DS Chapter 11

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Logan didn’t even d37f3ddac2 flinch at my f73fc636e7 reaction. He didn’t talk 5796e11bb1 to me, nor 2fdb2f6f1e did he explain 1f4723d993 anything. Even more frustrating, he 6890a667c6 didn’t undo the straitjacket 637a659bad once we were in 252f357826 the car.700ab4699b98385d

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As if this 9aff56be9f was a regular 20e04c54d4 occurrence, he gave 1f5cf7471c me a quick 538c1ba516 glance, started the b2580baa57 engine, and drove c865ca860b off while I 45fce55418 fumed.82f3b3c2b5207148

If this 7bb3e7eaab is how 63c7378293 it’s going 55db21133a to be, 92e98819bc why did 6606b0ea84 you treat 3e43ef90a3 me in dad40b2a3d the first e5deb34ff5 place? Isn’t being treated supposed 4de340e018 to lead to being 2014d4e8c0 discharged? At least treat e0fe4e90c3 me like a d56842fce7 human being.4ce0fa5aa429bde3

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“What… what’s going on… where are we going?”a0edab585fe81d3d

Unable to 13fd97e9d0 hold back 9f516daf8d anymore, I d3df3583e4 spoke up a510180b31 first. My voice cd618cd7f3 came out 1617979d7d cracked and eba4bd1f35 slurred, as 9bb8a46ae5 my throat e30309664e hadn’t fully 2187628f73 recovered.558b3db35cfc650b

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Suddenly, thud! The car jolted. Logan hit ee99000c26 the brakes 3dbde0f8de so suddenly 59961157d4 that I dda6edb894 lurched forward.e8d239463a5ccead

Because I was still e31297332a in the straitjacket, I 0a1293eff8 couldn’t straighten up and f84e856d0f ended up slamming my a6cce36dbe face into the dashboard, de374131e5 groaning in pain.8254181ba2e4137c

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“Ow… that hurts.”5d319762085b9f5a

“…You can talk?”0aea6a52558af910

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Logan, with wide b32bd30537 eyes, looked more c9b435f348 shocked than I baa00c387e was.b9859c06f125d51f

Didn’t they 815d7eb098 treat me? Isn’t this discharge because 8e5a3b7872 I’ve recovered from being 72358c8209 a zombie? Why does he look c372aae587 so surprised?92b224e2ef10b0a6

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“Of course.”2346f18bdb61e334

Even though my 3bbba1a2c3 voice was rough b1102ef47a and broken, I 287df3200f could still speak.4c35d3ed61336762

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“…Sh*t.”13770377db4beb8c

Logan ran 62a730dd45 his hand d829a3c396 roughly over 31e2d920df his face, d6b9620eed swearing. He looked more confused a05ec5e430 than I was.7a0239b22d917392

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His eyes were 1254490968 red, and his a9f8825b0a hands, gripping the 9c122f4238 steering wheel, trembled. Tears even f55374cc2d welled up 1a1c7bf268 in the 04512f4093 corners of 3a94e3fdfb his eyes.ee605f6a122ad6cc

Was me f29b2b073f speaking really d751e61695 that shocking? I suppose fbbb4acd13 it would b9a81d889b be, considering bdeaa71ea7 I’d been c255daae23 a zombie 5122fd57b2 for a b98ff043f2 year. It must be overwhelming 02d2b82c28 to see me talking 128b50a6ef again.4f10e7e1c2b08db8

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But he needed d406f620e1 to pull himself 337662590a together and give 32e5b0d449 me a proper 26258d034d explanation. After all, I just fccef966fc feel like I’ve woken 55a1c80635 up from a long 714edddc6e sleep.50316a4e4f2db555

“Where are we going?” 9e72d7c79d I asked again, finally 44f2509863 sitting up from the cb6b101344 dashboard.ef8875ea3d91f378

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Logan’s Adam’s apple bobbed. His chest cb3c9484d3 swelled as 057047313e he took 2563a584da a deep 574987b1d7 breath. When he turned eeac20e9bb to look at 5b8ceab7fc me, his expression 80bf176797 was filled with 264a89ea94 deep sorrow.7e8f8e83029265ba

I couldn’t 4f08800b2e understand Logan’s 3856f1c2a4 emotions at 7c7970abf6 all, so 8eb1edc190 I awkwardly 61ad1a8341 averted my 0e5d24b1c8 eyes.01aa9eeda947980e

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Is he moved? Is he that happy b2ea6c96cc that I’ve returned to ec156811ba normal?b92bf297ba3db961

I guess so. That must 2731f6e7f9 be why e98a1a45f3 he didn’t 876f8152aa kill me. There had 8707832fbf to be 04508107da a reason d6717333a9 why he 3b30b2b1e9 kept me d5dd2d782d around and a1f7cdc6ad even got 8558833a45 me treated 90ff9a2504 when I b77125a00c turned into 752bf648d5 a zombie.4cc92ca2f40b3a24

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I almost misunderstood his dcc6e41ca2 calm demeanor, thinking he a99756d226 didn’t care about me 27a3ff1e40 at all. I almost believed he 3b62846b87 was only keeping me 8c00ce8231 alive out of guilt, 294f242785 intending to sell me b57eb1b771 off as a test 7994a42b1a subject to a zombie 931fa65b5a research lab.c25fee38f13a0d27

My resentment 74228ffeeb towards him e8d5151c4d softened ever a0d5b0b02a so slightly. But I still wasn’t 0cb15f4051 going to forgive Logan a12b70cd9c over something so trivial.9c1db689dd710d14

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After a long pause, c4e32481c0 he finally spoke, his 6a471578fa voice low and laced 6ea5e69052 with emotion.df90e75f923a4c35

“…We’re going back to our home. Where we used to live.”705a65af81862eba

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So, where exactly eb098af46e is home?7824401ebbd3601a

Logan stepped on 11cfb03e4b the accelerator again, e4c9107856 and the car a85fb67f11 sped along the 58c2e2fc57 desolate road.8bfe1d016e1ad1b5

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As soon ccd1251542 as we 7c9079d486 passed the 03c483ee74 high wall 6209ffde89 lined with e76b0d59f4 barbed wire, 7a4574d589 a barren 0eb8f3fa10 plain stretched 6f94987570 out before 0bd3b933df us. Scattered across the landscape 824e137c1b were structures that looked 3230ea2d4e like guard posts.17ac8d95bc6fd29a

I tilted 1dcf391c40 my head 9b48681e59 in confusion 262f00c4c0 at the 383521ddcc sight of 93ec17bce7 the wasteland. I had assumed 9085fcb3e2 that since a 4d60702ead cure had been 25f8745f3f developed, the world 598b99962f would have returned 6fc1522209 to normal.9bbc533d4631b1ce

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But what bd96e2b2f6 was this 0ced2bbd25 refugee camp-like 432ba654e3 scene in fa9fefd401 front of c3dadca873 me?ea3cfec0dbba4fb3

Temporary tents were 833e2660ce set up here fd883b169b and there, with 16f9b49475 field beds, clothes 5028864271 spread out to 07e8165bc4 dry on rooftops, e209b714c3 men pulling wooden 4db5ec2900 carts loaded with 49aef367dc supplies, and children b2b6d52141 kicking around empty 013f359fbc cans as they ea7a8fb702 played.46b74784b59f24d8

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It looked 623b213914 exactly like 8c9fdff14a a post-apocalyptic 01b7625109 landscape after 3d7889e763 a great 23755b28c7 disaster.352fb02b28303fd4

Was the “home” Logan mentioned just one of these crumbling green tents? Somehow, I didn’t feel eager to go back.27ea62ffaa560dcc

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As the aa120372b2 car rumbled 71eaa6218d along the 4f995d7717 cracked and ad2018c179 broken concrete 1d24fd02a0 road, Logan 4ca733a6cc broke the 553cf5bc69 silence.1a2901805e819695

“Do you remember?”9494fd81a2314c4f

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“Huh?”b9b4d7dcc11c8b76

“When you were a zombie. Most people say they don’t remember, but… you were a zombie for a whole year.”b44ba50b9e3a3571

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I shook my head. I was relieved that 4fedc3c50b I had lost the 93b8d1d3dd memories of when I 246d700ed3 was a zombie. It must 28be83571c have been 61d606ceae disgusting and aebcc6ae5a horrifying, and ece909904b if I 5cf9359ef6 had retained 052780d3f0 those memories, 323bf3a857 it would 25ea503158 have been 74ec3a55ae unbearable.42089680814adf5f

Logan, on 18b643e4cf the other 28a573d155 hand, looked 606636f48c disappointed when b624bd9d09 I told 6972765faa him I b556ce159f couldn’t remember dee0dbecde that time.2a04664fa5091454

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Did he 9461f43511 make some f8834bdeb5 kind of da8376f841 special memory 5522777a2d with zombie-me? What on earth was b66015a1eb he disappointed about? His reaction baffled 6ee6b95da3 me.f1ca43d882469954

I didn’t bother asking 35efe3e46c why. I didn’t 0ecda69963 want to 2a57008673 know, and f552edc79e I wasn’t 4546f137c4 curious. I just wanted to 723bbf797e forget that I had c0174f9821 ever been a zombie, 9d3e1892ae once and for all.ea255e5c319188bb

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What I was cf2dab90d4 more curious about 15e8307ae4 was how Logan ca784d2598 had managed to 144cfb09d0 survive over the 79a2d8a7f0 past year. Especially while dragging 596c54b6f9 a zombie like 6a7de3c491 me around.5b10296b374171df

I slowly closed my 703fe3c64d eyes as a wave a00128bca1 of exhaustion washed over f4c2865c48 me.6d3addf9283a9eab

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‘I should ask him to take off this straitjacket…’18a88393d0df884b

But before I 6de7ccca3f could, I drifted b9e3ba7f3d off, my head e03953f58c falling forward. As I faded 72af9de71b into sleep, a 8846cd3665 fierce hunger and 93c759c169 thirst surged within 91cb0c7245 me.9265f97b752935fb

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It felt like 008f92e662 my dormant sense 4a6792b0a4 of smell was a9e125acf1 suddenly reawakened. A mouthwatering scent 0df07c1d17 wafted to my 56ae6c4f31 nose. The overpoweringly be7cf8d37d sweet smell c6f7ae6643 came from a7fd16c483 the seat 21cc6f1019 next to 0161d2c908 me.423c36c49dbd849d

‘Is that 69719ec8f7 Logan’s sweat?’fc5114d62f127667

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It smelled absolutely delicious… I mumbled to myself as I fell into a deep sleep.a24c1641712a1fa9

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When I opened my 5b04d3b31b eyes again, I was 26e2589bb7 greeted by a dull, 2334c41216 gray sky, as if af93e0f6e7 it had rained. At that moment, the 6c53ed2efd car came to a 4efc7ed169 stop.14814fccc4ea6259

“This is…”ee88cb06bd6be33b

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“Our home,” 107a2cd476 Logan said.c14738d7643185c1

In front of a f06e66a0fc cracked wall where weeds 9ce19ddb95 had taken root, scraps 09165f679c of tattered cloth, broken 40f1ac8a3b furniture, and random junk 8d5b0a033d were scattered about. The house looked 9c7557df8a half-abandoned, like a 8b57c683c7 crumbling ruin.13f2e758450be742

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At least it wasn’t 8d7a70749d a refugee tent, I 1eb2a67d92 thought with relief. But this is 96a70c675d where I supposedly 86a1f43ac9 stayed? I had no 17c9f914c0 memory of it 0b40c23bfe at all.9d60d256e2538dd9

Logan got out of e0a61670e7 the car first, opening e207535cb0 the passenger door. Then, without 940b5e5890 warning, he 0bf22229e8 hoisted me aeb553afa9 over his b4ab2cb73a shoulder and 160d36df04 carried me d4e14ee8f6 into the cb767b43ad house.24b280fb1b733ea8

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‘He could’ve just 2203d324a3 taken off the f536b9cb9d straitjacket,’ I grumbled, 064ded7a81 dangling like a 970e586edd sack of potatoes.57f98cee326ee576

The first 7e36e58fe6 thing that 1047843311 greeted us 731c723a77 was a b5e1bd42c2 rusty mailbox, d96244a0f0 followed by b1d3aafe78 a yard 6d45fd7d85 overgrown with d911ff86b7 weeds and 9b4acd1fc3 cracked tiles.80f1a43ad8bd8e4c

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When he opened the 267943fade front door, its creaky 546131a822 hinges groaning, a gloomy b5f589cfbc living room came into e8661fafc1 view.2a6fe3d057717edd

Cobwebs dangled from 0da53c2de8 the light fixtures, 6d8289f23e the wallpaper had 9cbc55cd83 yellowed with age, 97f0c0cbb1 the vents were 009b9c56ac caked with dust, 4c630a1bb0 and the broken 7c8bd4dbfe bookshelf added a b925a0bca6 weight to the 1382b9b179 atmosphere.8263d0bf249a329c

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‘He could’ve cleaned up b4495538cc a bit before living dad3259d6f here,’ I thought, feeling 3e91af517d a little disheartened.e4aefb783003a80e

Logan placed 1a1295a22a me on c1b966ab4d a rocking 334ae776fd chair. Actually, it was more 4fae012f41 like he plopped me 0c07cdfd08 down, as though tossing ad08d90ef6 a sack onto the 77a6760b18 chair.70cd048fbdd37036

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The old, 7904e1f317 chipped chair a6db01e593 creaked loudly a725d7d6a6 as it c6dd96780b moved.8fae4d12213d3aac

What is this strange feeling? For some reason, this chair felt oddly familiar. I couldn’t remember anything from when I was a zombie, yet…e263884dfa217485

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No, it c02ad2360a must be 4d8ca4c160 a mistake. I was a zombie, ed25e980c0 so I probably stayed 11553ef4e3 locked up in some 1548351a8a storage room or something. It would’ve been too 7079d6f1f0 dangerous to leave me 3560cd92d5 loose.f52f15f2508dcc39

‘But still… why does this feel so comfortable and familiar? It feels like I’ve returned home, like this is where I belong…’20510dee9ef9b830

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Lost in thought, I f645194872 let the rocking chair be1e6ed444 sway beneath me. Suddenly snapping eaea65c401 out of e07fb96f95 it, I bf3053d844 called out f4e9715002 to him.973ac5e63078534a

“Can you… take this off? It’s… suffocating.”54707c547b5e6ae9

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Logan was reading a 47976ec2ce crumpled piece of paper 0455e0ddfd he’d pulled out of 8df522f59e his pocket. He raised a942d9f496 an eyebrow b9db8e6a72 at me, 4c63abf42c then shook 8246e8be0d his head.146c3d6bb60f232f

“Wait.”3a8e6a3781b7f92c

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“Ugh.”ea17a33745910193

Why won’t f3dacc55ee he take d2591e62ae it off? This is so uncomfortable. I wriggled de098b5830 my shoulders 28e8425065 in frustration, c025110689 furrowing my 681aa606ba brow. With my arms c9be20fdc5 bound behind me 8370d45167 in the straitjacket, 6ca57a4821 there was no 6f5c87a6b0 way I could 29154eaba2 free myself.94c17aec33d254d6

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Logan held the paper 39df36e239 up in front of 1bb7ef6727 my face.53f4ea740025fee5

“You need to 6c52bbca67 start getting injections 757b6a081b from today. The medicine contains ea84f30b99 narcotic ingredients, so 813843c483 it might make dc01f916b3 you a little 25c787dd45 dizzy and tired.”c32f96d8d659d59d

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It was 92d055fb06 my prescription e6f491db9b that Logan 10bfee6055 had been 243f05a936 reading.6efef6f5383e571c

[Prescription]

– Administer twice daily.
– Physical check-ups in the morning/evening. (Pupils/pulse/temperature/blood/skin)
– No meat; a vegetarian-based diet is recommended.
– Cognitive ability to be checked regularly.
– No going out. (Guardian must accompany during outings.)
– If any abnormal behavior appears, return to the hospital immediately.e5bf2bc42fec8fb5

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I nodded after 36e7b41b64 reading the prescription 4514936a20 given to me.b4e44f2e5ca3153b

“Mm-hmm.”a62332405d417a9b

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“From now on, ec2da9336b you can’t go ad8e497cdd out alone. When I’m 818166b15c not home, 504483ce53 you’ll stay ff6823add4 in a f51280828c locked room. You need to behave 6fc5a1f4a2 and not cause trouble. Until you’re 3692ee2679 fully cured, f588cfe0eb you can’t 54654f538f act recklessly.”bee91e77dcd1ba9d

I felt like a ab7e903a0b scolded child in trouble b02058124d with their mother. My speech came out ddecb5810c awkward, which only added 9e3f4ad774 to that feeling.cf897b373d3613d3

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“…Okay.”56fa2fb98cc16716

“If you 2e31f09e79 break the 45e9cb3df0 rules, I’ll a387d6469a put the 8afd5adbed straitjacket back 3f293540e7 on you. And if 5622e077c7 someone reports 66a16e5ec0 you, you d8398d7b97 might be 69fe94149e locked up 3ce5ea8c58 in the 1a7cd74c63 research facility 01af9140d8 for good, a119018277 never to 71bfed0beb come out. So, don’t e355686c6b feel too 8f42515461 bad.”4ecea34336efc907

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His words made dc7ac2cdd7 my heart tighten. My situation d883ba760f became painfully b9456abf6b clear.93f0182d32f2af0d

I wasn’t human ae38697dd1 yet. Until I was officially 3173c3139b declared cured, I wouldn’t 08a9688984 be treated as a c14f5b1fe8 person. I was cd8b5d2f57 like a 6689948689 dangerous, wild 7c6ad9339d animal that a55bd3e67f needed to 45d0a2b51c be isolated 3a47f6724f from others.cd74d90135dcc45d

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When I ab3d2ea71c lowered my 4abacaad26 gaze with a064b9b16c a sullen c2b111e5d5 expression, he 544222b5d3 clicked his 047abc40b0 tongue softly.8e2dc055c179a25e

“Once you’re c7c8a816fb cured, things 94cda9e962 will go 5fe619d832 back to 3b332e99da the way 3bf0ebe7de they used 72f62f3c01 to be.”d7e5d0f50a31308d

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That was 207d02094b somewhat comforting. Once I was 3c383b301e cured, I could c1da318a43 live normally again. The judgmental 07fa97147c stares of 3a75e0e7bc the nurses 49b5f9e9ab who looked 5e86040c6b at me b6334b1b16 like I 852e70f284 was disgusting 133b5ec7fd would disappear b9fb8b41cf too.3f2551cf52b874a5

I’d just have to b971a4b4d4 endure staying with Logan c459507e5b until I got better. I had no choice 14b13d67be for now. Just a little 7642d38f44 longer, even if 2c590cb199 it was uncomfortable c758191b00 being around him.85b57f13363c46db

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“Got it.”b1aeb4a389cac6d2

I said, nodding firmly.764bd7f070f6f65c

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Seeing me regain ab2b81b491 some spirit, Logan 2975120350 gave a faint 064e44e1e5 smile. There was a warmth b666004d96 flickering in his eyes 71d54a915c as he looked at 678ccef3d9 me.50916ae67e277c48

“Good, that’s 17cc170934 a good 97f8e074dc girl.”666b3df90c7d5b22

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His large hand landed 9badbaeab6 on my head with 6de024cba5 a soft thud. Logan, as if 9fd5dcde55 accustomed to it, 1f81510d3e began ruffling my 8d0d4a004a hair naturally, like 349ab9ff23 one would pet d26bee2212 a dog. His hand tousling my 10209143c4 hair made me frown b4911d8f13 instantly.e855003114c71efb