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Oh, heroic and erudite questing noder, wilt thou help?

It has come to the attention of some residents of the nodegel that, at the time of this writing, there are no nodes (or nodeshells) for side quest, sidequest, or even side-quest*. Likewise, there is neither node nor nodeshell for side as either prefix, infix, or postfix. And, sadly, but one writeup, albeit lengthy, exists for side and that is by ol' Webster back in 1999 (or was it 1913?). Empty nodes and abandoned nodeshells dot the nodescape. One cannot even get a side salad or a side of fries or rings; in truth, no side order of anything in all the land. The residents are beside themselves in feeling this is not appropriate and beseech thee to

starving angel,

ripe with hate,

filled through with pain,

pregnant with hell's fury,

he kneels before the slate concrete altar,

rancid and festering, bound and bare,

where he submits in holy penitence,

to be scourged and beaten.

fallen angel,

far from light,

lost to heaven,

eternal purgation.

left forever in the dark,

his skin knows no light, no glory,

once

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