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I was afraid to raise my head up… a fear I didn’t know why… but it went away when I saw the sky… to find myself falling up.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPedPsrWQr
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The space was so tight it felt suffocating, as if it were upside down … Pain spread through her body like fire and smoke filling the air. 179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBucqfArz5r
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Her vision was blurry, yet she could still make out the figure of a man in front of her, soaked in blood, motionless, showing no signs of life. And the body of a woman, seemingly young, her features obscured by wounds … The pristine white of her dress nowstained a dark crimson color 179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJQPacqMOL
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The blaring of sirens and honking of cars grew louder, intensifying her headache and dizziness, as if she were trapped in a whirlwind. 179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzWc0GGEPT
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Darkness began closing in from all sides, and those piercing eyes appeared, staring at her. Hands reached out—strangling her, restraining her already bound body. She could feel breaths, whispers like hissing at her ears:179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFDgDSHlg3
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«It’s your fault.»179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDpF6Y9X3Q
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«You’re a murderer.»179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlwgFAwUlTk
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«You should have died instead.»179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgJW6GHiw2P
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«Cursed witch.»179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GnjK0R3to
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The grip on her neck tightened, suffocating her, her lungs desperate for air as she thrashed in a futile attempt to escape.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtzBG0DidbK
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She gasped awake, filling her lungs with air, drenched in sweat, leaving damp imprints on the bedsheet.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjc5RrO7QL1
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It took her a few minutes to catch her breath and grasp what was happening around her.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BuxxAfxoF
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«A dream… no, a nightmare.»179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkjLOZXLmLO
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She turned her gaze toward the clock.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa3uNdUAZ9F
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4:30 AM.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9ZxHptY8g
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Really? She had only slept for half an hour!179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfDNKGX0oF
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Yes, Eileen’s old and unwelcome friend had returned—insomnia—bringing along its usual gift: nightmares.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXLMsNQJN2G
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Since she met Arthur, her nightmares had lessened. She had even managed to sleep for a few hours sometimes.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QKsJlsKJZ
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But as Arthur once said, he would be away for a while…179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpO2jkepGYA
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It had been three days, maybe more, since their last meeting.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDOA7sKCdTh
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And there was still about a week left until their agreed-upon reunion.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTLWcsv5ro
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Arthur had completely vanished, to the point where Eileen started doubting his existence—was he just an illusion? A figment of her imagination?179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10pwEiMwVx
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If it weren’t for the kite she had found yesterday, which she believed he had sent either late at night or before dawn, and for his scarf still hanging by the door…179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJWbCyRh0b2
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Dragging herself to the bathroom, she decided that even though the sun had yet to rise, it was better to get up than to drown in bed and thoughts that led nowhere.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhF0GDvTDbE
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For in the absence of the sun, all thoughts turn dark and bleak.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzH4qLZmC2v
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Stepping out of the bathroom, she was met with her reflection in the mirror.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RLppVOVD0
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She had long planned to get rid of it or give it to some random person… Her own image was not something she wanted to see.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Sng3nAK2o
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Perhaps she was simply blind to the truth—that she was beautiful.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4BQiftjHt
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Exquisitely so, though hidden behind a veil of exhaustion and shadows of sleepless nights.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz0OQ9yrTtn
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She resembled a weary angel, yet all she could focus on were the dark circles beneath her eyes, the pallor of her skin reminiscent of a vampire’s, and the noticeable frailty of her figure.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqvvicts8La
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She finally turned away from her reflection, shifting her attention to the window, where she noticed the paper airplane resting nearby.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SM5l78ePR
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A slight smile appeared on her lips and her features softened with relief. 179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡURJ0ztSc18
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She read the words written on it, then carefully folded it, placing it alongside its sisters in the glass box—a habit she had picked up ever since the first kite landed on her floor… and in her heart.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRFXsUnf4b0
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After changing her clothes, she put on her coat and scarf—actually, Arthur’s scarf—choosing it over her own.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrO7CFIjC2x
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Why?179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCsGT83sfE
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Perhaps because she wanted to feel Arthur’s presence around her after his disappearance?179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0BBHFd27m8
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Or maybe because it was warmer?179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡprRkJYWdCw
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Or maybe… because she missed the owner of that scarf?179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhY2ttyyzf0
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Who knew… No one, not even Eileen.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TQ8bgykkP
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Or perhaps she did know… but preferred to ignore the feelings that had been stirring within her lately.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxOgitrRa8w
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Feelings for someone who lived next door, whom she knew nothing about, who had suddenly entered her life and changed thousands of things—without even doing anything.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbAR83tzBO
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The moment she stepped outside, the cold wind kissed her face, prompting her to shove her hands into her pockets and bury her face and nose into the scarf.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgw7XvgkYwm
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With her usual slow, unchanging steps, and eyes embracing the sky, she wandered aimlessly before sunrise.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSBAZA1zWr
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She used to never lift her gaze from the ground while walking—at any time, in any place.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQixt8HEZ4
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But now, ever since the first time she gazed at the sky with Arthur… she had fallen in love with that vast expanse.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdL47D4kyAd
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She had grown to adore its star-studded blackness, its blue streaked with white clouds, and the fiery hues of sunset.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwOFtp7YrL
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She cherished its stars, its moon, its sun.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OX8fLXfvM
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She found solace only in contemplating them.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjuFjl9QE2a
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And there, on the bridge overlooking the vast sea, she watched the sun rise, casting golden rays that reminded her of someone.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjrcKVFh30L
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She could almost see Arthur’s silhouette watching it with her.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7rLoqSu68
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«I see you everywhere… What have you done to be so deeply etched in my mind? We barely know each other… And yet, feeling all of this while we’re practically strangers—it’s unsettling…»179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWOblytIUeC
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Arthur had appeared suddenly at the start of December.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKBCaEjlAi
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And now, the month was nearing its end.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdTfhvQ2yVa
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Yet, he had become an integral part of Eileen’s routine.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOCHDRla0eS
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That in itself was a cause for concern… and fear.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX6YkAUd2sL
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What if Eileen grew too attached to him?179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeKv2uPqoKV
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And in the end, he left—because she had never truly mattered to him in the first place.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2eHQv1LlL
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What if his actions were nothing more than pity for a depressed girl?179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNqvACe0XGb
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Or perhaps he just wanted some company during his stay—nothing more.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡojDRyH8xMk
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Eileen doubted her place in Arthur’s life… Not just in his, but in everyone’s.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjoLJaCsS3g
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She had always been replaceable.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7OXYatzo3p
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She had never been anyone’s number one.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbc2e9dVgz
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That planted within her a perpetual fear of abandonment.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0s4IxRWEk7
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And in an attempt to avoid pain, she had become even more withdrawn than before.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWRZr88WgSG
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Then, problems began piling up, one after the other—shaking her confidence, isolating her, fueling self-blame, overthinking, and insomnia…179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyefv980jpg
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All shaping her into the person she was now.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXoJ9cFkR0q
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She still believed she didn’t deserve love.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLA4mIJj8JZ
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That she was a curse to everyone around her.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1StWFWdcU
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Memories, old events—still shackled to her.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXgjzzs9wC
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For nightmares are merely echoes of memories and experiences we failed to overcome, unable to cast them into the farthest corners of our minds.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYZC0lPKh6
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And so, they return to haunt us… until we face them.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGDpEJT3hr
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A sudden gust of cold wind snapped her out of her thoughts.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSUxkKlvv9
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Noticing that the sun had already risen, she realized it was time to head to work.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGswZedpLuF
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And so, the days passed for Eileen, as if she had fallen back into her endless loop.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ma6fnMwWI
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The dark thoughts in her mind never ceased—they spoke day and night, at all times, in all places, driving her to the brink of madness.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOAVDKh3jB
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A heavy week crawled by, and the awaited day finally arrived.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoHXcvx4zLS
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She dressed well—or at least, she tried to look presentable.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVnB5gdvR1
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Standing beneath the streetlight where she always met Arthur, she counted the minutes and seconds.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1rYPtGmi8x
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«He’s late… What if he doesn’t come?»179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZyRnRQq1Q
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Doubt gnawed at her once more.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIBqEqXp2o
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Why would Arthur leave his friends and family just to wander around with her?179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqrL2sDNr6
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With his bright personality and handsome face, she was sure he was quite popular.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlu24auJkJf
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Meanwhile, Eileen… Well, she didn’t want to start another self-loathing spiral.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgljyUrNkge
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But honestly, spending time with her would be a waste. She wasn’t fun, nor a great conversationalist, nor did she possess a remarkable personality or beauty…179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ63JP4ZYtzK
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She shut her eyes tightly, covering her ears, as a cacophony of intrusive thoughts and noise swelled in her head.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCeBSccfSja
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Then—179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmexGXXdGRL
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A hand rested on her shoulder.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN9mt5xQWR
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She slowly opened her eyes, looking up to meet his worried blue gaze.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡohuN1Wgg7Y
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«Eileen, is something wrong? Are you okay?»179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2cd37K2WV
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He offered his hand to help her up, and she grasped it.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT9QeyaNKEb
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«I’m fine… I just got tired of standing, so I sat down for a bit.»179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0byga37HJc
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«Good. I’m really sorry for being late… I’ll make it up to you with a meal—my treat.»179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVa4ASqNRkm
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And as always, in Arthur’s presence, all those thoughts and voices fell silent, granting her a few minutes of peace.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWlbmkhBb0
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She smiled faintly and nodded.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrgoUTpYtg
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As usual, he intertwined their fingers and tucked their hands into his pocket.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pdrdDjjtp
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They exchanged a few glances before walking on, each holding countless questions but they kept it to themselves. —choosing instead to savor the moment.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmipiW3ixIw
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And for a fleeting second, Eileen felt guilty for the dark thoughts she had about Arthur earlier.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3zCDZLCCFo
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They continued their walk, silence accompanying them, under the glow of the moon and stars…179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLBC4kzqpx
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Hoping for a beautiful night.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLgJecBHqd
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And a beautiful start to the new year.179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkcKoGdye4
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So what caused Arthur's disappearance? 179Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHg6XPpS0Gw
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And where will their relationship end?
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