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Magic Library and the Mutant Fish of Blackwater Creek | Bedtime Story for Kids · Dad’s Bedtime Stories

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  Speaker 1: Hello, friends from across the nation and around the world.
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  Speaker 1: I'm Martin, and you are listening to Dad's Bedtime Stories,
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  Speaker 1: the podcast that takes listener ideas and turns them into
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  Speaker 1: bedtime stories. Now, as many of you know, I ran
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  Speaker 1: a contest in March, a social share contest where if
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  Speaker 1: you shared the podcast, you were entered into a draw
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  Speaker 1: for a guaranteed story idea. The winner of that draw
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  Speaker 1: was Will, and I did a little interview with Will
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  Speaker 1: this past weekend to check out his story idea and
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  Speaker 1: ask him a few other questions. So I think it's
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  Speaker 1: time to check that out now.
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  Speaker 2: So Will tell me about your story idea.
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  Speaker 3: Some of my story is a magic library idea. And
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  Speaker 3: you go into a fishing book, you go fishing, and
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  Speaker 3: there are these people who ask you if you want
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  Speaker 3: to go fishing, and then like they take you a
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  Speaker 3: different part of the river that you've never been before,
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  Speaker 3: and they don't tell you the like the water is toxic.
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  Speaker 3: So then you catch a musemant fish and it chases.
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  Speaker 4: You out of the book, and then you've got to
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  Speaker 4: go into another book to find someone to help you
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  Speaker 4: fight it and put it into the actual book.
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  Speaker 1: All right, I like it is the Magic Vibrary one
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  Speaker 1: of your favorite series.
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  Speaker 4: Or yeah, it's one of my favorites.
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  Speaker 2: What other ones do you like?
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  Speaker 3: I like the Quantum Computer.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, I need to do more of those. If you
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  Speaker 1: could travel into one of the worlds, which one would
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  Speaker 1: it be?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, definitely the Quantum Computer.
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  Speaker 2: What do you like about it?
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  Speaker 3: I just like, like, I'm very creative and like I
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  Speaker 3: would like to see, like what the computer looked like.
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  Speaker 2: That's cool.
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  Speaker 1: I'll have to do more of both of those, the
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  Speaker 1: Magic Library and the Quantum Computer. And based on that
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  Speaker 1: suggestion of that conversation I had with Will, that's exactly
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  Speaker 1: what I decided to do this week because I released
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  Speaker 1: a Quantum Computer episode, which I haven't done in quite
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  Speaker 1: a while, on Sunday, and today we're going back to
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  Speaker 1: the Magic Library. Anyways, Will and I did talk for
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  Speaker 1: a longer time than that, but I thought those would
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  Speaker 1: be kind of the relevant portions for today's episode, because
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  Speaker 1: it's now that time again. Time to get as comfy
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  Speaker 1: as you can in that bed, close your eyes and
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  Speaker 1: imagine yourself doing what the kid in the story does.
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  Speaker 1: Imagine yourself sitting around in your room once again. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: it's kind of one of those boring days where you're
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  Speaker 1: not sure exactly what else to do. And that's when
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  Speaker 1: you see it. The key, the key to the magic Library,
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  Speaker 1: and suddenly all of your problems of boredom are gone.
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  Speaker 1: You hop up off of your bed, walk over and
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  Speaker 1: pick up the key. It feels cool and heavy in
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  Speaker 1: your hand. You move over to a blank section of
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  Speaker 1: the wall and hold the key out toward it. Just
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  Speaker 1: before the key touches the wall, a key hole appears.
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  Speaker 1: This is still amazing, you mutter yourself. You slide the
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  Speaker 1: key into the magic new key hole, turn it, and
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  Speaker 1: hear a familiar click. At once, the glowing outline of
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  Speaker 1: a door appears in the wall. You pull it open
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  Speaker 1: and step through down the stone stairs, through the long
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  Speaker 1: corridor lit with what look like magical blue torches, until
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  Speaker 1: you reach the great wooden door at the far end.
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  Speaker 1: You open it up and step into the magic Library.
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  Speaker 1: It's just as incredible as ever. Books stretch upward on
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  Speaker 1: shelves that seem to go on well forever. Staircases wind
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  Speaker 1: around railings and balconies. Cozy reading nooks are tucked here
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  Speaker 1: and there between the stacks and overhead books drift through
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  Speaker 1: the air flapping their covers like little wings as they
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  Speaker 1: fly from place to place. Welcome back, says the librarian.
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  Speaker 1: You look around, though, of course, you know that you're
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  Speaker 1: not actually going to see anyone. The librarian is well,
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  Speaker 1: sort of just the voice of the library itself, a
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  Speaker 1: magic consciousness built into it, or something, at least that's
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  Speaker 1: what you assume. Hey, librarian, you say, I think I
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  Speaker 1: want something a little calmer today.
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  Speaker 2: Calmer. The voice replies.
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  Speaker 1: That's an unusual request for you, but I believe I
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  Speaker 1: can manage it. You head down the circular stairs towards
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  Speaker 1: the big reading area in the center of the library,
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  Speaker 1: where couches and pillows and blankets sit in a giant
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  Speaker 1: cozy ring.
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  Speaker 2: Perhaps, says the librarian.
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  Speaker 1: A nice outdoor adventure, something peaceful. Ah, sure, that sounds perfect,
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  Speaker 1: Maybe like a camping story or hiking or I don't know, fishing. Fishing,
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  Speaker 1: says the librarian. Excellent choice. One of the lying books
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  Speaker 1: glides down from above, turns neatly in the air, and
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  Speaker 1: lands in your hands. You look at the cover the
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  Speaker 1: secret fishing spot. Oh nice, You say that sounds relaxing. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: says the librarian, very relaxing. Now will you do in fact,
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  Speaker 1: notice the slightly strange way he says that particular phrase.
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  Speaker 1: You decide to settle into one of the soft couches
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  Speaker 1: and pull a blanket up over your legs. Anyways, you
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  Speaker 1: open the book. Instead of ordinary pages, a swirling portal
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  Speaker 1: glows inside the cover. You lean toward it, and instantly
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  Speaker 1: you feel your whole body pulled forward, as though the
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  Speaker 1: book has suddenly become a tunnel, or well, a portal.
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  Speaker 1: When you open your eyes again, you're somewhere completely different.
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  Speaker 1: You're sitting on a small fishing boat drifting gently down
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  Speaker 1: a river. Tall trees lean out over the water, their
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  Speaker 1: leaves rustle softly in the breeze. The current is slow
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  Speaker 1: and steady, and the boat rocks in the most peaceful
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  Speaker 1: way imaginable. You look down and see that you're wearing
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  Speaker 1: fishing boots, a vest with way too many little pockets,
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  Speaker 1: and a hat that makes you feel like you probably
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  Speaker 1: know what you're doing. In your hands is a fishing rod.
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  Speaker 1: And then you hear the familiar voice of the librarian
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  Speaker 1: narrating the story.
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  Speaker 2: All around you, ah no river. Hidden far beyond the
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  Speaker 2: usual trails, there was a fishing spot known only to
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  Speaker 2: a lucky few you, and on this particular day, one
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  Speaker 2: kid had finally been invited there. As the words are spoken,
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  Speaker 2: little flashes of memory start to move through your mind,
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  Speaker 2: the way they often do in these books. Now, the
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  Speaker 2: kid you will be taking the role of was known
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  Speaker 2: among friends as patient, observant, and very eager to catch
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  Speaker 2: the biggest fish of the summer. When two experienced fishes
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  Speaker 2: offered to take you or him to their secret spot,
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  Speaker 2: there was no chance that you or he were going
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  Speaker 2: to say no. Across from you when the boats at
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  Speaker 2: two older kids, both with rods in hand and tackle
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  Speaker 2: boxes by their feet. Who I told you this place
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  Speaker 2: was worth the trip, one of them says, best fishing
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  Speaker 2: spot ever, says the other.
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  Speaker 1: Hardly anyone knows about it. You look around at the
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  Speaker 1: quiet river and grin. This place is amazing, you say.
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  Speaker 1: The first fisher nods proudly. Well, you just wait till
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  Speaker 1: you see what bites around here for a while. It's
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  Speaker 1: really perfect. The boat drifts slowly, the trees sway, birds chirp.
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  Speaker 1: You cast your line out into the water and watch
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  Speaker 1: the ripples spread in little circles. You listen to the
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  Speaker 1: soft sounds of the river and begin to relax. But
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  Speaker 1: after a minute or two you notice something odd the
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  Speaker 1: water as we have a bit of a strange color
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  Speaker 1: to it. Not everywhere, just in little patches. One spot
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  Speaker 1: has a faint green shimmer. Another is of purple in
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  Speaker 1: a way that it shouldn't be. You squint down at it,
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  Speaker 1: You say, is the water supposed to do that? The
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  Speaker 1: two fishers exchange a glance to what one asks that
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  Speaker 1: you say pointing the glowing Oh, says the other that yes,
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  Speaker 1: you say that it's probably fine. Probably, you repeat, very probably,
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  Speaker 1: says the second you narrow your eyes. That is not
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  Speaker 1: a comforting answer. Listen, kid, all we know is this
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  Speaker 1: is one of the best fishing spots we've ever seen.
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  Speaker 1: The fish here are way bigger than anywhere else.
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  Speaker 5: Ah.
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  Speaker 1: We don't want to ask too many questions about why,
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  Speaker 1: or you know, bring some of them environment mentalists down
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  Speaker 1: here or something like that. A strange cluster of bubbles
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  Speaker 1: rises near the boat. One pops with a tiny puff
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  Speaker 1: of purple mist. You stare at it. Why are the
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  Speaker 1: bubbles purple? Ah, minerals The fisher answers, Uh, maybe magic.
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  Speaker 1: Honestly we're not really sure what it is. But again,
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  Speaker 1: big fish, Hey, he says, you're getting a bite, and
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  Speaker 1: he's right. Your fishing rod bends so suddenly and so
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  Speaker 1: hard that you nearly get yanked out of your seat.
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  Speaker 1: WHOA you showed, I got something allD on tight, says
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  Speaker 1: one of the fishers. Real reel it in, shouts the other.
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  Speaker 1: You brace your feet against the bottom of the boat
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  Speaker 1: and start reeling with all of your strength. Whatever is
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  Speaker 1: on the end of the line must be huge. It
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  Speaker 1: pulls so hard that the whole boat lurches sideways. This
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  Speaker 1: is not a normal fish, you say. That means you
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  Speaker 1: got a good one, one of the fishers replies. The
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  Speaker 1: line slices through the water, the boat drifts faster. You
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  Speaker 1: keep reeling and reeling, until suddenly, with an enormous splash,
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  Speaker 1: the creature bursts from the river. At first, all you
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  Speaker 1: can process is its size. It's a gigantic fish, bigger
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  Speaker 1: than any fish you've ever seen, closer in fact, to
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  Speaker 1: the size of well, a shark. Then you notice the
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  Speaker 1: rest its scales, shimmer and strange glowing patches of green
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  Speaker 1: and blue seaweed hangs from its back like messy hair,
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  Speaker 1: though you're pretty sure it might actually be attached to
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  Speaker 1: the thing's eyes bulge kind of oddly. It's fins twitch
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  Speaker 1: in the wrong direction, and then very disturbingly, a pair
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  Speaker 1: of little arms unfolds from its side.
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  Speaker 2: You freeze.
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  Speaker 1: The fish lands on the edge of the boat with
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  Speaker 1: a wet slap and grins at you. The fish can grin.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, the fish says, cheerfully, a new one. Hello, welcome
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  Speaker 2: to the river. You should come in the Water's wonderful.
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  Speaker 2: You blink? Did did the fish just talk? Of course,
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  Speaker 2: I docked, said the fish. That's one of the upgrades
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  Speaker 2: you get to this water.
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  Speaker 1: Then, with a horrible sort of sclching sound, it grows
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  Speaker 1: longer arm and from beneath its body, two strong back
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  Speaker 1: legs unfold kind of awkwardly. You take a step backward
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  Speaker 1: in the boat. Nope, Nope, perhaps absolutely not, you say.
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  Speaker 1: The fish tilts its head.
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  Speaker 2: Don't be rude. I'm being friendly.
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  Speaker 1: You're a fish with arms and legs, Yes, it says proudly,
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  Speaker 1: And I don't want to be the only one you
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  Speaker 1: stare at it. Sorry what The fish leans closer. You
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  Speaker 1: should come into the water, it says, in a weirdly
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  Speaker 1: cheerful voice. It tingles it first, but then you get
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  Speaker 1: used to the extra parts extra parts.
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  Speaker 2: You shout, The fish nods. Do you know how lonely
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  Speaker 2: it is being the old what around here with fins
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  Speaker 2: and elbows?
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  Speaker 1: I guess I don't you reply, Oh, it's lovely. Once
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  Speaker 1: you accept it, we could all swim together, muted friends forever.
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  Speaker 1: One of the fishers raises their hand. Ah, to be fair,
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  Speaker 1: he does seem kind of lonely. You look back at
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  Speaker 1: the fish. Oh, it says. You're saying no, aren't you. Yes,
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  Speaker 1: You reply, the fish size dramatically. You're being very closed
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  Speaker 1: minded about mutation. I'm being the correct amount of closed
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  Speaker 1: minded about mutation.
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  Speaker 2: You reply. The fish's eyes narrow. Then maybe it says,
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  Speaker 2: I just need to get you in the river myself.
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  Speaker 1: With that, it slams its tail into the side of
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  Speaker 1: the boat. Crack, one of the boards, splits, open water
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  Speaker 1: starts rushing in. Okay, this is not relaxing in any way.
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  Speaker 2: You shout.
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  Speaker 1: The fish clambers further into the boat, flopping and stomping
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  Speaker 1: its little weird fish legs, smashing tackle boxes and knocking
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  Speaker 1: over fishing gear everywhere as it makes its way toward you.
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  Speaker 1: You duck as its tail swings over your head. Come
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  Speaker 1: on in the fish says, the water is strange, but honestly,
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  Speaker 1: you get used to it. No, thank you, Uh, librarian,
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  Speaker 1: get me out of here. This isn't relaxing at all, understood.
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  Speaker 1: A glowing portal appears beside you, the exit. You don't
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  Speaker 1: has it for a second. You leap straight through the thing.
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  Speaker 1: The last thing you hear before you dive through is
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  Speaker 1: the strange mutant fish shouting don't.
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  Speaker 2: Run from your destiny.
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  Speaker 1: You tumble out onto the couch and the magical library,
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  Speaker 1: landing in a pile of pillows, thinking that you're safe,
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  Speaker 1: and that's when you hear the same strange, squishy noise
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  Speaker 1: behind you. You turn to see the mutant fish dragging
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  Speaker 1: itself out of the still open book. Oh no, I
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  Speaker 1: forgot to close the book.
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  Speaker 2: Oh good, it says, a new place. This place needs
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  Speaker 2: more water. What are you doing in the library?
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  Speaker 1: You ask, and the librarian answers immediately because he says,
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  Speaker 1: you left the book open again.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, I forgot about that. Well by now, I thought
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  Speaker 2: you'd remember. I think it's a fair expectation. At this point,
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  Speaker 2: the mutant.
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  Speaker 1: Fish flops down off of the table and starts stomping
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  Speaker 1: through the reading area. Books scatter into the air, chairs,
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  Speaker 1: tip over. Its tail, sweeps across a low shelf, and
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  Speaker 1: knocks a stack of books onto the floor. This blaze
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  Speaker 1: is too dry, the fish complains, and also not nearly
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  Speaker 1: mutanty enough. Hey, leave my library alone. No mutating it,
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  Speaker 1: the librarian says. From all around you, Oh, I think
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  Speaker 1: I just might. It would improve it. You duck behind
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  Speaker 1: a couch as the fish lungest towards you.
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  Speaker 2: There you are, come along. You will look great with gears.
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  Speaker 2: I don't want gills. You say that, now, says the fish.
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  Speaker 2: But wait until you try breathing sideways underwater. It's amazing.
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  Speaker 1: It lunges again, and you jump on to the back
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  Speaker 1: of the couch, then up to a nearby railing. The
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  Speaker 1: fish crashes into the couch, sending pillows everywhere. You run
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  Speaker 1: along the railing, trying to think, how are you supposed
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  Speaker 1: to stop a giant, talking mutant fish. Maybe you should
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  Speaker 1: have just finished the book, but well, it's too late
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  Speaker 1: for that now. Now you need some way to get
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  Speaker 1: this thing back inside its own book, and well close
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  Speaker 1: it preferably forever. Then your eyes land on a table
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  Speaker 1: near the reading area. Sitting on it is another book.
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  Speaker 1: One that you've read before the Dragon King. Of course,
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  Speaker 1: you skid to a stop, grab the book and flip
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  Speaker 1: it open right to the end. The portal glows. That
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  Speaker 1: says the librarian is either an.
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  Speaker 2: Excellent plaid or a terrible one.
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  Speaker 1: I'm hoping I'm excellent, you say, as you dive into
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  Speaker 1: the portal. A moment later, you're back inside the world
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  Speaker 1: of Eldoria, racing through the final chamber where the golden
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  Speaker 1: armor and flute weight. Because you've done it before, you
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  Speaker 1: already know exactly what you need. You grab the armor,
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  Speaker 1: snapping it into place piece by piece. Golden plates slide
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  Speaker 1: over your arms and chest. Then you snatch up the
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  Speaker 1: flute before immediately jumping through the eggs at portal. You
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  Speaker 1: land in the library once again, this time wearing shining
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  Speaker 1: gold armor. The mutant fish stops mid stomp and blinks
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  Speaker 1: at you. Oh, it says you changed, Yeah, you say,
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  Speaker 1: lifting the flute and you are going back in your book.
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  Speaker 1: The fish folds its arms. You know, if you came
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  Speaker 1: into the river, you could probably grow arba naturally sort of.
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  Speaker 1: It might be permanently stuck to your skin, but it
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  Speaker 1: would be so fun. That sounds like a terrible idea,
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  Speaker 1: and nobody wants to do that. You reply, Oh, fied,
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  Speaker 1: it's mostly wishful thinking anyways. The fish admits. You raise
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  Speaker 1: the flute to your lips and begin to play. The
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  Speaker 1: melody pours out into the library, clear and bright and powerful.
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  Speaker 1: At once, golden light shines from the open dragon king book.
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  Speaker 1: A huge shadow rises. Then the golden Dragon emerges, climbing
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  Speaker 1: from the portal with a slow, majestic sort of grace
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  Speaker 1: that makes the entire room feel smaller. Books whirl through
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  Speaker 1: the air from the wind of its wings. His golden
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  Speaker 1: scales gleam in the library light. He lowers his great
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  Speaker 1: head and looks first at you, then at the mutant
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  Speaker 1: fish I see. The dragon says, in a deep voice,
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  Speaker 1: that you have found trouble again. Huh, a little, you say.
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  Speaker 1: The dragon looks at the fish that appears to be
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  Speaker 1: more than a little. The mutant fish straightens up and
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  Speaker 1: tries to look impressive her a big lizard. The dragon
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  Speaker 1: narrows his eyes.
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  Speaker 2: Fish with legs. I prefer to think of myself as
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  Speaker 2: a fish with possibilities, the mutant fish replies.
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  Speaker 1: Then it charges, or at least it kind of tries
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  Speaker 1: to It's sort of more of like a half running,
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  Speaker 1: half flopping motion, but it moves with surprising speed. The
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  Speaker 1: dragon sidesteps, gracefully, swings its tail and knocks the fish
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  Speaker 1: backward into a pile of cushions. The fish pops up again.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not going anywhere, not alone. Oh, being a mutant
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  Speaker 1: fish is such a lonely thing. Won't what have you
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  Speaker 1: come with me? Perhaps you dragon? Being a mutant dragon
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  Speaker 1: could be fun.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think so. You will return to your river,
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  Speaker 2: but it's lowly there.
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  Speaker 1: Ah, then maybe you say from behind the flute, you
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  Speaker 1: should stop trying to mutate everybody, That, says the fish
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  Speaker 1: is how I make friends? Has that ever worked for you?
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  Speaker 1: Before you ask?
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  Speaker 2: We're no, not exactly, but I was hoping this would
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  Speaker 2: be the first time.
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  Speaker 1: The dragon takes one heavy step forward, then another. The
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  Speaker 1: fish backs away. The dragon doesn't slash or bite. He
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  Speaker 1: simply advances with slow, irresistible power, hurting the fish backward
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  Speaker 1: across the reading area.
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  Speaker 6: Back.
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  Speaker 2: Says the dragon. I don't want to go back back.
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  Speaker 2: You are a very repetitive dragon.
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  Speaker 5: It's working, isn't it.
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  Speaker 1: The fish glances around wildly, then makes one last desperate
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  Speaker 1: leap toward a shelf, as if maybe it can hide
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  Speaker 1: there among the books or something. The dragon inhales and
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: lets out a mighty roar, Not fire, just a huge roar,
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: one so powerful that it shakes the room and blasts
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: a gust of winds so strong that the fish tumbles backward,
• 25:37
  Speaker 1: end over end right. In two the open fishing book,
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: You sprint forward, slam the cover shut, and press both
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: hands on it. The book wiggles once, then twice, then
• 25:53
  Speaker 1: it goes still. You let out a long breath. All
• 25:58
  Speaker 1: right it closed? Say definitely closed? Yes, says the librarian,
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: closing the book. A strong new strategy. I hain't get it,
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: you mutter. You know what else would be a strong strategy, librarian,
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: maybe warning me that the book I'm about to read
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: isn't just a relaxing sort of fishing book. It actually
• 26:23
  Speaker 1: has a super weird, talking mutant fish that wants to
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: make friends.
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: Well, I I thought you might enjoy a little adventure.
• 26:33
  Speaker 2: To be honest, you look bored. Thanks.
• 26:37
  Speaker 1: Next time, maybe I can decide what kind of adventure
• 26:41
  Speaker 1: I want.
• 26:42
  Speaker 2: Eh. Sorry, I won't do that again, I promise.
• 26:49
  Speaker 1: Anyways. Time to clean this place up. You pick up
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: the flute once again and begin to blow into it,
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: allowing your fingers to move exactly where they're supposed to go.
• 27:03
  Speaker 1: The flute produces a well, an almost hypnotic sort of sound.
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: Hearing it, the dragon turns back towards the book and
• 27:15
  Speaker 1: jumps into his own portal. You walk towards it next
• 27:20
  Speaker 1: and take off the golden armor, shoving it back into
• 27:24
  Speaker 1: the book along with the flute. Then you carefully close
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: the book tight and place it back on the table.
• 27:34
  Speaker 2: Well, would you like to perhaps choose another book for today,
• 27:39
  Speaker 2: since you apparently did not enjoy that one.
• 27:44
  Speaker 1: Asks the librarian. H No, I think I'm just gonna
• 27:48
  Speaker 1: head to bed, you say. You make your way up
• 27:53
  Speaker 1: the staircase back through the giant wooden door, down the
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: long chin amber hall full of glowing blue lights, and
• 28:04
  Speaker 1: up the set of stairs. You push open a little
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: door at the end and step back into your very
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: own room. You close the door behind you, turn the key,
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: and with a click, the outline to the door disappears.
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: You pull the key out of the keyhole and it
• 28:29
  Speaker 1: glows for a second before disappearing as well. You place
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: the key on a shelf and head back to your bed,
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: You pull the covers up over top of yourself. You
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: close your eyes, and you begin to simply focus on
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: your breath. With each breath, your shoulders grow more and
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: more relaxed, your arms sink down into the bed, your
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: legs let go of any tension at all, and you
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: even relax your face into a nice sort of half smile.
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: And as you continue to breathe, you allow your mind
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: to wander off off the thoughts of new dreams, new
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: fishing trips, and new adventures to come.
• 29:36
  Speaker 5: Good night, everyone, yes.
• 32:17
  Speaker 6: Us more never Union ACoM in New York more than Union.
• 43:03
  Speaker 6: No no, no mo assas