The Second Stranger | Arc 6 | E9: Blessing. Transaction. Gift. Burden.

Øka confronts Shuhai. Dewey revisits the U.R.L. Voska enjoys the beach. And Citlalli obtains a mysterious cylinder.

"The Second Stranger" is sponsored by Dmitry (https://twitter.com/DmitryOpines) and ExplainTrade (https://www.explaintrade.com/), a negotiation skills training consultancy; because you can't ask to roll persuasion in real life.

Special thanks to our Heroes and Paragons: Alex, Brooke Brite, @brownestnerd, Charles, chillacres, Cora Eckert, Emma, Finn, Hat, Isabel, Kanding, Lex Slater, Lyle and Peanut, Moonflower Tea, Nicholas, Purplemouse, Riley, Rose, Scruffasus, Summer Rose Folta, Sunny, and Targott.

Content warnings for this episode: complex and complicated relationships, romance, flirting, references to sexual entanglements, death of loved ones, grief, trauma, and fantasy violence.

CREDITS:

Title - “On The Island Of Adopted Children” by Sarah E. Chinn.
Music - C.I.S. Music (https://soundcloud.com/cis_music), Fesliyan Studios (https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/), and Soundstripe (https://www.soundstripe.com/)..
Album art - Sea Thomas (https://twitter.com/pisharpart).
Podcast editing - Connie Chang (https://twitter.com/ByConnieChang).

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