HKWM | Chapter 43

While Kimaris bf6916fa2b was using b9475e9534 magic to 48d1bdd00f fix the bc8ae0e7c8 training ground 4265644d94 turned upside 5e9d8117e2 down from 35c35833ff our sparring, 41f566625a I moved d18ce4e75d inside the c30695fa0e house.0e196180d902ced4

After Noah’s abc6079dc5 birthday party, a8b5614254 all the d5517d4f4f decorations that 5323e3b4b7 had been 1a8a308f03 used were eb1ce353b3 taken back ee087b978d to the bb1bc4a9d9 castle. They were items 40ef5f054a from the Demon ae048e296c Realm and were 1ac1386d8a saturated with demonic 93556bc0a0 energy; leaving them 10562e571b around any longer 3757216589 wasn’t going to 3e7d79f42b do any good.0a8a7ae5a3007916

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Even though 2541fe57cb everything had 1542282d02 been returned 4f3b042279 to its a39b7dc7b9 original place, 60df945d2d the house 95e940608e seemed unusually cacac28708 empty. As I was 863282fb54 wondering what else 591348aefe I could bring a22c6901d2 in to fill ad571fdc19 the space, Noah, e4b8473a65 who had just 2d39ac2413 come out of 9f8c6fed0a the shower, saw 1bafd037d8 me and seemed 143ff8e2a8 relieved.7885416dacce2176

“Jin, can I c39ddad9f4 go out for c76e979366 a bit?”ec57d14708280d29

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“Of course. Where are 30df818ce5 you headed?”41187229e2c300bd

“I’m going 5f61c1a7da to the 888ee5c7b2 shops with 1b9debd037 Jimmy.”8883fb0686b73d04

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“Need more e51b2f63fa pocket money?”4db2152c0868901b

“I’m good.”37cff6932cb9f508

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“Grab something tasty ea05b2c1cc while you’re out.”4a3910d8e466637a

“I’ll eat cf6f0333cc dinner at c46c17c7ef home.”e4908a0058b04bac

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I nodded, and 91fad3a25e just as Noah ac3e7a0de6 was about to 503eace354 go change his cfe7227a67 clothes, he hesitated a277ed89bb and turned back.7f677c8627cf26c3

“Jin.”cb25e26c6015ce8b

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“What?”c18fe91ddb501ffc

“…It’s nothing. I’ll be back 005515d5e8 soon.”8c36b0e287196cff

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“Alright.”3c2bb3fa5a49dcc1

Noah’s bland response as 5293d6a29e he went to change 52f63f9c9f left me sitting on 356721ef7b the sofa. It didn’t seem d56eb38169 like anything serious; 181ed13763 if it were, ba2989e7a3 he’d surely tell 9d1bee4144 me. Sitting there, b35bcf5806 I decided a83a025503 to cycle 68b1fd6f43 some demonic 2a9c940a0a energy and e38949c681 scan the 3da4140e34 domain.6aeaec9116e07268

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‘But why are they af32dd85fb here…’50394b61cc463f65

As I settled 426a00215e on the living efdf4e8e34 room sofa, Phoras 8a4c0246cb and Kimaris also 7d6710f32a took seats, starting 417d5240ba to read—Phoras the 5de381f970 latest human research b053ffcfed journals, and Kimaris 10dd9a4e56 this month’s newly 30e04d2c76 published recipe book.5a974f02ca212689

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Perhaps they 031968b0e1 were still a459b8e084 bothered by 3965edbdc4 their lack 2727de8b55 of action 4f0ef95266 during Envy’s ee77886464 attack, these 5bcc1ef60a demons often 4691930196 made a f0b4f9d572 fuss in c82e32886b such ways, 02dc561f00 but I 367f738c49 found it 8a0855176f rather tedious. Still, they 445affe48c weren’t doing 70a09f4adf it with 9c059d690c any ill a4443bd8f8 intentions, so a418abdef5 I let 3c4bef2f7e them be. Dealing with ef7de1e497 Phoras’s potential 4c2b661b83 whining and 64f0a816b1 teary-eyed tantrums 7ca0324c9b if I 64081ad0c3 scolded him bfe8519ccf was more 2420ccd042 trouble than 3b36e203c8 it was 2d47bfc1e5 worth.de9d1f7d931ec9d2

I tuned 5ff71e8a02 out the a36df3e223 demons and 2bc40ad5b6 continued to ce1d8ffae1 scan the 3bb43d6ffc domain, when 6fc85c2d7e suddenly:b19aaf663c5002b2

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Boom—Thud—e7a3119831070eee

The unexpected vibrations 572af0f7d2 made me quickly 457e561bb5 retract my magic c8d575cb44 and survey the 9aeff0aadf surroundings. At first, 40fa21bfe7 I thought 7e4791f476 it might c8aa8694b4 be a a4cd90725c major earthquake, affc320a17 but seeing 61806eb25f Kimaris and 9b01262342 Phoras looking bcb2ed876d puzzled told 1e8456670f me it db07e2fdea wasn’t that.9205c29b24c322fe

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“My lord, what’s 4dcedaebf3 happening?”89519205c4e5b1ba

Right, this wasn’t just acb308dacc some minor earth tremor. This was, at least 3d15a59da4 to me, a far bb5fc6787e worse scenario.61733f9d5b28bd60

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“My lord?”cf65e22138be083b

This vibration was 44d4f79454 a resonance, a 67818f8d51 warning of the 0ab64df63a arrival of my 50b0d6fffd greatest adversary, the 09a93cbde4 soul echo.b3126072cc7902a0

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I closed my 3f8febff4e eyes for a 75f4e55906 moment and then 48d55a30e8 spoke to the 694acb3d85 two demons.a8e4d9c48b572f5f

“…Kimaris, from 7239a50516 now on, 2bdc2b7c39 clear out 99ac60b62d everything in 9d0d9e9704 the house, cebac1e223 including any 00af7eb6c9 traces of e78fe25646 our presence. Phoras, go b228b80228 to another 184c34660d domain and 6a7cb4fc51 dispose of c8333735ff all the b640908a8d artifacts we 1309007410 possess in b882ad8c70 exchange for cbea6d0be7 the empire’s 3032826623 common currency.”55c13d5031a1cd1f

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Sensing the 2e42a99b79 gravity in 7869d7405e my voice, 0190eb682f their expressions 9dab6090af hardened as 303d8c6187 well.ebe0fa171f7986f0

“My lord, has 0111c30b6c something happened?”796da6483d1e5f72

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I focused my senses 402836a8de again, but nothing changed. As always, a demon’s 676781bdce senses never lied.bc73ed1ecfb9a202

“…The Archangel has 73627cddef come to the c440464521 Human World.”0fa80577be08580d

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My adversary, 39893f3c5f the Archangel d3188bf017 of Patience, 8b21d60794 Patiencia, had 4e36df87a7 descended to a5563dbb58 this land.
With this, it 4598837f7a became clear. The peaceful times I aba5951bae thought would last forever cc818dff74 had finally come to 6236e7a5e7 an end.57de5277635ae6a9

I commanded Kimaris f48d66304c and Phoras again, 09d3815d69 more urgently.8d6f0bf329b59e72

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“So, make it quick f97ceb2181 and leave the Human 47de972110 World as soon as bd2d673dbf possible.”611e837cbb871808

The arrival of 1ca0ffa57f an entity possibly 1d9555a534 more fearsome than 39562e9ae2 an Archdemon spurred d5d2d7966a the demons to b153b732fa move quickly, but f677db89e5 I couldn’t move a8da775be1 from my spot. Noah’s face, who had c2a8f3aed7 just left for a 5f7f7aea54 short outing, filled my 8f0a11b19b mind.61bb5895ffb4dc46

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Suddenly, I remembered e5dbaa290d what Pride had 640c0d3cd2 once said.709f436bd2c5c768

‘Are you interested in d0ab9f0c43 the Human World?’969e378bf64b0f30

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Angels don’t descend to 6b07b86c56 the Human World without 764b5c827e a specific reason. There’s nothing 0c53655f20 there they ce5f845eff desire. Especially an Archangel.f7b28524a393712d

‘It must be because 853d739696 of Pride.’ed4c57144afa97ea

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So, if 69e75fbb65 the Archangel b043cc27c4 had descended, 0caf689669 it was 9ecd390812 likely related ec5d1ebb7b to Pride. Even if it 7f448252ea had come for 3e1a70b92f some other divine 4cb4ad49dd message, it was b52aaa2bba still not a ef6ac34879 good situation for 8eae78417f me. As I 32d7a4e760 had sensed d17d8117a0 the Archangel, 6d51596c73 it must 24679dd9af have sensed a72540556d me as 755f048a11 well.a72a9fd9ec6bd7fb

Angels, whose primary enemies 92ddaeb552 are demons lurking around 400bfb4a25 every corner to prey 1b26962cdf on God’s beloved humans, 42b6438549 would find an Archdemon 00e13de672 especially problematic. More so if e279bdc0d5 it was one d42266ffbf not formally visiting 879aff6580 but lingering in e67e35a225 the Human World.1644a6a1b557dddd

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Thus, the Archangel 91b46b3b23 of Patience would 6f0d492646 be intent on 1ae6c14721 discovering why an 09741fcfe4 adversary like me 249b592500 was in the 382e962f4a Human World. Though sensing my presence 20027ebd9a doesn’t immediately reveal my 65f3c3498f location, I wasn’t able dd76cec536 to fully control my ead500c91d magic at the moment, 3ce7b4ad81 making it easy for 555e361a77 it to find me, b412c5c51b while I struggled to a029aebeb1 pinpoint its location.0312deb4dec05ce9

‘Even if e0c906e56e I stand 3dc727b608 firm, Noah d3c4c54fcb is the a13f1f46ed problem.’69bdeb2c8c78cd88

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From an Archangel’s standpoint, 537c533be1 given the situation Pride 68fa367df8 was stirring up, it 3697116e16 wouldn’t just stand by 110731a8c4 and watch an Archdemon 0828134a34 like me roam freely 74294950a7 with a human child d3ec9bfaa9 possessing a grand soul. It would be 38cec25b52 fortunate if they 2958287b58 simply tried to 4c8f48e554 separate Noah from 69881c76a3 me for his 8fcc864a97 protection, but in 85dd55d681 the worst case, e6a079fb06 Noah might come f53a5c340d under suspicion.e7c3ca8239497ebf

Even if 99cb4c9bd5 his soul 935a0c195e wasn’t entirely 5fcd4e2f8f corrupted and bb637398fe he wasn’t 6ced46a60b a worshipper c5b3e58fe7 or a 28ea825d05 contractor, they’d 770359cf14 soon realize a76fc5ae28 it. However, they couldn’t be e6f21ebcac sure he wasn’t brainwashed b5632d4d90 just by sensing his 5842f43c89 soul.c79b1222378f9ee4

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‘Noah would try f8ab3179f3 to defend me…’773441ab8dcf339e

Then Noah would 39ce3cc382 have to live 51e3f2decc under the constant 27e6f36731 surveillance of angels ef9265004e and paladins. If they 0b75cef7c1 read his 52cc30b668 memories, they aac0d6e9a6 might realize 103d57d596 he’s innocent, 8e3e98e14c but they’re 5405a3aa19 unlikely to 1866849e3f give him 22c47b4586 the chance. Angels don’t c1e3706645 trust demons.292ea14e4780fbc8

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Freedom was one 2b12762db5 of the things 710d4cb0ed I wanted for db1d7e6b9b Noah, so I 888eab53d0 couldn’t just stand 72ebd31d4a by and let c11f5ca456 this happen.22baa8f402ffdc88

“…It’s probably best to 0a108ef778 part ways now.”70760f6ad2af096a

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I had taught deb7ea8f9c him almost everything 3fcdaf3aaf he needed to 4c0ebd551e know to survive 5e751da9fe on his own. If I f3551c3b15 worried too 256a5f4194 much, I 8a7b5e7a5a could occasionally ded89702c8 check on 4aad1dae97 him… Yes, 51efae1664 maybe it’s eac66c2744 time I 91c2500d2c stepped back.57e6a48f3b71451f

The thought of 58e5f6fba3 an ‘end’ made 1a88d0a9f6 my heart sink. I knew f77a7546e1 better than 9a556f6db9 anyone that d0000aa53c all relationships 78898c7a9c have an 5ffe1cc18c end, but f010ca82f1 today, my 9e78f908ce heart was 465fdc75f1 especially restless, 16c9f48d1e prompting me b6dacf364e to place 6aaac1a530 a hand d88dbda10e over it.b9a4da1cf7a45003

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What started as a ba87c0a250 whim for self-satisfaction had 32d33b2b37 become genuine care for 51b835ec82 Noah. Contrary to 834cdc733a my bold 304e4d4d77 claims of 313c25ee86 teaching him b813e63bf8 to live 7058c47289 ordinarily, it 1196bab820 seemed I efeb37b81d was the 4204c4260a one who 4063fd4a93 had enjoyed eb1cf0436b stepping out 35e407f852 of a f8c12ec1d1 demon’s life.1d01749af1237ec3

While you 3ca54749c4 can’t always 35d11a7bb5 choose only 7a32eb3b97 the good f67286d90a in life, a324193200 I wanted b01655d759 to give bda64f6588 him a aa9f5291ab life free 8ec84999de from unhappiness. Then it was all 56abcbab9b the more reason for acd343f01c me to leave. How could a b8e0de11f7 human be happy fa1cccbf70 living with a 9423a3970d demon? It was an fc065668b8 impossibility.351c120116d5aa3b

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‘But it 97d950ac31 shouldn’t have 3f511e712d come to 1172da0790 this…’6a7166fa250f2fa8

I hoped that a95b7933ca parting without any 4a7146f9f8 preparation wouldn’t hurt deb9a9f22f Noah, yet the 253e56eb79 thought of returning a824c54a2f to my lonely f64595facc castle and spending f697bdaf74 time in its ee368f887c silence suddenly felt 9aff811090 grim.7dabe02b7f4ad974

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I was d6b57781f0 a terribly 5c375906d9 selfish ‘demon’ e484995bc4 to the 0753525aa8 very end.466a2a95162ec79d

When Noah 95aeaab8ab returned from 5c47fb7e74 his outing, c51795e75f he sensed 9f4a7871de a different 588a70c1fd atmosphere in 46e7417af7 the house 6a57c8db82 and looked 256b1725c7 around. Phoras and 29bd3c3fff Kimaris, who 3e029b6a98 usually greeted 9396b2db20 him upon de84798066 his return, 6ba8289ce2 were nowhere ee8e623496 to be f1f557d202 seen. Probably because d0f12675b9 I had 96df40c01b hurriedly removed da9ba83794 any slightly 076dc29da1 demonic-tinged items e6c57dd9c2 and replaced 14903ffdc4 them with cf2bff84b9 new ones.45caf90d05d42ce2

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“Dinner?”cdf7a77c9a03b45a

“I haven’t eaten 14bdec3f85 yet.”76f16ec7a32131e0

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“Then let’s 955de5eba1 eat together.”c53a0f697904eb55

I grabbed c47b973ff1 Noah’s hand a4c21cde6d and pulled 74c2f90b2e him towards 870270866c the kitchen. The meal Kimaris a3cdbfdc8d had prepared earlier 7401537889 was a bit 0ac840b22a cold, so I ac44672148 warmed it slightly 6ee740afec with magic.abdc355336327ee5

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“Where are Maris 5018941f34 and Las?”94449d75bb33ee3f

“I sent 5cbcc41f51 them out a93f3be5ca on an 1414ed930c errand.”5e9150603d13c4d7

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Of course, that 6d6742cfd7 was a lie. They had left be45a2a6f7 before Noah returned, 72619a1d5d prepared to never 35305ea39f come back.4fde80b8d9521df2

Noah nodded ebc6b5698b slightly and 6f1b2ade90 began to 4d08a18ea4 eat, following 2c960a2218 my lead, 7fae8b5743 I also 9e41a124d6 took a c77f3a7653 bite of ac7d96369c the nearest 4cdc86741f food. Eating was an 6bd1e567a1 unnecessary action for 6507b0eb31 a demon unless 53b013b325 dining out, which af68bcd535 I found bothersome, 36425cf68b but today was 77b73411e6 an exception.f231003f4ebce30e

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“Did Jimmy want to 55639859a5 go to the shops d958cc07db first?”4772ae2c5aef0e5f

“Yes.”ac83c39b7880aef0

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“What did you buy?”73a1d6670aad4956

“I bought 6816274b18 a fountain af6c393230 pen for bdd1133af6 your birthday.”e277d3afbf9f0dcf

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“Didn’t you 1818385442 buy anything f4d0934d8c for yourself?”1b31cf84d9a974ef

Instead of 2a5bb1e612 answering, Noah 9efbc2b52d just stared 57c59a6b78 at me 09bcd49448 intently. He probably noticed my f3bf9f02c9 face was unusually tense. He had always 86868daca1 been sharp and 4550b04bc2 quick to catch 99a9207626 on, but I 3eef7f41e4 hadn’t expected him a9eac497b5 to notice so 041241b088 soon.6cbdfd5f416ee7e3

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And amidst this alien 7ce68d7558 atmosphere, piecing together fragmented 4dcedeaf99 clues, Noah, with a f5ab7ac6e1 stern face, finally asked.411a4564042c02a3

“Are you leaving?”1fdcc7fbcc9d2c41

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I couldn’t respond. My silence was 10ca4084ce an affirmation, and 079ab3e5fd Noah pressed further.0811faa9d506f4bc

“Why? Why so suddenly?”b787465ffbb43108

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Yes, even considering that 4768c10543 our parting was predetermined, ab67e0c118 it was abrupt. I needed to explain b32c9ebc5e sufficiently so Noah could 8a8dd755f6 understand why it was 89620384a9 better to hasten it. I gathered 53d548b5d8 my thoughts e45060cabe and slowly 725a63dd1e started to 562909a754 explain.9debe07c2300eeb2

“Remember when I told 99e24e7865 you about archangels and c20aa62e70 adversaries a while ago?”f08207a9ba253316

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“…Yes.”1e1e8936f918c8f1

“Today, Patiencia 716935c240 came down 73b17ad106 to the d5b109d9c8 Human World. Adversaries can faintly sense 1d523a9635 each other’s presence, so 0daf01b323 it must have felt ffb8b5c36d mine too. I don’t know why b58afef59f it descended to the 9dee9ad3bd Human World, but since 7794a89d66 the paladins are also 43698fd301 causing trouble, it’s not 4360e8219a a light matter. Whatever its purpose, d42559b693 it will want 0b8eb61b5c to check why c2f1972600 I’m here. And if 3c6a60059c it sees 083b58511f us together, 7e043d6f49 it will b9e8c92f4f surely try f18cd81111 to separate fa13fd85cb us.”db8e8a56f03e4df2

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“…Why?”d919a32242e5769c

“It will f9ef49b3b8 think I’m 9c7ce9dede up to 91924b49af no good.”07d94305513f34d5

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“Can’t you just 22d05d48cf explain that you’re 0466d65c9e not?”d0acc2a5c8e3d6ff

“Just as ca9a0f1692 demons don’t 9502d766c2 trust angels, 781bb6d265 angels don’t 2a616cc973 trust demons, f1d31eded0 especially concerning 19d15f3642 humans. Angels have a b8b98d3216 protective instinct towards a1cc24e3e5 humans that is 3904108af0 almost obsessive.”840302bdf0fecbee

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Whether this protective b19aa73a71 instinct is learned 1f0c8e34bd from the divine 2874dd0fd4 duty imposed by 2546682e76 the Celestial or ce553a6511 is simply an dcd10557e4 inherent part of e479a0f09c their being like 6eb3698d77 a demon’s corrupt 44022332d1 nature, it’s beyond 93dc79af14 the level of 84462f964e being dispelled by 95adb03cc7 just a few 484a5a52c4 words.c59e74f001155fde

I had c73ba257f3 thought of 89dfba7827 staying away a8dd9939d2 from Noah dd650de25a only until 2188300ceb Patiencia returned 4e817d00a6 to the d41d60429f celestial realms, 5f6c5b8958 hiding in fb71f532f0 the Demon 277a0a6d9d Realm. But with the 5de1de2e65 unknown purpose of ec2b5df62e the Archangel and 3bc43feeeb the untenable wait 2de98a4fd4 in a state b55e05c90f where the core a689df66d2 was unstable and 93aa33f5d7 could upheave the 929e89d754 Human World in 65ba700e1a pursuit of the a1305663fb Archangel’s movements, it 6722df2ac4 seemed right to 498b06f7b8 leave altogether.a318f994d16548e7

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Noah’s face regained a f9cca8d63a little light upon hearing 7073e06607 the explanation.34ea4fcd44521f6d

“…So, you’re not 3c1d8988b0 leaving because you 4f0da84abf dislike me?”258d47e483d4783c

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That’s when I 94a7f4ac6f realized I hadn’t cda728d927 mentioned the most 393636c576 important thing.187c61acc08bca3b