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And you may hear my little"},{"startTime":326.51,"endTime":329.382,"body":"dogs in the background here. one is"},{"startTime":329.42,"endTime":332.342,"body":"kind of active and the other one is laying down beside me."},{"startTime":332.38,"endTime":335.272,"body":"They love to participate, whenever"},{"startTime":335.32,"endTime":338.136,"body":"I'm recording. And so you'll"},{"startTime":338.152,"endTime":339.598,"body":"hear the squeak or two."},{"startTime":340.548,"endTime":343.472,"body":"Conscious. 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