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[saphirafoxgirlspost1]

(Open Rp) Love Story in "The Tale of The Monkey King and The Fox Princess"

(WARNING: This Story is going to be base of the Netflix the monkey king, if you don't like that, please leave my blog alone and never complain to me and it's going to be an NFSW Rp If your a minor, please for the love of god Don't reply, Viewer discretion is advised)

A Long time Ago On earth they were Ruled by Order, The Immortal Ones Rules Heaven and Kings Rule in hell But the Celestial Goddess Name Uni Rule them All With peace and harmony with her good Old friend "Buddha".. Then Years After Uni Gave her Life to the Beautiful Baby Girl Name Saphira Lorraina Fox, The Princess Of Sakutopia.. She is Blessed By Shenron The Dragon god by giving her Half of his Powers and Inari The Kitsune Goddess Blessed Her with Beauty and Immortality as well.. The gods and The immortal Ones in the Jade Palace was amazed That Saphira Became the New Celestial Goddess and Buddha Knew That Saphira has Her Destiney awaits.. Years later, That Night When Her family set out a good camp in the jungle. Saphira Was a Small child and she began to climb up into a big cliff..and then she sees the Big stone that was Big and rounded Began to crack..as She made a soft gasp..Then the stone Opens it up, she looked down and saw a cute little Red Monkey Aka "Monkey King" Curled up and sucking thumbs.. until he Opens his Green eyes and saw her, He leaped up excited as She giggles and said, " Awww Hi there, My Name Is Saphira Fox, Whats yours?" Then the Little monkey King notice her and smiles as he began to hugs her..and then He looked at the sky as he narrow his eyes and then He Shoot lazer beam as she gasp and being surprised, The Little Monkey King rubbed his eyes and his eyes is still glowing red and he kept shooting beams and pretty excited on it..and Then..he jumped off and running fast as saphira gasp and said," Man, He's pretty excited and all. I hope he's ok.." She felt worried about him..the jade emperor doesn't like it and wanted to get rid of him..But Buddha told him to be Patience and telling him that this monkey Is a powerful being and said to let him find his way, So the Jade emperor decided to leave that Little red Monkey alone. The next Morning, Saphira Saw Little Monkey King again and She knee down and she said," Hey Little Buddy, Remember me?"

When this little monkey King saw her and got happy and excited, Then he came and hugs her. She smiles and Hugs back gently and stroking his Fur and said," Aww your so soft and fluffy, I hope one day I'll see you every day and play with you Being great friends." Her Words Made The little red Monkey Feeling Happy to hear that..Then Saphira change into a little Blue Fox and Plays With him and wagging her tails and then She Began to Make a Beautiful Dragon Necklace For him, She put a necklace on Him as she smiles..But then He met the other monkeys and elder ones as well But they're not so keen about him..But then When they got to the light side but then she sees the Demon Tiger with Golden Bracelet Launch out from the water fall as she gasp.. The Demon tiger attacks as They runs off to the jungle area, She began to run with them..and head to the camp and suddenly.. The demon tiger ready to attack Saphira But Then The Guards Scare it off..and it fled as Saphira was Worried about the little monkey king, Tears sheds and thought he was gone for good.. When her Father Took Her home, Saphira Missed the little Monkey king Very much, At Least He Wore the necklace that she made For him. As the years Passed by, Saphira Grows up to become a beautiful woman and So beautiful That many men would throw themselves beneath her feet But Saphira rejected The other suitors Because She only See their Hearts Filled With greed and Minds Filled with Power obsession as well.. Then Her Father Brought in the Oracle, So that She Will Tell her Father Who's the Future Husband will be and as the Oracle use her powers to See the future Through the Crystal ball as it Shows that the Future Husband Is none other than…. The Monkey King himself, Her Father was Surprised but then The oracle Said that Saphira will be In danger as well, She will be Cursed by the Dragon King of the East Sea Himself.. And Then Her father asked if there's any Spell Breaker to remove such a fearful Curse..Then The Oracle said that Only True loves kiss can Break this Terrible Curse.. So Her father Nodded and Send Saphira Out to Find The Monkey King. Saphira Called her Noble Kirin Steed Name "Yuki" Meaning Snow in Japanese, As Saphira rides Yuki For a great Journey to Seek out the monkey king. Yuki's Hooves made the ground shaken in each steps as She made it to the Jungle part where she met the Little Monkey king…She thought he was Killed by the demon Tiger But then the Demon Tiger was Sent flying to the heavens as She was shocked, Knowing That He's still alive.. He Has the great Staff from the Dragon Kingdom of the East Sea, Then She heard from the elder monkeys that he needs to Defeated 100 demons to Join the Immortal ones.. And the Monkey King Said "One Hundred demons Coming up!" As the Monkeys cheers..as she notice the Dragon necklace that He wore was there, She recognized him now and there he was Very handsome and Compassionate, wanted to be loved by all.. Then One by One, Saphira Had Witness Him Defeating 99 Demons of them, Until he goes to the Very Poor Rice Village all Nothing but Drought in the summer, Then She sees Him Fought The Child eating demon name "Red Girl". Her Heart was Stolen by His Charms and His bravery. When she sees his heart and mind, all she can see was heart of Gold and a Cute right mind and Now She knew he's the one But she was worried if he doesn't remembers her though, That Night the village, She watched him dancing when the kids sings his theme song.. She giggles while hidden her face with a fox mask,

She finds him cute when he dance to his song. Until The Lightning came as she turns and saw The Dragon king of the east sea emerge from his bathtub as she wasn't amused by his arrogance, He accuse The Monkey king that He stole the "Stick" but Saphira was angered when The dragon king that he will face his wrath.. Then She change into an Elderly woman and she said," You Shall not accuse him with such nonsense in your cold tongue Dragon king!" The Dragon King turns and sees the elderly woman and asked how will She knew that he didn't steal The Powerful Staff..and then Saphira in old woman form said," This Staff is "Ruyi Jingu Bang" It Has been waiting for that monkey King for Five thousand Years, Have you No Shame at all! You and the Immortal Ones are nothing but Ignorant People! What Would the Princess Of Sakutopia would think of this if she sees you Dear to Speaks to Such Rubbish like that!?" The Village was shocked and all Seeing the elderly woman and little did they know it's the princess of sakutopia in disguised.. But then the Dragon king Notice the Dragon Necklace that Saphira made..and The Dragon king Said," Where Did you get that Necklace from?" Then The Monkey King answers..

[isephierreo]

Sothis' design symbols and colors are frequently represented in nabataeans design, game's UI and many more. In this post, we will address all of this.

Stars

These magical points of light would have always reminded people of other worlds and heavenly powers. According to spiritualists and astrologers, the stars transmit certain messages and energies that affect our own world. Stars are often seen as magical and mysterious, reflecting the mysteries of the universe. Also, the star would hold the meaning to something higher, beautiful, enlightening, mighty, and divine. All of these things unmistakably represent everything Sothis is in a game. The stars also symbolize guidance on the right path (either literally or figuratively), a role played by Sothis, Byleth, and Rhea in game.

Heart

The heart often symbolizes love and passion, but it also symbolizes spirit, the essence of life and strength, and this is in line with the concept of the crest of flames as the source of Sothis' power. Furthermore, the crest of flames is in the stylized shape of a heart, and in the Sothis' design it appears literally inside a heart in her necklace.

The similarity of the design of Sothis to the Nabataeans

In order to understand the method of my explanation of the similarity of the nabateans design with Sothis' tiara, I divided the crown parts and named each part as follows: P1, P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7, P8, and P9.

Surely many have noticed that Rhea's adornment is very similar to that of Sothis, while the patterns on her cape are similar to those of Sothis' dress and the crest of flames. 

She has P1 and P2 in her outfit as Seiros.

Like Rhea, Seteth has in both his diadem and belt frame and tassels similar parts to that of Sothis’ tiara, but in a more stylized form as pictured below.

While Flayn's barrette may not look like the parts of Sothis' tiara at first glance, they are in fact stylized P1, P2/P3, and P5.

The distinctive pattern that Seteth and Flayn share looks like a stylized of Sothis' knot, and even the pattern on Seteth's back is similar to a P3.

Even the pendant owned by Sitri is the same as the P8.

Colors

Sothis generally wears blue (specifically dark blue), which is the color of the star Sirius. However, it is very important to note that the Sothis' ribbons are distinguished by the color white, which in Buddhist culture and most world cultures symbolizes learning, purity, longevity and knowledge, and pink symbolizes the traditional Buddha. So we see Sothis in crests mural wearing only white and pink. (I avoided golden and black because I felt that they are just colors used in general in design)

Besides, all the Nabateans wear the same Sothis’ color scheme, white, blue, golden and black.

The only color they lack is pink, which only Byleth and Seiros wear in her hair band.

The Byleth's dagger also has the same Sothis' color scheme, representing the relationship they have. But I guess I'll talk more about Byleth's design in another post.

The rainbow fish bestowing the Goddess Messenger has the same Sothis' color scheme.

I know that I ignored black and golden, and I know that some may think that the uniform colors of the Officers Academy represent the names of the three houses, but it also specifically represents the Sothis' color scheme, and evidence of this is the white shirts, and the dark blue which is the same color as Sothis' dress.

Its house leader insignia is similar to P1 and P4.

The pattern in uniform has P1 motifs, as does the infinity motif in Sothis' necklace.

The uniform brooch is stylized for P1, P3 and P4, but in rhombus pattern style.

Speaking of the rhombus pattern, some must have noticed it given its presence a lot in the game, and in any product for it. Sometimes 4 rhombuses major are combined to form a four-pointed star, and sometimes 4 rhombus minors are also combined with the major ones to form an eight-pointed star. The eight-pointed star is the one that represents Sothis and the Nabateans in general, which symbolizes god, protection, and victory. Over the years, it has also taken on different meanings due to a variety of cultures and customs adopting it. In many cultures the eight-pointed star is also a symbol of harmony, spirit, and matter. You could even think of this star shape as two superimposed squares that form the basis for the universe. Sometimes a square is confused with a rhombus, especially since a rhombus can also form an eight-pointed star with a square. 

This pattern is present in many parts of the game, including white magic units, church npc, and the pattern found in Rhea and Gilbert outfits.

The pattern found in Cathedral.

And in many UI game.

There are also many UI that contain a Sothis' design, as shown in the image below.

[dharmafox]

Based on the two Medicine Sellers we've seen so far, and assuming that their common traits are standard for all Medicine Sellers, I've come up with a list that could be treated as a basic Medicine Seller template.

I'm sticking to physical traits for the moment, as I'm not yet that familiar with Kon Kusu's personality and can't do a point-to-point comparison of his and Ri Kusu's (besides which, personality is much more subjective)...

Basic/standard traits:

Gorgeous femboy

Bandana

Long hair: unevenly cut, unbrushed, and/or generally messy

Section of hair tied into a tail on the left side

Long pointy ears

Cat-like or Buddha-like eyes

Weird little eyebrows

Fangs

Facial marks: Eyes lined, tear-like marks below them, red streak down the nose, lip tattoo in the shape of a slight smirk

Three kimono layers

Long sleeves and skirt of kimono shaped so as to be reminiscent of moth or butterfly wings

Circular eye-like patterns on sleeves and skirt of kimono (again reminiscent of eye-like patterns on moth or butterfly wings)

2+ layers of obi tied into a huge bow

Red cord somewhere (?)

Beautiful hands; long, pointy, colored nails

Gold mirror with dharmachakra-like design

Socks, trousers, and/or leggings

Geta

Kiseru (pipe)

Tenbin

Exorcism Sword

Bloody huge medicine chest

Chakra-like eye design somewhere (e.g. may appear on clothing and/or medicine chest)

Variable traits:

Height

Clothing colors (bandana, kimono layers, kimono patterns, leggings/trousers/socks)

Hair color(s)

Length, style, and floofiness of hair

Type of hair tie

Skin color

Eye color

Shape, style, and color of eyebrows

Amount of lining around the eyes; number and style of tear-like marks

Color of lip tattoo; colors of some eye lining and tear-like markings (some should probably remain red)

Presence or absence of jewelry (e.g. necklace, earrings, rings)

Color of nails (should probably match color of lip tattoo)

Position of mirror (e.g. can be hanging from the neck or attached to the obi)

Presence or absence of body tattoos (in addition to the lip tattoo)

Style of kimono sleeves and skirt (as long as the general butterfly/moth look is maintained)

Patterns on the kimono in addition to the eye-like markings

Style of leggings/trousers/socks (ideally leggings would be present in the absence of trousers...)

Color and style of geta

Color and style of kiseru

Color and design of tenbin (must maintain basic butterfly-like shape)

Color and design of Exorcism Sword (lion/dragon head and its hair must remain)

Design and size of medicine chest (must remain huge)

What am I missing?

Ed1: Forgot about the weird little eyebrows.

Ed2: Forgot about height! Definitely seems to be variable.

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Character Design: Part 6

Ryuuhou

Let’s get back to Ryuuhou, there are a few details I’d like to mention. The most noticeable elements of his design are the skulls around his neck, wrists and hips, and the huge blue magatama.

I don’t know if this might be another stretch of mine, but it’s a similarity that’s hard to ignore. He wears those skulls as a necklace and it’s the first time I see this, but they remind me of a mundamala, which appears in Hindu and Buddhist iconography. These skulls are also used as a crown.

As far as I understood, the mundamala symbolizes the Sanskrit alphabet, each skull being a seed syllable, which are called that because each one is the seed of a world or an entire universe. It would represent the continuous cycle of creation and destruction of human existence. It is usually worn by wrathful deities in the Buddhist world, who are different versions of the Buddhas, of course Vairochana Buddha too, under the name of Achala. Life and death are part of the cosmic cycle, with destruction comes creation, and it is a reminder of our mortality and impermanence. Skulls can be symbolic of the masks we show to the world that prevents it from discovering our true nature.

Ryuuhou is the typical character you’d associate with the fox archetype in Japanese mythology. Aoba himself describes him as a fox.

By kitsune we mean the divine beings who are messengers of the goddess Inari, but what interests us are the wild foxes that grow a tail every hundred years, which we commonly also know as kitsune, but can also be called yoko or bake gitsune. They are basically two different types of kitsune. They master the art of metamorphosis and can take the appearance of a beautiful young woman that can bewitch men. They generally use their powers to cause mischief and play pranks on humans, but sometimes they will have darker intentions. They are terribly intelligent, they can read and manipulate human minds at will, which reminds me of Ryuuhou’s encounters with Aoba, as well as the power he has over Koujaku.

Many fox tattoos are usually accompanied by other elements, and one of the most common is a skull. On top of their head, in order to transform into other animals and monsters they need to put an object on their head to help them. It’s usually a human skull or some other bone, but other objects are also used, for example a leaf on the head that would transform into a woman’s long, elegant hair. When foxes are older and more powerful, they do not need these objects to be able to transform. It can be a symbol of wisdom.

If the skull is under the fox, or under one paw, the fox assumes a position of dominance. Death and the unknown are not to be feared.

If skulls are placed around the fox, it could be associated with death and the underworld. Skulls represent change in a poetic and figurative way, one part of us dies so that another part can shine, like rebirth. It also alludes to the same idea of the cycle of life and death as the mundamala.

Of course Ryuuhou pretending to be an innocent person with hidden evil intentions reminds us of this fox power of transformation and manipulation. Ryuuhou is also always anticipating what is going to happen and knows things about Aoba that no one in his circle knows. Just by looking at Aoba he could already tell this.

This guy knows perfectly well what kind of relationship he has with Koujaku, he’s likely been observing them for quite some time, he’s known they were in Platinum Jail for a while and he passed by Mizuki’s shop not long ago, leaving a tattoo design for him there (Ryuuhou canon in common route let's go).

I wouldn’t be surprised if he also knew well about Koujaku’s feelings towards Aoba just to use them against him, which is pretty much what he does, so he’s probably aware of them, since he already knows that Aoba’s consciousness is divided in three parts, the only people who know about it are not interested in sharing that information, so he for sure knows by his own means, treating it as something magical, spiritual, which leads to thinking about the third eye I mentioned before, the eye of wisdom.

Dragons are one of the most popular symbols in Japan. They are worshipped as gods of water, they can bring rain and good fortune, prevent floods (or cause them lol), control the change of seasons and commonly live at the bottom of the sea. It is a symbol of wisdom and immortality, a master of metamorphosis. It is used as an amulet of protection and good luck.

t can be seen depicted holding an object in its paws, ball, pearl or jewel. The essence of the universe, with which they control the winds, rains, fire and even the planets, and representative of health and wisdom. It’s one of the serpentine creatures that protect Buddhism. It can also be considered a shape-shifter that can assume the human form and mate with people.

Unlike western dragons, which have wings to fly across the sky, breathe fire, are greedy and destructive, usually related to the devil, these dragons live in the water and are more associated with life and fertility. Ryuuhou is constantly related to the cycle of life and death, creation, wisdom and also immortality.

Japanese dragons usually have three claws, while the five claws are for chinese imperial dragons. The dragon in his kimono has three claws, but the dragon represented in Koujaku's Scrap has five.

The centerpiece of his necklace is a rather large, blue magatama. There are many different hypotheses as to what its shape is supposed to represent: the soul, a drop of water, the moon, a fang, a fetus… (The hole in the magatama supposedly stands for the blessed spiritual power provided by a life’s connection to one of its ancestors) It protects the wearer’s health, and has a strong power to repel evil spirits, as well as bringing good luck. The magatama’s blue color may stand for water and the source of life, of creation, or it’s simply to follow his color scheme as opposed to Koujaku.

The name magatama means curved ball, and it was widely used as an element of protection of a deceased’s soul on graves, and has a ceremonial use in shinto festivals and rituals, usually worn by miko. It’s frequently found on shinto shrines, believed to be able to express and connect with the spirits and gods. According to the legend, one of the gifts that the sun goddess Amaterasu received was a magatama, and together with the sword and the mirror, she gave it to her son, who would come down from the heavens and conquer the islands of Japan.

Supposedly it would be possible to enclose souls in a magatama and transmit it. The strength, power and authority of the soul can be transmitted to the heir. Since the first magatama was a gift to Amaterasu, and the goddess passed it onto her own offspring, who would become the ancestor of Japan’s first emperor, thus providing an excuse for the imperial family’s supposed divinity.

The origins of wearing magatama as jewelry date back to the Jomon period most likely because of the fangs of the animals they hunted, some of the earliest religious uses were in shamanic practices. They were used as an object to draw the spirit of a god to a shaman, who would serve as a medium between the celestial and humans. Today when used by common people its purpose is mostly decorative or symbolic, but more auspicious people use it to repel evil spirits and bring good luck.

This whole concept of the magatama’s ability to lengthen the wearer's life and contain their soul makes me think a lot about the moment of Ryuuhou’s death and the story afterward. He didn’t care much about dying as long as it was Koujaku who killed him, he wanted him to do it to complete the tattoo. Any other death would be boring, a dishonor to his own work. The thing is, Ryuuhou will never truly disappear.

When Aoba enters Koujaku’s mind and touches his back, Ryuuhou’s silhouette forms with all the blood that covered Koujaku and the futon. It’s a permanent memory in his head and will never go away. The traumas of his childhood and adolescence and the torture Ryuuhou inflicted on him will continue to torment him as long as that tattoo and those memories are with him, until the day he dies. Erasing the memories with Aoba’s power is not an option, Koujaku would never be the same person again, he would have to erase his entire life, and most likely Koujaku would only remain in some kind of vegetative state after something like that.

There’s something else that grabs my attention in his design and that is the huge needles he has in his hands in the previous design ideas but not the final version. Aside from the obvious, we know that he uses needles to drug the Benishigure members to control them, he also stung Aoba with one but for some reason it didn’t work with him, I guess he is built different, literally. He had kidnapped Aoba with the intention of tattooing him, for his own sadism, for his desire to continue creating, and of course to hurt Koujaku.

It’s Ryuuhou himself who sends them to the top floor using the Benishigure men, to him it’s as if he’s playing with them, taking the confrontation to his territory, to have them cornered. It’s supposed to feel tense because they’re going straight into the trap. But when they arrive Ryuuhou is practically harmless.

It’s true that his main objective is to complete Koujaku’s tattoo, which turns out to be the main conflict in this stage, but let’s not forget these things he says.

It’s obvious he has a genuine interest in Aoba, so looking at the needles only made me think that they might have been planning to have Ryuuhou putting some resistance, although I don’t know if they’ve ever mentioned this, putting the whole group into sleep with the needles to take Aoba once again. Imagine Koujaku covered in his own blood from the wounds some huge needles would cause him, watching this happen and trying to stay upright due to the effects, then finally letting the beast out, exploding in rage against Ryuuhou and with Aoba’s wellbeing in the back of his mind, only then being able to withstand whatever is thrown at him in his berserk form, finally ending Ryuuhou’s life (or not).

Fun fact the fifth and sixth chakra located in the throat and the third eye respectively, the ability to express, the voice, communication, and on the other one wisdom, consciousness, the ability to think or rationalize, and I think the color association was made relatively recently but it’s light blue for the voice, and dark blue or indigo for wisdom.

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Everything You Need to Know About Crystals: Amethyst

Amethyst (“The World’s Most Popular Purple Gem”)

Color: Dark Vivid Purple to Pale Lilac

Hardness: 7

Rarity: Easy to Acquire

Type: Quartz

Chakra Association: Third Eye, Crown

Deities: Buddha, Dionysus, Diana, Artemis

Birthstone: February

Astrological Signs: Pisces, Aries and Aquarius

Element: Air

Planet: Jupiter

Origin: USA, Britain, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Russia, Sri Lanka, Uruguay, East Africa, Siberia, India

Powers: Pride, Sobriety, Peace, Spirit World, Protection, Celibacy, Luck, and Homesickness

Crystals It Works Well With: Ametrine, Citrine, and Moonstone

How It Is Created: Amethyst receives its color beginning at the crystal’s growth. At the first stage, trace amounts of iron are incorporated into the crystal as it starts to grow. After the crystallization starts, gamma rays are emitted by radioactive materials within the host rock and the irradiated iron gives the amethyst its beautiful purple color.

History: One of the earliest references to amethyst is in the Old Testament book of Exodus as it is mentioned that one of the stones in the breastplate of Aaron the High Priest was an amethyst. There is not a clear indication to where the name comes from but it is said that it is derived from the Greek word “amethyst” which means “not drunk”. Despite this, it is associated with the god, Dionysus, because the purple hue of the crystal looks like delicious grape wine. Wine goblets were carved of this stone to prevent drunkenness. There is also a Greek lore involving Dionysus with a young girl named Amethyst. The lore reads:

“Dionysus was angry one day and swore that he would exact his revenge on the next mortal that came by. He created several tigers, informed him of their mission and went his way. As it would happen, a lovely young girl named Amethyst was the next to come by, on her way to pay homage to Artemis and was attacked. Artemis quickly changed the girl into a statue of solid quartz. When Dionysus returned to see what he had wrought, he was overcome with remorse and wept tears of purple wine which flowed over the statue, staining it permanently.”

The color was also in demand throughout history since the color purple is associated with royalty and was worn by royals in Egypt and Europe. In some traditions, Catholic Bishops wear amethyst rings to symbolize their piety and celibacy, and rosaries are still fashioned with this stone.

What It Can Do:

Excellent focal point for meditation and scrying

Used to unlock mysteries and figure out spiritual matters, such as death and rebirth

Helps cleanses, purify and heal the body, spirit, and mind

Balances emotions and prevents nightmares

Useful for spells to help let go of addictions

Uses on the tip of wands for healing and can produce high spiritual energy

Brings a sense of calm and clarity

Helps with decision making

Can open your third eye and connect to the crown chakra

Protects the mind from dark magic

A gateway stone to connecting with the spirit world

Helps with transmitting energies to a specific point

How to Get the Best Out of Amethyst: Wearing it on your person with a bracelet or necklace. Putting amethyst on bare skin invites the stone to release its vibrations directly into the body, amplifying its power.

How to Cleanse and Charge Amethyst:

To cleanse: Leave your Amethyst stone placed under the light of the full Moon for a whole night, that is, about 8 hours

To charge: It can also be recharge via the moon so just leaving it in the moonlight can do double duty.

Crystal Grid:

Protection and Cleansing (Hexagram)

Amethyst

Selenite

Snow Quartz

Hold your crystals in your hands and state your intention for the grid.

Lay the first triangle, placing clearing crystals on each point.

Join up the points and spray the grid with clearing essence.

Lay the light-bringing crystals in an overlocking triangle over the top of the first. Join up the points, starting with the first crystal you laid.

Place your keystone in the center, stating your intention once more.

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