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+** The RS09 Thanos Tool : All-in-one JSON editing **
+This tool is capable of modifying every JSON file you're likely to need to modify inside of the 2009scape codebase.
+This tool is intended only for developers of 2009scape. 
+If you are running your own fork of the codebase please do not report your bugs to me.