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ROSLYN: You've reached the Love and Luck Podcast.

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JASON: Hey Kane, it's me. So... unfortunately, my housemates weren't any more enthusiastic to the idea of you moving in here than yours were about me moving in there. [Sighs] So I guess we're going to have to either find another sharehouse or our own place.

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KANE: So... thoughts? I guess finding a new sharehouse would be the sensible thing to do, but to be honest I do really like the idea of getting our own place. I know we don't exactly make a lot of money between us but... it's worth at least checking out the market and seeing what our options are like, yeah?

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JASON: Hey! I'm so with you, I'd totally love to get our own place if we can manage it. Let's go real estate hunting this weekend! ... Which is a sentence I never thought I would say, let alone be excited about, but hey, we live and learn new things about ourselves all the time.

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KANE:[Excited like imploding] Oh my god, I just saw the cutest dog, and I just had to tell you. It was like, I don't know, some kind of pomeranian thing I think, it was SO FLUFFY. Like, the fluffiest dog I have ever seen. It was amazing!!

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JASON: [Amused] That was the cutest voicemail I think I've ever received. Thank you for telling me about the cute dog you saw.

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JASON: Oh hey babe, my friend Jack is having birthday drinks tonight, you want to come along?

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KANE: Hey, nah, I think I'll stay in tonight. You go and have a good time though. Have a shot of tequila for me, yeah? We'll catch up on Saturday when we go look at apartments.

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JASON: [Drunk] BAAAAAAABE. I'm sorry for calling at like, 1AM, but like, you'll be asleep anyway with your phone on silent, and even if you wake up, you'll see it's me and let it go to voicemail anyway. Which I genuinely love, by the way. I can't believe we're still doing this voicemail thing and that it's just, like, become part of our routines now? We're so fucking weird, I fucking love it.

Anyway... I'm calling because I just needed to tell you that... I just love you so much. Like, today? When you left me a message to tell me about a cute dog you saw? That was like, so fucking cute. Like, my heart damn near fucking exploded. I love you so much, and I can't wait to live with you.

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JASON: [Drunk] Oh my god. Oh my god, Kane, I was just thinking, right? You know how last time I drunk dialled you I said we should open a bar together? We should totally open a bar together. I've been talking shop with the guy who owns this one I've been drinking in, and, like, holy shit dude, it's like, my lifestyle. Only it's a goddamn job. That's so fucking cool.

We could quit our shitty jobs and run a BAR, Kane. A BAR. We could be our own bosses! And we could get you a cute fluffy fucking dog, too, if you wanted. Can a bar have a resident dog like second hand bookstores have resident cats? I don't fucking see why not. We can get a bar dog. We'll call it, like... Whisky, or something, so it's, like, thematic. [Laughs] Whisky the bar dog.

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JASON: [Tired and drunk] Hey... I just got home, and I just wanted to say... I love you. I mean, I know I've already told you that tonight, but like... it's important, okay? It's really, really important.

[Softly] I love you, and I'm thinking about you. Thinking about being in bed with you. Not, like, in a sexual way... [chuckles] Well, not only in a sexual way. I just... I love being near you. You're warm and soft and furry... your breathing is such a good sound, and your skin is so good to touch. I love the way I can curl up against your back and even if you're asleep, you automatically sort of shuffle back against me. I can't wait to live with you and sleep like that with you every night. [Mumbles] I love you.

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KANE: Good morning honey, I hope you're sleeping well.

You know... I actually woke up in the wee hours last night, because I thought you were in bed with me. It was... it was really nice. I felt you against my back, or at least, I thought I did. Then this morning, when I heard your voicemail... I wonder, do you think our weird... empathy magic... stuff did something? I really... I really thought you were here, when I was half asleep... like I think I thought to myself something like "oh, one of my housemates must have let him in... that's nice". I was actually kind of surprised when I woke up and you weren't here.

I think... I think that whatever this is, I think that we're really strongly connected by it, or to it, or something. But you know... it's not scary at all when it's like this. When it's feeling you with me, or feeling close to you... it's just right somehow. Natural. Like it's supposed to be like this.

I like that.

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KANE: Oh, hey, I'll try and get rid of your hangover again, okay? Sweet dreams.

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ROSLYN: Love and Luck is written by Erin Kyan, and produced by Passer Vulpes Productions. Kane is voiced by Lee Davis-Thalbourne. Jason is voiced by Erin Kyan. Credits spoken by Roslyn Quin. Recorded by Kermie Breydon.

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