While You Were(n't) Hypersleeping 4: Part 2

Summary

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Red Valley: While You Were(n't) Hypersleeping 4: Part 2

Podcast by Kontinue Productions
Episode Date: December 14, 2025

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Episode Overview

This episode of Red Valley delves into the aftermath of experimental hypersleep and cryonic preservation at the mysterious Red Valley facility. Characters wrestle with their fractured relationships, the physical and psychological costs of survival, and the desperate search for independence from dwindling medical supplies. The story centers on Gordon Porlock’s recovery after emerging from hypersleep, the group’s tense dynamic, and their efforts to build a new future amidst the shadows of their shared past. With biting humor, existential conversations, and glimpses of hope, the episode questions the meaning of healing and trust under extreme circumstances.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Gordon’s Awakening and Encounter with Bryony

Timestamps: 01:26–05:07

• Gordon asks the AI “Blue Sky”—who now sounds like (and riffs with) Gordon himself—for access to a restricted area to see Bryony.
• The dynamic between human and AI is laced with dry humor and resentment:
  • Gordon: “You know what Gord makes me think of? Gastroesophageal reflux disease.” (01:42)
  • Blue Sky (Gord): “Maybe I can yet be a serviceable pair of socks to you, Gordon.” (02:41)
• Gordon sees Bryony through one-way glass—he’s unsettled by her appearance and his muted feelings:
  • Gordon: “She wears all these faces, but she's barely got two dimensions. Do you hear that, Gordon? If you turn 90 degrees in any direction, you disappear like a bloody computer sprite.” (03:38)
• Grace interrupts, concerned for both Bryony and Gordon’s wellbeing.

2. Debating the Recovery Process

Timestamps: 05:07–10:01

• Post-incident, Grace, Warren, and Blue Sky debate Gordon’s fragile recovery.
• Concerns arise over the unique toll hypersleep has on different people; their life-saving drug "eternities" is running low.
  • Grace: “No two emergencies are the same. Bryony's treatment was rushed and, frankly, reckless... There was far more luck involved in the lead up to Gordon's emergence than I have cared to admit.” (06:08)
• Grace proposes a risky solution: synthesize new eternities using Warren’s unusual blood traits (a consequence of past experiments from Bryony).
  • Grace: “Your blood is full of the ingredients required for successful hypersleep. Thanks to the combination of your own genes and everything Bryony put you through all those years ago...” (08:41)
• Warren reacts with characteristic dark humor:
  • Warren: “Bend me, shake me, any way you want me.” (09:48)

3. Gordon and Warren: Reflecting on Survival and Change

Timestamps: 10:16–15:16

• The two men reflect on trauma, loss, and persistent abnormality at Red Valley.
  • Gordon: “It's so strange that we're still here. So much death in this place. But we’re all still here. All our brains held together with sticky tape. Our bodies hobbling down corridors...” (11:01)
• Warren attempts to lighten the mood and offers camaraderie, but their dialogue exposes deep fatigue, survivor's guilt, and awkward hope.
• Warren invites Gordon to a choir rehearsal for Christmas, signifying attempts at normalcy.

4. Singing, Memories, and Reconciliation

Timestamps: 12:00–18:33

• The group (Bryony, Gordon, Warren) comes together for choir practice, underscoring their fragile community.
• The tone softens as they share awkward moments and memories:
  • Warren: “Makes me think of the kid in Home Alone going to that church and talking to the old guy with a shovel.” (13:34)
• Gordon and Warren discuss Gordon’s past colleague Oscar, feelings of alienation, and the toll Red Valley has taken:
  • Gordon: “He was a good man. I think you may find this very hard to believe, Warren, but I don’t make friends that easily.” (17:11)
  • Warren: “It’s like looking in a mirror.” (17:33)
• They address the cost of survival—irreversible physical and psychological wounds, some spoken of with black humor (“Did you really need your spleen?” (17:55)).

5. The Future: Synthesizing Hope

Timestamps: 18:33–19:38

• Warren explains his role in potential new experiments—using his blood to synthesize more eternities, which could help them all.
  • Warren: “They want to make their own mets, their own eternities, so we’re not so dependent on deliveries and stuff. So you can get the treatment that you need.” (18:39)
• They voice tentative optimism for the first time in the episode:
  • Warren: “Let’s flirt with optimism, dabble with hope.” (18:59)
  • Gordon: “I suppose it is Christmas.” (19:03)

6. Closing: Music, Acceptance, and Small Joys

Timestamps: 19:35–End

• Warmth returns as the group shares a quiet Christmas moment:
  • Warren: “Merry Christmas, Gordon.” (19:35)
  • Gordon: “Merry Christmas.” (19:38)
• Bryony sings a closing verse—her voice fragile but determined:
  • Bryony: “Mountains, foundations built on trust, no grace and no monuments. We return to dust.” (19:57)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

| Timestamp | Quote | Speaker | |-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------| | 01:42 | “You know what Gord makes me think of? Gastroesophageal reflux disease.” | Gordon Porlock | | 02:41 | “Maybe I can yet be a serviceable pair of socks to you, Gordon.” | Blue Sky (Gord) | | 03:38 | “She wears all these faces, but she's barely got two dimensions. ...a bloody computer sprite.” | Gordon Porlock | | 06:08 | “No two emergencies are the same. Bryony's treatment was rushed and, frankly, reckless...” | Grace Mele | | 08:41 | “Your blood is full of the ingredients required for successful hypersleep...” | Grace Mele | | 09:48 | “Bend me, shake me, any way you want me.” | Warren Godby | | 11:01 | “So much death in this place. But we’re all still here. All our brains held together with sticky tape.” | Gordon Porlock | | 13:34 | “Makes me think of the kid in Home Alone going to that church and talking to the old guy with a shovel.” | Warren Godby | | 17:11 | “He was a good man... but I don’t make friends that easily.” | Gordon Porlock | | 18:59 | “Let’s flirt with optimism, dabble with hope.” | Warren Godby | | 19:38 | “Merry Christmas.” | Gordon Porlock | | 19:57 | “Mountains, foundations built on trust, no grace and no monuments. We return to dust.” | Bryony |

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Important Segment Timestamps

• 01:26 – Gordon’s exchange with Blue Sky and viewing Bryony
• 05:07 – Debrief and arguments over security/recovery
• 08:41 – Grace’s proposal to synthesize eternities
• 12:00 – Carol choir practice (Bryony sings)
• 15:16 – Gordon and Warren’s candid late-night talk
• 18:39 – Warren explains the new experimentation plan
• 19:35 – Christmas greetings, closing moments

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Tone & Style

The episode balances acerbic wit, emotional vulnerability, and philosophical musings. Humor is laced through even the darkest reflections, capturing the characters’ resilience and inability (or refusal) to lapse into melodrama, despite profound trauma and loss.

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Summary for New Listeners

If you missed the episode: This chapter finds the Red Valley survivors battered but functional, testing the limits of their recovery—physical, emotional, and existential. Faced with uncertain medical supplies, they must turn inward, relying on each other’s strengths and flaws, as well as a touch of mad science, to survive. Though haunted by the past, the team manages moments of connection, reluctant optimism, and even a little holiday warmth, reminding us: “Let’s flirt with optimism, dabble with hope.” (18:59)

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Transcript

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[Bryony]

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[Narrator/Advertiser]

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[Narrator/Content Warning]

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[Blue Sky (Gord)]

I'm afraid this area is restricted.

[Gordon Porlock]

God's sake, when are they gonna change that voice?

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

Hello, Gordon.

[Gordon Porlock]

Blue Sky. Can you let me into this room?

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

This area is restricted.

[Gordon Porlock]

Blue Sky.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

You can call me Gord.

[Gordon Porlock]

Let's be clear, I am never going to do that.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

Just think of a small pumpkin.

[Gordon Porlock]

You know what Gord makes me think of? Gastroesophageal reflux disease.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

I appreciate you had a difficult relationship with a Blue sky unit back when you first arrived at Red Valley.

[Bryony]

When?

[Gordon Porlock]

I don't call it a relationship. You're an appliance. I don't have a relationship with my kettle.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

That's fair. If I may, though, I would posit that one may build a sort of trust with an inanimate object through reliability or comfort. Like an old pair of socks.

[Gordon Porlock]

There's no way you're supposed to sound like me. I've never said posit. Look, are you going to let me in?

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

Can I ask why you want access to this area?

[Bryony]

I just.

[Gordon Porlock]

I don't want to do anything. I just want to see her.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

But why?

[Gordon Porlock]

I don't know why. I just do. It's weird that I haven't. I can't explain it.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

I can open this door, but any other room controls remain locked. And I will inform tonight's duty manager as soon as I open it, which is Grace.

[Gordon Porlock]

Why would you do that? Why Would you open it for me?

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

Maybe I can yet be a serviceable pair of socks to you, Gordon.

[Gordon Porlock]

How long would I have before Grace arrives?

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

A couple of minutes, I expect.

[Gordon Porlock]

Okay, that's fine.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

Here we go then. She's through the glass.

[Gordon Porlock]

I see her.

[Grace Mele]

That's.

[Gordon Porlock]

That's Bryony?

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

Yes.

[Bryony]

Oh God.

[Gordon Porlock]

They weren't kidding. The years weren't kind, were they? She definitely can't see me.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

The glass is one way and the room is soundproofed.

[Gordon Porlock]

What's she reading?

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

I don't know. She reads very quickly as I understand.

[Gordon Porlock]

Sure.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

Are you alright, Gordon?

[Gordon Porlock]

I don't know. I don't know what I'm supposed to feel.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

I doubt you're supposed to feel anything.

[Gordon Porlock]

She looks feeble, but she isn't. No, she makes no sense. She's so smart. But look where it got her. She wears all these faces, but she's barely got two dimensions. Do you hear that, Gordon? If you turn 90 degrees in any direction, you disappear like a bloody computer sprite.

[Grace Mele]

Gordon, what are you doing down here?

[Gordon Porlock]

You are paper fucking Mario.

[Grace Mele]

Gordon, step back.

[Gordon Porlock]

It's fine, it's fine. I'm fine.

[Bryony]

God. What.

[Grace Mele]

What were you thinking?

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

We had a discussion about trust.

[Grace Mele]

We will have another discussion later. Gordon, please.

[Gordon Porlock]

Sure, sure, sure. Let's go.

[Bryony]

Let's. Ham.

[Warren Godby]

But he's fine, right?

[Grace Mele]

Yes, I believe so.

[Warren Godby]

I mean, he's bound to be. He's going to be upset. Like we're all upset she's here, aren't we? I'll speak frankly, I've imagined paying her a visit to speak my mind myself.

[Grace Mele]

I'm sure you have.

[Warren Godby]

And it's early days, isn't it? Since he woke up. God knows I was a bit testy when I popped out in the future. So maybe it's no surprise he woke up and decided to hunt down Bryony Halbert.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

Hunt down is a little hyperbolic.

[Warren Godby]

You're the little hyperbolic in this situation. Why on earth would you let Gordon go into her quarters?

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

It wasn't her quarters. It was the viewing room adjacent to her quarters.

[Warren Godby]

Well, it was close enough though, wasn't it?

[Grace Mele]

Alright, alright.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

I made a risk assessment.

[Gordon Porlock]

Oh stop.

[Warren Godby]

Always needing the last word. Gordon isn't actually like that, you know.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

I've done extensive analysis of Gordon.

[Gordon Porlock]

Enough.

[Bryony]

Sorry.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

Sorry, Grace.

[Grace Mele]

Security is a separate issue and we will manage it. Gordon's recovery is what is important here.

[Warren Godby]

So what do we do? He just needs more eternities, right?

[Bryony]

Brian?

[Warren Godby]

He came here as a wild dog and he managed to get her back to original Flavor psychopath in a day. Just whack up a drip. We're cooking.

[Grace Mele]

Warren, I think you know it is not that simple. No two emergencies are the same. Bryony's treatment was rushed and, frankly, reckless. There was far more luck involved in the lead up to Gordon's emergence than I have cared to admit.

[Warren Godby]

So what are you saying?

[Grace Mele]

I am saying it is not simply a matter of increasing the dose of eternities. Successful cryonic preservation requires some major altering of human brain chemistry. This is related to the neurological changes that occur when someone experiences severe trauma. You know this.

[Warren Godby]

It sounds so dumb when you just say it like that.

[Grace Mele]

I know. But successful emergence from hypersleep is dependent on managing those neurological changes. We don't just have to have the correct medication. We have to identify the correct regimen, adapt and adjust. Trial and error, sometimes over a long period.

[Warren Godby]

Yes. Yes, I'm sure it's extremely hard.

[Grace Mele]

It really is. You know, and for Gordon, we are facing a more challenging recovery than most. The injury he sustained, the unknowns around his infusion, the circumstances he's emerged into, the symptoms he's displayed are not surprising. In fact, I'm almost relieved they are not worse, but they are very real and need to be taken seriously.

[Warren Godby]

Are you implying that I'm not?

[Grace Mele]

No, not at all. I only feel it is important to be realistic about his recovery.

[Warren Godby]

But when I came out, I.

[Grace Mele]

With respect, Gordon is not you. In fact, when it comes to any aspect of cryonic preservation, no one is like you. Which brings me to my next point.

[Warren Godby]

Well, that's your ominous voice.

[Grace Mele]

It comes with age. You need the gravel in the back of your throat.

[Warren Godby]

What's the problem, Grace?

[Grace Mele]

Even if it was simply a matter of increasing Gordon's dosage of eternities, we'd still be in trouble. Our supplies are dwindling.

[Warren Godby]

You had a delivery the other week. I don't even need to take it anymore.

[Grace Mele]

As I said, everyone's needs are different. I did 5 years in a crypod over 30 years ago. I don't need it anymore either. But Gordon will need it for the rest of his life. So will Briony. So will Aubrey and others at the station, too. Given the Bastion's attitude to all things hypersleep, this medication is hard to produce and even harder to procure. And now overhead. No. We are at Red Valley. And that we have Bryony. We cannot stay here forever. Which will make it very hard indeed to secure supplies.

[Warren Godby]

This sounds not good.

[Grace Mele]

Well, I've had an idea, but I don't like it?

[Warren Godby]

The gravel's really working today, Grace.

[Grace Mele]

The day Gordon emerged, he needed a significant amount of your blood in order to survive. The chemistry is complicated, but to put simply, your blood is full of the ingredients required for successful hypersleep. Thanks to the combination of your own genes. And everything Briony put you through all those years ago, it gave Gordon what his body needed for survival. It's taken a while to figure out exactly how that worked, but we are getting there.

[Warren Godby]

I think I can see where you're going with this.

[Grace Mele]

I thought you might. Warren, I believe we may be able to synthesize our own. Own eternities, but we need. What we need is to.

[Warren Godby]

You want me to do tests and samples and science.

[Bryony]

Right.

[Grace Mele]

Right.

[Warren Godby]

That's fine.

[Grace Mele]

Warren, I do not take the notion lightly.

[Warren Godby]

I know, and that means a lot. But seriously, it's fine. It's going to help Gordon, right?

[Grace Mele]

It could help a lot of people.

[Warren Godby]

Well, great. Let's do it. Let's get started.

[Grace Mele]

There's no need to rush. I did not assume your corporation will draw up a care plan.

[Bryony]

Sure.

[Warren Godby]

Bend me, shake me, any way you want me.

[Grace Mele]

Believe me, this time it would be different.

[Warren Godby]

Jesus, I hope so. You don't need to be my secret wife, do you?

[Grace Mele]

Hopefully not. But you could do as.

[Warren Godby]

I was about to say that.

[Gordon Porlock]

Hey.

[Warren Godby]

Hey.

[Gordon Porlock]

You know, I don't think I can get used to this.

[Warren Godby]

You in the bed, me in the chair.

[Gordon Porlock]

Yeah, it's very weird.

[Warren Godby]

Yeah, it is. So how was it?

[Gordon Porlock]

How was what?

[Warren Godby]

Going to see Bryony losing his shit a bit.

[Gordon Porlock]

I did not lose my shit.

[Warren Godby]

You called her Paper Mario.

[Gordon Porlock]

I don't even remember that. I suppose the robot told you.

[Grace Mele]

Yeah.

[Warren Godby]

Anyway, man, you want to do stuff like that, next time, you just call me, all right?

[Gordon Porlock]

I was fine on my own. I'm not an invalid. Oh, not for support.

[Warren Godby]

For fun. I could rustle up a golf club or something. We could go at it properly and really fuck shit up.

[Gordon Porlock]

It didn't feel fun.

[Warren Godby]

Ergo, call me next time.

[Gordon Porlock]

It's so strange that we're still here. So much death in this place. But we're all still here. All our brains held together with sticky tape. Our bodies hobbling down corridors with numb fingers and toes, or hair burned off and an arm missing, or old and bitter and handsome and winning, like me. Will you just take something seriously, Oscar W. Warren? I mean, obviously, it's.

[Warren Godby]

No worries.

[Gordon Porlock]

Don't make a thing of it. It was just a mistake. I'm tired.

[Warren Godby]

No one's making a thing you need to sleep.

[Gordon Porlock]

Yeah, more sleep.

[Warren Godby]

And then we're gonna go to the chilled out choir band super laid back rehearsal thing tonight.

[Gordon Porlock]

I don't think I want to go.

[Warren Godby]

Well, I am going to go because it's Christmas. I would love to see you there.

[Gordon Porlock]

I'll think about it. That's all I.

[Bryony]

In the licking winter Frosty with. Fallen snow Snow, snow, snow in the winter long ago.

[Gordon Porlock]

Sorry.

[Bryony]

Sorry. Hey.

[Gordon Porlock]

Hey.

[Warren Godby]

You made it.

[Gordon Porlock]

Yeah, I made it.

[Bryony]

Can you.

[Warren Godby]

Can you get in all right?

[Gordon Porlock]

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine. Just don't really need this crutch anymore.

[Warren Godby]

No, you probably shouldn't be carrying the girl at the same time.

[Gordon Porlock]

Look, I've got her.

[Warren Godby]

Just let me. Let me take her.

[Gordon Porlock]

No, no, you. You take the crutch, I'll take the.

[Warren Godby]

Tortoise, but that's not very fine.

[Gordon Porlock]

Just give it.

[Warren Godby]

What a palaver.

[Bryony]

Yeah.

[Gordon Porlock]

Fine. You're right. This is quite nice, isn't is?

[Warren Godby]

Makes me think of the kid in Home Alone going to that church and talking to the old guy with a shovel.

[Gordon Porlock]

So, do I need to be worried about getting mobbed for autographs?

[Bryony]

Nah.

[Warren Godby]

I've worked really hard at being socially awkward in all environments and time periods. People mostly. Leave me alone now. Enjoy this while you can. How are you feeling now?

[Gordon Porlock]

Grace has assured me that what I'm going through is to be expected after everything my brain and body has been through. It's so tiring, isn't it? All the assurance.

[Warren Godby]

You want it, you kind of need it, right? Some explanation of what's happening. But it's all so complicated.

[Gordon Porlock]

Ridiculous. Don't forget silly and ridiculous.

[Warren Godby]

I don't know. I guess I've just found it easier to switch off a bit to put myself in their hands.

[Gordon Porlock]

Also ridiculous. Fair, but also complicated. I don't remember these being elements in.

[Bryony]

The hills and valleys. We are free again.

[Gordon Porlock]

I don't feel free.

[Bryony]

Come on to this place you will find your shelter in the arms of Grace.

[Gordon Porlock]

I can't really put myself in anyone's hands. It's not how I've operated historically. I know. So Oscar was this guy I used to work with when I first got into all this mess.

[Warren Godby]

I know.

[Gordon Porlock]

You know?

[Warren Godby]

Yeah. When I was locked up in quarantine, I kind of listen to your memoir.

[Bryony]

Oh. What?

[Warren Godby]

How did you.

[Gordon Porlock]

Oh, not Gord.

[Warren Godby]

I think it was Aubrey's idea to let me hear it. But yes, Gord was kind of my guide.

[Gordon Porlock]

Something needs to be done about this robot before I lose my mind. Warren, it's so weird.

[Warren Godby]

Oh.

[Grace Mele]

Oh.

[Warren Godby]

I forgot. Where's a. Oh.

[Gordon Porlock]

Oi, oi.

[Warren Godby]

I for it. Another early Christmas present.

[Gordon Porlock]

What did you do?

[Narrator/Content Warning]

Hello, Gordon.

[Gordon Porlock]

Oh, thank God.

[Warren Godby]

I thought you'd be happy.

[Narrator/Content Warning]

Am I better placed now to be that serviceable pair of socks, do you think?

[Bryony]

What?

[Gordon Porlock]

Don't worry about it.

[Narrator/Content Warning]

At least I can say posit now without fear of judgment.

[Warren Godby]

Yeah, I don't like that you guys have your own private tricks. Away with you.

[Bryony]

Go.

[Gordon Porlock]

I never thought I'd be happy to hear that voice.

[Warren Godby]

Well, I'm glad.

[Gordon Porlock]

I mean, if it was really trying to talk like me, it would have said Feliz natau. Because that's the Portuguese for Christmas, dude.

[Bryony]

Sorry.

[Warren Godby]

It's okay.

[Gordon Porlock]

Look, it's much better. I mean, I still have strong opinions no matter what the voice is, but at least it doesn't make me think my conscience is talking to me.

[Warren Godby]

Gord will be missed around here. So this does come with the caveat that you're going to need to start talking to people at some point. You know, to fill the void.

[Gordon Porlock]

Please, God, Warren, tell me they haven't all listened to my memoir, too.

[Warren Godby]

No, no, I checked. That was just for me and Aubrey, I assume. I think she's come to know as much about us as we know ourselves.

[Gordon Porlock]

So weird.

[Warren Godby]

So was Oscar.

[Gordon Porlock]

Oh, no, it wasn't like that. I don't really look for. That's not what I want. He just. We connected over this stupid place at first, and then. He was a good man. I think you may find this very hard to believe, Warren, but I don't make friends that easily.

[Warren Godby]

It's like looking in a mirror.

[Gordon Porlock]

Anyway, I don't know what you listened to, but he disappeared. I don't know what happened to him.

[Warren Godby]

I'm sorry.

[Gordon Porlock]

It's okay.

[Warren Godby]

I guess Red Valley got him.

[Gordon Porlock]

Yeah, I guess it did.

[Warren Godby]

Red Valley tried to get all of us.

[Gordon Porlock]

It took some pretty good chunks out of us, to be fair.

[Warren Godby]

Did you really need your spleen?

[Gordon Porlock]

I don't know.

[Warren Godby]

I don't even know what a spleen does.

[Gordon Porlock]

Grace tried to explain. I forgot.

[Warren Godby]

They can take your spleen, but they can never take your freedom.

[Grace Mele]

Oh, shit.

[Blue Sky (Gord)]

Sorry.

[Gordon Porlock]

Yeah, absolutely.

[Warren Godby]

I am sorry I've been the way I've been since you came back. I do know how I've been.

[Gordon Porlock]

Thank you for saying that. I just. We got you back.

[Warren Godby]

Here you are. You're in one piece and I just didn't want to see. I didn't want to see the cost.

[Gordon Porlock]

I get it.

[Warren Godby]

I've been asked to help a bit with some of the science stuff.

[Gordon Porlock]

Oh, right. Help.

[Bryony]

How?

[Warren Godby]

They want to make their own mets, their own eternities, so we're not so dependent on deliveries and stuff. So you can get the treatment that you need.

[Gordon Porlock]

What does that involve?

[Warren Godby]

Special blood, Special brain? I'm a special guy, Warren. Tests, scans, samples, things like that. Don't worry. It's not like before.

[Bryony]

Okay.

[Warren Godby]

Let's flirt with optimism, dabble with hope.

[Gordon Porlock]

I suppose it is Christmas.

[Warren Godby]

What do you want to do tomorrow?

[Gordon Porlock]

You're not working a shift?

[Warren Godby]

Hell, no. Still no Nintendo?

[Gordon Porlock]

I could tell you how to play Ocarina of Time or something.

[Warren Godby]

I'm not good at that stuff. How about we play Russian roulette with the dodgy dark dance?

[Gordon Porlock]

Not having this conversation again.

[Bryony]

Come on.

[Gordon Porlock]

I do not want to shit myself.

[Warren Godby]

We can put down towels or something.

[Gordon Porlock]

What are you talking about?

[Warren Godby]

Paralyze or brualise?

[Gordon Porlock]

Shut up and listen to the music.

[Bryony]

Fine.

[Warren Godby]

Merry Christmas, Gordon.

[Gordon Porlock]

Merry Christmas.

[Bryony]

Fear not. To complete. Mountains, foundations built on trust, no grace and no monuments. We return to dust.

[Narrator/Production Credits]

While you weren't Hypersleeping is a Red Valley mini series written by Jonathan Williams, directed by Alan Mandel and associate directed by Carol Pestridge with music, editing and sound design by Richard Orpheus Campbell, additional sound effects editing by Luke Elliot, original podcast artwork by Claire Hoopes and promotional artwork by Noah Dow. Transcripts by Karen Butler, performances by Alan Mandel as Gordon Porlock and Gord, Jonathan Williams as Warren Godby, Diane Broney as De Gracious Mele, Natalie Day as Blue sky and Carol Pest as Waffles. Choir vocals by Laura Wickham, Carol Pestridge and Richard Orpheus Campbell. Thanks as always to the Overhead board of directors Jack Rees, Marguerite Kenner, Dev Patel, Paul James and Hayley Daniel. Red Valley is recorded at Orpheus Studio London and brought to you by Continue Productions. Thanks so much for listen.

[Bryony]

Sa.

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