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FIIIIIIGHT! Aki's wandering between the two groups was loosely based on a true story. This one time, in elementary school, I was curious if I could get a fight started without being involved in the fight whatsoever. So I walked over to this big group on one side of the playground and said "Did you hear what those kids over there said about you??" And they were all "Well tell them..." So I went over and told the other kids, and they sent a message back to the first group. After a few trips, a huge fight broke out, and suddenly two groups of kids who had nothing in common other than where they were standing in the playground became bands of brothers, fighting for their shared dignity. And I just wandered over to the swingset, and no one had any idea that I started the fight. Man, I was a jerk.