Here's the next chapter of Sailor Cynic. I'm afraid this is the last of the 
quick post ups I can give you, but if you email me and comment on the story 
- or just tell me you read it - I'll have Jedaite's Tale up in a jiffy.

As usual, I admit to stealing published characters.


                    Sailor Cynic: Swerves Of Fate
                         By Beky NeRichnead


Episode 4: What Might Have Been, Had It Been

Prologue: Last week, the Senshi discovered that the monsters they
have been fighting were actually Pocket Monsters (Pokemon, for you
gameboy freaks). Luna and Artemis returned from their vacation.
They've been training for the past week in rapidly transferring
their energy, so that they now have a certain degree of energy
"intimacy". They've continued to socialize and have become pretty
good friends off duty. Enjoy the show!

                                   *

[Opening Song: St. Elmo's Fire]


[Chibi Usagi, Makoto, Minako, et all growing up; Naru and Usagi
giggling together]

Growin' up, you don't see the writing on the wall
Passin' by, movin' straight ahead, you knew it all

[Makoto's parents dying; Rei's father marched off in handcuffs;
Naru's father dying;]

But maybe sometime if you feel the pain
You'll find you're all alone, everything has changed



[Usagi meeting Luna; Ami and Rei's first transformations; Makoto
hoisting GMJ shadow, symbol of Jupiter on her forehead; Minako
arriving in the darkness]

I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's Fire



[Fighting poses against youma stolen from the first season (S #0
in continuity)]

Play the game, you know you can't quit until it's won
Soldier on, only you can do what must be done

[Senshi face generals, Beryl looking on]

You know in some way you're a lot like me
You're just a prisoner and you're tryin' to break free




[Harley transforms into warrior gear; wielding the Silver Sword;
standing by Zoitan; ]

I can see a new horizon underneath the blazin' sky
I'll be where the eagle's flying higher and higher
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's Fire




[Senshi, getting tired, then getting up and fighting again.]

Burning up, don't know just how far that I can go

[Hyperspace meadow with arabian palamino horses grazing]

Soon be home, only just a few miles down the road
I can make it, I know I can

[Mamoru, Zoitan, Jedaite, Ryo fighting]

You broke the boy in me, but you won't break the man



[Xalen, Saeblin, and Faolin observe from the multicolored space of
the time warp; Pics of them in warrior dress; Crowns around their
heads]

I can hear the music playin', I can see the banners fly
Feel like you're back again, and hope ridin' high
Gonna be your man in motion, all I need is a pair of wheels
Take me where my future's lyin', St. Elmo's Fire

[Big, bright, jagged Z flashes]

                                   *

     Harley yawned as the bell rang. "Well, time to go, Akane."
     Ukyo sauntered over. "You know, Akane, Ranma doesn't ever see
you anymore. The rest of us are making headway, sugar. Even the
crazed maniac."
     Akane's eyes shone with anger. "Shut up!!" She stomped off.
     Yuka watched her friend go. "Ukyo, was that necessary?"
     Ukyo blushed. "... No. It wasn't." She ran across the room.
"Akane?"
     "What?" Akane's eyes were red with unshed tears. "Want to
torture me again?"
     Ukyo swallowed hard. "Look, I was out of line. I'm sorry."
     Akane looked at her, wide eyed. "Really?"
     Ukyo smiled. "Yeah. Sometimes my mouth just goes without my
say-so. Can we be... friends?"
     Akane nodded. "That would be... nice." Her eyes were a bit
wary, remembering the time Ukyo and Shampoo had "trained" her.
"Harley, lets take Ukyo to our practice session."
     Harley shrugged. "Whatever."
     Akane smiled. "To the dojo, all!"

                                   *

     Makoto and Rei faced each other, faces serious. Ever so
slowly, Rei put down her hand. "Four of a kind. Kings."
     Makoto smiled. "Four of a kind: Aces."
     Rei was flabbergasted. Ami frowned. "You do realize that the
odds against this are..." She caught sight of something underneath
the table. "Well, that makes the odds more reliable."
     The two poker players took quick glances under the table. They
started to chuckle. "It was fair," Rei pointed out.
     Ami quietly confiscated the two cheat decks. "Now, let's try
this again.

                                   *

     Jedaite turned to his betrothed. "Setsuna-san, how did we get
dragged into this?"
     She shrugged. "I don't know. Despite my ability to see the
past, I am helpless to answer."
     Ryo nodded seriously. "My precognition told me nothing of
this."
     Mamoru frowned. "I don't have mastery of time, and I'm stumped
too."
     Usagi grinned at the grumblers. "Simple! Rei, Ami, and Makoto
are off playing some card game. Zoitan, Akane, and Harley are
sparring at Akane's gym. Luna and Artemis went 'scouting' together.
That leaves you three with nothing to do. Mina-chan and I don't
want you to be bored!"
     At that, Jedaite, Setsuna, and Mamoru facefaulted. Ryo had
facefaulted in advance.

                                   *

     Back at the Tendo Dojo, sounds of exertion could be heard.
Inside, devestation was visible. Micro spatulas stuck out of ever
hard surface. Blackened areas suggested chi attacks had been used.
     The four fighters panted hard in the middle of the floor.
Zoitan grinned. "You're not bad, Ukyo."
     Ukyo glared playfully at him. "Hey! Not all of us can use chi
attacks, you know." She paused. "Speaking of which, Akane, when did
you learn that stuff?"
     Akane whistled innocently, a halo firmly in place. "Oh, a few
weeks ago, I suppose."
     Harley looked at her watch. "Guys, we're supposed to be
meeting the others at my place, remember?"
     Akane smiled. "We've got to go, Ukyo. Maybe you could come
around more often?"
     Ukyo smiled. "Okay. I've got to get back to my restaurant,
anyway."
     Zoitan nodded. "Maybe we'll bring our friends over there
later."
     Akane, Zoitan, and Harley started down the road towards Garden
Apartments. Akane turned towards her friend. "Harley, why aren't
you the leader of our group? You seem to organize everything."
     Harley chuckled. "Me? I'm not stupid enough to want to lead
anything. What do we need a leader for, anyway?"
     Akane frowned. "I think it would be a good idea."
     Zoitan backed her up. "I agree. Then I could be your consort."
     Harley narrowed her eyes playfully. "Not till we're married,
dear one. Till that you stay in your own bed."
     Akane grinned. "So, when are you going to get married. And
how? Zoitan's not exactly a citizen."
     Harley shrugged. "When we find someone to do the ceremony. And
we're going to have a Zephyran ceremony, anyway. We need to
preserve our culture."
     Akane nodded. "Makes sense." The three walked into Harley and
Zoitan's apartment.
     Zoitan sighed. "It would be too much to ask for them to be on
time, wouldn't it?"
     Harley chuckled. "Way too much. But they all have a few
minutes."
     At exactly three o'clock, the door bell rang. Zoitan opened
it, grinning. As expected, the shopping gang had been punctual. But
it was hard not to be punctual when hanging out with Setsuna or
Jedaite.
     Akane shook her head. "When will the others get here, I
wonder."
     Ryo was noticeably silent.
     "Meow." Akane grinned at the white cat in her lap, and began
to pet him. Then her eyes saddened, for it reminded her of Ranma
stuck in the Neko-ken.
     Artemis gazed up at her worriedly. "Akane, are you all right?"
     She shook herself out of it. "Yeah, sure."
     Harley grew impatient. <Rei, what are you doing?>
     Rei's mental voice was puzzled. <Playing poker. Why?> A pause.
<Ag! Sorry, we'll be there in moments.>
     <You should be.> Harley grumbled. <You're just across the
street.>
     "Cat to Harley. Come in Harley." Harley blinked at Luna, who
was trying to attract her attention. Luna shook her head. "One
would think you're telepathic or something, Harley. Do you know
when the others will arrive?"
     Ryo answered calmly, "Now." Simultaneously, the door bell
rang. Everyone laughed as Ami, Makoto, and Rei came in. They
blinked, not understanding the joke.
     Finally, everyone had settled down. Setsuna looked to Jedaite,
then back at the group. "The reason we are meeting today is because
I believe I have located the source of the Pocket Monsters." She
sighed.
     Jedaite took over. "There is some sort of interdimensional
portal that is connecting our universe to another."
     Ami watched the two. There was something they weren't
mentioning. "And?"
     Jedaite continued. "And its getting bigger. In a matter of
days we could have a decent size army of these monsters attacking
the city."
     Usagi stood up. "We have to stop them!"
     Makoto agreed. "Yeah. Let's close the portal."
     Sounds of enthusiastic agreement echoed.
     Harley's voice, however, was not so enthusiastic. "What's the
catch?"
     Setsuna answered. "There's a small problem. This gate is in
the future."
     Luna asked, "And this is a problem because...?"
     Jedaite, Setsuna, Ryo, and Ami exchanged glances. The secret
was going to come out.
     Ami chose to explain. "Setusuna-san and Jedaite-san can travel
to the future easily. Ryo-chan could also, in a pinch. But they
cannot travel to *our* future."
     Artemis frowned. "Why not?"
     Ryo came to Ami's defense. "Because of Harley, I'm afraid."
     All eyes turned on her. She shrugged. "I'm as clueless as all
of you."
     Rei rolled her eyes.
     Ryo explained further, "Harley is basically a random element
on the time stream. She negates 'destiny' and 'fate'. We can see
the timeline only as it would have happened had she never existed."
     Usagi asked quietly, "What's it like?"
     Setsuna answered. "In the time frame of the portal, their are
seven Senshi. Moon, Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Mars, Tuxedo Kamen,
and Pluto. They've died at least once, some several times. They are
fighting a foe names Wiseman."
     Luna was determined. "You'll have to go there and fix the
rift!"
     Jedaite nodded. "Luna-san, I agree totally. But, well, we're
not sure we can get *back*."

                                   *

     After long debate, the Senshi had decided to, as usual, go
headlong into danger and take care of the consequences later. That
afternoon, they met at Rei's shrine.
     Harley adressed them all. "Guys, anyone who doesn't want to
come will not be looked down upon." Silence greeted her offer. So
she knelt by the cats. "Luna, Artemis, please stay here. If we're
not back in a month, you'll have to wake the Others."
     Luna blinked. "the Others?"
     Artemis smiled. "Wow, I finally remember something you don't,
Luna. Don't worry, Harley. We're on it."
     The Senshi waved goodbye to the cats and stood in a circle.
"Sailor Time... Teleport!" With that, they disappeared.

                                   *

     The three mysterious inhabitants of the Time Warp smiled at
each other as the Senshi whizzed by.
                                   *
[COMMERCIAL BREAK; COMMERCIAL WRITTEN BY CHRIS DAVIES, NOT ME]

Scene: Washuu and Pluto stand on the ruined surface of the Moon,
sadly surveying the damage.

Pluto: I think I see something. [bends down, takes Twix bar out of
the rubble]. Would you like to share?

Washuu: Sure! [looks behind Pluto] Isn't that Queen Serenity?

Pluto: [turns] What...?

Washuu: [steals twix and begins to chow down]

EVEN IN THE SILVER MILLENIUM, TWIX MEANT: TWO FOR ME - NONE FOR
YOU!
                                   *

     Usagi looked pleadingly at the woman before her. "Please,
don't do this!"
     The woman laughed. "You can't stop me, Sailor Moon." She
disappeared.
     The Sailors turned to each other, grief on their faces.
Everything was going tragically wrong.
     "Look out!" A familiar voice yelled.
     Usagi looked up just in time to see a youma charging them.
"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!"
     Her attack was joined by that of her fellow sailors and a rose
from Tuxedo Kamen.
     That voice.... it was Jedaite! She turned quickly. "Moon..."
     "Mars..."
     "Shiny..."
     "STOP!!!!!!!!" A commanding voice interrupted the three
attacks. "Stop this, now!" The voice issued from a warrior in light
gold and green armor. A strange sword hung on her back.
     Her companions were just as surprising. Usagi and her friends
backed up a few paces. "Who... who are you?"
     Sailor Pluto, or one who looked a lot like Sailor Pluto,
answered. "We are the Sailor Senshi... from a different universe.
Please refrain from attacking us."
     Rei stepped forward, approaching her counterpart. "She's real
alright... and she's almost identical psycichally to me."
     Ami was scanning the new comers. "I concur. Their quantum
signatures..."
     "Are slightly modified." The double Ami finished.
     Makoto was baffled. "Want to come back to my place?"
     The one in gold and green armor turned to Pluto. "How long do
we have?"
     Pluto's eyes unfocused, as did Jedaite's. They both returned
to reality soon. "It's too dark right now to close it," he
answered. "We must wait for a few hours."
     The other Sailor Moon shrugged. "I guess we can come."
     "Wait." Tuxedo Kamen stopped them. "We don't know that we can
trust these people. Especially not *her*."
     Usagi scanned the strangers. "Which her?"
     He gestured toward Zoisite. "*Her*."
     The strangers all began to laugh, even Zoisite. When she
spoke, it was with a distinctly masculine voice. "Gah! How can
people possibly confuse her and I? Do I have breasts? Please."
     Usagi looked closer. Indeed, this Zoisite was a male.
     The one in green and gold grinned at him. "Come on, cut them
some slack, dear. You do look nearly identical to Zoisite." She
turned towards the Sailors. "This is my betrothed, Zoitan."
     Tux gestured towards Jedaite. "What about *him*?"
     Rei's eyes were filled with rage, and Ami also was not feeling
so hot. Usagi frowned. "Didn't we kill you?"
     Rei finally burst. "Burning... Mandala!" The flame headed
straight at Jedaite.
     The other Rei concentrated. "I can't control it!"
     "Damn!" The one in green and gold screamed.
     Only one was in a position to act. And act she did, leaping
in front of Jeadaite. The fire felled her, and she lay on the
ground gasping, her chest burned badly. "Rei... remind me not to
get on your bad side, okay?"
     They gathered around her. Ami scanned. "She's taken bad
burns."
     The counterpart Mamoru's eyes flamed with fury. He prepared
a volley of roses. Jedaite stopped him. "No. Mamoru, this isn't why
we came. We can't fight our doubles, we have to save our strength
to close that rift."
     The Ami double looked up. "She's going to be alright, Mamoru."
     Harley was bent over Usagi, doing wonders with a first aid
kit.
     The enormity of what they had just done hit Usagi and her
friends. Usagi, being Usagi, rushed to help her fallen double. "I'm
so sorry!"
     Her double still looked bad, but her eyes were open. "Akane,
Rei... don't..."
     Rei's double and a girl with blue hair seemed to visibly
relax. But in their eyes shone fury terrible. Rei's double stalked
over towards Rei.
     "If you do *anything* like that to any of my friends again,
we'll just have to see who has a *real* control of fire."
     Rei seemed shocked. She'd just burnt Usagi....
     The blue haired one backed her up. "Exactly what I'm thinking,
Rei-chan."
     "Reina, Akane, come over here." The one in armor gestured them
over. "Usagi, we're all going to give you a little energy. It
should get you back on your feet."
     Usagi's double nodded weakly. Then each of the doubles and
their companions began to send a small ball of energy into the
fallen girl.
     She stood up and smiled. "Moon Crystal Power." With no
fanfare, her suit restored itself. "Thank you, minna."
     Ami's double smiled at her. "Our pleasure."
     Then all the strangers turned towards the Senshi. And none of
them looked very happy. The one in green and gold armor spoke for
them. "I understand that you don't know who we are. So we'll let
this go... this *one* time. We're here to save our universe, and
perhaps yours. After that, we're leaving. Got it?"
     The Senshi nodded dumbly.
     She turned towards the Pluto double. "What is it going to take
to close this portal?"
     Doppelganger Pluto pursed her lips and exchanged glances with
Jedaite, of all people. "Sailors Zephyr, Mercury, and Mars. First
Knight Mercury. But Harley, there are... complications."
     Usagi gasped as a light flashed, and a new form emerged. It
was Ryo, Ami's boyfriend from a few years ago. He looked around
curiously. "Sorry I'm late. I was conferencing with the Sailor
Pluto of this universe." He grinned at his Mercury. "Two Ami's,
hmm? I could get to *like* this."
     As both Ami's blushed beet red, Harley shook her head. "More
information then we needed. So, what does their Pluto have to say?"
     He got serious. "Interesting things, really. First of all, if
we don't seal the breach, this universe will be dead in seven
hours." Silence greeted him. "Secondly, in sealing the breach we
will alter the destiny of this universe permanently. This is
unavoidable. She also recomended that we join forces with these
Sailors to maximize their time loops working, by keeping them
alive."
     The double Ami walked over to him. "What else, Ryo-chan?" She
could tell he was holding something back.
     He looked toward his Sailor Pluto. "She seemed so sad, so
alone, so... inhuman. Jedaite, if you ever leave my sister..."
     Jedaite shook his head.  "I swear I will never leave Setsuna's
side. I swear it on Time."
     Ryo nodded. "Good enough for me."
     The Sailors blinked. Jedaite... and Sailor Pluto? Now *that*
was a weird match.
     Harley interjected, "I think we should get about the business
of the night. Two universes remain to be saved. I, Ami, Ryo, and
Rei will seal off that breach. The others will cover us and protect
Usagi."
     Ami leapt in. "You should be informed about what local
opposition there will be. We're in a conflict of our own."
     Minako nodded. "Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen's daughter, come
from the future, has turned to evil. She's trying to destroy us.
She has the support of Wiseman and Diamond."
     The other Minako shrugged. "Those names mean little to us.
Basically, you're being chased by some tough bad guys and a good
guy who thinks she's a bad guy?"
     Makoto laughed. "Basically, yes."
     The other Usagi had a mischevious glint in her eyes. "I'm just
glad Luna and Artemis aren't here."
     They all laughed.
     Harley took charge. "Okay. We'll call my universe's Sailors
by their Zephyran style names. You guys can use your normal names
or planets or whatever. Reina, I want to sub Akane-chan in for
you."
     The othe Rei looked hurt and betrayed. "Why?"
     Harley shook her head. "Baka. I need you to wield this for
me." She tossed the silver sword on her back to her friend.
"Protect the others for me."
     Reina nodded. "Hai, Harli."
     Akane, the blue haired girl, turned to Harley. "Do I have the
same power output as Reina?"
     Harley grinned. "As long as this is still Earth, Akane-chan."
     Ryo joined them. "We must start soon."
     Harley glanced over at the Ami-double. "Amira, ready?"
     Amira nodded and pulled out her computer. "Naturally." She
scanned. "The breach is right here."
     The four began to huddle together, leaving the others to form
a defense.
     Rei spoke up. "I will guard their Usagi." The others glanced
at her in surprise. "She's probably just as expert at getting into
trouble as ours." The others accepted her half hearted jibe.
     Mamoru-double nodded. "I wll join you in guarding Sagi."
     The rest spread out in a circle, guarding the sky as well.

                              *

     Harley shook away distracting thoughts. "Ami, Ryo? What do you
detect?"
     Ami concentrated on her computer's screen. "Well, its about
six feet wide and five feet tall. It's an area in quantum flux."
     Ryo added, "It is a point connecting two distant realities.
Its vibrations will pull it apart soon, causing it to explode."
     Akane blinked, and pointed to its exact location. "Its...
wrong. Not of here. Other."
     Harley smiled. "See, I told you you'd be useful. You're bond
with Earth is growing."
     Akane smiled shyly.
     Ami frowned. "I think we can implode it. It will take a lot
of energy, though. Why does Setusuna think the four of us will be
enough?"
     Harley grinned widely. "Mostly because the planet Zephyr was
never inhabited in this universe. *All* of its energy is untapped.
I'm going to use nearly all of it. You guys are just here to tell
me what to do."
     They nodded. Ryo explained, "We'll be put in a weird time
field. Time might proceed at a different rate then the outside."
     Harley nodded. "Ready."
     Ami smiled. "Same here."
     Akane grinned. "As always."
     With that, Ryo concentrated. And the world around them began
to speed up, as they slowed down.

                                   *

     Setusuna whistled. "They slowed down incredibly. A second for
them is analagous to a an hour for us."
     Makore (we won't go any further) asked, "How long will it take
them?"
     Jedaite answered from several yards away. "A few seconds.
Mabye six or seven at most."
     Makoto's jaw dropped out at the answer to her counterpart's
question. "You mean... we have to guard this thing for *seven*
hours?"
     Usagi blinked. "I'm yawning already."
     Mamoru grinned at her. "I know how to put a stop to that,
Usako." She glared, then grinned.
     Ami shouted, "Look!"
     The nemesis from earlier had come. Black Lady stared in shock.
"There's... two of you? Each of you?"
     She never heard the attack, for Zoitan did not speak aloud.
But she did discover that she was paralyzed. He frowned sadly. "Not
*all* of us." He muttered, "Come back soon, beloved."
     The native Senshi talked to the paralyzed Wicked Lady in the
nearby shadows. She showed signs of recuperating, then regressed
into her mutated memories and hatred.
     Meanwhile, the non native senshi were busy with Diamond. He
was frustated to discover that his hypnotizing sight was not
functioning.
     "Dead Scream." Setsuna swung her staff, but Diamond dodged the
attack.
     Reina stepped back. "Burning Mandala." The attack caught
Diamond in the side, blackening his uniform somewhat.
     He finally got off a few shots. They went wide.
     One went wide in the direction of the paralyzed Black Lady.
Her death was sure... except someone took the blow for her.
     The shock of it perculated through Black Lady. "Why did
you..."
     Mamoru smiled, and Usagi copied his gesture weakly. "It's
called love, Chib-usa."
     "You... love... me?"
     The two Reis traded looks. "Well, they sure are alike."
     As Black Lady began to return to being Chib-usa, the Minako's
attacked Diamond. "Double Venus Meteor Shower!" The hail cut
Diamond down during a moment of distraction.
     Things were definitely looking up.

                                   *

     Harley "pulled" at the weave of the "knitting" she was tearing
apart. It was hard work. Meanwhile, the rest of the world
progressed in fast forward.

                                   *

     Usagi was layed next to Usagi, and they smiled at each other.
Usagari chuckled. "Guess that evens things out, huh?"
     Usagi agreed. "I'd say."
     Less than forty minutes later, Harley came back up to speed,
gasping hard.
     Ryo, Akane, and Ami seemed fine. Till they saw the
battleground that had appeared. "Wow."
     Jedaite raised an eyebrow. "Much faster then I'd anticipated."
     In the past forty minutes, dozens of youma had attacked them,
and been easily repulsed.
     As the visitors prepared to leave, Usagi smiled. "I wish you
would stay. Things would be easier."
     Setsuna nodded. "That is why we must go. Doubtless, with our
two Crystals and your two, Wiseman would be easy to defeat. But it
would not be fair to you. You wouldn't be prepared for the next
challenge."
     Makore chuckled. "Of course, this deal is all based on us
being able to *get* home."
     They gathered in a circle after a few waves. "Sailor Time...
Teleport!" They disappeared, heading back towards the past. The
wrong past.

                              *

     Xalen frowned. "They're going the wrong way."
     Saeblin shrugged. "So, we'll redirect them a little."
     Xalen nodded. "Agreed. This time." With that, the Sailors
began to accelerate in the right direction.
                              *

     They were home once more. "Never." Usagi said.
     Minako nodded. "I agree. We'll never let ourselves be like
that."
     Akane cocked her head. "What do you mean, guys?"
     Mamoru sighed. "While you four were in the time field, we
observed our doubles. They have no hope. Their unity is forced."
     Ryo nodded. "Their Setsuna is so sad and lonely."
     Jedaite added, "I glanced through time. They've died many
times, for there is no other way." He gave his betrothed an
affectionate squeeze. "That will never happen to us."
     Rei seemed speculative. "My double... she lost a great love.
And it was tearing her apart. I think... I think she never really
got over Mamoru."
     Mamoru winced.
     Even Makoto was philosophical. "Outside of fighting, they
didn't talk. Like they lived only to fight evil."
     Zoitan chuckled softly. "Imagine, all that because Harley
never existed."
     She looked around at them, oblivious to their stares. She
whispered. "I won't let it happen that way. I won't let you down."

                              *

Sailor Cynic Says:

Harley: Well, I just learned that we're going to be taken off the
air, folks. [collective groan] The good news is, we'll be written
about in a new manga publication.

Author: And we won't lose the theme songs either, though they'll
probably vary a lot more. Commercials will be located at the end.

Harley: So, remember: keep reading!

             Beky NeRichnead
    Grand Potentate of the Universe

Those who dance are considered insane by those who can't hear the music. - 
Anonymous Wise Dude

[Your cool saying here] - [your name here]



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