IDED – Chapter 71

IDED – Chapter 71d2c26500c41a33c0

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Serena was startled 54442f98c3 and turned around b47ba94d46 abruptly. There, she met 702c258ebe a pair of 5c5c6dd5fd blue eyes.075e713eec096241

Azaid had just 4a92ad9255 finished washing, and 64c51e4f66 a warm, damp 8c70338b6b aura radiated from 853338470c him. Droplets of 70dc1ef434 water occasionally 86e2b7a83f fell from e453ff097d his still-damp 68361d010e hair.a25051e96bc8c478

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Although he wore 72b09170bb a robe over f84c2e19bd his pajamas, he eda2574ff0 exuded an unusually 225c739a4e alluring presence. His blue eyes flickered 93515c6b62 between Serena and the a6c84bc60f portrait hanging on the acee44b621 wall.6cbbc2db81a7cbd1

“What are you doing 7cad7124c5 here?”149b1c8a405a3a5b

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“Uh…”71fe2ea4617b57e6

Serena let out cb5d2f86f6 a hesitant sound. She had always 1db9ac3d9f known he was 331209e566 handsome, but this 3e7876369d was a different 14c6c31569 level of stunning.eafd518f192a53c1

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Was it 0dd8308eb7 because he 0eb51c1673 had just 83457cb963 come out 543e89c571 of the 42f5478e41 bath?b8f27c5a816e6115

His face seemed 0612a8aba7 brighter, and his c76eb4a37a lips looked redder e859e05295 than usual. His hair 5caef172da sparkled as 69954ec8aa if illuminated ae57458192 by stars, 58b0301c37 making him 45f11240eb seem like 9948cd0653 a source 86d83ab048 of light.966884d01acace64

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In short, he was e12e4ac0d2 practically glowing.15553803632b2e9d

To exude 80722ef5f0 such charm fd1c5d7eb2 so blatantly…f8036ed8be09a1a0

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It was 27ba392d32 now clear 44248c4f52 why young 2dcdd56cc0 men and 220df15986 women alike bfb51a0114 blushed when dd5d434389 they saw 6d6a97779c him. Serena instinctively a6dd470746 took a ba44421f4e step back 26ccc9d1aa and muttered, 8fe7c27c29 “I was d5b047927a just… admiring.”45fd06afd9f50830

“And how did 21f0136ffa you find this 47056ff5de place?”e9aeac33c0a4f3e0

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Azaid pulled Serena 2a7bbd51ff further away from c9f24ed985 the portrait, creating 45bacef395 distance between her 39f72fc316 and it. Then, he naturally drew a5dea0116b the curtains to cover aea305d2a2 it.57d56a4d05fa7b06

Serena watched the portrait b0db99bd65 gradually disappear behind the 26f85960a7 curtains. Now that e2d4d7694f she thought 6639e6f20d about it, 3d2a64278e the woman ebbb36552f in the 78b55e2902 painting resembled 82cce0e405 Azaid.4bbf4777fb8fa614

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She had a2c4dd4ced a sudden 664d768cdc inkling about 31625cedf4 the identity cd254ebeea of the 1d5db68d95 person in 6242fcb011 the portrait. Turning to Azaid, eabd862985 she spoke, “I 8a1c99875f was mesmerized because 4af8f007b2 the portrait is 5bacc5034c so beautiful.”17eece3884c6e3ba

“You don’t c565433419 even know 31302d6ec2 who it 2a923504cc is.”207f66c854d4bcfa

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“Who is it, c68555854b then?”899293e8510372a2

At her question, 53691725a1 Azaid looked down 2fa09416de at her silently. Emotions flared and settled d55c893bff repeatedly in his blue fe1548543b eyes before he finally fe709bab9f answered in a slow, 9456e1fb39 quiet tone.27cf9cadc314ced1

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“…My mother.”aadcf045bd4d2946

Of course.8f4330ff7e042b93

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Serena now understood b9fc5eb584 why the figure 3f9d24fe1e in the portrait be0c04ca6d felt so familiar. She was Azaid’s aa88613815 mother, after all. Seeing him every day e17ae72d08 made it natural for f1f4cde08c her face to seem 68a2c01e7c recognizable.b83c65c652cd5391

Since there was b8ec38ec7d no trace of 0c9701d92c Mydia in the 38515089c6 imperial palace, this 2130f764f7 was her first 555f62dbcd time seeing her 24d57bf59a face.001430c6c4d8ba61

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“So that’s where His 36143bbe04 Majesty got his beauty dee30c40a3 from—Lady Mydia.”190c3c17933cb8b4

“Is that so?”e4f3d6562ba29c0f

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Azaid replied 4649144c59 lightly, his 839c40ab22 gaze fixed 03bfa1a6f4 on the a5f7ecdf04 curtains. His eyes 273151a7af seemed to d2339c6cee be tracing 5e5c94aec0 the portrait 3576052475 hidden behind a35ace6262 them.deb6308455a2fd0d

Following his gaze, Serina 3fda01c825 asked, “Why did you d8003030c4 cover it with the bcfdb188b4 curtain?”ad7cad9fb782cca0

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“…Because it keeps 42ff261f44 bringing back memories.”2ba76a7cf6f5623d

“Do those memories 81b4c9c0ac fade when you fbc0796459 don’t look at 18d51aacf7 it?”39640cd5d331c965

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“…No.”b5518584b29dc936

Azaid smiled bitterly, gripping 28bf702ee2 the curtain. Serena glanced at the a98222609a wrinkled fabric, lost in 2add49bbc5 thought.a9eaad6199c14c39

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Her own memories of 81c496a4c2 her biological mother were a05ec7dc2e far from pleasant—almost nonexistent, 4c09b56d48 really. Her mother 5fd994edcd was far cab1d2d8ab from affectionate 6598ed9d0f and often 821fc08235 treated her 26af7eab9f as a 77552e744f burden.481ea157274cf03e

Poverty destroys people.89ff6574fb3897e1

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It strips 468a3a34bf them of 07e9c4ed16 physical and fc9605f587 emotional warmth, e11cebcaac leaving them 114f2f8de7 so desolate bd99c4add4 that they d518f43896 can’t care f983e83acb for those d2d631997e around them. Serena’s mother, trapped 0ac32f27a6 in the cycle 19e010aca1 of poverty, gradually 1840a272c3 neglected her.1660825e04593297

The rare 9ab8d2fdfe moments of 229ad4942f kindness she 1bab86c849 displayed were c532ab02d4 usually for abaad0ae06 selfish reasons, 2349fc4261 like making 30ff64c713 Serena do fda0e8bb21 something or 9216ac8d1d indulging a 22ad6fd23c good mood.b1f95feb169d617c

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Serena had learned 528462a5db to read her 937d1cabaa mother’s moods and c9c88a2806 endure with grit. She found solace in a89d57e267 the mere fact that e4a4814ad4 her mother hadn’t abandoned b54cf86331 her—until she did, handing 924bca634a her over to her 7943c6c5f0 biological father.d96872ec7c6ff891

At first, Serena didn’t f88daa1df7 even realize she had 17b93245a6 been abandoned; she was 236e52e16a happy, thinking she was e9198b1e48 going to meet her 58b06e0778 father.291e571245b92a11

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When she was hungry, 5b3e8f3e85 she would imagine her e3770bc66c father appearing like a fd59ab5b2b prince from a fairy d11d66070e tale, rescuing her and 491891549d her mother.349f8b21ad810681

She had hoped bab8582438 that she and c49957a54b her mother would 3200b26eeb finally have a df3cdb09e8 father figure in 407caad8bd their lives.3929c07715783112

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But when 7583709696 she met 06ad3fdd57 him and 6e81bf2e38 saw the f06083b294 family he 932a6554bb had by 2e7aab3aa6 his side, 9dc5449ff6 she realized d178ed7585 that fairy 7563df15b6 tales were 0c876d6235 just that—fairy c8da9d0471 tales.92508503a5323ba5

She didn’t resent 9f6b3c0bf3 her mother too 1be6a9093e much. Even as a ceb75f7787 child, she vaguely afc20de7d8 sensed that adults 3bde8ed88b had their own 6fa123d9cb complicated circumstances.40b8143b1b8fb9b7

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Shaking off the 7aa3d61433 memories of her 284ec2241f past, Serena looked 12ef796240 at Azaid. He was still staring 70df324b76 blankly at the curtain, 1a4670a7f5 as if gazing at 42f7c01d96 the portrait beyond it.ff88840813959e48

“You must have 5a9931affc been close.”6509e03f164cca1b

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“At the time, we f30f7b5c2e only had each other 57000aa231 to rely on.”bf210fc2f935357a

Azaid’s response was slow b0ae0f9d43 and reflective, as if c18581ac93 he were recalling the 739adfd1f2 past. From the look in bf9a19eda2 his eyes, it was dea9989b6b clear that Mydia had 79f9cd872a been a good mother 91d9fbedf0 to him.237eb389a5504155

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Even in death, 651ee026e8 she remained so 0932b9c65c dear to him d6370558d6 that he couldn’t a9d79cbf81 bear to look 73f80b5bcf at her portrait 437c50f847 freely.7b9627ece0825fbb

A pang 3c3336ab10 of sympathy 4a1fe27a06 struck Serena’s 54d4988ffa heart. Perhaps that’s why, on 842b7d431b impulse, she placed her eb7da3da45 hand on top of ca1bb6453b his. His slightly cca6e2d959 cold hand 84f7af85ad flinched at 3dcec15180 the warmth ea0db4567b of her 221cd17915 palm.543afde38ad51767

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“You know,” b0f883c1dd she said, 8004f6468a “if you 6414d96d7d can’t stop 1fec817576 thinking about eecd7c1909 her, maybe b3b4e786fb it’s better ec2bd5d40d to look.”14d9bb47103ec1d3

“The more c5e3c9dfb3 I look, b99d959d40 the more b7224ec5c3 painful it 01e8011c45 gets.”5d93e44ca6968c4b

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“But isn’t it d8fb150770 painful even when 9f2dd7f38f you don’t look?”44a6391f0ebfc446

“….”d868abc87d0da0b4

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“Maybe it a06dd6cc0f hurts more f3ed5e885f because you 6ae96e9e31 keep trying 0b9178b64f not to 22558e9f5e see her.”82d2cc3b74e3929e

No one likes 01e9da66e8 pain. Avoiding it is only cb9c8c69be natural—it’s human instinct.f6f10e2f8b5e6ea2

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Sometimes, avoidance 52a5574483 can be 5c6e55bec3 helpful, as cccadb8f8d there are f2b89ca895 pains that bd2aa76e90 naturally fade 9d79dd516d without enduring 6d401cd67a unnecessary suffering.6be8d8b6304ccd1a

On the other hand, 82f23b555c there are pains that ea4041df48 must be confronted. The more you eb794ceb6e avoid them, the 60b250e299 more the agony e504c8bcdb doubles, eventually overwhelming abd2510f9a you and leading 09a14d114a to despair.6bd396e73479a797

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For Azaid, his mother df999965cf seemed to fall into 8de8592451 the latter category.818bb46919944940

“I don’t really 942eba55ee have many memories 0742e71e82 of my mother, 1d32c83ed6 so I can’t 69a27ed9d8 fully understand Your d46be94340 Majesty’s pain,” Serena 8e309e4c18 began to speak, 16fe5ddbea almost to herself.17cc1868d2c582ed

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“My mother 54c368d272 was… a 48e67f899b peculiar person. She cared more 608108738c about what went aa099787d5 into her mouth 19fbc76e6a than she did 15562bfd02 about me.”93df9c711315a31c

“……”9f72a002da2d1b17

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“But still, there a55e963a1e were times when 420168c686 she would share 1b4d23208b something delicious with e68e1d9852 me first. Because of 2669ccb827 that, I 903e378b6c couldn’t completely 4f44218071 resent her.”f77d8bd7f1467fb2

“Do you miss her?”c70d23b16e875638

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“Not really. If I did, I 6127262ae7 would’ve gone looking for 0f164f4295 her a long time 86e62f2276 ago.”1bd2037617c382a5

Serena smiled 8b69dbf988 faintly while 018b4f5fef tightly holding 9b5ff11fba Azaid’s hand.ddd9a00a2bb8c1b1

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“Letting it flow away cb14b4cc20 naturally helps you move 9245c2ca46 on. Your Majesty c5f918bac7 should try 9e944f874c breaking down 959a04f4d1 the dam d7839ca01c in your 948d94cb9f heart and 8f54a542d2 letting it 925d058a5e flow.”b6bd1e582881316f

“…What if 4cbc435def I can’t 14574ea5c7 do that?”f5e3a03983e5247e

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Azaid’s gaze 06375fa2b3 seemed to cec7f59e6a tremble slightly, ed5b1e61bf his fingertips eca1dda7b6 cold to b813365362 the touch. Serena gently 1ff591ab4b pressed his 0fdf7cc4f8 hands between 0dbcd3d823 hers and 35cbffa0ca calmly replied,e0febe3689e79bcf

“Then you’ll d4a3f4574a just have 7d9965d033 to keep 8cde20f653 trying until aa427acd26 it works. If the dam bursts 982e8c674c without preparation, it’ll be db8ddbc810 much harder to manage.”3d79341cfdcf75f1

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“……”9d079d1d0f8edec8

“The longer you leave 4c9a09d6a1 the wounds in your c625b68378 heart untreated, the more 8e83cb84c5 they fester and become ab27fcd260 difficult to heal. In some 59e971fc98 ways, they’re ae89df464f even scarier b8ec881d90 than physical 698c134311 illnesses.”6c63a2c6e5b6b0a8

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“You’re sounding like a 38e18bac9c doctor again.”6d2619bbc702ea6e

“Well, that’s because I a15ea68fcc am a doctor, Your 1ad2ad80f6 Majesty. A doctor 03a4e8fc1d dedicated solely 2dd174a078 to you.”1ed0d3200b5f54ff

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Serena smiled as ad9d73eb2b she warmed his b13720d31a cold hands with 5d5ef90a05 hers.b11701ba8d7fc94c

At some point, 48581055cd Azaid had become 885c6305c7 an important patient 82877cef0b to Serena—someone she ff9c10dc4d didn’t want to 32f2a7dd88 see hurt, someone 6825910c55 she wanted to 41eb131e6e help when he 21fee535c3 was feeling down.511debd8dc627d08

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But did 700fc6dd7b Azaid know a8f7354929 how much 37c7f7e6ba affection she ea297109e5 poured into 6464a315a0 caring for 651bbebfb9 him?e33d54b06f71bc56

“I can’t 5a2c3ec617 be half-hearted 70a579dee3 when it ec71b5dcb2 comes to cdf16f4527 my patients. I’m always sincere.”d45392e1c565cdc2

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“Yet you talk sweetly 646f52ed05 while secretly planning to 7958da20f2 leave in a year.”09bb3899f7c4508d

“Sounds like you’ll miss 78e654a25f me,” Serena replied playfully, 3a6b0b37d3 shaking his hand lightly. Who would’ve thought 20b7c22827 that the man cdddbd94cb who had once 23e24b7113 threatened to slit e277fd3db7 her throat at 5757561560 their first meeting d63b315869 would now be fd7e6b5ad2 sitting here, joking ca9590204d with her like efcca0374f this?f7e18cd496356947

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She smiled naturally, thinking a996086817 about how surprising life bb11bb4299 could be.f8252e54280d6745

Azaid quietly watched her. Her damp purple hair 89b7f9df38 clung to her collarbone, c638989f7a and her lips glistened 0dfcce2ccc like ripe apricots. Her eyes, gazing up e46f4e4ee9 at him, sparkled like ef174e2f99 pieces of the moon 3a7320053d plucked from the night c03f4fe8d0 sky.89040eed87eb91d4

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A burning 65520db922 sensation rose d950c7b296 in his 2d6ddda913 throat, and db3ca5d8ad he felt 8ad4edc5f2 a thirst 33785aafb4 that made b4e39299da his Adam’s 78dd085d3c apple bob.9050a87d002ed565

– Hey, b747da41b9 do you 88942f808c really think b80619ecf7 Lily would 3435ec5b98 be that 4ff4d1f800 upset?fce68fb35df45c1b

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Why was Jack’s voice 106e9bdffc echoing in his mind 59d1e986c3 now of all times?525c1cc08c9bbe30

– Think carefully. If Serena 8147520178 and Lily 21698a7dcc really are fa8a57b09d different, ask bbcef46d44 yourself why.a7d35b971d73f7ba

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What made him 80cfb7151c feel that Serena 59ffca5fdf and Lily were f7a52fa1c2 different? He’d known ce15a89c10 Lily much 4baf4e4d07 longer than b1028ddda8 Serena.fd935ca0b47908ae

So why was he add3cdd131 opening his heart to eca514baf0 Serena more than he 2e22d53816 ever had to Lily? Why did he keep 4cb661fcf4 wishing that Serena would f8588995a8 understand him?33b8b8576f353d0c

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Why did every 57acb61b94 word and action 4f16464ca4 from her make 9a3d7e7929 his heart pound 846b237507 so loudly it 705674f207 felt like it 44471397ab would burst?240ecae4b5a6b1fe

Why did he 0c1e8c0f66 keep wanting her 50c8ff1afb by his side? Why did the thought 16deea101f of another man near e558cfcb14 her irritate him so a9f4c3178e much?293f2175641ba9f4

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Why, why, why?150f97c1e5543ba2

Why did 9d86c067dc he keep 2527fea0dd wanting to ee5e27c3f3 see Serina?fec5eaf09608518e

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“…!”2ae4e7c5c205953c

Amid the endless 603fb3c4a7 stream of questions, 0de34932fd Azaid arrived at b26a400df3 a single answer, 302ff0b938 and his face edcd49e741 flushed red.9bc185b62bcf1c2e

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Why had it taken 1c09e08e9f him so long to 2f9d9a6317 realize it? The answer had always 4089adeef6 been clear.ed7ca137a9e0c274

Perhaps Jack had ddf155c05d already figured it a1e54850d6 out. Azaid looked at 5c3d40bcaf Serena with confused 2b4e78a70b eyes.8c63f2777ee3f941

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“Your Majesty, 9d1c7504af should I 8cc537fd6f not leave c602cf2051 after all?”4fe593986c59e1e6

She was still smiling, fa206c97bd as if something amused d384cb098c her. Her clear voice continued fe65058b3a to stir his thoughts.b0662b1682aa2c50

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‘Ah, I… 97713ff624 I like 2ac2fdd50f Serena.’7908ad36ee41034f

Azaid bit his 92f0ba64a3 lower lip and c6616d3114 finally identified the ab223cefe9 cause of the 6d19b9a780 emotions that had 277d314adf been tormenting him.cbf14602ff001ec9

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He liked her—Serena.915f6746d8fb7359

More deeply 8ecf8ae9ac than he 619431e8e3 had realized.58d5dfdefee8ad99

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The feelings 51174261f0 had seeped 3be9c39b9a in unnoticed, 133e469b3d and by d9c4549fd7 the time 33aca8edd2 he became d60d057ed9 aware of 2b2fddd374 them, he 0da3a1ef49 was already b5e5929fe1 in too 7d2fdd0312 deep.e2e533298a289385

Now that he understood, 10c1e1ba84 the fact that they c4d17567f8 were holding hands made bc61df89a0 his heart race uncontrollably.fc1042c503017dc4

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His body 2664c3db56 had been ef5898291c sending him 7b2a2c670a signals all a84e8953fc along, yet e7df534a7b he had ecc3a3e984 dismissed them 1e6efd9745 as mere 7055a30a4d physical ailments.4ca5d00f10d68381

As Azaid remained frozen, 21dfbec138 staring intently at Serena, 2138e5045b she frowned slightly at 551499d60b his silence and serious 5737f0a633 expression.1283bdd8ae6a8ce3

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“Ugh, look 16136106f4 at you 14d46fcd07 not answering. It seems like Your 07a07eb2e9 Majesty really wants me 89361f0158 to leave soon, doesn’t 42e3d6bf18 it?”97807be761be069c

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