So this was supposed to be out last month...sorry about that, was really starved for inspiration

Please read the Author's Note at the bottom

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Chapter 19: The End? Or a new beginning?

"My name is Barry Allen and I am the fastest man alive. To the outside world, I'm your normal eccentric billionaire, but I have a secret..."

"...I am a God, but I am not indestructible, I am not invulnerable and I'm certainly not immortal...not yet"

A vision of Barry getting beaten by Godspeed over and over, nearly killed by Eobard Thawne, getting shot by Eddie in the new timeline and shot to death by Iris in the old one

More visions show, of him being defeated and thrown into the future by Reverse Flash, Godspeed, and The Rival. Another shows his girls being kidnapped on more than one occasion

"So I will grow, I will force myself to improve..."

Barrys holds a vibrating arm over a downed and beaten Zoom, a smirk on his face as he thrusts it down, killing the speed demon only for him to fade into blue particles

At the Deo, Barry spars with Kara, the two throwing fast and hard punches at the other. His fists were coated in lightning, while Kara's were coating in flames

Barry uses his speed to dodge spears of ice from Killer Frost, before throwing a bolt of golden lightning

"...And I'll never stop...Not until I can keep them safe from everything that could kill us..."

Barry stands in a field, Cait on one arm, Kara on the other, as they both smile at him, the three looking off into the distance while August and Nora run to them

"I am Savitar, The God of Speed...and now...The God of Magic"

Lightning strikes Barry, his metallic silver and blue armor forming. He speeds off, golden lightning trailing behind his form

Kara and Cait change to their own Godly states and take off after him

"A few days goes by really slowly when you have nothing to do" Nora says, streching her arms above her head "We did 'ave something...you two just didn't feel like agreeing" August says, crossing her arms in a huff "Not happening August"
"I'll wear you down one day Savi, shouldn't be hard to get Nora to agree to join in either"

Nora blushed scarlet, and if Barry knew it wouldn't ruin the plan, he would have sped away

"Can we just get on with the plan already. You know your part August?"
"Sure do...you certainly spent alot of time drillin it into my head"
"Great, then once you drag past me back Nora and I will join you. We have the Godspeed Costume as well as the note you wrote. Nora will drop that off while I stay near you to make sure nothing goes wrong"

Watching the one you loved in pain was one thing, it was another to know you were actively aware of the plan and watched it occur. Everytime August struck Kara, he felt the urge to rush over, hold her and tell her it would be okay. On the flip side, he felt like killing August a bit more every time she harmed Kara

"Hurry this up August, not sure if I can hold out much longer" He mutters, his body vibrating as he fought his instinctual reaction

Once the torturous event was finally over they saw her grab Past Barry and open a portal. Knowing it was his and Nora's que, they started running, entering the portal a split second after August

Once back on Pre-Merge Earth 1, Nora shot off to drop off her package while Barry took up a position on the outskirts of town, high enough to see everything and to where he could not be seen

"Lets hope this doesn't take much longer"

The pillar of darkness shooting into the sky told him this wouldn't take much longer. He did feel a bit bad about lying to August, be he healed fast enough that she could take out her frustrations on him later

"I changed into black armor and then both of them ended up...here"

The two had arrived in the outskirts of the city, staring each other down as he listened in

"Don't worry Savitar, you'll see me soon, but right now I have a date, that I very much don't want to miss"

She punched a hole in the air, forming a breach. Just like he remembered, she flinched back and ran, twin bolts of lightning emerging from it and chasing after her. It was one thing to know he was partly responsible for her creation, it was another to actively have the knowledge and watch it happen firsthand

"I...How...I did that? But...I didn't..."

She shook her head and ran into the portal. A burst of wind told him Nora was behind him. He opened a portal and the two started running, catching up to her a moment later

"You...You knew!"
"I did, but this had to happen, look at the changes"

Entity Outside the Domain:
[Barry Allen]
[Kara Zor-El]
[Caitlin Snow/Killer Frost]
[Nora Snow-Allen]
[August Heart]

"I don't care about the bloody changes, you knew an' didn't tell me you arse"

She grabbed onto him and the two started rolling through the portal instead of running. Nora tried to break them up, only to get caught in the middle. The ball of speedster started deviating from its course, shooting through a portal to the side of them instead of the one ahead of them

"Damnit August...Are you good now?"
"Ugh...yeah, I'm bloody fantastic, thanks for askin"
"Nora?"
"I'm alright Dad...I also don't think we're in kansas anymore"

He twists his head, gaze going towards Iron Heights Prison

"Someone's reversing time"
"My skill?"
"Lets go, August, Nora, costume, not suit. Me, well"

A burst of white lightning later, and Savitar once more wore the suit representing his divinity

"...I was always better this way"

The three sped towards the prison, feeling the time reversal cease right as they entered the metahuman wing and as they were nearing the source, they heard voices and decided to listen

"Just in...Well, well, it appears as if someone's figured out how to reverse time...Clever girl" A verison of Eobard Thawne says
"We figured out everything" Alternate Nora says
"Oh? And what have you figured out?"
"We figured out why you sent Nora back, why you had her punch Devoe's sattelite...to create a Cicada we could stop, right? A dagger, we could destroy. Its the dagger that was keeping you in prison all along wasn't it" Original Barry Allen says
"That's right...15 years...A second time, I've been stuck somewhere against my will for 15 years...Boring, Except for your visits of course. But your leaving out the most delightful part...How you both helped me escape"
"We helped you?"
"That's right. When you traveled to the time vault, remember that? 'Oh we need help figuring out how to drain dark energy from the one that got away' Remember that? When you blurted that out in the middle of the time vault so that years later when I ended up with Cicada's dagger strapped to my chest...I knew what I had to do, get Nora Allen to trust me...easy, just as I got you to trust me...and then everything starts falling into place. Why? Because I am the only Speedster who knows how to manipulate the timeline to...Get!...What!...I!...Want! Orchestrate the changes that I need...some of which...are happening right now...to ensure one thing...that I...go...free"
"We don't need a dagger to stop you"
"Well then...let's just see how much your father taught you"

His felt a brief headache as he remembered this timeline, and for once, felt the need to help, just a bit. He gestures to the girls and then nod in understanding. They speed into the room, suprising all three present

"How about let's not and say we did?"
"Savitar...Godspeed...Nora?"

The Flash turns to his XS before looking back at Savitar's. They were clearly getting ready to attack, before August interjected

"Don't attack! We're from Earth 1-38"

The fact her words stumped everyone, including her companions, seemed to be the main factor in why no one had tried to run yet

"Earth...1-38?" Savitar asks
"We have to call our world something" Godspeed mutters
"Ignoring that...we're from a parallel Earth, kinda stumbled in here by mistake. Godspeed, its been about ten seconds, go nuts" He says, having absorbed a good portion of speed from Eobard
"You, Eobard Thawne, are going to help me work off some frustration"

Her eyes glowed a blood red color and Thawne actually looked fearful. Savitar couldn't resist joining in on the taunting

"Run...Thawne...Run!"

The Reverse Flash and Godspeed took off, and he had to stop The Flash and Earth 1 XS from following after

"Don't worry much about it, my Godspeed is much faster than you, not even counting her dirty tricks"

A bolt of lightning had him in civilian attire as he sat on the ground, his XS sitting down next to him

"So, I know you've got a load of questions...Lemme start with this, its nice to see you again, Barry"

His eyes briefly widened before he started running towards him. With all the speed Savitar had accumulated, Barry truly did seem to be moving in slow motion, especially since he had [My Will is my Speed] active

"Ah, ah, can't have that"

He snapped his fingers and Barry was on the ground beneath him, not harmed, but without his speed. He had spent a few days figuring out his Godly powers, and had discovered he could manipulate his domain through a snap of his fingers if he felt the desire

"Stay calm, and talk"

Flash sat across from him, while his Nora faced her duplicate

"Your...this world's Savitar right? The one Iris killed?"
"Used to be yeah, though once that bitch did me in...I woke up back in Star Labs, apparently after our coma. There's a whole world over there who think's I'm a hero"
"Are you?"
"...Relatively speaking, yes...I actually became a God though, so that was certainly something"
"Don't start that crap again"

He held up a hand, his [Divine Lightning] appearing briefly before dissapearing

"I know you could feel the power that had...anyway, what else?"
"What's it like over there? With a merged earth..."
"Hectic, villans joining together, organizations melding into something more...But its my life"
"Did you marry your Iris?"
"No fucking way...split with the Wests the moment I woke up."
"Then...how?"

He gestures to the white and black costumed XS and he knew what Flash was really asking, 'Who's her mother?'

"We can talk about that later, August should be back right about...Now"

A burst of wind alerted them that she returned, with a bound Reverse Flash

"Savi, you should help her soon"
"What do you mean" Flash asks

Their question was answered when Nora gasped, her hand cracking with blue veins

"What he meant...was that she's going to dissapear...a new timeline's setting in. A timeline where you destroyed the dagger! If I can't escape, I can at least watch you in pain as she dissapears forever"

Savitar walks towards Nora, only to be stopped by a Flash blocking his way

"Flash...Barry...this is one thing even I regret not being able to stop"

Flash looked into Savitar's eyes, moving away a moment later. Savitar placed a hand on Nora's shoulder

"Now, I've never tried this before, so...happy thoughts? Domain Command: Stabilize Existence"

Domain Command Accepted: Granting title [Entity Outside the Domain] to [Nora West-Allen]

The blue veins dissapeared and he breathed a sigh of relief. At least one version of him would never lose Nora. Flash embraced his Nora and turned to him, nodding his head before resuming his suffocating hugging of his daughter. Admist the tight hugging, a small device fell from Flash's suit, blinking with a blue light

"Shit, we need to move before they get here"

He picked up Nora and sped away. Savitar nodded to XS and Godspeed as white lightning put him back in his suit. They sped off, taking Eobard Thawne with them

They caught up to Flash, sitting down as a breach appeared, revealing the spherical time ship he remembered well. Soon enough all of Team Flash stood before them, shocked at numerous things, Eobard Thawne beaten, Savitar, and a new XS and Godspeed

"Right, this oughta be good"

He stands up, looking them over as he smirks, enjoying this part

"Team Flash, all together again. With a new guy, Ralph Dibney...welcome, you should be dead"
"I'm told you should be the same"
"Yes...The speedforce has a habit of interferring with that...Iris, I think one bullet was enough, don't you?"

She raised the blaster in her hand. He swiped his arm, her blaster rocketing into the distance

"Cisco, always a pleasure...did you see when your alternate gained his powers?"
"I did, told him you were pure evil"
"Took me forever to convince him I wasn't...So thank you for that" He says sarcastically

His eyes came to rest on Frost, looking at him with nothing but contempt

"Your not my Frost, but it does hurt a bit to see that expression on your face"
"Good"

"Ouch...Honestly, I was a bit uncertain on whether to accept my new life when it happened, not that I'm complaining now..."

The lightning struck him and revealed the face of Barry Allen, unblemished and smiling

"...Got my own parallel earth out of the deal, and my own Nora"

Nora sped into her civilian attire and stood next to him. He wrapped an arm around her as August did the same to her a moment later, wearing a dress instead of any suit

"My name is Barry Allen, and I'm Savitar, hero of a merged Earth 1 and Earth 38"

He looked to Barry, and a smirk crossed his features as he nudged Nora

"...Dad?...oh, my name is Nora Snow-Allen, daughter of Barry Allen and Caitlin Snow" She says, a bolt of lightning in one hand and ice emanating from the other

While they were shocked at that revelation, August walked forward, to the confusion of everyone

"Ello loves, name's August Heart, and my alias is Godspeed. My girlfriend is Nora Snow-Allen and I run a bar and grill"

She looked back to Savitar, and smiled with an emotion he couldn't quite decipher

"And if my talk with Kara is to be believed, then Savi here is about to have a bouncing bundle of Kryptonian Speedster joy"

He looked at her, searching for any sign of deceit. Once he had decided she wasn't lying, he smiled a million watt smile before shouting and joyously 'woohooing' to the sky

"Does that mean your Barry cheated on your Caitlin?" Frost asks
"Nah, 'im and Kara share Savi, its a long story but they're both marrying him"
"And what a life it is, much better than I ever would have had with Iris" Savitar says, trying to help his parallel self

The Earth 1-38 travelers suited up again and released Eobard Thawne

"Enjoy the crisis Thawne" He said, watching the yellow clad speedster quickly run off

He looked back to the Earth 1 residents, who had a myriad of emotions on their faces

"Now then, Barry, take these, you'll want them"

He tossed Barry several books on Speedster skills, specifically [Speedforce Fission], [Speedforce Siphon], and a few others that would be useful to him

"Give Cait a shot if you and the bitch don't work out...Oh, try Kara first though, if the timing's right...she...should be single right now? Dunno, parallel timelines are confusing"

He turns, snapping his fingers as a breach appears

"Come on girls, I need to get you home...Then me, Cait and Kara need to have a chat. Good meeting all of you, have a good future, and give polygamy a try, its awesome"

The three run through the portal, leaving a parallel Team Flash to many new thoughts and ideas

"That was different" Barry says
"It was wierd, like looking in a mirror of sorts" Nora says
"I wouldn' worry much bout it, just another parallel we wandered into" August says

Their feet land on the ground and they instinctually know they returned to their own earth

"Alright Nora, August, see you later"

He hugged both of them briefly before speeding off, trailing golden light behind him

"Were you serious love? Because if I don't have a sister on the way, I'm reasonably certain Dad will kill you"
"I would never lie about something that important. Now then, I believe we have a nice dinner to get back to...whole day kinda got away from us there"

Nora takes August's arm and the two Female Speedsters walked off at a human pace, enjoying the presence of their loved one

"Cait! Kara! I'm home"

He heard someone hit the ground and rushed to the bedroom

"J-just a minute Barry"
"Why? Its nothing I haven't..."

He had phased through the door, and saw Cait and Kara in a particularly intimate position, trying to grab some clothes

"Please, don't stop on my behalf" He says, grinning like a madman

The two sat on the bed, blushing like schoolgirls beneath his gaze

"When did this happen?"
"A little before you left"
"You know...it would have been far more interesting had you told me sooner"

They looked into his eyes, which were filled with love and lust both, and any conversation they were going to have took a back seat as the pair of godly beings welcomed back their Fiancee

The three lied in bed, Cait snuggling him while Kara had her head on his chest

"So Kara, I heard something interesting from August"
"Hmm?"
"Are you pregnant?"
"...Thanks for being discreet August. Yeah, I was planning on telling you when you got back"
"That's wonderful, absolutely wonderful"

He ran his fingers through her hair as she sighed contently

"Barry?"
"Yeah Cait?"
"Your a God of Magic now right?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you...make Frost her own body? I enjoy having her in my head, I do. But...she is her own person, she shouldn't have to share a body with me when she has her own life"
"Sure, wouldn't be hard...I think"

Timeskip

Cait laid on one side of the bed while Barry stood before her

"Now then, I hope this will be simple, no promises though"

He reaches out his hand, placing it on Cait and focusing his [Reality Manipulation] to create a clone of Cait. A moment later, his thoughts became reality as a twin appeared on the other side of the bed, with closed eyes and, if what he was feeling was right, no soul. It was a body waiting to be inhabited

"Now then, just one more thing"

He put his hand on Cait's head and when he pulled it back, a pure white ball of energy came with it. He moved over to the new body and placed it inside. The hair of the new body turned white and the skin paled considerably, while the original body regained color and her hair was the dark brown he knew Cait's way

"Wake up Cait. Wake up Frost, come and see the new reality we've made possible"

They opened their eyes, one set of chocolate brown, and another of neon blue. Their gazes came to rest on each other, reaching out and touching, making sure both were real

"You did it Caity"
"Welcome to the world Frost. Hope we can be together like this for a long time...I believe this is yours"

Cait slipped off her addional engagement ring and handed it to Frost, who admired it happily before slipping it on her own finger. She stood up, streching her limbs, letting the idea that she had a body, and it was wholly hers finally settling in

"Savi...Barry...Thank you...thank you so much"

She embraced him, frozen tears falling from her eyes. He leaned down and whispered into her ear

"Look at this, Snowflake...it took us a while, but we finally have our happily ever after"

Final Stats

Name: Barry Allen/Savitar
Level: 100 Exp: 0%
Title: [The God of Speed] [The God of Magic] [Entity Outside the Domain]
Race: [Divinity]
Class: [Divine Speedster]
Sub-Class:
Hp: 309,500/309,500 Hp Regen: 3095 per minute (+30,950 per minute)
Se: 40,026/40,026 Se Regen: 400.26 per minute
Mp: 54,575/54,575 Mp Regen: 2155 per minute
Str: 1730
Vit: 6190
Mag: 2183
Spd: 13823
Wis: 2155
Def: 3130
Res: 2455
Status Points: 410
Perk Points: 0

Perks:
[Divine Speedforce]
- You are a [Speedster] that has achieved Godhood, becoming stronger than any before you
- As a [Divine Speedster], you use both aspects of the [Speedforce] and [Negative Speedforce]
+ 75 Spd per level
+ 40 Vit per level
- Gain an additional 1000% Hp Regen
- Current Speed: 20,734.5 Miles per hour

[Divine Core]
- You possess a Divine Core, a generator of Godly Magic -With this Core you can use Godly Magic and become closer to true Divinity
+ 50 Mag per level
+ 50 Wis per level
+ 50 Res per level

[Divinity]
- You have achieved Godhood. Grow stronger and tower above all others
+ 100 to all stats per level

[Reactive Evolution]
- The ability to adapt to anything and quickly evolve
- Users can quickly adapt to any situation, automatically gaining the necessary attributes to face them
- In a fight, they may adapt themselves to resist abilities, replicate and enhance them, or spontaneously develop specific countermeasures

[Eldritch Hunter]
- One who has uniquely adapted to take on the creatures outside of reality
- All skills and spells deal 50% more damage against [Eldritch] Beings

[Engine of The Speedforce]
- As the creator of the Speedforce, you generate it with every step you take and can use it however you desire
- Time Wraiths and the [Black Flash] will no longer hunt you if you missue the Speedforce's power

Skills:
[My Will is my Speed] - Active - 1/100 - 100% of Se
- To go faster you only need to want it
- User can go at any speed they desire
- All [Speedster], [Negative Speedster], and [Divine Speedster] skills have no cost while this skill is active
- Length of Duration: 1 Hour

[Divine Lightning] - Active - 8500Se
- Lightning enhanced with the [Divine Speedforce]
- Contact with this attack means certain death for any being not of a Divine Nature
- Attack Power: (Spd + Mag) x 25

[Reality Manipulation] - Active - Mp Cost: Varies
- Affect Reality itself with a snap of your fingers
- If you have the imagination and Mana to do it, you can do anything

[Speed Combat] - Active - Se Cost: Varies
- Using your speed to increase your combat ability
- This skill encompasses all forms of combat that can be enhanced with speed
- Attack Power: (Spd + Str) * Current Speed

[Time Travel] - Active - 1000Se
- The ability to go back in time for your benefit
- As the Creator of the Speedforce, Time Wraiths and The Black Flash will not hunt you for misusing this power

[Breach] - Active - 2000Se
- Open a portal to another reality

[Blink] - Active - 1000Se
- Teleport to any location you have been before
- Can teleport to another Earth if you have been there before -

[Speedforce Siphon] - Active - 100Se per second
- Steal power from others who use [Speedforce] or [Negative Speedforce]
- Temporarily steals 10% Max Spd per second from target. Doesn't work through breaches
- Max absorption: 90%
- Length of Duration: 2.5 hours

[Speedforce Fission] - Active - Cost: 50% of Se
- Create a Speed Clone of yourself
- All stats are split between you and your clone
- Length of Duration: 1 hour

[Alter Memories] - Active - 250Se
- Change or implant memories using the power of the [Negative Speedforce]

[Negative Aura] - Active - 10Se per minute
- Anyone who comes into contact with this aura will take damage
- Damage per second: 100

[Mana Bullet] - Active - 25Mp
- A projectile made of pure Mana
- Attack Power: Mag

[Crystal Wall] - Active - 80Mp per minute
- A spell that creates a wall made of earth-element crystals.
- Durability: 300 + 25 per minute

[Gamers Mind] - Active/Passive
- Passive: Grants immunity to any psychic effects
- Passive: Removes minor negative emotions
- Active: Allows the user to remain calm and logically think things through

[Gamers Body] - Passive
- Grants a body that allows for the user's life to work as a game.
- Sleeping in a bed restores HP, MP, and all status effects.

[Observe] - Active - 20 Mp
- Allows the user to quickly gather information
- Tells the target's HP and MP, remaining HP, and weaknesses.
- It shows additional information like attributes, status, and background.

[Savitar's Suit] - Armor/Equipment
- The Armor of the God of Speed, [Savitar]. It enables him to run faster than ever
[Energy Immunity] - Passive
- All forms of energy from air friction to lightning merely bounce off the armor or can be redirected
- When worn: + 200Spd
- When worn: + 100Def
- When worn: + 100Res

[Philosopher's Stone] - Active
- An object created through condensed Speedforce Energy. It unlocks a person's true potential
[Speedforce Blast] - Active - 300Se
- Shoots a blast of pure Speedforce Energy. Fast enough to hit a [Speedster]
[Unleash Potential] - Active - 1000Se
- Turns a person into a [Meta-Human] by connecting them with another reality's or another timeline's version of themselves
[Speedster's Potential] - Active - 2000Se
- Only a [Speedster] can truly use the Philosopher's Stone
- + 150 Spd
- Gain [Speedster Armor]
- Can only be used once per [Speedster]
[Elixir of Life] - Active - 5000Se
- Create a potion to extend your lifespan
- Extends your lifespan by 100 years per use
[God-Maker] - Active - 10,000Se
- Every God had to start somewhere, and now, you can start down the same path
- Gain a [Spark of Divinity]
[Store Energy] - Passive
- Store Speedforce Energy in this stone to be used at a later date
- Takes Se into [Store Energy] at a 3:1 Ratio
- Current Se Pool: 17731/17731

Current Quest Progress
Quest: Alright, you want to challenge me? let's see what you got.
- You have challenged the One-Above-All, and it wants to see if you can follow through, it could use a good challenge or a source of amusment
Objectives:
Gain a Tier-2 Domain [X]
Gain a Tier-1 Domain []
Defeat a 'God' []
Defeat an Eldritch Abomination [X]
Become an Eldritch Abomination or an Entity Outside the Domain [X]
Gain the ability to destroy 1 Universe. *Don't Actually do it* [X]
Travel to at least 52 other Universes/Dimensions/Earth's than your original: 4/52
Time Limit: None

My name is Caitlin Snow
My name is Killer Frost

To this city we're both Khione, Goddess of Ice and Snow. One of us is from a timeline long forgotten and the other from one just starting out. The two of us had a bit of a strange start, but now our lives couldn't be more perfect

My name is Kara Zor-El, and I'm Amaterasu, Goddess of Fire and Rebirth. Me and my cousin are the last of our people, but soon enough, a new little Kryptonian will enter the world. I don't know what the future will bring, but I know that we'll get through it, all of us together

My name is Nora Snow-Allen, and I'm XS, Minor Goddess of Speed. I grew up in a timeline without a Father, and my mother died young, but now...I have a whole family, and it keeps growing as time goes on. I have a wonderful girlfriend and a new little sibling on the way, and I couldn't be more happy for how everything is turning out

My name is August Heart, and I'm Hermes, Minor Goddess of Speed. I may have begun this journey as a villain, and I suppose I'm not really a hero...but at least I have a purpose now, have as much fun as I can...messing with the Savitar Family and embarrassing Nora, the love of my life

My name is Barry Allen, to this city my name is Savitar, a God of Speed and of Magic. I started out as nothing more than a time remnant, a leftover of the Original Barry Allen. Now...I am the Original, this is my world, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I still can't believe this is my life now, but if I believe one thing, it was that the Speedforce might be cruel, but it was also kind...and I will thank it every day for the gifts it has given me

Unknown Location

A book closed, resting in the arms of a man with strange armor and triangular ridges on his forehead

"Very good, Barry Allen. Very good indeed"
"Your going to leave him out of it, yes"

Behind him, Nora Allen appeared, strange expression on her face

"We shall have to wait and see. Your attempts to build a new multiverse seem relatively successful. The future is unknown to me now due to your meddling, so I will plan for The Crisis regardless, but...I am unsure if it will occur. For now I will leave your chosen alone"

If anyone wants to know how Barry would destroy a Universe: [Time Remnants] + [Reality Manipulation]

Thank you all for going through this story with me. I might add an Epilogue for the Wedding or if I get a burst of inspiration. For now though, this story is completed. Thank you for all your reviews and for traveling this journey with me

Shoutout to Ghost83, you helped me work through writers block several times, and helped create this wonderful universe. Thank you

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