Chapter 17 (edited 04/17/19)
The next morning in Canterlot, King Jewelius had amassed a huge crowd in front of the castle doors to give them another one of his deceiving speeches.
“My good ponies of Canterlot,” he addressed the crowd. “I have gathered you all here today to make a rather distressing announcement.” His voice was full of false despair. “Last night, our beloved hero, Twilight Sparkle, had turned her back on Equestria and left to join the rebellious exiles.” The entire crowd gasped in shock and started nervously chatting amongst themselves. “These words are like heavy stones in my heart, but they’re all true. While it pains me to do it, for the peace and security of Equestria, I hereby declare Twilight Sparkle an outcast just like those who allowed the changeling invasion to happen. And I will see to it that she and the other exiles are all captured and brought to justice.”
“No!” yelled a concerned Minuette. “That has to be a mistake.”
“What?!” Jewelius exclaimed completely surprised by this protest.
“Twilight is a dear friend of ours,” Lemon Hearts said.
“She’s always been good and loyal to all the ponies of Equestria,” Twinkleshine added.
“Excuse me?!” Jewelius said, he was beginning to get irritated.
“She may do some questionable things now and then,” said Lyra Heartstrings remembering the incident when all of Ponyville fought over a stuffed doll. “But she always has a good reason for doing so. She’s always there for ponies when they need her.”
“Well, I say we give Twilight Sparkle and the others a pardon and let them back into Equestria,” Fancy Pants suggested. “Perhaps they can help protect us from any changelings that try to invade again.”
The entire crowd started cheering and chanting in agreement. They had learned to forgive Twilight’s loved ones for their mistakes and now wanted to give them a second chance. As they all chanted for the pardon of the exiles, Jewelius’s rage boiled deep down inside and began to reach new heights. The sounds of everypony wanting to love and praise his most hated rivals was more than he could bear.
“SILENCE!!!” Jewelius furiously shouted at the top of his lungs. The entire crowd stopped making noise and stared in shock at the king’s sudden outburst. “How dare you defy your king! ME! I AM HOLY KING OF ALL EQUESTRIA!” Jewelius angrily threatened the crowd. “You will all obey and worship me. I make all the laws, and whatever I say goes. I hereby decree that anypony who sympathizes with the enemies of Equestria will be accused of treason and severly punished!” With that, Jewelius angrily turned and stormed through the castle doors slamming them behind him and leaving the crowd to think about what he just said.
The entire crowd was stunned by the king’s threat. Celestia had never once in the history of her rule made any serious threats to her subjects. At that moment, they were beginning to think that they had supported the wrong side in this whole crisis. That under Jewelius’s rule, Equestria had now become the very evil that the Elements of Harmony were meant to protect it from. They were beginning to wish that Celestia was back in power.
In the throne room, Jewelius sat on the royal throne stewing in his anger and frustration with his assistant, Vivian, standing by his side and his other two loyal conspirators, Commander Hildread and Lieutenant Shackle, stood before him waiting for any orders. He had worked so hard to make his rivals public enemies #1 and make everypony praise him, but now everything was falling apart. Vivian, Hildread, and Shackle was growing concerned with their master’s emotional and mental state.
“Sire,” Shackle nervously addressed her lord. “If I may vent my opinion, things are probably not as bad as they seem.”
“Not as bad as they seem?!” Jewelius repeated angrily. “I’ve worked hard to drive the princesses’ reputations into the ground and establish myself as the greatest pony in all Equestria, but they still adore them! If I knew where they all were hiding, I’d take immediate action and finish what I started. Worst of all, my most valuable pawn has now turned against me. Those pathetic ponies of Ponyville have poisoned her mind to the point of-” But then the angry usurper stopped ranting for a moment as he thought about his words. Then the most malicious grin slowly formed on his face as he came up with a plan. “Ponyville, that’s it! There’s only one place in all Equestria where they could possibly hide from me. Well I’m more clever than they realize, that miserable little town is where it all started and that’s where it will finally all end.”
“What do you mean, Sire?” Shackle asked.
“You naïve little fool, I am going to make Ponyville the ultimate example to all of Equestria. I’m pretty sure those elusive exiles are hiding out somewhere in that tiny town. Where else could they go? By the end of this day, Ponyville will no longer have a place on the map of Equestria. If I can’t control this nation through propoganda, then I’ll just have to control it through fear.”
Shackle’s jaw dropped and her eyes widened with horror. The stallion she had come to pledge her loyalty to was talking about committing mass murder of an entire town just to get rid of one small group of ponies. Even her superior officer, the usually cruel Hildread, looked uneasy and disturbed with this plan. She was willing to abuse her power for very petty reasons but she never thought she would be asked to do something like this. The two guards who were positioned on both sides of the throne room door looked appalled by their new ruler's horrible plan. Even Vivian was giving her master uneasy looks.
“Sire, you’re talking about destroying Ponyville and all the ponies that live there!” Shackle said nervously.
“Yes, my reluctant underling,” Jewelius replied remorselessly. “And when we flush out those insufferable traitors, my soldiers will be ready.”
Shackle couldn’t help but shake with fear at the king’s wicked plan.
"Sire?" one of the two guards spoke up.
"What is it?" Jewelius asked turning to the guard. He had an expression that looked disturbingly irritated.
"Well Sire..." the guard nervously continued. "Killing a whole town of innocent ponies for a small group of rebels. Isn't that a little extreme?"
Jewelius's left eye began to violently twitch in annoyance at the reluctant guard's question. Suddenly without warning, the unicorn king lifted the poor guard off his hooves with his magic and chucked him through one of the throne room windows. The glass shattered into pieces as the unfortunate guard was hurled through it.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!" the guard screamed as he plummeted down from the castle tower to the ground below.
“No, it's A LOT extreme!" the furious usurper said as he turned his attention to them with rage and bloodlust in his eyes. Everyone else in the room stood where they were in absolute fear. "Anypony else have any complaints?!" he asked the rest of his cohorts. Everypony stayed silent this time, lest they too incur his terrible wrath. "Good! Commander Hildread,” the tyrant addressed his subordinate. “Ready the army of Canterlot!”
“Yes, right away Your Majesty,” Hildread nervously complied. At this point, she dared not to get on his bad side.
“Soon all will know who is the true power in this world,” Jewelius ended his sentence with a small and sinister chuckle as he thought about what he was about to do next.
Meanwhile, back in Ponyville, The ten exiles had settled down in the oppressed town. But they were all trying their best to think of a way to put an end to Jewelius’s reign. The five friends and Spike all sat in the town hall amongst other officials of Ponyville trying to come up with a plan.
“Anypony have any ideas yet?” Rainbow Dash asked her friends.
“Nope,” Applejack replied.
“Unfortunately no,” Rarity also replied.
“Sorry, no,” Fluttershy said.
“Nothin’ in my noggin,” Pinkie Pie also said.
“Usually Twilight’s the one who comes up with the plans,” Spike sadly remarked.
Rainbow groaned in annoyance. “Jewelius was right, without Twilight we’re nothing.”
“What were we thinkin’?!” AJ said.
“We never should’ve turned our backs on her,” Rarity sadly added.
“What kind of friends are we?!” Fluttershy tearfully said.
“I’d give anything to have her back,” Pinkie glumly said.
Suddenly, a knocking came from the door of the hall. Mayor Mare approached the door cautiously.
“Who’s there?” she asked.
“Madam Mayor, we have another group of ponies on the run from the authorities,” said a male voice on the other side of the door.
“Are you sure they can be trusted?” the mayor asked suspiciously.
“I’m pretty sure,” the voice replied. “I think these are some ponies the other five might want to see.”
“Very well, show them in.”
Then the door opened to reveal a stallion member of the town’s militia standing with a group of three very familiar-looking unicorns. One was a stallion and the other two were mares. The stallion had a gray azure coat and a dark blue mane and tail, one of the mares had a light gray coat and a purple and light gray mane and tail, and the other mare had a light gray mulberry coat, a sapphire blue mane and tail with streaks of violet and brilliant rose, and carried a pair of saddlebags. The five’s and Spike’s facial expressions turned to ones of shock and surprise as they instantly recognized the young mulberry colored mare as their dear friend, Twilight Sparkle.
“TWILIGHT?!” they all exclaimed in surprise when they saw her.
“Hi girls,” Twilight replied nervously. She was a little uneasy about meeting them again, especially after she sided with Jewelius against them.
They all stared silently at each other for a moment, then the five friends and little dragon suddenly embraced Twilight in a big warm group hug, much to her surprise.
“Oh Twilight, we missed you so much!” Pinkie happily and tearfully said.
“But how?” Twilight asked confused. “I thought you’d all be furious with me after I betrayed you all for Jewelius.”
“All this time, we thought you turning your back on us was our own fault,” Applejack told her.
“We should’ve listened to you about your suspicions about that thing that claimed to be Princess Cadance,” Rarity remorsefully stated.
“We learned a lesson similar to this not too long ago,” Fluttershy tearfully said remembering the Smarty Pants incident of Lesson Zero. “We should’ve known better.”
“True friends are supposed to have each other’s backs no matter what,” Rainbow sadly added.
“Some number one assistant I am,” Spike tearfully said with a hint of self-loathing in his voice.
“Spike, you’re the best number one assistant I’ve ever had,” Twilight said trying to comfort the young dragon and her friends. “You all are the best friends I’ve ever had.”
“But we hurt you, and everypony, just for a chance to participate in a wedding,” Fluttershy said.
“You were all just trying to make it the best wedding ever,” Twilight replied in a comforting tone. “The way I acted, anypony would think I was trying to mess everything up.”
“But ironically, everything you did you did for your brother and us,” AJ said. “Everything we did we did for ourselves because we got so caught up in the wedding planning.”
“We’re the ones that should’ve gotten kicked out of the wedding not you,” Pinkie sadly added.
“But…” Twilight was now on the brink of tears. She was still trying to convince them that she was the one at fault. “But I let Jewelius poison me against all of you. I was so hurt when you all abandoned me at the wedding rehearsal and he took advantage of that. I should’ve listened to you when you tried to warn me about him. I’m so sorry for turning my back on all of you.”
“It wasn’t your fault, sugarcube,” AJ said in a forgiving tone while putting a comforting hoof on her shoulder. “He fooled everypony.”
“In the end, nopony was really what they appeared to be,” Rarity joined in the comfort.
“By the way, what brings you and your parents here?” a curious Rainbow Dash asked.
“Well, I finally saw Jewelius for what he really is and I realized I was now in the exact same position you were all in and you were all in mine,” Twilight remorsefully explained. “It felt like a repeat of the wedding except our roles were switched. I couldn’t bare it, I had to do the right thing.”
“So you found out where you parents were being held, broke them out, ran away from Canterlot, came here to Ponyville so you could find and reconcile with us, and we’d all team up to once again take the bad guy down and save Equestria,” Pinkie guessed in a fast talking tone.
“That is if you’re all willing to give me another chance to be your friend again,” Twilight said with apologetic eyes.
After hearing this, warm and happy smiles began to slowly form on the faces of the five friends. Pinkie’s droopy mane returned to its normal poofy state indicating her renewed happiness. They all embraced Twilight in one big group hug.
“Oh course we will, darling,” Rarity assured her.
“We’ve waited for this day!” Pinkie said with tears of joy.
“And we’re so sorry for turnin' our backs on you,” Applejack apologized.
“I also want to apologize for my foolish behavior,” Rarity said.
“Sorry for being such an uncaring and disloyal friend, Twi,” Rainbow apologized.
“We’re so super sorry, Twilight,” Pinkie jumped on the apology wagon.
“Sorry,” Fluttershy said timidly and remorsefully.
“I’m sorry Twilight, I promise I’ll be a better number one assistant than I ever was,” Spike heartfully promised.
“I’m sorry too,” Twilight replied to all their apologies. “I love all of you so much and never want to be separated from any of you ever again.”
Night Light and Twilight Velvet watched their daughter reconcile with her friends and they couldn’t help but smile and shred tears of pride.
“By the way, where are the princesses and my brother?” Twilight asked breaking out of the hug.
“I believe I can help with that,” Luna said suddenly appearing behind Twilight almost frightening the young unicorn.
“Princess Luna,” Twilight addressed her and bowed respectfully. “I… I-”
“It’s alright, Twilight,” Luna interrupted Twilight’s apology. “I don’t blame you for everything that has happened. I believe you and my sister must speak with each other. I will take you to her.”
“Thank you, Princess,” Twilight expressed her gratitude and followed the night princess out of the town hall.
Luna led Twilight to the Golden Oak Library.
“She’s right inside,” Luna told her. Then she noticed Twilight was looking very anxious. “Never worry, I’m positive my sister will be overjoyed to see you again,” she reassured her. “But I’ll be right out here incase you need me.”
“Thank you, Princess,” Twilight thanked her. Then she took a deep breath and went through the door of the library. Inside she found her mentor sitting at a coffee table drinking a cup of tea. At first it didn’t look like Celestia had acknowledged Twilight’s presence, but the unicorn prodigy knew the alicorn knew she was here. “Princess Celestia,” she nervously spoke. “I know you probably have some mixed feelings about seeing me, but there’s something I need to tell you.” Then tears started developing in Twilight’s eyes. “I’m so sorry… I’m so very sorry for all the terrible things I let happen to you and everypony else. I have no excuses, I just-” But before she could finish her tearful apology, her mentor suddenly pulled into a warm hug. “Princess?”
“My faithful student,” Celestia spoke in an apologetic and motherly tone. “You’ve been through so much, and I was one of the ones responsible for your troubles. I’ve made too many mistakes in such a short amount of time. Can you ever forgive me?”
Twilight tightly embraced her beloved mentor as tears ran down her cheeks. “Oh Celestia, I’ve missed you so much.”
“I’m so happy to see that you haven’t strayed from your true path.”
“For awhile, I think I did.”
“But now you’ve found it and I’ve never been more proud of you than I am now.” Both mares exchanged affectionate and proud looks while staring into each other’s eyes. “By the way, I believe your brother will want to speak with you next.”
“Yeah, I must speak with him,” Twilight said. “Thank you for giving me another chance, Princess.”
“No, thank you for giving me another chance, Twilight.”
Celestia watched with a warm and proud smile as Twilight headed to the door to leave the library and seek out her beloved older brother. When she stepped out the door, she was met with a surprising sight. Cadance and Shining Armor were already waiting outside with Luna, her parents, and the rest of her friends. Cadance looked so happy to see her old foalsittee again, Shining looked like he had a mix of happiness and sadness.
“Cadance!” Twilight exclaimed happily.
“Twilight!” Cadance exclaimed just as happy.
Then they both started performing their little chant song and dance.
“Sunshine, sunshine, ladybugs awake! Clap your hooves and do a little shake!”
“I’m so glad you’re okay,” Twilight said.
“I’m so glad you’re okay,” Cadance replied.
But then Twilight’s happy expression faded away and turned to one of concern as she changed her attention to her unhappy-looking brother.
“Shining,” she spoke to her elder sibling in a soft apologetic tone. “I know I haven’t been in my right mind the past few days. Terrible things have happened, some of them I’ve played a part in. But I’m here to tell you that… that…” She felt her voice breaking as she struggled to hold back some tears. “That I’m very sorry for the part I played in making everything go wrong. I was only trying to make sure you and Cadance had the best wedding ever. I can never forgive myself for letting all of this happen. I swear to you, I’ll do everything within my power to make things right. I just hope you can one day find it in your heart to forgive me, BBBFF.”
There was a moment of silence, aside from some Twilight’s remorseful sobbing. Then Shining bowed his head and stared at the ground. He couldn’t bare to look at his sister in this state any longer.
“How can you say all that?” he asked her.
“BBBFF?” Twilight asked confused and concerned.
“How can you put all this blame on yourself when most of it wasn’t entirely your fault?” Rivers of tears bigger than Twilight’s started flowing from the older stallion’s eyes. “How can you still call me that? How can you still love me after what I did?”
“You’re my brother, I will always love you no matter what,” Twilight said trying to comfort him.
“But you were right,” he tearfully argued. “You saw the signs, you tried to warn everypony, we didn’t listen, but you were right. I made you look like such a horrible person in front of everypony. I kicked you out of the wedding that you set into motion a long time ago. I should’ve followed my instincts like you did. I should’ve known something was wrong with the bride. I should’ve listened to you and I’m sorry. I am so sorry.”
“Please, no more,” Twilight begged her big brother to stop talking bad about himself and gave him a big, warm, and loving hug which he returned. Cadance also joined in the embrace.
Night Light, Twilight Velvet, Spike, the Mane Five, Luna, and Celestia (who had appeared in the library’s doorway) all watched this touching scene of reconciliation, comfort, and forgiveness.
“I’m sorry, Cadance,” Shining said to his beloved. “I just wish I could’ve been the stallion you deserve.”
“You’re more that stallion than you ever were,” Cadance assured him gently putting a hoof on his cheek and staring affectionately into his eyes. He finally smiled at this loving gesture.
“Yeah, you two are absolutely made for each other,” Twilight joined in. “The comparative graph charts I made of you two don’t lie.”
Both Shining and Cadance chuckled at the adorableness of Twilight’s words.
“By the way, how are things back in Canterlot?” Cadance asked Twilight.
“I’m afraid they’re not good,” Twilight said sadly. “Jewelius is insane. I tried to reason with him, but he has nothing but bitter hatred for all of you. Especially you, Cadance. I’m sorry.”
Cadance hung her head in sadness. Out of all her cousins, she considered Jewelius to be her favorite. She loved him like a little brother. But now his true colors were shown. Out of all the victims of the Canterlot Wedding, this betrayal was hurting Cadance the most.
“I guess both Shining and I have made some errors in judgement when it comes to our young family members,” Cadance sadly remarked. Shining put his arm around her in an attempt to comfort her.
“What do we do, sister?” Luna asked her elder sister. “I don’t think there’s anything that will make Jewelius turn from this dark path. Not even the Magic of Friendship.”
“Then he is just another mistake I have to correct,” Celestia painfully admitted.
Everyone gasped at what Celestia just said.
“Princess, are you sure you can do this?” Twilight asked her mentor. “He is your nephew.”
“It’ll be just like Nightmare Moon but worse,” Celestia said sadly. “But Jewelius has to be stopped.”
“Maybe you don’t have to burden yourself with this task,” Twilight suggested. Then she used her magic and took out the chest she got from the Element chamber. Everyone’s jaws dropped in surprise.
“Are those the Elements of Harmony?” Rarity asked.
“Yes,” Twilight confirmed. “I got these out along with Mom and Dad. I figured we might need them to help fix all this. My hope was that we’d all reconcile with each other and then with our friendship renewed, we’d be able to use the Elements. I figured the best way to make everything right would be to remind everypony of the true power of Friendship. Especially Jewelius.” The last part she said with bitter determination.
“You’re a genius, Twilight,” AJ proudly commented.
“Alright, time to get some payback,” Rainbow said excitedly.
“There are no other options, I say we give it a try,” Celestia agreed. Then everyone started cheering in agreement and excitement. Finally, there was a light at the end of the dark tunnel.
“THE ARMY IS COMING! THE ARMY IS COMING!” a pegasus named Derpy Muffins cried as she flew through the town. Instantly, everypony in the streets started running around in panic and hiding in their homes. With their celebration cut short, the heroes realized that their enemy had come to them much quicker than they expected. They felt completely unprepared.
In a field and on a hill looking over the town, the Royal Army of Canterlot had arrived. There were armored soldiers, catapults, and a golden war chariot with the king himself. Jewelius was dressed in golden royal battle armor with his helmet placed by his right side. Vivian was dressed in silver battle armor. Commander Hildread was dressed in black battle armor while Lieutenant Shackle wore her usual officer attire. She clearly didn’t look happy about was going to happen.
“It’s time for one final family reunion, Cadance,” Jewelius said with great sinister excitement. This was it, the day he would finally wipe out all who stood in his way.
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Somepony's in for a major shock shortly, methinks.
One Orbital Rainbow Friendship Nuke, courtesy of the reunited Elements of Harmony, headed your way, Jewely, boy.
Prepare to get stoned!
Permanently!
The end there made me think of the story of Exodus were the pharaoh set out to attack the children of Isreal.
Jewelius is gonna get killed and I'm gonna enjoy it he gonna everything bite him in the flank.
The final battle is coming
I wonder if the Changeling are going to defend Ponyvillie.
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I don't know
Rest now my friend you earned it
I think jewelius is gonna die correct
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I don't think I can answer that without giving too much away.
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Ok how was that rest
I found 8 ways to gain Brain power, also If someone gonna die could you make their last words be "this was supposed my big moment not yours"
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I don't see what that first thing has to do with anything else
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He used a lot of Brain power on the chapter hello
Oh man I'm so excited that the story almost done
I can't wait I'm so excited
I have a feeling he is gonna refuse forgiveness if he lose.
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I wonder what punishment he'll get
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A. Go to jail the someway Applejack and Pinkie Pie were
B. Battle Dragons like Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy
C. Work in the Diamond Dog Caves like Rarity and Shining Armor.
Your choice.
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How about......
d. Death sentence in other word Public Execution
I mean come one let's face it, Thousand year without getting her hands dirty i call it bullshit. Celestia sooner or later gonna have to grow some pair.
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Good point. Fuck him
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yep that's what i though
I mean come on he try to wipeout ponyville of the map that's count as genocide or ethic slaughter
not to mention any officer and soldier that serve under him will get Dishonorably Discarge plus A Life Time Prison
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That I like to see
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This makes me think of Maleficent
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He needs to be shown no mercy
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I'll let you know when I think I'm about halfway.
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Can you all imagine how hard and hurtful this is for Celestia, Luna, and Cadance? This is a member of their own family that has committed all these crimes.
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True but does he have remorse?
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Sadly, no. Nothing but pure hatred.
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How will the mane six win this war?
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Through teamwork and friendship
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Somebody play a Dragonforce song
8291076 what for
Are you sure jewelius will get what he deserves
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Because it will make a great battle song for them. Do you know "Heroes of Our Time?"
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No
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Patience young one. He is not done yet
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I'm just so excited that final battle Is almost here
I hope jewelius gets karMA big time make the death bloody
What edits did you make to chapter 5 I'm just curious where are you
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I added a few extra lines. I'm also struggling to think up what to write next.
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Writer block again
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You could say that. But I'm working through it.
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Ok keep using those methods