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was there?
 
A.
Actually, we didn’t have any conversations.
We really felt she had enough going on without having conversations around her and --
Q.
Was there a reason for that?
MR. LAURO: Mark, I am sorry, again, I think she is trying to finish a sentence. You just need to let her finish.
A.
We felt that if we had conversations around
her, talking about the kids and the dogs or what was on TV or something like that, it would just give her more to be upset about, so we didn’t talk.
We might whisper something to each other or use sign language, like when she had someone —- I don’t remember which person it was, like, snapping my finger (indicating) to get the person’s attention to help get her loose from what she was holding onto, but, basically, you know, we didn’t just jabber, by any means. We just felt like it would be that much more
stuff that she didn’t need to hear.

BY MR. MCGARRY:

Q.
Okay, my question is, by the signs, is that
something you came up with or is that something that
you were briefed on or is the normal course of the
religion that you practice, that somebody is going

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