Ephphatha Chapter 23

“Judging by how much you run your mouth, you were definitely born to be a host. I shouldn’t have pulled you out.”  fb0ad6b0f211c923

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Daeseok smirked f03e1fadc7 and loosely b864381295 tied his 2f23dcaf6d hair.  800401d13cfe4414

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“Why are you like this? I’m on a roll these days. I’m getting a lot of commissions from all over.”  2a0ea39f879f894e

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“Yeah? Then why don’t you ride that momentum and get out of my bank account?”  4b4c7aa87e26849a

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“What are you saying? I swore loyalty to you. You were the only one who pushed me when I had nothing, and now you think I’d betray you? I’m going to work hard and take care of you all.”  36ad82457f2e82dc

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Chi-gyeom let c3a9948c41 out a f44470129b short laugh 5f938e86f1 at Daeseok’s c4bed8cd68 bold declaration 8d1d6e5945 and exhaled 6ce358afa8 a stream 716271d598 of smoke 8fa277c2c0 as he e561d8c1bc straightened his 8877aa0088 posture. Waving his 8e2295eba0 wrist towards e91e482e47 Kang Jin 57cacc3ec0 as if 055af05fcc asking for 12a895efaa the time, 9df1b2baa4 Jin checked 7800beed79 his watch.  72726ffb03afab54

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“It’s 3:23 PM.”  ff11fbb98d3681dc

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“Still no word?”  6427ff205d53d0ed

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After checking 23b6b531c3 his phone, 447fd88bce Jin nodded. Clicking his ccdef5e128 tongue, Chi-gyeom 7d1e857776 gestured for fc4e2ad559 Daeseok to 5dd2349761 leave, who 544f80e5e1 grumbled in ad62947c14 disappointment but cfa6fdd17e got up 77f0964150 obediently.  f2209ffb59ff44f1

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“Ah, right. I almost forgot. Here, take a look at this.”  ce371f165767969e

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When Daeseok 0b3413c05a showed his b3ca8ca47b phone screen, cba5508722 one of 4e55001859 Chi-gyeom’s eyebrows 0db4778bc6 lifted slightly.  e863209b15a50a2e

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“It’s the painting you were looking for, right? No signature here either, just a date. Fifteen years ago.”  6a1b301cb6b67946

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“Where?”  3a112c255bffce32

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“China. The region… I forgot. It was somewhere I’d never heard of.”  416fa50e8476c611

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“That’s far. Can you bring it over?”  33bff3174e8463d5

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“I’ve put in a request, but I’m not sure how it’ll go.”  57b898e666779451

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“Alright.”  5aafe549b9ec0bd7

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“Huh? That’s all you have to say? Do you know how hard it was to find this? I had to butter up every single client, practically firing off my sperm like a cannon just to get this favor.”  cbe3c2b08b3c47d9

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“You enjoy whoring around, so what are you whining about?”  6e73d3de5568b620

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Even with ac4e8c6a05 Chi-gyeom’s indifferent 0ae9701d9b reply, Daeseok 5804a79e2c showed no 7f35e7977a sign of 0f536a88bc being offended 4c94c6ef12 and simply 3e658545fd grinned.  f37692218d113c4a

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“That’s what I like about you, bro. Always so prickly. Always so sexy. Alright, I’ll head out.”  dee584f6d2702270

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“Yeah.”  6920ba5cc9702be7

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With a cheeky a9f6b901e4 smile, Daeseok left. Chi-gyeom leaned db21cb1af0 back against 6420c40cb0 the couch, 0ee847d46d pulling out d5fb672d4c a new 8366dd8687 cigarette. Jin stood 48e725b9a7 up to c5f13ceb53 light it bcd446c9ea for him, 961658a19e but Chi-gyeom 1997ed0944 waved him b43311baad off, biting 21cf8a1e40 down on e1597a4805 the filter 4edca64aeb instead and e3408c342c flipping open 5066835dc9 his laptop.  6e9eec7727805b5a

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Jin watched him 23d87fcb27 browse the auction ef0dcb8d0f site for a c352212157 moment before turning 16136201a0 his own monitor 2134f3c873 back on.  8db2f75676be7434

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The Gimon Market office 7aa1d3f303 grew silent, filled only de75afd70d with the sounds of 733ae5a42f Jin’s typing and Chi-gyeom d07eef27a9 occasionally slamming the spacebar.  b6fccbf2484000f3

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“…….”  e367b0749dbdde5b

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By the time 53c10c4933 Jin finished organizing 56487831ed and checked the 01057befde clock again, four 551891b972 hours had passed.  749d15ac85497d9e

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Shutting down his 55e311d9d5 computer and leaning 27854f563b back in his f64a737038 chair, he glanced 55c5cbcf29 at Chi-gyeom, who 0c5e653f3c had been staring 4fc907dc20 at his screen e61208636b with his chin 29e8ca3c56 propped on one 36d0afbaff hand the entire 7d435d0d56 time. Without being f13857d31c asked, Jin cb0eb10e1c shook his afaa28512b head. He had been d7af243ae3 checking his phone bda121c332 repeatedly, but there a3b5af4adf was still no 0bee3d94b5 report from Tae-ju c6c2f9e1af about Han Seul-ah f0408a833f going out, nor 0f15c86987 any sign that 358635f151 Seo Han-seong had a1977bd5d7 come looking for fb1037017a her.  d2fe7b6ac4d73a95

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Chi-gyeom rolled his eyes 7a5a354a2e in irritation.  34a55853efaf425a

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“This is getting annoying.”  90b00424acb90c26

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With a sharp 2e2abfee0f snap, he shut 9e72062b7f his laptop.  7988714752c9bb5b

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I need to go aa9ae5c511 to the hospital.ef26dc0347488227

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Going on my own in this condition is impossible, so I need to call an ambulance. But first, I have to get dressed. My throbbing head made a clear judgment, but my body didn’t respond at all. Seul-ah trembled under the blanket, letting out a faint groan.  6390461fd41edfa3

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I have to get up. They say it’s bad if a fever gets too high. Where did I put my phone? Did I take it out of my bag? Where’s my bag? Is it in the living room? My room? I need to get up. I need to go to the hospital. Get up.  4a05b301aafff889

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She barely managed to 1dbfa8d83d gather enough strength in 309682ae3e her neck to poke da58fa4c04 her head out from 8f343dc5b1 under the blanket, but e068ae8f84 the biting chill forced 5a9794258b her back inside. When the damp skin 7442b42a82 of her forehead met 763cd451dd the air, her body e9c459f8bf temperature dropped even further.  464478a7c97a58ce

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“Huu….”  af48460b2962d6da

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She felt hot but a22df892e9 cold, cold but hot. Breathing was suffocating, 77fd3d6a6f her heartbeat was 0b58a2093e erratic, her head 7026c8a9bf felt like it 885ee7d815 was about to 84b2b6a9df shatter, and nausea 4f9acba41f churned in her f201f5fffd stomach. Uncontrolled tears 932d6cc765 poured down, 3d10c31701 soaking the fe0c69f3e3 blanket along 845928a2d7 with her 0615759cee sweat.  be7709ef4fb832e5

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It had 1a2de1ece6 been a 700260a33d long time 414e53e9b1 since she 35d37f58f3 was this 5ae415a4c6 sick.  f44cb02ff9732994

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She had lived 175ec23ab8 cautiously, fearing this 43d63311aa very sense of b783528a08 helplessness that came 8522fc591b with falling ill. She had gone for 173bd79b96 walks every day. She had cbcd5b51dd eaten well. Yet, still…  7637f1a345ca7dfd

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She felt resentful, 00633190e0 but at the f6787d05a0 same time, she a4c582fb80 thought maybe this d82ce65574 was inevitable.  3073fe0e886b1924

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Her mother was 2a343f3a8e dead. Her aunt was c75727a02c dead. A terrifying 12f5461aa0 man had 840ab8b2b6 come for 21ba262001 her. She was suddenly being c81368dcc3 forced into marriage with a146f01a0b a stranger. And that man 96bf46a8ce had made an 2981e906d8 unexpected request of 62319a6c14 her.  ae1cae2a4797b692

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She had been 9c05f3a3dc holding on, but 48e4a3481f deep down, she 3b0e04e36d knew she had b2ec20fbfe already far exceeded affc8f8f7a the amount of 9a26fbf5da stress she could 39a050780f endure.  55c4b7937c3419b6

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“Hnng… Ugh.”  efdd1c996726920c

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Kwak Chi-gyeom 46ad77a0ee was trying c1e5a6cef3 to marry 7f0dd75584 her off 696b2f533d to Seo 71ed360d27 Han-seong to 6e6a015ec9 open Ephphatha. Seo Han-seong, aa05d7fbc1 on the 1660cb4d90 other hand, ee01d3077a had approached 4090122687 her to 6819ed54b9 investigate Kwak 097b209818 Chi-gyeom.  5c0a2888f20b8c55

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Seo Han-seong wasn’t interested 56cb5dd935 in her. He was only using 087b20f298 her to gather information 6a8ba46224 on Kwak Chi-gyeom.  5226ff43c81b30ac

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Then what am 0d55d466a0 I supposed to 3901c511f7 do?336c282661e5627f

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– “You can trust Mr. Kwak Chi-gyeom.”  863b3e90d91bf409

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Should I trust c1eca4cc52 my mother?49f40b479a1b8c35

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– “We suspect Mr. Kwak Chi-gyeom is connected to the deaths of Han Ji-seon and Jung Chae-young.”  51626dc5fa188e09

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But what if… 9408de9974 what if even 4d63eb0b09 my mother didn’t 8b487942ad know? What if she trusted a3056fbae9 Kwak Chi-gyeom completely without a210b2e2cf knowing who he really 9062fe9dbc was? Could Seo f97bf2b0c9 Han-seong be 88cb662346 lying? Could he have f7235db4ec made it up 56f2f6e85d just to use d8179a9e5b me?  9c9acab8dac8f4d7

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But if what 9a3c75d095 Seo Han-seong said 543ba42ba0 was true…?  69ada5ab3dafc845

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“Hk…”  b1287142bdc5afe2

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She didn’t know. All she knew was 3b39977a17 that she was in 617e897146 pain. As her briefly returned bd268feafd consciousness started to fade 02eae9930d again, Seul-ah weakly closed 5c9d41d6c0 her eyes.  87c5dbd40c809de2

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A loudbang! bang!echoed. It sounded like someone 3b57ed8236 was knocking on the ad85cdd223 door, but it was 12e2de9153 drowned out by the d13a7b4470 pounding of her heartbeat, 8817768cd1 vanishing into the distance.  b136fbcdd03fbb4d

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Kwak Chi-gyeom 8415660b43 slammed the 55b342245a front door 6e5685af07 shut roughly, 5ae389d8f0 his lips c2252f4022 twisting into 7bdd83c9ff a smirk. She had snapped 1e55dce52e at him so d14ac15889 fiercely, declaring she e20d37fae9 would change the f098b9bb29 passcode—yet the best 7aef904fd8 she could come 44c84d983d up with was 6321736cfb using Han Ji-seon’s 680275f0a4 death anniversary? It was laughable.  c971dc90b0979259

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The original passcode. Its reverse. Han Ji-seon’s anniversary. Three tries were 58ecd42b6d all it took 3348034fa6 to unlock the 4ef2c7360f door. Kwak Chi-gyeom cede91d599 found her 0c51d1809f naïve thinking f34d31232b amusing as 010901d1fd he shook 5ca0d346d1 the rain 28ee2ce2aa from his 663ecf7377 damp hair.  aa0eb9d72e0ba523

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She must 7194226057 really be 3a3767349f sick.  551c32095a109d1b

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If she 06abafb09c weren’t, she 4bd9f1d8e7 would’ve already 8bd4ecbe93 stormed out 1d2906dceb to glare 864fbb7a8d at him 3dbbeddf23 in disgust. Yet the f2f4f97967 house remained 51001e1ade silent.  41386169c7ffa5ef

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On the 69e6999522 living room be7c80c9fa table, her c29854b084 usual crossbody 717a8736a1 bag lay 23f7c6a5d5 tipped over. On the shelf, dabcb1676d Han Ji-seon’s urn ec6354cc8d sat next to 51c0ec2850 two chrysanthemums.  722b5598bfeff84f

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“Huu….”  ac8c41373dbc7e9f

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As he 4c44066ffa slowly scanned 4a2fb7ee62 the living 862069ec9e room, a 6e6037d333 faint groan b972be1266 came from 091583c118 the left. It was 7557b9f264 a much 80aa49a778 thinner, weaker 17bd267079 sound than 81731d1b5c when she 30f34e6aca had sucked 30ab48f9a3 on his eb8d0727a1 fingers last 4ef604350f time.  7247c447bd18ad7e

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Kwak Chi-gyeom flexed a12589b66a his index finger b359d8c8f3 inside his pocket, aeac0aac1e then headed toward 7debfd98a6 the source of 6e87905943 the sound.  511a3c0ea94d1e03

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From the room with a08849d024 the open door, more 33853654f2 groans leaked out—low, breathy, 073127c15a and oddly suggestive, as a8e23cde3b if she were pleasuring 7b4be3f834 herself.  271f0a28ef3ce6a1

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Seo Han-seong should 0ccabec73a be the one 8753a5aa0c hearing this. With that idle thought, 25baf72775 he stepped into the 67230df601 room. The blanket d408009782 on the 29b7ff82e2 bed was 87df1576d5 bunched up, 3d3a36d0e7 casting a 036a178a9d dark shadow 29f9e052e2 in the 7c012d6d60 dim evening 8de69d0be5 light.  3aff3972ef557d6f

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Her labored breathing 41f1d76812 made the blanket aa0f6cb5d1 rise and fall. Seeing it, 0938bcdd17 he wondered 6d50758d54 if she 2ca93771c1 was on 3ed2806588 the verge 77e9a8a645 of passing f58cf602c7 out again. He moved toward the bc071310a3 inhaler lying on the 8557af61fd floor.  b6ae99e632038db5

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As he f8706296ac bent down 872c8bd544 to pick 66e7efaadd it up, 2bfe1c78ab another whimper e2496fad51 came from e03d3d9db1 beneath the ccdc6d0577 blanket.  db31e778cd7a38d4

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The sound was 14a06bc86b fragile. Weak.  246172fd5c6bc798

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Fixing his grip on 9764ccf0e4 the inhaler, he approached d3bee62322 the bed.  6f12835a202be60f

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Han Seul-ah lay precariously 07d0f68e2e at the edge, just 119a2eb1f9 a small movement away 9948b43dba from tumbling to the 3b2ddbaacb floor. Kwak Chi-gyeom eyed e3f059a21f the unstable blanket a360784d67 and slid the 54e7b655d9 inhaler’s tip beneath f0352a9b15 its edge, slowly 5b43690f52 lifting the fabric.  50da8a76bc12c542

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The first thing 5af14a9688 that came into 154c283e7e view was her 5ae105b214 sweat-soaked hair. Tangled strands clung to bdca4d2b1a her forehead, messy and 9ce30a2ac2 damp like a bundle 6d13c829d3 of frayed thread. Then her eyebrows, 24f36c9263 furrowed in pain. His own brows 35a335aae1 arched with interest.  a8fc2584273e4a09

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As he pulled the 79b85dfa1f blanket further down, her 31819cff99 closed eyes were revealed—lashes 34869f0b77 wet and dark, strikingly 84494c5b5c long against her flushed 2899f74374 cheeks.  c004333f33379e7e

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He brushed the inhaler acadd1e854 against her cheekbone. No reaction.  0b52a23cf5a7f3d7

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Instead, her 5a62b3ed63 fevered breath 2f252eb40d spilled from 177038b986 under the 8112171aab blanket, heating 0cb741e921 the back 5d59223a61 of his c8524b1462 hand. Feeling her erratic e2a73b6b34 exhalations seeping into 143d26df17 his skin, he 86cfc13aee lowered his hand c0a567a5e0 further, brushing against a604ceed2f her slightly parted d0dff4d178 lips. Her flesh 29d967ce3a was burning 6d73695912 hot.  a00fd569f6f482cf

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Clicking his tongue, he 12cd510937 pushed the inhaler between bf5c7ad6d1 her lips. Her lips instinctively cd7e11943a latched on, much ed662e2c2a like a baby a3cbcc259e seeking its mother’s 53733272c4 breast.  f25b7da2d19072b9

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“Mmh…”  ba9d2208b62da25f

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Even as she coughed d19b39c348 from the medicine, she c2e3245f1e clung to the inhaler, 9d49bd9320 her lips following it 1f9accfb78 each time he tried 5ec3bf092c to pull away. She looked like fba5720762 she was desperately c1bfcfe7b6 trying to survive.  799102595dff4fc9

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Just as 9c3b21b6be he was c33ca974ad about to e4744ae9e9 remove the eab9d6935d now-empty device, ef7e386715 Kwak Chi-gyeom’s 8fa7820de7 gaze sharpened. Beneath the disturbed 021f190b92 blanket, something small 3598a369a3 and rounded was 8161683486 exposed.  816f1f598b4cc346

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As soon as he 8bb0b13260 recognized the soft, plump cc6e260744 curve as her bare 5a79716a97 hip, a quiet breath 83fc68583b of amusement escaped his 72095082fd lips.  09e14674e5e0a014

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“Looks like I really should’ve called Prosecutor Seo for this.”  ae827548e2c0f47b

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Despite the 85fc5bf47a feigned regret 11f70adbeb in his e65afcef4a voice, his 2e50c15678 gaze lingered c5e898fee4 on her 693e04ead6 trembling, naked 65497a6f30 body—dark, heavy, 6f8fbd0227 and unblinking. aaf826861609deb4