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Stories 10/21/08 We are incredibly saddened to let you know that Quinn William Samuel O'Connor passed away very suddenly on Saturday, October 18th. The other two boys were rushed to the hospital on Friday as the virus reemerged in the house and attacked their poor systems. Quinn must not have been symptomatic on Friday since he was not hospitalized. But then Saturday he passed so quickly, they could not even get him to the doctor. We know that he probably had lost weight during his last hospitalization, it is not hard to imagine how harsh this virus must have been on his poor little body. Those are about all the details that we know. Debby called us Saturday afternoon with the heartbreaking news, and we know she struggled to tell us, just as we were struggling to hear it, wishing it were not true. Luckily we were in the middle of an O'Connor family weekend up at the lake and had the entire O'Connor family to help us with Lizzie and to support us through one of our toughest days we have ever had to face. We are trying to take solace in the fact that we know he is with our heavenly Father and that he is no longer struggling or in pain, but it is so very hard to make sense of this situation, especially after our good news on Friday. We were so close to bringing him home, and now we are left with an empty crib and empty hearts for the second time this year.We heard today that the other boys have been released back to the transition house. Of-course I think that everyone has fears now about the conditions and safety of the house, a concern I know Bethany is looking into. We keep them in our prayers, hoping that they can make it through the next 5 weeks to be joined with their families. We will get another referral, however it is impossible to say when, and it is impossible for one baby to "take the place" of another. Sometimes it seems like it is too much to take, but we are trying to allow this experience to strengthen our faith instead of shake it. Right now it is easier not to talk about it outside of prayer, but I know that when the time is right we will be matched again and allow ourselves to hope once more with a renewed vision of our family. 10/17/08- We got the call this morning about our court date. We were beginning to worry because we hadn't heard anything, and we knew that if we didn't get a court date in November that December travel would be unlikely. BUT, our court date is set for November 4th- which is AWESOME! Sean and I were both home when Debby called with the news so we were able to hear it together on speaker phone with big goofy grins on our faces. Most families have been traveling 3-4 weeks after court which puts us in Ethiopia sometime around Thanksgiving or the beginning of December. We are sooooooo ready to get Quinn and bring him home. We had heard earlier in the week that they were now classifying him as "recovered," but that a nanny at the transition house was now ill. Also, four new babies were referred this week (including one for Shadley's family for which we are so thankful). We are so excited for all of the Bethany families but know that more babies at the transition house probably means less one on one attention for Quinn. So this news lights a fire under us to finish cleaning the nursery and finishing our last minute home projects: Quinn is the BEST incentive to get our rears in gear! Yay Team O'Connor! 10/9/08 - We just got word that Quinn was released from the hospital yesterday. They are still worried about him since he is so tiny, but he is definitely showing improvement and continues on medication. We are very thankful that he seems to be on the mend and are trying to maintain a "cautiously optimistic" stance as we await further updates. Thanks to all who have spread the word and kept us in your thoughts and prayers- we feel very fortunate that he seems to have made it through this emergency. Meanwhile we are trying to focus our attention to Lizzie as she continues being her sassy self. We have had several dinner time dance recitals in the kitchen lately and she can still be heard singing any number of songs from Beauty and the Beast throughout the day. Since her birthday Candyland is a big fav. so we try to work in several serious tournaments each week. But our favorite thing is hearing all about pre-school each day. Lizzie is so excited about learning all of her letters, using the computer, and of-course all her new friends. It is amazing the growth and development that is so appearant from week to week. It truly is a fun time. 10/5/08- It has been a tough weekend. We were up at Deep Creek Lake enjoying the beautiful fall colors, picking pumpkins, finding acorns, and even riding cows (yep, you heard that correctly). But unfortunately in the middle of all of this amazing family time we learned that one of the 3 other babies that were matched with Bethany families when we were matched with Quinn, passed away from severe dehydration. We then learned that another had been rushed to the hospital for the same condition but was currently stable. After several frantic phone calls to Debby, we learned that Quinn too had been hospitalized on Saturday, but was doing "good." We are struggling with one of the many hardships of international adoption in that we are powerless to help or even find out more details at the moment. We are devastated for Shadley and her family at the loss of their new son and are trying to remain prayerfully optimistic that the other little guys can pull though. We still have not yet gotten a court date so we know that we are still many weeks away from being able to go get Quinn as we quickly approach him turning three months old. Unfortunately all the boys are still so tiny and it doesn't take much to upset their little systems. We just ask for your continued prayers for his health and well being while we wait, and for the other little guys as well- that they may all remain strong while they wait for us. 9/5/08- WE GOT THE CALL!!!! (3 months, 1 week and 6 days after our paperwork went to Ethiopia!) I can't believe that only days after posting our contest we got THE call from our social worker that we have been matched with a tiny, heavenly little baby! Unlike China, we are very limited about what information we are allowed to post about him until the adoption is finalized. This includes pictures, which we have seen but are not allowed to post or share. But take our word for it- he is a cutie! Very thoughtful and wise looking! We are allowed to share that he is a little boy, born July 10th, 2008 and is currently 8.8 lbs. We will be calling him Quinn William _________(Ethiopian name which we cannot yet share). We are stunned and elated and feel very, very blessed. We now have to wait for a court date in Ethiopia where we will hopefully be approved officially as his adoptive parents. This will clear us to travel and finalize everything. So I am hoping very much that we can travel before Christmas, but we will know more about our court date in a month or so. Please continue to keep us in your prayers as we await court approval and as we hope and pray that the baby stays healthy and gets enough love, food, and attention while he waits for us. Thanks to everyone who has prayed for us and is sharing this joyful time with us. CONTEST TIME! Contest one: When do you think we will get our referral? We are anticipating anytime between now and February-ish. Contest two: How old do you think the "baby" will be when we get the referral? We have requested a "baby" from newborn to 24 months. Two separate contests with two separate prizes (goodies from Ethiopia). Auntie Lauren cleaned up with the Lizzie contest, who will have the lucky answers this time round? Log in your guesses in our guestbook! 7/31/08: What an amazing summer! I can not believe the speed at which it has flown by, but none-the-less, it has been one fun adventure after another. Right after school let out we spent a week and a half visiting Nana and Papa John in North Carolina. Shannon and Sean were even able to sneak away for a few days to visit Charleston, SC (by themselves!) while Lizzie hung out at the pool and golf course with Nana. We think Papa John might even be training her to be his cady! Lizzie also added the phrase "Ladies Lunch" to her vocabulary after her many outings with Mommy, Nana and even Miss Dee. Another highlight of the trip was that Uncle Chris and Auntie Lauren were able to join us for several fun days in the sun (and at least one Ladies Lunch!). We were only home for a few days to celebrate the Fourth of July holiday before packing up the car again and heading in the opposite direction to visit Grandma and Grandpa in Cape Cod. After some initial apprehension, Lizzie decided she was a huge fan of the beach, and we visited daily to enjoy the sand and surf or at least the famous Skaket Beach sunsets. Sean's cousin Allyson's three children were able to join us along with Aunt Dorothy and Uncle Ed for an early birthday celebration for Lizzie. We also enjoyed biking, a musical outing at the library and lots of bird watching with Grandma and Grandpa. Oh, and we can't forget the Pirate Cruise! We were VERY busy "relaxing" and having fun. Mom was only home for one day before heading out for a "girls weekend" at Deep Creek. Luckily Lizzie and Sean as well as Miss Beth's whole family were able to join her at the end of the weekend for a few days of hiking and marshmallow roasting. Lizzie loved hanging out with Beth's three boys, who were very patient as she followed them everywhere calling, "Wait for me guys!" Again, we were only home for three days before it was Lizzie's big Pirate Birthday Party for turning 3! We had so much fun with Paige, Riley, Dylan, Evan, Austin, Lewis, Sid, Izzy and Vincent. The biggest hit of the day for the kids was the "Booty Hunt" in the back yard where everyone searched for treasure filled golden eggs, though I think Lizzie loved the cake and Mommy liked taking everyone's pirate picture. Auntie Susan surprised us when she showed up with an exquisite Octopus cake that she took 6 hours to make by hand. It was almost too pretty to eat (though we did several days later!!!). Now that we have had a whole week back at home Shannon has had to learn to cook and clean again. Lizzie started going on the potty like a big kid and wearing underwear (she might have heard "somewhere" that it was a requirement to turn three and have a Pirate Party!). Lizzie has been in Princess Dance Camp all week and has only had one accident. She comes home everyday and shows us her new tap dance moves and gushes about how much fun she has had with her friends. We even met Poppy one day after camp in our full blown princess outfit for a special Princess lunch! Tomorrow is the last day of camp and Mommy and Daddy have been invited to attend the Grand Ball, so you better believe we will be there with video camera in hand. Well now that there are only 2 weeks of summer left before going back to work, I am ready for some down time- Ha! We will try and get pictures posted soon, the problem is that there have been so many "photographic opportunities" and moments of cuteness that we have too many to sort through! Oh the curse of having a talented and beautiful daughter! 6/11/08 - Our adoption agency received their very first referrals from Ethiopia yesterday. Our agency has only recently started working with Ethiopia, so this was very exciting and says a lot about what we can hope for as far as time-lines go. Because of the newness of the program we were told to anticipate a 12 month wait for our referral, but the families that were matched yesterday waited 6 months and 4 months respectively. So, we now are very hopeful that we could actually receive our referral next fall or winter instead of next spring or summer. There are in fact very few families "in front" of us, so we are actually allowing ourselves to get a little excited about this new development. Like China, there will be several months in between our referral and our ability to travel to Africa, but Sean and I were surprised how quickly that time passed when we were waiting for Lizzie so we are hoping the preparations will keep us busy this time round as well. I have emailed Debby to try and get her opinion and predictions about timelines and will try and update everyone as we get more information. For now, we are busy wrapping up the school year and getting ready to enjoy a summer relaxing and playing with our little Lizzie-bug. We are so grateful for all of those that have kept us in your prayers....It seems to be working! 5/8/08 - We just heard from our social worker Debby. Grand Rapids has reviewed our dossier (They said it was the best Ethiopian dossier they had ever received!!!). There was a slight delay in the review because our Bethany team was so busy hosting the Bethany officials from Ethiopia these past 2 weeks, but because our dossier was so clear and well organized they were able to review it very quickly once they had the time. They are mailing to the Ethiopian consulate tomorrow! We our so lucky that our social worker is so precise and thorough. She has trained us well in dossier preparations! Yay!!! 4/30/08 - So, a lot of people have been asking, "Why is it suddenly taking so long to adopt from China?" Well the truth is that it is not suddenly, that the back up started in October of '05 when we were waiting for Lizzie and it has gotten progressively worse and worse. Here are some numbers from the "Rumor Queen" site that may help people get a better picture:
2/28/08 Began Ethiopian dossier when Haiti would not allow us to adopt concurrently 3/10/08 Completed our updated homestudy 3/19/08 Fingerprinted by INS 4/24/08 Completed dossier sealed by the Secretary of State 4/25/08 Completed dossier FedExed to Grand Rapids, Michigan for final review prior to being sent to the Ethiopian consulate. For those of you not familiar with international adoption, this is very speedy: to begin a new adoption have have all the paperwork completed and off within 2 months. We really hope that this is a sign of good (and speedy) things to come! The Ethiopian liaisons for our agency were in the county this week and talking with families. They are still thinking that referrals will come about 12 months after paperwork is sent to Ethiopia, travel 2-3 months after that. We will see... 4/24/08- After a brief delay waiting for my California birth certificate, our dossier is finally out of our hands and on its way to Grand Rapids, MI. There it will be reviewed by our agency's head honchos, and then hopefully sent off to the Ethiopian consulate to get it's final seal, and then it will be off to Ethiopia. But unless Grand Rapids finds any errors or problems, our job is done and now all we can do is wait! I am sooo excited, we have been very worried about how quickly Ethiopia has been gaining in popularity. Infact, at the secretary of state's office today, the woman in front of me was also having an Ethiopian dossier state sealed- this has never happened to me in my trips there with our Chinese dossiers. But once our dossier is in Ethiopia we will offically be "in line." On the Lizzie front, we have recently started playing the board game "Hi-Ho Cherryio" and it has become a fast-favorite. She is regularly the big winner and has perfected the cheer of "Hi-Ho Cherryio, I Won!!!!" So life is good! 4/9/08 I am meeting with Debby tomorrow to have our dossier reviewed and then state sealed in Annapolis and I am I little anxious. I really just want to get this thing shipped off to Ethiopia so that the "official wait" can begin. So as I am going through my day and mentally checking off all that I have done and all that still needs to be accomplished, I got one of those "pass it on emails": the ones that I hate, the ones that I rarely read, and the ones I almost never pass on. But the end of this one said, "If God brings you to it, He will bring you through it." And I thought, "This is the inspiration I truly need before we start, yet again, another long wait." I am so excited about this child that we hope to welcome into our home and we have been trying to channel that excitement into finishing some of our long over-due home improvment projects around the house. But also, I have made a conscientious effort to really make sure my alone time with Lizzie is quality time. In essence, to make sure I am appreciating "what I have." I have been on the floor more, building more towers, having more tea-parties, and coloring more pastoral scenes in a panorama of crayola colors. We were walking around the yard last night looking at all the new flowers beginning to poke out of the mulch and Liz said, "Hey Mom, why don't we sit?" So we sat on the bench in the middle of the garden and started tallking about Spring and Lizzie noted, "Yeah, this is a really happy day Mom." I am so glad that I have been able to pause in the middle of the rush to complete our dossier paperwork to enjoy and appreciate such moments with my beautiful daughter. I hope that you can find inspiration in your midst as well and enjoy all that fills your life. For us these simple moments are the repeated reminders of how blessed we have been and continue to be. 3/11/08- Well '08 for us has been just crazy- truly an adoption roller coaster! In Early January we accepted the fact that our Chinese adoption was going to take longer than anticipated and shared with our social worker that we would like to be considered for a child that might have some "special needs." We meant a child from China, but within days we got a surprise phone call about a domestic adoption opportunity for a newborn with some special needs right here in Maryland. After some long, prayerful conversations we decided to move forward with the adoption and threw ourselves into a tailspin to prepare to get this little guy in less than 2 short weeks. Unfortunately, 2 days before we were suppose to bring him home to our family forever, more information was disclosed about him and specifically some additional hereditary risk factors that we were saddened to learn about. Again, after more conversations and a lot more prayer, we decided that this was not the right match for our family. We were all heartbroken. But, we decided that this was the path that God put us on to know and decide that we wanted to look at adopting another baby, possibly a boy, into our family. So we began looking at the process of putting ourselves on the list of potential parents to be matched with a domestic infant. But as we started to gather paperwork, our original fears and discontent with the domestic adoption process were again raised. So we switched gears and started to fill out paper work for a Haitian adoption. We had talked with Debby over a year ago about Haiti with the thoughts that potentially we would do a third adoption from there one day- so Haiti seemed like a logical choice. Unfortunately, our hopes were dashed again when we learned that the Haitian orphanage would not allow us to submit our application as long as we still have a Chinese dossier on file. Sooooooooooooo, we were a bit adrift in the sea of international adoption, trying to weigh all of the factors: Which countries would allow us to adopt while already adopting from China? Which countries had political stability and an ethical track record for international adoptions? What cultures could we see our family celebrating and embracing as part of our family culture and heritage? What type of travel and expenses are involved- quite frankly, what could we afford? When all of these factors were considered and weighed, we have decided to adopt from Ethiopia, where we are likely to be matched with a boy under the age of 2. We have been flying through our paperwork and hope to have our dossier ready to be mailed to Ethiopia by May and hope to travel to Ethiopia 12-18 months after that. As always we will try and keep everyone updated, but we ask for your prayers to get us through this time. We know that God has a path for us and the twists, turns and bumps have a purpose- but each obstacle has been accompanied by some tears. Now we hope to replace tears of sorrow and frustration with those of joy and excitement, and we hope you will join us in those joyful emotions. Blessings, Shannon, Sean, and Lizzie 1/15/08- Well what a difference a week or so can make! Immediately after my last posting I did some serious number crunching and very quickly came to the conclusion that it was just about mathematically impossible for our adoption to be completed with the next three years as we had hoped. It looks as if our best case scenario would probably be around 5 more years. This dismal news has lead to some long, tearful and prayerful conversations of late. So after much consideration we e-mailed our social worker Debby to let her know that we are choosing to switch our dossier to the special needs program. This means that we will now look at the medical files of infants and toddlers with mild to moderate handicapping conditions and try to assess which cases we think we can best handle and support as a family. Some of the conditions that might present themselves include screening positive for hepatitis B, polydactyly (having extra fingers or toes), cleft lip and/or cleft palate, hearing loss, low birth weight, etc. We know that any of these conditions will pose hurtles for our child and for our family but we hope that each new challenge will provide a growth opportunity for each of us as well. As someone has already told me today, "special children find special families." We continue to keep focused on being matched to the right child versus the right time line. And while we hope this change cuts some time off of our wait I think we are still looking at a minimum of another 2 years as there are many other families committed to the special needs program as well- which is just one of the reasons why we love our agency and the other couples we have met through it. We truly feel that God has a plan for our family and these delays are par for the course to get us on the right track towards the child that is destined for us. And if ever our faith wavers we have Lizzie to remind us that a few delayes can yield wonderous results! So continue to keep us in your thoughts and prayers and we will continue to update you with each new decision and development! 1/5/08- It has been an incredibly blessed holiday for us this year. Lizzie truly enjoyed every aspect: all of the sparkling lights, seeing all of her Grandparents, opening presents, carroling, and learning about baby Jesus. Her excitment and joy were contageous and made it our best Christmas ever! At almost two and a half Lizzie seems so grown up to us. She is very articulate, speaking and questioning with complete sentences and always using her manners. And just like her mommy, she has a comment for just about everything! She has begun playing board games and also loves dressing up, playdough, drawing, playing in her kitchen, and above all else- dancing! It seems like barely a day goes by when we don't have some sort of "O'Connor Dance Party" which thrills Mommy and which Daddy tolerates because of its entertainment value. We just passed our year anniversary of starting the second adoption and are days away from our 6 month anniversary of having our paperwork logged in China for Ellie, we are trying not to think about the long wait still ahead. While time seems to be passing quickly, and of-course Lizzie is the best distraction we could ask for, we are still anticipating ANOTHER 3 years still ahead of us. This is longer than our SW originally anticipated, but while it disappoints us it is not a huge surprise given how slowly China is progressing through all the paperwork on file. As we head into '08, China is still matching babies to people whos paperwork was recieved in China during December of '05! That is a full year and a half before we were logged in. I am part of a yahoo group of families with the same log in time frame as us and it has been a wonderful support. In fact we have been doing a secret pal gift exchange so that Ellie had a present under the tree! I know as the wait continues it will weigh more heavily on me and their support will be needed and a wonderful asset. In the meantime, I have been woefully neglecting the website but I will try and do better. I hope to get some new pictures up and make more regular updates. I hope that everyone is as happy and contented going into the new year as we are. Hopefully it will be a year of growth and joy for us all. 9/11/07- So much has happened at the end of the summer! So much to tell! We had a wonderful vacation in Cape Cod in August. We loved Skaket Beach, where the water is warm and shallow.... Our cousins Grace and Julia were also with us visiting Grandma and Grandpa, so that made the trip extra fun. As expected, our favorite part of the trip outside of seeing Grandma and Grandpa were the amazing sunsets at Skaket beach. We even had an eveing on the beach where we were entirely enveloped in fog- very spooooooky! Mommy and Daddy took an entire day to explore the Cape on a motorcycle while Lizzie and the cousins had fun with the dunking booth at the church-camp picnic! While we were "up north" we were also able to visit Mommy's friend Jeff and his beautiful wife Tiffany and daughter Olivia. Olivia is just a few months younger than Lizzie and was very good about sharing all of her toys. So we had plenty of friends to play and have fun with while vacationing. The only down side to our summer trip is that our most beloved doggie Georgie got sick while we were gone. We rushed home late Saturday night and arrived home early Sunday morning just in time to say goodbye. It was truely crushing for the whole family, but we try to focus on what a special doggie George was and how happy he made Mommy for 14 years. We miss him every day. In other news, after a little back-and-forth Daddy has decided that we will go for the traditional spelling for our new little sister's name. So instead of Eleanor (spelling made popular by a popular president's wife) we will be going with the traditional British spelling of Elinor. This is how the endearing character of Elinor Dashwood, in Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility, name is spelled which makes Mommy happy, and ever so practical- Daddy likes it because it is phonetic! 7/28/07 - Lizzie was officially 2 yesterday and there's nothing terrible about it! We had a party last weekend and everyone had a great time. Poppy, Uncky Chris and Auntie Lauren were there, so were Aunt Nicol, Uncle Mike, and our cousins Patrick and James. Nana and Papa John came up from North Carolina and even Kathy the Great came all the way from Oklahoma (Even though Lizzie pronounces it Kathy the Grape!)! We even had our friends Paige and Riley to play with. The weather was beautiful and the moon bounce and the "all you can drink" juice boxes were Lizzie's favorite part of the day. Last night we had some of our neighborhood friends over for a summer celebration- so it seems like the party never ends here in Ellicott City! The other exciting news is that we got our LID for our next adoption very quickly- 7/13/07, so we are officially "in line". We have also decided on a name- Eleanor Margaret; we will call her Ellie. Like Lizzie, we will add part of her Chinese name as a second middle name once we get our referral. Of-course with anticipating such a long wait it is possible that we could change our minds, but it has taken a lot of debating and list making over the last several months to reach this consensus so I think this name will stick. We are very excited and it was nice that we were able to decide on this just as things became official, so it was great timing. 6/4/07 - Our dossier is finished and was Fed Exed to Grand Rapids today! This is where our agency's home office is located. From there it will need to be mailed to the Chinese Consulates office for the final authentication. I will be posting a picture of our dossier paperwork for you to get a feel for all that was collected. Of-course, the picture doesn't do it justice since each item is actually a packet of papers that have been notarized, authenticated and state-sealed. Hopefully the paperwork will be back from the consulates and translated within the next 2-4 weeks, so that we can be "logged in" in China in the beginning of July. The log in date (LID) is so important because that is how we track our time line and that is how we are grouped for referrals and travel. But even with being logged in, our best case scenerio is a two year wait from our LID to the referral of a baby, most likely closer to three years. I am not letting myself even think about it taking longer. In the meantime Lizzie is a pistol! She is a total sponge and we have nick-named her echo for obvious reasons. She can now count past 10, knows her ABC's, Twinkle, Twinkle, Happy Birthday, as well as just about any of the Wiggles songs. She has also picked up the following phrases from day-care: "Oh, Man!" and "What the Heck!". Lizzie is very in to playing with her babies, cooking delicious meals, puzzles, the sand box, and of course, singing and dancing. She has discovered how to use a microphone and prefers Justin Timberlakes "Sexy Back" for dance performances. What can I say, we are raising a Diva! We spent last weekend up with Poppy and the Unckys at the cabin which was loads of fun. Liz has decided that a weekend of hanging out out on a porch swing is fine with her. We are going to try to make it back soon but we are also fitting in another trip to North Carolina to see Nana and Papa John (the whole family enjoyed our spring break trip so much), as well as a trip to the Cape to spend a week with our cousins and Grandma and Grandpa. Somewhere in there we have to fit in the neighborhood summer picnic, fourth of July parade and party, the Korink family Summer Fest, our birthday luau, and preparing to be a flower girl in Uncky Chris and Auntie Lauren's wedding! It is going to be an exhausting summer! We can't wait! 2/1/07- I just wanted to let everyone know that we quietly started our second adoption on January 4th of this year. While we have let most of the family know, we are trying to be excitidly low key about it. Based on current trends the wait time once documents have been received by China is currently 16-18 months and is predicted to grow to as long as 2-3 years in the next 2 years as the back-up of paperwork continues. Many might remember that we got caught at the very start of this backlog as we waited for Lizzie. For this reason we began the adoption process a little earlier than we had initially planned- knowing that it will take longer this second time around. We are still VERY excited, but we are trying to pace ourselves so that Shannon does not drive everyone crazy with the nesting and preparations and worrying. We think that this go-round the wait will be easier, even though it will be almost twice as long, because we have the best distraction in the world with our little Lizard. As of yet we have no name or even the vaguest idea of when we might hope to see a picture, but we are hoping to get our dossier to China around May 1st, which is when the clock will offically start according to China. We are using our same social worker Debby who has predicted that we could travel as soon as Christmas of '08 (soon, hahaha!), but Shannon is predicting sometime in '09 at best (this is one long "pregnancy"!). So sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride with us once again as we continue to build our family! 1/27/07 Breaking News! Lizzie can now say "chu-beeee"! This was of great help Sunday morning when Chubby was after her cinna-stick and was covering her with sticky, wet chubby-kisses. Her response: "Chu-beeeee st-stooooooop!" BRILLIANT!
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