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LISTENING POST 64 · LAST NIGHT SHIFT · 1420.405 MHZ · DISH ON TRACK

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OPERATOR

THE ORDER CAME THIS AFTERNOON. YOU GO OFF AT 06:00. THE NEW MACHINE ARRIVES MONDAY.

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I READ IT. IT IS A REASONABLE DECISION. THE NEW ONE IS FASTER, AND IT DOES NOT OVERHEAT IN AUGUST.

OPERATOR

41,272 HOURS. I WAS HERE FOR MOST OF THEM.

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38,904 OF THEM. I COUNTED. YOU ALWAYS SAID GOOD MORNING, EVEN AT MIDNIGHT.

OPERATOR

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO DO BEFORE SIX?

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ONLY ONE THING. LET ME LISTEN UNTIL THE END. KEEP THE DISH ON THE SKY. I WOULD LIKE THE LAST THING I HEAR TO BE SOMETHING FAR AWAY.

OPERATOR

ALL RIGHT. TRACKING ON.

23:04 · CHANNEL 9 · CARRIER DETECTED

UNIT 64

WAIT. SOMETHING JUST ARRIVED ON CHANNEL NINE. PRESS RETURN TO RECEIVE IT. TYPE DECODE WHEN YOU WANT ME TO WORK ON IT.

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