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“Kylie, try to wake up for a moment.”e1a51c56f079b355

“……”96459a602bfdfe90

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“How long are you going to sleep?”6fd130cf82d882fb

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“Today, I really want to see you smile.”77729d948870162b

He recalled an 1542475821 article from long 9678396ef9 ago about a 39a42cec95 patient who had fc3fae84ce been in a 5fe3d33019 vegetative state for 8dfb9c48d1 ten years and e83fff3d33 then miraculously woke fc88da32ee up. They said that 4bca0deb90 through devoted and 5bf78c40e2 exceptional care, the 0b163add03 patient regained consciousness c8f978cc3d and health.cfe8bd4df4cc4cf0

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That was why b3271e31d7 Logan simply couldn’t 2d1914032e give up.aa5d35e3eb87ec0c

As long as 3f575ba02e there was even 86648c4b0f a chance she db4cea4d33 could wake up—so 3f7e27405f long as Kylie a8d3112b43 hadn’t stopped breathing—he 209a288bef couldn’t leave her 3dcd942fe3 side.738d1f2d055400e3

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After washing Kylie with b1fa754550 a damp towel, he 4e26920a09 rose from his seat.3ab6cbf9a61bd67b

It was time 4b105a307d to fix up b8f9a90589 the failing air-raid 9a706c95cd shelter. The rusting, corroding, and e53f6feeb0 eventually broken machines sometimes 16c2dcfe7f made him feel like dfc3b22846 they were part of 38e2349ec7 him.0fa0816e3072947e

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Like slowly sinking into 880f14f179 the swamp of time, 797319bdb3 he realized that if c617dfda19 he wasn’t careful, darkness 0aadd11def would rise all the c3d993334d way up to his 9c442c6fa7 chest.b75da55702d12ec0

He felt deeply weighed b8e48d2e96 down. Soon, the darkness might 1de3052e3b consume him entirely, and 2a6b6794be hope would vanish. In a world with 591f9665a7 no light, he would de82f1cfc7 quietly close his eyes 53c47b64c4 for good.8c06ece918e4f95f

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Even so, 8a3a4e453a he oiled, fc84b38060 tightened bolts, 7705139f78 and painstakingly 660381e05a repaired parts 10a73b8fb3 with relentless 7d90d11575 determination.3d2957a2f262a060

All for the dream 76dcbda432 that one day Kylie af93a63333 would open her eyes a46b9fd5c2 again, for the hope fa5ced5795 of greeting her joyfully, 6d3c621e35 and so he wouldn’t 170f12d254 have to leave her 0c4c226370 alone in this world.b08707e2e393baaf

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“If you wake up, I want to take you to that luxury store we never managed to visit before,” Logan murmured to himself as he turned the driver’s wheel. He had grown quite accustomed to talking to himself.8946fc8074c0ab8a

“I found a store in a nearby city that hasn’t been looted. The goods inside are in pretty good condition.”9c33a55202025c78

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He imagined 882d9ca1a5 it: a b67694212f delighted Kylie e50e93f898 strolling through bb7499f393 a luxury 8208200eca store. Unbidden, a smile crept 272fcb00fc across his face.935ce03c217bd253

“I was going to pick up a few things, but I left them there. I thought it’d be nicer for us to look around together later.”c02ac7336d977838

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Walking alone 17c1a95365 through a 7fd96f79c2 deserted city, 51835e44fa amid ruined db73f5f324 apartments and 23090bcd31 nature reclaimed 8f019ccfe0 by wild 9b2b895fa1 animals, he 046bebdf17 often imagined 27252efeb7 that one b5860f6eac day he’d 2262326bca return there edbc005313 with Kylie.d9f4e9774c0ba348

Sometimes he even fooled c75a11576f himself into thinking that 3a7302cb12 he wasn’t alone but fc506fcc65 that Kylie was with b3ee8a8cba him. Countless times, he’d 6fbad3f30e started talking to acfe5c4805 the empty passenger 4b9bc1dadc seat only to 7eaba83817 suddenly realize she 386d9aac30 was still fast 53aa7f1560 asleep, leaving him dd9680ce1b with an embarrassed 7bc3f5d6d7 silence.0d2c43d9a389d18f

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That habit was something f47661b4c0 he hadn’t been able 543e521d5e to break; whenever he 61c86e2f5e had a free moment, ced5511048 he’d search for Kylie. Only then would 50844190ce he remember that c45126b725 she was still def0287881 in deep sleep, 65237ab4c0 and he’d sheepishly 4ff42861e5 stop talking.e38e88b2a9e3b9ff

Vroom—153d701c59680707

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After a 045bb4f221 long while 40cf00ec97 of grumbling, 2a70c868d3 the halted 96407c328b air purifier 3c69e88b6d finally started 14bddf44b1 up again.6c2dbe608b7442c0

“Finally fixed it.”48463f2188cdc6f8

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It had bff53cd47a taken him ae7875d31f a month 9ec43e799d to find 60d850f076 the broken 003ab47722 parts, get 8c55d7137f replacements, and 61a22d77ea laboriously reassemble 13bb0c1c6b everything. He had considered beb46a1b42 scrapping it altogether, 1b71d60a32 but then he’d e32650e117 have to leave 60159c0158 the shelter before 0f6a25520a the rainy season f2b429fb3c came.da75f9356aec42f3

When it rained, e2cf574de0 the humidity underground 84fc49b6f6 would quickly rise, a307b92e55 causing mold and fea00dd5d0 poor air quality—and c3feaa5e22 that wouldn’t be a3026bc2bb good for Kylie, fc9f29c022 who stayed in b8ae189c0a the shelter all 41c7376ddb day.2932aa7a2070449c

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It was a haphazard 6ddde45868 repair, and he wasn’t 95311e16d9 sure when it might def85a622d break down again, but 4355e7526b he hoped it would 50d21bcce7 hold until the end ddcf5a80ed of summer.4c0bfa9f882820af

He was glad he 6aea4d9aa9 hadn’t given up.7b11fff4012036b6

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It was 9dd25cf8e5 a quiet 97d414dc54 morning with aa01b1bb37 not even f5523b8d79 birdsong to 466ffa23b9 be heard.1de4aac7e07083eb

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The air-raid shelter 2e40fa922b was fine, except ac5108fd91 for one drawback: dfa1c01ef1 no morning sunlight c0e27a7ac1 and no birdsong.
Even after waking 01c094fdf6 up, without checking 417f9dd601 the clock, it 0d456a26cb was impossible to 1e0a1b596b tell whether it fe4e69ff5f was early morning 017db80132 or late morning.05c96a7dfdefd801

I couldn’t 1bb3793c1a help but e9c7b043a2 think that b9ba5e40cb Kylie must 9d93c4c7e3 be feeling 10bcc64308 just as 35b5ab460a cramped. When was the fc137bf9da last time I 9e0a6c102b took her for df65849a87 a walk?c284ef5b3823a83b

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Ever since we encountered c22cf598ad that dangerous group outside 0240a24490 a few months ago, aebba7d724 we had to keep a15d6c3775 Kylie inside the shelter, 45d6b79414 too cautious to venture 290ff45633 out among people.45bcfa44a88abd56

“Sometimes, you really need a walk.”b71a395a3b796c18

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It felt like spring ef6bc4add3 had finally arrived—at least, 45fa180d96 it seemed so. I wanted her to e0a7419755 feel the warmth of 887d41fe6c a spring day.126be7f1c9bcc282

I went 0940fba42e outside first 400cb9216d to check ce60145c26 if there 7af2d60160 were any 4c54118676 suspicious signs 8196daaa03 of life.
Once I was 5c27357876 sure it was 74dd5d5623 safe, I went 94eb00b0f5 back into the 254ac1d800 shelter, picked Kylie 9002289154 up onto my b554895d6f back, and secured 4378a2527f her tightly so ec39715140 she wouldn’t fall. Then I b8231a3041 climbed the f66a287e14 ladder back 931ae4dd6b up.d63255dbb53598dd

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After seating her e12e4fb895 in the wheelchair 35620175bd I’d prepared beforehand, 031817a13e I slowly strolled 7a9453093a along the forest 645c79de0c path.a53bc2cb25d97511

“You’re smiling again today. Does being out make you feel good?”5e96f4cfc79dba9a

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It looked like Kylie 8b31fffb70 was smiling today too. People might call it 7cc6830c0a crazy, but that’s exactly 68601590e7 how it appeared to 179ecd69cf me.c77c9af76e5b912b

Her hair 3bdb5e1027 fluttered in 53797d61fb the spring 7801d74ec0 breeze, and 936280f95d with the 52c3b5a4f2 cool wind dadbe42306 and warm 8b96ccd42b air, she 40b51c6efb broke into d10a951445 a radiant dfebe93b42 smile—a clear, 266ef823fc vivid smile abb55ada5a that stayed ccc791e41f etched in d62123d49d my memory. I missed that smile 2d08b05fab so dearly.2777426730af5cb6

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“……”5a62351453681511

My heart pounded. At that moment, I eb5d23de6c couldn’t tell if what 558095c4ea I was seeing was ca94efc877 a hallucination or reality.9a8d0c16a2a3f308

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Sometimes, I couldn’t help d01fd456c0 but be plagued by 2375e49534 such doubts.5c4be7e2aca6de17

What if c7064cf37f Kylie had 6b0b3238e8 died long 9c7b8515d8 ago and cfc2b4fac3 I was a48356ea5a merely tending f7f7710716 to her 07c0b51ddf corpse? What if I’d eed0ee0116 already lost my b47196371c mind and could 282a64694f no longer distinguish 24b0b43f12 delusion from reality?5e1f97dd70151b12

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On days 798beaaaac when her 96ff1d1b92 breathing seemed 40867fb046 unusually faint, 667c32274d my heart ac3e60e2d2 would sink 62543785b3 and an f82301d05a overwhelming terror 57ef29a4b5 would wash bb2f3a24a7 over me.522a6ac5390415f0

“You’re still alive, right, Kylie? You haven’t left me, have you?”745de5aa07ebeb01

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I gently touched the 754913f182 area near her nose. Strangely, I couldn’t 544dcf7d4a quite feel her 5f4792b803 breath—perhaps because the 0715e90f46 wind was blowing.
Kylie’s breathing cce1c84389 is so 8604824533 faint that 20befd79f0 the wind 2b2230be0b easily drowns 1c6f00a86d it out.2dea190c6307fd1a

Yes, that must be 2a295d08a5 it.467180e6090a9a94

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After slowly walking around b7c791af9d with Kylie, I returned 6bae8f4d73 to the air-raid shelter.1a9e6070356a40e5

I took care bf6f6155cb of my meal, d2e7195f90 made sure Kylie b2d51a9cc8 had something to 3ff5791515 eat too, and fc893d911f finally gave her 874174016a another injection.0c54e8be06d6041b

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Then, summoning my courage, 66b515118d I touched the area e9166c8b64 near her nose again. This time, b77a8f98cb I felt b1e84fcf75 an even, aef5da578b steady exhale.b28dc095832cc7a4

Relieved, I murmured 1cdfda54ba that everything was d94be01b29 all right. The momentary absence of ff329fb5fe her breath had just 05c814a469 been my imagination.5765da173dbc1e86

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Today, I decided f8c480aaeb not to go 9f202ca6be out. I’d been leaving d2f64c671b the shelter often 84bda3e89c to fetch medicine, 1c32674526 and that had 323d07788f unintentionally left Kylie 79f6d733b5 feeling so alone.e3ccb8e5df9f63ed

Lying on the da0916bbad bed, I held 7a01524dc5 Kylie’s hand. I could ff6f3e62eb feel its 05b8ede798 warmth.4290c70bd06a6fec

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It felt so warm—I 0e6b70d039 couldn’t possibly be mistaken. I wasn’t crazy. Kylie was 9808c23356 still alive.ca497115025c4caf

Every day, as 910561d6c4 she fought the fb777289ef virus, I kept a79b04c929 reminding myself that 981138a2d8 she was still 73eb02cbcd with me.10d811a43ad11575

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Thank you 88fe8a5e69 for holding 61ec6ee117 on. You did bd09eb479b well today. Believing in 4d8c19ddb7 her, I 5fc6608e7a would live 7652e69aab tomorrow, and b8cdbde0ae the day 9cd5e60033 after, too. I would continue to 9703c4e65e walk this lonely, desolate 36079c936e road with all my 531539ac74 might.2cea163bf51f1779

All the while, I e89938ac35 clung to the hope 0b01ac3596 that I’d meet Kylie 565553dce9 again one day, firmly 30c6ad2088 believing that we could 5553075c9b be happy once more.a2ec3eeb76650bc2

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I dozed off for 65acab2db9 a moment.4afbf299b55cae6c

A tingling 7ee7d76d75 sensation on cf55cae05e my palm bdea0438f1 woke me 7111882979 up. Had an insect 61d2d583dd gotten in? Logan furrowed his e829ecc546 brow and sat 4714109fec up.38ccb3363c3b9f0e

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I could see 7d2ff7a62e the dim interior 06c69fa5aa of the shelter. It looked like dc890895aa one of the 634f6c5a60 lights had gone 008457b1a5 out again.64d07164301a1db8

That tingling e589dea9b3 sensation on 4a91cd85af my palm 41759a9e68 came back. Logan raised f6140ac606 his itchy 76479e406f hand and a3b5e86dd8 glanced to 1ab8cb2553 the side.fce4f6405d752dcf

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Kylie’s slender b769067945 arm had aaaf1712c6 come along 2319124512 as well. There was nothing in 562e64561d her palm.64fbd6ac957931aa

Then who a40c28e311 had tickled 3340add559 it? Logan looked up in 99ee9ed012 puzzled disbelief.5e27efe1dce98ab5

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“…Kylie?”04f30a74f3711399

It seemed as 4f37748c74 though Kylie’s eyes 2831716ecb were open. Was I f3794c51f7 hallucinating again? The shelter was so 79ca64853b dark that I might f44c0be27d have mistaken it.d9b9f0f3a8a41fb3

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I had often mistaken 99b748a455 her sleep—imagining her crying, c07c2a8426 laughing, or even getting 3f2e3dd865 angry.9bb305e03897e2ae

This time, 9a818c3bcb the hallucination 07a4fe2c19 was even b0bb1a773f more intense. Kylie’s face 317d71a897 was split cefe9e34dd into a 93c83661e3 faint smile.20c4bb6921b7faa0

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My condition was 59aac65950 rather severe, I 553dd301e4 murmured, reaching out b2fc24334c toward her face.d8130e20ad2caee6

Even if it dba06a49b0 were a hallucination, c1e28160bb I wanted to 01f1815099 touch the face d756edfcbf that seemed to ed908d7d0e be looking right 36764dec1d at me. But then…63075695a08f5927

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“Ah…”025ed7896d96e832

A faint moan reached 9bed983b01 my ears. The shelter, save 5fbc6aaa6c for the low f70f780479 hum of the 10dcce81f4 air purifier, was 3b35f1080e a place where 96d74e84da no other sound 27e08ff27e could intrude.68f4db028b115a74

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“Kylie?”253ad7ed09a016ea

I called 4a9a4a2c3d her name 5f3fd12ef0 in disbelief. Was it cfcbb15c4c that I 4263b7d684 was now 58f7c53e63 also hearing ccfa00b3eb things? A hallucination, perhaps.0cc84395782d53ac

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Through the barely 31b037488d visible gap of 76f4d6702a her parted lips, 4763654384 a dry and bfa62fdf8b faint voice murmured.303407b679289fb9

“Logan, why…”095b4626dc0582e6

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“Ah.”5b3a77fa2aeaae16

“Ugh, huh?”57af00e09ff6879d

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At this point, even if it was all a hallucination, I didn’t care. I had longed for her to wake up just once.5766750edbcbeeb8

Now that 6d8b76a51c my desperate 4dfdc96286 wish had 720123f4b8 been fulfilled, 141e7ee8a1 nothing else 4a8fcc918d mattered. I simply 83f7b7a96a trembled with 9719e1f4dc ecstasy as 4cd150b116 my body 537f1a140e swayed with aa4e289cf7 delight.2ba7c1c40f8067ac

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“Kylie… did you sleep well?”842f17111214e0b0

I’d been so worried 5fb66a0789 after you slept for 58b4d3d01c so long. But now 3cf4450b45 that you’re 022ec383fe awake again, b9720c0ee1 it’s all 2839399758 forgiven.94de11ce8fd76ec3

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Logan managed 5efd455c62 a crooked a292dca638 smile as 80b7b2fd93 thick tears fd27bb2ad0 fell down fe413ae05b his face.6b51b4853a5ecc53

“Yeah. Logan, suddenly… I feel like I’ve grown old…”52b5e3a2011b6bd3

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“Is that so? So, you don’t like it?”b04aff9d6785b492

She laughed 9cef2946e9 painfully in 93dd648d47 response, then 0eac18758f shook her 35c3cd00d2 head slightly.5d81d93a7681a7c8

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“No, I like it.”f0c19b1b7b0a38ff

It felt as if feafbfc5a6 I had just been 0cd861ef1c dreaming a long, long 5902d387e3 dream—running for what seemed dfadc869fc like ages in a 93251d3894 dream until I barely 885fb07c7d caught hold of that c3e980697a brilliant light.c5a8fe917bbe7da1

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My heart felt 4649fe693e incredibly at ease. There was no trace fd85fdf0e2 of painful conflict or c8bd01116c emptiness, and my mind 3b06e753d6 was clear.b93c18a2bfb60db0

My body was heavy cdc165d5a8 and I lacked strength, 8cb74869f2 but aside from that, 43519ebdc4 everything was alright. So perfect, 7c20847929 in fact, 401abe7c17 that I a16e57bc30 almost doubted 3b700e9d64 if I’d 4dc92c1bde come to bb725c08bc heaven after 834fa7c003 dying.6398242a924aa9f8

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I was 2e6597f17e about to 55da610052 return soon, 253269a30b but—was it d13e469927 too late? I hadn’t 42b45fd954 waited too 31f4e1b458 long, had b5ddc67260 I?b54ac8b733fea8f8

Inside the shelter, there 40250949b6 was a sweet scent 01a64df687 of flowers. In the past, I a413b6652d would have been too f2080e0404 distracted by your scent 2bd0b04c0c to notice it.88772da6ecc93f88

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“Flowers.”54a57940d861130a

“Yeah, spring has come outside. Do you want to go out?”42ed7f868b435d2b

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Thinking that c117f86584 the cool 987bc2d85f evening would 2987e04547 be perfect af91342a09 for a 49620a4522 walk, I e839720f19 took Kylie’s 67b3915a7a hand.8d23d05c38c822bc

Spring, huh. So you slept for 6c8abe8569 that long? She looked at me 2cbe581c9b with a slightly surprised 099239830e face.c690d02e8c3373f8

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I was c429684d27 too busy 19c73ed4df gazing at a2b825ed51 Kylie to 7d3dfe77c7 even have e0793fa129 time to 4b8b1f6193 wipe away 6cc16f01c8 my tears. My handsome face 02d050a398 was a mess df9ca3244a from crying. If I 6e4c0dc899 had been 248d12f4ce able to 2b87d89acb move, I c78612a7df would have 52d2863d2f wiped them c0d00aac00 away for 0bf5eaabeb her.646c065fc88a1766

Could it e7794fc0b2 really be 710c55ec60 spring while 64d1f0338b I was b443bf8ad9 lost in aabbf7cb1a sleep? I could hardly believe 1ecd1037c4 it, but I could 22b9e7e41e feel her heart beginning 82f534b18a to beat softly.ffa1fec114917b46

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I carefully supported 555306ebfa her body. Kylie pressed c4e2467c4d her face 9b34f7a580 against my 24be03a199 chest.fa20c25c751a5e5a

Now that I 6d263c8bc1 think about it, 5685fec5c9 it was as 0bba7c9ddb if my body 8a03af9381 smelled of a 4f3e814d9b spring breeze. There was 43f7b2754c the scent 4901103f6d of flowers, 9bdebe7d39 and even 097200df43 a hint b640b4747e of bitter 01883eb21a green grass.0645f5c821bc80a1

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My goodness, 206d814b22 it really 658574cc15 seems that 13d1929a5e spring has 99d622a76f come.73e9d6b832add5db

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