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b"McAnally's Pubcast - A Dresden Files Podcast\\nThis episode we discuss the short story Restoration of Faith\\n\\nRestoration of Faith Summary:\\nWe open on a scene of Dresden desperately trying to corral a wriggly kicking child while crammed into a phone booth, making a call to the licensed Private Investigator under whom Harry is apprenticing.\\n\\nIt seems Harry and his partner, Nick Christian, have been hired to find the runaway little girl, Faith Astor, but they\\u2019ve hit a couple of snags. \\n\\nFirstly, Faith is adamant about not wanting to return home, as Harry\\u2019s bruised shins will attest to. Secondly, it seems the \\u2018more-money-than-brains\\u2019 Astors have decided that admitting their daughter ran away is too mediocre and embarrassing, not to mention damaging to their country club street cred, so they\\u2019ve publicly announced Faith\\u2019s kidnapping and now Harry\\u2019s and Nick\\u2019s descriptions are out there circulating as the prime suspects.\\n\\nNick promptly advises Harry to ditch the kid where he\\u2019s at and let the cops find her.\\n\\nHarry argues that he can\\u2019t do that because he couldn\\u2019t just leave a kid out here on her own in Chicago in general, and especially not in the sketchy part of town that they\\u2019re in now.\\n\\n\\nFaith makes another valiant attempt to flee from Dresden, but he manages to snag her again. Harry tries to distract and engage Faith by explaining his wizardy-ness and how he used a tracking spell to locate her, and she expresses some mild interest between the snark and insults.\\n\\nThey approach the bridge and Miss Astor makes one last-ditch bid for freedom. Harry is privy to some intel that poor Faith isn\\u2019t, and while he tries to shout a warning, Faith barrels on unheeding and discovers her mistake too late. A large unpleasant troll lives under this bridge, and a tasty little morsel has just come dashing right up to him. Free home delivery, no tip required.\\n\\nHarry tries reasoning with the ugly bugger to release Faith, but the troll isn\\u2019t having it, so Harry resorts to a bluff to get Faith and himself out safely. It works, but unfortunately leaves the unlikely duo stranded on the opposite side of the bridge from their ride.\\n\\nWhile checking to see if she is ok from the encounter, conversation turns to Faith\\u2019s parents and their total lack of regard for her, beyond what she can contribute to their (perceived) financial and social standing. Harry notices some flashing lights and they closely evade being spotted by some local beat cops checking out a scene as they pass by.\\n\\n\\nHe tells Faith to keep close and to not let go of his hand, and they attempt to skirt around the beast\\u2019s lair, keeping as much distance as they can. Apparently the troll is savvier than Dresden was willing to give him credit for, because the child-chomper has repositioned himself and once again makes a grab for poor Faith. Harry yells at her to make a run for it as the troll knocks the wizard off his feet and attempts to lunge after the girl.\\n\\nHarry grapples unsuccessfully with the fairytale beastie, but as Gogoth aims a deadly blow at Harry he is distracted by a scream from Faith and a blast of pink light. Harry ducks around and runs toward Faith, spotting Nick approaching with the car. Dresden tries to evade the pursuing monster, but stumbles and feels the troll on him again, raising its cleaver.\\n\\nAnother yell, and this time Harry is saved by the female cop who had tried to intercept them earlier, and she leaps onto the troll\\u2019s back, choking it with her nightstick. Harry gets his hands on the thing\\u2019s cleaver and buries it in its side, where the skin splits and releases a torrent of teeny, tiny mini-trolls, that go scampering off into the night, leaving Gogoth the Troll to deflate into near-nothingness in the semi-darkness.\\n\\nThe young officer is revealed to be Murphy and while trying to digest the events that just occurred, identifies Harry as one of the alleged kidnappers. Faith soundly scoffs at the very notion of such absurdity, implying that Harry is"