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Aug 22, 2017 20:46:58 GMT
Post by pieceofmind on Aug 22, 2017 20:46:58 GMT
Jay
She nodded slightly when he seemed excited, understanding the surprise both he and Ellie had, it even was a surprise to her after all. Yet she was sort of glad that Ellie couldn't come along, if she already was gonna socialize with someone from school, she rather did it one on one so she could focus better. Especially now. Of course she didn't show it, since Ellie was in some ways a friend of her. "Don't do anything dangerous," she mentioned towards Ellie, since she felt like she owed her some type of communication after not being kind at all to her for the past times. She sighed out softly when it all was left alone again and started overthinking the whole thing pretty much immediately, feeling anxious for some reason. Perhaps it was because Skyler actually used his eyes and brain, rather than Ellie who only seemed to use her mouth to talk and talk on forever. She looked up when he stood up, looking past him to look at the time and being somewhat shocked it suddenly was the end of their class and with that school. Had she dissociated? She couldn't remember much apart from her thoughts between the ending of their little talk and now. But that seemed to be the least of her worries as it was time for them to go and grab coffee. What would they even talk about? She wasn't a talker, usually people spoke about their families or how they were doing, something like that. She wasn't one of those people, she kept her mouth shut with good reason and now she was going to do exactly what she shouldn't. What a smart move. She sighed out softly through her nose and grabbed her things together, placing her bag over her shoulders. The books made it so heavy and it made her mad because she barely had needed any books today. She was carrying all that weight for nothing. She looked up to Skyler again and nodded slightly, proving she was still up to go for coffee. If she already was going to mess things up, it might as well be executed properly. "Where do you want to grab coffee?" She asked once she walked past him so that she could leave class.
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Aug 22, 2017 21:04:37 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on Aug 22, 2017 21:04:37 GMT
Skyler
He chuckled when Jay seemed surprised at that school was over already, most people should be happy that it was over instead of being surprised. Things like that could happen after all when you're caught up in thoughts, if you waited for time to pass it would move slow, it was a funny thing, time. He waited for her to be all packed up and move before he followed her out of class and thought about her question. "There's this little coffee shop I've been recently. It's not too far from here and it's actually really calm there. If that's fine with you, if you wanna go somewhere else that's fine too," he said as he didn't know where she would want to grab coffee, it didn't matter to him, as long as there was coffee. And on the way there he just had to get his mind onto what questions he would want to ask and what they would be talking about. He could talk about his auditions now, it was something to talk about, not much but still something to lighten up the mood at least. He'd see what things would come up in his mind if they would sit down, he would be sure to at least say some useful things and talk about those. He did notice she didn't seem completely satisfied with herself agreeing to his proposal to get coffee, or that she was pretty much just as surprised as he and Ellie had been that she had agreed in the first place.
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Aug 22, 2017 21:42:41 GMT
Post by pieceofmind on Aug 22, 2017 21:42:41 GMT
Jay
She walked with him, her gaze not faltering from the floor in front of her, her bag dangling over her shoulders and her hand on one of the straps of the bag. Her thoughts were still going wild, trying to figure out every possible way that Skyler could get injured due her fault, which wasn't exactly wishful thinking but she needed to know what to expect. But the thing was, she couldn't know what to expect. It could all turn out perfectly fine, just two schoolmates hanging out in a cafe, but it also could turn so disasterous and she just didn't know what to do or what to say that could prevent it all and yet make her have somewhat of a life. It never had been an issue, until now, making her wonder how well she and Davor had thought everything out. She looked up to Skyler when he spoke, nodding slightly. "Oh, that's fine. I think I know which one you mean. I would've been fine with anything, really," she shrugged slightly and walked out of the school building, hesitating whether she'd light up a cigarette or not, but she was craving one badly and he had been with her through many of her cigarettes so this wouldn't matter. She lit up her cigarette and put her lighter and package in her pocket again, taking a drag and then removing the cigarette from her red stained lips, keeping it between her boney fingers. "If I am right on the cafe, you have to try their vanilla latte if you like either of those things. They make the best ones in town."
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Aug 22, 2017 21:59:14 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on Aug 22, 2017 21:59:14 GMT
Skyler
He walked beside her once they were outside and people would stop bumping into each other to be the fastest out of school to catch their buses and what else they had to be doing to get home. He didn't say anything about the fact that she still was in thought about things he didn't know and probably would never know as she wouldn't say a thing, but he wasn't bothered in the least, as long as he wasn't going to ask himself questions everything would be fine and he could just keep on being the happy person he was. When she said it was fine he smiled with a small nod and began taking the lead from there on, keeping his pace calm since he had noticed how she had seemingly weakened in her step and he didn't want to keep too far away from her, so he adjusted his usual step just fine to her pace. "I'll be sure to do that. I love vanilla in pretty much every form it's given in, so.." He said with a soft chuckle as he looked around slightly, only now thinking back about that one guy over a month ago that had stood here in front of the school. After that they he had seen him more often, he never realized it until now. It would go from randomly walking by to just accidentally seeing him at the grocery store and around his house. He frowned for a moment when he thought about it. What had that been about? And why hadn't he thought of that as suspicious earlier? He shook it off as he was now going for coffee with Jay and he wanted to keep his mind on that rather than trying to figure things out that were probably just his imagination playing tricks on him anyway. The cafe wasn't that far from school, but it was still a bit of a walk, fifteen minutes, maybe a bit more now he was walking a bit slower than he usually did. He didn't have a car and he couldn't do exams for his driving license either since he was still too young, but he didn't mind that. He was fine with going around town or outside of town with just public transport. "I have to say I'm actually glad Ellie had something planned already. She's a sweet girl but she sure does talk a lot," he then said, to not let an awkward silence develop between the two of them
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Aug 22, 2017 22:29:02 GMT
Post by pieceofmind on Aug 22, 2017 22:29:02 GMT
Jay
She looked up to him for a moment when he answered her, giving somewhat of a small smirk and a nod. "Something we have in common then," she answered honestly, looking back in front of her to not accidentally walk into someone. She took another drag of her cigarette, thinking about how his pace changed to hers, which bothered her. Usually she was able to keep up, but now it just was such a struggle to walk any faster. She was tired and her legs felt weak, smoking a cigarette wasn't exactly smart either but she needed the nicotine. However she wasn't going to try and speed up, it was no use, after a few meters she'd end up falling behind again. He was at least considerate, she had to give him that. He seemed to be in thought for a moment, which made her go back into her own thoughts as well. Their conversations really weren't that great, were they? She only now noticed how hard it was to keep a conversation with her, even when she did try. It was just that she didn't let anything come out, she was so reserved. A small sigh left her lips, being annoyed at how much she was questioning herself. So she was glad when he spoke up again, making her look up to him again for a moment and let out a chuckle. "Ahh.. I surely do get you. She's a sweetheart, but honestly I don't think I would go through with this idea if she had been there. She's draining but she means well," she answered, trying to stay kind about the girl they both were friends with. She just couldn't handle the constant talking now, before Skyler came around it was easy for her, Ellie would talk and Jay would occasionally nod or hum, until she was tired of it and gave her a glance or held her hand up. Easy establishment, but then Skyler came along and she had the freedom of speech back again. "Try holding your hand up when you're busy and she's talking, it's what she and I sort of established over time. That or a glance," she then mentioned, since voicing her thoughts about it didn't seem that bad. The walk over to the cafe felt long and she felt drained from the little energy she had just from walking, which made her feel angry at herself because usually she would've walked this in five minutes. Especially with her shortcuts. But they arrived and she tried to push the door open, with struggle she succeeded quick. She pushed her full weight against the door and held it open by holding both hands on the handle, peeking at Skyler so he could walk in and she could stop embarrassing herself and straining her muscles.
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Aug 23, 2017 0:21:01 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on Aug 23, 2017 0:21:01 GMT
Skyler
He looked at her when she spoke up about what he had said and smiled brightly. "Vanilla is just so sweet and tasty. It's hard to hate it, I don't know how other people can really, but it's just a matter of taste. Thank God not everyone has the same things they like," He said softly as he kept walking next to her so that would make talking easier. It was peaceful just walking like that, no things to disturb them but the sounds of the town and they weren't even that bad. He was glad not to live in a big city that was crowded 24/7. Been there, done that, wasn't fun at all. But if he decided to go for his dream and move to Korea, he would have to deal with those things, many people many interactions, people bumping into each other, well that was going to be fun. He chuckled at the thought as he was thinking too far ahead, there was a chance none of the companies he auditioned for would want him so he shouldn't think about all of that yet. He looked at Jay when she talked about Ellie after what he had said and smiled a bit again. "I don't know how she can go on talking about different things without telling the same things twice, I'm a talker myself but I tend to forget sometimes if I had said something or not, she keeps on going without repeating, you could call it a talent." He said with a soft chuckle. When she added something to her words he tilted his head a bit. "Hmm, I could try that, but I doubt it will have the same effect," he said with the usual smile. He couldn't look deadly or straight up annoyed just to make people shut up, and randomly raising his hand was a weird thing to do, if he had to picture him doing it that was. When they arrived at the cafe he wanted to open the door but she was already pushing it open, seemingly struggling to do so as she used both hands to open it. He found it difficult to look at. If she was at full strength it wouldn't have been a problem he thought, but she looked weak and vulnerable at this moment, it just made him feel so bad. He quickly moved inside so she didn't have to strain her muscles more than needed and took over the door so she could just let go and get herself a seat. "Just sit anywhere that makes you comfortable," he said as he knew she wasn't that into people and conversating while many were listening, and he just couldn't care, so he would let her pick.
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Aug 23, 2017 18:43:17 GMT
Post by pieceofmind on Aug 23, 2017 18:43:17 GMT
Jay
"Fuck people's taste, vanilla is great," she spoke sarcastically, however nodding to the latter that he mentioned. If everyone had been the same.. She couldn't imagine the chaos the world would be in and they already weren't living all together in peace. She listened to what he had to say about Ellie and nodded in agreement, it was quite impressive that Ellie didn't repeat things time and time again, it made her wonder if she had a good memory, but that wouldn't be the case when it came to school then. Probably had her priorities straight, she figured. "I don't see why she doesn't study for a job that requires a lot of talking. Like a motivational speaker or something like so. I think people would run away motivated and frightened," she mentioned, tilting her head a bit at the thought. "You're too kind for that, true," she agreed once more and looked up to him when he walked through the door and she could let go. "I'll go with the floor then," she once again spoke with sarcasm. It made sense she'd answer like that in her own eyes, it wasn't like she was gonna sit on a counter, was it? Then again, the place was fairly crowded and she realized he meant she could try to find a silent spot, but it was quite the trick to do so. But it made her wonder if he wanted to be kind and make her more comfortable or if he had something up his sleeve. However she chose a seat in the corner, by the huge window that eventually connected to the door they just had gone through. She walked over to the table and put her bag down in the actual corner of the couch, sitting down on the couch and folding her legs indian style again, it just sat comfortably and it was a slight habit to do so. "So, why did you suddenly ask me to hang out?" She then asked once he had sat down as well. As she was quite eager to know what his actual intentions were, it wasn't something that occured with her to just casually go out. People always wanted to know something or wanted something from her, so she wanted to get it out of the way immediately. Whilst also having some good coffee, that probably had been what had convinced her. Turning coffee down was extremely rare for her.
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Aug 23, 2017 20:40:46 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on Aug 23, 2017 20:40:46 GMT
Skyler
He chuckled at her sarcasm about the vanilla and shook his head lightly. It would be terrible, everyone liking the same things, everything the same, he'd hate that. He already didn't like school uniforms because everyone looked the same, let alone people acting the same and liking the exact same things. He shook his head at the thought and listened back to Jay when she continued about Ellie, nodding to her words calmly, chuckling when he imagined the faces of people running out, motivated and frightened at the same time because of Ellie's rambling. "It would be a great job for her though, she can talk all the time, and people will listen. I think it'll be rather difficult to stop talking until all people actually ran away and leaving her alone. She'll have her dream job alright," he said with a soft chuckle and ruffles his hair slightly since it was getting in his eyes. Maybe he should go and have it cut again, but if he did it would probably too short to his liking, and that would be no fun either. He was a man, he shouldn't have struggles with his hair.. Oh well, like he cared. He tilted his head at her remark about sitting on the floor and smiled slightly. "If you fancy sitting on the floor, sure why not," He said chuckling, knowing that she was using sarcasm, but he didn't see anything wrong with his own question.. When she had picked a spot he put his bag on the other side of her and sat down calmly. When she asked him a question he had seen coming he tilted his head and looked out of the window for a moment before looking back at her and smiling. "You looked like you could use some time away and I didn't want to go home yet," He said honestly to her. There was no point in lying about it, he wouldn't see any profit coming from lying. Besides, what should he tell her as a lie? There was no excuse.. He hadn't really brought her here to just ask everything out of her or ask for some favors. The questions he wanted to ask weren't even really about her personal life, by that he meant what she did recently and that stuff, he was going to ask about her health when it seemed fit.
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Aug 23, 2017 20:57:10 GMT
Post by pieceofmind on Aug 23, 2017 20:57:10 GMT
Jay
She shifted in her seat, her legs were quick to fall asleep so she decided to pull her knees up and wrap her arms around her legs, looking a him and wondering what his answer would be to her question. It was just so strange for her to be going out with someone from school, the times it had happened nothing good had come of it, so why would she trust Skyler to be different? She didn't trust anyone except Davor and her closest family, that proved enough. But he did seem honest when he answered, so she let it slide and sighed softly, looking away for a moment since she hadn't seen it coming. It sounded like he had concern for her and at the same time avoided going home, though it didn't seem like his home situation was going badly. Otherwise she out of all people would've known with how closely she had monitored him. She rested her elbow on her leg and rested her cheek against her knuckles, looking back at him. "I honestly can't understand that concern for me," she then mentioned. It was no use to come up with some lie or avoid the subject further on. Her mind wasn't up for it either, she was far too tired to think about ways out of a conversation and perhaps that was Skyler's luck now. She looked around again for a moment, rubbing her jawline with her thumb for a moment with the hand that rested against her cheek. "Hmm.. You're in luck that you mentioned coffee," she then mentioned, looking back at him and letting out a chuckle. "I don't think I would've been convinced otherwise," she somewhat slightly joked, although it had been quite the valid reason for her agreement. That an her curiosity, perhaps somewhat of a 'fuck it' moment as well. She wanted to blame the alcohol she had drunk, but by the end of their last class she already had felt sober again, so she couldn't blame that anymore. All there was left to blame for her behaviour was her sleep deprivation and lack of realisation of reality. It all seemed to blur together slightly, her sleepy thoughts and Skyler in front of her.
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Aug 23, 2017 21:35:05 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on Aug 23, 2017 21:35:05 GMT
Skyler
He just stayed honest towards her in all his actions and words, besides putting a mask on that had been perfectly molded onto his face by now. He felt a lot better than before, but it still wasn't quite right and it was getting terribly annoying. When she said something he shrugged slightly and smiled slightly again. "I can't understand either, since it isn't usual for me to do this either with someone I've barely known for two months. And I honestly first asked if you had to do something but hadn't thought about where beforehand since I had been pretty sure you'd turn me down, so I just quickly had to say something and I guessed coffee wouldn't hurt." he said with a soft chuckle. "I noticed you were skeptical right now about my intentions, can I take the guess that people had asked you out before because they wanted something from you?" He then asked since that was the first thing that had slipped out of his mouth for now. It wasn't a smooth start, he knew that, but he couldn't just cut his question in half because it wasn't a good question to ask. He would tend to ask questions where she could just answer with yes or no so she wouldn't need to explain anything further more, just basic answers would at least put his mind at ease already. He'd ask about the guy though, since he had noticed that she knew him, or at least had encountered him before since that day a month ago.
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Aug 23, 2017 21:45:42 GMT
Post by pieceofmind on Aug 23, 2017 21:45:42 GMT
Jay
She waited for him to speak again, meanwhile having her eyes drift off to the counter where the baristas were making coffee. She looked at the menu, trying to decide on what she'd order. Having decided she looked back at the people that were working, wondering what it was like to live a much simpler life, just like that. Everyone faced hardships, that she knew, but nothing to the extreme that she was facing, right? Being a barista didn't endanger anyone's life. Her life would've looked far different if she had been the one standing behind the counter. Her eyes shifted back to him when he spoke up, making her nod slightly. "I guess we're both not entirely our usual selves then," she spoke back, since it honestly did look like he wasn't acting like he normally did. It was weird, but she didn't think much of it since she knew far more about him than he did about her, perhaps that was something alarming as well. She raised an eyebrow when he called her skeptical. He really did pay attention well, what an odd thing to see from someone other than her or Davor. He didn't seem to expect much from her in terms of answers, the way he put out the question just made her drift towards answering with one word, which normally already was the case. But as they were speaking honestly, it only seemed fitting to be somewhat more talkative. Informative would be a different thing, but using actual sentences couldn't hurt. "You guessed that right, I'll admit that this is the first time anyone has ever wanted to hang out without having different intentions. So, you can take the guess as well that I'm wondering when you'll hit me with the question about whatever you want," she answered, shrugging slightly. "Before you continue asking questions, let's get some coffee, I can't take my mind off that vanilla latte since I've mentioned it."
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Aug 23, 2017 22:41:06 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on Aug 23, 2017 22:41:06 GMT
Skyler
He nodded slightly at her words about not acting like they usual were. "Everyone has some of those days I guess, it shouldn't be that bad to have either," he said softly and looked around slightly. When he usually came here there would be less people and less chattering in the background, but it didn't bother him too much, otherwise he'd gone mad a while ago. He sure was doubting how much of a career he would be able to make if he couldn't stand the little chatter going around. He shook it off since that wasn't the point now and he looked back at her when she had an answer to his question, with more information than he had anticipated. She really wasn't herself today, he wondered what had caused her to be like this right now, but that wasn't a question he was going to ask. "I won't say I don't have questions but probably not the kind of questions people would usually ask I guess. It's sad that people just ask people to hang out because it benefits them in one way or another or just to use people. One of the reasons I'm not interested in the bigger part of our class since they're pretty much all like that, and I don't want to fuel their stupidity more," he said softly and shrugged nodding to her last words, chuckling. "Seems like a good idea, it would've been pretty useless going to a cafe to get coffee without getting actual coffee," he said with a chuckle. She had made him curious about that Vanilla latte now though, if it tasted as good as it sounded like he'd be blessed.
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Aug 23, 2017 23:00:40 GMT
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Post by pieceofmind on Aug 23, 2017 23:00:40 GMT
Jay
She raised her eyebrow once more when he answered her, he really had some surprising answers up his sleeve and it was so unlike she was used to hearing from people. But he did have questions so she figured it'd be best to get them out of the way as quick as she could, so he wouldn't anticipate things and she wouldn't slip out of the somewhat talkative and honest mood she was in now, otherwise his questions would remain unanswered. When he agreed on coffee she stood up, feeling weak and light headed for a moment but she covered that by adjusting her sweater instead of standing there with a surprised look like most people would. She grabbed her wallet out of her bag and held her hand up slightly to him to gesture that he could just stay seated and wait, since she was going to order the same thing for both of them as she had recommended the drink and he agreed to it. Walking up to the counter she looked at the menu one last time to be certain of the prizes and what size she'd order, focusing her gaze on the cashier when she was up to order. "Two vanilla lattes, large and medium," she spoke, making the cashier get their order ready. "Out on a date and yet the girl is paying?" The young man asked her, making her snort. "Just out of class and hanging out with a classmate, paying because I can if I so please with a noisy cashier not doing his work right. I asked for a medium and large, you counted two medium," she spoke, making the man raise his eyebrows in shock of how cold she was against his small attempt to either be friendly or see his chance to flirt. "Medium and large vanilla latte, coming up," he proceeded, clearly feeling shot down. She paid with her card and was told they'd bring it to their table, so she walked back and sat down again, pulling a leg up the couch again. "If the really rare chance comes to reality that you don't like the drink, I'm immediately gonna stand up and leave because I will not believe someone who claims to love vanilla but not a vanilla latte," she spoke half-serious. She wouldn't exactly leave, hence why she did let out somewhat of an amused chuckle, but she would find it very hard to believe that he didn't like it. "What other questions do you have?"
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Aug 24, 2017 14:35:05 GMT
Post by Sara Gather on Aug 24, 2017 14:35:05 GMT
Skyler
He was going to stand up and get them but she was faster than him once more, and just gestured for him to stay seated. He did and just waited for her to come back then. He rather had paid himself since he had asked her out for coffee in the first place, but he wasn't going to be stubborn like that, not now at least. Since they weren't that far from the counter he heard the little talk or flirt the guy was intending towards Jay, making him chuckle slightly as he looked outside again. Why did people always think that a girl and a guy going somewhere is a date. Why can't guys and girls just be friends. He shook his head slightly and looked back, seeing the guy backing out of the conversation immediately after the remark of Jay. He wouldn't have said such a thing in the first place if it were him behind the counter, just doing his job right would be enough. When she came back he looked at her and chuckled at what she said. "Then at least take the other vanilla latte with you, it'd be a waste if you leave it with me since I won't drink more of it," he said with a soft chuckle and ruffled his hair slightly to get his hair good again. When she asked what questions he had he had to think it through again. He didn't want to push the wrong buttons and make her close up again completely, but he couldn't really point out how everything would go. "I've had this question about a month ago already, but do you have some sort of split personality?" He asked straight to the point since there really weren't any other questions that would be better than that one, the other questions didn't bother him, these did.
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Aug 24, 2017 23:37:06 GMT
Post by pieceofmind on Aug 24, 2017 23:37:06 GMT
Jay
"Of course I'll take it with me, I paid for it after all. I'm drinking my money with delicious vanilla taste," she spoke sarcastically again, letting out a chuckle as she rested her chin on her knee and looked at him like that, awaiting the questions he would ask. He seemed to be thinking about it for a while, making her wonder what the questions were about and if they were actually that bad for her. It didn't make her nervous, but she did feel slightly uneasy because she didn't know what to expect. So when he asked her a question, he immediately dropped the biggest bomb he probably could have. How had he noticed Davor? Her mind went into a complete frenzy about it whilst she remained ever so calm on the outside. Never break the pokerface unless it was on purpose. "Not a split personality, a heavy case of Borderline Personality Disorder. My mood switches a lot throughout the day, I suppose it's more noticeable than I realized. I figured I had it under control well enough for people not to notice. Usually they get all freaked out when you say you have BPD or they don't believe you and say you're just on your period or whatever, it's a bit of a taboo thing. Still," she explained calmly, shrugging a bit with her words. She could've gone with a split personality, it pretty much was what you could call Davor, even when it wasn't. But borderline had been her excuse for years. She knew how heavy the disorder could get from experiences with people she used to know, so she knew what she was talking about. Which was why it had become such an easy lie. Besides that, she had done her homework, it was a lie she had kept up for years if anyone ever came close to knowing the truth. They weren't supposed to know, it could damage her reputation and Davor didn't want to be known either that way. Her family didn't even know, they thought she had an imaginary friend when she was young, but she had become quick to hide that under his demand, before they deemed her crazy. Their order came, so Jay moved her hand up slightly when the barista asked for whom the medium drink was, making the lad hand the large one to Skyler and leave again.
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