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There doesn't NEED to be anything more to it, no. I was just curious about whether the guide author had made it up on their own or if it was used in FL. If it's the former, it's clever writing on the author's part, and if the latter, a clever reference to the game the guide's being written about. It's a pointless thing to ask, sure, but I like to know little random tidbits like that. *shrugs*