Here is the time line of this exchange compressed into one stream of words:
hope, shame, crisis, renewed hope, disgust of parenting, shock, boredom, elation and relief, free association, boredom, rejection, declaration, establishment of change, crisis, release
The most important thing about this recording is a phenomenon I deal with called ‘unnoticed voice change’. I have to reveal my tricks at the end because I find the listening comprehension unbearably low.
Thanks again to Rich the heroic mouse clicker.