgement
that this happened,
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that these people and their
families are not forgotten
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and that after 15 years of silence,
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there will be an ending to this story.
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A 15-year-old event
with nothing new to say,
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which is what I told you
when you first pitched it.
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If this is not your personal journey,
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then it is purely an
historical document.
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- Are you kidding me?
- You have a week.
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And you're going to
be working with someone
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to make sure that we meet this goal.
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- No.
- His name is Mark Green.
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He is a hire from Chicago
who I think can help.
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- I don't need a babysitter.
- Lia.
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Hi, I'm... I'm Mark.
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... you, Mark.
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Um, nice to meet you.
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Hey, listen, I know that
you don't wanna work with me,
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but honestly, I think...
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What do you know about Limetown?
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Well, I don't... I don't
think they're all dead.
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Actually, I prefer that TV movie,
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"Signals"' theory about Dr. Finlayson
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contacting alien life forms and...
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Okay, stop.
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Know more than me by tomorrow.
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Understood.
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You... Oh, okay. Bye.
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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- [MYSTERIOUS AMBIENT MUSIC]
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[CROW CAWING]
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You want me to help with it?
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- If you don't mind.
- ... spaceship.
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No, no.
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No, no, you can look
right through, look...
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[MUSIC CONTINUES]
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[HUMMING SOFTLY]
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[CAR APPROACHING]
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- Hey, Benji.
- Hey. Back for more, are you?
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- Yes, sir. Lia?
- Terry Hilkins?
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Oh, oh, you're early.
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I've been waiting for
this for a long time.
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- Well, shall we? Come on.
- Thank you.
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What was it like being
the only journalist
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at the opening ceremony?
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Well, it felt like immersive theater,
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like everyone there was an
actor playing a trick on me.
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[INDISTINCT CHATTER]
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[BAND PLAYING JOYFUL MUSIC]
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- [LAUGHTER]
- He's so fun.
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Ladies and gentlemen,
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help me give a warm
welcome to Dr. Oskar Totem.
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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[RECORDER CLICKS]
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[MIC FEEDBACK]
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Dreams...
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dreams speak to us.
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Sometimes a dream can
speak to a common people,
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unifying them in a common cause.
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We can't explain it to
those who don't hear it.
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We just feel it.
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This...
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this is a dream!
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[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]
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And in my dream, I
have heard the future!
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I always thought he sounded
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more like a preacher than a scientist.
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Yeah, he was a preacher, I guess,
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just of who knows what?
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You ever just think about
Oskar and what his dream was?
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Oh, only every day, yeah.
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I want to see the execution site.
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They found Dr. Totem right here.
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You think he was a good man?
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I don't know,
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but no man deserves that,
if that's what you're asking.
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You know, I read that
the Roman justice system
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had all kinds of tools
at its disposal, you know?
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You could stone somebody to death
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or throw them off a cliff,
but crucifixion, I mean,
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something like this was
only used to send a message.
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Awful, awful way to die.
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Mm. It was supposed to be.
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Well...
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as soon as this facility
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could be chained up
and locked away, it was.
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[CROW CAWS]
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What do you think they
were doing in here?
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I have no idea. No one
does, but you know that.
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The only reason it wasn't torn down
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was to give the illusion of hope.
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Are you scared of Limetown?
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Hm?
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[CHUCKLES]
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Well, yeah. Yeah, of course.
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It's... it's like a
graveyard with no bodies.
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[EERIE MUSIC BUILDING]
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[CHAIN RATTLES]
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[DOOR CREAKING]
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[FLOOR CREAKS]
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So we are looking at some
scratches on the floor.
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[LOUD SCRAPING]
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A commission report said
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some people blockaded their doors.
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Why do you think they would do that?
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I don't know.
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Oh, you probably
shouldn't touch anything.
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It's just crazy how normal this looks.
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These were just people, you know?
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It was just a place.
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They were just people?
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So you don't believe that
they're alive anymore?
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I... I don't. I...
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Can we see the caves?
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[WIND HOWLS]
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[CHUCKLES] No, the caves are off-limits.
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I won't tell if you won't.
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Um, I... I really don't
want to get into that.
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They had to seal them
off a few years back,
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and they're... they're very,
um, strict about that, so.
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Do you think it was the caves?
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I don't know.
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Oh, come on, Terry. You
were the only journalist
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allowed in there on opening day.
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I mean, you are literally
the closest thing
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that the world has to an eyewitness.
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What happened?
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There's only one thing
that I am confident in.
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What is that?
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Closure is a process.
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And for those who lost someone here,
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that process never began,
and it likely never will.
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You of all people should know that.
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This is Lia Haddock with Haddock News,
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here with my uncle, Emile Haddock.
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Uncle Emile, why do you call me Apple?
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- Oh, I... I don't know.
- Yes, you do.
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I do? No, I don't. I don't know.
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I don't... I don't remember.
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[THUNDER RUMBLES SOFTLY]
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[SIGHS]
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- Hey.
- Hey.
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How was your trip?
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[KEY CLACKS]
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Uh, medium green tea, please.
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00:17:44,654 --> 00:17:46,239
Sweetened?
260
00:17:47,574 --> 00:17:49,910
[KEYBOARD CLACKING]
261
00:17:52,287 --> 00:17:53,537
Lia?
262
00:17:53,538 --> 00:17:56,041
- Terry Hilkins?
- Oh, oh, you're early.
263
00:18:00,796 --> 00:18:02,463
[DOOR OPENS]
264
00:18:02,464 --> 00:18:04,465
- Hey.
- Hey.
265
00:18:04,466 --> 00:18:06,134
How was your trip?
266
00:18:12,974 --> 00:18:15,518
[SOFT SHUFFLING]
267
00:18:15,519 --> 00:18:18,063
- [SOFT BANG]
- [BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]
268
00:18:20,273 --> 00:18:23,276
[KISSING CONTINUES]
269
00:18:27,948 --> 00:18:31,326
Mm. Mm. [LAUGHING]
270
00:18:32,411 --> 00:18:34,829
Wait. Do you want a drink or something?
271
00:18:34,830 --> 00:18:37,249
[WHISPERS] Stop talking. Stop talking.
272
00:18:44,297 --> 00:18:46,674
Stop trying to hide your birthmark.
273
00:18:46,675 --> 00:18:48,635
You know I love it.
274
00:18:55,016 --> 00:18:57,435
Stop trying to hide your birthmark.
275
00:18:57,436 --> 00:18:59,311
You know I love it.
276
00:18:59,312 --> 00:19:01,314
[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]
277
00:19:03,316 --> 00:19:05,609
Stop trying to hide your birthmark.
278
00:19:05,610 --> 00:19:06,820
You know I love...
279
00:19:10,657 --> 00:19:12,825
your birthmark.
280
00:19:12,826 --> 00:19:14,369
You know I love it.
281
00:19:36,349 --> 00:19:40,145
[SIRENS WAILING]
282
00:19:46,234 --> 00:19:47,902
[PHONE UNLOCKS]
283
00:19:47,903 --> 00:19:50,906
[LINE TRILLING]
284
00:19:57,996 --> 00:19:59,998
[SIGHS]
285
00:20:01,208 --> 00:20:03,667
Lia, it's 10:00 at night.
286
00:20:03,668 --> 00:20:05,127
This is the fifth time this week.
287
00:20:05,128 --> 00:20:06,587
If this is about Limetown...
288
00:20:06,588 --> 00:20:09,215
Ron, I... I want to talk about
something else, I promise,
289
00:20:09,216 --> 00:20:10,716
and it's... honestly,
290
00:20:10,717 --> 00:20:13,512
it's not really something
that I like to discuss.
291
00:20:15,222 --> 00:20:16,598
What?
292
00:20:18,392 --> 00:20:20,351
Okay, so about five years ago,
293
00:20:20,352 --> 00:20:21,560
before I left for APR,
294
00:20:21,561 --> 00:20:23,229
I was working at "The Kansas City Star",
295
00:20:23,230 --> 00:20:27,191
and I was covering this
Jane Doe death scene.
296
00:20:27,192 --> 00:20:30,027
[TENSE AMBIENT MUSIC]
297
00:20:30,028 --> 00:20:35,574
And her fingers had been
sanded down to the bone.
298
00:20:35,575 --> 00:20:39,328
On her legs and torso,
these random slabs of skin
299
00:20:39,329 --> 00:20:42,123
had been removed, probably to, you know,
300
00:20:42,124 --> 00:20:45,210
hide any identifying
birthmarks or tattoos.
301
00:20:46,795 --> 00:20:48,379
Her teeth had been ripped out.
302
00:20:48,380 --> 00:20:53,092
Those were never found, but
you never would have known it
303
00:20:53,093 --> 00:20:59,474
because a 12-gauge shotgun had
removed the front of her head.
304
00:21:01,309 --> 00:21:06,439
I guess the part that I just
could never wrap my head around
305
00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:10,985
was that this was... this was a suicide.
306
00:21:10,986 --> 00:21:15,781
I mean, she... she did this to herself,
307
00:21:15,782 --> 00:21:18,660
and I don't know why, I
know it's not rational...
308
00:21:20,871 --> 00:21:24,958
but I just always thought that
this was connected to Limetown.
309
00:21:26,918 --> 00:21:32,715
After all this time, I... now,
310
00:21:32,716 --> 00:21:38,472
now I feel like I... I understand her.
311
00:21:41,349 --> 00:21:44,769
Like, I understand
the impulse, you know?
312
00:21:44,770 --> 00:21:46,353
You just wanna...
313
00:21:46,354 --> 00:21:48,939
[EXHALES SOFTLY]
314
00:21:48,940 --> 00:21:51,984
just erase yourself.
315
00:21:51,985 --> 00:21:53,778
Lia.
316
00:21:53,779 --> 00:21:58,825
Before ever... [SIGHS] anyone
ever even understands why.
317
00:22:04,164 --> 00:22:05,749
When do you want to meet?
318
00:22:17,719 --> 00:22:19,429
Okay.
319
00:22:21,473 --> 00:22:23,682
How did it feel when you realized
320
00:22:23,683 --> 00:22:26,436
that everyone from
Limetown had disappeared?
321
00:22:28,980 --> 00:22:34,194
[TENSE STRING MUSIC]
322
00:22:39,366 --> 00:22:41,701
Sir, we have something.
323
00:22:50,210 --> 00:22:51,503
Jesus.
324
00:22:53,922 --> 00:22:56,924
It's a Totem.
325
00:22:56,925 --> 00:22:59,511
Those are from scoliosis surgery.
326
00:23:01,012 --> 00:23:03,640
Oskar Totem had it
when he was a teenager.
327
00:23:07,519 --> 00:23:10,521
This entire complex
is now a crime scene.
328
00:23:10,522 --> 00:23:13,023
Sadia, work the stake with forensics.
329
00:23:13,024 --> 00:23:14,692
Put mass fatality on standby.
330
00:23:14,693 --> 00:23:18,320
Dyer, prints and shoe molds
of everyone who's walked in
331
00:23:18,321 --> 00:23:19,947
and out of those gates. Sterling.
332
00:23:19,948 --> 00:23:21,532
Yes, sir?
333
00:23:21,533 --> 00:23:24,368
Sterling, there are 326 people here.
334
00:23:24,369 --> 00:23:26,203
Find them.
335
00:23:26,204 --> 00:23:29,582
We dusted for prints, combed
over surfaces for hairs.
336
00:23:29,583 --> 00:23:31,625
We know there was a
large population there
337
00:23:31,626 --> 00:23:33,002
on February 8th,
338
00:23:33,003 --> 00:23:36,214
and on February 11th it
was like nobody ever was.
339
00:23:39,551 --> 00:23:41,428
[FLOOR CREAKS]
340
00:23:54,316 --> 00:23:57,194
[HINGE SQUEAKS, CREAKING]
341
00:23:58,445 --> 00:24:01,448
[RADIO CHATTER]
342
00:24:07,079 --> 00:24:10,081
[EERIE STATIC-FILLED MUSIC]
343
00:24:10,082 --> 00:24:13,085
[WATER DROPS PLOPPING]
344
00:24:26,098 --> 00:24:28,974
So every home, every
facility, every business
345
00:24:28,975 --> 00:24:31,602
has a direct connection
to this cave system,
346
00:24:31,603 --> 00:24:33,521
part of some geothermal initiative
347
00:24:33,522 --> 00:24:35,773
they were taking advantage
of for a tax break.
348
00:24:35,774 --> 00:24:37,733
The problem is that this system
349
00:24:37,734 --> 00:24:40,528
connects to one of the largest
cave networks in the country,
350
00:24:40,529 --> 00:24:42,029
80 miles in all directions.
351
00:24:42,030 --> 00:24:43,823
Now, obviously we're
not through it all yet,
352
00:24:43,824 --> 00:24:46,117
but there are no local disturbances.
353
00:24:46,118 --> 00:24:47,535
What does that mean?
354
00:24:47,536 --> 00:24:49,745
It means that that's
not where anyone went,
355
00:24:49,746 --> 00:24:52,081
but it doesn't mean that
we shouldn't keep looking
356
00:24:52,082 --> 00:24:54,792
- for whatever it is we're...
- Sir?
357
00:24:54,793 --> 00:24:57,129
- We need you.
- Well, can it wait?
358
00:24:59,506 --> 00:25:03,217
[RADIO CHATTER]
359
00:25:03,218 --> 00:25:05,344
What am... what am I looking at?
360
00:25:05,345 --> 00:25:07,221
We were waiting on
the mass fatality squad
361
00:25:07,222 --> 00:25:10,433
to move forward...
362
00:25:10,434 --> 00:25:12,853
found a fresh plot of topsoil.
363
00:25:14,187 --> 00:25:16,272
Shit.
364
00:25:16,273 --> 00:25:17,816
Open it up.
365
00:25:21,695 --> 00:25:24,698
[FLIES BUZZING]
366
00:25:25,949 --> 00:25:28,243
They're pigs, sir.
367
00:25:31,246 --> 00:25:33,873
Do you think that that was
some kind of animal sacrifice
368
00:25:33,874 --> 00:25:35,791
or some kind of experiment?
369
00:25:35,792 --> 00:25:38,961
Add it to the long list
of things I can't explain.
370
00:25:38,962 --> 00:25:41,923
The investigation went
on for almost 200 days.
371
00:25:43,133 --> 00:25:47,762
We issued 6,000 grand jury subpoenas.
372
00:25:47,763 --> 00:25:49,805
There 13 congressional
hearings all before
373
00:25:49,806 --> 00:25:52,391
the official commission.
374
00:25:52,392 --> 00:25:54,352
I retired not long after that.
375
00:25:56,104 --> 00:25:59,941
How do you move 326 people
without anyone noticing?
376
00:26:02,194 --> 00:26:04,446
I don't know.
377
00:26:05,614 --> 00:26:07,949
It had to be the caves, right?
378
00:26:10,327 --> 00:26:14,121
Lia, have you ever heard
of "The Library of Babel?"
379
00:26:14,122 --> 00:26:16,457
- No.
- "The Library of Babel"
380
00:26:16,458 --> 00:26:19,543
is this old book about
this universal library,
381
00:26:19,544 --> 00:26:22,838
every book and every answer
ever sought by the species.
382
00:26:22,839 --> 00:26:25,383
The only problem is, all the good stuff
383
00:26:25,384 --> 00:26:28,761
is drowned out by shelves
and shelves of nonsense.
384
00:26:28,762 --> 00:26:31,013
You understand?
385
00:26:31,014 --> 00:26:33,849
In other words, the
answers might be there,
386
00:26:33,850 --> 00:26:36,728
but that doesn't mean you
won't go crazy looking for them.
387
00:26:39,356 --> 00:26:41,941
Of course I feel insane.
388
00:26:41,942 --> 00:26:43,609
We know something happened there,
389
00:26:43,610 --> 00:26:46,779
but there's not a damn
thing we can do to prove it,
390
00:26:46,780 --> 00:26:50,908
so we just have to be insane
and keep acting like we're not,
391
00:26:50,909 --> 00:26:52,661
and that's that.
392
00:26:57,666 --> 00:26:59,959
Hey, Gina.
393
00:26:59,960 --> 00:27:02,503
Uh, yeah, I just got the interview,
394
00:27:02,504 --> 00:27:04,922
and, um, I uploaded it.
395
00:27:04,923 --> 00:27:06,549
- Was he helpful?
- Yes,
396
00:27:06,550 --> 00:27:08,759
he was... he was very good.
397
00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:10,803
But he didn't give you what you needed?
398
00:27:10,804 --> 00:27:12,847
Yeah, this is the last thing.
399
00:27:12,848 --> 00:27:17,435
We'll just, you know, do
what we can with what we have.
400
00:27:17,436 --> 00:27:19,186
You can't think of this as a failure.
401
00:27:19,187 --> 00:27:20,604
No one else could
have done what you did.
402
00:27:20,605 --> 00:27:22,441
Okay, thanks. See you tomorrow.
403
00:27:35,871 --> 00:27:41,876
[SOFT AMBIENT MUSIC]
404
00:27:41,877 --> 00:27:46,255
This is Lia Haddock with Haddock News,
405
00:27:46,256 --> 00:27:49,050
here with my uncle, Emile Haddock.
406
00:27:49,051 --> 00:27:52,720
Uncle Emile, why do you call me Apple?
407
00:27:52,721 --> 00:27:55,931
- Oh, I... I don't know.
- Yes, you do.
408
00:27:55,932 --> 00:27:57,892
I do?
409
00:27:57,893 --> 00:28:00,102
No, I don't... I don't know. I don't...
410
00:28:00,103 --> 00:28:02,606
No, you know. You just said.
411
00:28:03,356 --> 00:28:05,442
- I did?
- Yes.
412
00:28:06,401 --> 00:28:07,777
What did I say?
413
00:28:07,778 --> 00:28:11,698
You said it was because I
was the apple of your eye.
414
00:28:12,783 --> 00:28:16,160
Oh, you're right. That
is why I call you Apple.
415
00:28:16,161 --> 00:28:18,662
That's right, sorry.
416
00:28:18,663 --> 00:28:20,414
Okay, sign off.
417
00:28:20,415 --> 00:28:21,749
[WHISPERS] Oh, yeah.
418
00:28:21,750 --> 00:28:23,292
[NORMAL VOICE] This has been Lia Haddock
419
00:28:23,293 --> 00:28:25,337
with Haddock News.
420
00:28:29,466 --> 00:28:30,842
[SHUTS LAPTOP]
421
00:28:34,304 --> 00:28:37,140
How does it matter? How does it connect?
422
00:28:39,017 --> 00:28:40,727
What is the bigger theme?
423
00:28:44,856 --> 00:28:49,111
Continuing... work.
424
00:28:51,655 --> 00:28:53,906
What makes the Limetown tragedy unique,
425
00:28:53,907 --> 00:28:57,284
what makes it worth discussion
... worth a continuing discussion
426
00:28:57,285 --> 00:28:58,787
in spite of...
427
00:29:02,457 --> 00:29:05,918
complete lack of context.
428
00:29:05,919 --> 00:29:08,462
[SCRIBBLING STOPS]
429
00:29:08,463 --> 00:29:10,548
What makes the Limetown tragedy unique,
430
00:29:10,549 --> 00:29:13,050
what makes it worth a
continuing discussion
431
00:29:13,051 --> 00:29:15,636
in spite of the collective moving on
432
00:29:15,637 --> 00:29:18,306
is the complete lack of context.
433
00:29:18,807 --> 00:29:22,935
Lia, I... I didn't mean to...
434
00:29:22,936 --> 00:29:24,563
I said hi. You didn't hear me.
435
00:29:26,898 --> 00:29:28,691
What... what are you
doing here so early?
436
00:29:28,692 --> 00:29:31,610
I... have you been here all night?
437
00:29:31,611 --> 00:29:33,821
You did a good job putting
the family section together.
438
00:29:33,822 --> 00:29:35,239
It's a little over the top for me,
439
00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,366
but, you know, people like that.
440
00:29:37,367 --> 00:29:39,285
I'm glad you like it.
441
00:29:39,286 --> 00:29:41,787
I said other people like it.
442
00:29:41,788 --> 00:29:44,957
I think you need to get out
of the way of your own tape.
443
00:29:44,958 --> 00:29:46,292
Uh-huh.
444
00:29:46,293 --> 00:29:48,002
[CELL PHONE VIBRATING]
445
00:29:48,003 --> 00:29:49,920
Uh...
446
00:29:49,921 --> 00:29:52,006
It's Terry Hilkins.
447
00:29:52,007 --> 00:29:53,466
Should we record it?
448
00:29:53,467 --> 00:29:54,801
- Yeah.
- Yeah?
449
00:29:58,680 --> 00:30:00,514
Hello?
450
00:30:00,515 --> 00:30:02,516
[PANTING] Lia... oh, Christ.
451
00:30:02,517 --> 00:30:04,185
Sorry. My heart's racing.
452
00:30:04,186 --> 00:30:06,979
Okay, okay, Terry. Slow
down. What's going on?
453
00:30:06,980 --> 00:30:12,109
Lia, it's a survivor, and
she wants to speak with you.
454
00:30:12,110 --> 00:30:15,696
She's... she's verified.
I... I saw her in Limetown.
455
00:30:15,697 --> 00:30:18,324
I... I know it's her.
456
00:30:18,325 --> 00:30:20,243
Merge the calls.
457
00:30:21,787 --> 00:30:23,704
Merge the calls then.
458
00:30:23,705 --> 00:30:25,664
Gina, you gotta get in here.
459
00:30:25,665 --> 00:30:27,291
Okay.
460
00:30:27,292 --> 00:30:32,297
[TENSE AMBIENT MUSIC]
461
00:30:33,882 --> 00:30:35,424
Hello?
462
00:30:35,425 --> 00:30:37,469
[DISTORTED VOICE] Is this Lia Haddock?
463
00:30:38,845 --> 00:30:40,513
Yes.
464
00:30:40,514 --> 00:30:43,224
How soon can we meet?
465
00:30:43,225 --> 00:30:46,644
Um, who... who am I speaking with?
466
00:30:46,645 --> 00:30:49,648
[STERNLY] How soon can we meet?
467
00:30:50,482 --> 00:30:54,402
Uh, whenever you want to.
468
00:30:54,403 --> 00:30:56,821
I will only talk to you.
469
00:30:56,822 --> 00:30:59,698
That's the only way this will work.
470
00:30:59,699 --> 00:31:01,700
Okay.
471
00:31:01,701 --> 00:31:04,996
Uh, how can I get in touch with you?
472
00:31:06,164 --> 00:31:07,790
You'll hear from me.
473
00:31:07,791 --> 00:31:09,418
[LINE DISCONNECTS]
474
00:31:16,633 --> 00:31:18,760
[LAUGHS]
475
00:31:21,430 --> 00:31:24,265
Historical document, my ass.
476
00:31:24,266 --> 00:31:30,272
[DRAMATIC STRING MUSIC]
477
00:31:34,776 --> 00:31:36,694
This is the first account of Limetown
478
00:31:36,695 --> 00:31:39,363
from someone who actually lived there.
479
00:31:39,364 --> 00:31:41,198
- Hello?
- I can only speak
480
00:31:41,199 --> 00:31:43,451
within a very specific
set of parameters.
481
00:31:43,452 --> 00:31:46,662
It's about who she is, what
she did, where she's been.
482
00:31:46,663 --> 00:31:48,038
And to give you the information
483
00:31:48,039 --> 00:31:49,290
I can give and no more.
484
00:31:49,291 --> 00:31:51,167
Her story is Limetown's story.
485
00:31:51,168 --> 00:31:53,169
If you follow these instructions,
486
00:31:53,170 --> 00:31:55,588
I will direct you to the next survivor.
487
00:31:55,589 --> 00:31:57,339
[TENSE MUSIC]
488
00:31:57,340 --> 00:32:01,303
- There are more survivors?
- Of course.
489
00:32:08,015 --> 00:32:13,015
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