A Black Drake
Join Date: Aug 2008
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Can somebody Simplify this PLEASE!! lol
So yeah i read the WHOLE thing and honestly it went COMPLETELY over my head  . Don't suppose anybody could simplify the following for me so i can actually understand what it is saying lol. Sorry and thanks... now *Wall of text crit Rabbit*
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. Don't suppose anybody could simplify the following for me so i can actually understand what it is saying lol. Sorry and thanks... now *Wall of text crit Rabbit*
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