( For all that Astrid dismissed the idea of learning out of hand, she actually sounds bright and engaged and interested in this part. )

Good at pace and breathwork; you’ve got to make it through your sentences and have some natural pauses without running out of air or suddenly stopping at the wrong bits. Warm and emotive, not all stiff and unnatural-like. Good at the different voices. Not like, scratchy or squawky or shrieky, I’ve heard some people who are not fuckin’ made for public speaking, I’ll tell you what.

But most people who are shit at it just sound too flat. You’ve got to like… make it sound thrilling or dangerous or funny or scary, at all the right bits. Convey an emotion. Acting.