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might want to keep an eye on those two over

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there. I'll keep an eye on him. It's entirely possible.

3:46

What are we gonna do with them, Grackalax? What are

3:48

we gonna do? That's what you need to do with

3:50

your daughter. What's the nature of your interest in it?

3:52

Why wouldn't we just look at it right now? Anyway,

3:55

I never even considered magic in that way. I doubt

3:57

we'll run into something so incredible. I appreciate

3:59

your effort, though. Inside the cave,

4:01

eh? Gotta watch out for the

4:04

magic you. Classic Blade

4:06

Sphincter Shield, we love

4:08

it. Hell yes. There's

4:10

a change of plan slightly.

4:12

But red, if we're going

4:14

to travel together, at

4:17

some point, we're all going

4:19

to have to learn to

4:22

trust and communicate with each

4:24

other. We are not just

4:26

things to be managed. Welcome

4:30

back to Dice Shame. This is season

4:33

2 episode 139 trade secret. MVP this

4:35

week goes to longtime fan Merlin. Merlin

4:37

is a talented DM, whip smart, and

4:40

genuinely a super nice guy. We are

4:42

so lucky to have him along for

4:44

the journey. Thanks for hanging out with

4:47

us for the past five plus years.

4:49

Merlin, you are this week's MVP. Thanks,

4:51

Marlon. We literally wouldn't want to

4:54

do this without you. All right,

4:56

should we play some D&D? Yeah, let's

4:58

do it! The war

5:01

chief leads you

5:03

through another series

5:05

of winding dark

5:07

tunnels and then

5:09

out into an

5:11

even more complex

5:13

cave leads you through

5:16

another series of winding

5:18

dark tunnels and then

5:20

out into an even

5:22

more complex cave. seem

5:24

to be quite a

5:26

few more living spaces

5:29

here, a lot of

5:31

tents, a lot more

5:33

cook fires, and just

5:35

at the opening of

5:37

the cavern as you

5:39

are heading out into

5:41

the grander space, you

5:44

see this hulking blue-skinned

5:46

ork with a massive

5:48

battle axe and he

5:51

is standing guard, it

5:53

seems like, in front

5:55

of a gigantic... pile

5:57

of orch skulls that

5:59

is partly blocking an entrance

6:01

to a strange corridor. This corridor

6:04

that you are just barely getting

6:06

a glimpse of as you are

6:08

being led past is cut from

6:10

the rock of the mountain it

6:12

appears in very geometrical angles, like

6:15

a very straight hallway. conversely to

6:17

this cavern which is like just

6:19

bare like normal cave walls look

6:21

at that and he points at

6:24

this like hallway that this orch

6:26

is blocking that doesn't look like

6:28

ork work it looks artificial it

6:30

looks constructed and it's entirely possible

6:32

that this this might be sides

6:35

of, uh, well, datheries influence at

6:37

the very least, and he's got

6:39

to look around, obviously very excited.

6:41

Keep a lid on it, buddy,

6:43

come on. If Tamil starts to

6:46

kind of take a curious step

6:48

towards the entrance and towards this

6:50

other ork, how does the blue-skinned

6:52

ork react? He just kind of

6:55

gives you a shake of the

6:57

head. As soon as he does,

6:59

Tamil puts her hands up and

7:01

she starts to back away, she

7:03

nods, acknowledging. He shakes his head,

7:06

yes? He shakes his head, no.

7:08

I know, but there's an audio

7:10

media. Well, shaking your head, I

7:12

think, is always a lie. Notting

7:15

versus notting is happening. So true.

7:17

I agree. He shakes his head,

7:19

no. Tamila, as you clearly understand

7:21

that correctly and take a step

7:23

back with your hands up, whitted,

7:26

puts a hand on your shoulder

7:28

in his armor, and clearly misinterpreting

7:30

this, takes a step forward, trying

7:32

to look around the or down

7:35

the orch- are not welcome here.

7:37

Oh, we did. I think, um,

7:39

I think he doesn't like that,

7:41

so we should probably move on.

7:43

It's clearly about natural construction. Excuse

7:46

me, excuse me. And he's kind

7:48

of like, get the work. Oh,

7:50

big. He aggressively walks up to

7:52

you witted and then takes the

7:55

shaft of this axe and presses

7:57

it up against your chest witted

7:59

and he goes, Not if you

8:01

want to live another day. Well,

8:03

what I would like to do

8:06

is see that hallway beyond you,

8:08

I'm not, by good ork, I'm

8:10

not sure if you fully understand

8:12

the potential technology, the potential magic

8:15

that is in a place such

8:17

as this, have you at least

8:19

explored the cave. put her hand

8:21

on the axe, put her other

8:23

hand on widowed's armor, and bodily

8:26

shift things around so that she

8:28

is in between this blue-skinned ork

8:30

and widowed. He lets you do

8:32

that. Apology, sir. He's a curious

8:35

fellow, and sometimes let overrides his

8:37

better sense. I'll keep an eye

8:39

on him. We mean no offense.

8:41

Curiosity killed the, uh... He's a

8:43

gnome. Yeah, whatever you are. Red

8:46

like shifts next to grackalaxes, this

8:48

is all happening. Yeah, grackalax finally

8:50

turned and taken notice of you

8:52

guys getting into some shenanigans and

8:54

he's just watching. Yeah, and Red's

8:57

like... beep side of them like

8:59

oh these guys look at these

9:01

gosh you know like trying to

9:03

realize okay we're already starting to

9:06

create division here red's gonna start

9:08

siling up to this guy you

9:10

know and like sort of casting

9:12

off everyone else just to give

9:14

us dynamics to play with so

9:17

he's like you know sometimes sometimes

9:19

these people are so curious you

9:21

know they have to push past

9:23

everything it's ridiculous I tell you

9:26

it's like that I don't mean

9:28

him speaking about your daughter but

9:30

you know the insol but you

9:32

know the insolence headcount of our

9:34

party and looks back to see

9:37

to see whim approaching. Yeah, I

9:39

think whim got a little bit

9:41

lost. Maybe canonically she's got a

9:43

bad sense of direction. Yeah. Just

9:46

totally a totally fine and normal

9:48

thing to have as a person,

9:50

a human girl. Yeah. So Doran

9:52

like kind of like does it,

9:54

sees her coming through the hallway

9:57

and gives her a little bit

9:59

of a gnaw and then watching

10:01

red. kind of sidle up next

10:03

to Grackalak and Tamil and Whittid,

10:06

you know, talking to this other

10:08

orch and sort of doing sort

10:10

of doing like a an assessment

10:12

of the situation. Doran. I mean

10:14

I don't think you need an

10:17

insight roll to know that Whittis

10:19

is making this a challenge for

10:21

your party dynamic. I love it.

10:23

What are we going to do

10:26

with them Grackalak's? What are we

10:28

going to do? What are we

10:30

going to do? Tamil catches your

10:32

eye and just very subtly kind

10:34

of waves her hand in front

10:37

of her own mouth and then

10:39

you hear in your head as

10:41

she cast message to you. I

10:43

think I understand what you're trying

10:45

to do. I'll keep an eye

10:48

on Witted and if you can

10:50

keep an eye on Doran I

10:52

think will be okay. Bingo bingo.

10:54

Right Doran and like Red sort

10:57

of calls Doran over to Grackalex.

10:59

I might want to keep an

11:01

eye on those two over there.

11:03

this blue-skinned orch who is aggressively

11:05

guarding this corridor against Wooded's curiosity,

11:08

gestures to the pile of skulls

11:10

on the floor and says, how

11:12

do you think he's got here?

11:14

I'm assuming they tried to take

11:17

you on in a fight? Wrong.

11:19

I feel like you know the

11:21

answer and you're just building it

11:23

up right now. Just like Tamilis

11:25

is kind of like gently tapping

11:28

on like the the armor That's

11:30

right wait it is good. He's

11:32

clearly asking rhetorical question But for

11:34

effect, it's poor part of storytelling.

11:37

I can appreciate that How did

11:39

they die? All I'm saying is

11:41

I'm doing you a favor by

11:43

keeping you out. Oh interesting a

11:45

favor you say now on your

11:48

way Thank you for the warning.

11:50

We're taking up too much of

11:52

your time. Let's get out of

11:54

your hair. Let's go. Listen, I

11:57

respect the line of questioning. Okay,

11:59

but I'm not, I'm not your

12:01

man here. Oh, fair enough. Now

12:03

will you please follow me? This

12:05

isn't a sightseeing tour. Come on

12:08

guys. It's not a sightseeing tour.

12:10

As that conversation is happening, Whitted

12:12

keeps looking at them and then

12:14

looking at the tunnel. Not at

12:17

the orch guarding the tunnel. He's

12:19

looking past him at the tunnel.

12:21

Looking at them, looking at the

12:23

tunnel. And then hoping no one

12:25

will notice. A small panel on

12:28

his leg. opens up, unseating right

12:30

from where it meets the boot,

12:32

and it just sort of opens

12:34

and like slides out and something

12:37

drops out of it about the

12:39

size of like a big mouse

12:41

or a really tiny baby rabbit

12:43

maybe, hits the ground and it

12:45

has little tiny, it just kind

12:48

of clunks to the ground, hopefully

12:50

quietly. It sprouts legs real quick

12:52

and tries to very quickly scuttle

12:54

into the tent. that's right beside

12:56

that work. You mean about the

12:59

size of a rat? A rat,

13:01

absolutely. Big newborn puppy. Nice. Absolutely.

13:03

A tiny, tiny elephant. The smallest

13:05

elephant you can imagine. It's like

13:08

a six-week-old house hippopotamus. Okay, I'm

13:10

locking in big pigeon. I actually

13:12

love that idea. Big pigeon, but

13:14

it grows these four or five

13:16

little tinkling spider legs in search

13:19

of scuttle under the tent. to

13:21

do this in a way that

13:23

no one would notice it. This

13:25

is, I will just say, my

13:28

homunculus. Homunculus. I have not introduced

13:30

yet. Oh, yes, yes. It's like

13:32

a familiar. You're gonna have to

13:34

roll, would we say a slight

13:36

of hand check? A stealth check

13:39

for the homunculus? It does have

13:41

its own stack block and it

13:43

has a stealth check, yes, 100%.

13:45

So your homunculus will have to

13:48

make a stealth check for me.

13:50

Absolutely. Absolutely. kind of drop out

13:52

of out of widens. First of

13:54

all. She loses her shit. She

13:56

loses her budget. She's like, what

13:59

is that? Oh my god, it

14:01

looks like it fell out like

14:03

roughly like their gadgetry and so

14:05

she'll very quickly kind of like

14:08

move over it kind of into

14:10

its space. She'll give it a

14:12

little bit of a nudge with

14:14

her foot as she gives it

14:16

some cover and she will give

14:19

bardic inspiration to this homunculus. Oh

14:21

my god, it looks like it

14:23

fell out like roughly like an

14:25

oval kind of like egg-like and

14:28

then grew the legs and as

14:30

you give it inspiration, your leg,

14:32

just a hatch opens up on

14:34

top of it and a little

14:36

sort of bird-shaped head pokes out

14:39

and does this little like flicker

14:41

of its eyes and then retreats

14:43

back in. It's keeping its head

14:45

retracted turtle style. What? Ah! Would

14:47

it lay to Mike? Tamil needs

14:50

to do a wisdom saving throw

14:52

not to just completely squeal with

14:54

delight at this. Yeah. Yeah, really.

14:56

It's very, um, the owl from

14:59

Clash of the Titans vibes. The

15:01

bird like had 100%. Yeah. Wow.

15:03

Amazing. It's scuttles under the tent.

15:05

I'm gonna roll and I assume

15:07

I don't have advantage, but I

15:10

do have bardic inspiration if I

15:12

need it. So I got that going

15:14

for me. Is a 17 enough? spider

15:16

walks with a pigeonhead kind of past

15:19

and over the orch skulls you don't

15:21

seem to have attracted anyone else's attention.

15:23

Yes. Do you see through its? I

15:25

like what does it do for you?

15:28

I know it can relay information back

15:30

to me I'm pretty sure and I

15:32

can channel magic through it but I

15:35

don't believe that it can to be

15:37

honest I'm not even sure that it

15:39

can telepathically relay stuff back to me

15:41

I know that it um I cannot

15:44

see through its eyes like a familiar

15:46

no but um okay yeah and I

15:48

think it has to come back to

15:50

report anything that it sees so I'm

15:53

hoping it'll make it back to a

15:55

spur for my ear whatever it sees

15:57

I guess whittied's a pigeon or a

16:00

bird person, I guess, darn, I don't

16:02

really know. Well, it looks about the

16:04

size of a small pigeon, large pigeon.

16:06

This stonework that you can just now

16:09

sort of see behind this blue-skinned orch,

16:11

it's gray-blue marble, maybe, and it seems

16:13

to somehow be emanating its own dim

16:15

light. I feel like if it sees

16:18

that, I would told it come back

16:20

as soon as you see anything that

16:22

could even be possibly netheries. Definitely. I

16:25

mean it takes four steps into the

16:27

room and then like hops back up

16:29

on a skull and does like a

16:31

little spider shrug with its like legs

16:34

like I think so. Okay then I

16:36

almost just try to recall it without

16:38

anyone noticing again. Do I need to

16:41

make another check for that? No no

16:43

no we'll carry it over. Absolutely, 100%.

16:45

It scuttles back again through the tent

16:47

and I specifically walk right by the

16:50

front of the tent and you see

16:52

it like climb right up onto the

16:54

boot and go right inside the little

16:56

hatch and the hatch shuts behind it.

16:59

That's cool. And then like plugs in

17:01

and there's like an uploading sound. Yeah.

17:03

Yeah. You see me lower down into

17:06

the suit and you hear this. Tameel

17:08

continues to engage with this blue-skinned orch.

17:10

So, what are your macros? I mean,

17:12

you seem, you're carrying so much bulk.

17:15

I mean, what's your routine? It's really

17:17

important that you get at least one

17:19

gram per kilogram of protein every day,

17:21

okay? Like, that's a bare minimum. That's

17:24

not even on a bulk. And then

17:26

just like as soon as once it

17:28

seems the humunculus has been reintegrated into

17:31

With its armor and he's starting to

17:33

disengage she'll just be like well Thank

17:35

you very much for your time and

17:37

then just starts walking off towards where

17:40

everyone else is Meanwhile the war chief

17:42

is like mid conversation with red and

17:44

that's what I'm trying to tell you

17:47

about daughters which I totally understand this

17:49

no one understands that more than me

17:51

I'm the only one with the daughter

17:53

in this and you're saying like just

17:56

let her go and do what she

17:58

wants to do saying is she's going

18:00

to do that regardless and you can

18:02

either be in support of it or

18:05

you can be the reason she hates

18:07

what she's become. But how am I

18:09

going to be in her life if I

18:11

just let her go wherever she wants to

18:13

in the world? Like what have I ever

18:16

seen her again? Red puts a hand on

18:18

your shoulder. This is touching a shit. You

18:20

see this ring on my finger? It tells

18:22

me where my daughter is everywhere in

18:24

this world I can feel her heartbeat

18:26

at any moment in any time and

18:28

she has the same for me. That

18:30

is the kind of connection that you

18:32

want with her, no? Can I see that for

18:34

a minute? He holds at his hand.

18:36

He wants to hold the ring. If

18:38

Tamil's walking up and sees this

18:40

interaction, it seems like it's important

18:42

to him, why would you... what is your...

18:45

what's the nature of your interest

18:47

in it? Why is that... The five of

18:49

you are the only ones allowed to ask

18:51

questions. No, no, no, stop. Listen, here. And

18:53

he takes it off and he gives it to

18:55

the guy. It's like, look, you're right. We

18:58

came in here with trust. We laid

19:00

our cards on the table with our

19:02

plans for Duke Zalto. That takes a

19:04

lot of trust. Here's another gesture of

19:06

our trust. What color of metal is this

19:08

ring? Is it gold or silver? It's black.

19:11

Black metal with a red band. So

19:13

we see like a close-up, I'm

19:15

imagining this in a movie form

19:17

now for some reason, of this

19:20

huge orchish palm with the black

19:22

ring in the middle of it,

19:24

and he just sort of like

19:27

touches it with his finger, sort

19:29

of examining it for a minute.

19:31

He just holds it in his

19:33

palm. And you can see, Red

19:36

is genuinely scared. For the first

19:38

time, possibly ever in this specific

19:40

way, not... death, but like a

19:43

fear of loss of losing something

19:45

important to him. He's never really

19:47

had to confront that. He's been

19:50

so flippant with gold, with items,

19:52

most of them come and go,

19:55

including companions as of late, but this

19:57

was a promise that he gave to

19:59

his daughter. This was something he picked

20:01

out as a way to show her

20:03

that he could be in her life

20:06

in a meaningful way. This ring represents

20:08

an effort for Red to grow, to

20:10

become what she wants of him. And

20:13

that fear that's on his face is

20:15

so apparent. And then he opens

20:17

his palm and offers it back to

20:20

you. Throughout this entire interaction,

20:22

Tamil has been laser focused

20:24

on you, Red, not Chief

20:26

Grackleck. Just watching your face

20:29

and seeing that, like taking

20:31

in that fear. Oh, thank you. Thank

20:33

you. And Red puts it back on.

20:35

Anyway. So, shall we? Buddy? Yeah, I'm

20:37

just over there. Cool. Come on. And

20:40

he leads you farther into this

20:42

like living chamber. Yeah, and Red

20:44

sort of pauses and turns to

20:47

everybody at once, now that we're

20:49

like just apart from him for

20:51

a second. Be like, come on

20:54

guys, keep it together. I don't

20:56

know what's going on, but we are

20:58

deep in this belly. We need to

21:00

play it smart. As you say that,

21:02

we're in a huddle kind of like

21:04

as we're as we're about to follow

21:06

grack like, at sub point, we're going

21:08

in that hallway. And then you just

21:11

turned to keep walking. Oh boy. Well,

21:13

Red, I think you should just

21:15

keep making friends, I think.

21:17

Yeah, thanks, Timille. You're doing

21:19

good too. Dorn, I guess,

21:21

turns to Gracklack as Red's

21:24

sort of rallying the troops,

21:26

you could say. And Dorn

21:28

offers his too-sense of advice,

21:31

of course. He says, Listen, Gracklack,

21:33

I was told by a wise

21:35

dwarf very long ago that if

21:38

you love someone, let them go.

21:40

And if they love you back,

21:42

they will return. I believe that

21:44

that's what you need to do

21:47

with your daughter. Let her go.

21:49

Well, I think it's can be

21:51

you know conveyed across different. Yes,

21:54

it was dwarf and who is

21:56

this dwarf to you who told

21:58

you this thing? I love when

22:00

Red like builds a relationship

22:03

and it's just like actively

22:05

tries to keep it alive.

22:07

Undermining. You know someone that

22:09

meant anything to me, but

22:11

more of a saying that

22:13

gets passed over time, you

22:15

know, through tradition, right? which I'm

22:17

sure York's do, you have traditions, don't

22:19

you? You know, like, I'm sure you

22:22

have traditions and stuff, or maybe you

22:24

don't, maybe you don't have traditions, maybe

22:26

I'll just kill and eat whatever you

22:29

kill. He's laying your filth and looking.

22:31

His eyes get wide. I'm just, listen, I'm

22:33

just... And red, who was like a part

22:35

for a second, comes back up. All right,

22:37

so, why is everyone so angry all of

22:40

a sudden? It's through here. Yeah,

22:42

we gestures through a tent

22:44

flap, the largest of the

22:46

tents. God damn it, Doran, do

22:48

I need to put that book,

22:51

split a muzzle on you?

22:53

Tamil put an arm around

22:55

Doran as she's like, as

22:57

we're going into this, this

22:59

guy's tent. Sometimes it's hard

23:02

to connect with people

23:04

of different cultures. Look,

23:06

I appreciate your effort

23:08

though. I can see you trying.

23:10

I'm trying. Right, well, into his

23:12

house we go. Just go and show

23:15

us if we're in the tent.

23:17

Tamil, just keep both of

23:19

them back for just a

23:21

moment. What if the two

23:23

of us could do that?

23:25

Gracklack holds aside the tent

23:27

flap and sort of shows

23:29

you the interior of the

23:32

tent where he expects you

23:34

to go. There are some

23:36

furnishings. There are some

23:38

furnishings within. There's like some

23:41

furs piled high over bedding.

23:43

Actually looks very soft and

23:45

luxurious. There's like some lanterns

23:48

hanging from the ceiling. And

23:50

off to one side, there

23:53

is a skeleton of a

23:55

human. Sun bleached bones bound

23:57

to a cross of wooden

24:00

stakes. Gracklack's impressive set of

24:02

war armor clothes is hanging

24:04

from it. He's got this

24:06

metal helmet decorated with snow

24:09

leopard fangs hanging down from

24:11

the front. There are poldrons

24:13

with thick sprays of red

24:15

hair sewn along the seams

24:17

and most curiously... A

24:19

sleek looking chrome amulate that

24:22

houses a piece of turquoise

24:24

stone at its center. This

24:27

amulate gleams appealingly and is

24:29

another reason origin. I just

24:31

wanted to make it known that

24:34

Doren before he didn't step

24:36

into the tent, the tent opened,

24:38

he saw the skeleton and he

24:41

thought nah and he's gonna hang

24:43

around outside. Too spooky! Oh, okay.

24:45

Cool, I like that. Standing outside

24:48

of the tent. Yeah. Doran, as

24:50

you stand watch outside in

24:52

this conversation, is happening within,

24:55

you see that there are

24:57

several orks toasting meat

24:59

at a campfire just to the

25:01

north of you, but also there's

25:04

another tent to the north, outside

25:06

of which an ork seems to

25:08

be doing some. blacksmithing work. It's

25:11

very strange anvil that he's working

25:13

on though, because part of the

25:15

anvil seems to be glowing red-hot,

25:17

although there is no source of

25:20

heat. It's very strange to you

25:22

specifically. Doran's eyes graze over these

25:24

people that are cooking the meat,

25:26

and he's like making these faces

25:28

like, yeah, that's normal, and then

25:30

the thought goes through his mind

25:32

that that could be human meat,

25:34

and then he's like, he continues

25:36

his gaze over to this blacksmith.

25:39

Yeah. So he takes a

25:41

stroll over. Very, very sort

25:43

of cautiously. So Doran, you

25:45

make your way up to

25:47

this orchish blacksmith. And

25:49

there's no fire going?

25:52

There's no fire going. It

25:54

seems like he's hammering

25:57

something that's relatively small.

25:59

Not... A weapon, that's for

26:01

sure. If it were to

26:03

be a weapon, maybe it's

26:05

like the size of a

26:08

throwing star. Yeah, he's got

26:10

like kind of a smallish

26:12

hammer and he's working hard

26:14

at it and he's wearing

26:16

this big leather apron. There

26:18

are these white hot sparks

26:20

coming off in showers with

26:23

every pound of this small

26:25

hammer on this small piece

26:27

of metal. neighborhood macho

26:29

guys do and he's sort of

26:31

walking up he's not directly asking

26:33

he's just sort of like eyeing

26:36

it and pretending like he's not

26:38

there to watch but he actually

26:40

is there to watch and got

26:42

the 228 there it's like

26:45

how a construction somehow just

26:47

aggregates like 50 to 60 year

26:49

old men for a reason The

26:51

orks like go grab a cold

26:53

one over there. Yeah, yeah, nod

26:55

and make recommendations. Just stand around

26:57

nodding. Where's your quenching barrel? What

26:59

you need is one of these.

27:01

Six, six 32 is there and

27:04

a 228. Okay, got a 455

27:06

myself at home. How often you

27:08

had a service that thing, huh?

27:10

The orks kind of lifts his

27:12

head sideways and catches your eye

27:14

for a second and then turns

27:16

back to his work. Yeah, and

27:18

I guess it's, it's purple. Dorn

27:20

enough that now he's actually

27:23

come out to say it. He's

27:25

like, all right, all right, you

27:27

got me. How are you

27:29

heating that thing? What's going

27:31

on over there? Where's the

27:33

heat coming from? I don't see

27:35

a flame. Oh, oh, oh, yeah.

27:37

Too balanced. Oh well this, this

27:40

anvil is anvil of perpetual flame,

27:42

so I don't have to worry

27:44

about that at all. Don't even,

27:46

you know, I don't have to

27:48

worry about the bellows or nothing.

27:50

Never even considered magic in that

27:52

way. Wow, wow. Just every single

27:54

day. I'm being even more amazed by

27:56

magic. And now it's like, you know,

27:59

you see this. joy entered Doran's eyes.

28:01

And this is all done. I'm

28:03

coming back and killing you for

28:05

that. I'm going to steal this

28:07

journal. It makes a small note.

28:09

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Kill this guy.

28:11

We can't just enjoy the childlike

28:14

wonder. It always has to come

28:16

back to murder somehow. Naturally. A

28:18

thing we must have it. Yeah,

28:20

you just watch in wonderment as

28:22

he does his work? Where did

28:24

you get that? Is there possibility

28:26

to get another one? Uh, no,

28:29

this has been passed down for

28:31

generations. So, uh, don't think there's

28:33

any chance of that happening. All

28:35

right. And then, then there's some

28:37

more conversation. How hot does it

28:39

burn? Does it work just like

28:41

other fire? And, you know, there's

28:43

other conversation that goes on. You

28:46

find out that this orch is

28:48

a skilled metalsmith and jeweler. All

28:50

right. And that he's working on

28:52

a set of necklaces right now.

28:54

We come back out and Doran's

28:56

ghosting him from behind. Like... Yes!

28:58

Never all I can feel this

29:01

way again. Meanwhile, back in the

29:03

chief's tent. Wonderful place you got

29:05

here, Grackalax. Thank you so much

29:07

for letting us in. Tents! Inside

29:09

the cave, eh? Sometimes it drips.

29:11

Right, right, right, and you wouldn't

29:13

want to just warm that up

29:15

and get rid of the drips.

29:18

And else if you're like changing

29:20

or... Right, yeah, having sex. The

29:22

oaks are very... Orcs are very

29:24

modest. I am. I can tell.

29:26

The modesty is a virtue, my

29:28

father used to say. Probably I

29:30

didn't know him. He turns his

29:33

back to the five of you

29:35

and starts rummaging in a chest.

29:37

Tameel is holding Witted, is holding

29:39

him back. Just hang on, hang

29:41

on, I know you see it,

29:43

just one moment. It's not even

29:45

that subtle in a kind of

29:48

dangerous way. He just keeps looking

29:50

at the amlet. What's going on?

29:52

Like, the mentality is like, oh,

29:54

but this orch should want. I

29:56

want to give it to me

29:58

because I can use it better.

30:00

Like, so he's not even, he's

30:02

being rather obvious about his interest

30:05

in it. It's like in Aladdin,

30:07

the cartoon, when Abu sees the,

30:09

um, gem? Yes! Yoga! All yoga!

30:11

Yes! What's going on? What are

30:13

you doing? What are you freaking

30:15

out about? I mean, he seems

30:17

fixated on the amule, I can

30:20

only assume it's netheries. Where did

30:22

we will not be able to

30:24

see what it is or what

30:26

it does if we are all

30:28

dead? Certainly, yes, certainly. I beerly

30:30

at wizard-biring it. He sort of

30:32

sinks into the armor a little

30:34

bit, clearly wanting it. Gracklack finishes

30:37

rifling around in this trunk, pulls

30:39

out an armful of potions. Five...

30:41

identical bottles sloshing full of this

30:43

Burgundy liquid that has like these

30:45

kind of gold flex floating throughout

30:47

and he says so this is

30:49

what you come here for that's

30:52

it 25 a piece here's 125

30:54

gold red reaches into the bag

30:56

and hands it to him believe

30:58

we settled on 50 oh my

31:00

apologies 50 each and red doubles

31:02

it and hands it to him

31:04

There's an old saying, if the

31:07

seller can't remember the cost, make

31:09

it up. The seller? Yeah, because

31:11

he's selling it to me. You

31:13

can't remember it. I can low

31:15

ball him. Oh, that's fair, that's

31:17

fair. While the exchange... I take

31:19

them greedily before anyone talks. Yeah.

31:21

And then I put them in

31:24

the back. Okay, we're good. I

31:26

drink them all. What else do

31:28

you there? We did put like

31:30

an elbow on like the shoulder

31:32

of the arm and starts to

31:34

lean out towards Tamil to try

31:36

to whisper to her. I, you

31:39

and Red seem like you're pretty

31:41

good at talking to people. We

31:43

should really ask about that abulate.

31:45

We should, we should, we should

31:47

find that more information about that.

31:49

Habulate, uh, and if, if the

31:51

talking doesn't go so well, I,

31:53

I could talk to Dored, his

31:56

axe seems like it would be

31:58

a. other way to solve this

32:00

problem. Maybe, uh, I just say

32:02

we need to get the ambulance,

32:04

that's all. We did remember, now we have

32:06

two, two targets, yes. We want to know

32:09

what the sandwich is about, and we also

32:11

want to know what's in that hallway. Certainly.

32:13

So, we're going to have to be smart

32:15

about how we play this. There may be

32:17

even more interesting things than those two targets

32:20

possibly. If there are no orks in the

32:22

cave, then we can access all of them.

32:24

That's all I'm thinking. This is whispered,

32:26

right? Yes. Obviously very whispered on

32:28

that front, yes. Super whispered. If I need

32:31

to even roll a check, I will, but

32:33

yeah. Nah. You can talk quietly without

32:35

rolling. So, you know, I mean, appreciate

32:37

that. Red takes the vials, puts them

32:39

away, and sort of tries to bring

32:41

Grackolax to maybe a farther area in

32:44

the tent. Just maybe the, oh, over

32:46

against the wall. Sit on his bed

32:48

together. Come over here, Pat's down. Take

32:50

your shoes off, take your shoes

32:52

off first. Look, we passed that

32:54

hallway, the Netheries hallway. It seemed

32:56

like there was a bunch of

32:58

skulls and I overheard your guard

33:00

out there saying that those were

33:02

orcs that ventured in. Well, what the

33:05

hell happened? It's not permitted to

33:07

go there unless you are under

33:09

special orders to retrieve material. I

33:11

guess what I mean to say

33:13

is the orcs skulls there. I

33:15

guess my interpretation was that guard

33:17

was keeping other orks out, but

33:19

it seemed like maybe he was

33:21

there making sure no one wandered

33:24

in if it's that deadly. What

33:26

materials are you gathering in

33:28

there? That's so dangerous. There

33:30

are many special materials that we

33:32

use in our day-to-day. It's

33:35

not important to you what they are,

33:37

but I can tell you that it is

33:39

cursed. Well, his... may be

33:41

a bit of an opportunity

33:43

for all of us. My

33:45

friend who salivating currently is

33:47

a gnomish artifice of some

33:49

repute. He's well-versed at the

33:51

Netheries, which are obviously this

33:53

mountain range. Clearly you have

33:55

in there some materials that

33:57

are valuable to you, and

33:59

my... A friend here would very much

34:01

enjoy poking around, and we, myself, my

34:03

friend Tamil here and my friend out

34:06

there Doran, are seasoned adventurers. I'm thinking

34:08

that maybe we could help each other

34:10

out. The four of us could go

34:12

in, retrieve said materials for you. We

34:14

could do some of the dirty work,

34:16

take the fear of curse off of

34:18

the shoulders of your fellow orcs out

34:20

there, earn you a little bit of

34:23

respect with them. Guess who gets to

34:25

go out and say don't worry about

34:27

dying this week? And we come back

34:29

with said materials and we get to

34:31

learn a little bit about the thing

34:33

my friend so dearly craves to know

34:35

about the netheries. This seems like a

34:37

pretty cherry deal. Well it wouldn't come

34:40

at no cost. Who knows? Red's eyes

34:42

slide over the armor. Oh. I mean

34:44

that could be something of value that

34:46

bounces it all out. What the heck

34:48

is that? And very ignorantly points to

34:50

the amulate on the chest of the...

34:52

As you draw Gracklack's attention to the

34:54

amulate, how close is witted to this?

34:57

armor stand. Whitted visibly inches closer. He

34:59

was already kind of close to it

35:01

and as the camera pans to it

35:03

you just see him like inching like

35:05

it seems like he's gonna leave the

35:07

frame and then he keeps inching over

35:09

so he just keeps staying in frame

35:11

as we zoom in on the amulate

35:14

and he leans in his seat like

35:16

moves forward a little bit to lean

35:18

in. I mean look we could take

35:20

a look at that amulate for you

35:22

too. My friend here is an expert.

35:24

I know a great deal about the

35:26

Netherlands. I'm sure I could shed some

35:28

light on exactly what is going on

35:31

in that region of your cave. In

35:33

fact, a cursed location bones very well.

35:35

I am actually very excited to hear

35:37

about a curse. That just indicates the

35:39

level of magic that is at play.

35:41

This is fantastic news, frankly. This amulate

35:43

is held by the chieftain of the

35:45

Thousand Fist Orks. And how did you

35:48

get that job? You misunderstand red puts

35:50

his hand on with its face.

35:52

I want to take

35:54

this amulet from

35:56

you whatsoever. I think

35:58

you get to

36:00

go out there and

36:02

say, no one

36:04

dies today. Pretty big

36:07

win. He puts his hand

36:09

on your shoulder, red, and gestures

36:11

to the ring on your finger. And

36:13

he says, I will extend

36:15

the same courtesy as you gave me. And

36:18

then gestures at the

36:20

amulet, Witted, you are

36:22

allowed to investigate this magic

36:24

item. There is a moment when Witted

36:26

looks at red with this look

36:28

of pure gratitude and thanks. There is

36:30

this beaming smile. He cannot believe

36:32

that talking can accomplish such feats. This

36:34

is incredible. And he was literally

36:37

just like, and I think there was

36:39

a moment of horror talking to

36:41

Tamille when he realized like, we've just,

36:43

we met these people, we've learned

36:45

their names, we've learned about their family

36:47

relationships. That has not changed the

36:49

calculus one -wit for Witted. He was

36:51

ready to murder all these people. They

36:53

got to look at this amulet.

36:55

He leans and, thank you very much,

36:57

puts these lenses. Hold on, Witted,

36:59

as you're reaching, he sort of stops

37:01

you. You know what, let's

37:04

look at it after we go through the Nether

37:06

East tunnels. Witted had already

37:08

had all these extra lenses popping

37:10

out of his goggles that

37:12

were clicking into place one by

37:14

one. And as he turns

37:16

to you with these comically like

37:19

extended little visors, like telescoping

37:21

out of his goggles, he goes,

37:23

why wouldn't we just look

37:25

at it right now? They're giving

37:27

us the opportunity. Because, because

37:29

perhaps some of the things we

37:32

can learn in the Nether

37:34

East tunnels will inform some of

37:36

the things that you learn

37:38

about the amulet. And as

37:40

you know, looking at

37:42

the amulet first would

37:45

be less intelligent than

37:47

exploring where it came from

37:49

first, you know? You wanna

37:51

plunder the depths and then

37:53

look at the rewards rather

37:55

than the spoils before the

37:57

depths. Classic archeology, you know

37:59

this. I would like to approach this

38:01

line of research from any angle that

38:04

I have the opportunity for but I

38:06

suppose I suppose if we want to

38:08

check out the hallway first we could

38:10

look at that as log and I'm

38:13

kind of like looking at the orchieftain

38:15

not like I'm asking him but more

38:17

like I'm just like oh he's still

38:20

here as long as he allows us

38:22

to and we returned I understand it

38:24

might be very dangerous in that hallway

38:26

but I'm sure it's nothing that we

38:29

can't handle or I can't and he

38:31

kind of stumps away turning his back

38:33

on you read for just a moment

38:35

and starts like walking out of the

38:38

tent. And Red just lingers for a minute

38:40

and sort of shrugs back with kids. Look,

38:42

if you can let the blue hawk know,

38:44

the plan, we'll meet you there in a

38:47

few. Red exits and sees Whitted walking away

38:49

angrily and he just turns to me and

38:51

says, look, if we do want to take

38:53

this thing, if Wooded is going to

38:55

make it impossible not to leave this

38:57

place without that amulate, which it looks

39:00

like based on his gogalize, then we

39:02

might as well wait till we're ready

39:04

to leave this place to have him

39:06

look at it. You know? You know? Timel

39:08

takes a beat, she kind of

39:10

nods slowly, she says, that's very

39:12

smart, very strategic. But

39:15

red, if we're going to travel

39:17

together, at some point, we're all

39:19

going to have to learn to

39:21

trust and communicate with each other.

39:24

We are not just things to be

39:26

managed. That's what I'm doing now, though.

39:28

Oh, you mean with him? Yes. Oh,

39:30

definitely, but I need to know first

39:33

off that Widdedkin... Stay his hand

39:35

when need be. I mean, you

39:37

saw the way he approached that

39:39

tunnel. He would have walked right

39:41

into the blade of that blue-awk.

39:43

If you hadn't stepped in, no?

39:46

Yes, you're probably right. And I

39:48

think that you were wise also

39:50

to stay him in the tent. But

39:52

let's try to limit the limit

39:54

the amount of time that we're

39:56

lying to each other, shall we? Agreed.

39:58

Agreed. All right. So, into

40:01

the tunnel then? Yeah. Uh, once

40:03

we get Doren, Red looks over

40:05

at Doren. Yeah, Doren's like, uh,

40:08

he's like leaning over, he's got

40:10

his elbows on the table in

40:12

front of the other orch, and

40:15

he's like batting his eyes, just

40:17

watching the... Big cheedy eyes with

40:20

the, like, the blushing kick in

40:22

his feet. But then, like, a

40:24

quick shake it off as soon

40:27

as you guys come out, oh,

40:29

yeah. So, what's the plan, did

40:31

you get the elixers? Are we

40:34

heading back to see, uh, and

40:36

then you can see him kind

40:38

of do the whole, are we

40:41

heading back to deliver this to

40:43

Duke Salto? No, we're killing Duke

40:46

Salto, that, it doesn't matter. Look,

40:48

no, there's a change of plan

40:50

slightly. I do have the Alexis,

40:53

Red Pattis bag, but we managed

40:55

to negotiate, um, exploring the Netheries

40:57

tunnels that Whitted was so eager

41:00

to see. Oh, the, the, uh...

41:02

over there and he kind of

41:05

points back to where they were.

41:07

Netheries, huh? Okay, well, let's go.

41:09

Yeah, should we dive right in

41:12

or do we need anything? Is

41:14

everyone ready to go? I'm always

41:16

ready. Doran sort of pats himself

41:19

down. Yeah, I think I got

41:21

everything on me. Gracklack exits the

41:24

tent with whim. She is inexplicably

41:26

holding a little bag of snacks

41:28

that he's given her. and she's

41:31

just chowing down. Yeah, whim. Good

41:33

job with me. He sort of

41:35

pats are on the back and

41:38

she goes to join you guys

41:40

and he says. The amount of

41:43

valuables that you retrieve from the

41:45

tunnels will be commesurate with your

41:47

payment. And if I never see

41:50

you again, sorry. Oh, that was

41:52

unexpected. Wow. We really connected, I

41:54

think. Is there anything you can

41:57

tell us about what we might

41:59

face in there? Only a third

42:01

of the... Works that we send

42:04

in never come back. and the

42:06

ones that do speak of a

42:09

terrible being who lives in the

42:11

tunnels. A monstrous orch that's been

42:13

magically changed. A creature of unfathomable

42:16

cruelty. Well, we're used to killing

42:18

orks. Don't worry our friend has

42:20

a axe that he can't cut

42:23

off. I'm sure well I think

42:25

we've got luck on our side

42:28

having been given Gracklack's blessing at

42:30

entering the tunnels this large Guardian

42:32

moves aside and kicks some of

42:35

the skulls off to the side

42:37

to let you guys get through

42:39

into these tunnels Are these up

42:42

for grabs? Red says and points

42:44

of the skulls. Can I take

42:47

one? That's really... gruelish of you.

42:49

Yes? Uh... Uh... He wants to

42:51

make a log sled. I already

42:54

have a giant skull and a

42:56

dwarf skull and a human skull.

42:58

I'll just take one. Red takes

43:01

a dwarf skull. Awesome. Very good.

43:03

You never know. As you move

43:06

past these skulls, Doran and red,

43:08

you are reminded of a previous...

43:10

place that you've been. In Ice

43:13

Wind Dale, you recall a tower

43:15

that was driven into the snow,

43:17

inverted, such that you're walking on

43:20

the ceilings. This is very similar

43:22

architecture to that spire. Although he

43:25

is reminded of the upside-down tower

43:27

in Ice Wind Dale, he's also

43:29

reminded of the situation that they

43:32

found themselves in when they forgot

43:34

who they forgot who they forgot

43:36

who they forgot who they forgot

43:39

who they forgot who they forgot

43:41

who they forgot who they forgot

43:43

who they forgot who they forgot

43:46

who they forgot who they forgot

43:48

who they forgot who they And

43:51

he in a rush and very

43:53

rushably way he pulls out his

43:55

journal and he in the very

43:58

first page you see him scribbling

44:00

down you know he's writing down

44:02

who he is what he does

44:05

how he got here sort of

44:07

all nice it's like a funny

44:10

side about another tabula rasso situation

44:12

yeah so good red like watches

44:14

you do this is at first

44:17

confusing he's like oh right down

44:19

me too right below it no

44:21

it's that he writes down everybody

44:24

actually he's down everybody actually he's

44:26

notes Whitted you just like a

44:29

little guy in inside of a

44:31

big guy I feel like whitted

44:33

leans over. What are you doing?

44:36

What are you writing about? Oh?

44:38

Well, I'm just I'm just Making

44:40

real brief notes of who we

44:43

are you see we got a

44:45

caught in a situation it listen.

44:48

I'll explain another time but Dorn

44:50

turns back to red say this

44:52

reminds me another place Do you

44:55

remember being in that? And then

44:57

upside down tower and all the

44:59

snow. What was that place called?

45:02

The uh... Oh... Icewood Dale? Right.

45:04

The Dale. The Dale. That's right.

45:06

Yeah. I remember. Oh, we fought

45:09

a pretty ugly creature there. Yeah.

45:11

Hey, if we have to fight

45:14

a creature that's all black with

45:16

a big hammer. Let me think.

45:18

Don't be a wizard. What do

45:21

they call it? That dark figure?

45:23

I call a mouthy-tummy hammer boy.

45:25

Yeah, nothing. Wait, you all fought

45:28

a tomb-tapper? Oh goodness, that's incredible.

45:30

You really have experience with Netheries

45:33

technology. I'm so sorry, clearly you're

45:35

writing down information about us for

45:37

a reason? Was this something to

45:40

do with what happened to you

45:42

dealing with Netheries artifacts or something?

45:44

No, no, no. It was an

45:47

entirely different situation, but now that

45:49

I'm recalling a little bit more

45:52

about the situation that we were

45:54

in, it has nothing to do

45:56

with what I just wrote down

45:59

about us. It's more to do

46:01

with being very careful, being sticking

46:04

together as a team. And we

46:06

gotta watch out for the magic

46:08

users. And he kind of points

46:10

at you, Tamil, and at whim.

46:12

Wait, did you say that this

46:15

is this tomb tappers,

46:17

Netheries Technology? It was created

46:19

by the ancient Netherlands at some

46:21

point in their history. I'm just,

46:23

it's incredible to me that people

46:26

have seen one in the modern

46:28

age. I doubt we'll run into

46:31

something so incredible here, but still.

46:33

You're saying that, that, that, that,

46:35

that dark beast with the, with

46:37

this gaping maw and its stomach,

46:39

that was... That was a

46:41

construct. A construct, but

46:43

not mechanical. It couldn't

46:45

have been mechanical. No,

46:47

certainly not. The Netheries

46:50

did not rely on

46:52

actual mechanisms such as

46:54

physics can allow. It

46:56

is magical technology. Much like

46:58

my armor. Very, very scary.

47:00

I will say that. Very

47:02

grotesque. What I don't suppose

47:04

you happen to know any

47:06

of its weaknesses or

47:08

vulnerabilities? Those who fought the

47:10

tube tapper would probably know even more

47:12

about it than me You can tell he's

47:15

jealous fair point Doran red other

47:17

than protecting the magic users anything

47:19

that we could be focusing on

47:21

No, I think I think witty. It's

47:23

probably right. I don't think there's any

47:26

in here We came across one cracked

47:28

it as it were sort of an

47:30

untouched one by time. Yeah, I think

47:32

if we're finding anything in here. It's

47:34

going to be that big tall ork

47:36

or whatever that curse is We only

47:38

dipped a little bit in the Netheries

47:40

spire. It was a short little visit.

47:42

I did touch something that gave me

47:44

a spell, which was really helpful, so

47:47

I guess, touch things if you don't

47:49

know what they do. Let's go! And Red

47:51

pushes past everyone and enters.

47:53

Fabulous! To the old follows. Yeah.

47:55

If no one stops and witted, we'll

47:58

go first. He's in a big arm. I'm

48:00

fine with that. What's your

48:02

AC? Good. Actually, sorry, really

48:04

good. I thought it was

48:06

only decent. It was, it

48:08

was, it was actually quite

48:10

good. Yeah. What is it?

48:12

It is 22. Oh, the

48:14

shield. Fabulous. Oh, fuck yeah.

48:16

You should be going first.

48:18

For the first time you're

48:20

seeing what you thought might

48:22

have been a big round

48:24

plate on with its back.

48:26

He reaches for it. It

48:28

detaches. He's got a shield

48:30

in front of him now.

48:32

Oh, cool. Before your eyes.

48:34

Oh, sorry. He reaches back

48:36

with his gnome hand. He

48:38

hands it off to the

48:40

shield. to the armor and

48:43

suddenly the like a spiraled

48:45

or like spincture-door kind of

48:47

style all these little blades

48:49

come out the edges and

48:51

extend the size of the

48:53

shield so it's a little

48:55

bit a more armor medium-sized

48:57

as small-sized for a known.

48:59

Classic blade spincter shield we

49:01

love it. Absolutely. That's on

49:03

page 190 of the players

49:05

handbook, blade sphincter shield. Hell

49:07

yes, as it was a

49:09

reverse sphincter is what I'm

49:11

looking at. So, writ first.

49:13

So, whitted first, then Doran,

49:15

I think whim's gonna go

49:17

next. Okay, be careful whimmy,

49:19

Redzler squeezes your hand. Red,

49:21

do you want to bring

49:23

up the rear, or would

49:25

you prefer a little cover

49:27

from the back? I don't

49:29

know. I'm so used to

49:31

hanging back, but if it

49:33

makes sense, you can be

49:35

behind me. You can be

49:37

behind me. You can be

49:40

behind me. Whatever you're more

49:42

comfortable with? I think tactically,

49:44

Doran sort of looks back,

49:46

catches eyes with Tamil, and

49:48

then kind of gives a

49:50

head, like a come up

49:52

here head nod. All right.

49:54

Yeah, and Tamil will go

49:56

third. Cool. And as the

49:58

five of us move into

50:00

these netheries tunnels, the blue-skinned

50:02

orch sort of kicks the

50:04

orch skulls back to block

50:06

the entrance to Seymour behind

50:08

you. sealing you in to

50:10

these ruins. We were, um,

50:12

we were of course joking

50:14

about returning the technology to

50:16

them in exchange for mere

50:18

potions, correct? Oh, we're gonna

50:20

loot the shit out of

50:22

this place. I think I

50:24

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Big mouth in the middle of

52:24

its body? The tomb tapper! You

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guys want a tomb tapper? Holy

52:28

snap! What? I've never seen them

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in the new edition. I've only

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52:34

Oh my god, so cool. They were

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really fun. It's a good fight. I'm

52:39

sorry, was that red or Harlan

52:41

talking? Both. I haven't

52:43

decided which of your

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lines I'm going to

52:48

keep. Sure, sure, sure,

52:50

okay. Great, great. Were

52:53

you going to say

52:55

something, Alex? No, just

52:58

that. He

53:00

just flips

53:02

back and

53:04

forth. He'll

53:06

be like

53:08

talking meta

53:10

in the

53:12

bridge. Is

53:14

it bridge

53:16

accent? That's

53:18

amazing. I've

53:20

hungered for

53:22

your flame,

53:24

a long,

53:26

lonely time.

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And time

53:31

goes by,

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so slowly.

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A fire

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can do

53:44

so much.

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Are you?

53:51

Refide? that

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