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Within the Wires

Season 4, Cassette 6: Summer 1996

Within the Wires

Night Vale Presents

Science Fiction, Fiction

4.62.5K Ratings

🗓️ 5 November 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Summer 1996 - SIDE A: Great news, Sigrid! SIDE B: A parable from The Hand. # Music: Mary Epworth, maryepworth.com The voice of Freya is Mona Grenne, monagrenne.com Written by Jeffrey Cranor and Janina Matthewson. Director: Janina Matthewson Producer: Jeffrey Cranor Within the Wires T-Shirts & Posters, topatoco.com/collections/within-the-wires Free transcripts, patreon.com/withinthewires Support this show on Patreon, patreon.com/withinthewires Support our sponsors, nightvalepresents.com/sponsoroffers Logo by Rob Wilson, robwilsonwork.com Part of the Night Vale Presents network. nightvalepresents.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Sigri, such wonderful news to share with you.

0:07.8

Perhaps you have read it already?

0:09.9

Our Sunday Island branch of the cradle has warded off a police raid.

0:14.9

And not a single death or serious injury to be reported.

0:19.9

The families had to move quickly in the night as the police regrouped and doubled their

0:24.5

forces.

0:26.2

Fortunately, Yore had provided Sunday Island not only with rifles but a boat.

0:32.9

He had warned us ahead of time that police had planned to target all known transport

0:59.7

for destruction.

1:01.9

They found a narrow cove to draw the boat in and cover it with branches so that it would

1:06.8

be unseen by human eye.

1:10.0

When Yore received information from his contacts of an impending raid, he signaled Sunday Island

1:16.0

and they were ready.

1:18.6

The cradle families made their way east toward Jones Bay to find a new home.

1:24.6

They are not yet safe and may need to move further inland but without our growing network,

1:30.8

the Sunday Island family might be dead, imprisoned or worse.

1:36.6

The IID's unsuccessful assault on the cradle however brought with it no news coverage,

1:42.8

which is disheartening but only slightly so given the lives that we have saved.

1:50.1

The cradle is expanding globally every day.

1:53.9

It is in no small thanks to Yore of course, but also to you and to me and to everyone

2:00.5

in Headmark.

2:02.4

I might even thank the Western European police for arresting me two years ago.

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