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Host: The recording studio was still — too still. Rows of black microphones stood like sentinels, their cords curling along the floor like sleeping serpents. The soft buzz of fluorescent lights hummed above, steady and indifferent, while through the soundproof glass, the city shimmered — a constellation of electric desire.

Inside, Jack sat behind the control panel, staring at the waveform on the screen: a jagged sea of sound, frozen mid-breath. Beside him, Jeeny adjusted her headphones, her reflection caught in the glass like a ghost of her own voice. Between them, a simple printed sheet lay on the table, Yehuda Berg’s words written in bold:

“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair. Words have energy and power with the ability to help, to heal, to hinder, to hurt, to harm, to humiliate and to humble.”

Jeeny: softly “You can almost hear it, can’t you? The vibration behind those words. Like they hum with their own electricity.”

Jack: without looking up “Electricity’s dangerous, Jeeny. Power always is.”

Jeeny: “So is silence.”

Jack: “At least silence doesn’t kill.”

Jeeny: meeting his gaze “Doesn’t it? Every time someone stays quiet when truth could save someone — isn’t that its own kind of violence?”

Host: The air between them pulsed — thick, invisible, alive. The room smelled faintly of coffee and metal, the residue of long hours and longer truths.

Jack: “You give words too much credit. They don’t have power — people do. Words are just delivery systems for intent.”

Jeeny: “And intent is useless without expression. A thought that stays trapped dies unshared. A word gives it wings.”

Jack: “Or teeth.”

Jeeny: “Exactly. That’s what Berg meant. Words can either be wings or fangs — healing or harm, depending on who holds them.”

Host: Jeeny’s voice, even in argument, carried a warmth that filled the room. Jack’s was cooler, like a knife cutting through fog. The studio lights above cast long shadows, turning their conversation into a duel between illumination and restraint.

Jack: “You talk like words are sacred. But look around — they’re everywhere, cheapened, traded, weaponized. People lie with them, manipulate with them, tweet them like bullets.”

Jeeny: “And yet, when they’re used right — when they reach someone who’s breaking — they still save. That’s the paradox, isn’t it? The same tool that wounds can also mend.”

Jack: leaning back, crossing his arms “You’re romanticizing language.”

Jeeny: “No. I’m revering it. There’s a difference.”

Jack: “Reverence doesn’t stop misuse.”

Jeeny: “Neither does cynicism.”

Host: The console lights blinked rhythmically — red, green, amber — a quiet heartbeat of machinery. Through the glass, the city’s lights twinkled like a Morse code message sent by a world desperate to be understood.

Jeeny: “Do you remember the first time someone said something that changed you?”

Jack: pausing “Changed or hurt?”

Jeeny: “Either.”

Jack: after a moment “My father. He told me once I’d never finish anything I started. I’ve been trying to prove him wrong ever since.”

Jeeny: gently “And you have. But look how one sentence shaped your life.”

Jack: “Exactly my point. Words trap us. They create cages we spend years escaping.”

Jeeny: “Or paths we spend years walking. My mother used to say, ‘You are enough.’ I never believed her — not really — but it kept me from giving up on myself. Sometimes words don’t free us or cage us. They just keep us breathing.”

Host: The silence that followed wasn’t empty — it vibrated. A tension so fragile that even the hum of electricity seemed careful not to disturb it. Jack’s fingers brushed the console dials absentmindedly, a man searching for volume control in a conversation that had grown too honest.

Jack: quietly “Funny how words outlive the people who said them. Like ghosts that never stop whispering.”

Jeeny: “That’s their power — and their burden. Every word you speak joins a lineage. You can’t unsay anything. Not really.”

Jack: “Then we’re all haunted.”

Jeeny: nodding slowly “Haunted — but also blessed. Because even when the people are gone, the words stay to remind us who we were.”

Host: Jeeny leaned forward, pressing the button that armed the mic. The small red light blinked to life, glowing like a tiny ember.

Jeeny: “Let’s record something.”

Jack: frowning “What?”

Jeeny: “A word. Any word that matters.”

Jack: “And what would that accomplish?”

Jeeny: “Proof. That words don’t vanish.”

Host: He hesitated, staring at the microphone — that small black void that swallowed confessions and amplified them to the world. Then, slowly, he leaned in.

Jack: softly, into the mic “Forgive.”

Jeeny: smiling faintly “Good choice.” She pressed record.

Jack: “Your turn.”

Jeeny: leaning close, her voice trembling just slightly “Begin.”

Host: The red light pulsed once, capturing both words — forgive and begin — and suspended them in sound, where they would live forever: two syllables heavy with possibility.

Jeeny: quietly “You see? Even two words can create an entire universe.”

Jack: half-smiling “Or destroy one.”

Jeeny: “That’s the choice, isn’t it? Berg was right — we hold that power every time we open our mouths. We can heal or harm, lift or crush, bless or curse. The power’s not the problem, Jack. It’s the stewardship.”

Jack: “You sound like you believe words are alive.”

Jeeny: “Maybe they are. Maybe they’re the only proof we ever existed.”

Host: Outside, the rain stopped. The city lights glowed through the window, quiet but infinite. Inside, the recording light dimmed, leaving only the echo of their voices hanging in the still air — soft, invisible, indestructible.

The camera lingered on the monitor, where two words appeared as waves of sound, frozen in perfect symmetry.

Forgive.
Begin.

And in the stillness, Yehuda Berg’s truth resonated like a quiet thunder, eternal and undeniable:

“Words are singularly the most powerful force available to humanity. We can choose to use this force constructively with words of encouragement, or destructively using words of despair.”

Host: The studio fell silent again. But it was no longer the silence of absence — it was the silence of creation.

Somewhere in that hush, the world exhaled — healed, humbled, and listening.