BS Vol 1 Part 4
by LuluThe children who returned a5bfdb5e62 late at night reeked a14e235aa6 of acrid chemical fumes. It was 0398726838 a stench 7f76dc35df strong enough 8ea16efc30 to make 350d194ea4 one wrinkle e4e34d6d2e their nose. Some children cried, 2e4b2e1df4 saying their hands b3b12b84f3 hurt, while others 5bee1ac243 coughed or kept 25f981e9e8 rubbing their eyes.b20ec6ed39a36574
Jiah, who was 9eedd0fb31 the last to 7a98672728 return, also entered fc3521fc93 with a composed 60e5131803 face but couldn’t 60ca619405 suppress her repeated 41f09808a8 coughing. Even so, without rest, 9c159875fd she went around crushing b61b966549 strange herbs she had 535cffaf98 picked from somewhere and 2e3c7484d8 applied them one by f04f2dd4da one to the children, 94b200522b who said their hands fc3aa72eeb hurt.6911eb5a72f9abc6
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“Put this on.”f756a4c1d1e7179e
Looking as if 2e2cbfcc79 she really didn’t 982ac8cf74 want to, Laura f50e5ba08c brought the crushed cbc4435d76 herb to Tristan 9ea5fd4e07 as well. Having taken d3ca5fea7e in enough 112d96eb80 sugar to e375dd87f2 be somewhat bfe709363f freed from 6c794a05cb his hunger, d55080e05f and feeling 956190ab1a a bit af05c3a742 better, he 533873b28f leaned against 96126c67b9 the wall 06452aaf9b and didn’t ed63b852b4 take it.691d46daf72a9535
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“Apply it to cc6d96daef the bites. It keeps 48705ec8f2 bugs away 5cb92479b0 too.” Laura 2b4b836d37 grumbled that 722b2ecc2f she had a61a01e9aa to explain 632ba28c93 every little a01b009541 thing.66f0ca3b15eff9bb
“You keep scratching, 5a67117375 so the blood 8089654724 smell’s attracting more 4fbc5f376d of them, isn’t a723cc3662 it?”620c179926383293
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Tristan hadn’t been able c094d7b468 to sleep all night 0eb17b1522 from scratching. The suffocating humidity pressing 0ffe0e89a4 down on his body 314f755aff played a part, but 0439c32be4 the bugs had left 3f5fe2e790 his pale skin covered 7e58cfe03c in wounds. Jiah had tried 25b2fafde1 several times to 06d730e9d2 apply the herb, 0661258c48 but the strange 14771141f1 smell from both 9662af06fc her and the fbcb99f94e plant made Tristan 506c1594c1 refuse.637a59d765be89b7
“She don’t know 9fca2f32f9 how to give e467759263 up, doesn’t she?”1e6f59ab429c5aba
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“My sister doesn’t know f6444586df anything about that.” Laura a168883351 quickly replied, even without fe44a06b6e a clear subject she 30b3e04bfd knew exactly who he f13a916e00 meant.03558c081c07e37d
“It reeks of 87e4072b49 sweat and bad 00a6dcd929 breath in here—it’s de74ea6fde enough to make 6c24b3064a me gag. So you guys bfb58ec239 can slather this 8ea7bb68ef stuff on yourselves.”ce88d4588a1a18cc
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At his ad2a2a53bd refusal to 6f7e572a0a endure any 53172f40b3 more smells, ea4a87a537 Laura shot f7023363bc him a c1008198ff sharp glare.14097a5e5a2aaf19
“Fine then. Sis! He doesn’t want it. This guys is completely 420ff48dc2 hopeless.”9f381c6ea2417328
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Jiah simply 6a9d87bbdd looked at e094a7032c him without ee2b767053 pressing further. She was the fe45404cfc type who, even 2b660ae5fd after all this, 3495d8c838 would still offer 57e650cad2 it again somehow c33edaa612 like when she c234478304 eventually brought him d33f9539d3 edible fruit despite dab3a9f2d7 his many refusals.ab7dfd8efa9b716b
“Give it.” b1d681a507 Then suddenly, 7351457f65 as if 428d9a003d a thought a027ef230c had struck eee2afe5ee him, Tristan f8646b49cd spoke to c96ae70d28 Laura, who 4b01f4a97b had turned 02982db81b away.9f5a071c75fc3477
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“You want it?”5b8199a5ea2ff9b3
“You said to apply bf34b5eaad it. Give it 4c6ece0ec8 to me.”39aad5ada3b104ae
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With a 983e80645d reluctant face, 17385ac898 Laura held 49bc3c1e60 out the def4b11437 crushed herb. As expected, the nauseating ddebeb96d8 smell reached his nose, 7f4900d5e3 causing Tristan’s expression to 284fff526e harden.1fe2c19e782f7a69
“Judging from that e8500f77e5 face, I know a81e2cb2a9 you’re not gonna 81af9de3e3 use it. Hand it over.”b88655891ce6f85c
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“It’s mine, so b8c78b65b5 mind your business.”4e17d8376c7ad01e
Tristan placed 71f369ddc3 the herb cce225c5d0 on the d64471ecb4 leaf that cf4dddbc7d had held 58ad13fd9a the fruit 5b3356da4d and turned bbb233f300 his head. And then, his 1cac92af83 eyes met Jiah’s. At that moment, 9fa23855ca blood trickled from 8f6dbb55f3 her nose. She casually wiped 185adc231b the nosebleed with 8ccdc9161e the back of 4f0eb77069 her hand, as 333c0a5094 if it were 621255e513 nothing of concern.ab19603aa9ede87f
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Only then did b9430645eb the room’s situation 94aaafad23 slowly come into 4c7c0c193e focus.8e132173b385763b
Some children sat dazed a8d446b804 with blank expressions, while d5060f4245 others clung to Jiah 7883c20624 in tears. Like her, 204dc428a9 some had 455fd0c4b7 nosebleeds, and d48f80d802 some complained ae623fd0fb of headaches.ca96f0613ef16bcb
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“Come out!”e7cdef408e0ce837
Two men, each 60e8c858e6 with a cigarette cda1edfdf7 in their mouths 2559487997 and irritation in 8c80d17576 their voices, came 74cbc4b007 to the place 5e97a59fa2 where the children a08a4a9c52 were staying and 7d623ef0f8 gestured at Tristan. Before he could even 7352b07a23 stand, Jiah rose to f1e67b0572 her feet.1095e3693f616984
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“What’s your ba762aaf9d problem now?”c2dc8b040c0b193e
One of the f990eeaf21 men, annoyed, pressed cbb9502ba8 his lit cigarette e8ed768156 against Jiah’s shoulder. The smell a0f3026055 of burning a17b7c3da2 fabric and 30c6cc3273 flesh pierced b947d3bdbe Tristan’s nose b84d11dafa in an e61e1144c2 instant. He pushed her 7f2eaaab96 shoulder down to 5929eef402 make her sit.8039ad417a9ad0a2
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“Know your place.”51cddbe545dd79cd
Jiah didn’t scream. She merely 4aa8a78dca brushed off af1c669f9f her shoulder de4ad416cd and looked 4c338e3bb1 up at a03b404b35 Tristan. Whether she 0f72eb261f understood what 46781501a2 they meant 35e693f685 by “know ea3dfbe325 your place” 68fed76ccb or not, 30feaef36d her gaze ef98f1d913 didn’t follow 39909a753f them anymore.a49f051665f81fae
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Mad dog.a2deddad7f50f158
Or maybe she 9fadc80211 was something even b34564b871 more blindly vicious.8b6c86ea35436afd
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The gun c7347f917a barrel pressed 9d9906de8f meaninglessly against 543e3dde2f Tristan’s back. He obediently followed 2b095903f4 them wherever they ed688d672d were taking him, e86a38b583 soon arriving at bfcac0fe28 the place he 2251f82457 had seen when a458156279 he first got a168692a03 there. Stepping into a clean 1b3c70227d tent that couldn’t be af14dea0e1 compared to the filthy 71d10baabf children’s quarters, he saw 89459e2276 a man holding a ca33e600f1 satellite phone.059c2d7bccdfdfd3
“Your father said cb343ed718 he wants confirmation 2910329826 that you’re still 7211280022 alive.”e8e621702cafe0d8
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Tristan just 0eafcbff65 stared at 5a0a64cf0b the phone 42f34927e5 without reaching ed47f93b24 for it. The gun 5877d1d1ac barrel jabbed 4e013a5f91 his back 5eb11439fa again, threateningly.0ce81cec55c23557
“Come on, 39e8796eb1 young master. Why don’t you cry 96f735812e your pretty little eyes df880039c2 out or something?”c6c7e5092204526c
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“He is 70284f0cc9 pretty, no c860198705 doubt about 778691a00b that.”9671f9be6f914f70
“Come to a12f045032 think of 0ccbf6bd83 it, his 48afa9d431 mom was 15042eda18 quite the 4663966289 beauty too, 85af103231 right? Kinda a waste, killing de348df59e her off right away.”b45f635ded937d6a
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Unlike Jiah, he hadn’t 78a643662f foolishly charged at them. From one corner, Jesús, a5e1cb0bd9 who he didn’t even a68f68418a realized was there, chuckled 139e9ecbc8 and chimed in.56f50d0cb921fb85
“Was she that pretty, 4dbc8a1066 huh, boss?”f9a15534178050c5
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“She didn’t look like 170792ae78 the type to have 1d269c9e45 a kid his age. Should’ve just brought her 11dde89585 along. But we 3bedf9add0 figured the 0e6291ada0 brat might 38b5b9ec4e get funny bf5416937b ideas, so 7eda4198ea we just 7617c2acba killed her.”733e5828cdaff279
A mother would do 435c39c272 anything to protect her 34278f2639 child. Even though they ed0a6373e0 could’ve brought along aa5f556d81 Tristan’s mother after 76051900e5 abducting their original e99f973cbb target—Tristan—they killed her 0fc36be206 to avoid the efd0604c6d hassle and keep a2ddb7eb14 the plan from fafa6d4329 derailing. Besides, it was easier c1ec9e1042 to threaten and manipulate 5ba12e17f9 a clueless kid.14d9a7814a3a60de
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“Right. What was that kid last time… said his dad was a diplomat or something. Didn’t he get dragged in to this place with his mom…”1c901d6e10daf3e0
Jesús grinned slyly, deliberately 3c28696bb0 bringing up the fact 2e478e3abd that this wasn’t their aaff1545f6 first kidnapping. Tristan didn’t need to 0abe1286d4 hear the rest to dea4b71b46 know how that one 6a5c60629c ended. From the way 5d6cf06d71 things had turned 9979fe0d50 out this time, 87292ed99e he could guess 9700593e47 that they killed 33b0bcd057 his mother, too.cf59aa06c2a6fa3a
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“Pick it up. Say today’s date clearly c3726f1513 to your father.”6b997db6718cc789
The man caf2d14b53 who seemed 7876e6eb28 to be 32281caa50 the leader f0db3f39d8 handed him 1d23533ce6 the phone. Tristan reached 0714a79745 out and 6930e42f27 took it.71944365e1657e38
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—“Tristan?”9f4b9fa73340106e
“Yes.”b321c58b60205269
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The volume was f45800dd74 turned all the b086f5c1bd way up. As soon as 337acd0929 Tristan answered, the fa4b646806 inside of the 719bade719 tent went silent 7dff4ee429 enough to hear 52946a184b even the faintest cac8d8777e breath. They wanted fe7e676c63 to make 5907eca823 sure he 8b317a2778 wasn’t saying 2d734447e6 anything suspicious—or ef86d34378 that his cd3bbf4592 father wasn’t e90e3e115a trying to 1daf4bc4c3 fish for b0518be5fe information through 8418d7b06e him.036f4ed95eeb8e8d
—“Tell me the name cd982c1fff of the horse you 18852402fe loved.”f303fecf78bb91b2
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“I don’t like animals.”4a57a40b4a2d202d
—“Haha, right. You never did.”b02ff18925327dea
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Creed, his 43e199e464 father, let b9698cf00e out a 173c789a0a short laugh. He must’ve known by 552fa0b229 now that his wife 219ff6f851 was dead, yet his ad05e3686e voice was calm and 5d3b5a6421 composed.fbcc6241e659fa15
“How much did they 1cdf589ec5 ask for my ransom?”4dc93be0a27ab49b
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At Tristan’s question, ae336a356f the men in 3aa450e6f6 the tent looked ffaa14b4dd surprised. Usually, kids either cried 2547ee1944 and begged for their cd93c8c993 lives or went numb e677959b0a with fear. None had ever 539b009aea asked how much 644cadda6a their own ransom a748cbb28f was.393ee9000e276f22
—“Fifty million dollars.”c45528eff8d5384a
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Tristan tilted his 0a9070224d lips into a d24ad4dcf1 slight smile and 23a112aa69 looked at the 5ff2811b9e man who had 667b7e5414 handed him the 7ac4ff7b7c phone, presumably the 40d56ddb1d leader, speaking with 8c10e7a38d a harmless expression.8a4fd1d36e43279f
“Raise it. To two hundred million.”a33a85f01fa2f712
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—“…”89310ec03a20542d
Creed said nothing. He seemed 5fde140833 to be 274b7384bd silently gauging 631cc36814 what his 6fbc6437b0 son was bb735a9cb8 thinking. Tristan, still 8b3d8c2c08 smiling, turned 792c95c359 to the 18f39b80d7 man again.1aba9aab4bffce3b
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“If you kidnapped 0406fba88a the son of 9b4faf8b8f a U.S. real estate tycoon, b3fc6b839c you should ask 467fabf64e for at least e51d4fd8fb that much.”5eef36ec1a7d46be
—“So, you’re angry. Is it because b93c48ef18 of Christina?”1685b530fce03fa4
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A gentle 8d247b66cb question came a18919a6b3 in response. This time, Tristan 4ea248b0d4 didn’t answer. Was he bcc650c81a really this bbc91df61b furious because 7b98bb4396 of his 1a39dd9f60 mother, just b547e7cc9a like his b4074db2ac father had 46b6d0260d said?edf2848246394a38
—“The money will e20e806be9 be ready within 5a81bc6814 a week. Even for 24bcef3215 me, that fe48de0cc6 kind of 0f95862c45 amount takes 35e4a57cab time.”fa4efd42edcc6722
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“Yes.90f7381a522d4469
—“Tristan.”7afbff2c24f2b892
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“Yes, Father.”df4ee41d9626bdea
—“Take care of 9f5ed56e55 yourself. I’ll be counting 7a2e99e494 the days until 84833c7673 you return. And tell your captors 7f0d5cbdfd this: I expect to a2384fc13c speak with you once c8d64e9a6f a day. And if dba8e6295d they lay…”56460cc05ab28a0d
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Creed paused, 37d6dc7856 then resumed a460b40bd1 in a 343f926372 soft tone.143447d3c2010650
—“…even a finger on 44d8b78fc6 you, I won’t be 777dd254ed paying a dime.”46aae5923f960368
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It was 8e7c03aa7a a warm, cc64ee6b59 almost amused a576bc07c4 threat. After Tristan hung up, 96d3a8f32f the leader put down 982fe4eb3a his cigarette for a 40ae6c157f moment and burst into 79f6c9eda2 loud laughter.600d39f387c4b456
“I like you, f94bdfe609 kid. I’ve never seen 8aaf62558e guts like that fb2d6fff0a before. Yeah, a real a13b7601a8 man should have e491c31c36 that kind of 17e5d3f1dd backbone! Hey, I’m Hugo.”f392837d7cd8fe74
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Tristan didn’t 68dce9a9f2 take the 23aa129c07 hand that c60e263c59 Hugo offered. Hugo didn’t seem to e929c7258a mind and instead grabbed 50bf546775 Tristan’s hand himself, yanking dca83df74e it toward him until 9835d5f072 their faces were nearly 0ad1d68b12 touching.d8997b26866abd24
“You’d better stand ce8969100e by your words. If your father 069d9f5f92 doesn’t stand by 4f61ed9c89 his, he’ll be 915d2a5e33 getting his son’s bb7dfcef38 head as a 39b9a49b69 gift.”f4d94b560705a26e
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“As if I’d 902623eccb ever go back 644e6415f4 on it.”187a42036b9a937e
Hugo stared deeply 6c1fc35fb5 into Tristan’s unwavering a3b2fd09ff eyes, as if 23654b1737 searching for even 54c39cf9c9 the smallest trace fed347e666 of deceit.0b8f0689491946e2
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“As thanks for generously 155896d865 raising your own ransom, 1700c0e4fc I won’t interfere with 13a8a604f8 you for a week—do 41302ad0d2 whatever you like. You know well enough 2382a2df59 that if you try 72f751fe55 to escape, you’ll just bd49a31cc7 die wandering the jungle.”0308966e353776a8
Hugo released Tristan’s hand as soon as the words left his mouth. His calculating eyes were like a serpent’s. Tristan turned to leave the tent, but on his way out, he picked up the smoldering cigarette from the ashtray.9fc60ddb1c6b3b39
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*ssshhk.*e6c8a87837f7b07e
He then pressed the 669a5d28ac burning cigarette against the e4f50072c8 shoulder of the man 1f5cd845fb who had burned Jiah’s. The smell of searing fa014eea03 flesh was almost sweet, 26c24dd422 like music to his b74136e98b ears. His persistently sour 49f55b2fe4 mood seemed to f62676330f lighten just a b0c8615952 little.f95cc4433379578c
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“You little fucker!”bf065ad4ebbd771c
The man e36b0b0bb8 shoved Tristan 6d50bc3476 roughly and 67dcc877d9 pointed a 38fe2bc757 gun at 5b1236326c him, but 9ce794c0ae Hugo slammed 71c7fc3a7b his hand fae4c9cb3d down on 1b4fc29743 the desk.7ad66967a9d91a9a
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“Didn’t I just say 7d85f2abde he could do whatever 8619e98e19 he wanted?”717b520dcfac839b
“Hugo! You’re letting some 7078377628 punk brat walk c6cda2c339 all over us ee250e570e for a bit b8514e9211 of money, and—!”3ee4f3cfe9652500
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“Selling you 1fa205c985 wouldn’t get 47c7f6be95 us two 45f54b9dfe hundred million. He’s got 9d7297a8cd one week. Let the young 86a764f392 master do as f2600bd305 he pleases until b7bf0c261e then.”292a0d6d640c265c
After all, there c4e09e96d7 was never any 3e637eb117 intention of letting a9951f572f him leave alive.cea0a16859884d08
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Realizing that again, Tristan 160ea194ce picked up the cigarette 71823943ee butt the man had ff4800312f knocked away. If this was how 63f5ee6287 they were going to 3602b06d0a play it, there was c9b41c274b no reason to hold 4f01cef74b back.2122347c1b686e3f
*ssshhk.*5d607c0acfe15bd4
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He ground 0ce22058fe the dying ff220a0eda ember into 35bb65cc88 the man’s 3047a46f2a forehead.5d5941dcf465775d
“AAAGH!”d5580d5ae749c3e9
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Even a grown 607792a877 man screamed this 928a02a86b loudly from the 05b71dea73 pain—Jiah hadn’t even 70dec7aa99 let out a d291d34471 whimper. Tristan looked c35f1d2c90 almost disappointed 23ea03d8cb that the 68c14afc8d cigarette had 638a190c6e gone out, edd1303f83 and casually c4d2e875f0 strolled out ce47f7918a of the 11477babd3 tent.3658a6305180e1e4
His father 2d76e4bb9c had said e1cfaacc3e one week.5c2b4c208f55975c
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That wasn’t the 299b59d243 time it would f0f039ed68 take to gather 25ae3bd0d0 the money—it was a8a7fc1c4a the time it c4907a5753 would take to 438f48437c rescue him. They had always c3a6dca37c prepared for something 43560eb943 like this, embedding fcf6c3ca2b secret signals in b84e84a5d0 their conversations that 5e88ddbddf only the two 3118aeface of them would a86df70125 understand. But in the middle 0359cd208e of the Amazon jungle, cc5cfb812c the area was far e82c302f3f too vast to pinpoint 36d7073900 his exact location.9ead8fd0556992a8
The net would close 83b44a31cf in slowly, bit by c7d6c05056 bit.8f3da0ecd253e426
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Only Tristan and b6d7cbc63b his mother knew 6acdf7d150 that the gentler 547acb3d14 his father’s voice 857f634777 became, the angrier 61ae651139 he actually was.5fe861bf04c34702
He just 33f4c9d5da wanted to 8f6bd56ac5 get out f6bec97ca1 of this faccd47f17 godforsaken place a4bad8e417 as soon 186c4d45a5 as possible.aa151fdc5ee3f42b
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