Ed (40) loves to tinker with mechanical old world tech. He keeps the lights on and the generators powered, though he has little interest in computers or the like. He also aims to please people and is conflict-averse. Ed grew up in a Red Rocket station with a sign missing the first R and the last T - hence his name. Raised communally, he has a mutt named RT who he jokes "completes me." A few years back synths overran and killed his (gas station-sized) community; only he and RT survived. He still refuses to talk about the specifics of the attack. Ed most of all wants to find a good home for himself and RT. Most of all, he wants to be able to see the positive side of things, despite all the bad that has happened. He misses his family desperately but tries to focus on the happy times he had with them. If the Great War hadn’t happened, he’d be the guy who buys an old car from the junkyard, restores it for fun, then pulls it all apart and teaches his kids how to put it back together.

Record all audition lines while referring to the notes below for each line and do one take of each line.  

For the first audition line, you are just casually introducing yourself. A smile crosses your face as you recall fond memories from the past. You've told your backstory so many times that you tend to give quite a condensed and compact version these days.

For the second audition line, just the mere mention of that horrible day is bringing back a tidal wave of memories. It is absolutely too much to bare and so you rather not delve too much into the matter. You try to appear composed and relaxed but it is obvious you are hiding the deep emotional pain you have experienced.