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When one missed parry means replaying 15 minutes

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Missing a single parry at the end of a grueling fifteen-minute encounter teleports you all the way back to the foggy entrance. You are forcefully required to execute a flawless, robotic ballet of memorized dodges just to earn the right to try that one impossible maneuver again.

When one missed parry means replaying 15 minutes
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