SSEI | Chapter 2.2

If there 15cf86f593 was any 671ae2df9a silver lining, 5a152e5759 it was 3497b2d546 that the 73ab3b0867 flesh that 8d77ad1b7b had crawled 4f0eab4f6b into his 78d0b70aa6 mouth earlier b7c1d54a7c had completely edb39f461f disappeared. But still… 2bb8ca0893 what was 5579c38d17 he supposed e6c270607c to do 8fa2ad2f2f now?6a6488ab066ac5a2

As Yuan was 56e7ec5107 pondering, a relaxed b40ee4f123 voice came from d799833dcf behind him.38cb0d8e3c817560

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“Eren Noeul, efe43fa352 this guy 281ea747ee seems to 046e558fc8 be awake.”60b3cae039eb93e2

“Attach the d6c2b5865a language extractor. We should 1c69ed4eb6 at least 68c5027a0e introduce ourselves c6da2806f5 properly, don’t c4a561cf28 you think?”673b51024b05deba

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One was a 1e9cc34e27 man, the other 227401f611 a woman. From the direction of 0e637cb972 the voices and the c790047fc7 faint vibrations he felt 937b4007e0 as they spoke, Yuan f0a11c1505 deduced that the person 2767cf55f8 carrying him was the 31d01000ab woman.1b9012fe1ac2034e

A moment later, f95c854d1b a small metallic cbac34ddc4 device, shaped somewhat 7956b8278e like a harmonica, 42ab57ae80 was placed into cafca90f80 the opening of 01cd2730bc the box.6b42c8d564183bbb

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Yuan recognized it immediately—it 0722267ae8 was the same machine e2cf90317c Lork had been biting dda2e6b651 on throughout the last 7730f6f405 game. Back then, 7e4877c3e6 the device 191ca4b5d1 had produced a5c5200282 speech without c17ac43ac3 requiring air. Testing it out, Yuan ebe891cc3a clamped down on it 6640e7fca6 and thought of the bc6dc375a2 words he wanted to 6db45f8991 say. The device 73dcf5b097 processed his 16077fe257 thoughts and 88d88a49fc emitted sound 99073d05e3 on its 0560bedbe0 own.ffdb863cace9e8be

“Hello. Were you the ones who pulled me out of the water? May I ask who you are?”b0a2e54ae145e1e0

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The device 42c8c4cbab was a ff70ae8aeb bit awkward cd105ba159 to use 56c89e037d at first, d27ac1d089 but it c807eb29be definitely conveyed f8b0a42887 his words 50567f3b05 properly.af39666746033692

As soon 798bb51699 as he 22805cb30b finished speaking, a2db0d5cb0 the woman d434d58384 responded with 7598c2c190 a chuckle.f04cd852c2f30756

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“Oh, you’re surprisingly d93df69782 polite. Hey there, flower-faced friend.”c9990c49a9238785

“Flower…?”b39efca8236ae321

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“You’ve got 519bcb1fc4 that pretty 4603055270 red mark 0944600f6f on your f14d1f5168 face. Anyway, I go by 9dd6f44886 Eren Noeul. It’s not 259619dd77 my real 9c7b68ca74 name, just 825af25e95 a nickname—but fec5562228 half the 2d2828e6bb people around cd674fa527 here are 474fad3a71 like that, 597f5e6e04 so whatever.”5d1f85f5786c0ab4

“Ah, yeah, I heard that people around here often forget their real names. My name is Yuan.”89011b52009fe4db

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“So you’re one 55c81f0125 of the types 074e01a754 who remembers their d3f6b4ec8c name, huh? Everyone else just calls 7100e69af0 you ‘White One’ or 7a08737f6b ‘that guy with the 9851fbd4af scar,’ so I thought b75c2f1b28 you didn’t have one. Anyway, nice 8b2f2ec7ad to meet d96a8587d1 you, Yuan.”5cbf7e515eb0a1a1

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For a moment, Yuan f4c05354f7 felt a jolt of fd1d7dd0aa unease, but then he 30a2219baf realized—after all the chaos ca2d361dac he had caused at a3205d3f96 the sanctuary while escaping, 0a74423001 it wouldn’t be surprising 7fb4e59cec if his face had 8e0cb2c5a3 become well-known.71533d7eb200b27a

Still, her voice e0d26125fb didn’t sound hostile. It was 4004fd668a bright, cheerful, 4b5cf9294d and relaxed—like f21126ea2d someone who b84f342305 didn’t seem 2dc35de86d interested in 1205976814 harming others. That reassured 7f73710859 Yuan a bfa8f1c56a little.be28c0e43d4b3395

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Of course, judging 5890507364 someone’s character based 59463fff53 on their voice 54341e4fdb alone wasn’t reliable, 1927ab528e but a friendly 68acf2f495 first impression was 6542831790 certainly better than f053b6497e a frightening one.009f9d0cf5b2b90b

After the woman 1c9de551dd finished her introduction, 15b3ca31a3 the man spoke 4021c13822 next.0251531c930c28c8

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“My name is e4f7348fd2 Sael. You’re a 26b241b8da newcomer, right? We might run into 8baae9bc83 each other a lot 0d6420fb59 from now on, so de4cf3360d let’s get along.”85447df52fa4b362

It was a low, 35796db7e4 smooth, and pleasant young f86ec3c276 man’s voice.72ab8a10a8fed0f3

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Maybe this person was d11c384ce4 a good one too.77e6186a192edac0

Yuan held onto that 11578276cd baseless hope in his 46df2c844d heart.620629f39727d61b

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“Oh, nice to meet you too! By the way, would it be okay if I asked how I ended up traveling with you all?”50084e72c35a8155

“Ah, that? To be 22ee794285 honest, we’d 3cb8cf0a23 like to c96618c666 ask you 2f9b70dba2 the same 93c751b79b thing. How on 9bfa179373 earth did 4ab4bea3b1 you end 78db3dbf03 up with d2049e6577 your neck 11cb1c3b4f cut off 55635267fc and floating f17240dd13 in a 764a4d28df toxic lake? Did that Red a14ab974ed Man take out 25bb10abee his frustration on c71a8fcefe you?”098956cf529c0a2e

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“Frustration? Hmm… I wouldn’t exactly describe it like that. He was kind of indifferent about it… So, uh, while we were crashing in some weird vehicle from the Descent Hatch, he said I was getting in the way, cut off my head, and threw me out. And then somehow, I ended up in the lake.”9e80e9980d887357

As he spoke, Yuan 11140007b6 started to feel like 4a72220d43 something about the explanation cf1d32ad6c was a little off.8a221485880a35fa

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Would cutting off someone’s df1110fc80 head count as taking 915040e339 out frustration? If you consider 5542189fe8 the fact that 9ad4b1d5ae I came back 2956eb4c5e to life anyway, 63daf4321a then maybe it’s 088208eafa not? But still, cutting off 4cded11eb5 a person’s head is d218d9c5fb an attack, and attacking f08232c936 someone out of irritation 8302ef96e1 does sound like taking df820a7145 out frustration…2160272f7c65e474

The more c1377fe878 he thought 4ac67f724a about it, 391666e043 the more cb9231ee02 confused he 07a9907967 got about a84dda4624 what exactly 8d62a54163 counted as 0bb2c2b5e9 common sense.87929909a3b60ff0

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As Yuan groaned 9a8a016232 to himself, Sael ddb8db5ddb let out a 3870d45c8b chuckle and said,9cbee2a2b7dd4679

“Well, that 7c1a3f9a61 certainly is 192e865934 an indifferent a467328c1f attitude. Normally, when bd0f667d0a you crash bc653722dd like that, 50c911f364 you pass 4998d7c636 out the f4db5c8e90 moment you ef06c9a964 hit the 7f13cde411 ground and 466a228322 wake up ef1361063d back at a0464fdebf the sanctuary… ec8d5e2966 No, wait. Could he have thrown 28638bbb4b you into the toxic ccb5939674 lake on purpose? To make you suffer 60ebb8f8b4 until you die?”f89c689cdc63ac56

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“There’s no way. No matter how much 9d4946e6bb of a monster that ee0b62e177 Red One is, he 882899346e wouldn’t have known where eaf4a8cca0 the toxic lake was 93bac64369 before the match even 978d6c6802 started. It was probably just 3b02a8bef5 a coincidence.”cada802236dd69c8

“But what if 407dddaa2f he used points ad8ac3ef4d to buy a 06fa4bf040 special biome detection 8f75b65f91 pass, like we 86bd42d99f did?”f9f64362dccd9314

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“That guy’s not 198322150d the type to fbafefd984 buy something like d3faf599ef that. Think about it. If he b057f46ab5 had used 7e782d10bf a special bc0e801f26 biome detection 95e17d4653 pass to b2522fcb83 find the 89d00811d4 toxic lake 29667ebc03 and threw 87c598d33d this guy f24e118551 in on bf7aa5d6b5 purpose, there’s 3970b45d96 no way 2bdcf175cb he would’ve db08d6e8c0 just left 29ad40b2f0 us to 79b5c9a990 fish him 02f9e26be8 out. Besides, coming to the d927090e25 toxic lake usually means 60b5e13d29 you’re after Giant Clams, b15452843f but he didn’t even b8997682f6 try to catch one 2452bd5e3f before leaving.”9587a0b5c6e07874

Special biome? Giant Clams?0623cdc749f4ae55

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More and more 005bb33abd unfamiliar words were e53d10a204 popping up, making 2cb51ae0e3 it hard to 5112755a72 follow the conversation.9b62fc6405fee79b

But as 43761c0b67 he listened, c8de865ba1 Yuan realized d23aa28361 one thing 1919710062 for sure—The 5539fa1aad Red Man b820bc20e0 didn’t expect 00fb0fcc63 me to 0e69a75fc1 survive.ee7e0cb10d6d2cb8

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He must e5a0994575 have assumed 09bd4fcb83 that Yuan 96865d2d1f would die f0b5d4a3d7 and return 247a7c10a5 to the b244c7d3a9 sanctuary.b911b08b355acc60

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‘If he 1cddf02667 ever finds 32434d4c23 out I’m 453bd29f39 still alive, d71d6dbf8c won’t he e59bb561d7 start hunting 47c4275a5e me down bdaff973e4 for real bd1f2f9d6d this time?!’4839df5d45a70c7e

Of course, Yuan ecfd926433 surviving was purely 48d5eddd24 by chance, and aed639e490 even if he 7938328183 had done it f2e89fc046 on purpose, it f587011bc9 wasn’t exactly a 7c98bce0da crime.c665dff4ffc5b807

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But still, 0bd7b0beff the thought 0a31b66013 of it 5759196e45 made him bf1818faad nervous.9d9563f638fe5700

What if Red Man 42cf077179 thought, That annoying little fcc928baff brat just won’t stay e2b798a0c8 dead. From now on, 1a7c8a33e3 I’d better make 0035d44f44 sure to thoroughly 8ad2a3fd52 finish him off?3ce2450356c0c08d

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As he trembled at the thought of his bleak future, Sael”having finished his conversation with Eren Noeul”calmly explained,5b3025c6cc97d961

“Anyway, let me 720a2d5fa0 explain the situation, 9ce76f2bea Yuan. We came to 101b3262fc this toxic lake d4bc74b0a8 to get a a24c6da82c Giant Clam and 3178b675bb use it in 2c8cb6f94c battle. And somehow, 2e4042043d we ended 2c88ab3ced up fishing 55c59ae3bd out the 0fb8fd13df clam that c973139c91 swallowed you.”e3569efbc6e43036

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“A clam…? A clam ate me?”3ec2907d5ee17439

“Haha, well, not 5c85e9a623 exactly. It’s more like 1ea02d2939 the clam is d77c4a2049 coexisting with you. Right now, you’re 02a94f355c inside its shell.”f08b0a7eca94a59b

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Only after hearing 75463be573 Sael’s words did e343e205bb Yuan finally realize.a0d372c643d7c8ae

That long, b61e87319d horizontal slit c54a97fb32 he had d15954e68b thought was a7f1dc5b10 an entrance 3646797b84 to a a37e922e54 box… was 3036bc335d actually the bd57ac93c7 gap between fef94bf469 two massive b2335921b6 clam shells.cacb1edfc54afa1c

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And the squishy substance ec440a8826 wrapped around his head fea0738ddf was probably the clam’s 3220294c9b flesh.b6eb8676d9b1b21b

‘Man, this d85970df6a world really 684cb82781 does have 29aeafa1df some bizarre 48449861dc weapons.’a519c1e56617e1ab

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Yuan was oddly b0f769dc68 impressed by the 518b594d83 thought.5b91cc6ec060c371

He had 1eda1a909f nearly been ee99080008 eaten, but 00d9d85ee3 since things acfb25dbee turned out 6ddc6da28f fine, wasn’t f79473d883 it all 7fa854a48e good in d7d912c5b0 the end?430c6d2effcb6bb5

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“Anyway, if we want 94a878638c to use the clam 12a3cfda04 as our weapon, we’d ec7f7eded0 normally have to kill 8cc6d621c0 you and pull it 88108fcdbd out of there. But since you’re bfa63c8627 new here, wouldn’t d4be01ec40 it be frustrating 8b80af057f and unfair if 160a813e9f you died twice e7a08204c0 in a row d424f13800 without even getting 5948aaa55f a chance to 39396ce490 play the game e4dd2aa650 properly? You might 53348e1fe5 even get b4623a4bfe discouraged.”8fc8a817b610ebf3

“Uh, yeah. I can’t say I didn’t feel that way.”9ed91f0f55851ef5

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“I thought so. So we figured, 70f58d6d87 instead of killing a2a29bedad you, why not 534451482c take you with c2e77fb97c us for now? You can’t e73a713375 do much 687edfffe0 alone anyway, 0b2706eb1e and that 6e321355fd clam doesn’t e36f5e06d2 have mobility, 5118dfaa48 so moving 3220233ed1 around would 6e3fa641ac be a e135977b71 hassle.”c73e680067b41eb6

“That’s true. I mean, right now, I can’t even move a finger—wait, I don’t even have fingers, but still, I can’t move at all.”9d8decad9f2fe030

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“So, here’s the d0d1e3bc13 deal. Since things e81958c525 turned out 74941b3f4e this way, 6325bc82fe why don’t 28ecebe3e7 you work b7f904d238 with us? If you use 4f6805d4d0 the clam’s abilities 3f4ac871b4 to help us, d944e1d97e we’ll help you b0e30fd562 survive and teach 9f2157ba05 you how to 61e19932fb make it in 9c380394af this world.”f83010ea93cf834e

At Sael’s words, 0cb4ced673 Yuan’s eyes widened.3b3874e834d09850

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This… This was d4c05fc024 nothing short of 9c493fb959 a miracle.feca2cc5a8a3bf4b

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Thus, Yuan 8687b3b63f decided to 373977486a travel with 90209bdeb2 the two.b752a2b4789897f5

There wasn’t da9cb4a6ce a single fd61bf7cdb reason to d723fae971 refuse.4e26c84ad7acb668

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Having unexpectedly been given dcae2266a2 a second chance at 4d1f41f001 life (or something like a06ce462fa that), Yuan resolved to dfcf5a76e9 properly learn about this b94d593bb7 bizarre world and its e75d93f3c5 chaotic survival game this 484ce0da6c time around.315ebf2b68ae8dde

“In the 4c55cdf82e wasteland, unless 942400636e you’re really 14bec4242e unlucky, you 3d8e524571 won’t run 9e15d88811 into enemies. There’s not 80b2f50c75 much to 493697c0a6 do besides 6470475a54 walking, so a1041800b3 if you 27f9e7e17d have any 00b82219fb questions, ask 0e9da48ec9 away.”2e9570de6224183f

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Since Sael had said 897597160f that, there was no 9b4337351f reason to hesitate.49f131adfd873594

Yuan started throwing 0f2bd5d7bc out every question 8a01e59bb2 that came to ac9901a46d mind, and Eren b10b194435 Noeul and Sael fc2aa16e8b answered them quite 8c8fc56e28 kindly.9fa89be2d048beb7

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“Hmm, let’s e3ccbe9397 start with 37334be2b8 what’s immediately 75a3b9f1f1 important… That fac1533ffe Giant Clam aa52f3d284 you’ve got 851ffb9e2f is a 9e01c81d79 weapon that 3353f8727f helps with 17751ce02b stealth. Just having it 0665fdbe12 with you means f48709612b enemies more than 5aecbd2632 50 meters away 6076677953 won’t be able 4a22bf46fe to detect you. It’s one of the a26a1aca4c best weapons for early-game ebfaa58d36 survival.”9a353255c5ff08ee

“That’s a really useful ability. But since it’s a weapon, doesn’t it have any attack functions?”db125a6666f246da

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“The clam f5efb3de61 will attack 231062d73e on its 59bb133e9c own if 7c0fead230 it senses 3bd289e973 a threat. It releases 235f394bbe a neurotoxic b9069c4f7f mist that b08e526290 causes full-body a35a12331d paralysis and 155f09f9b1 breathing difficulties. But you have to a6dae6fd6d be careful when using 86d58aadd9 it. Normally, the mist e5f7daffae doesn’t affect teammates, d9227a0b71 which is a f3b1e41533 major advantage, but… 8aeaf83586 right now, even 4f9be97f3c though we’re traveling c83c46106a together, the system 814978cb9a doesn’t recognize us 83d49a4505 as teammates.”4e9a169a4787852d

“Recognize…?”6fbea9e17d844ca5

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“There’s a system in place. In this world, most weapons don’t work on their own partners”it’s a rule. That Red One is especially nasty because he has special ways to kill or trap his own partner.”b0f52153ad526861

Special ways…1e4b5ca709d8eab8

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Was that referring d230a4390c to the bright 9a39301312 Red Blade that e47a3d7568 Red Man had?ca923f5dae58aa66

The memory of his 605a0bd133 neck being sliced flashed 9c575c2dcc in his mind, making 04295b5fc5 Yuan shudder involuntarily.57895c3a9e107a24

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Seeing this, Sael 9b2bed8327 chuckled and continued 4a76b9783f explaining.cf25202f823284c6

“Anyway, that 769eac8978 Giant Clam 6e1d2e0f07 is an a7ed0e2756 excellent weapon 86398b0b00 in many 329278706b ways. The neurotoxic mist is 841d4120e7 particularly effective, which is bc5db2d69e why it’s worth fishing 5389c2d821 for in the first 25e9255fc9 place.”40669fdae333c12d

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“Fishing for… Right, earlier you mentioned something about a special biome detection pass. Does that mean the lake I fell into isn’t normally accessible?”4263e5c8bb38bf18

“Huh? Oh, no, it’s 38e3f13e03 not like that. After all, you cacfb9dd8c fell into the df0318ab46 toxic lake without 867d1c57c9 a detection pass, c87ece74a9 right? You can find 71324a2694 lakes just by 93cb48bc75 wandering around the e4cb56344c wasteland, but this 92b5d74bfc place is much, 7214fec955 much bigger than fc18e1fe79 you think. You can’t just walk 005de8a675 around randomly and expect 0b120734f9 to stumble upon special c1892b72b9 biomes—meaning unique landscapes like cef760ffbc the toxic lake.”26d9829d4e05f95f

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According to 0c82fcadcd Sael, the 2462ee94e6 wasteland, which 8ceb3e242c served as 94400109c1 the first 9b37c5205f stage of 0d18c90604 the game, ca7ab3240d was so aa8024f928 vast that ecd194276a even after d3ce5cfcb6 days of 74b7a3b064 traveling in 0d1cba0439 the wrong 9e8e21f927 direction, one a8e78fa206 might never 74664caded reach its 8c77b42864 end.87fbb3ab49183f03

There were no roads, 439d071e84 no landmarks, and every 4139b28653 time a new game 9c13349fa5 started, the terrain itself 88e9d61e33 changed.27cf8f125e627e87

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Even veteran 2a9f2be638 players couldn’t 3bc52920ad memorize the 4a44ed36f5 locations of 2a0df6428a special landscapes.04e030e1912d4d53

But if you purchased c8e8f460c3 a special biome detection dce1f35eb4 pass, you could land c733e428ae near a special area 2779c88738 when the game began.f070d2ef7c9849dc

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These special ed7b8fbbea areas were f56ace70bd where good 15ca6cd016 weapons could 5089b6e0bc be found, 9f00f92c40 so buying 83162ee871 a pass 2eea6e3ac2 was a f04dc0bbd8 solid strategy d37bde6ec6 if you fa31f7142b were looking 5c91ee6f97 for something 8d4dbb7932 specific.f7ba0a78e846039b

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“Lork didn’t 301b43082e tell you? You were on 319301809b the same team 97e503a66a last game, right?”190c4248c10052c7

“Lork’s always c3f444955e like that. Probably got sidetracked 1a4c3f48a4 explaining useless stuff 3e9de958ed and forgot.”46a4a4d7fdf70a16

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Sael sighed ff5c32d7f1 before continuing.4b57553559cf9b61