
Part One: The New Routine
The first week after securing her loan felt like a dream.
Anya woke each morning to the soft glow of her holopad displaying the Protocol’s dashboard, her collateral ratio a steady green beacon of security. She’d set up the display as her default screensaver, a constant reminder of what she’d accomplished and what she stood to lose.
Collateral Ratio: 198% | Position: HEALTHY
The numbers had become her morning ritual. Coffee in hand, still groggy from sleep, she’d check the market price of AST, calculate her current ratio, and breathe a small sigh of relief when everything remained stable.
It was during these quiet morning moments that Anya felt most in control. The world outside her apartment was chaotic—hover-traffic snarling through the city’s arteries, advertisements screaming for attention from every building surface, the constant hum of a civilization always on the brink of overload. But inside her small space, with the Protocol’s clean interface glowing before her, everything felt ordered. Logical. Safe.
“You’re obsessed,” Mira had teased her during a video call. “You check that thing more than you check your messages.”
“I have to,” Anya had replied, not looking up from her display. “One price drop and I could lose everything. Do you know how scary that is?”
“I know you’ve explained it to me fifty times,” Mira said, rolling her eyes. “Collateral ratio this, liquidation threshold that. I get it. You’re being careful.”
“Being careful is how you stay safe,” Anya insisted. “The Protocol doesn’t care about my dreams or my mom’s sacrifices. It just cares about the numbers. If I don’t stay on top of them, no one else will.”
Mira had sighed, but she’d also smiled. “You’re going to be fine, Anya. You’re the most prepared person I know.”
Anya wished she could share Mira’s confidence. But every time she closed her eyes, she saw the flashing red warning that could appear on her screen at any moment. WARNING: Your collateral ratio has fallen below the liquidation threshold.
She’d read the horror stories in the Protocol’s community forums. Users who’d lost everything because they’d gotten complacent. Borrowers who’d assumed the market would always go up. People who’d woken up to find their life savings gone, liquidated in a flash while they slept.
Anya was determined not to become one of those stories.
Part Two: The Morning Check
It was the seventh day since her loan, and Anya sat at her small kitchen table, her holopad propped against a stack of textbooks, her mother already gone for her morning shift at the processing plant. The apartment was quiet except for the gentle hum of the cooling unit and the distant sounds of the city awakening.
She opened the Protocol’s dashboard, and the familiar interface materialized before her. Numbers danced across the screen, updating in real-time as the market moved.
ANOMALOUS ONE HOLDINGS
- Collateral: 10,000 AST
- Token Price: $0.975
- Collateral Value: $9,750
- Outstanding Debt: 4,900 SC
- Collateral Ratio: 199%
- Liquidation Threshold: 125%
- Safety Buffer: 74%
Anya smiled. The small repayment she’d made yesterday had dropped her debt to 4,900 SC, nudging her ratio up from 198% to 199%. Every little bit helped.
She scrolled down to view her repayment history. The payment had been small—just 100 SC from her tutoring earnings—but it represented progress. She’d made a plan to repay 100 SC every week, using her part-time job income. At that rate, she’d be debt-free in less than a year.
And in the meantime, her collateral would continue to grow as the market recovered. AST had been volatile lately, but the long-term trend was upward. By the time she graduated from Kepler, she might even have a small profit.
You’re doing everything right, she told herself. You’re managing your risk, making regular payments, staying informed. Nothing bad is going to happen.
She closed the dashboard and started getting ready for school.
Part Three: The School Day
Kepler Academy was still months away, but Anya’s current school—the sector’s public secondary institution—was a constant reminder of what she was working toward. The building was old and overcrowded, its hallways echoing with the chatter of students who’d long since given up on dreaming of something more.
Anya navigated the crowded corridors, her mind still half on the Protocol. She’d promised herself she wouldn’t check her position during school hours—it was too distracting—but her fingers itched for her holopad.
“You look like you’re planning a heist,” said a voice behind her.
Anya turned to find Jax, one of her classmates, grinning at her. He was tall and lanky, with perpetually messy hair and the kind of easy confidence that came from never having to worry about money.
“Just thinking,” Anya said.
“About Kepler?” Jax asked. “I heard you got in. That’s huge.”
“Thanks,” Anya said, trying to sound casual. “It’s not official yet. I still have to pay the tuition.”
“How are you going to manage that?” Jax asked. “Your family isn’t exactly…”
He trailed off, realizing he’d said too much.
“Rich?” Anya finished for him. “No, we’re not. But I have a plan.”
She didn’t elaborate. Jax was nice enough, but he didn’t need to know about the Protocol or the loan or the careful balance she was maintaining.
“Well, good luck,” Jax said, clapping her on the shoulder. “You deserve it.”
Anya smiled and continued to her first class.
Part Four: The Lunch Break
At lunch, Anya sat with Mira in the corner of the crowded cafeteria, their holopads open as they ate.
“You’re doing it again,” Mira said, gesturing at Anya’s screen.
“I’m just checking one thing,” Anya protested.
“You said that ten minutes ago.”
Anya looked up, sheepish. “Okay, maybe I’m a little obsessed.”
“A little?” Mira laughed. “You haven’t gone five minutes without looking at that thing all week.”
“I can’t help it,” Anya admitted. “Every time I look away, I feel like something bad is going to happen.”
Mira leaned forward, her expression softening. “Listen, I know this is scary. You’re risking everything. But you’ve done your research. You’ve been careful. You’re not going to lose anything.”
“You don’t know that,” Anya said quietly. “The market is unpredictable. There could be a flash crash. The Oracle could lag. Anything could happen.”
“But you’ve planned for that,” Mira insisted. “That’s what the buffer is for, right? You told me you have a 75% cushion. Even if the price drops by half, you’re still safe.”
Anya nodded. “Theoretically. But a 40% drop would still put me below the threshold. And flash crashes can happen that fast.”
“Then you’ll have time to react,” Mira said. “You told me the Protocol gives you 15 minutes to add collateral or repay debt. That’s enough time to do something, right?”
“Maybe,” Anya said, not entirely convinced. “If I’m paying attention. If the network isn’t congested. If the Oracle updates in time. There are a lot of ‘ifs.'”
Mira reached across the table and took Anya’s hand. “You can’t live your life in fear of things that haven’t happened yet. You’ve done everything right. Now you have to trust yourself.”
Anya squeezed her friend’s hand. “You’re right. I know you’re right. I just…”
“Worry too much?” Mira finished.
“Exactly.”
They both laughed, and Anya finally closed her holopad.
“Okay,” she said. “No more checking until after school. I promise.”
“Good,” Mira said. “Now eat your lunch before it gets cold.”
Part Five: The Market Unease
But later that afternoon, during a free period, Anya found herself sneaking another peek at the Protocol.
The market had been unusually volatile all morning. AST had dropped from $0.975 to $0.942 in the span of an hour—a small decline, but the downward trend bothered her.
She opened her exchange interface and studied the order book. A large sell wall had appeared at $0.95, representing 150,000 AST tokens waiting to be sold. It was the kind of wall that could indicate a whale preparing to dump.
Anya’s stomach tightened.
She knew about sell walls. She’d read about them in the Protocol’s trading guides. A large sell order could push the price down significantly if it triggered a cascade of stop-loss orders and panic selling.
It’s probably nothing, she told herself. Whales manipulate the market all the time. It doesn’t mean a crash is coming.
But the unease persisted.
She navigated to the Protocol’s governance forum, scanning the discussion threads. A few users were talking about unusual trading activity on the AST market.
“Anyone else seeing that sell wall at $0.95?” one user had posted. “Looks like someone’s preparing for a dump.”
“Probably just market makers adjusting their positions,” another responded. “Nothing to worry about.”
“Could be a whale taking profits,” a third added. “AST has been rallying for weeks. A correction was inevitable.”
Anya read through the threads, hoping to find reassurance. Instead, she found a growing sense of anxiety. The community was divided—some believed the sell wall was harmless, while others warned of an impending crash.
She checked her position again. Her collateral ratio had dropped to 197%. Still healthy, but trending downward.
What if I’m wrong? she thought. What if this is the start of something bigger?
She considered making another repayment. She had 150 SC in her wallet—her emergency fund. If she used it, she could reduce her debt to 4,750 SC, pushing her ratio back above 200%.
But then she’d have nothing left if she needed funds quickly.
You’re being paranoid, she told herself. The market has dips all the time. This is normal.
She closed the interface and forced herself to focus on her homework.
Part Six: The Afternoon Crash
The crash happened during her last class of the day.
Anya was sitting in the back of the room, struggling to concentrate on a lecture about interstellar trade routes, when her holopad vibrated silently on her desk. A notification appeared:
PRICE ALERT: AST DOWN 15% IN LAST 5 MINUTES.
Anya’s blood turned to ice.
She opened her holopad, her hands shaking, and stared at the price chart. A giant red candle had appeared, sending the price plummeting from $0.942 to $0.800 in minutes.
It’s happening. It’s actually happening.
She opened the Protocol’s dashboard, her heart racing.
ANOMALOUS ONE HOLDINGS
- Collateral: 10,000 AST
- Token Price: $0.800
- Collateral Value: $8,000
- Outstanding Debt: 4,900 SC
- Collateral Ratio: 163%
- Liquidation Threshold: 125%
- Safety Buffer: 38%
Still healthy. Barely. But the price was still falling.
A second notification appeared:
PRICE ALERT: AST DOWN 25% IN LAST 10 MINUTES.
No. No, no, no.
Anya’s holopad displayed the new price: $0.735. Her collateral value had dropped to $7,350. Her ratio was now 150%.
The teacher was still droning on about tariffs and trade agreements, oblivious to the crisis unfolding in the back row. Anya couldn’t focus. She couldn’t breathe. All she could see were the numbers on her screen, plunging lower with every passing second.
She tried to send a message to Mira, but her fingers were shaking too much to type. She dropped her holopad with a clatter, and the student next to her gave her a strange look.
“Are you okay?” he whispered.
“Fine,” Anya lied. “Just… just nervous about a test.”
He nodded and turned back to his notes.
Anya retrieved her holopad and stared at the market. The price had stabilized briefly, but she could see the volume building. Someone was about to make another move.
I can’t stay here, she thought. I need to get out of this room. I need to think.
Part Seven: The Window of Hope
Anya’s hand shot up. “Can I go to the restroom?”
The teacher nodded absently, and Anya fled the room, her holopad clutched to her chest.
She found an empty hallway and pressed her back against the cold wall, trying to catch her breath. The price had dropped to $0.700. Her collateral ratio was now 143%.
She was still above the liquidation threshold. But the gap was closing fast.
What do I do? What do I do?
Her mind raced through her options. She could add collateral—but she had nothing left. She could repay debt—but she only had 150 SC in her wallet. She could borrow more from the Protocol—but her available credit was shrinking as her collateral value dropped.
The price ticked down again: $0.690.
Collateral value: $6,900. Ratio: 141%.
She texted Mira:
“Flash crash happening right now. AST down 30%. I might get liquidated. What do I do??”
Mira’s response was immediate: “What?? I thought you were safe! What about your buffer??”
“The buffer is gone. Price is crashing too fast.”
“Can you add collateral? Use my money? I can send you 200 SC right now.”
Anya’s eyes filled with tears. Mira was offering her emergency fund. The money she’d saved for months.
“I don’t know if it’ll be enough,” Anya typed. “And I don’t want to take your savings.”
“TAKE IT. You can pay me back later. Just send me your address.”
Anya hesitated, then copied her wallet address and sent it to Mira. The transaction would take at least 10 minutes to confirm. The network was congested.
Would that be fast enough?
She opened the Protocol’s dashboard again. The price had dropped to $0.675. Her collateral value: $6,750. Ratio: 138%.
She was entering the danger zone.
Part Eight: The Final Descent
The next five minutes were the longest of Anya’s life.
She watched the market in real-time, her eyes fixed on the numbers as they ticked downward. Each drop felt like a knife in her chest.
$0.670. Ratio: 137%.
$0.665. Ratio: 136%.
$0.660. Ratio: 135%.
Please, please, please.
She opened her wallet, waiting for Mira’s transaction to confirm. The network was still congested. The transfer was stuck in the mempool, unconfirmed.
$0.655. Ratio: 134%.
$0.650. Ratio: 133%.
$0.645. Ratio: 132%.
Come on. Come on.
The Protocol’s warning system activated, a red alert flashing across her screen:
WARNING: Your collateral ratio has fallen below the liquidation threshold (125%). Current ratio: 132%. Please add collateral or repay debt immediately. You have 15 minutes.
She had 15 minutes. But her position was crumbling faster than she could react.
$0.640. Ratio: 131%.
$0.635. Ratio: 130%.
$0.630. Ratio: 129%.
I’m going to lose everything.
The price hit $0.620. Her collateral value: $6,200. Ratio: 127%.
The Protocol flashed a final warning:
WARNING: Your collateral ratio is critically low. Current ratio: 127%. You have 5 minutes to take action before liquidation occurs.
Anya stared at the screen in horror. Mira’s transaction was still pending. The network was too slow. She was running out of time.
And then she saw the price tick below $0.600.
Collateral value: $6,000. Ratio: 122%.
She was underwater.
Part Nine: The Liquidator’s Perspective
Across the city, in a modest apartment crammed with expensive monitoring equipment, Kellan’s bot detected a new position.
POSITION DETECTED: USER 0x7A3F… COLLATERAL RATIO: 120.4%
Kellan looked up from his lunch, his eyes scanning the display. He was sixteen years old, with sharp features, dark hair that fell into his eyes, and a perpetual look of intense concentration. His apartment was cluttered with holopads, data cables, and empty coffee cups.
“Another one,” he muttered, setting down his sandwich.
He analyzed the position details:
- Collateral: 10,000 AST
- Debt: 4,900 SC
- Collateral Ratio: 120.4%
- Liquidation Threshold: 125%
- Liquidation Bonus: 10%
The math was simple enough. He’d repay the outstanding debt, collect the 10% liquidation bonus, and seize the collateral. The profit margin was decent—not the biggest he’d made, but enough to fund his apartment for another month.
His bot executed the liquidation automatically, a series of smart contract interactions unfolding in seconds. The transaction was efficient and precise, a smooth operation that Kellan had optimized over hundreds of similar events.
LIQUIDATION COMPLETE.
- Debt repaid: 4,900 SC + fees
- Collateral seized: 10,000 AST ($6,000)
- Profit: $510
Kellan watched the numbers scroll across his screen, feeling nothing. He’d liquidated hundreds of positions in the past year, and most of them were just data points to him. Numbers on a dashboard. Opportunities for profit.
But something about this one made him pause.
He looked at the user’s wallet history. It was a small account—just over a thousand transactions, mostly small deposits and withdrawals. There was a pattern of careful saving, a steady accumulation of wealth.
And there were the repayment transactions: weekly payments of 100 SC. The user had been responsible. They’d done everything right.
“Why didn’t you add more collateral?” Kellan wondered aloud. “Why didn’t you repay the debt faster?”
He didn’t know the answer. He didn’t need to know. The liquidation was complete, and the Protocol had been made whole. That was all that mattered.
But something tugged at him.
He opened the user’s profile—public data only—and saw a brief bio:
“Anya, 17. Future Kepler Academy student. I’m learning to build a better future.”
Kellan stared at the screen for a long moment.
Kepler Academy. The elite institution for students destined for greatness. This user had been trying to fund their education. They’d taken a risk, and they’d lost.
“Not my problem,” Kellan said quietly. “The Protocol’s rules are clear. I didn’t make them. I just enforce them.”
He closed the window and went back to his lunch.
But the user’s name stayed in his mind.
Part Ten: The Devastation
Anya stared at her screen, uncomprehending.
The Protocol’s interface had changed. The familiar green indicators were gone, replaced by stark red text:
LIQUIDATED.
Your collateral has been seized to cover your outstanding debt. Remaining funds: 0.00 SC.
Position closed.
She read the words again, and again, and again. They didn’t make sense. They couldn’t be real.
Two years of savings. Wiped out in less than 15 minutes.
All her careful planning. All her research. All her dreams.
Gone.
Anya slid down the wall, her holopad clattering to the floor. The tears came then, hot and uncontrollable, streaming down her face as she sobbed in the empty hallway.
She couldn’t go back to class. She couldn’t face anyone. All she could do was sit there, broken and defeated, watching the ruins of her future crumble around her.
Her holopad buzzed with a notification. It was Mira’s transaction: 200 SC, finally confirmed.
Too late.
Anya stared at the message from Mira:
“It’s gone through! Did it help?”
She couldn’t respond. She couldn’t form the words. Her entire world had just collapsed, and she had no idea how to pick up the pieces.
Her phone buzzed again. Another message from Mira: “Anya? Are you okay? What happened?”
Anya’s fingers moved slowly across the screen:
“I’m sorry, Mira. It’s gone. All of it. The liquidation went through. I lost everything.”
Mira’s response was immediate: “What?? NO. Anya, I’m so sorry. Where are you? I’m coming to find you.”
“I don’t know what to do.”
“Just stay where you are. I’ll be there in 10 minutes.”
Anya dropped her holopad and buried her face in her hands. The tears wouldn’t stop. She’d never felt so helpless, so hopeless, so utterly destroyed.
She thought of her mother, working double shifts, sacrificing everything for her. She thought of the Kepler Academy application, now worthless. She thought of her grandmother’s pendant, and all the memories she’d sold for tokens that no longer existed.
I failed, she thought. I failed everyone. I failed myself.
The hallway was silent, the distant sounds of the school muffled by the weight of her despair.
And then, amidst the wreckage of her dreams, something flickered.
Anger.
Not at herself. Not at the market. Not at the Protocol.
Anger at the system that had allowed this to happen. Anger at the Oracle that had lagged behind the crash. Anger at the liquidator who’d profited from her loss.
This isn’t fair, she thought. This isn’t how it was supposed to work. I did everything right, and I still lost.
She picked up her holopad, her hands shaking with a new kind of energy. Not despair anymore. Something else. Something fiercer.
She opened the Protocol’s interface and found the liquidation log. There it was: the liquidator’s address, the transaction hash, the details of the seizure.
And there was the username: KellanWins.
Anya stared at the name, her mind churning.
You didn’t create this system. But you benefited from it. You took my future and turned it into profit.
But you’re not going to get away with it. I’m going to find out why this happened. I’m going to make sure it doesn’t happen to anyone else.
She found the user’s messaging channel and typed a single line:
“We need to talk.”
Part Eleven: The Aftermath
Mira found Anya sitting in the hallway, her face streaked with tears, her holopad clutched in her hands.
“Oh, Anya,” Mira whispered, sliding down to sit beside her. “I’m so sorry.”
Anya leaned into her friend’s shoulder, too exhausted to speak.
“Tell me what happened,” Mira said gently. “From the beginning.”
And Anya did. She told Mira about the flash crash, the Oracle lag, the liquidator’s bot, and the final, devastating moment when her position had been seized.
“I knew the risks,” Anya said, her voice hollow. “I knew them, and I took them anyway. But this wasn’t supposed to happen. I was careful. I did everything right. The system failed me.”
“The system failed you?” Mira asked. “What do you mean?”
“Oracle lag,” Anya explained. “The market price crashed way faster than the Protocol’s price feed. The Oracle was still showing the old price for almost a minute. By the time it updated, the crash was already over. Liquidators with faster bots took advantage of the delay. They liquidated positions at unfair prices.”
“That’s… that’s not right,” Mira said, her brow furrowing. “Can they do that?”
“The Protocol’s rules allow it,” Anya said bitterly. “But it’s not fair. If the Oracle had been faster, I would have had more time. I could have added collateral or repaid debt. I might have survived.”
“So what are you going to do?”
Anya was silent for a long moment. Then, slowly, a new determination began to kindle in her chest.
“I’m going to fight,” she said. “I’m going to find out who liquidated me. I’m going to understand why the system worked the way it did. And I’m going to try to change it.”
“Change it?” Mira looked skeptical. “How?”
“There’s a governance system,” Anya explained. “The Protocol’s community votes on changes. Anyone can propose improvements. If enough people support a proposal, it gets implemented.”
“But you don’t have any money left,” Mira pointed out. “How are you going to convince anyone to listen to you?”
“I don’t know yet,” Anya admitted. “But I’m going to try. I have to try. I can’t just let this happen to other people.”
Mira squeezed her friend’s hand. “Then I’ll help you. Whatever you need.”
Anya looked at Mira, her eyes glistening with gratitude. “Thank you. I don’t know what I’d do without you.”
“Probably have a lot more free time,” Mira joked weakly. “Now come on. Let’s get out of here. You need to eat something and get some rest.”
Anya nodded, allowing Mira to help her to her feet.
But before she left, she took one last look at her holopad. The message she’d sent to the liquidator was still unread.
We need to talk.
She wasn’t sure what she hoped to accomplish. But she knew one thing: she wasn’t going to let this defeat her.
Part Twelve: The Long Night
That night, Anya couldn’t sleep.
She lay in her bed, staring at the ceiling, replaying the events of the day in her mind. The crash. The warnings. The frantic attempts to save her position. The final, devastating notification.
She’d lost everything. Two years of work. Her grandmother’s legacy. Her future at Kepler Academy.
But she’d also gained something. A fierce, burning determination to understand why this had happened and to make sure it never happened again.
She reached for her holopad and opened the Protocol’s community forum. She was looking for something, though she wasn’t sure what. Maybe answers. Maybe support. Maybe just the comfort of knowing she wasn’t alone.
She found a thread titled: “Oracle Lag Caused Mass Liquidations Today. Is This Fair?”
The thread had hundreds of responses. Users were sharing their stories of loss, their frustrations, their demands for change.
“I lost my entire savings because the Oracle couldn’t keep up with the market.”
“Liquidators are exploiting the system. It’s not fair.”
“The Protocol needs to fix the Oracle or add a grace period for flash crashes.”
“This is why I’m pulling my funds out. The system is rigged.”
Anya read through the comments, her heart aching with each new story. She wasn’t alone. Hundreds of other users had been affected by the crash. Some had lost more than she had. Some had lost everything and had no way to recover.
But others were calling for reform. They were organizing, sharing information, proposing changes to the Protocol’s rules. There was a growing movement of users who believed the system could be improved.
Maybe I can be part of this, Anya thought. Maybe I can help make a difference.
She scrolled to the bottom of the thread and saw a familiar name: KellanWins.
Kellan’s comment was brief and defensive:
“Liquidators aren’t exploiting anything. We’re following the Protocol’s rules. If you don’t like the rules, change them. That’s what governance is for.”
The comment had been heavily downvoted. Users were angry, accusing Kellan of profiting from their losses.
Anya stared at the username. This was the person who’d liquidated her position. The person who’d seized her collateral and made a profit from her devastation.
We need to talk, she’d messaged him.
She still hadn’t received a response.
She sent another message:
“I saw your comment on the Oracle lag thread. You said ‘change the rules.’ I want to do that. I want to propose a reform. But I need help. I need to understand how the system works from the inside.”
She typed the message, hesitated, and then sent it.
Would he respond? Would he even care?
She didn’t know. But she had to try.
Part Thirteen: The Unlikely Alliance
The next morning, Anya woke to a notification on her holopad.
Message from KellanWins.
Her heart skipped a beat. She opened the message, her fingers trembling.
“I saw your messages. I’m sorry about what happened. I know that doesn’t mean much, but I want you to know I didn’t liquidate your position maliciously. It was just business.
But I also saw your messages about wanting to change the rules. That’s something I’ve been thinking about too. The system isn’t perfect. The Oracle lag is a real problem.
I’m willing to talk. Meet me at the Digital Cafe on 5th Street at 3 PM. We can discuss your ideas.
– Kellan”
Anya stared at the screen, her mind racing.
The liquidator who’d taken her money was offering to meet. The person who’d profited from her loss was willing to talk about reform.
Is this a trap? she wondered. Is he trying to manipulate me?
But something in the message felt genuine. Kellan didn’t have to respond. He didn’t have to offer to meet. He could have ignored her and moved on to the next liquidation.
Maybe he really did want to help. Maybe he’d seen the community’s reaction and realized the system needed to change.
Or maybe he was just trying to protect his reputation.
Either way, Anya knew she had to take the chance. If there was even a small possibility of reforming the Protocol, she had to pursue it.
She typed her response:
“I’ll be there. 3 PM. Thank you.”
She set down her holopad and took a deep breath.
This is just the beginning, she told herself. The first step on a long journey.
She didn’t know what the future held. She didn’t know if she’d ever recover her losses or achieve her dreams.
But she knew one thing: she wasn’t going to give up.
Table of contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Collateralized Loan
Chapter 2: A Healthy Ratio
Chapter 3: The Price Oracle Drop <<<<<< NEXT
Chapter 4: The Liquidation Cascade
Chapter 5: The Bad Debt Accrual
Chapter 6: The Emergency Stop
Chapter 7: The Socialized Loss
Chapter 8: The Risk Parameter Vote
Chapter 9: The New Collateral Rule
Chapter 10: Borrowing Responsibly
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