Chapter 13...

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"Um...Issei?" Rias noticed he was stuck, fixed in place like a lifeless statue.

"Huh?" Issei snapped out of his end-of-the-world state and realized he literally was just standing there like a deaf idiot. "Out of all the people in this entire friggin school, I had to run into her!" Issei was baffled by the powers of the universe to force this confrontation on him when he just got done being sexually assaulted from Raynare. "W-what a coincidence, running into you..at this particular staircase." He awkwardly responded.

"I was waiting for you to finish with the student council before approaching you." She answered.

"Oh, I see..." Issei was still sweating bullets. "Did she see me or not!?" Was the blaring question he desperately needed to be answered.

"By the way, while you were up there..." She suddenly began to ask.

"She saw, she saw, SHE SO TOTALLY SAW IT!" Issei was slowly panicking at the next words he was anticipating to come out of her mouth.

"Were you able to get the answers you were looking for?" She asked curiously.

"...?" Issei was shocked yet again. Did she not see the two at the top of the stairs making out? "Uh, yes and no. She's gotta ask around, but I should hear back from her later." He answered honestly.

"I see. Good for you." She smiled warmly. "You alright? You look like you've just seen a ghost?" Rias was perplexed by his fidgety state.

"No, I'm just surprised at running into you here. I wasn't expecting to meet you so soon." He quickly answered.

"You don't have to be so reserved around me. I'm just concerned about you and all. I know your hesitant because of this world that you were just suddenly thrust into, but your school days are a precious memory I'd like you to be able to experience."

"I'll look back on this as nearly flubbing my existence. " He thought to himself. "Thanks. I'm adjusting well around here. Um, I got a class I have to attend in a few minutes, so I guess I'll see you later." He bowed and quickly walked away.

"Mm. Take care." She nodded in understanding. As soon as Issei had turned the corner, he let out the deepest sigh of relief he ever let out.

"...oh fuck me, that was close!" He clenched his chest while gasping for air. "Damn it! Raynare played that carelessly! I'm giving her a piece of my mind after school!" He growled to himself.

Later...

Issei's last class was finally over and he was getting ready to leave. He picked up his journal after writing some things down really quick and then proceeded to leave his chair. He wasted no time heading down the stairs, and to the entrance. Eventually, he made it to the front of the school gate and was nearly home free. But a most unexpected visitor was waiting for him. Right as he walked past the brick wall, someone called out to him from the side.

"Hey, Issei!" The familiar voice of Yuka called out to him from her car. Issei stopped and quickly turned to her and made his way over to her.

"Hey, Yuka." He greeted politely. "What are you doing here?" He asked.

"Refill on the prescription. You got your bottle on you?" She requested.

"Right here." He reached in his pocket and handed the orange pill bottle with his medication in it.

"Okay, here you go." She swapped it for a full bottle. "How was school?" She decided to ask.

"It's good. I haven't had any problems fitting in. But the subjects are a cakewalk compared to the stuff that you had me do over the years." He scoffed.

"Well, good. Your intellect will carry you far in these types of places." Yuka proudly nodded.

"Can we go? The reservations are in like thirty minutes." The familiar figure of Jace was revealed in the passenger seat. The red-headed man was sporting an open collar, purple dress shirt. He looked like he slicked his hair back as well.

"We're like 5 minutes out, chill out dickweed." Another feminine figure revealed themselves in the back. It was a tan girl with silver hair and purple eyes. She was slim, and not too much far behind Yuka in terms of looks. She was in a mesh shirt that was nearly see-through to her matching bra. "Hey kiddo, what's up!?" She enthusiastically called out to Issei.

"Anita?" Issei was baffled to see a familiar figure accompanying the two. "You all catching dinner or something?" He assumed.

"Yeah, I got my raise today! We're going out to this lovely little steakhouse that opened up. " Anita chuckled with delight.

"So you're idea of celebrating earning more, is to spend it all right off the bat?" Issei didn't quite get her enthusiasm sometimes.

"Eh, you're just a bean sprout. You'll understand when you get older." Anita waved off his comment. "By the way, Yuka told me you brought a girl over. You venture into the forbidden valley yet? Heheh!" Anita smirked in a teasing manner.

"Pipe it down. Issei's not like those kinds of boys. Besides, it's not like you were like that at that age." Yuka scolded.

"That you know of." Anita chuckled at her. "Yo, Issei. You've just accomplished what this cutthroat bombshell was unable to do in her teenage years. Props to you, little dude." Anita congratulated him.

"She's just a friend, Anita." Issei corrected.

"Girls wear sexy underwear to their male friend's places?" Anita sounded sarcastic as if she were referring to something.

"Hey, you said you weren't gonna blab about that!" Yuka was shocked Anita spoke of the encounter that Issei had with the young, beautiful student.

"I bet she's just a honey trap. Sorry, punk. She's going to take advantage of you throughout the school years. Just make sure you get something out of it." His cocky smile making Issei twitch at him.

"Just because you were a horn dog throughout high school, doesn't mean he's going to be." Anita defended Issei.

"Back off." Jace scoffed. "Listen, for what it's worth kid, your 'V' card is a liability. Sooner you ditch it, women will respect you." He gave his advice.

"Well, I don't like men like that," Yuka informed.

"(Snorts)." Issei couldn't help but nearly laugh at her response.

"Ohhh, you just got shot down horn dog~!" Anita poked him in the back of his head.

"Knock it off!" The redhead shoved Anita's hand back at her.

"Remind me why I had this guy invited along?" Yuka asked Anita.

"The bigger the party, the cheaper it is." She shrugged.

"We're friends. It's what we do." Jace crossed his arms.

"THEY are friends. You're a whore." Issei simply said.

"And you are a nutjob, you little shit!" Jace didn't take kindly to that.

"Oh, how demeaning." Issei pretended he was offended. "Hope you die of an STD, 'horndog'." Issei discreetly gave him the finger.

"Whoo, we got ourselves a win-nah~!" Anita was doing a little dance in the back at Issei's comeback.

"YOU-!" Jace was going to get out of the car and pounce him.

"Heeeey~ Issei!" They all turned to the mention of Issei's name and found Raynare, or rather Yuuma approaching him. "I thought I missed you! I was gonna ask if you wanted to walk home." She came up to Issei's side and was surprised to see Yuka in the car.

"(Whistles)." Anita was taken aback by the way Yuuma looked. There was nothing wrong with her, she was very slim, and curvaceous, the best of both worlds. Anita was looking, however, particularly at her chest. "What can I say? My hat's off to you, Issei." Anita had to give him credit where it was due.

"...!" Jace was also amazed at the way she looked. "Hot damn! This loser managed to bag a grade A beauty like this!?"

"Hey, are you a D cup?! I've never seen a girl that age with a rack like that!" Anita had to ask.

"H-huh!?" She pretended to be flustered.

"Yuka! You never said she was this pretty! Hell, she could wear any type of underwear-rather, it would be a waste not to!" Anita turned to her co-worker for an answer.

"Oi, you're making her uncomfortable!" Yuka scolded her out of control friend. "Mmgh!" She locked eyes with Raynare. "So, you guys are going home, are you?"

"Yeah, we're normally finished at the same time, and we both live in the same direction, so yeah." Yuuma bashfully shrugged. "Hey, Issei? Can we go now? I wanna get home before it gets late." She nudged Issei. "Your friends probably NEED TO GO as well. They wouldn't want to be seen as INTERRUPTING NUCINSES would they?" There was brief, yet subtle emphasis in her speech pattern that she hinted at Yuka, which prompted the blonde to have a vein pulse within her forehead.

"NOW LISTEN HERE YOU LITTLE TWAT...!" Yuka felt a sting and was now completely sure that Yuuma was hiding her true face. The dormant high school delinquent within her she buried long ago was slowly being brought back to life. She then shook her head to focus. "What am I thinking, she's just a kid!"

"Right. It was good seeing you again, Anita." Issei turned to the tan woman with a smile.

"I want details next time, kid! I'm nosy, so I expect a thorough explanation. But I just gotta know. What's popular with the kids nowadays? 69? Cowgirl? Piledriver?"

"What the fuck is pile driv-?" Issei was unfamiliar with that term.

"Okay, let's go, before it gets late!" Yuka cut her off before she polluted Issei's mind with unnecessary information. "I'll see you around, Issei." Yuka zoomed off after waving goodbye.

"Later~!" Anita stuck her head out the window and blew him a kiss. Issei sighed.

"Hmph, and I thought no one could possibly like that woman." Raynare scoffed, displeased with the sight of her. "Who are the other two?"

"Jace and Anita. Jace is just a creep, seeing if he can set a record for the most women a guy has ever had sex with. Anita was the receptionist at Oni and a part-time lifeguard. Yuka hooked her up with the psyche ward gig because the pay wasn't nearly enough for her. I heard they also went to school together." He informed her.

"Is she gonna visit you too?"

"I don't know. She's mostly that person I've just said hi to on occasion. She worked in the front most of the time when I was living there, so I only greeted her whenever I passed through with Yuka." He remembered. "Oh yeah, about earlier..." He suddenly stopped to face her. "...I came this close to getting busted because you held me up at the top of the stairs." He pointed accusingly.

"You didn't like it?" Raynare simply blinked.

"That's-! Th-that's not the point!" He was a little flustered. Although in reality, he liked it very much. "The point is, Rias Gremory was at the bottom of those stairs waiting for me!"

"..oh, really?" She didn't really seem fazed by it.

"'oh really?-what do you mean, OH REALLY!? She would have totally misunderstood that and assumed I'm with you-wait..." Issei suddenly realized it clicked. "Don't tell me...you wanted us to be seen?!"

"What does it matter?" She shrugged. "I'm sure by now they understand the relationship after I placed a few rumors throughout the school, and telling our classmates we were already an item. I told you it was for convenience's sake."

"And the kiss?" He glared at her in an annoyed manner.

"I might have gotten a bit too into the role. Sometimes my alternate persona gets the better of me." She then grabbed his collar and reared her head up at him in a haughty manner. "What's the matter? Falling for me?"

"Fall into despair." He slowly generated a well of nothingness in his hand, as his eyes glowed red with merciless intent.

"Alright, okay, I get it, just put that away!" She quickly backed off. "Besides, I know you liked it. And who cares what that Devil Princess thinks? You're just using her for information. What do you care what she thinks of your relations with me?" She put a hand on her hip. "You proved you aren't under my control. So just roll with it." She bobbed her head for him to follow her.

"This is a very delicate situation. I don't know what is okay, and what isn't!" He argued.

"Well whatever happens, just explain. You seem to be good at that." She shrugged her shoulders as they walked.

"That would only get us so far."

"...do you really dislike the idea of being in a relationship with me?" She flat asked him.

"No! But-! You're like an angel from heaven, that's been there since the beginning of time, and I'm just this...teenager who just got checked out of a crazy house! And plus any form of collaboration with you, er, a fallen angel, and...regular angels-I don't know." He slowly face-palmed. "I don't know! Okay?!" He raised his voice momentarily and sighed.

"..." Raynare was silent while thinking about what he said. "You know...you don't HAVE to be part of this." She said. "If it really bothers you that much, then you can just not pursue this matter any further." She proposed.

"Don't be ridicules. I'm getting closer to finding the culprit." He let out out a groan.

"And after that, then what?"

"After? Well..." The gears grinding in his head began to come to a halt, after thinking on her question.

"(Sigh), Look, Issei." She placed her hands on his shoulders and turned him to her. "Let's say you wipe out this stray devil. What then? You just go back to your old school life? Pretending that all this...this conflict greater than any human could comprehend is just a thing of the past?" She locked eyes with him. "You think everyone will leave you alone? You are the next Red Dragon Emperor. Do you have any idea how much that power would tilt the balance between the factions? No one will stop trying to come for you. Whether it's to recruit you or kill you. And now that word is going to get around that you are looking for a stray devil, you think the devil's faction is gonna stay quiet? You need to understand that every action you take puts you further, and deeper into this conflict."

"I'm well aware of that." He deadpanned.

"Then, why are you complaining about something as mediocre as a relationship? It's not like you're going on a rampage throughout the underworld. Although I'd not be against the idea." She said under her breath. "Just ACCEPT it. There is no neutrality in this whole thing. All everyone cares about is the sacred gear you possess." She held his arm up to him.

"And you?" He thought that was a bit pot calling the kettle black.

"I'm a survivor. But I won't say I wasn't wanting to use your sacred gear. Even now, the idea still intrigues me." She scoffed with a smile.

"...!" Issei widened his eyes and tensed up.

"But you took me in and kept me from being hunted down. Plus I...admit I made a mistake in trying to kill you. I'm sorry about that." She confessed with a reluctant look on her face. "I'm just saying, if you go down this rabbit hole, it's a one-way trip." She voiced concern. "You might not like what you find waiting at the other end."

"..." He frowned.

"But that's your business. I'm just here to watch you." She resumed walking. "Come on. Let's head back home." She beckoned.

"...I guess for once I agree with her. But I've gotten this far, no point in turning back now." He reaffirmed.

Issei's house...

After leisurely walking back home, the two arrived at Issei's front door. He swung open the door, kicked off his shoes and proceeded inside.

"Man, it's probably because I move around a lot, but it feels nice to always come back to the same place." Raynare felt a weight off her shoulders. "You should make dinner first." She quickly turned to him.

"You should learn some proper manners first." Issei shook his head. "I need to use the bathroom really quick. Should be something left in the fridge. Just pick it out and put it on the counter." Issei decided he was hungry enough to go along with it. He headed up the stairs and then stopped to notice the bathroom light creeping under the door. Naturally perplexed by this he approached with a furrowed look. "Did I leave the light on?" He quickened his pace and went to open the door. He swung it open and the light was on, indeed, but it also smelled like someone took a shower, using his soap.

"Ah-" A voice made an awkward noise, which made Issei whip his head in the opposite direction, and he found a familiar face...and a steamy wet, buxum, body belonging to the fallen angel known as Kalawarner.

"...?!" His face lit up in embarrassment. "Wh-what are you doing here?!" He quickly turned his head away.

"I know that this looks bad...well...gee, I guess I don't really have a reason here..." The blue-haired woman shamelessly was trying to think up an excuse, while not even trying to cover her lady parts.

"Did you forget something?" Issei slowly glanced back at her.

"Well, the thing is, I was going to ask you if I could hide out here for a while because I don't have anywhere to go. But I got tired of waiting for you to come back... aaand I may have...broke in...and so I waited on the couch, but then I felt a bit dirty, so I decided to hop in the shower..well, the rest you know now." She explained step by step of how this encounter came to be.

"That was very nonchalant for a trespasser, but I'll let it slide." Issei just could not believe how easy going these beings were. "Look, I don't know, I guess it's okay, but, this ain't my house. I just live here to commute to school." He didn't want to cause a stir with his uncle and aunt. They were already paying for the house and sending him money to boot. If it got out he let these two unparalleled beauties use it at their leisure, it could lead to some unwanted attention.

"Don't worry. I won't cause trouble. I promise I'll pull my own weight." She smiled. "I'll just get a job somewhere in town, and I'll just give you the money for...what do you call it again? Rent? Yeah." She nodded. "Unless of course...you would like something else~?" She slowly walked over in a provocative manner.

"Money is fine." He quickly answered.

"You sure? I could do things that only you can imagine." She had him pinned to the door, blocking his escape. "Or I'm open to negotiation. Maybe a combination of the two?" She offered.

"Holy-I just wanna bury my face in those things-NO! My will is not that weak! But no matter where I look, I do not trust my ability to not pop a boner right now!" Issei was struggling to maintain eye contact with the dark, blue-haired angel. It was difficult because, for one, her piercing eyes could just drown him if he stared in them for too long, and her large, angelic rack was enough to make him watch them bounce for days.

So either way, he was in a pinch.

"You wanna give these puppies a test run? It'll feel really good regardless." Kalawarner inched her bright pink nipple towards him as if she wanted him to suck it. "He's a little different than the others. He's trying to be considerate but at the same time, struggling not to look...makes me kinda want to spoil the kid."

"Why are you doing this?" He tried to reason.

"Why you don't want me to?" She acted surprised.

"As a guy, I'd leap at the chance." He shamefully admitted. "But it's just so many things are happening right now-"

"Hey, what's taking you so long?" Raynare knocked on the other side of the door.

"Oh, c'mon-!?" He felt like the doorknob was turned, and that in turn gave away to the amount of weight the two were putting on it, thus making Kalawarner and Issei fall to the ground, out of the bathroom.

"Huh-!?" Raynare was shocked to see her previous associate coming out of the bathroom, stark naked. "What's your business here?!" She hissed.

"Nice to see you too, Raynare." Kalawarner rolled her eyes with a groan. She didn't think she would run into her 'comrade' anytime soon. "Just needed a place to sleep."

"And take a shower, no less." Raynare crossed her arms. But then her cat-like eyes shifted to Issei, who was buried by Kalawarner's breasts, face first. "And remove yourself from Issei. He's not one of your playthings." She grabbed Issei by his shoulders and yanked him out and back on his feet.

"We were just discussing me staying here." She stood up and crossed her arms over her bust.

"Too bad. Find someplace else." She instinctively held him away from her. Issei was still a bit taken aback by the feeling of his face sandwiched between the taller angel's dirty pillows. He shook his head and tried hard to focus. "Dear God, I'm pretty sure Yuka was talking about something else when she said I'd be experiencing a lot of things I missed out on...fuck it, I regret nothing." He blushed and looked down sadly in defeat. Yuka was his role model for all the years he was in Oni, but piece by piece her life teachings to him was turning more into guidelines than actual rules. He really needed to stop giving in, but he just was inexperienced in this area.

"Too late, he said it was okay." Kalawarner sported a victorious smile.

"Is that true?" Raynare glared at him.

"She offered to pull her own weight, as long as she does, there shouldn't be an issue," Issei explained. "But why do you want to stay here?" He asked her curiously. She could have gone anywhere else.

"Well, you already know about our true existence, you stuck your neck out for us, and quite frankly I find safer to stick with you than the previous places." She shrugged. "And I promise, first thing tomorrow, I'm looking a job." She vowed. "With these looks, I could land any job a human could."

"I get it, now could you please put that hand back?" Issei glanced away again at her showing off one of her tits to him.

"...fine. But as long as you're here, you're sleeping on the couch." Raynare ordered. "I and Issei get the bed upstairs."

"Fine with me, I just want a place to sleep." She shrugged as if it were no biggie. "Oh yeah, kid? If you get bored with her tossing and turning, I stay perfectly still when I'm asleep. If you ever need a cuddle buddy, I'll leave enough room for you to crawl in, kay?" She smiled lustfully and went back into the bathroom.

"What the hell is she doing here?" Raynare demanded an explanation.

"I don't know! I'm just as surprised at this as you are!" Issei responded. "Maybe this is what Sona meant by living with two fallen angels?" Issei figured out what the student council president meant. "I better explain this to her next time I get the chance." Issei figured.

"Well fine, despite what I think of her, it's best to get as many allies as we can right now." Despite her protests, Raynare actually was thinking objectively. "No telling who else is going to show up out of nowhere."

"Oh yeah." Issei suddenly forgot about something. "I wanted to ask you something."

"What?"

"Your leader. Azazel. I wanna talk to him."

"Wh-what!?" She seemed a bit baffled. "You wanna speak with lord Azazel? why?"

"I wanna ask him something. About this 13th thing that the priest was talking about. I tried looking for it in that book I got, but..." He summoned the said book in hand and flipped to a section in it where it was all blank. "It's like it was there, but not anymore."

"Well, I guess we could talk to him." Raynare put a hand to her chin. "But I don't know if it's a good idea to be heading over there right now. If you're seen colluding with our leader, this could put you in a difficult spot, as far as your standing goes. You okay with that?" Raynare crossed her arms and narrowed her eyes.

"It's not like I'm joining you guys, I'm just asking a question. I'm sure the devils would understand that." He sighed once more. "Whatever let's just get dinner ready." He walked past her. Raynare had an estranged look on her face, wondering what he could be possibly thinking.

Later...

The three were sitting at the dining table, eating away at the food that Issei whipped up. While they were chowing down, they were in the midst of a conversation.

"I told you, I'm a student, so if I get a job, it's going to be difficult." Raynare pointed her fork at Kalawarner in an annoyed manner. She was wearing black running shorts, and a peach-colored shirt, that was revealing one of her shoulders.

"So where do you get off by staying here if the only thing you do is constantly nag the kid?" Kalawarner was a bit more calm. She was just wearing a white buttoned-up shirt, and her maroon mini skirt.

"Well she doesn't really nag." Issei shrugged. He was just wearing his white shirt and blue shorts he wore to bed.

"See? At least he understands my concerns!" Raynare thought that was the end of it.

"Although I'm wondering if maybe you're just chicken because they scare you." He deadpanned as he sipped down some water.

"I am not afraid of those devils! They just outnumber us, and so I was at a disadvantage!" She slammed her fist on the table in protest.

"I don't know. That devil princess is terrifying. Even if we all worked together, I bet she'd send us all to our deaths in an instant." Kalawarner furrowed her eyes.

"She's that powerful?" Issei raised his brow.

"She wields the power of destruction. It used to be exclusive to the Bael Clan, but the Gremory's house inherited it's power as well. It's a powerful demonic energy that's enough to annihilate anything. Which also earned her the moniker, Princess of Destruction."

"Bael? How many clans are there?" Issei thought it was just a few houses, but now was wondering how many there were.

"I don't know. Originally there were 72 houses of purebloods. But the devils you see now are their descendants. There was a controversial turmoil within the ranks. Some of the clans didn't approve of mixed blood or reincarnated devils. So there was infighting, which prompted them to withdraw their forces. Each house had dozens of armies, but ever since the war quieted down they lost a LOT of devils in the process." Kalawarner explained. "So around 30 houses are left standing. A lot of them lost recognition and status because of the infighting. But the only ones that are worth mentioning, and to be feared, is Bael, Gremory, Sitri, and Phenex. As far as we know, they're the only ones we've seen around here lately."

"Well, I think I've met at least three out of four of those guys. But not clan Bael." Issei recalled.

"Bael is the highest ranked devil house in the underworld. If you see them in this realm than some serious shit is going down." Kalawarner leaned on her hand. "But I doubt you'd run into those guys anytime soon. They almost never leave the underworld." She concluded.

"..." Issei bowed his head slightly.

"So, what's the plan here, kid?" She bent forth and asked. "What are you going to do next?"

"He wants to go talk to lord Azazel. Try to find out about the group that the priest belonged to." Raynare answered for him.

"The guy that was babbling about the 13th?" Kalawarner seemed confused.

"Yeah. If they're going to be a problem, I'd like to know how big of a problem it is." Issei answered.

"Sounds good." She nodded. "Although, I don't know how much help he'll be. The only thing you hear about the 13th is just a myth."

"Well someone is taking it seriously." Raynare perked up. "Enough to the point of establishing an organization for it. Seriously though, who is this 13th?" She sported a troubled look.

"..." Issei was silent as he thought about it. "...that guy was under the impression I used the 13th's power. But...wouldn't that mean I'm connected to him in some way...?" Issei was just left with more questions than answers.

"Hey, kid." Kalawarner snapped him out of his thought process. "There's a car pulling up in the driveway."

"Huh?!" Issei leaned forth and his eyes nearly popped out of his skull. It was Yuka's vehicle! "Damn it, is that Yuka!?" He quickly stood up and was shocked that she'd just randomly visit him in the middle of the evening. He thought she went to hang out with her friends earlier.

"That blonde bimbo is back?!" Raynare hissed while turning towards the window. "I thought you said she wasn't going to be a problem!" She turned to Issei for an answer.

"Do not pin this on me! She's probably just here to check on me! I thought she would call ahead though." Issei didn't want to play the blame game with Raynare right now. His mind was racing with what to do since she just popped up out of nowhere.

"What's the prob?" Kalawarner didn't see the need for panic.

"This canary is like a thorn in our ass. She just randomly pops up." Raynare growled in annoyance.

"Don't worry kid, I'll play along. Raynare can be my little sister that I look after." She giggled.

"You look old enough to be my aunt." Raynare scoffed.

"YOU'RE older than me." Kalawarner pointed out.

"Guys! Not now-wait, she brought THOSE two as well!?" Issei couldn't believe his eyes. Anita and Jace were coming out of the car with Yuka. "Oh, this is gonna be awkward."

"Don't worry. We'll just tell them we had a fight, she ran away, and I came back to make up with her. " Kalawarner simply came up with.

"That's...! Actually a good idea." Issei thought that was a good lie they could run with.

"I can work with that." Raynare changed her appearance to that of her younger self. "Just don't get too into it. We just need to get by, and leave until they leave." Raynare warned her. "While we're gone, we'll contact Lord Azazel. We'll come back in after they're gone." Raynare told Issei.

"Okay...(Inhales)." Issei prepared himself mentally.

The knock at the door came and he sweated slightly.

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