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Behind Closed Doors: A Study in Boundaries by TheTeaQueen
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
19 Sep 2024
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When Feyre overhears Nesta informing Cassian that the family's teasing has gotten to be too much for her, she realizes that there are many things about her sister that she may not know. That she is not privy to. Things, perhaps, that are reserved just for her mate.
In an effort to understand the eldest Archeron better, her family attempts to investigate, only to come upon soft moments between Nesta and Cassian instead.
Cassian, however, wants nothing more than time to dote on his mate in private.
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Or, 5 times the Inner Circle witnesses Nessian behind closed doors, and one time they're truly alone, based on the theme of respecting boundaries and learning healthy communication.
Series
- Part 5 of Nessian Appreciation Week 2024
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 8,990
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
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- 20
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- 291
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28 Nov 2024
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Afterglow by GirlWhoWrites
Fandoms: Twilight Series - Stephenie Meyer, Twilight Series - All Media Types, Twilight (Movies)
05 Nov 2020
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There were three things of which she was certain.
The first was that her name was Alice.
The second was that she was born an angel.
And three, she was getting ready to die.
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- Part 1 of Afterglow
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- English
- Words:
- 6,341
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 1
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- 13
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- 91
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26 Oct 2024
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Of Broken Wings and Promises by jsmelodies for Separatist_Apologist
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
04 Dec 2024
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It’s said that an Illyrian warrior’s wings are his greatest point of pride.
For Cassian, that had always been true. Until they were broken to pieces behind him as he once again failed to protect the female he loved.
Until he learned that there was no coming back. That he would never fly again.
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AU where Cassian loses his ability to fly in the final battle with Hybern, and Nesta and Cassian learn to heal together on more equal footing.
An ACOSF rewrite
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25 Jun 2024
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There is a single wavering moment in which it is just the three of them - Chani, Paul and his betrothed. As the world around her shakes and blurs, she looks into the eyes of the only boy she’s ever loved and she knows.
She knows that there is no going back, not for him or her. She knows that she lost him the moment they crossed the storm. Chani knows in the way she knew her mother was dead, that Paul is lost to her.
(His dreams turned reality, except she cannot draw him from his nightmares, from his sobs and cracking voice, from the hollowness in his eyes. He is gone. He is gone.)
But her people are alive, and she has never been fighting for this devastatingly lovely boy. So Chani falls to her knees, slowly and steadily, and when she lowers her head, it feels like the end of everything.
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(In which Chani’s mother taught her that there was no shame in surviving in whatever way you could. Or Chani bends the knee to Paul and plays the long game for her people.)
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- Part 2 of the sand and our sorrows
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24 Mar 2024
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A Court of Vice and Victors by wishcamper
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
19 Nov 2024
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“Then stop, Cassian!” She was shouting now, inches from his face. “Stop fighting for my life! I never asked you to! Forget about me and move on!”
A sparkling tear froze on the tip of her eyelash and he felt a triumph in it, this sign that she was in there somewhere. His hands ached for her. This had all gone so differently in his head.
“I can’t,” he admitted.
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Or, a therapist's attempt at an ACOSF rewrite, because trauma's a bitch and muscling through isn't the only way.
Featuring:
-Nesta's alcoholism and trauma taken seriously
-IC family dysfunction reckoning
-recognition of Illyrian oppression and effects of colonization
-women being resourceful and empowered in spite of their circumstances
-healing not being a straight linepro Nesta, pro healthy Nessian, anti nobody, pro everyone is capable of change
CW: This work explores themes of trauma recovery, colonization and systemic racism, and gendered violence and reproductive abuse, and contains mentions of physical and emotional abuse, suicidal ideation, abortion, substance use, and sexual assault. Specific warnings will be included for each chapter, please take care of yourself.
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- English
- Words:
- 160,135
- Chapters:
- 28/40
- Comments:
- 478
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22 Feb 2024
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A Long Way Down by becauseofreading
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
20 Dec 2024
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Nesta Archeron has always struggled with mental health; her self-hatred, and her anger. She thought that after everything with Cassian and the Queen, she had recovered. She was rebuilding her relationships and had friends now. But after she makes a decision her family can't understand, she falls deeper down than her family or she could have ever imagined. But, the further you fall, the better the view is once you reach the top.
SPOILER ALERT: Takes place after HOFAS specifically the "Ember and Randall" bonus chapter so DO NOT READ if you have not read HOFAS or care about spoilers. This is an AU post HOFAS essentially
TRIGGER WARNING: there will be graphic depictions of self-harm and suicidal thoughts and blood and injuries. Please be careful when you read this.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 216,007
- Chapters:
- 35/?
- Comments:
- 361
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15 Feb 2024
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The Whole Truth by TheTeaQueen
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
19 Nov 2024
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“Stop it! Just stop it. None of you know what you’re talking about.”
“Your defense of your sister is admirable, but we’re only speaking truths.”
“But that’s just it. You don’t know the full truth. None of you do.”
“What are you talking about?” Feyre asked, and Nesta filled with horror. Elain wouldn't . She couldn't. She swore never to tell-
“Don’t you dare,” Nesta hissed, and she offered Elain one final glare, filled with an equal amount of pleading. She couldn’t fathom the thought of Feyre knowing her secret, she couldn’t bear the thought of them knowing. Not the full extent of what had happened, what had changed her well before the Cauldron-
“Father sold Nesta when she was 16.”
When Nesta's deepest secret is revealed at yet another tense dinner, she was sent into a spiral, desperate to escape before Feyre demanded answers. But it isn't her sister who comes to find her in the aftermath, it's someone else. Someone who might have more in common with her than she ever thought.
TW: Child abuse, suicidal thoughts/ideation, forced prostitution, sexual assault (underage!!)
PLEASE READ WITH CARE
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 127,426
- Chapters:
- 25/?
- Comments:
- 470
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- 2,139
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- 426
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09 Dec 2023
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Lady Death and Her Kingdom by TheTeaQueen
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
09 Oct 2024
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“Are you…” Nesta started, her voice nothing but a raspy whisper. “Are you real?”
She said the words as if she couldn’t bear to speak them fully aloud, as if she didn’t quite believe that he was.
Cassian blinked, brows furrowing. Not once had he ever seen her like this, not even when Elain had been put into the Cauldron, and not even during the war that followed. This was a level of horror he’d rarely seen in anyone, let alone this female, who was stoic until the last moment, always. And so, he heard himself say,
“I’m real. I’m real, sweetheart. See?”
Her eyes flicked down to his chest again, as if she didn’t believe him, and he reached for her injured hand gently, moving it so it could rest over his sternum, where his heartbeat rapidly.
“What is it?” He asked again. “Was it a dream?”
Her eyes met his, tears still streaming down her face. In a voice that was almost childlike, betraying her own confusion, she asked,
“You don’t see him?”
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Or, when Amren pushes Nesta too far at training, she unlocks the full potential of her power, and with it comes devastating consequences.A post-ACOWAR AU in which Lady Death sees the dead, with chaotic results.
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- English
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- 67,798
- Chapters:
- 14/23
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- 213
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- 1,252
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02 Dec 2023
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The Consequences of Normality by TheTeaQueen
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
23 Sep 2023
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Three months after the end of ACOSF, all of the Inner Circle's problems have been solved and things in the Night Court finally feel back to normal. But as happy as Cassian is, he begins to notice new things about his mate. Like the way she still doesn't ask for things, how she sometimes puts on a façade for his family, how much self hatred still grips her. The last thing he wants is for her to fall back into that dark place, but when she begins cutting back on training and the Library, he can't help but worry.
Perhaps, all of their problems hadn't been solved with the birth of a new life and the destruction of Briallyn. Perhaps the methods they used to help Nesta heal hadn't been as beneficial as he thought. And perhaps, Cassian was realizing all of this too late.
A two chapter look into "what happens next" if the Inner Circle were to just assume everything was automatically great and move on as normal once Nyx and Feyre are saved and Briallyn is defeated.
A submission for Day 1 of Nessian Week 2023.
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- English
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- 20,712
- Chapters:
- 3/4
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- 1
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- 67
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12 Sep 2023
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Begged and Borrowed Time by Daughterofthesea
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
28 Oct 2024
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To save her sisters from starvation, Nesta married Tomas before Feyre went over the wall. When Feyre returns to ask her sisters for help getting the second half of the Book of Breathings, Nesta is dragged into the conflict above the wall, and brought into contact with a certain Night Court General, who she can't help but be annoyed by and drawn to in equal measure. Stuck in a loveless marriage that no longer serves a purpose, Nesta meets Cassian at entirely the wrong time-- but that isn't enough to stop either of them.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 221,415
- Chapters:
- 34/?
- Comments:
- 1,053
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- 1,445
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10 Sep 2023
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At 22, Ginny had lived through several lifetimes worth of misery. She’d been deceived, betrayed, and possessed, her very soul almost wrung out into nothing. She’d been subordinated, humiliated, and tortured, lived almost an entire year surrounded by enemies. Fought Death Eaters and dementors and giant spiders. Been heartbroken, anguished, and grief stricken. Lost friends and mentors and a brother.
And through it all, she’d survived… because of luck, or sheer force of will.
Maybe a little of both.
If she could suffer and endure and prevail through all of that, she could live through some anonymous wanker plaguing her with badly written poetry.
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- Part 1 of The Path From You
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 142,843
- Chapters:
- 19/25
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- 4
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- 871
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02 Aug 2023
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Golden Threads of Time by This_Immortal_Hope
Fandoms: A Court of Thorns and Roses Series - Sarah J. Maas
20 Nov 2024
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Nesta and Cassian have never required blades or leathers to spar with each other. Weapons change, battles are fought and won and lost and white flags are waved. They say things they don't mean, do things they regret. They aren't good at this. Love. Neither of them grew up knowing what that emotion was, so of course they didn't recognize it when it wrapped its fickle fist around their hearts. No, Nesta and Cassian are not good at love. But what they have is not love. It is life. Bright, passionate, blinding, and vital to their very being's as oxygen. One does not love to breathe, they simply die without it. Nesta and Cassian are not a love story... they are an inevitability.
A collection of Nessian drabbles and one-shots posted from my Tumblr (UnhealthyFanObsession). Some pre-ACOSF, some Post-ACOSF, some in an alternate timeline that I just made up and ran away with. Some smut, some sweet, some angst. Enjoy!
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 93,998
- Chapters:
- 53/?
- Comments:
- 298
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- 1,317
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20 May 2023
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ain't no grave (gonna hold my body down) by scrappymitchell
Fandoms: The Last of Us (Video Games), The Last of Us (TV)
14 May 2023
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After eighteen months away of no communication, and many near deaths, Ellie finally returns to Jackson after breaking her revenge cycle with just one prayer in mind: that Dina was there, and one hope: she can win her family back. Dina's world is turned upside yet again when her former love returns into her life after living with the nightmare that Ellie was dead.
Now that they are back in Jackson together again. Dina knows she still loves Ellie but is scared to open her heart again. With dire situations coming into fold to bring the two women closer again for the sake of their shared family, Ellie is determined to be there for her and JJ as much as she can. No matter how it ends for her.
(post TLOU part two plot and how I like to envision where Dina and Ellie's journey went)
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10 Mar 2023
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Distantly, she wonders if this is a bad dream. Maybe she’ll wake up to Ellie beside her in bed like the good days, fewer and farther between as the months wore on. Maybe they’ll cook breakfast together and divide up the chores and take turns making each other laugh. Maybe she’ll feel the security of Ellie’s arms around her again, strong and stable, if only she can wake up.
She pinches herself, digs her fingers into her forearm until her nails leave indentions in the skin.
She doesn’t wake up.
Ellie doesn’t come back.
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In the wake of Ellie's decision to go to Santa Barbara, she and Dina attempt to rebuild a relationship from the rubble left behind.
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Or, yet another reconciliation fic, because no amount of reading the beautiful ones already on here has made me stop wanting to write my own feelings down.
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26 Aug 2022
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“What if JJ had a little sibling?”
“Like a dog?”
“No,” Dina chuckles. “A human child.”
Or, some scattered scenes of domestic life and the birthing of a new child
- Language:
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- 9,156
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- 1/1
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- 16
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- 273
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27 Jun 2022
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Out in the misshapen world that they inherited, Ellie and Dina celebrate their time together.
- Language:
- English
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- 11,244
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- 2/2
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23 Jun 2022
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In the perfect world, their stories would be over, but Ellie, Dina, and Abby have never known a perfect world. Each must strike the balance between their duties to their families, their communities, and themselves. Despite their differences, all they want is to leave the world knowing it's a better place than the one they were born into.
- Language:
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- 163,771
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- 15/15
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- 125
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16 Jun 2022
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Caitlyn looked down at her scope she was attaching to the rifle. She loaded the gun slowly and carefully.
The hunter locked in the chamber and she peered through the scope, waiting. Her radio was tossed on the ground before her. She could hear Mel trying to call out to her. Caitlyn ignored it for now. She briefly stared at the message across the screen on her phone. Any time now.
Switching off the safety, Caitlyn waited ever so patiently for her prey.
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Werewolf Vi/Hunter Caitlyn
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- Part 2 of Hunter and the Hunted
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 143,525
- Chapters:
- 25/25
- Comments:
- 847
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- 1,302
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31 May 2022
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ALERT TO SUBSCRIBERS: THIS FIC IS BEING RELISTED FOLLOWING THE CONCLUSION OF THE STRIKE FOR PALESTINE. ALL CONTENT REMAINS THE SAME.
"'Oil and water'...and what? She's the oil?" Ekko laughed. "Bullshit. She's salt. Stir her up and she'll melt right into you."
[Immediately following the end of Arcane Ep 9. As the cities descend into war, Caitlyn and Vi seek refuge, grappling with the aftermath.]
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Chapters 6 are intended for mature audiences. Reader discretion is advised.
Note: Mentions of SA are non-explicit and are not ongoing themes. Each mention is called out at chapter level with in-line markers ([#] to stop reading, [##] to resume) so readers can avoid this content if they so choose. Canon characters are plot-armored against SA despite my treating SA as extant in the universe.
Readers should be prepared to encounter all other Mature Content w/out additional warning.
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- Part 1 of "Saltwater" Series
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- 85,083
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- 15/29
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20 May 2022
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Caitlyn's soulmate has the ability to take up all the air inside her chest. Her senses never forget.
aka: The Soulmate AU where they can feel the other’s pain.
- Language:
- English
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- 37,612
- Chapters:
- 11/?
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- 1
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- 920
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- 6,598
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- 1,166
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- 143,440
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06 May 2022