Herpington_mc_derp

It's definitely possible even with a shape like yours, you need to push your limits, extend them and never ever surrender. But yeah, you should know that you could potentially die in combat.

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Crossed my mind as well, if everything else fails he could do that and obtain the French citizenship. If he is though enough that is, and you need to be though as hell, a lot drop out after short time.