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Mumford was cool with it, but Sun not so much. No, I'm joking. Who was uncool with it?
My initial feeling was I was contrite. I was like, maybe I've done something wrong. Like, maybe I've got this wrong. I don't know everything about this topic. It's hard not to feel... Vincent. Hi, Bill.
Great to meet you. Oh, you're younger than I thought. Oh, yeah? Thanks for having me here. Oh, I can't tell you how much I've been looking forward to this. I know you traveled to get here. I'm most appreciative. Been looking forward to talking to you and finding out about your... Journey? How's your journey going on this Wednesday afternoon? My journey's going great.
I mean, you're the one with the big story. I don't know if... There's so much else to talk about. Like, I don't know, our journeys. I feel like if your journey met my truth, they'd have a great time.
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