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* BoyfriendBlockingDad: Dim Dark is a powerful Vizard and does not approve of Nuance courting his daughter, and has no problem leveraging his (justified) reputation to intimidate Nuance. He's not as bad as he could be though, as evidenced by the fact that Nuance is left (physically) unharmed. [[spoiler:He's playing it up as part of a Plan to redeem Nuance]].* CallBack:
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* ControlFreak: [[spoiler:Part of Luna and Dim's plan is addressing this trait of Nuance. By giving Nuance a threat he can overcome[[note]]Dim Dark the OverprotectiveDad[[/note]], but only and completely through his own actions, it gives him the control he needs to let him let the things he can't control go. It was Twilight and Cadance's idea, though both are unsure]].
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* ControlFreak: [[spoiler:Part of Luna and Dim's plan is addressing this trait of Nuance. By giving Nuance a threat he can overcome[[note]]Dim Dark the OverprotectiveDad[[/note]], Dark[[/note]], but only and completely through his own actions, it gives him the control he needs to let him let the things he can't control go. It was Twilight and Cadance's idea, though both are unsure]].
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* SternTeacher: Dim is always this, but when he discovers that Flurry and Sklya have decided to aid Nuance, he threatens to take it UpToEleven and bury them in schoolwork.
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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: [[spoiler:Sinister Dark]] says that Nuance and Dim are far too much alike, but uses it to teach Nuance how he might appease the dread Vizard. The concept is initially perplexing to Nuance, but he later [[ExploitedTrope Exploits]] it, comparing his relationship with Quiet to Dim's [[LoveRedeems relationship]] with Blackbird, and mentioning that he's trying to be a knight, inspired by the same books as Dim[[note]]Exactly the same, assuming that Luna was telling the truth about retrieving them from the rubble of the Dark Tower[[/note]]. [[spoiler:It runs much deeper than it initially appears. Dim has become invested in helping Nuance because he's been there, although his and Luna's Plan to save him relies on Nuance not realise that Dim actually does care about him]].
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A story in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic 'verse ''FanFic/TheWeedverse'' by Kudzuhaiku, it can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/395259/a-knight-to-remember here]].
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A story in the ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' fanfic 'verse ''FanFic/TheWeedverse'' ''Fanfic/TheWeedverse'' by Kudzuhaiku, it can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/395259/a-knight-to-remember here]].
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Sinister Dark]] says that Nuance and Dim are far too much alike, but uses it to teach Nuance how he might appease the dread Vizard. The concept is intially perplexing to Nuance, but he later [[ExploitedTrope Exploits]] it, comparing his relationship with Quiet to Dim's [[LoveRedeems relationship]] with Blackbird, and mentioning that he's trying to be a knight, inspired by the same books as Dim[[note]]Exactly the same, assuming that Luna was telling the truth about retrieving them from the rubble of the Dark Tower[[/note]]. [[spoiler:It runs much deeper than it initially appears. Dim has become invested in helping Nuance because he's been there, although his and Luna's Plan to save him relies on Nuance not realise that Dim actually does care about him]].
* OhCrap: Sklya and Flurry's response to Dim Dark's fury.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: {{Discussed}}, as [[spoiler:Sinister]] explains that Nuance will have to work to improve himself and atone for past misdeeds if he wishes to court Quiet Dark. This is hardly a surprise, it's a core theme of TheWeedverse.
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A story in the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfic 'verse FanFic/TheWeedverse by Kudzuhaiku, it can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/395259/a-knight-to-remember here]].
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The "brave knight" Nuance has set his sights on the lovely Quiet Dark, and intends to court her, and therefore besieges the dark tower in which she is imprisoned. Or to put it another way, Equestria's Prat Prince has decided to court the only daughter of it's most unpleasantly lethal wizard, despite said '''''V'''''izard's[[note]]Sorry Dim[[/note]] objections, and after getting the door slammed in his face, decides to camp out in the garden until Dim Dark relents.
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The "brave knight" Nuance has set his sights on the lovely Quiet Dark, and intends to court her, and therefore besieges the dark tower in which she is imprisoned. Or to put it another way, Equestria's Prat Prince has decided to court the only daughter of it's its most unpleasantly lethal wizard, despite said '''''V'''''izard's[[note]]Sorry Dim[[/note]] objections, and after getting the door slammed in his face, decides to camp out in the garden until Dim Dark relents.
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The "brave knight" Nuance has set his sights on the lovely Quiet Dark, and intends to court her, and therefore besieges the dark tower in which she is imprisoned. Or to put it another way, Equestria's Prat Prince has decided to court the only daughter of it's most unpleasantly lethal wizard, despite said '''''V'''''izard's[[note]]Sorry Dim[[/note]] objections, and after getting the door slammed in his face, decides to camp out in the garden until Dim Dark relents.
Despite Blackbird's attempts to dissuade him from further provoking her husband's fury, Nuance persists, with the sisters Skyla and Flurry Heart showing up to aid him, despite their misgivings (and endless arguments), in Skyla's case, to make Quiet happy, and in Flurry's because Skyla convinces her to. As the siege progresses, advice comes from many sources to help Nuance and Quiet [[EarnYourHappyEnding Earn Their Happy Ending]].
A story in the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfic 'verse FanFic/TheWeedverse by Kudzuhaiku, it can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/395259/a-knight-to-remember here]].
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!!The tropes in this story are:
* AesopAmnesia: [[UnreliableNarrator Possibly]]. Nuance reckons that Radiance has slipped back into old habits after FanFic/FoalsittingFollies, but as Radiance does not appear, we don't know if this is true.
* AffectionateNickname: Quiet calls Nuance "Nooncy".
* AnIcePerson: Flurry uses her powers to try and make Dim's firey avatars leave them alone.
* TheApprentice: Nuance is the apprentice of Prince Blueblood, though thus far the lessons have been social, rather than magical.
* CallBack:
** The encounter with the [[ExpositionBeam Perspective Shift Stick]] are mentioned, including the lessons learned. Nuance is convinced that Radiance has slipped back into old ways, although even he must admit he's not as bad.
** Nuance is confused by Blueblood and Raven's BrainsAndBondage relationship, which is why he's yet to ask for relationship advice.
** The events of FanFic/CrystalCotillion are mentioned as having ongoing consequences for Skyla.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: {{Discussed}}. Part of Dim's dislike of Nuance is believing him too weak for the duties of his station.
* ControlFreak: [[spoiler:Part of Luna and Dim's plan is addressing this trait of Nuance. By giving Nuance a threat he can overcome[[note]]Dim Dark the OverprotectiveDad[[/note]], but only and completely through his own actions, it gives him the control he needs to let him let the things he can't control go. It was Twilight and Cadance's idea, though both are unsure]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: {{Discussed}}, Nuance asks if Dim Dark, who's darkness is more than his name, is evil, at which point he gets berated by both Skyla and Flurry who point out that Dim would not be the CourtMage of the Crystal Empire if he was evil.
* DealWithTheDevil: Dim offers to release the potential of Nuance in exchange for Nuance leaving Quiet alone. Blackbird banishes his avatar before Nuance can respond.
* DeathGlare: Dim wields his against Nuance.
* TheDitherer: Nuance is generally quite relieved when other people make decisions for him.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: {{Discussed}}, as [[spoiler:Sinister]] explains that Nuance will have to work to improve himself and atone for past misdeeds if he wishes to court Quiet Dark. This is hardly a surprise, it's a core theme of TheWeedverse.
* EmbarrassingDampSheets: Nuance is a bedwetter, and both Flurry and Skyla make cracks at him for it.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: ZigZagged. Dim has forbidden Quiet from seeing Nuance, to her distress, but for good reason, but when [[spoiler:Nuance says he's been inspired to daydream by tales of chivalry, Dim insists he not stop daydreaming, despite his weakness, even interceding with Nuance's own parents on the matter]].
* FantasticRacism: Nuance's misdeeds include this kind of attitude, including a rant about half-breeds. Given that Quiet is [[UnevenHybrid hardly "pure-blooded"]], this was what caused Dim to draw the line and forbid further contact.
* GardenOfEvil: The garden around Dim's tower. Because it's Dim's tower, of course the Vizard has a lethal garden, complicating Nuance's "siege".
* GirlInTheTower: The trope is evoked (and {{Invoked}} by the Nuance-centric narration), but there isn't actually an example, as the reason she's there is because she's still living with her parents, including Dim Dark, and so lives in his MageTower.
* TheGlomp: Nuance is not impressed with Quiet's sudden ambush, though its [[CoveredInKisses outcome]] is not one he complains about.
* GratuitousGerman: As is standard for Dim stories. Nuance, who does not speak the language, is lost.
* TheGrovel: Step 1 of ThePlan, apologise to Dim. With a brief aside to apologise to Quiet for [[InsultFriendlyFire going on a tear about half-breeds]].
* HateSink: Blueblood's role as this InUniverse is {{Discussed}}, as Nuance's previous misdeeds derive from taking his unpleasant act, assuming it was real and considering it as the ideal of unicornhood, and trying to emulate it.
* IHaveManyNames: Nuance spends some time considering Dim's many terrifying titles, more than earned.
* InelegantBlubbering: {{Implied}} by Blackbird's dramatic exit after Quiet does something very, very noble.
-->'''Blackbird: '''I’m gonna go bawl my eyes out now!
* KnightInShiningArmour: Nuance thinks of himself as this in the narration. He is a little lacking.
* MageTower: Dim, Blackbird and Quiet's home in the Crystal Empire is the main setting of the story. Despite looking like an EvilTowerOfOminousness, it isn't.
* MisaimedFandom: InUniverse, Nuance was a victim of this, trying to emulate Blueblood's HateSink persona as the ideal of what a unicorn should be, with unpleasant results.
* NightmareFetishist: Quiet likes all sorts of icky things. This may or may not link to her liking of Nuance. Luna's own tendencies in this direction are also noted.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Sinister Dark]] says that Nuance and Dim are far too much alike, but uses it to teach Nuance how he might appease the dread Vizard. The concept is intially perplexing to Nuance, but he later [[ExploitedTrope Exploits]] it, comparing his relationship with Quiet to Dim's [[LoveRedeems relationship]] with Blackbird, and mentioning that he's trying to be a knight, inspired by the same books as Dim[[note]]Exactly the same, assuming that Luna was telling the truth about retrieving them from the rubble of the Dark Tower[[/note]]. [[spoiler:It runs much deeper than it initially appears. Dim has become invested in helping Nuance because he's been there, although his and Luna's Plan to save him relies on Nuance not realise that Dim actually does care about him]].
* OhCrap: Sklya and Flurry's response to Dim Dark's fury.
* OverprotectiveDad: Dim Dark is a powerful Vizard and does not approve of Nuance courting his daughter, and has no problem leveraging his (justified) reputation to intimidate Nuance. He's not as bad as he could be though, as evidenced by the fact that Nuance is left (physically) unharmed. [[spoiler:He's playing it up as part of a Plan to redeem Nuance]].
* ThePlan: Quiet and Blackbird (mostly Quiet) have one to help Nuance appease Dim (him, Flurry and Skyla were getting there, but much slower). The particulars are relayed by Blackbird to the besiegers. [[spoiler:Dim and Luna were also running one for Nuance's redemption, apparently very close to the one that Quiet ultimately enacts]].
* PlayingWithFire: Dim, as always, has a facility for fire magic. In this case, he uses it to ignite a bird bath and form an avatar with which to intimidate his besiegers. After it's revealed he can scry through flames, Nuance becomes very paranoid. [[spoiler:It's heavily implied in the main story, and stated in the Optional Epilogue, that this is far more than normal unicorn pyromancy. He's become one with the flame, and doesn't even need his body anymore]].
* {{Pride}}: The core sin of both Dim and Nuance, and overcoming it is the core of [[spoiler:Sinister's]] self-improvement speech to Nuance.
* ReformedButRejected: Nuance has not always been the best behaved of ponies (as seen in FanFic/FoalsittingFollies), but is trying to improve. Despite this, many other ponies (including Dim) are unwilling to give another chance, at least, [[UnreliableNarrator according to him]]. Flurry is having similar (though toned-down) problems atoning for her actions during the FanFic/CrystalCotillion.
* ShipperOnDeck: Skyla supports Nuance/Quiet. Not because she thinks it's a good idea, but because Quiet is her best friend and she can't bear to see her sad. That and if she can't somehow work with Nuance, Equestria is doomed.
* StealthHiBye: [[spoiler:Sinister Dark]] uses both ends of this trope, showing up unexpectedly, dispensing much needed (but unpleasant) advice, and disappearing with similar aplomb. Later, Blackbird gets a three-part harmony of screams by dropping in on the trio of besiegers.
* SternTeacher: Dim is always this, but when he discovers that Flurry and Sklya have decided to aid Nuance, he threatens to take it UpToEleven and bury them in schoolwork.
* SingleTear: The last thing in the story is a [[TearsOfJoy Tear Of Joy]] from [[spoiler:Luna, due the success of her and Dim's plan to help Nuance]].
* UnreliableNarrator: Narrated from Nuance's perspective, making it more than a little biased. {{Lampshaded}} in TheRant of the first chapter.
* VolleyingInsults: Sklya and Flurry Heart, with somewhat alarming regularity.
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: Nuance spends a couple of paragraphs griping that Luna didn't commend him for listening when she told him to fix his own problems rather than doing it herself.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Skyla despises Nuance, and has several rounds of VolleyingInsults with her sister, but they work together to help Nuance with Dim.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Many ponies cannot understand why Quiet could possibly like Nuance, including Skyla.
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Despite Blackbird's attempts to dissuade him from further provoking her husband's fury, Nuance persists, with the sisters Skyla and Flurry Heart showing up to aid him, despite their misgivings (and endless arguments), in Skyla's case, to make Quiet happy, and in Flurry's because Skyla convinces her to. As the siege progresses, advice comes from many sources to help Nuance and Quiet [[EarnYourHappyEnding Earn Their Happy Ending]].
A story in the WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic fanfic 'verse FanFic/TheWeedverse by Kudzuhaiku, it can be read [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/395259/a-knight-to-remember here]].
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!!The tropes in this story are:
* AesopAmnesia: [[UnreliableNarrator Possibly]]. Nuance reckons that Radiance has slipped back into old habits after FanFic/FoalsittingFollies, but as Radiance does not appear, we don't know if this is true.
* AffectionateNickname: Quiet calls Nuance "Nooncy".
* AnIcePerson: Flurry uses her powers to try and make Dim's firey avatars leave them alone.
* TheApprentice: Nuance is the apprentice of Prince Blueblood, though thus far the lessons have been social, rather than magical.
* CallBack:
** The encounter with the [[ExpositionBeam Perspective Shift Stick]] are mentioned, including the lessons learned. Nuance is convinced that Radiance has slipped back into old ways, although even he must admit he's not as bad.
** Nuance is confused by Blueblood and Raven's BrainsAndBondage relationship, which is why he's yet to ask for relationship advice.
** The events of FanFic/CrystalCotillion are mentioned as having ongoing consequences for Skyla.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: {{Discussed}}. Part of Dim's dislike of Nuance is believing him too weak for the duties of his station.
* ControlFreak: [[spoiler:Part of Luna and Dim's plan is addressing this trait of Nuance. By giving Nuance a threat he can overcome[[note]]Dim Dark the OverprotectiveDad[[/note]], but only and completely through his own actions, it gives him the control he needs to let him let the things he can't control go. It was Twilight and Cadance's idea, though both are unsure]].
* DarkIsNotEvil: {{Discussed}}, Nuance asks if Dim Dark, who's darkness is more than his name, is evil, at which point he gets berated by both Skyla and Flurry who point out that Dim would not be the CourtMage of the Crystal Empire if he was evil.
* DealWithTheDevil: Dim offers to release the potential of Nuance in exchange for Nuance leaving Quiet alone. Blackbird banishes his avatar before Nuance can respond.
* DeathGlare: Dim wields his against Nuance.
* TheDitherer: Nuance is generally quite relieved when other people make decisions for him.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: {{Discussed}}, as [[spoiler:Sinister]] explains that Nuance will have to work to improve himself and atone for past misdeeds if he wishes to court Quiet Dark. This is hardly a surprise, it's a core theme of TheWeedverse.
* EmbarrassingDampSheets: Nuance is a bedwetter, and both Flurry and Skyla make cracks at him for it.
* FantasyForbiddingFather: ZigZagged. Dim has forbidden Quiet from seeing Nuance, to her distress, but for good reason, but when [[spoiler:Nuance says he's been inspired to daydream by tales of chivalry, Dim insists he not stop daydreaming, despite his weakness, even interceding with Nuance's own parents on the matter]].
* FantasticRacism: Nuance's misdeeds include this kind of attitude, including a rant about half-breeds. Given that Quiet is [[UnevenHybrid hardly "pure-blooded"]], this was what caused Dim to draw the line and forbid further contact.
* GardenOfEvil: The garden around Dim's tower. Because it's Dim's tower, of course the Vizard has a lethal garden, complicating Nuance's "siege".
* GirlInTheTower: The trope is evoked (and {{Invoked}} by the Nuance-centric narration), but there isn't actually an example, as the reason she's there is because she's still living with her parents, including Dim Dark, and so lives in his MageTower.
* TheGlomp: Nuance is not impressed with Quiet's sudden ambush, though its [[CoveredInKisses outcome]] is not one he complains about.
* GratuitousGerman: As is standard for Dim stories. Nuance, who does not speak the language, is lost.
* TheGrovel: Step 1 of ThePlan, apologise to Dim. With a brief aside to apologise to Quiet for [[InsultFriendlyFire going on a tear about half-breeds]].
* HateSink: Blueblood's role as this InUniverse is {{Discussed}}, as Nuance's previous misdeeds derive from taking his unpleasant act, assuming it was real and considering it as the ideal of unicornhood, and trying to emulate it.
* IHaveManyNames: Nuance spends some time considering Dim's many terrifying titles, more than earned.
* InelegantBlubbering: {{Implied}} by Blackbird's dramatic exit after Quiet does something very, very noble.
-->'''Blackbird: '''I’m gonna go bawl my eyes out now!
* KnightInShiningArmour: Nuance thinks of himself as this in the narration. He is a little lacking.
* MageTower: Dim, Blackbird and Quiet's home in the Crystal Empire is the main setting of the story. Despite looking like an EvilTowerOfOminousness, it isn't.
* MisaimedFandom: InUniverse, Nuance was a victim of this, trying to emulate Blueblood's HateSink persona as the ideal of what a unicorn should be, with unpleasant results.
* NightmareFetishist: Quiet likes all sorts of icky things. This may or may not link to her liking of Nuance. Luna's own tendencies in this direction are also noted.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Sinister Dark]] says that Nuance and Dim are far too much alike, but uses it to teach Nuance how he might appease the dread Vizard. The concept is intially perplexing to Nuance, but he later [[ExploitedTrope Exploits]] it, comparing his relationship with Quiet to Dim's [[LoveRedeems relationship]] with Blackbird, and mentioning that he's trying to be a knight, inspired by the same books as Dim[[note]]Exactly the same, assuming that Luna was telling the truth about retrieving them from the rubble of the Dark Tower[[/note]]. [[spoiler:It runs much deeper than it initially appears. Dim has become invested in helping Nuance because he's been there, although his and Luna's Plan to save him relies on Nuance not realise that Dim actually does care about him]].
* OhCrap: Sklya and Flurry's response to Dim Dark's fury.
* OverprotectiveDad: Dim Dark is a powerful Vizard and does not approve of Nuance courting his daughter, and has no problem leveraging his (justified) reputation to intimidate Nuance. He's not as bad as he could be though, as evidenced by the fact that Nuance is left (physically) unharmed. [[spoiler:He's playing it up as part of a Plan to redeem Nuance]].
* ThePlan: Quiet and Blackbird (mostly Quiet) have one to help Nuance appease Dim (him, Flurry and Skyla were getting there, but much slower). The particulars are relayed by Blackbird to the besiegers. [[spoiler:Dim and Luna were also running one for Nuance's redemption, apparently very close to the one that Quiet ultimately enacts]].
* PlayingWithFire: Dim, as always, has a facility for fire magic. In this case, he uses it to ignite a bird bath and form an avatar with which to intimidate his besiegers. After it's revealed he can scry through flames, Nuance becomes very paranoid. [[spoiler:It's heavily implied in the main story, and stated in the Optional Epilogue, that this is far more than normal unicorn pyromancy. He's become one with the flame, and doesn't even need his body anymore]].
* {{Pride}}: The core sin of both Dim and Nuance, and overcoming it is the core of [[spoiler:Sinister's]] self-improvement speech to Nuance.
* ReformedButRejected: Nuance has not always been the best behaved of ponies (as seen in FanFic/FoalsittingFollies), but is trying to improve. Despite this, many other ponies (including Dim) are unwilling to give another chance, at least, [[UnreliableNarrator according to him]]. Flurry is having similar (though toned-down) problems atoning for her actions during the FanFic/CrystalCotillion.
* ShipperOnDeck: Skyla supports Nuance/Quiet. Not because she thinks it's a good idea, but because Quiet is her best friend and she can't bear to see her sad. That and if she can't somehow work with Nuance, Equestria is doomed.
* StealthHiBye: [[spoiler:Sinister Dark]] uses both ends of this trope, showing up unexpectedly, dispensing much needed (but unpleasant) advice, and disappearing with similar aplomb. Later, Blackbird gets a three-part harmony of screams by dropping in on the trio of besiegers.
* SternTeacher: Dim is always this, but when he discovers that Flurry and Sklya have decided to aid Nuance, he threatens to take it UpToEleven and bury them in schoolwork.
* SingleTear: The last thing in the story is a [[TearsOfJoy Tear Of Joy]] from [[spoiler:Luna, due the success of her and Dim's plan to help Nuance]].
* UnreliableNarrator: Narrated from Nuance's perspective, making it more than a little biased. {{Lampshaded}} in TheRant of the first chapter.
* VolleyingInsults: Sklya and Flurry Heart, with somewhat alarming regularity.
* WantsAPrizeForBasicDecency: Nuance spends a couple of paragraphs griping that Luna didn't commend him for listening when she told him to fix his own problems rather than doing it herself.
* WeAreStrugglingTogether: Skyla despises Nuance, and has several rounds of VolleyingInsults with her sister, but they work together to help Nuance with Dim.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Many ponies cannot understand why Quiet could possibly like Nuance, including Skyla.
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