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Term 64: May - August 2023 Term Sixty-Four: The Future Really Makes You Sphinx (Sept 2110 - June 2111)

 
 
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For an early December evening, there is a touch of frost in the air. The astronomy tower however, is charmed as always this time of year to keep the room a nice and toasty warm. As exposed to the elements as it is. Professor Gert stands just inside the astronomy classroom door ready to greet students as they enter for this evening’s lesson. The room is set up much as it normally is, the desks mostly facing towards the woman’s desk and the exterior of the tower. Visible through the stone archways is the darkened night sky, the stars of the season quite clear upon their backdrop but if you pay enough attention, you’ll notice something is missing.

“Come in and sit doon,” she instructed with a welcoming smile. “We’ll begin in jos a few minutes. Help yerself to some hot chocolate,” the professor added nodding to the pot residing on the corner of her desk charmed to refill and stay hot, mugs stashed beside. Celeste knew how some of her students might need a boost to stay awake with her evening classes. The curious student might notice that there is nothing readily noticable inside the classroom to hint at what the lesson's topic might be for once.


ooc: Hello and welcome to Astronomy. With the IC time of year, remember this isn't their first lesson. So come on in and the lesson will be moving on in about 24 hours to begin

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Since the professors usually charmed their classrooms for proper warmth, Char hadn’t bother insulating his clothing. He had simply grabbed the necessary belongings for this evening’s lesson and trudged all the way up to the Tower with some other Hufflepuffs. “Good evening, professor,’’ came the polite greeting in Swedish. Char gave Gert a smile then went to grab himself a seat.

Only then did he take a real look out at the sky. It made him suddenly feel homesick for Sweden. He missed his six older siblings and his father. And Thunder the horse. The feeling also made him more determined to be successful at Apparation so that he’d be able to see them all whenever he wanted to. Just excuse him while he nightdreamed? daydreamed? about his first home.
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Hope didn't have to be asked twice to take a cup of hot chocolate; she had noticed it the minute she entered the classroom and made a beeline for it right away. She then turned around, a steaming mug cradled between her hands and saw the professor standing nearby. "Good evening, Professor. Thank you for the chocolate!" What a nice gesture on a cold night.

Then Hope noticed one of the senior students already in the classroom, Charlie Bergstrand. She didn't know him very well, of course, since he was so much older than herself, but she felt a strange kinship to him, because she knew his home was far away, too, like hers in Virginia. So she overcame her shyness to go over and sit next to him.

"Hello, Charlie," she said, sitting down with her chocolate and turning to look out the windows at the night sky. "I always like Astronomy, because the stars look the same here as they do at home. Mine is in Virginia--it's a small town, you've never heard of it, probably." In fact, no one had heard of it, and Hope wasn't supposed to give out any details about it while she was here, since its location was still a magically-kept secret, even after all these years. "Can you see the stars well from where you live?"
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Mouse had considered bundling up for the lesson, but then she remembered how considerate Professor Gert always was with making sure the room was a temperature conducive to them being comfortable and able to pay attention, so she'd left her scarf and extra jumper back into her rooms and made her way to the Astronomy tower.

Reaching the doorway to the classroom, she took in a deep breath and could smell the hot cocoa on the air, which brought a smile to her lips, right as she heard the Professor offer the invitation for anyone to help themselves to a cup. Don't mind if she does! Entering into the room, she offered a smile towards Gert. "Good evening, Professor! That hot cocoa smells divine. Thank you!" She said as she happily made her way to get a mugful, wrapping her hands around the sides for warmth once she'd obtained. Finding herself a seat, she slipped into it while blowing onto her drink before taking a small sip.

Mmm. This class was the best.
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Desiree was kind of hmm about astronomy. While it wasn’t one of her better subjects, she did enjoy looking at the night sky, and she liked Professor Gert well enough. It wasn’t the woman’s fault that most of the science-y stuff sailed right over Desiree’s head! Anyway, she wasn’t a quitter, so she was here at the scheduled time.

As her blue eyes scanned the room, she saw no sign of owls, animagus or otherwise. She did notice Professor Gert standing near the door and - ooh, hot chocolate! Her face brightened at the sight of the pot and mugs. “Hello, Professor,” she greeted with her usual cheery smile and wave. “Thank you for the hot chocolate!”

She helped herself to a cup and waved to the other students with her free hand. “Hi!” she greeted, nodding to Charlie and Hope in turn. Mouse got a smile in greeting as she took the vacant seat beside her. “Hey,” she said. “How’s the hot chocolate?”
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Aurora was not afraid to admit that Astronomy was NOT her favourite subject. Or her second. Or her third. In fact she wasn’t sure where it would rank in her very honest opinion. It was just that there were a lot of words and science and of course the stars were so pretty and she liked to admire their twinkling as they sat in the darkness but there was just times where she would switch off completely. But that didn’t mean that the second year was going to make minimal effort when it came to lessons and seeing as they were compulsory for her year group here she was on time (which was quite a feat when it came to evening lessons). The blonde would have much preferred snuggling up on a sofa in front of the fire in the Common Room instead of being here.

That opinion did change a little as she made her way into the thankfully warm classroom and spotted the hot chocolates available for consumption. She would most definitely be taking advantage of that. “Evening, Professor” she smiled sweetly picking up a mug before bouncing somewhat carefully over to an empty seat. The other students all got an Aurora speciality, a grin and a finger wave, as a greeting before she stifled the yawn that was about to take over.
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Kion arrived for his next Astronomy Lesson. It was pretty chilly out, but he was thankful the area felt warm enough, "Hello Professor," Oh and look, there was hot chocolate! "Thanks for this," He went on to fashion himself a cup. Sighing in the smell. If it weren't a lesson, the scenery of the stars and hot cocoa was a nice recipe for another date with Maria.

Before his thoughts went any further, he went ahead to find a spot to sit with his drink in his hands. Warming them up before it could get cool enough to drink.

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Ah there was one of her most polite students, the seventh year sadly having been a transfer that she hadn’t the chance to have both years of her teaching. “Guid evening, Mr. Bergstrand,” she returned with a smile, the Swedish words a treat when used to being surrounded mostly by students from Great Britain. Celeste watched for a moment as the boy starred off into space, briefly wondering what had caught his attention in the night sky. Her own attention returning to the next student.

“Guid evening, Ms. Archard,” Celeste returned, quite forgiving of the second year’s beeline for the hot beverage before greeting her. “Yer are quite welcome.” It was nice to see new ideas met with a positive response. Which judging by the change of expression she got from the next student was going to be a theme for sure. “Guid evening, Ms. Durand. It does indeed,” she had to agree. “Yer welcome…Enjoy!”

When the next girl started scanning the room, the astronomy professor followed her gaze at first. It was then that she realized it was more the rafters that had gotten Desiree’s attention, the reason quite clear. “Hullo Ms. Marchand. I believe Hamish decided to miss tonight,” Celeste remarked, her familiar otherwise occupied, probably with a mouse he had found. “Yer welcome.” Ah one of her job consultations…albeit the youngest of the group. “Guid evening, Ms. Ackerly.” And not necessarily a fan of her subject. But at least she was in a good mood and bouncing. Score another positive reaction to the hot chocolate.

Make that two as the final student seemed to inhale the hot chocolate like he was breathing in amorentia. “Hello Mr. Ingebretson…yer welcome,” she greeted, nodding at his thanks.

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With a glance at her watch and out the classroom door and hearing no sounds of further steps upon the spiral staircase from below, Celeste figured it was time to begin the lesson in earnest. “Welcome to the latest astronomy lesson,” she said as she closed the door and walked to the front where her desk resided.

“Now for once…tonight’s sky plays a role in tonight’s lesson.” She had planned it to be distinct, she was just glad the weather had cooperated with her. “As you can see it is a quite clear sky with these season’s stars and constellations visible depending on where you look.” That was when it helped to have a classroom in a round tower, even if the observatory above did offer slightly better views. “But you may have noticed, even with the number of stars in the sky, it’s definitely a bit darker that it might normally appear. That is because there is a heavenly body that usually resides there most nights but is actually missing tonight.”

With that she paused and let what she was saying sink in with the students listening to her, the woman leaning slightly back against her desk on the palms of her hands. “Care to tell me which?” she asked, dropping the first question as she looked around at each face. “And for a follow up…do you happen to know why it is missing?”

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Not even the hot chocolate was enough to bring him comfort, hence the reason he shied away from it. See, Char usually enjoyed hot chocolate with Swedish toppings. “Oh hi, Hope!” She got a huge smile from him. It was a surprise to him that she had decided to sit beside him but it was appreciated; especially since there was a topic they could bond over. “Is it the same Virginia in the USA?” he asked curiously before continuing. “That’s one reason I love looking at the night sky. I can… both here and in Sweden. Funny how it really does look the same. It makes me homesick though. I gather you feel the same?” Hearing a familiar voice, Charlie sent a little wave to Desiree. As did Aurora in reply to her finger wave.

He would have liked to converse more with Hope but they would have to do so another time. The shutting of the door signalled that the lesson was beginning. The Puff glanced back out at the sky, taking in the stars once more and the way they seemed to twinkle merrily. Huh? The sky was darker? He honestly hadn’t noticed that but he’d chalk it up to him missing home too much.

“The moon,” Char volunteered, a hand lifted. As for the reason? He didn’t know, though he suspected his future brother-in-law Jude would have. That guy was a whiz at Astronomy.
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Darker sky though. It was something that only could mean one thing, to which the fifth year raised his hand. "No moon tonight? It's a new moon."
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But those were the beans and Bertie Bott's were sometimes just what the mouth was looking for or you spit it out because of the shocking flavor.

She had learned how to quietly slip into the classroom and not be a complete nuisance - even if her hair tended to momentarily block the view of others as she shuffled over to her seat (that seat being beside Aurora, for the record). Though she really did do her best not to be too intrusive or interrupt the professor like she used to do. You know, somewhat triumphantly arriving in the Astronomy Tower and feeling so proud that she had remembered and not missed the entirety of the lesson and thus her greeting was boisterous as well as unnecessary. But she was a whole third year now and knew that one should not announce their tardiness.

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Slipping into her seat and setting her bag down, believing herself to have been indetected because she still didn't know better, Anna BEAMED at Aurora and then turned her very divided attention to Professor Gert. And the little third year Hufflepuffle GASPED.

"Wait...it's MISSING?! GONE?!" She clearly looked utterly horrified by this, for the record, and her usually rosy features went PALE like mashed potatoes loaded with mayonnaise. How were people so calm about there being NO moon?! "No...wait...just because we can't see it right now doesn't mean it's MISSING missing, right?" This was a VERY important concept and she was clutching it for dear life currently. "Are you sure you've accounted for ALL the clouds?"
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She'd been so excited about the hot chocolate, Mouse had hardly looked up at the sky to notice the missing ingredient for tonight's lesson. But she did hear Desiree and gave her a smile as she joined her and a thumbs up in reference to the hot cocoa, currently too busy removing leftover chocolate bits from her lips to verbalize an answer. Little Aurora also got a bright smile and a wave as she entered before attention was on the discussion as they progressed further.

Ah, so it was the moon? She stared up to confirm that she couldn't see anything, another small sip of her cocoa as she did so. With it already being established what they couldn't see, Mouse raised her hand to offer what she believed was the reason for why. "The different phases of the moon we see dependent upon the relation of where sun, moon and earth are their rotations. The moon doesn't have it's own light, but rather it's just a reflection of the sun so the amount of what we see of it depends on how much of the sun's light we - Earth - are blocking. The new moon is when Earth is blocking all of it." Again, to her understanding.
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If there was one companion that was going to keep her awake for the entirety of an evening lesson it was Anna. Mostly it was because the two girls couldn’t go five minutes without talking to each other which would probably one day get them into unintentional trouble for being the biggest chatterboxes in the class. But really who could blame them? EVERYTHING was exciting at their age and it just had to be discussed. A big beamy smile was directed towards her curly haired friend and a link of the arms because they were going to get through this evening session together before the lesson progressed.

The Ravenclaw was equally as alarmed to discover that the moon had disappeared from the night sky although she had no idea why it would’ve occurred scientifically and therefore wouldn’t have any real input into the lesson. That didn’t stop her from answering the question though. “Did someone take it? Is there a spell for that? Did someone offer the moon to their girlfriend and so temporarily brought it to them which would be very romantic but wouldn’t that change the tides or something?” SO MANY QUESTIONS.

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Brrrrr. It was cold outside! Fortunately for Brandon, who was accustomed to warmer temperatures, the classroom was toasty. "Hi Professor. Hi Anna and Aurora." He slipped into a seat just in front of his two friends, and offered each of them a grin. He then busied himself with setting up his things very neatly and in just the right order. He did not look at the sky just yet, because he was busy with-

A loud gasp from behind him startled him out of his organizing. He turned in his seat to see what was going on. Oh, was there really no moon? That happened every so often. It was pretty cool, and he remembered lying in sand with his sister as she explained the science behind it. "When the moon is between us and the sun, the far side of the moon gets the sunlight and the near side is dark. The moon should come back soon," he explained, trying to be reassuring (because Anna looked like she was VERY worried). He thought the moon would probably not be gone forever, as that would have impacted the tides. But... you never know??? He looked at Professor Gert to confirm that the moon would indeed be coming back.
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Darker sky though. It was something that only could mean one thing, to which the fifth year raised his hand. "No moon tonight? It's a new moon."
Hope was about to say 'the moon', too, but lots of other students jumped on that ahead of her. As she listened to Dennis and the others, she thought, Wait--is it the new moon? She couldn't remember, but she did think of something else.

"Is it the new moon tonight, Professor? Because I was just thinking that it could also be the full moon, and it's just too early for it to have risen yet." The later the phase of the moon was, the later it rose on the horizon, Hope knew that for sure.
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Kion smiled up at Maria who made it in time before she sat down with him. He offered her a sip of his hot cocoa drink before the lesson began. So the moon was missing, he did notice that.

But why could it be missing?. He heard others, nodding in agreement to what Maria said before he added, "Usually, we can't see the Moon when its overcast but we can still see the stars so it means we're seeing the dark side of the Moon instead." Taking a sip from the other side of his cup, the cocoa was delicious.

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Desiree acknowledged Mouse’s thumbs up with a smile. She’d take that as an endorsement of the hot chocolate - and she wasn’t wrong! She took a small, ladylike sip from her own mug. Mmm, so good! Chocolate always made things better!

She set her mug down as the lesson began so she could pay proper attention. She glanced at the sky, then around the room as she listened to her classmates’ answers. How was everybody else so smart at this?! She blinked confusedly, unable to think of a single thing to add about the new moon. As her mind wandered, she thought, what if it’s something else? But what else could cause the moon to look like it was missing?

She vaguely remembered reading about lunar eclipses. Those obscured the moon, and they could last up to two hours, plenty of time for an astronomy lesson. But didn’t they make the moon look reddish? That probably wasn’t it then. At a loss, she sat in attentive silence.
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At first Nancy thought maybe this was a trick question. Because surely no one thought the moon was actually MISSING right?

Well...evidently some of her classmates DID. Biting her lip to keep from rolling her eyes, the Hufflepuff waited until it was her turn and raised her hand. "The moon, Professor - but it's not actually GONE, it's just a new moon, so we are seeing the dark side of it. It's there, we just can't see it," she explained. She might not be a Ravenclaw like her big brother, but she was still SMART, ok?

Except she didn't really understand how the moon had a dark side that didn't...light up when it faced Earth. Didn't the sun reflect off the moon and that was how it lit up the sky? Or was she wrong?

Perhaps she should withhold judgement from her classmates and their silly answers if she didn't understand basic astronomy concepts either...
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It was a mixed bag the kind of responses. There were the silent types like Ms. Marchand who she believed might have stayed quiet more because others had already spoken up than not knowing the answer. Next there were the ones who answered just that the moon was the missing object. “Aye,” Professor Gert remarked with a nod to Mr. Bergstrand the first to speak up. And then there was the ones who correctly answered, or at least guessed, that the reason there was no moon in tonight’s night sky was it was because of the new moon. “Exactly,” she remarked confirmed each of them in term, starting with Mr. Walles.

But then oh dear…Ms. Walles clearly seemed upset when she picked up on others saying that the moon was gone. “Tis quite alright,” Celeste tried to assure her even as the girl tried to come to terms with there being a valid reason for it. “Aye…it’s still there circling the earth.” The woman appreciatively smiling at Brandon who seemed to be trying to help calm the Hufflepuff as well. It was time to move on for sure though.

“Aye as some of you answered,” she started as she stood up from her lean, her hands falling back to her side. “… it is indeed the moon that isn’t clearly visible in the night sky this evening as it makes its way around the Earth.” It wouldn’t have mattered if it was cloudy or with night when there was not a cloud in the sky like this very moment. “It’s something that happens just about once a month or a little more exacting at roughly every 28 days corresponding with moon’s orbit around the Earth.” The professor had begun to slowly walk around the edge of the room around the desks.

“An aye tis referred to as a new moon, the beginning of a cycle. An no, Ms. Dolph…even just tomorrow night there will be even a little sliver of light in the sky from the moon where there is none now.” It was like the reappearance of the moon after a lunar eclipse, it just took a day rather than minutes. A few weeks instead of a few hours.

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“Now each part of this cycle I mentioned is called a phase. Canna guess or tell me jus how many phases there are?” There was a couple of ways that could go as Celeste continued to make her way around the room watching them all. Depending on how precise or general one wanted to be. “An as a follow up question…name one of them besides the new moon.”


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We saw that little grimace Nancy! Aurora wasn’t a Ravenclaw because she knew everything besides wasn’t that the point in going to school? If she already knew it all there would be no point in learning now would there? The blonde was also a tiiiiny bit gullible and was easily influenced by her peers and so Anna’s panic had somewhat alarmed HER too.

Astronomy was also a subject that she wasn’t particularly good at either but at least she tried to get involved as much as she could. Brandon did a good job at reassuring the pair followed on by the Professors reasonable explanation which she did her best to follow along with.

She didn’t have a clue exactly how many different phases there were as she just liked to call them by how much it looked like it had been eaten. Now the next question was somewhat easier and the twelve year old shot her hand up to answer the question first so that no one else could steal it. “Full moon!” she beamed. “When it’s whole and pretty and the Werewolves come out and I guess it’s the opposite of a New Moon.” SEE?! She DID know something.
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“Aye as some of you answered,” she started as she stood up from her lean, her hands falling back to her side. “… it is indeed the moon that isn’t clearly visible in the night sky this evening as it makes its way around the Earth.” It wouldn’t have mattered if it was cloudy or with night when there was not a cloud in the sky like this very moment. “It’s something that happens just about once a month or a little more exacting at roughly every 28 days corresponding with moon’s orbit around the Earth.” The professor had begun to slowly walk around the edge of the room around the desks.

“An aye tis referred to as a new moon, the beginning of a cycle. An no, Ms. Dolph…even just tomorrow night there will be even a little sliver of light in the sky from the moon where there is none now.” It was like the reappearance of the moon after a lunar eclipse, it just took a day rather than minutes. A few weeks instead of a few hours.

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“Now each part of this cycle I mentioned is called a phase. Canna guess or tell me jus how many phases there are?” There was a couple of ways that could go as Celeste continued to make her way around the room watching them all. Depending on how precise or general one wanted to be. “An as a follow up question…name one of them besides the new moon.”
Thank goodness, Maria thought silently as Prof Gert reassured her and everyone else that a silver of the moon would be visible just the following night. Maria wasn't as worried as Anna, but it was nice to get the facts since she wasn't totally at ease when she was outside at night, even less so if it was super dark. Luckily she had a boyfriend she could go places with, and friends too.

The lesson moved on and Maria raised her hand to answer since she knew this at least about the moon, and could say with some confidence. "The moon has four phases, and one is called the first quarter moon."
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Oh no...DID someone take it?! Was that the reason why her (birth) dad had to leave her and mama? Did he know there was a whole ploy to steal the moon and so he had left in hopes of preventing it from happening? Was the fact that the professor said it was MISSING now evidence that her dad had failed? That he...that he...

Anna really wasn't sure if she felt any kind of reassurance or not as her peers continued to speak up and Professor Gert eventually chimed back in. "...if it is still up there performing piroettes around us...why would anyone say it was missing..." she mumbled mostly to herself as her head hung a little and her fingers began to pick at one another quite a bit. She kind of wished she had a hangnail right now. Brilliant Brandon seemed to have confidence that the moon would be back - which implied that it WAS gone, wasn't it?! - and she scooted her seat a little forward so she could reach over the top of her desk towards him. "PSSSSSSSSSSSST, Brandon," she stage whispered. "...will you...will you hold my hand until it comes back then?"

Which apparently might not be until tomorrow night? Anna wasn't really following the logistics of how all this was happening...if the moon was glowing itself or sunbathing... but she DID know about full moons and werewolves. Star sister was so brilliant, look at her shine! It put her in a slightly better mood.

Anna's other hand fidgeted with her skirt for a little as she searched her mind for something, anything, to do with phases and cycles and it took a bit but she came up with the perfect response. "The blue moon!" she chirped. "As in...once in a blue moon. That's a cycle if I've ever heard."
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Charlie still couldn’t believe that he hadn’t noticed the moon was missing earlier. Talk about him being so observed in other things. But now he was fully focused now and was making notes as Gert spoke. It seemed as though today’s topic was the moon phases, a topic that sounded intriguing to him. Were they also going to be learning about tides? Char wanted to learn all about the moon influencing them.

“There’s also the last quarter moon, which is also called the third quarter moon,’’ the Puff volunteered. Lowering his hand after speaking, he racked his brain. Were there more phases or were there indeed foru of them?
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Brandon wasn't exactly sure WHY Anna wanted to hold his hand until the moon came back, but years of being around his sister had taught him not to ask why about things like this. "Sure," he whispered back softly, taking her hand and not letting go. Luckily it didn't matter which hand she was holding, because he could write with either hand. It was rather uncomfortable, though, holding hands with someone behind him. He had to turn in his chair a little to make it work.

"There's the crescent moon, professor. And it happens twice, so there's the waxing crescent that gets bigger and the waning crescent that gets smaller. You can tell which is which because the crescents face different ways." He knew why that was, but he didn't really have the vocabulary or understanding to explain it.
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