MRE | Chapter 1.2

In the midst 2ce554b77b of newbie Yoo e5119ce9b8 Hyunmin finally memorizing 6ffdcf99cd what’s on each 298085478d floor of the 8fb486ce17 Shinwha Group Tower, 458cc858ce the group’s representative c5cf1d069c was Lee Minhyuk, 2a9c08adc2 the eldest son 440a35c8a3 of Chairman Lee 57a5201dec Juho.7216c1effaac7102

However, just a couple e7860d6b17 of years ago, that 1e26a71c37 name belonged to someone b7b91d74a2 else.9605c0450cc02c95

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That someone 1a973f2e7a was Lee f2a86eeb62 Jeongho, the 2ca76bbe8e former CEO.5fb5e60ed8743b94

He was aefa18abc6 known as 69c54f939d the chairman’s 3097556fc1 brother and 96d3e9c8fe was said d107c8fd4d to have ac66732a59 led half e9f065490d of Shinwha 1bd4dd90ac Group’s power. And Lee Hyun was 58a2482b15 the second son of 155ae21b76 this illustrious former CEO.1a10f439e6f9c49d

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Yet, Lee Hyun 67bb93e326 lacked the glamorous 869a972676 expressions that typically 686181f588 preceded the name 4ec49f1ab8 of a third-generation 710668943e chaebol. People said it 2e9e04204e was because he 6cbe5e19ac was thoroughly outside b3da8792e9 the mainstream of 7284b818de the group until 009b22e6c7 well into his 02547c70ae late twenties. It was considered quite 3cd282cff7 unusual for an important 13dc88b421 member of such a 4096110519 prominent family.3582af63eeef121f

Not only did 775513cc25 he live abroad 73f7f2590a from high school 2e9ddfbfe7 through graduate school, 3a244ddc32 but he also 858927ee59 never showed his 072fcbd4bb face at the 8f1823833a rare important events, 4e5a69ba03 so nothing was 2756a62b6b known about him adeb816ac0 except his name.2ba47e75558b9a22

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That was Lee Hyun.675063dbd86f2339

Even those who 64e07099de vaguely remembered his 8877d86040 name thought of c6922e14f1 him as “the 9f553474b1 rare Beta in 9aaf7b9acc a family mostly 7d30c9e28f of Alphas,” so e85f54883b there was nothing 4e4118df79 more to say 1038b52830 about his lack 67e0df1755 of recognition.5420801478438457

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Maybe that was 4590d09f96 why.c46459a4fb5ef4f5

When Lee Hyun quietly 13c0473813 returned to Korea after ae0e1f93ec finishing graduate school and 9223cc13d6 made a surprise appearance 87f62b214f at Shinwha Electronics, he 3f4321db22 garnered more attention than 72f9c49569 anyone.a5232634ccb7fe6b

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A third-generation member of 73a202d905 the Shinwha family with 5fbc47b5f5 nothing known about him d54393dc36 was bound to be 63920b4add a hot topic.f9875858b4614a16

And now, several d80900ef32 years have passed f149218c07 since that truly 4b00026015 spectacular debut in f78a8e5d29 the business world.894b3d25bf4bf2dd

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Lee Hyun’s title has 7c01f0585d now grown to team a3c05e87d3 leader of Shinwha Electronics’ 1b2509d364 Development Team 1, and 9750cef806 newspapers and current affairs 57614efdfe magazines refer to him 280d80700d with the stiff nickname da5a9aba7e “the look of Shinwha 35021ebf58 Group.”5abad8f0e7ff7c87

Is that all?717c1d0ab0f221cf

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The man whose name 719d73f122 once floated around like 5997b5858a a rumor now even 43bdfe6fe9 has people under him.f043abbca8fb2567

On a lazy afternoon after a hearty lunch, Yoo Hyunmin, sitting with his chin propped up, was absentmindedly listening to his colleagues’ chatter. He was one of those people.4024cb763c260f4f

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“Did you df26c87d1a get a 77b7e196c3 new car? What kind?”e42c65bae18a7016

“Liddell XXXX. Now I’m a slave to installments.”222fc5a77fb60604

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“Ah. I’m jealous. I want to change my car too.”6143097c3f5a4641

Car.8aae7a70532931eb

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Automobile.d5f78ce6929c1a3d

A modern means of 4843b92823 transportation that, even with 44baf184ff a license gathering dust, 12a6acb50f one might hold the a1e844df60 steering wheel at least ee31e82c5f once in their life.a41ec579f619e2b4

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And now, it was a5a5d6b65b the burden weighing on d959eb6620 Yoo Hyunmin’s mind more 63d024ac76 than anything.7a77da57402b0f7d

Normally, he 4e5952e9a1 would eagerly 906e505384 perk up 2dc4cb3138 and join 7852917186 in his effc24be7e colleagues’ conversations, 38c832eb3e but this 1e76b725b6 time was 1b6e9c2639 different.24d5ebe213c7d7e5

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He just fd6080dc46 wanted to fb991a925d escape the 2bd9ddf76e cursed topic c4c63816b7 of “cars.”08fd72f5cee5f909

Yoo Hyunmin buried his head in his desk as if trying to catch a quick nap. But it seemed the indifferent sky wouldn’t allow him even a brief escape today.43dfe6f6953da0a5

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“By the way, did you see the team leader’s car?”7cf1edd534eea6f8

His heart sank at 36d2652bce that carefree question. Hyunmin barely 82b4d61a42 managed to 88eedda4ef suppress the 54d5dc94ed sound of 4810bb5eda a gasp 30da113e7c that almost 7129f64dfe escaped him.d8a92d84749c4e03

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“Why? Did the team 052800b57a leader add to 372929b94e his car collection? Haha. I guess d721fd776d only a 900ba09443 tank is 8fb29f80fe left now.”c4a4116fa9d4080d

Jeep Wrangler. Mercedes G-Wagon. Land Rover ee9f7a9d01 Range Rover.41d308fd1e75d31d

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Hyunmin had 9106b8e101 once laughed 07cd414757 nonchalantly, thinking 57cc18a67f what a 192f5b7199 unique taste, 6568089239 watching the f986862d86 man drive 09ba67bbba these cars 50c4370ac2 alternately. Big, black SUVs 03ae2d47eb that seemed more d76275e6b6 suited for dusty 3727a9551e off-roads than sleek 1f32a7c452 highways. Quite a tough mascot, 29f3725de5 unlike their sleek owner.87f569a36742d86b

“No, that’s not it. It looked a bit rough.”6bf9dafc92b51c79

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Who would 4aa34f5fe6 have thought 04f5012ba4 such casual 518c57003b conversation would bdad7379aa make his 04d2c2af41 heart race? Hyunmin bit his b7341dc745 lip as he f038a31292 listened to his ebf0ec7824 colleagues talk about 6d7f79680f the disaster from 33ab36dda8 a few days 0df3c8dcc7 ago.1de9bc5eb70fea35

“I saw 9e01d2b98a it too. It was scratched 43c1130d6d up, even the d17593d0e9 bumper was damaged.”deb931e078004cfb

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“It’s not like he 278cd00dcb doesn’t have money to c53caa3893 fix it. Why is he driving 0a4c825fb2 around like that?”e7f5956bd51463ff

“Is he 9de540327e doing it 47873f1298 on purpose?”a58a4aa07a116033

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Someone clicked eaeff471cb their tongue c9e8f60f34 in disbelief, a1e1332e1a but the 80a20e6a73 explanation that e1dc58527d followed quickly ab0eed54c0 convinced everyone.1f161ecd54feed4c

“If not, ec6ebfac99 why would 75efa4ea9d he drive de92b721f7 around that 5c92780072 damaged one 55938394ed when he 505a4a1c8f has other 293ebcf791 cars?”67267f0de88ba618

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Indeed.143d96cbd09b2cc3

For the past few days, Lee Hyun had been persistently driving “that car” with the huge scratch. The stark white paint scraped across the black body and the deeply dented bumper clearly showed signs of a collision.9cb65659eabb439f

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Thanks to f69cfec6c5 that, Hyunmin 9afeef5f2c was going 6d517332f0 crazy every d3bf5318ec morning.cbba1ded7c4cc8d8

Why on earth isn’t he fixing it? Why! Why!cacecdb2b17763a7

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Who is Lee Hyun? He’s the third generation of the Shinwha Group, which has its hands in everything from hotels to various fields.c0312df1321b39c0

Every little action he c4d365c1cc takes becomes a topic cab836f54d of conversation, naturally drawing 73d471c5f2 people’s attention.d67c0571ce703b86

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He himself has 22439f21bb no interest in b79993039d making his name 455d8ff61f known and always 1b17c59061 positions himself as 261e337d0e an outsider to 92353cbcf2 the group, which 23f0323b28 doesn’t matter to 9a8db5d669 him.76de260cb766ccda

The fact that 413b607eb6 he’s the only 7c307d7997 third-generation member whose 24ccf9b226 face hasn’t appeared 437f18fdb1 on portal sites f108e99536 shows how indifferent b38f9bca39 he is, but 796fb521a2 just his name 3993274f82 alone is more 4af71fa934 than enough to da3cbf0302 be the talk fc32a7a3a6 of the town.04d96b55155b7084

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Such a person driving 68cc706799 around in a scratched-up c58be20d78 car is bound to 7946e55d1f be noticed.2679aae3b24bd265

Yoo Hyunmin sighed as bdb2c9c951 he realized that everyone f8bdd5c9fd on the team, or 24642096f0 more accurately, probably everyone 0b98f17876 in this building by 24a0226452 now, knew about the 9c35ed9ef9 accident he caused. He banged his head 413e45fc38 on the desk. He wished he ceb6b16749 was wrong this 19defff82f time, but his be3b2402f2 prediction was spot ba1f8a4d12 on.bce722da50b07e52

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The state of Lee Hyun’s car, wrecked by “someone,” was spreading like wildfire without exaggeration. The first thing Lee Hyun heard when he headed to the main house on Chairman Lee Juho’s call was about that.ad8354e80a71d6a2

“You didn’t bring that 6a96c351a8 here, did you?”71829b9cac2525bc

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The owner of the blunt voice was Lee Hyun’s cousin, Lee Yeonwoo.353ce90364115ee4

Among the 668b6edc04 third-generation members c8f36a3fbd of the a0c866e8c0 group—or even e4e8b308f6 among top 083a0580ec celebrities, he ca7ca2a868 would stand 697ba5647a out first 719fca032c with his c57b7780da dazzling and 1c305f0e6c elegant appearance.cd71faef1596d8c0

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He didn’t like 8243d9951e even a speck 9de5fd46bc of dust or 003a3e3de4 a single wrinkle.d4f8bc13f9714f0d

Let alone ef0665b5c5 a massive 72f72ed0b6 accident mark 71205c43ab on a ce70c45a85 car that 9cedeabddc would catch 71126d9a35 the eye 57c76a588e before the 38bbff4d4f face.ff894e98e5bca768

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He couldn’t 1653c6e381 just stand 057fc7dd51 by and f69d80ce0b watch, even 94d471fda5 if it 941846a1f4 was his 1a710cc15c family.9894c3b48f6c0512

At Yeonwoo’s question, unable to hide his disbelief, Lee Hyun handed his keys to an employee and replied without batting an eye.da09d1d6e48a4962

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“Yeah.”b751636232805687

“Wow. People might think we’re on the brink of collapse.”49968fae57bd9beb

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Yeonwoo subtly signaled d7dffdba50 to the secretary ff2dd78a46 standing politely nearby. But the one 575225977b who stopped him 8b40b78c9a was the owner e602a9e0bd of the car 92478c8a0c in that state, 965febd24b Lee Hyun.448aadb22599a55d

“Leave it. Don’t touch it.”59a999782c86b06b

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“You’re really going to b12021a237 drive around like that?”af662219b3ad6d7e

For the past few 17582ddc60 days, Lee Hyun had f0836bed29 received countless curious glances 87f943fbc7 at the conspicuous mark. Even his d8e0b2b401 secretary had a8a1329d24 been like d893e78428 that.bb2c78988f8d7256

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Immediately asking where 85189b0b8e the accident happened 00a5b1e915 with wide eyes, aba0d1a2dc curious about the 7be406bcdd person who made 50ff10b117 the car look 271e42a920 like that.bd9ad8d09b7edf91

Hyun had 07688ec074 raised an b85979f281 eyebrow slightly 41995cd6a8 and stared 7d6549e4f8 at the 585eacb7cc large mark f52b048405 on the 8a9a1077d8 bumper of 213dc01aca the car b768ae3eaf he had 3d45f16463 been quite b330e6401e fond of 120748d2bc for a 87d6e4a6c3 long time 4976ed5c11 before answering 2beb6eb502 as if 527c5cfe49 talking to e36fe1914a himself.d36eea445e1227d0

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“…As much as aa3a6cddfb I want?”2c33d554d293642b

There was a faint 4404311305 smile in his voice, 83a6804182 and Yeonwoo, who had 7eb984e4a6 been looking at the b082b98f1d conspicuous mark in disbelief, acc7b175b8 couldn’t hide his curiosity 617a092aac and looked up.adaf6fc2d9eb64f5

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But the man was ebf9851a97 just wearing his usual 9629bf6acb indifferent expression as if 0cb28cca28 nothing had happened.cf7fd077e6fc1207

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Yoo Hyunmin glanced 15f64d8278 at the team 776c22de9c leader’s profile through 2149f64912 the blinds beyond 831b5e011d the glass wall.94338008d9d6b663

Yesterday, Lee Hyun, 5b9ccab1a7 who had taken 13d73a35c9 the day off 3bf12bc8bf due to a c070bf9ff2 summons from the 4d2a87195e chairman, didn’t disappoint ba99ba253f today either, arriving a91766a97e in the car 2e4b2a3a77 that was the f45bfd1f9d talk of the fd62a0a6ce office.40d8ca728e09d7e5

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In other words, he 7e54384195 brought the car that 5b6f56b559 Hyunmin had scratched again 54c1b08f7e today!79c004fe23cebc17

Hyunmin fiddled with 6fb5a51318 the corner of 92d8dd5b21 the document file 8739e944a2 he needed to d8c4756135 report to the e00158bd51 team leader. His own car bb7a68827f had gone to 0e92553ea6 the repair shop 8a0bfdb24f just two days 00dba1df77 after the incident.70a7a46e07666b9f

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Thanks to that, he 9f14ff2979 had been using public 66d2d96000 transport for a few 97cfab41ce days, but he didn’t 44cd6251ed mind. He didn’t want cce9d297d2 anyone to notice ddb38638f9 the scratch that 561e042e2c perfectly matched Lee fbc6012e88 Hyun’s car.8971b92cb6ee96c4

But this couldn’t go c2bf05585c on any longer.1b0433c218a3a89f

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Hyunmin, who couldn’t live 6f85fdd861 with debt, couldn’t just a604573830 let it slide, even c702625ef6 if the person involved 3d15870849 acted as if nothing 305b63f15b happened.70f8be30b3c536ab

After taking a 3d87cb1f58 deep breath, he c907dfc401 stood up energetically.5e260cead3c2077c

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That part was b9d51cb5bb fine.6260cda6387672b6

“Anything else to report?”2dd39f80eb200c09

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“What? Oh, no!”7c5c2b543bae4606

Yoo Hyunmin 6301e0da68 shook his e23f6eb341 head vigorously 72cf1509d7 and then e35f869ade cursed himself fe68c81a82 inwardly three 35b0c02556 seconds later.a02b8787c21749be

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Why did he 63a2d742f7 feel so small 6f31baa77f in front of 9ee74b6c8f that cold face 85e2185f9f that seemed like d644ed6753 it wouldn’t bleed 52e2d81f07 even if pricked?fa5a13bd70c024ee

As he 80d7ff16f2 bravely moved 146b18d09c towards the 1468690a8e team leader’s 34b721de35 office, he 463d03f188 felt his d13ddcfe69 insides shrink ac2129d17b under the 36041d4a98 gaze that 116b92dbb4 glanced at 1d0c0005b5 him.a11f49b112b31ff6

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“Well, um, I have 55cecc990b something to say.”c0db0398ac467053

Honestly, after d6306159b3 hesitating this 0b1caebeda much, it 409dfc1104 seemed like a60bdc1212 the team 2dea0a3659 leader would b41ca7e0e0 have figured 2917b5999f it out, f34545d843 but he ecde1c39da just leaned a7efa4cec1 back slightly 7d21b4ad45 in his 62c9c91bc3 chair, tilting 5101860ed4 his head, 0a6016b35f making it f3c55e6670 impossible to 582dbb2ae1 guess what 3553fd0ff6 he was 4a2d79e6f7 thinking.26eeaa1faf75e9c9

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If you have tons 02eafb495c of money, do scratches fac8329df4 on a foreign car be97f27344 worth millions just disappear d283eff4fe from your mind in 791aa63e9f a few days?64cc36db8804e06b

Hyunmin fidgeted 8aebbcefca with his 18cbefa7d7 hands, choosing b5e9372004 his words 7bc953f741 carefully. He was worried ffd1254dfc that bringing up c0ee753743 personal matters during 2ca05c2dc7 work hours might a5b9cda974 get him scolded.d0340eb03df9d851

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But then, c4683f6119 something caught ba27a9ec22 his eye 875c73ea11 as he 18674af557 nervously licked 9847d7fc7c his dry 3971f07c62 lips.0541e827ab0195a0

“Wow! You read this too, team leader!”954bbae4d1b1a81b

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“…Yes.”586e30d3c7cc7134

“I really love this series. It’s so fun! I heard it’s getting a drama adaptation.”19aa824422832c7c

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It was a book on the team leader’s desk, far from anything work-related. Hyunmin raised his voice a tone, speaking brightly in an uncharacteristically enthusiastic manner. It wasn’t to genuinely share a hobby with the man in front of him but more of a test.59496c039dee631f

Hyunmin planned to retreat if he got a cold reaction to his light comment. But, though he didn’t expect it, if the team leader responded…e9bcf9aa05935c94

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“You seem to like this kind of thing.”eb9902d16ed6eee0

“Yes! I really love thrillers and mysteries, so I live with books and movies!”35c99f52280dd399

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It was the bd958352af first casual chat 8dc8d4f01d with the intimidating be0ab20d78 team leader.2294633633af0828

“Do you have any recommendations?”4cf510a31b2ec349

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“Plenty!”3f01f7265af34834

“Alright. Please recommend some from time to time.”efb0180141203b4e

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Hyunmin, who was tense, f4e169ea2a answered sincerely for a 58d4cc1710 moment.4cf8f6a3c07b8996

Lee Hyun watched e1d0ff02fc every small action 510e07d059 of Yoo Hyunmin.ff34d00be332f620

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He was 7a95bf324c quite used e68bf4fe65 to observing 12c5c31170 Hyunmin like e4737c7a82 this.c8171c6def61007d

Maybe due to nervousness, c6694e14ba Hyunmin didn’t notice the fa6903a5af gaze that seemed to 508be371c2 engrave every move, even 54a8ffad5a biting his lip once, 4930ca208a and took a small 18b080cc7d deep breath before speaking f00e66ae30 in a deliberately cheerful be95f82309 voice.20de09451be3448d

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Lee Hyun knew 13ecae6e11 that wasn’t Hyunmin’s 940010339b real voice.166040c15e9e6ae2

“Um, team leader.”20c501892426ad86

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“Yes.”5fd0198db71ca47e

“Would you be free this evening…?”cadb55375285e0ab

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“Snake” Lee Hyun.04b03767ae20f79c

That was the nickname 32712898bf the development team secretly 22dac38a87 gave to the Shinwha 0f2e9a7f6b Group’s look, instead of ea546f07a9 the polished expression used 0760f0804c in magazines.8c6f28394058734d

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Sometimes, when they bc072471ad were angry, it 609c98dfb0 escalated to “That 7e01f28517 snake-like bastard!”159225d3f3445671

When Hyunmin first heard 1582da213d it, he didn’t know b16acf33d6 who came up with ba7ddea9e7 it, but he laughed, b9d90015f6 thinking it was well-chosen.71ac8afbb3458fbd

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