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00:02my mom called me a liar from the day i was born not because i actually lied but because of
00:07this
00:07thing around my neck the verity choker mom was luna of silvermoon pack and she believed one
00:12thing above all lying was the mark of a weak wolf we were her daughters future alpha heirs
00:18weakness was not an option so when my twin sister emma and i were born mom clasped these chokers
00:24around our throats which had witch magic to detect lies green light means truth red light means you
00:30were lying emma's choker always green she could shred mom's ceremonial cloak and blame the cat
00:36and gem would glow a steady green not me green light believed me mom i'm hungry and flash red
00:46light the choker choked tight i shifted on instinct a small white wolf pawing desperately at the gem
00:54against it unable to get it off i'm not lying not lying please but mom's eyes had already gone
01:01cold instant punishment mom's punishment wasn't gentle no food locked in my room no contact with
01:07anyone in the pack the truth necklace doesn't lie stella starve now study later i'm doing this for
01:14your own good after 10 years of this i started believing it too maybe i really was born wrong
01:20new year's eve everything changed mom was getting ready to take emma to the pack's bonfire celebration
01:26and that's when the pain hit like a knife twisting in my gut i collapsed on the floor my skeletal
01:32frame
01:32curling into itself mom please the choker flashed red and choked tight she looked down at me disgusted in
01:41her eyes in your dream stella faking an illness to ruin our night she grabbed emma's hand and headed for
01:49the door i wanted to howl but my wolf was too weak to answer i shifted anyway forced it a
01:55small white
01:56wolf trembling on the floor ribs heaving maybe in this form the pain would hurt less it didn't i
02:02couldn't even hold the shift i slipped back into myself without meaning to sorry mom i won't lie
02:08anymore but the pain got worse way worse the door handle turned for one second i thought mom's coming
02:15back she came back for me hurry up the bonfire is starting emma's waiting mom i reached out with a
02:23shaking hand please something's really wrong i feel like i'm dying she glanced at my neck the gem was
02:29flashing red over and over she crouched down grabbed my chin stella how long are you gonna keep this up
02:37can't you just be honest and stay here and think about what you've done dad appeared in the doorway
02:44honey should we at least leave her some food food she has a stash of snacks she bought with stolen
02:51money she won't starve lock the door when that gem turns green we'll talk but but what it's because
03:01you spoil her that she turned out this way look at emma her gem has always been green stella is
03:08a liar
03:08an alpha heiress who can't tell the truth she needs discipline but my cabinet was empty emma stole that
03:15money emma ate those snacks emma just stood there with her glowing green gem saying not me and mom
03:23believed her i tried to defend myself it wasn't me red light the choker choked tight i tried to
03:30shift nothing happened deep inside my wolf barely stirred mom locked me up for three days with
03:38nothing but water and stale bread mom turned to leave emma peeked through the door made a face at me
03:44bye sis we're gonna see the bonfire her gem glowed a steady green so pretty the door locked the house
03:53went silent i called my wolf nothing came back not even a whisper just me alone the pain was unbearable
04:03but i kept thinking mom's right the gem doesn't lie it's red so i must be lying i'm not in
04:11pain i'm not
04:13in pain i'm not in pain i kept repeating it like a prayer eventually i almost believed it the pain
04:22dulled or maybe i was just going numb i crawled to my desk i had to write that was the
04:30rule if the gem
04:31glowed red i had to pen a thousand word apology or mom would never let me out i am a
04:38liar write it down
04:40and maybe mom would forgive me maybe she'd even let me out i opened my journal pages and pages of
04:48apologies i'd written over the years sorry i lied i won't do it again but this time i wanted to
04:55write
04:55the truth my vision blurred my hand shook as i wrote mom i really love you it really hurts why
05:05won't you
05:05believe me please believe me just once the moment i finished the last word the pain vanished just gone
05:14i felt light weightless i looked down i was floating and there slumped over the desk was my body
05:24motionless the gem still flashing red around a dead girl's neck oh i'm dead and then she came out
05:32my wolf stepping out of my body like she'd been waiting all along small skinny barely holding
05:40together she looked up at me and once soft and low in the pack's old stories they say when a
05:48wolf dies
05:49young her spirit doesn't cross over alone her wolf walks beside her until they find the door together
05:56i knelt down she pressed her nose into my ghostly palm finally we were together now but i never learned
06:04how to be honest sorry mom i heard laughter mom dad emma coming through the front door tonight's bonfire
06:13was beautiful the best one yet just like our emma perfect in every way i'd never heard her sound like
06:21that when she talked about me i floated toward them my wolf patting silently at my side moving on
06:28instinct i wanted to help them take off their cloaks that's what i always did mom my arms passed right
06:35through her body like wind is it so cold here is the hearthi out i stood there staring at my
06:42transparent
06:42hands my wolf pressed against my leg and looked up at me with sad eyes right dead wolves couldn't hug
06:50the
06:50living shall we go and see stella she hasn't eaten yet still the good cop i looked at mom hopefully
06:57if she found me dead would she be sad would she regret it she won't starve she is a werewolf
07:05not a human
07:06pup this whole fake sick for attention thing is out of control i laughed bitterly mom wasn't wrong
07:13werewolves heal but i hadn't been able to in a long time last winter the choker left bruises
07:20that stayed for days that hadn't happened before i reached for my wolf she was still there but the
07:26warmth never came she was too hungry just like me mom never noticed she only ever looked at my neck
07:35for
07:35one thing the gem and whether it was red or green mom pushed open my door didn't even turn on
07:42the light
07:42just for a second her eyes flashed gold her wolf might have known mom didn't listen in the dim glow
07:49from the hallway she saw me slumped over my desk i looked like a skeleton hadn't moved still putting
07:57on an act you're 10 years old not five grow up mom i'm not playing i'm dead look at me
08:06touch me i'm
08:07freezing she couldn't hear me she only believed what she wanted to see emma squeezed past her held up
08:14her choker with that smug little grin look my gem is green stella's is still red she's lying even in
08:21her
08:22sleep that's my good girl ignore the liar let her stay there maybe she'll learn how to be honest
08:29should we at least put her in bed it's freezing put her in bed look at that red gem still
08:36lying
08:37come on leave her we have to visit grandma tomorrow
08:41the door locked again i floated next to my corpse my wolf curled silently at my feet staring at that
08:48single point of red light in the darkness mom if you just stepped closer if you just touched my hand
08:55you'd know i was ice cold but you didn't you believed the choker not the daughter you carried
09:00for nine months that night a rat crawled out of my empty cabinet i used to scream whenever i saw
09:07rats
09:07but now i just floated by the ceiling watching it scurry across my dead body the rat bit into my
09:14toe
09:14i didn't feel anything my wolf charged at it anyway and passed right through landing on the
09:20other side she turned back to look at me confused lost i pulled her close and buried my face in
09:27the
09:27fur of her back it's okay you can't feel it anymore it'll be over soon she let out one low
09:35growl then
09:36went still against me finally no more pain for either of us the next morning sunlight streamed through the
09:43window no warmth reached my body in the kitchen i could hear mom making breakfast the smell of roasted
09:50meat crept under my door my favorite but mom always said liars don't deserve meat so i only ever got
09:57steamed vegetables she was clanging the pots extra loud on purpose trying to tempt me out trying to make
10:04me give in and apologize for things i never did in the old days i might have caved i might
10:10have confessed
10:10to anything for one bite of roasted meat but i don't need food anymore stella still hasn't come out
10:17yet dad asked reading the pack notices she is so stubborn she can eat or not i don't care
10:26emma walked to my door and made a big show of sniffing the air then she screamed dramatically
10:32mom stella's room smells like poop did she poop in there i floated by the door watching my sister
10:40with a bitter smile my wolf sat beside me ears flat eyes low the hearth was burning hot after just
10:49one
10:49night my body started to rot mom stormed over pounding on the door stella who does that the toilet is
10:58right
10:59there did you shit on the floor to spite me i remembered being six i had food poisoning
11:05couldn't make it to the toilet in time mom didn't help me clean up she made me stand outside pointed
11:12at me and told the neighbors look at this she's such a mess she can't even use the toilet herself
11:18now she thought i was dirty again leave her let her sit in her own stink but dad stood up
11:25frowning
11:26that smells really bad i should check could it be a dead rat or something my heart if i still
11:33had one
11:34leapt dad please open the door i'm right here just turn the handle and you'll see i'm not moving
11:42i waved my transparent arms frantically my wolf ran straight to my bedroom door willing dad to open it
11:50dad's hand touched the door handle his hand froze someone was pounding at the front door a pack elder
11:56urgent business dad's face went pale he grabbed his cloak the border there's an emergency he was
12:03already out the door i froze so close one second away if that knock had come one second later i
12:09would
12:09have been found maybe then i wouldn't have rotted alone that afternoon mom took emma to the pack market
12:15the house was empty except for my corpse when they came back that evening loaded down with food and
12:20gifts from the market the smell had gotten worse mom gagged the second she walked in stella are you
12:27trying to turn this place into a den of inequity she didn't even open my door just grabbed cloth strips
12:32and sealed the gap at the bottom if you want to stay in there and make disgusting stew zoos
12:37don't stink up my house she patted her hands together satisfied then went to prepare dinner
12:42i stared at that sealed door my wolf pressed her nose against it and whimpered once so that's it
12:47i'm worth less than a venison dinner by day three even the cloth strips couldn't contain the smell
12:52mom was arranging fresh wildflowers trying to cover it up but the stench of death is unmistakable sweet
12:59rotten oily she cut a rose stem too hard a thorn pierced her hand she snapped in her mind i
13:06was doing
13:06this on purpose not bathing poop on the floor hiding dead rats in my room all to piss her off
13:12all to defy her authority as luna stella she grabbed a rolling pin from the kitchen storm toward my room
13:19i'm done with you you disgusting little brat time you learned what real pain feels like i floated in
13:26front of her waving my arms desperately don't come in mom please please even though she never loved me
13:35i didn't want her to see me like that but she walked right through me ripped the cloth strips
13:40off jammed the spare key into the lock the door flew open the smell hit her like a wall she
13:46stumbled
13:46back retching stella what are you doing she saw me still slumped over the desk back turned not moving
13:54to her this was the ultimate rebellion i'm talking to you she marched over raised the rolling pin but stopped
14:02she wanted to see my face first wanted to see my get up she grabbed the back of my shirt
14:08grabbed my skin
14:09the moment she touched me she froze through the thin fabric her hand didn't feel warm flesh she felt cold
14:15hard dead meat the kind of cold that seeps into your bones what but momentum carried her forward she yanked
14:23crash my body stiff as a board toppled backward taking the chair with it and there was my face blue
14:30black eyes
14:30bulging features twisted in agony dried foam and blood crusted around my mouth around my blackened
14:37neck the verity choker hung lifeless the gem dark no red no green just silence my journal slid off the
14:45desk fell open at mom's feet the last page stared up at her mom my stomach really hurts the choker
14:52is wrong
14:52i'm not lying please don't punish me mom screamed not a wolf's howl a raw guttural shriek that tore through
15:01her throat she stumbled backward slammed into the bookshelf a clay pot shattered but she didn't seem to
15:08feel the pain she just stared at me eyes wide unblinking no no no no this is not real stella
15:18get up
15:18stella get up get up i'm not mad anymore stop scaring me scare me again her hand reached out trembling
15:26to
15:27touch my arm the second her skin made contact with my corpse she recoiled like she'd been burned that cold
15:34was too real lisa from next door heard the screaming and went straight to the pack healer when she saw
15:40what was in my room she collapsed in the gate within the hour heavy boots on the floorboards the pack
15:47healer and a handful of pack warriors crowding the entrance mom sat on the floor a warrior's hand on
15:53her shoulder she's speaking it she's always lying it doesn't lie i'm just teaching her no one responded
16:02they all looked at her like she was a monster the pack healer crouched next to my body he muttered
16:09under his breath severe malnutrition organ failure this puppy has been starved for at least a month
16:15he carefully tried to remove the verity choker but it had fused years of tightening had pressed the
16:22leather deep into the skin of my neck damn it he had to use tools to pry it off even
16:28dead my soul
16:29flinched my wolf lifted her head and long raw desperate the kind of howl that should have shaken
16:39the walls no one heard it no one flinched we were already dead a warrior picked up my journal started
16:46reading his face went from neutral to horrified mom's eyes locked on to that book that's her
16:53confession she admits she lied look she wrote it herself the warrior pushed her back wrapped the
17:02journal in cloth and took it we'll report it to the council that's when dad got home he saw the
17:08pack
17:09healer and the pack warriors crowding the doorway saw the body wrap being carried out saw the long cord
17:15that sealed away my entire life his legs gave out he collapsed on the doorstep emma stood nearby sobbing
17:24in confusion she pointed at the discolored verity choker on the table why does stella have a black
17:30collar and i have a green one see she held up her neck the gem blinked its steady green it
17:38was grotesque
17:40the council elders arrived before dawn mom straightened when she saw them even now even
17:46with my body three days cold and rotting her luna instincts kicked in she lifted her chin squared her
17:53shoulders it didn't work today they started questioning mom in the living room mom grabbed the verity
17:59choker off the table like it was a lifeline test it that choker proved she was lying red gem means
18:07lie
18:09i never abused her the choker told me i was just educating her the council elders looked at her
18:17like she'd lost her mind the pup shows signs of extreme malnutrition months of starvation
18:25aphelion multiple old injuries consistent with prolonged that's just discipline that's teaching
18:32her to be honest then she did something insane you don't believe me fine i'll wear it
18:42watch it'll be green the leather pressed against her skin cold sticky that was my blood
18:50she took a deep breath tried to calm herself she needed to prove she was innocent needed to prove
18:57her way of raising an alpha heir was right she held up the gem eyes wild listen i'm rachel i'm
19:05stella's mother this is the truth the absolute truth the gem flashed red mom's confident expression
19:14i said truth i am rachel i never abused her i did it for her own good i love her
19:27and suddenly she
19:29remembered me 10 years old gasping as the choker tightened around my throat biting my lip so i
19:37wouldn't make a sound is this what it felt like why is it red i am telling the truth turn
19:44green
19:44you're broken you're setting me up but the gem kept flashing like it was mocking her you're a liar
19:51you're a liar you're a liar enough this is just a bloodstone i've seen it before it changes color
20:01with body heat fear pain anything that makes your heart race temperature rises it burns red that's all
20:10it does no witch magic never was think about your daughter ruptured appendix organ failure the pain
20:19must have been unbearable she was terrified and what did you see a red gem so you punished her more
20:28which made her more scared which made her temperature rise which made the stone turn redder
20:38you are luna you are supposed to protect every wolf in this pack you couldn't even protect your own
20:45daughter you ignored her cries for help you starved your daughter to death mom's world collapsed she sat
20:54there staring at the flashing gem on her own net and finally understood for 10 years every red light
21:01wasn't because i was lying it was because i was scared scared of her anger scared of being misunderstood
21:09scared of eating food that made me sick i was in pain pain that made my heart race and cold
21:16sweat pour
21:17down my face i was desperate desperate for a hug for her to hold me the way she held emma
21:24every signal from
21:25my frightened heart she had interpreted as proof of my lies no get it off
21:35i'm not lying i'm not she tried to shift fur rippling across her skin bones cracking but the leather
21:42cinched harder around her throat the moment her neck began to change she snapped back into human form gasping
21:51i can't get it off stella take it back i'm sorry it's all my fault this little bit of choking
21:59and she was
22:00already breaking mom i suffered for 10 years the council elders needed evidence for judgment so they
22:09opened my journal in front of my parents february 14th sunny mom put celery on my plate i'm allergic
22:18my throat swells i can't breathe i said i can't eat it but because i was scared of making her
22:24angry
22:24my body ran hot the gem flashed red the choker tightened mom said i was picky lying made me eat
22:34the whole plate that night i threw up blood my throat felt like it was on fire i shifted to
22:41ease my pain
22:42mom saw it and said i'd snuck berry juice that i was faking the choker tightened for 10 more minutes
22:50mom's hand flew to her mouth she was shaking violently she remembered that she really did think
22:58it was berry juice she didn't even look closely just turned away to read emma a bedtime story
23:04that was blood from a swollen torn throat june 1st pups day emma shredded mom's ceremonial cloak
23:13emma's heart is always calm her gem stays green i tried to explain but i was scared of being hit
23:21my body ran hot red gem choker tightened for 10 minutes it hurt so bad but i didn't cry because
23:31crying
23:31makes your body run hotter and mom thinks that means you're not sorry so i held my breath pretended it
23:39didn't hurt mom said see she doesn't even blink she's definitely faking it dad couldn't take it
23:46anymore this man who had always put the pack before his own family chose duty over his daughter for 10
23:53years you monster what did you do that was your daughter you treated her like a stray blood at the
24:02corner of her mouth not my fault not my fault it's her it's emma emma's gem was always green emma
24:11was
24:11a good one if it wasn't for that green light making me trust her i wouldn't have believed the red
24:16light so
24:17much this is emma's thoughts that little princess everyone had protected one of the council elders
24:23walked over gently removed the green verity choker from her neck took out a blade pried the gem loose
24:30right there it rolled onto the table still glowing green steady unchanged the elder picked up the stone
24:39a glowstone that is all your younger daughter's choker was always going to shine green
24:46no matter what she said did or lied about it would never change your so-called verity choker was a
24:55fraud that was her truth for 10 years that was the evidence she used to convict me a common glowstone
25:03that put me in hell while emma lived in paradise so i wasn't a liar i i laughed laughed until
25:11i cried
25:11turns out ghosts could cry too the elder turned to the last page of the journal his voice broke the
25:18handwriting was a mess clearly written while dying mom if i die will the choker stop glowing red or if
25:25it turns green will you hug me then i'm not lying i couldn't heal myself anymore my stomach hurts so
25:33much
25:34like knives next life please don't make me wear the choker please i just want to be a normal pup
25:41i want
25:41to eat mom's roasted meat mom stared at the broken glowstone on the table that truth magic she trusted
25:47without question a worthless stone because of that stone she spoiled emma for 10 years because of that
25:55cursed red light she tortured me for 10 years
26:02mom started laughing her voice cracking in every sound worse than crying fake all fake
26:13i killed my most honest pup and i worshipped a liar she'd lost her mind for real this time
26:22my death became the talk of the entire pack lisa the neighbor who had sent for the pack healer
26:27told everyone what she'd seen every wolf knew by morning luna had starved her own daughter to death
26:36monster murderer she doesn't deserve to be luna stones flew at our door the word killer carved into
26:45the wall the council convened within the day the verdict was swift dad lost his alpha title no wolf would
26:53follow him now my grandfather the former alpha read out the judgment himself he didn't look at his son
26:59once dad walked out of the council hall and never looked back he took emma and left the pack that
27:06same
27:06night emma was a bad seed sure but she was still his blood before they left emma tried to take
27:13her
27:13green choker dad stomped on it why the hell would you want that piece of trash emma cried as he
27:20dragged
27:20her away mom got out of the dungeon the healer said she had lost her mind the council locked her
27:27in the
27:27home instead the one that still smelled like death her mental state deteriorated fast she refused to take
27:34off the red choker she would tighten it herself whenever the guilt got too heavy she said choking
27:40was the only thing that eased it it was her self-imposed punishment i floated in the darkness
27:45my wolf curled beside me watching her unravel day after day she'd talk to the empty corner where i used
27:52to stand stella i brought you some food no celery today it's all roast just how you like it but
28:00there
28:00was no food there was nothing just her hands cupped around air she'd pretend to set a plate down her
28:07hands shook the gem flashed red she was anxious guilty falling apart she smiled but her eyes were empty
28:16the gem is red mom is lying liars don't deserve food she pulled the choker tight with her own hands
28:24let it choke her her body convulsed against the cold floor it hurts so much is this how stella felt
28:32i'm sorry mom started reenacting my diary entries i couldn't eat celery because of my allergy so she
28:41forced herself to eat spoiled food until she vomited blood then swallowed it back down i was
28:47locked in isolation so she locked herself in my old room lights off and bowed to my portrait until her
28:54forehead bled over and over blood on the floor late at night she'd see the red glow of the bloodstone
29:03reflected on the wall to her it looked like my bloody eyes were watching she kept punishing herself
29:10the wounds healed slower and slower her wolf exhausted by months of self-torture slowly fell
29:17into a deep sleep mom didn't care she scrawled on the back of my journal i'm sorry i was wrong
29:25red means pain red means love please come back and say it hurts hurts one more time
29:32i'll save you i promise too bad i'm dead dead wolves can't cry for help
29:37eventually the new alpha intervened mom's self-harm had gone too far she'd nearly choked herself to
29:44death with her own hands he ordered her to move to a small hut at the far edge of the
29:49village locked
29:50from the outside someone posted to watch her day and night she was the strangest woman they'd ever seen
29:56nobody knew where she'd found it a frayed red cord tied around her own neck her homemade choker if anyone
30:05tried to remove it she'd snap at them teeth bared snarling wild-eyed don't touch me stella's watching
30:14she'll be angry if you take it every time the guard called her name and brought her food mom would
30:21grab
30:21the red cord and pull it tight against her own throat convulsing screaming red light red light
30:28don't punish punish me i'll eat i'll eat even if the food was scalding hot she'd gulp it down burning
30:37her throat wouldn't spit it out she was reenacting my final moments living my hell on repeat years later
30:45emma grew up without guidance and with a trail of shame behind her she drifted from pack to pack stealing
30:52to survive no one would take her in when she ran out of options she remembered mom was still alive
30:59she slipped back into the silverman pack under the cover of night not for love for money
31:06hey crazy lady dad's dead give me whatever you've been hiding emma stood there face hard eyes full of
31:14contempt she looked at mom's hollow broken form and spat on the floor it's disgusting give me what i
31:23want or i'll send you to meet your daughter for a moment mom's cloudy eyes cleared she looked at emma
31:30and suddenly remembered that choker that always green glowstone that decade of deception
31:38it's you you lie you're the green light that wasn't there you killed stella give her back to me give
31:47her back to me the last shred of maternal love twisted into something feral mom lunged grabbed emma by the
31:55throat should have died not her you emma thrashed but couldn't break free from a madwoman's grip
32:06the guards rushed in pulled her off emma stumbled out of the hut terrified they're all insane she bolted
32:14into the forest she didn't get far rogues the kind that haunted the borderlands preying on anyone foolish
32:21enough to run through the trees alone at night emma never saw them coming by the time she did it
32:28was too
32:28late she survived barely both legs shattered beyond repair she'd never walk again meanwhile mom was
32:37strapped to her cot staring at the ceiling tears streaming in her dreams she finally saw me i was 10
32:44again no choker white dress smiling mom she reached for me crying with joy stella but the moment her hands
32:55touched me i burst into ash no she woke up screaming if she'd been wearing that choker it would have
33:03been
33:03blood red eternal torment i stood in the void watching it all mom strapped to her bed emma in a
33:11wheelchair begging on the market dad drunk and dead in some gutter i felt nothing no satisfaction just
33:19a flat dead calm my wolf padded over quietly she didn't howl didn't nudge just pressed her head
33:27against my hand and held it there in the distance a door of light appeared soft steady waiting i looked
33:34at my wolf she looked at me yeah time to leave this life was too bitter nothing worth holding on
33:41to
33:42i floated to mom's hut one final time she looked ancient hair completely white frail as paper she
33:49sensed something her cloudy eyes focused on a point in the air right where i stood stella is that you
33:55her
33:55trembling hand reached into the emptiness mom destroyed the choker i don't believe in it anymore
34:00come back please i'll cook for you no salary i'll buy you new dresses not emma tears rolled down her
34:07face i looked at the red marks on her neck from the frayed cord i i reached out my cold
34:13ghostly
34:14finger touched her forehead this was my final mercy sleep mom in sleep there's no pain her eyes fluttered
34:21shut she slumped into a deep dreamless rest a breeze blew through the hut the old journal on her cot
34:28flipped open the last page my dying words stared up at the ceiling but below it in shaky handwriting
34:35were new lines written by mom during a lucid moment next life let me wear the choker let me be
34:41the liar
34:41punish me however you want just don't leave me i stared at those words felt nothing too late
34:48repentance means nothing to the dead mom i don't hate you anymore but i don't love you either
34:54let's not meet again i turned away my wolf was waiting in the distance the door of light still
35:00glowed soft steady patient i looked at my neck the phantom verity choker still there even in spirit form
35:07the nightmare that had changed me for a lifetime i grabbed it it shattered into nothing i felt weightless
35:13free no red light no hunger no lies just freedom my wolf pressed against my side together we walked
35:21toward the light i didn't look back morning came a guard pushed open the door rachel time to eat
35:27no response she walked closer mom's hand clutched the torn journal a single tear crystallized at the
35:33corner of her eye she crouched beside her held two fingers beneath her nose nothing she was gone
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