| This is Nancy Chin with a WPTF special news brief:
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| There’s been another brutal school shooting, this time at Melon Bayside High.
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| Mike did you catch that? |
| We have no number of the wounded or dead,
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| but we have a positive idea of the shooter. |
| Her name is Rebecca Gates Scott,
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| a 16-year-old junior. |
| She’s been positively identified. |
| There’s been no motive
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| released, as of yet, but Miss Scott is in police custody. |
| Please stay tuned
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| throughout the day as we uncover this unfortunate incident, and try to get to
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| the bottom of it, this recent violent epidemic
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| You can call me Becky, I’m 16, the Melon Bay junior prom queen
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| This year I made the dean’s list and go study with the captain of the team
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| Yes, I’m the most popular girl around, okay, the most popular girl in town
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| I’m not conceited, I swear, when I won at the dance, I didn’t even wear the
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| crown
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| I’m really sweet, after school in the week I tutor kids in science and math
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| And everyone in my class has gone back and taken a test and passed
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| I live with my little sister and grandfather, and mom and dad, of course
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| They’ve been together for 25 years, and never dreamed of a divorce
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| My mom’s a doctor, she’s hardly ever home, my dad’s an investment broker
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| My grandpa, he’s a war vet, heavy drinker, heavy smoker
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| Mommy tries to get him to quit, but he just laughs her off
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| Says if those damn Japs couldn’t kill him, he’s not worried about death and
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| coughs
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| My sister Rose is 10, she’s the thing that makes my daddy smile
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| Sweeter than cherry pie, blonde, with deep blueberry eyes
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| A little me, we’re really close, she has a room that’s full of toys
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| And hates 98 degrees and NSYNC, but loves the Backstreet Boys
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| And I would kill for her, I mean I would do whatever it took to keep her safe
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| Innocent and far from harm that’s threatening in any place
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| Even if it’s home
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| I hate leaving her alone, she cries at night
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| Sometimes I’m afraid I might that I might do something
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| Lose control and abuse something, cause Daddy’s hugs are too tight
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| And Rose grows throwing black and blue bruises on her wrists
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| Like where I slit mine, I mean the time I fell and cut my arms a bit
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| I’m rambling on, you don’t understand, nobody does
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| Sometimes when I’m alone I squeeze my nails in my hand hard enough to draw blood
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| Stop the talking, I’m not crazy, it’s probably just from when I had braces
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| And when I lay in bed at night, I’d pick up radio stations
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| And they used to tease me, call me names and stuff
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| But that’s just kids, I used to be mad about it
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| But that was then, now I’m grown, forget about it
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| Now I’m picture perfect, pretty, prissy, painted and deserve it
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| And pity those that hurt me, I lay the law, guilty verdict
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| This is Trevor Michaels filling in for Nancy Chin
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| I’m here with detective Lapowski
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| Detective, can you give us any information on Miss Scott
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| Any gang affiliation, member of militia or cult?
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| We can’t give any, information right now
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| All we can say is that she’s in custody and we’re attending to the injured
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| Has she said anything revealing why she did this?
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| Like I said, stated before, Trevor, we can’t give anything right now
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| Officer Mangles, you’re trudging jelly over the scene
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| Oh my God, Sasha, did you see what she was wearing?
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| I know! |
| Eww…
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| I hear them talking about me, they think I don’t, but I know what they’re saying
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| They think I can’t hear them when I’m walking past, they stop and smile and chat
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| But all the while they’re plotting behind my back, all my friends,
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| even the teachers
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| Even when I’m cheering, I can hear them whispering way up in the bleachers
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| They think I’m ugly, they’re still calling me names, they think that it’s funny
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| They think I’m nothing without money, think I’m anorexic and hungry
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| Even my best friend, I hate them all, they’re all plotting against me
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| Trying to convince me that nothing’s wrong, but the whole world’s against me,
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| I know it
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| The principal called me in the office to talk about the dean’s list
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| And then he backed me into the door
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| And made me touch his penis and called me a whore
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| And he said if I told, he’d do everything in his power |
| To keep me from graduating 'til I was old, been on two rolls so he’d deflower
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| And Daddy doesn’t come into my room at night, since Rose was about six
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| I guess I miss the times he used to visit me, you think that I’m sick?
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| Well I don’t care, and Mommy knew, she wanted to join in the fun
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| But ever since my little sister was born, they made her number one
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| And Grandpa makes me hold his thing, and put my mouth on it
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| So, ever since I can remember, I’ve never told anyone about it
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| But I’ve got a plan, and I don’t care who thinks it’s wrong
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| If you were me, what would you do? |
| Play it along 'til now?
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| Tell me, would you?
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| Hello, this is Fred Andrews, and you’re watching Middle America’s School Forum.
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| I’m here with Timmy Andrews, a sophomore, who attends Melon Bayside High.
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| Hello, Timmy
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| Hey, how you doin'? |
| How you doin'?
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| Very good, welcome to the show. |
| Timmy, could you tell us anything about Miss
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| Scott? |
| You know, we’re trying to get to the bottom of why she would do such a
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| thing. |
| What can you tell me about her? |
| Have you seen her in school?
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| I mean, actually, she seemed like a very popular girl, and I never would’ve
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| expected none of this to happen. |
| I mean it was just a shocking thing for me to
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| see and witness actually. |
| I mean I’m like… befounded
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| Earlier in the school year, did she ever mention that she was gonna come to
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| school and just, shoot people? |
| Did she ever say, «Hey, I hate it here,» «I hate you people»? |
| Did you ever get that kind of vibe from Miss Scott?
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| No, not at all. |
| She actually seemed very happy with what was going on in school.
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| I mean, she did a lot of tutoring and things like that nature and everything.
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| So, this was something you actually never would have expected. |
| I mean it’s
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| just very shocking to see such things happen at this moment
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| Yeah, we’re also here with Calvin Jackson. |
| Mr. Jackson, can you give us any
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| insight as to what’s going on?
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| Well, Fred, this is some bullshit. |
| Frankly, I think that America needs to stop
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| raising our children, and you should be allowed to beat your kids.
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| Then shit like this would not happen
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| This morning, I got up, walked to the bathroom, grabbed the scissors and stared
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| in the mirror
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| And started cutting 'til there was almost nothing left
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| Hair falling in chunks, and picked up a blunt razor and passed it once
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| Starting at the back of my neck, I moved it slowly forward to the front
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| A reverse bizarre Taxi Driver with blood dripping in my eyes
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| I looked and laughed loud, mommy heard it, walked by the door and passed out
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| I grabbed the bitch by her feet, closed the door and tied her to the bed
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| Stripped her, gagged her mouth and jumped to the top, pulled the razor back and
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| ripped her fucking throat open
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| Watched her choke and soaked in blood, I headed downstairs
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| To the kitchen, grabbed Rose by the hair and slit her with Daddy standing there
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| He tried to tackle me, so I jabbed him in the abdomen
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| Then I jumped, flipped, turned and stabbed him in the back again
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| And when he fell to the floor I stopped, heard a loud bang and a cough
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| I walked in the living room, and Grandpa stood, gripping a sawed-off
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| So I thought quick and dropped to my knees and started crying
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| And screaming «Why» and «I'm sorry» and «What have I done» and all sorts of
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| emotional lying
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| He dropped the gun and ran to me, shaking and screaming
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| I tried to free myself and go for the gun, but his grip just wouldn’t let me
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| «Grandpa, call the police, I think Rose is still breathing, please»
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| He let go, ran to the kitchen, I ran to get hold of the piece
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| I picked it up, cocked it back and blew off both of his knees
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| Left him laying in the hall bleeding to death and I snatched the car keys
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| Oh God. |
| Okay. |
| What have I done? |
| All right. |
| I didn’t do anything wrong.
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| They deserved it. |
| They got what was coming to them, and it’s not me,
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| I’m not crazy, I’m not hearing voices, no no no. |
| It’s--
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| It’s what was supposed to happen, now I’m just going to go to school and--
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| You know what? |
| No, never mind! |
| Cause everything I’m doing is right and they’re
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| supposed to die, and it’s them, they did it to me first. |
| And, it’s because, |
| I’m a good person. |
| I am cause I’m good enough and I’m smart enough and--
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| And people like me… no they don’t, yes they do, no they don’t, yes they--
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| Okay, all right. |
| I’m just going to get to school, and I’ll work everything out
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| Pulled up in the school parking lot, just me, destiny, and a shotgun riding
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| Perfect timing, assembly in the cafeteria for joy of creative writing
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| I walked up to the front doors, blew them open, started aiming and blasting
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| Stood frozen in the main hall, afterward smoke rising, sounds of screaming and
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| gasping
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| Rang everywhere, I ran into the west wing stairs, laughing
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| And through the gym, stopped to reload, pulled out Grandpa’s favorite flask and
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| Took a hit of gin, then raised the gun up and blasted once yelling, «Finally»,
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| it’s time to pay
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| I heard footsteps, poured the liquor out and turned around to blow the person
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| away
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| I kicked the corpse, walked, continued on my course, and heard the cries
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| Of helpless little victims, let me tell you, they all deserved to die
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| Walked to the middle of the room and hopped the tables and started letting off
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| wherever
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| Setting off the fire alarms and I turned my firearm around and held my finger
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| tight and pulled the trigger
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| Wetting the room, watching bodies drop to the floor and quiver
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| Held my finger tight and pulled the trigger
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| Bloodbath, there was red everywhere: on the wall, on my hands
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| On the doors, on the lunch trays, on the posters, on the ceiling fans
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| I raised the gun up and shot out at the glare of the fluorescent lights
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| Stopped and smiled wasn’t the fife, it was dark and mayhem, it all serves them
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| right
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| Continued shooting until the last shell dropped
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| Then I hopped off the table and stood in the middle of the room
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| Leaned back and admired the view
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| It was like a sunset in Hell
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| This is the police
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| On the count of three, we’re going to bust in
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| 1, 2, 3, here we go! |