What happened?

Chaos.

Where am I?

Bring Chaos unto the world.

I... I can't open my eyes. Am I blind? No... no, there's just something covering them.

You are my vessel, the tool which will bring a great Chaos upon the world.

I can feel both my hands... with something around my wrist. Likewise for my feet.

You are Chaos. The world will bend to your will and break under your rule. You are a body of ice, with a soul of fire.

Who is that? Someone’s mumbling nearby. They sound... worried. Pained.

Bring Chaos unto the world and relish in its demise.

I feel... I feel numb. Something has to be wrong with me, but... I don't feel anything. What happened? I remember being in Topaz, with Fluttershy, Big Mac, and Rampant. But... I was in an aircraft... there were fires... someone was screaming I think.

Bring Chaos unto the world.

Oh no... I did a super drop, I remember that much for sure. I must have been knocked out of the air from the blast. Is Luna okay, that must have been her screaming. She must be worried sick right now. That can't be good for the baby. They better be okay, I don't know what I'd do if they were hurt because of something I did. I need to get to her, but my arms are too heavy to move, not to mention the restraints. No movement, no magic.

Sleep.

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"Miles.... Miiiiiiles. Wake up Miles." A soft, but familiar, voice whispers into my ear. I try to respond to it, but can't manage to get my body to respond.

"He still needs his rest. Please, can't this wait?" A soft female voice asks. No, I don't need more sleep. I need to get to Luna. I can rest later, I need to check on her. I need to wake up.

"I'm sorry, but we need to get some information from him. It's really important. Can you give us a few more minutes?" Another familiar voice asks. Some hoofsteps and a door shutting tells me the other person must have agreed. Good, let them keep trying. I need to get up, so the more the merrier-

"I have an idea." Damian says confidently. No.... NO! GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME DAMIAN! I SWEAR IF YOU FUCKING-

SMACK

"WAKE UP!" YOU FUCKING LITTLE-

SMACK

"RISE AND SHINE!" I'M GOING TO FUCKING KILL YOU-

SMACK

"THAT WAS CAUSE I FELT LIKE IT!" PIECE OF SHIT!

SMACK

"AND THAT WAS FOR HELPING STRAGUS!" FUCK YOU!

SMACK

"AND THAT’S FOR HURTING MY HOOF WITH YOUR FACE!" FUCKING DAMIAN!

SMACK

"AND THAT WAS FOR MAKING ME DRINK SHITTY BEER!" FUCK... YOU!

SMACK

"AND THAT WAS FOR-"

"FUCKING DAMIAN!" I scream at the top of my lungs, scaring him off of me. Damian, Hammer, Patches, and CC all back away from me as I try to kill Damian. My arms and legs are completely tied to the sides of the bed while two straps hold my chest down. No matter how much I pull and shake, I can't break free from their grasp. Even worse, they're stopping me from igniting my magic."DAMIAN YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE I'M GOING TO BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF YOU! NOW UNTIE ME!"

"Pffft, yeah-no. Sorry captain, but I'm here right now on official Statera business." He says as he canters over to my side, smiling smugly at me. "Now, are you going to be a good little boy or are we going to have to subdue you?"

"GO FUCK YOURSELF!" I yell as I try to break free again. IF i could just get my hands a bit... more... loose... FUCK!

"Damian, play nicely." CC tells him as she moves to the other side of the bed. "Miles, you need to calm down-"

"I'll calm down when you fucking untie!" I yell back at her.

SMACK

I glare at Damian and try to kill him with my eyes. I swear, if he smacks me one more time I'm going to break my foot off in his ass and shove his head down a pike.

"Watch your mouth." He scolds me.

".... GO FUCK YOURSELF!" I yell back, along with another fit of trying to break free.

"Damian, corner. I'll handle this." CC orders him. He looks to her and rolls his eyes before following suit. "Good, now Miles. I need you to calm down. I won't untie you until then. Nice, long, even breaths-"

"I know how to breath!" I snap at her as I continue to glare at Damian.

"Of course you do. Just think soothing, calm, peaceful thoughts. Nice and easy." She coos. Killing Damian. Beating Damian. Crushing the living daylights out of his puny nuts. "Are you calm yet?"

"Sure, now untie me." I answer quickly.

"Well... I can't-"

"THEN WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT ALL ABOUT! UNTIE ME SO I CAN BEAT THE SHIT OUT OF DAMIAN!" I yell before yanking and convulsing again. CC sighs and goes over to Hammer, where she whispers something into his backpack. "Wait a minute... what are you doing?"

"Miles, I need you to calm down." She says as she turns back, holding a little green box of strawberries.

"Keep those away from me!" I yell as I try to move away. She ignores me and moves closer, the others giggling at my torture.

"Keep what away?" She asks innocently.

"Okay, it was funny. I'm calm now, look at how calm I am. Put the strawberries away, I'm calm. I swear." I beg as she sits right beside me. She takes one of the little red doomberries and takes a bite out of it, sighing contently as she chews. A trail of red doom trickles out of the corner of her mouth and follows the contours of her jaw. I can feel my eyes begin to water just from being in proximity of them.

"Holy shit." Damian mutters as he stares at CC.

"Later you." She giggles at him as she scoots a little closer to me. "Now Miles, I have some questions that I need answered. I'll even make a deal with you. Answer all of my questions, and I'll untie you. Then you can chase Damian to your hearts content. But if you don't, well... I might get a bit more hungry." She finishes her statement by eating the rest of the strawberry, chewing a loudly for emphasis.

"Wait, what?" Damian asks.

"Eat another strawberry!" Patches cheers, getting a punch from Damian. He falls apart... I don't know how, but I forgot he could do that. How do you forget that someone spontaneously falls apart?

"What do you say Miles?" CC asks.

"... sure." I don't think I have much of a choice, but whatever. I'll play along. "But first things first. Where's Luna?"

"Don't worry. She's here in the hospital. She's fine, don't worry-"

"I want to see her." I demand. "I need to see her, I need to know she's okay."

"Well... we can't do that right now Miles." CC says, a bit nervously.

"You can't, or won't?" I ask, making her look away.

"Won't." Hammer answers, stepping forward. "For Luna's safety, we need to question you first."

"Luna's safety... what happened? Was she hurt? Is the baby okay? Where is she right now-"

"Miles, please. She's okay-"

"Then where is she!? What do you mean for her safety!? Where's the threat!?" I demand while trying to pull free again, but to no avail.

"We need to keep her safe from you." Hammer says bluntly, making me stop. "Miles, what's the last thing you remember?" Safe... from me? What did I do... oh, the super drop.

"The last thing I remember... *sigh* the last thing I remember was doing the super drop. I was in an AA-20 and taking the lead on an assault against... I think it was their flagship. I'm not sure exactly, it hadn't entered yet. I cleared the order and fired... but then.., then... it went red..."

"They shot down the missile before it could go off." Hammer tells me. "What happened after that? What else?"

"Then... I remember the red beam. It nearly took me out, so I broke right... then, clouds. I remember a wall of clouds coming in, so we broke off the attack to scan it. I told Easy to take the controls for a bit while I read the relays. Then..."

"Then what?" Hammer presses. I try to think of what happened next, but it's all too fuzzy.

"I... it gets hazy at this point. We went for the attack, but... I don't remember moving in. Easy must have been flying at this point-"

"He was." Damian informs me. "We know what happened during the flight, we need you to fast forward a bit. You ejected as a bolt of lightning struck your ship. What happened after that?"

"How do you know he was flying?"

"Ask him yourself." He says as he motions to my side. I look over and see his head on the nightstand. It's scratched up and cracked a bit, but still in one piece... well, minus the body of course. "Think Miles, you ejected. You were struck by lightning. Then what happened?"

I try to think back, but nothing comes to mind. I barely remember engaging the flag ship, let alone anything I did afterwards. Apparently it was something so terrible that it put Luna's life in danger. I need to know what happened, I need to know if I'm a threat.

"Tell me what happened." I ask quietly. The room stay quiet for a moment before Damian coughs for attention.

"The electricity created from that ship was powerful, greater than anything nature could create. Any informants we had annotating the battle were killed too quickly to note your changes. All we do know is that when you came out of the storm, you were changed."

"We searched your memories while you were out." Patches adds, moving to Damian's side. "Sorry, but we had to. You've been out for a few days now, and we needed answers. But, we ran into a problem. You don't have any memories after being shot down. Whatever you did, you didn't do it."

"Whatever took control, was powerful." CC continues. "It was strong enough to wield both Elements and combine them, making some sort of super weapon. It was able to take down the flag ship in one swing, at the cost of the Elements."

"And now we face a dilemma." Hammer finishes. "With everything going on now, we don't know if we can trust you to control whatever that was. We-"

"Wait, wait, wait just a minute. Hold on here, let me get this straight. You're holding me accountable for something because you guys can't explain it. I thought you guys knew everything."

"We do! But... well, okay, once you tell us what happened then we will." Patches comments, getting glares from the others. I laugh a bit and relax. I thought this was going to be something completely serious.

"Okay, you mean to tell me Dusty Scrolls can't explain this one, really? I think he's missed a few things then." I tell them.

"Miles, this is serious! We can't just let you walk around with some demonic presence in you-"

"Like Damian?" I ask.

"Hey! I've got that thing under control... enough." Damian retorts weakly.

"Right. Let's look at the facts then, shall we? I changed. Whatever I changed into, was powerful enough to destroy a flagship in one attack. What does this supposedly evil person do? Destroy a threat and save the day-"

"Yes, but-"

"Furthermore, according to you four, it requires the Elements. Which, according to you, the Elements are destroyed or drained or something, so they can't be used again-"

"It's the principle-"

"And then! It took a bolt of lightning to somehow activate all of this as well. So, I have to ask, what exactly is the threat? Because to me, it sounds like your pride." I look to each them and smile when none of them respond right away. Though I am going to research this later, I don't think there's any reason to fear whatever happened. "So, can you please untie me so I can go check on Luna. I'd really like to see her right about now-"

"Okay, putting the demon thing aside, can you at least give us some thoughts on how it took out the ship. How could the Elements take out an entire ship on one attack? There has to be a reason." Hammer pleas, making me chuckle.

"Hmm.... can you describe the event to me? I need details." I ask, still chuckling.

"You have two energy glades, both in trench knife form. One was made of the Elements of Harmony while the other was the Elements of Chaos. You took the two of them and held them in front of you for a bit. Then you brought them above your head and combined them into a sword of pure... energy, I guess. We're not sure what it was made of, but the center was pure black while the edges were pure white. With a single swing, a blast of energy shot the ship down." Hammer explains. I try to imagine the events myself.

"Hmm.... he.... hehehe.... mhmm, okay. I think I know what happened." I say, chuckling.

"Really, what was it?" Hammer asks, the four of them leaning in to listen.

"Statera."

"... what?" Hammer asks, tilting his head slightly.

"That's what I'm calling it. Statera." I tell him, making Damian laugh.

"What... no, you can't name it that! We're called Statera, we get dibs on the name!" He yells at me, making me laugh even more.

"For the rest of all eternity, your members will ask what is Statera, and you will never be unable to answer. Go ahead and knock me out with your damned strawberries, it's not like that'll ever get you the answers." I let out a maniacal laugh as they stare at me, lost for words.

"You have to be kidding me." Hammer says with a facehoof. "What actually happened Miles?"

"I already told you, Statera." I tell him, laughing even harder now. CC and Damian simply stand and leave the room, Damian laughing alongside me. Patches comes over and begins to untie me, frowning slightly.

"It's alright. Laugh now, but one day. You're going to mention it or write it down, and we'll be there. Laugh now, time is on our side." He says as he frees my left arm.

"Why are you untying him?" Hammer asks, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

"What? You know just as much as I do there's really no threat. This was all for face and you know it. Plus, I don't want Luna coming after me for keeping him tied up today." He says as he gets to work on my left leg.

"What's so special about today?" I ask, coming back from my laughing fit.

"Luna's in labor."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"..."

"UNTIE ME ALREADY!" I yell as I frantically begin to grab at my holdings. "How long has she been in!? Where is she now!? Have their been any complications!? UNTIE ME DAMMIT!"

"Hold still-" Hammer yells as they try to unlatch me. I release my right arm and try to make a run for it, but fall over due to the straps still on my right leg. I try squirming out, but only break free when Patches and Hammer undo the ties. Once free, I take off through the door and down the hall- wait. I slide to a stop and look behind, where I see Damian and CC walking away.

With a seconds thought I take off running at Damian and swing a foot up at him. It catches between his back legs with enough force to flip him onto his back. He screams out in pain and nurses his groin as I take off again.

"WORTH IT!" He yells as I come around a corner, nearly crashing into a nurse. She lets out a small scream and tries to run, but I grab her by her shoulders and lift her up to be face to face.

"WHERE'S LUNA!?" I demand.

"WHY IS YOUR THING OUT!?" She yells back.

"I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT CRAP WHERE IS LUNA!?" I yell as I shake her a bit.

"THIRD FLOOR!" I drop her and take off again, looking for the stairs. After a few laps around the hospital I finally find them and race up to the third floor, where I kick the door open.

"MILES!" Celestia yells from the other side of the door. "Why aren't you-"

"WHERE'S LUNA!? HAS ANYTHING HAPPENED!? IS THE BABY HERE YET!? WHY IS YOUR HAIR HAIR!?" The last question only registers when I actually look at her. Instead of her flowing pastel energy hair, it's... hair. Bright pink hair. Same goes for her tail. Pink... hair. She looks tired too, as if she hasn't slept in a few days.

"Okay, Miles, I need you to calm down. Come with me and I'll explain everything.... nurse!? Can we get a patients gown please?" I finally look down and realize that I'm completely naked. With what little dignity I have left I cover myself and wait patiently for the nurse to return with a light green patients gown.

"Um... we had this special made for your visits." She tells me with a blush as she hands me the gown. I thank her and slip it on quickly.

"Okay, so let's go already. Take me to Luna." Celestia and the nurse look to each other nervously, putting me on edge.

"Um... Miles, how much do you know about birthing traditions in Equestria?" Celestia asks.

"Um..."

"Didn't Luna tell you anything?"

"Every time I'd ask her about names or anything like that she'd just giggle and pat me on the head..." We stare at each other before groaning together. Of course she wouldn't tell me something like this. What is with that girl and her secrets? "Okay, what are Equestrian birthing traditions?"

"You aren't going to like this." Celestia warns me.

"I figure, what are they?" I ask again.

"Well, for starters, stallions aren't allowed in the room during birth. Not even doctors." She tells me cautiously.

"... THAT'S FUCKING STUPID!" I yell, shocking the two of them.

"Please keep your voice down!" The nurse demands.

"No! That's fucking stupid! Why would that be a fucking tradition!? How could you possibly expect me not to be there at her side!?"

"Miles-"

"What if something goes wrong!?"

"Miles-"

"What if she needs healing!? You think I'm going to just stand out here and do nothing!? That's-"

"MILES!" Celestia yells, silencing me. She looks to the nurse and nods, getting her to take her leave. "Miles, it warms my heart to see you react this way. But this is a tradition that I, and Luna, hold very closely. It was started out by mother. I know you don't like it, but I am asking you to follow through with this, to honor our mother."

"Celestia... I..." I try to find the words to argue, but can't. "Why would she make a tradition like this? What is there to benefit?" I ask, heartbroken.

"You'll see. I have to get back, I'm Luna's birthing partner so I'll be there to help her along the way. Trust in me, she'll get through this just fine. The waiting room is down the hall to the right. And, Miles?"

"Yeah?" She smiles and reaches forward, pulling me in for a light hug.

"You're about to become a father." I sigh when she tells me this, whether out of relief or anxiety I don’t know. "I need to get back, I'll try to keep you posted okay."

"Right... I'll be out here, don't forget about me." And with that, she walked through the double doors and out of sight.

It took me at least twenty minutes to pry my eyes from that door. The entire time I spent contemplating whether or not I was actually going to follow through with their 'traditions'. Speaking of which, what are the other traditions? She only told me one of them. Given, she had to go back to be at Luna's side. I can wait, Luna needs her more. Celestia is smart, she'll be able to help her through this. I know she can, I'd just prefer to be there myself.

I turn from the door and head to the waiting room Celestia told me about. It's as bland as a room as they can get. Turquoise chairs lining the bland white walls, small wooden end tables with magazines, and a door on the right. The door, though completely normal, holds one thing above it that drives me crazy: a light. I little, red, incandescent light. It's too small to influence the color of the room, but it's bright enough to be noticed. There's an etching underneath it that I can't read, but completely understand. In progress.

My child, in progress. Luna's labor, in progress. My life either moving forward or coming to a devastating end, in progress. That little, fucking light, bringing the darkest and brightest of thoughts to my mind.

The Unfamiliar, they could be lurking nearby. Waiting to strike. I should go get a contingency of bots to guard the area, lock it down. Where are we anyway? This hospital is too... simple, to be the castle. I have been out for a few days, we could be anywhere. Celestia probably thought about the danger and moved us somewhere secure. And I'm sure Storm would be smart enough to keep an eye out for the Unfamiliar. Are there even any of them left? If there are, I doubt they're in large numbers. An attack would destroy them, I'd destroy them. We should be safe from them, for now at least.

What am I talking about? Why would they attack a pony hospital? They wanted to kill humans, why come here? Even more so, they don't know what's going on. Attacking here would be stupid. There's no way they could get to Luna...

But, do they need to? Luna's giving birth! She could die from this! Literally anything could go wrong, and I doubt the ponies have the tech to deal with soulful effects of child birth! What if Luna's soul wavers on a contraction and dies out!? What if it over exerts and scars!? What if it snuffs out the baby's soul...

The baby. What if it's a still born? It happens all the time, what if something goes wrong and I'm not there to help!? The umbilical cord gets wrapped around its neck? What if its soul doesn't form? Do ponies even form souls in the womb? Maybe they don't need them right away, maybe it'll be vegetative until a certain age... or for life. We don't have the tools to look for birth defects, or do we? Celestia is in there, I'm sure she looked up a spell or two. But, will that be enough? Maybe I should run to Topaz and grab some gear... but I might not need it. Okay, I know what to do. I'll just stick my head in, call for Celestia, and ask. That's not breaking tradition, is it? I'm technically not in the birthing room, so I don't see why it would be. And Celestia would only be gone for two seconds, no harm... right? Okay I'll just-

"Hello Miles-"

"OH SWEET BARBRA!" I yell before falling over.

FLASH

"Oh... um... sorry, Miles." Fluttershy apologizes. I groan in frustration and sit up, slightly more irritated that I changed again. I look over to see Fluttershy, Big Mac, and little Rampant Growth standing in the hall. "We wanted to come by and see how things were going... but we can leave if you'd like."

"No, no it's fine. I was just... thinking, when you startled me. Have a seat, or not, it's your choice. I mean, it's a free country right? Wait... is it? Well, they put the chairs in here, so may as well put them to use then. Then again, they put an operation room that only women could enter. So maybe only women could use the chairs. Fluttershy can sit down-"

"Miles." Big Mac cuts me off, snickering slightly. "How long have ya been waitin' out here?"

"Um... not long, I think... maybe. There isn't a clock so... it was day time when I got here." I say as I look out at the night time landscape. "Why are you here at night? Shouldn't you be getting Rampant home? He-"

"Miles." Big Mac cuts me off again. "We just came ta get Rampant a check up. We do it late so ponies don't see him, bein' an alicorn an all. Are ya gonna make it through the night alright?" He asks nervously.

"What? Of course I'll be fine! Why wouldn't I be? My wife is just going through one of the most strenuous acts in life, what could-"

CRASH

What sounds like metal falling on the ground comes from behind the door. Every horrible possibility races through my head in a matter of micro seconds. Without a second thought I jump to my hooves and run for the door, suddenly moving to the left along the way. I hit the ground when Big Mac tackles me. I try to break free from his hold, but he moved before me and locked my legs in.

"LET ME GO! LET ME GO! THAT'S AN ORDER YOU ASS!" I yell as I try to break free and get through the door.

"EENOPE!" He yells back, keeping his grip around me. "It was just a tray Miles!"

"LIAR! LUNA'S DYING! SOMETHING WENT WRONG AND THE BABY IS IN TROUBLE AND-"

"EXCUSE ME!" We both stop fighting with each other and look to the operating room door. A nurse in light blue scrubs and a white mouth cover is standing there, glaring at the two of us. "Please control yourselves or you will be thrown out of the hospital."

"But-"

"I dropped a tray of used materials. That's all that happened. Now please take a seat and keep quiet." She tells us before going back inside. Big Mac and I look to each other before letting go off one another.

"Big Mac," Fluttershy says, "why don't you stay here and keep Miles... company. I'll take Rampant home and put him to bed."

Big Mac glances to me before giving an "Eeyup." She gives him a peck on the cheek before leaving the waiting room, wishing me luck on the way out. Big Mac takes a seat while I sit in the middle of the room, trying to calm my nerves.

"So... Equestrian birthing traditions." I muse to Big Mac.

"Eeyup."

"So... is it normal to... go crazy waiting?" I ask.

"Eeyup. Means ya'll be a good father." He tells me. I think about it for a moment and smile at the compliment.

"Thanks."

"Eeyup." I sigh and stand back up in front of the door. The light is still on. Fuck that light.

I sigh again in annoyance and sit there, staring at the doors. What feels like minutes could be hours and the hours themselves pass like minutes. After a time has passed I stand and begin to pace around the room. I need something to keep my mind preoccupied, and Big Mac isn't exactly the conversationalist. I need more than a eeyup or eenope.

What if the baby comes out deaf? Do ponies have a means of signing? I doubt it'll have the same problems if it's blind, but it's not like we can just go to Topaz and have the surgeries to fix those things. I may have studied them a bit, but I'm no surgeon. Plus, I don't think I could operate on my own child. The fear of messing something up would rack my nerves, and operating in the brain dictates precise hands.

Hands... I wonder what the odds of it coming out as a human are. I mean, we were both alicorns when we conceived, so logical would say it's going to be one as well. Nut we're both human at soul, well... mostly. If the soul formed early, it might come out as a human. But if it formed late, then it will most likely be pony. What if it comes out like some weird... being, stuck in the middle? What would that even look like? Could something like that even happen? Probably not, but... what if?

What is it even going to be? I'm thinking boy, but Luna was thinking girl. Either would be fine, but... preferences. Luna probably jinxed it with all of that girly thinking and what not. If it is a girl, I'm going to have to find a way to watch out for her heat without her knowing. Need to make sure no one gets close to her when that happens. Maybe I can borrow Shy's rifle, that should send the right message. Maybe just send a few bots as security.... why not both? Yeah, that's a good idea.

But if it's a boy... women be damned.

In all seriousness, I don't really care what it comes out as. I'm mostly anxious about how I'll be as a father. I have experience dealing with kids from volunteering at my old orphanage, but I know it's different when it's your own. I want to provide the best future for my child. One where they don't have to worry or be scared of the what lies in the dark. A kind of future where it can be happy and play, grow up and make friends. There's going to be rough patches, that much I know. But all of that pain and hardship is part of growing up. And I can't wait to be there every step of the way.

And then the light turned off.

My stomach rolled over as all of my nerve endings suddenly went number. My eye twitched a bit as I stared at the little light, doubting whether or not it actually turned off or not. Equestrian tech isn't that advanced, it could have just burned out or something. Maybe the power went out and the back up generators don't feed that light. Do they even have back up generators?

"Miles." I blink again when the door opens up again, revealing a tired looking Celestia.

"Is... is it... you know?" I ask quietly, taking a step back nervously. She smiles to me and moves aside, holding the door open.

"There's somepony you need to meet." She says warmly, albeit tiredly. I swallow the lump that formed in my throat and stand there. My heart picks up and I could swear my hooves are starting to sweat. I feel as if I'm thinking thousands of thoughts at once, but with nothing being thought. Celestia tilts her head slightly as she waits for me to move, her smile fading slowly. "Miles?"

"Right! Right... sorry. I'm just... I don't know, nervous I guess." I say as I take a step forward. Her smile returns and she lets out a small chuckle.

"Come on Miles, there's a very special pony you need to meet." She tells me softly. I smile back to her and take the first few steps into the next part of my life.

Alright, here we go! This is the second to last chapter before the Q/A BONUS BLOG DROPS! Now would be a good time to update or post your questions for the characters.

In other news, if you haven't noticed, there haven't been many Brony Point... things, in the recent chapters. Don't worry, I did not stop doing that. I have a list of you to send PM's in the very near future, but I just wanted to get to these chapters first. As you could tell, they were a bit important and I didn't feel like adding too much fluff, in a sense. Not that they're unimportant... but... yeah.

In other words, watch your PM's as the future chapters unfold. You might be seeing a message or two coming from me. Thanks for reading, and like always,

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