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Hello everybody, welcome back. 
It's Aziz Anashea here, and 

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we've got our friend Mateo 
Barbagallo here to tell us about

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the City of Dragons event 
happening in Spain. 

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We're super excited for it and 
there's a lot of information to 

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tell, so we thought we'd record 
this to help clear up that and 

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make sure everybody knows what's
going on. 

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So why don't we start with just 
a a basic overview of what the 

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event is and what people can 
expect, and then we'll go from 

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there with some details. 
Yeah, if you are in Spain or 

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near about the last weekend of 
November, you might want to pop 

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over and see a whole lot of cool
events. 

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Absolutely. 
And hello everybody, first of 

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all, to say I'm having 
goosebumps because we had a 

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video like this five years ago 
and I actually love it quite a 

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lot. 
So yeah, Casser City of Dragons 

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is perhaps the major event in 
Spain connected to the world of 

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A Song of Ice and Fire by George
Martin. 

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Of course, as we all know. 
Hello George. 

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It will take place from the 29th
of November and until the 1st of

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December in the city of 
Cathedrus. 

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Yes, I'm pronouncing it with 
this C. 

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You'll notice I avoided trying 
to say the name at all because 

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yeah. 
Because you're fluent in 

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Spanish. 
Exactly. 

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Yeah, you. 
Didn't want to embarrass me. 

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Right, right. 
That's that's it, yeah. 

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Exactly. 
But yeah, it will take place in 

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Casares again, as as Ashay was 
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November. 
And the city is actually a 

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King's Landing is where the 
series both both Game of Thrones

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and House of Dragon where and 
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filmed. 
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Castro's is that what you see in
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city. 
It's there is no embellishment 

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apart from probably a few props 
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all generally a medieval, I 
don't know how to call it 

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medieval fantasyland, something 
like that, like it's a dream 

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coming true for anybody 
interested in the in this, in 

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this kind of worlds. 
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you to visit Casserus in that 
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I think I remember I I snooped 
on your Instagram looking at 

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some of the stuff from the first
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appreciated you recreating some 
some iconic shots from House of 

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the Dragon with Amond and 
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And I I look forward to trying 
to recreate certain other 

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moments as well with friends and
people in cosplay. 

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We can do that, definitely, 
because the city will be a huge 

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parade of people cosplaying and 
attending The event will be 

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sword fights. 
Actually, there will be two 

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great schools of fencing. 
So medieval, medieval fencing. 

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So, you know, there would be the
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actual sword. 
But the credit was also due to 

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my dear friend Stefan Sassa for 
the picture you just mentioned. 

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Because yeah, because we were, 
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Those scenes around the street, 
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beautiful. 
Now, this is very exciting. 

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Yeah. 
The the, the fact that we're 

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getting to see King's Landing is
cool enough, but there's all 

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these other events happening, 
like you say, sword fights and, 

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well, what else can we expect? 
What other fun type of events 

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that are associated with this 
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Well first of all, you can 
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contests, so for those who are 
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recommend choosing the right 
character and the best possible 

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outfit we have seen in the 1st 
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We've seen a lot of Damons and a
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seen Hilaris, for example. 
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want to insist that this has not
to be related solely to House of

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the Dragon. 
Of course, you know, characters 

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from Game of Thrones can 
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would be one thing. 
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thing to highlight is that there
would be panels where, of 

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course, for example, you would 
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actors showing us how house's 
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in Spanish and now it was 
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and so on and so forth. 
Live sessions where you can 

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actually question, ask questions
to to the guests and see, for 

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example, if it is possible to 
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translated. 
So this kind of things can be 

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quite interesting in terms of 
what you can expect, but also 

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many other stuff. 
A medieval market. 

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Just imagine the city of Kassers
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where you will be able to see 
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souvenirs that are sort of 
recalling in the atmosphere of, 

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of a sunglass and fire, but a 
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And Needless to say, Needless to
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of course, all of us, but also 
with the seat, with the people 

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who are taking part in the 
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You will be able to see many 
activities, quizzes where you 

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will win perhaps some good 
prizes, apart from, of course, 

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honoring glory in front of your 
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So get ready for that and why 
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There will be a lot of 
podcasters, so people like Shay 

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and Aziz, but also my dear 
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and many others. 
There will be a lot of creators 

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from all over the world, one 
especially in particular coming 

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from as far as you guys, Jack 
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Jack Duran, who comes from 
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And yes, and there will be the 
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all these creators in person, of
course, So brace yourself. 

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And yes, I've forgotten to 
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the only person organizing this 
event. 

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Far from me, to be the diva of 
this organization. 

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I'm not actually. 
This work was solely possible 

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thanks to the help and to the 
minds of Danny Maglore, of 

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course, a huge creator in in 
Spain and the the friends of the

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podcast called La Cancion 
Continua. 

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So Santi Baya and Berta, 
alongside the administration of 

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the city of Cassares and the 
marketing agency called 

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Incertus, which is helping us in
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So a huge thank you to all of 
them for the incredible effort 

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and the the sweat that they have
put along with me in the 

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creation of this. 
This is a process that has taken

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us more than a year in the 
making, and not without bumps on

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the road. 
But it's happening, so brace 

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yourself. 
Yeah, this is the second, not 

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the third, right? 
Y'all skipped a year, if I 

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remember correctly. 
Yes, yes. 

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Which speaks to what a 
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to put this on. 
I'm really very excited to see 

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you to see all of these other 
creators, to see all of the fans

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and, and folks local to the area
in cosplay and, and I'm just 

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excited for everything about it,
to be honest. 

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You got my hype level just 
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We're going to King's Landing. 
I mean, that's great. 

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And all our friends are going to
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That's you really can't beat 
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So yeah, I hope a lot of the 
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you're our friends too. 
You are in our community. 

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The Song of Ice and Fire 
community doesn't get to come 

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together like this that often. 
We certainly have never been to 

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Spain, so it'll be a new 
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as well. 
I'm looking forward to some 

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paella for sure. 
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And I think it's worth saying, 
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later or thinking towards the 
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most years, you would hope that 
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Catheris, I need to get it 
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If you look there, you'll 
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House of the Dragon, Game of 
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I think this is an event that 
y'all want to continue going 

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forward in the years. 
I think that there's also just 

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guided tours and whatnot of the 
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So I think if you're looking to 
experience King's Landing, you 

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should probably look into going 
to Spain. 

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Absolutely. 
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all many areas around Catholics 
have actually been used for the 

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filming for the shooting of the 
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So there is a city exactly close
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away from Casters, called 
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shot. 
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of the Barruecos where the 
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charged. 
So the battle between Amy. 

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Train Battle, Yeah. 
Yes, there you go. 

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So yeah, quite a lot, quite a 
lot of events happening there. 

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And trust me, you will get a 
chance to visit it so I can. 

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I cannot stop saying brace 
yourself, but do brace yourself 

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because this has happened. 
Like the charge of the Dothraki,

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Yeah, I mean, jeez, but but but 
with a good result, yeah. 

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Well, we're gonna charge into 
the city. 

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Yes, you're gonna charge into 
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City, that's right. 
After, after a flight, yeah. 

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After our airplane, yeah. 
Look, I will rent horses just 

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like we will make it happen. 
We will make it happen. 

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This is escalating quickly, but 
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All right. 
Yeah, we can. 

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We're very excited. 
It's it's coming up soon. 

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And we'll also, of course, have 
reports on it after the fact. 

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Absolutely. 
And you know me, this is going 

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to be escalating quite quickly. 
The escalation will continue. 

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Is there a resource that folks 
can go to to find information on

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the event? 
There have been a lot of 

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articles, you know, around the 
web and about this event. 

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Some of them would not finalize 
the information about what's 

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going to happen. 
So of course, don't expect to 

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see everything that you have 
read so far. 

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But we are creating something, I
would say as exciting as what 

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you've read, if not even more 
so. 

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Yeah, again, I said. 
It's escalating. 

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Not gonna lie, just go into the 
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location would be plenty 
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And then adding all of all of 
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I am, I'm very excited to to 
experience all of this with you 

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and hopefully with some of you 
listening to this right now. 

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Yeah. 
Thanks for taking the time to 

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explain it to us and get us so 
excited. 

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We're we're ready for this 
escalation and can't wait to be 

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there. 
Thank you guys. 

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Of course, during and after the 
event we will be sharing lots of

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photos to try to relate the 
experience to those of y'all who

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can't make it and to capture it 
for ourselves and everybody 

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else. 
So check our socials down in the

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description there and follow 
them to keep up with all the 

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action. 
Unless you're going to be there,

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in which case we'll see you 
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Until then, Valar reread us.