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s to die q\uietly. As -a +mo@dern ag*_]ricu:[ltu ral] scien.!tist, she h ],eals the wounde^d, .gr-/ow-s\ cr#,_ops, build(\s bus=^:in[ ess_es, and turns barren @*land  =.\.into ?a thriv ing granary. While- eve $=ryone waits +!for her downfal@(l, she builds a l[/i/@fe—an_d a kingdom—of her own.