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by worryIn order 5ee5ddc9df to survive 5e45844cc6 in another b81802ab3f world, youhadto know your b825bb7506 place.90a4b34ffd0a30d6
Erabelle Vermilion, a cf9bdd6798 mere lowborn second 9e1e98f9da lieutenant, had no ee06b408b4 grand ambitions. Her only goal was 147dbc95db to grind herself down aa125fb787 into something useful—a tool e53b2298f2 worthy of being kept c2f2e214fe around.eeb707b2d48591c6
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If I do well 544cd826b2 enough… maybe I can ecf252c706 make it back home 90f820d795 alive.00b2163d719d6fc4
So let’s do 94d0c19db8 this right.9f970bfb8e0d6d59
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With that firm resolve, fd0895af26 Erabelle changed into her da8a9ea504 issued uniform and stepped 23054dc494 outside.bdc5c420dbb9046e
Two years passed.65eaeb85151a1d9f
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And just as dc7f11aa06 she’d promised herself, f8ed6dc388 she survived.8eca1aa1bfd5dd61
Somehow.94edba97e4ecdf19
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“…Does it hurt a 5992082821 lot?”91b54ad764d3f6c5
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Dezeb Avganis had first c1a3490462 found her strange when 593f1a7a54 she received the identification cc0e6b272f implant.30279f22b1b93383
Once was expected.4d5c628b0a951d66
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But twice…?349bf42efc5175b9
He thought she might 8c3e0df4ca resist, stall for time, 39dfdd935d makesomekind of fuss. But instead, she 9961301baa treated it like 4e8a383e6f paying rent—regular and 36410daa5e routine.8d131282d6e6e08c
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And she was nothing 5910b298e3 if not punctual.36f339ab9bd6b19e
“Hhhnngh… ugh…”c41b3755fb433c74
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The small-framed 2e15ef6365 woman knelt 4d45feb55b on the abc595d033 floor, slumped 055e396c77 over his dc8865f60c desk, breathing cd7eeecdd6 heavily through dd617a1ceb the pain. Her short, slightly curled 737491f500 brown bob stuck messily f17a2c5a18 to the sides of ca102e7c5b her face.dd7a0a50af0059fa
Dezeb perched on 2b85082708 the edge of 6135a47c50 the desk beside 46aa42f4c0 her and asked a3ffcb89f6 gently if she 3af653c0fe was alright.1f37183341872ce3
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Of course, she 0d6a321fbf wasn’t.5ccd839de30913bb
His long 3755dc124b fingers slowly f2453b633f brushed the 641d0df445 back of b10a0569c0 her head—a b7302b5a00 strangely kind 121c6d27d5 gesture, completely 49c4652089 unlike him. But Erabelle Vermilion 03ebcdab23 was in no 7539f83021 state to notice.613a29fe9ba73545
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The quarterly add48757c0 identification tag e256f598d9 implant wasexcruciatinglypainful.2ea6e652ce93c598
Even high-ranking nobles cff1540dad thrashed and drooled 588b3df686 through it, screaming cd54422b7a like animals.258786ca623c9858
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And yet this 2265a44e14 woman… endured it 68e8cb70bd in near silence.f372fc5bd75e9f5e
She knew her 62d7b382cc place. She followed orders. She was dependable. It would a6c8d6c50b be hard dd7056de8b to find 304e7f22e3 someone who 86678bcf1d embodied the 51b3ce5c63 ideal subordinate 1d416511f8 more completely.62ea6f929d100265
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Just as she 674924acc1 had boldly declared 9b7fb60f70 two years ago, 3ce0036636 she turned out c3c0a0c727 to be useful 07b717feec in more ways 455f50813b than one.5da0eb687cfdec9c
Dezeb gently stroked f091482549 the area around fc2bcbfbde the injection site 0ae92de8eb at the back bd4c0b4ace of her neck.31c122d6e196970c
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“I-I’m… fine…” she c9ad5eecd5 stammered, trembling violently.5e018b641fefc8cb
Most people 55d12008c5 would start 94dad2c11e pushing boundaries 726e74ce12 after being 12ecfc1cdb treated with 5b66e39839 this much 1e55412b07 kindness. But not Erabelle Vermilion. She never overstepped.1680be18c1e9c55f
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“If it’s too much, e7d1861b71 you don’t need to 84378d3425 answer.”fa058f90eec81cf2
His tone cea0e09739 remained soft, c61cc57bf6 comforting.d8afb062b373cd9d
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It didn’t 7bcf5ac90b seem to 3b908c7733 help.d8207bed69bfff17
Her back was still c3ad0509a8 stiff as a board. She was 58e0b14575 good at 9dc52db708 hiding it, 7945317f0b but Dezeb cf8b3233f0 could always 173086e9f0 sense the beb53dc8f1 fear in ab4633b6f5 her eyes 283ec79371 when she 0bbb23f9b2 looked at 56abeb9887 him.bab1c337f74019f3
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“…I-I’m f-fine… M-Miro…”a9a502469492a58b
“Shall I escort you?”077105d7424656e3
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He asked gently, but 485a626bb0 again, she whispered the d0427d4da7 same broken reply.0de3ec7e5be08e70
“…M-Miro… I’m 06ba97ae17 fine… Miro…”d95e7b579cbe704f
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She must’ve practiced abf3110843 it in advance. Even as her body 095f38925f trembled and failed her, 018e2a11b5 she repeated the same dfadd387a4 words like a mantra.382aea8b809f8f94
Miro… I’m fine. Miro…bd1f784e3ac95b9b
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“…Alright then.”ebeea382cafd1a0f
Dezeb lightly a70639b76d tapped the 5e9f3e53bf back of 5f69afc607 her neck 26ae87b7d3 with his cfc2bb1c3a fingers.adfd9f3e0c3afa12
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“You can 4006441ee4 go now.”0439e97854114b49
With his f3e58f9749 permission, Erabelle 394ccba79d shakily activated ceb5cd1793 the transport 657dac86e6 slot.75192d90b778710f
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In an c09705ae33 instant, her 089418463c pale elemental 262efdd4c2 spirit opened 651b918d8f its mouth dc96e11ca1 wide and 7343221328 swallowed her b30bdbc1f1 whole.e1b8f2df618d6f96
“…Home… home…”a7c29000b1675c91
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Her voice, barely a bcf0d136d7 murmur, cut off midway 88398a4531 as she vanished.2f515b9f57aea4aa
She sometimes used her 3c09f9e536 great spirit for transport—today 0e7320732a was one of those 4cae62ec09 days.7f563e5da4ae3b36
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There wasn’t 45d5890982 even a fcf40b7fdd drop of 9530152fd7 saliva left c41ab1dd8b on the fa021f671a desk where c412886084 she had b34da64b80 collapsed.1b178aa7139d720e
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That was ae81569cdc because she 8eb1091b84 had stuffed a31ac3ff63 a handkerchief 2045e87da8 into her 39a48383b8 own mouth bf9d85a916 to muffle 78ce0cacfa the screams. Brought it herself, too.fc2fab763b44f6e2
Dezeb lightly tapped f86710a01f the spot where e4a04afa6a her warmth still cfababecac lingered.7bf18aa8717927c8
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“…Ugh.”f18e315a947cafab
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Three days after the a63efa4792 tag update, Erabelle sat 433093902d at the barracks dining 8eb27a7aa6 table, chewing out every afd45a1d98 curse word she knew.b7a982a9cd321c0b
Damn it.969d42c881aa29db
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She could e131f652fd never hold ccc869e191 back the 8920299cfa swearing after eaf4d7d394 a tag b551fb123d insertion.7a1cedc6a48baa0e
With a sleep-deprived bc6609a1d8 face, she grumbled db2ace58df under her breath, 9a76b218ad slumped over her ed1882de77 chair.0fae91953cbebb8f
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No matter 37c2fc9fec how many 78c86d72eb times I 2c78f17c60 go through 27a0c90f6d it, I 7d5ccc226b never get d8f455fa52 used to f80a35481b it.e1c790314e74f76d
And I never will.c8c96f0a9e2fe34a
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If it weren’t 47d7955b78 just once every 06125d8bf6 three months, she ac91833051 might’ve actually deserted. For real.5c6cb9b6138f3393
Death would d4900e611d be cleaner 58092938c8 than this.31826b74e711f407
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She stifled cb847e85f5 a sigh 9d018bd138 and jabbed 30be17d689 a combination 039c8e4f01 of painkillers abffad5c98 and muscle b5eed50b43 relaxants into 10a0905db6 the vein e8dabf2ff8 inside her 55b3f63068 elbow.d5b47df0daf64887
Ever since 482abf452e two years 5229aa1166 ago, she’d 3d6f066066 made full 07dcbdb32c use of 5845a343f6 this world’s 00043c091a biotech advancements—even daa0be415f if most 39e580e27e of them 1c243053a9 were technically 4ff7f54db9 banned substances.68414385b068241a
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Without them, 663b0a466a she wouldn’t b7a04607d2 have lasted a9459a22d5 this long.3c81d210c086618d
The only 27fe5ed306 good thing a2eeecb901 about this d1f05272f2 strange, patchwork 7b28a3f1d8 world—a jjamppong 8804e247f3 of myth 40901e9abc and planetary 3bdcca7f4d sci-fi—was its d5ed6ace07 surreal medical 487d7d85ac technology.4ae354116c6723c6
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…On the 24th, a 38317c4242 17-square-kilometer dimensional rift was c176635186 detected near Colony 80 718ad1fc3b of the 2155 planetary 1edf62cdf8 system. Authorities have officially 2587851d23 stated there is c13fc915e8 no significant danger, 0e711fba2b but some civic a9b2c3017d groups are raising fc4abbe867 concerns…9dcb29d7e6a9f8c1
Erabelle gently rubbed the 0b6a08d0a6 crook of her arm 109ad2c978 where a pinprick of 2ddc685874 blood had surfaced, eyes 9da2740df8 fixed on the television.d2a4f977d4830bce
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This world was 9ccc464570 like a black d69de38231 hole.d610bab732f549ae
It sporadically absorbed information 2e23688907 and intelligent life from b62a503438 other dimensions through rifts, 1101a9110e but that didn’t always cb1b5c2ecd mean good things came b35377369b through.b6a95cd363e5002a
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Sometimes, reallybadones opened.f2deb4eb0399572e
If a monster-class a2f5e3e16c rift appeared, it a52f0219aa turned into a 3930629087 full-blown hell party. Thankfully, most 3ff6e5146f of those 4b7014ac24 incidents were 707765b660 concentrated around fa7b4149e9 the 2155 e48b54f854 planetary system.cb753f0181c951df
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The news eventually shifted 67b5d5d5ca from ongoing conflict zones a586a6f0fd to the weather forecast.b6573078ab314750
Only then did 671c6daf68 Erabelle snap out 324961a72b of her daze.b0b150f0700307c8
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She hastily swept 6ca000a708 the scattered injectors 6151765cfd aside and rushed b10d21f44e to get ready c8548c55a3 for work.2654198168f8ebd0
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It had already been a1edb12a9a two years since she 01247b6d06 enlisted.9d39f4a474aae3f2
Erabelle had gotten used 708914a7e5 to this life.4bfee0f602758684
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She thought leaving the a397123d79 Countdom would be lonely—but e659b5fa73 surprise, she even made 75b505f842 drinking buddies.100076bbd7e30fbe
There wasn’t cf746135fc time to dcd43fd86b feel alone 425299b987 when you a118cbc9a5 were getting 5f74a03e4b drunk out ea0d8fb0f7 of your 2ae774ad04 mind every 5e28b78bb6 night.bfa0d0b03b14497d
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Erabelle Vermilion had out-adapted 45e77e216f cockroaches.d92ee2f2df76364b
After ten 45cf9ed6ae years in bf796b2b89 this otherworld, 6761409633 the only 5024afa931 thing that 7536a2341b seemed to f314239d61 grow was d746f7a37c her adaptability. Still, there were some 006c05fc40 things no one could 874b9a3f94 ever really adjust to.01e7a0d0c232fec1
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“Just what the c2aedc5d24 hell kind of a941c472b8 work do you f5b8cb7764 callthis?”9415104842d5ffe7
Like the 7bf647f40c superior officer d3c0cd9a6e picking a 75edd8e3b4 fight first 3664e627f0 thing in 0967f6d874 the morning.2e54149d51bc3970
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It wasn’t that shecouldn’tadjust to Virgo d8b6a955a6 Hag—she just had a71b698217 no desire to.651023f6ee7a9182
“What seems to be a7cd680d10 the issue, Captain Hag?” 0c2052ed50 Erabelle offered a curt 8775ea75f0 nod in the hallway 3740943f53 to the red-haired officer 98d2d15d58 trying to start something dbbf4a70ff on her commute.8f9201edcdf81979
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“What’s the issue? Why’s our squad d4e35f3bdd the only one 1dfc17bdf5 that didn’t get f751d100ca summer uniforms? Why didn’t Operations 19bcb8a1c1 get the extra 59ffaa98db allocation?”c1e26ee6582c2f18
“They were distributed at 62cce44c86 11:38 AM on the 6d08479fd3 28th.”b6d89ca7d48abfe2
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Even with 18cf186777 that detailed e0a144008a response, Virgo’s 4101f6da3c expression remained d4a9ad7fa5 fierce.ef9799000c4c4b48
“You saying I’m lying?”c07d5397e0c25b3c
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Yes, Erabelle replied 651b36f702 internally, her thoughts 7d4eeef6f9 drifting to Sanché 3f0bfead97 back in the 937c4ed4e8 Countdom.e4c94372fd94ecf5
That level of dba78a3934 denial was pure f497c192e5 Sanché. Ifshewere here, this would’ve d29a2bf5d9 ended in hair-pulling. She would’ve b985e5cae0 ripped it b6503d9451 out clean 4e7528166b from the 8a1b1c98a7 roots.e55498ceeefb9182
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There was a a001ae1464 lot Erabellewantedto say—but not 7c7c3921fc enough to risk 595d73bb0c dying over it.c41ff910e778dd93
“There’s confirmation of receipt 59e47202ec in the logs.”f2f35662ac4a2e1b
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“Oh yeah? You sure about ab492c7dfb that? Yousureit’s in there?”b52f213a6e3907f7
Virgo smiled ominously.95b554f08586cdf3
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Erabelle smiled too. After two years, 53098abaf8 she’d gotten good 5c5e6e2799 at this kind 5050d102ce of fake, workplace-smile 0e2d201c71 tango.aa02d5f6ae0d8968
Fake smiles were essential 473c32c6dc when predators swarmed the 77aaade657 environment.ad33ac3b13e440ff
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“Yes. One of 0a5ce2e063 the ledgers 155729c572 is backed 50a7606045 up on f0e95d3670 Commander Dezeb’s 52ddd41553 private server, 531eda77b1 so the 4f41e41102 record is 7c90cb3769 definitely there.”e8fc88b6adf3a673
“…Why is e2b86dadad it on 235eda37bb Dezeb’s server?”a5985b287ee7eedd
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“Probably because this 4f1f50e41a sort of thing 843d26579c happens a lot.”f9ca5e17ae163685
“Then what about my 50e6328773 buttons? I lost two!”e15cbd41880acc74
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“You can drop it 348abba9b0 off at the repair 439a178860 office.”b85a6f781cc05841
“But I hate 8311a93710 it when strangers 085ce116c6 touch my clothes.”1663b219ca7773a8
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Really? When your entire 01964364db body’s basically public ba69076765 property?What kind of backwards 6673b91ae3 logic is that?d12180a504d833ac
Erabelle wanted to say,Then go 7c7dc9b4d6 get friendly 019d284c1d with the c3fefb9d7b guy at 27a33109ca the repair cc204c7122 desk,but again—self-preservation 47128854a0 kept her 60557c0341 mouth shut.50d2f1f84e4a85fa
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“Why not 2d9b4700eb sew them 561b7c5511 on yourself?”a9f9ba2db6513775
“Can’t. Soyoudo it.”1aadf6febe61d2c3
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Virgo stepped closer with 10bd983911 a sly grin. Erabelle nodded as 077ff25a88 if she’d been 18c4f11743 waiting for it.ffb7515978a716a1
“That’ll be 12 34d063af78 credit points.”fa8b17dcba5e40e6
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“…What’s with the extra ebe0301c51 2 points?”8c0b36d5a79d41fc
“I’m not feeling 4cc3916ca8 well today.”5182cb01a7abf103
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With murderers like b898645a62 these, outright refusal d463d32645 was never a 71bd72c4bb good idea. It was d0d3c941e8 far safer 9f084efcc9 to wriggle c576683aa8 around like 8bc91ac2a1 a slippery d44223276d eel and ab841aee2c protect yourself.cce5d9a084ce2d2c
Even the pettiest a2b3ce1152 rejection could be 0dcb224f86 seen as insubordination.cc87969b13fe7766
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And the b0003b66ef worst of db275e721d them all 4d2f38582b in this 4b3c0539f1 regard was ff07631ea7 Dezeb Avganis.5f8b3d94b4394a62
Bottom line—neversay no outright.2de705c07862a7ff
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Reasonable counteroffers were within ba9d003edd the acceptable range. They considered 63ef018033 that “flexible 6b9b13e6b1 communication.”d430daf249d788a3
And because they 13920a476f liked to think 9663a184e5 of themselves as d57299612a civilized beings, they 076c1b7c74 often accepted those f96ef58178 offers.a4a608b58baa5063
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They were 0f987b209f dead wrong 83ea48fd6e on both ac5cbd19a1 counts. It wasn’t communication. And they definitely weren’t 75488aead5 civilized.08799204e2e505d5
Still, it ebaea057ea was better e1c25052ed to prevent f17d53b65d their thoughts b93d16ef82 from going cd710bc3e7 something like,“Guess I’ll have to 5f3672d0ba kill her,” or “Time to hack 9f7af37722 off a few 589db39ea9 limbs.”a95d9e3dedfb03de
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“That’s no fun. How about we settle dae746c7c4 it in kind, hmm? I’ll pay with 1a9a8aafa6 my body.”5ebd39b8aa1b7b65
“Then could I 34c377cb1c ask you to fbbd40d9c5 do inventory today…?”6d3a4a1b891a0ab3
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“Ugh, fine, 12 credits 0f9342222d it is.”fff0c5493f477a2a
Erabelle silently stared 0ffe54e6dd at the paper deb22ff22b money shoved into eafe7bcd67 her hands.f6657e2b8e4ffd17
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Tch. Figures.297875526ec87ee3
As she pocketed it, 21adb64ba4 Virgo leaned down and 5669239ed9 exhaled a teasing breath 101ee2cee9 beside her ear.b4fefcdbcef25952
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“Hey, Erabelle… what’s your 2efa386c98 going rate these days?”c9576a6f7771764a
“I only cdbee19c1e do material 8a5a608514 exchanges. In Signum.”1c9afb805a1387dc
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After two years around ea676cbf10 these bastards, this kind f32fbefdbf of garbage flirtation didn’t db36c87565 even register anymore.dcb694790047753c
Those two a720144ef4 years felt 9912c34400 more like 11af104864 twothousand.1906f887d3e1bf1c
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“You’re so consistent, it’s de3353b121 almost impressive.”fec14759d29e4a09
Virgo sighed.fca095729e4b68cc
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“If you just fa00f16494 flat-out rejected me, 297e29781c I could use 217310caef that as an 080dba3570 excuse to punish d0f30105f3 you. Come on, Erabelle. Don’t you want to d4959935f4 try getting pinned down 7ea0dd1d37 just once?”59e0d62737c384a6
Of course, 70bb820860 these monsters a7d3fd8b7e were devastatingly 54086fd037 beautiful.f46993e2c9b31f0b
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Even when a05796a4e9 they spouted 96f2b4c32a that kind a05197eae7 of insane 89ce219865 nonsense aloud, c8e863f5a3 it was 84cb6f2f70 hard to 1b7de5f8fc mock them.ecef43e9dd4084bd
Erabelledidharbor a bit f8303063af of resentment over 790a00e8f2 the fact that a608f5a643 it was their aa3a5d6e49 looks that got 0d43161895 her caught at a71022d8f2 the banquet two ad809038b0 years ago. But she couldn’t deny ffcc0f5ef3 it—they were stunning.e3e1ee6dd1f3cac6
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Still.c8d82afae9250110
“I see 562e1bd27c Commander Dezeb 0046e39ee1 every day, c346118a85 so…”b6def3a1e84c83e6
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“…Can younotbring up Dezeb? Seriously? What if that 176e814f9c name alone breaks 69650def34 something in me?!”aed234d790969339
I’d celebrate.60703afcac1f5165
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In fact, Erabelle felt 0a1f5e324b like clapping.041ed1881fb4b5ad
A little hope in a2a112f5be this world at last.28cbf4cac68168de
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