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Last Time:
Ulrich woke up in an unfamiliar place and ends up finding Jeremie, Yumi, and Odd there. They tell him that he needs to move on with his life. After Jeremie and Odd disappear, Yumi and Ulrich talk a little more, and then she kisses him. Then Ulrich wakes up in the factory. Realizing that what had just happened was just a dream, he heads back up to the super computer. When he gets up there, time reverses. Ulrich wakes up in his room, and Odd's there too. They head to Jeremie's dorm where Yumi and Jeremie are waiting for them. Ulrich finds out that this is not a trick, but in fact Aelita's program to bring them back worked. He also finds out that he's gone back to the day Jeremie was taken by XANA.
Ulrich and Aelita tell about what they went through and Jeremie, Yumi, and Odd tell what happened to them and how they defeated the fake Yumi. Aelita also informs everyone that the formula for the anti-virus was actually implanted into Ulrich's code by XANA. After that, Ulrich walks Yumi home. On the way there they talk some more and end up kissing and Ulrich finally gathers the courage to ask Yumi out on a date. The next morning they all head to the factory to cure Aelita and materialize her permanently. When they get there, Aelita tells them that some monsters are attacking the tower. What's attacking? Will Ulrich, Yumi, and Odd be able to stop whatever, or whoever, is attacking and finally bring Aelita safely to earth? Find out now.
Ulrich, Yumi and Odd each stepped into their scanners.
"You're headed for the forest region. The tower that Aelita's in will be about 1 mile north of where you'll be virtualized at."
The scanner doors closed. "Transfer Ulrich. Transfer Odd. Transfer Yumi," Jeremie's voice echoed throughout the scanner level of the factory. The scanners began to come to life and the three were lifted into the air. "Scanner Ulrich. Scanner Odd. Scanner Yumi." They began to spin. "Virtualization." A huge gush of wind pushed up from the scanner and gave them the usual sensation of being virtualized.
Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi appeared in the forest region and landed safely on the ground. "Do you have any idea what we've got waiting for us?" Ulrich asked Jeremie.
"Well, there are two monsters and, as far as I can tell, one is a mega tank."
"And the other?"
"I'm not sure; the computer doesn't seem to recognize it. Just get over there now and take care of them before they destroy the tower." The three started running north.
'I really hope that the other monster isn't who I think it is.'
They arrived at the tower not too long after that, but they stayed hidden behind the trees. Yumi looked out from where she was to get a better look. She saw the mega tank and something else, something that looked human. She couldn't tell for sure because it was covered up in a cloak. She thought up a plan. If she could time this right, she could have Odd destroy the mega tank before it even noticed they were there.
The mega tank opened to take another shot on the tower. Yumi made her signal to Odd and he snuck out from behind the tree and aimed. "Laser arrow," he said in a whisper. An arrow flew from his glove and headed straight for the tank's weak spot.
Unfortunately, the arrow was stopped mere feet from the mega tank's weak spot. By what? Well, it was stopped by a sword much similar to that of Ulrich's.
Yumi, Odd, and Ulrich stood in complete shock when they saw this happen. Yumi and Odd were in even more shock when the figure lifted his hands to the hood of his clock to reveal none other than Ulrich.
'I knew it. I knew it had to be him. It was only a matter of time before XANA brought him out.' "Guys, come here. I've got a plan." Yumi and Odd hustled over to Ulrich to listen to his plan.
Ulrich stepped out from behind the tree and started walking towards the two monsters. "Well, I guess I should be flattered, huh? XANA saves my clone for last; must mean that you're the strongest."
"Just like you."
Ulrich's brow tightened. "No, you're not just like me. You're evil and I'm not. I'm strong-"
'Ulrich' cut Ulrich off, "and I'm stronger."
Ulrich stopped face to face with his clone. "That may be, but at least I'm not some puppet controlled by XANA."
"Guys, what's going on down there? How come you haven't defeated those two monsters yet?"
"Jeremie, you remember those clones of me and Yumi that Ulrich told you about? Well, it seems that XANA made a third one and this one's stronger than the other two."
"You can't be serious. It took everything Ulrich had just to bring that last one down to 10 life points. You two need to help him now."
"But what about the mega tank?" Yumi asked.
"Don't worry about it, just focus on getting rid of that clone. We need to keep XANA as busy as we can so that we can materialize Aelita."
"So Ulrich, why don't you invite your friends over here, or are they scared?"
"Leave them out of this; they don't have anything to do with this."
"Well, it seems that they would beg to differ since they're on their way over here now."
Ulrich turned around to see Yumi and Odd running over to him. "You two take care of the mega tank; I'll take care of this guy."
"But Ulrich, this clone is stronger than you! It's suicide! Please, let us help you," Yumi begged.
"And besides, I never got a chance to take on my clone. I think I deserve to get yours."
"No, you two take care of the tank and make sure that everything's okay with Aelita."
Even Jeremie tried to reason with Ulrich. "Ulrich, listen to them. The only way that you'll be able to defeat your clone is if you work together. You can't do this alone."
"I worked alone for two years, I think I can handle it one more time."
'This isn't part of the plan. What's he trying to do?' It stung Yumi deep in her heart. She didn't like to see Ulrich like this. She cared about him too much for him to act like this. "You're not alone anymore Ulrich. You have us. You have me."
'Did she really just say that? Does that mean that she really does care for me? No, I can't think about that now. We need to concentrate on the monsters.' "Get rid of the mega tank, and then you can help me."
"Jeremie," Aelita's face reappeared on the screen. "How's the anti-virus coming?"
"Huh, oh that. I'm almost done with it, but we've run into a slight problem."
"Is there something wrong with the code?"
"No it's not that. You remember the Yumi and Odd clones?" She shook her head yes. "Well, it seems that XANA had a third one, one that was Ulrich."
"Oh my, that is bad."
"Yeah, and worst of all Ulrich wants to take it on himself."
"But that's crazy; he barely survived the other two."
"That's what we've been trying to tell him, but he's got such a thick head."
"Do you really blame him though? He fought alone for two years. It's got to be hard for him to get back to working as a team."
Yumi and Odd headed past the two Ulrichs to take care of the mega tank.
"Now Ulrich, you know you're no match for me. Why don't you just let one of them help?" 'Ulrich' pulled his sword back out. "Like this one." He stuck his sword right at Yumi's neck.
Yumi and Odd froze. Neither knew what to do now. They needed Yumi if they were going to finish this.
"Leave her out of this. She's not part of this. It's just you and me."
"Well, if it's the only way that you'll fight, then I guess I'll let her go." He lowered his sword.
Yumi let out a sigh of relief. 'That was close. We can't afford anything else like that.' Yumi and Odd continued on toward the tank.
"You ready for this, Yumi?"
"Yeah, you?"
"Always." They turned around to get a final look at Ulrich.
"Let's get this started already." 'Ulrich' spoke in an irritated manner.
"Whenever you're ready."
"Laser Barrage!" Odd yelled as the nine remaining arrows flew out of his glove and right into 'Ulrich's' back.
The clone let out a scream of pain. "You, you tricked me."
"And we're not done yet." Ulrich then flipped over his clone and landed on the mega tank.
'Ulrich' turned around to watch when he came face to face with a fan, Yumi's fan to be exact. He fell to the ground and started to devirtualize.
"Impact!" Ulrich yelled as he shoved his sword into the mega tank's only vulnerable spot. He jumped off as it exploded.
Ulrich ran over to where Yumi and Odd were standing. "Great job guys. My plan worked perfectly."
Yumi walked over to Ulrich so that she was standing face to face with him. Then she did something completely unexpected, she slapped him! "Next time you come up with a stupid plan like that, just don't okay?"
"Uh-oh, lover's quarrel!" Yumi and Ulrich gave Odd a death glare. "Hehe, I think I'll go check on Aelita and make sure Einstein's doing everything right." Before the other two could even respond, Odd was already heading into the tower.
Odd fazed through the tower, catching the attention of Aelita. "Oh, hi Odd. How are things going out there?"
"Well we managed to destroy both monsters, and now Ulrich and Yumi are at it again."
"So I heard; Jeremie was telling me all about it."
"How's the anti-virus coming? Do we finally get to bring the princess home?"
Aelita giggled at Odd's pet name for her. "We've almost got it. Jeremie just has to run a"
Aelita was cut off by the loud holler of a very excited boy. "Success! The anti-virus passed the test run. Now we can administer it. Are you ready Aelita?"
"Yes Jeremie."
Ulrich and Yumi started to walk away from the tower. Ulrich had his head lowered. "You were really worried about me, weren't you?" he finally managed to ask.
"I was. We just got back and I didn't want to lose you again."
Ulrich felt awful. The last thing he ever wanted to do was to make Yumi worry. "I'm sorry. I wasn't really thinking everything through."
"It's alright. Just next time think your plan through thoroughly."
Aelita floated down from the upper platform. When she was about half-way there, she stopped. The screens around here turned green and wrapped themselves around her. Moments later, Aelita finished her decent.
"Did it work Einstein?"
"Hold on a second, let me run a quick scan." Moments later, Jeremie said happily, "It worked! Aelita you're now virus free."
"That's great Jeremie. Are you ready to materialize me?"
"In a minute. First I want bring Odd, Yumi, and Ulrich out of Lyoko so they can meet you in the factory when you get there. Are you ready Odd?"
"Go ahead." Odd began to devirtualize. He waved to Aelita and said, "See you on the other side, Princess."
"Yumi, Ulrich?" Jeremie's voice broke through the silence that had set itself around the two. "Aelita's ready to be materialized. I'm taking you guys out of Lyoko. You ready?"
"Yep," they replied in unison. After a second they started to devirtualize.
"Okay Aelita, they're waiting for you now."
"I'm ready Jeremie."
"Alright. Go ahead and head to the middle of the tower again."
Aelita stepped back in the center of the tower and floated half-way up. When she got there, she could hear Jeremie say, "Code: Earth." Then all the screens around her wrapped her up again, this time materializing her.
Ulrich, Odd, and Yumi were waiting by the scanners eager to see Aelita in the flesh again. They heard the middle scanner begin to hum, followed by the doors opening up. Yumi peered in and there, tucked up in the fetal position, was Aelita. Her eyes slowly opened and she looked up at Yumi. Yumi extended her hand and Aelita gratefully took it.
"Guys, is she there yet?" Jeremie asked through the intercom.
"Yeah Jeremie, she's here," Ulrich replied.
"Good. Aelita, I need you to get back in the scanner. I want to run one more scan just to make sure that you really are virus free."
"Okay Jeremie." Aelita stepped back in the scanner and the doors closed. After about a minute, the doors opened back up and Aelita stepped back out.
"So what's the verdict Einstein? Is she here for good?"
"You're all clear Aelita, no viruses in you. Now you four stay there and I'll be down in a moment."
Jeremie stepped out of the elevator and walked over to his friends who were currently chatting with Aelita. 'I've missed seeing her like this. It's been so long, but now I'll always get to see her like this.' "Well I see you all made the trip alright."
"No complaints here," Odd said.
"Well are you ready now?"
"Ready? For what?" Yumi asked.
"To shut down XANA for good." Yumi and Odd looked a little shocked that Jeremie would suggest that so quickly. The last time that Aelita was there they had waited an entire day before attempting to shut down XANA, now he wanted to do it immediately?
"What's the rush?" Odd asked.
"You're afraid that XANA's going to try something else aren't you?" Aelita asked.
"Yes. Just because you're out of Lyoko doesn't mean that XANA's going to stop attacking. We need to get rid of it before it can get rid of us."
"I agree with Jeremie. Aelita and I fought that thing longer than the rest of you. It was already getting desperate when we found you. There's no telling what XANA's next attack could be. It may attack a hospital or a military base or something. We don't want that burden on our shoulders."
"I must agree with Ulrich. Some of XANA's more recent attacks were pretty bad. Lives were so close to being lost when it attacked the time before last."
"They're right, let's get this over with," a strangely level headed Odd said.
The five friends stood at the entrance to the room. A large pillar like structure began to rise up from the floor. Jeremie, Odd, and Yumi stood in awe. It had been a long time since they had last seen this and it was just an amazing sight for them.
Odd managed to be the one to ask the big question. "So who's gonna turn it off?"
They looked around at each other trying to decide who should do it. Jeremie was the first to give his suggestion. "Ulrich, I think you should do it. You've been waiting to do this for so long; I think it would be best for you to have the honors."
Ulrich merely nodded and stepped forward. Jeremie took the opportunity to move behind Aelita just incase something were to go wrong he would be there to catch her.
Ulrich stooped at the foot of the pillar. A small door with the symbol of XANA on it opened up to reveal the switch. Ulrich brought his shaking hand up to it and put it on the switch. He closed his eyes and spoke. "XANA, you've put us through a lot these past few years. You've caused us so much pain. But you managed to do something that you never thought that you would do, nor did you want to. You strengthened our friendship. And it was that strength that helped me throughout those two years when you so violently stripped away my friends. Now, you finally get what's coming to you. May you never disturb ours or anyone else's lives ever again." Ulrich pulled the switch down ending all power to the computer. All the lights in the room slowly dimmed until they finally went out. Ulrich removed his hand from the switch.
"Jeremie? Am I still okay?" Aelita turned around to face him.
"You seem okay to me. Let's give it some time though, knowing XANA there is a chance that it is trying to pull something. But as long as everything is okay, we might as well get to work on you certifications."
The four turned around and headed for the elevator. On the way there, Odd noticed that Ulrich wasn't with them. He turned around to see his friend still standing at the same spot he was in. "Hey Ulrich, you coming, man?"
"No, I'm gonna stay here for a few more minutes. You guys go along ahead and I'll catch up with you later," he replied without turning his head.
"Suit yourself."
Yumi stopped and looked over at Ulrich. She then whispered in Odd's ear, "I think I'll stay here and make sure he's okay."
"Yeah, sure." Yumi turned back around so that she was facing Ulrich, but still out of his sight. Once the rest of the gang was inside the elevator, the doors closed and they headed back up.
Once he believed that everyone was gone, Ulrich began to talk. "You made my life miserable for so long, XANA. You really made it a living hell. You know, this isn't the first time I've stood down here alone talking to you. So many times I wanted to just come down here and do what I just did. I didn't care if it meant losing Aelita. You had me broken. But then as I would reach for your switch, I could feel my friends stop me. It reminded me that I wasn't really doing this for Aelita, but for them. Bringing her into the real world permanently was the only thing that I could do to not feel as bad for losing my friends. I think that is what really kept me going, kept me working harder and harder to stop you. The thing you thought would destroy me ended up destroying you. I guess that's why Aelita chose us. She could tell that no matter what, our bond would keep us together even if you took us apart."
"Two years I waited. Bring Aelita here permanently and shut you down, that's all I wanted to do. I dreamt that that would bring some closure to the painful life you brought me. For two years I went through so much pain that, at many times, I would just want to stop and have it all end. But I never gave up hope. I kept the mission alive, and look what it brought me. Those two years have been erased from everyone's mind, and I have my friends back. And now we've finally put an end to you, the virus that controlled our lives for so long. It's finally over. The long journey is done. We can live our lives as normal people again and never have to worry about you showing up again. My dreams of closure have finally become a reality." He let out a little laugh. "I get it now."
"What do you get?" Yumi walked up and stood next to him.
Ulrich's eyes went wide. "Yumi, I didn't realize you were still here." Ulrich turned to face here. "How much of that did you here?"
"The whole thing. So this is what it's like for you to really open up, huh? You got to be left alone in a room?"
"What can I say, I like my privacy. And if I remember correctly, you're not one to snoop." Ulrich smiled at her.
"I guess you don't know me as well as you think." She smiled back.
"I'd like to, if you'd let me."
"Well then, how about that date then?"
"You want to go now?" Yumi nodded. "Well then, let's go." They turned around and headed back to the elevator hand in hand.
When Odd, Jeremie, and Aelita made it back to the school, Odd headed straight for the cafeteria to see if they had any food left over while Jeremie and Aelita went to Jeremie's room so that Jeremie could work on getting Aelita the certifications that she would need. After working for a few hours, Jeremie had finished.
"Okay Aelita, everything seems to be in order. Monday morning Ulrich and Odd are going to talk to the principal to let him know that you're here. Now all we need to do is make sure everything's okay with Yumi's parents and you should be set."
"Thank you so much Jeremie."
"There is one more thing that we should probably do though?"
"And what's that?"
"We need to get you a few things, such as clothes and a cell phone."
"Where can we go for all of this?"
Jeremie let out a small chuckle. With how smart Aelita is, it's so easy to forget that she doesn't know some of the more common things in life. "We can head into town and go to the mall. Although, now that I think about it, we should probably wait until tomorrow so that you can go with Yumi."
"Yes," she paused. Aelita grabbed her stomach and looked down at it. "Jeremie, I think my body is asking for nourishment."
Jeremie looked at his watch. "Yes it is about dinner time. Shall we head down to the cafeteria to eat with the others?"
"Sure, why not."
Later that evening, Jeremie and Aelita were back in Jeremie's room talking about random stuff that Aelita wanted to know about.
"Jeremie, back in Lyoko I read about the lunar and solar cycles and I was wonder if we could possibly watch the sunset and rise. I have long since wondered what both events are like."
"Well I don't see why not. Hmm, I think the best place to see it from would probably be on top of the factory."
Jeremie and Aelita arrived at the factory shortly after. They climbed up to the roof and made it there just as the bottom of the sun was touching the horizon. They sat down next to each other on the edge of the building facing the sun.
"Wow!" Aelita exclaimed in amazement. Never before had she seen such colors. It was so beautiful.
The two stayed silent until the last gleam of the sun was gone. "That was very enjoyable, Jeremie."
"What did you think of the colors?"
"They were beautiful. I've never seen anything more beautiful."
"So, Aelita, did you want to stay out here all night and wait for the sun to rise, or did you want to go back to Yumi's house and we can come back in the morning?"
"Hmm, well if we leave then I'm afraid that we may miss it. I think we should stay out here."
After a couple of hours of chatting between the two, there was a ringing sound coming from Jeremie's pocket. Jeremie pulled out his cell phone. "Hello," he answered.
"Jeremie? Do you know where Aelita is?" It was Yumi. She seemed worried.
"Yeah, she's here with me. We're at the factory. Aelita wanted to watch the sun set and rise. Why? Is something wrong?"
"No, but my parents were expecting Aelita here an hour ago."
"Oh, sorry. We didn't know. Tell your parents that there was a flight delay because of rain or something and that she'll be there in the morning."
"Are you two planning on staying out there all night?"
"Yeah. It was Aelita's idea."
"Well be careful and don't do anything stupid."
Jeremie laughed. "Don't worry, we won't." With that said he ended the call and put his phone back in his pocket.
Throughout the night Jeremie had been fighting hard with himself on whether or not he should tell Aelita how he really felt about her. At around midnight, he had finally gathered up the courage to tell her. "Aelita?" he asked as a blush slowly started to creep towards his face.
"Yes Jeremie."
"Well, um uh there, there's been um something that I've, I've needed to uh tell you." Jeremie couldn't help but stammer. This was the first time that he'd ever actually told a girl something like this.
"What is it Jeremie?"
"Well, uh. Ever since I first met you, I uh knew that you were special to me. What I'm trying to say is that I uh, I think I love you."
To say that Aelita was slightly taken aback by this would be an understatement. She didn't really know what to say. "Jeremie... I," she looked down. "I don't think I can accept your invitation of love."
Heartbroken. That was the only word that could describe Jeremie at that moment. He didn't know what to do or say. All he knew was that it hurt, badly.
Aelita looked over at him and she could see the sorrow in his eyes. "Jeremie, it's not you though. It's just that I've been in this world for only a short period of time and I don't quite understand all these emotions and feelings that I'm now getting. Maybe one day I can accept your love, but right now I don't think I'll be able. I'm really sorry Jeremie."
Now Jeremie felt a little better. And it all made sense to him too. He wouldn't want to ask something of her if she didn't quite understand it. So tonight they'll be just friends, but maybe one day they can become more.
Not too long after that, both were feeling very tired. They moved away from the edge and laid down on the roof. They looked up at the stars and Jeremie explained some of the constellations to Aelita. Before long, both had fallen asleep.
As the sun peeked over the eastern horizon, one of its rays passed right over Aelita's eyes causing her to wake up. She stood up and stretched, and then she looked over at her sleeping friend. Aelita walked over to him and lightly nudged his shoulder. "Jeremie, Jeremie, time to get up. The sun is rising," she softly spoke into his ear.
Jeremie woke up. He looked up and saw Aelita staring at him. He began to blush a little, before she again informed him that the sun was rising. He got up and they walked over to the eastern edge of the building. They watched the sun rise. It was one of the most beautiful things either had seen.
-Ulrich's Perspective, 13 Years Later-
"Wow, I can't believe it's already been 13 years since that happened. Time sure does fly when you're living a good life. Well, so far most of it's been good. Although there was a short period of time where we didn't really get to see much of each other. That was college. We all ended up going our separate ways for college. We still stayed in contact and we were able to see each other in the summer and on holiday break. Thank goodness when we all finished college we ended up moving back to this area of France."
"I ended up following my dream and right after college I was drafted into the pro football (A/N: soccer) league. It's been going pretty well, too. You don't need to worry too much about me, either. If something was to happen to me and I wouldn't be able to play professionally anymore, I still have a back up plan. Now, get this, I plan on starting my own football camp for kids, you know, teach them the basics and how to hone their abilities so that maybe, one day, they could be pros too. And a couple years ago something very special happened to me and my long time girlfriend; we got married. Yep, Yumi and I finally tied the knot. And I got to tell you, the honeymoon in Spain was the best."
"But enough about me. Odd's been a pretty busy guy too. He went to a fancy art school, surprisingly, and is now a pretty popular artist. He owns his own studio now, which he calls Odd Art. Catchy name, if you ask me. It got a few strange looks when he first started, but after people could see what he could do, business was booming. His love life has been pretty good too. He had a rocky start, but it all ended up good. He dated that Sam girl for a couple of years before he finally broke it off with her. Let me just say that I was more than happy about that. Don't get me wrong though. I was happy that he had someone; I just didn't like her. Well, in college he met an old friend, Naomi, and they started dating not too long after that. Last year they ended up getting married."
"Aelita's been busy too. She ended up going into the teaching field. She teaches eighth graders at one of the local schools now. From what I've heard, she's one of the best teachers at the school. Her students seem to really like her too."
"And then there's my dear Yumi. Well, she surprised us all when she decided to study gourmet cooking. When she first tried to feed us some of her cooking, we were all a little scared, but it ended up being really good. Now she's the head chef at one of the fanciest restaurants in the area. She's hoping to one day save up enough money to open her own restaurant. That's my Yumi for you."
"And that brings us to Jeremie. In college he studied computer technology, well, I don't know if study would be the right word. He already knew most of the stuff that his professors were teaching. But anyway, now he is the head of the technology department at some big computer corporation. He's been dating someone for quite a few years now. I wonder when he's finally going to ask her to marry him. He hasn't said anything to her about Lyoko; I don't blame him either. Actually, none of us never really talk about that anymore."
-Normal Point of View-
Jeremie was walking out of a restaurant hand in hand with his date. It was a pretty fancy restaurant as they were both dressed up. Jeremie was wearing a black tuxedo, and she was wearing a beautiful light blue dress with matching silk gloves. When they arrived at Jeremie's car, he turned around to face her and grabbed her free hand with his.
"We've been together a long time now. We were friends all throughout high school and college. My friends thought that you were great and you hung out with us all the time. We never stopped talking during those four years we were in college either. Whenever I got the chance I would come and visit you. When I first asked you out on a real date, it was the happiest day of my life. You've asked me a lot of questions throughout the years and I've asked you many too. Now, I have one more to ask you." Jeremie bent down on one knee and stuck his right hand into his tux. "I love you more than anything else in life." He pulled out a little box. "Will you marry me?" He opened up the box.
She was so happy that she couldn't even speak. She nodded her head yes and he took the ring out of the box and put it on the appropriate finger. The ring itself wasn't too exquisite, just a simple gold band with two small diamonds in it. He wanted to save up his money so he could buy a better one for their wedding night.
"Aelita Belpois, has a nice ring to it."
"It's a perfect match."
"Just like you and me."
Authors Note:
"The only thing that matters is the ending. It's the most important part of the story, the ending. And this one's very good. This one's perfect." -Mort Rainey, Secret Window. Now how was that for an ending? Huh? Now tell me the truth here, how many of you thought that Jeremie was dating someone other than Aelita. I know I would have. I really like this ending, don't you? After everything being all revenge and vengeance throughout the story, it's good to have a nice ending. Well if you haven't guessed it yet, this is the last chapter of "Dreams of Closure".
What's next for me? What else, I'm gonna keep on writing. Look for me next month with my new story, "Double Lives". Hope to see you all there.
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