Journals/Transcript Pt 2

CHORUS Madi-Shaw Inquest

MADI-SHAW INCIDENT NO.2, PRELIMINARY INQUEST. EXCERPT SUBJECT: LUCID F# E♭

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|<>|: YOU WERE PERFORMANT || THAT NIGHT, YES?

LUCID F# E♭ : y-yes, it was my shift ... her mother has attained lucidity, she's one of us. I thought - it was thought at first-


 * <>|: THAT SHE LET THE GIRL || VISIT SATURATION CONTROL?


 * <>|: OF ALL PLACES? || OF ALL PLACES?

LUCID F# E♭ : Young Eyes exist, you told us! Age is not the only signifier!


 * <>|: THE CHILD HAS A || ... CHECKERED PAST.


 * <>|: WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN. || WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN.

LUCID F# E♭ : Yes, I - w-we! ... we should have - look, please! We took the liberty of reviewing the security footage for you. We were gone 28 seconds! She comes in - see? Somehow she found the release and pulled - you you know these kids trip fire alarms for fun-


 * <>|: FIRE. || FIRE.

LUCID F# E♭ : [stammering] what?

<>|: AUDIO. NOW. || AUDIO. NOW.

[NONVERBAL ANNOTATION BEGINS. LUCID F# E♭ obliges, provides audio feed.

[FROM RECORDING: Sounds of Isabela Madi-Shaw breathing rapidly. The squeak of newer shoe rubber. Audible hyperventilation, probable panic. 0:16 seconds into the room, those sounds abruptly cease.]


 * <>|: WITNESS. SHE CALMS. || WITNESS. SHE CALMS.

[FROM RECORDING: At this point, Madi-Shaw is off camera, but someone - LUCID F# E♭ alleges it was her - activates the containment release for saturation group 6. Several other sets of soft footsteps are heard. Then silence.]


 * <>|:IT LED HER TO || THEM. IT WAS THERE.


 * <>|: IT IS HERE. || IT IS HERE.