In this task, you will be given a sentence, followed by ", so". You should complete the given text with another sentence, such that the whole text is plausible. The sentence you enter must be a likely result of the given sentence.
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Question: The man hated his new haircut, so 

Answer: he got a new one


Question: The boaters set off a flare, so 

Answer: in order to get a better look at what was going on


Question: The boy murmured his reply to his mother, so 

Answer:
she would not know what he was talking about