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What a disappointment. Godot is the worst emo I've ever seen and to top it off he's a sexist jerk arrogant jerk. Blaming Phoenix for not taking care of Mia? What did he really think that Mia hired Phoenix to baby sit her? Blaming Phoenix for not knowing Mia's family history? Gee, maybe I should ask my supervisor about his family problems and see what happens. Hell, he was so arrogant that he thought he would interrogate Dahlia all by himself in a cafeteria or lobby (I forgot) with no police involved or anything and because of it he was felled by his own vice and worst he didn't learn his lesson from that incident. When he found out there was a conspiracy to murder someone he went and did the same thing he falsely accused Phoenix of, namely endangering the women around him.

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Blaming Phoenix for not taking care of Mia? What did he really think that Mia hired Phoenix to baby sit her?

I think that was more that he was angry that he hadn't been able to protect her himself, so he took it out on Phoenix. I dunno.
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...I actually thought he was a bit sexist, too. >_> But I agree with Xylophone about Nick; I think deep down he knew Nick couldn't have prevented her death, but he was just so devastated by her passing that he put the blame on him to help ease his own pain.

I think his "fault" is what makes him an appealing character, though, or at least an interesting one. And he did seem to come around in the end and realize his own botched logic.
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As much as i'd hate to say it, hes an arrogant, sexist prick who cant face the truth. But at least he realises it at the end.........even though he only realises it AFTER he kills his dead lover's mother. Oh well, i still luff him. :godot:
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Are you kidding? His sexist lines are some of the funniest in the series. I can just imagine when he was dating Mia...

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XD!
<3 him anyway :P
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Godot is a BASTARD. I want to kick him in the face.

At the same time he's so awesome, I just want to hug him until he suffocates.

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Why are there always characters like that? o-o XD
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Godot is a BASTARD. I want to kick him in the face.

At the same time he's so awesome, I just want to hug him until he suffocates.

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Why are there always characters like that? o-o XD

He's awesome BECAUSE he's a bastard :P :uramidn:
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xylophone220 wrote:
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Godot is a BASTARD. I want to kick him in the face.

At the same time he's so awesome, I just want to hug him until he suffocates.

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Why are there always characters like that? o-o XD

He's awesome BECAUSE he's a bastard :P :uramidn:


True >:3

I'm a sucker for that kind of character. XD
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Anyone who can fearlessly stand up to Franziska can't be that bad of a character. :p
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Anyone who can fearlessly stand up to Franziska can't be that bad of a character. :p


True (Edgeworth just shuts her down), but Godot made so many stupid mistakes along the that he should have learned from. I still call him stupid for what he did, he could have avoided getting Maya's mother killed and getting himself placed into a coma if he just stopped to think a little.

. . . . .but he is extremely awesome somehow. The Gerodi visors must place a trance over everything.
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It's funny because I'm truly torn between liking and seriously disliking his character. He's a sexist prick who can't seem to deal with reality and therefore lashes out at Phoenix (who did nothing wrong by the way). If he truly wanted to save Maya, burn the letter!! Okay so he says that perhaps he wanted her in danger so he could save her, but he did a really crappy job of doing this. All he and Misty had to do to avoid this was keep their eyes on a nine year old! He is also seriously overhyped as a prosecutor (how is he head of these cases when he hasn't won a single case and he looses every case he is involved in). On the other hand, he can be a lot of fun, has some great lines, and at least he realizes his mistakes by the end. Besides I love Diego/Mia (Given time I'm sure she would have fixed the sexist attitude. Mia's just cool like that).
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I guess Misty didn't really help much be helping Pearl read the letter, but... :P
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I didn't really read Diego as being sexist - I thought it was more banter between he and Mia to be honest and not that he actually thought that way. I suspect she wears the trousers in the bedroom :)

But then y'know a lot of that may be down to personal experience and sense of humour etc.
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I don't really think he's 'sexist', just that the vocabulary he uses gives pet-names to women. A lot. He's SUPPOSED to give off the jazz vibe, and jazz is just pretty sexist towards women being sexual objects anyway, so you can't blame him.

I just hated his fuzzy logic in the last case. I mean, he swung a dead body underneath a burning bridge with nothing but the rope it's tied to (which dropped the body promptly at the end of its swing). Physics be damned!

Not to mention wouldn't have simply picking up Pearl at any point of time in the main hall be the easiest solution? Or removing the letter which he read in the first place?
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...Need picture of Godot doing jazz hands now >.<
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I just hated his fuzzy logic in the last case. I mean, he swung a dead body underneath a burning bridge with nothing but the rope it's tied to (which dropped the body promptly at the end of its swing). Physics be damned!


He's Godot. He doesn't need physics. How d'you think he throws his mug with such precision that the coffee stays in it until it lands perfectly on Nick's forehead? :P
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I just hated his fuzzy logic in the last case. I mean, he swung a dead body underneath a burning bridge with nothing but the rope it's tied to (which dropped the body promptly at the end of its swing). Physics be damned!


He's Godot. He doesn't need physics. How d'you think he throws his mug with such precision that the coffee stays in it until it lands perfectly on Nick's forehead? :P


Speed, man, SPEED. That cup was going at ludicrous speed and could phase through solid objects (explains why noone on the witness chair ever gets hit).

And the mug sticks on Nick's head because of his own hair-gel!
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...Need picture of Godot doing jazz hands now >.<

Ha ha ha ha :D He's the least you'd expect it from.

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That cup was going at ludicrous speed and could phase through solid objects (explains why noone on the witness chair ever gets hit).

Uh oh, I think someone needs to take a look at the courtroom sprite again.

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And the mug sticks on Nick's head because of his own hair-gel!

He doesn't use hair-gel, the hair is like that naturally. He says that in 3-2.

On-topic: Godot is such a huggable bastard and I do like pricks. I don't view him as a normal human, though. I say he's mentally damaged due to his nervous system being damaged by the poison and the coma he stayed in. No human can be normal after such a ride, no, just no.

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I think Godot himself was a very tragic and cool character. In the beginning I didn't like his attitude, but he was always honest, even at the end if he didn't know
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he would kill to protect Maya or get revenge


Imagine if **warning***
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you were poisoned by a woman you knew/felt to be a vicious murderer and backstabber and then in a coma where your whole body became a wreck, lost the best years of your life, had to wear these goggles, and live with a rage of knowing your love/treasured person (who was an innocent soul) was killed. With nothing left he set out 'to maybe fix the tattered pieces of [his] soul". Godot is just such a sad (in a good way) character. Even after Dahlia is sent back to hell/wherever she's from, everyone, even Godot, still suffers the residual effects of her rage and selfishness, just as they do from Morgan fey



In the end, Phoenix is still one of my favorite characters, which may seem 'duh', but really, such an honest guy and a funny one who will still keep to himself. He's a real 'hero', one who isn't perfect but sticks to his convictions even when
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He tells Iris he trusted her despite him thinking she was at first dahlia. That's a real pure and honest soul...maybe that's what Godot saw in the end.



I also don't think Godot is sexist, just an asshole/arrogant sometimes/most the time.
Really, if he calls women by their pet names, he also asks a pretty lady their name and occupation, just as he calls Wright 'Trite'.
Plus, jazz is never really sexist, Godot, like coffee and jazz, are really smooth. His music suits his sad, yet strong/'smooth' (only way I can describe it) personality perfectly.

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No offense to anyone, but I seriously don't buy this "he realized his mistakes at the end" mantra.

Sure, he admitted he was wrong - AFTER Phoenix had nailed him. He had lost. Admitting defeat after he's been beaten doesn't make him courageous, or mean he gained some sudden self-awareness. Even Karma and Gant accepted their fates after having been snared.

It's like watching Cheaters! If the cheating party admits to cheating only after Joey waves the tape in his face, that is just as much an act of cowardice as lying in the first place. Especially in Godot's case, since it led quite beautifully into the "Godot Pity Party" where not a single person in the courtroom condemned him for what he had done.

If Godot really had an ounce of courage, morality, or decency in his body, he would have confessed long before putting Maya up on the stand. He had to have known that it was the wrong thing to do, to put her through that just to prolonge his battle with Phoenix (which was pointless anyway, considering how many times Phoenix had ALREADY beaten him, and...he kind of threw their match anyway. What was the point of using Maya as a tool, if he wasn't even going to let Phoenix fight on his own power?).

Holding out until the last possible moment, and then crying about it for sympathy, hardly makes someone a tragic hero.
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Holding out until the last possible moment, and then crying about it for sympathy, hardly makes someone a tragic hero.


Technically, he was bleeding, but he makes a melodrama out of his colour-blindness so it's metaphorical crying.

Honestly though, apparently, Mia said it was a'okay to put her sister in a traumatic and life-threatening situation, not once, but TWO times. Mia knew about Godot from Maya, and prolly could have communicated with her mom now on the other side, and STILL, she's fine with it.

Obviously, Godot and Mia are just MADE for each other. Screwing with people's minds...
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Well, again, he is tragic I think because he is so weak, and how far he'd go to conceal his own hamartia.
I mean, Achilles did the exact same thing, where he didn't fight and by doing so lost the lives of many comrades, but didn't think anything of it until his friend Patriklos died.
Then again, Godot gave Phoenix obvious hints as to how to find contradictions. Although the set up seems similar to von-karma's own trial, where they are both cool and collected til right before they are caught, nonetheless, I think there can be cause for pity in Godot more than Karma, for even though revenge was on both their minds, I could see Godot's as more realistic.

However as to 'if he realizes his mistake'...maybe... I think it's possible, but I see where you're coming from. he says he doesn't know if he killed out of love or out of revenge... I think the latter moreso, but then again we'd have to analyze the actual situation a little deeper.

I like to think he's a tragic character more because of what he's been made into by accidentals and has that wrestle with his inner-self, and in the end shows some remorese because his best coffee is after he has helped send his greatest enemy to the hereafter and he himself is lifted of the burden of revenge and hiding it. I still think he intended to get caught, but couldn't just do it himself (since he still had a vengeful heart against Phoenix).

That's only the short of it though.
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Honestly though, apparently, Mia said it was a'okay to put her sister in a traumatic and life-threatening situation, not once, but TWO times. Mia knew about Godot from Maya, and prolly could have communicated with her mom now on the other side, and STILL, she's fine with it.

Obviously, Godot and Mia are just MADE for each other. Screwing with people's minds...


Ugh, Mia's just as bad sometimes. She has always shown that she's more interested in training Phoenix as a lawyer than caring about her own flesh and blood. I guess it's no surprise she doesn't give a second thought to playing along with Godot's silly little game. "Sure you killed my mom in a fit of rage, but...that's okay! Feel free to tease my starved and hypothermic sister now, kthnx."

Maybe that's how they were attracted in the first place after all. Their mutual lack of concern over Maya! :redd:
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He makes a comment to Franziska about how she should know her place and to leave things to the "big boys" at one point during the investigation. He also makes a few smaller ones as his former self as I recall, but I don't have quotes. What pissed me off more was the implication that Mia and Maya needed to be protected by a man and where incapable of taking care of themselves. His story was that Mia took off after a dangerous man and as the only man around, it was Phoenix's responsibilty to protect her despite the fact that, as far as we know, she told Phoenix nothing about any of what was going on. He almost made Mia sound like a willful child who needed to be protected from herself rather than a talented attorney in her own right who was perfectly capable of taking care of herself and making her own decisions. Perhaps he simply didn't want to blame Mia herself for her death, but then there was no reason that he couldn't blame the man who killed her. He went out of his way to blame Phoenix because he was a man around at the time. He even says at the end when he is confessing (badly paraphrased quote to follow) "I ignored the most important 'man' in your life" to Maya. I do think he should have told Phoenix about Morgan's plan, but not because Phoenix was a man but because he was an important part of her life and should have been involved. There is more, but I don't want to root through the game to find them. I think it was more blatant in 3-5 and it pissed me off royally.
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No offense to anyone, but I seriously don't buy this "he realized his mistakes at the end" mantra.

It's not so much "He realized his mistakes." more than it was a "What the fuck have I done? Man, I am a FUCKING IDIOT." Kinda like a mental slap on the forehead. The realization that his entire crusade against Phoenix was completely futile and stupid can't be done entirely in court.

He'll realize them further on, in jail/in hell.

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Sure, he admitted he was wrong - AFTER Phoenix had nailed him. He had lost. Admitting defeat after he's been beaten doesn't make him courageous, or mean he gained some sudden self-awareness. Even Karma and Gant accepted their fates after having been snared.

It's like watching Cheaters! If the cheating party admits to cheating only after Joey waves the tape in his face, that is just as much an act of cowardice as lying in the first place. Especially in Godot's case, since it led quite beautifully into the "Godot Pity Party" where not a single person in the courtroom condemned him for what he had done.

I disagree with you. He IS pitiful. However, not in the way the game portrays him. On one hand, it sucked what happened to him - being poisoned, and tossed into a coma is no joke, and waking up to nothing has to be amongst the worst things you can experience psychologically. HOWEVER, from that moment on, he made mistake after mistake after mistake after mistake. From the moment he stopped being Diego Armando, he started to be a complete fucking idiot. His "pity party" wasn't planned so much as inevitable. He is a "tragic hero" in the Greek theater sense - He feels forced by "the gods" to do the mistakes he does. He's a goddamned dumbass who doesn't deserve half the love he gets from the courtroom in his pity party. For me, it's not "Boo hoo Godot goes to jail." more than "I pity you for being that stupid."

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Holding out until the last possible moment, and then crying about it for sympathy, hardly makes someone a tragic hero.

I've answered this in my other part, but he is a tragic "something". Ultimately, he makes every single wrong decision possible because he feels forced to. I recall you recounted the sheer amount of times he could have stopped it : He could have burned the letter since he got to it before Pearl did, he could have had Misty convince Pearl not to do it, etc. etc. However, he does none of those things, and instead puts Maya in danger in order to save her. Congrats Godot, you're an idiot. After 3-5, Godot becomes irredeemable, and that, there, is probably what drives people to like him. He WANTS to repent after getting busted (unlike von Karma and Gant, who accept their fates, but pretty much shrug their shoulders about the whole thing, they'd do it again in a heartbeat if they had the chance), but after what he did, redemption is just impossible for him.

The thing is, we'll never know 'cause he probably dies in prison before his execution. I can't think someone who's THAT battered down can live a long life - especially not after getting slashed in the freaking HEAD.
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He makes a comment to Franziska about how she should know her place and to leave things to the "big boys" at one point during the investigation. He also makes a few smaller ones as his former self as I recall, but I don't have quotes. What pissed me off more was the implication that Mia and Maya needed to be protected by a man and where incapable of taking care of themselves. His story was that Mia took off after a dangerous man and as the only man around, it was Phoenix's responsibilty to protect her despite the fact that, as far as we know, she told Phoenix nothing about any of what was going on. He almost made Mia sound like a willful child who needed to be protected from herself rather than a talented attorney in her own right who was perfectly capable of taking care of herself and making her own decisions. Perhaps he simply didn't want to blame Mia herself for her death, but then there was no reason that he couldn't blame the man who killed her. He went out of his way to blame Phoenix because he was a man around at the time. He even says at the end when he is confessing (badly paraphrased quote to follow) "I ignored the most important 'man' in your life" to Maya. I do think he should have told Phoenix about Morgan's plan, but not because Phoenix was a man but because he was an important part of her life and should have been involved. There is more, but I don't want to root through the game to find them. I think it was more blatant in 3-5 and it pissed me off royally.


You know what? He was sexist before sure, but as Godot, his sexism is his extreme reaction to being 'bitch-slapped' by a girl who carries a parasol around indoors and attracts butterflies!

Death by poison that came in a big plasticy heart-bottle necklace!

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Plus Franziska needed someone to put her in her place. She really annoys me whipping Gumshoe and Phoenix. I liked Godot a whole lot more after he put her in her place a bit more (since she IS 19, and thinks she's perfect. Godot is way better.)
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Hatman, I think we essentially agree with each other: I too believe that Godot was a huge, hulking idiot :D. My issue with him and his character is that no one else in court (or in the game, really) sees him that way.

Phoenix, Maya, Mia, Iris, even the Judge - no one calls Godot an idiot. No one accuses him of being selfish, sexist, and just plain stupid. In fact, they all rush to defend him. When Godot turns on his heel and goes from "Ha ha, you're a dummy who can't solve anything!" to "I'm sorry I was so wrong it was dumb of me PITY ME PLZ" everyone falls all over each other trying to stick up for him and tell him it wasn't his fault.

But it WAS his fault, and because the game makes no effort to reinforce that idea, he comes off as being sympathetic, even admirable.

If there's anything more annoying to me than Godot himself, it's the fact that everyone is so eager not only to forgive him, but to put him on a pedastool for "saving Maya" when that was never his real intention in the first place.
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He makes a comment to Franziska about how she should know her place and to leave things to the "big boys" at one point during the investigation. He also makes a few smaller ones as his former self as I recall, but I don't have quotes. What pissed me off more was the implication that Mia and Maya needed to be protected by a man and where incapable of taking care of themselves. His story was that Mia took off after a dangerous man and as the only man around, it was Phoenix's responsibilty to protect her despite the fact that, as far as we know, she told Phoenix nothing about any of what was going on. He almost made Mia sound like a willful child who needed to be protected from herself rather than a talented attorney in her own right who was perfectly capable of taking care of herself and making her own decisions. Perhaps he simply didn't want to blame Mia herself for her death, but then there was no reason that he couldn't blame the man who killed her. He went out of his way to blame Phoenix because he was a man around at the time. He even says at the end when he is confessing (badly paraphrased quote to follow) "I ignored the most important 'man' in your life" to Maya. I do think he should have told Phoenix about Morgan's plan, but not because Phoenix was a man but because he was an important part of her life and should have been involved. There is more, but I don't want to root through the game to find them. I think it was more blatant in 3-5 and it pissed me off royally.


Regarding Mia's death, he really pretty much came off to me as protective and feeling like he should've done something... like when one of my pets dies, I feel like I should've been able to prevent it... remember, Mia was the one he cared the most about, and he wanted to make sure nothing bad happened to her, but she'd been murdered while he was in the coma. Sadly, though, he handled his emotions in a way that led to some pretty stupid decisions and messed-up logic...
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Perhaps he simply didn't want to blame Mia herself for her death, but then there was no reason that he couldn't blame the man who killed her. He went out of his way to blame Phoenix because he was a man around at the time.


He could've blamed Redd White, sure, but what good would it have done him? He needed to blame Phoenix - needed to blame someone living and not imprisoned, that he could have gotten actual revenge upon. He needed someone to hate, a goal to keep him going, or he wouldn't have known what to do with himself. Deep down, he may have known the foolishness of it all along, but only admitted it to himself and others at the end.

And to be fair, let's remember that Mia herself WAS a little careless in her pursuit of Redd White. She says so herself right before he goes in for the kill. And Maya, well... for her part, she definitely needs SOMEONE looking after her. I think that's indisputable at this point. XD
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Godot's resentment toward Phoenix isn't exclusive to Mia's death. He was also bothered by Phoenix helping Dahlia hide the poison that "killed" Diego, then later vehemently defending her in court for a murder she obviously committed. Not at all Phoenix's fault, but a pissy guy who just woke up from a coma and has revenge in mind can easily make the stretch.

And it 'is' true that Phoenix's lawyering style is to depend on pretty girls to save the day (yes, :eh?: = pretty girl). At the very least, Godot was justified in resenting Phoenix for that. Even if his other reasons are based on flawed assumptions.
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Yeah, when he brought that up about a beautiful girl always saving the day for him, I had to kinda laugh and say "Well, he DOES have a point there..." XD

The whole thing with defending Dahlia and helping her hide the poison is somewhat justified too - in the "Good GOD, you're such an IDIOT!" way. xD And really, Phoenix did behave like a complete moron in 3-1. So I can't really blame him there. He just didn't realize that his foe had matured and smartened up in the interim.

As for Mia not seeming to care about Maya, and care more about training Phoenix as a lawyer... let's take ourselves out of the story for a second and remember that these are games, and the creators didn't want to have the solution just dumped in our laps - we needed to figure things out ourselves. From that perspective, it makes more sense. Really, wouldn't you feel gypped if you'd put in all the work to figure everything else up to that point and then have the satisfaction of realizing what the final piece of the puzzle was for yourself yanked away from you like that? I sure would.
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If there's anything more annoying to me than Godot himself, it's the fact that everyone is so eager not only to forgive him, but to put him on a pedastool for "saving Maya" when that was never his real intention in the first place.[/quote]

If he really cared all he needed to do is knock out Misty then have Maya Imprison her until help arrives then Maya could have been saved and she could have seen her mom for the first time since she was a baby.
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