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Cyrus's Lockdown
Cyrus was simultaneously experiencing three timelines of oppression from the British government, threatening him with riots and police brutality. It just seemed to be an encapsulation, an appetite encapsulation of what we were going through now. This creation of the hostile environment, where even people who have been here for 50 years feel under threat. And so it's lucky he's trying to cram every story about his life into a short period of time. Got to watch time, you know. Time fast to rar-ted. One minute you've got three kids, all different. The youngest one's practicing corner kicks in the kitchen, and the middle one's planning a bank job. And then it's over
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