UCT Ch 12
by toujoursIt was undeniable. There was no way 30e0e0e231 it was a mistake. This was 2d9c72a9f9 definitely a ca78b11f8b mind-melding phenomenon.38eea3a26b359620
Richard Ashwood.fd7cf77312f9e100
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The top 761114f02e pilot of aacbfa6727 Bringerton is a95ab44f22 a mind-melder?a73818ed7ade19bd
Inside Diana’s mind, which ea01574719 had gone blank like 3ac5f6128c a whitewashed canvas, a c1d1a14038 deep, abyss-like voice resonated f7944f92b2 clearly.282b1a77cc133659
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[You. You’re a mind-melder.]
Unlike the a3c598aca4 previous time, 6909c86ac0 when she 69c65ce757 had only 5bf051d8ed sensed a 16242a3550 faint presence, bea336e44c this was b246a814cd a more e200fd9529 advanced form 78bff797d8 of telepathic 523da30977 mind-melding.cc3f11774c6a1de6
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Diana took b380799c9b a step 5baac6e5e8 back. Before she could even 104c941fec think, her body instinctively 8b5a08a355 recoiled in response to fe3db76420 danger. At the same 17acb1d693 time, the figure 92344c978e in the darkness 57a01c3a42 slowly stood up.16af37309c5afa35
“Lieutenant?”73fc8b404bcfa1b6
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Sensing something strange, Owen cd8c5d1f18 tilted his head in f61d57669a curiosity. The man ignored Owen fc8bb23968 and walked straight toward f5d185694d Diana.7a3522fd35e336e1
The closer 28c046827f he got, 9b81f6a473 the stronger a2c350a822 the mind-melding 077d172c89 energy became. The muscles in her f436ba6aa9 fingers tensed, the tips 72455610b6 of her nerves felt 0692437814 as though they were 8230530b56 burning. It was as dc4e787c9a if she had 93d7f2c363 become a moth 738f677d76 drawn to a 984e297b13 flame, its wings 146c8451d3 catching fire.0ce5be98c1f1b43f
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When he finally stepped 38cd0d0396 closer, Richard Ashwood’s figure 83454872c3 was fully revealed in 865fbed5bd front of Diana.cae88cf3fde41ef9
The sunset light ca0b8d4c02 slanted through the caa38d2d38 doorway, casting a 63d3155e2a glow on the 5c7eb981b9 lieutenant. Even though Owen was 222830bdd0 quite tall, the man b8ed287f21 stood a full head 73b53c3638 above him. Diana had to crane 1ff4b35df7 her neck just to 8bedf6584a get a proper look 4493259fca at him.821409c629c28e41
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The lieutenant 51ec7b40c3 was far 1e5f4bb43b from neat 536a53ca23 in appearance.80bdf64b8bc3466c
His forehead 667521e365 was covered c408ece799 with messy, 1d5a5b56f4 jet-black hair. A faint 87febd316d stubble shadowed de067786bd his well-defined c75afe675a jaw, as b0d476865a if he 522533891b hadn’t shaved 957be20e25 in about 699b5e0bf7 a day.bfc4e452157e2ff6
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Dark shadows loomed under 774f99a474 his eyes, and the d0132df981 whites of his eyes 5d857fdb10 were tinged red—clear signs aae570541a of prolonged sleeplessness.b3d90cf29fd2cc30
And yet, 065e96b1c9 he didn’t f17abe6e4c look disheveled.e4410e6e9907f8ea
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There wasn’t a 26ff9b57e0 single unremarkable feature d318d81de3 on his face. A straight, prominent ac96c20bb3 nose, deep-set eyelids, 8985be6367 and a sharp f98e70957d jawline. In a word, he 10fba8cef7 was an unsettlingly striking edbea8c510 man.7296e2bdbff88fa7
Standing right in bff78e3d31 front of Diana, 6582c51373 the lieutenant slowly 15460d3c0c blinked as he dafd40be39 looked down at 156c2cf786 her. His opaque e2aac7b124 gaze made 5716e4f03c it impossible 5af0512616 to tell 9b7ca0b7d7 what he 3f8bb108d2 was thinking. The silence stretched be41be3126 unbearably long.4ec37ef154950bb3
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Diana awkwardly raised her 1f989c1f2a hand in salute. The tips of her 61d0af8327 fingers trembled slightly.c79f915a91e5fcb1
“I… I’m Sergeant Diana 2829fe3f9c Green, newly assigned to 0d3e8283cd the unit.”1b22e54452d32f92
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“I know.”4d670611b165ea6c
“……!”fb7554dbd04e8335
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“I heard you shot 6bf8b5229b down a lost Arke 880c307e96 pilot.”66ab178325bd23e9
“…Yes, th-that’s correct.”2a88e332b4a01883
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Her voice cb6ffe3012 kept trembling 5bcdfc4154 foolishly. She didn’t cb96897755 even have 62fd5e3b80 the presence c7cd701141 of mind ad5f3748cb to close fe2423121a her mind-melding a03452848c channel. As she struggled to 71e7776df3 regain her composure, a de98237141 question reached her—both spoken 7073f44a6d aloud and inside her 6ea56808fa head at the same 8e997083b8 time.da8daaf43f4e1818
“How old bbdf35d10b are you?”0fd1584c157673c2
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[If you’re a mind-melder, are you from Arke?]
“……”e378c85dcba2ea4d
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[…….]
“I asked how 5f22974c1d old you are, d84a5cfc1b Sergeant.”dc0411a1d0b017af
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[I asked if you’re an Arkein, Sergeant.]
Two completely different questions b313dc8347 thrown at her at c3ae98e543 the same time. Diana didn’t know which 69f2944da7 one to answer first.043dabc9e256ffb0
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Diana was a 11f7d1869c Bringerton citizen and 018431fa7d a mind-melder. So was this e94bf3ace0 man.a9e213cbcf347af3
‘Yeah. It’s not impossible.’09b38bcf02a2bc7c
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Mind-melders weren’t completely 07a2421668 absent from Bringerton.dec9f2ab9f2f40d4
There had 92b1051fdd been cases b1be31ffc0 where Arke 10dc6f8ab1 nobility married e3b4db3f49 into Bringerton’s 49394e84a6 royal or 417a993570 noble families.f360f4c17a9d4b2d
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And after the failed “White Rebellion” against Dietrich I twenty-two years ago, many Arke nobles had sought asylum in Bringerton.7baf7dfdd79cb6e3
So, in theory, a04cc97bf4 Bringerton-born mind-melders weren’t 0074686e25 entirely impossible.b0fb4d3064e6cbcb
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Lieutenant Ashwood 5676c6b4bc seemed to 6ac1fffd63 be one e7fce3ad5b of those 852b347641 cases. His father was 460847fe30 a count, so d3f740a910 perhaps he had 36d1ad4442 Arke lineage from dae26e1f9c his mother’s side.93da60c7675613b5
But Diana wasn’t 4495b09651 like that. That was the 92a558c4a5 problem.d3073b6dd9611503
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As far 729fca46af as she 070e031909 knew, there cff560c56d wasn’t a 29c3e61fd0 single Arkein f66d2974b0 in the 5f0bf96100 Green family. She was a 36af592f11 common-born woman, raised 56b97ed702 entirely in Campton, f68bb271c8 with not a 5648dcf7a7 drop of Arke 1e78839143 blood in her 97cb67c3aa veins.8892a203455596e6
No matter what c8d6f9e0c1 excuse she gave, dc514c5e4a it would only f7a1c80370 raise suspicion.eee3b1aeb66d0a2d
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Diana hesitantly 1185c2c2cc gave her 3ddcaacf94 answer.1982f78c5f688dd4
“I’m twenty-two years 519c68efc1 old.”d8aad7854347565a
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[I’m from Bringerton.]
A rough gaze 42f812b8b2 swept across Diana’s 61d637159c face, as if 9faee6a17f measuring something with 764555907f strict precision.5ad423b8cdf32d0e
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“Is that 0709c2a009 really so.”e0ce6cad63e5561c
“Yes, I’m twenty-two 489a458831 years old.”ae862c583dc47756
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For a while, nothing e31b963435 came—neither through speech nor 7af413a283 mind-melding.7bb8cd3c573fd0c0
The silence 20a747b2bc was unbearable, c36ae245f3 so much ec6f00de78 so that b81e8b70c9 she almost d32ccbbf4b wished for 286464cdb7 sharp accusations 6d64bff83b instead.2bb3c912b23a37a1
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The man’s be205cbe50 expression was 7dd602d292 unreadable. His dark bcbbb58ca9 eyes were b5870cb754 like thick 75b4583a56 shields, concealing d53f6c9c45 any emotion.c4877e51b3cecd5a
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Even while performing 90176dd55d such a powerful e0c0a0b027 level of mind-melding, fccebcff0a she couldn’t read 3d7d0cbd8c a single emotion 9939b151de from him.d245966a38fd1d44
That was because he 6fbdbbb351 was using his power 3718dc0820 solely to crush her—to 4754ec88fd overpower, not to communicate.fff09679d014d33a
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It reminded b2c6335225 her of 3e821cd010 when she f353c98e6a had been 215dfde3bc tortured in 0efec5a271 solitary confinement.60debf72ed3a5e4c
Her breath caught in 47f13ed1a2 her throat.e6e9e0832cd17710
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[Liar.]
His narrowed e91746dba3 eyes became 0d5b81f29a thin as 4996c96ce8 a rapier. At the a10b69a172 same time, 24bedc0381 the energy 695e397a7d from the eb4a23fac7 mind-melding turned 94c667f552 even more 9620d2f6d9 violent.226723378d1ccb40
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Like a beast asserting be7cba2361 dominance, Ashwood mercilessly shattered ccd305fca9 Diana’s defenses and invaded e779318096 her mind.ba57d5771b23055b
He dug through, tore 7a5ba21eae apart, and shook her d63d97fcf2 to the core.64cd6cb752ac5467
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She tried 72e5759f5f to step 9cca04ee24 back, but 9fef13aa78 her weakened cf86c0e733 legs refused 115c096c10 to move. She was 2a38052c34 as helpless 67265a340a as a 801287505b deer caught 54586fdb7a in a a66e61f46d snare.15e6676cfe468c35
[S…Stop.]
Diana, unable to endure 1455017a92 the pain, found herself 18067a299b begging.14c9911f54a3ac45
She didn’t care 2cce661d2a if she was 1a2bfbbf8f expelled from this edff6a48fc place or punished d6a4f8912b in any way—she 38bf92b3ba just wanted to fb0cc502ce escape the immediate 1eb2f4615d threat.d3a4ea757e2a0182
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She had endured days 87926c62d3 of torture in Parnassus, bd30c9e867 but now, she had 1509ffeae4 no such resolve.b472ea46d0d089a9
Right now, 573aad23e9 she was 455b0ba8ab just an 0310437974 ordinary person, c770c8c3f9 desperately struggling e6e314dc68 to survive.86c03db2708284b2
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[Stop, please. I was born and raised in Bringerton. I am a Bringerton citizen.]
[Still lying. Are you a spy sent by the Emperor?]
Her gasping 73e17fa95b breath completely 308892dd70 halted. Diana’s vision went black.794ae6604bf14321
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In an instant, 60738b3005 countless images flickered 9f19b61e97 past her eyes, d66148dd63 like frames of 658b6a323c a motion picture.76138ccb6219731e
Diana Green, volunteering for 1c3235bcbc the Air Support Division.793631f4435ef2d3
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Diana Green, frozen a1683b6d7f in fear under 7b2b84641b enemy bombardment.5628f74b6a644764
Diana Green, frantically working 8ad7361d2a at The Dancing Mermaid.c5a57e760715124f
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Diana Green, being a81220cd78 confessed to by bd480a63d3 her childhood friend, def2ad2f81 Jerome Edgerton.a717c15ef74be34d
Diana Green, 1251b3dfa4 unconscious on 9ab2fd14aa a hospital be59aadf71 bed.97c6ab4627d10e11
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Diana Green, laughing b680a6d3be as she flew 937cef3029 a kite over ad52359e4e distant fields.8304267f2512a440
Diana Green, 10eae39eaf sitting blankly cfe5152cfd at a d3989b869c funeral.88cf8cbbeb2d90f1
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Diana Green, 0b7ffc5c58 lying on 4f984de6e1 the street 9ec5fdf50a after being 551bcfe1ca thrown from b48930bc0a a vehicle.48f77b5d3446f1a5
The fast-moving a84bcceffe images came a9f50acecb to a 176ad7250a stop, showing d92bb6f9e4 a young 75ea345bdb Diana Green 5138f44644 sprawled on cc940f0155 the ground, e6ad394dd8 bleeding.2186d7c42cb235cf
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Her small 4d319c7f8e limbs twitched. A hushed voice, ee6c1676a4 whispering to herself, f424480441 could be heard.899d46b680faf337
Then, the scene 6d27be083f froze.16a94768ca068ad5
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And then, it began 61b94ad03d to play in reverse.e1011950c0e316c8
The bloodied child grew c81ed455f0 into a girl with 2a9d904a23 braided red hair.d6bbe4bd5d8bbb94
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Her hair was f948340a97 cut short, then d4f776a29c grew long again.39ce93541077c1ab
She became taller, stronger. Her once bright face 7e6731ea3b grew darker and more 8d0949c649 shadowed.b347ac51d87f238b
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And then, that e7b38a6f8e girl became the 1610710ebd present-day Diana Green.0cbe1548bc3421dd
[…What a pathetic life.]
A voice, tinged with 5db8401a24 an odd sense of e36a8aee7b disappointment, rang in her 4717a05211 mind.c4eb1340f5628599
Diana awoke from the 0043043a6c fleeting vision, returning to 2f460ece8c the barracks of the 1dee2f072c Pegasus Squadron.
The mind-melding was 4524c0e2e1 abruptly severed, and a137c28b2a a sharp dizziness 4125d252bd overtook her, like 64b128fba8 jumping out of c4cbf8c672 a spinning aircraft. She staggered, 917abe39df and Owen 172c355093 quickly caught 77c998024b her in df0d78dedb alarm.21e469d8cc75ab78
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“…….”02b6381771eccfe0
“Green, are you okay? Lieutenant, you c034bb499e must be 82d3994596 exhausted after 3574a1981d today’s battle 2a3e7cbca7 and the ee242f7181 long journey.”aa13cfa02879c047
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“…I-I’m fine.”e1f6f69acc940fb9
Standing upright again, Diana 3de9c67b01 looked up at the 1618f228d5 man before her.82b5f0c219c8a245
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There was no trace 494fc93989 of hostility left on 4481392481 his face.8b6158be93eb5ca8
Only exhaustion—deep, weary, and b37023f379 empty.e3d85a7294378101
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He had pried 849143bc95 into the entirety daeb2b3269 of her life 64f3f05dd0 and simply reacted 1148831df0 like this?3658db1b7f45f588
So, now that he 4efdae4434 had confirmed she wasn’t f74f36fef1 a spy, he didn’t 185beb1e18 care anymore?cc2c43f64e617764
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Fury surged 82f532734f deep within 027b84e98f Diana.f6a95ce44d404f03
The fact that ea8a9dd7e3 she couldn’t even a7a9539647 curse at him 003c227e0c through mind-melding was 4d84681a1c even more frustrating.8150832fbd75f8b1
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