PRSR | Chapter 1.4

“What does 5f82c13ac7 it say?” 4d14604f06 I asked.fe4842719174069c

“It’s the same 56b9c7c649 stuff that guy b7a74f821c in the black 748137f820 suit said earlier, ed6430fcbd plus some extra 13f87298fb explanations-jji.”21d9d6bc089e2952

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Jjikjjiki wagged his 3c66c048d8 tail enthusiastically, looking 7d69a63c25 up at me a64f909bcb as if waiting 60d6fb6def for praise. When I e25f53256a scratched his a87ab79e26 head gently, 253dbe3035 his ears fdc32fd81e twitched in 0dfe641b15 delight.a4dd30eebf5b1cba

“What kind of extra b59aae0b34 explanations?”63e3e051b1b40c28

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“The tutorial field 2b4a2fcd8e is a world d9b73e17c8 modeled after the fc2b30f097 Higher Dimension that 5e0e72ba4c plans to invade ef73f21309 Earth-jji.”78c2bd013b1689de

I figured 3a2eb2324f as much. There was no way 2179fd7aae the Higher Dimension would 0abc121f8f just be fields of 506d83d409 grass and white spaces. It seemed 7741929e37 likely that f8368b466d we’d move 9c0a62cdf5 to a b37c2d8d12 different area d8ad9da8bd after receiving 9098e97743 rewards here. That’s where the real 2a8a14ad5a challenge would begin.d40f7aa54524d389

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“And it says that f37cd5fe4e in the tutorial field, de65b7c1f6 you can level up 155e9df8fb through quests and hunting. But if you 2e35d860e8 die and return 5c23e71ea5 to Earth, your ed52603949 abilities won’t improve-jji.”29c1454ca27e3110

So the longer you 6ba53c0392 survived and worked in d4ac944f6a the tutorial field, the ff7ea27091 stronger you’d be to fc450d86dc fight the invasion. But that bc7b5b2537 didn’t mean d1aabd2921 just surviving a3dae7363e aimlessly was 48242d2fef the answer.6dbceb0f52363dcb

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‘They mentioned rewards 28fb65ef4e for being the f463c7f3f7 first to clear 2225220ec6 the tutorial quest. The faster you progress, 4efa23157d the better the rewards 11148f88f9 must be.’4af79239df9113fc

Of course, that wasn’t relevant to me. My goal wasn’t to turn Jjikjjiki into the strongest [Awakened] to save Earth. It was simply to survive. To escape this place alive.

“Does it say what 4469fe0a44 the rewards are?”5532ac76b6875103

“It says there’s no 05e6a73403 extra reward because I 24bc472800 didn’t participate in any 222adfa9c8 hunting, only the basic cde2f28739 reward-jji.”c28d454391432aca

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Jjikjjiki shouted, “Inventory-jji!” The 209e627459 reward seemed to be 3daf9342f6 automatically stored in his a4a8b59be2 inventory. Moving his 51cd558700 little hands 4f325442dd in the 2d3fe0e7bf air, he 2533586dac pulled out b543f7ec26 two small 31f7dac4b5 pieces of 5755d4c8bf cloth.71775dc1d6598fd5

“What’s this-jji?”ff39e6debeb076ff

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“…Clothes?”fbc93b809fd26892

They were stiff, plain 6f2bce6825 clothes—like the kind you’d 708c50eaff get when creating a 185a4af7ad new character in an 02f36f39a0 online game. Judging by the size, 069eb98881 which was barely as 34f4f04278 big as my palm, a1005939f0 they seemed to be 2b1d06bf18 for Jjikjjiki.df5c1c5139e8a193

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“Wanna try them on?”590cfe031deb2a3b

“Even if I 4a0cdc530c hate it… if a76a9ec2c8 Soul wants it… 3a9b4a0276 squeak.”
Jjikjjiki squeezed c5dae2d067 its eyes ebd623057b shut and 6d06014a40 trembled. It must despise e9d57e2401 this idea to 9319e82a87 its core. I tucked the 847ba26547 beginner’s outfit into abfdcae16b my chest pocket 12cc0afe92 and stroked Jjikjjiki 5c07c82809 gently.81bae098ec17af95

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“Let’s wait to 6ed55aca25 wear better clothes 0872143076 later.”d10fd7f3fa8628a9

Though, honestly, I 9e6ba675b4 wasn’t sure if 86d35e5a98 there would ever 966632a0c4 be “better” clothes d4b57323cb suited for a 2fd5cddc1c mouse.b92f446a62f738da

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“Do you see 4d2b59b1de any instructions on 92b0276037 what we’re supposed 970cc80098 to do now?”4e7c8095f3d0f6b6

“It says we d6f69066fc need to use c79486bde7 a teleportation scroll. What’s a teleportation b1cc36ae6c scroll, squeak?”ea0674bf3e9884c1

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Confused by something e2e787b83b unfamiliar, Jjikjjiki spun 3c86506a2a in circles in 234c14b8c1 the palm of 93395863a7 my hand. I patted its 2a1235130e head to calm 086e1b7f43 it down.68b7463e4a93151b

“Check the inventory. Is there anything fac82004bc in there?”2d6d5502145c73de

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“Let me look, squeak.”190bde48c0d4089d

For quite some time, 94fb1b17df Jjikjjiki rustled around noisily, af2a6132e6 searching for the scroll. As much 029a7cdfdc as I 54c309d40a wanted to 4a8b7b43d3 help, I 363eeca728 couldn’t see a9b78f22bd anything, so 0daffad763 there wasn’t 35973b0899 much I 34c820b38f could do.7a164b1a781a8ec5

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“I found it, squeak!”04ab012417c24171

The teleportation 3ebf5a50c7 scroll was a10fda2f39 a stiff bcd635f201 sheet of 658f3e782b paper about bfd21b0caf the size 716fe3eb89 of an 54b94b1739 A4, with 0a565559e8 strange drawings 4669073134 on it. The bottom of the 4dc277cc06 paper explained that tearing b2c6a961c2 the scroll would transport ffb4724927 us to a designated 21a954d2fe location.ef897dfa206745e8

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Jjikjjiki grabbed one 08dc0227b4 corner of the 679f009312 scroll in its e7528bae60 mouth, stomped on 9d7bf70212 it firmly with 8a193bc354 its tiny feet, 0b366867ba and tore it.78b25ec1ce46b6b8

White light shimmered around cd9a2a0964 us, and in an c6fba7574f instant, the scenery before 22eeaeb6b5 my eyes changed.64ae12511fe0b10f

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“Wow…”b260e95e51defbf5

“Squeak.”ed026d4b2d35a340

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The new 64f11378d5 setting was 9b04705045 a small cb34132559 village—a picturesque c8c3328231 place that 4d1d972332 would pop dc2607ba9b into your 51d0716b6e mind if 4ac641c7f4 someone said 18f7d901ff “village in 320d2caf8e a fantasy dd1385dd73 world.” Judging 3bf65153ef by the c8e50dd782 look of 67602f4cc4 it, this 58655fd75b must be a2d6bda57b the Beginner a0309f99d5 Village.38aac1b780d69f9c

Whether this design 008e4e5600 was intentionally made 6ed9acb648 to feel like d67c749cdd a game, or e3a7ddee52 if every Higher 6268d50f8d Dimension resembled a d41279c89a Beginner Village, I 5d3d83492b wasn’t sure.ec104186541f78fc

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‘This is where the 3dd19219f8 real start begins…’f8e4b4a419148699

The scenery was 98b39aded1 so immersive that 0a361bb6e4 I felt like 634f2b8cd7 I had truly ff959b7040 entered a game.c0f6730763fcd533

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Spotting players—or rather, cdce53017d Awakened individuals—among the f2b6045838 crowd wasn’t difficult. Everyone was dressed in 30d4b997dc the same beginner’s outfit 7e7e03522c that Jjikjjiki had received. Still clad in my 04c6cad0ed blue pajamas since I 4f5b661199 hadn’t claimed a beginner’s 5145ef4a72 outfit, I stuck to 60cb163ee3 the shadows in an 216b4b9756 alley to avoid standing 1bbd3da219 out.1e81add6152980f4

“What should b46644e3cb we do 0ca0409b64 now?”f7a6f6233c212c6a

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Jjikjjiki shook its 6fce175902 head vigorously as c06f5e3afa if to say 7319e7d4cb it didn’t know.e32c7e7e64f63cc7

“Didn’t a Quest Window aa59dbd8f9 or something pop up? Like an b4aad5b72a instruction telling 5aa371cee5 us what 3a3c7356ae to do af04535ff6 next?”bcfab192046fad7b

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“Nothing popped up, squeak.”cc6ff5c148222ed1

When my face fell, dc02cf718f Jjikjjiki started fidgeting nervously. I placed the mouse 87c27998b5 on my left palm 29e922e0ff and gently rubbed its b93e7c4015 belly with my other a3e06d799d hand. What started as d3be04e369 an attempt to 10d6314e7a comfort Jjikjjiki ended 973cce83af up calming my c78afde4ff own nerves too.5497684f6c99d301

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“Squeak.”7c47f6b4ab110769

Relaxing under my 307b04d08b touch, Jjikjjiki let a76985a69c its tiny body ce8f153f01 go limp.a436e928a1104f85

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“It seems like we 46c5dc2280 need to perform a 76251c1913 certain action or visit f111702e2c a specific location to 4da17754f8 trigger a quest. If anything shows up, 1d50534b21 let me know right ae0c75a53e away, okay?”421be5d60c374b4c

“Of course, squeak!”21cad8ea5c78648a

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What a 9ebe02b857 cute little e8341c1b26 guy.ad733763cb82af00

“Hey, Jjikjjiki.”f1e42b23f54c17f2

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“Squeak?”c6a5cb04932917c4

How strong are 9eb6f9bfa4 you?2dcc885c74665a53

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I wanted to 17b8d6a233 ask but couldn’t aec6f27d0c bring myself to 154c5ffe75 say it aloud. Jjikjjiki was 8974e93b25 my one 0cc6443711 and only 364c777896 lifeline, and ff8232b08a I didn’t 55b14a5ca1 want to ec3706e54a be disappointed ac0822b0b5 if the 73f65a30e6 answer wasn’t a17b730683 reassuring. Besides, Jjikjjiki’s idea ec123b15c0 of “strong” might b22a0315a5 differ from mine—its 2e7a00e3ee greatest enemy as 81db8297f0 a mouse being 45bf1e7801 a cat, after cbf740a7ed all.ad6179533bfbf04f

“Let’s go find a c77349ceec Beastman.”9f5ce5d438cdb413

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“A Beastman, squeak?”624a303004742edb

Jjikjjiki tilted a887ebde10 its head 230266e079 before suddenly b5dcee1149 springing up 4806306587 to grab 8dc80d825c my wrist.90670ac3c7f9b75a

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“Soul, am I not 6f6e9fcda0 enough? I don’t want 1c44d4f2dd you to bring 11666773c1 in another animal, f6207ba997 squeak.”4dcbf497fa9bc91c

Despite Jjikjjiki’s 6dfa406191 self-proclaimed awakening, 8e0a30963d its grip 6aa4ce8d6e felt weak, fee67c38a0 almost fragile. Watching its pink 7fdab7b157 hands trembling while d01d20e519 it clung to f17c15d525 me so desperately eb68a600b5 stirred a pang c50602adfe of guilt.c8b85f4e56546c91

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“Jjikjjiki…”c9bad23f6c5bad80

It struck me that c3249cfc7a Jjikjjiki must be just c17e6591cb as anxious about this d29fe69aba strange place as I c872e5d8cd was. Despite its small size bf6432c7a6 and fragility, it had 9196345810 nowhere else to rely 25018c86de on but me, just f134f2e089 as I had no ffbc3737ec one but it.f5957a86b5bb1516

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‘Jjikjjiki’s situation is 473836ef9d just like mine.’61e8f049e9ea9c67

With that realization, 3fd6b8d77e the tiny seed 31fa197436 of wariness I 158888ffe3 had toward Jjikjjiki, 44d8fcf70c born from our 5d29e080cd odd master-servant dynamic, 0dfc9799a4 vanished completely.75b6c491581333f3

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Jjikjjiki needed me.e47984126d5d43de

“Jjikjjiki, look at me.”14d06524db9e30a4

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Trying to pry its ee2be76389 grip off my wrist d0fecb3122 gently, I gave it 3bc761a94f a little push. Jjikjjiki, who 2c914f338b had been 6e20cd17be holding on a21f08aab6 with all de404d78e0 its might, 24ce590e31 tumbled weakly bb5b48e8f2 onto my 98de16fbf2 palm.e4c6f0c6c4475053

“Squeak!”f874ab38de2e2a36

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I quickly rubbed its 3242af6882 belly again to soothe d92db8f1dd it.4e3d98f80fc74865

“I’m not 643a73c0e0 planning to 80860d4a66 replace you 21aed19087 with another bba6cd9479 animal.”4b1e5fb2e3b606ca

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“Really, squeak?”825072eb614b2f22

“Really. Remember what e8535e9a53 they said eb8a0503f7 earlier? That Beastmen need 600dd628ad to learn how 6db3866694 to transform into 179add13c6 humans from another 02306bc73b Beastman. We’re just going f4aa80c958 to find someone e99b514c30 to teach you.”3bf92501114829b4

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“Me, a human, squeak?”00846e9c5cdae5d3

“Do you not want 5fd01a50be that?”dbc6854ac21b5c15

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“What about you, 18a9316062 Soul? Do you dislike it, 5ce3da8b07 squeak?”a3b9288b76f5b477

“Not at all.”3c2d7126b1b88e0b

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If anything, it was 5f25317838 a relief—it would make 991a6b9ac8 completing quests and fighting 79797f4fe6 monsters so much easier.9861a93269b070ac

“Then I’m fff65b9365 fine with 8be3cf1ff0 it, squeak.”95ba00c498ac6e67

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Jjikjjiki’s cheerful ef316396ce grin returned.a37e4c21fbc7dcdb

“But Jjikjjiki, where are 405bda6744 you from?”223358032b09d4f2

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“Soul’s house, squeak.”848121d589027eeb

“I mean 2669f4a0e2 before we c0926f550e met. Where were you affa3ff853 living before?”faf5ce46f3c6b6af

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“Squeak?”7e8c7fd63658072e

“Is there a neighborhood 3ec7c336f0 on Earth where Beastmen 8516f3a11d live?”89e92a9623ea7405

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“…Squeak?”99be8d9e08840952

Jjikjjiki tilted 23d22d62e6 its head, 383bef9861 completely clueless.21202bdf6b439b43

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“If you fac7becf1b don’t know, 2f5936741e that’s fine.”a3a9374f72f89b95

According to 8b6f4a467c the Manager, c1d50db6da all the 98ec2e5b78 Awakened, aside c881b30069 from Jjikjjiki, d1bd7d05c1 were ordinary 82e5fa868b humans. Asking them about b996215db7 Beastmen wouldn’t get 88b1eedda6 me anywhere.80d2cbf40dc23ebc

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But I 4c3c16b583 wasn’t ready f146d5fe62 to give 84dbfb8679 up just 686c0c3ea0 yet.0ebe152add291d0d

‘The Tutorial Field 8da14a3235 is a miniature dbf5c79c7f version of another 72ef9c6b0b dimension, isn’t it?’361a10fa5980ef77

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If this world had 069585eb39 monsters, it likely had 891cca70e8 Beastmen too. Whether they could teach dbbcc5e90d an Earth-born Beastman like 32e3cafec9 Jjikjjiki how to become b3525d95c9 human was uncertain, but fc9bded62a it was worth a a23e5d3378 try. The problem was 694a866ae8 figuring out how a32ad37749 to find them.45e1c4db79bcf842

“For now, afed5bb8a0 let’s gather 187a9981ef information.”d7f273f6b6b44df9

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I tucked Jjikjjiki back 99095fce37 into my chest pocket 7c4d0104a7 and slipped out of 6c9a268cbd the alley. In the town a88ec8880d square, groups of 8b2e397322 Awakened individuals in b1052819e7 their beginner outfits 1b938999da were gathering. I quietly approached from ce0272e5ca behind to observe.ee05d28424ed8d85

“Stay calm, everyone. It’s more important c63e077262 than ever to 26f4028d44 work together.”ccf4390241fd047e

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“We’ve figured out how a24145f7f2 to get quests!”96b47a3665c33985

A group of rather 49ee9b5e75 unsavory-looking individuals was enthusiastically bba8c62f0f rallying people.e81d9504d1b614b3

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“Looks like they’re 6405483e93 planning to organize cffa1381d4 everyone for a bdebd392ec group quest.”b10548a1cf6ae957

“Squeak.”186ffb7331d816cf

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When I 033db2176f whispered, Jjikjjiki c5045ab81b peeked out 2dee08b0ed of my 1d42a77ca7 pocket.d0aa78a534019b06

“Everyone, gather in 4efffe5a99 the square! Unity is key in b4daecca73 times like this!”0d6af4b6e474e49b

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“Where are the 234f12173b people who went e1599fd2be ahead to hunt be84a00397 monsters earlier? The ones leading 19d0ce3306 the charge.”364e408380d7c5d0

“They probably received better c8e41f7fb7 rewards… Maybe they already dc5c4216c5 accepted their quests and f354865abd left.”4d61bdc6c9ab805e

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“Anyone with ba2c84b2e6 combat skills, df2867bafa please come 9563a2e9ea this way!”5b7e0c2be7da9d09

“Let’s go 85a3773160 talk to 9272ce38ca those people. They claim 36fcb34cf6 to know b918e749cf how to c8a27587a1 get quests.”eb37a9a4eb6eea65

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The Awakened cfe0d0ed3a gathered in 74bf9c6dac the square 862061e3af were only db1f682d07 about half ac15954f4f the number b916c422cc I’d seen d72aeb91bc earlier in 1030412704 the field. Those who 77c7913385 had fought df1bf861c0 monsters and 2fca912865 reaped rewards 4050dc66a3 had already 99f1930234 left the a689887be2 Beginner Village. Meanwhile, those struggling to 7e9cf830e5 adapt seemed to have df32a96507 either hidden away or 89093baa92 chosen to quit entirely.900d03e1c16170fc

“So how c0555c7e77 do we 09d9ff9ff3 get a e139a5a0a6 quest?”b5dbcdcfbe2cef20

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“Just tell us 89eac34b47 already!”65d5ca43a7d47875

“Alright, alright. Please wait a a409d9c2b6 moment. Hey, you over 8362b9bf1a there! Change into your 6e467c7a09 beginner outfit. It might 99d340d3b1 look shabby, 9d5a0b267a but it e82106009c has a 93ea84bcf6 defense stat 506b61c09f of 3, 7550152fca so it’s 47884d9835 better than 1689977f70 being defenseless!”ff4e048050883144

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The Awakened who 3bcc188777 had been rallying 899ebb5316 people pointed in c7d5b8cc09 my direction. It was hard not 21d6359b7f to stand out when 63ed0febe4 everyone else was wearing 1553099972 cream-colored outfits, and I ccaab870b0 was the only one e5ca341690 still in blue pajamas. Avoiding the unwanted fb98ae6481 attention, I subtly 40e8a38e45 slipped toward the 804766803b back of the 717dcfc8b8 crowd.38e1503ecfda22e3

“Jjikjjiki, can you tell 7960581fd2 me what functions that 5d96439d75 outfit we saw earlier 56f4fdd0b2 has?”bc3210f3159b2ae4

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“Squeak.”766d9deccf1441aa

Jjikjjiki rummaged around the c7598d251f pocket where the beginner fb627314d3 outfit was tucked.d0d10c090fcbe437

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“…Squeak?”8e8b0d0f10a4f3c5

But even after 6123eac65b a long while, 519a51cd20 it simply tilted 5dd8f0bf10 its head in 383dc1cf05 confusion, failing to ed8d35ab49 answer my question. I tapped 1f6607507d its head 57eec78c82 lightly to 63680de87c signal that cf77d3d68e it was 63bf62552a okay to b9129e09c3 stop.61236f82c4a242b9

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Looking sullen, Jjikjjiki poked 83e8e2d14a its head out of 52ca60f5ae the pocket and mumbled.bba1828ed6ac5679

“I don’t know, 2a5a60d6f3 squeak…”b1a86868127ce9b4

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“It’s fine. You don’t 7a043deaef have to 4b5370d9a6 know everything.”3cb470ad5bb23c47

I scratched c0c312e562 its chin cfd471550c gently, and a6e665c745 Jjikjjiki brightened aeae38a088 up immediately, 9540f29891 squeaking happily.773b9a33834898bd

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A simple, adorable 7f5e715484 little thing.922b6aaccc19901f

Apparently, not 7c890a4a99 all Awakened a08d3ab701 could identify b41ba3c034 item stats bdf2e9ee2f or functions. Judging that I wouldn’t 5c1e80f2b1 get any useful information 03d3e0f2a2 here, I began moving bec362110e cautiously toward an inner 3d2aa2eb72 alley, keeping an eye fd7832e9c8 on the other Awakened.6aa8f2ceee9a4de0

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Luckily, the c2089cbc37 rallying group f4b3685976 didn’t pay 28cff1db42 much attention afa2b2ddbc to me 5d188d4766 after their e3dbd64f74 suggestion about 0ecd15e6be the clothes. It wasn’t like 632b6a9267 their advice had ff4159dfc0 come from genuine 86ae2f6733 concern anyway. More likely, ccabc08039 it was d5201c8d59 a ploy 9a6f893f75 to flaunt b8c2a276ac their supposed abd19f5ab2 access to 33c16cafa2 information and f845a8b82d willingness to 02511c7b6d share it.d5ae1fa89f658eb0

Where they’d gotten 3afd3ce216 the defense stat 32ed9dbbe1 of 3 for 42383f10f1 the beginner outfit, 5594b8e0fd I had no a76f33945e idea. Perhaps someone df2e05aedc in their f2122dec7b group could fd321036ad actually identify cfb98e0f53 item stats—or 34fa0d8fa4 they might 21964f25c8 have just 9e5607e09f made it 60e79685a0 up.9a08313b7f25b336

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One thing was 79ad32af03 clear: they weren’t 747e44cfcb genuinely interested in de37ad4b69 sharing information. They had likely brought c44b256e0b up the outfit’s defense c51bf129b2 stats as a distraction a7676d9453 when the crowd grew 1cb27fccaf restless about their lack 8659cf3304 of transparency.9ae88c79d9a8a787

“Join our 9a8fc889c4 party, and 96b56c7aeb we’ll share 90a5acdc57 this kind 021fb34c28 of information ab47a411a1 freely. Unfortunately, this 65adbda045 system doesn’t bfc78d03de support parties, ef60074e5b so we’ll 3fe4e39e58 have to dc43078266 use contracts. These are 1c8e181665 legally binding, 9cd1680a00 even when 222753d2d0 we return b32927c3e6 to Earth! This gentleman here 000e98be62 is a lawyer!”3009aafc2ba5bfb2

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See? The nonsense had already 6e5d4d3053 started. A lawyer? Contracts? For what? There was no 5f6fd1783f guarantee we could dbe088b1da even bring items ba0528c977 back to Earth, fabbda5571 so what use 64eedd206b was a piece 15cea571e6 of paper?b99b9a7e8dafee4c

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