Proud
May and June, through the years.
Pairing: platonic familial May & Everybody basically
Word count: 3108
Warnings: Hey Look At Me. Theres some pretty serious homophobia at the beginning of this, and references to homphobia throughout
Notes: part of my Love and Other Fairytales verse, spanning from Abby, Dot, and Larry being teenagers to a little less than a year after Linda’s birth.
for @creativity-no-renewal
thank you to @airiervessel for beta-reading!
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There was a lot May could say about Lazarus Sanders.
None of it was kind.
She hadn’t been angry when she’d found Abigail hiding Laurence in her closet – she’d mostly just been confused. She wasn’t entirely sure she knew what the three of them had going on, and if Abigail was going to give up her disdain for dating for anyone (which May found entirely unlikely) she would have guessed Dorothy before Laurence, who was obviously infatuated with Dorothy himself.
When Larry tumbled out of the closet looking like he’d been crying for hours, she shuffled through the possibilities and came up empty.
“C’mon, up ya get,” she said gruffly, helping him to his feet, “Abigail, did you kidnap the poor boy? The hell is going on?”
Larry, in a rather uncharacteristic move, shrugged off her hands harshly, darted across the room, and- hid.
Hid, behind Abby, like he was- like he was afraid of May.
“Hey, baby,” she said, raising her hands non-threateningly, “What’s wrong? Are ya alright?”
Abby turned and whispered something to Larry, pressing her forehead almost to his temple. Larry looked on the verge of a fresh round of tears, and Drusilla climbed out of Abby’s shirt pocket to clamor up the fabric and onto Larry’s shoulder.
“Promise?” she made out Larry whispering.
“I swear,” said Abby fiercely, “And I can take ‘er if not.”
May recoiled a little. There was a very, very short list of things that Larry could do that she might get genuinely angry at him for, and fewer still that would make him this terrified to tell her. She flipped through them frantically, her heart rate picking up.
“Larry, baby, I need you to tell me straight right now,” she said cautiously, “Do I need to deal with a body?”
Larry actually barked a wet, startled laugh.
“Uh. No,” he choked, “You know, uh. Unless Poppop makes good on the threat to shoot me if he sees me again.”
“Excuse me?”
“Yeah, well, you might want to wait until I tell ya why, in case you agree with him.”
“Laurence Sanders,” she said, some part of her heart crumpling like wadded up trash, “There is not a goddamn thing on this earth you could do that would make me hurt you.”
Larry swallowed hard, and Abby squeezed his hand; he curled into her in spite of having a good six inches advantage, and May wanted to wrap him in knitted things.
“He… found some stuff,” he said, wincing, “You know, like… embarrassing teen boy stuff, please don’t make me say it.”
“He threatened to kill you over smut rags?” she said incredulously.
“No,” said Larry, laughing bitterly, “He threatened to kill me over gay smut rags.”
“… Oh.”
May was ashamed to admit it, but she did blank out a bit. She’d never met a gay – she didn’t really think they even existed this far out of the city. She had a better understanding of the mechanics than most – she was very thorough when giving sexual education to idiot teenagers who were liable to stick their bits damn near anywhere they’d fit – but that was about it. “How to Talk to a Gay Kid” had never been something she’d gone about making a script up for. She was also scrambling to figure out what exactly was going on with Larry and Dot if Larry was gay - she’d been pretty sure, but maybe not-?
“I’ll leave with him,” blurted Abby furiously, shoving Larry further behind her, “If you make him leave I’ll go with him and you’ll never see me again and I’ll make yer life hell from three states away, Momma, I swear I will-”
“Calm down, ya hot-headed little shit,” said May, back on surer footing in the face of Abby jumping the gun like a fool, “No one is leaving. I’m taking a minute to process but let’s make that damn clear.”
“I- No one-?” said Larry, and god, what an awful expression; hope buried under layer after layer of misery, a baby bird too afraid to break the rest of the shell and face the snake.
“No one,” she said, firmer, settling in herself, “I don’t really know what ya need from me right now, baby, I’ll be honest. But you can stay long as you need, and if your granddad comes around I’ll put a bullet in ‘im. Sound doable?”
May had an armful of teenage boy then, and that settled that.
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Abby had set up this little… picnic. There was only the four of them (Larry, with Abigail and and Dorothy there for moral support and May there for security), the little picnic table covered in knick knacks (crocheted miniature flags, a tub of pins, stacks of hand-drawn pamphlets that they’d had to buy their own printer to copy because no copyshop would let them in) and Jax, circling above and behind. The pamphlets weren’t anything special; black and white, L-G-B-T and a page to explain each that May had had to surreptitiously swipe one of and read rather than put Larry through the misery of explaining what exactly his… situation was when he clearly found the topic very embarrassing. She was pretty sure he was the B, but she wouldn’t say anything until she at least overheard something to that effect.
May sat a bit away from the kids. They were excited – flush and adrenalined with the excitement of doing something they shouldn’t, high on their defiance. May could give them the space for that.
They were just kids. They were old enough to know they were rebelling, to know Lazarus had meant what he said about killing Larry, to know that they were in danger.
And yet still young enough that Abby’s Momma and a twelve-gauge were enough to set them dizzy with victory, make them feel untouchable even in broad daylight, in full view of a road that was gathering increasingly gawking traffic. Some folks drove past four or five times, gaping or glaring or flipping them off. Jax circled the treeline, looking out for anyone sneaking up from the back, and May kept a white-knuckled grip on the shotgun and her eyes glued to the road.
No one stopped. Nobody had the balls or the stupid to face May Gage at her worst, and May was just fine with that. If they could get through this with just the threat alone, she’d be well pleased.
When someone finally crossed that line, she knew it was definitely stupid and not balls.
She stood from her chair, hefting the shotgun, and turned to the kids.
“You hear a shot fire, you run,” she said, “No heroics. You follow Jax back to the house and you lock up and you do not open the door for even god himself, you understand me?”
“Yes, ma’am,” said Abby, steel in her eyes. Larry was looking over May’s shoulder, his face ashen.
“Larry,” she said, “If there’s one thing your granddad is, it's a grand ol’ coward. I can take him.”
“Yes ma’am,” he said tremulously.
May turned, stalking across the field toward the incoming column of fury that was Lazarus Sanders.
“What the hell is this?” he demanded, “May fucking Gage and her degeneracy again, your feminism turning my boy into a damn sissy-”
“Let me make this quick,” said May, “You’re gonna leave. You’re gonna let my babies have their picnic. You’re gonna never speak to any of ‘em, ever again. And if you don’t, I am gonna kill you, Laz, and I ain’t even gonna feel bad about it.”
“You threatening me, Gage?”
“I damn well am,” said May, “On my life, on God, on Eve and all her daughters, if you raise a single hand to my kids for the rest of your life, I will put you in the fuckin’ ground, Lazarus Sanders.”
Jax finished his third circuit around them, high over their heads, and even Laz wasn’t stupid enough to not notice the June warm climbing to August blood-hot. Jax swooped down to land behind her, wings spread wide, and Lazarus paled like the cowering dog he was.
“You,” he hissed, furious and terrified, “You did this. Possessed him with your- your devil worship!”
“Larry is the sweetest boy who ever lived in this town, no thanks to you,” said May, “If he’s possessed, may we all be so lucky.”
Lazarus’s eyes bugged out of his head, and apparently that was just too much for him. He turned tail and booked it for his car, and May waited until it was full out of sight before she turned to walk back to the kids.
Dorothy was looking at her with wide, astonished eyes, like May had summoned lightning or something, and Abby looked as smug as a Gage ought to.
May turned to Larry, only to find him already half in her arms, bullying under a damn shotgun like an idiot and hiding his face in her neck, shoulders shaking under her hands.
Well. She’d give him the gun safety lecture after the hug then.
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Dot and Larry had been running the pride picnic long before their falling out, and May had to admit that she’d missed it. It hadn’t gotten much bigger by then, but it had fairly exploded in the past five or so years. Sure, there were still grousing folks, even a few protesters a handful of times, but even that had died down once May came back with the shotgun in tow once more.
She’d sat a bit further away this time, not without ulterior motive. She was glad she did – Roman, Patton, and Logan ran their own little mini-booths apiece, and Virgil would have been alone if not for the spot saved just for him next to her.
“Seems odd.” he muttered.
“How so?”
“To celebrate something like that,” said Virgil, “I mean... is it like the difference between Seelie and Unseelie, for humans? Or more like springs and summers?”
“Is what?” said May, furrowing her brow, “Sexuality?”
“Yes.”
He was looking up at her with those big, wide-set purple eyes. He was tall and gaunt, no baby fat left on him, but he still had the knobby-limbed gangliness of a teenager, looking a bit like he’d been stretched like taffy too quickly. She didn’t know if he’d fill out over the next few years, if he’d age with her boys. His head was tilted so like Logan’s, his fingertips gripping the hem of her skirt as if to ground himself. The Lord of the Forest, clinging to a grandma’s skirt, nervous around a bunch of strangers.
He was just a kid. And May ought to tell him the truth.
But it was a happy day. And something cold and miserable curled up in her belly at the thought of the way his face would crumple if she told him that some – a lot – of the world hated his boyfriends, for no good reason at all.
“Everybody loves a good party,” said May, shrugging.
Virgil nodded, accepting her explanation easily, and May swallowed the guilt like she did everything else.
“Mamaw!”
May looked up at Roman, who was out of breath and flushed pink, beaming and holding out a pamphlet.
“Okay, so- I know this is weird,” said Roman, “But- Dot said- Dot said she thought Mom would have used it if she'd heard it and I know it's not really cool to speculate on people's identities but I thought- I thought maybe it's a bit different? Because you knew her, and I was wondering, if- what you thought. Maybe.”
“Hm,” said May, nodding, “I have no goddamn idea what ya just asked me.”
Roman laughed nervously, and held out a little green, purple, and black pamphlet. May vaguely recognized the colors from a couple of the flags up, though she’d never bothered to keep track of them. She remembered that first little picnic with Dot and Larry and Abby arguing over which of the rainbows they ought to be using, eight or seven or six stripes, and she’d thought it was silly then and she thought it was silly now.
“Do you think Mom- do you think Mom would have identified as aroace, if she’d known the terms?” said Roman, his voice small, “Do you... do you think she would have been queer, too?”
May skimmed the pamphlet... and a lead ball dropped right into her belly.
Aromantic...asexual... lack of attraction... sex repulsion...
May was old. Old enough she’d thought she was just about unflappable – that she’d seen too much of the world to get caught off guard.
Her baby. Always managing to surprise her, even beyond the grave.
“Yeah, baby,” said May, handing it back to him and for once thanking the shake in her hands that never left, giving her an excuse if either of them noticed, “That sounds like my girl.”
Roman beamed, swooping in to kiss her cheek and pressing the pamphlet to his chest.
May decided she was gonna tell him more stories. It hurt, it hurt more than almost anything, to talk about Abigail, to talk about the baby she’d loved with every cell in her body and betrayed and lost without ever the chance to apologize. To make it right. Abigail died angry at her and she deserved it.
But Roman deserved this. To know her, as best he could. To know how alike they were, how much she saw pieces of Abby embedded in him like crystals on a fresco. May’s pain would have to take second fiddle to that.
Virgil set his head on May’s thigh, and she rested her hand on his head as Roman trotted back to his booth with a spring in his step.
Anything. Anything, for her kids.
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“What’s that one?”
“That’s the demisexual flag,” said Roman, “Your Papa is demisexual. It means not feeling attracted to someone until you already love them.”
“And that one?”
“That’s the genderqueer flag! Avaun Ellie is genderqueer, and so is Vati, a little bit.”
“That doesn’t sound like Vati’s gender,” said Linda, wrinkling her nose at the flag.
“That’s why I said only a little bit,” said Roman, bouncing her a bit on his knee. May listened with half her attention, the other half on Brian in the bassinet next to her as she jingled his little teething keys.
“Vati’s gender doesn’t really fit any of the ones humans have named,” Roman continued, “Because he grew up among the fae, and not among humans.”
“That makes sense.”
“So he says that agender and genderqueer are closest to his gender, and he likes just ‘queer’ for his sexuality. They aren’t perfect words for him, but they don’t bother him, so he uses them for conversations with humans.”
“What about you?”
“I’m a queer gay man,” said Roman, “That means I’m a man who likes other men.”
“But Vati’s not a man?”
“Ah but that’s where the queer comes in!” said Roman, tickling her stomach and making her giggle, “We aren’t supposed to fit into the words; the words are supposed to fit us! I know Vati’s not a man, but the word ‘gay’ is important to me, and Vati doesn’t mind. I use it because it feels good to me and makes me happy, not because I fit the dictionary definition perfectly.”
“That makes sense,” said Linda, “Like how you’re not really a prince cuz you're a consort but Papa and Daddy and Vati call you Princey anyway cuz it makes you smiley.”
Roman laughed aloud, and May cracked a smile too.
“Yes, exactly.”
“What about the green and black and white one over there?”
“That’s aromantic,” said Roman, “Like... well, like my mom.”
“You have a mom?”
The pause lasted just a touch too long, and May ached.
“I did,” said Roman softly, “She passed away when I was very little.”
“And she was aro-mat-ic?”
“Aromantic, yes,” said Roman, “It means someone who doesn't experience romantic attraction.”
“How’d she have a baby if she didn’t have a husband?”
“Stubbornness,” muttered May, and Roman laughed.
“I wish I could tell you more,” said Roman, “But I don’t actually know much about aromanticism, it’s never come up. The only aromantic person I ever knew was my mom, and I don’t remember her.”
May was old. Older everyday. More forgetful too – there were some things even the fae couldn’t delay, the slow creeping away of her memory being one of them.
She might not have many more chances to say it.
“Roman,” she said, shifting in her wheelchair, “Gimme.”
Roman blinked, startled, and turned to Linda.
“Do you want to sit with Mamaw?”
“Yes!”
“Okay, be gentle.”
Linda was, ginger and feather-light as down as she crawled over the armrest to sit in May’s lap. May breathed her fruit-and-earth smell, and steeled herself.
“... Mamaw?” said Roman softly.
“Actually, baby,” she croaked, “I’m aromantic.”
Roman stiffened, but Linda perked up curiously.
“How’d you get a baby without a husband?”
“I did have a husband,” said May, “I got my baby the usual way.”
“Why’d you have a husband, if you didn’t love him?”
May breathed around the lump, in through the nose, out through the mouth.
“You see this festival, all around ya?” she said gently, gesturing around, “How it’s a big party, and most everyone in town comes, and we’re all happy?”
“Yeah?”
“It wasn’t always like this,” said May, “It used to be scary, to be different this way. People might hurt ya. And so nobody talked about it if they could help it. When I got married, it was because I was lonely, and I thought that if he loved me, and I had company, well, that would be enough. I didn’t know there was a word for what I was, I thought... I just thought there was something wrong with me.”
“Mamaw,” choked Roman, clutching her hand hard.
“But... that’s sad,” said Linda, furrowing her brow in confusion.
“It is a bit, ain’t it?” said May, “But now things are better, and we have a grand ol’ party, don’t we? And I’m happy. Happy enough that I can admit it and not feel like I’m doin’ somethin wrong. I’m so, so happy, baby.”
Roman jumped from his chair to kneel beside hers and wrap his arms around both of them. May slipped a gnarled hand into the peppered white at his temple. Her boy, all grown. Maybe grown enough that May could put a little bit down, and trust he’d help her out.
“I’m so proud of you,” said Roman wetly.
And there was no better feeling in the world.
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(brain damage warning) WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF Micolash, Laurence, Aldrich, Shabriri, Aldia and Allant shared a chat? Who would become friends? Who would b so cringe even all these other guys are uncomfortable now? Etc?
(Also shut your chicken beak before you accused me of skill issue for failing to identify That Guy in DS1, you saw the process of me trying and crashing, go complain to Val about it (I say go and not fly because chicken can't fly NYEHEHE))
*A deranged scholar, a self-righteous vicar, a right and proper cleric with a habit of devouring men, a blind stan of 19th century Russian nihilism with a penchant for eye trauma, a burning glitched-out tree, and an evil Colonel Sanders walk into a bar*
—
Micolash: ….anyone in this squad smoke weed?
Allant: I have clinical depression.
Micolash: …
Aldia: Does anyone really, truly, deeply understand the meaning of the existence of weed? Can we honestly say that such a substance is worth consideration, when all it merely seeks to achieve is idle distraction from the cruelty of our lives in this dreadfully ruined world?
Micolash: I see you do, in fact, smoke weed and are currently high.
Laurence: No, he is just like that.
Aldrich: He has a point though. Weed offers release from the horrors of this dawning age. It is simply a form of nepenthe for those who cannot see the truth.
Laurence: And what “truth” is that?
Aldrich: Figures the discount Catholic vicar wouldn’t know.
Laurence: BITCH? You are LITERALLY called a saint and cleric by your harem of gelatinous blobs.
Aldrich: And yet I still have more of a faithful following than you :)
Micolash, raising his hand: Can confirm! I ditched Laurence back in middle school. ALSO FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!
Shabriri, observing the olive in his martini: I wonder if I could get them to replace this with an eyeball…
Aldrich: So true bestie
Shabriri: I’m being serious.
Aldrich: So am I?
Shabriri: Fr? Slay? How do you feel about cataclysmic destruction to bring about world’s end and the rebirth of a new one from flames?
Aldrich: Replace “flames” with “flood” and you have my attention!
Shabriri: Ohmygod, Webster’s dictionary is saying that the primary meaning of “cataclysm” IS flood! We are already twinning!
Aldrich: HELLO?
*Aldrich and Shabriri squealing together like schoolgirls*
Allant:….wait…what if the cataclysm were fog-based?
Aldrich: Fog is just tangible water!!!
Allant, sobbing: At last I have found my people and can outlive the guilt over the numerous lives my sins have claimed in my demonic madness!
Laurence: Look, I may not be the most effective vicar…
*everyone turns to stare at him*
Laurence, sweating:….but I am fairly certain you don’t feel that much guilt, Allant…
Aldia: But alas, who can truly say what guilt is when all we are bound to is this mere—
Everyone: SHUT UP ALDIA
Laurence: Finally, at least we all agree that his inane ramblings are annoying!
*crickets*
Aldia: Fuck you, Laurence.
*Laurence gasps in offense and everyone else is dying laughing*
*at the end of the night, Allant and Aldia have fallen asleep*
Aldrich: Well, well…does anyone in this squad like to eat orphans?
Micolash: OOO, I ALMOST DID ONCE! They said NOT to eat the placenta but I may have snuck a few bites…hehe…
Shabriri: Sounds fun, Aldrich. I’d like to try it. I can start with Laurence, right?
Laurence: I literally despise all of you.
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The new songs I listened to this year...
Song’s Eligable for this...
NOTE: I have decided to disclude Death Battle and Death Battle related songs since I feel those would be too easy to fill up this list since I do tend to listen to those songs. Songs used in fan made Death Battle Trailers on the other hand will be okay.
Shatter by Code Orange (Premiered in 2022, but only heard the full version in 2023)
You've Got a Friend in Me - Disney Friendship Mash-Up presented by Thomas Sanders
Priceless from VHS Christmas Carol Live
Moon Girl Soundtrack
Greedy Greedy by the Kuromis
Big Balls (Cover) by Scratch21
Ayleeyuns by Scratch21
Delivered Us The Moon (Feat. Tony Mac & Sega) by Jakeneutron
Lil Nuggit by Chi-Chi
Ordinary (Cover) by Anna
Jack Hornet Vs Dr. Eggman by Freshy Kanal
Rocket Queen by Team Shachi Featuring MCU
Happy Sounds by Kyle Allen Music
Smell of the Game from Guilty Gear Strive
Just the Two of us by Neco Arc
Look at This from Helluva Boss
Red Flags by Tom Cardy Featuring Montaigne
Song of the Dead by @kana-boon
Kindness by BB-Panzu
Evil As Can be from Broken Karaoke
Nerdy Prudes Must Die from Nerdy Prudes Must Die
Our Love is God from Heathers
Komi-San Vs. Wile E. Coyote from Rabi
A Little Theorizing by the Stupendium
Wah & Only (Waluigi Rap) from Mashed
Sidechain Fever from Scratchin’ Melodii
Voices (2023) by Rev Theory
Unbeatable from Mario’s Madness V2
#10 - Look at This from Helluva Boss
I enjoy Helluva Boss. It’s crass but there are definitely worse shows out there. And I have no real connection to Fizzarolli’s voice actor, who was apparently Beetlejuice for the Broadway Play. Still, between this song and Two Minute Notice he has proven to be my favorite singer among the cast. Hopefully things turns out well for this series as well as Hazbin Hotel.
#9 - The Beyonder from Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Talk about a Glow up! The Beyonder was pretty meh despite being so powerful in the comics. But Moon Girl really showed just how entertaining he could be with the right people behind it. Laurence Fishburne does a great job with him and honestly the Music Choices throughout the show was great! I got the soundtrack too! So here’s hoping Season 2 continues to bring banger after banger.
#8 - Rocket Queen by Team Shachi Featuring MCU
So I found out this year Capcom did a crossover with some K-Pop Band and they were going to take down the game based on it this year. Never noticing this, I decided to listen to the song and I enjoyed it. It has the energy I really enjoy in songs and even though I don’t know the lyrics it was well performed that I could enjoy it regardless. I also love the Sax part in the song and the music video.
#7 - Red Flags by Tom Cardy Featuring Montaigne
This year, I’ve seen a lot of memes based off one part of this song. The original singers even did an Uno Reverse version of that part so people can have more options. But I wanted to hear the original to see why this was memable. And MAN, I feel like people overlooked the HUMAN CENTIPEDE part to focus on the awkward date part. The song is hilarious and I am glad I gave it a shot to listen to the full version. The Meme is definitely underselling this song.
#6 - Nerdy Prudes Must Die from Nerdy Prudes Must Die
I feel bad for putting Starkid on twice but man, this year showed off their best stuff. Their newest part in the Hatchetfield Series was so fun and the best song in my book is the title song: Nerdy Prudes Must Die. I also like Hatchet Town. But man, the main song is so fun for a villain. And the whole “who will pray for me” bit was definitely selling how much of a threat he is.
#5 - Priceless from VHS Christmas Carol Live
I instantly fell in love with the VHS Christmas Carol Live when I saw it early this year. It is so good, not only did I get the soundtrack I also downloaded the Live Performance so I can listen to it all on my i-Pod. My favorite song from the entire thing is Christmas Day, but it is pretty much combining the best songs from the show into one. So I’m picking Priceless because that part really gets me on Christmas Day. I recommend everyone to watch it.
#4 - Shatter by Code Orange
While he appeared with this song in 2022, I never got the chance to hear the full version until this year. And I love every minute of what I listened to. I was listening to this song so much even before Bray Wyatt’s sad passing. He was taken from us too soon. I hope whoever is close to him is alright. Still, this is a great song and while I don’t think it is great for a tribute to him, it is great to listen to and remember the great stories he given us during the time he was alive.
#3 - Happy Sounds by Kyle Allen Music
I’m not much of a gamer. I’m more interested in the stories of games than playing them. So My Friendly Neighborhood was definitely a story I was interested in since I was curious how they would do this story compared to many other games. To my surprise, as Game Theory suggested, it's not a story about corrupted souls trapped in puppets, it's about the puppets trying to save a world already corrupted. This song captures that story in 3 minutes and I love it for that. I would recommend this song and the game in general.
#2 - Song of the Dead by @kana-boon
I will talk about my experience more in the One Shot next month, but this song is the reason I saw Zom 100. The song is full of life and energy and it's everything I want in a song. And if you want an English version, I think Dangle did a great job transferring it to English. Regardless, this was a song that was instrumental into me trying a series I would have probably passed by. Definitely give it a watch.
#1 - Smell of the Game from Guilty Gear Strive
So how did I find out about this song now of all times? Well, I noticed Evo was actually streaming this year and decided to give it a watch. It was before the Guilty Gear Strive and during the countdown I hear people singing the chorus of this song. That got me interested in hearing the full version and I don’t regret it. The Lyrics may sound random but man, it really gives you the energy to sing it out loud when you do hear it. I get teared up a little bit too. So thank you Evo for letting me get the Smell of the Game.
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