Escape Pod 817: A Dragon in Two Parts

Escape Pod

Escape Artists Foundation

Fiction, Science Fiction, Drama

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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A Dragon in Two Parts By Kiya Nicoll “‘Shed your skin and spread your wings to fly’,” I read off the sign. The letters were done in a sort of swooshy font and punctuated by yellow and blue yin-yangy things at either end. “I’m not sure I’m comfortable getting a biorefurbishment from someplace that mixes their metaphors quite that hard.” “C’mon, they’re a bit woowoo, but from everything I’ve read, they’re hands down the best.” Alice tugged at my hand. “At least go to an info session or something.” “‘A bit woowoo’ isn’t promising either.” Nonetheless I let her drag me through the doors and around to the brochures and past several rounds of smiling people who left me with the impression that I was dealing with something more like a cult than a medical practice.

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0:00.0	Warning. The story contains mentions of suicide or death, and some listeners may find this disturbing.
0:18.0	Escape Part. Episode 817. A Dragon in Two Parts.
0:24.0	By Kea and Nicole.
0:26.0	Hey everyone, welcome to Escape Part, the weekly science fiction podcast.
0:54.0	I'm Alistair, your host, who only had to think a little bit there to make sure I didn't say welcome to Sudapod, the weekly horror fiction podcast, which is my normal.
1:04.0	It's haunt gauche. Nah, haunt's not gauche. I'm normally over there anyway, and it's always a pleasure to step across to the pod and introduce a piece of science fiction for you, especially when it's a piece this good.
1:17.0	Our story comes to us this week from the fantastic Kea and Nicole, and the narrator is Lilana Dara.
1:23.0	Lilana is Thai American, was born in New York, and spent 20 plus years in life sciences. She's a gamer girl, a foodie and a wanderer. She's usually not lost.
1:32.0	She's also also known as Piper J Drake, best selling author of romantic suspense, paranormal romance, science fiction and fantasy.
1:41.0	So, without further ado, I'll back story time.
1:51.0	A Dragon in Two Parts by Kea and Nicole.
1:58.0	Read by Lilana Dara.
2:06.0	Shed your skin and spread your wings to fly. I read off the sign.
2:12.0	The letters were done in a sort of swishy font, and punctuated by yellow and blue, yin yangy things at either end.
2:21.0	I'm not sure I'm comfortable getting a bio refurbishment from someplace that mixes their metaphors quite that hard.
2:28.0	Come on, they're a bit woo-woo, but from everything I've read, they're hands down the best.
2:36.0	Alice tugged at my hand. At least go to an info session or something.
2:42.0	A bit woo-woo isn't promising either.
2:46.0	Nonetheless, I let her drag me through the doors, and around to the brochures, and passed several rounds of smiling people who left me with the impression that I was dealing with
2:57.0	something more like a cult than a medical practice.
3:05.0	We went to lunch afterwards. At a cafe that had cute little sandwiches and something like 40 different ways of brewing coffee, only three of which were drinkable.
3:18.0	I dunked pastry into my mocha and peered at her across the table. Eventually, she bubbled over.
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