Owen McCuen
speaker
1,473 appearances
8 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 17 Sep
Owen McCuen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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He always said the same thing.
Release me.
After a year's time, numerous holes punched in walls and shouting matches, my parents split.
My father came to me sitting on my bed to explain how we would not be living together anymore, how that didn't mean he didn't love me any less, and how any time I wanted to see him, just call.
I held soot and watched his truck pull away from the driveway and disappear into the night.
My mother was distraught, and I could hear her crying from my bedroom.
So I did what always made me feel better, and I brought her the hamster.
Soot curled up in her hands as she held him, and the tears dried up.
She said I had been doing a good job taking care of him.
Hamsters didn't usually live over two years.
She stared into Soot's eyes like I had a habit of doing.
She handed him back, her tears gone.
My mother's praise nearly had me floating the entire way back to my room.
Soot, even though he didn't like other hamsters, was a good boy.
I stared into his eyes and watched the universe within churn.
As time went on, my room became a reverent place where respect was demanded, which was peculiar since Soot never seemed to mind loud noises before.
Yet, I walked on eggshells around him while he watched me like a warden watches his prisoners.
The strangest part as time went on was the dreams that overlapped with reality.
I would walk towards my room, and Soot would wheel out in his ball, looking at me with a little human face, asking to be released.
Darkness would creep in, shadows extending further into the light than they should, and I would ask him what he meant, but he just kept saying, you need to release me, over and over until he was shouting with a voice that shook the walls.
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