๐ Working-Class Mr. Ahnโs Unscheduled Visits to Dr. Yeonโs Clinic continuesโฆ
โ ๏ธ Just a casual warning โ if youโre following along with Asuka and Jenโs fictional arc and delusion interior series, consider yourself warned. Everything under my fanfiction tab is totally fictional. Thereโs no need to get overly serious about any of it.
J: Hi Asuka,
Just making a joke to make you laughโฆ
Reading your email – practically a whole book – I found myself chewing over this question again: why was I born into the proletariat class, a wage slave paying rent? ๐ If I weren’t chasing paychecks like that French grandmother who lived past 120 by never working a day, I could lounge on a couch in this land of milk and honey (our deluluverse), plucking a lyre like Archie – popping grapes one by one – savouring literature like a sloth… ๐
A: Oh my, I’ve had my share of fantasies like this. From getting picked up by the chaebol type, to winning lottery ticketsโฆ The gates to freedom are endless, but they never seem to open for me.
J: I’ll review your epic from the end – the part that nearly burst my cheekbones with joy.
But Asuka, never push yourself too hard. Your talent lives and breathes in your fingertips even when you sleep, and it’s not going anywhere. I don’t want you suffering under the obligation to boil soup.
Of course, I knowโit’s not an obligation. It’s your literary sensibility and artistic talent that won’t let you rest until you write. Still, as always, not pissing off our salary-dispensing employers matters more than our seaweed soup. Take care of yourself.
A: Thanks for the well-wishes. My cold is better today after last night’s instant chicken ramen with ginger, of all things.
Suho and Si-eun’s Toys
J: I still have enough sanity left not to pull out my personal laptop at the office and browse Amazon’s adult section ๐
Honestly, I spent ages agonising over the right verb – does Si-eun’s delicate doctor hands “put on” the rubber ring on Little Suho? “Roll down”? I settled on “filling” and figured that whether I fell forward or backwards and broke my nose, the meaning would get across. I’m truly naughty… ๐
The Amazon search results were a dazzling rainbowโฆ I gave myself an internal round of applause for living alone ๐
A: Oh, the human imagination can be truly wondrous. That toy shop in Akihabara was several storeys tall and full of juicy creativity. It has one of those quaint English names the Japanese love, I believe it was “Pop Life Department M’s”.
It wasn’t all horny old men wandering in, though there were some inevitably, can’t deny the elderly their choice of coffee; there were also high school kids of both sexes (wisely out of uniform, in case their discipline master goes there too), salarymen, otakus, dating couples in their twenties, a steady stream of curious tourists including middle-aged ladies who looked like the church-going sort (they didn’t run out screaming), and eventually myself included.
Inside, I found much inspiration for the toys the two puppies would have played with. I’ll be in Tokyo this November (next October/November I’ll strive for Anguk), and I am tempted to visit again. The gadgets were funnier than I expected. It’s not exactly wholesome in a family-outing sense, but there is much mirth to be found within its narrow aisles. Behind my face mask, I was giggling away. I would have spent more time there if it were not so crowded.
And I can’t believe I have typed 200 words extolling the virtues of toys.
J: Thanks to this wretched, maddening curiosity and imagination without boundaries, I can picture Dr Yeon’s expression as he steadies Little Suho – standing at attention – biting his plump bee-body lower lip, going “heave-ho” as he fits the ring all the way down. Not so different from his face during minor surgeries under local anaesthesia.
Mr Ahn finds these Dr Yeon Moments – barging into their private world without knocking – both absurd and endearing.
“Si-eun-ssi, you’re not working right now, are you?”
The purpose of this rubber ring is to delay milkshake production as long as possible.
A: I seeโฆmy god, is that even healthy, actually? But I suppose if Dr Yeon approves of it as therapy, it must have more reward than risk.
J: One cubicle in my brick-stacking brain feels like a late-season downpour just hit. Even I find it ridiculous ๐ but I became Rodin’s Thinker, uselessly pondering: does Mr Ahn even need this? ๐ Probably yes. Because Little Suho gets far too happy in warm, moist spaces.
A: On the night of the defibrillator lesson, a firm rubber ring insulated Suho from an early release. This way, the sweet punishment from his adorably mechanical torturer went on till the next morning, when the cock crowed at last.
By the power of concentrated caffeine and sheer will, Dr Yeon dragged himself out of bed and still went to work as usual with dark circles under his eyes, having slept for only half an hour after unloading himself. But he had the faintest smile. He looked a bit like a happy zombie, so the nurses couldn’t tell if it was a good mood day or a bad mood day.
Mr Ahn, on the other hand, snoozed till one in the afternoon, restocked his reserves, showered and dabbed cologne, skipped down the road, his head light without breakfast or lunch, and with the charming confidence unique to him, pushed past the clinic doors and embraced a stunned Dr Yeon, who sputtered,
“I thought you’d be too tired to visit.”
“When I see your face I’m not,”
came the reply, short and sure.
Despite the little starburst of warmth in his chest, Si-eun could barely shift the curve of his lipsโhe was exhaustedโbut he blushed, and that was enough of a signal for Suho to start.
With practiced hands as deft as a surgeon’s, he unfastened the buckle of Si-eun’s pants and reached under the waistband of his briefs. Suho grasped at the warm softness, moving his fingers over secret shapes and textures as pleasure half-closed Si-eun’s eyes.
“Please Suho, Iโฆ I’m really tired today,”
Si-eun said in a low moan.
“Oh are you?”
Suho smiled softly.
Si-eun’s enjoyment nudged firmly against his palm. But he could indeed see the fatigue Si-eun’s eye bags held. “It’s ok, Dr Ahn is here.”
He took his hand out, awash with clean musk. The elastic waistband snapped lightly against Si-eun’s lower belly. Then swiftly, before he could react, Suho swooped low and lifted him off his feet.
“Hey! What are youโฆ?”
Si-eun’s voice cracked weakly as he was carried to the cushioned examination table, like a helpless bride to her marriage bed.
Suho placed him down carefully.
“Just close your eyes. You don’t have to do anything. Dr Ahn will refresh you with Massage Package A.”
“Package ‘A’?”
“Yes. ‘A’ stands for ‘Aaaaahhhh’, which is what you’ll be singing when I’m done.”
“And is there a package B?”
“Yes. ‘B’ is for ‘begging’ because I’ll be using my teeth.”
“You’re just making this crap up aren’t you?” asked Si-eun.
Miraculously, the torpor had begun to fade as his curiosity spiked. It was pure, boyish silliness, but he loved it when Suho improvised like this.
“I suppose there’s also a package C?”
“You have no strength for C,” Suho warned.
“Why not?”
“I’ll be using my Cock.”
The bright shock of the word, articulated and accented for drama, chased off the last of Si-eun’s exhaustion. He thought to himself for a while, then whispered his choice meekly to Suho.
Ears pressed to the door and all around the walls, the nurses could not make out Dr Yeon’s hushed selection. But from the sweet sounds that vibrated out of the consultation room, they figured he must have picked all three options.
It was a good mood day.
Achilles and Patroclus
J: There’s a thread somewhere denying they were lovers?
A: This thread is probably as old as the story. We know their relationship has been debated since antiquity. I think there will always be the skeptical academic sort that requires incontrovertible deductive proof before committing to belief. And with a topic like BL, there will also be the prudish sort that denies it exists, even when confronted with incontrovertible proof.
The worst are the skeptical academic prudes. I suppose they may be good scientists. I’m not sure they make good lovers.
J: Why waste time on debates that aren’t worth a grain of sand – no, not even worth ์ข๋ฐฅ JOTBOB (that filthy, insulting Korean drama curse word ๐)? If Archie and Pat were lovers millions of years ago, would the Earth collapse? ๐
A: Some religious prudes seem to think the private bedroom lives of people who truly love each other can trigger global cataclysmic curses that end the earth, yes. They give different reasons for this, all of which feature different tastes of ์ข๋ฐฅ. (Hahaha, it’s such a cute word to my ear.)
Fan Art
J: The moment I got home, I archived our arc on my blog over dinner, browsing Pinterest for suitable images. When I typed “Song of Achilles” fan art literally exploded – like gold coins bursting from a lucky pouch. If I’d clicked just one and tumbled down that rabbit hole, I might’ve had to call in sick tomorrow.
It’s a sweet Pandora’s box. Once I start the English version, fan art will naturally follow. Thinking about all the talented creators on this planet – just like you – their work as countless as grains of sand on a beach, I make this vow again: don’t die this year, wait till next spring.
(Just joking to make you laugh ๐)
A: Oh, the art is so sweet and so cuteโฆand also so painful. These fans really draw everything. From the most adorable childhood scenes to the grieving scenes.
Yes, don’t die this year, see the art first.
Primal Masculinity
J: Honestly, don’t girls love primal masculinity too? Prerequisite required: Suho’s face. And Achilles’ face ๐
A: Achilles’ face (and body) is described to the point that I feel weak inside. I can see why Pat is besotted with him, though it’s not only physical, of course. But what I find really cute is that, although Pat is regarded as less attractive (especially by sour Deidameia and himself), Achilles loves him so much and is also so physically attracted to him.
Suho’s face needs no description. It only needs more photography, more ads and more screenshots. ๐
J: Random thought… one aspect that makes Weak Hero pure fantasy is Suho’s textbook-level maturity – an MMA fighter admired by the whole school, yet zero arrogance, zero showing off.
A: Like a character straight out of a myth, no? Not that I mind hahaha
J: Can a 17-year-old boy receiving worship from every peer really be that precociously chill? The production team strained credibility (thankfully!) to make us reed-thin girls fall for Suho by creating the world’s coolest boy.
But in our deluluverse, he acts like a border collie wagging his tail for Si-eun’s praise, eyes sparkling.
“Si-eun-ssi, isn’t the lighting bright? Ahem, I changed the bulbs”
“Si-eun-ssi, doesn’t the ham taste amazing? I absolutely killed it with the artistic grilling balance”
A: This puppyism finds a grim mirror in Achilles as he brings a very nauseous Pat onto the battlefield to show him his fighting skills, “Come see me skewer three men with one spear!” There’s a tail-wagging quality here, though morbid.
J: (In one of your past fluffs: Si-eun on the toilet doing morning business. Suho bursts through the bathroom door, “Si-eun-ssi! How should I cook the eggs? Should we order McDonald’s?”)
A: I find the difference in their energy levels to be part of this couple’s charm. From her drawings, I think Artist-nim would agree.
Dragon Ball Z
J: ๐ Right, you threw me that brick before – so sweet! No tissues in that otaku club room full of everything! How panicked those two otters must’ve been, sneaking in at dawn.
Can’t fool strategist Juntae’s sharp eyes. He sees through them more than anyone, but never shows it. He definitely knows how those Dragon Ball pages were used and incinerated ๐
A: That means Juntae is doing his very audible book shelving complaints in front of Si-eun on purpose (“sighโฆI really wonder where Dragon Ball Z volume 2 went. What kind of louse would come in here to take something so precious?”) to get small vengeance for the loss of such classic literature.
Ondol
J: (Thanks to Dark Fairy Godmother Beomseok’s support) Mr Ahn acquired a two-story house in Anguk District – Seoul’s old quarter filled with hanoks – in his late twenties. If it were an apartment, there’d be central heating.
But this two-story uses a boiler.
The dangerous raw material, like coal briquettes, belongs to Suho’s grandma’s old house (remember D.P. – that shantytown where Junho and Ho-yeol went undercover looking for the AWOL sergeant with the grandmother with dementia? Those neighbourhoods still use briquettes).
Suho’s new nest uses a boiler, but when our two otters want to embrace tightly all night, rubbing below their waists making love – deus ex machina – the boiler in the first-floor utility room breaks down. Neither complains suspiciously ๐
Iliad & BL
J: I don’t know if my intelligence and intellectual level… are high enough to read the Iliad, but I can’t fathom how many works have quoted and transformed this epic with its clear structure, written in the unimaginably distant past. Even I, born in this era of sending people to Mars, know about the Iliad.
Like you, I prefer watching Weak Hero without the BL filter. No problem because the deluluverse exists ๐ and I can easily toggle the filter on and off. But for Filmverse Weak Hero, it’s more accurate to say I prefer drinking it in purely aligned with Si-eun’s growth – one isolated boy.
Growth means loss, the message goes.
A: Yes. Adulting can be a painful process of molting.
J: Returning Suho to Si-eun at the end might’ve been because Director Yoo felt “too sorry” for Si-eun, or catering/fan service for audiences. But even if Suho had gone to heaven in the original, that would’ve been an acceptable ending too.
(Having said that, if it actually happened, my hand gripping the remote would’ve trembled violently)
A: I admit that would have been artistically beautiful, gutsy, realistic and coherent. I would have also watched it less (like maybe just 3.3 times, stopping after they play pool), because it would be too painful hahahaha
Si-eun and Women
J: You know that sequence where Si-eun’s tailed and chased by Gilsu’s gang? Afterwards, Si-eun calls Yeong-i to a cafe – wearing that black cap that fit like skin – to ask about Gilsu.
I saw bts footage. Probably a passerby.
Jihoon sitting cross-legged playing guitar in front of a cafe, Lee Yeon sitting beside him – very low quality photo – but Jihoon’s masculine figure really hit me. Of course, Lee Yeon being so small and slender made Jihoon’s build stand out more.
A: Lil’ baby works out quite a lot. Lee Min-jae says he’s surprisingly strong. It’s a common refrain amongst his WannaOne friends that he’s a lot stronger than he looksโhe had a silly thigh strength competition against the hulking Kang Daniel, and he won, my goodness.
Sorry, digressed and drooled a bit. I love me some primal masculinity.
J: If Beomseok hadn’t made that mess, while Suho was Sleeping Beauty, Yeong-i would’ve been great comfort beside Si-eun. Maybe they’d have naturally developed into lovers.
A: You know, I liked that ship very much. It was the one that I really wanted to see, sailing off into the sunset. I was disappointed for Si-eun that it didn’t happen.
J: The image of a petite woman beside Si-eun looks really good. In some corner of the deluluverse, during deployment, there could be something with another female military doctor. Like Pat, “If not for Suho, wouldn’t I have dated this womanโฆ?” Lost in thought in the dust-blown military camp.
Mapping
J: In our deluluverse, the underworld goes down three floors and ladders stack up to the moon, so effortlessly pasting Archie and Pat’s aspects onto Suho and Si-eun isn’t unreasonable at all ๐
Maybe believing makes it so, but considering Archie and Pat’s narrative has been reasonably “plagiarised” in countless works, our two deluluverse otters can freely plagiarise too.
A: The great tropes of love and friendship have been with the human race since before we could write. Archie and Pat are great friends and lovers. Delulu AhnYeon is also a couple of best friends who are lovers. That there should be overlaps is the most natural thing, I shamelessly decree it so hahahaha
Iraq
J: I read in a book that women don’t menstruate during war. When I asked my grandma and great-grandmother who survived Korea’s civil war, both said they could count on their fingers the days they menstruated across nearly three years.
A: Oh! Is it because of poor nutrition and incredible stress?
J: Remembering examples, Sandra Bullock’s “Bird Box” and Squid Game – though I don’t love the series – shows men and women relieving urges even in life-or-death situations. (*In Bird Box, two supporting charactersโฆ if you haven’t seen it and like this apocalypse genre, I recommend it – on Netflix!)
Come to think of it, if my stamina doesn’t dry up, someday I want to brick-stack Suho and Si-eun in zombie apocalypse-verse.
When Pat first entered battle, only by “afternoon” did he realise why he was still alive and why spears weren’t flying toward him – Archie had placed an invisible “barrier” around him.
A: This was strangely moving actually.
J: In apocalypse-verse too, when Si-eun’s about to be bitten by zombie hordes, Suho – licensed to carry guns in deluluverse – would plant bullets precisely in foreheads. Conversely, when Suho’s in danger, Si-eun, with his near-170 IQ, would lure zombie swarms to a cliff and eliminate them all at once… More ink wasted…๐
A: Awww so sweet. What a display of primal skill. Even in zombieverse, their actions say ‘I love you’ all the time.
Lord Chiron the Centaur
J: Lord Chiron probably watched those two testosterone-packed boys enjoying summer’s peak with inner satisfaction…
“I was like that once…”
J: reminiscing about his past ๐
A: When he was a young buck, this horse immortal probably released so much love it would have shocked Mr Ahn out of his mind. If Chiron had casually told this story around the campfire outside the cave, I believe Pat would have widened his eyes and gone bright red. Archie would have felt strangely competitive and started calculating how many romantic tumbles he and Pat would need in order to milk out a goblet as heavy as Chiron’s single session.
Dr Yeon would be unimpressed, and tell everybody around the fire that horses are known to produce about 50 times more than the average man.
“But only 10 times more than Dr Yeon Si-eun,”
Mr Ahn would say a little enviously to himself. But Archie and Pat overhear this and both start staring at Dr Yeon.
J: (Oh my god, what kind of cross-deluluverse fertilisation is this?)
Old classic films have those scenes, a woman returns to the castle with the white cloth draped around her, stained with raspberry juice on the back. Why?
This is my boyfriend
J: When Suho shows Si-eun’s photo to the girl from last night who’s desperately pursuing engagement, saying “This is my boyfriend”, he doesn’t use casual speech but polite formal,
“Je NamJaChinGu Ipnida” (my/boyfriend/is).
When the ending is “-da”, it’s extremely formal speech used for clients, elders, or bosses – Mr Ahn’s finishing move to send the hysterical woman 1,000 meters away in one blow ๐
A: This is like straight out of Dragon Ball hahaha
J: (In Weak Hero, Aide Park mixes formal and informal speech with Beomseok… He uses informal when Beomseok’s crying in the closet – remember how gorgeously you described that scene in your previous email?
Crying in that closet, thinking only of the one boy he loves and hates most, facing Aide Uncle with reddened eyes… Looking down at Beomseok, Aide Park says, “If you want him to even breathe, you’d better listen to the Congressman” with slightly contemptuous informal speech….)
A: It’s sad to see that even Aide Park clearly despises Beomseok.
Contract
J: Sorry to the lady who spent last night with Suho, but I imagined his profile as she comes to his office, clinging and crying while he pretends not to notice, meticulously reviewing contracts – Suho only reads print when scanning stock market news in the morning paper or reviewing contracts. Kind of sexy…
A: That’s his ahjussi side on display. I recall you said he reads the stock market news while waiting at the laundromat for his clothes to tumble dry.
Status
J: One directing choice I find very interesting and love in Weak Hero is the atmosphere where boys naturally form hierarchies in Byeoksan High’s classroom – practically a small army.
A: I really think it is an impulse that developed in our species’ evolutionary pasts, and it probably stays all the way till late adulthood. It looks more prominent in males; teen boys with newfound physical power can manage this impulse very badly. Adult men control this urge better to appear civilised and well put-together, but it manifests in other ways, such as work politics.
J: One director recalled his high school days as a “jungle kingdom”, reminiscing about invisible competition between boys, everyone prepared to overturn everything if a fight broke out. Of course, being an artist, he might remember that fishy-smelling all-boys high school era more uniquely, but I also know well that hierarchy culture and status-obsessed culture among men.
Even 80-year-old men who seem headed for the afterlife tomorrow still try to be leaders at senior centres.
In rural communities full of the elderly, they compete to be “village chief”
A: I’m well aware of this Neanderthalish phenomenon. Four years ago, there was a small community online meeting amongst senior citizens that went viral for how quickly it descended into power politics and chaos. It’s known as the ‘Handforth Parish Council Zoom Meeting’ and can be found on YouTube.
J: If I remember correctly, the Korean translator of Song of Achilles added information as an appendix at the end – Ajax later died screaming from rage when Agamemnon (that Neanderthal) chose Odysseus over Ajax (Not sure spelling is correct) as the war’s greatest contributor, giving him the honour.
As you said, look at Beomseok desperately wanting to be alpha.
Sensitive to status in the pack, the moment he misunderstands being pushed to a status lower than some street girl between Suho and Si-eun, he completely “darkens” into a demon lord. From this perspective… you’re absolutely right – Odysseus was brilliantly cunning.
I, too, thought if Pat and Archie participated in the Trojan War, it’d be because of that absurd oath – the blood oath Pat made at nine, dragged by his father to the agora under what was basically blackmail-coercion. But ultimately, Odysseus stokes Archie’s hunger for glory, reminds him of his lonely father-in-law – awaiting death, foreseeing his kingdom’s fall – touching Achilles’ insecurity.
That cunning strategist!
A: It’s really a Greek tragedy indeed.
If Thetis had told her son, that of all the precious things she had seen in her thousands of years of life, that the most precious thing of all was finding a friend who loved you enough to die for you, and whom you loved enough to die for as well, and if she had stressed this at every single meeting they had instead of telling him to seal his reputation, she would have at least given him a fighting chance against Odysseus’ temptation.
As it stands in the story, Thetis’ constant harping on the importance of building glorious reputation happens to give great force to Odysseus’ sly entreaties, and Achilles, the most gifted fighter but really just a child, is overwhelmed.
Boy oh boy did he make a wrong choice. He really should have stayed on Pelion making cheese and butter and milking goats with Pat, milking each other till twilight comes for them and they leave the earth in each others’ arms, and are buried by their teacher, to whom they will always be young, even at 100. Goddammit Achilles!!
Achilles learns the truth in the most bitter lesson: if godhood meant separation from Pat, then he didn’t want godhood anymore; that if Pat didn’t ascend to Olympus with him, then he didn’t want to go to Olympus himself either.
And so he basically ensures he turns mortal by insulting the gods to their face, starting with his mother. Then he hacked at a river god, and got rid of pious Hector, beloved by gods, and spurned Apollo by parading Hector’s body about for days.
And he died with a smile. He was so sad, death was all he wanted, because it gave him a chance to find Pat. (Miller yo,u broke my heart!!)
Odysseus
J: Naturally transitioning to Odysseus’ story, I think the epic’s original author over-gifted Odysseus with good settings. Mostly for the greater good, but Odysseus is a man who lies habitually.
Yet his stories about his wife Penelope and children were true – by making everything lies except the romance with his wife, the author created this rarity that made him a devoted husband.
A: Actually, I was initially more familiar with Odysseus’ story than Pat and Archie’s, having read about his clever exploits in many adapted children’s stories growing up (not the Percy Jackson series, though, I haven’t read them)
Odysseus is really so smart, so wily.
The Song of Achilles was only written in 2012, but I found it on the wrong shelf (of Buddhist history! Hahaha) completely by chance, I think around 2022. I think Miller has kind of ruined my impression of one of my childhood Greek heroes ๐โฆ
Luckily, Jason from ‘Jason and the Argonauts’ is still untainted. (His name is mentioned once in TSOA).
But yes, Odysseus is a compelling character. I hear Christopher Nolan will be directing a film based on his odyssey.
J: Actually, my good impression of Odysseus comes from this song (I’ll attach lyrics below) depicting his journey back to Ithaca after the war. Even without savouring lyrics, just the melody conveys that lyrical atmosphere of him returning home riding billowing waves, avoiding Siren temptations and nymph threats.
The problem is this bastard ๐ made naive Archie – who lives and dies by honour – walk into fate’s snare with his soulmate… Still, after Pat and Archie die, Odysseus advises Archie’s psychopathic son to show respect to Pat, so I can’t hate Odysseus.
(Truth is, I think I like his character)
A: Ah, yes, I rooted for Odysseus there. “Better redeem yourself with your best arguments,” I thought. I was also quite worried that the psychopath would try to kill him; luckily, that didn’t happen. And Pat knows he really tried and so forgave him (Pat’s the sweetest, really), so I grudgingly forgive him too hahahaha
He’s going to have a bumpy 10-year ride home anyway as part of his karma.
I really never ever expected a song in Korean about Odysseus and his odyssey. Thanks very much for this, really.
Kim Kwang Jin’s got a lyrical ear, and his ballads sound vastly different from the factory hits I hear these days, usually written in what I call the sutra chanting style, where they squeeze a ton of lyrics and syllables onto single notes supported by four chords. I see he also wrote Magic Castle, wow!
Hyunwook sings this (I’m sure that is his voice, undubbed) in Twinkling Watermelon in one of the warmest confessions I’ve seen in K Drama.
Achilles
J: There’s an opinion calling Achilles flat?
This lively boy falling for the cunning strategist uncle’s tricks, suffering under his control-freak mother’s control yet unable to disappoint her, making love with Pat while watching her reactions, treating Deidameia like stone, wanting to show off and boast about his dazzling battlefield performance to his boyfriend, asking him to go to war together – this boy is flat?
Maybe they’re confusing “flat” with “pure and straightforward”…
(Neanderthals who don’t know how sexy that pure straightforwardness is…)
A: If they can’t perceive all that charm, I think ‘flat’ is what their love lives must be like.
Pat’s Face
J: Probably I’ll touch fan art when I have time ๐ but in my imagination, Pat has darkish skin and lots of freckles on his face, especially his nose bridge… come to think of it, Dr Yeon too… (mapping activates again)
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