The Apple of her Ass
Day 2
Previous ChapterNext ChapterApplejack yawned as she woke up, the sunlight slowly pulling her out of a comfortable slumber. She smiled as her relaxed body became aware of the fluffy pillow under her head, the warm blankets covering her, the hard and smooth hoof rubbing her pussy, the soft, yet firm, mattress under her back...
Rewinding her mind for a second, she realized one of her limbs had been acting on its own. Now, if she was perfectly honest -as she always was- she had to admit that it wasn’t really doing anything on its own, but rather that she had trouble finding the will to stop it. Especially in her sleep. Forcing her hoof to obey, she stepped out of bed to assess the situation.
First, she was feeling rested. That meant that her strategy of clopping until she couldn’t help but sleep the previous evening had paid off. The rest of the family had been surprised to see her go to bed much earlier than usual, but in the end she got her sleep and that was the important thing.
Second, the bed linens weren’t a mess like the morning before. Applejack looked at the cute apple-patterned panties she had been wearing for the night. Those were in serious need of a washing, as the night’s dreams had been... intense. They would have to do. There was no way that she was gonna switch to adult diapers.
Third, the previous day’s sessions had calmed her down somewhat and she wasn’t thinking about rutting so much. ‘So far, so good,’ she thought as she headed for the bathroom.
The day started without difficulties: breakfast, watering the fields, checking that the fruit bats weren’t starting to nest outside of their designated part of the orchards, gathering apples from the cellar, loading them on the cart and getting ready for market, lunch... and off she was for Ponyville!
After a Pinkie Promise™ that she wouldn’t try to force apples on anypony, Apple Bloom had been allowed to accompany her big sister and help tend the Apple family’s stall at Ponyville’s market.
The two sisters put their apples on display and patiently waited for customers. The first few were served without any difficulty. At least, until a brown stallion approached the stand, instantly becoming Applejack’s focus and causing her to send Junebug away with twice her change.
The stallion’s deep blue eyes widened when he saw Apple Bloom’s carefree smile from behind the stand and Applejack admired these nice eyes for a moment, before taking a look at his spiky, unruly mane. ‘A wild fellow,’ she thought with a little smirk. Her eyes drifted down from his hair to his face, his neck and his shoulders, all the way down to his hindquarters. She got a good look of the hourglass cutie mark and what was behind.
Time Turner gulped, then steeled himself and walked to the stand, still giving Apple Bloom wary glances from time to time. Applejack’s goofy grin and half-lidded eyes didn’t seem to instill a lot of confidence in him either.
“Well, howdy pardner!” Applejack said softly. “See anythin’ you like?” She gave him a little wink, that unfortunately only made him take a short step away from her.
“I- Uhh... I’d like some apples.”
“Well, that’s what we sell,” she answered with a little chuckle. Applejack scooted a little closer to him. “We got all kinds of apple for ya. Ah’d be more than happy to make you a... satisfied customer,” she added with a low, breathy voice.
“I’ll just take a dozen of these,” he said, pointing to a bushel full of golden delicious (not her cousin) with a slightly shaking hoof.
“That’s it? Don’t you wanna taste some of the... finer products the Apple family has to offer?” she asked, licking her lips.
Time Turner swallowed loudly and creeped away from the horny mare. Applejack inched forward, following every of his steps and then some.
“Here you go!” Apple Bloom gladly chirped, holding a paper bag filled with apples.
“Thanks, and here’s for you,” he quickly said, hoofing a few bits on the counter.
Applejack slid them towards her little sister, staying close to the handsome stallion. “Are you sure that’s all you want, sir?” She twiddled the fur of his chest a little with a hoof. “Maybe you’d like a taste of apple juice to go with it? From my own production...” She waggled her eyebrows not so subtly.
“Gotta go!” he blurted out, turning around and taking off at a gallop. Applejack paused a little, sighing and licking her lips as she watched the muscles at work on his shapely rump.
She watched the few bits on the counter.
“You forgot your change!” she cried after him, but he was already too far away to hear her. “Shucks...”
“Hey, sis? Do you know that stallion?”
“Uh?” Applejack looked at her younger sister, who was watching back with a puzzled expression. “Well, no, not really. Ah think he works for the mayor. Why?”
“Well, you just looked real friendly with him is all.” The filly shrugged and got back in position, awaiting the next customers.
Applejack froze as she replayed the scene with a clearer mind. She blushed as she realized that she was just a step away from asking him to mount her here and there.
‘Keep cool, AJ.’ She took a deep, calming breath. ‘It’s not that hard. No flirtin’, that’s all.’
Things were simpler with Cherry Berry, who was served quickly and efficiently. Applejack was starting to think that she could make it through the day.
“Thunderlane!” Rainbow Dash’s scratchy voice came from up above. “There you are, you lazy ball of feathers!” Applejack lifted her eyes and saw a frowning, multicolored pegasus hovering in the air. Right below her was the black pegasus she was yelling at, with his wild mohawk of a mane.
“You’re calling me lazy? You spent the whole morning napping, Rainbow!”
“And I still got my work done in time,” she shot back without a beat. “You should have been done clearing the sky over this part of town. If you think you can get out of this, you’ve got something else coming, mister!”
“Don’t ruffle your feathers! I’ll get it done in ten seconds flat,” he finished, doing his best Rainbow impression, before heading down the street in the direction of Applejack’s stall.
“Hey! Get up here and do it!”
“Not now!”
“I’m your boss, damnit!”
“I said I’d do it, now get out of my mane!”
With an angry grunt, Rainbow zipped in the air. Thunderlane kept walking, a little smirk on his lips. That vanished quickly when he was doused by a sudden shower coming from a tiny cloud. A cloud that had sprouted a rainbow tail.
“Here,” Rainbow said from above. “I got the first cloud for you. Now get to work!”
Before he could retort, only a rainbow trail was left of his boss. Thunderlane grumbled and shook his head before walking to Applejack’s stall.
Strands of hair were falling on his face, framing his golden eyes with a beautiful contrast of clear blue on dark gray. Applejack shuddered when those magnificent orbs turned to her.
Thunderlane slapped a bit on the counter.
His fur was glistening from the water, each tiny droplet shining in the sun like a liquid diamond on his black coat. She followed one as it rolled off his head, down his neck and to his muscled chest where it seemed to stop for a minute, enjoying the location.
“Can I have an apple?” Thunderlane asked plainly.
“Yes!” Applejack’s mouth answered before her brain had time to kick in.
She whimpered when he fluttered his wings, getting some of the water out. Her eyes couldn’t leave the pegasus’ extra muscles on his back rolling with every movement, only made more obvious by the silky luster of his wet fur.
“Applejack?” Apple Bloom’s voice sounded distant. Applejack jumped a little when her sister prodded her with a hoof. “We got a customer,” she whispered, pointing Thunderlane with a nod.
Shaking her head, Applejack focused on the apple store and picked one for the pegasus.
“Thanks,” he simply said.
Applejack’s answer came in the way of: “Hamana hamana hamana.” It took all of her self control to not jump on the wet pony here and there and rut him in the middle of the marketplace.
Thunderlane turned around and walked away, giving Applejack’s eyes another sight to feast on. He shook water off his tail and Applejack got a glimpse of the pair of hefty balls, dangling between his legs.
She bit her lip, feeling her pussy clenching in need and her whole body on fire.
“Hey Applejack?” Apple Bloom shook her a little. “You feelin’ okay? You look weird.”
Panting a little, Applejack swallowed the drool that was starting to pool in her mouth. “Ah- Uh...” She faced her little sister. “Ah need to go the little filly’s room. You watch the stand.”
Apple Bloom beamed. “You can count on me, big sis!” she answered with a big grin.
“Yeah, sure,” Applejack said quickly, then turned around and started walking, her hind legs so stiff that she was almost dragging her hooves. Every step was a struggle, every strand of hair in her tail teasing her as it rubbed on her pussy lips. But she had to keep it tucked close, or anypony could have seen that it wasn’t winking so much as spasming like an epileptic squirrel on a sugar high.
Sweating, gritting her teeth and trying to keep her panting relatively discreet, Applejack made her way to the nearest cafe and headed straight for the bathroom, barely bothering to answer the waiter’s greeting. After a quick check under the stall doors to make sure that nopony else was in, she locked herself in one and wasted no time to rub her maddened pussy to orgasm.
In her current state, it only took about fifteen seconds before she was squirting her juices all over her hoof with a long shuddering sigh. That only took a little bit of the edge off, though, and rather than stop and try to get back to work at the stand, she got back to work on her sensitive vagina.
Rubbing herself with total abandon and with images of a wet Thunderlane in mind, she reached a second orgasm after only a few minutes. She kept going, thinking of these strong legs, those beautiful big wings flapping as he was mounting her. Those big balls would surely fill her up nicely...
Applejack let out a strangled moan as she came again and finally slumped on the toilet seat, breathing as heavily as if she had run a race while pulling a loaded apple cart.
“Uh... You okay in there?” came a feminine voice from outside her stall.
Applejack’s eyes widened. She forgot that she was in a public restroom, where public mares could come and go publicly...
“Horse apples! “ she cursed under her breath. “Uh... Yeah yeah, Ah’m fine don’t worry.”
“... Applejack? Is that you?”
Applejack froze at the familiar voice. She heard some rustling and, before she could react, saw a mare’s head sliding under the stall door. A pair of green eyes, very much like her own, looked up from a yellow-coated face and a long lock of her green mane drooped down, tied with a little red bow.
“Fritter,” Applejack said, smiling awkwardly. “Fancy meetin’ you... here.”
“Hi, cuz! It sounded like you were having... difficulties in there,” Apple Fritter said. Her eyes went down from Applejack’s face and widened when they stopped on her puffy and dripping wet pussy. “Sorry!” she squeaked, removing her head from under the door immediately. “Ah didn’t mean to– uh… interrupt.”
“I– It’s okay,” Applejack said, feeling her face burning up. “Ah was… uhm...”
“Finished?” Fritter said, her voice a little quieter than before. “Sounded like it anyway.”
“Fritter!” Applejack whisper-shouted. “Could we… y’know, not talk about…”
“About you hoofing yourself?” her cousin asked, the smugness dripping from every word. “ And in a public restroom! Tsk, tsk, Applejack! Ah didn’t expect that from you...”
Applejack only groaned in answer.
“And here Ah thought you were a delicate, pure flower,” Apple Fritter continued. She giggled. “Come on, AJ, I’m just kidding. I don’t care what you do behind closed doors. Even stall doors.”
“Could you stop talking about this? It’s embarrassing enough as it is...”
“Meh, not really. You’re just too uptight about sex,” Fritter said.
“No, you’re the one too open about it,” Applejack said, crossing her hooves on her chest and pouting.
“Aw come one, we basically grew up together. No need to act all prudish around me.”
The Apple family was spread all around Equestria, but indeed, Apple Fritter was one of the Ponyville Apples, having spent her whole life in the little town. As such, she had spent a lot of time helping at Sweet Apple Acres, especially when Applejack’s parents had passed away and the burden on the farm ended up on the shoulders of an aging Granny Smith and the still young Big Macintosh and Applejack.
Thus, Fritter felt more like a sister to Applejack than the second cousin she actually was. She was the only mare the same age as her in her family and the only pony with which she could talk about intimate problems. Her brother was... her brother. Apple Bloom was still a filly and Granny Smith was definitely not the pony Applejack wanted to talk with about mare stuff.
“My heat is makin’ me crazy,” Applejack muttered with a sigh. “Can’t help but think of stallions all the time.”
“Oh? Oh... Ah see.”
“Ah don’t get it... Ah’ve never had it this bad.”
“What do you mean?”
“Well,” Applejack answered, rubbing the back of her neck with a hoof. “Usually Ah get a few more dirty thoughts and Ah’m more flirty with the colts, but that’s it... This time? Dangit... Ah’m more horny than a herd of cows! Can’t see a stallion without thinking of him mounting me anymore. Ah don’t even have to see one sometimes...” She grunted in annoyance. “You ever get it that strong?”
Apple Fritter hummed for a moment from the other side of the wood separation. “Well... Maybe not that much, no. It’s hard to tell, Ah’m always frisky when Ah’m in heat.”
“You’re frisky all the time,” Applejack said flatly. “How do you make it through anyway?”
Fritter snorted. “Ain’t a hundred ways to go about it,” she said.
“What? You just grab any colt that gives you a smile and a look at your behind?” she asked with a disapproving frown.
“Well, no. I just grab Meadow.”
“Meadow? That guitar player fellow? Have you two have been–”
“Fucking like bunnies?” Apple Fritter asked bluntly, making her cousin wince. “We’ve been dating for a while now.”
“Ah know that. Ah just didn’t know he was ridin’ your rump.”
“Ah ride his, too. Fair’s fair.”
Applejack frowned a little. “And you don’t care that the two of you ain’t hitched?”
“Is that what it’s about?” her cousin asked.
“Granny Smith always-”
“Yes, yes. I know. No sexing before marriage.” Apple Fritter snorted. “But she is not my granny and grampa Strudel never taught me anything like that… You know, if you never get your apples bucked, Ah can understand why you’re all pent up now.”
“But... Ah...” Applejack slumped a little and sighed. “Ah guess you’re right, but Ah can’t just disregard what mah granny told me...”
“Well,” Fritter said quietly. “Ah’m not saying you should do a rodeo on the first colt you can catch... Me and Meadow Song have been steady for a while now and I don’t go running after other stallions. Its been what? Almost a year now?” Fritter hummed a little. “We met in Appleloosa when Ah went to help cousin Braeburn settle the orchards there. It started with some mild west dances... Quickly became much wilder,” she added with a giggle.
“Ah must have struck his fancy,” she continued, “‘cause he decided to follow me back here to Ponyville. We’ve been dating since then, so... Ah’m pretty sure one of these days we will get hitched anyway.”
“So, it’s been about a year or so?” Applejack asked, getting a nod from her cousin. “And every time you get into heat...”
Apple Fritter giggled a little. “That’s one of the things Ah like about him. He’s always willing and able. Always.” She chuckled. “Which is good, because Ah don’t like to be kept waiting when Ah need my itch scratched.”
“Huh.”
“Ooh! Like that one time... Remember when the two of us helped you and Macintosh raise your barn?”
“You mean at the family reunion?”
“No, the one before that, when we were invaded by a horde of Pinkies.”
Both mares shuddered a little at the memory of the bouncing pink army, chirping “fun!” without ever stopping.
“Yeah, Ah remember that,” Applejack said. “What about it?”
“Well, Ah was right smack in the middle of my heat that day. That’s why Ah dragged Meadow along in the first place. Ah had to keep him nearby.”
“That so?” Applejack tapped her chin. “Ah don’t remember you two sneaking away...”
“Well, it was after we finally got the barn in place. Ah wanted to get him on my back earlier, but... you know. Work comes first. Anyway, once the darn thing was up and you had started filling it with your supplies, we had dinner with y’all... And then Ah had my dessert,” Fritter said with a giggle. “That’s when we... inaugurated your new barn.
“Ah couldn’t wait any longer, so the minute Meadow and Ah were out of sight from you guys... Ah flashed him my pussy and winked at him.” She chuckled. “Ah never get tired of the look on his face every time Ah do that and he’s not expecting it. It’s like his eyes pop out of his head. Ah just walked to the barn, swishing my tail behind me and he followed like a puppy. A puppy with a big grin on his face and his dick poking out.”
Applejack gulped, picturing the scene quite nicely.
“So we went in, closed the door and Ah jumped on a stack of hay, waving my rump high in the air and my tail out of the way. His eyes turned all... hungry. Like a cat looking at a mouse, you know? Ah thought he was gonna mount me right then, but instead he just stuck his muzzle up my rump and took a good, long sniff of my pussy.”
Applejack leaned closer to the stall separation, not intending to miss a single detail of the story.
“Ah don’t know why stallions like that so much. It’s like we’re flowers to them...” Apple Fritter hummed in thought for a second. “Ah ain’t complainin’ anyway, ‘cause it got him just in place. He just stuck his tongue out and went to work. Hmmm. He licked me all over my pussy lips, then inside. He really stuffed his muzzle deep in there, getting his tongue as far inside my pussy as he could. That made me crazy, you know. That big tongue wiggling and squirming against my walls... He got me wetter than the Neighagra falls, moaning like a slut and sticking my rump back on his face to try and get him deeper.
“Then he stopped... Ah looked back, wondering why, and Ah saw that look on his face... He wanted me so hard at that point, like he’d have fought the country’s biggest dragon if it’d been in the way. So Ah just got myself in place, lying on my belly in the hay and with my pussy ready for him. It didn’t take long: he almost jumped on my back, aligned his dick and bam!
“You know,” Fritter told Applejack, “he’s a bit on the small side, down there, but damn! It feels awesome! He buried himself as deep as he could go, lying on my back and cuddling me, nuzzling my mane...” Apple Fritter let out a happy hum. “He’s so affectionate… Even when he’s rut-crazy, he’s always so gentle... He started thrusting in and out slowly, kissing the back of my neck all the while. It’s like he was caressing me with every part of his body: his hooves, his lips, his dick. That felt so good!”
Applejack gulped and allowed one of her hooves to find its way down to her pussy.
“It didn’t take long before Ah felt my pussy tightening on him. He must have felt it too ‘cause he picked up the pace a little, thrusting harder and harder until Ah came, shaking like a leaf under him. And he just held me, not moving while Ah was coming, just kissing my neck up and down until I recovered. Ah didn’t get much time to catch my breath, though. He went back to humping as soon as Ah had relaxed my grip on him.
“He kept it up for a few minutes, making me moan so loud Ah thought y’all would her me. A minute later, he was panting like a dog on my neck, too. He thrusted faster and harder, like he was losing control. Well, that’s what was actually happening, Ah suppose. He grunted every time he shoved his dick inside me... It’s so sexy when he’s close to coming like that, saying ‘Oh, Fritter! You’re so good!’ One last good push and he exploded inside me. Ah felt his dick throbbing and pulsing, sending his seed all the way up my pussy. That was just perfect...
Applejack rubbed herself faster, having made herself quite wet too.
“He just lied on my back, like he had no strength left in his legs and trying to catch his breath. But Ah didn’t want this to end just yet, so Ah rolled him off of me into the hay. Here’s a tip, AJ,” Apple Fritter said with a hushed tone. “If you want to keep your stallion going, catch him before he has time to go completely limp. Ah just turned him on his back and got to work on his cock. Ah sucked it, Ah stroked it with my hooves, Ah licked it like a candy cane and in under a minute, he was ready to go again.” Applejack could almost hear the victorious smile in her voice.
“Since he wasn’t willing to get on my back so soon, Ah just climbed on top of him and skewered myself on that cock and then got to humping. If you could have seen him, AJ… Ah made him groan with every bounce. He was loving it, I could tell just from his eyes. Ah told you he’s not very big and that’s where it becomes a bonus: when I get on top of him, Ah can go all the way.”
“All the way?” Applejack asked, feeling her pussy twitch.
“All the way, as in: Ah can get his whole dick inside me, from the tip to the base.”
“No...”
“Yes,” Fritter said huskily. “You can get a lot more than you think in your pussy, believe me. When Ah ride him like that, Ah’m taking him all the way to the base. And apparently, that feels really incredible for a stallion, to have his entire cock wrapped in a mare’s tight pussy. But since he had just come a minute ago, he couldn’t shoot his next load just yet. Ah knew that, so Ah went wild.
“Ah bounced on his cock like crazy, feeling it rubbing inside every single fold of my pussy. Ah came so close to my top that it became hard to breathe and move. So, he grabbed me by the flanks with his hooves and helped me up and down. Gah, that was awesome, slapping my rump on his groin! Ah could feel his balls bumping against my butt... Ah went to fondling my tits with a hoof while Ah was still fucking myself so hard on that rock-hard cock. One last push down and Ah came, with his dick all the way up my snatch. Ah was shaking so much that he had to hold me, otherwise Ah’d have just fell on the ground.
“But we weren’t done yet,” Apple Fritter said, getting a little more intense. “Meadow was still ready to go and Ah was too horny to stop. If my legs hadn’t been so wobbly, Ah’d have kept bouncing on his pole, but Ah could hardly move. So Ah grinded. Ah moved my hips left and right, with his dick nice and deep inside me. We kept that up for a while, until he decided to get back to work.
“He pulled me over to him, and Ah fell on his chest, still with his cock in me. He practically pried my mouth open with his tongue. His hooves fondled my cutie marks. And then he began thrusting himself in, making me moan in his mouth.
“Ah didn’t last much longer. My pussy was still ultra-sensitive and between his hooves, his tongue dancing against mine and his cock, Ah felt another orgasm coming. Dang, AJ, it was grand! My pussy clenched on his dick so hard it felt like he was twice as big, but this time he didn’t stop. He didn’t even slow down. He kept thrusting hard and fast while I was screaming his name. Ah was just a twitching pile of flesh and he ravaged me.
“Ah think I almost passed out from the crazy orgasm Ah was getting, but I’m glad Ah didn’t, ‘cause Ah would have missed him coming, then. He shoved himself in deep and he roared. Seriously, like a lion. He shot his seed in my pussy, twitching and getting little thrusts each time. Ah came too and we just held each other, shaking and twitching in each other’s arms...”
Apple Fritter let out a contented sigh. “We must have stayed like that for at least ten minutes, just to get our breath back. We didn’t want to move anyway. And between the two of us, we turned my pussy into a real fountain. Ah could feel it leaking our juices–”
Applejack moaned loudly as she came, too.
“Um… AJ? Were you– Oh wow...”
“Ngh... Sorry,” Applejack said between pants. “Ah told you Ah can’t help myself.”
Apple Fritter cleared her throat, stalling a little. “No no,” she said slowly. “It’s my fault for getting caught up and telling you all the details. Ah should have known better. It’s just… Good memories. Ah don’t want to forget these.
“Ah can see why…” Applejack felt a warm smile on her lips. “Looks like you got yourself a keeper, uh?” she asked.
“You said it!” Apple Fritter answered cheerfully. “He’s exactly what Ah look for in a stallion. Not to mention all of his non sex-related qualities.”
The two mares chuckled a little together.
Applejack sighed. “Well, Ah gotta go back to the market. Apple Bloom must be wonderin’ what’s takin’ me so long. Ah don’t know how Ah’m gonna last the whole day without jumpin’ a stallion though.”
“You should really find yourself one to take back home...”
“Maybe some day, but Ah’m not really in a state where Ah can judge‘em properly right now.”
“You have a point...” Apple Fritter smiled as an idea struck her. “Hey, if you don’t want to stay in town with all the sexy stallions, why don’t you go back to the farm and I’ll take care of your stand for the day?”
“You would do that?”
“Sure. Besides, it’s been a while since I had a chance to chat with Bloom.”
“Well, Ah’d be grateful.” Applejack smiled at her cousin. “If Ah stay here Ah’ll end up grabbin’ a guy for a roll in the hay too.”
Apple Fritter giggled a little.
“A roll in the hay...” Applejack furrowed her brow. “Wait a minute… You said you went into the barn right after we were done buildin’ it?”
“Yeah,” Fritter answered. “So?”
“And we had put some hay in. And you two went to ruttin’ each other on that hay.”
“Yes?”
“And you spooged all over it,” she stated flatly.
“He he. Yeah, we really did.” Apple Fritter giggled a little. “Ah only told you the beginning of that night.”
Applejack stayed silent for a minute.
Fritter knocked on the stall separation. “AJ? You still there?”
“We ATE that hay!” Applejack shouted.
Fritter went silent, then chuckled awkwardly. “Heh heh... Oops?”
“Oh sweet Celestia... Ah can’t believe it.” She grabbed her head between her hooves, shaking it in disbelief. “Apple Bloom said it tasted funky…”
“She– Oh crap…”
“Ah just told her to quit fussin’ and eat it anyway,” Applejack said. Her eyes staring fixedly in front of her, she saw the scene again in her mind and shuddered as she remembered her little sister taking every bite. “That’s just nasty,” she said with a desperate moan.
“Oh wow,” Fritter muttered from her side of the separation. “Ah’m really sorry, I thought it was for the cows.”
“And that would have been better?” Applejack asked.
“Well... For you it would have…”
“Oh sweet Celestia!” Applejack gasped. “Ah think we served some of that to Twilight... Everypony got a taste of your pussy juice. Guh... Ah would make mahself vomit if it hadn’t been all digested a month ago!”
“Ah’m really, really sorry AJ. Ah swear I’ll never do anything else in your hay, ever again.”
“Well you’d better!”
“I Pinkie Promise™!”
Applejack slumped a little on her seat. “Okay, okay. You just go to the stand and tell Bloom Ah’m goin’ back to the farm.” She shook her head slowly. “Ah’ll never be able to enjoy hay again...”
Author's Note
There aren't enough fics with Apple Fritter. She's one of the cutest apples in Ponyville, show her some love! And Meadow Song, too.
So, maybe that was retroactive karma for what AJ did to these bunnies. Ha ha! Justice!
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