The rare hunters untied Takato before throwing him in a cell, along with Rika's lifeless body.
Takato got up and walked towards the bars. The bars were freezing like him. It was very cold, almost
like winter.
He looked down through the bars, too mahy Rare Hunters were walking around, he couldn't even test to see if he could slip
through the bars. He also needed to get Rika out.
"Rika, wake up"whispered Takato shaking her.
No response.
"Rika?"
Yami Malik saw Takato trying to wake her and merely laughed. Takato spun right around, scared out of his wits.
"There's no use boy, she's been trapped in her darkest memory for the rest of eternity. She will continue living a day of
sorrow and agony. The pain she suffers makes me want to inflict more"
Yami Malik licked his chops, grinning before he walked off. Takato was ready to tear right at him, but he was scared to death
of him. He couldn't hide it, Yami Malik knew it. He knew if he had simply let Takato walk freely he wouldn't leave out of
fear, however that would make him easily rescued by Henry once he found out.
While a few of Malik's rare hunters were there in case Takato actualy did sum up the courage to escape, Yami Malik knew deep
down Takato wouldn't. He was scared of him, also scared for Rika's safety. Just a weak little boy with nobody to turn to.
Immidiately, one of Malik's more powerful huntes, Arkanea, rushed up to him.
"What do YOU want"said Yami Malik.
"Sir, a strange boy is heading our way, he holds an item simalar to yours"
"Ah, the millenium ring. Bakura's coming back to get Rika back, how sweet. He's in for a suprise"thought Yami Malik.
"Send out a Rare hunter to keep him occupied, the time to take Henry's item has come"said Malik.
Arkanea nodded and walked off.
"Anialating that idiot girl Rika was merely practice, now it's time for the real game"thought Malik.
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Henry had gone back to his own house, feeling like an intruder remaining in Takato's house with Takato gone. These
were definetly the same guys who abducted all those kids, and he knew he would be getting a message from them soon.
He had no conflict returning home, which suprised him greatly. Right now that wasn't important.
As soon as he stepped in the door, a powerful arm wrapped around his throat. It was one of Malik's rare hunters obviously,
and his grip was the most powerful Henry ever felt since going up against a Digimon bio merged. He wouldn't be in this
kind of trouble if Terriermon were around.
No other men were in the room, so if he could get by this guy, he could run off. He was being held up, and he found
he couldn't make too hard of elbow shots or kicks.
The arm just squeezed tighter, forcing Henry to surrender.
He was struggiling just to breathe now, and couldn't even talk, his words choked by fear.
Was this it? Was he goona die?
"If you want your friends back, come to Domino Peer immidiately. If that dosen't motivate you, I can always carry you there"
Henry was dropped, falling on his hands or knees. He immidiately held his throat and caught his breath.
"What's it gonna be?"asked the rare hunter.
Henry stood himself up and turned around.
"Will you give me my friends back if I do this?"
"Perhaps, if you sucseed. Follow me"
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A robed figure stood in Yami Bakura's way.
"What do you want scum?"
"Master Malik is busy, so how about a duel with me? Win and I'll tell you where Malik went off to"
"It's a deal"
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No more spirits, at least for now.
Suzy's body just could not keep up with this, she fell face fist from exhaustion.
"So tired, so hungwy"panted Suzy.
Her worst fears came true when another spirit came from the shadows, a more feminem one.
It wrapped itself around her body, though she couldn't actualy restrain Suzy.
Suzy tried to say leave me alone but her breath was behind her words.
The spirit seemed to be scratching her chin, Suzy could feel nothing but coldness.
"I'll be your friend, I can help you escape"
"Really?"asked Suzy with nearly all her strength.
The spirit nodded.
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Henry reluctantly followed the Hunter to Domino peer, where he saw one of the most horrific sights in his
life.
Both Rika and Henry, both of them now lifeless, were stored in two tanks at the right side of the peer. The tanks
were out flat as though they were sleeping. Yami Malik stood there with a grin.
"WHO ARE YOU! WHAT IS THIS!"demanded Henry.
"Oh come now little boy, you're not in a position to yell"said Yami Malik.
"I'll show you little"growled Henry.
"If you want those two back, if you have to defeat me in a duel. Win, and they're free. Lose, and I get your
Egyptian God card, the Winged Dragon of-
"YOU DID ALL THIS! You abducted those children!"said Henry.
Yami Malik laughed, his face stretching out, which shook Henry up a little. This guy was far from human and he
knew it.
"You can call me Malik Henry, no need to introduce yourself, though it would've been more curtious"
"Shut up!"
Yami Malik simply drew his opening hand, Henry doing the same.
Henry looked behind him in those tanks, and then focused on the duel. Their lifepoints displayed on the
Duel Disk at four thousand and Yami Malik began.
"Don't worry about those two, worry abou me. I place Dark Javelant in attack mode, and end my turn"
It was somekind of ominous knight in Black armor, it's stats showed as 1200/600.
Henry drew, discouraged by why Yami Malik's monster was left unprotected, and was so weak. He couldn't decide
whether or not to attack.
Yami Malik simply enjoyed the sight with a smile. The sun glimmered upon them as though it were a man controlled
spotlight.
Henry decided to take an chance and attack.
"First I place two cards face down, then I summon Dark Blade"
This was simalar looking to Dark Javelant except with much thicker armor, and it's body
comepletely unseen. It's stats showed as 1800/1600.
"Attack!"
"Activate special effect! Dark Javelant can lower the attack of your monster by eight hundred points, which means
your monster is commiting suicide, and so are a coulple hundred of your lifepoints"
Henry watched frustrated as his monster was slashed into bits, his lifepoints dropping to thrity eight hundred.
Henry ended his turn, with Yami Malik snickering at him.
He drew.
"Now I summon Makyora the destructor in attack mode"
It had almost rubber like purple skin with one eye, and blades at the sides of it's arms.
It's stats showed as 1600/1400.
"Activate Negate Attack, this forces you to post pone all your attacks this turn"
Yami Malik ends his turn with a mere nod and Henry draws, hopeful to get a monster in his hand.
"C'mon, I won't be able to block again, I have to fight back"thought Henry drawing.
Henry sighed, making Malik somewhat unpleased as he was hoping for a chance for a direct assault.
"I play Pot of Greed, so now I draw two more cards"
Henry was even more pleased with the cards he got.
"First I play Raigeki, destroying all your monsters, leaving you wide open for my
Mechanical Chaser"
The mechanical monster appeared, with stats of 1850/800.
"Attack him directly!"
However Yami Malik put a Trap card out and the attack deflected.
"You can't just play the trap card you cheat!"
"Yes I can. When you destroyed Makyora you activated it's ability, allowing me to play an trap
card directly from my hand, so I chose Mirror Force. So if you don't mind, I'd like to take my turn"said Yami Malik drawing.
Henry was petrified, he was leaft wide open for an attack.
Yami Malik was in no hurry to make a move, to Henry's suprise.
"This boy is fun to mess with, but I got things to do. Now which card to attack him with"thought Yami Malik.
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Yami Bakura was destroying the Rare Hunter in a duel, with twenty two hundred lifepoints to the hunter's
five hundred, and with The Dark Ruler Da Lord Hadieus out.
"The first thing I'm going to do is find out where Malik has ran off to, then you die"
"I have to hold him off for just a little longer"he thought.
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Yami Malik decided on a card to play.
"I summon Revival Gam, in attack mode!"
It was a Blue plasma creature with holes for eyes and mouth. It's stats showed as 1500/500.
It attacked Henry, causing Henry to fall backwards, with his lifepoints dropping to twenty three hundred.
Angrily Henry forced himself upwards, taking a brief glance at Rika and Takato before continuing.
He drew nervously, which Yami Malik took delight in seeing.
"I play monster Reborn, bring back Dark Blade!"
The monster returned, good as new.
"Then I play Premature Burial, brining back Mechnical Chaser at the cost of just eight hundred lifepoints"
Henry's lifepoints dropped to fifteen hundred, with Henry's monster arsenal growing.
"Now I play Darkfire Soldier#2"
The monster seemed human, surrounded in flames. It's stats showed as 1700/1100.
"Darkfire Soldier, attack Revival Gam"
Yami Malik's lifepoints dropped to thrity eight hundred, while Revival Gam reformed.
"You seemed suprised, Revival Gam can't be destroyed, it has no solid form, so it will keep returning"
"Fine then I'll just keep attack, Dark Blade, Mechanical Chaser, attack!"
Yami Malik was still unphazed, with his monster coming back again and his lifepoints down to thrity one hundred and fifty.
"Enough practice! Time for the real game!"
Henry gasped in awe, both of them were surrounded by a Black fog.
"What, is this!"gasped Henry.
"The Shadow Realm, a realm where unfourtanate spirits wander for the rest of their days"
"You're lieing"said Henry.
"I don't bluff"said Yami Malik.
Henry shook his head.
"Fine, then continue the match!"said Henry.
Yami Malik drew, an idea coming to him.
"I place Bowguain in defence mode"
A purple bug like creature appeared on the field, with stats of 1300/2000.
"Every time your turn comes along, this monster will inflict three hundred points of damage to you. I end turn"
A shot from the bug was blasted at Henry, nearly knocking his breath out. This brought Henry down to twelve hundred.
After recovering quickly, he knew immidiately he had only four turns to win. He drew hoping for Ra, however he got nothing
and nodded his headn, indicating he passed his turn.
Yami Malik drew, and looked to inflict even more damage.
"Now I play Metal Reflect, creating a copy of one of your monsters if I give up half my lifepoints, but then
I play Spell of Hate, which forces you to take my damage, meaning half of your lifepoints are gone"
Henry felt a blown to his knee as his lifepoints dropped to six hundred. He screamed in agony, as much as he didn't want to.
"I'll create a copy of Mechanical Chaser"
It looked like Mechanical chaser except it was pure silver.
"Attack Dark Blade!"
Henry felt energy being sucked right out of his as his lifepoints dropped to five hundred fifty.
"Then I place one card face down.Now it's your turn, and Bowguain does even more damage!"
Henry nearly fell back as the shot brought him down to two hundred anf fifty lifepoints.
Henry drew, and weakly snickered.
"Hm?"
"I play Question, and here's how it works. If you can guess what monster is in the bottom of my graveyard,
it's removed from play. Guess wrong, and I can automaticly summon it, so feeling lucky?"
Yami Malik laughed loudly.
"I remember this duel well, and I know the first card that went to the Graveyard was Dark Blade, so sorry"
"Actualy he was brought back remember? So guess who comes back!"
Darkfire Soldier#2 returned.
"And now, I sacrafice all three monsters to summon the Winged Dragon of Ra!"
Yami Malik seemed please, which made Henry gasp.
"I activate Joyful Doomed, it strips your monsters of their attack power and adds it to my lifepoints!"
The Egyptian God was rendered useless, with stats of 0000/2700
"NO!"
"It's powerless now! You can't use it!"
"He's right, there's nothing I can do"thought Henry.
Yami Malik drew.
"I switch my monster to attack mode and attack you directly!"
The damage to his body and the attack caused Henry to pass out and fall down face first.
His body was beaten and battered. The fog vanished, and Yami Malik took Ra off the DuelDisk.
"You belong to me now Winged Dragon"
Unlike the others, Yami Malik wasn't attacked by Ra this time, rather it seemed to be under his control.
Some other hunters came out. Yami Malik took something out of his pocket and pressed the button, opening the capsules.
Takato and Rika, instead of under mind control, were simply out cold now. Malik decided he would take more pleasure in
them being in control to suffer, for Yugi would suffer seeing his friends suffer.
"MALIK!"
Malik looked over and saw Yami Bakura.
"My Rare Hunter posed no challenged I see?"
"Give those children back Malik! I'm warning you"
Yami Malik simply laughed, the kids being carried off.
"I need them Bakura, you better just stay put, defigh me again and you will regret it. Of
course, I find it rather queer you care for this girl so much. Queer as a clockwork orange"
"Don't push me"
However Yami Malik simply vanished away.
"I'll get you back Rika, I swear it!"
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Takato got up and walked towards the bars. The bars were freezing like him. It was very cold, almost
like winter.
He looked down through the bars, too mahy Rare Hunters were walking around, he couldn't even test to see if he could slip
through the bars. He also needed to get Rika out.
"Rika, wake up"whispered Takato shaking her.
No response.
"Rika?"
Yami Malik saw Takato trying to wake her and merely laughed. Takato spun right around, scared out of his wits.
"There's no use boy, she's been trapped in her darkest memory for the rest of eternity. She will continue living a day of
sorrow and agony. The pain she suffers makes me want to inflict more"
Yami Malik licked his chops, grinning before he walked off. Takato was ready to tear right at him, but he was scared to death
of him. He couldn't hide it, Yami Malik knew it. He knew if he had simply let Takato walk freely he wouldn't leave out of
fear, however that would make him easily rescued by Henry once he found out.
While a few of Malik's rare hunters were there in case Takato actualy did sum up the courage to escape, Yami Malik knew deep
down Takato wouldn't. He was scared of him, also scared for Rika's safety. Just a weak little boy with nobody to turn to.
Immidiately, one of Malik's more powerful huntes, Arkanea, rushed up to him.
"What do YOU want"said Yami Malik.
"Sir, a strange boy is heading our way, he holds an item simalar to yours"
"Ah, the millenium ring. Bakura's coming back to get Rika back, how sweet. He's in for a suprise"thought Yami Malik.
"Send out a Rare hunter to keep him occupied, the time to take Henry's item has come"said Malik.
Arkanea nodded and walked off.
"Anialating that idiot girl Rika was merely practice, now it's time for the real game"thought Malik.
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Henry had gone back to his own house, feeling like an intruder remaining in Takato's house with Takato gone. These
were definetly the same guys who abducted all those kids, and he knew he would be getting a message from them soon.
He had no conflict returning home, which suprised him greatly. Right now that wasn't important.
As soon as he stepped in the door, a powerful arm wrapped around his throat. It was one of Malik's rare hunters obviously,
and his grip was the most powerful Henry ever felt since going up against a Digimon bio merged. He wouldn't be in this
kind of trouble if Terriermon were around.
No other men were in the room, so if he could get by this guy, he could run off. He was being held up, and he found
he couldn't make too hard of elbow shots or kicks.
The arm just squeezed tighter, forcing Henry to surrender.
He was struggiling just to breathe now, and couldn't even talk, his words choked by fear.
Was this it? Was he goona die?
"If you want your friends back, come to Domino Peer immidiately. If that dosen't motivate you, I can always carry you there"
Henry was dropped, falling on his hands or knees. He immidiately held his throat and caught his breath.
"What's it gonna be?"asked the rare hunter.
Henry stood himself up and turned around.
"Will you give me my friends back if I do this?"
"Perhaps, if you sucseed. Follow me"
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A robed figure stood in Yami Bakura's way.
"What do you want scum?"
"Master Malik is busy, so how about a duel with me? Win and I'll tell you where Malik went off to"
"It's a deal"
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No more spirits, at least for now.
Suzy's body just could not keep up with this, she fell face fist from exhaustion.
"So tired, so hungwy"panted Suzy.
Her worst fears came true when another spirit came from the shadows, a more feminem one.
It wrapped itself around her body, though she couldn't actualy restrain Suzy.
Suzy tried to say leave me alone but her breath was behind her words.
The spirit seemed to be scratching her chin, Suzy could feel nothing but coldness.
"I'll be your friend, I can help you escape"
"Really?"asked Suzy with nearly all her strength.
The spirit nodded.
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Henry reluctantly followed the Hunter to Domino peer, where he saw one of the most horrific sights in his
life.
Both Rika and Henry, both of them now lifeless, were stored in two tanks at the right side of the peer. The tanks
were out flat as though they were sleeping. Yami Malik stood there with a grin.
"WHO ARE YOU! WHAT IS THIS!"demanded Henry.
"Oh come now little boy, you're not in a position to yell"said Yami Malik.
"I'll show you little"growled Henry.
"If you want those two back, if you have to defeat me in a duel. Win, and they're free. Lose, and I get your
Egyptian God card, the Winged Dragon of-
"YOU DID ALL THIS! You abducted those children!"said Henry.
Yami Malik laughed, his face stretching out, which shook Henry up a little. This guy was far from human and he
knew it.
"You can call me Malik Henry, no need to introduce yourself, though it would've been more curtious"
"Shut up!"
Yami Malik simply drew his opening hand, Henry doing the same.
Henry looked behind him in those tanks, and then focused on the duel. Their lifepoints displayed on the
Duel Disk at four thousand and Yami Malik began.
"Don't worry about those two, worry abou me. I place Dark Javelant in attack mode, and end my turn"
It was somekind of ominous knight in Black armor, it's stats showed as 1200/600.
Henry drew, discouraged by why Yami Malik's monster was left unprotected, and was so weak. He couldn't decide
whether or not to attack.
Yami Malik simply enjoyed the sight with a smile. The sun glimmered upon them as though it were a man controlled
spotlight.
Henry decided to take an chance and attack.
"First I place two cards face down, then I summon Dark Blade"
This was simalar looking to Dark Javelant except with much thicker armor, and it's body
comepletely unseen. It's stats showed as 1800/1600.
"Attack!"
"Activate special effect! Dark Javelant can lower the attack of your monster by eight hundred points, which means
your monster is commiting suicide, and so are a coulple hundred of your lifepoints"
Henry watched frustrated as his monster was slashed into bits, his lifepoints dropping to thrity eight hundred.
Henry ended his turn, with Yami Malik snickering at him.
He drew.
"Now I summon Makyora the destructor in attack mode"
It had almost rubber like purple skin with one eye, and blades at the sides of it's arms.
It's stats showed as 1600/1400.
"Activate Negate Attack, this forces you to post pone all your attacks this turn"
Yami Malik ends his turn with a mere nod and Henry draws, hopeful to get a monster in his hand.
"C'mon, I won't be able to block again, I have to fight back"thought Henry drawing.
Henry sighed, making Malik somewhat unpleased as he was hoping for a chance for a direct assault.
"I play Pot of Greed, so now I draw two more cards"
Henry was even more pleased with the cards he got.
"First I play Raigeki, destroying all your monsters, leaving you wide open for my
Mechanical Chaser"
The mechanical monster appeared, with stats of 1850/800.
"Attack him directly!"
However Yami Malik put a Trap card out and the attack deflected.
"You can't just play the trap card you cheat!"
"Yes I can. When you destroyed Makyora you activated it's ability, allowing me to play an trap
card directly from my hand, so I chose Mirror Force. So if you don't mind, I'd like to take my turn"said Yami Malik drawing.
Henry was petrified, he was leaft wide open for an attack.
Yami Malik was in no hurry to make a move, to Henry's suprise.
"This boy is fun to mess with, but I got things to do. Now which card to attack him with"thought Yami Malik.
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Yami Bakura was destroying the Rare Hunter in a duel, with twenty two hundred lifepoints to the hunter's
five hundred, and with The Dark Ruler Da Lord Hadieus out.
"The first thing I'm going to do is find out where Malik has ran off to, then you die"
"I have to hold him off for just a little longer"he thought.
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Yami Malik decided on a card to play.
"I summon Revival Gam, in attack mode!"
It was a Blue plasma creature with holes for eyes and mouth. It's stats showed as 1500/500.
It attacked Henry, causing Henry to fall backwards, with his lifepoints dropping to twenty three hundred.
Angrily Henry forced himself upwards, taking a brief glance at Rika and Takato before continuing.
He drew nervously, which Yami Malik took delight in seeing.
"I play monster Reborn, bring back Dark Blade!"
The monster returned, good as new.
"Then I play Premature Burial, brining back Mechnical Chaser at the cost of just eight hundred lifepoints"
Henry's lifepoints dropped to fifteen hundred, with Henry's monster arsenal growing.
"Now I play Darkfire Soldier#2"
The monster seemed human, surrounded in flames. It's stats showed as 1700/1100.
"Darkfire Soldier, attack Revival Gam"
Yami Malik's lifepoints dropped to thrity eight hundred, while Revival Gam reformed.
"You seemed suprised, Revival Gam can't be destroyed, it has no solid form, so it will keep returning"
"Fine then I'll just keep attack, Dark Blade, Mechanical Chaser, attack!"
Yami Malik was still unphazed, with his monster coming back again and his lifepoints down to thrity one hundred and fifty.
"Enough practice! Time for the real game!"
Henry gasped in awe, both of them were surrounded by a Black fog.
"What, is this!"gasped Henry.
"The Shadow Realm, a realm where unfourtanate spirits wander for the rest of their days"
"You're lieing"said Henry.
"I don't bluff"said Yami Malik.
Henry shook his head.
"Fine, then continue the match!"said Henry.
Yami Malik drew, an idea coming to him.
"I place Bowguain in defence mode"
A purple bug like creature appeared on the field, with stats of 1300/2000.
"Every time your turn comes along, this monster will inflict three hundred points of damage to you. I end turn"
A shot from the bug was blasted at Henry, nearly knocking his breath out. This brought Henry down to twelve hundred.
After recovering quickly, he knew immidiately he had only four turns to win. He drew hoping for Ra, however he got nothing
and nodded his headn, indicating he passed his turn.
Yami Malik drew, and looked to inflict even more damage.
"Now I play Metal Reflect, creating a copy of one of your monsters if I give up half my lifepoints, but then
I play Spell of Hate, which forces you to take my damage, meaning half of your lifepoints are gone"
Henry felt a blown to his knee as his lifepoints dropped to six hundred. He screamed in agony, as much as he didn't want to.
"I'll create a copy of Mechanical Chaser"
It looked like Mechanical chaser except it was pure silver.
"Attack Dark Blade!"
Henry felt energy being sucked right out of his as his lifepoints dropped to five hundred fifty.
"Then I place one card face down.Now it's your turn, and Bowguain does even more damage!"
Henry nearly fell back as the shot brought him down to two hundred anf fifty lifepoints.
Henry drew, and weakly snickered.
"Hm?"
"I play Question, and here's how it works. If you can guess what monster is in the bottom of my graveyard,
it's removed from play. Guess wrong, and I can automaticly summon it, so feeling lucky?"
Yami Malik laughed loudly.
"I remember this duel well, and I know the first card that went to the Graveyard was Dark Blade, so sorry"
"Actualy he was brought back remember? So guess who comes back!"
Darkfire Soldier#2 returned.
"And now, I sacrafice all three monsters to summon the Winged Dragon of Ra!"
Yami Malik seemed please, which made Henry gasp.
"I activate Joyful Doomed, it strips your monsters of their attack power and adds it to my lifepoints!"
The Egyptian God was rendered useless, with stats of 0000/2700
"NO!"
"It's powerless now! You can't use it!"
"He's right, there's nothing I can do"thought Henry.
Yami Malik drew.
"I switch my monster to attack mode and attack you directly!"
The damage to his body and the attack caused Henry to pass out and fall down face first.
His body was beaten and battered. The fog vanished, and Yami Malik took Ra off the DuelDisk.
"You belong to me now Winged Dragon"
Unlike the others, Yami Malik wasn't attacked by Ra this time, rather it seemed to be under his control.
Some other hunters came out. Yami Malik took something out of his pocket and pressed the button, opening the capsules.
Takato and Rika, instead of under mind control, were simply out cold now. Malik decided he would take more pleasure in
them being in control to suffer, for Yugi would suffer seeing his friends suffer.
"MALIK!"
Malik looked over and saw Yami Bakura.
"My Rare Hunter posed no challenged I see?"
"Give those children back Malik! I'm warning you"
Yami Malik simply laughed, the kids being carried off.
"I need them Bakura, you better just stay put, defigh me again and you will regret it. Of
course, I find it rather queer you care for this girl so much. Queer as a clockwork orange"
"Don't push me"
However Yami Malik simply vanished away.
"I'll get you back Rika, I swear it!"
TBC
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