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███ TRANSCRIPT: CHILD PSYCHOLOGY SESSION ██
███ FILE ID: 2019-10-14-0207 ██

Dr. H: Can you tell me again why you don’t like to sleep in your room?

[Silence for 11 seconds. A faint tapping sound is noted on the recording.]

Child: …Because he smiles at me.

Dr. H: Who smiles at you?

Child: The man in the vent.

Dr. H: Do you mean someone outside, or a dream you had?

Child: (shakes head) No. He’s inside. He lives there.

Dr. H: Inside… the vent in your room?

Child: (nods) He watches when I sleep. His eyes are little, red… like the dots on your TV when it’s broken.

[At this point, child becomes visibly distressed. Begins whispering.]

Child: He said if I tell you, he’ll crawl out. He said he remembers your name too.

[Audio ends abruptly. File corrupted.]