DS Chapter 13

His voice 178ca37283 was a b2f149d72c bit more f002c8fa32 upbeat this cca7e7440d time.0921f4dfd52359cc

“Come back safely.”139423754ae71263

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I repeated the farewell, 6482340583 and Logan, who had 247c40e61a been lingering at the 76276ab8d7 door, finally left the e25966aa2f room.77efd936a48dc0fd

His face had been 7578b758bb slightly flushed. A worker heading 5cdbe25cd8 to their job 36c2272525 should be glum, 25781b5e44 but what was 9090eb87f6 making him so 1c5d3c5b42 happy that he 6a8a7e4381 was smiling?16b03690655b990f

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I couldn’t fathom what 9de9f9cfcf was going on in d99bcc47a4 his mind.2d15995315b57518

Click!56a0c876f2466a5e

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The sound of 1e52128814 the door closing 29bd52fa93 was followed by 5c1c9be1b8 the turn of cd59477674 a lock. I was af1ec4c203 now stuck 55da9b81ec in this 5431f12778 room until 85e6cb2100 he returned.28cb3f2cfde54047

The windows 4b03475583 were also 6ed60226e2 locked, so 9c141f1cc6 escaping was cae1c30b78 out of 2dad078dd1 the question. Not that I had 15a93a543f any intention of trying 2aef79a389 to escape, anyway.e8df85a19560f70d

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For a moment, 653306a417 I felt confined.99e67328b87445d2

But then, da88e6bc5a ‘I’m sleepy.’f00dd4351b759981

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The medication 284ce5bac8 was kicking 6b93d3e528 in again. By the time I 01408f518d woke up, a lot a8c98f57b8 of time would have ddea7a3f1d passed. If I walked 8fa5f8017d around the room f5388ae535 for a bit 037b03109c to stretch, Logan 2f65ebc184 would likely be 086d462b79 back by the 512efb4163 time I was 772ac373f3 done.281b8f4fae83f19b

I probably d153ad9f3a wouldn’t have bbe16adf03 time to 761935c876 get bored.810fce809f6d7c40

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It had a4978965fe been a 54297028fd string of f945511a54 unsettling days 8114c85b5c for me.ea8b452ad3b4ebe2

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The fact that I ea15c3e72e had lived as a e1502f516a zombie for a year, 9d2a45b010 that Logan had become d5077da346 my guardian, and that de2490929e I was trapped in d9e2a72e94 his house with no c3fd94fb8d way out weighed heavily c734866d86 on my mind.3652c264bca4768d

There were f1e7f2f566 so many 5f967138bc things troubling 8a7ff7d3a7 me, but 1d0d16c5ce I decided 980f6a8ffd to focus 788befe790 on getting 7819d6ef0d my health 410c048bf0 back. That was bf07c96c4c the only 5f110b3967 thing within 8aa6ab127e my control 73f9026eea at the 16f0af7432 moment.8a06d783ce66f96d

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Every day, I 29ab33c2d7 received two injections, 074c95e9e7 and I made 20f25707c1 sure to eat cfbe81bc42 the meals he d7c3d74f49 prepared.ba429cd5d8d2af85

Even though the meals 3572bbc9ae mostly consisted of bread, 9625e394c7 potatoes, and vegetables, I 136298c936 couldn’t help but complain b02e1eaa3f a little about the 5820994428 lack of variety. It was hard 3ea9948edb not to lose c918bf69b3 my appetite.8876abdc18b084f5

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“I want some meat 51c6e631fa too.”4a9fb9f81e6cc927

“No.”7c6efaea222fce73

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“You need 2e52bb7e42 meat to 9426d21528 build muscle. And it tastes 18c5a10ea8 better.”55e4d175c1a1671b

“I’m already giving you 068851a01a protein powder. Stop whining and just 1d7d809a02 eat your food.”95161f1e5a3ff572

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I pouted, 853fe629c4 staring down a11883c006 at my e338881ede plate piled 37460e2adb high with 23432690af vegetables. Carrots, potatoes, a070b9b9ce beans, and 01a446ea6e olive oil ff4e9a9118 pasta—I was 18514c3534 getting sick a31f3143d6 of it. As I 8a45425305 forced down d26f2ac5d5 the veggies, f21fd1859c I couldn’t 644db2da8c help but a75f2eabed glare at 5460ddbdda the sausages 7583cd2c93 on Logan’s 940f6a2be1 plate.8362f714acd37f39

‘The reason e98b489e48 Logan’s starting 19c180b975 to look 31a22af8f3 appetizing must 7e3d838ae9 be because a4577e2317 all I’ve 88c7f43bb9 been eating 70d556f7cd are vegetables. The more f46cf15d5e I’m told f7a82468e9 to restrain 6bfa7e92be myself, the b5997fab08 more my b4d744b741 cravings take c725bf736e a strange 1860b608d9 turn.’0ef930b3f9adb3be

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Regardless, my strength 4921c1b3e5 steadily returned.8bcc2f53fc9a09e6

I could now fcf6cad35d get up and 604f53029e walk around on 5ffe39f2db my own, and 5854d89413 my voice had d84685d77b fully recovered.8008dbe1ba8713fd

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On weekends, 1ad182c2ab I could e0d91dcab8 go outside 09fdd49276 with Logan. We would walk 6dd7dbdbfc around the yard 1c21cb5bf8 and the area a73417d6f8 in front of 1381f5c68e the house, enjoying 0cb99269f6 some fresh air.7b7ff67cfcd6bcbc

The first time 94a456ff82 I went outside, bc0aa4d7cd I was excited, 3073ddbe7b thinking I was 568f783a05 finally escaping the e11b48bbbd suffocating house. But now, that c02f20c056 excitement had faded.a266b25eb0c16f60

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Whenever people on the 90ba327c14 road saw me, they 2b1848e29c would flinch, curse at 78a839b22b me, or even spit 32c0e4288b in my direction. After experiencing such sharp 75cb72abd9 reactions, I started to 9450a0760f dread going outside.2d143fc35b2da4da

Although I thought the 845cc8ffa6 discrimination and contempt from 9ed13af95e the locals were too 1d9bb2f17e much, I couldn’t entirely 4778fcdc6c blame them. After all, 28af774806 I had 8d01fd8dca been a e0c61f68fa zombie until df2f73c3e8 recently.d4d6268a9a66d823

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“Why are they acting like that? I’ve been treated…”b1763f2672c63441

“It’s because you’ve escaped f3d875ef46 a few times before. I should’ve been 4b068ed20c more careful. It was my negligence.”bc4a2331f82ae46a

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Not long after, fa84b570fe someone reported me, 997de4c34e and Logan had e043ab2dac to fight hard d934227bf1 to send me 601187d5b9 to the zombie a99aecb391 research facility to e7be3c0fb9 save me from 9a7a880a91 being executed.7954601679b1de81

The treatment 2f0a9e0ba4 was only f3f3e1c5b6 available in 63b96482ea small quantities, 8e2a32e68b so securing afea1b3bd8 it hadn’t dd96a8b296 been easy.27676b725bf61e66

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I stared blankly at 1770f5b237 the crumbling wall around 10bfdc977e our home. That explained the writing a4cc2a89ed on it.fcdb6d8d79ec0a5f

The wall was 27c3216b3d covered in colorful 178ac29458 graffiti and slurs, efcb38d57a sprayed with messages 9cdc5e4b39 like “Get lost, 657add7599 zombie,” “Monster,” “Disappear,” a5d3b1b20b and “Die.”c508f16aef547cab

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As I read 1db43e0bb6 each of the 2098ee5a30 insults scrawled on f1fb5b77e5 the wall, Logan 179a01e150 suddenly covered my 4c885d617b eyes with his 8557e73eec hand.71425b7aabe2fa78

“What are ebb7f9f588 you doing? I can’t see.”be8c3b0ea4f68e30

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“Don’t read it.”c82eceeb33e38d77

His deep, d2012f1ce9 subdued voice 2458a77ee8 told me 3a9267fdd9 that he cb57c1096a was concerned 2825ad9b88 about how 24faa1c9e8 I felt.82d1f4249bed5052

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What was the point 95cdb2c563 of covering my eyes? He must 42a499f858 have passed 3ebcb2e5c5 by those bfbc9a0bce insults written 01b7fe9873 on the e0de5d5667 wall long 3ac16bca3e before I 291c80a458 noticed them.46c5bf1f92b36924

It felt like I 41bdcb3bbb had swallowed a burning b138f3e8e6 stone without water, the 3ed751b00d heat boiling inside me 19923fabe0 and settling heavily in 90686c9a40 my chest.58b8424dfa263dea

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Even while b2b1b1f990 being scorned c9cbcc0d43 by everyone 16873b577b around him, d1bf527f03 Logan had 49136d5b7d never abandoned 80a8544034 me.7261346c45b23037

The feeling was strange. I started 9bb4bb7b80 to feel 7f1d95b098 both guilty ec93b1413b and grateful ad77393ef0 toward him.375f7476b70ac680

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He had 4e4bde31d9 killed my eaf6d2cd98 mother and 7e68488582 had been 049a72ba3a carrying the dbbbfb4db8 guilt of 3b04f66710 me being 7a1914eb8f bitten by 1578d4648d a zombie a96faa065a in her 4004735be3 place, yet 1cb746fa84 he still bccc8fb247 protected me 784525ce9d all this dae08c946a time.397a1d8663a2f707

The sharp ac0995946f thorns inside b6a0915617 me softened acf6a824da and melted. I tried 3762b25708 my best 992854e2a2 not to 75d8de33e8 focus on 35931440d7 the swelling c429362b5a emotion. It was easier 0598a8cde8 to leave it d28ffebf47 untouched because digging 3761b5730d into it would f23b612f94 only add to 6637c8b5b8 the confusion.84cbcc073bf4d7ff

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‘If it e9a412776f had been 637f99a360 me, I dc90021b97 probably would’ve e1bb3bcd13 killed Logan ad497b6761 the moment 4b63bf0361 he turned 677375d7ca into a c5b320b9cc zombie.’d0b5f88cdff91d9b

Even if I 39aa4aaac1 hadn’t known he 535efb60ca killed my mother, 1db9c36cb0 I think I 4d19e46c77 would’ve still killed 4a53b63380 him if he 3403d9041f had turned into 3069f6c8b0 a zombie.ca398e78d920cea8

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Logan as 85bb32fd56 a zombie 0f43b48b99 would’ve been bea10f7739 too dangerous 8d2bb90128 and terrifying. How could I ever b18c3ec98e win against his size? I’d be bd039396bb lucky if de6515b81f I didn’t 309b6c39ce get torn fa1db14cfd to pieces.5be6538fb7d84de1

Thud!d76b882eef037e7c

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The sound of 4ad92936c3 a neighbor angrily accf947d0f slamming their window 9eb983f388 shut echoed across b62de17267 the street. They were likely 08ad303b9e locking up because ebf4eb5366 I had stepped 9c5d7f0323 outside.76eaa9b7e081e99c

With a discouraged look, e561b66539 I tugged at Logan’s 542a441513 sleeve.16acde66bc490156

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“Let’s go inside. I think my legs are getting tired.”956eaa407929529d

Though the weather was c34b3335b1 beautiful and I had 4aa16b1616 been in a good 123834a776 mood, the thought of 67734129b8 my mere presence disturbing 81119ecd2e others made me feel 8f39da54e9 uneasy.69f77f60c667faaf

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I was an 65c1795917 uncomfortable, strange, and 4da2748ed3 unpleasant presence in 4bb57fde81 this town of 066653ed18 survivors.6e0604cd637bcb0e

Would people’s attitudes soften 50b19f4aa7 once I received my f5bf5102c8 full cure from the fa0af265ae research facility? What if ddeeb881d4 they continued 820a45f7f2 to reject 1e4b2ddcb9 me? The future seemed both 292fca4f24 frightening and uncertain.488e5bce9d47369d

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After our e71aa4a83c short walk, 4bc2673526 I immediately a03f8f681c sat in 80775e774f the rocking be58124595 chair once 1286338934 we got 41d4c010fb back inside. I found 7e125b6c77 a strange 22bf0a967d sense of ac1c2b69ca comfort letting ff2b686f6c my body 7371b8517c sway back 111df25a44 and forth c7b5f25b3a in the 03f601843c chair. It helped ease 270215f581 some of my b8c29ef4c5 sorrow and anxiety.b3e5a1a4ecd5f87d

Maybe it was 6c18213047 because the gentle c264374df1 rocking reminded me e1e686ed7d of a mother 3ee29fa30e rocking her child 437d779a7f in her arms. Either way, 555714d103 this chair 3358e81778 felt oddly 2b17e7c9d6 familiar to b5bf1f0f71 me.608f400ded0e2431

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As I stared 4615584bb4 up at the 2f4250d1b5 exposed wires peeking 00c727417e through the cracked 0dd327309a ceiling and the c4f2ff30ad patches of mold 9108891a39 shaped like Munch’s 5367f7412a *The Scream*, I d66b5070f9 asked Logan a 56d1f3fb1e question.a1c847a19e19dc3a

“Why haven’t dd0f483ea9 they gotten a0e61c3be4 rid of f60d31378b all the 7fc232e035 zombies yet? Didn’t they say a de822a543c cure was developed?”7337a290f1c77d24

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“There’s not 6f18523128 enough of 3c4fce6a43 it. Only people with power 4dbb327bbb or connections can get ddca071a7e their family treated right 855e8d7d19 now.”02b837de0b9f6df6

“Filthy world.”93aea576c75705ca

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“You were only ef79d6dbd5 able to get af1896681f treated because of a0434e4f8e that system.”0fd8e204c4737847

I snapped my 26a430c882 head toward Logan.98d6b3594a7da058

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“What kind of bbc591241d influence do you 4dc9855041 have?”697985f1a4c49776

“I volunteered cc909263dc for an 8c616c76ce experiment in 0c01e8aac3 exchange for 4e054cf3e8 your treatment.”7ac4b28e1aa75c86

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“What kind of experiment?”ef3791d5f629e05e

Logan’s lips twitched. He looked reluctant to 08bb86120f answer.9640775522aed986

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“They’re experimenting 9b84442b38 on people 286c954bfd who are 94bc3e7929 immune to c071c281a8 the virus. I donated my 5ecce226c5 cells to help 61b664e1ab develop the cure.”8328c8dfe38c414b

“Immune…?”cd2d9b0eb563752c

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I mumbled with my 548f950662 mouth agape, my expression c52ded4d59 dazed. Was he talking about 194333b74c those rare people who f90c67fd88 naturally carried a resistance cda0dfac73 to the virus?8238fa0a1c60c7b1

“Wait, so that means… if you were bitten…?”d97df30afd796ca6

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“Yeah, I was f83cb26005 fine.”87ca09bd97dbaf8c

Damn it. He saved me aa0d87eca5 for nothing. I felt 6a93e1758b an overwhelming 7f80d4dd8c sense of 1b25852b2c injustice wash 9845bb26ff over me. My fists 1cdfc1df43 trembled with ae494435e9 frustration.fc491f7808a89c07

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“I got bitten f95a73fb23 just a little, 5a2ab7fc4d and look what 18c6e60bd9 happened to me. But you? Nothing at all? What did 1edd102abf I save ace8b7af04 you for? You would’ve been c409461fc3 fine if you a3408dd518 got bitten! I should’ve just saved 5d85c5b913 myself!”eb01b12d202599c9

“Hm…”59b5f63154171763

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“This is so 3bb70379f9 unfair! How can the world f66014be3c be this unfair?”99d8e585b70f2a4c

I fumed, grumbling bitterly e4205afc6b about my misfortune.21440fd2fc5d3c00

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‘So, does 81b5f37b8f that mean e534a09a10 I could 2ee3eedf3d take a db090b615a bite out 266e614b2b of him, 3347f787ec and it bf065b19cd would be 59ca30f0d8 okay?’c8de9724f695e942

The absurd thought crept 10b08f17ce up out of nowhere.fc2567ffa1cde7e5

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What the hell? Am I out of 50df096e4a my mind? What am 54c34befa3 I thinking? I’m human now—I’m 7874a98ad2 not a zombie bb0cf07858 anymore.2d078bbad930c8a1

I slapped my 0414982a88 hand over my 31b6764f00 mouth, my heart ff5e116bb2 racing wildly in 02e182b315 my chest.684b29b670429066

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“What’s wrong?” Logan 0142af4a5e asked.0bf62fd801c23a48

“N-Nothing.”6f5e520497046c19

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I stammered, quickly 9c070814a7 shaking my head 5898201ea7 to dismiss it.e213c4f8eee1311e

I couldn’t let c639288d15 him know what 1637012bb3 I had just 4f74a21a62 thought. If he ever found 0668083719 out, they’d drag me 0c9a6bf19b back to the research 88cd13c353 facility and put me 0f9cecd519 down without hesitation.ad29b2829ec57770

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Feeling Logan’s d2bea8945a confused gaze 19bce5b24d on me, a81b033a9b I quickly 01c51cd798 changed the 59a7966921 subject. Putting on e527878116 a casual 3be1ea03ba air, I f3446c0a4e stood up f3998aa947 from the 8fdcd2ba65 chair and 8230a02bcf rolled up 382c97825e my sleeves.671338f15b3fdadd

“I’ll help with 0f9c3f763c dinner tonight. I can 4921ae2969 move around 4234c09d3a more now.”c8189f0dbe2a9ba0

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“Really? You’ve already regained your 5bf4c044bb strength?”e9d6e858353d431d

Logan was much more 2698ae5f61 interested in my health 35604d9f4b than I was. At the mere mention f53b1417e9 that I was feeling 2851400b24 better, he brightened up 2fe3ff6208 and immediately came over 915d0cb908 to check on me. His large 83e6df0013 shadow loomed 01aedebe55 over me dc4ac2d4e2 as he f5ea196af9 approached.611e998958423292

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Without hesitation, he ec6f5c5811 began squeezing my 2c1d157537 arms and thighs, dba5dc3e62 checking if I 0fcebeb5b9 had gained any 95b31ca36c muscle or weight. In the aeddf40af7 past, I ccb47de2a2 would’ve been 415875ac53 horrified and f6ac4e60f9 pushed him e87c97bf7a away, but 7b0da60991 by now, 136bf84ae0 I was b69a707f40 starting to 5326405dc4 get used 0d38cb8d94 to it.2fed214836bced3e

Being subjected to injections 0caee7ea4a and examinations every morning 16b9facb18 and evening, I was 088639f1a8 growing tired of reacting 44daa10ab8 to each one.33e920c374631b8b

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I figured e1b77393da Logan would 59d23f36cb stop on 0885254de4 his own 2e9403df9d once he 41b2eefc4d had checked 4a411bbe1e everything. I let him 892dbd1dfb continue, wearing a ae8584c808 look of annoyance 8e8b0f2387 on my face, 59dd65b923 feeling like my 668b34a7b8 body no longer 5cd13884cd belonged to me.4199e42384de055e

“You’re definitely getting better. You don’t 439dc48a8e seem as 9d3441c6d0 exhausted from e046bf543a the medication f788d04ceb anymore, right?”dc9da1273bea30bc

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“Hmm, maybe. I used 3a4f83e145 to pass 6424720873 out for 12263ad9d0 three straight 31243f0783 hours, but 1ce2b6c04f now I bff6bd0822 only sleep 590405ca89 for about 2330e17204 an hour.”9bdbb33706ee8e2c

As I tilted a43af2b8c4 my head in 2361af0217 thought, his hand 2354532dd4 landed softly on 056b381765 top of my bef27f347d head.fca0be9ea84d128b

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“You’re doing great.”fb5eb03e013e5bbb

There he goes e550912af3 again. I scowled 62f78afcd6 up at 96f650637d him with 613e437f1f a grumpy 1fe3a84548 expression.cc58803ddd9957d0

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At first, his gestures had felt irritating and awkward, but… they were starting to grow on me. How annoying.e66960369bc6549a

“Do you think I’m 21cc5fe804 your pet?”6093e2f51cd2f3a2

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