MYRTLE 010: Out of the Loop
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MYRTLE-ADMIN//
open chat @10:33 AM
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MYRTLE//
the last time we had a fireside chat was over three weeks ago
as the kids say
'What gives?'
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MANDARC//
well Ma a lot has changed
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MANDARC//
Mort died
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MYRTLE//
Mort... died?
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STRAUD//
I consider it my responsibility
He was still mourning his wife.
He thought the change would lessen his pain,
allow him to focus on raising his son.
...
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STRAUD//
I have been too cavalier with the Gift.
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MANDARC//
You couldn't ... He was ...
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STRAUD//
He was my friend.
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MYRTLE//
(...)
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STRAUD//
He committed suicide.
In the worst way.
But we protected his son.
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STRAUD//
Where he could not.
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close chat @10:40 AM