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He Filmed The West And Lost Me
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00:00An old rule, a girl could only cross Blackpink Pass seven times before marriage.
00:06If she couldn't get a marriage license at the county courthouse outside the mountains within those seven times,
00:11she had to stay in the valley and marry a local ranchman.
00:19Clara, this is the seventh time.
00:22Your filmmaker from the east ran off to the neighboring ranch again
00:26to film that girl with the bright smile. Ethan is already like this. What are you still waiting for?
00:33I clutched the phone he gave me, my fingers so stiff from the cold that I had to press three
00:38times to finally dial his number.
00:43Clara?
00:46It hurts so much.
00:49Clara, Lily got her leg caught in an old wolf trap. She got hurt trying to show me the old
00:54trail.
00:54You know that if a valley girl's leg is ruined, no ranch will want her. I can't just ignore her.
00:59One last time.
01:01Once I get Lily's leg settled and finish the last three days of footage,
01:05I'll go to the county courthouse and marry you.
01:09In four years, I had crossed Blackpink Pass seven times for him.
01:14But that girl was always having accidents.
01:16And I was always the one left behind.
01:19After the call ended, I looked down at my worn-out boot heels.
01:23Blood was seeping from my socks, mixing with the wet melting snow, slowly soaking into the leather.
01:33Go back, child.
01:36The pass will be closed tonight.
01:38I wiped the tears from my face and nodded.
01:42There would be no last time.
01:44In three days, I will be married.
01:52I walked back from the county courthouse.
01:54Grandmother sat by the hearth, stitching Red Tim onto my wedding dress.
01:58She didn't ask if he'd showed up.
02:00She only said one thing.
02:01Is Silver Ridge Valley really that bad?
02:03If you really wanted to leave, you shouldn't have pinned your hopes on a man like that.
02:07He's been taking that camera into the mountains for four years, filming snow-crapped peaks, horsebergs, ranch girls, and Lily
02:15riding her horse across the river.
02:18But when has his lens ever truly stopped on you?
02:21I'm not waiting anymore.
02:24Grandmother, in three days I'm marrying Jesse Vale.
02:29On my way home, I ran into him.
02:33Clara, didn't I tell you to wait in town?
02:36Tomorrow morning, as soon as the county courthouse opens, we can get the marriage license.
02:40Coming all the way back now means crossing Black Pine Pass again, and it won't be easy.
02:45It certainly wasn't easy.
02:47We agreed to go to the county courthouse today.
02:50Didn't I explain it to you?
02:52Lily got hurt by a wolf trap, which is why I couldn't make it.
02:56With so many people around, why did it have to be you carrying her back?
02:59This is different.
03:01She got hurt from my documentary, I have to be responsible.
03:04It was different, indeed.
03:06Her injury mattered deeply.
03:08My waiting at the courthouse was easily cast aside.
03:11This was my fault.
03:12It was too chaotic at the time, and I forgot to tell you, leaving you waiting alone in town.
03:16Wait three more days.
03:17The last segment I'm filming of Lily is wrapping up.
03:20Once it's done, I'll take you across Black Pine Pass, and we'll go to the county courthouse to get the
03:24marriage license.
03:26This is already the seventh time.
03:28I know you're going to bring up the old rule of Silver Ridge Valley again,
03:31but I asked Lily, and that rule has been obsolete for a long time.
03:37Clara, there's no need to use these old stories to scare me into marrying you.
03:40Just because the rule is obsolete, does that mean you can break your promise?
03:44Don't think so poorly of me.
03:45I know you want to leave the valley, and I understand, but this isn't the time for you to throw
03:50a jealous tantrum.
03:51A tantrum.
03:52I repeated the word to myself.
03:54The Black Pine Pass rule had long been unenforced, but my seven crossings were real.
03:59The blizzards were real.
04:00The muddy slopes were real.
04:01The blood blisters on my feet were real, too.
04:03Go on.
04:04Her leg is more important.
04:08My tone was bad just now.
04:10Don't be mad.
04:11I'm not mad.
04:12I knew you've always been understanding.
04:14You'll understand me?
04:15It wasn't that I wasn't angry.
04:17There was simply no point anymore.
04:19In three days, I would marry Jessie from the neighboring ranch.
04:23Grandmother said a woman only marries once in her life.
04:25She should walk into it smiling, so no one can say she was wronged.
04:33The next morning, the mountain fog hung cold and gray.
04:38Didn't come back until noon.
04:40You've looked at this before.
04:42I remember you saying you liked it.
04:45Pick one.
04:46When we go down the mountain, we'll wear this for the wedding.
04:51There's no need.
04:54Still angry?
04:57No.
05:00My grandmother has already altered the Sunday dress Jessie's family sent.
05:04That works, too.
05:05Whatever you like is fine.
05:07Once the documentary wraps up, we can go to Denver.
05:09They have real bridal shops there.
05:11And churches, too.
05:13Haven't you always wanted to see the cities outside the valley?
05:17Melted snow seemed to flood my ears,
05:20leaving only a dull hum.
05:22Filming is about to start.
05:23We're pushing through the last three days.
05:25Once it's done, I'll take you away.
05:29I watched him vanish into the fog.
05:31Ignoring the pain in my feet, I knelt and opened the corner wooden box.
05:35A sunrise photo he'd taken, inscribed on the back.
05:39Clara's smile outshines Silver Ridge sunrise.
05:42An old film canister, the role he'd promised to use for our wedding.
05:46A hand-carved wooden comb, made by him for my 18th birthday.
05:49He'd said once filming ended, he'd tuck this comb in my hair and marry me at the courthouse.
05:54I stared at the comb for a long time, then tossed the photo and canister in the hearthside wastebasket.
06:00I kept only the comb.
06:02I had to return it.
06:07From afar, I saw Lily on the wildflower slope in a bright red prairie dress.
06:12Blue ribbon in her hair, clean boots, bright and alive.
06:16Ethan crouched before her, carefully unwrapping her leg bandage.
06:19I stood in the fence shadow, dress spattered with mud, boots bleeding.
06:23As wretched as a creature pulled from a snow trench.
06:26Clara?
06:31I walked all the way to the neighboring ranch, the wooden comb clutched tight in my palm.
06:36I came to return it, and to end everything.
06:44Am I interrupting you?
06:46Don't speak like that.
06:47I'm just putting medicine on her.
06:50What are you doing here?
06:52I'm here to step aside for you two.
06:54Why act so pitiful?
06:56Can you really let Ethan go?
06:58You really think he'll take you away?
07:00Four years.
07:01He's just bored killing time with you up here.
07:04He likes girls like me, who ride, laugh, glow on camera.
07:08Not a dull ranch girl who only crosses mountains and waits.
07:11Her words were sharp, but they didn't sting as much as I thought they would.
07:14Because I'd already heard them a hundred times in my head.
07:17Besides, you've crossed Blackbone Pass seven times.
07:19The whole valley knows you keep getting dumped at the courthouse.
07:22Now, other than an honest man like Jesse, who else would be willing to take you?
07:26I know.
07:28That's why I'm getting married.
07:35Clara, Ethan, and I, nothing happened.
07:38How can you speak of me so terribly?
07:42Clara, there's a limit to your jealousy.
07:44Lily got hurt from my film.
07:46There's never been anything dirty between us like you think.
07:49I stared at the wooden coon in my hand.
07:52In that moment, the last fragile thread in my heart snapped completely.
08:01Ethan, I won't be jealous anymore.
08:04Let's end this.
08:08Clara, what did you say?
08:17Let's end this.
08:18He stared as if he'd finally heard me.
08:20Then panic vanished, replaced by disgust.
08:22Didn't I say I would marry you?
08:23Are you using this to force my hand now?
08:25Yes.
08:26I couldn't force you into marriage, so I want to marry someone else.
08:30If you really wanted to let go, you wouldn't have run all the way here today just to put on
08:32this act.
08:33You humiliating Lily and your Valley dialect just now, wasn't that just to make me feel sorry for you?
08:36I already promised I'd marry you. Do you really have to throw a jealous tantrum over nothing?
08:41I didn't bother explaining.
08:43There was nothing left to say.
08:45My legs grew heavier.
08:46My ankle burned like fire.
08:49Clara.
08:51The shooting schedule is very tight.
08:53I won't be coming back for the next few days.
08:55I'll stay near Lily's house so it's easier to take care of her.
08:58Once I'm done filming in three days, I'll take you to the county courthouse.
09:01I didn't look back.
09:06When I finally dragged myself to the cabin door, my legs gave out.
09:15Clara!
09:16What happened to you?
09:19Silly child, why don't you take care of yourself?
09:22That man lied to you again and again and you wore your legs down to this state.
09:26How are you going to live your life from now on?
09:29Pain, exhaustion, and fear.
09:32Thank goodness the marriage is already set.
09:34Marry into his family in three days.
09:36Vail Ranch's water rights can protect the Hart family and you won't have to be a joke to the people
09:41in town anymore.
09:43Jesse is a steady boy.
09:44He will care for you.
09:46The ache in my chest slowly spread.
09:52Why are you sitting here?
09:55Claire, what exactly do you want?
09:58Lily hurt her leg, so you had to injure yourself too?
10:01Do you know that Lily's wound got inflamed again?
10:04I was busy all night just getting her settled.
10:07Is it fun for you to use something like this to get my attention right now?
10:11Get his attention.
10:12To him, my crippling pain was just me copying Lily for his favor.
10:16I tried to pull my leg back.
10:18The moment my ankle moved, pain blurred my vision.
10:21I said I would marry you.
10:22Can you stop throwing tantrums just because you know I like you?
10:25I'm not throwing a tantrum.
10:27I'm really getting married.
10:33Are you saying this again just to provoke me?
10:40I still have to take Lily to the town doctor.
10:43Reflect on your actions.
10:48I watched his back fade toward Black Pine Pass.
10:56Stop watching him.
10:58Starting tomorrow, you won't be the one waiting for him anymore.
11:03Three days flew by.
11:05He never came for me.
11:07Even from afar, he just frowned, waiting for me to apologize first.
11:12When you get to the barn chapel, follow the preacher.
11:15Jesse will be waiting for you at the end of the aisle.
11:17Don't look back.
11:36I'm on my way to the chapel.
11:39Clara, where are you?
11:41Ethan, there's a ranch wedding at the barn chapel up ahead.
11:44The bride enters through the doors and walks down the aisle.
11:47It's a perfect full shot.
11:48Should we use this as the documentary finale?
11:50It would be perfect.
11:53All right.
11:54We'll shoot this wedding.
11:56His careless voice drifted through the line.
11:59Clara, this is the last shot.
12:01The documentary is wrapping up right now.
12:03Stop being jealous of Lily.
12:05Once I'm done filming, I'll take you to the county courthouse and marry you.
12:12Soon the wagon halted outside the barn chapel.
12:17The lighting is perfect.
12:19Ethan, this angle is beautiful.
12:21We are a documentary crew from the east.
12:23We want to film some Silver Ridge Ranch wedding customs.
12:26We hope everyone can cooperate for a few shots.
12:28I lowered my gaze, fingertips slowly releasing my skirt.
12:32Can you still walk?
12:52Claire?
12:53He finally saw me clearly, through the viewfinder and beyond.
12:59What are you making a scene for?
13:00I already told you, once the documentary wraps up, I'll take you to the county courthouse.
13:08Ethan, the wedding procession has already started.
13:11Standing in the middle of the aisle right now is very disrespectful.
13:15Shut up!
13:17Clara is my bride.
13:18She's just angry with me.
13:23She waited for you for four years and crossed Blackpone Pass seven times for you.
13:29You didn't cherish her yourself.
13:31Now that she's getting married, what are you yelling at us for?
13:34The words landed like a slap, draining the color from his face.
13:41If you're mad because I missed our appointment, I can explain.
13:44I can promise you.
13:45Tomorrow.
13:46First thing tomorrow morning, we'll go to the county courthouse.
13:49Clara, stop making a scene, okay?
13:52I looked past him, at Lily sitting in the back row.
14:00I'm not making a scene.
14:02I am getting married today.
14:04He'd expected anger, tears, anything but this calm.
14:08Didn't you always want to leave Silver Hedge?
14:10Didn't you dream of seeing Denver?
14:12Seeing San Francisco?
14:13Seeing the ocean?
14:14My chest ached.
14:16Faint and familiar.
14:20I don't want to anymore.
14:29Let her go.
14:31This is between me and Clara.
14:34It's not an outsider's place to interfere.
14:41He stood between us.
14:43Solid and unshakable.
14:47Clara is my wife.
14:49Please show some respect.
14:58What did you say?
15:04Clara, you promised me.
15:07You promised to be my wife.
15:11What does it mean marrying someone else now?
15:15Ethan, I waited for you seven times.
15:17Is that not enough?
15:19Then do you still remember when our first trip to the county courthouse was?
15:23His breath hitted.
15:24He couldn't remember clearly.
15:27I lowered my eyes to my ankle.
15:29The wound still ached.
15:33The road was pure mud.
15:35I tumbled down the scree slope, covered in blood.
15:38But you said you'd be waiting for me at the door of the county courthouse,
15:42so I clutched the hand-carved wooden comb you gave me and crawled to town.
15:46I thought you would be there.
15:48Instead, you were at Lily's ranch.
15:50You said the rain tore her roof off, that she was trembling with fear and you had to help fix
15:55it.
15:57The second time, it snowed heavily in the valley.
16:00I waded through the freezing river to cross Black Creek and half my leg was frozen stiff.
16:05If the sheriff hadn't been patrolling the mountain and passed by, I would have died by the riverbank.
16:10I still made it to the county courthouse.
16:12But you called and said the sunrise over the ridge was a rare sight and you couldn't interrupt the shooting.
16:17The color dredbed from his face, bit by bit.
16:19The third time, the fourth time, the fifth time.
16:22You always had something more important to do.
16:24There was always a landscape more worthy of filming than me.
16:27There was always someone who needed you more than I did.
16:30I waited for you seven times.
16:33Now I have no strength left to cross that mountain with you again.
16:40I can make it up to you.
16:41Clara, I'll take you away right now.
16:43We'll go to the county courthouse right now.
16:45I can change everything.
16:46There's no need.
16:49I'm getting married now.
16:52I turned and took Jesse's arm again.
16:56Ready?
17:04Clara!
17:11I didn't look back.
17:16She has the nerve to marry him.
17:17Four years waiting for Ethan.
17:18Now she marries Jesse.
17:19Wonder if Vale Ranch is disgusted.
17:21Who knows what she did with that filmmaker.
17:23Jesse's just taken leftovers.
17:25The stairs pricked my back like needles.
17:36From today on, Clara Hart is my wife and the owner of Hart Ranch.
17:41Whoever makes a joke out of her reputation is crossing me, Jesse Vale, and the entire Vale Ranch.
17:46People used to gossip about me.
17:48Ethan always told me not to mind them.
17:50It turned out cherishing someone doesn't mean telling her to endure.
17:53It means making the others shut up.
17:56The ceremony will continue.
18:00Can you still walk?
18:07Do you take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband?
18:11I do.
18:12I do.
18:13With the witnesses of Silver Ridge and the county license as proof, I pronounce you husband and wife.
18:18It doesn't count!
18:19Clara was supposed to go to the county courthouse with me.
18:23Her marriage license was supposed to have my name on it.
18:25She's only standing here because you all forced her.
18:30Have you said enough?
18:33Clara, tell them.
18:34Tell them you're not doing this willingly.
18:38Ethan, I'm here because I want this.
18:43Please continue.
18:44The groom may kiss the bride.
18:46May I?
19:07I don't believe it.
19:10There's no way Clara would marry you this quickly.
19:12Did you force her to sign something?
19:16I don't believe it.
19:21The county clerk stamped this yesterday.
19:23The license application, the witness signatures, the preacher's confirmation.
19:28Do you want a closer look?
19:32Clara, you went to the county courthouse yesterday?
19:35Yes, with Jesse.
19:37You knew I was going to take you today.
19:40I didn't know.
19:41I waited for you seven times and I never saw you.
19:47Ethan!
19:48My leg hurts so much.
19:50Did Clara's words just now upset me so much that the wound torn open again?
19:56Dr. Miller, could you take a look?
19:59There's no need.
20:00It just hurts a little.
20:04The wound scabbed over a long time ago.
20:06It's not inflamed and it hasn't torn open.
20:09With a minor injury like this, walking normally is perfectly fine.
20:16Actually, Lily has been practicing riding shots behind the barn every night these past few days.
20:22She said the final sequence had to look beautiful.
20:24Her legs shouldn't be so bad that she can't walk.
20:27You're talking nonsense!
20:32After that day, Ethan locked himself in the temporary editing room.
20:40Every clip was a delayed stab of a knife.
20:44Turn it off.
20:47These are all issues with the shooting angles.
20:49What's the point of digging up old scores now?
20:52So every single time, it was just a coincidence?
20:55What do you mean?
20:57You're doubting me?
20:58I stayed in Silver Ridge with you for four years!
21:00Why would I do that?
21:08Do you really think I'm the one who held you back?
21:11Even without me, you still wouldn't have gone to the county courthouse.
21:16Because in your heart, she was always ranked behind your film.
21:25On my second day at Vail Ranch, Hart Ranch's creditor showed up.
21:30Now that you're part of Vail Ranch, we need to reconfirm the water rights deal.
21:34Hart Ranch debt will follow the new interest rate.
21:38You're taking advantage of our situation.
21:40Jesse, I'm just playing by the rules.
21:43Everyone knows you ruined your reputation over that filmmaker.
21:47Found a new man to lean on?
21:49Don't pretend you understand contracts.
21:51Hey, let me handle this.
22:01You changed the interest rate from 6 to 11 percent.
22:04And you pushed repacement two months early.
22:08This addendment has neither my father's signature nor the county recorder's stamp.
22:14Last winter's fence loan, a third was falsely counted as livestock loss.
22:19Those cows were still in your own pasture.
22:22Want to go sort this out with the town attorney?
22:29Fine.
22:30You're sharper than I thought, Clara.
22:36I heard Ethan's crew is cutting your wedding drama into the documentary.
22:39They even named it, the Western Bride Trapped by Valley Marriage.
22:44Soon the whole East will know two men fought over you.
22:49Something sharp pierced my chest.
22:51To them, I didn't even own my choices.
22:55I'll go find Ethan.
22:58No.
23:01I'll go myself.
23:07Outside the temporary editing room, camera cases sat tacked, unloaded.
23:15Clara.
23:17Delete the wedding footage.
23:20Clara, we understand how you feel.
23:22That ranch wedding was a public event.
23:24It holds strong narrative value tied to Ethan's journey.
23:27That was my wedding, not your material.
23:29Audiences will see a girl bound by valley traditions.
23:31She gave up free love to marry for water rights and debt.
23:33It's powerful storytelling.
23:35Something sharp pierced my chest.
23:36To them, I didn't even own my choices.
23:39A cease and desist from the town attorney.
23:41And a preservation letter.
23:43From now on, no frame of Clara, me, Heart Ranch, or the wedding gets deleted or released.
23:47Are you threatening me?
23:49I'm notifying you.
23:52Clara, I won't hurt you.
23:54You already have.
24:00He likes girls like me.
24:02Bright, alive.
24:04Not some wooden ranch girl who only crosses mountains and waits.
24:08You've crossed Blackpun Pass seven times already.
24:11Who'd take you now but an honest man like Jesse?
24:17Clara, nothing happened between Ethan and me.
24:21Is this the truth you want to tell?
24:32Footage from the editing room spread fast across Silver Ridge.
24:39Ethan, I loved you too much.
24:42I feared you'd marry her, take her away.
24:45You couldn't bear to leave me either.
24:49The day she returned the wooden comb, what did you say to her?
24:54I don't remember.
24:56Would you like me to read it for you?
24:57You're blaming me?
24:59Ethan, you're the most ridiculous one here.
25:02She waited seven times, not me.
25:05Every Miss Courthouse date was your call, not mine.
25:07I only gave you excuses.
25:09You chose to stay and film me, every time.
25:13Who do you think you are?
25:15You used a valley girl's pain for your film.
25:20You used Clara's weight to play the devoted lover.
25:23If this doc fails, you ruined it yourself.
25:26Take her outside.
25:27Ethan, don't pin all this on me.
25:29You deserve her hatred more than I do.
25:33Did Clara cry that day?
25:39Night fell, and snow came to Heart Ranch.
25:43Ethan's outside the gate.
25:45He's been kneeling nearly two hours.
25:49Leave him be.
25:51Clara, some things must be said to truly end.
26:01Clara, I fixed it.
26:03Look, it's just like before.
26:04It's not the same.
26:07What's different?
26:08The crack's fixed.
26:09I can change too.
26:10Give me time, Clara.
26:12I'll make it up to you.
26:14Do you remember the day you carved it?
26:16I remember.
26:17Your 18th birthday.
26:19I found hardwood in the mountains,
26:21sanded it by hand.
26:22I said once filming wrapped,
26:23I'd marry you at the courthouse.
26:25Did it snow that night?
26:28You only remember your promise.
26:30Not the nights I endured waiting for it.
26:33I'll remember it all.
26:35Every detail.
26:36Please, wear it.
26:38Let's start over.
26:40It can't be fixed.
26:42Why?
26:42I know I was wrong.
26:44I'll quit the documentary.
26:46Stay in Silver Ridge.
26:47I don't want anything else.
26:48Ethan,
26:49you want to stay now,
26:51not because you understand me,
26:52because I've truly left.
26:55Claire,
26:56I was wrong.
27:03After that night,
27:04Ethan never left Silver Ridge.
27:07Four years,
27:08I chased him across the mountains.
27:10Now he's learned to wait.
27:12But I'm only tired.
27:14Ethan.
27:16Claire.
27:19Can you leave my life?
27:22I just want to make amends.
27:24I know you've suffered.
27:25You don't know.
27:27Not even now.
27:29Third time at the courthouse,
27:30I had a high fever.
27:32The clerk asked if I'd been stood up again.
27:35Fifth time,
27:36mudslide at Black Pine Pass.
27:38I fell,
27:39cut my palm.
27:41Townsfolk said I had no shame.
27:46Clara,
27:47I didn't know.
27:47You didn't know
27:48because you never asked.
27:56The wind is strong.
27:59Are you really
28:00starting to like him?
28:06Let's head back.
28:08Time to change your bandages.
28:10Three days later,
28:11the Frontier Festival opened.
28:13The documentary screened at Town Hall.
28:23This film is incomplete.
28:29I filmed Silver Ridge four years.
28:32Snow,
28:33horses,
28:34canyons.
28:35Everything I thought beautiful.
28:38But I missed the most important person.
28:42A girl crossed Black Punk Pass
28:44seven times for me.
28:46I left her waiting at the courthouse
28:48again and again.
28:49I thought she'd wait forever.
28:51I put her behind my film,
28:53the scenery,
28:54someone else's tears.
28:55This isn't a great documentary.
28:57It's the evidence of how I lost her.
29:02Lily Hayes,
29:03cooperate with our investigation.
29:05Destroyed village,
29:06misled production,
29:07defamation of Clara.
29:08Why only investigate me?
29:10Ethan stayed behind
29:11every single time!
29:12Ethan,
29:13where is the girl
29:14you mentioned now?
29:25After the screening,
29:26Ethan lost his first
29:28distribution deal.
29:30The distributor suspended
29:31the contract,
29:32ordering a full footage review.
29:39Ethan,
29:39I loved you too much.
29:42Please put in a word for me.
29:44Without this film,
29:46I have nothing left.
29:49We're even.
29:50What right do you have
29:51to play the victim?
29:53Clara Mholdrong
29:54waited seven times for you.
29:56Her feet bastard,
29:58her legs hurt,
29:59everyone laughed,
30:01all because of you.
30:02Now you regret it,
30:04so you're throwing me
30:04under the bus?
30:05Not.
30:09You're right.
30:12I'm the one who made her
30:13wait seven times.
30:18Lily soon left Silver Ridge.
30:21At Heart Ranch,
30:22Vail Ranch's water rights deal
30:24stabilized our worst debts.
30:26Jesse was going team of
30:27Soon Roll Soon
30:28located before
30:29G Power Sense.
30:30My ankle healed slowly,
30:32it still ached
30:32on cold, rainy days.
30:39Do you want to keep it?
30:43No.
30:50I stood before the hearth,
30:51no tears.
30:52Old memories burned away
30:54like old film.
30:56Denver doctor can treat
30:57your foot next month.
30:58We can stop and see the world
31:00outside the mountains.
31:03Didn't you want to go before?
31:05I'll go.
31:08I finally realized
31:10leaving the valley
31:11needed no one's promise.
31:13I didn't need anyone
31:15to take me.
31:16This time,
31:17I was crossing the mountain
31:19for myself.
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