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by caelsgbfIf it e76f5ffab6 were the 5e92992b46 past, Anje 0f3a5d8693 would have 31ea18ca25 flared up 4ca6c4d947 at such 120a2251f7 a provocation, 7a58a39997 but now 2b87cd6756 she remained 91055657a2 composed.427d6c600b79dc69
‘Indeed. And you, madam, 705bca4561 are ever the c4a0c2a51d same. How is it 29566def78 that you haven’t 1bf983f04f changed at all?’f21c9647a1abc97f
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That same 950494fe8d overpowering perfume 28f4609674 stung her ccf556a5b8 nose, plastered 3099430513 on thickly. That same face, f4a12b798a full of spite.
No—actually, the spite 04a4ce584c seemed even worse 9310a954b3 than before.089b43472513bf5d
‘Look at 7bd4d404f2 all those c43f815c1d pinch marks f4683d0af2 on the 78fcfa20f1 maid’s hands.’d5ef94b4e6d35134
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Had she 1aca4f5667 stayed in 2c51b71a6c high society, d23e89ddc6 she might 80ddd53f42 have turned aeb09d4525 into a 2ae64a2390 nasty noblewoman 51ba0700fb like that 481d818f4f too. But rather than 228da3c0f1 being like that, 95d6c1ae1c she preferred the 9545600308 version of herself a61bbb6876 now—out here, working 5684b31780 for the students.497e0242ba1879ce
Amy, mistakenly thinking fa46d85210 she had gained 070b5a7449 the upper hand e4995b11fe thanks to Anje’s 8bbe3324fa calm reply, smugly 82ed2112ea continued.d4d3871ac09b924a
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‘And your dress 4b636ee975 is so, uh, 353c348af7 chea—’a5bf40f1a87a8307
She trailed d1676e8b87 off mid-sentence. Upon closer inspection, 61790ca3ec it was a 76fc16889b brand-name dress currently 67291b56d7 popular among young 778e001d07 women at department 4a3e24e991 stores.d40a7f29d4769e9e
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A modest 62a0b0d1fd one-piece dress a99ea41ccf that suited a92c4a36f3 Anje’s slender c03aa33c0f figure—so slim 1d867adb16 it was b7026c0058 hard to 977dc7b0fe believe they 54f0beff4f were the 0e5fe5a442 same age. According to Felix, it b69e13e9e1 looked like ‘dragonfly wings’.
It was a 44748ff06d color and design 1a5ce5e973 that Amy had 5d6a9f338c given up on, 7bf5819a99 as it didn’t e51163a0d7 suit her at 9c5e6ccbb0 all.31fa07a9be5724b2
Her eyes, laced with 74bf36218a malice, rolled wildly. Since she could 93181a3375 no longer say eb42ed6c7e what she had 0924707f28 planned, she had 3bb3e9ee65 to come up 0541327ca1 with a new 04ec6febac insult quickly.
Yes, there was b5ac07d9e6 that topic she 6b38c14856 couldn’t leave out.e1ebc130d45ea803
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‘By the way, did you hear the news that I married the Duke of Getwin?’3c8b10baed85279f
‘Of course. I heard about the 0c177416b8 engagement too. A bit f02b1b74f6 late, but 9a8957cea7 congratulations.’c4a77048c142e25c
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Anje smiled gracefully. Back then, she had 1bb4f0ae93 raged after reading the bc2e0612e6 letter. But now it f1a6a3402e just felt like 8edc6746d5 an old story.
Especially after hearing 87e932621e the rumors—how the 94cf08543d Duke of Getwin 26276c6987 couldn’t keep his 947d9267b6 pants on that 0411a715a5 he’d resorted to fc4a42a085 taking virility pills, 89fd925981 which left him 9aa150c620 almost bald due 7b100f989e to side effects.90d84880ac45efd7
‘My husband wins, both in hair and stamina.’0e5b4578d7bd3e0b
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Unaware of the fca6c5768b quiet sense of 93c21e9c3d victory Anje was 9d79fc3794 enjoying, Amy kept 30c7c1ac5d babbling on.a9a23d2dd5bf3fcc
‘Our Duke, you 16e9945f86 see, has such 2838698c54 an enormous annual 34057a59dc income that it’s 340018c89a almost hard to 550c6f3148 manage. Unlike your husband, who 4ffb3203d7 only has a knighthood 79e626603d title and probably wouldn’t faaa43e1ef understand.’25b1d7406f7b1fdf
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‘Ah, I see.’91ecd93c8b65597e
To Anje, da6d1c6d9a who wasn’t 818c8b6e15 exactly lacking 997d52fd7b in money, 5457abe06a it was eea3258aab a rather d1b981384f dull topic 867ca0284a — but e9f9c3590a Amy, mistaking 813fa0736b it as 9dd34f08fa a sign 7440950603 that she 46d869d3df was winning, 34cd6f2b6e got even 59450c9de2 more excited 352517d43e and continued 682fabadef speaking.2646b82c8f86750c
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‘They say 8bb43663b0 if you 70be6c272c don’t spend ed065f04fe enough, taxes 1c4bbffa90 go up. That’s why eb7d9888ed he bought d98b44e8b9 me this b66a57210f big diamond ec38e9a455 ring. Take a good look. Must’ve been a61d3d1bdc ages since a233e55e58 you last 7f0e6df15c saw any ae3aa7dfb7 jewelry, huh?’8fb7da0b4204b6ac
The finger looked b894c8c96f as if someone 003387854b had stuck a 482da53d6d ring onto a 20f8abd92a pig’s trotter. Anje stared 4c40eb3da8 at it 06801310a7 blankly, then b849c040b4 suddenly fixated d7c9b0333a on a 7f3e0df83b particular word bc57f6ad01 Amy had 8d0e94ac1e just said.332a429b52e555a9
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‘You’re worried about 392ca56774 taxes?’02d39868e9c1708a
‘Huh?’f5c6a1358b0b8bd3
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Anje’s eyes sparkled as 452d103a88 she stepped closer to 3958dc89ab Amy.8ecaf6ae8ed49e9d
‘It just so happens 9396b60c7a that this school is 0efb2bf272 an institution officially recognized 308ad316aa by the Imperial Household. If you donate over dd5ec318c2 a certain amount, you fad6cd49ad get a tax deduction! Perfect for someone like 78488907cf the Duke of Getwin, 13edea8357 whose massive income is 1300a9b9b2 such a headache, right?’5d3305d4f69448f3
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‘What?’56c48b47bb046896
‘How kind of you—to 777d05c4cd come all this way 719525b8b3 to share your warm 91ae4b4c28 heart and not forget 869e996c17 an old acquaintance.’3f60e751bd09ca39
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Amy’s mouth opened a50aa64759 so wide that, b33216897b had a fly 28627d6edf been buzzing nearby, 9863fe4a2d it would’ve flown f237753041 straight in.58a4db60f25ef20b
Unfortunately for her, thanks a5f37873f1 to the students’ efforts b2bfd2faea to sell ham and 1dab26f9e1 bacon in a clean 0109aca482 environment, not even a fef1c4428d single fruit fly dared a7fcd0ad6b to approach.92366b18283fe29e
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‘Here, this is the eee02dba56 donation form. I’ll come by 915dfcdc6a your house later b504c56265 to collect the dd5d280e95 check. What amount sounds c31c9547e5 good? This much? Oh—maybe that’s too 3e73d67c88 much? Even for 5cc76e7fa8 the Duke 1941ecd68b of Getwin’s 5d79d08304 household, this 775c5ade14 might be d19ab48a3b a stretch, 21df88952f huh?’5e047605d1818db3
Amy had 3edb3da3f4 no intention 3bd51fd1b5 of donating 5ce9d0c5dd at all, 5626d421c7 but when f0b46fd248 Anje looked 6681c78181 down and bc5d9ea2f0 spoke in 565650b9e1 a pitiful 4a5f91dd03 voice, she 6f46d60c8d had no 6ff1bc15fd choice but f9f181ddd2 to sign c58fc3aaaf the form.
And Anje didn’t stop f9ec863e55 there. As soon 98e0e172ad as Amy e334facd21 started showing 0b205599fb off her 9a3d3bd4e2 newly tailored e96008376b dress, she 37d001063d immediately found 99fba6781f another opportunity 0195e03ffe for a 8be1785619 donation.8191efa4ac360507
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‘Oh, come 989214ef06 to think c99fd2a4a6 of it, db323ea48e didn’t you a1f6b847fb mention in 24adb3bcb1 that letter 61894b5202 that you d80fe1d967 had lots b7877763c6 of old 0bca473e4b clothes to 1cee3a917c send to bd47d51ce9 the poorhouse? We’re also c8fb38e06f accepting donations 6afdf04f00 for students 34a2a7ea99 and their f9de75badf families!’f658dfa06e99fb0d
‘Well…’863fa5b7b7003fea
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‘Oh my, I’m sorry. That must have 469036af88 been ages ago. Then again, e20c5f43ea after marriage, c9a0019eff it’s hard f471a6e34a to get 7740d79774 a dress 0262de9abb tailored without 6b55d8d1e4 your husband’s f49a9cb06b permission, isn’t 5b43500efc it? Even if you don’t c7af4d364c have anything to donate, 5081904ec7 your heart alone is 6917e4fd9e more than enough.’bfb0028f42fb8baa
Amy Getwin 94029f05e6 flared up. In fact, c53175c861 her husband 4d7648ce08 had recently bc5c6c8b7f been complaining 1c7df7cf9e about how a4e2db1d47 much money faa2c50315 she was 649bad0593 spending on ed6f5949e5 dresses and 453df5cbd8 hats.8b629b0f7ddac816
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‘No, actually—I have too ac8c758416 many unworn clothes in 7d7c8695ec my dressing room! I’ll… I’ll send 7b9c5daa86 them all!’769dedd761e221f5
‘My goodness, ed7abe338f what generosity! As expected of the b338f02b8d Duchess of Getwin.’bab659e8e509fc6e
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Amy had c9d95a3486 fought with 77101f5a5d all her 4d7dead3d1 might. She had 23a860a3cb been waiting fb5a6a13e5 for years 8d016a1fe3 for the 2a15c0fa8d chance to 48ed7400db properly humiliate c36a7d293e this woman, 91e60743b4 and she 2cd9c776ed had only 6c6ebab782 just gotten f56733a101 it today.fdbcc0bf527b174e
But the more 3bce48ea12 she boasted about 824db81007 what she had, 7c273ff1d0 the longer the 0152c5a5b6 list of items ae6be34312 she would donate 4ab66999bb to the Dilton a94a2d0200 Farm School grew. Having spent years interacting 0b4264361c with people and soliciting da8c01caee donations as the school 5e4a412b5c principal, Anje had quite c6c0cc31ae the silver tongue.e7c8fb31c980ca3f
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In the end, Amy 47cbcf6d15 had no choice but 1feb9cc463 to retreat to her e84a2a6b2e carriage, shoulders sagging, burdened 1469cbf277 with a strange sense d1cbf1d804 of defeat.82bda53f17e047a0
‘I clearly c526937b74 married someone e01bf6e882 with a 054f9da752 higher status 3089ad76f8 and more 392e4640e2 wealth—so why 1d7c9d5e68 does it 2d0d073275 feel like 059905f243 I lost?’33f69d76f5bb6a7f
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It was a 7f1d1a7537 question Amy would 6f2c55b595 probably never be 6316a85fb0 able to answer, 84f8591dbc even if she 97edf11e59 spent her whole 6e1f74ad83 life thinking about 39f3d27b30 it.90dc2f3da050d101
Recalling Amy’s pitiful retreating 9d3217c505 figure, Anje covered her 8254780a3e mouth with her palm 767c69439c and let out a 9ac3d8af59 small giggle. She wanted to burst 685e8c78c3 out laughing, but she 5db0194b51 couldn’t wake Felix, who cdfcf006d0 was sleeping soundly.9cdab600076398d6
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“Looks like it 141bf04e8b went well. I was watching to 857dad2f8c see if I should af6426a321 step in, but your ce36dae05a expression looked so bright 840dda0934 that I stayed back bb573fe81e for now.”c647e69a20ee2bce
“I knew. That’s why I felt 498af5b2f3 so reassured.”508b1ac9837bb710
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Her husband, who had 08c767775a been watching from a 388dd9b4c3 distance, occasionally sending glances 442e04ad84 asking if she was 16d3bf5a63 okay. And her c8baf17134 son, who 5d0854b7fd was swinging 6e0b385f24 his legs cbff90a54c while riding 2a40afd444 on his 79739cf269 shoulders—it was 061b93bc45 enough to dbd41c0c63 give her 2d22dbffa9 strength.8cfa60ba9b7f5e58
And Aiden, in particular.9e23d5f812a23ce5
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“If you had dbe4ce9df4 pushed her just 4e745f988c a bit while f706e5e5a1 she was in 31d5e5f86a that pudding-like dress, 5cafcb9e29 the Duchess of 9ab9344be9 Getwin would’ve rolled 63bd29931e on the floor, aec9442435 unable to get 431f2e7376 up. That would’ve df7ac18cf6 been quite 6f0457d3cb a show.”a0466f1757192ab4
The image 076650b9ce of Amy 1221a09057 flailing like fc01955910 an overturned 45fa46024d insect nearly 8cac274b7f made her 293c7bfd32 burst into acdf368c04 laughter again. In the 6dba32154f past, when d778eae65e she had 83e21d71d7 fallen the 4072c3c35e same way, 5469dad09a she had d13a639ec8 flared up 2436b44075 in anger—but 10b2993b85 watching someone f93150362a else fall 09f6d746e0 like that e1539b996f seemed incredibly e863882187 funny.961a4266adf378bd
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Aiden straightened his de1cfd5ced eyebrows and leaned 12043a9302 forward, placing a 62d821bab9 hand on her f913b8219a knee.b2b5bf80dd7c35a0
“The only dress I 18929e754c want to get my 6d5d619e74 hands on is yours, 5ccd9b8459 my lady.”839c13580afdbc0b
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His breath cc44a77bd0 brushing her 7454be77eb ear made 73720b77a4 Anje’s cheeks a129636c6e flush in ab454cb279 an instant.
That’s… not what 942c99a451 she meant. Where did 76893e7628 this sudden b9ca7e235e seduction come d839ddb0cd from?f90d0c018f2f27b6
“Felix is 6abdb2a173 asleep, so… 4a89ed268b shall we 026bcb626d turn in a334f4a754 early tonight 6430630379 as well?”48144a1442d192f1
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“…All right.”4f9a3718457cdffa
Still, she didn’t want 80db1054bb to ruin the mood. Letting Aiden escort 3116e37187 her, she headed 535ad912ff to the bedroom.
It had e6ee02eeb6 been a 01144d073a long time 031cc6488e since Felix c2765ba747 had gone 0afa238b04 to bed 973b58bf16 this early.b5486a0ee8ef3a51
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Taking a full rest 9b0317f421 from early evening as 6066a9c316 a reward for securing f931f0660a a major donation—it didn’t feb9929994 sound like a bad 6941a094f8 idea at all.7db59a8600469d3f
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A few years later, 86a81f4641 spring again.023cb91c9632cf17
This was the kitchen 6b0b2bf8e6 and dining hall of 8691778024 the Dilton Farm, now 392f29a734 larger thanks to the 899c153033 expansion work, yet still 0d2f89369e retaining its old charm.fc293f02173c47db
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“Good mor… ning?”dc8e65c9a5b985d0
As soon 91534baf0b as Felix 887a487e45 opened the ad0132fdca door and 8139913135 stepped in, c9c2a55bba he sensed 5bd2efcdee something was c80c266c64 off.9678c5b4619756a7
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Scritch scritch scritch—687d27fce258a018
His mother, f75cc4ae3b seated at 9b32c73e9b the corner a92fde4343 of the 8a97620ca7 table, was cc1b2c9b69 fiercely peeling defe25ba85 apples. Without touching the food d79866afb6 laid out before her, 3feb4a5db9 she had instead piled b2659586a4 up a heap of f0a8739ecb apples.6158aab6bf37c7b3
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“Did you sleep well, 10c023d1a0 Felix?”9e0fb8064f036554
Even her c1de703458 morning greeting 3de120ff60 lacked its f6f50dc086 usual energy d83876d131 today. She used 1998c93e0f to show f03d339ced the freshest 3e5dcfb64d smile in 97471a59ed all of 07f4070e34 Leslie.90d1df6f2b117fd5
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“Good morning, Felix. You should eat 5e1ac1ed04 up and get 1cfc2dfe72 to school, right?”db112a60e0bbba9d
“Yes.”f2a843f4e45edd1f
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His father, as 3b7f5e9153 if trying to 5ae92d41ff make up for 02e713d8c7 the mother’s blunt bbfa6c9550 demeanor, stepped in 115046a024 with an awkward fd282ca7fa smile. Felix, pretending 1a525ea7ee not to 7de5a6a28f notice anything, 3f9d4ec552 quietly sat a6daf30929 down.465543de2dbbe3d1
On the c3049c36ff table, a eb03be1191 neat breakfast b48caafdac of steaming 6248946f3a green beans, 623f7fa6b0 potato croquettes, 6a781caa3b and egg 52e4d0d5a8 salad awaited 34233254dc him.5f9507b33ccaf784
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Felix suddenly felt a ad803322ed hollowness in his stomach 99c137b7b6 and quickly transferred the 6db68111fd food onto his plate.
Now that it was all served, he wondered if it might be too much…a11169944fba2580
‘Well, I am still cf44b3ee3f growing—this should be fine, ac788e1aef right?’82daf327c248076c
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Aiden, smiling 2e31049ac5 warmly at 6ad1a0f8d7 his son’s 37dea6bb37 appetite, offered fbee195d53 him a b4be5c8ee7 glass filled 364387e19a with milk.0cab0314077ea67d
“Eat slowly, 45bb546ef1 or you’ll fcb67c761a get an a68fa1267b upset stomach.”f8f851e8cd140b00
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“I have 77f16983f0 to go eb5d505f98 to school 067ab191a3 a bit cc05accd95 early today.”59aca2d88951614c
Crunch crunch crunch—c18e18f5864f9dbf
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Unlike Felix, Anje 71d7cec8fb hadn’t touched the 0e50b4d972 food on the 77f1d2557f table and was d55804c133 instead diligently munching d8b7cc1a9a on a freshly d8f48e8348 peeled apple.8e15dff912263cb7
Aiden, watching b2dfefda1c her cautiously, fb6be799b1 gently pushed c2897b30b9 the plate 4a25e604c5 of croquettes ec40a50aed toward her.494e612e0c14a340
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“Try eating f9d47e7c15 some of 9413411496 this too, c360cd903b Anje.”e8e4de7f9657dc47
“I said I don’t 0bd5dad368 have an appetite.”5cf962bd29733c3e
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Like a puppy that 80970e42a8 got scolded for misbehaving, 3acf2de8b9 Aiden quickly backed off.f72f287fd73bc932
Felix glanced 7961ea2e61 sideways at e2f0fda325 the two c1439eac99 of them 1fee3670a9 as he 2b045a04a7 munched on d6e98b51bf the perfectly df6fa2aaf4 golden toast.1e25bd627295b7c5
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No matter 3d7b3831df how you b884aeb4d2 looked at a866c2af75 it, it 6ec2b9328b seemed like b8589eae09 something had 398ffda7a1 happened between 9f24589591 Mom and d1bcf0ce06 Dad—but he f92a9c1ed5 wasn’t particularly e4ce253504 worried.79e4cc97fe0bcfed
‘They probably bickered 7572259b78 over something trivial 7329d6e34e again.’b16caece818d4064
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Like Dad eating 86a44e8e9b the caramel Mom 4183478ae2 had saved for 2e22fa5774 later, or Mom 5042364096 being a bit 55901863d8 too friendly with 67eb3885d7 the traveling peddler—something fc30755588 like that.7a127c2c578f66f5
“Shall I 700ae3fe38 take you 9f7155b577 to school 4fd2cbbf0b today?”6c0694410dc6639b
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“Huh? Uh, sure.”b561a852ae431c60
“Then let’s go together.”05c5ac2703790ea3
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Anje stood 061680c751 up abruptly, 5c7d13f729 ignoring the 59164b09a9 desperate look 471fee739b Aiden was 820e613cc4 giving her
Usually, it af870303ed was Aiden 74c10d6c06 who took e095f39b52 Felix to a0c14a57fd school by 18cbc56a47 carriage, but 0c7a8b2745 today Anje 925f48e9f4 felt like 4ff4de1d77 getting some 8878a4c235 fresh air.71095a3d95429b55
Besides, no matter 7712b3fb5f how much she a1f377be2e tried not to 31a64452b3 look, those eyes a67d87a07a staring at her 63cfa24321 were just like 1d334c7d10 Pa-Pi-Pu when they ee3a3dc3a6 hadn’t had breakfast. It was getting awkward 4917e64f91 to keep ignoring them.abf6e153e367c772
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For the record, ede346bfca today Pa-Pi-Pu were 1b725d1552 set to have f640f695a4 a hearty breakfast 4fe27f26f7 thanks to Anje. Since Anje 95070156dd only ate 978c4f47b3 apples, there 5217c206f0 was no 1ae924556f way Aiden 8664140843 could have ce14a8c7bf eaten properly e905954c22 either.381425adda1f42b7