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