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Card #c339IR // #c339Synthesis

Relations were thus restored, and all three sat down on the bench again.

— In our words · Source: The Master and Margarita (Mikhail Bulgakov)

[Use when]

Use when enemies resume polite proximity and nothing is actually fixed.

[Why it matters]

Reconciliation without repair is stagecraft; proximity resumes, nothing is fixed.

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