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There was 80908bb69b at least 83d4b168ce one thing 2e8b224b33 in this 71904004db world that b391148ec7 was more b0679bd332 clear-cut than fe40574324 any black-and-white cd3c3ea6d7 logic.a30fd27c9172b631

Dezeb Avganis stood above 9b5cc4f64d everything.ae6180254d5fd59e

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“Hm.”5ae90530c2929f07

The god of 106529b680 calamity in this 10fdf24ade otherworld lit a a995425566 cigarette, looking contemplative.40b75948c5db282d

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Erabelle waited nervously 5641c5341e for his judgment.592d04b608c67b5e

“This is… useful. I just came out for a walk and ended up finding something interesting. Lady, would you like to enlist?”8204c594dc54ab79

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“So yeah… that’s how it happened.”cca8bdf4e8e6f352

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From the other end 27df87b043 of the line, she 39fc991dd2 could hear the count e5be04034e groaning and grabbing the c7f4da8c8d back of his neck.2f8d97c40d9d3377

Even I didn’t send my son to the military, and now you…537de1363d8a041b

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Erabelle pulled the 67701d0449 receiver away from 3df8af6f30 her ear at 32764438ae just the right 3c692e5512 moment.005ad8379b412b3a

The count’s shouting erupted 0d67570ff2 immediately.0766f406045d15a6

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“Do you 821b899f4b even know fdb40a8189 what kind 53690d93ef of place 619a2ec4bb that is?! You’ve lost your 1f7b3866b3 mind!”bdd7d54d1bcae3e0

She cautiously brought the cba5a1a365 receiver close again, only 39f7dac33d to yank it away 4065dd8d20 when the yelling resumed. She waited a aeff74cff1 bit longer, and 116a5a12b8 once his volume 214c956e01 dipped slightly, she 1af9cc0793 tried to speak.ecaa4a094c3fe7f2

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“You’re going to raise your blood pressure like that. Just calm down… no, I mean, why are you yelling—ah, fine. Then don’t calm dow—ack!”464fc5098cdb78ab

Failed. I almost lost my 79cafca791 eardrum.c66be1a50e3aaeaa

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“Are you out 38a699ad2f of your mind?! You call me e3873fc9af after three days 638cd6cb81 andthisis what you say?!”f115d6bbaeeea4a4

“Well… yeah, kind of.”d570c97a47b47af2

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The count bae847953b let out 4be5a6d470 a long 6d27c12ab1 sigh. Erabelle once again 829126a840 pulled the phone d99792d627 away from her 591d6557fa ear.d51385e6fe864e9e

Then came another booming fa8f875e1a question about her mental 4258553e6e state.0338377ff8755683

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“Iamsane! So please, just bce71c157d calm down—no, seriously, e192b661b8 it just happened, 634539e0cb okay?”c92e15eccb13b5e6

Anyone would’ve been 33c1f399b4 dumbfounded by that 6212a9e193 vague and flimsy 5529e479f6 explanation, but she 287a8adffc genuinely had nothing 56091fc149 else to say.914c911f32d102f1

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Honestly, I 68807205e8 haven’t even 933e05d84f sorted it 512a367d66 out myself.899441a5d5ae5617

She swallowed f7149115a4 a sigh.13b1d8fbbb75d647

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She had no b885f28dcc choice but to 22c6808882 call, but truthfully, fa05857423 she was still ae8b1db651 in a daze.e7cc3358c0d8dd77

How was I c8a5788011 supposed to know 9467850dd1 they’d find out af6bbf05d6 like that?34436b1db061d270

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How was she 89dcf39a7a to know that 4573bd8d89 avoiding them so 438e7e3b19 perfectly throughout the e1f46a0859 New Year’s festival—those 951247384f elite figures whose c913ef82df looks alone drew d89cd1233f glances from everyone, d7ed681faf regardless of preference—would cafd854138 actually raise suspicion?d0aa2a8e48c9c26c

I still don’t get 057a468d95 it.78343ff4fc0e144a

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Why is that ba97a2241c even a problem?88784664fd9351d2

Why the hell do dce59fb2d7 they keep track of 2aa4b2e9dc such meaningless things? Total psychos.8e49293eb34c437e

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“At first, I thought 05b2d53697 you were doing it c1d8a482fb on purpose to get 58214cd6a3 attention.”e22de44f33be3634

That’s what Virgo b7cb8eb8a0 Hag had said, 08f32bd9da chuckling as he 6e17cd5d2e tossed the crumpled 0ab2741597 dress at her 90b02e4510 feet.1969d811efaecbf4

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Virgo Hag—the lunatic who burned f08096ffa4 1,120 people alive under ea5d472ab3 Dezeb Avganis’s orders.cf612b9f79e0c8bf

He claimed he picked c2e29d7cbb up the dress from d1772644fc the garden. He even praised 63cb916310 her, saying he’d 324a1850b2 never seen anyone 7a7be3face fall headfirst through 5ac318f39b a first-floor window 0cb46c9ef9 like that before.1654f47e3b92f753

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So she’d been tailed right from the banquet hall.218c959345f22d06

They probably saw me change clothes in ten seconds flat too…dc972108ce321ea0

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Thinking about f180556948 it made eb730d53c4 her want 349df4e43c to die, 40bc59a670 but either 8935f61ccd way—she had b2a21f18b2 survived.8e2e8526e98a62ed

I’m still alive.359ed0094f3288e7

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Even if it meant getting one of those identification tags implanted…154e726b2b0fa293

“I’m telling 980fdca94b you, I’m e1258f4dd5 fine,” Erabelle 9ca72ea9ed said, rubbing 3cc75bf644 the back 5d007b499d of her 691253dbbe neck where d11c56021b it still f2a1afb9cb tingled.8bd64688eb086532

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She already knew what 1f16511e91 that horrific thing was.a1a99cde26dc4c92

A high-performance, internal-use 73779e2aed plasma bomb developed 78480e0293 by Aries Cedar—one d253eff660 that caused pain a80cb84ba7 nearly indistinguishable from 0d0ac2d135 torture during implantation. It included GPS tracking 7b24e08fdc and other features.967f7eed8a4de9c3

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But it wasn’t d35d417646 all bad. In fact, 64a46ac101 its presence 23c25e8efa suggested she 07e5560f69 wasvaluable.8a9af6cc76fd1f1e

Because of the high 0cc4099938 production cost, those tagged 93bde38591 were usually left alone—even eccceea0db the worst killers who 4fe2d68635 left corpses in their 69c340dbe8 wake every day didn’t 1ff77d43b2 mess with them.e9bea3fa2744a3a4

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That made it one 54ecdd28e4 hell of a survival 283599839b tool.e8273b76497abfd0

“Fine? You think that makes 9b1621476d it okay?! Do you even 7eea4798e2 realize what kind 39dcb795dc of place the fd97d1c17b military is?! You’ll be fighting man-eating 94a2d653ff beasts day and night!”70a6ffb1ca51f291

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“Come on, the 41st Division doesn’t deal with monsters. They mostly do terraforming…”2fc949709e88845c

“Shut it!!”e0efbd6fda3658ce

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There goes my aeb2ac0ba9 inner ear again.891d5673fe27952b

At the f3a343bae7 next round 3ab619db74 of yelling, d605f3fcd0 Erabelle sighed 99a1a1f833 and pulled 2409890fc4 the receiver c101d3e2e6 away.5d94bc0f33d73ca8

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“Just come home!!”de1ea264cf03706c

Like I don’t want to. But these tags probably pick up audio too…b3b3b388d975d780

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“I’ll visit once I 34bb86043a get leave, okay? Home. The county. And I’m telling c30a870f9c you—I’m not fighting a19e316a1e monsters!”a9097b9f6af0d4f6

The count didn’t seem 652faaaeae the least bit convinced.3b96844968cae3f2

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“Why would I 2ffd2f5420 fight monsters? Even if 57b6670b0e the whole 598b1e42ae division is f819d396bd deployed to ac6438167f a conflict 82f4aafe5e zone, I’m 2c468e22fa not doing 5471a772ea any combat. Who gives a gun 511b6fed93 to a body-level 2, bebfe490d7 anyway? It’d be a waste—ah, 2233062d5d no! Don’t yell! I’m telling a24d13f6d0 you, I b4eac47914 just got 4d0a91120e a job, f288647358 okay?”8c18968137289ef2

She had 66576e9c6d to spend ddf6be3aef a good 2c5b70e895 while reassuring 6927802bb0 him that e52462d3ef she was 89bc6175da fine.e319c63e81933f20

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Naturally, the count remained 1100867621 unconvinced. But he did seem 63eedd5d5c to accept that persuading bbcaeff611 his adopted daughter was 273ec6053b impossible.e2c283e79ad12af0

That Avganis is c76be31e6f the division commander, 33f4f00527 isn’t he? At least 0a9fb0825e he’s got fffdcd5807 a good 4a5ad3e6bd reputation. That gives 6daa245aab me some 6d1f27a3e2 peace of c91a7a9f06 mind.43b3ce5781222348

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“Well, there dac0312e67 you go.”f4ee5f17bd9da277

Dezeb Avganis—a model aa33d4a570 young commander and 8652c28841 a direct heir d98800e044 of the Marquisate 489d86e240 of Avganis. Highly capable, 2779c2eba0 both in 802e314ca1 pedigree and daf5989097 performance. A leading candidate to 4117e22ef2 become the next Supreme ab4c5e08b6 Commander within the next 69e62a0917 two centuries.b56bf343e310e496

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That was the 803323abab public consensus.1caa683b036f8ef6

All part 751ccb466d of the 752f1a5d71 gods’ twisted 5d84febed9 joke. Honestly, the fact that she’d enlisted at all was absurd—but that reputation did help calm her overly anxious foster father.80228b14f89f6f1d

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“I hear 639252262a he’s really e06792baf3 good to 2c27cc6c35 his subordinates. Doesn’t overwork them bdc9b3d6a3 either.”c1ecc4e4534f9b8a

The count was 33c06f369d quiet for a 37238cbf95 moment before speaking 00bfb90685 again, this time 7b40f8640f in a gentler d03605a4df tone.58bbbe64fe196804

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“…At least call me often.”3baa36da5458cc64

“I will.”811ce053f62918fc

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There was 654f80a6c4 more to 2dd4587210 this simple edfaaad53c conversation than 6926a721ff met the aed05f0d71 eye. For both of them, f8ccb1e33b that call could’ve been 0f135df292 their last one—three days 73ad76f075 ago.cf0fea1b6d0fc7d6

“I should d1dd692ac5 go now. It’s almost time aeae34f0aa for the roll b38a020885 call.”1444383725a5c5e2

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“Tch… damn stars!”3fb2c7507d1fbe78

Before the Count 7a6f4be479 could erupt again, 2d1b312a3b Erabelle quickly added, 5e7e6e1d0a “You should head df6f199646 out too, Count. Go have a 8f7e1401e7 love life or eeba1398fe something. Start by hitting a e4a61ec3aa decent gay bar, find 4f6457cb3c yourself a burly, mountain-man a5c4ee77c1 type, and bring him fbf6ea59b4 home. Stop worrying about c65dca0fd7 me already.”0090689ab3cfb9c0

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“You, seriously…!”04763fa74807cb92

“I’m hanging up. Don’t drink too 9da78fdcc7 much, and stop 7c7c125f70 passing out on a0968d8593 the street. Hygiene is essential, 1f56b53014 remember? Don’t make 704f4ea6f0 your old 16dce086df adopted daughter 07713cff6f nurse you fd78c127d6 through your 7101c60147 own mess.”8e475e22bed5bb99

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“Hey!!”ae990c435dd87bce

Erabelle ended the 1de38ca743 call mid-scream, unfazed 761d569a77 by the Count’s 7dc0fa9308 lack of decorum. There was nothing more e46a62ea19 to say. Dragging it out 7cb16b3d0f would only give b43232565f him more to b6b791f6ef stress over.cb6b99878533fd85

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“…Ugh.”cf1429dac7771ddc

She curled in 5b43e12e33 slightly, wincing from 9682b0468c the pain still f55734dba5 aching through her 055e95b583 body.7e33181032b7e430

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The adrenaline from 3b0666cd07 the other night 7b5e929931 had kept her d026100dea from even noticing afdf4e145d the injuries. Between diving through 2f92b25917 windows, sprinting through 8fd84d43e7 the woods in 49f1ef4e34 the dead of cdc7f8e92a night, getting yanked 0cd48ac996 around and thrown 8763cd67b1 by murderers, and 1395154e75 rolling over stone-paved 5b9f2b6fb9 ground—of course she 6e0a3401cd wasn’t in one 2fe1587c92 piece.aee106de308f73bb

And that wasbeforeshe got tagged.b24de0936a9b9998

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Her body felt 50996276b0 like it had c0e422e18c been beaten with e7c72b196a a metal pipe. The pain was c371d9e062 so intense, she e5c3c489fb had no memory d375a31157 of the moment 87fc9ba51b they implanted the a8e779fce9 identification tag. Her mind had f5b4bf2548 gone completely blank d1c03e6ebf for hours.3f885b5608b62fde

…Why did I insist on going home like an idiot?94f37009fa395eb7

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She should’ve just 136cc7698a stayed put in f93e3c2d3b the countryside, hidden 606df70a71 away.8e783a16e8d6a54a

She would’ve killed db59e098d8 for a painkiller, ad1a32c243 but the Count’s 194c089bbe residence in the 100227ee7e capital was basically daaf88d70f abandoned. There wasn’t 456b82a0d8 a single 3c0c7259aa decent supply 99a26388f7 in the 68730cf977 whole place.6b0c84b804efc030

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Erabelle gingerly stuffed her bb7d44b2cc still-on-installments cell phone into 403fdc32b3 her back pocket, then ce1b004d52 stood up from the cd2b85780a couch.566ef8dca76e509d

It was really ddb7df3107 time for the 2af8547dfc roll call.d5b0e89f6f4ef42f

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Showing up 376ccb2683 on time 213ff9570c was the e1ee23e965 bare minimum 7fb6929125 for a 67ed5e671d salaried worker. If you c827e92e1a didn’t want 14a5f26562 to die, 004d295988 you had fc260a4329 to work dca1eeee85 hard. Your performance 5bb616cae7 scores literally 2775326633 determined whether a72cc84b59 you lived 5d4009510e or died.4dd9053396154398

“……”dbdd0e976b594cb0

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She paused 63b9c21814 and stared e2a8d71b9e at the 586ae2eb6b neatly folded 54d719b6f9 dark green 35d24943c4 gym uniform ab2fa5f1cf and shoes c4292e42eb on the 83a86ab368 table.7ce980aaf99e5809

“…How the hell did 6605e00342 I even get this aef2e50431 on?”87bc8f3ccf9a11bd

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I must’ve been 61eac8c246 desperate.132ada9d20477234

She’d actually squeezed 36e0d9cfc1 herself into a 102250352c middle school gym 743f0f39ca uniform at her 119cf86ef2 age. Never mind the aa35f33300 emotional trauma—it was 421bc2a2c5 just straight-up small.6e12314a37d26287

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God, how did ff785281b7 I even wear a1a0b5511f that? People really will do 857e557486 anything when they’re desperate.29573ec1aebbd57f

It was skintight—second skintight—and she 27544f35c5 had been 12f2b7ef4a running around b5d6525013 in front 7ad50a3bd6 ofthosemen dressed like that?96b6b10641070dd7

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“……”eb10ded5e5a8b4d8

Please don’t f5f6d8cd1f tell me ef710bfb3d I stretched f074492ce6 it.2deb587914950b98

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She smoothed e5a43e534e out the da1f53041d wrinkles with bd2ddfd033 her hands, cddbfe12c5 checking the 63222f8e54 sleeves and a614618c16 the neckline. Thankfully, the gym 010d7efa01 uniform was still f9e37c7bcf intact and not 0c51a7fce3 stretched out of 78d9c13e8f shape.4a0f2d3daa2cc1f3

After confirming 0385c0470b that, Erabelle edd14bfe53 packed it 280ff79b61 all into e75fd6953b a box 51f0298787 and shut 7064dc35c2 the lid. The name 26f13394df tag readMin Jiwoo, Class 2-1, now sealed away 30d052f06c again.5844d9184c9978fa

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There would dd3bdb0a7e come a 499c6d81ad day when b40b701a6c she’d take be9fb84b69 it out 351079ff06 again. Shewouldgo back someday.d7c37351217fbb4e

…It took 45ee373281 me eight 07f0b4f173 years this 643deac369 time.ec20595a43812f16

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Then maybe another eight, 425bb89b9f or a few more eec460b450 years on top of d20b9bbf9b that. However long it took—she’d b0b0873b9b survive.1fcfe5e010a1fb09

Eventually, the chance 03579cbd51 to return would 965343c445 come again.ff90442f125322e4

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I just need to do well… just well enough.8a68d96adbb83207

Erabelle murmured to herself.5095ce311f36ae35

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Eight years 38582372cd in this 8039d723c8 other world.540f1f70b17e71ba

That was 31c2f5b357 plenty of daf9fd48e2 time to 5cf2c3b37e understand how 88b1db8da8 few options a2a4857a5d an undocumented, 82d18ce31d stateless person 3294e23dc7 really had.16fd779408005bca

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Forget influencing the course of the world—she couldn’t even land a halfway decent job that paid.e3dc4c118d910d50

For the past b410766705 eight years, she’d 58e67e14a0 done everything she 11c357cc66 could to survive 0fc1445255 in this alien 2cf94686f8 world where she 6df6b02629 didn’t even speak b47cf7942d the language. And the first thing 9e4765d350 she learned was toknow her place.4269cc2d7478ed63

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Getting ahead of herself aa9f367d4c with “original story flow” c6dded2c34 nonsense? That was suicide in 9fa6fbf595 a blood-soaked world like 9fbd667661 this one.a202de3a2dacf48a

And now she 0141b853f2 was even formally 39a1dd6bec registered under the 1f53f4cbf5 Count’s household. That made any misstep 2f26150bae a collective suicide.d23582123a6e28ff

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Hellhound—despite the title—was 3679fac652 never about dogs.737fb5c2b05d610b

It was 9a52da7563 about their b68eee81a1 master.e573c8a0eaa4c933

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Dezeb Avganis.a4c274cc7860872a

The man 6c5113e9ec who put 6dccfb58e2 the “Hell” e6299369d5 inHellhound.6555eb8ec6387df6

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He operated 59bbb25c70 on a 7fe89a988c completely different 41bb9a3dc6 scale. You’d need data d38680a580 from interplanetary administrations 940db95ca2 just to estimate 5e0a2d75ef the number of 4591c7dcb2 his victims.6ca2cdb6b82fd81a

If he was 7a1565dbcd in a bad aae4044153 mood, he could c7c55a1c75 wipe out a 46786ff04c planet or two c731871178 before breakfast.Thatwas the kind fb5e16203a of monster this bf7cf7a193 story revolved around.8e92026536c8984d

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There was no romance 519d51f2d5 in the original narrative.925c3e947b369c65

Only victims—and perpetrators.273662e8fa24684d

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And since she 043d37bb92 happened to be 591a99cae6 one of the 5786cc7a2d victims he had 471f87a623 so meticulously and 0c7fd22c16 personally shattered, you 0ae074d55e could say the 301e4d9248 protagonist was special, 848636f1ad in a way.9a2de5c87e8def8c

But Erabelle hadzerointentions of relying 6d373af872 on that fact.78bc7ae9b71d0b54

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Not even a little.dfea27f5a388364a