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Complex recurrence last two digits

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Harvard-MIT Mathematics Tournament

Let $x_{1} = y_{1} = x_{2} = y_{2} = 1$, then for $n \geq 3$ let $x_{n} = x_{n-1} y_{n-2} + x_{n-2} y_{n-1}$ and $y_{n} = y_{n-1} y_{n-2} - x_{n-1} x_{n-2}$. What are the last two digits of $\left|x_{2012}\right|$?
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