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None of it makes sense.
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I don't even know who you are.
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Yes, you do.
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Still me, in it?
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She's alive.
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She's been alive this whole time.
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Yes, I did this for her.
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Isn't that great?
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You knew.
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And you didn't tell me?
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Well, yeah, I couldn't.
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I went back to my parents.
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And you knew it wasn't necessary.
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You killed my parents, and then you planted a gun to blame it on me.
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You tried to ruin my life.
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I thought you were one of them.
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And maybe you were.
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What did you just say?
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And maybe you were.
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You took your parents' money, you left Jessica to rot for years, you had the power to save the people under their spell, and you chose peace and quiet instead.
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You were complicit.
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What you just showed me?
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The way you stormed in here, you understand.
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You lied to me.
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You told me that he killed them when it was you! Exactly.
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He killed people.
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And you were willing to kill him to stop him from killing more.
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You see, you understand, Crystal, even if you're too scared to admit it.
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I was not gonna kill him.
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Oh, that's easy for you to say when I pulled the trigger for you.
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I wasn't! And I was angry under false pretenses.
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They they didn't kill anyone.
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Les daughter was real.
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What?
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Tori Les.
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Mr.
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Les might have been a character that I created.
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But Tori Les really killed herself after her time in your father's camp.
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She was just raised by a single mother.
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Tori was one of seven suicides I could directly link to your father's camps.
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Not to mention all the suffering that didn't lead to deaths.
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I mean, do only dead people count here?
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Went to a journalist.
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Oh, right.
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And then what?
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These camps do the worst they can within the law.
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They covered up the electroshock stuff.
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You run a story, it's called woke fake news, but that's if you can get it past all the paid-off editors.
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No, no.
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If that happens, the story disappears and the church continues to hurt people.
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Playing within the system gets you nowhere.
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At least playing within the system doesn't hurt people.
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No!
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You're you're wrong! I'm not wrong.
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What what you did?
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That's wrong, Thurn! Hunter! My name is Hunter.
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I don't believe in revenge.
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It's not why I did this.
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It's not.
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I believe people can be restored.
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Like I was restored, Crystal.
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I believe they were helping people.
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They were helping Jessica.
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They changed my mind.
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I learned the truth.
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And I atoned for my sins.
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People can be redeemed.
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That's why I'm giving you the chance.
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And why didn't my parents get that luxury?
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It's math, Crystal.
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It's math.
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It's about the harm they're gonna do in the future, the harm that I can prevent.
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Did you factor me into your math?
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How I feel losing both of my parents?
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Don't be selfish here.
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Fine! How about Eleanor dedicated her life to the church?
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You took away her purpose.
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There's hundreds like away her purpose?
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I'm sorry.
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I smashed the bars off her prison cell.
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I gave her freedom.
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God, I thought you were smarter.
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I'll simplify it for you.
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If the rest of your daddy's life would be responsible for two murders, and to stop those two from happening, I'd be committing one murder.
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It's neutral.
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Actually, I saved a life.
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How do you quantify that?
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How do you know my mother's life is worth more than a single murder?
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It's good that you don't even try to defend your father.
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You're learning.
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Simple though.
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If your mother's alive, then so is the church.
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She takes out the mantle and continues what he started.
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If they're both dead and the killer is still on the loose, the church is demoralized.
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It's unsafe.
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It loses its power.
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It goes under it ends.
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You can't possibly justify.
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You are insane! Calm down.
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This is gonna escalate fast if you don't give me a goddamn reason to calm down.
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God damn it, Crystal.
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Listen.
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Last chance.
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I'll put it even simpler.
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Some people just have to die.
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Words and systems and protests and writing can only go so far.
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Sometimes these people see a 50 caliber bullet through their thick fucking skulls.
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And I wish you get out of your cobble fantasy world and face reality.
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Say something.
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Please, Crystal.
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I want us to be able to work together here.
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Don't make me regret you're bringing you in on this.
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You're right.
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What?
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I'm being sentimental.
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You're right.
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I mean my parents think they committed atrocities.
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What happened in those camps?
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What you told me they did to Jessica.
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It was awful, Crystal.
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Awful.
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And that church.
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It's the source of everything else.
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If it needed to burn to save someone else like Jessica, and if my parents had to burn with it, I'm just glad she's alive.
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But I I understand.
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I wish my parents could have been redeemed, but you're right.
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And I'm sorry you had to suffer too.
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Hunter.
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I don't blame her for anything.
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She was born that way.
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I blame your father and mother for making me believe she could be changed, but she could love me.
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You know, making all this right, I alone.
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You gave me the chance to talk to someone again, Crystal.
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You made me feel like a person again.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, Crystal.
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Forgetting it.
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I'm sorry about your parents.
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What should we do about your dad?
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Well deal with that in a minute.
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Can I have a hug?
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Really?
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Yeah.
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I really, really need a hug.
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I get it.
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It's gonna all be so drainiant by yourself.
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You know, I I never meant to hurt you with any of this.
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I mean, even when I thought you were one of them, I was only ever gonna send you to prison.
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You kinda look like her.
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Like like Jessica.
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Hug me.
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You're going to jail.
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Let me go, Crystal.
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What are you doing?
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You get to play God or or Batman or whatever the hell you think you are.
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I'm not Crystal.
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Stop! Don't do this.
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I have to.
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My parents, they they were wrong for what they did to Jessica.
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But you don't get to kill them.
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You don't get to take away their ability to become better.
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That's not your place.
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That's not your choice.
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See.
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Do you think I'm weak?
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Did you forget that I could see?
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Crystal.
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I wanted you to live so bad.
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So bad.
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Now I've made up my mind.
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Now I have to kill you.
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He doesn't have access to his hands.
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I don't have working eyes.
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Fair trade-off.
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I have to rely on what I have.
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My ears.
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If only I could hear a damn thing.
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I'm blind, not deaf.
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Freeze.
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Damn it, he's throwing things.
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God damn it.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm so sorry.
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This is how I go.
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Choked out behind a guy's back with my own handcuffs.
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Maybe it's what I deserve.
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For leaving without tearing that damn church down.
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For being selfish.
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I wish I could see her face one last time.
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Blonde hair, that electric smile.
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I am too.
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Who's there?
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Oh Lord Paseklair.
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Oh God.
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Don't speak his name, boy.
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You may erupt in flames.
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I'll take it from here, Crystal.
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You are wrong.
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I know this demon here is chasing dead ends.
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I got tunnel visioned on you.
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You pig! You killed them too!
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You have put on your head Shut up, murderer!
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How did you know that we were here?
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Patrolman saw your car at front.
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Called it in.
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We'd been following a lead on hunter and only figured it out barely an hour ago.
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Wouldn't have guessed, but would have taken me to the same place.
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It's not fair.
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But I have to thank you, Crystal.
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Really.
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You saved the church.
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I did.
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If we don't catch him, or hell, if it was you who did it, I don't know if we could restore faith in our church.
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Everyone would be demoralized.
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It would be the end.
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Pastor Claire.
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If only I got here an hour earlier, I I could have saved you.
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We'll have to live with that, but with the killer caught, a miracle from the Lord.
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We can spin this.
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Everything can just go back to normal.
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We'll need to build new figureheads, new leaders, but we will survive, Crystal.
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Still want this crystal.
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They give Jessica.
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Think of your sister! We will continue to fix people.
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You know, for someone who has spent years doing the devil's bidding, you forget your blood.
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The Lord's Shepherd runs through you, girl.
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You did good.
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Maybe it could be you who takes over.
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Who knows?
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Time to go, boy.
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You will rot imprisoned.
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Or better yet, I hope an incompetent sheriff doesn't leave your cell unattended.
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It'd be a real shame if an angry mob left you hanging by a tree branch.
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That electric smile she had.
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I didn't see it often.
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Freeze.
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What the hell are you doing?
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Let him go.
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Things can't go back to how they were.
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Put the gun down.
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There can't be another Jessica.
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Another Tory Les.
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Do it.
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You're blind, girl.
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How will you know you're aiming at me?
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You could hit him instead.
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I'll take my chances.
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Let him go.
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Do it.
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I should have known.
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You're not your father.
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You belong to Satan.
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The church must die.
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It won't, demon.
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Do it.
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Hunter.
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Bullseye.
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You killed her.
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A miracle from the Lord.
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And saved your life.
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The math.
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One minus one is zero.
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I'll cut you a deal.
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I'll undo those handcuffs if you get me the hell out of here.
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And take you where?
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It's easy to condemn a murder without a second thought.
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It's ugly, unnatural, violent, wrong.
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But sometimes the status quo is violent too.
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Systems protect a factory of hurt.
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The bad guys are innocent.
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What can you do then except go outside the system?
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Take things into your own hands.
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It can be wrong, but can't it sometimes be right?
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And it's not like our justice systems built to reform.
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Violence in retaliation to someone whose right is wrong.
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So then the question becomes: how do you determine if the ends justify the means?
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You do the math.
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Hi, Jessica.
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Can I ask you something?
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Of course.
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Do you ever miss it?
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The church?
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The life we had.
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No.
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Things are better now.
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Blindsided is a collaboration between Roar Studios and the Delray players, featuring Amelia Brewer as Crystal, Ben Schumacher as Hunter, Sophia Valley Menendez as Sheriff Waterson, and Amelia's Wearin as Jessica.
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Episode 6, written by Colleen.
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Story by executive producers Xander Bernhardt and Cole Lee and Recording, Editing, Mixing, Mastering, and Score by technical producer Grace DiMattia.
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If you enjoyed the show, please find more information about the series at WatchlistenRoar.com.
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Opinions and ideas expressed in this podcast are those of individual student creators and not those of Loyola Marymount University, its board of trustees, or its student body.
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Thank you for listening.
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None of it makes sense.
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I don't even know who you are.
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Yes, you do.
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Still me, in it?
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She's alive.
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She's been alive this whole time.
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Yes, I did this for her.
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Isn't that great?
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You knew.
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And you didn't tell me?
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Well, yeah, I couldn't.
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I went back to my parents.
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And you knew it wasn't necessary.
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You killed my parents, and then you planted a gun to blame it on me.
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You tried to ruin my life.
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I thought you were one of them.
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And maybe you were.
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What did you just say?
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And maybe you were.
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You took your parents' money, you left Jessica to rot for years, you had the power to save the people under their spell, and you chose peace and quiet instead.
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You were complicit.
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What you just showed me?
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The way you stormed in here, you understand.
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You lied to me.
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You told me that he killed them when it was you! Exactly.
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He killed people.
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And you were willing to kill him to stop him from killing more.
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You see, you understand, Crystal, even if you're too scared to admit it.
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I was not gonna kill him.
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Oh, that's easy for you to say when I pulled the trigger for you.
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I wasn't! And I was angry under false pretenses.
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They they didn't kill anyone.
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Les daughter was real.
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What?
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Tori Les.
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Mr.
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Les might have been a character that I created.
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But Tori Les really killed herself after her time in your father's camp.
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She was just raised by a single mother.
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Tori was one of seven suicides I could directly link to your father's camps.
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Not to mention all the suffering that didn't lead to deaths.
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I mean, do only dead people count here?
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Went to a journalist.
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Oh, right.
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And then what?
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These camps do the worst they can within the law.
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They covered up the electroshock stuff.
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You run a story, it's called woke fake news, but that's if you can get it past all the paid-off editors.
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No, no.
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If that happens, the story disappears and the church continues to hurt people.
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Playing within the system gets you nowhere.
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At least playing within the system doesn't hurt people.
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No!
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You're you're wrong! I'm not wrong.
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What what you did?
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That's wrong, Thurn! Hunter! My name is Hunter.
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I don't believe in revenge.
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It's not why I did this.
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It's not.
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I believe people can be restored.
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Like I was restored, Crystal.
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I believe they were helping people.
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They were helping Jessica.
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They changed my mind.
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I learned the truth.
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And I atoned for my sins.
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People can be redeemed.
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That's why I'm giving you the chance.
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And why didn't my parents get that luxury?
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It's math, Crystal.
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It's math.
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It's about the harm they're gonna do in the future, the harm that I can prevent.
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Did you factor me into your math?
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How I feel losing both of my parents?
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Don't be selfish here.
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Fine! How about Eleanor dedicated her life to the church?
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You took away her purpose.
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There's hundreds like away her purpose?
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I'm sorry.
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I smashed the bars off her prison cell.
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I gave her freedom.
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God, I thought you were smarter.
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I'll simplify it for you.
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If the rest of your daddy's life would be responsible for two murders, and to stop those two from happening, I'd be committing one murder.
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It's neutral.
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Actually, I saved a life.
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How do you quantify that?
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How do you know my mother's life is worth more than a single murder?
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It's good that you don't even try to defend your father.
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You're learning.
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Simple though.
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If your mother's alive, then so is the church.
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She takes out the mantle and continues what he started.
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If they're both dead and the killer is still on the loose, the church is demoralized.
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It's unsafe.
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It loses its power.
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It goes under it ends.
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You can't possibly justify.
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You are insane! Calm down.
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This is gonna escalate fast if you don't give me a goddamn reason to calm down.
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God damn it, Crystal.
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Listen.
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Last chance.
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I'll put it even simpler.
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Some people just have to die.
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Words and systems and protests and writing can only go so far.
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Sometimes these people see a 50 caliber bullet through their thick fucking skulls.
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And I wish you get out of your cobble fantasy world and face reality.
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Say something.
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Please, Crystal.
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I want us to be able to work together here.
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Don't make me regret you're bringing you in on this.
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You're right.
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What?
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I'm being sentimental.
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You're right.
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I mean my parents think they committed atrocities.
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What happened in those camps?
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What you told me they did to Jessica.
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It was awful, Crystal.
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Awful.
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And that church.
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It's the source of everything else.
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If it needed to burn to save someone else like Jessica, and if my parents had to burn with it, I'm just glad she's alive.
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But I I understand.
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I wish my parents could have been redeemed, but you're right.
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And I'm sorry you had to suffer too.
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Hunter.
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I don't blame her for anything.
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She was born that way.
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I blame your father and mother for making me believe she could be changed, but she could love me.
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You know, making all this right, I alone.
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You gave me the chance to talk to someone again, Crystal.
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You made me feel like a person again.
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Thank you.
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Thank you, Crystal.
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Forgetting it.
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I'm sorry about your parents.
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What should we do about your dad?
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Well deal with that in a minute.
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Can I have a hug?
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Really?
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Yeah.
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I really, really need a hug.
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I get it.
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It's gonna all be so drainiant by yourself.
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You know, I I never meant to hurt you with any of this.
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I mean, even when I thought you were one of them, I was only ever gonna send you to prison.
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You kinda look like her.
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Like like Jessica.
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Hug me.
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You're going to jail.
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Let me go, Crystal.
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What are you doing?
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You get to play God or or Batman or whatever the hell you think you are.
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I'm not Crystal.
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Stop! Don't do this.
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I have to.
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My parents, they they were wrong for what they did to Jessica.
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But you don't get to kill them.
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You don't get to take away their ability to become better.
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That's not your place.
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That's not your choice.
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See.
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Do you think I'm weak?
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Did you forget that I could see?
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Crystal.
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I wanted you to live so bad.
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So bad.
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Now I've made up my mind.
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Now I have to kill you.
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He doesn't have access to his hands.
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I don't have working eyes.
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Fair trade-off.
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I have to rely on what I have.
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My ears.
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If only I could hear a damn thing.
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I'm blind, not deaf.
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Freeze.
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Damn it, he's throwing things.
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God damn it.
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I'm sorry.
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I'm so sorry.
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This is how I go.
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Choked out behind a guy's back with my own handcuffs.
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Maybe it's what I deserve.
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For leaving without tearing that damn church down.
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For being selfish.
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I wish I could see her face one last time.
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Blonde hair, that electric smile.
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I am too.
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Who's there?
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Oh Lord Paseklair.
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Oh God.
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Don't speak his name, boy.
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You may erupt in flames.
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I'll take it from here, Crystal.
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You are wrong.
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I know this demon here is chasing dead ends.
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I got tunnel visioned on you.
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You pig! You killed them too!
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You have put on your head Shut up, murderer!
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How did you know that we were here?
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Patrolman saw your car at front.
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Called it in.
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We'd been following a lead on hunter and only figured it out barely an hour ago.
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Wouldn't have guessed, but would have taken me to the same place.
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It's not fair.
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But I have to thank you, Crystal.
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Really.
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You saved the church.
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I did.
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If we don't catch him, or hell, if it was you who did it, I don't know if we could restore faith in our church.
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Everyone would be demoralized.
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It would be the end.
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Pastor Claire.
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If only I got here an hour earlier, I I could have saved you.
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We'll have to live with that, but with the killer caught, a miracle from the Lord.
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We can spin this.
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Everything can just go back to normal.
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We'll need to build new figureheads, new leaders, but we will survive, Crystal.
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Still want this crystal.
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They give Jessica.
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Think of your sister! We will continue to fix people.
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You know, for someone who has spent years doing the devil's bidding, you forget your blood.
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The Lord's Shepherd runs through you, girl.
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You did good.
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Maybe it could be you who takes over.
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Who knows?
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Time to go, boy.
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You will rot imprisoned.
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Or better yet, I hope an incompetent sheriff doesn't leave your cell unattended.
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It'd be a real shame if an angry mob left you hanging by a tree branch.
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That electric smile she had.
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I didn't see it often.
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Freeze.
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What the hell are you doing?
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Let him go.
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Things can't go back to how they were.
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Put the gun down.
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There can't be another Jessica.
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Another Tory Les.
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Do it.
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You're blind, girl.
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How will you know you're aiming at me?
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You could hit him instead.
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I'll take my chances.
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Let him go.
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Do it.
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I should have known.
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You're not your father.
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You belong to Satan.
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The church must die.
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It won't, demon.
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Do it.
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Hunter.
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Bullseye.
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You killed her.
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A miracle from the Lord.
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And saved your life.
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The math.
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One minus one is zero.
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I'll cut you a deal.
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I'll undo those handcuffs if you get me the hell out of here.
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And take you where?
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It's easy to condemn a murder without a second thought.
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It's ugly, unnatural, violent, wrong.
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But sometimes the status quo is violent too.
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Systems protect a factory of hurt.
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The bad guys are innocent.
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What can you do then except go outside the system?
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Take things into your own hands.
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It can be wrong, but can't it sometimes be right?
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And it's not like our justice systems built to reform.
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Violence in retaliation to someone whose right is wrong.
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So then the question becomes: how do you determine if the ends justify the means?
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You do the math.
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Hi, Jessica.
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Can I ask you something?
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Of course.
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Do you ever miss it?
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The church?
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The life we had.
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No.
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Things are better now.
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Blindsided is a collaboration between Roar Studios and the Delray players, featuring Amelia Brewer as Crystal, Ben Schumacher as Hunter, Sophia Valley Menendez as Sheriff Waterson, and Amelia's Wearin as Jessica.
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Episode 6, written by Colleen.
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Story by executive producers Xander Bernhardt and Cole Lee and Recording, Editing, Mixing, Mastering, and Score by technical producer Grace DiMattia.
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If you enjoyed the show, please find more information about the series at WatchlistenRoar.com.
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Opinions and ideas expressed in this podcast are those of individual student creators and not those of Loyola Marymount University, its board of trustees, or its student body.
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Thank you for listening.
