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In case anyone hasn't heard, the cyclospora outbreak affecting tons of people in the US right now is coming from Taylor Farms produce. Best to stay away from bagged lettuce and prepared salads completely right now, but especially the ones mentioned in the screenshot:

Taylor Farms Earthbound Farms Little Salad Bar (Aldi) Marketside (Walmart) Kroger House Brand Target private label greens Costco salads and greens etc Trader Joe's chopped salad kits and fresh produce Fast food: McDonalds, Taco Bell, (Yum! Brands), Chipotle, Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, Olive Garden, Top Golf, Red Lobster, Burger King, etc.

This is not the first time I've heard about a Taylor Farms foodborne illness outbreak. I stopped eating their salads after reading a description of the conditions in their facilities. Doesn't sound like they've improved anything.

Dedue before the skip, convinced he will never reconnect with his culture again: You shouldn't talk to me, you'll only be punished for it.

Dimitri after the skip, convinced he will never reconnect with his proper role in his culture: Don't talk to me. It will only get you killed.

Dedue before the skip: -doesn't even respond half the time when spoken to, gives curt answers most of the time he does respond.-

Dimitri after the skip: -Doesn't even respond most of the time when spoken to, gives curt answers most of the time he does respond.-

Dedue before the skip: I'm just a tool, there's no point in wasting your effort treating me like a person.

Dimitri after the skip: I'm just a beast, there's no point in wasting your effort treating me like a person.

Dedue before the skip: -Shuts Ashe and Mercedes down hard when they try to connect with him on a personal level.-

Dimitri after the skip: -Shuts everyone down hard when they try to reach him on a personal level.-

Their circumstances flip so completely during the timeskip and so do their ways of interacting with other people. Dedue before the skip has been completely alone except for Dimitri and is standoffish and rejects attempts by anyone else to connect with him, while Dimitri is reconnecting with his friends and acts open and engaged and speaks frankly with them. Then, Dimitri is severed from his community and is completely alone for five years and becomes standoffish and rejects attempts to connect with him (except Dedue, with whom he audibly starts to cry while reconnecting with him at Myrrdin), while Dedue has been reunited with his community and returns more relaxed and open, willing to be open with people and speak frankly about his feelings with them.

I think there's also something interesting too visually in how Dedue and Dimitri obviously are wearing a uniform before the skip but the color palette is basically black, with Dedue only wearing one small indicator of who he is individually (his earring) - but then when he returns flanked by a squad of his countrymen, he's wearing silver armor and is blatantly wearing his culture's colors and motifs in your face. Dimitri, meanwhile, after the skip is still wearing black, and his armor has a Crest of Blaiddyd on it but it's completely hidden at the base of his neck...but when he opens back up and reconnects with his community and support, he changes to white armor as well, with the Crest of Blaiddyd fully in your face across his whole chest.

Old foes

“All of the crew has a flag on part of their uniform that indicated their origins, but they asked me what the Australian flag would look like in 50 years’ time. “My response was there would be no way that a Union Jack would still be on that flag. That is because I was certain it would be a republic by that time. “Second, it seemed to me that Australians would have sufficient generosity and common sense to replace that Union Jack with an acknowledgement of Indigenous settlement (Always was, always will be) for at least 60,000 years. “Both of these issues led me to be wearing a flag that looks the way it is - and it pleases me that I insisted on that."