
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Xiao Hua plays a certain game where each round can be played several times freely. Each score in a round is one of the numbers $8$, $a$ (a natural number), or $0$. The total score for a round is the sum of all individual scores in that round. Xiao Hua has achieved the following total scores in some rounds: $103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110$. It is also known that he cannot achieve a total score of $83$. What is the value of $a$?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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