Cleanrot Knight Finlay Ashes | Elden Ring Wiki

Finland?

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*Spoilers for a legendary novel from 1985*





Finlay carrying an incapacitated Malenia back to the Haligtree reminds me of Call dragging Gus's coffin back to Texas from Wyoming at the end of Lonesome Dove.

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imagine sacrificing your life for a demigoddess after a lengthy career serving said demigoddess after a titanic battle against her half brother and his nigh undefeatable army on their own turf, fending her vulnerable form from all manner of horrors from the path between caelid to the haligtree, risking an incurable infection just from being near her rot bud which you're forced to carry most likely on your back while on foot and alone with nothing but your weapons and devotion to her determination to suppress the rot that constantly threatened to overwhelm her and her brother's altruistic cause of equality and justice for all beings around the continent and all your hard work and legacy amounted to in the playerbase is the unending joke that you and malenia scissored

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Fin laid and would Fin lay with Melenia again if given chance

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I'm pretty sure her weapon does bleed buildup as well

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i don't care if it's canon or not, she and malenia are definitely roommates

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With the crap she survived in lore, she better be a good summon.

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Bozo character, bozo spirit ash. Redmane knight chad supremacy

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The true chad

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Don't know if she's a good summon, don't really care. Absolute bad ass

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Use to summon Jane Elden Ring

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Finlay was the designated driver.

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I like how 90% of the ER community agrees that this gal was totally *** for Malenia

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Upgraded to +9 and gave this summon a try. Seems to have way less health and dies very fast compared to other knight ashes.

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Arguably the most Based and Rot-pilled spirit ash

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Considering the armor have wings n twigs sticking out of it.
We basically summoning a fungus infected moth-women.

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Her buff isn't listed on the Buffs page (that I can see) but it seems to behave like a "Unique" buff rather than an "Aura" buff, in the sense that it DOES stack with Commander's Standard, which is really nice. Means that you can summon her and then immediately do Commander's Standard (you'll probably need the Cerulean Hidden Tear to have enough mana to do this) while she immediately does her own buff and you'll get super buffed (for a very short time) and more importantly means you're both striking a cool pose to start the fight off. Also, the Commander's Standard matches well with the look of the Cleanrot Set, so I recommend doing this while dressed as a Cleanrot Knight yourself.

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"I am Finlay, Roommate of Malenia. And we are trying to be discreet"

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Some of the people in the comments are taking people's headcannons way too seriously

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Finlay: "I carried my Goddess home after a long battle as was my duty."
Internet: "Ha, ***."

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Chad Points:
+10 Carrying Malenia from Caelid to Elphael alone
-20 We have to fight Malenia because of this bi-

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So it’s because of this mfer that we have to fight Malenia.

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Has anyone summoned Finlay and actually seen her proc scarlet rot ?

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Chuds malding

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Finlay in lore: super badass chad who soloed all the enemies
Finlay in gameplay: fragile buff casting machine who can't even survive long enough to give you a second buff

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I really believe Millicent was originally supposed to be Malenia, and ours was quest to give her the needle she lost and prosthetic arm as well.

Befriending and escorting hardest boss of the game to Haligtree would have been dope.

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Summon her during malenia boss fight for thematic irony

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I actually got the achievement without Finlay.

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Istg some of y’all weird as hell. Literally no indication of anything romantic, malenia is literally the god and leader of the cleanrot knights, why would she not feel compelled to save malenia?

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I’ve been using this one for a while and upgraded it to +9, and it is way better than most of the comments here make it seem. Finlay is basically the best support summon (except for Tricia, obviously). Finlay casts a buff whenever she first spawns in and then occasionally uses it afterward ( though this might only be when she’s out of combat?), the buff gives you some pretty powerful regen and damage negation of some kind. When she doesn’t have aggro she’ll spam low damage holy projectiles and she’ll basically just act like a worse Latenna. When she does have aggro she can play much more aggressively, using her scythe and sword to slowly proc bleed and rot while also being able to tank quite a bit. The only real downsides are how late she can be acquired and her poor damage, especially at range.

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I noticed that there is a little buff spell she uses sometimes, does anyone know what it does?

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Honestly finlay and malenia is the best *** representation in the series since Gough and the giant blacksmith

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Finlay carried Malenia from- Caelid, to Limgrave, to Liurnia, to Leyendell, to the Forbidden Lands, to the Sacred Snowfield, to the Haligtree.

Imagine how cursed it would be if she got Rot in Liurnia, and then we had the biggest Lake of Rot in the universe...

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I want this summons but I don't think I'll try her out or upgrade her until maybe NG+ if what some comments are saying about her spamming the holy damage halo attack instead of that mad spear impale that procs rot instantly. I'm at brace of the haligtree and I'm not afraid to fight them, one at a time, but every time I've died to them it's been from getting impaled and the rot from it. It hasn't happened since I've got the preserving boluses ready in a quick item slot.

Seeing as there will be Finlay and cleanrot knight fans reading this, I only got to the brace of the haligtree yesterday and I haven't got to the second grace checkpoint yet, that's relevant because I have base ARC I think 15, but I have the elder imp head with +2 ARC and the silver scarab that its page says raises item discovery by 75, I have no idea what difference wearing both make to drop rates in game. But I was wearing both the elder imp head and the silver scarab talisman when I was getting a feel for the first three cleanrot knights you run into, in a couple of runs I got the armour, gauntlets and the halo scythe drop for me. That imp head and the silver scarab are from consecrated snowfield so no use until late game, but from all the cleanrot knights I've killed up to now I've had one set of greaves drop for me, that's it. So wearing those two items either makes a worthwhile difference to item discovery or the drop rate gets much higher at brace of the haligtree.

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Gigachadess

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Unfortunately, not that great as an actual summon. She tends to get stuck in a loop of using Sacred Ring of Light instead of closing the distance and using her much stronger melee and rot moves. This is particularly noticeable on the late game bosses who all have super high holy resistance, making the ring spam ineffective.

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Buff gives 7hp/s and fire damage reduction

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Mad respect for Finlay, and the rest of the few cleanrot knights

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**** a sequel I want a Finlay prequel done in the style of Sekiro

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Imagine summoning her for Malenia and she turns against you.

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I think these ashes are the key to understanding the "2 vs 3 blooms" debate. Malenia is described as "slumbering" after blooming in Caelid. The slumbering state is likely the same state as after we defeat her (a bloom), so Finlay likely carried back that bloom and left it at the roots. She perhaps then used Miquella's Needle to revive her and stave off the Rot, which is why we can get it back from Malenia when we return the Unalloyed Gold Needle. So the second bloom happens when we defeat her, which is consistent with the description of her Remembrance. (This admittedly doesn't explain the Traveler's set found there, but I don't think that it's one of Millicent's sisters, since Gowry says none of the other four were capable of blooming)

At any rate, I wonder if this is what eventually rots the Haligtree from the inside; presumably the Haligtree wasn't rotting before Malenia bloomed, so it might have been started when she returned in her slumbering state. Kind of tragic.

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literally the only reason why the rest of TLB isn't covered in rot
if she didn't haul ass with malenia all the way to the haligtree, then she would've bloomed into the rot godess long before the player gets a chance to stop her

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Not seeing it on the page, but her Buff she does when summoned is a Heal over Time and Fire Damage Resistance buff. Boosted my Fire res from 24% to 64%, very sizable. The HoT is noticeable too.

All in all a fantastic Ash for aggressive players, though she doesn’t do well against Shields.

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Man, that absolute unit made it all the way through the piss-showering Caelid, through Leyndell, through the Great wall of China in Frozen fields, lit three lights and didn't get stabbed in Ordina, went down the thrill ladder, crossed the whole Anor Londo with swamps of Miyazaki juice just to preserve Malenia for us

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Summon her against Malenia for some classic Shakespearean betrayal

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her and the redmane knight should be friends

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Hoarah Loux who? This is the real badass

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And keep in mind that Malenia isn't exactly a petite woman either.

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this mf carried malenia from caelid all the way back to the haligtree

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soemthing that would set fin apart from the others would be a spear and scythe move set, replacing the rapier entirely, and it would give them all of the best parts of a cleanrot knights moves

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soemthing that would set fin apart from the others would be a spear and scythe move set, replacing the rapier entirely, and it would give them all of the best parts of a cleanrot knights moves

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i know the scythe is more iconic but i kinda wish Finaly was a spear variant cleanrot knight. Their guard stance + counter move would help her greatly, and the grab, and the sacred phalanx...

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Needs to be tuned up to be useful. Attacks are very slow, is staggered easily, doesn't have much survivability.

The rot and the buff skill are nice. But in actual combat this one disappoints.

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I guess Miyazaki usually doesn't write love stories, but when he does, they manage to touch you with only two sentences.

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What I don’t get is how the lore can state so plainly that “Malenia fought Radahn to a standstill” ie a stalemate and yet apparently Radahn and Leonard laid such a beatdown that Malenia’s waifu had to carry her knocked tf out body all the way from one end of the open world to the other and she didn’t wake up the whole way back? That sounds like a clear L for her (although imo it’s exceeded by the W of having such a gangster lady friend)

Unrelated: would’ve been cool if summoning Finlay for Malenia had special dialogue or something, like summoning Aurelia near the other jellyfish. Or even have Finlay’s Spirit turn around and gank you with Malenia, that would be hilarious)

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Pretty funny how modern mentalities are unable to understand that profound and real love outside of a purely sexual relationship is possible.

Loyalty and fortitude were fundamentals of the the medieval societies Elden Ring and the souls games as a whole are based off.

That Finlay loved Malenia so much as to traverse a whole continent and ocean to take her back home, to safety, isn't a particularly strange or remarkable feat in a medieval setting. It is what is excepted and is not surprising. Malenia was her lord, comrad in arms and would-be Godess. It's already quite enough to explain Finlay's bravery, there is really no need to make her a sexual partner on top of that.

Yes she was her lover, but in a feudal way, not a sexual way.

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Guys. Malenia can be whatever she wants, she's goddamn Malenia.

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Wait, why does she have a totally different description for me? It says that she challenged radhan multiple times and died after countless defeats

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This game manages to do the "badass female character" thing much better than almost all the sh*t we see in media, and it does so with just a single item description

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I like how she brought Malenia all the way back to the Haligtree, and they just put her ashes in a random chest.

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I think this is the knight that stabs radhan in the very first trailer

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Realistically, Finlay probably respected Malenia to the point of worship. She probably would have been far too intimidated to actually have a relationship with her beyond seeing her as her beloved military leader/religious icon.

...But uh.... I'm not sure I care. I definitely don't care on certain parts of the internet!

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i tested it today, the buff she casts provides a heal over time (7hp/tick) and a big fire damage reduction, i went from 32.817% to 73.127%.

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Malenia is straight, because in one room (i think its Malenias) there ist a painting in the background with a male knight - her lover? i think so, because a player wrote it in a message on the floor.

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Whst does her buff give? Googling it people are saying she gives Golden Vow but the aura is different. I know for sure it gives heal over time, but has anyone confirmed what else her buff gives?

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Whst does her buff give? Googling it people are saying she gives Golden Vow but the aura is different. I know for sure it gives heal over time, but has anyone confirmed what else her buff gives?

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When she's summoned and then periodically afterwards, she applies an AoE heal over time. Someone else said it was a fire damage reduction, I haven't tested that, but it definitely regens you

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She doesn't do much damage beyond scarlet rot, but boy can she tank. Unironically has a tendency to last longer than the greatshield soldiers, and unlike them, she can eat elemental damages and keep on going.

"I didn't hear no bell, Radahn"

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this one's to blame for maleina, you have to fight them because of this person

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Would be nice if the Descriptions included their move set. Not basic attacks but if they use Skills and Ashes of War. Finlay will use Golden order and Miquella's Ring of Light. Will also try to perform a grab attack.

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Would be nice if the Descriptions included their move set. Not basic attacks but if they use Skills and Ashes of War. Finlay will use Golden order and Miquella's Ring of Light. Will also try to perform a grab attack.

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Cant she be upgraded? She is not appearing in roderika’s list for me.

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"Fit" Finlay

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She don't do much damage(asides from scarlet rot), but boy is she tanky

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She got a fire dmg negation buff, low duration.

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i hope some spirit ashes act differently due to their lore like Finlay will refuse to fight Melania, mimic refuse to fight silver tear species etc. Currently only saw Latenna can ride wolf. More things to experience and explore, also more hints to the story between each other. So when player's summon didn't act they can found out reason from the description, also encourage player to try out other spirit ashes.

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Can she inflict rot on bosses? I know the spear grab can infect us, but grabs typically don’t behave the same on non humanoid/larger enemies, so is scarlet rot even possible?

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"Does anything happen if you summon her during Malenia fight? "

Oh i'd love if she instantly switched sides and penetrated the host dead right there on spot.

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My name is Finlay, AND I LOVE TO FIGHT.

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-Takes part in the Battle of Aeonia
-Survives the Scarlet Bloom
-Drags her unconcious leader out from the forsaken wasteland of battle and carries her across the Lands Between
-Presumably didn't have the Haligtree medallion so she had to carry them both down from the Mountaintops of the Giants
-Perseveres through the Consecrated Snowfield Blizzard
-Safely returns Malenia to the Haligtree
-Dies and becomes a spirit ash
-Refuses to elaborate further

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Finlay more like Finna lay with Malenia am I right ladies?

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This is a horrible summon. Don't get me wrong, great lore. But man +10'ed she cant take on hardly anything.

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My name is Finlay, and I love to fight

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The portuguese (BR) description of the item states that "Finlay was one among the few Cleanrot Knights who survived the Battle of Aeonia. Even though, she continued to challenge the rotten Radhan. Suferring constant setbacks e being completely subjugated, she died as a hero."

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Harold...

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Malenia and Finlay were gitlfriends your honor

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She saved Malenia the same way he now saves us every time we summon her Ashes.

She deserves the best of honors.

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She saved Malenia the same way he now saves us every time we summon her Ashes.

She deserves the best of honors.

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"...carried the slumbering demigod Malenia all the way back to the Haligtree." That's from Aeonia. I couldn't even begin to fathom the required strength, perseverance, dedication, and fortitude it took from her, in order to do that. Not to mention, she did it by herself after the other remaining troops probably fled, and she faced countless enemy's on the way back. There's love for one's lord/ god, and then there's FInlay's level of love. Simply amazing. Automatic S-tier lore

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This guy might just be THE best ashe summon.

-He's both ranged and melee - breaks stances of lesser foes
-First thing he'll do is throw up a group buff**
-He's a tank with DPS equivalent to Poison or Rot

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Does anything happen if you summon her during Malenia fight?

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Does anything happen if you summon her during Malenia fight?

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TIL Finlay is another badass lady like Tiche.

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The spirit ashes should’ve used the Spear she used in the cinematic. I wish we could get the black armor aswell

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Okay but how are we supposed to defeat the gazebo next to it? It's too strong...

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This is what I would consider a "balanced" spirit. Pretty strong, can take hits, does a bit of everything from buffing (sacred vow when they get summoned), shoots holy discs at range, melees things, scarlet rot breath... Wish she had the golden spear stuff you see other cleanrot knights do

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That is cool lore
Honestly i wish for a huge dlc that takes place during the demigod war, where you can choose a side and all. After you fight malenia and revisite the side she should be a optional mini boss

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The description to finding this is terrible...

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A more detailed path to the ashes: From the Prayer Room site of grace, continue straight, slowly descending down a few sets of stairs. At some pol you will hit a wall with some white stuff and a torch on it (the stair start cutting back in the other direction.) Jump onto the angled bridge to your right, and then to the platform with a gazebo. The ashes will be through the door on the wall. As a side note, after you collect the ashes, make sure you jump to the next angled bridge and go up, as there is some loot there you won't want to miss.

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