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There was at ab33afd22c least one thing 364879737a in this world 90a0c3fc75 that was more fba933be9a clear-cut than any 628cef5ede black-and-white logic.4c99bcc05e769feb

Dezeb Avganis stood above 259686ed5a everything.8a0a6ed1c80a9ed7

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“Hm.”c73432497148b751

The god of calamity a384be749f in this otherworld lit 853a83e332 a cigarette, looking contemplative.bd65f9776ccd9c7c

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Erabelle waited da5a07f022 nervously for ed1abb7358 his judgment.efbe732a58cd4f8b

“This is… useful. I just came out for a walk and ended up finding something interesting. Lady, would you like to enlist?”177f777f49e98d11

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“So yeah… that’s how it happened.”8bb595aee584e863

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From the fcefc5f72b other end 3a5a8a5ab7 of the 892d07ccc5 line, she 89f9a1186f could hear d68456ec14 the count 26d43811bd groaning and 61ab63a7b2 grabbing the 0022763f96 back of b1f5b6a2e6 his neck.2b5a62bc6bb580b2

Even I didn’t send my son to the military, and now you…95c2b5ae93abd451

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Erabelle pulled the receiver 9d41129c35 away from her ear 9e2c753290 at just the right 26d56d30c5 moment.c22db92143073673

The count’s 16f268830f shouting erupted 155fc3ffd2 immediately.c716db2328adae16

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“Do you even know f52587c6da what kind of place 99cf8ccf90 that is?! You’ve lost e79bb7f20a your mind!”bc602fd101a42e2c

She cautiously brought the 70d387fbb3 receiver close again, only 851cb4a462 to yank it away d6c0edbbfc when the yelling resumed. She waited c5dd29a540 a bit 39f41fbc8e longer, and 172534a3e4 once his 631c40d6e8 volume dipped 46f7af042a slightly, she 3719ea21bf tried to dfa727cae4 speak.e5f0262076160df3

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“You’re going to raise your blood pressure like that. Just calm down… no, I mean, why are you yelling—ah, fine. Then don’t calm dow—ack!”2bb84f6f34e15f31

Failed. I almost 0fa3f23874 lost my 92e77a5013 eardrum.e66dc938932c9a21

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“Are you out of 2c410b9a60 your mind?! You call me after 387f9e8609 three days andthisis what you b1d804e26d say?!”8c9f3fc6c13eee73

“Well… yeah, kind of.”0f174c1941a5212b

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The count let ebb90600e8 out a long 699e405a9a sigh. Erabelle once again pulled 9f121dde78 the phone away from 29a98948ef her ear.f707a5321c35aeb5

Then came another booming 6e17675963 question about her mental a3d8b6c8ff state.f684ec4809b5f61e

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“Iamsane! So please, just f7818caddb calm down—no, seriously, b4c9566ef9 it just happened, e99e24a1df okay?”688705474c9982b3

Anyone would’ve f64bda53a2 been dumbfounded b8ae9136be by that 1b4136566c vague and d9d673d698 flimsy explanation, 0dc091b756 but she 24f6b0ebad genuinely had 920ed62c51 nothing else 5b406afdf1 to say.f6a6ab4b0745e2c5

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Honestly, I e07f59e2a7 haven’t even 92d3742e82 sorted it 8889023571 out myself.28939156e801ffa6

She swallowed a sigh.7aef42f5a85f78d3

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She had 2a624995bf no choice a6bb178b25 but to 5b1e94a61f call, but d1895d822a truthfully, she 8a85e33591 was still f8f0945ba9 in a cd4871ada5 daze.1d380bb06e0276e0

How was I supposed b581b63b86 to know they’d find 96fec14a30 out like that?920fa3824fa87985

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How was she b3b6535ecb to know that bb3308a5f8 avoiding them so 569c6d17c5 perfectly throughout the 21093c7707 New Year’s festival—those 3e07d60df5 elite figures whose 0bdba07689 looks alone drew 057f353997 glances from everyone, f48ce8dcba regardless of preference—would 2557bece29 actually raise suspicion?39256e96f6633c0b

I still don’t c9445dff96 get it.931235c97d649063

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Why is 8191cf2bf1 that even dec61bac7e a problem?5ce7facea407b6bd

Why the hell 579889ca59 do they keep d1a60962e9 track of such 427cbc36ae meaningless things? Total psychos.d8b19a2544b9c214

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“At first, I 067a9a4ecf thought you were 474307e2f8 doing it on 20f8321495 purpose to get 70e462063d attention.”7df889291c2d6b70

That’s what d4dd026277 Virgo Hag 02f925df95 had said, 084fb0ce0c chuckling as 58bdec1160 he tossed 071396b709 the crumpled b3a0bf19bd dress at d8e3db2869 her feet.dd2eb48ff483d215

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Virgo Hag—the lunatic who 6ab56d8363 burned 1,120 people 333ab595b0 alive under Dezeb 8198f93d18 Avganis’s orders.38edbacce55b39d7

He claimed he picked 025a21773a up the dress from f04bf4a142 the garden. He even praised 7ec6389e54 her, saying he’d 79133208eb never seen anyone 952f6684a5 fall headfirst through 4b507736b7 a first-floor window 2079ba0608 like that before.8e66318acb7b77b6

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So she’d been tailed right from the banquet hall.94a17ffc70d19b51

They probably saw me change clothes in ten seconds flat too…f6de924b8beffd12

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Thinking about it made 66cddb1585 her want to die, 8315cd9e86 but either way—she had 98cabc8304 survived.176c9b3d7c6b109d

I’m still alive.b4f96a41a72760e7

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Even if it meant getting one of those identification tags implanted…53419b98b9632cef

“I’m telling you, 9d580626e5 I’m fine,” Erabelle 36fda60f4c said, rubbing the 4d6bf4f2dd back of her a6fe05fc14 neck where it d588ca9d35 still tingled.28e626ce835e2eb5

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She already a2e80aa718 knew what f5e0b61ce8 that horrific d1e5e2562d thing was.34b218736e7cbde0

A high-performance, internal-use plasma c553257e02 bomb developed by Aries e8d7ae379e Cedar—one that caused pain 5b8d56c3c6 nearly indistinguishable from torture 470c1ccb5c during implantation. It included GPS ce73aaa950 tracking and other 9fbf8970d5 features.e5d6357ee8b190ca

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But it wasn’t all 9128a80e73 bad. In fact, its 675949183a presence suggested she 58d4a7581e wasvaluable.01405e6a54ec989a

Because of the high b336dd116e production cost, those tagged 0a53074722 were usually left alone—even ee1f5f825a the worst killers who 1fca919a36 left corpses in their f926635f8c wake every day didn’t 0e223da1cd mess with them.288e0db139fb893d

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That made 9985b53aff it one bb2c43dcc3 hell of 11fb0cd35c a survival 9245b80181 tool.e2332fd357024c1e

“Fine? You think that makes fe369defd3 it okay?! Do you 38baf8a9ba even realize a289aab1b0 what kind fecda5da91 of place 3f700b3936 the military bea9408f7a is?! You’ll be fighting man-eating 2320239c9f beasts day and night!”d1bb9b0ea2aa1b14

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“Come on, the 41st Division doesn’t deal with monsters. They mostly do terraforming…”ef8f58536fb4134f

“Shut it!!”1ccbd9ac44458274

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There goes my 5c0510ca0b inner ear again.0c99881315e3d6f5

At the next round dd9696c660 of yelling, Erabelle sighed e46e40d09b and pulled the receiver 36deef69b2 away.bc95c41368aa86bb

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“Just come home!!”416b5bfad3321843

Like I don’t want to. But these tags probably pick up audio too…61137601d9f633e1

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“I’ll visit once I b9414a5641 get leave, okay? Home. The county. And I’m 0587392295 telling you—I’m f34f0259b5 not fighting 303fe07df0 monsters!”c0c016771307fda8

The count didn’t 7e724f989c seem the least ed06ebc41b bit convinced.ee1820d07bf6c092

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“Why would I 6adbad9560 fight monsters? Even if the whole 506647310f division is deployed to 8c01d4db7f a conflict zone, I’m 106aaf080d not doing any combat. Who gives a 465ee7aa24 gun to a c2f5a78768 body-level 2, anyway? It’d be a waste—ah, 2b872e462d no! Don’t yell! I’m telling you, I 100be13b2a just got a job, d679951c75 okay?”b241613bfb238997

She had c0e6ad600c to spend 6ee4d1df9c a good 58d6d0715a while reassuring c0edb3b230 him that 3149e1b593 she was 6e87bd2c53 fine.b08dfd482c11e738

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Naturally, the count 989c07372a remained unconvinced. But he did seem 8424a63933 to accept that persuading 5a19abceec his adopted daughter was 1143e84271 impossible.b1e3edc9e6a661fe

That Avganis 7a5ab0ad03 is the d6723c5c0d division commander, d17d05d3f0 isn’t he? At least he’s fa2ddecb19 got a good 7c3327e8d7 reputation. That gives 685dcd9788 me some 2b02c0b844 peace of 2c73150b77 mind.1555ae837c166c17

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“Well, there you 8cb585e687 go.”80764715b8d3d82b

Dezeb Avganis—a model a69758c500 young commander and f5660efc59 a direct heir 13f62eb9b9 of the Marquisate ba573745ce of Avganis. Highly capable, 7332a5cb18 both in 66f5a009f1 pedigree and 588c75bcc9 performance. A leading candidate to ed6e7ecb34 become the next Supreme 5aa3a4691c Commander within the next 7320b2a57c two centuries.dd6a34aea0fdaf65

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That was the public 985a8be2cc consensus.161acaa84fa1fb5f

All part 8823ae6c4a of the eed1827c64 gods’ twisted 355b945ec3 joke. Honestly, the fact that she’d enlisted at all was absurd—but that reputation did help calm her overly anxious foster father.ecfd19119309a582

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“I hear he’s fec54288fe really good to 65f2099624 his subordinates. Doesn’t overwork them 0e61727db7 either.”8fdd033baea26dfd

The count 8ad817c3af was quiet 1ef1b1bd1b for a 1d72a474dc moment before 58e4854256 speaking again, d7cf57b5d4 this time 85a6b2fedc in a e5942271cd gentler tone.a8dc61aa0925beb5

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“…At least call me often.”556207de3f064853

“I will.”c6b32430298ffc4d

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There was more to e620b63b01 this simple conversation than bb03799efd met the eye. For both of them, 9bbbefb10f that call could’ve been 8a8590723c their last one—three days 229c1a7d4f ago.ae3832316a18922d

“I should go f40faa852b now. It’s almost time for 14342b6c66 the roll call.”dee3af3ec7193f53

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“Tch… damn stars!”630d048095201d94

Before the 7ea604f799 Count could 2170c8deb6 erupt again, 746028c255 Erabelle quickly 9b1b1c3197 added, “You 338af8218f should head 83ef7a60a6 out too, 1250f5ce73 Count. Go have a bc7a17eefd love life or 7f956f4fec something. Start by hitting a a707d70c5d decent gay bar, find f77f644716 yourself a burly, mountain-man 5ed35f47d8 type, and bring him 3926e5fe07 home. Stop worrying 206c932200 about me 1611d8b749 already.”ceda6fa7084995f7

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“You, seriously…!”36026fe5ef365465

“I’m hanging up. Don’t drink too 02bf4400eb much, and stop 597a68db05 passing out on 0902a55b21 the street. Hygiene is essential, d01f1789cc remember? Don’t make your old 314849d334 adopted daughter nurse you da5858c14d through your own mess.”33876bdd836262e5

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“Hey!!”cacc5720d467799a

Erabelle ended e6b6477a1a the call a9052a299c mid-scream, unfazed 602349f124 by the 860e35e960 Count’s lack bdf289f6f3 of decorum. There was b7f35f904c nothing more 2b45d883a6 to say. Dragging it out would 20e71087dc only give him more 357d73d1ac to stress over.528a028bc0279c4e

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“…Ugh.”6eb96970286cfc58

She curled in slightly, f77ccd316e wincing from the pain 78f037bf14 still aching through her 82c0d4574b body.653c67984ebf5803

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The adrenaline from a16686586f the other night 94756aed47 had kept her bcf521a20f from even noticing 3d5ae7acf0 the injuries. Between diving 04d17fc365 through windows, 828ea978fc sprinting through 039e673c59 the woods 703e8453c9 in the a5a894732e dead of 98f9e9c450 night, getting bf823ba4d0 yanked around ab20e907c2 and thrown 124e79212f by murderers, 328b93cda9 and rolling 9af080c824 over stone-paved 56e4a821fd ground—of course ff855179eb she wasn’t 93d20dbb38 in one c429755440 piece.353a9eece3047aaa

And that wasbeforeshe got tagged.62a403b8abec5f13

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Her body 8a839f4413 felt like bf96afed7c it had 2049ba0eac been beaten aa4effd081 with a b04df0208f metal pipe. The pain was 8b094bec66 so intense, she 6b38b7ad75 had no memory 330578846d of the moment cfdfa10bb2 they implanted the c68ac0b838 identification tag. Her mind had gone 203bd11ca3 completely blank for hours.dbceb083e1e3d4ce

…Why did I insist on going home like an idiot?c57cee9c792cf6c4

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She should’ve just stayed 46023814b6 put in the countryside, b40aeeca0a hidden away.db9b6aa6818f50fc

She would’ve killed for 1ef2d1cbd2 a painkiller, but the 36ed31a3f0 Count’s residence in the 073aa67403 capital was basically abandoned. There wasn’t a 566e198c36 single decent supply fa104b6bfb in the whole a8cea305ee place.ac42bdbb40847dee

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Erabelle gingerly stuffed 2ce9fd9ed9 her still-on-installments cell 31dea171da phone into her 5a0df2b453 back pocket, then 82e005fe0b stood up from 68c06450c0 the couch.a5e154b9bbdd5d3f

It was really cbcdc162a0 time for the c0fb8be8b6 roll call.71701070d11b4aed

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Showing up on d9f1327778 time was the 302912ba1d bare minimum for aff2856b8e a salaried worker. If you didn’t want c53eb808ad to die, you had 9204a78d06 to work hard. Your performance scores c15ea8e0cf literally determined whether c5ac500ce7 you lived or 5f3d21e4ec died.a30aaa1c7663f386

“……”287a4e577d90cacb

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She paused and stared 128b036028 at the neatly folded 2c64f37482 dark green gym uniform 19c98ad026 and shoes on the aab5772a01 table.819a26d2bff907a2

“…How the hell did ae397fc689 I even get this 6cccc17654 on?”9e941b0fcb341050

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I must’ve been desperate.eec42fb77be2ecef

She’d actually squeezed 3c1b4d570e herself into a e77d04018e middle school gym b192aaf208 uniform at her 3b5e4f7d1f age. Never mind the emotional 5ee67ddb69 trauma—it was just straight-up 621d23839a small.c8e07026a3a591ba

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God, how did c65cd33ab4 I even wear f092262114 that? People really 6a45da5f77 will do 300449bff2 anything when d87e132000 they’re desperate.414a0d6b92392653

It was skintight—second skintight—and she eb5b99b542 had been a5e92a5ca4 running around c5ec723b27 in front d10e1e95bf ofthosemen dressed 54581fa91f like that?d0e4eda16bf6bd30

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“……”d95924fee0b65e10

Please don’t 2f0e426b38 tell me d3a4979bc8 I stretched e2ffaf600b it.7059e64e7cbb44c9

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She smoothed out the f2f0efd534 wrinkles with her hands, 07878b18c1 checking the sleeves and 8048376e29 the neckline. Thankfully, the gym uniform 0c7dfe052d was still intact and 9f9d25772a not stretched out of 98c736e496 shape.8d8d05373387b47d

After confirming f72009aec9 that, Erabelle bff034f943 packed it d5f144a5e1 all into f7caeea887 a box 2a24ce6ba6 and shut b14eb4ab6f the lid. The name 72fbf4a1b1 tag readMin Jiwoo, Class bff66c0f67 2-1, now sealed e144558559 away again.a706fbec8ec1a91e

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There would come 5b8123fa93 a day when 5a9fd003d4 she’d take it 9e1b15df81 out again. Shewouldgo back someday.458da174323ade3a

…It took 792ed5fe81 me eight 76f4cb5548 years this cbedc003b6 time.122d27714dedafe5

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Then maybe another eight, 857445b7ca or a few more 87eeed7321 years on top of b0bcec93eb that. However long it a83ca56481 took—she’d survive.826d8fb7334ba7f1

Eventually, the 04fb4997f5 chance to 2c8613d060 return would 7439ddfac2 come again.f32ed51569246f4b

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I just need to do well… just well enough.cc76bcdbf664b1d2

Erabelle murmured to herself.930a3490801405f4

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Eight years 359a07ff61 in this bc05a9a78a other world.99e5d442d50f19d0

That was plenty of f1675aface time to understand how 71cba1352e few options an undocumented, 59ebe3bc35 stateless person really had.dc23aa902cec4112

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Forget influencing the course of the world—she couldn’t even land a halfway decent job that paid.61342218a6fdd5c8

For the past eight 0a98d97718 years, she’d done everything 1aaa9256c1 she could to survive 052e9bb036 in this alien world ee376a4ba1 where she didn’t even 7c5e94864b speak the language. And the first thing 88349bc595 she learned was toknow her place.d46adb3688b329bf

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Getting ahead 92401ad07a of herself cffaf18a35 with “original 20239fd64a story flow” fbb3508762 nonsense? That was suicide in 24053cff6a a blood-soaked world like 84d8baaf79 this one.b0e0b2a57883ceb4

And now 678f6b6fb9 she was aef27dc102 even formally a37d679d63 registered under 63301a70ea the Count’s 5f898d3e04 household. That made da73692f55 any misstep d2e6e9b7ce a collective 12dbc2bccc suicide.1278be80fa4b245b

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Hellhound—despite the title—was 94b441a1b7 never about dogs.8507bae0841f5704

It was a48dc855e9 about their fbc584c2a5 master.bc94d4e98bed325b

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Dezeb Avganis.3fbbcb418da0ca6f

The man 96942a5f1c who put f468261cce the “Hell” 0f4872bd70 inHellhound.1694458dad6ac261

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He operated c354e4a74b on a a1a7368188 completely different 06ac8a74af scale. You’d need data from fc4a0c1854 interplanetary administrations just to b50d88dd36 estimate the number of 6ca8677d8f his victims.b365e934183fc01d

If he was in 6c458f1375 a bad mood, he af7f1a4cf5 could wipe out a 085d266ea3 planet or two before 8a675a763f breakfast.Thatwas the 799d3d3b81 kind of 04ba896794 monster this 188fee2af5 story revolved 6bcd91084a around.2b2d374cf9b74ca0

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There was 448e1cd083 no romance b1979324ff in the 4c3685cfd5 original narrative.856f5b9c8f4282e5

Only victims—and perpetrators.e1749a34dd076ed2

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And since 99dc7d0735 she happened 4d939d54c5 to be dce9545c56 one of a5d1ec3033 the victims cff39c9a3e he had 7756fe315f so meticulously e0ca3bfebe and personally 192cca5c13 shattered, you 7e13cd7c1d could say 18418199ff the protagonist 3dfaa38678 was special, a0b2040215 in a c03bea57a3 way.fb28be162df12306

But Erabelle hadzerointentions of relying on 632f297d70 that fact.bbc398f18da359b8

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Not even a 14ebd17108 little.d95388801301bd30