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Edible
Posted on September 28, 2021 by David M Willis

163 thoughts on “Edible”

  1. Ana Chronistic

    WELL THAT WENT THERE HUH

    …so which is it

    1. Decidedly Orthogonal

      Joe nailed it one.

      1. Pablo360

        Which one?

        1. Z

          I’ve been told that any hole is a goal.

      2. Decidedly Orthogonal

        OMD Nailed it *in* one. smh

  2. Nono

    Joe 1, Sarah 0.

    1. Doctor_Who

      More like Joe 0, Sarah 2 if we’re scoring on little sisters they’re allowed to have.

      1. Kyrik Michalowski

        Actually it is 1 to 2 in Sarah’s favor, after all Joe has Amber(despite their lack of sibling-ry.)

        1. Pablo360

          Do we know Joe and Amber’s relative ages? I suppose either way she’s the little sister heightwise.

        2. Doctor_Who

          I just assumed they were about the same and it didn’t count.

          …Though I now suddenly want Sarah and Amber to bond over being big sisters to someone annoyingly cheerful with a triangular smile.

        3. Deanatay

          Sarah: Wait… if Joe is your brother…

          Amber: And Joyce is your sister…

          Sarah: Does that make us…

          Amber:… Family?

          Amber & Sarah: URRRRRGGHHH

          Sarah: I guess we can…

          Amber: …Be annoyed about it…

          Amber & Sarah: TOGETHER

        4. Z

          Start of comic Joe would have been 100% in favor of Sarah and Amber banging.

          Current Joe I don’t really know although I can’t imagine him going ultra protective over Sarah and Amber banging. Hopefully less creepy about it.

        5. Jason

          I think he’d still be 100% in favour of them banging but probably (hopefully) much less in an objectification way and more “hey go have good sex and good fun and don’t get anything”. I can’t see Joe, even a Joe who learns to be vulnerable and let sex and social interactions be truly meaningful, ever not being supportive of non-toxic sexual encounters. His joke about Danny and Ethan having a date was “man if I was serious I’d be concerned about you having a good and safe time” and I think that’s an attitude he’ll probably always have?

        6. justin8448

          Yeah, this. Joe thinks it’s great when his friends have emotional intimacy that also includes fun sexy times. He just thinks it’s dangerous for *him* to have those two combined.

      2. Nono

        Amber is younger than Joe, right?

        1. Jamie

          I… can’t think of any landmark to use for determining that.

          To the extent that they interact like siblings, Joe tries more for the false-maturity older siblings do and Amber’s more eager to get away with stuff.

        2. BarerMender

          They all started as freshmen at the same time. Along with Danny, Joe’s best friend. I’d say they’re all the same age.

        3. Z

          They’re all likely within a year of each other, but it’s unlikely Joe and Amber were born at the exact same minute. Even with twins one is older. I’ve seen exactly 0 indication of who was born before who.

        4. misanthropope

          cake consumption is a metric for measuring youth.

        5. Z

          It doesn’t work when you’re older because then you realize you can buy cake WHENEVER YOU WANT.

        6. Azhrei Vep

          It also doesn’t work when you’re younger, because some people get invited to more birthday celebrations than others.

        7. Deanatay

          Or MAKE YOUR OWN CAKE

          AND EAT IT TOO

        8. Heatth

          Wel, Joe is bigger so he is older. It is how this works, right?

        9. Jamie

          Amber has a bigger butt, though.

        10. Needfuldoer

          Joe’s been around since Roomies!, but Amber debuted in Shortpacked! in 2005…

          Maybe one of their birthdays is after September 1 so they had to wait a year, like Sarah.

        11. zee

          I’m assuming he has a couple months on her based on nothing

  3. Nono

    Also, is this a Protective Siblings Group now?

    1. Clif

      Alternatively, Sarah just likes killing people.

      1. Opus the Poet

        Enjoying killing people doesn’t preclude being a (over) protective sibling.

  4. Sirksome

    Joe is currently zero for two on Sarah’s little sisters. For how long though? That’s the question…..For how long?

    1. Decidedly Orthogonal

      Straight from 0/2 to 2/2 in one event!

      … Keep it up Yotomoe

      1. Undrave

        Joyce desperatly trying to look cool until she ends up in a threesome?!

        1. Sirksome

          I mean if this were the porn version of DoA I could see that happening. These two definitely seem like they’d feed enough into each other’s bullshit to accidentally get themselves into a threesome.

        2. Xenocide

          There are worse ways to experience your first time than with your friend being there offering moral support, I guess.

        3. Jason

          Ideally the friend is also the sexual partner, imo.

          In Joyce’s case… I don’t know that Liz is close enough to be a friend (despite Joyce going all in, as she does, and also being one of those people who wants to be friends with almost everyone). I don’t think she’s moral support material, at least right now.
          Her other female friends wouldn’t work. She’s put Dorothy and Sal on very high (albeit different) pedestals, so their relationships aren’t really even. Becky is a nope. B- Jennifer (I keep wanting to call her Billifer help) is far from the nurturing type imo and would be a terrible support partner. Sarah is too protective. Ethan would probably be too focused on enjoying the dude time himself to worry about Joyce (and with their history that’s awkward af).
          The people Joyce would get best moral support from are the people she’s actually potentially be having her first time with imo- a more matured Joe, or Jacob. Jacob, probably a perfect sexual partner for those with less experience or confident- he comes across as patient, caring, nurturing but also wanting to be treated as a person rather than objectified. Joe, with a deep connection and a little more growth, I think could be similar.

          But that’s my musings/ramblings and also I’m totally in support of more threesomes. Not in a creeper way, I just wish sex was less taboo and a more viable way of spending time with someone without it being a big deal.

        4. RowenMorland

          I’ve been wondering if they’ll run into Joyce’s other friends at some point and in an attempt to avoid being seen and have Liz reveal all of Joyce’s shenanigan speak, Joyce will push Liz up against a wall and make out with her (since she’d probably pick a tropsey bad plan under pressure) only to have Liz have a vaguely mirrored version of Joyce’s line to Becky from when she kissed her.

        5. Decidedly Orthogonal

          So Becky kills Liz. Interresting. Eeeeenteresting. Go on…

  5. Kyrik Michalowski

    Joe cutting right to the heart of the matter.

    1. Clif

      it’s a surprisingly good question.

      1. justin8448

        Joe has proven himself to be rather astute on multiple occasions.

  6. King Daniel

    Okay, now I’m sure Liz is putting up an act for Joyce herself.

    1. Decidedly Orthogonal

      It does appear that she didn’t share with Joyce. On the other hand, I’m also glad she didn’t try pushing it on Joyce (yet?)

    2. Daibhid C

      I mean, on the one hand she apparently doesn’t know what an “edible” looks like (assuming it doesn’t look like a vitamin, which it might do for all I know). On the other hand, she took it, not knowing it was just a vitamin, which is considerably more dedication to the role than I’d have.

      1. Decidedly Orthogonal

        I have *not* had them, but I’ve watched people have them (Canadian eh). Good quality edibles look like any other good quality gummy. Standard gummy shape, more transparent rather than translucent (light and stuff is more visible through them), and they’re much softer than standard cheap gummies (as is any good quality gummy). Assuming Joe is also particular about his vitamin gummies, they may be up to snuff to pass the gummy-look-alike for sure, edibles *certainly* are. The big problem is, ya know, taking them out of a *vitamin jar* right in /front/ of Liz. Of course that didn’t seem to slow her down at all. Placebo effect and pseudo-bad-assery and all.

        1. Victor

          I’m not Canadian, but I have had Canadian gummy bear edibles. They look and taste exactly like regular gummy bears. I didn’t notice any weed flavor at all.
          The Michigan edibles in the form of gummies that I’ve had are squares and have a distinct weed flavor. I’ve had some Illinois non-gummy edibles, but not Illinois gummies, so I don’t have a basis to compare the gummies, the non-gummies had no weed flavor. (They’re in Indiana, so the Michigan and Illinois varieties would probably be the easiest for them to get.)
          And vitamin gummies are going to taste like vitamins. Liz may not be familiar with weed gummies, but it’s likely that she would instantly recognize the flavor of children’s chewable vitamins.

        2. Yumi

          My gummy vitamins just taste like gummies. They also don’t taste non-gummy children’s chewable vitamins.

        3. Decidedly Orthogonal

          So you’re saying they’re ? Yumi?

        4. Kelibath

          I have CBD-enhanced vitamins – okay, no THC, but technically they’re edibles that come in a vitamin jar automatically!

      2. Throwatron

        I think everybody is missing the distinct possibility that she knows damn well it is not an edible, and she just knows that casually asking a college-aged dude she just met to dig into his stash will ruffle her sister, which she clearly loves doing.

        1. Throwatron

          Like, if he produced a legit edible, she would have been happy and taken it. But she wasn’t going to ruin it by pointing out that it isn’t actually one. She does think of her sister as a total square, probably – and Joe had to tell her it was a vitamin gummy, she didn’t immediately say that punchline to him, he said it to her. If the joke was that it was that obvious, I think Sarah probably would have made it.

    3. thejeff

      Given that first panel I wonder if Joyce is putting up more of an act than we thought – and if it’s aimed at Sarah.

  7. RassilonTDavros

    “I’d die for her.”

    Sarah, please never tell Joyce that

    1. StClair

      ouch.

    2. Regalli

      Oof, yeah.

    3. Khyrin

      I.. Kinda want to see the fallout?

      Like… Yeah, “I’d Die For You” was… let’s go with Problematic for Joyce, due to Carol saying it mere days after Toedad screaming it with a rifle in his hand…

      But on the other, Joyce has maybe had time to heal from that, or she might only feel the sweet sentiments coming from Sarah.

      Then again, I could also see it going VERY WRONG in a “OH GOD I AM THE QUEEN OF THE BRAIN PARASITES AND I MUST SECLUDE MYSELF FORTHWITH.

      1. King Daniel

        It wasn’t even mere days if I remember right, it was later in the same day.

        1. Regalli

          Yep. End of that storyline. That evening.

          I suspect Joyce would recognize that killing/dying for Joyce or Liz on Sarah’s part is limited to active threats to them (ie, Ryan,) but while rational brain likely knows that… trauma brain almost certainly still associates it with ‘I know better than you what’s best for you, and I’m not afraid to hurt you in the process or martyr myself for what I perceive is what’s best for you,’ which is one of the things that really started breaking Joyce’s faith. Once she heard it from Ross and then Carol, she couldn’t take comfort in Jesus doing the same for humanity.

      2. Thag Simmons

        Does the “I’d kill for you” make it better or worse

    4. Spencer

      Besides it’s much more in-character that Sarah would kill for Joyce.

  8. carl320

    Why not both?

    1. deathjavu

      See it’s genius, because Sarah can only kill him once.

      1. Deanatay

        “Nah, I’ll find a way to murder you twice.”

  9. Thag Simmons

    And that’s when Joe was murdered.

  10. EpochFlame

    The Nice Guy arrow isn’t ever going to point at anyone, is it.
    New arrow-related running gag, to go with This Side Up?

    1. Pablo360

      It’s pointing to Batman.

    2. Diane

      I’d laugh if it’s actually pointing in the direction of Danny. Or someone that’s actually a nice guy.

      1. Proxiehunter

        That was his original intent. When the shirt first debuted he tried to get Danny to stand so the arrow was pointing to him.

        1. Shade

          Of course anyone with any idea about that kind of thing is going to dodge that arrow because nice guy has rather… negative implications about how nice that guy actually is.

        2. Thag Simmons

          Yes but that sort of social awareness is something Joe stuggles with

        3. Decidedly Orthogonal

          Also, there are nice guys and gals as they are, still nice, and the meme-able trend of ‘nice’ guys and gals … who aren’t.

          I think the point of Joe’s shirt is simply that he figures it doesn’t point at *him*. I look forward to it ending up on a floor (or Joyce), and pointing at Joe.

      2. Z

        Aren’t Walky and Booster their next door neighbors on that side? Also I’m sorry if I’ve totally fucked up their name.

        Cuz Walky can be a mess but he also definitely counts as nice, overall, so I’d say it’s accurate.

        1. Thag Simmons

          I don’t know. I don’t think much of he layout for the Boy’s wing has ever been established like the Girl’s wing layout has been

        2. Diane

          Based on a bonus comic from Patreon, I remember those one guys, Ken/M.Bison/Ryu/Whatever that dude that had a crush on Lucy from Shortpacked and his roomie from Shortpacked (always has eyes closed, has a sexy hoodie), are to the left of Walky and Booster, and I think they count too.

    3. RowenMorland

      Maybe it’s so we know where ghost Mike is standing.

      1. Diane

        On the opposite side of him?

  11. Dave Van Domelen

    “Oh no, I’ve got Found Family. Damn it.”

    1. Doctor_Who

      Sarah’s practically a Fast & Furious protagonist.

      1. Decidedly Orthogonal

        Domtorelli_Who has entered the chat

  12. Rognik

    Just be safe and don’t bang either of them.

    1. Doctor_Who

      Joe: Does Not Compute.

    2. Just_IDD

      What if in a twist of fate, they both bang Joe. Why does the guy have to instigate the bang?

      1. Z

        The guy has to consent to the bang, as does all parties, so the guy is still an active participant. All involved parties are banging each other.

        If you want to remove the consent aspect from banging then this gets very dark very fast but by ancient Greek God standards – being non-consensually banged is cause for harsh harsh punishment. So there is a precedent.

        1. Mr D

          Harsh harsh punishment, which is why every greek god gets away with it at least twice.

        2. Opus the Poet

          Hephaestus reputedly never consummated his marriage to Aphrodite, and never cheated on her. I think he might have been Ace, or “married to his work”.

        3. Throwatron

          Also, the Goddess of Love and Beauty being in a committed relationship with an ace God…kind of makes sense? Like, literally everybody would be in a relationship with Aphrodite, she’s supernaturally, perfectly beautiful. Impossibly enrapturing. So you could take the angle that, like, the only person who could love her entirely divorced from lust or her bounty of power, would be someone on whom her allure ultimately fails. Hephaestus may be the only one on the pantheon, from Aphrodite’s perspective, who ever could love her, beyond loving her beauty.

        4. Agemegos

          Not very committed to the relationship: Aphrodite cheated with Ares, Anchises, and Adonis, just to list the “A”s.

  13. Grimey

    Joe with no hesitation.

  14. NinjaNick

    Don’t even lay a finger on her, Joe. 😛

    1. Proxiehunter

      It’s not his finger he’s thinking about laying on her.

      1. Z

        Then he’s a pretty terrible lay, really. Foreplay matters.

        1. Decidedly Orthogonal

          Foreplay really depends on the partners and what they want.

          Also, foreplay *can* be entirely verbal/mental. Or oral. Toe-based. Elbows/shoulders. Back of the knee, or the ears. Fingers really aren’t *that* necessary although they are handy. If you can get inside your partners head, you can have them aroused, writhing, dripping (male or female) and begging for you from 188 sound-minutes away.

  15. James Starkey

    Omg he broke her! Her face! Her face haha

    1. LiterallyJustSomeGuy

      FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

      1. David

        FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE

        1. Keulen

          Well that’s an old DoA meme. Also, FAAAAAAAAAAAAACCEEE

        2. thejeff

          Stop the faces!

  16. Sirksome

    Part of me is starting to think Liz might be fronting just as much as Joyce if she can’t tell the difference between what’s essentially and adult Flintstone’s chewable and actually edible cannabis.

    1. Spencer

      Liz is probably ahead of Joyce but that isn’t saying much.

    2. zee

      Either that or she’s playing into Joyce’s game for fun

  17. JewelledMoon

    JoJo is a great ship. That is it that’s all I have to say.

    1. Nayann Martinelli

      “You expected DIO, but it was me, A Jojo Reference!”

  18. Cholma

    Last panel Sarah is divine.

  19. Kravis

    The one in the Elvis song.

  20. Sleepy Hailey

    That was… actually really sweet of Joe. In his way to point out that Sarah absolutely loves both of them as sisters when I think she tries very hard to pretend that she doesn’t.

    1. Reltzik

      That, or he’s thinking romantic thoughts about Joyce and wants to know if she’s included in that threat.

      1. Devin

        Could be both. I read it as both tbh.

        1. Clif

          Same.

        2. Decidedly Orthogonal

          Joe is a pretty astute character, so yeah, same.

        3. Throwatron

          It’s definitely both. Willis is legit a very good dialogue writer. I never presume stuff like that isn’t completely intentional.

  21. LiterallyJustSomeGuy

    Can we get some Sarah approval of Joe/Joyce? (Probably not)

    1. Reltzik

      I THOUGHT she’d approve of how they are focusing on each other and not pestering her much, but apparently she’s gone mother hen instead.

    2. Keulen

      I find it hard to imagine Sarah approving of Joe getting with anyone she really cares about. Though you never know.

  22. Bagge

    Yes.

  23. phredd

    a

  24. drs

    Sarah is sending mixed signals on the “bang my little sister” front!

  25. bibulb

    …AAAAAAAAAAND, [ZING].

  26. Reltzik

    Okay, so Joe is now off-limits to Liz by fiat of Sarah.

    … she’s definitely gonna go for him now.

    1. Decidedly Orthogonal

      Not until Liz knows that. Also Sarah herself really REALLY is *not* into Joe, so that may nullify the effect on Liz. (if Liz’s theftian proclivities are restricted to familial, rather than female, associated flavours)

  27. BBCC

    “YES”.

  28. Carla's #2 Fan

    I’m like Chidi at the dot in Bearimy, this broke me. Joe just admitted he has real feelings for Joyce to Sarah. That’s big, cause if Sarah can handle it without killing him, maybe he doesn’t have to be afraid of being his dad anymore.

    1. Hazel

      I think this is Joe being a Joe and pointing out Sarah loves both as sisters, at the only opportunity he’s going to get. He can’t very well say that straight-forward, that’d be 100% not Joe Coolguy. But who knows.

    2. Shade

      Huh, that’s not how I read it. Interesting interpretation.

    3. Segnosaur

      Not necessarily.

      Classic Joe wants to bang anything that’s female. Even after their disastrous date, Joe would probably have been interested (at least on a physical level) in a “one night stand” with Joyce at some point in the first term. That’s the type of guy Sarah thinks joe is.

      Him talking about “which sister” after Sarah said “don’t bang my sis” doesn’t necessarily mean Joe is expressing a romantic interest… To Sarah he could have just been expressing a continued physical interest. . (That’s assuming she didn’t just view it as a dig at Sarah’s sisterly instinct.)

      1. Carla's #2 Fan

        It’s not like it’s a secret from the audience that Joe likes Joyce in a romantic way. That’s been evident since at least the stuff with Jacob and Joyce. It’s just shocking that he’d do anything that could potentially lead to him letting himself be in a loving relationship. And telling Sarah, which could easily backfire, is a risky move, and therefore an important one.

        1. Segnosaur

          Yes the audience knows joe has a crush on joyce… I am just not sure sarah would assume that from joe’s comment (as opposed to just assuming joe=sleaze bag

  29. Kim

    Aw, that’s so sweet!

  30. Yotomoe

    I wanna draw more Joyce n’ Liz later. What’s some good (and saucy) ideas for tomorrow?

    1. Kyrik Michalowski

      Topless pillow fight.
      Naked Twister.
      Truth or Dare(gone horribly right.)
      Or everyone’s favorite game, “leave the room so we can exploremeach other.”

    2. Bicycle Bill

      “You need to leave.”</A? — Joyce, directed at Joe, as she and Liz get into a little tribbing session…

      Sarah is allowed to stay to provide coaching as needed.

    3. Varangian

      Joyce: “J-Joe, we’re sharing your benefits. Which you are totally a friend with, so shut the shit up. C’mon, Liz, let’s, let’s totally use him. For sex.”
      Joe: “what is happening D:”

      1. Jess

        This gives such castle anthrax vibes…. Then again I did watch Monty Python and the Holy Grail a few days back.

    4. A Red Balloon

      If you want something saucy, why not something with sandwiches?

      Or corndogs?

      What else can sauce go on?

      1. Miri

        Chocolate sauce or maple syrup and pancakes or waffles?

    5. AGV

      Them sharing an “edible” without hands

      1. Decidedly Orthogonal

        There’s edible and there’s as you said, “edible,” the trick is to not confuse which one you masticate.

  31. Spencer

    So were Sarah and Liz not raised together? They have the same mom, so Sarah’s dad got custody of her I guess.

    1. thejeff

      Yeah, that changes things. Not sure what Sarah’s family history looks like now, just as we’re starting to get some hints.

    2. Jason

      Liz mentioned a stepmother (or plural? There was discussion on whether it was plural or not on the page) and keeping her placated with the stuff she shares online, so for the stepmother to have any meaning I’m guessing she partook in raising Liz. I could be wrong but I’m guessing at least Liz was more raised by her father. Could be that Sarah was more raised by her mother or her father or both (or neither, as her grandmother is the only relative I remember her mentioning before this storyline).

  32. Nayann Martinelli

    I just wanted to say today’s strip is great. Seeing Sarah be upfront about her relation to Liz, and Joe’s insight about how she feels about Joyce, it’s just excellent character writing. Also, panel 5 is just the cherry on the cake.

  33. powerpowerpow

    Damn, first Mike, now Joe. I can’t believe Willis is gonna be killing off another major character so soon.

  34. BenRG

    Yes, Sarah, Joe has noticed.

  35. plasticwrap

    Aww, Joe, you’re one crude dude.

  36. Mr. Random

    It’s family.
    Love ain’t all positive.
    It’s weird and powerful.

  37. Varangian

    WILLIS, YOU MAGNIFICENT BASTARD

  38. Rabisch

    This is probably the best conversation Sarah and Joe have had since the beginning! I love seeing how Sarah feels about her little sisters ♡. I love seeing how Joe is understanding everything she tells him so well ♡. I wonder if Joe will talk to Sarah about what it’s like for him to have suddenly become a stepbrother and how he feels about Amber.

  39. Throwatron

    joe i would like to point out that it is rude to destroy a woman with an orbital space laser

    like worth but damn

  40. darkoneko

    damn

  41. TheMirai

    Oh wow, just hit her with that orbital strike.

  42. MrSmith

    Bout time you give the fuck you a rest Sarah, its old.

  43. Name Name III

    This is why I like Joe so much. He’s really secure. It’s probably not the first time he’s had this kind of conversation.

    1. RedCat

      In some ways, in other ways, he is really really REALLY insecure.

      1. Throwatron

        His deep insecurity in one area forced him to get really secure in other areas, to protect the actual insecurity by taking blows to the self-image that he could actually stomach. So he’s hyper-mature at handling some of his fuck-ups and relationship garbage, but is completely under-developed at dealing with the underlying causes of his problems. He can be the campus douche-bro garbage fire because of “the list” incident, and swallow that seemingly easily as a matter of course; but, it’s because he’d already decided internally that he was an irredeemable piece of garbage. When it comes to actually trying to fix himself and change that, though? He regresses real bad, and isn’t competent to actually process the emotions that are traumatizing him, which is why he’d so avoidant to doing it.

  44. thejeff

    And for those keeping track, Liz’s missing eyebrow apparently wandered on to Joe’s face in panel two, but it’s gone in 4 & 5.

    1. Decidedly Orthogonal

      Liz /pretty/ clearly has two eyebrows in panels 3 and 4 a couple days back. OTOH if this is a game, then they could both actually be a wandering mono-brow (uni-brow?) wrapping through her hair. … I suppose.

  45. Hazel

    I have been adoring the Sarah faces in these last few strips. Truly some A+ expressions.

  46. Arianod

    Yeah

  47. xeno112

    I always find the way half siblings are written in this comic. Like I have a “half sister” and a “half brother” I’ve never once called either my half anything they are just my sister and brother. Do others talk like this? is having a single different parent realllly that important to people? I under stood Amber she was trying to distance herself from her father and all ties but I dont see why that would matter to Sarah?

    1. xeno112

      find it strange*

    2. Spencer

      Sarah only calls Liz her half-sister when she’s mad.

    3. Yumi

      In addition to what Spencer said, I have a half-brother and a half-sister, and I’ll switch between referring to them as such and referring to them as my brother and sister. I think life experience is a big factor there as well; if I had grown up with them, I might just think of them as siblings, or if I had even grown up around them. As it was, they were both grown adults by the time I was born. In this strip, Sarah mentions she and Liz “didn’t actually live together all that long,” which may be part of why she’ll occasionally (when irritated) refer to her as a half-sister.

    4. Azhrei Vep

      Depends on how close they are. Some aren’t that close and want to make that lack of closeness clear.

  48. rose

    this is
    so sweet

    wtf

    joe you sap

  49. JA

    Joe with the hard-hitting questions.

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