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by David M Willis on June 15, 2011 at 12:01 am
  • 05 - Media Rumble
└ Tags: dexter, dorothy, monkey master, nachitos, walky

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  1. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 15, 2011 at 12:02 am | #

    damn it Walky, you are useless sometimes.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 15, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

      Can you blame the guy? He found a girl who have the same interests as he does. I would do anything for that.

      • Tristan J
        Tristan J
        June 15, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

        Including standing in the corner with a panicked look on your face?

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          June 15, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

          It gets her attention, yes.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 15, 2011 at 12:24 am | #

            It makes me wonder if Walky only went to All Boys schools until now, that might explain things a bit.

            • mnk
              mnk
              June 15, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

              From the past strips it seems more like he just never met a girl who shared his interests.

              • tdm88
                tdm88
                June 15, 2011 at 12:54 am | #

                I’m wondering if he’s ever tried to find a girl who shares his interests before or if he just wrote off all girls as having no real interest outside of kittens, unicorns, stuffed animals and the color pink. But his main girl companions up to this point seem to be Billie (who could have had some stereotypical girl interests) and his awesome sister who doesn’t seem particularly girly but I don’t get the impression they’re close.

                • David Herbert
                  David Herbert
                  June 15, 2011 at 2:28 am | #

                  It seems like he hasn’t bothered looking for a girlfriend, preferring to be alone rather than with someone else. Sal and Billie as his main influences on the opposite gender probably didn’t help either.

                • tdm88
                  tdm88
                  June 15, 2011 at 2:57 am | #

                  Forget girlfriends if he’s had any close female friends at any point I’d be surprised. Friends typically share some similar interests.

              • Malisteen
                Malisteen
                June 15, 2011 at 8:11 pm | #

                Actually, from the past strips it seems that he was never interested in girls before. He’s just a late bloomer, I think this is legitimately supposed to be his first crush.

            • Jackson
              Jackson
              June 15, 2011 at 6:46 am | #

              Plasma Mongoose, I like your head lizard.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                June 15, 2011 at 5:03 pm | #

                Danke, it poops way less than hamsters do. ^_^

            • QueenThomas
              QueenThomas
              June 15, 2011 at 10:27 am | #

              That would imply that Billie is a dude, and those cans suggest otherwise.

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                June 15, 2011 at 6:09 pm | #

                Now you know the REAL reason of why Billie was so damn popular back in that highschool.

        • Iceideth
          Iceideth
          June 21, 2011 at 7:51 am | #

          Why hasn’t this been corrected yet? I think you mean “with a panicked look on your fffaaaccceee!

    • A. Colunga
      A. Colunga
      June 15, 2011 at 4:07 am | #

      I suspect that Dorothy might use Walky to play the “i got a new boah” game with Danny in which case, *shoots suspicious dagger eyes at Dorothy.

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 15, 2011 at 5:00 am | #

        I don’t get it. What do snakes have to do with anything and why would danny care?

        • A. Colunga
          A. Colunga
          June 15, 2011 at 5:06 am | #

          *Sigh, I wrote it like I pronounce it, but I guess it should be boo. (not ghosts)

          • gangler
            gangler
            June 15, 2011 at 5:17 am | #

            A quick trip to urbandictionary and suddenly it all makes sense. I don’t think you did anything wrong. I’m sure if I’d known the term I would have gotten what you were saying.

          • Rachel
            Rachel
            June 16, 2011 at 4:43 pm | #

            I got the southern accent in the first one, but why amend it to “boo”? Wouldn’t it be “boh”?

      • coobee
        coobee
        June 15, 2011 at 6:00 am | #

        I believe the word you’re searching for is beau.

    • Just for kix
      Just for kix
      June 15, 2011 at 11:16 am | #

      Please, its rare enough that a girl understands that when a guy is totally speechless, he is smitten with her. Most of the times, their thoughts are along the lines of “he is so weird”. But, the problem is when a girl does understand that you are smitten; you see – being trained being around girls who think you are weird rarely develops the necessary mechanism to talk to girls for people like Walky. That’s how you get panel 5.

      How do I know? I have been there.

      • Kirby
        Kirby
        June 15, 2011 at 3:13 pm | #

        She is aware that he is he is smitten because Leslie told her after he threw a toy at her head. *nod nods*

  2. addude
    addude
    June 15, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Wow I did not know they made pedestals that high

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 15, 2011 at 12:06 am | #

      Any higher and they will fail the OSH Laws.

      • Khrene Cleaver
        Khrene Cleaver
        June 15, 2011 at 2:07 am | #

        It takes a man of honor to be a building code comedian

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          June 15, 2011 at 6:06 pm | #

          Not to mention (structural) integrity. 😀

          • Enkai
            Enkai
            June 15, 2011 at 6:18 pm | #

            As a structural engineer, I approve of this humorous exchange. 😀

    • Bill M.
      Bill M.
      June 15, 2011 at 10:47 am | #

      Of course they make pedestals that high. How else can you use them to look under skirts of the women on them…

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        June 15, 2011 at 2:59 pm | #

        Drumroll, rimshot.

  3. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 15, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Leslie’s classes has already paid off for Dotty, pity Walky hasn’t been paying more attention to them.

    • ADHadh
      ADHadh
      June 15, 2011 at 1:44 pm | #

      I think he was a bit distracted.

  4. Robin
    Robin
    June 15, 2011 at 12:04 am | #

    Come on Walky, don’t blow it!!!

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 15, 2011 at 8:16 pm | #

      SOMETHING’S going to blow soon. I just don’t know what.

      Oh god, that sounded dirty.

  5. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    June 15, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    Danny, I don’t suppose that you could lend Walky that spine you were useing a few minutes ago?

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      June 15, 2011 at 12:12 am | #

      Danny’s spine is not available right now. Please leave a message after the beep. *beep*

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 15, 2011 at 8:17 pm | #

      The spine would just allow him to panic with perfect posture.

  6. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    June 15, 2011 at 12:07 am | #

    I like where this is going.

    Towards awkward humiliation and snarkery!

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 15, 2011 at 8:17 pm | #

      Do Willis’ comics head anywhere else?

  7. Mr. Cat
    Mr. Cat
    June 15, 2011 at 12:09 am | #

    Walky, there comes a time in a young man’s life when he must grab life by the stones! THIS is that time! Now get out there, talk to her, and BE A MAN!

    • MM
      MM
      June 15, 2011 at 12:14 am | #

      Or he could just throw the books at her and yell “I GIVE IT TO YOU.” It kind of worked last time.

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        June 15, 2011 at 12:30 am | #

        They better be small paperbacks or they will hurt her when it hits her in the face.

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          June 15, 2011 at 1:00 am | #

          You mean the FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE?

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 15, 2011 at 5:03 am | #

        I’m now picturing them as a happily married couple with a litter of children and Walky still behaving this way. Staring at her with that face all the time. Periodically shouting out nonsequiters and launching gifts at her with high velocity. I cannot stop smiling.

        • QueenThomas
          QueenThomas
          June 15, 2011 at 10:48 am | #

          Dorothy: Walky, is this an engagement ring??? 😀
          Walky: I GIVE IT TO YOU!!! *throws ring box in her faaaace*

        • Skye
          Skye
          June 15, 2011 at 4:06 pm | #

          Gangler… why’d you do that? Why?! It’s stuck in my brain now and I can’t stop laughing!

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        June 15, 2011 at 3:10 pm | #

        That is what immediately came to my mind as well. I had a mental picture of the next frame being her getting pummeled by five or six books, with “I give them to you” being the last thing she hears before she succumbs to unconciousness.

  8. MM
    MM
    June 15, 2011 at 12:11 am | #

    Hey, his frown is marginally less clenched! Progress!

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      June 15, 2011 at 12:13 am | #

      Plus his eyes are less glossy! She still hasn’t found the volume control, though. Walky’s either set on mute or blaringly loud.

      • Undrave
        Undrave
        June 15, 2011 at 1:54 am | #

        I think he’s slowly booting up! Maybe he needs to hang out with girls more to get used to the idea of talking to pretty things? :p

        • Spiffster13
          Spiffster13
          June 15, 2011 at 1:06 pm | #

          I was thinking this as well. Maybe he’ll actually form a coherent thought and by god say something to her!

          I know it’s kinda a stretch the way he’s acting now, but if Walky could do it in the Original Universe, he should be able to here if he tries.

  9. Rognik
    Rognik
    June 15, 2011 at 12:15 am | #

    Isn’t this typical? Walky’s alone in his room with a girl he likes, who seems to like him (at least a little bit) and yet he’s too cowardly to make a move.

    Mind you, if I were in the same position, I wouldn’t be doing much better.

    • deepblueink
      deepblueink
      June 15, 2011 at 12:52 am | #

      I think Walkyverse Walky may have a “Can stand in a room with girls” abductee power that this Walky lacks.

      • nothri
        nothri
        June 15, 2011 at 3:38 pm | #

        “I think Walkyverse Walky may have a “Can stand in a room with girls” abductee power that this Walky lacks.”

        Wow. Considering that Dexter being a fictional cartoon character in this universe is what gives them any impetus to talk at all, that really would mean fate is a harsh mistress. Either you have the superpower to talk to the girl and no reason to do so, or you have no ability to talk to girls and every reason to do so.

        Damn you, Willis!

    • gangler
      gangler
      June 15, 2011 at 5:08 am | #

      Is it typical? I mean, WalkyPrime was a real gogetter with the ladies and enough of a cloudcuccolander that no type of person female or otherwise would phase him. Walky here has only been around for four days now and we’ve seen him do this on three separate occasions.

      In character to be sure, but typical doesn’t seem quite right. We haven’t actually even encountered the specific situation you describe before this instant, so it can hardly be typical.

  10. iggzy
    iggzy
    June 15, 2011 at 12:18 am | #

    I need someone who can shut me up that well…mostly because I don’t meet enough of the opposite sex with similar interests and when I do I can talk to much

  11. Ridureyu
    Ridureyu
    June 15, 2011 at 12:23 am | #

    She needs to start verbally abusing him. That will make her fit into Walky’s preconcieved definition of “girl,” and thus he will feel more relaxed around her.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 15, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

      In other words, act more like Billie?

      • Ancestral Hamster
        Ancestral Hamster
        June 15, 2011 at 1:04 am | #

        YES.

  12. NF
    NF
    June 15, 2011 at 12:25 am | #

    “Walky has gone bye-bye.”

    I’m glad to see that Dorothy realizes why Walky turns into a buffoon around her. Walky should be encouraged that she finds his behavior charming at all, and even more encouraged that she wants to interact with him even though he is behaving way strange.

    Oh my god, wouldn’t Danny encountering Dorothy and Walky on a date be the most awkward thing ever. I imagine Danny struggling to come up with something to say that isn’t insulting to Dorothy or Walky. (His mind eventually short-circuiting and he yells out “At least I still believe in justice!” Walky and Dorothy stare at him. Sauce drips off Walky’s left cheek. And, scene!)

    • gangler
      gangler
      June 15, 2011 at 5:10 am | #

      So perfect.

  13. Lis
    Lis
    June 15, 2011 at 12:39 am | #

    Walky’s transformation is awesome. Very well done sir. Though I think I may miss his “OMG she’s near me” face. It was so ridiculous I just loved it.

  14. TheCollector444
    TheCollector444
    June 15, 2011 at 12:40 am | #

    Oh god, I love the little It’s Walky Head Alien figure on that shelf. I want one so bad now. Make it happen Willis

  15. Doom Shepherd
    Doom Shepherd
    June 15, 2011 at 12:59 am | #

    Yes, Walky. She’s hot, and she likes the things you like.

    Whatever you do, don’t make my mistake. DON’T immediately ask her to marry you.

    (Apparently, that scares them even more than a guy being commitment-phobic, for some reason…)

    • Rikushadow5
      Rikushadow5
      June 15, 2011 at 1:02 am | #

      *starts smoking his Freud Pipe*

      Commitment-Phobics, in my experience, are much easier to cure than Over-Zealous Committers, as the term may be.

      • iSaidCandleja-
        iSaidCandleja-
        June 15, 2011 at 1:22 am | #

        “Freud Pipe”

        Yeah, I’m not gonna touch that one.

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          June 15, 2011 at 2:13 am | #

          But your mother will. For a nickel.

      • TyrantisTerror
        TyrantisTerror
        June 15, 2011 at 2:12 am | #

        Is the Freud Pipe aware it’s a subconscious metaphor for a dong?

        • Rikushadow5
          Rikushadow5
          June 15, 2011 at 2:15 am | #

          Maybe.

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          June 15, 2011 at 10:17 am | #

          Sometimes a pipe is just a penis.

          • Doom Shepherd
            Doom Shepherd
            June 15, 2011 at 1:33 pm | #

            …in the FAAAAAAAAACE.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      June 15, 2011 at 5:10 pm | #

      The only thing scarier is: I WANT YOU TO HAVE MY BABIES!

  16. Rikushadow5
    Rikushadow5
    June 15, 2011 at 1:03 am | #

    I see no Nachitos anywhere in here.

    SHOW ME THE NACHITOS.

    • Rikushadow5
      Rikushadow5
      June 15, 2011 at 1:03 am | #

      Ohp, scratch that. I just found them on the bed.

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        June 15, 2011 at 6:45 am | #

        It’s like Where’s Waldo, but with food products.

        • CWR
          CWR
          June 15, 2011 at 7:26 am | #

          Not really food, in the strictest definition.

          • Kernanator
            Kernanator
            June 15, 2011 at 8:21 pm | #

            More like “vaguely edible items”.

            • CWR
              CWR
              June 16, 2011 at 2:23 am | #

              “Orally inserted substances that generally pass completely through the human gastrointestinal tract.” Might be more on the nose.

              • Kernanator
                Kernanator
                June 16, 2011 at 2:48 pm | #

                Yes, but “vaguely edible items” rolls off the tongue more easily.

  17. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    June 15, 2011 at 1:06 am | #

    this won’t be easy… but hey! at least she can re-read something she likes 😀

  18. Shifty
    Shifty
    June 15, 2011 at 1:10 am | #

    Wow… I don’t think I’ve ever been more creeped out by one of Willis’ characters. Seriously, this silent, wide-eyed leer that Walky’s has gone from cute to borderline sitting in the tree outside her room with a night vision lens camera.

    • Blob Marley
      Blob Marley
      June 15, 2011 at 10:24 am | #

      As someone who has experienced girl paralysis, I can promise you it’s not even close to the same thing. Creepy would be if he tried to remain unnoticed and watch her from afar, slowly cataloging information about her until one day he comes on way too strong and gets MACEd. What Walky’s doing is trying to get close to her, and then getting a sudden and highly visible outbreak of Derpes all over his face. Dotty is actually handling this in pretty much the perfect way. She knows what’s happening, she acknowledges it, she didn’t shoot him down right away but she did put the ball squarely in his court. Look at that face. He’s already starting to recover from his Derpes. He’ll be using his big boy words before you know it!

      Derpes, for those who don’t know, is a sexually transmitted disease that can inhibit judgement, motor function and cognitive abilities. It is airborne, and can be transmitted via line of sight. The only known cure is to sack up and talk to the carrier who gave you the disease (though sometimes it can be hard to distinguish the cause of Derpes because carriers are rarely symptomatic themselves.)

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 15, 2011 at 11:02 am | #

        Yeah, I had the whole stalker thing going through most of what I guess in America is middle school. Girls do not respond nearly so kindly to that as they do to Walky’s befuddled adorable awkwardness. Rebranding myself in highschool was probably one of the more beneficial feats I’ve accomplished.

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        June 15, 2011 at 12:39 pm | #

        Blob Marley, “Derpes” is a fantastic term, and I am going to start using it in real life at every opportunity. Did you come up with it yourself?

      • Shifty
        Shifty
        June 15, 2011 at 8:37 pm | #

        Yeah… no. I gotta disagree. See it’s easy to see this as a adorable awkwardness because we know how Walky normally is. I’m thinking in terms of the real world and with someone who doesn’t know Walky’s regular behavior, and I can almost guarantee that if any girl had someone with THAT level of the derps, the adorableness would have long since passed and they’d be doing all they could to avoid that person. And I’m betting a lot of people have seen that happen.

        I mean seriously.. you cannot tell me that if you had someone starting at you… with unblinking intensity… an expression of hungry want and desire… their body tense as they watch your every move with the most extreme of consentration… before… EXPLODING WITH A LOUD AND INCOMPLETE SENTENCE… you wouldn’t be creeped out.

        Dorothy is handling this better than most girls would, but I do not doubt she’s still feeling a creep factor about it. And hell, I’m just a reader and I find his expression REALLY unsettling.

  19. DiDi
    DiDi
    June 15, 2011 at 1:12 am | #

    Hey… she figured it out.

    I wasn’t sure it would be apparent he had a crush on her. I wondered if she’d just think he was out of his gourd or something. Cool.

    • David
      David M Willis
      June 15, 2011 at 1:20 am | #

      Even if it wasn’t obvious, she had it spelled out for her fairly immediately: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/02-uphill-from-here/gender/

      • gangler
        gangler
        June 15, 2011 at 8:16 am | #

        I think most of us would have laughed at the joke and written it off as a premature analysis though. It really is noteworthy that she gets what’s going on with Walky. Surprised me too.

        Makes me wonder if she’s encountered this before. How did she and Danny meet?

        • Jackson
          Jackson
          June 15, 2011 at 12:38 pm | #

          No flashbacking!

        • taekwondogirl
          taekwondogirl
          June 16, 2011 at 7:52 pm | #

          Really? It doesn’t seem surprising to me at all, huh.

      • Tucker
        Tucker
        November 22, 2011 at 2:24 pm | #

        Chekov’s….something. If it wasn’t going to be used, why was it there?

  20. Locke
    Locke
    June 15, 2011 at 1:45 am | #

    I… I think it’s a seizure, Dorothy. You’d better get him to a hospital.

  21. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    June 15, 2011 at 3:07 am | #

    seriously, what’s with his eyes?

    • Kernanator
      Kernanator
      June 15, 2011 at 8:22 pm | #

      They are STARING INTO YOUR SOUL!!!!

  22. Scot
    Scot
    June 15, 2011 at 4:44 am | #

    I have this strange gut feeling that Mike is gonna walk in and fuck up this opportunity for walky.

    • gangler
      gangler
      June 15, 2011 at 5:18 am | #

      Anything Mike did could only improve things. He’s already fucking Walky over by standing outside the door and punching out those who would intervene.

      • CWR
        CWR
        June 15, 2011 at 7:29 am | #

        Hopefully Mike doesn’t just walk in and start fucking one of them.

        • gangler
          gangler
          June 15, 2011 at 8:13 am | #

          Don’t be ridiculous. We all know that when Mike walks in everybody in the room gets fucked.

          • QueenThomas
            QueenThomas
            June 15, 2011 at 10:54 am | #

            For a nickel.

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              June 15, 2011 at 11:12 am | #

              The Dotty gravatar makes this post even more hilarious. You go, Dorothy! You’re in a gender studies class, and you have standards! Your body is worth AT LEAST five cents!

  23. Makkabee
    Makkabee
    June 15, 2011 at 7:37 am | #

    I love how aware of an open about the situation she is.

    “A simple misunderstanding leading to a comedy of errors? Not on MY watch!”

    • gangler
      gangler
      June 15, 2011 at 8:14 am | #

      Darn! That’s my fetish!

      • Blob Marley
        Blob Marley
        June 15, 2011 at 10:26 am | #

        What, misunderstandings? Or watches?

        • begbert2
          begbert2
          June 15, 2011 at 10:46 am | #

          It’s that spinning second hand that really gets *me* going. Damn the digital revolution!

          • Jackson
            Jackson
            June 15, 2011 at 12:32 pm | #

            Comment made even weirder by leering Joe avatar.

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            June 15, 2011 at 5:14 pm | #

            But using digits make everything more fun.

            • Kernanator
              Kernanator
              June 15, 2011 at 8:23 pm | #

              Let’s not forget strategic usage of hands.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      June 15, 2011 at 3:06 pm | #

      So how did they manage to fit on your watch in the first place?

  24. Zem
    Zem
    June 15, 2011 at 1:12 pm | #

    They have so much in common. They like the same comics, and…uh…That’s about it, really.

    The orange-purple lights on the covers and Walky’s underpants made me assume for a moment that either Walky has a disco ball lamp, or they have moved to a party while waiting for Billie.

    • gangler
      gangler
      June 15, 2011 at 1:21 pm | #

      They’re also both mildly snobbish and dismissive of others. They share a social circle. Prize ships have sailed on less. Certainly it’s a lot for people who’ve only known eachother the better part of a week through a convenience in their respective timetables.

      • CWR
        CWR
        June 16, 2011 at 2:34 am | #

        Let’s not forget the ‘they just like one another’ crackpot fringe theory

  25. Zem
    Zem
    June 15, 2011 at 1:13 pm | #

    Also, that’s a “where have you been all my life” face in the last panel if I’ve ever seen one.

    • gangler
      gangler
      June 15, 2011 at 1:37 pm | #

      You sure? I think he’s kind of hard to read. His face is like an unmoving glacier with a storm raging behind it. The epitome of the deep and withdrawn soul.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      June 15, 2011 at 3:14 pm | #

      Looks to me like it’s just another step in the recovery from his ‘broken brain’ face; his frown is a little smaller, his eyes a little closer, otherwise the same.

      • Zem
        Zem
        June 15, 2011 at 10:40 pm | #

        He’s clutching his hands tighter, too.

        With the tips of the thumbs pressed together it expressed expectation. Without it ina sort of prayer like position it expresses not wanting to let someone go.

  26. ADHadh
    ADHadh
    June 15, 2011 at 1:44 pm | #

    Doroteh is awesum.

  27. Brendan
    Brendan
    June 15, 2011 at 8:02 pm | #

    Dorothy, it is not going to get better. Get out of there while you can.

  28. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    June 15, 2011 at 8:25 pm | #

    Run Dorothy, before he consumes your soul with his giant eyes!

  29. Jetstream
    Jetstream
    June 15, 2011 at 9:24 pm | #

    I’m not gonna lie, getting kinda tired of Walky’s reaction like this. I sincerely hope SOMETHING happens in the next couple of strips, because this “cannot speak around Dorothy” thing is getting dull.

    • Roborat
      Roborat
      June 16, 2011 at 2:44 pm | #

      Why is it dull? It has worked on Big Bang Theory for three seasons.

  30. Lone Wolf
    Lone Wolf
    June 15, 2011 at 10:44 pm | #

    Well… at least he’s not trying to chew the lower half of his face off anymore, so… I guess that’s progress?

  31. The_Bionic_Doctor
    The_Bionic_Doctor
    January 21, 2015 at 10:13 am | #

    Can I just say I looove Dorothy? DOROTHY IS THE BEST!

  32. ░▒▓█│【Walkman】│█▓▒░
    ░▒▓█│【Walkman】│█▓▒░
    August 18, 2015 at 7:58 am | #

    Kiss him already.

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