Is this alright? We're recording. You sure? Yeah, yeah, I'm sure.

Whenever you're ready. Oh, right. On March 7th, 2015, I, Daniel Powell, a temporary archivist for the Housing Historical Committee of New York State, give full verbal consent to be recorded.

Hey, Dan, just a quick note. Full is kind of a wishy-washy word. Legal prefers the word complete, complete verbal consent. It's kind of what's written on the paper.

Sorry, my fault.

Do you want me to read it again? If you would.

Sure, totally. I, Daniel Powell, a temporary archivist for the Housing Historical Committee of New York State, give complete verbal consent to be recorded.

Great job. Now it's all legally binding. Good stuff. And just a quick reminder, we do require you to record everything. Really important.

Actually, about that Mr. Devonport, when I was reading the agreement thoroughly, I was a bit unclear on what exactly that was all about.

Exactly what it says, Dan, record everything. I'm surprised you haven't encountered similar language before. It's industry standard.

Oh, sure. Of course, obviously I have, but everything?

Don't worry about it, Dan. Just leave it on and forget about it. It's just reliability. Legal stuff. Lawyers, right? I heard a joke about lawyers once.

Really?

Yep.

And when I need to change batteries, I'll...

It's electrical. Just charge it while you sleep.

All right. Yeah. Okay. Sure.

We're here after you.

Oh, sure.

There's a lot of space here, isn't there?

Yes, Dan. We're a fair distance into the woods for the isolation.

Sensitive materials and all that.

Really loving the isolation. Very zen. And the building's cool too. Reminds me a bit of the library at my old college. All the concrete.

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