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** Zoe Muller deconstructs the RichKidTurnedSocialActivist. Zoe wants to fight against the corruption in Petria's government [[DefectorFromDecadence despite having been born into wealth herself]], and she lacks any fear of what could happen to her. However her fearlessness makes her [[FearlessFool rash and foolish]] compared to others from less privileged backgrounds who show more common sense and caution, meaning that despite her best intentions she becomes TheLoad due to the many mistakes she makes.

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** Zoe Muller deconstructs the RichKidTurnedSocialActivist. Zoe wants to fight against the corruption in Petria's government [[DefectorFromDecadence despite having been born into wealth herself]], and she lacks any fear of what could happen to her. However her fearlessness makes her [[FearlessFool rash and foolish]] compared to others from less privileged backgrounds who show more common sense and caution, meaning that despite her best intentions she becomes TheLoad due to the many mistakes she makes.



** Fanny Campbell deconstructs the TokenGoodCop. Fanny is a good person who deeply loves her son and, despite being pretty conservative politically, doesn't agree with a lot of what her country is doing and is willing to ignore teen runaways when she can. However, despite setting herself up as the ReasonableAuthorityFigure, her few good actions doesn't change that she's part of an incredibly corrupt system than supports unjust laws. While she can let the player go, she's still shown in some encounters to be arresting teens and it's pretty clear that she [[SelectiveObliviousness lives in denial about how bad things truly are]], especially when it comes to things like the pits. And while she can be reasonable when in a good mood, when it comes down to it she can often fall into FuryFueledFoolishness and when pressured react pretty aggressively. In short, regardless of how good she tries to be, the fact she's still a cop means she still follows immoral orders that oppress innocent people and she still chooses to represent a tyrannically government, despite being the mother of a teenage runaway herself.

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** Alex deconstructs the TeenGenius. Alex is very intelligent for his age and the master of HollywoodHacking, able to do many impressive things. But despite his genius, he's still a 14 year old kid who doesn't really think things through and, more importantly, he can easily be manipulated by the wrong people. Without the Hitchhiker's intervention and John's help, Alex will become radicalised by Robert and build a bomb for the Brigades, despite being smart enough to understand how dangerous it is.
** Fanny Campbell deconstructs the TokenGoodCop. Fanny is a good person who deeply loves her son and, despite being pretty conservative politically, doesn't agree with a lot of what her country is doing and is willing to ignore teen runaways when she can. However, despite setting herself up as the ReasonableAuthorityFigure, her few good actions doesn't change that she's part of an incredibly corrupt system than supports unjust laws. While she can let the player go, she's still shown in some encounters to be arresting teens and it's pretty clear that she [[SelectiveObliviousness lives in denial about how bad things truly are]], especially when it comes to things like the pits. And while she can be reasonable when in a good mood, when it comes down to it she can often fall into FuryFueledFoolishness and when pressured react pretty aggressively. In short, regardless of how good she tries to be, the fact she's still a cop means she still follows immoral orders that oppress innocent people and she still chooses to represent a tyrannically government, despite being the mother of a teenage runaway herself.

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* DeadlyEuphemism: Jarod recruits the hitcher to help clean up a "mess" he made - by giving a dead cop a "hot bath" with "soap".



* DisneyVillainDeath: Should you run out of stamina in the mountain escape, the hitcher will not have enough strength to lift themselves up during the final jump and subsequently fall to their demise.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Petria, an America-like nation, is under the populist and dictatorial president Tyrak who built a giant border wall to "keep the nation safe"; you get one try to guess the inspiration for the allusions present in the game.



* TheGreatWall: The border crossing looks like something that North Korea or China would build, with a massive entrance gate and towered walls blockading the road to what looks like a decently sized city just across the border.

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* TheGreatWall: The border crossing looks like something that North Korea or China GDR would build, with a massive entrance gate and towered walls blockading the road to what looks like a decently sized city just across the border.



* InsistentTerminology: Sonya always refers to the large remote control in her limo as a "Normal-Sized Remote" with "Normal-Sized Buttons".



** Revolution: Support violent protests, overthrow of the government, and backing the Black Brigades.

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** Revolution: Support violent protests, the overthrow of the government, and backing the Black Brigades.



* KlatchianCoffee: Omen Vitality is John's special coffee made using coffee beans, a cucumber, and ginseng. The resulting drink may taste awful and burn on the way down, but it'll keep you awake. After he teaches it to you, you'll unlock two extra stamina bars and gain access to special actions.



* MasterOfUnlocking: Stan and Mitch teach the hitcher how to pick locks, which is the only way to get past many locked doors and other obstacles in the game.



* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: The despotic President Tyrak looks suspiciously similar to Soviet Premier Leonid Brezhnev.



* OffscreenTeleportation: Jarod will frequently pull this, using moments where the hitcher is engaged in a predetermined animation to suddenly appear unexpectedly close.



* ScareChord: Jarod's OffscreenTeleportation is usually accompanied by this.



* TheTaxi: Phone booths can be used to call the local taxi company and arrange a pick up if one is available. The company also employs Jarod, and the hitchhiker can raid the taxi company's offices with Stan and Mitch to learn more about his plans.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler:the Black Brigade were made to look like they caused the collapse of '86]]; with all the negative press on the Black Brigade, Robert has his faction be the villains Tyrak made them out to be.

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* TheTaxi: Phone booths can be used to call the local taxi company and arrange a pick up pick-up if one is available. The company also employs Jarod, and the hitchhiker can raid the taxi company's offices with Stan and Mitch to learn more about his plans.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler:the Black Brigade were made to look like they caused the collapse of '86]]; with all the negative press on the Black Brigade, Robert has his faction be the villains Tyrak made them out to be.
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* VoiceOfTheResistance: John has a powerful radio transmitter in his semi which he uses to transmit Black Brigade messages across Petria.
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* WakingUpElsewhere: Using a cardboard behind a motel to rest in one scenario results in you waking up inside a motel room, having been carried there by Jarod. Cue the hitcher panicking while Jarod forces them to help "clean up a mess".

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* WakingUpElsewhere: Using a cardboard behind a motel to rest Resting in one scenario results in you waking up inside a an unfamiliar motel room, having been carried there by Jarod. Cue the hitcher panicking while Jarod forces them to help "clean up a mess".
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* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype:
** Zoe Muller deconstructs the RichKidTurnedSocialActivist. Zoe wants to fight against the corruption in Petria's government [[DefectorFromDecadence despite having been born into wealth herself]], and she lacks any fear of what could happen to her. However her fearlessness makes her [[FearlessFool rash and foolish]] compared to others from less privileged backgrounds who show more common sense and caution, meaning that despite her best intentions she becomes TheLoad due to the many mistakes she makes.
** Stan and Mitch are deconstructions of AffablyEvil StupidCrooks. They might be polite and friendly to some of the hitchhikers they meet while their bickering and inability to successfully rob anything makes them amusing, but they are still at their core hardened criminals with seemingly few morals. While some encounters have them befriend a hitchhiker, others have them as antagonists willing to beat up and threaten a ''child'' which shows that they aren't actually good people.
** Fanny Campbell deconstructs the TokenGoodCop. Fanny is a good person who deeply loves her son and, despite being pretty conservative politically, doesn't agree with a lot of what her country is doing and is willing to ignore teen runaways when she can. However, despite setting herself up as the ReasonableAuthorityFigure, her few good actions doesn't change that she's part of an incredibly corrupt system than supports unjust laws. While she can let the player go, she's still shown in some encounters to be arresting teens and it's pretty clear that she [[SelectiveObliviousness lives in denial about how bad things truly are]], especially when it comes to things like the pits. And while she can be reasonable when in a good mood, when it comes down to it she can often fall into FuryFueledFoolishness and when pressured react pretty aggressively. In short, regardless of how good she tries to be, the fact she's still a cop means she still follows immoral orders that oppress innocent people and she still chooses to represent a tyrannically government, despite being the mother of a teenage runaway herself.
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* ArtisticLicenseGeography: Several occurrences.
** The Mount National is seen in the horizon in every playthrough, at every stage of the journey. However, as you can start your journey '''thousands of miles''' from the border, assuming Petria is a fictional country on Earth, it would be impossible to see the Mount National from that far due to the curvature of the earth.
** Also, seeing the size of the country, and hence its border, it is highly improbable to only have one road checkpoint at the border to enter or leave the country. But due to the extreme isolationism of the country, it wouldn'tbe that surprising - but for anyone who'd like to flee, it would be much more practical to cross the border anywhere else, unless the border is some kind of korean DMZ on its entire length.
** According to the map of Petria, Mount National is the highest peak of the country - it's also highly impractical to set up the only border checkpoint here.

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** Elections: Flores wins the election with a landslide. Tyrak and his cronies are arrested and tried for their crimes while Petria moves toward the future.

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** Elections: Flores wins the election with a landslide. Tyrak and his cronies are arrested and tried for their crimes while Petria moves toward the future. This also has two subvariations:
*** Flores wins the election and enacts reforms, but they're not as good as the Black Brigades were hoping for.
*** Flores wins the election and enacts major reforms.
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* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Petria is ostensibly a democracy with presidential elections every 10 years. In reality, Tyrak is a totalitarian despot whose laws are increasingly curtailing the rights of his people while demanding absolute obedience. Very few characters actually think the upcoming election will be anything close to free or democratic, and there's already news stories about how Tyrak will amend the country's laws to remove the limits on presidential terms so he can remain in power indefinitely, [[spoiler:which he successfully does if you don't commit to voting or violence.]]
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** In one of Jarod's encounters, he'll mention that he doesn't want to think about Lola or he'll get very angry. A little while later, if you decide to play one of the VCRs, he'll ask you which one you watched. Responding with Lola will fill his ''entire'' anger bar and end with you getting shot.

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** In one of Jarod's encounters, he'll mention that he doesn't want to think about Lola or he'll get very angry. A little while later, if you decide to play one of the VCRs, [=VCRs=], he'll ask you which one you watched. Responding with Lola will fill his ''entire'' anger bar and end with you getting shot.
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* InsistentTerminology: Sonya always refers to the large remote control in her limo as a "Normal-Sized Remote" with "Normal-Sized Buttons".
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A prequel titled ''Road 96: Mile 0'' released on April 4, 2023. The game alternate between follows Zoe, exploring what caused her to leave home, and her friend Kaito, from ''VideoGame/LostInHarmony'', as they encounter several of the characters from the original game.

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A prequel titled ''Road 96: Mile 0'' released on April 4, 2023. The game alternate between follows Zoe, exploring what caused her to leave home, and her friend Kaito, from ''VideoGame/LostInHarmony'', as they encounter several of the characters from the original game. There are also two {{Gamebooks}} titled ''Prologue'', which is set ten years before ''Road 96'', and ''About a Girl'', which bridges the gap between the first game and the prequel.
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* AscendedExtra: Alex was just an extra in Sonya's chapters in the original game, but here he gets some focus as the game explains how he started working as Sonya's bodyguard. President Tyrak and Zoe's father also have much larger appearances than in the original game.

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* AscendedExtra: Alex Adam was just an extra in Sonya's chapters in the original game, but here he gets some focus as the game explains how he started working as Sonya's bodyguard. President Tyrak and Zoe's father also have much larger appearances than in the original game.
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** [[spoiler:If Kaito has high moderate, then he refuses to join the Brigades. An angry Robert tries to kill Kaito's parents but is stopped when Kaito punches him just when the police arrive, but Robert is able to escape while Kaito's parents surrender in order to hide Kaito. The game ends with Zoe trying to contact him while Kaito sadly walks down Road 96 with the goal of crossing the boarder.]]

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** [[spoiler:If Kaito has high moderate, then he refuses to join the Brigades. An After the fight with Zoe, an angry Robert tries to kill Kaito's parents but is stopped when Kaito punches him just when the police arrive, but with Robert is being able to escape while Kaito's parents surrender in order to hide Kaito. The game ends with Zoe trying to contact him while Kaito sadly walks down Road 96 96, seemingly with the goal of crossing the boarder.]]

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* CallForward: A subtle one is that when Zoe meets Alex, they have marshmallows at a campfire. When the Hitchhiker first meets Zoe in the original game, she asks if the player has any marshmallows.



* CanonWelding: It turns out that ''Lost in Harmony'', or at least Kaito's story in the game, exists in the same universe as ''Road 96''.

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* CanonWelding: It turns out that ''Lost in Harmony'', or at least Kaito's story in the game, exists in the same universe as ''Road 96''. Kaito explains that he believes that his friend Aya got got sick from the drilling and pollution in Petria, though this isn't confirmed.

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* CanonWelding: It turns out that ''Lost in Harmony'', or at least Kaito's story in the game, exists in the same universe as ''Road 96''.



* SharedUniverse: It turns out that ''Lost in Harmony'', or at least Kaito's story in the game, exists in the same universe as ''Road 96''.

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* AllLoveInUnrequited: The player has the option of having Kaito imply that he does have more romantic feelings for Zoe, but this doesn't have any impact on the story.

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* AllLoveInUnrequited: AllLoveIsUnrequited: The player has the option of having Kaito imply that he does have more romantic feelings for Zoe, but this doesn't have any impact on the story.


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** Stan and Mitch appear on the cover of a magazine.


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* DemotedToExtra: Many of the main characters from the original game, such as Fanny and Jarod, are reduced to brief cameos.

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* AllLoveInUnrequited: The player has the option of having Kaito imply that he does have more romantic feelings for Zoe, but this doesn't have any impact on the story.



* PlatonicBestFriends: Zoe and Kaito are this, though when discussing Adam's crush on Sonya the player has the option to have Kaito either confidently or reluctantly agree with Zoe's statement about them just being friends. However this doesn't have any impact on story.

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* PlatonicBestFriends: PlatonicLifePartners: Zoe and Kaito are this, though when discussing Adam's crush on Sonya the player has the option to have Kaito either confidently or reluctantly agree with Zoe's statement about them just being friends. However this doesn't have any impact on story.
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** Conny, John's girlfriend, can be briefly seen in the flashback of the attack in '86.


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* PlatonicBestFriends: Zoe and Kaito are this, though when discussing Adam's crush on Sonya the player has the option to have Kaito either confidently or reluctantly agree with Zoe's statement about them just being friends. However this doesn't have any impact on story.
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* AscendedExtra: Alex was just an extra in Sonya's chapters in the original game, but here he gets some focus as the game explains how he started working as Sonya's bodyguard. President Tyrak and Zoe's father also have much larger appearances than in the original game.
* TheCameo: Many characters from ''Road 96'' reappear in this game:
** John appears offering Kaito and his parents a way out of the country in return for a file that proves the Brigades didn't cause the attack in '86.
** Jarod can be seen twice, first in the distance seemingly about to kill someone and finally in his taxi while Zoe is chased by Adam.
** Fanny briefly appears when Kaito is being interrogated by cops.
** Alex appears at Biggy's Diner, having a conversation with Zoe after getting his van working.
** [[spoiler:Robert makes an appearance at the end of the game, where he demands that Kaito gives him the file while also offering the teenager a chance to join the Brigades.]]



* ForgoneConclusion: No matter what happens, Zoe will end up a runaway at the Night Skies Campground. [[spoiler:And she will have the file exposing that Tyrak is responsible for the deaths in '86, either through beating Kaito in their fight or Kaito being so horrified that he hurt her that he lets her leave with the file.]]

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* ForgoneConclusion: ForegoneConclusion: No matter what happens, Zoe will end up a runaway at the Night Skies Campground. [[spoiler:And she will have the file exposing that Tyrak is responsible for the deaths in '86, either through beating Kaito in their fight or Kaito being so horrified that he hurt her that he lets her leave with the file.]]



** [[spoiler:If Kaito has a high moderate, then he refuses to join the Brigades. An angry Robert tries to kill Kaito's parents but is stopped when Kaito punches him just when the police arrive, but Robert is able to escape while Kaito's parents surrender in order to hide Kaito. The game ends with Zoe trying to contact him while Kaito sadly walks down Road 96 with the goal of crossing the boarder.]]

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** [[spoiler:If Kaito has a high moderate, then he refuses to join the Brigades. An angry Robert tries to kill Kaito's parents but is stopped when Kaito punches him just when the police arrive, but Robert is able to escape while Kaito's parents surrender in order to hide Kaito. The game ends with Zoe trying to contact him while Kaito sadly walks down Road 96 with the goal of crossing the boarder.]]

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* MultipleEndings: There are four endings, depending on what choices you have made and how that affects Zoe and Kaito (her "confident vs doubt" and his "revolutionary vs moderate" scales). However the endings only affect Kaito, as for obvious reasons Zoe will always end up at the trailer park.

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* ForgoneConclusion: No matter what happens, Zoe will end up a runaway at the Night Skies Campground. [[spoiler:And she will have the file exposing that Tyrak is responsible for the deaths in '86, either through beating Kaito in their fight or Kaito being so horrified that he hurt her that he lets her leave with the file.]]
* MultipleEndings: There are four endings, depending on what choices you have made and how that affects Zoe and Kaito (her "confident vs doubt" and his "revolutionary vs moderate" scales). However the endings only affect Kaito, as for obvious reasons Zoe will always end up at the trailer park.Night Skies Campground.



* {{Prequel}}: To the original game, though it's also a sequel to ''Lost in Harmony''.

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* {{Prequel}}: To the original game, being set a few months before it, though it's also a sequel to ''Lost in Harmony''.Harmony'', being set two years after Aya's death.
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* AbsurdlyElderlyMother: Kaito's parents look more like his grandparents.


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* MultipleEndings: There are four endings, depending on what choices you have made and how that affects Zoe and Kaito (her "confident vs doubt" and his "revolutionary vs moderate" scales). However the endings only affect Kaito, as for obvious reasons Zoe will always end up at the trailer park.
** [[spoiler:If Zoe has high confidence and Kaito has high revolutionary. Zoe calls the cops and tells them where to find the Brigades that Kaito is meeting with, while also taking the file from the car Kaito's parents were given when they left. Kaito agrees to join the Brigades and goes to get the file, leading to an argument and a fight between him and Zoe. Regardless of who wins, Zoe leaves with the file. While Zoe leaves on a journey to the trailer park where the protagonist meets her in the first game and learns the truth after reading the file, Kaito is confronted by Robert just when the police arrived. Kaito takes Robert's gun, who flees immediately afterwards, but despite his best efforts the police end up killing his parents. Kaito surrenders while Zoe futilely attempts to contact him through their radios.]]
** [[spoiler:If Kaito has a high moderate, then he refuses to join the Brigades. An angry Robert tries to kill Kaito's parents but is stopped when Kaito punches him just when the police arrive, but Robert is able to escape while Kaito's parents surrender in order to hide Kaito. The game ends with Zoe trying to contact him while Kaito sadly walks down Road 96 with the goal of crossing the boarder.]]
** [[spoiler:If Zoe has high doubt she doesn't call the police. After their fight Robert angrily shoots tire of the car given to Kaito's parents and leaves in his own, with Kaito going with him despite the protests of his parents. The game ends with Zoe trying to contact him after reading the file, while Kaito notices her bag and trumpet on a bench as Robert drives them to an unknown destination. Despite at first being excited, he hesitates and says nothing to Robert, preventing him from finding Zoe and getting the file.]]
** [[spoiler: The GoldenEnding is when Zoe has high doubt while Kaito has high moderate, meaning she doesn't call the cops while he doesn't join the Brigades. After their fight, Robert threatens to kill Kaito's parents, but changes his mind and allows the family to leave. The game ends with a more optimistic Zoe narrating that she knows Kaito will find a way to cross and hopes that one day they will see each other again, while Kaito and his parents drive down Road 96.]]


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* {{Retcon}}: In the original game Zoe states that her father thinks she is on a road trip and doesn't know that she has no intention of going back, but this game reveals she ran away without even speaking to him.
* {{Revision}}: The context of how Zoe [[spoiler:found proof that Tyrak is responsible for the attack in '86]] is slightly different here, as the original game implied she simply found it instead of [[spoiler:breaking into Tyrak's house with help from her friend]].

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!!''Road 96: 0 Mile'' contains examples of:
* Crossover: Between ''Road 96'' and ''Lost in Harmony''.

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!!''Road 96: 0 Mile'' Miles 0'' contains examples of:
* Crossover: {{Crossover}}: Between ''Road 96'' and ''Lost in Harmony''.

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