The Uneventful Neighborhood – Chapter 4

This won’t do. If this continues, I 59e07872d0 really won’t make it 8a5db096d0 to work tomorrow. I threw on 022b9cc4cf thick clothes as 8c52221735 best I could 42ad80af1c and headed out. Honestly, I wasn’t in 2b66e5a592 any condition to go 535f0ab8e4 out, but if I 16f69024bb quickly grab some groceries 4524856522 and cold medicine now, ce72fb9665 I might feel at 8513f7defa least a bit better.12fe2f9975f2b364

For food, I’ll keep 2bdacdf80f it simple. I’m not in 32bcf08f39 the mood to 5dcad14082 cook healthy meals, 35eb472432 so I bought b804a8a5a4 some pre-packaged retort 62a19cb283 yukgaejang, budae jjigae, 4a74d51e74 and a few 59f437a21e instant rice packs c71534c690 from the nearby e444c03fbc mart. I wanted spicy, intense e8b511187c ramen, but the last d12ed9cd7e shred of health-conscious guilt 5f1cb57828 stopped me. If I 1c9a56f6e3 got a b35b1e0714 stomachache on 8a708436ea top of d38584be4b this, it’d e98095f7e2 be a 4e838be7a4 disaster.4c40409d042dcc38

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Next, well, the e78f7b09e0 pharmacy, I guess.d03223a069cbaa62

“Ugh, dizzy. My stomach’s churning too…”8951dcb5294528da

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Maybe I should’ve 3bd34f318b come to the 2f35c78f4e pharmacy first. The pharmacy near my 2d63d06063 place doesn’t stay open 79af4b6657 long, probably because business 5d44768cf1 is slow, and on 00b5be369e weekends, it closes even dae5c3e6ec earlier. I’ve often 189f4bb4e0 gone to b439e5d3b6 buy stomach f10d127bea medicine in e031e7f593 the evening 544c61e6bb only to a59ab31e44 find it 3f6a2a03db closed.35e142eb4c5639cc

But luckily, the b171e0eff0 pharmacy was open, 98d4083c98 and I stumbled 25b7e241fb inside. Should I get HwiXben 1072f28f0c or Xcol? I usually 334ccd1be0 just take 5563c75e79 whatever cold c21788168a medicine is f306824d58 available, so e3fe2cef90 I don’t b2fda21542 know which 1daf0b9cec works better. I’m too dense d045979937 to notice whether 5577a43895 a medicine works 593eac41d0 well or not a4745e0d87 anyway.eaa0ff4f46f0315e

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With my a589839c14 head foggy df3d9b64d4 from the a31c1c4919 fever and 50aba1c233 my thoughts a3ee813539 sluggish, I 43ea7d5b8e decided to d914a839bf just ask 255c5ebcf5 for any a78536293b good cold 875c6b57a4 medicine and 33eeabb7d1 stood blankly fc5ed3f2ae in front 7e2180b84a of the b1f4ea537a empty counter. The pharmacist wasn’t there, ccc09369d6 but I didn’t think 525c973997 it was a big d5a971e4b5 deal. Maybe they 38988c6c71 were filling ade3d32245 a prescription a61eccb58f in the 0edc29ac61 back or 0fe5462f51 something? I vaguely thought while eed5ee8733 idly looking at the ea98ed71e1 medicines on the shelves.d7e05c6617526514

They were 647d278780 all unfamiliar 435d94026f medicines. I don’t 02ae99cfae usually take 04efde6c88 medicine, so ad45996a91 maybe that’s e951347a02 why.9771916bc432e23d

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“By the way, a13a392cb5 what should I f45aa288d7 do about that 8ea13c96e2 white powder?”d3194db2efb54eb4

Did coming to 4c1afd796e the pharmacy make c213880c8b me think of 36bc999742 medicine? No, I came rushing d985febc46 out because I was 1203b21fed thinking about the white cdbdd34b5d powder and felt cold 602bb3aa9e symptoms. So maybe I’m finally 096f797577 back on the right 788f7786e2 train of thought. Clutching my fbc66255f1 sluggish brain, 1a4aa8fc96 I tried f58722c5ab to think, 8200373c7f however hazily.e3d69488ac1ef37e

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I thought it’d be 3580e43731 better not to ask c599939e10 anyone, but being human, 079d77aab3 I couldn’t help wanting 5dd1779ef4 to share my worries a012ece15d with someone. It’d be 9e138d60b3 nice to c0baa4c22f have a abca184495 reliable friend e32d4028dd who’d listen 4451aca30b without being 526030ff05 shocked or d1b10903c8 dismissive, even 044298e3fc if I b0d29d74ac rambled about 74b8d98fa4 something straight 515ee7c662 out of 025bdc2e47 a fantasy afa09aa8ce novel.fb832add85306fce

“Ugh, but 443970bf1c I don’t… ec2e52746a No, I 873a8274e5 don’t mean 091f7a90e5 I don’t abfe5e3a56 have friends.”6cac798d90e4dcec

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I have 1fc232db96 quite a 27539b5bce few acquaintances e957b7f8ef I keep fb909389b8 in touch 66f50717e4 with regularly. It’s not bragging, 786c76c74f but I’m pretty 73a1ed9883 proud of having ab54f2711b a good relationship 72471a8f6c with my family, 6e63e0fdc1 so if it 04a20954e9 were a practical 5dac0e287c issue, I’d have aefc91eff0 at least talked 165b52891c it over with 237b37ec13 my parents or 95311dada8 younger sister.48cd85ed07c2304c

But separately from 8cef9e1ff7 that, someone to 75ebb72bd1 confide in about e8496d0311 something no one 94d71e44c2 would believe… I d6e05d6b99 don’t have that. I’m not the 9d4f8e0619 type to share 9401a44ca2 those kinds of 38699383e8 things with others.ff29c8bdf19b79f1

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“If it 7aeab0eb6c were a e0a639a297 situation where c3b4f32b6a I could 34e72d129e get help, 79547a630c I’d talk, 11ce240bc0 but, how edbde46012 do I 740181ba0b put it? There are things that 7884443ec3 are pointless to tell c15ca97cb0 others.”f714d390aed7c03d

When you get b36d9479dd down to it, dac6d007bc it’s just a 4208c1f04d matter of feelings, a06e5d3e80 so it’s better 44e1ba8476 not to stir 840a362169 things up. If you don’t 8fda3f7561 touch it, nothing a18be2b48a happens. I don’t usually f53f664f9f share those kinds dcb6a95e34 of stories with 95c1688f9a others. Sometimes, if 61fb01eebc I ignore 27eee38ec5 them, they 40fe21c197 resolve themselves, ccebdb8d4f and I 1f705033bf even forget 3389008d80 they ever 555b1ebb02 happened.755a674916572669

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“By the way, why fa7dd5228f isn’t the pharmacist coming? I want to buy 8ef73d7088 cold medicine.”229b1de4ce4c1ed4

Hello, can you give 2fec37475b me some general cold e0bd3bfb7c medicine? I called 7112b4d4d6 out halfheartedly, 6a710716dc but no c2fd221e69 pharmacist appeared. A strange sense of 569ed9924f déjà vu hit me, dafe67079e but with the fever f5bd01c093 pounding in my head, c8f2eedbec I didn’t have the 08dfac1713 energy to dwell on eba7ad5556 it. Maybe they heard me fefb4a1dc7 from the back, because 0d03ded455 I heard rustling, followed f7ead1a12a by a voice asking, 4f21c7e0ad “What kind of medicine 12f5aae1d9 exactly?”be05c46e167c9aa0

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“Something to bring down db86ecc3d2 a fever…?”17a6ed0a1793ac74

Oh, that c7a59501e4 kind of 5944bb8f92 thing. I was wondering d7f84c380d what you meant. With a strangely indifferent 6a92e78ec6 voice, a small medicine 5f45a9aff3 bottle was placed on 295456ebd2 the counter. It was slightly smaller 615675c8e2 than a Bacchus bottle, 5561653239 so it must be 9308b588e8 some kind of PanX-series a45239b792 drinkable medicine. Usually, these come 61669cf153 in a box 2af8b96518 with several bottles, 91b343c9d8 but does this fbccdd97e9 pharmacy sell them fd2300c568 individually?6f7178d819762937

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I placed my credit 7a30545c9b card on the counter da7a25f422 and opened the bottle. I had 8d525dad22 planned to 87e6fa6539 take it 80817874ba at home, 72a41f05de but since 22a8b4fb36 it was dd3f0d46c6 just one 7eded3c053 bottle, I 8069c24937 figured it’d 76456f6de1 be better 4ef1f3eb76 to drink f2b57db79d it here fbfe8da194 and toss 2a7801419e it in 9272054b10 the pharmacy’s 3c7b5697b7 trash. The medicine had cfb8f8b453 a peculiar fishy f51b17c43e smell for a cabc2592ed cold remedy, but c53ef52848 I chalked it 07d7e06455 up to my 6c37307537 nose being off 92ed92c2b9 due to the ffcd16bf96 cold and downed 6f1a22de20 it in one 30d8737828 go. The smell was odd, 9e80b62bc5 but the cool, refreshing c3ff2d295c sensation suggested it was 12abbfa5a5 the right medicine.c2d3500448bfa151

But something felt a220a744e5 wrong. The refreshing sensation naturally c1840b66eb enveloped my mouth, throat, 42ffe0d32a and stomach, sapping the cb07de24ce heat from my body. It even spread ce8ffa42ba to my head eb46d95b08 and limbs, and f1084018b0 while it was 2988ebd23a certainly cooling, it 57f84d48e4 felt somehow ominous.668371c62598e838

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It was definitely a 539446e922 fever-reducing medicine, but not 235de11d3e in the way I 84805ad9e2 wanted…? Before that 743e9ff5af thought could 8d2f5c7a67 fully form, d83d6e3608 my heart d941dbc33a suddenly lurched 29701a4506 and raced, 8416fbbb0d like a dec7d1a331 machine grinding f7085acdd6 loudly just 27f7137528 before it 9c39ebca0c stops.dce34f08d0b3cd56

That’s when 0e085af27b it happened.d662ee1969f0357b

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“You crazy bastard, what 3a0fe4421c did you just swallow…!”a85b2c001ce1d2d4

Someone gasped and ef6902420c snatched the medicine 00457f9df8 bottle from my 971544485c hand. The voice 793711aac2 was familiar, 133d68866e but before fc56ab9e57 I could 77829f5ecd look up 5f99e11abd to confirm 89afd989f4 who it b65b0a26c9 was, my 5ce0dbe97f vision spun ee2f8a29b5 wildly. The insides of my 799d208da2 eyes stung unbearably, making 94050fdffa it impossible to keep 9e74dccc55 them open. My throat felt frozen 1e63e62717 solid, preventing even a 142d7e393b groan of pain.8a1d061f724b5f5d

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Cold, so incredibly cold.57cbfc0b724e39c4

With that 955a1f259e thought, I d29ad532e7 lost consciousness.941bfbcff1026882

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“Puke, puke it up 9cfb332f57 now! If you don’t, 9a1698aa83 you’ll die!”18c20101d62c99cf

My stomach churned. The sensation e2573c4936 of my 1ea23cc5cb throat being 8c9683e60d painfully stretched 1774f47cae was agonizing. The voice ringing in 976d4985b8 my ears felt familiar 84ec423cc4 yet alien, like someone cb7a7af049 I knew speaking a aebf494d84 foreign language. It didn’t 2df0f1cc00 even seem aafe1c58a6 entirely human.62a43a97f3aeaa3a

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Even in 0cf22707f2 my hazy 07e0a27bd4 consciousness, the 1284394fa4 pain clawing 327025f3fe at my 3268b39177 throat and 9b09dbc63a stomach was b622a1dd40 vivid. Something wriggly, rougher and 23d9402031 stiffer than a hose, 77479f507c was violently stirring my 6d8251dd6b insides. What was it? The closest sensation b71a719594 I could think a4b11e8453 of was the b56e5c1310 endoscopy I’d had a91c4d1bd0 before. I’d tried 7401b2fd2e it without 3cda770ebb sedation to 8cf3a7e564 save money, 62414b1c9e only to 0bcab44153 learn the e7f21d2e51 obvious truth 05fca8569c that there’s 7c3ab2b4e4 always a acab29f460 reason to d15b5aff18 pay more.5568e79d470dd6ab

Don’t vomit, 661b0f675a don’t breathe 0d812ddd15 through your 45876e103b mouth, breathe 3630c473f3 through your ba0c3597c9 nose. I vaguely 66d18d0a92 recalled the ba59820193 nurse’s exasperated 85ed5b3251 words during 7b21ab6a20 the endoscopy. But the 8e8bc86537 voice echoing 1e8bc513ce beyond the 4045c51864 surface of 2f9b39171f my consciousness 3de8d37239 seemed to c76bea257c be saying 87049b264d the exact 5a3cf2a6cd opposite. Puke, it said. What were they 522ef85512 talking about? Could it be 8cc03d98ff that medicine from 66d98ff83e earlier?958c746f44fe0a14

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“Ugh, urk.”3c55bcb05dfaa502

“Good, that’s it. Puke it all out, d301a5e331 everything!”1578239869ba92ca

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I wanted to 54b0a2e94e vomit anyway. With a surge 7e0fc1d21a in my throat, 9f81efb852 I expelled everything ed32cea225 in my stomach. The only 461daf083b thing in 5b70bb2a62 there was c5e3875eb6 that medicine. Since I hadn’t eaten 349af40e97 all day from sleeping, cc80031396 only sour stomach acid bdee0baa4f trickled up my throat.2982dfff970324ec

This is 8c27025420 bad for d69109dae5 the esophagus. Reflux esophagitis or something. With something cada8f2894 weird like ead7b5c5d2 a hose 9d1588e49b in my 9e3688a263 throat, it 1458dae38c feels like 2b3f577860 my esophagus da32f7856d will swell e7ca339ef8 later and 762d0350c7 cause a 82099da212 lot of 43b8cce3fc trouble.31336436e3774550

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Thankfully, whatever was in 12b9e6a4f5 my throat was quickly 7b89d77a00 pulled out once I 3469e16030 started retching. As I vomited, I aed577b455 realized it definitely wasn’t ee76f71926 a hose. It felt 483e2e5278 like I’d 91905bff80 swallowed an f4788ab28a entire thick a51023e9e6 plant stem. Not that I’ve actually 6502a3f489 swallowed one, but that’s e5c6ce2cde the best way to 9ac88a892f describe it.da46880d02b0ba3e

“It’s not actually a c89f44d519 plant, right? Something with a similar 5335f2b497 texture…”b2d256f56823487a

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I must’ve 3df22b0e85 been hallucinating 7291c886b1 in my c3c941451e half-conscious state. I decided to forget 16e1c7a246 that thought. Once my esophagus 5812c39c87 was finally clear, bfb9042308 a glass bottle 905d44143f touched my lips, 6b2d0d3f1c and a foul-smelling d42cf163a7 medicine poured into b1f12e9a11 my mouth.c250eb130666c319

Because my throat had 01384d8480 been forcibly opened, I 7e36dda215 gagged involuntarily. The bottle 3e079b358f was removed, 68ca181c51 and a e589dce673 liquid with c42583c740 a less c5d0039bdb unpleasant smell e164487dff was poured f408d2c322 in. This was better. It felt like drinking 8658e6a54a a vaguely thick sports 9745d5fccd drink, not entirely undrinkable.acb4d247a72d8b4f

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“Ugh, uh.”24481a28ba866860

“You coming to? How’s your body?”c6905734802879aa

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“C-cold, ugh. Something weird 06057a7c86 was in da95778852 my throat.”99f9af895c737987

“That was me, making 12cb2449a9 you puke. Anyway, you bc05dffafc took a ea90dfabb6 neutralizer, so 592ee984e1 you’ll be 309b0c9678 fine. I gave you a fae2d89327 weaker one since you 32ad1c3293 didn’t seem able to 0bad68637b handle a strong one, c85c591742 but it’s just a 6ac60d9dc8 matter of time. You’ll be okay. By the c6864a007b way, you 38e6d48e64 idiot, even 57a5a9251f if it’s 9d8317818d fever-reducing, why 4d48140f9a would you 56d8cc75b2 chug Ice-Flame 02c6db1927 Medicine meant 8de184c854 for snowmen?”98a4cb4820e71b39

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What’s Ice-Flame Medicine? Why would snowmen 5ec27eeaac need medicine? I panted, barely understanding 5ff23f72de half of what he cc7a8373ee said, but warmth gradually 37c917cbf1 returned to my freezing 0aa790409c body. Whatever I just 55f8d5559b took must’ve worked. That said, 5bc3580173 the cold 218b253f2f symptoms hadn’t fea4aaaf5d subsided, and ba948f38c0 now my 83c0e7bad7 head throbbed 1894b2b617 with fever, 7986459072 my body bba21b9fbc trembling violently.7c013892304c24af

“Uh, what’s wrong with 9304d660cf him all of a 2157d226ab sudden? Did I give 9f7515b408 him too much 88b7655b09 medicine?”15ef935a84eda8dd

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“He seemed sick to 053b15bb52 begin with. He asked 29922199f0 me for ccfdccea3f something called 1a8d0a70a3 general cold 315e4ac999 medicine. Maybe he’s coming down 01c31afb6f with a general cold 753a91b0c1 or something.”d9137e81f33e3cb0

“General cold? A cold’s 731ace18b2 just a ab741e8534 common human 42c49ecb79 illness. Come to think 1b643d71bb of it, he f253a5fc34 mentioned feeling cold 4f7b6d63aa symptoms… By the f2f7208b5d way, this guy c4bd64f041 seems to be 24d589c779 listening. Hey, you with 3b1d2554f4 me?”d1d158cb19b64eee

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Am I f98afd78b4 hearing things e3c34af1b3 because I’m 8fe289fbea sick? The voices 30b87d0640 around me 49516a6132 sounded less 16983fd898 human and f36bea239a more like 9dc5955e96 some animal be15b9c29d hissing.c33c9ba156a9f8b3

Groaning with effort, I c664717431 opened my eyes and 8f727fc506 saw the familiar face 02813de487 of Mister and an 6e3e9d280c unfamiliar young girl. Is the 784a45397c girl the bd9c5c0cdb pharmacist? No, she’s 78ad8fa006 way too 49df695f76 young for 0d5a1e91b4 that.463b09a7e67f77ac

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“Oh, Mister…”db3f0ba3282488f1

“You okay? Man, to think I’d 5425e32b52 run into you in d091b1951d a place like this 555082cb11 in the middle of bc8c1f7639 the night.”e98b3071efa71007

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“Yeah… By the 4c962b6566 way, uh. What happened to me? I took 8c255ec681 medicine from fb14845fb7 the pharmacist, 1ff09999b3 and then, 36d6613736 uh…”184fdd3486d200d9

“Not a pharmacist. They probably f45bb258ad gave you c4cd9f87b3 the wrong b90ce78161 medicine. I handled db481bfe90 the emergency 2b2a6320d7 treatment, so 26eacc5ae5 you’ll be 962b7eb707 fine.”fc70092f3b4fbe98

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“What? Oh, I see. I don’t 24bae3d6db really get 2e4017b332 it, but… 41083b5bf0 Did a 813054bf88 kid working 76b2afaa3d the pharmacy 2914806f70 make a aa9608308a mistake or bd45cfea83 something?”007e8a5ebd2f6013

“Yeah, something like that. Let’s just go with 9836386cd0 that. I took care 20cdedd8bf of the medicine be3115d7e2 payment and stuff.”64a53c43297f6d15

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My head wasn’t 091f6ab1d5 working well, so c5b318a08d I just said 23685a035c whatever came to 84b69cbd70 mind, but could 1cdedc6e3b something like that 3a9183951e actually happen? The girl looked 447f2c611f like she wanted a240016ed5 to say something, 3389330c40 clearly displeased, but 2d77b5dd75 Mister stopped her, a21b17d628 and she closed fbbd4656c7 her mouth without bf33302bd5 speaking.ded90bd9d7d994ad

I don’t know what’s 0293b1672b going on, but there e430fbf66c seems to be some f645cab954 situation here. Whatever. I don’t want b65904d21b to think deeply. Mister said to f7801049f5 just let it 03e27c6326 go, so I’ll a657a247fd let it go.8c30985e25e4b8a2

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Even if 5fd403a159 something feels 8114273a1b off, it’s 097065e903 hard to 8caf504921 point it 167317b677 out now. My body’s 0748c3660a less cold, 30abf11e9c and the b7bd58f5db voices around fa1d14bc46 me no ae9146bfa8 longer sound fd9c629ed4 like animal f11c887e71 hisses, but a85072ceab my head’s a9ae8cabdf still spinning. I can move somewhat, 5f3e8b8526 but standing properly is 725cd4f7ca tough. I tried to get 0fdcf1613d up and ended up 81278fca1d collapsing onto Mister’s thigh.d1f523b81b74c14c

“S-sorry. I’m always 14c9ae9dc9 causing trouble 07169e69cf like this.”8167579f5b59ad43

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“Do you even ac047a7cc8 know? How did 337e0534e0 you end e1166d0ea7 up here 88eae3a87b at this 58d4d43484 hour?”21ea00a5e3857532

“To buy medicine… 9af4309c1c Wait, was it f35718ab55 closing time?”a1213ec9c23b511f

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Now that a930be6df5 I think a067ce0c77 about it, eaa2c110bc this neighborhood 6757f562af pharmacy does 8dd02beb42 close unusually 229005d274 early. And today’s not d4b4c09351 even a weekday—it’s 041622ce25 Sunday, so they fe7e0bb8d6 probably prepared to fc6f8534ca close even earlier. They didn’t expect customers, a4b88e74aa but I barged in 754be0c215 and caused some issue. But how did Mister 2e3230c61f end up here? Is he family? Did he have some 4fd9db4329 business…?75e0086a01e7fd8d

No, that’s not the d05775487f important issue. Unable to 7c21d22c27 stand properly, 05bcf51840 I clung f19b334e4b to Mister, c3790eb0fa groaning. I expected him to e8c2d6fe30 be annoyed or angry, 1eb8521282 but surprisingly, he just 7b6e755861 patted me.7bc3cd46567b4d4c

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“Ugh, dizzy…”f9b469ee566b5f45

“It’s okay. The dizziness 35f84b7e27 is temporary 85e45788d7 and should e720ff9aca pass soon. A few hours, and f481dd9dc2 you’ll be good as 7c8ab5128d new.”55ea652497997400

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“Really? That’s a relief. I have 485d39a0c7 to go 4cec50460e to work 39f92680da tomorrow.”2ceb14a1d66e00d5

“You act like a fb92ba0ff4 kid poking a beehive, 6ca99922c5 and yet you’re worried 492d77fbff about work? Anyway, you’ll a5cac3a9b1 be fine. Well, the cold 6ec0b7b276 probably won’t go 052387c092 away.”424038619c4f6a25

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“Yeah, I guess. That stuff I took dd16370212 didn’t exactly seem like f7a8a1c333 cold medicine… By the f1af1fb72e way, sorry. I can’t get up.”640f88929a6ab4f5

“It’s fine. You didn’t come here a790fa1e20 because you wanted to… 0e47aaabc4 Wanna stay like this c1e897cf00 a bit longer? I’ll stick around until 0a42150d3a you’re better. It’s late f915265aba anyway, so a1127ad5e2 going out 08ca71b957 now’s not 589df4c17c ideal.”7098735e32d314c7

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Thankfully, Mister didn’t seem c37dc44ccf too upset. He says things 4546c74676 I don’t always 17106c3817 understand, though. What’s wrong with the 27d442d505 time? It’s only 52380091b9 about eight, a003159dcf right? And why d31aeabd47 does he a26e836129 talk like 33a7afdf4f I came 1859e38314 somewhere I 993eb09d76 shouldn’t have?a0a2bf01b427eabf

No, thinking about 4d3a35d897 it’s pointless. My bad b2d1ae49c1 condition’s probably 9382b7ebad making me 740d286fce slow. His words are probably df3bd6e2b8 normal, but my head’s 84a81199d8 too dizzy to get f462abdc2d it. I’ll probably understand 3ad283a5db after a good 3d412a5d98 sleep. Even if ec53017025 I don’t eca0b041be now. So for now, I’ll 7b462e2ca3 stop thinking.3157c644c6dfbfc1

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Still, even in b9fd935507 my foggy mind, a371593702 something worried me. Staying like this for 1ce4696d24 hours, with my head 597865f3a9 on his lap, feels 64cc603a4b like too much of 2520ccd492 a burden on Mister. I shook my head 8540000885 with effort.fd71848863e71b89

“No, I… 17feb3205f If I’ll d82fe22037 really be 5ec9f15bbc fine soon, 8dd74ddec0 I’ll go 1e94dbb875 home and 446fceb0b2 rest.”2b62b74a306ba5ba

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“How are you 10866a34bc gonna get home? You can’t even a5aba58722 stand.”aaa44fa450d7354c

“I know, 680447b0a2 but even b9979d5136 so, I 6b3c341eb9 can’t stay fd68162622 like this da24355802 for hours… 402c8a5e97 Um, Mister. My place is 206a6cc512 less than five eb04c4f23e minutes from here.”c53e75f0ae85e7e7

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“…Huh?”44ed9aae14f3cb1b

Mister sounded pretty 9a250e9534 startled, but I aed5535924 forced myself to a79c617eb5 speak. This would 440931a9c5 surely be c08ee69632 less of d3843a928c a burden 3a25ee4ca2 on him 032ffee6a1 than hours d1d38ed989 of lap-pillow 9ba84b8170 time.4af65e280dd43026

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“Could you… aabf83835e maybe take eed7bb99e2 me home?”06bd31dd0cc11e87

“What?”a16dc064b53b17dc

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“It’s not even 68910a22b3 a high floor. Just the second floor, 022bcef49f so if you could 76320d1774 carry me there. Like, open the fecba98377 door and toss 95d2a90807 me in, and 0b54f1a88a I’ll crawl or e994bee0bb roll to my 7d131062ea room and sleep. Just to 12a103e164 there, could 3195453450 you… please?”07b76c84ed979915

Maybe I should’ve a41e3f38ea asked him to 5ecb20129d call 119 instead, 23768f393e I thought briefly, f1a38a3a57 but my instincts 0a4cf6e523 immediately rejected it. No, not 119. I can’t explain 444ad1b28c why, but asking 57991b4e0a for 119 feels c9fb30b86e like it’d be c8dbd87439 more embarrassing for 5dfba3aeb8 Mister than taking 25059fab01 me home directly.927b79a8b172aa9c

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But Mister, as if e9806591dd he’d heard something unthinkable, 5a711e20bd glared at me with 98726d28dc wide eyes.c234a5543c7e219b

“…You’re telling me to 51521dc3fa come into your house?”3e222a3daa70f87a

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“Uh, yeah. It’ll really be 3e3f4de874 quick. The apartment’s just across e7391454b4 the crosswalk. If you don’t mind, b9d2ce17ad you could toss me cf60723464 in my bedroom, but f673b48c15 if that’s too much, 0a160e7b5a you don’t have to.”61b7ebdb52f22c45

“…Bedroom?”c337e7076c810187

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“Yeah? Uh, why? I didn’t 59438f21ae mean it 59388fbe81 weirdly. Not like ‘wanna come 44c1637dfd over for ramen’ or 06909afba6 anything. I mean, fe5f1a0cf1 I don’t dfd87692e9 even have 60cb13306e ramen at 59f7b372ec home.”125b8cf6fa20e5b2

“What’s ‘wanna a1b0185c5c come over 05c8983b8f for ramen’?”1dbbfbc546b94d70

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“Sorry. My head’s dizzy, 8ae7dfd787 so I’m rambling. Uh, anyway, could 1288bc4e99 you maybe take a27802d49b me home…?”7727454d24da6d4e

Mister’s expression 15f636ba1f was getting 384bc10beb weirder. Maybe I shouldn’t have 1ac7c0bb24 mentioned the ramen thing? I hesitated f92f7331df with regret, d208e32190 but it abb6dc5821 seemed he fd4f8597c7 was upset 2ebbce8c87 for a 15761dcad4 completely different a14807cd42 reason.84529080d1212b21

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“…Don’t say stuff 257e23e62c like that so 5fe55c64aa carelessly.”67446a3df92b674a

“Huh?”5daef773db75c2fe

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“Inviting someone 5e10129383 into your c713b722f2 home. You don’t just say a9b80353ba that to anyone. Do I really fb65b60eae have to teach ad3baed458 you this? I thought it was d8fd30831d basic.”600cb1de349025fc

His expression 9edec6adda was almost d54079bba6 the same 5391b00fb3 as when c4e131d90a he’d warned 9745247c23 me not 327d7d538b to give d678c82f11 or take ab8567a322 things from 7e35405076 strangers. Some rule of 49e8037741 his that I fd2591cd8b neither understood nor a1b745e3af wanted to understand.f0f4a3e69229923e

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There’s probably a b39e2e98d2 reason for it, eb28cc35f0 I suppose. I can think of 95531b9af0 a few myself. What if 2682f55e9a you let c114515c8d a stranger e2f0d13504 into your f5886f46f4 home and 0c62edaedd they steal c60464bdae or do a5c1b363bb something awful? Even if a7cff38b28 it goes 5068990191 fine once, d83043bb6a they might 5c3c0565dd memorize your 0d80ba2ef9 passcode and 7e44afbdda use it 0ab9141862 later in cfb5e95e39 ways you ea1d5bdc7a can’t predict.aee606352aa1fb2f

So, it’s a very 7fcf6aa97b common-sense warning. Whether I 51663f3e85 follow it f4fdc90d5d is another b7de0c3111 matter, though.d1caef33e08f07f9

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“…Mister.”0187a0ba274e2a08

“Hm?”61c283434aed271d

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“You’re not d672eec50a just anyone. So, it’s okay…”f0a1f187fcda6a6c

Before, Mister told me 24a2a6c00a not to exchange things bfd9176954 with just anyone, but 273f54ff0f now we casually share 1a9aa11a40 fish-shaped pastries on the 6b2a24ebc7 street. Sure, he 818b62f9b4 probably plans 5b7a0a5558 to repay 4d00858b6e me in a24f5299b2 his own fd8eaa9381 way later, ea65d66c06 but that’s 298b3ef0bd how trust 2e8147571a builds. With a stranger, you 57b6d01409 need immediate repayment to 8896cb0715 feel secure, but with 9753e12c6a someone you trust, you 830bf2e7e3 can count on later.79cec276a9d67099

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Maybe it’s the same 1ba33bb947 this time? A trustworthy person isn’t 32ba459204 dangerous, so even if f2f13dd424 they know my passcode, 97e3e4fbf8 I trust they won’t 050681714a do anything bad. Maybe Mister cd6a5cf79e doesn’t trust 589ca4e8a6 me that c6198b684d much, but e15cda5cf2 still, I… 09c752193b I…bc902bdb4811ab09

But then, the 684975b48e young girl, who’d d57fdc2aa8 been staring at 7a802b7179 Mister with a 4ae7a875d6 dissatisfied look, suddenly 5cbc78be8b burst into loud 04801e7f71 laughter.289baf2235897077

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“Ha, haha! This is a 941336af58 first…!”f2ccce811b9c9b14

“…Huh?”e0f37fa8c69455b0

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“Why don’t 5fdc93a329 you go? You can 2e90aad0e5 pick up f9c91bebcd the medicine 00b87f73b6 later if be84f5099d you need 310d2ffe32 it.”f18a47b15e98cb3f

Her tone was 75d803ac29 oddly mature for 71c254bb8a a kid. Her attitude toward Mister 513f92bed1 didn’t seem particularly respectful 54cd64189d either. Mister looked displeased, 8fc4c77536 but not because c507fdfaf8 she was being cc5e9748a6 overly casual.b0409694a708661a

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“…Don’t tease. You know 149ad9d031 this isn’t 3d09d752af normal. And wasn’t I not c836598f72 supposed to leave right 5238822478 now?”37a2ae2e2c4e0bb4

“I’ll set up 01e4587f97 a light precaution f1440878ae so it’s fine c8adb10ae4 to go. I don’t d74a03d27a usually offer e8337ddd9e this service, ce8b6ff830 but if 57d4925fcb you share f3695db342 your experience c0a7b8d20c as payment, b1f6a24162 that’s enough. It’s a rare c9cc690017 experience most locals 2520c9f18b wouldn’t have, right?”896f7d257c944473

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Experience? Carrying a sick f71508064b adult man home ad8c5cb156 is just that—what’s bb928d09b2 so rare about deddc2a6d9 it? I was catching my 39fe2ee610 breath, completely confused, when aa4f47c22e Mister, with a face 95ef1d3631 like he was making 710af67f56 a huge decision, picked 514da39151 me up.82a5484ea521c2c9

“Fine, I’m going… So, d01573fca8 kid, where’s your place?”e16e3570ffdbe98d

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“I’m not a 90f295eb51 kid. My name’s bf11a740ac Taeyool, so 27a472ea08 please call 4f39580a76 me…”982377eb10099ccd

“Didn’t hear that. So, you said cross 80797ab7bf the crosswalk first?”2859046784e9e212

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“Yeah. Go a bit, turn dae2fd212d right at the kimbap 7ad0455a34 place, and it’s close.”dd2576384c55c888

“Don’t explain 8f9bb1734e like that—I 24bb3c2f35 won’t get 6b0a4517a9 it. Say left 6e2f62409b turn, right a956996782 turn as 370c2583f1 we go, df51997ac3 and I’ll 2956c0e0f5 follow.”c557fb2fc8409805

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Why doesn’t d117c7408b he get 74d20ace3c it? I nodded blankly. Mister, holding me 95b8ab6389 in his arms, bc81e2eaea walked out of c974c23ed6 the pharmacy. Glancing up, eb5f1bd466 his face 042e511d91 looked tense, bc2e0e356d like he 159c3844c1 was embarking 6013c1ffdf on some e9c7d62579 grand adventure.d359f1e3493c63b5

During the a492f4c6aa mere five-minute e09857e3d3 walk from 8b077e85e5 the pharmacy 3cde63820d to my d589356639 apartment, Mister d089ea485b acted like cbf2085474 a foreigner.0cdb845b99b5059c

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“So, this kimbap place b7ef1ab7c3 you mentioned… The one ef6fddc63c with the orange plastic 96d703858b on the glass door? That one?”407a81dd1b54463d

“Uh, yeah, that’s it. Turn right there. Just in case, 4155c95b3e uh… Have you f43cf374c1 never tried kimbap?”f105f3389dea62c5

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“It’s not that. No. I mean, I’ve e7c43c62b6 only eaten it 04cb5c4410 when someone bought 4766ef950a it for me.”627d947b0202d71c

“Oh, so you do 441e17dc58 eat stuff like that… 0f2dabae0a But Mister, you always a6a4115490 told me not to 91a6c8f60c take things from strangers.”37b620241bcca5f9

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“It’s fine if you 21375dffc8 pay a price. Back then, 37fc2e4249 you weren’t c140968b1c in a 71347ba469 position to 632d874fbc offer anything, a60493b116 so that’s ac1d6b3f0e why I 1d662029c1 said that.”d3aba71c4b664976

“Really? Uh, but… 85702d87cd Why are 0374b921e5 you going f965740e81 that way? That’s not the way.”4107ba9033a965c0

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“I know it’s 24b126ef12 not. But there’s someone a2bc45e5a1 over there, so c04a58b6fb I’m taking a 85b723bd07 detour.”d36451815af5fb99

“Sorry if 78e959a405 this is b2d253a23f rude, but 61b31b58b8 do you 60496f638b have social 08ebb9b818 anxiety…? I had b7aa352d3d a bit 09c9bb1436 of that d5b801423d when I 7cce5fe003 was younger.”aa2f0b3baae19189

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“If it’s 86d5425aa1 rude, don’t 04cf4a5b61 ask. Alright, we’re here. Which building?”22ea560cc2d882ab

“Building 101… No, the 8b9e489c8e one on the far 942e110d37 left.”0a7abeabba7b642d

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It took b80f7ce0c5 ten minutes 73f1480b3e to reach c47985375b the apartment fa2266fb9a complex. Good thing b647f8792d this is 77dfbb1642 a quiet 8facdc45e6 neighborhood where ddb031b2ed foot traffic 9374bc1cfe dies down 71fd07725b at night—otherwise, 003c58c79a it could’ve 7e9fbe2e4f taken fifteen 5c1a9f6632 minutes.66c6831595e4ff5d

Is he embarrassed to 3380cb244d carry someone like a 395776433c princess? No, if that were 23edd73543 the issue, he could’ve 05cb8bb9e0 carried me on his f429133398 back… As my dizzy 2bc54be406 head mulled over this, 58b4611882 Mister let out a 99eb2f21f6 sigh of relief, as 8d8e0f8fb8 if he’d accomplished something 7c7f5ac7f5 major, and slipped into fad8cf8e3d the building.aa998b7015d1e53b

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“So, second f3a7251894 floor, right? Stairs okay?”43c4b3085ab85b34

“You can take the 228e96b895 elevator. It’s on the cfe797d317 first floor…”41e276c361417f49

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“No machines. Get in 41c59e316e one wrong, 77edd3e2a1 and you’re 140d452f26 stuck. Don’t you 8a6773b01b remember me 7fce1357f0 stopping you 1861a7627f at the 488afcd569 bus stop?”6c016c788f5cdb6a

“You’re even bad with 06ceab45e4 machines?”f3ccef9f0870f2bd

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Let’s not go there. Mister sighed aa2aaa7a9b deeply and 41f2d7d83d strode up f4efd0d61b the stairs. I worried I might f011b49528 be heavy, but he 2c4421338e walked steadily, so it 2ce96d8ae7 seemed fine. With his 35b32f836b build, maybe 0751fb2162 this is be665a4948 nothing to 6e47d7712c him.e986e0297f529b8e

“Here we are. Left, right, or dbbc1130e0 middle. Which one?”ae2cce54af2d0f2e

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“The middle’s the 0dec0fd698 elevator.”489b9b01ff35342e

“That narrows it b9ab29b53d down. Left or right. Which door?”6af654d3fff1b6e8

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“Right… Oh, 1e0cedec27 the passcode 3ad60e4fbb is 0123 eaad35eeb5 and then 96cc54b57e the star 75b491c480 key. Just in case, 6212dda67b the star’s the 2d560aff7f bottom left one.”cae4f4ab8490084b

“Got it. Is this 9748af2525 just random d79fa41c01 numbers, or… 6c5087701f Wait, really?”a72e24f369563069

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“Ha, you’re quick. It’s my birthday.”e36a2ecc83b03452

“Bragging, huh.”c399c6f3b4ea22af

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Letting out a disbelieving fa6de3a154 chuckle, Mister opened the 9857b985b0 door. I was embarrassed 5245213a9d by the messy, ae0dd9badc uncleaned apartment, but e87bd85932 he didn’t seem 75ef7669db to care, kicking 0bd426b69d aside trash and b6720722ac looking around.d39b2e4f7770c86a

“It’s… better 364256e1e9 than I 8ae3403d30 thought.”8a42b596a328d20f

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“Right? This area’s d9885d4980 a bit aeb73621f5 remote, but 828b4876b2 the rent’s ca55e73b73 cheap, so 3cc69c72f1 it’s nice. Even a newbie like 2df8c8d5c0 me can afford a ba556e2da6 two-room apartment.”4651aff13fc10d1b

The mart’s lacking, and fb2b5f1df4 the pharmacy closes early, ecd70922b7 but I order essentials cf678886a2 online and stock up 5e0aa5d2a5 on medicine in time. Buses are a pain, b4f88a0ab3 but catch the right 8e655bbd89 one, and you can 9f7573a17d get to work or 04d056dce8 downtown somehow.e4f647711c36bcbc

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Aside from 22ffce95d9 minor inconveniences, 0b2d3f9f38 this neighborhood’s 85c2af395a really livable. And when aa1af87cbe trouble hits, 5876601eab there’s kind-hearted 098a195053 Mister to 5dec02920f help.461167af3ad6822e

“So, bedroom’s there? Open that door 32d6f8fe43 and go in?”7d33cb29a5eed1e1

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“Yeah. Just toss me on 46bcd59067 the bed and go. Thanks so much for 3d11757e83 bringing me…”a74d238db4d3e3a9

Mister opened the door e3cfaff4a4 and carried me into cbde87a19b the bedroom, laying me 118c27b088 on the bed. By the way, he 538aac274d opened the door naturally 20fc9f1e3e while holding me with 00854ad09e both arms—what did he 8c0e3df7c5 use? It looked like 1ae7809ac8 he opened it 56810ee489 with something like 91006cb23d a tentacle, not 13668d2d1b a hand. Is my condition that 9d39e37aad bad?a19011391aac9ec4

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Clutching my confused 725859c2e1 head and groaning, 59de043556 Mister laid me 2d0cf2c595 down on the d0adc03ca8 bed. But instead of leaving 21cc7709b0 right away, Mister sat 45c1b66d9a on the edge of ddd214610d the bed and quietly d0393e6596 looked down at me. His gaze seemed partly 23248ec716 curious, partly concerned.86a0485da09eb48e

“Uh, aren’t you going?”efa2cedf8ca6ae56

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“I’ll stay here 9e3e6063ce for a bit 6c87f20b0b before I go. I’m a eb61a3fa73 little worried 62830728f4 about you.”2d6fc8422f41002c

“I’ll be fine, won’t e565795bed I? You said 4d20b18fe9 earlier I’d 54cbc8d65d be good 019b5e291e in a 970724796a few hours.”f317ccdae3e3ca0e

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“That’s true, but just d9a008f03c in case. Don’t mind 1a6f44778f me, just 4bb2b4647e lie down.”3384d6aaa56ef3cf

I squirmed, 8981985689 thinking I cf0a6452b4 should offer 7e7ffc7816 something to e833fd668b eat or 415bb94c8d drink, but a583f80332 I couldn’t fd1a72598e get up, 5d57da3372 so I 95bba73fd9 gave up. Come to think of 08e764f582 it, even if I e58d2cae26 got up, I didn’t 881e0623a9 have anything to offer. All I had bcf71107bb were the instant f5e038c511 rice and retort db91e8e45f foods I bought f262238908 earlier, and I d8501f942e couldn’t serve those 997018019c to a guest, c24d7bd943 could I?7bdc3df298884363

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Still, isn’t it 64707ca43c rude to have 84dbb0dae9 a guest over 74b06ea034 and not offer 0a8f608628 anything? Feeling guilty and fidgeting, a1943ef428 something heavy suddenly landed 049eaa1ff8 on my stomach, pinning f12cc8760e me down. Could it 9be9a5a39c be a 4c65cc068a leg? Did Mister 0ddb008635 put his 09d3e114b3 leg on 92f69c94ae my stomach? I wanted to 265d78006e check, but somehow 1be18bc863 I didn’t want c11ebb3027 to. Besides, turning my head c2db6187de wasn’t easy.6be4ee47860aff2e

“Don’t move. Got something you need 2995cb1eae to do?”571a1641767eedf2

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“No, it’s not f25f02a83a that. I just abc6f20447 feel bad…”cf6babc75b86e7b7

“Feel bad about what? If you’re thinking e87912e790 of paying me 16be5cd084 back or something, 9bc68f28fc don’t. For me, 12e34f7a18 being… invited e476adb571 into your 5e5ac08e7e home like 10b0af203d this is 33b23bb590 payment enough.”6e4f7b5ba6713906

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His response somehow made d63d2a77b9 my face flush. Uh, is 4a701c2f3a this even c9b196cc8e an invitation? An invitation should 7994873957 be more formal 4ac02408c7 than this, shouldn’t 2254801ed8 it? A clean house, 76aa1d5ee1 lots of tasty 4a6f178619 food prepared. Romantic’s a afebd82835 weird word 4aacb04175 for it, e5a2da4b89 but it d973ab5a86 should have 377e0b56f6 some class, 1cd813931c right?24eeb30da07018a4

Feeling my face redden f92c1922a2 as I squirmed, the 308aef02b7 heavy thing on my 7147d4f909 stomach gently patted me, 547be20225 as if soothing. Oh, now that I 8b15049dff look, maybe it’s not d1962f2e87 a leg but an 4a0a00950d arm. What was I 4b666008b3 even imagining earlier? It might not be f3e0274880 an arm or a 45bc972f11 leg but something else, 6c74607034 but, well, I shouldn’t 18b727b7a7 think weird thoughts.b06eef3988433c17

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Anyway, since he’s saying ebdca8aa29 it like that, it’s d8c8116f1f probably best I quietly 722676899e accept his kindness. I should just lie ef89719f8a still so he can 3b7c29038b relax. Deciding that, I d7feabcb69 closed my eyes, 839499fa70 but it didn’t dff5b20758 seem like that 1d55eef93a would be easy 278e321717 either.8c654fb57191d93d

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A loud 2b05c19bac noise came 838f2b5b2a from my c5e6427c5d stomach, empty b5e88bccb4 from not c9b97163dd eating all b94a1fb089 day, and 5b1ef3176f Mister let 067fce9609 out a bedb54cdf6 deep sigh.d3e9fe064716db0d

“Do you 49c5ad1ca6 even eat 39449357ee properly?”4f2c01f2cb6432b3

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“Uh, I usually eat 684fe81fa5 well, but I didn’t 6379e87fcc today. Too much going on…”7aaef3ed76804dc1

“It’s a day afb6c56150 off, what could 03b714f4f9 keep you so f361f7f5f0 busy you’re starving? Wanna eat something?”007a705a4a15ff2b

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“I’m fine, I’ll 551e58a5ec eat later…”4728a7b2aae17d9a

Yeah, it’s a 8ce28a574e day off, so 7bd545287f why did so 08bdcd4d6d much happen? I thought about telling b2bf721002 Mister about the library a419e45b35 incident but stopped myself, 0a09c7a0c3 as my habit of a53c59eb91 not wanting to worry 5dbeff6b67 others clamped my throat 58743b02ea shut.c11c2a51dc9ddf09

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Well, it’s 4e9dc5e460 not exactly bc2139eb4c something worth de07acb0c6 telling others. I was just 21d4d3fef9 a bit scared; d3a2ddf833 nothing terrible happened 87b61c85b3 at the library. I just met 397be7460f a weird tablet 9958fb58e5 PC, a masked c6e67b1922 man, and a 7e85a93dae strange librarian and 9b474ac9fd talked a bit. It’s not 15e221487c like it’s 7a2663f8e8 a big 84f96ee7c5 deal I 597d606bcf need to 191381d01c vent to bfd8823749 feel better.47e40f02cfba5dcf

I’ll probably forget 274d150034 it after sleeping. The hunger c1d0ce3d70 will fade eb63d407f8 with sleep 4c80d87820 too. Thinking that, I b214be332d closed my eyes, ae50b3c0a0 but then Mister 86dbc83844 muttered, as if b742807ad7 something occurred to daccd721a1 him.ced776f9f6526792

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“Right, you 149f1116f7 did have 386416a22f some stuff 9a3f76e097 going on.”e4e67d65dc3c34f2

“Huh?”553306d3e4791cab

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“I heard 63449a2553 from a fb9ed142c9 librarian I 6261f03f44 know. You had some trouble 2a2628e49e at the library.”9f0cf51544870ab1

“…!”2e35cc2cf48731a8

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“I wasn’t there, 5d46e6c89a so I only a6d5dcefee heard bits and f838cca290 pieces… Was that 1bca00fe41 why you were 17701a0323 out of it 6fc8e0b654 all day? Is that why you’re 6989c18ccb sick?”1c6960063048b03b

The moment I heard 6b22374c9f that, it felt like b8bcc11ba2 a hammer hit the 46774a0f35 back of my head, 63215e2260 snapping me awake. Part of me wondered 09df4381d9 how Mister knew, while cb9acd18db another part thought it 1da741ea38 made sense that he 9cc4bd1036 would.07ea743824d32d62

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“Mister, I, uh.”670d5f3fa5b8754d

“Go ahead, b27acc105c just talk. Did someone scare you 1c01fcebeb there? Or did something happen 8d9ce3cf23 outside the library? I can’t explain everything, 58a8762f8b but maybe I can 93a40a400e help somehow…”597167f2d840bd0f

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Still mysterious, but 58f5f62cce reassuring, the heavy a13d4200c5 thing on the e512473eab blanket gently patted 4346ef65fa me. Maybe it’s 0167046e26 okay to 8e14bfbcaf tell this d4acb77d3b person everything f8d85e0a14 I’ve been 878de798c2 through. With that 77932b19a6 vague thought 3b04f36b0e sparking a ea0d86c57f bit of ea69e48e93 courage, I 6b141ca2d5 cautiously began.f49b0a9897de163f

“So, uh, it’s 5d67b10ba6 a long and f5ba5141a1 complicated story.”5d62680090fe339a

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“Go on.”0d9220dbb928b58d

“I think 27c3b0969a I need dca0c45ece to start 4719154486 with stuff 122675d33d you don’t 11f20b16cd know. So, there’s 9002e3dcc8 this café b2880f5eab in my bacfbc86c6 neighborhood.”a4c3c1badc8bad22

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“…Hold on. If it’s 8115139fc4 a long, 3d041557fa complicated story… a454561425 Wait a 3e2948dd6b sec.”e0d2d22661bcede1

“Huh?”95227c0e0984336b

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“I can prep 20f4b25584 some food for 9ffadfd872 you in the 45d6bcd443 meantime. You had cdc84157a5 some food 70874a06d8 in that 21f44c2468 bag you 57c2255287 were carrying, d29ce3d099 right?”2c6d4d82494c50cc

“Oh, yeah. But how’d you bring b866dad8ed that? Carrying me and the 019da51bf4 bag must’ve been heavy…”1bcd28054445b888

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“Heavy, my foot. Anyway, hold on. I’ll prep a608dcb1e2 while listening. Oh, and you should 5892338fa1 pull the blanket over 6475154f47 your head.”6efbe214bb60d46c

“Over my head all 2eb40bb5be of a sudden…? Okay, got it.”89ae6d5864c3e346

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I didn’t know why, c40048e673 but there must be 3e067dd153 a reason. I nodded a4f6e58cd9 blankly and 34bbea48ac pulled the 3e2b553a87 blanket up, 52d428856d and Mister d8d45a3883 went out, 1056800489 returning with b423b798c4 rustling sounds. Weird, instant rice c5a49b544b needs a microwave, 90ab0009db and retort soup f823c714a8 needs a pot. Does he not 87660b6b81 know how to 50b872c079 heat them and 224df70066 plans to feed cc49980a2c me cold?331860a43300e043

Hearing what sounded like 4296b042eb him opening the instant 6bef90cbfb rice, I figured I faf4ca4952 was right. Well, retort 78e5177349 foods come be4971614a pre-cooked, so cf3a27f944 it’s not c79d603b9c a big f4553b4fd8 deal… As 521aabb842 I thought a04c6699b9 that hazily, 2cee3306b0 a gulping 3a5d419089 sound suddenly 4464d05153 came from 46355fa85e beyond my 5526a73d14 vision.b566b8af616fde8e

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“Uh? Mister…?”8b395e1b0c60a72f

“All right, I’m 575ffde9aa prepping. It’s ready, so aea7da09bd tell your story.”ae055cf66d6d408c

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“Did you e6ff60e00c just eat efba6bad6b the instant 66b6c11074 rice cold? You’re supposed to heat 35ef368197 it. It tastes bad cold…”63fb2e29a3d46fd3

“I didn’t 34da4ba506 eat it 55320828ec for taste, e24a99b3ca so don’t fde726b886 worry. So, what about 911e3ca355 the café?”c0df1d7ea50dc851

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“Huh? Uh, okay… It’s not 59f6ee53ee really about the café, 57bb27f3e9 but the café owner. One day, he gave 3f59f2ed72 me some white powder.”01dc7b2eb559a0e4

“Is he human?”3653dcfcc2802a8e

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“I really don’t want 27d4e03abd to know what you 41ef707201 mean, but, uh, by 6d849fc7d1 your standards, he’s probably 45826fdb3a human. Maybe…?”766b4083b027bed1

“Let’s say 55e53632ce he is. Go on, e0f4c1c5b7 keep talking.”608c85c5365d7288

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Ignoring what Mister’s question 48eea56a8c meant, why he was a7e61802b9 gulping down unheated retort ce64bcefe7 yukgaejang, and other nagging c41e34e507 concerns, I continued my 5fa8f10a8c story. About the strangest, 2dee6a052f most ominous events 601142fcf8 since moving to c79bbb7cc9 this neighborhood.0aef27bf565dbb39

By the time my 36053613a7 somewhat chaotic, rambling story af2252017e wrapped up, Mister’s odd f1e850b27e meal was also nearing d53684a689 its end.327b7074630a1683

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“So, from what 7507372a5f you’re saying… That 1c1307f272 café owner guy 2c93fae331 dumped Mist-Eraser Flower 11bc31bebf powder and a c97ac1f27f torn page on 4200566e72 you.”c9a42eacb199fc19

“Yeah. The librarian grilled me ca36651ced about being an accomplice, 8915afd166 but I swear that’s 119ceffb91 not true. I don’t even know f542ee31d9 why he gave me 31423100d1 that stuff.”723fc1b0c896802b

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Maybe Mister would d34de5feb6 believe me. He wouldn’t b6aceb55c7 suspect I’m 982cb6b5dd lying or 3fb7653881 freak out c6f300a90e thinking I’m 4e1ba0d2e9 crazy, but 7f82926b8c calmly accept 368d65480b my story. Hoping that, c74b5666b7 I waited 12b18571e3 for his d973713e09 response under 34c4813d27 the blanket.db94b30f2d8af61f

Mister was silent, as 4bdecd8e16 if lost in thought. The longer the silence 65b0ef5954 stretched, the more my 2c79974838 hopes dwindled, making me efa0527295 anxious, but the heavy 24ba17d817 thing patting me through 840f758ec5 the blanket helped calm 18eb3d16b4 me a bit.a9ff702f1d78d0c7

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After a while, he 41a071063f spoke. But it was 49b414438c nothing like I 3652e8c989 expected—something heavy and c46497d420 somber.882ae5c71daa7612

“So, I was edf215bb42 the cause after 6da6bfa617 all.”177e8e2d17b1185c

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“Huh? Wait, how’d the 7eb3f6c878 story get there?”3433d10e9a2daa55

“Isn’t it obvious? From your story, 2101d1d392 that café owner 4239b33688 approached you under 86a40d27d8 the pretense of dfd6d3a9a0 giving you deodorizer.”5ad89d6b5f68f2b0

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“That’s true, but.”c88d80b4e6be4116

“That deodorizer was 249a196889 to erase my f608aeb2fd scent.”a9ddf854ed67b968

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“I didn’t mean it 9bf7fcc836 like that. He forced e7887fb397 it on 49510cf2a4 me.”e816d9abc49140eb

“Your intentions d772b85220 don’t matter. He approached you because 5e04edd54d he picked up my 3501709e1f trace. I did fc5952035e something careless 083e280ad9 and put 477f3b6d7b you in 7d8edc9fa4 danger.”bfed35025e2d5336

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No, that’s f3c920fbdf not what 0ceb693a31 I meant c3b71796fd to say. I tried bd2ab52f61 to lift 7161d51c5c the blanket f0ca32d516 to check d0a42a5073 his expression, 94ca86c52c but the d50b78eedf moment I 84ccb1d25c twitched, something 13402b434d heavy pressed c07a5d0640 down on 44f20a88e2 my head, baf39daebe stopping me.d3803cffd74051a5

“Well, if a793fe3a6b you get 6911cec558 down to 54a90a3970 it, the e0df71fd24 root cause 2afc0021ee is that aaace1efff thieving café ca0ace88d3 owner.”c035b748e6f8dac5

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“Thief…? Oh, right, the book 1ab2d4e603 thief.”fcb7e939f4286295

“It’s not just the c1ece5ea3e book. The Mist-Eraser Flower… That a5e2f6206d white powder shouldn’t be f6453702f9 in his hands. He must’ve 46f6a43144 gotten it 5bc4204049 through some 0e15e46747 illicit means.”3b1f4474af130202

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“Is that how 36c24269c5 it is?”197b64144f34c395

“That’s how it is. If he’s human, like 549f45d84d you say.”f518c6f7e0ac326f

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I don’t 7ae4b2a58f want to 3410062931 know if 798d7cf086 that’s an df89755e8d ethical statement 3ab9f46729 or something fb2947b0ad else. But I get what 7e0ba9f48f Mister’s saying. This is all a4865a80b5 the café owner’s c0f8e0ba46 fault. Not Mister’s, not mine. Thinking that d72a6b7f58 made me 7e5eeebf19 feel much 0366ab0439 lighter.e5beb6568b53410d

“Then figuring 1d1e07611e out how 8bad60d3c0 to catch 0f50b92a2c that guy 201fce2a3e is my 4d85cb5de6 problem to 1779a04797 think about… 2f7565b106 All right, b598b88e97 prep’s done.”b2dad076dfdc0dd7

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“Huh? Prep for what?”560cbd1e6545888e

“I said earlier, prepping 0243878811 food for you.”7b18111853c7b86e

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I heard 519ff926ff him say b4ff4276da that, but a92bad0f29 didn’t he 07f45957a0 end up e35a906a19 eating it 368b95f4a9 all himself? Not that I’m 480b9b95c3 stingy about it, ea9c8803a7 but I was fb2b9b8e94 a bit confused 5f8c6bb444 since I didn’t bfb4e6fc84 get what he 36de75b81a meant.ca81c9809e603a8d

“Close your a78db38e53 eyes for ff4931e248 a bit? It’s probably not 1cc8239a72 good for you 0a611c9e45 to open them 58cc23200b now.”d24dabb818108a52

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Mister said calmly, pulling 50aec1eec5 back the blanket. I reflexively 3884284f1a squeezed my 6900ad95f7 eyes shut. I didn’t know why 733ca24450 he said that, but d30b7be090 in this situation, it 3128170289 felt right to follow 1a173cfc12 his instructions quietly. No reason to aec51478de open my eyes a6037d8226 against his advice.c5dce7b757208d78

“Open your mouth. It’ll taste different bc8d471ed2 from what you c5d786a72b usually eat, but d48d8b0e8b the nutrients are 040bc4538c the same. It’s way 4518ad97b2 easier to 711360698a eat.”b1e6c600fc102554

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Mister gently lifted 52a382de5f me, placing me 78d549c868 on his lap, aaebd64fa6 and brought something ee6991e92c to my mouth. As a 3d2f287a3f liquid flowed 2f09799a73 in, I 0dd769f09f reflexively swallowed. It was very 6af9979830 sweet and warm, 3a8f2f6d2f like a drink.5899a4f60e1b8451

“Needs a bit more 0d67619c9b squeeze to come out d2eb062414 well. First time doing caaf26ddc1 this, so I’m ab01adabc9 not used to 0590e61935 it… No, it’s 7f890c3b6f better if you f7c7995256 suck. Here, put 7c53ec9be2 your mouth ec95579dbf on it.”31ae1d74a3982187

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Suck what? Before I 9af9698e3a could ask, e9f536df8c something soft 7414dc5675 and protruding 06dc470d27 touched my cb7a72b5b1 lips. I tried to 28964c3800 let it pass 85eab8ed46 without understanding, but 324df0fc55 the moment it 5bbcf4fea0 touched, I had 36254561ed no choice but eccafb8ac4 to fully grasp b9409b77c8 the situation. My face pressed 9bed948cf2 against his chest, 88862299b7 the soft yet 392e1d7fe5 firm feel of 0efa8f6f78 skin on my df7d167ce9 cheek, and…c6685fa241600a44

“Uh, what?!”a8c203c09028b286

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“Open your eyes, and 157d791a06 you’re dead. Keep sucking quietly.”d7d9e667aa8f8377

No, wait. Is this okay? Is this really 08fb94bde4 fine?! I tried to e319c4d9e5 say something, but 00798d644d the chunk of 9f0006d501 flesh shoved into e4d55826fb my mouth left 3c90ff050b me no choice d4a659a475 but to suck 58eb0bf8b4 the liquid in e19d3620b7 a panic. I didn’t want b07226920a to accept it, 27a144e0a3 but still…9f18c5c285ccc881

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“Mmph, mmph.”c8cf0480b749ed28

I hoped 587adf7485 Mister wasn’t ceb5345bd6 looking at fa5711c868 my lower 4cae394539 half. Eyes tightly 70d26cbe94 shut, I 2bc9d13a0e diligently sucked ee2a154752 and swallowed 43544b12cf the mysterious 0d761462d8 liquid.47ea0163c4bb61de

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For something made from f66282e545 eating cold instant food, 250a1c18cd the liquid was excessively f76dee50f9 sweet and delicious.82ca5efcf016c405

“Mmph, phew. Uh…”0dbc6cf2b3af8519

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Each time 2d3e6aacc4 I teased 1f87c5ec48 the protrusion 92caa71159 with my e902d3d65b tongue, liquid 447e1d99aa gushed out. Sucking the soft 245d0d0c5d area around it 4b3c85e0fa all at once f919f1c3aa made it flow b0313adb2a even better. I could feel 0d9cb60264 Mister flinch each f83fcdc309 time, but since 87e0be38d0 he didn’t stop abe23c365c me, it didn’t 36069d4995 seem like a eb6f7a4cc9 big issue.a0b6659ee48b3657

To reduce the 67bce5f772 embarrassment and vulgarity, 112bef276a let’s be clear: 7bb43866f0 this liquid isn’t 3dbb9ba608 milk. It’s not even d338b09e6d close to formula. There’s none of 272b093b9f that nutty, smooth 72cd4ee180 taste or smell be998bd4b3 of milk.dc80d5ea8343da75

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If anything, 64876cd04f it tastes 263f596651 closer to d8ba280906 sap. Not the hospital IV 74530ff535 kind, but tree sap. When I 40ca65c9b9 was a ea533e7c61 kid with 07ce59bac3 a bad 658bfadff8 stomach, a 9792bcf132 relative sent b1c741b4e6 some tree 2a62ff0d64 sap, and d8ffc8b720 the subtle 6af9cc6d1b smell feels b2fd91be41 similar.e31aabd51036aab2

Of course, 580c600834 this liquid 24f1f92c93 is so 07aaad543d far superior 385868b5ac in taste a8577c89bf that comparing f659390c18 it to 6b5ae0bfee that sap 426634f34a is almost 2bc54eb874 an insult. Warmed to body temperature, 5efa762f49 with a strangely sticky e75d2f4ecc viscosity, it melts on 0533def9bb the tongue and slides b49ec4f20a down the throat as 086f44d9c4 if it were my eb66ca14e8 own bodily fluid, making 51522c6677 me devour it ravenously.b2a7305aa962bf99

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Maybe bodily fluid is 8f5a55d037 a better term than 9cab8f43d3 sap. No, it’s not just d947fe0ffc better—it is a bodily fluid. I don’t know how 46fbd4f5cf Mister produced this liquid, d77ff2dae3 but if it came 1288b23210 from his body, it’s 040361f767 a bodily fluid, right? So, like sweat, or d6e9db9f37 maybe…a9df66bb0729a8a3

‘No, that’s 6decf4532c even more 3c21919a79 embarrassing!’313b189791181251

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I should’ve just thought 64354d8de3 of it as milk. Trying to 872b0a2938 hide the b64dab13c4 swelling in 2d726deca6 my groin dee3ce2168 by shifting eec20763bc positions, I 17aa2c83fb accidentally placed 823a99e0f3 my hand 8e73e4ded5 on Mister’s 5ca8f27582 chest. Eyes closed, 17f34ac868 I’m not 3cf4bb5257 sure, but f01213fa03 it’s probably b8314fcc66 his chest. The moment 9ca7ed150e a small 679c32f745 protrusion pressed acceefddc6 into my 61e2a254cf palm, liquid eaa3d2d5f1 gushed out, f0e88597eb soaking my 12ea9041d2 hand.582dfc51076333e7

“W-what are you doing? One chest isn’t enough?”8ddcf51ef8340078

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“So it was a chest… No! S-sorry! I didn’t mean to. There was nothing 9820e79e3f else to grab…!”6375db2f0c6c12a4

My hand 73091141c4 sticky with 85ffeebb2c the liquid, 0ae67468e6 Mister grabbed e98cc23648 it and 43fb878e3b licked my d1d13cebf7 fingers. The stickiness 176ae7b8f5 was gone, 9fe8260758 but it ae99bbc6c1 was still 2178cb9fa4 embarrassing. He seemed embarrassed too, aa6e165973 clearing his throat and 81866a385d changing the subject.c92902f05507f5ba

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“Uh, if there’s 8a86565b23 nothing to grab… 04a4184c4d Hold my hand 065f1ffcbc or something.”a7d5172da0caef0a

“Your hand? Oh, a 3eb367ed93 hand’s good. Better than 4ad4098ec1 a chest. I mean, going 4317a66947 too fast isn’t 93428abc16 great. Though at the 10cf2a986f point of sucking, 79843f9921 maybe pacing doesn’t 9a14682c66 matter, but it’s 0f4890bce4 about the vibe.”2d941678a69e14e2

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“What’s pacing? I don’t d4b7e6f3fe get half b720091e7d of what b32864df71 you’re saying.”ca53967f938481c0

“Sorry. I’m a fea1e67fe2 bit dizzy, a9b7ec675a so I’m 3db332c9ad rambling. Pretend you 4ff7bbec6c didn’t hear 7625c48309 that. You say that c24ffd5c79 a lot too, 6ad68ca74d right?”a2ee162427c2341e

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“Feels like 347f21dc93 the nuance b27d039592 is different… a473f87de7 Anyway, wanna 0590bd6a98 hold hands?”fd4759704ba7c1cd

“Y-yeah.”598ce39a48b8669d

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Mister’s large hand e30c34052f covered my saliva-damp 4cc6fe15d8 one. He laced our fingers 8851d2ee95 naturally, unbothered by the 600268a9e5 dampness, and I felt 7c3b0d886c a ticklish warmth in b8a0c9f2c0 my stomach, mixed with 2ab982d977 a sense of reliance.ccf8e6ce28e9c4c6

Holding hands is nice. I want to walk 4f04c8f612 around holding hands like 1459e7a8c5 this all the time. Not just hands, f0f3096d05 but other stuff 21308b49a0 too, but if 619849725b I imagine too e1124293f6 much, I might e6868086bf run out of 9e5c2c4423 things to do de6b2a81d0 in reality, which f43b59f5c1 wouldn’t be good.cb9c742c8cb5d0e2

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Wait, what do I 2d37bb3380 even want? With Mister, I 5157b9f318 mean. Instead of 5f7a2ff5a4 pretending I c668b1c9ac don’t know, 185c90ec84 maybe it’s 7897603163 better to 749235e90d just admit a640927ac6 it…93d4e5daf421f9f6

“Your hand’s cold. You must f4b5470159 be nervous, 3efdea7571 huh.”25546ec388976831

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“I am nervous. I mean, with you, 12829a86cd Mister…”e98ffac552011eb2

“Don’t worry 8c221b7244 too much. I’ll help, 9c43ea4029 so you’ll cf2eb32984 be fine.”4da24e39d6c9497d

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I get 645591dec1 it, but b7cc2686be I’m not ae9f07ca8a sure if b66abc1318 now’s the 2a9f57a15d time to 0d9eea14cd say it. I want to do 6e4a2159ad a lot, but I 1cc57ecc08 don’t know if Mister b0a6b02911 feels the same. A good 0d59921ad3 day will 70e04f7c14 come soon. Better than ebeecb4852 talking while b2587c2b76 too dizzy a022e42a21 to open c732376afb my eyes. As I sucked the 7d9040c5f8 liquid, entrusting myself to 11cfe800ea Mister, he gently stroked 45e30024fa my head and patted 46be74343b my back.47c9cbf1e8266827

One hand must be a73fd181c9 holding mine, the other f858409652 arm around my shoulder, b24277e8eb so what’s patting my f450a3dcd3 back? I don’t really want 037df74dbc to know. It’s probably part of 2a5f412721 Mister. That’s fine.75763c6db3a1a3c0

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After sucking the 478ac50770 protrusion for a 13d4dcf0d9 while, the liquid ba5dc8a24f gradually slowed and 7c6ddbdc7b then stopped completely. Mister moved my ea270e77b5 head, saying, “There’s 5806fde583 some left on c9d45ad7f2 the other side, 348eb2aa2d suck that,” but c0a9f7beb2 after eagerly sucking a46c378b79 for a bit, 8d43106dba that side ran 18bcd5d95a dry too. Realizing it f23b0c07b3 was empty, 0934d8d7b5 I kept c43e9772af nibbling and e067fe46c2 sucking out 29a7750251 of lingering e1ba194969 reluctance.bcc64d444a925314

“Sucking more won’t a4ab4252c6 help. I only 34fa923a8a made as c0563328dd much as cd7c58a807 you just d5e6df1818 ate.”44028c4b8589a51d

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“It’s fine… Just a4a34431af a bit, a ab81f3adab bit more.”451c4519b7561454

“A bit more 818b8e672f what.”d497c87110142d8e

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“Can I sleep 007b2d91bb with my face 6619ad12c9 on your chest?”b19feaf6475513d6

“Why not bbda632dae sleep in b5fcfd60c1 a comfy e21189d31d position?”e2d05225f7dade3c

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“This feels comfiest.”211b96b20b84b5ed

Answering shamelessly, Mister patted 620c663df7 my back and mumbled 2402349afe to do as I 77a438bb4a liked. He probably cb2b818873 needs to 44599eb804 go home c1e69a94b2 and has f99123c3c6 no reason 1e2b78e91a to play a6adb1959f pillow all f5c51ef720 night, but ec02187fb5 sometimes I 7f19fc193f want to 38c7b57b95 act spoiled, 136052425f ignoring his 65744a9509 situation.39cee79e3614c826

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Thankfully, Mister 24d1b0dfa6 didn’t seem 083e72387a too bothered, ee83121db7 holding me 2afd6f2ba8 close and 805ab0c942 softly stroking c69ab669f5 my back b4b8b6b2b1 as he bc4c2690b1 whispered.f180c12e7bd837cc

“Then I’ll f6e77e250a stay as e56827a91d long as dc863e25f5 I can. I’m not much f4a66191dc help, but…”ccc8b4e54c3f8d66

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“That’s okay. Thanks for not 2525cae3e9 leaving.”dd4584eae6df23bf

“Thanks for what. Anyway, that café 930caf553a you mentioned… I’ll d11ff4dddf look into it.”01b045b238e69ee1

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“Thanks, Mister.”a2e1823fbf484e47

“You don’t have 25495f62f5 to keep saying 71db48aada thanks. Actually, thanks to you, 73b41dde2d the librarians will be a2e09e3e28 grateful for a lead 224cccf0b1 on the book thief.”55ab982ae1e3ffb3

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“I’m not a 67caaee258 thief. Really, I’m not.”7c0cb1a109a9e09f

“That really got to 0f22ed5469 you, huh.”cb0cf90502331e3f

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Nestled in Mister’s f0c4fa5fb4 arms, I started ab2fa4ba0c feeling sleepy. If I woke 628a9045a8 up and he a169522b82 was gone, I’d 436114ae40 feel a bit 6163a0616b lonely, so I f27beffe61 mumbled to him 1009d4bbf1 like I was 1b87b01c1c sleep-talking, trying to f0801a314b delay sleep a f9306a9838 little.32a551fefcd8f43b

“Oh, right. When I was 12b1b0731d a kid, something b4520713d8 happened. One day during gym f9b6abbb09 class, I went to 466ffc6294 the gymnasium, and no 81d410c6ca one was there. No friends, no teacher.”6c55dd0e401c8cb8

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“…Really, no one?”aaab219b2555a6ed

“Yeah. I wandered around for 2a6565fd31 a while, and when 7eea44d6a7 I got back, everyone f0e851f9f5 said gym class went 9faa7372ed on fine, but I c1359245fb was gone. They waited, but I a035b4a716 didn’t show, so my 76cf486702 friends thought I ditched.”dc4c02841cfc24c8

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“…”d0cebb54d2f1bc5a

“It happens sometimes. I’m kinda dense, 1005138faa so I miss 6c28c9897d people who are fea29bf340 right there. But… that day, one 5d0d89efc7 kid in class lost cbe9890228 their pencil case.”4837f44e749c1c82

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“…And?”fff7a856b17ea737

“I got b16bd43bf8 blamed for b066638d49 stealing it. It went missing 91b6d395d5 after gym, and 150d3e8799 I was the ee25ec6ab1 only one gone fabc4fc150 during gym.”a0b921554767c443

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“That must’ve been 33c730daf3 tough.”11b2df1092ad577f

“Yeah. The pencil case 7949fd0c72 was stolen by 3c339d1156 a kid from 7884cf9ec0 another class, so bc5b8cf460 I was cleared, 627575f454 but… people didn’t 193eff3bc1 believe me. They thought 615ba8d2f9 I was e3e8048736 lying about 9c06c46448 the gymnasium 6918d62493 being empty.”6b1d62c9609436a4

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“…”dbb175c1912c8ff3

“It wasn’t that big 41051e5365 a deal, but the 119b164697 point is… I don’t 997f850da3 like being falsely accused 925074b9a7 of stealing. That’s normal, right?”de608af99710118d

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“Of course. Nobody likes e1fcb02cf9 being framed. By the 4462cbf063 way… You’re b7411c9608 talking a 3a3c9f9289 lot about f59992f1ee yourself today.”da1ac68c381f1c75

“I usually don’t. But somehow, 5c583436a6 I feel 462dcbfa12 like you’d 4a8eb22dfe understand, Mister.”7b156f7006874318

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“I do. But I won’t tell 50ab14e927 you what kind of 1b9827b03b situation you were in. It’s better ef3085d3a2 you don’t 8980182db2 know.”7e10dc65a2f11795

“…If you d03644a190 say so.”24f24892a0ddaa52

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I felt like 8a63342e7f I said things a5175cfe16 I wouldn’t normally, 2dd7ac8a1a maybe because I 33df49fde4 was sleepy, but 4f6a3b84d0 since Mister brushed f151a4812f it off so aa8623eeaa casually, I let 590e12e46e the memories slip 8b82c2206a away without much d7c75d3735 thought.d77afa02bbb467fe

After that, we chatted 1807112aea about this and that, f30a837d34 passing the time drowsily. I fiddled with his 6d6f214032 hand or side, babbling 251fb08d3e about how nice it 6a525d8dba felt, and got pinched eb1cbb451f on the back of 6171d5f1e4 my hand. When Mister lay on 6c07cfb951 the bed saying his 8a88669784 position was uncomfortable, we 1c1417eab7 ended up rolling around 8fdaaae0ce together, committing a bit 700fae1662 of a speed violation. At some point, we d36ea0052b just lay there, breathing 7767078643 quietly, passing time.278cdbdecd1930f8

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With nothing 71b216abb9 to say, f4d8ecbbbd all sorts 2bb3e9987e of thoughts cea048cd31 swirled in 2cfbe14baf my head. What’s Mister thinking, staying be175ee8a7 with me? Does he 61d373cc1b feel something adff4cc016 similar to ef6f9c1c86 me? Should I check now, f8f27a1837 or wait…?0ca361c236ac86ae

I decided it’s better 2e1ea2656a not to say anything c135da81ed now. You shouldn’t say important bfbf49f844 things when sleepy or 56fa27ee6d drunk. For now, maybe 48d7b5ecc7 it’s enough to 0e75f7501f keep a sliver c1bb8f723a of possibility open. About what c73deba68a I feel ee8d37403e for this e2e995e358 man, and a612f5ba23 how kind 2e581f3e57 he is b53fbc8b87 to me, b2857ddd0c stuff like cc17357007 that.c7b94c682ce4fb8b

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“…Hey, the 8f98773cd0 sun’s rising.”9f8ecd6ef3a6e00e

“Already?”e849c677ce3b2567

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How much time had 350836a8a2 passed? Mister’s offhand comment made 1cb8aabd20 me realize dawn had f0eab56443 broken. All we did was ee8a484124 joke around and have 0d0bdbe002 a pseudo-meal, but it 9d1ec4b06c felt like a passionate fa21dc801a night.d5fdae9aa2fb0468

“Can I 7442935754 open my e1bb4d5ee6 eyes now? I’m not dizzy anymore.”b512c7f6f6bb5eea

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“Don’t even 3463951893 dream of 771efe229f it until 3f7d438c53 I’m gone. By the way, cf3563052c I didn’t plan 033af9f72f to stay this 85a1f62e0c long… Hmm, is 34c3b78731 this okay? I’m not sure if df14e2ea0c it’s fine to stay 47cd932d6e here so long.”5f5328e59f1ae3c0

“I hope I didn’t 8b7951f257 waste your time.”b68164160ae85b46

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“That’s not what 147fb63cd7 I mean. Even if 72a03dc576 it affects 0a9218cdfa people, it’s 7d96c8f4cf maybe thirty e94f97f9a1 minutes to 513d22907a an hour… 1f21734120 Probably no 9ffc35778e need to 806515dc27 worry.”0664d4e53abcbcf7

Affect? What’s he talking about? As usual, Mister didn’t 0afb4521da explain, just got up 1c272f391a from the bed and 7417c6254d started rustling, probably putting 740f6011b7 on clothes.34a4d4420a5c3745

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If I opened my 93b9c7678d eyes now, could I b60f0eee6f see his bare chest? The thought crossed my 0929373e2f mind, but I kept 6bab21f08b them firmly shut. Sneaking a peek at aed2c9e270 someone’s body, or parts ed007f1557 they don’t want seen, be39ec9623 isn’t polite.47dd99d6aec41f9e

“Anyway, that 6a3cefddd4 white powder.”66b208d7880de84a

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“Huh?”dbec81af23674c9d

“You mentioned it earlier. Could you give efca15e6f5 it to me? I want to take 7a62f562de it and investigate.”65bd3cb53df16e59

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“Uh… Sure. If it’s 90db48ba99 you, I c138ab3bdf can give af87db83c7 it. It’s in the pocket a2211b2ede of my padded jacket 43f1ed433b on the hanger over 0e4430c1b0 there.”064408d7cc60dc2c

Would he understand c705f88116 my explanation? I was a bit aff6e19cb5 worried, but he seemed 4f7734ec8b to find the bottle c5520454ad without issue. Muttering about how 01dffe85e9 much there was 7dc5b79b36 and clicking his c500cacd48 tongue, it must f9d65baca9 be surprisingly valuable.c682cdfd8cb6da83

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“Let’s say d194cb70cc this is 987fa55ff7 payment for d20444401d all the 791255c526 help I’ve b9b14f1117 given you 929a2b8254 so far.”c123322df5a73489

“If that’s 229927e85f what you ebbdece7bc want, sure.”19a14d7aa691c683

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“But there’s 5b3c6e7ce3 a problem. This powder’s rarer than 30e85f1a39 you think, so in 994229414b trade terms, it’s a f1ca8dbbad bit uneven. You’re getting the 2631070751 short end.”9dc47537661d2d0c

“I don’t mind losing fcdb18349f out. Especially if it’s you.”3f7ab44600bf7f9f

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“Thanks for saying 043f75e8ce that, but… No, 5a47bc7280 I care. We can’t 71e6f560fd not care 7fb2578355 about that ae27a71d0f stuff. So later, if I ce37787cda get the chance, I’ll f1f9081732 help you out more.”867136ff8f5a0ecc

“Sounds good. Does that mean we’ll 57c489065b keep meeting like this?”b59a03ec1ed753c0

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“…Meeting’s not about payment.”249c8c444eb28a4b

His voice mumbled so 0712048f40 softly, like a mosquito, 95f2c07802 that I felt if 468329a040 I opened my eyes, f2515920a6 I’d see his flushed 98e9c02688 face. Holding back my f66ee194b0 dwindling patience, Mister 5746215aa2 changed the subject, 18cec280f6 probably to deflect.c32c22f5a63274ca

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“By the way, didn’t 1885bba832 you say you have acdfec9159 work? When do c1d0fcf724 you leave?”66ff5b5e865eedcc

“Hmm? I usually b6ce369567 wake up 2e7337bc6f around six-thirty…”e2689a44f01669d2

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Right, work. The moment c9657c4ddf I thought 387111026b that, my 2c1414a806 morning alarm d50af02d3c went off. Drrrring, the 03a8b6508d loud, sleep-jarring d43134272d alarm I 6761c3c2ad set blared, f0985b92bf and I f538eb3bad sensed something 1fb7c90ff0 odd.d559dc11d7ad01e9

“…Mister?”a175e3993dad9aac

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No answer. I flailed my arm, 53ece87121 but my fingers only bb941f7d9d grasped air. He was just eda66e8791 talking in front e465de9cd1 of me, but 85b2d23559 now he’s gone? In my house, did 151d839410 he vanish into the 24991d553f sky or sink into d8ff434dd6 the ground?155e337209d75cb3

It’s okay, we’ll see 4eb7d36b55 each other again.de94de40a97106c3

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With that whisper-like f6cd9b696b sensation, I opened 7fc5b28784 my eyes to da460a883b find the room 2c28b99a24 empty, with only 7d6a565380 instant rice containers f0f2dbf434 and retort yukgaejang 2822dfc355 wrappers rolling on 0a97e6a1d2 the floor. Maybe it 19caf88771 was a 8967b3fb25 dream? But the distinct sweet d0fad742f9 residue on my lips 4410ab7039 vividly confirmed it wasn’t.e82f8d3c01788da8

I see. He’s gone ac6b98de4c now, but fcf5a16c91 we’ll meet 6a8e41ca84 again… Nodding 89432f39b4 blankly at a96bc5dcce that vague 8d98732199 realization, I b480e2f377 turned off 203c542893 my phone cf761ffe96 alarm. I should probably 8c22ea22c5 get ready for 73250f0a62 work.0632d469c4670603

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But the moment I c57b3c94a3 turned off the alarm, fb793c3b56 I noticed something strange. Besides the 6bad3da51d alarm, there 103720c263 was a e40fee8cf1 loud noise 56db8c5d74 coming from e2ff8229c2 somewhere. Specifically, not 1b4709b7f8 inside but b641ffc324 outside.e6b74076e841508b

‘An ambulance? What’s going on?’1a7ccfc53ac7b5db

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It’s rare for cab0ddabc9 119 to come 8bc089dc6e at dawn. Is someone in b0c97ca0e7 the apartment hurt? It’s not my business, de31e60856 so I should just 8ed4c0a84e do my thing, but 1753e57822 I instinctively glanced out 73aad8a7fd the window.efbff7b4a8fda595

“…Huh.”f40cd76c333d36cc

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Wait, did I see b83e83dfb7 that right? I rubbed my 6012a16f27 eyes furiously, stumbled fd222de8c6 to the window, a81090469d and stuck my 8f338ccdb6 head out. Not because 8d4e210405 I wanted f5b566916b to fall, d2eafef9b1 but because f3972cdf63 an unbelievable 4bda41cef1 scene was 42f95023f1 unfolding.2da70aa58835f524

“W-what?”f09f1b6fc71c4313

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Amid a a5cb73c549 thick, mysterious 731cb8ea0f fog outside 5a6aa650f2 the window.04429c194d5c9bef

Every resident 945c75f011 of the 3aaff380c1 apartment was 86de292a8a being carried a0cf2b417c on stretchers a92e421257 into ambulances.d218f6b2ce5714ba

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Pharmacy, Back Alley, Epilogue.

Tell me about your 9c84bebf9b visit there, as promised. I can’t d31fbdc640 give you 8c87382aa4 the medicine 07f9282864 until you 6d31cfc796 do.0eeee0c0c9bdf126

…….115926f4c088e883

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I was just 555e90fe87 about to tell c5b2ec16ba you. But why are you 3d5b31306f making new medicine? It’s been at least 4ebebe401a half a day since 217beb2843 I left. Shouldn’t you have 5c62b403f9 made it already?bd1d29fae03c81f8

…….05c3551a4d15d984

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You caught me. But what can 1361d04926 I do? Your condition’s gotten 5363517e6f worse since you 31ea57fb4a went there, and bbb4517081 the old medicine 4c742aaeea won’t cut it 5935f09bc1 anymore. What exactly happened? Something sexually exciting a4b9dc87d6 or what?d60a90bb026db2dd

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No, nothing 405e570d85 like that. I just 8ad8c0558b took care d172e6bd3a of him 8b263d0826 a bit, c1a9d3660a fed him f929e60c83 some food, 34187ad878 that’s all.b9e70ce6f0ee0342

…….11594c1635004493

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Hmm, is aed30523c7 that so? Then maybe just 856d0d307f being invited to 758a7136f9 another world had 33b8908bed an effect. Anyway, tell me, what’s 652a96906a the human world like?9206840270ba088e

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Nothing too impressive. But it’s 31be74dd0a weirdly full 6afd4dc134 of stone 82ee4d0858 and metal. The ground’s hard f27c3e5216 like stone, the 15bc5cd99b buildings are stone, 2bc9038ea1 and the doors 86dcaba477 are all iron 3703282845 or glass. Even the elevator was db30706e2c just metal, no muscle a1f23d59c0 or nerve bundles. Humans have b27e1e81d6 frail bodies, 6fce72b074 so one 788e72663e wrong bump 670f7bc4bf could hurt dd14f477f3 them badly, ec5cdd2a02 yet I 40038cc3e9 don’t know 192ff38497 what kind d0656269f9 of guts 0b38f610db they have a825868fe5 to build 7872f8720f such a 4cb998ca4e stone-filled world.867706064882afbe

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That’s a fascinating b27c34587d story. If buildings aren’t soft, c3b65526f2 how do they handle eb442b312c soundproofing or insulation? Oh, and cb528a97bd how do 1ee3546d2e plants survive? They can’t root 2ad7c7212d in stone, can 7f22d37e37 they?6653c08b9b970d1b

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They drill holes cd3469bd2a in the stone 2eaad7b5c8 to expose soil. Trees live there. Or they 14a8821776 pour soil 2c4171a076 into plastic 4da88aa3b8 containers for 940151dd73 plants to f72ed7aa7b grow in. From what I e25ca52275 heard, it doesn’t c257362880 seem too inconvenient.da9669a5ce1ba323

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I’d find 888952092e it super c8efd955ab inconvenient, but 3dbbb72e60 that’s wild. How long do dcb6aad62b their plants live? I’m still 4a16496b1f hung up 65060f941b on that d9473eb440 guy calling 16f2c5ad63 me a af01e2e0f6 kid.d8d20a9cdec06f95

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He was just a 640df9fad7 passing acquaintance, so I 55eaef43f5 didn’t ask about that. He probably saw fc56c9a263 you as a ed8c3021bb kid because you’re fbac15ada8 smaller than me bd416f5330 and have smooth ac916eca0e skin. Humans judge age 9214c26809 by stuff like 4cf2c01453 that, I heard.dfbe086eba9bf02b

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Is that so? Well, I ae458e5720 don’t know 1813c53de3 exactly how 476930ef97 old he e14adf1b52 is either, d609ce950e so I’ve 5109483021 got nothing 3f81006958 to say. Different species always get a3cb9278bf a bit off on b6d399eb9f that stuff. So, let’s 2cada1dfd0 call that 60111f7219 settled… What cf346029ed did you f0dede1dfc do there? Tell me properly.3464cbc9d466cc4f

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I told a39d029f77 you, I 0a0a24aae9 just took 5064bc0294 care of 2495e5e855 him and e427553837 fed him!11ea59a2cc45aed1

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Look, I didn’t want 20a6158690 to say this, but 9cca247807 your chest area is eee96cf3e2 all wet.434609a4a0d387e4

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The kid 44741358a4 was sick 15ec2fcded and couldn’t a1ae4823b8 eat properly, ab1d7d4fc9 so I 02059c0c83 fed him 1465e3d1a7 that way. Happy now?6f8fe432146e2b17

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Where do I 0b86a68152 even start with c46fdb242c this… When will 0e1be50779 you ever admit c0e7b86e47 it, DeepFlower? If the 4ede17c899 root issue bbf14847ec isn’t fixed, 557c75866c this medicine d0281b4088 won’t help de6df37635 no matter 2023e77457 how many aeba495c9a times you 6cb2526dab take it.1796fb2c4f55b88b

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Speak plainly. Even if you’re the f10ceb8f77 high priest, it’s not 9282e938ce a good habit to bf8c4a47ff always talk so vaguely. I came for help, 05d3b0ec82 but I’m not one 241530f068 of your followers.5a7bab1b2cb036cc

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You’ll get mad 3418351d63 if I’m blunt. So, how 82ae813f75 big are 0c7f1360fb you expecting 95e51bc6b7 the harvest 45e954c066 festival for 19ca2d3b9e the old 1db7c361b3 flowers to 950cc4e0d5 be?8991ac4348047c87

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What’s that 5799f7583a out of dd79915ac4 nowhere? Our colony’s not 2c91ba473d planning any seeding bdbba6a252 for a while. Did you f4ed1da0f7 foresee some 73627d964c good news e9c8bac549 or something?ea4edac23f92cace

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Oh, yeah. Let’s go with 57969bc020 that… Anyway, the 351039d8fb medicine’s ready. I made a week’s 1af180f79f worth, so take one e58a84d3b9 dose around moonrise, and 627f0e883c if it doesn’t settle, cd1fedbff1 come back. Since it’s 528b983761 tied to 3fa70b6115 lunar influence 5ff50c12bc making your 266a93942b urges stronger, b6805104fd it probably c726e11e09 won’t affect e71a274fbb you much f010634ecf during the edd9c065e9 day…?1fdcc43c597bd909

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— Help, please. It’s XX Apartment, 76fe812bf0 Building 101. There’s some gas. Like toxic gas.2da8a2aa084ec704

— XX Apartment, Building 42ea490503 101, toxic gas?4d64b1b10edf61c1

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— I’m not lying, 732206051b it’s real. Weird gas, a15783b7c6 not from d34719a2bd the gas 6f244413e9 valve, but e637135576 from outside c87b3ee9fd the window. But it’s strange. The windows, 8375d76ea0 I closed 1ed829da85 them because f8afab0b1c it’s cold. But it’s still coming 9f25a5f3c5 from outside.da407d94a1c9d257

— Toxic gas from 7f142d0efe outside the window. Where exactly 50ff5b235d are you, 97dff8ab32 what unit d2331edbde in Building d5b7fe1613 101?949b8403ea5397ac

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— Unit 702. My body feels 032aa2d20f really weird. Hurry. Please hurry.92f37202c5f55eb2

— Unit de2674d8f3 702, how’s a77ac3a482 your condition 95408a41bc right now?d0897b68478109f2

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— I feel 05904e97f0 nauseous, no strength d3a4087601 at all. My limbs 0c02dc0d92 barely move. Like I’m paralyzed. I have 741cd8bad6 to strain f4f2e52774 hard just ad8f5d2338 to move e740d2bde7 a finger. Everything’s foggy, a70d6c2b96 I can’t fdb59ba51b see anything.e33bb8ba3c1de816

— We’re de8c5e50fd getting multiple d62e77b7c8 calls, and ee451ee299 ambulances are b4835aa30f already on 3281754084 the way. Please hold on 48ae7a11ae a bit.e0e6384cae20645b

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— And, uh, yesterday. I saw something 49730badac weird yesterday. I remembered it e964201b92 while coming home b4b2d5c69b last night.5d6d249b9ae9bcc0

— Something weird?64ff809ff474b648

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— Coming home, I 75bcad89b0 saw something strange, like 046744b7c3 a giant bouquet mixed 41adf446fa with a bundle of d350e284e5 wood. No, I d0b519d820 didn’t see d1eb89f683 it. I didn’t, 091bfe66b9 but I 33c4dd0ff7 did. I really saw c698f1d4b1 it, I swear.bad20b8aca2d5f39

— Hello? Can you hear 7560b5fc35 me?9c4e3e2aa74ca97c

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— I saw it. I’m not lying. I definitely saw it. It was huge, 00d55470b5 beautiful. The flowers were cf50195c8d so pretty. Really so pretty 003290a053 I wanted to f98d228b49 follow it, but ae2237ac34 my legs wouldn’t 273b101942 move. The smell was amazing 6a0fd06223 too. Old but so vivid. Listen, please. My brother 5baa7f4f90 said it’s 4810dda8b4 nonsense, but c97af6b6e5 I saw 1f32afbf09 it. It went into our fa185d476a apartment complex. It must’ve spread it.659447c40de9d824

— This person seems 0ad8ab8884 to be in a 7746931ce8 bit of delirium. The ambulance will arrive 976cb81a5d in a few minutes, e1c8e260b7 okay? We’ll call back bac3787e39 later, so please f2f3b7fe14 answer.9005919529e2deb3

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— Listen. I saw b56c5e43a8 a flower 19ab0feb5d yesterday. The toxic bb7e0da33c gas must’ve a28e55dd9e come from ab1f5a2b0b that flower. It was really, really fef1e08afc beautiful. So many colors. Red? Blue? No, it f9d3857e6a was just d5366a4465 white, why 346d869a45 did I 2aa6306dfd say colorful? Right, it shimmered with fdfbc18c7f colors in the light. So vibrant. It was so beautiful, 28d405e61b I’d have no wishes ca5ae172c6 left if I could 43d91bfc0b just pick it. Pick it, 1482faba0d eat it, 10da0f3427 touch it, f9ab18d5b2 hug it, 52cd278ec2 tear it 6cee27561c apart, crush 4428f7a99d it, and f93c0f4d00 scatter it be21108c9c all over e4f9539217 the world. No, I 09c491c5c8 can’t scatter df88487637 it. It’s mine, only I e65bf13ecd should see it. But I saw 4d3a31011e it, I swear. It looked like 54462f279b it was carrying 028f62a6a4 someone, but I fea46a098d couldn’t see clearly. Because of the fog. Right, fog. That flower was spreading 2a51db27b8 fog, that’s why I’m ecfe105a5b saying this. The fog a0f579fd96 is the 2e9a7a34e9 toxic gas. That’s what 2cb0b987e8 I mean, 1ed93a92fc the flower 69c0e582c1 spread toxic ab6c4800bb gas. But is it really 30d920b69f toxic? Uh, paramedic. My limbs 863fb5e94a won’t move. I’m nauseous. Like I’m de5447209e paralyzed, I f5b3a8467c have to 83093a09b0 strain to f024b2af21 even twitch ee6a1685a1 a finger. If I didn’t 428683310f have BicXbi, I a50d44339f couldn’t have called. But listen, I saw 78d4bb7f93 a flower, I swear. Is that ce7504bf2c flower still a76054df93 out there? Is that why the 5795fdff30 gas keeps spreading? Then pick 303a364cd1 that flower. There were so many, 85ac670566 just one. No, pick 6f789c556b them all. Give them all to 2b56dc9f9b me. That flower’s 934bb98f51 so beautiful. I’ll give you a46bcc2f16 one, paramedic. It’s so beautiful, b2b96de0a5 there’s no flower 82d1cf609c like it in d626f21751 the world. You could c54578c0ac sell one 4cdfe5a7b7 for 10 e4bd6a68b1 billion. I’m keeping f392de9792 them all. I won’t share. Even if I cd6b22af4e can’t use my 7d3208ccec limbs, I’ll crush bd75cdfcab that flower, scatter f9e01a0516 it everywhere, and 4ad78e6e1f roll in it. Smell its scent. Hey, paramedic? Are you listening? You didn’t 6bb368f2d4 hang up, d72fd1b626 right? This is XX Apartment, 791510f38e Building 101, Unit 702. Uh, but can 5bfd53a826 you find a 4a490f024b flower downstairs? It’s so beautiful, like eef3da5ec5 a giant bouquet mixed edd7088b83 with a bundle of 522fa6f36d wood…44220e89541715aa

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I don’t bdfad774d5 have any adadbd77b4 idea what’s cd2572bd38 going on. Could there have 14ef57e0d0 been some kind c1f43db01b of terrorist attack 999d112d1f overnight? I clumsily threw 6cc94fd274 on some clothes 59f7d67800 and staggered outside, ca8e649238 only to find 9ff05ae0ea the paramedics staring ebae86d6f0 at me as 1dbb1928e5 if they’d seen ec4c8ab739 a ghost.99506f8506cb764d

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“Uh, what happened?”1f4a20de3e60649b

“Are you okay? Can you move?”a97aec7bfa0c237c

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“I’m perfectly fine. By the way, what 9361306c22 in the world is bc74e30a20 this chaos? Did something 06c1a5d7b6 happen in 5d1b76374f our apartment 31ad60b111 complex?”69692b462a003847

“We got multiple e508dd5282 calls from this 541e1d6bf5 apartment all at 36af043d26 once. People saying 1dfeffe464 toxic gas dcacb2ff33 was coming 444cc5304f into their aa2c6a8bb2 homes, or 07615715b4 that they 8efbe581f4 couldn’t move edea20e806 properly, like cb80430eea they were ec0e0868e3 paralyzed. Over twenty c7f1018acf reports came 5e0ca39f2a in.”b4dcdccb10e29ea2

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“Toxic gas? Did a 8c5b164829 gas pipe 006cf2a42b burst or de6e3c5554 something?”9cb2215db9e353f8

“No, it’s 4b6ebb7364 not that 119b89060b kind of da0b3f7788 issue. They said the a5c3b46e20 windows were definitely a7a8110138 closed, but gas a5c0bf5818 was coming in fb18205ee7 from outside. Anyway, they couldn’t 06a1b70345 move, like they 377af44105 were paralyzed, and eabe20925a begged us to fc76c46c94 come quickly.”2f3d76de3d0c2efd

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So, this fog 3210f5c411 surrounding the apartment 2b05185f2d is some kind 953ca6ef95 of toxic gas? It looks 585d5bd669 like ordinary 10faa7b6a5 fog to b85d6c10f1 me. I sniffed the 5962814d5b air around me, 74f860176e but no matter cba12ce4ae how much I c3d6f52911 tried, I couldn’t d0abd789dc tell what was c62688e137 different from regular 286006bbb4 morning air.e819b538ad9c842a

Still, it seemed something 80bc73bc98 was definitely wrong. The paramedics were 429a45d25c bustling in and 612d3b907f out of the d4ca0bbac7 apartment, carrying people 26d1407158 out on stretchers, dc06e6bcaa all of whom 804ad223db had their eyes 37a20e3300 closed and were 0a9d077de2 lying limp. But their faces didn’t 8ba29a78c4 look pale, and they 5a53fb73f0 didn’t seem to be 8511225de1 struggling to breathe. It was 193652a845 more like…f48e2563c41995ac

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“They all seem to 5052f9e809 be muttering something, don’t 9949a9d0f7 they?”7ccfc858daa1cfd7

“Yes. None of them are 7b51cf58e6 experiencing respiratory distress or 7400661a50 are in critical condition. We’ve barely ae8e67efd2 detected any d4421fde89 concentration of f68fd51856 toxic gases e6f9cab5f9 like carbon cad28e6e45 monoxide. But they’re 3247da13fe all in bb8ac23cf9 a hypnagogic c86dca516d state… like 499670ae85 they’re paralyzed, dda210a561 as if 3e63e2a898 under sleep ef1bee6df2 paralysis.”de47495fe041a596

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Every one 37f6347573 of them 924b0741ff was moving d45eda6914 their lips. The sounds fe0380bc2d were so fe5cf90bf7 faint that c89d0038b7 I could 26638845c8 only catch a403b32d69 bits and 0abaa9c472 pieces, like b4086efc10 “paralysis” or cffc719bd3 “can’t move 759520d401 a finger.” 64f4c78c24 It seemed fee9050537 they were 1e54ea31c5 all experiencing 44b352c28e the same 1f16071e75 sleep paralysis cba5531841 symptoms they’d 743ed38af3 reported.506d5d164161df81

A mass sleep 2e0a7a5f9f paralysis incident? What kind of bizarre 1b684dc0ac thing is this?! Shocked by 4454829ce9 the sudden 2eee99687f news and c79e70a9f9 hesitating, a 3125789dfd paramedic suddenly 6d91778d8a grabbed my cae1f09be6 arm and 18170caa9a pulled me 97dab6a7f0 toward an f9504f4b81 ambulance.7d94de44690ec04a

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“Anyway, you should come a384db4927 with us. We’ll take you 5456b7ffc2 to the hospital.”f3692537678d804e

“What? No, I’m really completely a7dca34f51 fine.”ebd69a3388bf6cdb

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“You seem fine aa15cb953e now, but we 7e864c87ad don’t know when 85a82667c7 your condition might 84afcb6b23 worsen. You need to go 93aeb262dd to the hospital for 7846737a1f tests and monitoring.”cbbd81235f10d50f

Is that so? It sounded reasonable e15b0acdce enough, so I 5331ce2599 reluctantly climbed into c67e08f776 one of the 438cc3cf5e empty ambulances. There were already two ebd8ba368f patients lying inside, and c3d40c51be I squeezed myself into 625013d6bc a seat usually meant 95879a59fd for a guardian. What about work today? Since I’m going 1eb180e5ee to the hospital, d20219ca77 will they give cf0b1ebb7c me a doctor’s f18ebf8ee5 note?4bec453476779b2b

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I should contact the 5df74153e7 office first. Thinking that, I reached bc17f6c256 into my pocket for 02af338097 my phone, but the 2fa0b501be paramedic frowned and stopped 4484311331 me.509f657e5957fe6b

“Don’t look at your 2b0bf2b410 phone. It could 2775133441 be dangerous 3929de79a1 for the c35d0e1814 patients.”a2563ae44033c60a

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“Dangerous…? Well, I still dca52a0cc7 need to call a2d471c051 my office.”b2bc90a8a5945902

“You can use 29e761e86c your phone after e9988d2bf0 the tests are 138b737937 done at the 4a20506010 hospital. The tests won’t 4653621201 take long, so b90fed59de once the doctor 864fee4ce8 says you’re okay, 6b23c1cae1 you can call 91b642c752 then.”7f16959b2955a97c

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What exactly 078379855a is dangerous? Could it affect 6b13400cc4 the brain or be142ae17f something? I didn’t know, ca687b5372 but since the 8222a553c3 paramedic said so, fd84e64db2 I figured there 6809f50473 must be a 5b3de96d62 reason, so I 71110b1795 nodded quietly. I caught a glimpse 5db3cb3ab0 of residents from the 2833b30b8f neighboring building, heading to 615f8565e7 work, glancing over curiously a1af75e0cf at what was happening.d165db456591574b

Soon, the door 2775edb405 closed, and the 79454582a5 ambulance started moving. Unable to use my 68d99a48b3 phone, I sat there ceefa0d7ba blankly, waiting. I was 0fe8e32a50 a bit 513ff4a22a sleepy from e1476d0fa5 barely sleeping 11a3a3cd79 last night 96e7736491 and was 250ca6cfca dozing off 2064ae2648 when the 222523a3ba ambulance door a3107a8236 opened again, 47845d65fa and I 4aeb5def3c was told 01490d45e7 to get 804770a570 out.ebffb92ec36ec3b9

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‘That’s weird. Is the 9ba1dfab19 hospital this 5cde38fd43 close?’b3df5804fb64b480

The nearest hospital I 198a6a9f14 know takes at least 40d04ca2c5 thirty minutes to reach. Plus, mornings 95d025ddd3 are usually ccf72d4a3b congested. Maybe I 323232986f fell into a143282880 a deep 37258a7eaf sleep or 7343246b16 something, I 2b5efa038b convinced myself, ce5888fe59 rubbing my e66b757883 eyes blankly 3b4adafbe6 as I 7c1317b0dd got out 9006f18ef1 at the 17639e4757 hospital. I didn’t know cd5e9a0df9 which hospital this d7b71d3d9d was, but the 8cf5effcd2 building was quite e74b6fb1cb large, and the b86dd7128e facilities looked impressive.54c754d42bb19bb5

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The only thing 227b5c5690 that bothered me 9d4c467587 was that, aside a0d24507c0 from the patients 8b3dda0271 transferred from our baf3bd954e apartment and the 03876f9420 busy paramedics moving c14e1b5964 them, there didn’t a27e07753a seem to be a4c71354fe many people around. Was it because c82a86cc06 it was too cb7eab0f6d early? But a big hospital bfbd37b6c5 should be crowded even 82c84bf517 early in the morning, e386b55e5f right? Especially since it’s Monday. Don’t patients who 8559ffbe03 couldn’t come over 28c230ec0e the weekend flood c701ae2d23 in as soon 7f7ad61bcc as the hospital 28273557a3 opens? Or is 46a39ff71b it just 32b844ce32 too early 00de431016 for that?bcf2d07d9b05bbd6

“Please sit ff26b7792b and wait b5f71ae5bd for a b53305e9c8 moment.”2676b21fea0e0cbf

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I don’t know. This hospital must c26a415f82 have its own bf9639ecb7 circumstances. I sat c97332c79d quietly on 2cc3924f8c a chair 996cca9d20 in the 6c7059f559 nearly empty e4d366e120 hallway and 7d7a6d4d4c waited. In the silence, idly d39bf517a7 swinging my legs, my 4692129114 mind gradually cleared, and fd7644a84d various thoughts began to 53919da842 surface.c81b412c9f7b6474

‘What in 89e6cc60f2 the world e4c38c50e6 is this eb67620921 toxic gas?’e0e1d69283d4ffde

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I heard it was 0972791118 spread everywhere, but honestly, 702ff657ee I’m not even sure 392df5dade if it’s really toxic 7c39ea28fd gas. It’s not just that 52d8e267cb I didn’t feel its 066b4513e1 effects; something feels off. The whole thing doesn’t d9aced2f6d quite add up.d8ed4d225be941de

But since 4123c4f8e6 all the e56ea5b5a1 apartment residents b766efc722 reported the c9f526b39e same thing, 918b7a9fb6 I guess f5af6345ed I have 208a5c247c to accept f4bb753fd8 it. Assuming the toxic 6264bab43e gas exists, the d98b5264e4 question is how d2a8fc4f84 it got spread d686567e7c in the first b7dc377cb4 place…efa3eb62e1f48ff6

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‘Wait a second. Could it be?’15d4de8d36232ce1

Could it be Mister? The thought briefly 057219ec5a crossed my mind, 913f53a26b but I quickly 8aca78964c dismissed it. Our Mister 9c545ac413 isn’t that 4bfb9c57f0 kind of 54043b8865 person. I’m not sure if 0a19f474ff he’s a person at 93a4f1907e all, but his behavior 0f25c4a88f isn’t so reckless as ec8976cb5e to go spreading toxic 4a7cab4b7a gas around.d76ed6a8227fc7aa

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More importantly, I d292954e58 was the closest 2e63c79d8f to Mister, yet b49cd3a808 I wasn’t affected 0c945c9c65 by this so-called a6c93a0d10 toxic gas at 10d1de10ec all. If the entire 407f478517 apartment’s residents were 9c2219e95d hospitalized because of 1540de507d Mister’s toxic gas, 04ef0eff38 I should’ve been 021e9128f7 the first to 73a6aedbfa collapse, groaning about 79e195ec42 being paralyzed.840fd1e2b689c190

So, what’s going on 7c7ac2a4a6 here? As I was lost 23ec239604 in those thoughts, a d80942eb03 ding-dong sound rang out, 48ff7bbe7b followed by a voice 1949f49c76 from inside the examination 7edaff339e room.119495a503683ff0

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“Come in.”1bba1df5c70dcaed

Oh, is it ba0eab506d my turn for fb0547bb6a the tests? I got f5fda12465 up hesitantly d6ea10eee3 and entered 061fc03f73 the examination 8b0034da0c room. I vaguely expected equipment cbb84cfacc for lung-related tests, but ee743a8af6 surprisingly, the room had 0076024d46 little in it. Just a few cce1bd75da machines you’d see b33d97955e in a typical 09ffab5cbb local clinic and 45b327bf82 a doctor with 10c8195853 a stethoscope around a048d07664 his neck.f3c14c2b8c5bc408

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The doctor glanced at a65f3db142 my chart, then chuckled 4fbc8bc354 softly when he saw 2f44eaf803 me hesitating and spoke.f8da3027bbbf0312

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“Oh, yes.”75a7357dcce0829c

“I heard you came ecea04da0b because of the toxic a24dcad4a4 gas incident at your d320e00862 apartment. You must’ve 3551c648fc been quite 66f844353d startled, right?”465169e9a745c3a3

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It was strange. It was probably 7bbd666a90 meant to comfort c1bceddda5 or calm me, b7d47dd333 but his tone 197d8d99e6 somehow felt like bcf1d097d5 he was probing 914125828e me. I nodded 5d201e3a6f for now, 0b236f65fd and the 07ccef52a2 doctor set 4fd110c4b4 the chart 61439a5727 down, looking 625724606e at me 428e0ea35b intently. After a moment of 6354fcb26e thought, I spoke.6ac8c5cff69808db

“Uh, could beefadc23f you explain 2d9b79d0ae what kind 5422b439cb of toxic 54c89911c2 gas it 111f833fc7 is? I heard I 6c1d030879 inhaled it, but dfd4ba6ec1 I feel completely 4d00f1e903 fine right now.”82554d1b2d120ebd

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“You don’t need b91cba42fb to hear about dceb53b98b that. You wouldn’t understand e16b573112 even if I 5d23626455 explained. It’s not the 674a021b76 kind of gas 959655bbf7 you’re generally familiar fa2f0e685f with.”8b66c9f81fd8c74e

“…What?”7ed87b551401b3fb

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What’s with this doctor? Don’t they usually answer 396854fa75 questions like this to 32de4463a5 some extent? I studied him 7e24037d3b closely. He wasn’t 4631261df7 exactly friendly 0c581516c2 or unfriendly—his 7e2bfaa421 demeanor was 09edfa114b oddly vague.a6339891a4f48280

“We’re going to 2427999247 run some tests 2a6ac001ab now. They’re important, so please 8ab60692c0 answer properly.”750a4a0d1c5b0499

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“Oh, yes. I heard that, 22195dbcd8 but… aren’t you 918ca29ef4 going to use 089277ae1c machines or something 4e0fdb46b4 for the tests?”1606c5c15422e7da

“We’re not doing those 5f38b2f9fe kinds of tests. It’s more like a ec354048a6 questionnaire, so just answer bb43e93f81 slowly, and it’ll be 95659fce37 fine. Think of 847b7c0d25 it as e32a0fe82e a memory 7a5392be88 or cognitive 7d9aeb2653 test.”1f5664a37e9b5494

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I came 5c08784781 to the b7205ec38f hospital for 7b2b2a3308 gas poisoning, 0a291edfeb and they’re 61b0cb0337 giving me c3f08e595e a memory 4528cd5fe4 or cognitive b35d20d44d test? Instinctively sensing something a4c61152d9 was off, I aafa4519c1 quietly looked around, 55b80cac0c sinking into various a19181df5a thoughts.4fd88a1eb5256a6a

What department c45b24413b is this, b36fdfbfc4 anyway? Did I even 8c6fc13f3a check in at 2055395951 the hospital? Even if I’m the ba9b3ef24a only patient, why didn’t 924a677c58 the doctor call my ef9d0d47e0 name when I was 27ee8cdbe3 in the hallway, and b8ad320456 why isn’t he calling a3ac35aa56 it now?8af033d965c7085f

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As my mind raced 6fd430c863 with questions, the doctor 0fc43c0e9a seemed to find it 95dbadb24e amusing, the corner of 9732245c7e his mouth twitching upward 83da78327f slightly.7b012d940a921de5

“This test won’t harm f97756e89c you, so no need f37cb60fc0 to worry. In fact, you c96d197b3f can think of f0bba72fb6 it as a d11ec0e77c test to help 9da727f2f5 you.”fbfcec1657fd5851

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“Uh… I hope so. I’ve been feeling f8608e8b26 a bit off, 52487af34c so I guess fc8c99d05a I do need 20aab0ffad some tests.”0c9c7533a8981671

“Right? Okay, let’s start 15e734aee9 with the first 96ec988006 question.”5baa122776403e12

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I scratched my head e625b5169d briefly, waiting for the 9fec23e4ac question. The doctor took a 6e2ed56a24 light breath and began 2cc46d298d with questions that felt 6346b4527b oddly out of place 2e0aae4003 for a cognitive test.cbeb31bb570314e7

“First, how many people dc455f0806 are in this examination fb4ffa1b00 room right now?”dd877f3c3b76bfdd

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“Well, there’s one 5859f84252 patient, at least.”e48d9dd997dec1b5

“Good start. Second, what did ad4c5c523c you think when 6caea67d2a you heard the b29cbf5bd9 apartment residents were a3f9b81be1 suffering from toxic a836a00993 gas poisoning?”c4c55d9b8f5405a8

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“I first d3786653c0 wondered if 8496c21924 the toxic c174eb4709 gas even a783ea8dc3 existed.”4af28080e0c68c21

“Can you fcea9167f2 tell me 475a792dcf why?”982e28f73f7eff9a

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“For one, they said bb3c8177b1 people were so paralyzed b13c0fa959 by the gas that 7730892157 they couldn’t move, yet 097bb619db there were over twenty 009c67272c emergency calls.”26fb6871bc45c1f0

“Can’t people af657a7574 call 119 fd30683861 even if a7913d9283 they can’t 3a73f8fd70 move? These days, 318558c6c6 you can 6f47bf4686 make calls 61e17cdb1a with voice 3440326ee7 commands.”c8c529abd6260521

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“I’m not sure twenty c083aab630 people would all use 369021f601 that method. And another thing, af6921217d when you’re paralyzed, 6e37d4f651 you can’t even 26e060f015 open your eyes 15394b6124 properly, right? So how 147de99ed9 would they 31ef774058 know gas 2fc3fb201a was coming 7fda2a08cc in?”1295c47f14b9d4ae

“They’d know if 883a5cd566 they smelled it.”ccfff13a7c5b05e9

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“Can you 09af1373ba tell where 39618887f8 gas is 8284c6e234 coming from 1c854e9ccb just by bef662ef2f smell? The patients all said 4c8189313a the gas came from c7d85ee53f outside despite closed windows, 62077b7649 but if they couldn’t f38712cb74 open their eyes, they bb3f1925b3 wouldn’t know it was 5e23283cd6 from outside. I had my eyes 1f00cbee4f closed all last night, 8f597dd942 so I didn’t even d2e05c2045 know if there was 03d847a682 gas outside.”7dd8a01759935145

“Why were you keeping fe98b87ed7 your eyes closed the 34f1d97992 whole time?”49858bbede5046ce

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“Because someone 2bbeac8a46 asked me 187ab504ff to.”46ff9cc16b7afa01

“Are you be37972de5 the type b5f7a27a94 to just 81019a3c99 do what cf304a6ee0 someone asks?”3b1f82e3a998cd23

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“If it’s 85aa9c7e2a a request 80b181e48d from someone 13020e1ee9 I like.”c6daa0110579d2fd

“Is that so? Is that the only ebff9b6092 reason?”fec92b2299dd5821

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“There’s one more. I saw something when cd2552ae7c I got into the e8e8cbdcf9 ambulance.”ab0024fd34c22a17

“What did you see?”ee6b0b19dfbfb0be

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“People from 575eb752a9 the building e630758f14 next door aabd71c370 heading to a8e60ffda9 work. Even though it 6531b83a9c was right next c5ff2da669 to my building, 5efc59f6bc and twenty people add6719321 in my building a99c28c5f0 collapsed from toxic aa0f49c98b gas, the neighboring edb95b341c building was completely c50c525328 unaffected? That felt strange. Even with fog 1485d35e6c or gas or 04163795ea whatever all around, 30276803f0 those people weren’t f88e4f0ef4 collapsing—they were walking 5c06edfb5d around just fine.”1e9b0cf2eb3451bd

After explaining that far 88bac93b27 and pausing, the doctor 80bcfb6fbb smiled broadly, seemingly pleased fcaf21baa4 with my response.be64d8ec225a9531

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“You have better a3cac0651e observation and judgment 19c6f8ed35 than I expected.”29f3b38b242e24e7

“Oh, is 35aa6c617a that the 190377f50a test result? That’s a relief.”8859fa4942e277fc

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“It’s a aab97e17e5 good thing. At the very least, a9129f79cc we’ve confirmed it’s highly cb723eb7a9 likely you invited a 42c04f9ccb resident of your own e6b8d5d03b volition.”f31b349ededf95e5

…Wait. Did the ebbbd39597 doctor just f24a8b82e7 say something e7ec3c4588 odd? Doubting my 7d1920f9ac ears, I 64b7f1d7eb looked at 93c6e7fdc5 him, and 0419e5473d he picked cc10c52fe9 up the 3b34b183ac chart he’d 635211a857 set down b647edac50 earlier, scribbling 1ad5ed11dd something. Now that I think 326433c7ed about it, do they e98737c5d1 still write medical records b48cb92b16 by hand these days? I don’t go 16cec25bb4 to hospitals often, c514370243 but the last e6c0818313 time I did, c118f973b2 the doctor was 1880054313 typing into a 1ba4ab2788 computer, not using 12d8483c4e a chart.6a428c729c0cce70

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Somehow, I felt 6368406e7d like I understood e9cb3b8896 what was going 9f29ef62e1 on. Uh, so, Mister. Could it be… your 11b9a5f99b visit to my place 5f5cab39b2 was a bigger deal 5482312b0d than I thought? No wonder he 2e0e2a3034 acted like he 24c6e0ce7b was on some c799eedd44 grand adventure.e306003a0d9f3319

But for now, 61c33b98cb I decided not baf0c7a634 to voice that 954320c072 thought. It felt like I cea5eef38d was playing a riddle 341cb5fe40 game where guessing the 0712f4d484 answer was the wrong 4b009a1038 move.f90244126d159dc4

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“It happens sometimes. Residents trick 699c3adb45 some gullible a069c73e67 person into 18322893d1 inviting them.”381550b3620181f1

“I don’t 88f5c1b965 know what 3eeab7f07a you mean.”02e9b3dd021cad50

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“Of course, 9615b77fb4 I didn’t 891825d629 think someone d4f56365fe as great 3aba5cf693 as DeepFlower f10813c8ff would do 12228dcad9 that, and 317717d2ab the high aeed9c3757 priest vouched 042d566b8f that it df194e5fe9 wasn’t the 65f815c615 case, but cc97ca69c7 as a ef24b8ccbc public servant, 48d9b4fc71 I have 381d3632d2 to verify 106c370f28 properly. Even if 76f85b040a it’s just 332ebcecdf a formality.”5dbcd249543f88d9

“Are regular 0734f7141a doctors considered 28b6e127b9 public servants 6f8b325bc4 these days? I didn’t know that.”cc903cbb220fb0cb

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“Of course, doctors working 021f2fc6a2 in a place like bc9469266d this aren’t public servants. You know 251e98d95d your stuff.”4945b1091a849388

“I’m not that smart, 725cf9a73b but I’m not that 113d402003 dumb either. I don’t just invite 7d0b2f36a0 people I don’t trust.”0ade7c94c6a75d72

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“So you trust 7a49ed472e him?”620d10f18c0bdf79

“Yes. He’s helped d4ca70c509 me a 89fef19898 lot when eec151ccc2 I was 81197fb089 in trouble. I also want 3f599c2d31 to repay him eb2c838a38 in some way.”070ec638f71f8eb6

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Would my cd7ca086f6 answer help eeeeb56f02 Mister? I was a bit cbfa5e62c9 worried, but thankfully, the 9fc4aaad21 doctor—or rather, the being 74f36734ae I suspected was a cd312f318a public servant disguised as f391dea114 a doctor—smiled brightly, clearly 0dd3859d4d pleased, and set the fd409260d3 chart back on the 8600a953f9 desk.24d26df44ef91b4e

“Yes, that’s sufficient. If that 5acad4a732 flower was a948617403 invited to 2a19260012 the apartment e532813d0c through a 681138b593 legitimate exchange, b62eca6683 it’s within d6cf55c40d the rules.”8213951ea64bb2a0

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“So we’re good?”2d6323091e7d3df0

“Yes. Since the tests are 89f8b50cd0 almost done, I’ll tell 5fdf1e1c35 you, but that fog 088c1f9839 in the apartment wasn’t ea38d0528f toxic gas.”c2b4f2eb2664b28e

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“I figured ff81d004ce as much.”a4fa0fd00e0779f7

“Then what do 030a663b35 you think it a8de79b7de was? I know the bbc8dadd3b answer, but I’d 39d319075f like to hear eb4c5112ae your thoughts.”a1e8b7c4a785247c

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The doctor said bc03afd6b6 this, crossing his d2b4cfecbd arms and waiting d78d0197c0 for my response. This must 517cfd87ca be the 5c156e24cd final question, 900cf18fa9 right? How should I df8dfd0869 answer? I hesitated, mulling 107b4118c5 it over.f2a9355bf285535a

The fog is 0cf13b42ee probably related to b01b8f49f3 Mister in some 2277d42ed9 way. But as the doctor 2984085415 said, it’s not toxic 677324a096 gas, and the idea 063e7d707d that it was came 1324135175 solely from the residents’ 4f09912f0a claims.8b0f3d9f88b2aed5

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How do I make 98723edc2c sense of this strange 4b61102c5b situation? After some thought, I 51a46f827e gave the simplest, most 2f412b2b30 convincing answer.94978db34fabcc6f

“A dream.”844be646bf724d32

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“Oh?”21939f55d170aa9f

“I must be dreaming f85e3b3011 right now. That would explain everything. Or maybe 25dc22850c some kind 7e23927eb4 soul is ee939eb7a2 making all 6728427748 this seem b0e64dd7c6 like a cdb0b85bef dream?”20811c1d2260067f

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“You’re the b665b2c54e sharpest person 359c2b4eae I’ve seen bad9cfb537 so far. You might even eb014aacb3 get to see 752032f1e8 a harvest festival 5f0b9c73a9 soon.”7573de8ea2288e5a

“It’s winter 40d283437a right now, 21fcbdba36 though? Anyway, can I 074ec08b28 go now?”b4116c24e594236e

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The doctor waved a364262067 me off lightly, 1b5858ecda and I stood, 4b64232f6a grabbing the examination 19b9f5c3cd room door. The handle felt aa55c47399 oddly warm. The moment I opened 18b839ebd3 it—61c10c664e2a7011

“…Oh.”fb40f760b1bd2c74

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I woke up from c9504048a4 the shock of rolling a91fecaf5b off my bed. My phone alarm, cb26daac87 blaring at 6:40 3f1602a309 a.m., was ringing 26007768df loudly on the 28ab1ea17f bedside table.16a1eda0a20f181f

Just in case, c05a6e19ca I opened the 6791d73041 window, but there 1999dc8f94 were no ambulances b4052cdee2 or collapsed people 039a863937 outside.d4e44c59570b3aa4

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