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🗓️ 16 November 2021
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Good evening and welcome to Nighty Night with Rabia Chaudry: Bedtime Stories To Keep You Awake. Tonight's tale reminds us of a very important lesson: Even as we progress as a society, evil tends to never change.
Tonight's tale was written by KM Bennet and Rabia Chaudry.
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0:00.0 | Good evening, and welcome to Nighty Night with Robbie a Chaudhary. Bedtime stories to keep you awake. |
0:20.0 | I'm DJ Lubal, the shows producer. |
0:24.0 | Tonight's tale reminds us of a very important lesson. Even as we progress as a society, evil tends to never change. |
0:36.0 | Please enjoy the red light. |
0:42.0 | Once upon a time, there was a brave woman who wrote a letter to you in the hopes that they could save your life. |
0:54.0 | Hello, whoever you are. My name is Danica Burakova. I'm a life systems engineer on the talus IQ ship bound for the new colony on talus. |
1:05.0 | Just like you, I woke up before I was supposed to, while everyone else was still in cryo sleep. |
1:12.0 | If you're reading this, I'm dead. But if you're reading this, you don't have to die. |
1:18.0 | Before you write me off as a madwoman, read the logs and the transcripts, and then get ready to fight for your life. |
1:27.0 | Danica's log December 20, 2300. |
1:32.0 | His smiling face was the first thing that I saw. I felt like I was dying when I emerged from my cryo stasis pod. |
1:38.0 | The first breath I sucked in after so long, just stabbing my lungs, making my chest feel like it was either going to collapse or explode. |
1:47.0 | We locked eyes, and his gray irises gave me something to focus on besides my pain and nausea. |
1:53.0 | There was a persistence in that gaze, and I was reminded of a bird I saw once with unblinking eyes, but I can't remember what kind. |
2:02.0 | He said, hey there sleeping beauty, you're finally awake. He looked like he was in his mid to late thirties. |
2:09.0 | He had hair the color of sandpaper, pale skin with a bluish hue underneath, like someone who hadn't seen the sun in years. |
2:17.0 | He kept his gaze on the floor, avoiding my nakedness, and extended a piece of fabric to me. |
2:23.0 | I was confused and just stared at it. It's a towel he said. |
2:28.0 | He told me it was okay and tapped the lid of the pod with his finger. There was a warning written there. |
2:34.0 | Do not exit your pod unassisted. To avoid injury, please wait at least 30 minutes before attempting to walk. Confusion is normal. |
2:41.0 | Full memory returns within 60 minutes in most cases. If it does not, please see him medically in it. |
2:47.0 | I suddenly remembered what the fabric was for, and grabbed the towel, wrapping myself up tight. |
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