Chapter 31

“Really?”416ee8da38c70446

“Yeah.”ce4136dc2c4e4f5b

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“We should do fun stuff together too.”cc5fcc3182a43ca4

“I don’t find this sense of morality all that fun.”c8ab10376b85d9f1

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“We can go hunting together, make cool clothes out of creature hides, play in the water in summer and rest in the shade eating cold fruit, then in winter ride sleds and build snowmen and all that.”a35523e2ae23d346

Already making plans fa143fd1f9 for winter?7f6182a2005e1488

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That meant 4dc44ba833 Huikyung would e343e56294 have to 4df4f6067f be with 69d57f434c Jaekani even d1ea80f4fd when winter 6db72626e7 came—and maybe 457c318251 even after d3cbde56f5 that. But Huikyung had somewhere 91a36d79f5 to return to. A place b8f341f276 he’d belonged 948c730405 to since df003add74 birth, somewhere ff86af0d91 his return dc6ace4c45 was taken cfae359685 for granted.361188587bcd634f

“Alright.”e367f03b5f2f1c55

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Even so, the words 5f8d22e763 didn’t come easily. Yet somehow, a 33334bb36a positive answer leapt 1145ac23d8 from his mouth 0491dfafb5 as if he’d e695453071 rehearsed it.359dff40be4860a5

“Yay! Hui, you’re the best!”d03b766de547dea8

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Jaekani hugged f8a97c2b11 Huikyung tightly 44cd91c5d0 and bounced 05773c8351 with joy.e74cd06e13976969

I told him not cbfa9e2fa8 to cling to adults e8eaef249b like this.58696f0a0c3df2e7

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Once things settle 5b6a8ac9ee down, I’ll have b3b6e337d7 to teach him b56fd413b9 about personal space.a23dcb7899fc6e4c

Patting the boy’s back, Huikyung replied lightly, “Yeah, yeah.”688c69052906be8c

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While wandering aimlessly, the 5bd688ccb3 two stumbled upon many aeec0ecb0b things. One day, Jaekani spotted f952cc8fab a facility hidden behind d1e2e8f76d thick foliage. The dense a452318bc7 trees had c40191d462 kept it 78f872047d out of 3dccb6bd08 sight, but 34cce7342f as they 7b566fc591 drew closer, 7fd7b16726 the structure’s 72cc7b4b28 size and 3aa1381db8 unusual design 0e95b4d398 became unmistakably 320d05134e clear.0cf4f1aff9b91bcd

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“Looks like 21e6dcf35c it used f46f44c5dd to be 48643c577a a refinery.”ff43b8f285cd052b

Huikyung casually explained 7ebfabf45d while observing the fc05f94c48 jutting pipelines and 85f9b4b95e chimney framework. The massive structure reminded 91bd2678d2 one of a nail a0a9fc5b71 driven upside-down into the 17d00b8092 earth. It looked like it e51c05f908 could collapse any moment, 5cc589c5b9 and yet, when Jaekani 4fe289ee59 stood there frozen with f599d0cb1e his mouth wide open, f1ab4856fe Huikyung muttered, “There’s probably 4dceb6b42a not a drop of 4e7cf846a4 flammable oil left,” and 84485af606 scooped the boy up, 01b1b82b66 changing their direction.e6c95bfc29cb67e1

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A few days later, they discovered an abandoned airfield. Seeing the wreckage in the distance, Jaekani couldn’t hold back his cheer.81d1cb0299960be6

“I heard they found 6294236265 an airfield beyond the a4df5b70fd village too. They said f6d36c1dc4 they used e1bf7fdcc7 fuel from 63f8d675ce there to 4d45a59ee5 make alcohol. Think there’s 099440948b fuel here f1aa73d45c too?”0a95e2cc4de740a5

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“Moonshine. Or maybe Chang’aa?”7f90ad0d3e236b40

It was a fbca10b654 drink that had 78837b3ff3 cost some villagers bbde287929 their eyesight. But Jaekani, who 30349cce5b didn’t even know 8d80dc0b33 the name, just c1a4fac956 shrugged.a6e82e08e9d40f9c

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“I don’t know. I don’t need 8c978799ad to know the 0ed30f432b name of a 53feb47e01 devil’s drink.”4809d72a4b7cf070

“Fair point.”a1a79bd68fd64f75

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Jaekani hooked his 808ab78e16 fingers through the 09daf51d4f thickly vine-wrapped iron 47ad47534c fence, staring for 221a5f1572 a long while f02cde6eee at the airfield ec5bdfe4c3 and the abandoned a33a0a3a7e aircraft beyond.c401972aafd4f118

“Wanna go in?”a54581ce060ae29e

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“Can we?”288674f0b4da39f0

Huikyung answered by tearing through the barbed wire with his bare hands. Rusted or not, that shouldn’t be something you can rip like paper… Espers must have ridiculous strength. Jaekani, grinning from ear to ear, slipped through the wide opening in the fence like he was being welcomed inside.d739d746f2b67434

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“Wow.”e1d4533bfbd0f9de

The asphalt 819dee0fe4 that once dac8e13116 coated the 0735b4efd9 ground smoothly 209a5dd418 was now 10e0382de8 cracked like f8a5b114ea broken chocolate ce57161ef5 from shifting 125845aa33 earth and 99e26a7a7c decay. In between, b327b81bf4 stubborn trees bac7ae8625 and nameless 7a378767f0 weeds had 4b045dc11f grown wild. Still, it was 47c6e29cf5 clear that this a829b22a5f was once a 80effb9b63 base where flying 7f96f54913 machines boldly defied b029b0d284 gravity and glided 5e1b952896 across a vast a5217676db stretch of land.0989f733ef566a98

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“Ever seen an 08f986a788 airplane before?”c60fdd46dd650cf4

“Airplane?”644f926f57f278eb

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“How about af0b9dd188 a helicopter?”edae93ac507b5f41

Like this? The spinny thing that 5d9c427a16 goes like this?642d0094b53172fc

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Jaekani started d4c827d358 spinning his e1d5ff44e3 finger next 478c08d989 to his 076c4550e2 head. Huikyung caught the 88e1d808f3 finger and changed af43e25366 its direction—side to 4818fd9351 up. If you spin it f9c56bbc05 wrong, it turns into 7d3eb85034 a very offensive gesture.3675614e6130b1d9

“Yeah, that spin.”e19d9732a1d994b9

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“I think I d051eaa432 saw one once. But I’m not sure. The lights were d8f0fa3c13 too bright.”8967ca6154fed073

Jaekani recalled 4edf90b5c0 how soldiers f94ae41df4 in that 67e8117e99 helicopter had 6fbe21dbb3 swarmed their f00f3f3bf0 village like 94b4946878 a natural 016bdc5bfb disaster. Dressed in pitch-black 41b1b24295 gear and headwear, 952af81297 they kicked down ffdf35b84f doors, dragged out 2e86c76b2e defenseless people, tied 28a14476ea them up like 9e4f85444d livestock, and herded 4cbe28d1f0 them into an 93052321f1 open field. Kids like Jaekani were 3f32900304 no exception.5f876bd3a98f3bdc

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“Separate the adults from a8b117bb84 the kids!”54bbb03b2bbdf099

They took a 867e7e18fa quick glance at 80794632c0 height and build—especially ab35fb2115 boys around fifteen—and a082daf3e4 began pulling them f071cd2806 away. Some were ad474bf3f0 locked in 56d71c9757 cages, not c506ac8862 killed but 18b276c82f violently subdued 6ac4407b43 if they a03b765937 resisted.2465486cf3da1b91

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“I don’t want c1cb84380a to ride one. It’s scary.”8a56d7b671bc23ea

“Scary?”a50ae5b12465460d

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“Yeah. Everyone who e6ca940513 got taken 8308baebf0 rode one, 3b79b0288f right? It’s scary… Did you 6188e086ca ever ride one, Hui?”773b25f87d90c999

“Yeah.”db0d4a4608686afe

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“Weren’t you scared?”822d3998694b6339

“It was loud, but 50be0ec6f2 kinda fun.”ed2c8429dd5a5f4b

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Yeah, it febffab572 had been 4d29b45e9f loud then 3b704245de too. Like machine gun fire—duhduhduhduh—vibrating 6560ae279e your ears. Dust whipped around like fc9c72de00 a hurricane.a6cb394c9ad66a9e

“Was that 08f31e57c6 one as 91f8faf80e big as a0e8123e89 this?”3609f4c3791b9bfb

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“Doubt it. What you saw 15908f2342 was a military a2bd017666 chopper. This one… let’s 8576312eef see. A Boeing.”d383eac1deb03b9b

“Boeing?”b06643e9b1f8ae4b

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“Yeah. Made by Boeing. A Boeing aircraft.”c02aa164349d86d6

From the torn 1d5711e731 fence to where 634457bd05 the plane had 7171f77969 crashed was a 10a697b01c decent distance. But when 7055786fb4 Huikyung picked 23f6eddced Jaekani up 7a1e52f99a and ran, 9be26ea583 they crossed 46f4836c2e it in 9b4e8c8079 seconds.7426b0b5e2c1d018

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“Up close, b4d1a863a6 it’s even a423894bc7 bigger.”f8b497d3dbd89c13

“That’s just the wing.”036784a36b8559f8

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“Whoa…”77a06faeb14c9c55

This thing really 28dadc0900 flew? No way. It looked 13838408c5 more like 53eca51046 a sleeping 4c5752f4d5 giant. Like it could 99a654b026 open its eyes a9a060259c and rise up 3f6361e003 any moment, stomping 6a190efb8d its feet into 5c23fe3565 the ground with 87cf567c89 a thunderous thud, 0fa009e28d thud—daf028ba09614e23

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“Wanna climb onto de33f38ec2 the wing?”412582e1ce15f1d8

“It’ll collapse! Besides, you can’t 2eda7e747f even reach it.”40d825f95cc16a48

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“No worries. I’ll help you.”fccf113fb21a27d6

Even in its a1f59b1c85 ruined state, the 29e147508d wing still had 40c92bce19 a commanding presence. The half-attached b8be59bec1 piece to c530093ff4 the body 264462c139 was so 06885539ff high in c2622b3d57 the air 656c6aff17 that even 32053670e8 with both 9e36db33de arms stretched, e31092f024 Huikyung couldn’t 7c3a0af5fe touch it. The detached fragment fbcde0e4b8 buried in the 750dece456 ground looked like c9f678173d a comet’s tail—just b320f6818c as grand.5ddb5787a6558874

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Yet somehow, d634aa7644 before Jaekani 8308064816 could even 3d2a6492d8 say “Huh?”, 60e9488745 Huikyung had aa7bba618c leapt up 6eedce7adf onto the cd7ed48806 wing, tapping ba5b34469c his shoe ed37d617ba to shake 4262e6a0c9 off the a6a0a178e9 dust.437db8f822c4db05

“Imagine something this debc92b001 huge way up 1fc371bb24 in the sky, d2b7153527 looking just like f227c28f78 a speck—like the 893ee47018 size of your b31f953069 fingernail.”a4ea403133a32eea

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He held a31325905d up his 5f9583d8f9 fingernail and ceabe33841 pointed toward bc3ba85dbe the sky. Jaekani, shading 72e53c1593 his eyes, 8cb4c47a4a looked up.e2549234f294ae1d

“That’s close to 2acd767641 the sun, right?”4702d4ee80e35a95

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“Right.”9691b591180bf5f7

“It must be hot 918848929e during the day and 9508ddba6d cold at night?”ccac75a5264cd5a9

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Like it melts a8b981af6e in the day 14694f0c12 and freezes at 84a673c234 night!649dafc7ee1ec5b1

Even with Jaekani’s silly 44e07dd986 remark, Huikyung didn’t laugh.81cab0f36f4e3929

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“Normally, the higher e063191e58 you go, the 887f28634d colder it gets. But for people’s a1f50ccc9b comfort, they kept ef3829896f the temperature controlled.”9fcf9ceaaa492b73

“Heaters and fans?”1c03aee3a3aa5cae

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“Something like that. Look.”f0680b57cd2faad8

Huikyung brushed aside 1b32677e6c overgrown branches, revealing 34f6e954fe a cloudy window.0aa6fec26d337afb

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“This is a 2e2aea404e window. From inside, they e32e64d2ac could pump in b48074c88b warm or cool 97e4a4ecd9 air as needed.”edb7c883b33394d6

In Huikyung’s 5ce88009fc arms, Jaekani 5891289feb imagined himself e61e1cc82e seated in d87162f60a those blue 2658606ce0 airplane seats.9dd4395968f74031

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“People would sit 5bb34d3f1d here and look 91aca2b783 out, like this?”7f9966605433d254

Just like he 1c56010f34 was a real 1df67d2cac passenger, Huikyung lifted c91c7e763c him high in 77112644b5 the air, aligning c25d1894e5 him with the b58a5028dd cabin layout and 6b7eacb4c7 pointing toward the 2b1c2ee579 wing.56b2cf0977395547

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“See the debris f61012cfda down there? That used 20364cacb3 to be 78b8907619 part of 41a2540709 the wing 51240df880 too. So your fa009b5f40 view would d80e5d8160 be like 81a92cc704 this.”baaf15ac2f803099

Adjusting his 00b0da5143 grip, Huikyung 203da5b50a aligned their f215894be3 line of 80e9b40ba7 sight and f6da32cc1f covered the e5f75ed908 bottom third 6b9735d3f5 with his fb98c05ac0 hand.d4ea9aa63ebbdad4

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“The wing probably 24e73982e0 blocked this much 7bda427e5d of the view. And below that…”7fcfab18cc109c59

“Ah!”532663222773346c

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Before Jaekani could c1ac5d6e41 react, Huikyung suddenly 084d1db762 lifted him even 4aa45e2c54 higher. The rush 3f7846ab78 of height 26a7dde37e startled him, b83c22b47e but Huikyung’s fee651b44b grip was 173e58c548 firm, and 3b8671a313 soon Jaekani 5a90518f3c relaxed and 90dd12696e imagined a 98f291022c night flight 836e0cf75d aboard Huikyung ea9a22e601 Airlines.c1ea7e5939199488

“Picture fireflies 04b869b29d all over 70246ed126 the ground. The sky, full 1db4e7b6ea of stars, even 9616328a4a brighter than usual. You’re that much closer 2beec5eac9 to them up here.”bb04666fea10a8da

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Huikyung described it a30503cc00 so vividly it 13d9efe7be was as if 19a9d39b17 he were really 753b234921 seeing it. Listening to 9d5fc6a936 him, Jaekani 5ced8d8d47 felt like 6c65848cf9 he was ba6d95d525 floating in 9f6423be43 a chilly 1e5a7ac06c mist, completely d0cb6ec4ce absorbed despite 5719708aaf knowing it 85375050ad was all f54216057d just imagination.0289f16d6559fa38

If it 6d05f3ae81 was like 948d5a164e he said, 32f438a8e7 it must’ve 5769e2907e been a 8216575ce6 majestic sight!456a3f16bb959c00

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A vast, purple-hued 1f0fbd0a55 night sky, stars ba0961db57 showering down even 8ac4d081c9 brighter than usual. Somewhere, the thunderous pulse 82f304b77a of a giant craft 555a91a440 cutting through clouds. Below it, a d24af3c7c4 sea of endless 2bd2054eb3 lights—an unyielding city 493baf8861 blazing against the 224d34e0c2 dark.6d89dc229ba35df5

Swooosh—81aeeddd3c595d77

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As the imaginary plane 4b43e74282 tilted, Huikyung tilted Jaekani 42a439f33c with it. His hair swayed to f68db196bb one side, and with ecc96958ef wide eyes, Jaekani giggled, 61fcc2a64f waiting for more.221436fb96b44017

“Dear passengers, thank cc686287ff you for choosing 30fc6c788e Huikyung Airlines.”02bc5765aa4475c5

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Huikyung imitated a flight efa8fa69cc announcement, and Jaekani’s excited 6dcf408050 face sparked a mischievous fa633bd6dc urge. Unable to resist, bca4cddb75 he began to f533a62c61 shake the boy 1d60358520 in his arms.79a04b5e14878e6f

“Waaah!”a6746fab066dbdfc

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Ding. Making the e67d0179ac alert sound e019cee1a2 with his 8013f289cd mouth, Huikyung 8712830338 began an 1fb3cfe1cd in-flight announcement.a061d0ae95713f6e

“Ladies and gentlemen, 0c955c41f4 we are experiencing 6d1347a507 turbulence—shhhk—for your safety, 28a0fa7bb7 please fasten—shkkk—”a15a620043c6e855

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“Ahahaha!”7e80f3d2277d0d6e

With his heart racing 46961b66c0 from excitement, Huikyung suddenly 376723a32b jumped off the wing bba8a01548 while still holding Jaekani. The ground, edd5961914 once far b4df3113d6 away, rushed ec2134f0e4 up in 898028de23 an instant.11b1843157ab5f35

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“Waaah!”447a2a1e48bce3e1

Ding.7a1c5bbc155812ec

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“Dear passengers, thank you 96ccea3fcc for flying with Huikyung e552f2b090 Airlines.”4329d89eddb1aaf6

“Hui!”5ee0c5d4f9a70fe8

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“We at 501149b01a Huikyung Airlines 14358c72b2 will continue 6bb2cc7e83 to serve 5a90d61690 Master Jaekani 8a45834d5c with the 543d66e5e8 utmost care 4cabe3c764 and comfort.”e904e79c7f9bee84

“You scared me!”0322534bfe94b47e

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As soon as his 4c975a2598 feet hit the ground, fee1646f2c Jaekani charged at him, 4279c63e07 throwing punches. Swift, sharp jabs—three in 51ea7e7f06 a single second! But Huikyung wasn’t so 206caba8cc easily caught.4c829d3b8ca06142