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[dramatic music]

(male #1)
'This is Earth Alliance
Squadron Black Omega'

to stolen transport.

You're ordered
to surrender your vessel

and prepare to be boarded.

'If you attempt escape you will
be fired upon and destroyed.'

'Do you understand?'

'Repeat, surrender or..'

[buzzing]

[explosion]

(Catherine)
'There's a problem, commander.'

You missed a button.

You're bright
and cheerful this morning.

Got an offer on the table
from Universal Terraform

to do some surveying I'm seeing
them in an hour to talk terms.

That's a big operation,
sure you want to get involved

with a mega corp?

Jeff, I've been around
the block a few times

I can handle myself.

- You worry too much.
- You don't worry enough.

- Perfect combination.
- Mmh.

Gotta hurry.
See you at lunch?

Can't. I have a budget meeting

with the construction guild.
Have to make some cuts.

Can't say
I'm not looking forward to it.

I'm sure, It'll be fine.

It's been quiet
for the last week

the whole place is on schedule.

What could go wrong?

(female #1)
'Confirm, Seven Tango Seven'

'you're clear to dock.'

Affirmative, Babylon Control.

I'm looking forward to my visit.

[intense music]

(male narrator)
It was the dawn
of the Third Age of mankind

ten years after
the Earth-Minbari War.

The Babylon Project
was a dream given form.

Its goal,
to prevent another war

by creating a place
where humans and aliens

could work out their
differences peacefully.

It's a port of call,
home away from home

for diplomats, hustlers,
entrepreneurs and wanderers.

Humans and aliens,
wrapped in 2,500,000 tons

of spinning metal,
all alone in the night.

It can be a dangerous place.

But it's our last,
best hope for peace.

This is the story of the last
of the Babylon stations.

The year is 2258.

The name of the place
is Babylon 5.

[theme music]

[instrumental music]

I've often wondered what
it's like to be a telepath.

It's like staying
in a hotel room

where you can just hear
the people talking next door.

You can try and shut it out,
but it's always there.

The key is to not to listen
unless unless you're invited.

So is it difficult to block out
people's thoughts?

Depends on the thoughts.

- 'Destination? '
- Blue 14.

Casual thoughts
are very easy to block

but strong emotions have a way
of slipping through sometimes.

whether you want them
to or not.

[instrumental music]

[thuds]

[automated]
'Blue 14.'

[groans]
Oh, I think I'm in love.

[automated]
'Earth transport Spinoza is now
embarking in Dock Area 9.'

Yes?

No, sir. I just never met
a Psi Cop before.

Yes, sir.
I'll bring you there myself.

This way.

Would you tell me more
about the target?

It's a class-four world,
designated Sigma 957.

Not much atmosphere,
mostly nitrogen and oxygen.

And their fly-by sensor picked
up traces of diridium.

Byproduct of Quantium-40.

Usually, we need that verified.

If so, we'll send out a live
scientist probe, make sure

we're in accord
with all the regs in

planetary exploitation.

But we can't afford that unless
we're it's worth the effort.

How can it not be worth it?

There's a shortage
of Q-40 on Earth.

They're backed up six months
on jump-gate construction.

Which is why we need absolute
confidentiality.

I need your word that you won't
mention this to anyone

including the commander.

My personal life has
nothing to do--

I know. I know, I was told
to ask, so I'm asking.

We each have our marching
orders, Ms. Sakai.

'So do I have your word?'

- She's telling the truth.
- Well, then, we have a deal.

There is one other thing,
the target is in a..

...contested sector of space.

So we'll need the approval
of one other party

'before we can proceed
with the survey.'

[instrumental music]

Commander? Some VIPs
here to see you, sir.

Send them in.

No, it's a fine time, I..

Get out of my head.

You wanna talk to me,
talk to me.

My apologies, commander.

- It saves considerable time.
- I don't care.

I don't like people
rummaging around in my head.

I thought the Psi Corps had
rules about this sort of thing.

There are rules,
and there are rules, commander.

When telepaths go rogue,
someone has to take them down.

Only Psi Cops are qualified
to do that.

Since we bear a greater
responsibility

we're afforded latitude
in the interest of efficiency.

- Yes, I'm sure, Mr--
- Bester.

This is my associate,
Ms. Kelsey.

We're looking
for a rogue telepath.

We have reason to believe
he maybe on this station.

We need to set up a meeting
as soon as possible

with your resident telepath
as well as your security

and command personnel,
then we'll proceed--

I am not turning
this station upside down

because you're hunting down
one rogue telepath.

Not just a rogue, commander.

This is a special
and very dangerous individual

whose presence here threatens
the entire Earth Alliance

military structure.

This is our basic
guest quarters.

The vibe shower's in the back
and through that door--

- Price?
- 500 credits per week.

Based on Earth standard
rotational cycles.

Fine. Fine.

If there's anything
else you need--

No. No, thank you.

[intense music]

[automated]
'Welcome to Babylon 5.
We are at your disposal'

'with a range
of onboard facilities

'perfectly suited to human'

'and non-human travelers.'

'For your shopping convenience
the Zocalo is..'

[electric humming]

[rumbling]

(Bester)
His name is Jason Ironheart.

I believe you know him,
Miss Winters.

Yes, he was my instructor at
the Psi Corps training Academy.

His job is to work
with telepaths

'level P-5 through P-10'

high level training, jamming
long-range scanning

the development of fringe
skills, that sort of thing.

- What's his Psi rating?
- He's a ten.

All instructors
at the academy are rated P-10.

And Psi Cops?
What are you rated?

P-12.

Someone has to keep an eye
on the rest.

Yes, but who watches
the watchmen?

One year ago, Jason Ironheart
was reassigned

to Earth Force
military Intelligence

working on a covert operation.

What kind of covert operation?

That information is on a
need-to-know basis, commander.

And you don't need to know.

Let's just say that
what's in his brain

would compromise
Earth Force defense

and lead to the death of many
of our covert operatives

on other worlds.

We think he intends to sell

that information
to other governments.

That's nonsense! Jason would
never do anything like that.

Our job is to find him and bring
him back. Alive if possible.

Dead if necessary.

Have you had any contact
with Jason Ironheart

since you left the academy?

Just letters, the last one
was about a year ago.

You understand we'll have
to scan you to be sure.

Is that necessary?
I'm telling you the truth.

Perhaps. Perhaps not.

Look, if she doesn't want
to be scanned--

She's required to submit.

If she's seen him
or heard from him

'his mental fingerprints will be
in her thoughts.'

(Kelsey)
The process is not pleasant.

You may stay
or leave as you choose.

[intense music]

[groaning]

That's enough.

I said that's enough!

[groaning]

She's telling the truth.
She hasn't seen him.

(Kelsey)
'Surprising, given
your prior involvement.'

If Ironheart hasn't shown up
yet, he will.

We must be informed at once.

Do not attempt
any contact with him.

Especially you, Miss Winters.

Do not approach him.
Do not speak to him.

Is that clear?

Yes.

You can go now.

What level of physical threat
does he represent?

That's something else
you don't need to know.

Just find him.
We'll do the rest.

[intense music]

Hello, Talia.
I've been looking for you.

[intense music]

Talia. Talia, wait, please!

I can't see you.
The Psi Cops are here.

I know. Listen, Talia..

What did you do?
Why are they after you?

Do you know what they did to me?

Yes. Yes, I do.

That's why I waited until
after they scanned you

to make contact.

But it's okay. We'll be safe
for a while, at least.

I have to talk to you.
I-I need a place.

A place where I can wait,
just for a little while.

Why? What's going on, Jason?

All I can say now is that
I can't let them find me.

If they do,
then I'll have to kill them

or they'll have to kill me.

But it's not just us, Talia.

There are thousands,
millions of lives are at stake.

Just give me five minutes
to explain, that's all.

Then, if you want me to leave,
I will.

Please.

If this is your way getting
at the commander through me--

No, whether you believe it
or not

I'm doing this
for your own safety.

Sigma 957
is not a healthy place.

Strange things happen there.

It's uninhabited.

There's no sentient life
to threaten anyone.

Nonetheless, it is not safe.

I have passed
through that sector.

Take my word. Look elsewhere.

I think you want Sigma 957
for yourself.

The Narn government
doesn't have the resources

to exploit a world
that far away.

But you wanna hold on to it
anyway out of sheer spite.

Considering what you were
probably told about me

I'm sure
you do believe that.

Despite your long acquaintance
with Sinclair

you're new here, aren't you?

Let me pass on
to you the one thing

I've learned about this place.

No one here is exactly
what he appears.

Not Mollari, not Delenn..

...not Sinclair and not me.

My warning is sincere.
Ignore it at your own peril.

Ambassador.

If I have to,
I'll go over your head.

I have contacts of my own
in the Narn Regime.

Then I fear the commander
will miss you greatly

when you fail to return
from Sigma 957.

A year ago, I volunteered
for a Psi Corps experiment.

It was an attempt to make
telepaths even stronger.

Turn a P-5 into a P-10,
and a P-10 into..

Into God knows what.

Why?

Because in this business,
whoever has

the strongest telepath wins.

The military wants
to scan the enemy.

The enemy wants a telepath
strong enough to block the scan.

And we want someone
who can cut through the block.

They said it was necessary
to help protect Earth.

Anyway, the experiments
went on for months.

Genetic manipulation,
mutated strains of serotonin

and acetylcholine to increase
neural processing.

Five, ten, sometimes fifteen
injections a day. The pain was..

Then one day, I woke up..

...and I could see everything.

It was as if my mind had been
a seed for all of those years

and then suddenly it blossomed.

I could cut through any block
without even trying.

All I had to do was
to look at them

to see what was inside.

And that's when
I discovered the truth.

Talia, do you remember
the T-K tests

that you took just before
you graduated from the academy?

Of course, I used an old penny
I've had since I was a girl.

I tried it for days to make it
move with my thoughts.

And I couldn't do it.

Only one in every 1000 humans
has telepathic abilities.

Only one in every
10,000 telepaths

has telekinetic abilities

and half of them
are clinically insane.

You see that was the real
purpose behind the experiment.

To create a stable telekinetic.
And it worked, Talia.

It worked beyond everyone's
wildest dreams.

That is why I cannot go back.

Even if it means letting them
kill me.

Commander, I just
got a lead on Ironheart.

We ran a check on the incoming
ships and it turns out

one of them
was a stolen transport.

- Where's it from?
- Sector 15.

That puts it two jumps
away from the station.

I checked with Bester,
that match is the last known

location for Ironheart.

Assuming he hasn't booked
passage on another transport

he'll need a place to stay.

I'm already on it,
50 guest quarters were rented

in the last 24 hours,
I'm having everyone checked.

I want that guy found and out
of here as fast as possible.

I don't like Psi Cops nosing
around up here.

There's just something creepy
about them.

The way they look at you
like you're some kind of bug.

Commander.

Just 50 quarters to search.
Good.

That should help narrow it down.

Anatomically impossible,
Mr. Garibaldi

but you're welcome to try.
Anytime.

Anywhere.

[dramatic music]

[automated]
'Confirmed, Skydancer.
You're clear for jump'.

Please log in
jump-gate sequence.

Primary gate to gates
141, 27 and 15B.

[automated]
'Confirmed. Destination?'

Sigma 957.

[zapping]

Open private channel
to Homeworld.

[automated]
'Channel open.'

Ambassador G'Kar third circle
requesting

clear channel to Narn Military
Headquarters.

I require a Frazi-class
heavy fighter for a mission.

Destination Sigma 957.

Make sure it's well-armed.

I thought they wanted
telekinetics for big jobs.

Heavy construction
and zero gravity or defense.

I mean, imagine, a telekinetic
shield as a defense

against beam weapons,
for-for diplomats or presidents.

But they didn't want big.

No, they wanted mental control
over small objects

the smaller the better.

Jason, that doesn't
make any sense.

No? Think about it.

You want to assassinate someone,
so you bring in a telekinetic.

He reaches into the person's
throat, and then gently

quietly, with a thought..

...he pinches
the carotid artery shut.

The blood stops,
the brain starves..

...the target dies
and then you just let go.

Murder without a trace.
No fingerprints, no poisons.

Oh, my God.

But they didn't understand,
Talia.

- The power, how far it..
- Jason.

- What is it?
- Get out. Please, quickly.

I-I can't control this.

[rumbling]

Get out!
While you can..

[groans]

What the hell?

Mind quake.

[rumbling]

[intense music]

Have you got a fix on the source
of that disturbance?

Yeah, level 16, about three
sections further down.

Just one problem. Only way there
is to go through that.

[buzzing]

- What is it?
- I don't know.

But it has got level 16
completely surrounded.

360 degrees.
We can't get past it.

When we asked Bester what level
of physical threat this guy

represents he said he was
on a need-to-know basis.

You asked me right now,
we need to know.

[music continues]

[zapping]

(Catherine)
'Computer. Projected ETA
at Sigma 957?'

(computer)
'At maximum safe speed,
project ETA at Sigma 957.'

'at two hours, five minutes'

'30 seconds,
Earth Standard Time.'

Alright. Let's get this show
on the road.

We had our orders.

Bester, I don't care if you had
a personal message from God

complete with stone tablets.

You lied to me,
you withheld information

and put this station at risk.

Call me crazy, but don't you
think it might have helped

for us to know
what we're facing?

We were doing
what we thought was best.

You were wrong
and because of that I've got

a half-dozen wounded men
on a section of Blue 16

that's turned into
a no mans land.

Every corridor and transport
tube in to there

is blocked
by some kind of curtain.

Now I want the truth,
and I want it now.

Mr. Ironheart is no longer
what you or I would consider..

...entirely human.

Then what is he?

We don't know.

[electric crackling]

Be still.

Be still.

Be still.

After the last phase
of the experiment

Ironheart began
showing signs of stress

paranoia, psychosis.

One night,
he slipped out of his room

killed the head researcher,
and escaped.

At each step of the way,
his telekinetic abilities

have grown stronger,
more violent.

In his enhanced state,
he's valuable commodity.

If word got out
other governments

might try to grab him first.

We couldn't take that chance.
It was a calculated risk.

Good old Psi Corps. You guys
never cease to amaze me.

All the more of fiber
Jack The Ripper.

What do you do
in your spare time?

Juggle babies over a fire pit?

Oops, there goes another
calculated risk.

You're not helping
the situation.

Lady, you are the situation.

(Jeff)
'We've seen how powerful he is.'

How did just the you two of you
plan to stop him?

During the experiment
Ironheart was programmed

with a fail-safe code that will
shut him down, put him to sleep.

It has to be sent by a telepath
directly into his brain.

He's got to have defenses.

Between the two of us,
we are strong enough

to burrow past his defenses
and take him down.

But we have to be
in the line of sight to do it.

You have two choices.

'Let us take him down our way,
or you'll have to kill him'

before he blows out this station
and everyone on it.

[intense music]

[zapping]

[zaps]

Jason, if you can hear me,
this won't work.

I need to talk to you, Jason.

Please.

[zapping]

[music continues]

[steam hissing]

Jason?

Jason.

[sighs]

I thought that seeing you

being with you again
would be enough.

Help me hold it together,
shut out the voices.

Just rest for a little while
before the end.

Before..

I shouldn't have come.
I-I put you at risk.. Everyone.

I never meant..
I-I never wanted..

I know. I know.

We all thought Psi Corps was
controlled by the government

but that's changing.

The corps starting to pull
the strings behind the scene.

They're more powerful
than you can begin to imagine.

Telepaths make the ultimate
blackmailers, Talia.

I-I have seen it all.
And I see it all.

- Jason..
- There is no more Jason.

I am something else.

I am becoming..

- Becoming what?
- Everything.

[sobbing]

(Catherine)
'Computer, assume parking orbit
around Sigma 957.'

(computer)
'Confirmed.'

Begin preliminary
atmospheric survey.

Launch environmental probe
on my mark.

'Mark.'

(computer)
'Receiving planetary data.'

'Logging in.'

Good. "Sigma 957 is not
a healthy place.

Strange things happen there."
Right.

[zapping]

[automated]
'Level 16 is not accessible.'

Commander.
I need to talk to you.

- I've seen Jason.
- What? Where?

It's a long story
and we don't have much time.

We need to talk privately
and quickly.

Jason's changing,
his telekinetic abilities

are growing faster
than he anticipated.

It's almost beyond his control.

He doesn't want to
endanger the station.

And doesn't wanna hurt anyone.

But what he's becoming
doesn't leave him much choice.

He wants to see you,
alone and unarmed.

He'll drop his defenses
but only for you.

I know it's asking you
to take a terrible chance

but it's only one we've got.

Alright. Where and when?

Blue 12 in one hour.

Talia, what's between you
and Jason?

- Why did he come here?
- To see me.

We were lovers.

He was everything to me.

The perfect model of what it
meant to be in the Corps.

Do you know what it's like when
telepaths make love, commander?

You drop every defense
and it's all mirrors..

...reflecting
each other's feelings

deeper and deeper..

...until,
somewhere along the line..

...your souls mix.

And it's a feeling so profound

it makes you hurt.

It's the only moment
in a telepath's life

when you no longer
hear the voices.

He came to say goodbye,
commander.

He came to say goodbye.

[dramatic music]

[zapping]

Computer, identify.
What the hell was that?

(computer)
'Unknown.'

- Computer..
- 'Ninety percent power loss'.

- Emergency power.
- 'Negative emergency power.'

'Orbit deteriorating.'

'Estimate impact with Sigma 957'

'in two hours.'

[beeping]

[dramatic music]

(Catherine)
'Computer, open emergency
tachyon channel to Babylon 5.'

(computer)
'Insufficient energy reserves
to establish communications.'

- Scan for any nearby ships.
- 'Negative on scan.'

Adjust ship's orientation.

Maybe we can bounce off
the atmosphere

instead of burning up
when we hit.

(computer)
'Negative. Insufficient power.'

Damn it, there's gotta be
something I can do.

- Time to impact?
- '1.3 hours.'

(Jason)
'We need to speak.'

The Psi Corps is dedicated
to one thing, commander.

Control.

Control over telepaths,
the economy, the courts.

Over matter,
over thought itself.

But there is something
even more powerful.

Something they didn't
even know existed

until I crossed the line.

Not mind over matter,
mind over energy.

I was suddenly able
to influence objects

that were smaller
and smaller.

Molecules, atoms, neutrons.

I look at you, commander,
and I see not a man

but a galaxy
of subatomic particles

which I can pull apart
and rearrange

with a casual thought.

This is a power
we were never meant to have.

We're not ready for it.

If the Psi Cops take him back,
they'll dissect him.

Taking him apart to find out
what combination of drugs

release this power.

Can you imagine, commander,
what they would do with it?

What anyone would do with it?

Which is exactly why they say
you shouldn't be allowed

to leave here alive.

Why should I trust you
to not misuse this?

I've already
had six people hurt.

An accident. At each new level,
it takes me a while to adjust.

I have to fight
every minute to control

the forces in my head.

If I'm distracted
for even a second--

What about the researcher
you killed?

I didn't want to.

But he was the only one
who could replicate the process.

There must never be
any more like me.

I mean you no harm, commander.

If I did, I could vaporize you
right now with a single thought.

Please, you must believe me.

Assuming I do,
what is it you want from me?

Your help and your trust.
I need to get away from here.

I need time to finish becoming

and then I'll be gone.

Please.

[sighs]

- Sinclair to C and C.
- This is C and C.

- Are you alright, commander?
- Condition green.

- Is Garibaldi there?
- Right here.

(Jeff)
'Have your security team
clear a path'

'from Blue 16
to the docking bay.

'I don't want to see anyone
on the way and I don't want'

'anyone outside security
to know what's going on.'

'Is that clear?'

Confirmed, commander.
What's up?

(Jeff)
'We're coming out.'

[dramatic music]

(Catherine)
'Condition?'

(Computer)
'Hull temperature
to 700 degrees'

'and climbing.'

'Entering atmosphere.'

'Two ships detected.
Now entering local space.'

What? Where?
Put it on the monitor.

This is an emergency request.

This is Catherine Sakai
of the Earth survey ship Sky--

(Sh'Drog)
'Of the Earth ship Skydancer.
Yes. We know.'

You what?
Please identify yourself.

Captain Sh'Drog
of the Narn Regime.

Outer sector, fighter unit,
we were dispatched sometime ago

to assist you.

Dispatched by whom?

Ambassador G'Kar, Third Circle.

Please stand by for grapple.

We will link up and escort you
back to Babylon 5. Sh'Drog out.

[dramatic music]

[automated]
'Attention, please. Will all
nonessential personnel'

please, clear all corridors
in sections Blue 16'

'through Red 4.'

- What's going on?
- Just a drill, sir.

- Nothing to be concerned about.
- You're sure?

- Yes, I'm..
- Good. Thank you.

[groaning]

[groans]
No.

No, no, I refuse.

I am not going back with you.

This man is under my protection.

You don't know
what you're doing!

Commander, we have to hurry.
There's not much..

The fail-safe code.
They're trying to shut him down.

Mindquakes. They're distracting
him. He's losing control.

[rumbling]

Let him go.

Do you hear me?
Let him go.

[groaning]

[grunting]

- I won't go.
- Leave him alone.

You don't understand.

[screams]

I won't go back.

Please, no.
Don't make me do this.

You cannot harm me.

You cannot harm one who has
dreamed a dream like mine.

[dramatic music]

Talia! Look out!

[clanking]

[zaps]

[zapping]

- We'll get a doctor.
- No. No time.

[groaning]
Must get to the ship.
Hurry. Hurry.

[dramatic music]

- What's he doing?
- Nothing.

He's not moving
to the jump-gate.

He's just sitting there.

(female #2)
'Picking up energy surge.'

- How big?
- Off the scale.

[intense music]

(Jason)
Talia?

Jason?

(Jason)
I have become.

In memory of love,
I give you a gift.

The only gift I have to give.

[instrumental music]

Goodbye, commander.

I will see you again...
in a million years.

You realize of course
my superiors

will believe none of this?

Yes, especially since,
in about an hour

we'll have a small accident
in data storage

that'll erase
the file you just saw.

- So what do you suggest?
- Something close to the truth.

That Ironheart's ship
escaped Babylon 5

but exploded before it could
enter the jump gate.

And if I refuse?

Then my report will mention
how you lied to us

endangered the station

and through
your interference caused

the death of your fellow
Psi Cop.

Not much of a choice, is it?

It gets better,
your report will indicate that

Talia Winters
was not responsible

for her actions
in helping Ironheart.

That she was under
his mental control

and should not be penalized
for her actions.

- That's a lie.
- Yes, it is.

What's your point?

There's a transport leaving for
Earth in 20 minutes, Mr. Bester.

Be on it.

Be seeing you, commander.

You figuring on telling
the senator what Ironheart said

about Psi Corps trying to
control everything inside?

I don't know. I'm not sure
what it would accomplish.

He was feverish. Paranoid.
Maybe it's true, maybe it isn't.

Without any evidence,
without Ironheart

it's just
his word against the Corps.

But I suggest we keep our eyes
open just in case.

- Got that right. How's Talia?
- Better. Resting.

Good, I wonder
what Ironheart meant

when he said he gave her a gift?

If I asked, do you think
she'd tell me?

No.

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[intense music]

Ambassador!
Ambassador G'Kar?

Ah, Ms. Sakai,
I'm pleased to see

that you have returned safely
from your expedition.

Yes, thanks to you.
Just one question.

- Why?
- Why not?

- It's not an answer.
- Oh, yes, it is.

It's simply not an answer you
like or the answer you expect.

There's a difference.

Narns, humans, Centauri,
we all do what we do

for the same reason

because it seemed
like a good idea at the time.

There was no profit,
no advantage in letting you fall

to an untimely and most
uncomfortable death.

It would distress the commander
to no good effect.

So once again we return to,
"Why not?"

I told you before you left

no one here
is entirely what they appear.

If I surprised you,
all the better.

Good day, Ms. Sakai.

Ambassador.

While I was out there,
I saw something.

What was it?

What is this?

- An ant.
- Ant?

So much gets shipped out from
Earth on commercial transports

it's hard to keep them out.

Yeah, I have just picked it up
on the tip of my glove.

If I put it down again
and it asks another ant

"What was that?"

[chuckles]
how would it explain?

There are things in
the universe billions of years

older than either of our races.

They are vast, timeless

and if they're aware
of us at all..

...it is as little
more than ants.

And we have as much chance
of communicating with them..

...as an ant has with us.

We know, we've tried.

And we've learned
that we can either stay out

from underfoot or be stepped on.

That's it?
That's all you know?

Yes. They are a mystery.

And I am both terrified
and reassured

to know that there are still
wonders in the universe

that we have not yet
explained everything.

Whatever they are, Ms. Sakai,
they walk near Sigma 957.

They must walk there alone.

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