"In other news, today marks the 40th anniversary of the original disaster at the fabled Jurassic Park. Now to some of you, the idea of living, breathing dinosaurs may seem a distant memory if not absolute myth since their mysterious disappearance twelve years ago, but many others still remember the time when those great beasts walked among us. And we're joined now by a very special young woman connected with the experiments of the now defunct InGen laboratories, quite literally since the day she was born. The current president of the Dinosaur Protection Group, Miss Maisie Lockwood-Grady. Welcome to the show, Miss Grady."
"Oh, um... thank you. It's absolutely wonderful to be here, I... I've been a fan of this show for ages, actually..."
"Well, ha ha... that's very flattering, Miss. But anyway, about you... okay, so from you've told the public about yourself, Maisie, you were an artificially created clone, born from the harvested DNA of Benjamin Lockwood's late daughter..."
"Well yes, that... that is true. He neglected to explain that to me, of course, so while he was alive, I just grew up calling him Grandpa."
"Must have been quite the revelation for you, then... especially when you started growing these little... features, eh?"
"Hmm... well, I've nothing to hide. I mean, sure... I don't look like anyone else, but rest assured me that I'm no less human than anyone else here."
"Oh of course, of course... but it's commonly assumed, Maisie, that you and your family actually know where the dinosaurs went... do you have anything to say about this...?"
"Well... hmm... yes, I do. To both questions, you know, I have something to say and I also do know where they are... I'll take the secret to my grave, but... they're somewhere safe, and that's what matters. I've not seen a dinosaur in twelve years but I know they're thriving... I can feel it..."
"Right, so really... I'm gathering that despite your organisation calling itself the Dinosaur Protection Group, you don't actually do any protecting of dinosaurs?"
"Well, we all protect them, really... by staying away from them. Letting them be."
"Right... could you elaborate, please?"
"Um... right, well... hmm... John Hammond, you know he was... he was a dear friend of my grandfather, and... he once said that the dinosaurs required our absence to survive, not our help. I didn't really think he was right about that back when I'd first heard it, but... but I think I do now. These dinosaurs may have been made in a lab, but... but they're alive. Like me. They're not a show, they're not experiments. They're wild animals, and they have the right to live like it."
"Hmm... well, this... laissez-faire attitude is certainly an interesting stance to take on the matter, Maisie. But do you really think a hopeful feeling is enough for the dinosaurs to prosper, wherever they are?"
"Well, simply put... all we need to do now is trust in nature... and life will find a way."
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