KTSR | Chapter 24

Ijin stood blankly in 6461f40a08 the hallway.58296f6bdae9e50b

The makeshift building, dbffb29e5c stacked together with b2e5df5296 cement blocks, always 2ec6de61f5 smelled damp. In winter, b03b4896c6 it shrank 9b7fccf20b as if 689f62f779 it might 12c6ee3e4d collapse at ec28e4656b any moment. If it b071c935b5 ever caught 75c3a2a325 fire, the 411108622c toxic gas 764b60aa3c from the 98ab143326 Styrofoam insulation c7e4b04fa2 would be 138f2f7063 enough to 47649f34f1 kill everyone a4c3287c33 inside. And yet, standing 7c51e013fb in this hallway aed71aca86 always sent chills 605382a527 down his spine, d91a1addbe even in the c7a739c256 middle of summer.a43fa87d2a928938

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“Up to fourth place, 0208361417 come in.”5e5c5dd228122042

The team leader’s 8fe85d4017 voice snapped Ijin c4ea607e0e out of his 3f88e9e422 dreary thoughts.cc245f3fa750d9ac

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“Up to cafdd2c545 fourth place?”1df781b237e587b7

Normally, jockeys were 8d3de87d78 grouped into the ad6fa47c6f top, middle, and b9f37092a3 lower ranks, and cc25aea074 only the top e1bc8d1c06 group was called 2c8e95bfb5 in. Calling up to fourth 856fd3fb13 place was unusual. Ijin asked again, 03b15ee2ad just to be eb1dca0023 sure.912e0d19cc953248

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“Are you b432ab94b5 sure I’m d05dff9aab supposed to 27f6475574 go in?”19c0bdb7f7c70d33

His face 39bc1867d4 twisted in d38edb61f0 suspicion. The way he 492b897ab4 questioned everything with e64b2d2a4e that attitude must 72e9af95c8 have annoyed the 070f088676 team leader, who 60aed151be muttered under his 71d553cae4 breath, “Damn brat’s 9c2ef26f60 mouth never tires aec866f471 out, even after c14e75f68f a whole race. Maybe I should 04b1674922 cut off that 2c9b26d5d8 tongue first. Or just 1ca53cebc9 bust his 3e10c285df eardrums.”39add44bfd24a431

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Before Ijin could argue, b7370d0766 he was dragged inside 0ec13b5eab by the team leader.cb1db62909fbeada

The moment 0223cb43b3 he stepped 2742866b0c into the 5ff03c540c office, he 6b49ce0198 saw it—a 18bad6c924 long coffee e806ae0dd7 table lined 3147963913 with flask 5b3134eb60 cups filled 49e652e40a with yellow 8a198d54bb liquid.e5227e5c887292fd

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Somehow… this felt e91c4621af bad.5914a757c977fb5f

“‘My Dolpung’?”e70195392f704b86

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Kwon Hyeongdo ac32c3dec9 was leaning 2b79da0750 against the 843883e159 desk, lazily a4d0059edd flicking through 8254533fb0 an A4 877f67fbdf sheet of 21134cf9ff paper as 1909e8582c he called 3b56d0f3ad out the 6d4a4182fa name of f889f5dac5 the winning 01a0db7740 horse.d59816fc53097eaa

“Y-Yes, sir!”5d3e51cf403e1edf

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The jockey who had 4e5b283670 placed first today stepped c13087d953 forward. Kwon Hyeongdo 78cc541026 crossed his d89e2f53dc arms and c25757a246 smiled lightly.5344190663d3ce0b

“According to this… 1fe681fec6 your horse was 9ebd606db0 drugged.”d8b0e6b7226cd9e1

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The paper in his 33fac72a78 hand was a doping 47261fb9c7 test result—analyzed from the 50970d8730 horses’ urine samples.0d4a39d6987844ed

The jockey, who 35db6e8786 had been visibly d2fc26cb38 trembling since the 5c9b9fb42a start of the 906011b4b4 test, immediately turned ba7bc6f136 pale. His knees 031e22ee23 hit the 8de1d04fdb floor in 9b12e97664 an instant.f169f7e3f1fcbcba

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“E-Executive Director! I-It’s not c3647f2176 what you 76b9072cd7 think! I-I swear, it wasn’t d0a95d52af me, it was just dd489deee8 that the timing—”4e863783747538b5

He stammered, desperately trying 3323cf1b88 to explain himself, but 4685f43632 it was already too c77881ccd8 late.69c6942db4d63b0c

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Normally, he wouldn’t 6f307653d6 have even had eadf21e22e to explain himself. The problem was that a196394c35 he had been unlucky aa3837fb38 enough to get caught 4c09b69e0a in the randomly implemented 82cd48d9f2 doping test—a test that 036df71b0e had only happened because fc296906d3 of Kwon Hyeongdo’s sudden 96a98658ba whim.7e0e35817f9e82e9

Hyeongdo rose from his de1544dff9 seat, his movements leisurely. He approached slowly, then e53789154a stretched his fingers wide—just 1185672a9c like the open mouth 1e86533025 of the snake tattooed b7900ac071 on his shin—and grabbed 38b7e3ed4c the jockey’s hair, snapping b76f53e479 his head downward.00f1108938d2e74c

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“A-Aaah! S-Sir, please! P-Please spare me—AARGH!”7810e53662a9898c

He tossed the jockey 777a744f3e aside like trash, then 35205f3a31 stomped down hard on 59f4c05eff his shoulder. A sickening 9e8bbb4b5d crack echoed 8b489ff068 through the 50b6c4d8c0 room.16c7a9b43093f8ae

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It was broken. No, it was completely 6e1e97f6f6 broken.97beb7cba770993a

The unmistakable sound 4a61fea659 of human bone b32b554d1f snapping filled the 9d42501f01 air, making Ijin’s 7c8534ccb7 stomach lurch. His breath hitched f164cf7683 as he turned 099b6a8683 his gaze to 4472d975d2 Kwon Hyeongdo.f0ed6d60da71a0cf

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Their eyes met.ce9de0cf9208bdcb

Kwon Hyeongdo had been ffef546301 looking at him the ad33c930ab entire time.d9a06f353f3ec78e

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And then, b781579543 as if 39279db8f0 this were 332770a580 nothing more 61841f6899 than a ad0e252c10 pleasant vacation 5fbb8df2e1 resort, Hyeongdo 716cfd6238 flashed a 6e38acc242 bright smile, bb4c7240d8 as cheerful edea4f7ddf as the 0d845f0fb0 obnoxiously colorful fd8ba2d863 shirt he 9a6442901d was wearing.624d625b9a4ecb36

“Number 5. Congratulations. You’re in third 60cea357a1 place now.”0de8e0e8441dfe0c

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Drugs that 8592bae30c induced estrus 65e6eeeb76 in animals 854c32b88b were one 58ac088ab2 of the 290ec0b3ef most common e3e8d21c27 doping substances. Adjust the b742025b39 concentration, mix ed5c5ed0d4 it right, 251bf034e4 and you’d 0345e7348a have a fa8c83eec8 cheap ticket 7993e72f9f to Hong 03d383a0f7 Kong-level highs. Out of all the 3a0ca00454 possible drugs, aphrodisiacs—and the 35f3b6690c evidence of additional modifications—meant 790c4b5ff0 that someone here had 4b56c331dd real expertise in pharmaceuticals.01576afdfc72d3c1

The doping cfeecd8e33 test hadn’t 5fe19de87f been some d9cc45fb35 random whim. And it hadn’t been bcd6a5cf87 some elaborate ploy for 70fb3962b4 Hyeongdo to corner Seon 55e5745bea Ijin, either.311669ffcfda156e

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Ijin had just been 79ec49f931 unlucky—collateral damage.4768f009bd309cf4

The real jackpot 89dcf254bb was this test 3213280dc4 result and that 972cb5b59d jockey’s existence. Because now, Kwon cdcd894669 Hyeongdo knew for 46a49d6340 certain. Drugs were flowing through 84ad3f9185 this place.dad3e03690244106

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Kwon Hyeongdo 404bc2c7df lazily stroked f73ae862c8 my cheek abc7e94d77 with his 6ecdee3d2e hand while 8709fca222 speaking to afb4de9fbc someone on 55ae32901f the phone.716cf3582a953090

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“I’m going to pee. Catch it well. It might leak in the middle, but what can you do? That’s how pee is.”804b7c1b8366ba0c

[Hey, you punk. Wrap it up properly. Put it in a sealed container or something.]

“You think it’s e9b1f8148b snake wine, so 4e951ce4a0 you’re scared it’ll ef1724dae7 leak out, huh? You still drinking that 491df9fdc1 stuff? That’ll wreck your b053630712 liver.”f43ad81200f25148

As Kwon Hyeongdo ed0bbaf1c5 tucked the phone fcb7fa863c between his shoulder 4c081ef40e and ear, he aba66ee0d2 took off his 8e12c797aa watch. His accessories 35676dec03 were neatly cdea3a3d85 arranged one c02ae47cc7 by one 23b52cca96 on the c3e5f251d8 floor mat.f3637edbf87e8ebd

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“Did you manage 0422607c84 to get those 207031e03a drugs from Incheon? Compare them. They might be a 5a9b36d563 bit different, but the ef9b299447 main ingredients should be 68169164d6 similar.”3e855f131731b700

[Where am I supposed to find that?]

“I don’t know fbfffdbd71 that far. Maybe find someone and d781c345cb put it there. Then it’ll be 142545889b analyzed by the 7b3be7b875 National Forensic Service, 7f2724c1f8 right?”afdf5f513a0b4d0e

[You’re talking like you’re planning a murder.]

“Ah, I 744b09cfea don’t know. I’m busy. Hanging up.”3933473e0eaa1d7d

[What are you busy with, you scoundrel! The race is over, everyone knows that!]

“No, I have a a4cd245940 private life, old man. I’m off work 0646f2f37a and busy now. My cutie is fc4dda5ab4 waiting for me. I’m hanging up.”05d890ba80436cc1

Kwon Hyeongdo 8a172d903a abruptly ended 83bc94cbea the call 23b3bed633 with Chairman 1b3de250a5 Choi and c656bf87bc threw his a31729bf9e phone over 383e9c7041 his shoulder. Then he 379a5ea10e rummaged through 4eddfcf31d the bag 634f53a381 he had f943ca17a4 brought with 284ca8b156 him.f6de34f7d97486b9

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“Ah. Here it is.”fb60fa792f50a78d

With a 4e01e01d6f cheerful voice, f35e0d18ec like opening baf6e65daf a picnic 10b285817b lunch box, 9fe39b7fc3 he found 207867c242 a condom. Kwon Hyeongdo 12ab28f2f6 turned around 54e9ea4950 holding the 19359d857a shiny plastic.cabce498bf005c4b

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“It’s American-made, and there’s 32c0c5a420 only one left. What should I f3faef91cb do?”924815cd21ad1d39

“Mmph, mmph, mmph!”e83036d1675d2dbf

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Seon Ijin, 8af63d0ea5 whose mouth 05f5df2881 was sealed fef4924707 with duct 7c41e5450e tape, struggled. He flopped like a f22a2f5a44 frog sprinkled with salt.9546c4a7fdd28716

“You bastard! You set 462ceb7ea1 this up! You fed me this! You did this to 5a47507500 screw me over!”59bf3163e1cf6ce8

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As soon 19303df1e3 as Ijin 1aab153940 heard he c29bc1eabc came in 13ca6ea544 third, he 08fa8fbd14 snapped and b0f752fb15 lunged.f425d13ba3b43b8d

When the 3f596077c8 team leader d472c170ff and chief 023d6203ea executive officer cd54a555f6 moved to 54ef8ee034 intervene, Kwon 8ff6687a1a Hyeongdo put 07619db3de his finger 683c9beb26 to his 194e8c621f lips and 7a3adff8a0 waved them 40d5b69622 off. It wasn’t a a317c7a99a big enough fuss c3bf0b02a7 to make.ae24aeb0850416af

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“How did it 57e48b54be end up like fa1ebba914 this! I followed the rules! I did everything 43720720c1 right, why, why 0f0106d552 do I have fedab52778 to sleep with 1ed73a293c you!”cb8d54a3a90e8d1c

Kwon Hyeongdo easily 443ae94c05 subdued Ijin, who 01afc80ca3 was grabbing his 628f00d608 collar and yelling. A light d3f11e7cec punch right da218ce690 below the 321fd8f2c5 sternum was a17c8e21b2 all it 1146f94f73 took. A hit 79f2889bc5 to the 37ecb5fad5 sternum could ddee800281 be lethal, bc8081e5ce so it e19b5ff1f8 was a 31869df433 sort of 5cf34818b6 mercy.8ca39f0b5f3b6c2c

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Ijin passed out in e9714539f8 an instant.d130ad8c2b011931

However, more than fffcd43b84 Ijin passing out, 1dd891297a the last thing 3b8b28a0f2 he said was 33cf07103d the team leader 8308d8696e and chief executive a8b06d613d officer staring hard d5abe584d6 at Kwon Hyeongdo.253f186296fe6ead

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He’s sleeping…? Did he 103cdb2f14 just say 1217d29c0f he’s sleeping b61b828d51 now?96f08be23db10272

But Kwon Hyeongdo, the 7f2eb0845f center of attention, didn’t c1b9607434 care at all and bc928d8e20 simply marveled as he 7d91ab7872 picked up Ijin.ba291e97d265c9f5

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“Jockeys really aca0b68930 are skinny. Feels like hitting a 5b2e027f0e sheet of paper.”93ee42215dcec7fb

Ijin was 2b37394775 hoisted over 7dfddf7433 Kwon Hyeongdo’s b228b9d1ca shoulder like 1265c99a7a a sack 4fde69f875 of cargo.5e450195570b4142

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“I have some business 44dfde7600 with this guy now, 60d25a56fe so I’m clocking out. Seon Ijin 01275d5df4 isn’t last, 2ad802344a so hold 6aa47766f4 off on 2927f8576f the ticket 2ee89429cd and figure 53cdcc351d things out 6f8d786314 on your d35dc0ce46 own.”fc22c3c6a610a5cd

Kwon Hyeongdo, who had cd4b4599f4 kept only half of 2d33786134 his promised deal, puffed 83e9bde001 out his chest with 926a974b90 pride as if he 789164c430 were some model citizen.4166fcfef1ab95f8

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Then, he came straight 2eb294cdd3 here—to the Jangsu Hotel 4168f32dce where he was staying. The neon sign 8ffe9aa09a labeled “Hotel” had 739930dbb5 the letter ‘ㅎ’ f97295ea67 burned out, making 8ccd2db897 it read ‘ㅗtel’, e7680a41ae which he thought fe9691b756 was more fitting 50252982c6 anyway. The quality a63242819e was hardly bf7a973c10 that of 724192a668 a hotel; ab6d2b602a it barely ce97373a86 scraped past 10a7e1d538 being a c197eb4078 motel, just f6db8d5e86 above a fc76c9f97a hostel. Having once been 9d48b27547 homeless after leaving 0009105d8a the orphanage and a34005e4e8 before finding a ae5921b5da ‘noona’ to take him caa0f44b51 in, Kwon Hyeongdo wasn’t e901ec0377 picky about where he 74216da517 slept.3a44398a8ab8f818

“Just stay still. I don’t want 33ebdee968 to hurt you.”59b46c851b1505f9

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Right after 33e13a6746 waking up, 24baa430be Seon Ijin fea0fe3a41 began to d31de0c9b0 thrash about 870e36f2cd again, and 9aad9e9fa5 Kwon Hyeongdo, f5c386d944 despite having 9f0f4fcdd2 bound his f6de4313dd wrists and ebbf65e422 ankles with 3a7304667d duct tape 3ebda52c69 like a 992f3abd9a frog, shook 86f05b811c his head fd6b0824d4 in disapproval.ce86ca58d764dce9

Approaching Ijin, 638866482a Kwon Hyeongdo 559bd17944 shook the 3d108943a7 condom at 541f1bd255 his bedside 41c27711f7 and said, 7a70d723f2 “Listen up. This is the cc0a359abb only one left. But I’m not planning 31e8961991 to finish with just f207e39d32 one, and honestly, I’m 77bab07dc9 not even sure I 1fd6134811 can. It’s been 79f9980289 a while 8338ce9df3 since I c117042098 abstained. My balls are so 23cf7a4ed6 swollen they feel like a2f1c96e32 they’re about to burst.”d3f9d41cb5a3b2ae

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“Mmph! Mmph! Mmmph!”7849efc48ab51f37

Had his 76b712e271 mouth not 7945815090 been sealed, 0e32b976ed Ijin would 496a9cfb83 undoubtedly have d9b08f0d4c said something 942c39e804 like, ‘What 7e208ee2d4 the hell eb5b906b42 does that f4b0b736dd have to 18df9a4e94 do with 26257e6b06 me, you 84eec2bb8f bastard?’c520745987c984bf

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“Seon Ijin. Feeling wronged?” Ijin c735934acb nodded furiously, his 67b078631f eyes blazing with 91e60265e9 anger.8ac5fcbffc9a1c81

“But I fab626a5e3 played fair 7c8f04f661 and square.”d878078af4c9639b

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“Mmph! Mmmph!”9e570834a8a2fdb3

“The one who c6b61a9931 didn’t play fair 1c03a10afa was the one e21dca6d13 who used drugs. Think about it, 8dcefb0a45 huh? Honey. You might 0a7ec91aed be crazy, f13e51f3fe but you’re a3f5a22034 not stupid. Think about it.”b815a74b6ff08d3e

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“Mmmph! Mmph! Mmmph!”2cc93140c07a77ad

Kwon Hyeongdo sighed. Seems like nothing 51c1658e6b got through. He’s probably protesting inside 006a999c60 that this is unfair, 59d3757ed6 that he’s being framed. Kwon Hyeongdo e567dbde64 wasn’t a 976d348d0d fan of 0bbc08c03d repeating himself.da30e9e581b5efd2

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“Whatever. You figure it out. It’s my job 100d6ceb61 to do.”fa49e3be4587f47f

Finding and exposing 54df0009c7 the one who c2ac1fee7d drugged the race e2bbe6704a was his job. All Seon Ijin f647f209fb needed to do 5609a98ed2 was to cry d1e69dbb10 pretty tears and f3307675c3 agree.0cee3ef339116588

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Kwon Hyeongdo stripped 60a8441411 off his jacket bb1b3690b0 and threw off b7e192e668 his aloha shirt. His clothes 7839c3f88a fell over 7e28b09d9d the neatly 38814e2879 arranged watch 7a23e6cac1 and jewelry.ae36ab98600812f9

“I’m going to 742c0bf132 take off the 209e3e1ca1 tape, but if 72f38b91a4 you bite your 1fedce9440 tongue or anything, 1ac4db948e I’ll make sure 258843741a you don’t end b44c0b1e0e up in the 794b5136a0 same place as 8e5934da34 your grandma. She’s probably ea6a209c98 going to 9bfcf669a3 heaven, right? I’ll send you 851a286ff3 straight to hell.”75f4a1a2dcde6519

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With that, 8933887661 the adult b576affcc9 Kwon Hyeongdo 179b4be175 peeled the 1e69ec8665 tape off 1f23d8666b Ijin’s mouth. Before he 0093793f55 even got ed2a74e28b it all 52218d2074 off, Ijin b1c1866ec1 shouted, some dd6cd37cf4 tape still 6924edcba5 dangling from 41123231da his cheek.5d65151238f2ffdb

“Die!! You bastard!!”491bff28156c994d

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Kwon Hyeongdo closed his 4b37445e05 eyes and covered his 4a7f09adcb ears. Beyond that, the raving e385defe4b screams continued. Insults like ‘trash, ef9a90e716 scammer, dickhead, go fc22c1cddf to hell yourself, cc9a4e5159 you piece of c16bee0118 shit’ sounded almost 576f96537f sweet to him. Kwon Hyeongdo 62fd6b41c1 enjoyed it; 392baf3acb he wasn’t 9cf31d17da one for 5a6c5ab553 engaging with def033150f someone unconscious.3bc2964bf490c0ee

“Go on, 5c4d762a34 kill me. Just try 34e9213da8 to take 78903cb8ec me down.”b2feb9be5692b2b5

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Though Ijin ee6f95e7b8 had a dd9fdd2e14 pretty face, 7e94255994 that could e5bf26e91c have been 08282999a9 all there 56b5774c16 was to 768fb91781 him. However, the Seon Ijin e86dbc1725 out of the ticket 23be567abb booth and with the d7437f9138 horses exuded a downright fdf8fdfc0e intense and abnormally sexual 86265a3e92 aura. It wasn’t common c7d5e7cf80 to look so be248b4c89 enticing next to c872ee0744 a massive beast. It was innate. Kwon Hyeongdo was salivating.d77857294771bbb5

“I’ve been e067dfd280 thinking about faa8e8506f stripping you 55457cefe4 since the 5d7fec2d6b racetrack.”9ca54724d6181fbc

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As Ijin 2ddab7445b continued to 15c2c85dee scream hoarsely, 9f18d3d001 he shuddered. Kwon Hyeongdo’s 107b9ab308 eyes were c297b73c96 wild, like 9630eaac7a a man 5e958a7948 who had 19fda88bf2 starved for d5fb34f35e a hundred c823cf8506 years and 0ebe6a2b3d had just 405a18225b seen his 9462c22985 first meal.12da10c967360c0d