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RACHEL: Long time. Last February, in fact.

RACHEL: Long time. Last February, in fact.

MERIUM: And there's been a lot of [http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/13/messages/1464.html water under the bridge] since then. I've been very [[busy]]. I have been around a lot of [[modern]] [[women]] and we have been having a great time. We always do. You are kind of stuck in your [[climate]], I see. I [[appreciate]] the fact that the [[Thought Adjusters]] are "imprisoned" in your [[mind]], for I can [[compare]] it to yourself when you feel imprisoned in an environment or a [[lifestyle]] or a circumstance or a moment in time that is restricting.

MERIUM: And there's been a lot of [https://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/13/messages/1464.html water under the bridge] since then. I've been very [[busy]]. I have been around a lot of [[modern]] [[women]] and we have been having a great time. We always do. You are kind of stuck in your [[climate]], I see. I [[appreciate]] the fact that the [[Thought Adjusters]] are "imprisoned" in your [[mind]], for I can [[compare]] it to yourself when you feel imprisoned in an environment or a [[lifestyle]] or a circumstance or a moment in time that is restricting.

Well, you have gotten all thoughtful and ponderous. I've been telling Tomas for years he must be more [[gentle]], but he testifies [[innocence]], and so I let him be, as he is his own person and I am me. I haven't had a [[chance]] to tell you any [[stories]] in awhile. My transmitter is unwilling. She doesn't [[trust]] me.

Well, you have gotten all thoughtful and ponderous. I've been telling Tomas for years he must be more [[gentle]], but he testifies [[innocence]], and so I let him be, as he is his own person and I am me. I haven't had a [[chance]] to tell you any [[stories]] in awhile. My transmitter is unwilling. She doesn't [[trust]] me.

MERIUM: Let's give it a try. [Tape turned]

MERIUM: Let's give it a try. [Tape turned]

I have a [[story]], and it's one you've heard before, and it's about the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_train_that_could little train that set out to climb a hill]. And he said, "I think I can. I think I can." And in the end our little train reached the top because he [[thought]] he could.

I have a [[story]], and it's one you've heard before, and it's about the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_train_that_could little train that set out to climb a hill]. And he said, "I think I can. I think I can." And in the end our little train reached the top because he [[thought]] he could.

Now my [[friend]] here is no fun, in that she only would aquiesce to get the [[moral]] of the story and would not let me take her into the [[woods]] or show her any pretty [[colors]] or flowers, but the fact that she is expanding her [[DNA]] to allow for a newer, greater [[reality]] and letting go of that which no longer serves, is to her benefit, for her [[rigidity]] no longer serves. And it doesn't make for a pretty [[story]] at all!

Now my [[friend]] here is no fun, in that she only would aquiesce to get the [[moral]] of the story and would not let me take her into the [[woods]] or show her any pretty [[colors]] or flowers, but the fact that she is expanding her [[DNA]] to allow for a newer, greater [[reality]] and letting go of that which no longer serves, is to her benefit, for her [[rigidity]] no longer serves. And it doesn't make for a pretty [[story]] at all!