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Now. Before anyone reconsiders."</text><text x="150" y="56" text-anchor="middle" font-family="-apple-system,sans-serif" font-size="11" font-weight="400" fill="var(--ink-dim)" style="fill:rgba(18, 53, 36, 0.6);fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-width:1px;stroke-opacity:1;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-dasharray:none;opacity:1;font-family:-apple-system, sans-serif;font-size:11px;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;text-anchor:middle;dominant-baseline:auto;visibility:visible;display:block;color:rgb(18, 53, 36)">Wound three turns ahead of schedule.</text></svg>