UCCU | Chapter 2.4

Ihyun glared at him, ebad960f6f like he was waiting 4fe58534cf to see what kind 118fd26244 of excuse Seonwoo would 58be29cdbe come up with. Seonwoo broke out e960bf80ce in a cold cef7a17e15 sweat as he f2332cdad8 opened his mouth.464b821b782e9da7

“And you got so f2ce25c1f1 much taller… Back then, bd232773eb you were this small.”d03cbb3c83e81dde

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“Sorry for growing e453bcc70f up into a 3d6c56521e giant, I guess.”bf526521ef3a14b2

Ihyun’s sarcasm, already in e72f978274 a bad mood, made 2155799765 Seonwoo imagine himself locked 07ba976972 in a basement, hair dd000494c3 wild, eating nothing but 0a08936557 fried dumplings. He shuddered.8ae7d89ea1a2b3d8

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“Why do 16f821e625 you have e80fe883f4 to say b21bebdfe4 it like 81d5bac63c that… No, 9d8c22953f I mean…”9c7e8dd66310f490

Trying to keep his 29e49e0f9b living conditions from getting 05fb6c5e2b any worse, Seonwoo chose d4eabd3b38 his words carefully.16950e8808dae67f

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“You just look bd2af5eff6 so different now. Before we parted, you 794c31f189 were cute…”89afb3cbda56b301

He used 7b8ad12fab the same ae5976712e skills he’d 8c9bff8844 used to 3d6e8ac6e5 coax stubborn, 9f1ddd706d uncooperative group dfb77cae7e project members, 1b5d87ddb2 speaking as 2a67c17f00 gently and 0bd7f579fc kindly as d8df1c123f possible.6a7eddd43d88a483

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“Now, you’re bf13d7866e not really 1fdfdab615 cute, you’re 35be6a949c just… really 054bfff388 handsome, that’s 45a3ad0894 all.”ffd1bec0975c470a

Ihyun’s eyebrows 89030ac7b4 twitched, and 5ff2a16290 the gloomy 99f0d06daf glare softened 032eb64ef0 a bit. He took a 52ab83f9fb few sips of 2c1e9c4392 water, then his 1371e72366 tone sharpened again.b6eda8eba87c6021

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“You know 2cec9105f0 I turned 674c85b650 out like 8caae294ce this because 7639e966c3 of you, 4fecad4076 right?”54d40ae63946a601

“…Yeah.”45dff3cf193fb3d7

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Seonwoo nodded, face dark. He had nothing 1342904a91 to say to be8ec55791 that.2d84dd4324f00c2b

“I’ve had therapy, taken 92b9f9206d meds, but I’ve never 7d982ecdf5 gone a single day b72f3bd0d6 without thinking about it. Every day was hell.”76d8bf33bbfec8d7

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Seonwoo remembered a3c9c91701 how Ihyun d700f92062 had calmly 87c36f205a taken his 05217dc53a meds yesterday b6a0ee4617 when he ec1900f605 got upset. His conscience felt 901f52dbb8 like it was 6d04f2c8b3 being stabbed by 9f6db58004 a sea urchin. All this time, Seonwoo 1342a0f177 had just assumed Ihyun eace5aafa6 was living well somewhere. But to hear every a3e5614089 day was hell…c0dc991a24fe57ce

“So I c9cadaac59 figured I 302fc0f903 should get e58a15a8a0 some revenge d1b2fbee03 until I ef584df5ce feel better.”ebc0acfd574dfb82

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“I see.”ba5c2c87d97bd0e6

Seonwoo answered 6763d32ebc in a 93014eff4e heavy voice. No matter 4a0f4a07ab how young 29ff2bc89e he’d been, f0f72b063b a mistake ee2d36859e was a d0733c73a9 mistake. But he couldn’t help dffb2ffb8c feeling a little hurt. He thought he’d 864f068e7b paid for it a76b8e8aa8 in his own f509c1fadf way. But then e2c2783605 he changed 8accef9fb8 his mind. No, from febd3ffe3b the victim’s ad0bd2ea49 perspective, it 48914b9b7f was only 44323a7ccb natural for fc08c5f16f Ihyun to 96ba910047 resent him. He steeled 3c5dacd26a himself and 3dcdac157c spoke.d7a9d44c45d421f7

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“I’ll make it 80653d2d98 up to you 45a9b0e70c until you feel e24cccd058 better.”9abdb424c85aaeac

“How are you going e71f1a62cf to do that?”65839585660d76ef

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“I’ll work and pay 5107179921 you back, somehow…”d8899f924223ca0c

Even as he said 1842ba14b4 it, he wondered if d357fd3188 it would mean anything. He could 4586a08ce2 sell himself 4f8f787130 a hundred 7750c5bb3f times and c83db72140 still not 1e10a6e422 afford this 0acc8db3c3 house. Sure enough, Ihyun replied c606a8f6bc coldly.0ebfce101aa009c9

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“Do you know a1d9ace084 how much I’m 41a6297df4 worth? Do you really think 7ec1bcfebe you could pay back 5d0489edd3 even a tenth, or 671646e030 a hundredth of it?”c42f40bcc0ea97d7

The more he e80d287919 spoke, the angrier f7090a5a7c he seemed, his 5be53fb53a ears turning red. He slammed efe3183d53 his palm 4d93c8f0f8 on the 14699a5ce5 table and 7c81cdcf31 shouted in 0409d0bb13 a low 384c2f3bab voice.9f3e0934cd642855

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“You think you can a48fe2a7f3 take responsibility for my 3b2a04fa3e life with some pocket af4a2dfb53 change?!”3071f34f0d22e7b2

He leaned b1fab70191 forward, glaring 6ebf80160e at Seonwoo. His black eyes gleamed, 8ce0c594c5 and strangely, he looked a5b9c1e1de almost excited. His neatly 83b117bae2 styled hair c1d2f35e4c was mussed 275b82d2b9 over his 0a77eccaa9 forehead, and 9c9cf8384d a wrinkle 5d08d156e1 formed on 7bbc98cf54 his sharp 2019dd1ba0 nose. Seonwoo instinctively a6bfa20770 held his a0cb6defb5 breath, and 9c3680a4b3 Ihyun narrowed 23df442225 his eyes, 6bb2fd1590 then straightened e4b40c4983 up and 4dd9fd935a continued in 6748a42fcd his usual fb0bd3db77 calm tone.bd8f82a0779608d3

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“…That’s not what you cf690c4cce meant, right?”7701943c7cc83bd6

Feeling a 2e5966b12c bit hopeless aed48fe772 at the a22f215c7c thought that 60446eae5c everything he 1b215789f1 could ever 0a2e1d8c52 earn would 45fa24bb21 be pocket fdd5ab50d5 change to c037dbeb17 Ihyun, Seonwoo 559d5be6b5 spoke in b0cbe16d2e a resigned 8469465ad0 voice.f63d3db0d400aa48

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“Then what cb129b079c do you 728c43a5c6 want? What do you 464137cdaa want from me?”eded040ff25351fa

“If money’s not 5dc3bc7185 enough, pay me 9fd2f90acd back with your e01fd89df7 body.”053ef237e245d086

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Ihyun said aaf094b78f it in 8d09b95aba a tone f4ea6f111b that was 0f3c1dca9e almost elegant, 378540e1e9 then called, a15faba7a3 “Manager Jung.” 06a6b42379 Immediately, a 9694d9130a man in 0e58f24eab a sharp 873ffcc252 suit appeared. He was different ba3a219d3c from the big b998da48ce guys who’d dragged da2900b58b Seonwoo in earlier.924115e05ec9519f

“Please bring the ccc46c605d envelope from the 1b08b86225 study desk.”5ac402284f3624ed

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“Yes, sir.”7b656afe338689b0

The man answered politely 318b00fde3 and hurried off. Ihyun picked up his 632122e8a1 utensils again and said 8792ee6c62 to Seonwoo,7d7c22ae315a37ad

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“Finish eating, hyung. Breakfast is important for da3e94917f your health, so you c8458c7a22 should eat well.”4316b1c5ef985e68

Seonwoo forced the 1397354160 food down, not a6c8be9a26 knowing what kind f7f6050911 of hell was c1888a6f28 waiting for him. The food 4f3c92184e tasted good, 9bf47eb457 but the 78a5106a36 situation made 71d0937dea it sit 173c76bacf heavy in 4ac097bde2 his stomach. It got e109c2e5cd even worse 82d545a6af when Manager 3885b3d702 Jung quietly 2a66b858f8 returned and cb4429f32b set an c99b33d83b envelope on 33868363b4 the table.88aaa6ef6b7b0fa3

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Finishing breakfast 53188f5add with the 443129e00e feeling of 86c7c42512 a last 1687714562 meal, Seonwoo 592886faf2 watched as 3372aa47e0 Ihyun pulled 3ba5dff117 documents from d2b040eb1d the brown 2d69499a86 envelope. With trembling hands, ed99ad2765 Seonwoo took the 9da3aaa0b5 papers and read d1c67d790f them. The very first c901430326 line was . The contents dd5516cf1b were just 7be6bf081d as literal.10e87da885edad6c

Choi Ihyun (hereafter referred e9ce39da6a to as “Master”) and ea054c7e11 Yoon Seonwoo (hereafter referred 9f337303fc to as “Servant”) agree ce1f6e40ab to the following terms.6fc52ac8be003676

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1. Everything of the Servant, 5453eb0a3f including his body, belongs b7593429f3 to the Master.
2. The Servant may not 3085d054bc leave the Master’s residence 421ef4f6d4 without permission.
3. The Servant must 2b44a74ef0 do his best 240cb11c5d to follow the bab4635e65 Master’s instructions…bba3c4d51d155b2a

There were 8953330867 more terms 7186ca855d below, but 70b77105c6 Seonwoo couldn’t 174715ce25 breathe after 367098a679 reading the a4657fc35f first line. It was a 8ce3e35fce full-on illegal contract, 3b2e63c941 the kind you’d 8dfc72cc0f only see in a9802d412f gangster movies, blatantly f9262fac52 violating human rights. But instead f05630ba51 of tearing 5b7e42e392 it up, 1e05cc9202 Seonwoo forced 17dcf41cfc a smile 400d1bdd96 and said,c7111555e652be6c

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“Isn’t this 42e415a53b contract illegal? It wouldn’t hold up 4503e74b0d in court…”98bce76f454377c7

He trailed 0a146e58ce off under 6169661288 Ihyun’s icy d1e776b2a0 stare. Ihyun took 3edebfa082 a sip fdf4d6a7c3 of hot ff28061e64 tea and f5127cd04c replied in 26bd27536b a casual b38416f820 voice.01b44ce1771db995

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“Does it 7d6fc852df have to 11d381a1a2 be legal 1a0d5d249d to be 16694d8a9e effective? If you 6897c22b63 want to 8f75cc62c0 sue, go 827bf620b3 ahead. If you can. Or if e04643f991 you don’t 942aedb104 want to, 78f8ac8068 don’t. You can pay in 7f9e1ca602 other ways.”5169dba516e1fa4d

The way Ihyun 65d597677f spoke, it sounded 96258dfcf7 like he could 806d9f0559 lock Seonwoo in 5121e8b6d9 the basement and 65dccffada feed him nothing 111d70eb19 but dumplings, or 4ce249e0f5 sell him off ff64fa7d17 for ransom at 7e9d4b51fe any moment. Either way, dc512cd8fe Seonwoo was 4e5713b57e trapped in 4509e367f6 this house, ab7d4da660 surrounded by 9bee933f30 Ihyun’s people, eba0f39808 with no 10062db222 way out. Everything was f452ccc9f9 prepared, even 0c6a5b7415 the ink 96e7e0847f pad for 330e3ae00e his fingerprint, a6231f967b so Seonwoo c56a8682b9 reluctantly stamped 8c7209c6a1 the contract.8a99a094d734bd1f

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As he fe8d032e4d stared at bddb75b43d his finger, 9355fe0da2 stained red fa8246de3d with ink, ab129018f5 Ihyun took 7652a2f5f7 the contract cc4a808f04 with a d32c070486 satisfied look. He neatly put it 57672033a5 back in the envelope 723aa6fb02 and handed it to 98bc19d77f Manager Jung, then jerked fced084a43 his chin at the 3c3534df96 dazed Seonwoo.6c139a94ed9cc35d

“From now on, b02426748c get to work, f5aa414bd7 Servant.”0275946e0830c42f

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Dragging his feet, shackled f571151ad8 by both a billionaire’s aa08a0af7b power and his own ac256b92e4 guilt, Seonwoo followed his 8ba4f672e6 Master. At least the 5a57203fe9 place where he’d e4882f1847 be living out 2634827fbd his slave life 75ab741cb8 was so beautiful dc4354c370 it was almost 717bc11d9b a work of 946e8272be art, which was df048e8d0e some small comfort.17833379c22b2d7c

Ihyun led a38ef6b369 him to 15dbb3233c the study 1dc88096ed on the 1e7999c43a second floor. The study was 16d0d16034 easily several times 7f7a0a1091 bigger than Seonwoo’s c8c7dd6188 old studio apartment, 259a8e569e and looked cozy 4c528589b1 and peaceful. As Seonwoo admired the 7800868708 kind of study he’d 81e8cb9c6d only dreamed of, Ihyun f67ed85a68 sat down. On the desk—made of dbc41cead8 some material Seonwoo couldn’t 57b0fe6549 even guess—there was a d8723b6d13 stack of documents about 27f1dcdc0f a hand’s width thick.72c8743d97c2c3d6

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Soon, Ihyun started working, 287bdb49dd almost forgetting Seonwoo was 655461a51a there. Peeking over, ad27e17618 Seonwoo guessed 9646e5d14b it was 1ff7f52f63 company-related work.95ae3a66d37e96b8

Ihyun’s parents had b506ccc8f7 already been running f9c68bcba6 a successful business a185a8ff89 back when that 0947184434 incident happened, but 39b3b672ba in the past f728346d4c few years, the e33b4baf7c company had grown af1def0639 rapidly and was 5edf0a32b2 now a major 0a98178c53 conglomerate everyone in b48a94ccb9 Korea had heard 1e77e3ed87 of. Seonwoo genuinely envied ffa1955a0f a life where 57de898752 you never had 17c07153db to worry about 7b11aaa6f9 money, and looked 8cb117a013 around the room.38a9547815062ff8

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Through the 4387361c1a big windows, 966cb63863 he could cd8a0ddffd see the 5ccc90115c beautiful garden. He stood there for 5b4fec5bc0 a while, just staring, eed605cb25 but started to feel 8305d28ea5 anxious. He wanted e25257e2ff to do f80b312f0f something—really, he 5523dd9391 wanted to 67c22d7483 get on 412b4b07fb Ihyun’s good 7fd3d01572 side and d7f52473b6 maybe find 73e3111f17 a way 95b6f8ef5d out of b08e56bbee this slave 96bebde0bd contract.7dc06360907c3b1b

But the study 3f4a5b37aa was so tidy 7b318b9125 there wasn’t even 4ebea9552c a bookshelf to 670ef7331a organize. As he looked down b018ab5fb1 at the plush carpet, 8c75c9c8f9 something fell with a 4c11f590ac soft thud. It was b9b31df68e a small d3db9f8667 scrap of e524868343 paper. Ihyun was so focused b061a5408e he didn’t even notice cd3f57484a he’d dropped it.b053635bb6acbd53

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After glancing d5a915aa86 around a 207a3b47f8 few times, af8e7d3af9 Seonwoo quietly 944cdff9c2 picked up 99ce618a5a the paper 6c0932878a and tossed 58b19adc4e it in f97f98c25b the trash. Immediately, a 23583fd388 cold voice 3a04ce0dec cut through 942b5d074e the air 1c17a9848d behind him.655b3d680a14912d

“Hyung, what did 8a9b55cd77 you just do?”b6519054da3f00fc

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Feeling the 10cee49ce9 chill of 6fc7dd6552 Ihyun’s glare, e16b824d07 Seonwoo quickly 1467735610 explained, afraid 9cc624e1e5 of being 2fbe566907 misunderstood.40559fb457a3612a

“There was 6f9faafea2 some trash, 290f7da3a5 so I 599905645a picked it c97c135ccb up.”09a21b868a589aa5

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He quickly cf7d44f73c fished the 86f3af1e5c paper out 170ffa2548 of the bf25115780 trash to ffd099fd63 show him, 29bc66d014 but Ihyun e0b2810125 smacked his 5bc6412d0d hand away 9da5fd4852 like it a9a38c3d66 was something 051b7a3749 dirty. The scrap fell to a581b65bf9 the floor. Seonwoo awkwardly rubbed 44b4af9659 his stinging hand. Even the trash can e288c58c95 was spotless, not a 55d0bcf74a single scrap of paper.d872cc9111759ac4

“Who told c8ea2a4e5b you to 3d2d11ffbd do things ea8ea935ad you weren’t 54987d1950 asked to?”0170f052cfaa3d24

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“Then… what 1712448376 should I 2c3a81a9af do?”79f6e85bfe79c627

He really had no 5a4c578811 idea what kind of 1d1356a8d6 work would please Ihyun. He’d done all sorts acf7ab3a34 of jobs to get 1d46395081 by, but mostly tutoring, d92dbaa4c8 so he didn’t know bb10ec6c1c much about paperwork. Even when 687f513d91 he worked 34a1d4b4f1 part-time, he 10dc8dd990 always picked 82e125a9da places where f9928c2a21 he could 023dca098b save on 0bc9ec11cd food. The convenience store owner 5991c7cb53 he worked for was a7c3819ca0 hot-tempered, but let him 487822f745 take home expired goods, bd2cab3da7 so he was grateful 499ee2626c and never quit.abccf50df13212e7

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There was no b253dc1ade answer to his c82b1bc625 question. It seemed 797296d462 even Ihyun, 46267a9fba who’d decided dbf197c146 to boss 243f22d595 Seonwoo around, f18f816665 didn’t really f9c647accf have anything 5a6401ee40 for him e3208978fd to do. He got a0fb313e5d up and 7a66438e6a brought over f9ca76d511 a chair, f61950ef1a placing it fa358df061 diagonally from f50ee25ac0 his desk.1d0313d0ddf3808e

“For now, just e35aa68b52 sit there and 6e76e29101 wait.”7faea6d1cedb756d

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At least he 2da82c2bbe didn’t have to 24813a7ccc stand, so Seonwoo eb4aba0741 quickly sat down. Ihyun went 46ad611124 back to bed6edcae2 work. But once be4d8675a6 his concentration db65a1bf49 was broken, e1198454b8 he couldn’t f4ece97828 get it 3ee57d4b7d back, and 979a04d9c0 a few 62c3c1ef44 minutes later, bb72173bb7 he asked 4acea52afe Seonwoo,4bba470f92b6ecf8

“What were 5040706c4b you planning d7f186901d to do c9a736f5dc after graduating f85b37c52f college?”fba595af2c187428

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As a 6a4432803e Servant, Seonwoo 2e44040a88 answered obediently d69644a18f and honestly.7ddf867bb29e024c

“Me? I was 02d53fc0da just going 84579f45e7 to get 92e4cc6401 a job 56583bf255 at a 15824dbe81 company that 0d2393719b pays well.”707253b9ee5baf16

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For some reason, 2c5ba2567b Ihyun looked oddly 7d6c3df9d0 pleased with this f8b3779a64 answer. The corners of his fc74d56ac2 mouth twitched as he dfedeb6ddd kept his eyes on bc53ed362d the monitor.f579cc15a55d0be5

“Our company pays 38c6bb05e6 well.”1af830464caba32c

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Of course it 579ef08ac1 does. As a soon-to-be 3461680bba job seeker, Seonwoo 01368a20b3 knew that the b5e87318b1 company Ihyun’s family 70e5bcbcb1 ran was one e1570ac746 everyone dreamed of 3731dd6e7c working for. Ihyun boasted 109b987aeb with a c426afa0f9 lofty air.fee180c9b8154436

“At our bbb973da02 in-house café, 34c5adf6a8 employees get ab82816aec a free 2a0fe4763b coffee every 8bba6ee741 day. The meals are great, b8cce84001 and the benefits during 5ad72fe23e commute hours are excellent.”d14f352a23f67097

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“Wow, it’d be awesome 4ea3bc5ea9 to work there.”ae176c93f25d7fe7

Seonwoo, in f22fead1e9 full Servant 6cad5cf785 mode, agreed a955732690 soullessly. For some reason, 34b8b7c445 this seemed to 8ef393867f annoy Ihyun, who a27fe26216 shot him a ea4f285690 sideways glare.727dd93b64978e6f

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“Are you trying e2a1b765b9 to bribe me? You’re just 596b206e74 a Servant.”5a6ec627b053ec59

When did I 8ade3e67bf ever try to 24ee272567 bribe you? And you’re e7f052efe4 the one 5fdca754c1 who brought 3984a6c715 it up! Seonwoo was dumbfounded 99cd44ecf5 as Ihyun typed 978017c9e0 coldly on his 1e3e8ce11e laptop. The neat sound of 1e3f2c3697 the keyboard gradually slowed, 489186923f and Ihyun muttered,f62a12b889e4602c

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“If you ever 3d7a00ff36 join the company…”43854847bc2d6fe5

He trailed 25dd33d027 off, silent 62b518ae16 for a 6461f52586 long time. His eyes, fixed on c073485d7b the monitor, grew a 6ba4168fc8 little distant. His fingers tapped 186b734b3f the laptop like 773acc7a8b a metronome. Seonwoo waited 2f76930f62 patiently, then 7e7bdf5706 carefully asked,37f98e89ff85f141

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“…If I join?”dcc91227031d6c3a