Written By Preston
Sept. 20, 2018, 12:47 p.m.(8/20/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Mydas
It is a clever point - though I would say it applies only should I be an absolutist and say there should never be questions. I merely deny the absolute that says there must always be a place for questions. It is a rather deeply unsatisfying position, but the truth is that like many things it is a judgement call. It is why the Godsworn are here, to spend time that others do not have in study of the Faith and dedicate ourselves to the Gods and hopefully make the right decision on when those calls need to happen.
As an aside, the issue of Marach is actually got around by the office of Carnifex - that which is necessary for the defense of the Faith is lawful in the eyes of the Faith. The offer about the history was a genuine one, your highness - I do not think we spend enough time understanding history, and thus what binds us far stronger than the small disagreements that might seek to separate us in the present.
As an aside, the issue of Marach is actually got around by the office of Carnifex - that which is necessary for the defense of the Faith is lawful in the eyes of the Faith. The offer about the history was a genuine one, your highness - I do not think we spend enough time understanding history, and thus what binds us far stronger than the small disagreements that might seek to separate us in the present.
Written By Preston
Sept. 20, 2018, 9:20 a.m.(8/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Mydas
It is to look at a matter from every possible perspective, Prince Mydas. Your words. The Lycene style is just that - to open up to question in public matters that some feel may be best done in private or not at all. Others would say some perspectives are unacceptable, and too close to the Abyss, too easy for someone to stumble and in the dark place a foot upon that ground. If that is a view you yourself hold, then I am glad - for it is a safer place to be and I am sorry for misunderstanding - but somehow I do not think it is.
My original point was you misunderstand when you say that the fear many have is of Tehom, when really it is fear of ourselves, fear of the mortal, because mortals slip and fall. Even the greatest of us. Equally when you say they do not worship Tehom - all worship Tehom in the Compact. The style of that worship may differ, it may be private rather than the public style, but they honour him all the same. If you know of those who deny the Gods worship, I am sure your Seraph would like to know their names so they can rectify the matter.
No, I read what you write very carefully Prince Mydas. And what you seek to champion. It speaks much to your dedication as a disciple - and your embracing of your return to the Lyceum.
My original point was you misunderstand when you say that the fear many have is of Tehom, when really it is fear of ourselves, fear of the mortal, because mortals slip and fall. Even the greatest of us. Equally when you say they do not worship Tehom - all worship Tehom in the Compact. The style of that worship may differ, it may be private rather than the public style, but they honour him all the same. If you know of those who deny the Gods worship, I am sure your Seraph would like to know their names so they can rectify the matter.
No, I read what you write very carefully Prince Mydas. And what you seek to champion. It speaks much to your dedication as a disciple - and your embracing of your return to the Lyceum.
Written By Preston
Sept. 20, 2018, 8:50 a.m.(8/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Mydas
Yet, not all perspectives are equal or even valid, your highness. Nor must all questioning, which by its very nature is to assert or introduce doubt into the existing opinion, be done in public where such questioning could disturb others who were previously certain in their faith and truths. I have had many questions in my time, after Fawkuhl, after Stormwall, I have sat and prayed to the Gods - including Tehom - to let me understand if my Faith was misguided, if I had trodden off the path. Those resolved themselves without the need to recourse to public questions, to shared celebration of questions as the Lycene celebrations of the 13th often do - and I think such public debate would have only served to harm, not to heal.
It is not a matter of extremes - questions have their place, and justice often requires them. Yet. Believing all can be questioned, and that there is room for compromise with any in the name of a greater peace, is not something that can ever have a place. It is to push the Mirrormask ideal to an extreme.
I know well Most Holy Orazio's thoughts, he and I have argued on occasion and he has taught me much. However I think you may misread the intent in his words. It is not to say that all questions are allowed and we should openly allow division or dissent without check. It is to say there are limits, there are points where debate may lead others that is beyond what the Faith will tolerate. And we will not compromise our sacred trust for momentary victories, or for the unity of the compact. If others err, we will correct them as loving parents, not stay quiet to avoid upset. The discussions in the Faith - over the Orthodox, the Lycene and Pragmatic styles - are over small matters. Style and nuance, over or under emphasis of certain tropes. Such discussion is fine, it does not weaken us. Yet, it must always be controlled. And when it goes too far, when people cross the threshold from discussion into dissent, from division into schism, so it is my order that brings correction and balance.
Sometime perhaps, your highness, we will hold a night of canticles about the fall of Marach and the rise of the Orthodox. It is almost time for the Feast of Alor Valardin once more, after all.
It is not a matter of extremes - questions have their place, and justice often requires them. Yet. Believing all can be questioned, and that there is room for compromise with any in the name of a greater peace, is not something that can ever have a place. It is to push the Mirrormask ideal to an extreme.
I know well Most Holy Orazio's thoughts, he and I have argued on occasion and he has taught me much. However I think you may misread the intent in his words. It is not to say that all questions are allowed and we should openly allow division or dissent without check. It is to say there are limits, there are points where debate may lead others that is beyond what the Faith will tolerate. And we will not compromise our sacred trust for momentary victories, or for the unity of the compact. If others err, we will correct them as loving parents, not stay quiet to avoid upset. The discussions in the Faith - over the Orthodox, the Lycene and Pragmatic styles - are over small matters. Style and nuance, over or under emphasis of certain tropes. Such discussion is fine, it does not weaken us. Yet, it must always be controlled. And when it goes too far, when people cross the threshold from discussion into dissent, from division into schism, so it is my order that brings correction and balance.
Sometime perhaps, your highness, we will hold a night of canticles about the fall of Marach and the rise of the Orthodox. It is almost time for the Feast of Alor Valardin once more, after all.
Written By Preston
Sept. 20, 2018, 5:42 a.m.(8/19/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Mydas
I think you may misunderstand some of the concerns around Tehomic worship in the manner embraced by the Lycene traditions, your highness.
It is not fear of Tehom himself but of what he might bring, and what the response in people might be that urges caution. That Tehom is a god you assert as an inviolable truth, yes? As we would all. So already we accept some truths are beyond question. To enter doubt there - to suggest one /could/ question that can lead to no further enlightenment, for we already know Tehom is a God, and instead can only invite heresy and worse should someone think otherwise.
Further, to revel in public questions and doubt risks bringing forth something much worse - hesitation and its ultimate form, inaction. These small things could cost the individual dearly, and even the Compact. They give succor and comfort to the Abyss in all its form, because good men will stand by, and in so doing cast down all that is good about them. There are some in the extreme of the Orthodox, yes, who say Tehom is the abyss - this is not how I think the vast majority of the Orthodox feel. But I think we would say that improper and incautious worship /could/ be a route to the Abyss, as it was for the heretic Marach. That is why there is a balance. The Orthodox take a conservative view on it, that we must question in private or in confidence with a Godsworn, that these doubts will be banished by faith - not that they themselves bolster our faith. Lycene take the balance the other way, that we must embrace these doubts in public, we must question. The Graysons between. But none I hope would fail to worship Tehom as a God - even if our methods of that worship differ - nor would they question his divine nature.
It is always welcome to consider the nuance of the Faith and the different attitudes within it - it is something to be encouraged. If I may be bold enough to enter a small note of rebuke, those who are disciples should be wary of pronouncements about the fate of souls. That is a heavy topic, and one which should be undertaken only with the consideration and solemnity of the Godsworn.
It is not fear of Tehom himself but of what he might bring, and what the response in people might be that urges caution. That Tehom is a god you assert as an inviolable truth, yes? As we would all. So already we accept some truths are beyond question. To enter doubt there - to suggest one /could/ question that can lead to no further enlightenment, for we already know Tehom is a God, and instead can only invite heresy and worse should someone think otherwise.
Further, to revel in public questions and doubt risks bringing forth something much worse - hesitation and its ultimate form, inaction. These small things could cost the individual dearly, and even the Compact. They give succor and comfort to the Abyss in all its form, because good men will stand by, and in so doing cast down all that is good about them. There are some in the extreme of the Orthodox, yes, who say Tehom is the abyss - this is not how I think the vast majority of the Orthodox feel. But I think we would say that improper and incautious worship /could/ be a route to the Abyss, as it was for the heretic Marach. That is why there is a balance. The Orthodox take a conservative view on it, that we must question in private or in confidence with a Godsworn, that these doubts will be banished by faith - not that they themselves bolster our faith. Lycene take the balance the other way, that we must embrace these doubts in public, we must question. The Graysons between. But none I hope would fail to worship Tehom as a God - even if our methods of that worship differ - nor would they question his divine nature.
It is always welcome to consider the nuance of the Faith and the different attitudes within it - it is something to be encouraged. If I may be bold enough to enter a small note of rebuke, those who are disciples should be wary of pronouncements about the fate of souls. That is a heavy topic, and one which should be undertaken only with the consideration and solemnity of the Godsworn.
Written By Preston
Sept. 16, 2018, 5:39 p.m.(8/12/1009 AR)
House Greenmarch found something Faith related. They contacted the Faith. The Templars are now providing assistance and resources to help them.
The Crown needed assistance with the Lodge. They contacted the Faith. The Templars are now providing assistance and resources to help them.
I wonder if there is not some lesson there......
The Crown needed assistance with the Lodge. They contacted the Faith. The Templars are now providing assistance and resources to help them.
I wonder if there is not some lesson there......
Written By Preston
Sept. 13, 2018, 9:58 a.m.(8/3/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Thena
We must each of us remember where we came from I suppose, little sister. And where we are going. Too often though we forget where we are.
As I started calling you little sister in affection, and to remind you of humility as you began your meteoric rise, now it fits much better as nothing of what we achieve now would be possible without your help over time. You are in many ways not what I think of when I think of a Knight, especially a Knight of the Faith, yet there are few I would trust as deeply as I do you. In that, you teach me a lesson about many ways there are to honour the Gods, and that the ideals of the Faith I hold to, the ways in which I worship as an Orthodox, are not the only way. Nor the measure of if someone is worthy.
As I started calling you little sister in affection, and to remind you of humility as you began your meteoric rise, now it fits much better as nothing of what we achieve now would be possible without your help over time. You are in many ways not what I think of when I think of a Knight, especially a Knight of the Faith, yet there are few I would trust as deeply as I do you. In that, you teach me a lesson about many ways there are to honour the Gods, and that the ideals of the Faith I hold to, the ways in which I worship as an Orthodox, are not the only way. Nor the measure of if someone is worthy.
Written By Preston
Sept. 13, 2018, 9:55 a.m.(8/3/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Lisebet
We lost many Templars that day - tens of thousands who fell at the beaches, in the mountain pass, those who got separated with Grandmaster Armel of the Solace. Lord Armand was I was only just getting to know as a Templar, but he answered my every task with a fervor that had already earned my respect. For his service House Farshaw will always have my thanks. For his sacrifice, you will always have my condolences.
Written By Preston
Sept. 13, 2018, 6:14 a.m.(8/3/1009 AR)
The scribes tell me that apparently everyone is recounting their siblings.
There are two ways I could look at this.
I have no siblings, no mother, no father. I am alone in that sense. If I do have any of those things, they chose for me to be alone regardless.
Or. I have tens of thousands of brothers and sisters, each of whom I will stand beside and if necessary die with in the defense of our shared love.
I think I would choose the latter. The former just seems very....moody.
There are two ways I could look at this.
I have no siblings, no mother, no father. I am alone in that sense. If I do have any of those things, they chose for me to be alone regardless.
Or. I have tens of thousands of brothers and sisters, each of whom I will stand beside and if necessary die with in the defense of our shared love.
I think I would choose the latter. The former just seems very....moody.
Written By Preston
Sept. 12, 2018, 5:17 p.m.(8/2/1009 AR)
Many tasks lay before us, so why do my feet feel like lead? Not wanting to allow an opening for an enemy I do not expect, it seems hard to engage the ones I know I must. Ah. But all will roll into place soon.
Written By Preston
Sept. 10, 2018, 4:46 a.m.(7/25/1009 AR)
It is funny. Events overtake knowledge sometimes, we struggle in the dark, events may be different to what our research suggests....yet sometimes there is serendipity. Sometimes research you thought had been overtaken answers questions set to the side long ago for lack of an answer.
Prince Laric speaks of finding parts of our past, of remembering. In his case it is the Metallic Order, in my case my research is the history of my own Order and its precursors. It is surprising what our ancestors knew, and what they achieved. And what we must now do in honour to preserve the world they left to us.
What I will say of it publicly is that on a recent journey, we went to a place we knew was a site of evil. All our records pointed to that. The cave was infested by dangerous creatures, it is a site where even a Templar fell to the temptations of the darker parts of his soul and slew his brother. We went there expecting the worst. What we found was a lesson in Faith. All that was evil, all that was dark, all of that had been overcome by the peace and tranquility of the Gods. It felt very much as if Gild, Gloria and Limerance walked with us. It was a place I thought would test my Faith, and ended up being a place which re-affirmed it. The Gods transcend all, and if we hold to them, we will be amazed at even the smallest glimpse of their wonder.
Prince Laric speaks of finding parts of our past, of remembering. In his case it is the Metallic Order, in my case my research is the history of my own Order and its precursors. It is surprising what our ancestors knew, and what they achieved. And what we must now do in honour to preserve the world they left to us.
What I will say of it publicly is that on a recent journey, we went to a place we knew was a site of evil. All our records pointed to that. The cave was infested by dangerous creatures, it is a site where even a Templar fell to the temptations of the darker parts of his soul and slew his brother. We went there expecting the worst. What we found was a lesson in Faith. All that was evil, all that was dark, all of that had been overcome by the peace and tranquility of the Gods. It felt very much as if Gild, Gloria and Limerance walked with us. It was a place I thought would test my Faith, and ended up being a place which re-affirmed it. The Gods transcend all, and if we hold to them, we will be amazed at even the smallest glimpse of their wonder.
Written By Preston
Aug. 28, 2018, 4:52 p.m.(6/24/1009 AR)
I think people perhaps have a tendency on Stormwall to think of their own sacrifices, and compare them and rank them. That their sacrifice gives them a unique position, a unique take. I suspect that if I go to Prince Edain he can recite the first several pages of the lists of their knights who died helping hold the pass so the shamans could get away. Yet Valardin did not dispatch the full weight of their force there, their losses in number were not as great as others. But. Does that mean Edain is tormented less? Or his view is more or less valid? Dame Thena had most of her troops safeguarding the roads. She brought many knights still to Stormwall, and many died. Yet still far fewer than Templars, who lost over 50,000 of our number. Does that mean I experienced the battle more than her? Did the fires of the enemy burn brighter in my eyes because it was more of my brothers and sisters dying? Did the sting of the enemy blades lessen for Dame Thena because she had less and thus lost less? Does a Marquis then feel these battles less than a Duke, who will by dint of their size lose more lives?
It was a battle. A war. The shared loss, the shared sacrifice was meant to bring us together - it is why we extended the offer for the knights of the fealties who fell to be interred with our Faith Militant at the new construction at Sanctum.
It was a battle. A war. The shared loss, the shared sacrifice was meant to bring us together - it is why we extended the offer for the knights of the fealties who fell to be interred with our Faith Militant at the new construction at Sanctum.
Written By Preston
Aug. 28, 2018, 9:31 a.m.(6/23/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aureth
People are always free to, as you put it, sock you in the face, Father Aureth - I am sure Aleksei would have said that the freedom to make choices granted by Skald means nothing if you are also not free to make stupid or insulting choices too. It is the repercussions that change. And well. The guards have their own free will to factor in, Father.
Guards that are very essential, given all that has happened of late.
Guards that are very essential, given all that has happened of late.
Written By Preston
Aug. 28, 2018, 7:32 a.m.(6/23/1009 AR)
Legate Ailith, Grandmaster Thena, Dominus Orazio, Dame Leona, Lord Commander Eleanor, Princess Alarissa, Sir Jeffeth, Princess Coraline, Prince Laric, Dame Mercedes, Dame Esoka, Prince Ainsley, Legate Cassandra.....the list of those I need to thank is long, and even that is not all of it. All have had some part in the great ask that we have worked on these past two years.
As I write this we are on the march back to the city - and I sit unceremoniously in a wagon with my horse tied to the rear, because at the moment I am more wound than man. But as I look out, I see the gleaming armour of my brothers, and the woods of our lands, and the road so tended by the Silver Order. I feel refreshed.
Once I am able to move, there is much to do. But for now I rest.
As I write this we are on the march back to the city - and I sit unceremoniously in a wagon with my horse tied to the rear, because at the moment I am more wound than man. But as I look out, I see the gleaming armour of my brothers, and the woods of our lands, and the road so tended by the Silver Order. I feel refreshed.
Once I am able to move, there is much to do. But for now I rest.
Written By Preston
Aug. 27, 2018, 4:08 p.m.(6/22/1009 AR)
Let me be clear for the record, as Dame Thena has stated at the meeting where Duke Asger put forward his plan, if that had been the method chosen to give way in the face of the Gyre, the Faith Militant would have withdrawn our forces from the North. Princess Marian and Prince Darren instead sought another way, and in that we offered our full support. We had faced the Gyre's people elsewhere, at Maelstrom and other spots, we knew their desires and we knew our lands and Duke Asger's understanding of the enemy seemed to us flawed. I do think that our forces could have worked together better, and the losses we took will haunt me until the day I lay down my duties, but sadly sometimes losses are necessary if we are to be true to the Gods and honour our oaths and commitments to them, and to oppose those who would reject our ways. I will not get into the personal matters, and if Duke Asger says he is in obedience to the Faith, then I am of course overjoyed as I am for every child of the faith, be they ever so mighty or ever so humble in stature.
Written By Preston
Aug. 27, 2018, 11:03 a.m.(6/21/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Isabeau
For those who wish to believe stereotypes hold true always for a fealty, I have but one observation. The Formerly Blessed Aleksei is from Sanctum.
Written By Preston
Aug. 21, 2018, 8:41 a.m.(6/8/1009 AR)
We have received into the armoury a diamondplate axe of Prince Barric's. A weapon of great beauty, intended I am told as a gift for the Princess Coraline originally. I will have to pray on what we do with such an item.
At the same time, as I ruminate more on Prince Barric's passing, I think he has a lesson for us all beyond the way of his death. It is that you should embrace what you know is right, even if it takes you time to get there. He told me that he ignored the call of Gloria in the past, that coming to the Templars was doing what he should have done long before.
I think this is an important lesson - that we must all embrace the future we know to be right, even if it seems scary, or if there might be sacrifices to be made. Perhaps something the Templars must consider too, if we are to be the organisation the Faith and the Faithful need us to be in these times. Perhaps there are lessons in practicalities which our ancient histories reveal to us, lessons we must learn.
At the same time, as I ruminate more on Prince Barric's passing, I think he has a lesson for us all beyond the way of his death. It is that you should embrace what you know is right, even if it takes you time to get there. He told me that he ignored the call of Gloria in the past, that coming to the Templars was doing what he should have done long before.
I think this is an important lesson - that we must all embrace the future we know to be right, even if it seems scary, or if there might be sacrifices to be made. Perhaps something the Templars must consider too, if we are to be the organisation the Faith and the Faithful need us to be in these times. Perhaps there are lessons in practicalities which our ancient histories reveal to us, lessons we must learn.
Written By Preston
Aug. 20, 2018, 4:35 a.m.(6/6/1009 AR)
Prince Barric was a man I only knew in more recent times - as his life found him answering the call to Gloria, preparing to swear his life to the Gods and forsake the title of Prince and the name Grayson. Now, his soul is in the shining realm, awaiting its return to the wheel.
I will not lie and say he was a man I understood, or indeed that I was certain whether he was looking to swear his oaths because of genuine calling or because he wished to no longer be who he was. I sent him to the Archlectors for a week, to talk to them and he returned still certain, so we proceeded. Matters were proceeding in arranging the ceremony. What I am certain of, what I do understand, is that the Templars have lost a knight of skill and quality in this, and that his family suffer as well. He was knighted by Lord Commander Dayne, he was proud of that fact, but offered to squire again as penance if it was necessary - I told him that I was not going to second guess a man like Dayne, that his word, his judgement was sufficient for me. That humility - though I know it was hard learned - would have served him well in the Templars.
There is no gesture I have that will make it better, or that can bring him back. Nothing I can say which can match the words of those who knew him better than I did. The one thing we can offer though, not for anyone's sake but Barric's, is that he was a knight -swore those oaths - and was willing to swear an oath to the Gods and become a Templar. He died, by what we know, in noble sacrifice - born of that selfless love of a knight for his charges, which Gloria would honour. If the Graysons wish it, he will have a place in the Mausoleum of the Faith, and we will erect a wall shrine so the honour in his death might be remembered and inspire faith in others.
I will not lie and say he was a man I understood, or indeed that I was certain whether he was looking to swear his oaths because of genuine calling or because he wished to no longer be who he was. I sent him to the Archlectors for a week, to talk to them and he returned still certain, so we proceeded. Matters were proceeding in arranging the ceremony. What I am certain of, what I do understand, is that the Templars have lost a knight of skill and quality in this, and that his family suffer as well. He was knighted by Lord Commander Dayne, he was proud of that fact, but offered to squire again as penance if it was necessary - I told him that I was not going to second guess a man like Dayne, that his word, his judgement was sufficient for me. That humility - though I know it was hard learned - would have served him well in the Templars.
There is no gesture I have that will make it better, or that can bring him back. Nothing I can say which can match the words of those who knew him better than I did. The one thing we can offer though, not for anyone's sake but Barric's, is that he was a knight -swore those oaths - and was willing to swear an oath to the Gods and become a Templar. He died, by what we know, in noble sacrifice - born of that selfless love of a knight for his charges, which Gloria would honour. If the Graysons wish it, he will have a place in the Mausoleum of the Faith, and we will erect a wall shrine so the honour in his death might be remembered and inspire faith in others.
Written By Preston
Aug. 18, 2018, 2:38 p.m.(6/3/1009 AR)
I have assigned guards to all the archlectors in the city - with the increase in trouble it seems prudent. I worry that so many unfortunate accidents and killings of disciples and Godsworn might make people forget the retribution that would follow any violence against a Godsworn, so hopefully the guards provide a useful reminder.
Strangely I haven't had an angry note from Dame Thena about her guard, I made sure to find her one of the best of the new batch of Oathland Godsworn knights so they could discuss chivalry.
Strangely I haven't had an angry note from Dame Thena about her guard, I made sure to find her one of the best of the new batch of Oathland Godsworn knights so they could discuss chivalry.
Written By Preston
Aug. 18, 2018, 2:33 p.m.(6/3/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Aureth
Blessed Aureth has been helping me in my studies - as no-one is calling on the Templars to action at the moment, and as we are studying our history, I have decided to try to expand my understanding of the Faith, a long term pursuit. He has made some excellent points, that discussions in the past - those things noted down - always occurred within a context and that context is important to understanding the meaning behind the words.
Perhaps now I have reached the limits of what I might understand of the theology of the Faith and the other beliefs simple through education, that now the path I must take is one of contemplation. But, one thing I believe more than ever is the righteousness of the Faith. Not that I think anyone would expect less.
But soon we must return to the board, for the Templars to be moved and our part played.
Perhaps now I have reached the limits of what I might understand of the theology of the Faith and the other beliefs simple through education, that now the path I must take is one of contemplation. But, one thing I believe more than ever is the righteousness of the Faith. Not that I think anyone would expect less.
But soon we must return to the board, for the Templars to be moved and our part played.
Written By Preston
Aug. 8, 2018, 7:34 a.m.(5/10/1009 AR)
Relationship Note on Arik
The first is simple enough, as it has happened - those who have undertaken vows, but where due to unforseen circumstance their noble family would collapse without their return, may be released from them. The well being of the compact, its strength and continued stability, is of importance to the Faith and the Gods. It would be exceptional, and down to the Dominus to decide.
Which is, I suspect the answer to the second. Though those with grown children have joined the Faith through the vows of the Godsworn, I am not familiar with any case where anyone has been absolved of responsibility for children, by the children being in the care of others or such, who has taken the vows. It would be a question for someone more learned in Faith bureaucracy than I. Ultimately such requests are down to the Dominus. Still, the fact we are free of the pulls and responsibility of dependents is one of the key parts of the Godsworn, so we are never tempted to place another above our service.
Which is, I suspect the answer to the second. Though those with grown children have joined the Faith through the vows of the Godsworn, I am not familiar with any case where anyone has been absolved of responsibility for children, by the children being in the care of others or such, who has taken the vows. It would be a question for someone more learned in Faith bureaucracy than I. Ultimately such requests are down to the Dominus. Still, the fact we are free of the pulls and responsibility of dependents is one of the key parts of the Godsworn, so we are never tempted to place another above our service.
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