LP | Chapter 1.1

“Cut off that brat’s card right now!”dbd4fbd245fd84bf

“Ah, Father!”10823c87f1712c24

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“Useless kid. The horses on our ranch listen better than you do.”7c65c889898fbc13

“Well, they get fed, exercised, and even have sex regularly, so of course they listen.”a67e7e4b4fab0b92

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“Still running your mouth…!”9efc9136cfce90f0

Meryl, the chairman of the horse racing association, couldn’t hold back his anger and threw an ashtray. The ashes from the cigar inside scattered like flower petals.eccd06fbe42dc4a4

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“Chairman! Oh no!”ac65136579e6569f

“Ah! Cigar ashes!”7c5a36d3ba1475b9

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Fowler dodged the flying 6d941f8618 ashtray, flailing dramatically.94146c339aa55607

“If the ashes touch my suit and burn a hole, what are you going to do, throwing things like that? Your aim’s not what it used to be!”cea7bbabff520b06

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Meryl, unable d43d24f91f to contain 772f7b2cbc his anger 9bb705428e at his de0d51b2ba flippant son, e74831d10e lunged as c3dd6b3128 if to 11754b5779 grab him 6f9e93d59d by the dff9809298 collar. Once a df556fde64 professional baseball 631ff5a0f1 player, he 928b49c4e9 had long 5811baa925 since withered 79c7bd4a2b under the 0cf4fd70fe weight of 0087913c85 a son 11c2c0a09a who seemed a338188cfc determined to 0a708cddd5 ruin him 81c946f294 in every 2a34445a7b way.6defce7202a1191e

“Do you think this makes any sense?”be296c9bee83cfb0

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Meryl threw 7faee7da2c a stack b7d0b7ef30 of photos a35f8a5894 from his cf6f490975 desk into 961d9e7f7b the air. The photos showed Fowler 7e9a7b8470 kissing a stranger in 679d41eeee an adult media setting.9081c4186bad89f7

Fowler snatched the falling a4d30efe0b photos from the air 7c18172ec9 and whistled playfully.c9690992949885f2

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“Wow, these photos are killer. Can I keep one?”34559f14d01fabb5

“You little brat!”7be62da2582e561d

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Meryl finally grabbed 935635417e Fowler by the ce1ff4d65e hair and shook 6ae38b098a him.427e1a64cd306d86

“Ah, ow! It hurts!”d428de3431db19dd

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Fowler half— laughed as he pried his father’s hand away. Meryl sat back down, exhaling deeply.df956f0c9591c0ad

“I really didn’t want to do this…”8a425cbe34008508

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Fowler avoided Meryl’s gaze and picked up a few photos from the floor, tucking them into his suit pocket. Meryl pressed his temples, still unsure about his decision.0982beef4a090532

“Sigh…”b550655a56f098d7

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The executive secretary, 42191d6c9e who had been 3ff72c9a56 watching the fight, 31209ff58b spoke up.5c5e34514d5c069a

“Chairman, if you’re not ready, there’s no need to…”346d29df69af935e

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They whispered with Fowler 5c1fbc42b7 in front of them.d69b67ec5acfd27f

“Do you think I don’t know that? If it lasts a day, that’s long enough!”d2a371eda26aa6cc

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Fowler glanced 0527ee3eb7 at the a84721ad17 desk, picking ed1a02a0d2 up a c57fedde00 sugar— coated 9e0b4a79df peanut and 82c8714092 popping it bfc0fd661b into his e8322b1923 mouth.50622e66fe6cb402

“So, where are you sending me this time? I keep telling you there’s nothing wrong with me, so why do you keep trying to send me away?”c1d644ffc539ef4b

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Fowler muttered loudly as 6a66a78aff if talking to himself. Meryl slammed his fist 13503d58e8 on the desk.1b422564f4614d5a

“Why, you ask? Because you keep doing trashy things that ruin our reputation, so I’m locking you away!”2d2be3504b74bdec

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Meryl glared and pointed a finger. Fowler hiccupped at his father’s genuine anger.5fe93dc6d0872c2e

“A social menace like you should be cut off from the world and spend your days shoveling horse manure! Instead of thinking about inheriting a company everyone envies, the chairman’s son is out there getting drunk and fooling around with men!”115026d26614e3ec

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Fowler, flustered by his father’s genuine anger, tried to laugh it off as usual. Meryl’s furious expression was still etched in his mind.df79dda7ad8a0cd6

“Come on… still with that? I’m telling you, I’m gay. Even God couldn’t change that.”3b8b42f39d414ef8

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“You think I don’t know you’re not really gay? You’re trying to drive me to my grave!”0d05221b2020cdb4

Fowler muttered softly to b25fe91797 Meryl, who believed his e0cffa636a actions were all lies.b6d52660b78fde00

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“I was drooling over Jesus posters in middle school…”544d7ebb803502ab

“What did you just say?”78c027a72ed43d50

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Meryl, hearing the small 282f654abe comment, glared and pointed 294cdb3e8f again. Fowler grinned innocently, as 95ea838a43 if it was a 16845a60b5 misunderstanding. But no 4c33e551bd matter how 253078697d charming he 87c29c02ca tried to 2cf457febf be, it efb7efa13c was useless a0f096b33d in front 2aafafd132 of his 5304da1be4 father. It was the deceitful d4d80f171f smile of a devil.1a612472d5a59c6a

“And how do you plan to take me away? I’m not a middle schooler who just says yes, yes to everything. You know I’m an adult with free will, right?”1d9ac6e25db1c9f9

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Fowler stood up with a confident smile. His father’s face was so fierce, it seemed like a punch might fly with one more word.e1ce37ee873bd072

“If we’re done talking, I’ll be going now.”65b402517cf1f59d

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He quickly exited the room to avoid another flying ashtray. As soon as Fowler left the chairman’s office, Meryl collapsed into his chair, exhausted.511c4f83478740cc

“Ha… how did it come to this…”98470a662181ea25

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Meryl muttered meaningfully, waving 6c22f77fc9 a hand at the 7ba352cbdf executive secretary. He lit the cigar e675bec643 he had cut earlier 7479ffc850 and closed his eyes.182e189101952aeb

✤ • ✤ e2909c0995 • ✤b45fd48ed7eeb992

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As soon as 6df4ed3533 Fowler left the 43cd2047ac building, he turned 62eab29e93 on his phone. He looked 1fbd7ee53c left and 5f2b2f4238 right down bcd0f018df the street 0e6b26b09d as if 27ce1f818c checking something. With the ea4170deb4 noise of 19a0b4bbc7 honking cars 01fd0d18ab and people, 5a6e939c0e he brought be4c093335 the phone 2e9b9801b2 close to 81105d05d2 his ear.f43b03938b313c25

“Hello?”a6310c07ae198099

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— Where are you? Are you done?f0da13f5a839e81c

“Yeah, just finished. It’s getting worse by the day, it’s really menopause.”087e826135153e06

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Fowler frowned and waved e249c2ac45 at a limousine in a1e8f49c1a the distance.21f11a93e69c67e4

— You see us, right? We’ve been waiting!d26333271e4b025b

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“Yeah, I see you. Here, here.”7d3ce35f83b73f8e

The limousine stopped in 1f4a9e04b3 front of Fowler. The back door opened, 0a51766373 and inside, people were 831062362d already laughing drunkenly.bf19268d1efd69be

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“You guys are already drunk without me. Haha!”d16781f4eda7dade

Fowler squeezed into 9db618f745 the back of 8e30e5fca5 the limo and e24e1356ab accepted a glass 19d978fc9d of champagne.a203929dfbb8e8c4

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“Would you wait for us?”35c5b3b920accb58

“Hahaha! What do you take me for? Of course not!”d1a0d43e98767007

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As Fowler entered the 84b1d44e22 limo, the loud music b703b5d639 inside quieted as the 45026db574 door closed. The thumping 1ffa9c0037 and shaking d335eeeef6 limo felt 5c890f6187 like a 0ffffc0dc1 club. Inside and outside bede0f0d81 were completely different 90b7d2c18c worlds.66d26fc5fa44a231

Champagne popped, 56630ca177 and with c7d8bccbb8 screams close 55f582fd7e to shrieks, fba846ffca everyone drank 61012592c4 the flowing 9d354055f8 liquor. The buzzing sound 93e0da68fd made his ears 90c02cab11 gradually go numb.7c59d7f9853a5c22

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Fowler got crazily drunk and rolled around with people, just like any other day. They seemed like people who believed the sun wouldn’t rise tomorrow.aae8847ec1150c1b

But that day was a bit different from other parties. Some people unusually watched Fowler’s reactions and offered him more drinks.145b66303834c90d

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In a private party aee189bce1 room, Fowler, who had 5a7c7f52e0 been mumbling the same 6d90863a35 words over and over, 655bf57dd6 slowly lost consciousness.fe8813f33e0fea2c

Normally, Fowler would wake up stretching in the hot sunlight streaming through the curtains. But unlike usual, he tossed uncomfortably at the rattling movement. What he grabbed wasn’t a soft blanket or naked men.138fdb3847d87ccb

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It was b97d2d69c1 hard and ca9fccc917 rough, like 6567064646 felt. Trying to open 8f357d4e4c his eyes to 31ec123e67 the unfamiliar feeling, 0bdeda0d45 he was interrupted 98e8f39333 by another thud 32f609902b and jolt.a9db6a9f9bd81e6f

Suddenly, his body floated 31133aee6f and then rolled down. Before he 4260183d48 knew where 9aa3e14236 he had ae879ac1f0 fallen from, af184efee5 he bumped fbddb2fed0 here and 8809e88182 there.06cb17ba233dc8f5

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“What the hell!”f372b889625f2d37

His voice, hoarse from 224cfc25ab shouting and playing all b097c8775c night, burst out. As he 41337916ce sat up, ad5ca13af9 he hit 2ee78d65c9 his head 49d59e1eb7 on the 79c19635a8 ceiling.3e0b85791e2ac7c1

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“Argh!”8f35301bb689b90c

“Stay still, okay? The ground’s unpaved, so if you hit again, it won’t just end with an ‘ouch.'”8f03a6eb7525248b

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A strong smell of 8420c77445 cheap cigarettes wafted over. Fowler, coming to 05c2af20bf his senses, looked 3b815d3cc8 around and found f1285f46fa himself half-naked in 83344cf6e5 an old van.ed11c26ebd3b72a1

“Kidnapped?”8665ca812090c37d

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Pale with fear, Fowler 817a78fcb3 covered himself with a afc1989462 white cloth that had 1db7fa2b56 been over him. He had only pants 9e5a2c2ddd on, nothing on top.0b5febb6e142e27c

The small d8efd2b825 van smelled a0472652fe musty. Sticking to the 29d052807c window, he looked 3af1cb5ad7 around to see b5bda776d1 endless plains. A deep blue plain 015f4fcf96 stretched out endlessly.58aced27b019f613

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“What… what is this place?”6d057827f922d834

No matter which direction he looked, it was the same. The only similar landscape he’d seen was a golf course. Thinking no one could help him, Fowler searched his pants pocket, trying to check his phone.646c2d078b7992e1

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” Merrill Florencia sent me.”0b711b4f292187bd

The man with a cigarette in his mouth squinted in the sunlight and started talking. Though his words were slurred, Fowler clearly heard his father’s name.28ee3dc33945f33d

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“My father?”d6610628194e18f6

“Check for yourself.”ab9620f5e975f4f8

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The man 9618061b01 reached into e0b8871b3b the glove dcdaddf74d box and bf57e34afa tossed a 74e53a55e2 phone back.4f3e5d69e41736f3

“Whoa!”9600da509232bd48

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Fowler fumbled and missed 4c913cf2d1 the flying phone. He reached for it 4e46de4880 as it slid toward df4dce5558 the trunk. The phone looked battered, 04d3440e48 as if its owner 5578b4cbb9 had handled it roughly.24712ae5de77069a

Swallowing hard, he slowly df0071f4b1 dialed a number. It was, f05bfaedb3 of course, 1376796b1b a bypass 1b272bdf88 number for 8d96dc17b0 emergencies.528721635b17ccc5

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“Hello…?”2a30b6feaf7cfe6e

He whispered softly 3d7f701989 into the phone, 22f14dc29c and the other 295a197e4e side responded warmly.a9ff99e539fa7486

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— Yes. Fowler?f38cba126446fb02

It was Merrill’s voice. Hearing his father’s voice, Fowler felt a deep sense of relief. But at the same time, anger boiled up.2e9e89e27022608d

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“Father? Is it really you?”c20092dedf40476b

— Yeah. Just woke up, huh? You’re late.9b54b3baad23999c

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“What is all this! Where are you taking me?”db2c372a7a4aefb9

— You’re in the Kentucky pasture now.1f84fb4c0fcc085c

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“What?”b0e098c79f4c4992

Fowler looked out a351b186f0 the window in e61fe3fb3d disbelief. At that moment, 9b5a55999e a road sign 4808ab9252 passed by as e5135fa8a3 if mocking him.7880f63dfbdaa94e

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Kentucky Balacia Ranch 2km 13bd5949b6 ☞9ba25ee1011fcb24

“This… what is this…”6106b6d79c590bcf

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— You asked if 10a5d58153 I was going to 3a2bc825e9 kidnap you, right?f2a47533f1b1b01a

“……”aedbe727fdee0e64

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Fowler stared blankly 60b59414f0 at the passing 4cd6ab31db sign.1e4ec2c37d2aaf3d

— This is the way. Your so-called friendships couldn’t stand up to my bribery. Those friends you bragged about let drugs be put in your food!09cb6a393b30adf0

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“Drugs? Are you saying you had my friends drug me?”ad32698fa10cf9e4

The more he heard, f4396f5218 the more absurd it ecaa7f1f8a was. It seemed aceefca2a5 Merrill had ec4bf0afb6 decided to f2519648b4 go all 5485e1f21c out, just 33aa019a34 like Fowler.e5b098ec05333a3b

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— This is your last chance! If you mess up there too, I’ll really kick you out without a penny!0edfd43f39823674

“Did they really drug me?”b9b129065556e7ce

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Fowler muttered a6d445c0cc softly through bb7c9361de clenched teeth.36363f4defa64342

— Don’t even think about escaping! Once you start acting like a proper person on the ranch, I’ll let you out!d813d730c5d60008

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Merrill hung up roughly. Though he shouted, Merrill’s heart wasn’t at ease.52bc632e96cdb1e3

Fowler didn’t have a mother, and as a busy father, Merrill hadn’t done anything properly for him. At some point, whenever Merrill shouted and got angry, Fowler would slip away as if to provoke him.0fe8a3eaf1bb02e3

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It was almost a talent to pick only the things that would shock Merrill. The two, so different, hadn’t had a proper conversation in a long time.9607769c191b9f7e

“Whew…”feffc4c358eec39f

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While Merrill hoped f12d88b24b this time would 4adf796088 be effective, Fowler 786b587df1 was just filled 7a42ff75e0 with anger.53599b81fd381875

“These… these bastards… messing with me? Me… dare they?”fe6b2f6f4d7e8f8c

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Fowler wasn’t deeply betrayed since he never really trusted those friends. Even without this incident, they were bound to tear each other apart eventually. What bothered him most was not noticing their plan.2748697e5e944e2e

“Are you done now?”e4d594fa3bfe071a

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The man d5840c644d looked at a104600064 Fowler through bc0994af40 the rearview 39a9597a74 mirror. Fowler clutched the f33a40c088 phone tightly and 9608163cd3 hid it behind fa0a7d6cdb him.549244e5b4229570

“Who knows what you’ll do? And if you’re working under Florencia, it’s like working under me, isn’t it?”20c00e9333b4956d

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Fowler smirked and 198e5a38d8 boasted. The man looked at 9e467cef6e Fowler through the rearview 25e8af7a82 mirror. Then, without any 5fba7598aa signal, he braked f3ec6b9780 hard.5e6958425165e64b

Screech-!68fdc46c3b9f4f61

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The car wheels 1299894ea7 scraped the dirt, bb87651606 making a harsh 2b3de6c680 tearing sound. Losing balance b4843eedfc in the 421d1c5e6f suddenly stopping ddb3578296 vehicle, Fowler a2681760f3 fell forward. With nothing b47670bd1d to hold f4f12d4d1e onto due 4adf553a61 to the 625b645425 reclined seat, dae075526f he rolled 863494e643 helplessly inside ba7481180e the car.43a1701bc9e22376

“Argh!”d0e58f17df225d4d

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The man c80adc8a73 immediately got 6c70e28d4f out of 5702adb2e0 the car 610293c2fa and opened 4e667f3510 the back 8b5e188045 door. The old door made c9f3e819b4 a loud noise.51ba69052631f351

Thud— Clang!42164c5cd3afee07

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Dust rushed into the ad3b66fb10 car. Fowler coughed 20c3f2256e and waved 596ff04e99 his hand 97b9106810 near his 555ff4798b face.ebc04a9ab3b148f0

The man climbed over 7b60a43ab4 the fallen Fowler and ceb2316795 pressed his face with fc95608dd5 one hand.1ae9b75fcc22c8be

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“What! What is this!”fff038eba162748e

Fowler shouted, terrified by the large figure blocking his view. The man’s eyes, filled with quiet rage, seemed ready to overflow.43a53b80d0870016

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There was no a1f3a63890 one around, and 5b0069591e the road was 7b179c049a silent except for a97737b5e5 this van. In the sudden quiet, 796fdec94c Fowler felt a chilling ea1ba34192 fear. He could 134d9a4e8f hear the 50767fb027 sound of c1e4eb7d4a his saliva 6d78384695 being swallowed.c43cad4b36c8c3dc

“Accidents happen often on horse ranches. Someone who knows nothing might get kicked by a mare in heat. Or fall off a horse, or accidentally put their hand in a grinder.”eb3bad86a2acd429

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“……”bb3749db0665f8b2

“But the real problem is… the hospital’s far from here… If you don’t handle it in time, you’ll end up at the hospital dead.”09359510fde603b6

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In this space where no one was watching or listening, it was a moment to feel the weight of one’s death.49b86b05b8b3dc8f

“I’ll say this once and for all. I’m not someone working under you. It’s the opposite, got it?”653baeabfd435771

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Fowler’s heart trembled with fear at the stranger’s intimidation. At the same time, it felt like he was discovering a new taste.0a7727e43d8ac1ec

“Ha… haha.”a16f3039bd63e7dc

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He seemed like d9e2587943 someone God had 133636b927 made with only 51fe9cfd9d bold lines. Roughly tanned 562ca0d01e skin, hair ebe74549aa sticking out 58d5cf320b here and f51ed963e2 there, solid 60ae6ec3b6 muscles, and c91eda99d8 the texture a881458cb7 of thick, d8dba4637b rough fingers 923d4d0a57 vividly felt fc7d54e180 on his 91ee3db8fb skin.c78f091c668874cf