Before we get started today, as this is a podcast funded by fans, and this is the last podcast of the month, a special thank you.

Thank you to all of our patrons, but especially the following five.

Ashley, Winchie, Angie, Jennifer, and Julie Kay, my sound lover. Thank you all so much. From the bottom of every

Lady of the Night's heart, we appreciate you so much. And now, on to the show. And thank you so much

for joining us once again. It is the Knightley Pleasures podcast, episode

number 404. I am your host and the author of the pieces you're about to hear today,

The Grey Knight. You can call me Jack. This is a podcast in which I say things that hopefully

you like to hear that entice you, usually.

What you're about to hear, however, should you wish, is a piece meant to bolster.

The last two weeks I've gotten a lot of messages saying that things are not looking so great

for the individual messenger.

And all I can say is, you are not alone. So here is a little bit of a role play, a message from the void, an MP3 left in one of your group chats or boxes from an old name. Here. Listen.

And hopefully you can feel a little bit less quiet.

Hey, you.

It's, uh, it's been a while.

I thought that I would... Well, I thought that I would Well

I thought that I would leave you a message

And I was going to call

But then I thought

What if you pick up

I got nervous

That was a couple of days ago. I think. It's hard to say. You, um, you always laugh that I was so good with time, but not anymore.

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