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Fallout - Season 2 Episode 3 -
The Profligate
The Profligate
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00:00are you familiar with robert house are you asking me to spy on the wealthiest
00:15man in america not spy on him
00:24folks in them outfits don't deserve saving
00:30i only have one help me please
00:46she'll die without it golden rule motherfucker i am nothing like you i'll get you home to your people
00:54the axis of power has shifted in the brotherhood holy how many of those can you make
01:06more than all of human history could ever consume
01:15liaison from the commonwealth
01:16i understand we're discussing a civil war
01:31just so you know i am nice
01:35oh no oh
01:45that is i think you might be a ghoul oh no
02:05that's the sound of the men working on the chain
02:24gang that's the sound of the men working on the same
02:37bobby hey i see your eyes closing over there you know what happens when you fall asleep on the job
02:43nothing good that's for sure
02:44yeah come on gang we're only 12 hours into this ship we got 10 more to go okay
02:53here you know what try without the gloves the meat on your palms i'll give you a better grip
02:59just get in there it's gonna hurt a little bit but
03:03i did it keep it up in your big gross callous hands in no time yes sir
03:13trudy why aren't you making money for me lois called me a mean name
03:22lois is that true she said i look like a ghoul well something about being a ghoul except you're not
03:30i'm a ghoul hurry over there that's a ghoul disgusting yeah this might be a good reminder for
03:39everybody hey hey listen up little break here real quick everybody okay
03:48reminder we're all really really lucky to be here believe me i have seen some out there
03:55but here we got it made we got a roof over our heads a very well defended perimeter what about
04:01water you just drink the soda right yeah you know what the best part about this place is nobody wakes
04:06you up in the morning to do push-ups or makes you carry out a big old bag all the time oh no i'd say
04:12life's pretty good what do we always say most kids are dead by this age okay back to work
04:21that's the sound of the men working on the chain
04:26gang all day long they're saying
04:35gang all day long they're saying
04:50keep up
04:50keep moving
05:14whoa
05:20okay
05:24you lost your legion harry please please
05:35the enemy
05:40so
05:50a way profligate
06:08hi sir how dare you address the great kaiser
06:13kaiser you do you mean caesar i believe kaisers were german and you guys have
06:21more of a roman theme so i i think it's caesar
06:30this is the one you are
06:32sir please um i see that this is a
06:36um work camp and if i may i i'm a very
06:41shh
06:42you're negotiating the rights to your prima noctis
06:47prima noctis
06:53okay first of all
06:55shame on you that is awful and secondly prima noctis isn't even a roman tradition it's from the
07:01middle ages they were just nasty people borrowing a latin phrase and as much as i want to respect your
07:05traditions there is a line to all that which i think we have found
07:10and you should know that i am not even a virgin
07:14and that's not including all of the cousin stuff i did which is at least a page or two on my resume so
07:18looks like we're out of options
07:20you don't mind me saying it seems like you guys might have lost your way out here
07:26i wouldn't expect a profligate like you to understand we're at war
07:31with who the new california republic the khan's the brotherhood but first we must conquer the
07:37unrepentant members of kaisar's legion over there
07:53there's two caesars the great founder of this empire he died
07:58we've been at war ever since over who should be his heir he wrote down the name of his successor
08:03and placed it into his divine pocket but every time we try to retrieve it
08:09false kaiser and his followers they shoot at us
08:15we are the stalemate
08:18i may be able to help you i have experience with family counseling and sometimes conflict resolution
08:26it's easier than you think
08:31jeez
08:39wait excuse me this isn't rome okay this is america
08:44is it yeah it is at least according to all the maps maps drawn by the dead
08:50all that remains of america is the overwhelming evidence of its failure
08:55now if you excuse me we have a war to win
08:59you know speaking of someone who's seen upwards of 15 different movies if you think everyone else is
09:03the bad guy chances are you're the bad guy but good is not a meaningful vector in history
09:11only strength
09:20you know
09:25you
09:25you
09:27you
09:29you
09:31you
09:33you
09:37you
09:39Oh, my God.
10:09Yeah, well, a boat's not a boat.
10:27You know what I mean?
10:31Of course you do.
10:39You take out one plank, it's the same as it ever was.
10:51It's just got a hole in it, that's all.
10:54You take out a lot of planks, and all of a sudden, you've got to ask yourself, what the fuck
11:08am I looking at?
11:10This ain't no boat.
11:12It's just a pile of wood, man.
11:16It's just a fucking pile of wood.
11:19I don't know what I'm telling you all this for.
11:47Well, I know you already know all this.
11:58It's just been a while since I had someone worth talking to.
12:03That's all.
12:07I don't know what you were saying.
12:11Yeah, it just helped me.
12:14You okay?
12:44Yeah, I, uh, I just, I, I can't seem to get Jamie's teddy into the keepsake box.
12:57For the vault, I just hate leaving anything behind, you know?
13:03Well, we may not have to, right?
13:10Well, I've got to go to this thing for Charlie.
13:26Okay.
13:38What do you know about Robert House?
13:45All I heard is that he's building some kind of weapons system in Vegas.
14:02Our intel thinks it's connected to what you heard Barb talking about.
14:06Your intel?
14:07It's blueprints and a bunch of phone records.
14:10What else am I supposed to call that?
14:13Intel, I guess.
14:15Well, do you know what your boss wants me to do to him?
14:18I don't know.
14:27Look, I want to help.
14:29I'll do whatever I can.
14:31But there's got to be another way.
14:33Look where we are, Coop.
14:36Half the guys in here have killed people.
14:40Maybe not the right ones.
14:42Robber House is just one person.
14:46My name is Diane Welch, Congresswoman for the District of Glendale, and if you've never
15:05heard of me, it's probably because I'm the only sitting congressperson in this administration
15:11to have refused corporate funding.
15:14So while I may not be able to afford TV spots and billboards, I don't think America can afford
15:21any more corporate influence in Washington.
15:24Get on with it.
15:30Okay.
15:31Well, today isn't about me.
15:33It's about you and the sacrifices you have made for this great nation.
15:38As a friend to our brothers and sisters in the armed forces, it is my honor to award...
15:45Um, let me just find my card here.
15:53Oh, my gosh.
15:55The story of today's first honoree is just...
15:59I'm gonna go hit the head.
16:00Wonderful, if I can find my notes.
16:02You getting any awards tonight?
16:19Um, no.
16:21No, no, I'm just here for an old friend.
16:24Corporal Charlie Whiteknife.
16:27Yeah.
16:28Yeah, Charlie.
16:33Rumor has it he's a bit of a pinko.
16:36Is that right?
16:40I wouldn't know about that.
16:42And what about you, Mr. Howard?
16:44What about me?
16:46Oh.
16:47Cooper Howard?
16:49American veteran?
16:51The star of the silver screen?
16:57Pinko?
17:02Don't believe everything you read.
17:05Oh, don't get me wrong.
17:06I sympathize with the Pinko point of view.
17:09They have grievances with traditional institutions.
17:14Entirely justified, if you ask me.
17:15I didn't ask you.
17:18Is there a solution to the problem?
17:21Oh.
17:22Yeah.
17:26You back a body into a corner, they're liable to try anything.
17:32You back billions of bodies into a corner at the same time.
17:36Tsk.
17:41Everyone trying to solve the same problem at the same time,
17:43with a multitude of solutions.
17:48Merci, merci.
17:56I take it you're not a vet.
18:00What gave me away?
18:02Because a vet would know better than to talk politics
18:05when a man has his dick in his hand.
18:07Until next time, Mr. Howard.
18:10The Codex is clear about chain of command.
18:12We mustn't squander this opportunity.
18:13I told you.
18:14We're out.
18:15I acknowledge the arrival of the Paladin from the Commonwealth complicates the issue.
18:18But...
18:19I'm not interested in fighting a rebellion, Quintus.
18:20But the Brotherhood began as an act of rebellion.
18:21I'm not interested in fighting a rebellion, Quintus.
18:22But...
18:23I'm not interested in fighting a rebellion, Quintus.
18:24But the Brotherhood began as an act of rebellion.
18:30opportunity. I told you, we're out. I acknowledge the arrival of the Paladin from the Commonwealth
18:36complicates the issue, but... I'm not interested in fighting a rebellion, Quintus. But the
18:43Brotherhood began as an act of rebellion. Before the war, an ordinary captain was sent to a
18:54research center in California, Roger Maxon. And when he saw what they were doing there,
19:05depraved experiments on human subjects, well then, Roger Maxon had to ask himself, who did
19:16he serve? His God? Or his government? He chose his God. He shot the scientists. He shot the
19:35people who tried to stop him. His government had defied God, and for that, he defied his
19:42government. But he wasn't punished. He was saved, so that he could found our noble order.
19:57If our rebellion is righteous, the way will be paved for us.
20:04I told you, I don't go in for the religious stuff. Give the cold fusion relic to the Commonwealth.
20:21My lord. This Xander guy. If I could just kill him.
20:48Well, that's what we do here. Isn't it?
21:02Behold, the dimness of the sword.
21:08We just lost the alliance. If we kill Xander, the envoy from the Commonwealth, it will be war.
21:15And without the support of the other chapters, it will end with all our heads on spikes.
21:23Yes, my lord, but if our cause is righteous...
21:25I have no need for the thoughts of a sword.
21:32Leave.
21:33Must I repeat myself?
21:47No, my lord.
21:48No, my lord.
22:03There he is.
22:14What do you want?
22:16Well, my arrival seems to have put a damper on the conversation.
22:21Your clerics won't even look at me.
22:23You guys have a lot of clerics, you know that?
22:30Yeah, I guess we do.
22:32Yeah, scurrying around everywhere like little cockroaches.
22:36Right?
22:38I mean, we have clerics back at the Commonwealth.
22:40They're just not, like, in charge, you know?
22:42I know every chapter of the Brotherhood is a little different, but this one sucks.
22:49No offense.
22:51I shouldn't be talking to you. Chain of command.
22:54Good man. See?
22:57That's a soldier for you.
22:58Your elder cleric is about to make a mistake.
23:08The Brotherhood that you believe in, that I believe in,
23:11we are the last bastion of order in this country.
23:14We are a bulwark against chaos.
23:19If you ask me, fomenting a rebellion sounds a lot like chaos.
23:28You know, back east, it's guys like us who call the shots.
23:34The people who put their ass on the line.
23:36That is foundational to the Brotherhood ethos.
23:40You're clerics.
23:41What do they do? Stand around? Give speeches?
23:45We are the ones who bleed.
23:53What do you want me to do about it?
23:57Just talk to me.
23:58You know, this isn't the first time that the Brotherhood has been on the verge of civil war.
24:04But if us soldiers figure something out,
24:07it won't be the first time that cooler heads have prevailed.
24:15What do you say?
24:23Yeah, let's talk.
24:26Hot dog.
24:27Well, Miss Lucy,
24:40how's that golden rule working out for you now?
24:46What the fuck?
24:47Looks like we got ourselves a civil war.
25:10Well, shit.
25:16What you think, dog?
25:17Don't look at me like that.
25:33Don't look at me like that.
25:33I don't like her either.
25:34But we gonna need her down the line.
25:37I ain't going up against two legions in one afternoon.
25:42We need some help.
25:43This is about the best place to get it.
25:45Used to be, anyway.
25:47I'd rather.
25:48Bye.
25:52Bye.
25:53Bye.
26:03Bye.
26:05I don't know.
26:35I don't know.
27:05Victor?
27:06Well, that sure does sound familiar.
27:08Well, the dagnabbit spent the last ten years thinking I was a soda machine.
27:13What the fuck are you doing here?
27:16Well, beats me, partner.
27:18Someone did a number on my numbers.
27:21Memory's all jimble-jambled.
27:24Is that right?
27:25Well, I gotta save a dipshit balty from the Legion.
27:30Came here hoping to get some help from the NCR.
27:33NCR?
27:34I ain't seen them.
27:35Who's running these parts these days?
27:37Well, you know how it is round here.
27:39The NCR and the Legion going at each other like cats and dogs.
27:43Though now we got the Legion fighting the Legion like cats and dogs, too.
27:48Is that so?
27:50But you know what they say in Vegas.
27:53Everyone's a winner.
27:55Eventually.
27:56The same goes for losing, in my experience.
28:00Except for one man.
28:02A man that built you.
28:08Where's Robert House?
28:10He's gone.
28:12He had all the money in the world.
28:13But all he really wanted was to live forever.
28:17Life just ain't fair, I guess.
28:19Well, typically, I would agree.
28:23But you should know better than anyone that House had a knack for planning ahead.
28:27Oh, he had plans, all right.
28:29But he needed that cold fusion doodad from before the war.
28:34Didn't you have something to do with all that?
28:38Way back when?
28:44Oh, you're leaving already.
28:46Ain't nobody around to keep poor Victor company these days.
28:50Just them Rangers up in the hills.
28:52Rangers in the hills?
28:54Well, you know how it is.
28:55The NCR and the Legion, they can't stop fighting.
28:59Like cats and dogs.
29:02Much obliged, Victor.
29:03Well, I'll be seeing you.
29:05I'm sure you will.
29:17We need a pilot.
29:19And let someone else have all the fun?
29:21Let's go.
29:22Well, I should grab my...
29:23You don't need your armor.
29:24I got a spare you could use.
29:26They give you spares?
29:35Sugar doll, sugar doll, sweet as you can be.
29:39Don't you dare to date nobody else but me.
29:45Ocean assist servos.
29:46Sugar doll.
29:48Nice.
29:48Yeah, I don't know anything about any of that shit, man.
29:51I just know how to kick ass in it, you know?
29:54All right.
29:54You ever flown one of these?
29:57Oh, no, no.
29:58Here, let me give you control right now.
30:00Hold on.
30:00Just flip this away.
30:01You sure?
30:01Yeah?
30:02No?
30:02Okay.
30:04You gotta try it.
30:07Soon.
30:11Hey, Maximus.
30:13Can we just be hard-dicked for a second?
30:16Well, yeah.
30:20Unless you guy Quintus gives me that relic,
30:22you and me are going to be in the front lines
30:24shooting at each other soon.
30:27And I know you're very good, but trust me,
30:29you don't want that heat.
30:31And I don't know, I'm just thinking,
30:34if I go home with a relic,
30:36there's no bloodshed, you know?
30:42I'll be honest with you, man.
30:44We are really up against it back home.
30:47Without that relic you found,
30:49we risk losing the Commonwealth.
30:51And if the Commonwealth falls,
30:55civilization won't last much longer.
30:58What do you mean, it won't last?
30:59I mean, look at it out here.
31:02It can get worse.
31:04Trust me.
31:10Just think about it, that's all.
31:13I trust your judgment, Maximus.
31:16So should you.
31:17Oh, fuck yeah!
31:29What is it?
31:30Power signatures in a complex nearby.
31:33Looks like unauthorized automated activity.
31:36You're 2,000 miles away from home.
31:38What do you care about a couple of robots in the desert?
31:40We're the Brotherhood of Steel.
31:42We keep the wasteland safe.
31:44This is what we do.
31:47This is what we get to do.
31:52Oh, here it is!
31:57Fuck dog!
32:01Come on.
32:03Yeah!
32:04Fuck dog.
32:06Oh, I know.
32:24Captain Rodriguez of the New California Republic
32:38Well, I can see your salutations, haven't you, Chase?
32:45Whoa, doctor!
32:54Stop! Don't hurt them!
32:56Why not?
32:58This ghoul and the NCR go way back
33:14Well, if I may, the New California Republic may want to drop the word new, because y'all looking dusty as hell
33:23Where is everybody?
33:26Up here is just us
33:28We've been cut off from reinforcements for more than a decade
33:32They're coming
33:34Guess, uh, time takes a toll on some more than others
33:41When Shady Sands fell, we had a battalion out east
33:44We could still get to them
33:46Shady Sands, you do know that was over 20 years ago, right?
33:53The Legion has us boxed in
34:00We've lost touch with our battalion
34:02Please, help us contact them
34:04Let our people know we're still out here
34:06Huh
34:08So funny
34:11I'm in a minor predicament
34:13I came to the NCR looking for help based on the cozy ass assumption that the good guys would prevail in the great state of Nevada
34:20We're winning the war
34:21We are
34:22Well, if this is winning, I would hate to see what losing looks like
34:26Please
34:38The stuff we fight for
34:41Clean water
34:42Schools
34:43Rights
34:45For folks like you
34:47The story has it you used to believe in those things too
34:53Please
34:55Help us
34:56Before we're captured
35:08Ain't nobody coming
35:09Cause there ain't nobody left
35:10Cause there ain't nobody left
35:11Cause there ain't nobody left
35:21Little piece of advice has helped me sleep at night over the years
35:24If something's dead, it's usually because it deserved to die
35:30You deserve to die
35:32All right, bro
35:59Let's do this
36:01In here
36:03Come on, Max
36:06I'm coming
36:08Hold up
36:09Close
36:10Display
36:11Unpredentary
36:12Greetings, visitor
36:13Would you prefer a neck or foot massage today?
36:16There will be no massage
36:18Identification
36:19In truth
36:20Please remove your clothing
36:21And apply a complementary count
36:23Cancel massage for the protocol immediately
36:26In truth
36:27Massage protocol
36:28Upgrading
36:29Activating version
36:30Let's go
36:31With Swedish vibration
36:32Hacking through
36:33Reserves to be needed
36:34In truth
36:35Relaxation
36:36Nail it in
36:37Get back
36:38Come on
36:39Fuck yeah
36:40You ever see one of these?
36:41What is that?
36:42What's this?
36:43What's this?
36:44Come on
36:45You big metallic piece of shit
36:47Ha ha ha ha
36:48Ha ha ha
36:49Yeah
36:50Fuck on this
36:51That's all you got?
36:52That's all you got?
36:53Oh yeah
36:54Yeah
36:55Yeah
36:56Yeah
36:57Yeah
36:58Fuck on this
36:59Fuck on this
37:00Fuck on this
37:01Oh
37:02Oh
37:03That's all you got?
37:04Oh
37:05Oh
37:06Oh
37:07Oh
37:08Ha ha ha, yeah!
37:10Fuck on this!
37:16That's all you got?
37:26Hey Xander, you okay?
37:28Fuck it!
37:34Hey Max!
37:35You want a piece of this?
37:38Oh hell yeah!
37:39Over here you dude!
37:41That a fool?
37:43C'mon you good?
37:59Hoo hoo!
38:00Yay!
38:01Nice one!
38:02Ha ha, right?
38:05Gee whiz, that felt good.
38:07Did you hear that?
38:08Yeah.
38:09You wanna turn with this?
38:11Wow, you think you...
38:13Hot dog.
38:14Uh...
38:15No!
38:17New!
38:20No!
38:20No!
38:21No!
38:22No!
38:23No!
38:24No!
38:25No!
38:31No!
38:32No!
38:34No!
38:35Oh, my God.
39:05Oh, my God.
39:35Oh, my God.
40:05Oh, my God.
40:06Oh, my God.
40:07Now, I give you something you want, and, well, you give me something I want.
40:15Or we can put you up on a cross until you give us what we want.
40:19Well, yeah, you could do that.
40:22Or you could exterminate the last holdout of the New California Republic.
40:26I can tell you where they're at.
40:35Now, remember, these are the 45s.
40:46They're hard as hell to walk in.
40:48And his power armor is so goddamn hot from the fires that it's melting the snow beneath my feet.
40:53And I'm dragging this guy, you know, just dragging him through the mud and the slush.
40:59And I don't know if this poor damn grunt is dead or alive.
41:02So the first chance I get, I take cover, take a knee, open up that visor.
41:09And who do I see standing right back at me?
41:13It's Cooper Howard.
41:14That's right.
41:19And you know what he said to me?
41:21Coop, you remember?
41:26Uh, how do I look?
41:29That's a lie, ladies and gentlemen.
41:30That is a lie.
41:32I mean, the movie star Cooper Howard, he probably would have said that.
41:36But the man I was looking at, he looked up at me and he said,
41:41How are the others?
41:44Nearly burnt alive.
41:49And he was worried about our squad.
41:52Fucking Marines, huh?
41:56We like to tell stories about what we did out there.
42:01Yeah, not all of them anyways.
42:05Some of them we can't tell.
42:10But the ones we do tell.
42:12We tell them to make us feel good about what we did.
42:16To give us hope that it was all for the right reasons.
42:28But we're just Marines.
42:34We don't get the privilege of knowing.
42:37We just had to go off of what they told us.
42:38They told us that it was all on the line.
42:44Fate of the whole free world.
42:48With the stakes stacked that high.
42:51We didn't get much choice, did we?
42:52And I guarantee you, the guys on the other side got told the same shit.
43:01Tonight, we bury the new California Republic for guns.
43:06At the end of the day, we just got to hope that we bet on the right side.
43:22The side that protects the people you love.
43:24Because if it did, I guess that's worth doing pretty much anything.
43:31Even something bad.
43:32Anyway, thank you for the potato salad.
43:46It's good seeing all of you.
43:49And thank you.
43:53Dave, you can't leave without your award.
43:55It's a commemorative lighter.
44:00So congratulations, Corporal.
44:21Don't thank me yet.
44:25This is for you.
44:38I gave that to me for saving a man.
44:42Not for killing the three it took to do it.
44:55Maybe this was a mistake.
45:16Why?
45:16What did you do?
45:19I don't know.
45:19Maybe something good.
45:21Maybe something stupid.
45:25I'm going to shoot.
45:55I'm going to shoot.
46:25Oh, no.
46:33Oh, no.
46:37Oh, it's just a baby abomination.
46:41Hey, buddy.
46:43Where are your friends?
46:46Well, there's one.
46:46There's always another.
46:47All right.
46:52I know there's more of you here, so you better come on out.
46:55Don't worry.
46:56We're not going to hurt you.
46:58Oh, good little ones.
47:10Oh, jackpot.
47:17What, you guys playing hide-and-seek?
47:20I love that game.
47:23It's okay.
47:24It's okay.
47:25You're okay.
47:26Yeah, you're all okay.
47:30All right.
47:31I'm going to split you up into two groups, okay?
47:34If you have smooth skin, walk over to this side of the table.
47:38Wrinkles, stay right here in front of me, okay?
47:49Okay, wait, Xander.
47:51Xander.
47:52All right, smooth skins.
47:54Close your eyes.
47:55Please, stop.
48:00Hi.
48:01Hello.
48:04Oh, if I may.
48:06I'm the manager here, and I just asked you, please don't do what you're about to do.
48:14I know I don't have a lot of leverage here or anything, but, you know, they're just kids.
48:19Who cares, right?
48:22They're not kids.
48:23They're abominations.
48:27And so are you.
48:29But they are kids.
48:32Xander.
48:33Xander, come on, man.
48:34We don't...
48:35No.
48:35Please, Xander, please stop.
48:37The Codex is clear on this.
48:39And without the rules, where are we?
48:42Fuck the Codex, Xander.
48:44Listen to me.
48:45No.
48:45No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
48:47Fuck, don't.
48:48Stop, Xander.
48:48No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
48:50Wait.
48:50No.
48:51No.
48:53Hey, man.
48:55Hey.
48:56Hey.
48:56Hey.
48:57Hi.
48:58Hey, man.
49:22Hey.
49:24Uh, what you been up to?
49:28I think I just started a war.
49:35Okay.
49:37Yeah, well, um, I'm the floor manager here, so it sounds like you both got a lot going on right now.
49:48Yeah.
49:51Cold as a cottage, hot as a cold, hot dog, buddy.
49:54Well, bless my soul, I'm rockin', rockin' on down the line.
50:01Hot dog, buddy, buddy, hot dog all the time.
50:06I got legs like a rooster, eyes like a frog.
50:09When I hear music, I holler, hot dog.
50:12I'm rockin', rockin' on down the line.
50:15Hot dog, buddy, buddy, hot dog all the time.
50:22Hot dog, buddy, buddy.
50:25Hot dog, buddy, buddy.
50:28Hot dog, buddy, buddy.
50:30Hot dog, buddy, hot dog, buddy, buddy.
50:32I got no money
50:44except a dime and a quarter
50:45I could stop now
50:47but I don't believe
50:48I hold it
50:48cause I'm rocking
50:49I'm rocking
50:50I'm rocking
50:51I'm rocking
50:51Hot dog buddy
50:54Hot dog
50:56Hot dog
51:00Hot dog
51:30Hot dog
51:32Hot dog
51:34Hot dog
51:36Hot dog
51:38Hot dog
51:40Hot dog
51:42Hot dog
51:44Hot dog
51:46Hot dog
51:48Hot dog
51:50Hot dog
51:52Hot dog
51:54Hot dog
51:56Hot dog
51:58Hot dog
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