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Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure

to introduce Callum Ellis. I'm

something of a negotiator alive. Who

talks to my wife?You are not being

cheated on. You and I agree. We are no

longer partnered in that manner. I have

to have some sense of where to begin to

clean up this ******* **** thing that you

seem to have no problem wiping across the

American flag. You chose this. You

chose the vice presidency. I know that.

Al Weiler. Ambassador's wife. Not then,

First Lady. Holy *******

****. Some Chechen Lenkov colonel says he

knows the truth about the HMS Courageous,

which is that America was behind the

attack. What are you doing tonight?Wanna

have a drink with me?

You're getting on a plane right now. Why?

If she's briefing the president. She

needs to understand the situation. The

United States was responsible for the

British carrier attack. If Lenkov knew,

and he told his staff,I just came

over. Prep Air Force 2 to get off the

ground in 20 minutes. He needs to get

back to Washington. The president's not

in Washington. I'm against it.

We'll take it back to your cottage. Let

me know if there's anything you need.

Thank you.

Ms. Park?Take the phone in your

pocket. I do. What?I already did. Hey!

Morning. Hello. Come in. Come on in.

Force your spot. Well... Robber barons,

they knew how to shop. You were swimming?

It's freezing out. The pool?It's like a

bathtub. In Soila?People think I'm an

******* and I say I heat it dead of

winter, but it's geothermal. Costs

nothing. Let's go check in with the box.

You bring out a suit?A

swimsuit?No, I didn't. They'll sell

one over to your cottage. It's right down

the beach. We got a box of 'em. It

happens. I'm just going to check in with

the crew really quick. I don't want you.

They'd ask.

We have fresh squeezed grapefruit juice.

Awesome.

They make it every day. I can't drink

it because it takes statins. Grapefruit.

Pucks with statins.

Grace, at this point, is ready to curl at

the side of it, but she doesn't want

to... Micromanage the staff, so

if we don't find a customer, it goes

right down the drain. It makes you

******* nuts. The waste. Don't you

want to just... What?Tell them yourself?

No. Not my staff. It's the

president. That's a

real homewrecker. The humble

grapefruit. Thank

you.

I slim 50 laps. Twice a

day. Helps dissipate that

choking feeling you get when the

epicenter of the world's a foot and a

half away and you still can't get there.

Oh no, I'm good. I'm just,

if they need me, I'm here.

Sherry has been all over me ever since Al

took office. She's going to wind up some

chocolate of us, you know. Sharon will

laugh. Who?Sherry, the

efficient photographer. Yeah, no one will

ever try and keep it away from her.

Great.

Well, I have to apologize. We probably

ruined a relaxing weekend.

Oh. I'm

so sorry to interrupt. Now that I want

you. Oh, um...

How'd it go?She's on a speechless phase.

You believe her?

How does she know it's not disinformation?

Russian source, tall tale. Why isn't that

more credible than any other **** pot

theory?Because it's true.

True things sound true.

Thank you, Loud Suff, ma'am. What exactly

sounds true?I killed 41 British sailors.

I didn't. I'm not saying that. Then what

are they saying?We've reached the point

of the ******* debacle where somebody

should say what we're saying. A Russian

colonel knows, and he's telling the CIA.

There's a not insignificant chance it's

coming out. If it does, it's

catastrophic. Tell Trowbridge an

American was involved, just like a bunch

of his citizens were involved, and the

two of you together...

Need to tell the world. Oh, for ******

sake. It has come to our attention that

some nameless person or persons of

American and British extraction were

involved in the planning of the attack on

HMS Courageous. It's devastating. We've

launched the biggest investigation in the

history of the world. We'll keep you

posted. So, lay out a trail of

breadcrumbs leading directly to me. No,

it leads to years of investigation. A

worldwide manhunt for me. The birds ate

the crumbs. Good story. You can't follow.

Trail and breadcrumbs, they disappear.

That's the whole point of the story.

Okay, we don't need to say Americans

right now. Margaret Boylan planned it.

She had it executed by Boris and Natasha,

and she confessed. Trowbridge has to say

that to the public. The point here is

American involvement, which is coming

out if we announce it or not. The second

Trowbridge gives up Boylan, the whole

world looses their mind. British

perpetrator. Britain attacked itself. A

year from now, when some little thing

emerges about an American, the whole

thing is old news. Trowbridge won't do

it. Then we'll do it for him.

Ma'am, that's unwise.

I need a second to think. Thank you,

Ambassador.

Amy Royland makes a lot of sense. Shut

the **** ** Hal.

I'm the name and I'm the face

and we should say so. No,

no, no, no. I suggested that a

situation needed handling. Roiland

hired Russian mafiosos. That's what

happened. I don't care what happened.

You're not telling that to the public.

When all the facts are on the table, I

don't look so bad. Respectfully?You

look very bad.

Hey. Hey, did Cal tell you?No, he's

meeting with the staff in the cottage.

We'd like to hit Trowbridge out here.

Here?Here?Yeah, off the record, on Mark

Plain. Okay. It'll come from you and the

White House at the same time. The message

is controlled urgency. Great.

Now, it's an exploding **** *** but it's

better than the alternatives. Personal

invite to the President's private home.

Solid confidence-building measure.

Exactly. Or foregrounding trust.

Cloak and dagger's stuff helps, too.

Maybe he can amp it up a bit. Jan cell

signals live him at night. Do it. As soon

as he's here, we'll read him in. Leader

to leader. And then they tell the world

together?But...

we're not telling the world what she's

telling him. What they tell the world is

its own kettle of toxic fish, but...

first things first. What is she

telling him?But she started

it.

Ambassador?How'd it go?Can we, for a

second, talk to the bricks?Not yet.

That's the Ferrari. I will, right after

we talk. Does Billy know you haven't

connected with number 10?I will connect

with them right after I speak with my

husband.

If the embassy and the White House give

me the call... No. Did Nichols Drowbridge?

Part one, she reads him in before some

Russian trauma that does, and when he

sees how ******* motivated she is to

blame... Oh, my God. When she offers the

trade deal that they have been desperate

for ever since Brexit, he will take her

secret to the ******* grave. No, he

won't. Part two, he publicly blames

Royal. He will unleash a shitstorm of

technical portions, which he will walk

away from, because we... I'm rescuing his

economy he's going to walk out like a

hero he will clutch it like a like a

knife to her throat he will he will

extract unthinkable compromise we all

know that it's risky it's suicidal no

suicide was Grace's first idea she wanted

to do a mara on national television what

oh yeah to the whole world IIt makes the

new plan look a whole lot better, isn't

it?Now she's just telling Tulbridge.

These are not the only two auctions.

Okay, what else?Go ahead. Some other

American. We don't know who. You picked

that. They hated it. Well, then something

else. I need you to imagine that we had a

complete conversation about this, even

though you weren't in the middle of it.

So ******* stupid. I can't imagine it. We

all know this again, okay?We have to make

it worth his while, and hopefully he will

hold it together. Bulletproof! It's not!

It's what the president picks! And Billy!

You know what two women in a room really

love?It's when they make a decision and

the one guy standing there tells them

he's not sure they thought it all the way

through. You

want to talk to her yourself?Because it's

so dumb. You know what would happen if I

pulled that?You do this all the time. And

then the scrape begins. Most foreign

policy failures are process failures. How?

Process. You know, don't **** yourself.

When a principal makes a decision, you

shift him out and move on. Three

people, other than her, know all the

facts. I think it only makes sense that

all three people weigh in. Doesn't matter

what you think. She kicked you out of the

room.

What the **** was that?I'm really

sorry. I thought you were dead.

I had to deal with some stuff. Yeah. You

were on a plane to Amagansit, which I

didn't know about until I heard it from

one of your desk bunnies in an elevator.

Can we do one minute of work?This is not

a friendly call. Yeah, no ****. It wasn't

a friendly drink either. Sure. The

ambassador needs to get on a secure line

with the PM. Call Randall and set it up

for right now. Got a pen?I think I

can fit that much into my little brain.

She's going to invite him here. We are

sourcing a private plane and he'll need

an alias passport so you should get in

touch with the customs DHS guy in London

whose name is Kosh and be at the airport

when he takes off. Denison may or may not

come with him, Randall may or may not

come with him. They will also need alias

passports but do not ask for them unless

you're sure they're coming. Are you sure

you don't need a pen?I have a pen. His

name is Kosh. K-H-A-S-H.

And Randall. I know how to

spell Randall.

I'd really appreciate it. Can we just

plop it?I already did.

What'd he say?Tarvish?He said

okay. Okay what?

Okay, I will get on your aeroplane.

Does he get worried?

It doesn't really matter what I think.

When the thinking happens, I'm usually

asking... Swear to God. I didn't

speak with the president, I just called

the VM. Speaking to you?

I'm trying to be nice. Did you put a bit

more muscle into it?

You did what you could. It's not my place

to get involved.

Thanks. I mean, you have a

place. You're right. When

it's done, it's done. Yeah.

Oh, my God. What happened?Oh,

the... the most one. Give me the knife. I

don't have it. Yes, you do. I don't have

it. I do not have the knife. For ******

sake, stand still and turn your body

toward me.

Oh. What

do you see, these guys?They're monsters.

You okay?Oh, totally. Totally. Jackie!

Jack!Here

they come! Oh, wow! I mean, come on,

Ryan! Bon appetite, Jackie.

Shinnecocks, the red-headed

stepchild in a world of overhyped,

overcoddled dewpoints and taconic

jewels, which tastes like nothing. These

are just the right amount of funk.

Give me the towel. It's fine. It's

filthy. Push me. Ow! Ow! Ow! Press and

hold. Come here. Ow. That's one of them.

Oh, I got it. Okay. Oh, so, all

right, you ready?I don't know. We got

lemon, we got mignonette, we got cocktail

sauce, with and without fresh

horseradish. But first, you gotta

go, Commando.

Try it with nothing now, huh?Mmm.

Yeah.

Oh, ****. Are you allergic?No.

What?I just... They're the ******* tone

poems to the bivalve. They don't need

them. No, no, no, we do. Oh, they're the

crabs. Just give me my drink a second.

Is this?Oh,

you bled on them. Really?Todd. No, it's

probably cocktail sauce. It is not. Oh,

**** sorry. Could you check them, please?

I don't mind. Yeah, I don't see it

anywhere else. Sure. It's okay.

It's just on the ice. Get your hands

away. You know, we won't need dice. Your

guests are afraid you're going to give

them hepatitis. No. No, we don't. I

don't have hepatitis. You know, I'm going

to try one. This one too. Jesus *******

Christ. You know, I'll try one for the

other side. No, don't touch them,

please. They can make a new batch.

It's really not necessary. It won't take

a minute. Pardon

me.

Are we having fun?

How was everyone's day at the office?You

know, there was a law in the books at

some point, maybe early 18th century,

that you were not permitted to serve

oysters to prisoners in prison more than

twice a week. Really?Or the prisoners

with mutiny. Why?Because the oysters

weren't capable?No. They were not a

delicacy. They were so damn plentiful, it

was punishment. Lobsters.

Not oysters. Really?

Yep.

She didn't answer the question. Nope.

Neither did either of you. What was the

question?Time?How was your day at the

office?Okay. I'd like to take the

temperature of the room. Maybe what I

heard was inaccurate, but she's been

known to catastrophize. Today was not a

catastrophe. I didn't say it was. I may

have said it was a whopper. A whopper.

But manageable. Yeah. And

you concur?I

was not in the room, so.

manageable bumps in the road.

Have you cleaned that?Because if you were

handling some fish. Maybe some alcohol.

Or peroxide?Yeah. Well, apparently soap

and water's the best of the day. Maybe.

You think it was catastrophic.

Does she catastrophize?

Sometimes. Really?It

has been known to happen.

I was not in the room. Neither was I. It

doesn't mean I don't have an opinion.

So you think today was... Cataplucking

strophic. I really want you to stop. I

really want to know what the second lady

and ambassador to the court of the

lunatic in question thinks of the

three-part plan. What's the third part?

Her impeachment. Okay. Am I wrong?It's a

two-part plan. That's three. She

privately reads in Turbridge, then they

publicly named the Brits, and actually

did it.

Ambassador Weiler, is the logical chain

of events that unfolds from parts one and

two of the not three-part plan

my wife's impeachment?

Probably.

Thank you.

Impeached?Or not?This is not a decision

we need to revisit. You really don't. I

don't know. Todd's calling it suicide,

and the crackerjack you thought should

replace me seems to agree. You told Todd?

Why, yes, I did. What are you doing?

I am sorry. Did you know what she thought?

You know, I really don't need to weigh

in. It's not my place. Thank you. You

told her to leave the room. We appreciate

the Ambassador's perspective, which is

one among many, and we made a decision.

Mr. Penn asked me a question. I should

have changed the subject. Oh, Todd's at

home?Who's with Todd?Is he by himself?Can

you perhaps keep Todd company for a

moment?Can you?I want to hear what she

thinks. Go sit with Todd. No! Well, then

stand there quietly and let her talk.

It's an honorable move, telling

Trowbridge privately and assuming he'll

keep the information secret. And if you

were dealing with a rational actor, that

would matter. But you are not dealing

with a rational actor. This comes out as

far worse for him than it is for me.

She's a leader made a tough call. And it

was so inept that the vice

president of the United States and his

own advisor agreed he couldn't be trusted

to click the gate closed on his nuclear

arsenal. Does he want that coming out?

Protecting the president and protecting

himself. the same thing he has a survival

instinct yes but he acts impulsively

emotionally sometimes and sometimes he's

a rational individual who credits the

president with keeping him in office when

he was ready to resign maybe he

recognizes the windfall of

astonishing proportions that is the

goodwill of the Penn administration yes

that's a reasonable argument

I don't need to weigh in. You've all been

through this. You have. Yeah. And I'm

here as a spouse. You're here as an

ambassador. You're allowed to talk. But

if enough of us agree, I'm okay having

an outlier. As you should be. The risk is

part of the calculation. Hal is often the

outlier. It's what makes him valuable. He

thinks outside the box.

You, not he, are the outlier.

Am I?Hal's not an outlier. He agrees.

Shall we?Les. Thank you. What is she

talking about?Draw it. Does she know what

you think?What do you actually

think?That we're being greeted hot?

Because you should know what you actually

think. What does he actually think?Ma'am,

I'm sorry. Kate and I developed a working

style that is not really appropriate for

us. It has nothing to do with our

marriage. Ambassador, this is the best in

a sea of appalling options. That's a

conclusion I reached with plenty of

input, including now yours. Ma'am, you

can ignore everyone, but if you made a

choicebecause you think three of these

four people like it?You should

know Hal is lying.

Lying?Lying

was perhaps overstated. I think the vice

president probably thinks that you're

looking for something in a new

relationship that might be prudent. Your

counsel is no longer needed.

Grossly, grossly inappropriate. I think

that's going to come out of the room.

What does he really think?

He's a very good man, and he wants

only the best for you and the nation,

and he's had a bad week, and that is my

fault. Kate, spit it out.

From his perspective, it makes sense. You

tell the PM he keeps your secret, great.

If he doesn't, Hal is president.

You know what's tough about that?True

things sound true.

I'm drinking faster than I thought I

was.

I don't lie to you you don't have to I

don't it's too consequential

our relationship would be better if I

blew more smoke up your *** than I'm not

going to because it ******* matters I

get it

it's not easy for her right it's going to

get easier but right now yeah it's um

you know it's an adjustment yeah God

knows God's still adjusting

Wives think they always know what their

husbands are thinking. I'm sorry to say

that is not always the case. I take it

with every grain of salt. That's not

enough. I need to know that you're not

going to take any of it. The idea that I

would set you up so I could take your job?

Okay. Wonderful, this is something.

Kurmage out to you. We're not going to

get a neat transition of government.

We're going to get a partisan bloodbath

and a legislative drought. At the end of

all that, I'm not the Brighton Hope. I'm

backwash. I'm

sorry. I don't mean to cut them off in

the knees, but if it was part of the

decision-making, I thought you should

know. Your details are going to take you

to the airbase. They're going to get you

on a plane back to London.

The Brits know I'm here. I can't leave.

We will communicate there was an

emergency. This is the emergency. Four

people in the world know about this. I

don't want them. They've got it. You are

talking about recklessly widening the

circle based on advice that was not

candid. Kate, we heard what you said, and

we're giving it real consideration. We're

gonna go through it all again and make

sure we land in a sensible place. That's

great. Let me be part of it.

I can't fathom what it's like being

married to that man. But when there is a

conflict between a principal and their

partner... And we are in crisis, which we

most certainly are. I asked the spouse to

leave. I am not here as his spouse. I am

here as your ambassador. An ambassador

doesn't call the VP a liar in front of

the president. Only his wife does that.

The cars are ready.

You packed up?

Ma'am. I...

need another minute. Gotta say goodbye to

Hal.

I've put together a list of likely

contacts with a source and their

whereabouts in the last few years. We

have a...

Everything okay?

This is casting a wide net. We'll narrow

it down over the next couple days. I'll

be right back. The ones

we're most concerned about are the first

three. Ma'am, he's so sorry. He just, he

camped up away right now. Totally

understand. I'll talk to him when you're

done. It might be a long night. That's

okay. They're wrong with the

NSC. The secure line here's a nightmare.

The signal's tricky. They think it has to

do with the types. No problem. I

don't mind.

He asked that you not wait. You

sure you want to do this?

I will get him to call you.

Aedra's assessment of the walking can be

contained. He wants to defect.

He's cooperative and motivated and

certainly incentivized to keep his mouth

shut. But he was not Nykov's closest

lieutenant. We have to assume he is not

the only one who heard the story, which

means we're dealing with an ongoing

threat. Are

you okay?Can you get

Hal?Sure. But tell him you need to talk

to him, not me. Why?

We had a spat. Normal.

Is it?It happens all the time. I

don't want to get involved in your

personal life. Agreed. But I think you

are inadvertently, repeatedly involving

me in your personal life. I know. I'm

really trying to back right out. I have

to leave. I need to talk to him before I

go. Where are you going?

They asked me toleave.

They are kicking me out. Who's they?Hal.

Is he using they/them pronouns?

Hal, Billy, and, you know,

theThe president?She is about to do

something that is apocalyptically dumb

and she doesn't have to because I have an

idea that is far less damaging and Hal

would agree if he would speak to- Why

don't I get Nora?Nora has his permission

to shut me out and frankly, she's never

been more excited in her life.

Idra, armed men are trying to escort me

off the property. I need two minutes with

Hal. I'm asking as a friend. No, you're

asking as an ambassador with an opinion

about presidential strategy. If you

want to tell me what it is, as Chief of

Station, I'm prepared to weigh in. I

can't do that. Then as a friend, I'm

gonna say when the Commander-in-Chief

tells you to get the **** out of her

beach house, you go, Jesus Christ, will

you please just give me a break and take

my word for it?Ma'am, the last time I did

that, a woman died in my custody.

I'd like to say goodbye to Mr. Penn.

Ma'am, we need to get to the car. I'm

sorry, it's common courtesy?You're a

guest in someone's home?I understand. As

an official spouse, I'm here to tell you

that he does not appreciate being treated

like a long ornament. Give me half a

second, please. It's a beautiful night.

Go look at the view.

Pod!

Todd.

Ambassador?

Ma'am.

Ma'am! Hi. Ma'am, step out of the

Please. Trying to keep me up. I just need

to huck you for five minutes. Sir, I'm

sorry. The ambassador needs to get back

to London. Yeah, I got that.

The president can't tell Nichols

Rowbridge that it was her. Oh, ****. I've

been telling him that. He can say

it was Rayburn.

He's dead. Tell him.

Grace! Grace!

He served his country. I'm not blithely

******** on his good name. How could you

even say that?We appreciate your input.

How about you let the president reach the

end of her sentence?Can we run that off

the flagpole?Stop! She is not the

problem right now. She came up with a

plan to end your career, which she

kick-started by ending mine. You asked

me. She's been a problem for a while.

President Rayburn, she's the president. I

am absolutely there. She is the president

now. President Rayburn is the most

respected pile of fertilizer on the

planet. I love the man, clearly. I walked

away from my entire life for him, but

he's gone. It doesn't matter. The

presidency is a unitary entity. Is she

******* kidding me?Blaming Rayburn is no

different from blaming Grace. She will

pay just as much, just as hard, and the

real story will remain out there like an

unexploded landmine. Why is she so over

for you?Tucking Lindsey out there is

actually trying to protect you. They

tried to boot her off the property. Todd,

how many times do you have to watch Billy

Appia shove you in front of a moving

train?It was not her idea. It was mine.

She is supposed to tell you when you're

behaving like a suicide bomber. You and I

are not objective. She is. No,

she isn't. Bill Rayburn

was her mentor, her father figure, and

the Vajra Bodhisattva. She's anything

but objective.

Is it a bad idea?

No.

I'm still in here. What?I'm still in

here. Sorry, I

wasn't paying attention. You think?Jesus

Christ.

Forty-eight hours ago, a Russian walk-in

at Embassy London claimed he had

information about who had ordered the

attack on HMS Courageous.

said that he knew that members of the

British government were involved the

source also claimed there was American

involvement initially we suspected

this was a Russian counterintelligence

plot in its own division between our two

countries but out of an abundance of

caution we looked into the claim

the source appears to be legitimate we

were unable to rule out American

involvement thank you

I'm grateful to be here, but unable to

rule it out is hardly damning.

Once London shared their

findings, we did a deeper dive,

cross-checking Margaret Roiland's

interaction with American officials and

non-governmental but politically engaged

parties.

Margaret Roiland orchestrated the attack,

but we believe she did so in the wake of

a conversation with an American official.

We believe that official was President

Rayburn.

Come on in.

Billy and Hal are just tweaking language

before the press conference. This is the

most recent draft.

I told them Trowbridge gets credit for

the investigation. He'll be the one to

say Roiland's name. Give him any one we

can.

Thank you.

We had no idea.

I had no idea.

Nicol is still absorbing

all of him. Try to assure him it's in our

interest. Absolutely. This trade

deal will rescue your economy. And things

will be different between our governments

going forward. You

understand what I'm saying?

Nickel expects this trade deal to be

the first step of

a new era. What exactly does

that mean?The United Kingdom has

played your trusty second for the best

part of the century.

We've endured that indignity to guarantee

our security. And yet,

your former president birthed a plan

to attack a British warship.

Our Prime Minister is now concealing

unusually explosive information on your

behalf, telling the entire world that a

former member of our government built

the debacle haulcloth. So the wrath that

is due to both our governments will land

only on mine.

Our cooperation does not merely earn us a

free trade agreement, it earns us an

enthusiastic yes to every

request we make in the humanly

foreseeable future.

I am so sorry if that's how the

President's remarks were understood, and

I know that she will do anything and

everything in her power to make this

right. But that's a

lot. Bill Rayburn telling Margaret

Roiland to launch a false flag operation

is a lot. I know. You don't.

Little is humiliated.

He will extract not one. but ten pounds

of flesh. We are sorry. We are

truly sorry. This was an epic, horrific

mistake. But if we reset the

world order every time the United States

****** ** I am doing everything I

can. But there is a limit.

You know that.

I do know that.

New draft should be with us in 10

minutes, minor changes. The

message is unity. No daylight between

them.

This travesty was hacked by my former

advisor, Margaret Royal... Nichol's not

going to want to own her. This is his

language that he said to us. Yeah, but

can't you just say former government

official?She was the man behind the

curtain for 15 years. Everybody knows

that. No. Everybody in the UK knows

that. You can't just refer to her as some

woman who worked down the hall. Former

advisor to the administration. Did they

say administration?The government. This

travesty was hacked by Margaret Roiland,

former advisor to the government, and

then Grace can turn into the Lancoff

part. No, Trowbridge used to be the one

to explain that Roiland went to Lancoff.

I can't have that coming out of Grace.

How'd it go?

I left the swallow. Oh ****.

Travesty?Yeah. Sounds

late. That's what I said. Well, that's

what they gave us. I mean, given the

circumstance, we can't be making tweaks

to his every word.

This deadly attack was orchestrated by

Margaret Whitman. Better. Are they taking

questions?No.

Ladies and gentlemen, the President of

the United States and the Prime Minister

of the United Kingdom.

Good afternoon.

Thank you for joining us today. It's an

honor to have Prime Minister Trowbridge

here. Together, we'd like to share some

information that recently came to our

attention. Earlier this year, the

bombing of the HMS Courageous aircraft

carrier stole from us 41 young British

lives. Our intelligence

services determined that the savage

attack was perpetrated by Russian

mercenary Roman Lenkov. As a known arm of

the Kremlin, whose actions were presumed

to be the will of the Russian state.

However, new information has led us to a

different, sadly no less disturbing,

conclusion. This deadly

attack

This deadly attack was orchestrated at

the behest of former United

States President William Rayburn.

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