ReStart
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Vocal Characteristics
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EnglishVoice Age
Middle Aged (35-54)Accents
North American (General) North American (US New York, New Jersey, Bronx, Brooklyn)Transcript
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I collapsed on a soft bed in an unpleasant, loudly air filtered lodging room in central Heartland. My 17-hour finex drive with my escort's eaker had been arduous. Most of the roads we used were shot to **** during turmoil and only now bear some resemblance to modernity gutted outbuildings, ugly wartime graffiti. Bedraggled and dazed. Local denizens doing God knows what to survive, cratered out landscapes, coy wolves running wild and orange, atmospheric sheen to it all. We traversed two different border crossings that were haphazardly opened during the first years of restart, after decades of closure, the personnel checking our credentials appeared an odd mix of unpleasant legacy. Militia members with less to do since the end of interconnect and sleepy restart. Appointed bureaucrats. It was not clear who was in charge and credential checking took an inordinate amount of time Adding to the tediousness of the whole experience was equals constant monologue. Over 17 hours he exuded an edgy, confrontational energy that demanded my attention. The topic did not exist, for which he did not have a strong at times offensive opinion. It seemed as if he had not talked to another human being in years and was downloading long suppressed, conscious thought to me. On the one hand, he seems to have detailed knowledge of our segregated regions. I note to myself that he may be an asset during this journey. However, his one way conversation was tiring, relieved only by my habitual injector. It fixes and our stops along the way at dingy, cheerless watering holes that had sprung up along the road since restart. By the time I reached hotel comfort and solitude, I am pretty much strung out on edge and very anxious about the start of my field research.