[seven] [audio only]

[goodgrasshopper]

[quiet crying until transmission statics and cuts out]

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[LOOK, THERE IS STATIC HERE]

[cisskabob]

Molly? Molly, what's--are you all right?

[O HAI STATIC]

[goodgrasshopper]

I--I'm fine

[IT IS ALL STATICY]

[cisskabob]

[She does not believe you, Molly.]

Are you--what's going on over there?

[kssht kssssssssssht]

[goodgrasshopper]

[That is wise, because Molly is lying.]

I don't want to talk about it.

[WHITE NOOOISE]

[cisskabob]

...Okay. Can I do anything?

[creatingalegacy]

[Amanda starts singing to her again. It's coming in more clearly, since she's actually underground and fairly close to Molly's wing now.]

Twinkle, twinkle, little star...

[STATIC MCSTATIC]

[goodgrasshopper]

I want my family. I want to go home.

That might be years. You're not well, Miss Carpenter. We told you what happened.

[shrieked] I DID NOT HURT THEM!

You did. It wasn't your fault. Your mind--

NO!!

[goodgrasshopper]

[EXTREMELY shaky, and spoken, not sung. She's trying not to freak out Ned again.]

How I wonder where you're--no. Not the Mad Hatter's tea party. How I wonder what you are?

[ZZZZZZZZZZZZT]

[cisskabob]

Molly! Don't listen to them. You can't believe them, they're lying! Your family's fine, you told me about them!

[FSST FIZZLE]

[goodgrasshopper]

I know I know I know I know... Papa wouldn't let anything happen to them.

He can't protect them anymore.

SHUTUPHUTUPSHUTUP!

[BZZT BZZT BZZT]

[cisskabob]

Molly, listen to me. Your dad's okay and your family's fine. The ghosts are--they're trying to confuse us. They're messing with our heads.

[creatingalegacy]

[Momentary silence, and then, singing it louder because she thinks she can hear Molly from her cell:]

Up above the world so high...

[everylittlegirl]

Hey! Ar-- --kay? Hang-- [...] . --meone is on their w--, --'m sure.

Who-- --nmate?

[KSSHT FZZT]

[goodgrasshopper]

[shaky] I know. They're lying. I wouldn't. I wouldn't hurt them.

[goodgrasshopper]

Not--kay.

--manda. She sa-- --ome.

Are you --ing? Ned i-- --ith me.

[goodgrasshopper]

Like a diamond... [trails off, noticing that the transmission was clearer.]

Where are you?

[some-kinda-hero.livejournal.com]

[Concern, skepticism, clicking.]

Hey, are you okay? Who is that?

[everylittlegirl]

Is she t-- --find you?

I'm-- --y way. Do-- [...] --ere you are?

[goodgrasshopper]

She sai-- --is.

I don't--

The sou-- [static] --est wing. I think.

[goodgrasshopper]

Claire? It's me.

[What's that? I couldn't hear over the STATIC!]

[cisskabob]

No, of course you wouldn't. They're lying. They're lying to all of us. They're telling Gabriel he's not an angel and they're saying I--that I killed people, but I didn't do it. You can't believe them.

[everylittlegirl]

Okay. We-- [...] --ay. Try n-- --anic.

[goodgrasshopper]

[shaky laugh, verging slightly on hysteria]

--rying.

[KSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHT]

[goodgrasshopper]

I won't. Don't you believe them, either. And don't let Gabriel.

Denial isn't going to help you get well, Miss Carpenter.

I'm not listening to you.

But it's time for your treatment.

[LOOOOONG STATIC]

The little ones--no. nonononono. I didn't.

[creatingalegacy]

Closer than I thought. Keep talking.