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One of the general rules you'll see referenced in many french repertoire books is for black to break symmetry by deploying his king's knight differently then white does. This is why Bd6 usually comes before the knight deployment even though this slightly violates standard opening principles.
Here's the way I would play against that development scheme from white-
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