Kingdom Hearts II
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I hold him closer as I kiss his forehead.
"It's not your fault, Sora…It's never your fault…"
二人の約束
The Promise Between the Two of Us
Chapter 11:
Safe In Your Arms
On the Gummi Ship
"S…So…Sora!! Wake up!"
"Hmmm…what…huh?" Sora opens his eyes to see Donald and Goofy hovering over him. "Whoa!! Guys! What are you two doing?!"
"You were trashing around and mumbling in your sleep, so Donald and I start to worry. After a while, you start to calm down."
"Oh…"
"Did you have a bad dream or something?"
The word 'dream' sends a cold shiver down his spine, as Sora clutches onto his chest. He tries to shake off the vision of the burning village, but it keeps coming back to him. Sora is about to break down, when the vision suddenly disappears from his mind.
"Don't worry. I'll take care of it."
"Eh?" Sora looks around for the source of the voice. "Ro…xas?"
"Sora, are you alright?" Sora looks over at his buddies and smile weakly at them. "Y..Yeah, I'm alright. Sorry to make you worry." Sora takes the blanket off him, as he stands up. "Where are we now?"
"We have just past the Phantom Storm. It seems like our next world is the Olympus Coliseum." Donald looks at him and back to the map.
"A-hyuk, wonder how's Herc and Phil doing. Right, Sora? Huh? Sora?"
Sora snaps out from his daze. "Huh? What? Oh..right, come on, let's go…" Goofy looks over to Donald, who shrugs his shoulder and grabs the control stick as they land on the next world.
Olympus Coliseum
Sora and crew arrives at a dark cave through the save point. "Huh? Are you sure this is the coliseum?"
Donald points to a set of stairs leading upward. "It's that way!"
They are about to move on, when they hear a scream and see a woman running from a bunch of Rabid Dog Heartless. The woman falls and the Heartless are upon her.
"Heartless!" Sora and the others run over, scaring the Heartless away. Sora offers to help her up
"Thanks, but...I'm fine." The lady stands up. And you're supposed to be?"
"I'm Sora, he's Donald, and that's Goofy. We came to see how Hercules is doing."
She looks at each of them in turn. "You know Wonderboy?"
Donald pats his chest. "Yeah, 'cause we're heroes, too!" Goofy snickers beside him. "Ya mean, junior heroes, Donald."
The lady chuckles. "Looks like we have a friend in common. Name's Megara. My friends call me Meg."
"So how's Herc?"
"Wonderboy? Well, he's duking it out at the Coliseum every day. You know, "a hero's work is never done" and all that. He's ready to drop, but he keeps on fighting. Even Wonderboy has his limits, though. These opponents are bad news…special deliveries from Hades himself..."
"Hades!?"
Meg sighs. "Right. Lord of the Underworld. I was on my way to see him. Maybe I can get Hades to give Wonderboy a breather. If anything happens to that kid..."
"Gawrsh... Sounds like you're more than just friends!"
Meg blushes. "Oh...uh, I mean..."
Sora crosses his arms. "We'll go have a little talk with Hades. I'd hate for anything to happen to you on your way to see him."
"You really want to do that? Well, it looks like you know what you're doing. I guess I'll take you up on that offer. But...let's keep this whole chat-with-Hades thing our little secret, okay?"
Sora, Donald, and Goofy nod their heads as they enter the Cave of the Dead. Along the way, they see a cloaked man running through the cave.
"The Organization!"
They continue through the passage into the Inner Chamber to find the cloaked man still running towards them. They get ready for the fight, but the cloaked man run pass them. "Run! Run away!" He eventually fades away, leaving the trio in confusion.
While in the Hades's Chamber, Hades is speaking with Pete.
"Where do they dig these freaks up? Geez, Louise."
Pete looks at him. "Oh, they're nuttin' but trouble, the whole lot of 'em. So, uh...what're you gonna do about Hercules? He's made mince meat outta every fighter you sent at him. Pretty soon the Underworld's gonna be standing room only. Say, why don't you just pick somebody already dead and save him the trouble?"
Hades gets annoyed at Pete and slams his fists on the edges of his chair. Pete covers his head, while Pain and Panic hide behind him. Hades thinks for a second about the idea.
"Dead... Dead is good! And I know just the warrior."
Sora, Donald, and Goofy enter the Valley of the Dead. Donald shivers, along with Goofy. "I'm scared too, Donald."
Sora too, brushes a hand up his arm, trying to rub off the chill the place is giving him. 'If this is the place where people come after their death…those villagers…' Sora shakes off the thoughts as he looks up. "Hades, come out!"
There is no sign of him, so they continue to walk across the bridge and up the stairs. Pete, Hades, Pain, and Panic are looking into Hades's giant swirling vortex.
Pete feels the goose bumps on his arms. "By the by, uh... What's down there?"
"Just the Underworld's deepest dungeon. This time I'm bringing out the mother of all bad guys."
Pete starts to back away from Hades. Pain and Panic have already hidden behind a stone pillar. "You don't say. Well... Maybe I should go."
Hades ignores him as he forms a ball of fire in each hand and tosses them into the abyss. There is a large explosion, causing a pillar of smoke to rise out of the hole. Lightning courses through the red smoke as a figure emerges. Hades laughs. "Let's cut to the chase. Here's the deal I'm gonna offer you. I let you out of the slammer…no strings…you'll be free as a bird."
The red cloaked man listens as he looks over to Pete, who is against the wall near Pain and Panic. Pete, still afraid and not knowing what else to do, simply waves at the man.
"And all for one little job. Fight Hercules, in the Coliseum...to the death!"
The man smirks as he raises his sword. "This is my story. And you're not part of it."
Hades starts to lose his patience. "Did you forget who you're talking to? I am the Lord of the Dead!"
"Hmph! No wonder no one wants to die."
"That's it!!" Hades growls as he turns red in a blaze. "You are FIRED!" He charges toward the man, who blocks with his sword. Sora, Donald, and Goofy run in, surprise by the situation. "Hades!"
Hades gets distracted and his fire turns blue again. "You again?"
The man knocks Hades back, as he turns to Sora. "Fight!" He strikes Hades, who stops the sword with his hand, and throws the man back. Hades punches him to the ground and conjures two fireballs aiming at the fallen man. Sora runs between them and they dissipate. "Get up!"
Sora calls out his keyblade as they try to fight Hades. But all the attacks seem useless.
"Something's wrong! I feel kinda funny..."
Hades snickers. "That's right! See, that's the thing. In the Underworld, heroes are zeroes…comes with the territory."
The two fireballs appear again and Hades charges the group. The man slices down with his sword, but Hades teleports in a puff of smoke.
"Go now!"
"But I've gotta talk to Hades!"
Hades blocks his ear with his fingers. "What was that?"
Sora tries to charge, but the man stops him. Hades makes fireballs again as Donald and Goofy run out of the room.
"We can't fight him here! We have to go…now!" The man pulls Sora, who doesn't budge, but eventually runs as Hades throws the fireballs at them. They leave the chamber and run down the stairs. Sora and Goofy close the gates and try to catch their breath.
"Is he gone?"
"Don't count on it."
Hades appears suddenly on the side of the door next to Sora. "Leaving so soon?"
They hurry to the exit, evading Hades and the Heartless he conjures. When they reach the Inner Chamber of the Cave of the Dead, they catch their breath.
"Gwarsh. You're really good. Are you some kind of hero?"
The man shakes his head. "No, I'm no hero... I'm just an...Auron."
The crew looks at one another.
"My name."
"A-hyuk, I'm Goofy! This is Donald, and…huh? Sora, are you alright?"
Sora looks up to Goofy. "Ah…yeah…" Auron looks at the brunette. "You seem troubled." Sora looks at him and back to the ground before he continues walking to the passageway. The others follow in silent after the keybearer.
Back at Hades's room, Hades is frustrated at what just happened. Pete looks at him. "I got Heartless all over the Underworld now. So you can leave those pipsqueaks to me. Look, pal, you just keep working on turning Hercules into a Heartless. Then he'll be all mine.
Hades turns around angrily, turning red. "This is my underworld, you idiot!! I'll handle this MYSELF!" Hades slightly cools down and snaps his fingers, as a giant three-headed dog shows up in the window. "Cerberus, go!"
The dog leaves in a hurry. On the other hand, Sora and crew run to the entrance of the Cave of the Dead, to realize that it is close. They try to push apart the doors, when Donald looks up and sees a keyhole chained to the door. The Keyblade appears in Sora's hand as Auron looks at him.
"Will that open it?"
"Yeah. I think so."
Sora starts to point the Keyblade at the lock, when they hear a roar and look behind them.
"Hurry!" Auron readies his sword. Cerberus jumps into the entranceway. Sora unlocks the door and the keyhole and the chains vanish. Donald and Goofy open the doors as Cerberus runs up to them. Auron stops it by shoving his sword between one of the dog's teeth. He holds them there, until pulling the sword out and knocking them away. Sora runs to the door, but turns around and sees Auron fighting alone.
"Sora wait!" Donald shouts as Sora rushes back beside Auron as they fight Cerberus.
After a tedious fight, Cerberus is taken down and struggling to stand. Using that chance, Sora and Auron run through the gates, which start to close. When it is closed, they let out breathes of relief.
"Huh? What happened to Auron?" They look around to find the man, but he is nowhere to be seen,
Sora looks at them. "He can take care of himself. Let's go find Meg. Then we can try this again." Donald and Goofy nod, as they follows Sora up the stairs to the coliseum.
Back at Hades, he sits in his Chamber with Pete, Pain and Panic watching anxiously. "Let me see if I got this right... That brat's Keyblade works on any lock?"
"That's right."
"Have I ever told you about the killer coliseum we have right here in the Underworld? It makes the one upstairs look like an Olympic kiddie pool."
Pete smirks. "Then that's the place we're gonna put an end to Herc the Jerk's winnin' streak.
"Problem. Zeus locked it tight. But... All we gotta do is swipe that key...and then reopen the Underdrome!
"Hate to tell ya, but that key is kinda particular. It won't work for just anybody. And that kid ain't no pushover.
Hades taps a finger on the arm of his chair. "I think this calls for a woman's touch." He snaps his fingers, and with a puff of smoke, a doll version of Meg appears in his hand.
At the coliseum
Sora and crew arrive at the coliseum as they proceed in.
"Gawrsh, this sure does bring back memories!"
They walk to the Lobby doors and see a tired Hercules walk out, but straighten up in delight to see the familiar faces. "Sora! Donald! Goofy! When'd you get here?"
"Hey, Herc!"
Hercules walks down the steps closer to them. Meg appears in the doorway. "You on another adventure?"
Sora smiles at him. "Yeah, tracking down some friends, wiping out some Heartless."
"Junior heroes, always busy!" Sora and Hercules lock hands as they enter the Coliseum Foyer.
Hercules looks at them. "So, did you find those friends of yours?"
Sora sighs at the question. "Still working on it. When we got here, we ran into Meg…meg..mega trouble, I mean! So we had to help somebody out. We tried to go teach Hades a thing or two...but the Underworld drains away all our strength. Don't suppose you have any ideas?"
"Well, there is a stone that guards against the Underworld's curse. The gods on Mount Olympus use it whenever they have to go down there."
"Think we could use it?"
Hercules grins. "Sure, why not! I'll go get it for you."
"Thanks! Real nice of you!"
"But Hades is no pushover, even if you've got the Olympus Stone. And I have a match today, so I can't go with you... Know what you need? Training! Why don't you go talk to Phil?"
"Good idea!"
"By the way Sora, you alright?"
"Huh?"
"No…it's nothing, maybe it's my mistake. Go on."
"O..Okay…" They enter the Coliseum and see Phil, who's not looking in their direction.
"Hey champ, how ya feeling? Better rest up for tomorrow's match. Nobody's gonna pay to see a worn-out hero...capiche? Remember what I told you. Victory in the games comes down to two simple words: Eat, bathe, sleep!
Goofy is counting the words on his fingers. The three look at each other and laugh. Phil jumps around, and realizes who's laughing, as he runs over to them. "Hey, if it ain't the junior heroes!"
Sora hugs the old goat. "Looking good, Phil."
"Never better! How you guys been? Have you earned your "true hero" wings yet?"
They think it over for a second and remain speechless. Phil sighs. "Nope, you ain't got what it takes. So, what's up?"
They tell him the whole story, when Phil laughs. "Ha ha ha! You three are gonna take on Hades?"
Donald quacks. "What's so funny!?"
"You got nerve. I like that. Hey, you never know…stranger things have happened, right? Better get cracking, boys! So you want to train, eh? All right, I'm gonna work you hard!"
Sora and crew go through the training, until Hercules enters the Coliseum. Phil looks at them. "Listen, I gotta take off for a bit."
"Where to?"
"None of your beeswax." With that, Phil left.
Hercules walks to them. "Sorry, guys... The Olympus Stone has been stolen."
"What?! By who?"
"I don't know who did it yet. All we're sure of is that it was a guy in a black-hooded cloak. And he had accomplices…a bunch of creatures in white."
Donald looks at Goofy, who nods.
"Someone you know?"
"I think so. Hey, if we can get the Olympus Stone back, can we borrow it for a while?"
"Sure. By the way, you haven't seen Meg around, have you?" They shake their heads as Hercules sighs.
"What's wrong, your hero-ness? Feeling under the weather?" Hades appears and places a hand on Hercules's shoulder, who ducks away from the death lord. "You know, I though staying in perfect shape was part of the hero job description...you know what I'm saying? I came to share a bit of mildly-interesting news"
Hercules charges towards Hade. "Seems your dear, sweet little Nutmeg..." Hades dodges by teleporting behind him. "...went and got herself lost in the Underworld."
Hercules gasps. "You mean you kidnapped her!"
"Well, maybe... But why get caught up in the details?"
Hercules whistles and a brilliant winged horse flies over the Coliseum walls, landing next to Hercules.
"Uh-uh-uh! You can't leave now, okay?"
Hercules is stopped from getting on Pegasus. Hades smirks. "You've got a very important match today, against, um... the bloodthirsty Hydra! I mean, if you don't stick around, who knows what kind of "accidents" might happen."
"You're just a coward."
"Ah well. Can't all be heroes."
Hades vanishes in a puff of smoke as Hercules crosses his arms, and looks at Sora. "Can you handle this?"
"You got it! We're heroes!"
"Junior heroes, Donald." Donald shakes his head and glares at Goofy. Sora looks at the blond hero. "You take care of the Hydra. We'll handle the rest."
Hercules puts his hands on Sora's shoulders. "I'm counting on you." Sora nods. Pegasus trots over as Hercules pets him. "You gotta find Meg!" The horse nods and flaps his wings. It flies into the air and over the Coliseum walls. Hercules sighs as Sora and crew return to the Underworld Entrance and see Phil on the floor.
"Phil!"
They rush to him as he stands up, wobbling. "Ooh, ohh..."
"What happened?"
Phil rubs the back of his head. "I spotted this strange guy all dressed in black. I chased after him, but he turned on me. Next thing I know, I'm seeing stars."
"All dressed in black!? He must be the one who stole the Olympus Stone. Where did he run off to?"
Phil points to a door with green veins. "To the Underworld. He's a bad apple, all right. And all I wanted was to find a backup hero. Just in case Herc needed to take a break."
Sora chuckles at him, "Go back to the coliseum, we'll handle this."
Sora, Donald, and Goofy enter the Underworld Caverns. On the other side, Hercules had won against the Hydra, as he too, rushes to the Underworld. Back to Sora, they continue into the Atrium, where the find the hooded man, who turns around to face them.
"Huh? Ah! You!" He takes off his hood, revealing a young man with blond hair. "Wait a sec... Roxas?"
"Eh?"
"Roxas?" The man calls out again. "Oh, it's no use."
"Wait! How do you know about Roxas and why are you calling me that?"
The blond did not answer him as he pulls out a note. "Let's see, here... "If the subject fails to respond, use aggression to liberate his true disposition"... Right. Did they ever pick the wrong guy for this one..."
"Hey! Answer my question!"
The man takes out the Olympus Stone from his cloak
"He's gotta be the thief!"
"Now that's just plain rude!" He holds the stone up and glows with light. He takes out his sitar and begins playing it. "Dance, water! Dance!" He conjures water creatures but Sora defeats them all. "Not bad, Roxas!"
"Why are you calling me Roxas? Answer me!!"
He vanishes with a smirk. Sora looks at the place where the man stood. "Why… How did he know about Roxas? And why is he calling me…"
"Gwarsh, Sora, don't listen to what the Organization said. They might be trying to fool you."
Sora remains silent while Donald picks up the Olympus Stone that the man had dropped. He gives it to Sora, who holds it up. They glow with light and feel their power return.
Sora shakes off the thoughts. "Let's go! Meg needs our help!"
They enter The Lock, where they see a rock with an outline of Meg and a keyhole imprinted on it. Sora unlocks the gate and the rock vanishes. The pillar of energy behind the rock turns from black to light green. They enter the pillar of light and ends up in the Well of Captivity. Hades is there with a chained up Meg.
"Now that's what I call a key. Gee, thanks for your help! Now have a nice day." Hades vanishes in a puff of smoke as Meg shouts. "Sora, behind you!"
Pete appears behind them with several Heartless. He laughs. "What's wrong? Can't fight in the Underworld? Ohh, boo-hoo-hoo!" Pete looks to his Heartless and points to Sora's group. "Charge!"
Hook Bat Heartless charge at Sora, who bats them away with his Keyblade.
"There's too many! Let's go!"
Sora breaks Meg's chains with the Keyblade, when Hercules arrives and knocks Pete down. "Sorry I'm late." He whistles. Pegasus flies in and hits Pete on the head as he tries to stand, knocking him over again. Hercules picks Meg up and places her on Pegasus. "Get Meg outta here. I'll meet you back at the Coliseum."
"What about you?"
Hercules smirks at them. "I'm gonna show these guys what happens when they mess with a true hero." Herc pats Pegasus on the behind and he takes off with Meg. Sora and crew exit from the pillar, when Meg looks back.
"Sora...I won't leave him, even Herc has his limits. He can't keep winning forever."
Sora pats her, "Don't worry, we'll go back him up." He turns to Pegasus. "Get Meg outta here!"
Pegasus flies away. Sora returns to the Underdrome, where Pete has gathered even more Heartless. He and Hercules nod to each other. Fighting Pete is a piece of cake for them.
Pete growls. "This place gives me the creeps. I'll deal with you nitwits next time!" Pete leaves as the cave begins to collapse and they run for the pillar of light.
The four race to the Underworld Entrance when Hades appears. "Well, if it isn't everyone's favorite hero washout. You really blew it this time."
"No one likes a sore loser, Hades."
"Can it, keyboy!"
Hercules takes a step forward. "Then let me. No one likes a sore loser, Hades."
"Yeah, yeah, Styx and stones. Hey, maybe you should go check on that Hydra you neglected to finish off. I hear things are really FALLING APART up there, champ." Hades laughs and vanishes in smoke.
"Wait!"
Hades's voice sounds through the area. "Hate to run, but I've got another little diversion to attend to."
They quickly run back to the Coliseum Gates, which is badly ruined, there are corpses of the audiences too. Hercules fells to his knees. "This can't be..."
The Hydra roars out the smoke and rubble. Phil, Meg, and Pegasus approach Hercules, as Phil shakes him. "Champ! You're safe!"
"I've failed..."
Hercules looks around to all the destruction. Meg squats beside him. "It's not your fault!"
"I left everyone unprotected." Hercules slams the ground. "Hades was right. I'm just a...a washout."
"Aw, come on, champ! I didn't train you to think like that."
"Wonderboy..."
Sora steps forth. "Phil's right. This is no time to beat yourself up." He looks at the ruin. 'Again…I've failed to protect…'
The Hydra is running rampant. Meg heaves Hercules over her shoulder and carries him away as the Hydra walks over the rubble of the Foyer into the courtyard. Sora and crew get ready of their weapons, as Meg and the others join in too. With their help, Sora manages to defeat the Hydra.
They sit on the ruined rubbles. Hercules's confidence is completely shot. "I let you down. I'm just...no use."
Meg pats him. "It's not your fault. Hey, even a god would be exhausted."
Sora places his hand on his hip. "She's right. Give yourself a chance to rest."
"A-hyuk. There won't be any games for a while, anyway."
Meg stands up and smiles at them. "Don't worry about Wonderboy here. I'll look after him. Sora, Donald, Goofy, I owe you big time."
Sora smiles. "Hey, it's no big deal. Just let us know if Hades or the Heartless start acting up. We'll take care of it."
Donald pats his chest. "Yeah, that's what heroes are for!"
Meg chuckles. "When did you three make hero?"
Sora shrugs his shoulder. "Let's save that for another time... We have to hit the road."
"Okay. Hey, Sora…"
"Yes? What is it, Phil?" The brunette squats down.
"Are you okay, kid? You look terrible, you know? I wanted to ask you but I didn't get the chance."
Sora looks from him to the ground. "Well, it's nothing. Really, I'm fine. Oh, I almost forgot. The Olympus Stone." Sora takes out the stone as Hercules weakly stands up. Before Hercules touches the stone, it glows brightly. With that, Sora uses his Keyblade to open another gateway.
"Okay, bye now." They wave goodbye as they return to the Gummi Ship.
On the Gummi Ship
The moment Sora steps into the ship, he fells unconscious, which scares Donald and Goofy. They quickly bring him to a seat as they sit by to wait for him to regain his conscious.
In Sora's dream
Sora opens his eyes to realise that he is standing at on the beach of Destiny Island. He sits down, pulling his legs to his chest and wraps his arms around them. He thinks back about the ruined coliseum and the village that is burned.
"It's…all my fault…" He mumbles as he buries his head to his knees. It is then, he feels a presence beside him. He looks up to see Roxas sitting beside him, looking out at the sea.
"Roxas?"
The blond turns to him. "Yes?"
Sora hesitates and bites down on his bottom lip. The two remain silent until Roxas breaks it, by placing his arm around Sora's waist and pulls him into his embrace.
"Ro…"
"It's not your fault. Don't keep blaming yourself."
"But…But…I was there…I couldn't do anything…I…!"
"No, Sora. Sora, look at me!" Roxas pulls Sora from him, as the brunette looks up at him. "You can't do anything at that time. You won't there when it happen, that's why it's not your fault!"
"That's it!! Because I'm not there! Because I'm not there to protect them! It suppose to be my job, it's my fault! I…!!"
Sora's words are cut off as Roxas slaps him. "Will you snap out of it?! How many time must I repeat myself?!" Sora looks to the side, not wanting to face the other. "I know that you blame yourself for not able to save them. But do you know that, you have made the people around you to start worrying about you?"
Sora thinks about Donald and the others. He bites his lips, fighting the tears back.
"Have you ever spared a thought for them? For me…?"
Sora looks up at Roxas, who grits his teeth and pulls Sora back into his arms again. "I hate it! I hate to see you like this! I hate myself even more from not able to help you…Sora, please…stop blaming yourself…" Roxas buries his face into the brunette's hair as he breathes in his scent.
Sora returns the embrace as tears trickle down his cheek. "Roxas…you're wrong…"
Roxas pulls away and looks at Sora. "Eh?" Sora smiles as he raises his hand and touches Roxas's face, making the blond blushes. "You did help me a lot."
"But…I didn't do anything…"
Sora shakes his head. "You just did it." Roxas looks at him puzzled, Sora chuckles as he dives back into Roxas's arms. Roxas blushes madly as Sora snuggles against his chest. "Whenever you hug me, I feel safe and warmth. I can't describe this feeling I'm getting but…your hug seems to make me forget about everything, all the sadness, all the pain…You saved me from the vision earlier, didn't you? I just like it here…to be in your arms."
Unknown to Roxas, Sora is blushing real hard now. He tightens the hold on Roxas's waist as he buries his face into the blond's shirt. Roxas smiles as he folds his arm around the teen and lays his head on Sora's. "Promise me, Sora. That you will not blame yourself for such things again."
"Okay. Sorry that I've worried you."
"It's okay." They remain in the same position until Sora remembers about the Organization guy they met in the Underworld. "Roxas?"
"Yeah? What is it?"
"Do you…know about the Organization XIII?"
No reply from Roxas but silence. Sora sits up and looks at the blond, who is looking out to the sea. Roxas turns back to him, smiling. "Sorry, Sora. I did not hear your question. What is it again?"
"It's…no…It's nothing, Roxas. I was just blabbing about something." Sora smiles nervously as he moves into Roxas's arms again. 'It couldn't be. Roxas couldn't be one of the Organization. I should not think about it.' Sora thinks as he slowly fells asleep while Roxas runs his hand up and down the teen's back, and strokes his cinnamon hair.
Slowly Sora's body starts to fade off again. Roxas stands up as he touches his face where Sora just touched. "I'm sorry, Sora…that I've lied to you…"
The End of this chapter!!
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