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* S{{he Also Did}}: Most of the animation of Personality Cores in the sequel was done by Karen Prell, AKA Red from ''FraggleRock''.

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* S{{he [[HeAlsoDid She Also Did}}: Did]]: Most of the animation of Personality Cores in the sequel was done by Karen Prell, AKA Red from ''FraggleRock''.
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** Originally Wheatley had a different voice actor. Though still British and with similar dialogue, Wheatley seems like a very different character from how he is in the final game. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWQasZbjy_I You can checkout the original Wheatley here.]]

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** Originally Wheatley had a different voice actor.actor (Valve animator Richard Lord). Though still British and with similar dialogue, Wheatley seems like a very different character from how he is in the final game. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWQasZbjy_I You can checkout the original Wheatley here.]]

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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the few games that cost $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.

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** The first instalment averted this, as it came free with the Orange Box and was later given away for free.
** The second, however, has this for the american market if
you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this series. It is one of the few games that cost $60 USD. Oh, and there's USD with some additional DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game.mode. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck. In continental Europe even more so, since it costs 50€ (72$) there. But this is the standart price for most high-profile games so nobody thinks this is out of the ordinary.
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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the few games that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.

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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the few games that costs cost $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.
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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.

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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.
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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the first few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.

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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the first few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.
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** Originally Wheatley had a different voice actor. Though still British and with similar dialogue, Wheatley seems like a very character from how he is in the final game. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWQasZbjy_I You can checkout the original Wheatley here.]]

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** Originally Wheatley had a different voice actor. Though still British and with similar dialogue, Wheatley seems like a very different character from how he is in the final game. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWQasZbjy_I You can checkout the original Wheatley here.]]

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** Originally there were meant to be more personality cores the player would interact with apart from Wheatley. The audio commetary explains they scrapped them because there were too many, and there wasn't enough time to give each one a decent ammount of characterisation. Some of the cores got recycled as [[spoiler: the cores you use to corrupt Wheatley during the final battle - notably, the Space Core, the Adventure Core, and the Fact Core.]]

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** Originally there were meant to be more personality cores the player would interact with apart from Wheatley. The audio commetary commentary explains they scrapped them because there were too many, and there wasn't enough time to give each one a decent ammount amount of characterisation.characterization. Some of the cores got recycled as [[spoiler: the cores you use to corrupt Wheatley during the final battle - notably, the Space Core, the Adventure Core, and the Fact Core.]]


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** Originally Wheatley had a different voice actor. Though still British and with similar dialogue, Wheatley seems like a very character from how he is in the final game. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWQasZbjy_I You can checkout the original Wheatley here.]]

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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the first few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.



* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the first few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.
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** Originally there was meant to be an additional audio recording in Portal 2 revealing that [[spoiler:Caroline strongly objected to the mind upload and struggled against it]], but they cut it out because Cave Johnson's voice actor felt that it sounded too much like [[spoiler:rape]].
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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the first few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.

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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the first few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.luck.
* S{{he Also Did}}: Most of the animation of Personality Cores in the sequel was done by Karen Prell, AKA Red from ''FraggleRock''.
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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the first few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game.

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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the first few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game. Pre-orders on Amazon.com lowered the price about five bucks, so if you missed out, tough luck.
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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the first few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD.

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* CrackIsCheaper: If you consider this a part of the Half-Life series, keep in mind that this is one of the first few games (like MarvelVsCapcom3) that costs $60 USD. Oh, and there's DownloadableContent coming for the co-op mode, but you'd hardly need that to enjoy the game.
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** "Portal Kombat": The release date of ''Portal 2'', simply for coinciding with that of ''MortalKombat9''[='=]s; the temptation to switch out the "M" in "Mortal" for a "P" proved to be too great.
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** Valve released short Aperture Science videos showcasing the various new gimmicks, including Aerial Faith Plates, the Gels, the Thermal Discouragement Beams, and the Pneumatic Diversity Vents. The latter is completely absent in the final game. Although the player does travel through vents at several points, they're cutscenes, not a gameplay element.
** Originally there were meant to be more personality cores the player would interact with apart from Wheatley. The audio commetary explains they scrapped them because there were too many, and there wasn't enough time to give each one a decent ammount of characterisation. Some of the cores got recycled as [[spoiler: the cores you use to corrupt Wheatley during the final battle - notably, the Space Core, the Adventure Core, and the Fact Core.]]
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A very early version of ''Portal 2'', based on an internal prototype called F-Stop, was supposed to be a full prequel to ''Portal'', taking place decades before the main game and focusing on Aperture's origins, with a brand-new game mechanic that Valve absolutely loved - and without a single ''portal'' in sight. Testers, on the other hand, [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks weren't so happy about the concept]], insisting on having Chell, [=GlaDOS=] and the Portal Gun in the sequel.
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* CreatorBacklash: ''Portal's'' writer, Erik Wolpaw, is sick of the non-stop cake jokes. In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101476-Portal-2-Writer-Enough-With-the-Cake-Jokes-Already this interview]], he claims there won't be any references to it in the sequel. However, with [[http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=UgLgm_TN1gE one of Doug Rattmann's drawings in the sequel depicting the cake (at 1:07 in the video)]], and the binary code in Part 1 of the comic translating to "the cake is a lie", Valve seems to have gone back on that. Wolpaw even said [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8359173/Portal-2-developer-interview-Chet-Falisek-and-Erik-Wolpaw.html they couldn't resist putting one joke]].

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* CreatorBacklash: ''Portal's'' writer, Erik Wolpaw, is sick of the non-stop cake jokes. In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101476-Portal-2-Writer-Enough-With-the-Cake-Jokes-Already this interview]], he claims there won't be any references to it in the sequel. However, with [[http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=UgLgm_TN1gE [[http://youtube.com/watch?v=UgLgm_TN1gE one of Doug Rattmann's drawings in the sequel depicting the cake (at 1:07 in the video)]], and the binary code in Part 1 of the comic translating to "the cake is a lie", Valve seems to have gone back on that. Wolpaw even said [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8359173/Portal-2-developer-interview-Chet-Falisek-and-Erik-Wolpaw.html they couldn't resist putting one joke]].
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** ''Portal 2'' will feature Stephen Merchant (writer of the original ''TheOffice'') as Wheatley, as well as J.K. Simmons ([[Film/{{Spiderman}} J Jonah Jameson]], [[GeneratorRex White Knight]], [[AvatarTheLegendOfKorra Tenzin]]) voicing a recording of Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson.

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** ''Portal 2'' will feature features Stephen Merchant (writer of the original ''TheOffice'') as Wheatley, as well as J.K. Simmons ([[Film/{{Spiderman}} J Jonah Jameson]], [[GeneratorRex White Knight]], [[AvatarTheLegendOfKorra Tenzin]]) voicing a recording of Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson. NolanNorth voices several defective personality cores and turrets, while DeeBradleyBaker voices the co-op bots.
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* CreatorBacklash: ''Portal's'' writer, Erik Wolpaw, is sick of the non-stop cake jokes. In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101476-Portal-2-Writer-Enough-With-the-Cake-Jokes-Already this interview]], he claims there won't be any references to it in the sequel. However, with [[http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=UgLgm_TN1gE one of Doug Rattmann's drawings in the sequel depicting the cake (at 1:07 in the video)]], and the binary code in Part 1 of the comic translating to "the cake is a lie", Valve seems to have gone back on that.

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* CreatorBacklash: ''Portal's'' writer, Erik Wolpaw, is sick of the non-stop cake jokes. In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101476-Portal-2-Writer-Enough-With-the-Cake-Jokes-Already this interview]], he claims there won't be any references to it in the sequel. However, with [[http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=UgLgm_TN1gE one of Doug Rattmann's drawings in the sequel depicting the cake (at 1:07 in the video)]], and the binary code in Part 1 of the comic translating to "the cake is a lie", Valve seems to have gone back on that. Wolpaw even said [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/8359173/Portal-2-developer-interview-Chet-Falisek-and-Erik-Wolpaw.html they couldn't resist putting one joke]].
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* CreatorBacklash: ''Portal's'' writer, Erik Wolpaw, is sick of the non-stop cake jokes. In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101476-Portal-2-Writer-Enough-With-the-Cake-Jokes-Already this interview]], he claims there won't be any references to it in the sequel.

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* CreatorBacklash: ''Portal's'' writer, Erik Wolpaw, is sick of the non-stop cake jokes. In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101476-Portal-2-Writer-Enough-With-the-Cake-Jokes-Already this interview]], he claims there won't be any references to it in the sequel. However, with [[http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?xl=xl_blazer&v=UgLgm_TN1gE one of Doug Rattmann's drawings in the sequel depicting the cake (at 1:07 in the video)]], and the binary code in Part 1 of the comic translating to "the cake is a lie", Valve seems to have gone back on that.

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* CreatorBacklash: ''Portal's'' writer, Erik Wolpaw, is sick of the non-stop cake jokes. [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101476-Portal-2-Writer-Enough-With-the-Cake-Jokes-Already He won't be making any references to it in the sequel]].
** Though now that seems to have been changed, as there is a picture of the cake that Doug Rattmann drew in the Portal 2 previews, and a ad from Valve had the oh-so-familiar meme, and the fact that a "bridge the gap" comic coming out [[http://comics.ign.com/articles/116/1160119p1.html apparently mentions the cake.]]

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* CreatorBacklash: ''Portal's'' writer, Erik Wolpaw, is sick of the non-stop cake jokes. In [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101476-Portal-2-Writer-Enough-With-the-Cake-Jokes-Already He this interview]], he claims there won't be making any references to it in the sequel]].
** Though now that seems to have been changed, as there is a picture of the cake that Doug Rattmann drew in the Portal 2 previews, and a ad from Valve had the oh-so-familiar meme, and the fact that a "bridge the gap" comic coming out [[http://comics.ign.com/articles/116/1160119p1.html apparently mentions the cake.]]
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** Though now that seems to have been changed, as there is a picture of the cake that Doug Rattmann drew in the Portal 2 previews, and a ad from Valve had the oh-so-familiar meme, and the fact that a "bridge the gap" comic coming out [[URL=http://comics.ign.com/articles/116/1160119p1.html apparently mentions the cake.]]

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** Though now that seems to have been changed, as there is a picture of the cake that Doug Rattmann drew in the Portal 2 previews, and a ad from Valve had the oh-so-familiar meme, and the fact that a "bridge the gap" comic coming out [[URL=http://comics.[[http://comics.ign.com/articles/116/1160119p1.html apparently mentions the cake.]]
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** Though now that seems to have been changed, as there is a picture of the cake that Doug Rattmann drew in the Portal 2 previews, and a ad from Valve had the oh-so-familiar meme, and the fact that a "bridge the gap" comic coming out [[URL=http://comics.ign.com/articles/116/1160119p1.html]] apparently mentions the cake.[/URL]

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** Though now that seems to have been changed, as there is a picture of the cake that Doug Rattmann drew in the Portal 2 previews, and a ad from Valve had the oh-so-familiar meme, and the fact that a "bridge the gap" comic coming out [[URL=http://comics.ign.com/articles/116/1160119p1.html]] html apparently mentions the cake.[/URL]]]
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** Though now that seems to have been changed, as there is a picture of the cake that Doug Rattmann drew in the Portal 2 previews, and a ad from Valve had the oh-so-familiar meme, and the fact that a "bridge the gap" comic coming out [[URL=http://comics.ign.com/articles/116/1160119p1.html]] apparently mentions the cake.[/URL]
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** ''Portal 2'' will feature Stephen Merchant (writer of the original ''TheOffice'') as Wheatley, as well as J.K. Simmons ([[Film/{{Spiderman}} J Jonah Jameson]], [[GeneratorRex White Knight]], [[AvatarTheLegendOfKorra Tenzin]]) voicing a recording of Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson.

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** ''Portal 2'' will feature Stephen Merchant (writer of the original ''TheOffice'') as Wheatley, as well as J.K. Simmons ([[Film/{{Spiderman}} J Jonah Jameson]], [[GeneratorRex White Knight]], [[AvatarTheLegendOfKorra Tenzin]]) voicing a recording of Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson.Johnson.
* ThrowItIn: [[http://www.gamingangels.com/2011/03/pax-east-2011-portal-2-solo-and-an-interview-with-erik-wolpaw/ In this interview]], WordOfGod reveals that the blood splatters weren't meant to be in the game at all, but due to engine settings, they weren't even noticed until too late in development. By that point, they decided it was better to leave it in the game anyway.
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** ''Portal 2'' will feature Stephen Merchant (writer of the original ''TheOffice'') as Wheatley, as well as J.K. Simmons ([[Film/{{Spiderman}} J Jonah Jameson]], [[GeneratorRex White Knight]], [[AvatarTheLegendOfKorra Tenzin]]) voicing [[spoiler: a recording of Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson.]]

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** ''Portal 2'' will feature Stephen Merchant (writer of the original ''TheOffice'') as Wheatley, as well as J.K. Simmons ([[Film/{{Spiderman}} J Jonah Jameson]], [[GeneratorRex White Knight]], [[AvatarTheLegendOfKorra Tenzin]]) voicing [[spoiler: a recording of Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson.]]
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** ''Portal 2'' will feature Stephen Merchant (writer of the original ''TheOffice'') as Wheatley, as well as J.K. Simmons ([[Film/{{Spiderman}} J Jonah Jameson]], [[GeneratorRex White Knight]]) voicing [[spoiler: a recording of Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson.]]

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** ''Portal 2'' will feature Stephen Merchant (writer of the original ''TheOffice'') as Wheatley, as well as J.K. Simmons ([[Film/{{Spiderman}} J Jonah Jameson]], [[GeneratorRex White Knight]]) Knight]], [[AvatarTheLegendOfKorra Tenzin]]) voicing [[spoiler: a recording of Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson.]]
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** Also, her Anger Core is literally TheDarkness. That explains a lot.

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** Also, her Anger Core is literally TheDarkness. That explains a lot.lot.
** ''Portal 2'' will feature Stephen Merchant (writer of the original ''TheOffice'') as Wheatley, as well as J.K. Simmons ([[Film/{{Spiderman}} J Jonah Jameson]], [[GeneratorRex White Knight]]) voicing [[spoiler: a recording of Aperture Science founder Cave Johnson.]]
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* CreatorBacklash: ''Portal's'' writer, Erik Wolpaw, is sick of the non-stop cake jokes. [[http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/101476-Portal-2-Writer-Enough-With-the-Cake-Jokes-Already He won't be making any references to it in the sequel]].

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