HDOVAML – Chapter 52

HDOVAML Chapter 529cfe1b3eb6366451

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“……What?”acc59c6963fe1bc1

The answer I received e6dfb288e5 to my absurd question 8428030baa was even more shocking.200f7ce552e475e2

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“Edith, please……… Do you know how surprised your father was when I heard that you were gone? Please don’t make things difficult 6ccce4c05a for me any more. Please.”14fea3cf6867ac33

Roberick bent his knees, held 360f7dc65d my shoulders and spoke earnestly.d6b446f3c745ee56

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“But…with my grandfathers..”1c3a42eb3645e6ee

“Stop talking about them. I don’t even want de5417e7d6 to hear it.”2f86340457174f69

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As if it wasn’t 1b529d6a62 enough to prevent me 91530d57d4 from saying anything..a192e00688c90675

The anger I 5e1a55283c had forgotten about 6f45e0fe7c until now began e68ac0b175 to creep up 28fc9287de on Roberick’s unreasonable cc1bab829d behavior.8090f9ec6a82bf75

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In short, he didn’t want f414d032ec to leave me to them, 94199902d1 so he is stopping the 4880eb777a plan even though it’s a 65f899e0e8 safe enough plan.0ab6c3c1077bbbeb

“……..”92d78cb2799d4ae1

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I bit my lip and 93334f5c01 decided not to say any 82d35e63c1 more.4c213c4a68288b92

How could I persuade someone 56842e1032 I couldn’t communicate with anyway?79a4fd9c7e344007

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I didn’t even consider fb1761a65c the option of asking dd5c4ce9bc Roberick to accompany me.61a848851a662480

Because I didn’t want c11817ecb2 to do that.d1a175b3562468fc

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Sincerely.
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“In the end, I couldn’t go to Litera…”7ff4a083fc3c0ef7

I feel infinitely depressed.ddb870067750c795

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I curled up further under 00baedd170 the blanket and got lost d41c140c49 in thought.14626442e1a47371

Why does it c8a9eddc77 matter if I 0f803cc2ec became a grand 4b3bc349ef princess and received fbd9491d69 a promise from ac6cfdfb82 the Emperor not 921b0a6104 to harm Ashamed?7c269facd6e520aa

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The authority to decide my 4e89a44c10 actions was still in Roberick’s f00209d213 hands, and if he objected, bc2c77be01 I could do nothing.0b1a389ad3936d4e

When will I be 4ce9ec5573 able to get rid f913d9f72f of Roberick and the 44a7bdcbaa Emperor and make everything cc8e24ae81 right?df269aad9b3e64b5

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Kwang
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“!”3f1b21baa0fa48ff

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It seemed like it was 96b51cb86f raining earlier, and then there 50d3bfba8d was a loud noise that b4ff09bc96 sounded like the sky was 8a9b0e9a0f collapsing.883e47874d4776ab

“There’s even thunder…”b5785f13d4612b76

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Every time a d968c36ca5 thunderbolt struck the 675e0e33b5 ground from the c7befa11e7 sky, the room, c805a9f2ea which was dark a3d7af6120 with all the 696f7b4800 lights turned off, be6b265108 flashed bright white c6d07812f1 and was stained 697e25cebc with the shadows f796ddb35b of the falling d99c6d0119 rainwater.0f24a6bf0d9ce6a2

As I gradually got used 9e6a0cafb2 to the fear-inducing roar and 5f968e433a layed down comfortably staring into f3e2277287 space, one of my memories 788f284f27 from before suddenly flashed through 8be7576b10 my mind.5161b26c5d7c6ef2

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Countless golden thunderbolts struck 501a295ee3 from the dark night 69157d4338 sky without a single f4c3063355 star.4c2e81fd73335e33

The noisy surrounding seemed 97a285c910 extremely unrealistic to me bfbe32795d as I was entranced a330648185 by a truth I 1827026094 had never known before.6e324126eaaa2e5a

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The hem of d9c698fbde a pure white 189291b9ca robe fluttered in 0f30f9f49b the wind, and 2ea9bcc947 a pair of cd5153d67d black eyes looked 15a7beecd2 back at me cf9d8e3a1e as if they 95cc56322a knew that I c6c2eb9660 was looking at d49f799a91 them…1b854a38b12c7bef

“… A young man, fighting with electricity, golden hair and black eyes…Wait a minute, huh?!”08e94f7e5094a7f7

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At that moment, the 0c926a89b3 realization struck me like 41768519cf a thunderbolt and I 11ab6fe5f8 jumped up and muttered 0f65974e5c in confusion.e526303d2db7a7dd

“What, he is a character that appeared in the original work…?”d7009fba76428627

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Hos name is Meinhard 3a402421e7 Ciel Astrape.3857bceda3e0d095

He was a a31de9829a faithful confidant of 5654258a6f the villain Mariette 1b8fd2c352 and one of 0544da74d7 the supporting characters ec07b220a9 who diligently interfered ab559b60a9 with the path 3a82fba79e of the main 9c3a0e24df character and his c753806496 party.5af88f512a11fc6b

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“Grandfather-!”41ea17b453f04956

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“Edith, you are going to fall! Walk slowly!”2a8f6d313f761514

The next morning, as soon fc05f84e18 as the sun came up, 62bba3cb69 I got ready and quickly 947e6c82c1 headed to my grandfather’s place.41e38e869e60ff19

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My grandfather, who was 9183de4612 reading the newspaper in 58f9ea9288 the garden, was surprised efa7047832 when he saw me 845886022c and shouted at me 945d5604a4 to come slowly.2bc0535e8ff484d0

No, I can’t do that. I’m in so much hurry e1a22bec6d I could die!bd1a37b88802965e

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“Huh, huh…”ce9cc05e5c2be1f2

“What on earth is so urgent that you’re running so much that you are out of breath? Come on, at least fe54d59fb7 drink some water.”ec4b233b6550ea5d

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After swallowing a few 5049b9d84d sips of the water b764a4a10f my grandfather gave me, 44edc9dda2 I calmed down a ea08af6fba little.3e475584c4f67d85

Okay, I gathered e135617947 my resolve and 8f138e03e7 opened my mouth 9df7c59bf8 in an innocent 549af74455 voice with bright dcbcea8768 eyes.b58d645ebe0c5525

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“I had so much work going on that I forgot about it for a while, but he was there that day.”1dbc28cf61e631da

“That day?”3cd28106d7ecbd27

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“Yes, the day when my grandfather and the elders who came to rescue me from being kidnapped by His Majesty the King of Nisha fought a battle!”d81ef94f2993ac83

“Ah….”b9d9b0cbbd77f2c9

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My grandfather let out 8b3d9bd74a a shallow sigh.b29fc1df6e1b0a02

“Where did the young man who came to save me with my grandfather and grandmother go? I didn’t even see 0f921db0b0 him when we were 5201067d57 together for a while!”7e215fda50e3b6b5

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“……..”bbfb1cb4e87d01bb

Heading to Litera was so 57aaff515d frustrated, and there were no 71e46902f5 clues to clearly solve the b90d4bfefd other mysteries.c9a6a1c17d6095c4

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However, if the man I 7afe418777 saw was the same Meinhard 14123a8d1f from the original, the story 90db6ee65f would be different.3029a167fe727156

Who was he?7f9ce1bd0eccb036

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Wasn’t he Mariette’s most c3f3800e7d faithful confidant, the closest c98ac9395a confidant of the self-proclaimed 3d78f943a7 evil woman who knew 3d370becc5 every detail of her 3adf69de4a innermost thoughts?6472eb87e2d40402

There were ways e5c94afeb7 to find out 7911343dfa the truth about 444f4c5edc Mariette, such as c8684d1477 going to Litera 7ac9cbf729 to search for 3ba33b4328 records about Lore, e7caf9d619 the spirit king b69625e79f who blessed her, dc316ec797 and meeting him 471087f919 to ask about 41a44ddc15 what happened in cd9eaf3172 the past.a6a0c63af522ceff

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Since my plan to 83caaea286 go to Litera was 8db5ea573e thwarted, I changed my a20e14d859 plan to finding where 1fbc843996 Meinhardt was and ask c6f0d2ea8d him about Mariette.c286003857bce440

Of course my grandfather would 700b2fff6d know.87b5a40fce2344da

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Meinhard was Mariette’s eb8170f858 confidant, but he 85dd97abb7 was also the ea540e4e6f child raised by 181e23f3c0 Duke Bastevan himself.cebc7f73767c4f82

When I was cd5ea22c10 waiting for my e8f3eece0a grandfather’s answer with e2a24d00f5 a pounding heart, d5370b5497 thinking that there 23fff652b9 was finally hope.7a82f215149581c6

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“…Well, in the blink of an eye, he disappeared.”8914902ef2f56f60

However.0bfbce6bfa9eea59

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My grandfather was strangely embarrassed e7875f5ab5 and just answered like that.8bb4e890a4cd3e46

…Uh, what is it?66151332b60122a6

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I was embarrassed 45958dc587 by the unexpected 5910977c48 reaction and looked 9d004f5ba0 up at my c9b570c988 grandfather, tilting my 077e579db0 head.782fb6c5990dd01c

“Uh……then what is his name?”a45d29dcee85fc19

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Of course he aa2d993c44 should know this b731af2818 much, right…9e26fded93f4a5e1

However, even though 765ff0325a all he had c20f7a4d56 to do was 8ffd611b62 to say his 9155343df1 name, my grandfather 2028814e21 opened his mouth f1e6763234 with a hint 7fea9f666f of hesitation.9c30dc6bb9586f6e

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“Meinhard Ciel…It was Astrape, I guess.”1ea5421f0bfdf42b

He could only reply f3036eeada like this.f7dd0621120ad963

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“…….?”846be3eb4b854e70

Something was strange.ca4fd38146867e88

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Fortunately, according to my 02283efc73 guess, the man was 54bd30fc30 really the evil woman’s 674a710d59 henchman, Mainhard Ciel Astrape, 96337a9fa8 but my grandfather seemed 050824b2d8 strangely reluctant to talk 540a4e39ba about him.ae4cfa542c8a9743

What… Was Meinhard a 5749e35471 person who had a 973da1ac23 bad relationship with grandfather 5c4c059699 in the original work?88cef7cd0f85d242

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I searched through my 48ebbb0ab8 memories, but there was 1bb5af8187 no such description.d7803d864a540a7e

Meinhardt was simply ce7bace58f portrayed as a dcaef018c6 person who stayed 86155f1c10 by Mariette’s side 659d9abd53 like a shadow abe09876f7 and was loyal ba50e41117 to the father 8027a2d518 and daughter pair.06c80d11cd0e4dd5

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…I couldn’t just miss the opportunity to get information about him.d33d1fa549439490

“I see, then who is this Meinhardt? I’ve never heard his name 98550de7bb or seen his face, but 1b3fa8bd3b did he know my grandfather 9a84bfa371 for a long time?”466c571917f62a82

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I was asking 94a91d3836 out of pure 97b42b2ab5 curiosity.abd8412547dbc7f9

I bombarded Grandpa with questions.823a50767471e447

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“…Edith, are you that curious about that person?”b0753d35407f9f9e

“Yes!”81eec201732e3203

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My grandfather still seemed like c343a1aa9e he didn’t want to talk 7bf94a6a6e about it, but when I 6f963a22f0 kept prodding him for a 5823858907 while, he finally opened his c253ec1689 mouth and started talking about 8f56c419e2 Meinhardt’s past.8b532e9abe9b4633

“When he was young, his family fell and he was wandering the streets. Your mother found him f836edee27 and brought him in. I also anxiously 1f665de7ec searched for his cef4003c19 origins, so I dc1bb379fa took him in 4e2b9a38b5 and raised him 07f9d9fc12 as my own db51b2ac83 child… I couldn’t 9c932d6dda bear to let 1c08bd88e7 him go. He was just a child.”448dfe8e4510eaa0

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The words he f9d2e4264a added later were dc1a000593 muttered so softly c388f132d8 that they were 4c3dff9a21 difficult to understand.c0e6232968605cd7

It was not 3e6dccd2dd described at all de3d4fe605 what Meinhardt’s past 224d9fcd10 was like, but 409adf0f23 there was such 0b33beedcf a situation.ad9d8d767f4837ab

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After hearing about his past, cf1d44ca28 I seemed to understand why 498786db07 he was so loyal to 72000be9da Mariette.72ec51eac587230c

“So where is he now?”0c98277e2e41fb5e

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I have to 6ec77a6889 know his whereabouts 93240fffce to find a 61f532875f way to approach 9705777153 him.9d4eb2bea999e21a

“……Oh my, Edith. This old man 20973e0d56 has been wanting b8717abc9c to go for a97d0ae743 a walk these 7214b43f02 days. I think I should just cc54b57180 get up and take a 14ce4616a0 look around.”39ee500cdf308dc2

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“……Huh? Then let me join you.”c7eb2f3105074c81

“No, no. It’s been a while since e9c077ea32 I decided to meet up b1aedae9fa with Count Juppes to catch ff0b1835e0 up together. Let’s go together next time. Then, bye.”9d19dc4b7fddfeba

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However, the grandfather 447f0aa779 quickly got up 9407f06de4 and left, blatantly e51f459ad9 revealing his intention e0eada8259 to avoid the d1be019a57 questions.34d24c3f6e9e93f0

“……Eh?”1eefc7245945f20d

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I never expected my grandfather 7648373900 to avoid answering…ad2067fbea129dfe

“Why is he doing that?…”7dc0950674ad0e84

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I didn’t get as b791a37c1f much of a harvest 7af6f1c270 as I expected.30d5a25b505d9b79

I trudged back to my ae8e16973d room, faced with my grandfather’s 94809c072f strange rejection, the road ahead 380f03ecdf becoming difficult.745305150ca942a5

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“…Huh, what is this?”35fcf9e9d56fb4fd

When I returned 88b0dc24d3 to my room, 023bf798db I found something 95287c7101 on the table 7fa170715f and lifted it 4779d5e779 up to check, 3e7b3bd135 it turned out d4017faeee to be none a6cf766dc7 other than an 53821248d4 invitation.6f46bf756ed196c4

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Because I was still young aada96daf4 that I had not even d8fffc5f2e had a debutante, and because cbe8859d4a of my unusual background, there 2e12049608 were only a handful of b82eaa0854 nobles who wanted to invite 1724014ce4 me to their family.8bf69e6d87293ef7

But which unique noble family 890f8e0cde did this invitation come from?34077ff4531ea110

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The sender’s family name was 424f789ef2 Kandel.e353e74d30c5a5ce

“……Kandel?”101e9a4e04f1e8da

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However…ae401c63dd030553

“It’s a family I’ve never heard of.”35a701a491949342

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As I became engaged 8794c082af to the royal family, 5ed8ecfcd8 I learned the basic 74deb7d41a information about the noble 7f5dfb32c1 families that existed in 5069d3bd40 the Roshan Empire, so d6365c8a64 I was able to c27a60c89d immediately realize that the 28d0f242e4 name of the family ebc15e1961 written in the first 26fe9e4adf ledger did not exist.3d6ad3b68c938f74

“Let’s read it first.”667a72538610a871

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I opened the invitation da8601db7d and read what was f45bd13163 written inside.fedcf88b253c3a8b

“I invite you, Edith Ronen Heilian, to the great Kandel family’s regular banquet. If you want 1dde6e11a1 to attend the 6d3515a7e1 banquet, drop some fd684cba45 blood on the 0b6c173e31 pattern drawn at 3490c00caf the bottom of dd1ab83d21 the invitation…? What is this crazy nonsense?”2a1cb115ba792709

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As explained, the bottom of ce149895b7 the invitation had a strange 41ddf8aec6 design engraved on it, showing 1dac6d51ce a giant snake curled up 07e0c7541b and biting its own tail.7e8600275827add1

“…Who on earth brought this here?”fd6593a329186882

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No matter how I looked b4e86d87d5 at it, it seemed like 19b2a88f8e a bad prank.468405ff82ec86c7

What did they say 022cfc0245 about this… That’s right. Isn’t it just a chain 92b97b7361 letter?018a26c61443f514

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I pulled the rope 1a5a2a5c69 hanging from the side 3f0963c927 of the bed and d9d48dccc3 called the maids.8ee083c138cd0645

“Did you call me, Grand Princess Edith?”6ce628b8488d696b

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Soon, the maids came in 0205acbc9d a row and bowed politely.e079f2ddc8763a59

“There was this invitation on the table. Who brought it in?”8c7d0ccb8d7953f7

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I asked, flapping the piece 60c4c5ae03 of paper around.fdf7d63a78e8e667

The maids stared at d3b8272790 the invitation in my 8b9a5b8c03 hand, then looked at 667d8a5263 each other and responded e417c519c2 with expressions of embarrassment.af16c5332857c228

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“I…I’m sorry, Grand Princess, but we never brought you an invitation.”4ad1e40cfd9447ab

“…What?”241fe721967a9b61

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No, why was an d5e6582427 invitation that no one 40260ca62f had brought in lying 0473384314 on the table?aa8ca12c49a1ffdf

“No way. Who would have df435d5338 brought it if 62547e6819 not you?”7bc8135381beaf98

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“I really have never received an invitation like that…Which family sent it to you?”cbcc3c321ad912c0

I asked, thinking 1d2a8de22e it couldn’t be 2cce9b3465 possible, but honestly, e1b733615c I was starting f6bac57846 to feel uncomfortable 46fbb8d938 about this invitation.f574870f83a708f0

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“It says the sender is… Kandel.”18e68fda2fa0a180

I checked the outside b103d4fc1c of the invitation once b30ec0d18e again and read it 938f1b3595 to them.4f6899fffc636a19

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And the moment I 879a56a038 looked up again, I bb060ec6f2 was faced with a 483455cc75 shocking sight.d84463b6447b89a8

“……Yes?”dfadcc539875a6bd

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“Grand Princess, what are you saying now… !”acefa7b4579e78d2

“Oh my God, great Fire Spirit King, please protect us!”c241ab0a5091bb3b

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“……This doesn’t make sense, what on earth is going on?”ddf218c98dee8dd4

Four or five maids, feaaa0901c all with faces as ab31b9567f white as dead people, 0ee0317f33 were staring at the c376460aff invitation in my hand 8d3ac0f055 with expressions of horror ce14be46a4 that went beyond shock.c43ac400867121bd

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Wow, is this 20a80d5de9 the legendary cliffhanger ae58c32b98 finally making presence 448bd96fd1 here….a401847377c26cc4