Hi everyone, this is John. I am one half of the Silk versus team with my wife Munner, and it is

the 17th of October, 2023. After some discussion, we decided it would be responsible to begin

with an audio content warning, which we don't normally do. That may seem a little strange,

because this episode is by no means the most intense or explicit we've produced. However, although the episode was

written and recorded a very long time ago now in the spring and summer of 2023, the storyline

does very unavoidably centre around military airstrikes as experienced by civilians on the ground,

which I expect is a topic that for many of us

hits all too close to home right now.

In our show, the nature of those airstrikes is heightened, fantastical, and absurd.

The events follow on organically from what you've already heard in the season,

and in short, we don't believe there's any way of misinterpreting what you're about to hear

as a deliberate

attempt to sensationalise, trivialise or exploit the atrocities of the past two weeks conducted

upon innocent people in both Palestine and Israel, nor specifically upon the devastating and

horrific air bombardments now being inflicted upon Palestinian civilians. However, we know that

some of our audience members may very understandably want to avoid this kind of storyline altogether

right now, and our duty of care to you is the most important thing. So we wanted to give you

that additional warning in advance. Of course, you're our community, so if you listen to the episode

and you have any further questions or concerns for us, if there's anything you want to raise with us, please, please do, and we'll do our very best to answer.

Anyway, that's enough out of me, wishing love, safety and happiness to every one of you, and as ever, thank you so, so much for listening.

Wait, wait. I've changed my mind. I've changed my mind. Don't put me in there. Please put me in there.

I can help. There are other ways I can help. I want to serve my country, okay?

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