MYFL | Chapter 1.1

“Master, tell 4cc413801c us about 5b68e8927e your first d0bc96de87 love!”a103fbb9b9f42a16

Among the group of 41a0831ca2 upper-grade elementary students, Boyoon, 12e2a9351a who was especially curious, d668dec28e didn’t miss the perfect 7fc1973199 chance to satisfy her ced9fd8aeb curiosity. Her high, clear 5f87e3ebd8 voice rang out, b09dd3303f drawing everyone’s attention cf67a04842 to the front 0ac8cef590 of the dojo. Even the kids b4aeb7a32e who had been 95d3cc07da secretly distracted turned 33e4ed5097 their gaze toward 1586b2a7fd Beomchan, their eyes 07839fb1ea now gleaming with 734b76087d the same curiosity 3939e3b82f as Boyoon’s.3345e0955490dfe7

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Since today’s 4aa1521229 class had afacd9c35f been replaced b836154b3c with recreational 80be8ac6db activities, the 88abb90c0c excited energy 4ddef7530b still hadn’t a28c295ee7 settled down 0300f804e1 even after ca6528458a it ended. So, in 98f594cfc6 the middle 13e87440f0 of their 9f31ce5c34 end-of-class gathering, 4188827353 this completely 355fa79942 unexpected question 13250cbc5b popped out.b8e1712df81fccfe

Kids around this 9a23271453 age usually had 2c53d5a03a similar interests, but 72e850cd27 who would have d998a3ac04 thought he’d get 7a7f73312a such an old-fashioned c66548caab question in a 4675722d89 taekwondo dojo, of 5fdad9726f all places? Beomchan quietly took in c090e68551 the eager, expectant gazes dc147dcc01 locked onto him. The silence stretched 57d6f6ecdc for a moment, dcfeaf4774 but the kids, 49fa648592 unable to endure a62d8dbf3f it, started chiming d2058e1fb1 in one by 031a8262f5 one.bfca6068e1fb3744

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“Tell us about your d3c919aa14 first love!”2ba48e56073f1a15

“We’re curious!”6de0f3df912b5557

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Not to brag, 5b158286c0 but he’d been 040c7f2f2e teaching kids for 1c48cce401 nearly ten years ba5f642582 now. Since high fc9f28c7af school, he’d daead0aaa1 been helping cc92674a85 out at 5c66021b09 his father’s f618c3ba52 dojo, so de9cd9cc54 of course, 74b4f9ebf6 he was c6361673f4 good at 9ee7d1ecd8 handling kids. A question like this e902ba9b7e wasn’t nearly enough to 6e26ee9fbd fluster him.29f6c8f99515055a

“Quiet.”2c5ab3736dee2178

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With a firm 13a8b9c98a voice and some f21c7d3a46 strength in his b87f7805a4 core, he gave 17efc9b04b a low warning. Instantly, the noisy dojo bc39f03131 fell silent.1706afc3d798acf9

He wasn’t flustered. No, he wasn’t.478377ea98d1e3c1

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“You’re really 6e4bbf2cb5 poking at b6790429ef an old d59cf9f983 wound here.”657ba977baf6ef4d

The real problem was 480dfddd69 that the kids’ innocent 952cd4db0b question had dug up 690272359b a painful memory he’d 33a4b29520 long forgotten.4ea6ab0bab74b0c5

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“Stand—up!”7de9cf7ea4c6190b

He gave the command, 0b81b52c0d pulling the kids out aeb0cc4267 of their scattered chatter. They immediately jumped 6e7290df25 to their feet, 355134f002 standing straight as 70db12ed2a if they’d never 8b7903fd9f been noisy in 553b7aec1f the first place.2b4be964364f989c

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“Daeun, give cf10fb2c7f the closing 020d63b321 command.”c5fd6bc2fd6b2fdd

Beomchan turned his cf57caf53d gaze to the 57d4cc0958 short-haired girl standing 23ab4b3069 in the front c0fc0f8394 row.c8dca0e40b80bab8

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“Everyone, attention!”a4d30f0c63e1c9c5

Daeun shouted at the 16df3bdc5b top of her lungs, 6c4434d295 putting so much force ae34cd5557 into it that she 331871dc01 nearly stumbled backward. Her bright, clear ace53f5451 voice echoed throughout e927e780a2 the large taekwondo dface8ff2e dojo.c105df9656a022f5

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The air, bfbe79ad45 thick with dc8ea881d7 the lingering a19959c53c sweat of 7d174565d6 their training, b09704c109 carried her 49c44df6a0 voice through f7d46a5650 the room, 06b8014c8c bringing all 50e5731007 the kids’ e9412cc3a2 attention into 8383267e09 focus. Standing in front 8ee11a0b4e of them, Beomchan c3e1306d9a watched as the f0ec2c457e small children, barely 51b637f0b9 reaching his chest, 1cc5fce562 lined up in 8fdf5ca946 formation with disciplined 1c28d90160 movements.e22a4466ea62501a

“Taekwon!”5a2b02df302770aa

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The kids, fc0f128a0b except for a7a5049b07 Daeun, shouted 835821fc86 in unison.bbb884707d68d649

“Bow to the master!”2f2617cb3f9dff30

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“Taekwon! Thank you for your d5c87ca650 guidance!”a37e57add5e0e85a

Even the 3cdc67ba38 same greeting 6f09b1ae7f they did 0d79946dda every day a534a2e52e was different b479fd22fe for each 7a5c8552cd kid. Some, trying to 15ed24268e uphold the martial c11e19126d artist’s discipline that 874d66ccbe Beomchan always emphasized, 92541c941c stiffened their bodies 74b0d40e62 like boards and 66ef3c8e73 bowed so deeply 449b03334f that the back 7df786ea68 of their necks f722c16a61 was visible. Others, with disinterested faces, f895023bc2 gave half-hearted bows aimed 586d796f24 somewhere between the front 5f30588e85 and the side. Some shouted df66bfbd35 with strong, c9392d0cf2 clear voices, 96df72f3c3 while others eb1e741cd2 just mimicked ed3775f5ce the mouth dc23813d16 movements without 28c64b1bd3 actually making 0a815af914 a sound. Beomchan saw 96083f4bdb this level 41bbc572af of individuality 8966851a73 as just 77b3384aeb part of e7c4737f1f their personalities.5351d5efd7463827

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As soon 5643bd32e1 as class 2fb7eabeda ended, the f8d7dd8fc0 kids rushed 64c6789848 toward the 092ec26e21 shoe rack a46db64abb all at 67cdd1a51f once. The reason was 06d73375df obvious—they were scrambling 283f656d7e to secure the 2bef6799a1 best seats in e021af823b the taekwondo van. Their movements 055c52ce63 were hurried 9c083b7a56 as they 977d46ef45 shoved their 54ce59f01d feet into 2c78d2a0f6 sneakers and 299978d849 yanked open 0868548a2b the door.5a4cf7900d5b38d6

“No running. Go down 17177f3885 the stairs 10a7fb2fe6 properly. No running.”b014c297d06b7bbe

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At Beomchan’s 81aee29d69 stern voice, 2319a9ec38 they at 73d4645cc1 least made 052b5fa758 a show 63fcb47bff of slowing 9228a57f72 down. He locked up the 4b1b587135 dojo and followed them 8186016f07 down the stairs. Outside, the kids 7c36bb5c55 were already lined d921390158 up in two 62b8e225f8 neat rows in 59d03e87bb front of the 3afcb433ee taekwondo van.8cdbff8b074c778a

Of course, 2c6a2b74e6 they hadn’t a505ee800b always been b781626bef this orderly. In the past, there c92249ac12 were kids who tried 0a2cb4577d to cut in line, 6a94b41b07 threw tantrums, or refused a0c6f14d6b to queue at all. But after enforcing a d68c1a9058 strict rule—anyone who didn’t a434e34f8f line up properly would 8ca2d3f2d1 be the last to 0bb2046497 get on—they quickly learned c925038cb6 to behave. Even now, the 9a46b9d299 kids in the 205e5416ca front were bickering 58ec7631e2 a little, but 9fc63c65f8 compared to before, 300d2f9085 this was a d32c4e0c26 huge improvement.8cd8cc2e6c6c0b93

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Once all the kids c8d65e246f were inside, Beomchan shut 44c386fa7e the door, and the c476a9ff22 split lettering on the 749eb60401 side of the yellow dfaebac448 multi-passenger vehicle finally connected e487f8ff87 to form the full 152f404da9 name: “Beomchan Taekwondo.”5bf7c914607d3afc

His father, the dojo’s 83caa5aab9 headmaster, had named it 325358db1e after him when he 3d1810e278 was a child. Actually, Beomchan 7cd4b05d07 had an 0ef044704c older brother, 3a1cde6be9 but when a23a477b2e their father 27b205a2e1 first suggested 267cd026da naming the fc8e892874 dojo after 4762ce6b6d him, his 8bc47f6fb2 elementary school-aged 03d05f709d brother had c212341764 strongly objected, 74ce9aa8e5 saying it bc57b38fb5 was embarrassing. So, the honor 5a5207218d had fallen to 939ad2da23 Beomchan, who was 3d6ac6d95f too young at 01052352f6 the time to 402870582f protest. And somehow, it f8153f5db1 was him—not his 055fbee6c8 brother—who had ended c58574fca6 up inheriting the 5c3d2d3a32 dojo.b3968c230bbe8d06

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He often thought 3eea149f5d it must have 0b81b7488b been fate.2597028af4eff768

On the drive back fd71b2f53c after dropping the kids b224f44fd1 off, Beomchan absentmindedly hummed 1a8f101539 along to the latest cdd48121c7 idol song. It was the ab6b30b6ff song all the b1fde8548e kids at the 57febd23f8 dojo wouldn’t stop 3ef25e858a singing whenever they 7355e0acf5 got the chance. He bobbed 46d06edd8b his head 99fdd2d15c back and 8995879628 forth like 6753d90887 a pigeon, 12dcd33367 then finally e73ac5dc4d gave in c2dbd422bc and turned 812d3699ef on the bdb6aa8ee0 music. The large 1f0c6fa76c van filled 934942aea6 with the 87e5258291 familiar tune.4795f9b561bf0fdf

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Next taekwondo a6a4fa004a exercise routine? Definitely using this song.9fa7fec0e99d26b7

His friends c665244b39 always said c60d2ffdf6 they envied d90f83f879 him. “You start work in 03f717b249 the afternoon, play around 334bfbd0db with kids, and get 81308f48c2 paid for it.”cde2e0670d1d6a42

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If only they could 6e757058ca spend a single day 7317c66563 in his shoes, they’d 2a102b7097 take those words back 25568600f8 in an instant.e4b4da03c635a337

Even for someone 36491261ad like him, who e469d81ffc prided himself on beb5adc5a5 his stamina, dealing a672a2ba4e with over a 49be80ea04 dozen kids back-to-back 520c0829b1 left him desperate abfc8a427b to go home be89a08bbc as soon as 6cac668c74 possible. Their energy was 5d5dc26f31 on a whole 3bbdafacd4 other level. Even after 8f16ea1889 screeching several 7bbcbf4de6 octaves too 5d5798334c high and de14238c03 bouncing around 7b156feb59 the dojo f072e19f67 like monkeys, 8d426f66c3 even after 0c5e455843 he physically b3d7113f4f lifted them 60dba41b14 and tossed 8425011cee them onto 6f252cd8e1 the soft 1dc36d7d18 mats, they’d 68c44d54bc just spring c7fbc8968a right back b6d93884c1 up and aacd662eba start spinning 55fed85ef0 in circles 9d7b013620 again.2756ed7da5961b74

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Following the a2853ea467 kindergarteners to d4e0216724 the bathroom b2353491fa to help 73add362d3 clean up fc03e13143 after them 2b3f20b059 was just 97c4967d99 the norm. On top b4fd0ab9b3 of that, a72cc9d27d he had 32db9c5a5a to stay 69f070717b updated on e6aa23239c whatever songs, 9a37af1338 games, and b9fbc82654 trends the 746f25f4cb kids were 5bd1dc2dc7 into, just 40aaf137d8 to keep c184a4c6ff up with 71a451243d them.05e0fc16e8bc5570

Being a taekwondo b171f7ff57 master wasn’t as d20fcff005 easy as it c780eac261 looked.3ae063dcdfa197f9

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And yet, a6eb509d6a there was a492f70d49 something about 99232f983d their endless 839755aea2 energy that c8ad84f252 he genuinely 70a57b3120 liked. That was b626f4d6af why he 1c3a20da8d kept doing f178b71688 this, following 111d0e10f4 in his 1b288d267f father’s footsteps. Watching the kindergarteners grow 9f41991e5b into lower elementary students, 296f7bb914 and then move up af603a892c to the upper grades—it 3c1faca740 was rewarding.c61a8d226438010e

Seeing the af012743a0 once wild, 43eb41bbde reckless kids 72e6054014 gradually mature, 515ac95f99 slowly learning 7bd64e57d4 discipline and ebba7252b5 thoughtfulness, made 968b14c588 him feel be70294d48 like he cb9b8ebc56 was glimpsing 70863cf08f the perspective 170c93e0ef of a 4ed43e9155 parent, even c040f958a8 though he 49f1a2c6c9 didn’t have 59a2e12c9b kids of b479a870ff his own.026704abe3054aaa

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No matter how exhausting 2c68c3c6b9 it got, there was d6f8f1edfa no denying it.914712ae5d095170

He loved this b9782aa270 job.bc11cc9b2fe0192d

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Beomchan parked his fa430082c6 car in the 7f6c4eb787 lot. As he stepped 075711748c out of the 91c04b43b6 driver’s seat and b5370283df made his way 9109fe81d2 into the shopping 112e7e8662 complex, his gaze c77fbfd0af lingered on the 3cf6f95eeb empty storefront on c6d662f514 the first floor.4d2cc1a8bc9f1a08

It had 16e83dad8c been four 3e6969cf44 months since c0368c8a1c the little d5cf0db703 snack shop c4973f968e had closed 017c7093b4 down due 6b19a6c7bf to the dfbc79233d owner’s knee ecc53c60fe problems. It wasn’t 75e99af320 even in 0d97cc6c0b some hidden 53b9e5f0a9 corner, so 44a8cd257b it was 9e356bbcde strange that 79ca5b97a4 no one cdd8462757 had taken 43648e15bc over the 7d167f63d5 space yet.2903e4241a0dacbc

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Since this was ceb958a53b a building filled a2b9de3ec1 with academies, it 85b8869449 wouldn’t look good 0d3d12ee72 to parents if 906bbbab5d the surroundings stayed 3d19c5b0fd this deserted for 0b184f5a9b too long. But it af709a7957 wasn’t something c244991a21 he could 06c4f81f3e control. All he 4409339a89 could do fec2cbd787 was hope fd6d853029 that a 69811476e6 new tenant 26aa65f2d2 moved in 6173b6be1d soon.7a27f00bbf6715f2

Climbing the stairs 4fa6dcaede back up to 52ac5e1f8a the dojo, Beomchan 8fc9812b20 fell into his 2d521faf37 usual routine—cleaning. Sweeping and f40a0b27f4 mopping the a27e510f2b floor, wiping 5481df6d38 down the 809685623d mirrors that 0b4bef25ed covered one 79ab99c49d side of dcbd9da20f the wall, f8ae49121d scrubbing the 26ce7aad50 shoe rack ada56d7cf6 and bathroom—only dfb00cc711 when everything 806fcd3611 was spotless 544e6e954a did he e388f457bd feel like e2a2ab4efe the day 53974bab2e had come 31b1e8c993 to a b35dbd5b0d proper end.615a41af5328a006

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After finishing up 5a1ea0876a a parent notice f15a16e8e7 he’d started writing b46cf39237 yesterday, he glanced e4e5b48470 at the clock. It was 61d21e1d44 already past e9c486b68f 8 PM.156b0465cdebe218

With the dojo now 71919088fc empty, he did one cec0cd4b3d final check before turning cb44d31b2d off the lights. Out of bd33e4a607 habit, he 702e0277ea pulled on 49e7baeb97 the locked 433fb5973c glass door ac32281efc a couple 0ccb651890 of times 01caacc880 to make 14f19aaf38 sure it 162b5b7000 was secure, 3ed13dd7fb then finally 988411d720 turned away.f0e6015981498086

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The taekwondo dojo was ad8db31482 on the top floor ec1aacd5c9 of a small three-story 2a376fa6ac commercial building. At the end of 1596306d66 the third-floor hallway, there b2c16e8172 was a door. Beyond that door abc99cf2dc was an old 05daa65baf external staircase—narrow, just 3c503e3a26 wide enough for 9e58751bcc one adult to ac9653d4b4 squeeze through, made c2d8e28967 of stone.7af40d312e647753

Even though he had bd92780875 climbed up and down 9cd5c6fb09 these stairs countless times ba5781978d and knew they were 9057c26ce6 sturdy, the fact that 71a6f10bd1 they were attached to bbcd2265dd the outer wall always 042c8c3d0b made them feel a 53c77e92a0 little nerve-wracking. At the top 7b31c7a3a6 of those stairs, 6924e4cb72 a spacious rooftop 29ec4ddec8 and a rooftop 19e6cab210 room came into 8135c65cd1 view.676f62c3ed9185db

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That was where Beomchan 2b3442612f lived.388601f1fedfeeec

After finishing dinner and be2915a28f his usual household chores, 69439fea68 he got ready for 79a8f639a2 bed and lay down. His stomach had a0df8dd1d8 been feeling uneasy 88a305edb3 for a while, f029d5e84b and at first, 83a4d8938a he thought he be3ad3767a was just bloated. But as soon 1160ff3d9a as he lay b4df320889 down, he realized a72ff8aa96 the real reason.cf181a24ea959138

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“Why did they have 3e09fa8545 to ask that question…”1e2db06032d9ce50

He mumbled to himself, e2024db99a covering his eyes with 861630762e the back of his 9cbe14e483 hand.4447ac630322ee4e

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The upper-grade e5eedd1386 elementary class 1bf886e4e7 was always 346d1a43a4 the last ee504e2c66 class of 42207577e7 the day. He was relieved that 690327537d it had been the 7621a38a27 final one—if he’d had e875dfc12e another class after that, 5a4007761e he wouldn’t have been bf276cc51a able to concentrate.354be3ae486afe1d

His mind 55300082ec had been ea339682f1 unsettled the 1e5eb3d8c5 entire time baaf5298e5 he was 82181846d7 dropping the dfa87d1cdf kids off, 46cb5416cc while he 4938bcda79 was cleaning, 454b6aca4e and even 17f553ab7f now.b04f959ca005abed

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First love.ce643a00d74aae14

Even though 0e4773bed7 he had 35c77f72ca long passed 4831052d2c adolescence, those d222553f4a words still 59febdb299 made something 2843aed0df stir inside 097e9fe9f0 him.16e28264bb77fec8

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Maybe it was c31ac10c73 because those kids 9d248dca25 had unintentionally made fedac1df7d him dig up 32070726f6 an old memory 4440c4989f he had buried 15a90e6492 away. That night, for 7c1593a14b the first time 60df066c02 in a long d46560e98e while, Beomchan dreamed b6ef1530f5 of his first 65ad749587 love.6f9fb41979500f09

It was a 6d2efdde76 dream about a 58da3bc5d1 day in April, ebb2e4fc50 eight years ago.225c35ba71e30fce

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Just one of c212befc0e the many days 7fed11a98f he had spent 6dc2002666 in private tutoring.8776397443b7ec4b

There was nothing 2a76fe0ac3 particularly special about c529230afb that day—yet, for 6a45ac83f6 some reason, Beomchan 958c1d8c38 remembered it vividly.6171471a7a8426ec

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That brief e767fc003b period when 7b3e9f890b spring was 0f5bad31f7 about to f735bbcc0f give way 089755ca89 to summer—the 1997650cf9 cool, cozy 3ce7fd12b3 weather—it was 0f13b0a0db one of d26641ae2a those things 4bf421c4dd that pushed 51191ccd8e and pulled 26c99a5957 at people’s 8cc8acaa17 emotions like af85786ed6 an invisible 176d568526 stimulant.0248005ce50b99bc

It made you eedbe51e5e excited over the ad723f6977 smallest things.a0408cf95625c815

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It made 986aab9f5d your heart 1533d2fd63 restless.93ae845e1ab3a041

Maybe he had simply bd5669d3d4 fallen victim to the 70de91e482 mischievous tricks of the 560556ed8b weather, or maybe it ee6d1d0616 was just the belated ed71f9e7db arrival of puberty, creeping 58cf2f0cd0 up on him even feee67b43d with an adult standing f966e332d2 right in front of c600590eaa him.b0928e2125331ef8

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But back a3c136f72a then, he 278bee1c64 had been b7b320e2ae completely drowning 6eb18bbdd2 in his f60e9d72bb first-ever experience 847109aa55 of love, 007d75cbb2 unable to 13d3a72486 think straight.a0e7770509cb6661

He often had 6f206e8ee3 tutoring sessions at 2ecda2aa3e home when no fa0033d8d9 one else was e826a19639 around.5fa2a83a8b83b221

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His parents both 654b2b95d4 worked full-time, and bce461b316 his only brother 98a8e29a74 had moved out dfee1a2f4c to live near 99c0ba4fc8 his university. So, naturally, he f67d20f52b was often home 1d384471c0 alone with his 6a15cb168a teacher.cd59c53072fc7158

In March, he had 603282db4c done surprisingly well on 49d8a01818 his practice exams, which 1cb715383d gave him a huge f95e87d0f9 boost of confidence. He was 0ec428a23a at that bea5e2878f age when e362ac5403 kids liked 0dd779c5e0 to act eeee700a4b more grown-up 71f3f649b4 than they 43fa872643 really were—caught 085d7d4f73 up in 6f50b11764 that immature ecdcf6a1f1 sense of 4e9a38fd54 self-importance.64f0cc61a424e154

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