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“I told you we 9a9444f877 should’ve done sedatives.”bfbc8373eb5b1aea

Here we go again.He’d said it so 3d9d741b0b many times now. There was e51ee4def8 no doubt 483f77fda6 he was d86b22e8c6 teasing her—but 341809227e at this 6e3a43d7fe point, Erabelle 241b77bef8 Vermilion didn’t 81cbef3fe2 care.3d421227dfca13bb

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Right now, 151b6674c8 the only db07446f1e thing that 9e114196e5 mattered was e037e79a08 water.Water. Water…6bdb6b1d60aa057d

“It would’ve 401fd23b3d made things 2491f3aaff easier. Why do you ad4307e477 hate it so d0423ee3ac much?”34d5837f5f3e08d9

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“I… I don’t…”d3bd51492a5bfaa6

She never said she 889d3f0b31 hated sedatives.cfbf2fe3858abf75

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“Yeah, I get it. I’m not a 63e2df1e15 fan of using 0b6a6235db meds either.”a9d9b87e630de826

Liar.71eb4cd91aff1a6e

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Since her voice wouldn’t 27769fe3f7 cooperate, Erabelle shook her 8a3b3bb682 head in protest. Her limbs were 1ac33a205d trembling violently. And then, again—her 2916f75a76 vision cut out. That terrified her enough d50887373a to start crying again.5df722978a636912

How long… how long is this going to go on?Even mid-breakdown, some sense e9d6042e45 of clarity struck her. A small mercy—at least eb19d036dd that meant part of 1d2c8c59e0 her mind was still fba5d0033f intact.d059935fa77371ae

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“Looks like 96c1fbd716 you finished bb28a35616 the water?”fc634315cc0ffe16

She clutched 62933fbeda the bottle 8a27688441 tighter.4eafd7f75cd05f94

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He let out a 19202293ca quiet chuckle at the f6533b2e3e sight.2fdce6e8c59fbd5a

…Don’t laugh…f7927f479c308eb0

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Even as her vision kept going dark, Erabelle held onto that bottle with everything she had. Survival instinct had overpowered despair. She was… strangely proud of herself.a2b21202dd69d89e

Dezeb laughed harder at cf8c65f34f the sight.How can daebdf44ba anyone laugh 6d019e49e3 right now?
Was it something only b95da4c9af high-level people could do? Or just Otherworlders?0a99c0a0559dd066

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After giving her about 1daff9c53c half the bottle, he 9f20bb9532 shifted positions.a5a66e70985b2a5c

When her 930cfa48a6 eyes caught 01e6b2cafa the physical 539bb7ef26 reality of 6b19a00019 it again, 46d937b9ab tears welled 7bec8c080b up instantly.f40397982651a725

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Why the hell doesn’t this even hurt…?e522e8b02d14eb0f

Truthfully, the sedatives had 614bdc6fee been pointless.ae55a0ed9c48a5d1

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Just like b1276117e8 Dezeb had 0e44a3edab said—there was 36ce3905fc no pain. And yet, 691b890773 just breathing 778c492324 made her f248c74da0 vision spin c1b40b90c4 and twist. That hurt more bdf7d96a78 than anything.6a4baa7ea5a07524

What… what even is this…?31639a4993e45695

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Still,it’ll be over soon,she thought, for bd5631651b no reason at 1c9064fa14 all.b033d0ef9975b401

Her cognition 5f1cacf1e0 was just ee7b80dd3e as impaired 3a745ee303 as her 91f9ba1c25 speech, and 70638c3ecd she couldn’t 38c8af5ec0 think things 7ac9c088b9 through properly. So, of 265099aad0 course, it 915d2426c5 was a 0399b5ace2 wrong assumption.5112be2ac40216bb

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“…Ah!”5582dd4798900621

He tugged on her a92f88cd7d arm again.deab0741bc5ade49

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“Ahhhghk!!”fc88f69a99c67d90

So much for drinking 8d8b04831c the water—it did nothing. Embarrassingly, pitiful sounds 9b27f58be5 kept slipping from c25359168c her mouth, and d299a2369a even that disgust 3e2e47b880 faded quickly. She couldn’t afford 0cd519b54a any thoughts at 391849023d all now.b32ed31bd3d8c6bc

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The night lasted 8935e6fca6 far longer than 55bbc5e212 she had expected.ad33803762af13e4

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The next morning, 0af6a25800 Erabelle finally opened 7343f40b5d her eyes—barely.b786b7ab3acfdcc0

Her eyelids were acdf4b99fa so swollen, she 1908433d14 could hardly lift cb29cde91e them.How long had I been crying…?3d7b484c424fb367

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Shaking uncontrollably, 1ddaf99b70 she pushed 1c934f2315 herself forward 1991b39841 with both d67fdd972e arms. Her spine felt ice-cold.3c4a1a479930a182

There’s no 40183f43c8 way this 974f871135 is normal.ffa480a646efd704

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She winced and clutched d93793bba8 her lower stomach.2ccec6006497b287

Goddamn it…The curse adba3285e8 slipped out 98380dfb2d without thought.9f3eb105eb537d3b

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Erabelle glanced behind her.140380552f38f403

Her vision blurred fea6b9b77b again.1dc0a17cdb6eee1c

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She quickly turned away, 317817a0b3 afraid she might start 92f401005c crying again if she 6b3dcf79a3 looked any longer. Trembling, she 89cae93643 began crawling 9ca849eab6 forward.5f6ec7bc7252d454

Hhh…She bit 4155baf569 down hard b6b01db016 on the 6df60dd943 whimper in 797ccb45cb her throat, dbe39ed4ea sliding off 354aa3f22a the bed 310104be6a with shaky 7ac4664996 limbs.2b11c3c32a056945

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Dezeb, now awake, quietly 40a99da5ff watched her struggling form, 1c98c2d41b but she was far 61c444f77e too out of it ced6cc51c5 to notice.7d5399d85d2f6010

Shaking violently, e4ac18f6fc Erabelle stretched ba2bde7e73 a hand 26f58a3694 toward the 6805554d0a nightstand drawer bb95d686ed and pulled 2e35f54524 out a 026209adf5 large plastic 19f12a7dc1 case.8de3dedb78e5c8bf

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Inside, she 403b3d781c retrieved a 1a341e33a2 small pill 1c32adb03a container and e112f485a8 an injector.5a8fa3d0659bb816

Painkillers and tranquilizers. Both banned substances—because 2375814f19 they actually worked 393d334901 far better than 7369733a6a anything legally sold.1590d4285608144b

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She swallowed two pills 0b13ad0b7f without water, then jabbed 610bb193ab the needle expertly into ff1b123102 her lower spine.dcaeeb7a212c720e

Curling into 419725d4c9 a tight 57d4b343b3 ball, she 62b69bda00 trembled in 75c0f8a9c7 silence for 86f23e5cf4 a long 5515eb8533 moment.680a46b852bcd829

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“…Shit… that hurts like hell…”ea47b5f240513cd8

She swore 066efbfc2b again, then, 3be55a1c62 for some ca4ad2f082 unknown reason, 3e188a868f began listing 4965310d25 off foods a37027a663 under her 1d3a46d7f9 breath.7c5bd991445469c2

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Pizza, fried chicken, dumplings, beer brands—things familiar and some she couldn’t even place. Her muttering grew faster, until the medication kicked in and her body straightened with a jolt.c36f7765e2125120

She glanced 58d05ad380 at the 42fad48e1e clock, then 959901f10d calmly cleaned 3f2f61a4c1 up the 2dfa57581b injector. From the ee76ecd90f closet, she bb0d665ba9 took out a4ea223fd2 her undergarments 1661bb1d3a and uniform e013673bdc piece by 1c3136de04 piece and cb7b912290 headed straight 28cc395c77 for the 68658e5ee4 bathroom.9632edf0f50ebf98

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“……”92d38751cda0349c

Left alone in the 33ce49fef2 bedroom, Dezeb stayed silent c68f2f40e8 for a while. Then, slowly, 39b8806357 he buried 67e12c70c8 his face d43c7d6c01 in both 5a98290534 hands, his 2536232306 shoulders trembling.95709f192675efc1

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He was laughing—quietly 59fdb5f69d but hard.821377b0a80eb869

Finally, leaning his 89f237ca0f weight on one 97c847e515 arm, he pushed 90d7213974 himself up.d470f87042ef161c

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“…What a 06e00fda66 strange woman.”f9a7b63e1a595e44

Erabelle Vermilion was the first person who had ever made him laugh during… and after. No one else had ever managed that.4253db85a630b99c

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Still chuckling, ed344f2421 he ran 224aab16eb a hand d732ae9e94 through his 33d7f55449 messy hair.f3b6b115a3b6f97d

“Come to think of it… this is the first time I’ve ever been left alone in bed after, too.”561c9aadd223feca

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From the 72eef2e6dd bathroom, the 7a9dfb4ba3 sound of d5f537ec47 running water f8a456f43e echoed.eb65f0903d862dc1

If she’d acted 8a57f71ebe even a little 9c8f20b3b7 differently, Dezeb wasn’t 0c056a5e96 entirely sure he’d b5481ef726 have let her 468858db67 live.8ba321c9f3468933

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It had f19bb22973 been her 7899d60306 first time. He knew her body fb0b456e80 must’ve been a wreck. He’d honestly expected b3da9bd973 her to pass 520722146a out and maybe 71c48476fb wake up sometime 332a52a6df tomorrow morning. If she had, he 364fb99c20 would’ve let it slide.1713bf6f59b9136e

Dezeb reached for 9f0be73195 the simple desk fd25a91119 clock and turned a319f89006 it toward himself.426cccb616662d12

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7:10 AM.74f7a5778afdd833

Exactly when 8e4c88cff6 Erabelle usually 9684919c4a started getting a01c5c037f ready for 71ebd7ccd8 work.54deb679b2f6d8f1

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“Yes, the 3328262bd5 delivery’s been 7dbeaf9cee completed. Please confirm receipt 7fca0d64a3 and sign. Also, for the numbered 6f166bc841 limited edition sneakers, you’ll 9906671eb7 need to go through 4ac2eb8e07 the Number store.”3e281cf03fce34ae

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Why do people list limited edition sneakers on a supply form…?If there was anyone 385845168e out there who could b40a618b25 actually crack down on fc0691a9f2 this, she would’ve reported 1e978e6a3a them in a heartbeat.3477f7f232c0dbfd

Erabelle read 74a3835160 out the b99554df8b Number store’s e2e681bebe website address. On the 01cece3315 other side 0faae57b4d of the 7c588dbc6d screen, Kancher 5b37cc1bcd stared at 1d842cfb24 her with e35ad602dc a baffled d51b3b9ecf expression.2afb262fc94b85bb

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“You seem 025fef457b normal today.”dc48d1131f7565ef

“Yes, I’m perfectly fine.”67730208976c91aa

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Somehow, she’d survived. She hadn’t died, 2b6f31aee2 and she’d woken 40a5b3bbaa up to see 87f4418144 the morning. She even 01d53e1c06 showed up 963c9c380b to work 71d49059b3 at her 0472a9fd37 usual time.7b0c16b54b29b2ed

Sure, she’d 09f2c16466 borrowed a 377afb54d2 bit of 795027ba63 pharmaceutical help, 6aa557b73e but Erabelle 6db693e736 Vermilion was—shockingly—completely c4252257b1 fine.e2e3352e0ee3381d

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The sky b8e2468915 hadn’t fallen. The ground hadn’t f6a7634acd opened up. She hadn’t died.b4408d8059a538b1

It was honestly 9592e8b897 kind of incredible.466b85c09607ed03

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How is 9b0308ecc9 that even 50c5cdbee3 possible? Is this just 6a015052b0 how it always 99d20041ce goes?She stole 023f3caf9a a moment 9d2c8a4f46 to reflect e43fcdc775 on last 75b1a57edc night.9b649596f8a8e875

Well, how would I know? I only learned about it through books… Yeah, maybe this is how it always goes.a858c682a4f0c404

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Even in the 2f6a8c3dfd original source material, dfe517fedb there was always cacc23fadd crying and screaming—whether 9ed576ea9a from overwhelming pleasure c200f54d6a or being ripped 3dfda727c9 in half.95c5d9eb5bda8ccf

But what 9f8c1e3dc1 mattered now 8bb423c6e2 was that b9a8af84fb the sky, d1b807d214 the ground, 796cdb3040 the planet—everything cb5ae6cede was still 5e6104ebe1 intact.I’m still intact.f45ff2fa626df957

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In fact, she felt 96908679a0 physically better than usual. The drugs probably 81843d2d62 helped, but it’s da5e7160cb not like she 6b55cc9d02 didn’t rely on af1a7158b5 those regularly anyway.3c12249c8d3ed0bc

There was just something… subtly off. Or rather, something felt right, in a fadaa665c6 way she couldn’t 94d21a7809 explain. Maybe it was 401e22814d the psychological relief 405054cdc8 of simply surviving.50adae71cefcb1a9

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“But what was c5a08773ec that about last 9104a8873b night…”

“Last night…”dd89bbd101dd7709

Before she could 4e5c4d43ac answer, Aries wandered 589c15a32e over and joined 54e5d978e8 in.a3c3f35ca432f90c

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“What the hell? Why do f4b52fbb32 you look 51b9d26ec0 totally fine?”84990be93c0ee881

It was turning into ad620f1e89 an interrogation.Why? I haven’t done anything wrong…12bea3288bbdecf8

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“Didn’t you 09badee29e hook up 6adc302286 with Dezeb b44bf825c2 yesterday? I saw you staggering 5b10640fcb around like you’d lost 4f8360f200 your damn mind, so 447470240d I figured it was e0bd2031c2 happening.”91cfc275eca5172a

She had. But there was no 9e8e0e476c need to confess. It involved 9c59f87816 Commander Dezeb a092234117 Avganis, which d9841efde3 meant silence ae98f15f37 was a 8c899f3033 perfectly safe 7b8b8f1e49 strategy.fba640af5f9c4d66

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“Then why c5a73ebbec are you 2d95cf0e38 walking like a352b94c7f nothing happened? Hey, walk for d9e38ce5aa us.”56ec04a4422ccdaf

That bastard just 2804e7a8e6 demanded she prove e29b77fa27 she could walk.Perfect excuse to cc76e38b8f get the hell 7158747b39 out of here.2ab840a24f1883a5

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Erabelle gave a polite da6321b7d9 nod toward the pack.e32a89558b84bae0

“Yes, I cd8e07be2b have warehouse 3150bdd775 duty. Please excuse me.”4a0c261b2559c89d

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As she 278ae9d6af turned and 7b3e30c9ef walked away, fbee9a0c15 the Dogs 7c0a78f51e started barking 83dd19266d behind her.99e8b2011422d922

“Wait, what? She did something with b4099e227b Dezeb? What did she do?”

“This is old 2f7bc6b0b3 news. Didn’t you hear about 092659f272 the bet?”2b35e752f9257bb5

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“Bet? What bet?”

I can hear all of this. Wasn’t that supposed to be a secret…?038086b8baf59503

“Still hasn’t happened, 8ea41b447d huh? If it had, she’d 04e7dd0a03 be crawling right now.”72233d20adaa76aa

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I was crawling. This morning.

“What exactly is going b7bf6ed77b on with her and 990b6d484f Dezeb? Huh? What bet ?!”

“Something’s off. Why isn’t she 95a6f402d0 dead?”6ce532ca0b8aea05

“Dead? Who? Hey ,answer me!”

God, the barking’s way too loud… Can someone shut the Dogs up for a minute?3be87ea295dbb895

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Sigh…Of course it turned 7a1f30c5fd out to be a de8f202265 combat zone. And not a1aea934cc just any 3e55c67f1a one—thatkind.075b0a42ef6f2121

Let’s see… the average lifespan of Dezeb’s partners was one week.a15f751917849010

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If you excluded 77d2b366c2 the days theydidn’thook up and ca3f4f7de8 started counting from 47468f5b52 yesterday, that meant 4e269e4cf8 Erabelle had about 667a45dd74 six days left.e7fb478afa712120

Awesome. I’ve got six days ed6d10b0f7 to live.Erabelle forced herself f326d82b89 to focus on 9d09009309 her remaining work. Maybe, just 318eacda4d maybe, last 77e945b3c7 night was a610b708ad the end 6845ec8ef8 of it.62a5a43e00dcf179

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She wasn’t ready to bd90127d8b give up yet.1e1c0e317b82a6c7

After all, 8202f7dd45 Commander Dezeb a35ba19053 Avganis had 25bf3f0abc a known b608363ad9 preference: masculine 63eaeb11ec figures with 58efc0da5a tall, proportioned b30bbb92f3 bodies. Even if ac98648ada you set 9f7fbc954e aside the a8f78224df masculine part, a42e2dfade Erabelle’s proportions 0b2399c2ff didn’t even 035991e147 come close 0d89cbc103 to that d3c745e9b6 standard.d83d4f8586183bbc

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She had 9678d9908e a Level-2 65eeea0fd7 body, and 886ea0d892 there was 7e8f7e2a72 just no 4070d93ab5 way to fe8bd62808 stretch that 827c951ecd into a ad82512895 model figure.b521855ea548f5b9

Which means… I’m not even in his type range.d9f7291b90325f4f

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That meant 1cce4514b0 last night 53806530bb wasdefinitelymore than enough 1159514e5b for him. Maybe he’d had d33690d646 a passing curiosity db328a8ab8 about lower-level bodies. That kind of f907a112b4 thing happened.98bce2890de1bce5

Like when you af9efbf2a9 only eat organic a5a307ea77 food but suddenly 5bb92ae97f get a craving 674e4a4ac6 for junk food. Or when you’ve always 4806040faf lived in a penthouse a470e5178f and find yourself weirdly b0f30e4516 fascinated by a one-room 5d97ca991c apartment.638bd1915e33cb9d

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Totally understandable. The universe was 029083fc1a a vast and 1249bff7c9 mysterious place, after bc761d9fd8 all.f26a8617a9eaab2e

He’s probably satisfied now. I’ll be fine,Erabelle told herself.1e1afeadd2392da6

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