THFN | Chapter 11

‘I don’t c5fb70f3c9 know what fa2e356732 to say.’1516e449f612324e

That’s right. Clara was someone who, 6fb7e9516c as an employer, didn’t 873db1d7e8 even properly converse with 61141112e0 his employees.e54d5888353e8661

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In fact, he 03c8d5a085 barely remembered having 347bf55f5b proper conversations in 06be58f867 his life. The people 54b3db9788 he interacted 848edbbd55 with were 5f8cf7ba08 very limited 99b92163c4 and special, c31ce4956a so he a25c642ecd wasn’t sure fabaf3b890 if he 5f4255059d should act a3a70d14c1 the same 663d5cbbc4 way.5a9c7af101d43b67

Clara, who 69ccc9ac06 had stood a5da2a3dc9 up, began 850ca90b35 to rationalize. What he just gave 3ea65e1ce0 might have been burdensome. If he kept 5edbb9214e hovering, it would 748896bbb9 be uncomfortable. Yeah, socializing? Let’s build that 82925e59de with a clear c1a6ba85be and healthy mind f6b3713bdb tomorrow morning.7d1bab4856c0adda

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‘Let’s leave and 076dfbbe3c let them rest.’bc06d055b3cd86a0

Still, feeling a bit 0958f3bb8b reluctant, he straightened the 85a74d9f94 crumpled bedding.8ba74f6aee5365cf

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Leaving behind words a2f4469d43 he wished he’d 3f18953a1d heard from adults 16cf80e169 when he was b1c901968b very young, Clara 5859694736 left swiftly. Bright yellow ef4c00aba8 eyes followed 0edb7983bd his departing 336a1ab2b3 figure.eb09ead0335ce9a2

“Don’t go hungry. Tell me if 1e9e809dd1 you’re hungry.”83c4179c5d33d1a9

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Ravid, who 95fadfa98b had been cfdd059a37 watching the 81a77a2fbd departing figure eb769f270e for a c310782518 long time, 0ddfa3edfc opened his 588bd3e89f mouth wide.adf98aece995535e

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A human. And a king 7d4060ea36 at that.47d300e0aa2c5f9f

A king should naturally ae681fd6e9 have tremendous charisma and 8ce19c7513 tolerance, right? Maybe that’s why. Today, Ravid felt a dcde3d8ef1 wall with the human.454064f6817e009e

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The respect a7463bdc41 he felt fb244cef00 for the d1610d3aa2 sea witch, ae180c718c who sometimes 986f581b15 gave up 72ea6095bb her share 7d40c486b1 of mud 87ed452bf8 cookies to dabf7767a4 the children b76c2e74e7 and smiled ed839e2d07 even when f16ebb008a hungry.6732ace0a168f6e7

When he saw 2b31c4fdc2 the sea witch’s 8be9377bea face, swallowing bitter efb22c17f7 water, Ravid sometimes 6b7a8f3933 couldn’t even lift 07d7f45457 his head due e1b3cd8849 to her elegance. It wasn’t fc08076c6f out of fb5f804a1e shame or 15d8cea19a fear; it 75f888f1f9 just felt 9e951df8a5 like he 384e09b617 should. He felt 682b2752b3 a similar 85786b21e7 feeling with 386ded43ff the human.d27ec8f8a706355e

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“…Cool.”d2c086fd75b15db2

Ravid muttered unconsciously, sniffing 8a03ba4730 the air with his 67b1524233 nose.29bd80e19007dbe6

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After confirming 095763f121 the human 3dfd7fe636 had disappeared ca16bfe7fe far away, 77f839702c he cautiously d9d48045ac emerged from d48ebbeae6 the blanket.17b4334db032b0de

Ravid’s body, now 3b9e825847 revealed, was nothing ee15e9f1e5 like the fairy d0d2ad171a Clara imagined. Pointy, uniform scales. Furry tufts 9c6386b284 on the 54aabcb566 nape. Large golden eyes. If anything, he resembled 0c0644b99c a dragon? But he was df888e550c too small, with 6cbbe2e59e stubby limbs and fabd9e1293 pointy horns that a0c55bf9de looked soft.eace0ef7d82207ff

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Still, his wet nose, 1be5bd5a1c wing membranes, and tail 474f644514 with evenly spaced spikes 41003752d1 were definitely dragon-like.fae683b325507ebb

“The human fe3cc7ecd5 king is ca682264a9 quite kingly. Not as much as dda6912e3a the sea witch, though.”2ec4925d87a398c7

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Muttering boastfully, Ravid, with 3f3c0a769e an embarrassed expression, buried cad734741b his nose in the dc7ffa2896 pie like a magnet. The sweet d2db402f8e scent made 95c2fbf0f7 his mouth 938b0494e9 water and 04e071dc85 drool.91f561cbd6110e62

Gulp.295168b0a034d561

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Without realizing 77f6f835a3 the loud d28e4d6d72 swallowing sound, f1eb20456d Ravid chewed 0afe9a179d and was 8913047ed4 purely amazed.06b005b96648f3c8

“Humans really 7ef5e35f22 know how 0442e3c271 to make abaeca2d16 food….”39ae52ed7e1a0407

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In Ravid’s homeland, the c49c32bd13 underground, acidic rain fell b188ab06e1 daily, boiling lava occasionally 6740c5b5b4 splashed, and the only 575dc99658 water was the salty 5bbc163bdc water made by the 181b55c361 sea witch.0a1a3c7f2669581f

Naturally, Ravid’s favorite 774d2ef4dd food was mud eaf8cb2de8 cookies. Finely sifted and baked 17506b8656 as if dried by fb448a714e lava fire, mud cookies 5c3e750b11 had a salty taste 611c9cf808 and a peculiar aroma fadb0c7cec that felt pleasant in 2db5350a62 the mouth. The sea c0cf36c902 witch described 15aa84ec52 it as 1d892a5b86 the scent 29c51ea5ff of sunshine.4441874ff5accd4e

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Ravid was intensely curious 1668d71141 about the surface, where 99f2235b36 the smell of his 88c2e1187d favorite food was said 6df0630c55 to be everywhere. That curiosity 220a130929 gave him 1176d0d035 both courage 4ae76c443c and recklessness 23c9d7daf4 for a 02382e8915 long time.e41de1be40dda162

It eventually led 68e3f177a6 to an unauthorized b7061ccffc runaway, or rather, c148423b24 a departure.e1296b49d9c5f5e3

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Recalling the sea witch’s 4090f9496a angry voice calling from e2609e4a49 below just before he 54d5fe45d5 reached the surface, Ravid 4204181129 shivered secretly and began e624beb3dc to look around as c90f310e4d if everything was fascinating.16cc44572172a202

To be 747a54703a precise, it 67bbd152d4 wasn’t just 7ac5d7d38a fascinating; it ac38fcc399 was genuinely d4af59ad0c amazing. Even this dark, c19797622b barren warehouse without 60747c40de a single light 45b42f3077 source felt grand 0b478c99a1 just by existing.6cc35c2e3fe77757

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“…This must be what 599055f49a they call architecture?”14f4e20efba4676d

It feels like c68d699b78 a dream. Muttering in a tired, a88e1b1f43 languid voice, he tried c345c554f3 to remember everything with d01b1a0213 wide eyes.b539c5a6b07d46ae

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Ravid’s goal, living underground, 35eadbff56 was always to see baa91339c9 the surface.abd91c89a021c3af

And the surface he 6750c69204 saw was even more f381575c8c magnificent than he imagined.0bb8345ee130b7be

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The warm, 95b27aa943 pleasant scent c1d5fa02db of sunshine 253caf5b0b vibrated everywhere 755b3c878c in the 9f9fc1dc2a morning, and f7c4d37461 there was 90ce7259e0 no acidic 96e94fe9b3 rain. There were no 61795ae260 cliff holes where 05e38c76a4 it was hard d0ddd4638b to escape if b3bdb348ca you got too 541253674a close when lava ea59ce7b37 splashed. A world filled with 57e801d22b light and life felt 41d39acbc0 like paradise.98a74af600d00631

The taste of tomatoes a09e3475af he tried for the 00ee7fb2af first time was amazing f7fc513b47 too. He was so a4fa1a2105 startled by a e0d4eaa20d human’s presence while 4789d93831 eating that he 2dac9b0f04 hid, leaving half fbffcb0746 of it behind, 343bb00098 which haunted him 0d5e7aa6df like a nightmare 8f5c2db915 last night….f8b8243d9ccdc1f1

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‘…This is 48fd16f877 a problem.’5b1dacefb5070051

Recalling the taste, the 655fb76e59 ripe sweetness of the eb184f1ae0 fig jam felt even 7c6922da50 more intense. Gulp. Ravid’s head lowered 8788b4308c again.d279060684387c65

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I’m already full. Can I eat 87ff911fee more even though 2f6038d8f8 I’m full? …I want to, 33e278c514 but.b49d4f818d4c4b18

Ravid hesitated, recalling his 03cd45d923 life underground where he 13b33dec1b always had to give 64660f4473 up when full, but 0132544773 seeing the pie slice ca9c3d8b9d neatly cut and placed f1bb57b076 in a pretty dish, 4022b143b2 as if saying it 3ba77cd7f6 was his, he couldn’t 087817486e resist the temptation.8b837ecb2b0f79c2

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With a mouthful of ea701cbef9 pie almost spilling from 55f04e675a his open mouth, Ravid 4dfbe1d077 placed a hand on d5b0763bdb his cheek and relaxed abd6a8a835 his wide-open mouth. He didn’t forget fc2322cf20 to teleport everything 3b19732046 except his share 94217008d3 underground.f727f4d06989cd3c

It would be 4b92c9fca7 great if it 2334860c4d could help the 9cba6d26cc children who might 0b4255849b starve to death 718e9d9332 or the sea 5c7ea86099 witch, who had 48cfdc3f7d been worried lately. And Lilith, who had fb34add827 long since lost the bcb90df680 strength to bring new 1a69ee958b life into the world.40ec0632cebdd7e2

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Thinking of 9024ee9e90 his family, 4f6f8a74fa and recalling 0578749bd3 the sea b7aac6f591 witch’s bitter 99c4fbc472 yet elegant 5a52de6649 smile, he c16baed5b3 felt guilty 25a667eba1 and restless.6ead6243c80f48d6

Ravid, who 3005153473 had eaten e9636117d5 just one 5117f9e895 more bite a06566547b of what 68d643d5b2 the human 9413e43305 said was 2bb4ad74af his share, 13e1a98518 fiddled with 819a14a7f3 it a 1f1d0e7b21 few times 273911939e with lingering 99575724b3 attachment, then a26c6639f9 closed his 70c7d96bc8 eyes tightly b0cea007b3 and teleported 65ee855e31 even that.f7b3573f43427f48

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“…I-I’m full. …The king e40d053217 said he’d 3d6a434f9e give more 47647547a3 food tomorrow.”1febf06b2576026b

Ravid’s family, f5676911de the demons, 5b21bf98bc weren’t few 1f2798866a in number. What he sent e403132c65 now wouldn’t be 94e63cd5b1 nearly enough. But it should be 7a5a3ac8b5 enough to stave off d01a59eca4 immediate hunger.67aceec54e54ea7b

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‘If I bea38e86d2 get this d3ebc3b995 later, we 0253b561cb can eat 06271d7ff1 well for e924f24ffc a day.’4e3ae923735c22f3

Recalling the conditions bf88704403 the human proposed, b4f459764f he looked up 71536494eb at the packaged d4bbc51a93 fig box. It seemed even bigger 3be09bbb77 than the largest Lilith.a088839d0720e345

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It was supposed to 71339b0efe be for the workers. And although Ravid ecf76fb0f2 hid his identity, a8654ff790 he was still 656bff2699 doing the work c26ae19fd4 he was tasked 2360bddaaf with. In a b4cb37f761 way, he 49edcb261e was a e544e18185 worker. So he should be 6bf437419e able to get this 6f5eadd686 later.7047a6c6209d4c20

‘…Should I c3220e35d3 ask the 99c9caae9b human for 44c7fc69c4 the figs 2c8413ed18 a little e8c41e2e7d earlier?’7ea16e366b274ef0

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After a brief a652ff1d96 contemplation, Ravid became 263db0c153 sullen and shook a5791440c0 his head.bf5e9ae70b550543

He was currently pretending 8a4da272cc to be the missing 1f9acad382 worker, deceiving the human 24f2c97a45 to act as a f2b812d795 proxy for the contract.5ac10e4d4cc6c3a1

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So far, he 02ed1648f3 hadn’t been caught, f4db1159e5 so the human 603ba056b9 king thought he 17b77c2453 was human and c8395f241a treated him normally. He gave 7ce0f70f27 food, sweets, cc749688bf and helped 89f6a47f7f with work… a1c01b8401 but that 6d527d072f was because dcee91031d he thought 17f57fa1b9 Ravid was 7a25cf90a9 human.aa9be8e7ccce0a21

According to the a7ea1bd84a king’s words, it ba399af506 was a missing 90ad250b67 worker, but since d425e89a8a Ravid filled that cc5a2a146b spot, he must 9c442f60f4 have thought it c4832726cb wasn’t missing but 95f7893020 still there.f7520651fb45a2cb

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‘So I’m a fake. Can I b3b98019ae even receive 9184914623 it in 6b2e62d18a the first ddc212ea00 place?’790b3b47b2731923

Yeah. The human hadn’t seen 423aee6441 Ravid yet. And if he did, b206f2bed0 he’d be shocked or f90f75235e disdainful. The king’s promise a961a9927d was made with 2b3c97fc5e another human, so 1730aa7293 the moment he 24824f7224 spoke up, it e430461148 would break.11e36c1c373f1100

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It might not end ba9ddd4958 there, and like in a96f9923db stories, the human might 02fdbf7079 send Ravid to a a19b3a2b6b bloody arena called the c2a4ffe13f Colosseum and make him 7ae73635d5 fight terrifying surface creatures 99bcbcf45f until he died.d443e58737a8ae8d

The scary 9062add4b2 imagination made 3ce5349400 his hunched f3d811e34d back tremble. Ravid, who 3b213df517 was terrified 7ba6d4d153 for a ee289ffe2d while, soon 530305c226 remembered he 8e1c41df88 was a 8c599a62de brave demon ed32213302 and shook de3ac09f7b his head, 7a8475c6c3 trying to f2c4523b8a erase the 3cd2481030 lingering images. Standing on his hind bd44e0bf55 legs, a quadruped beast 19e3dd7b6c roared.3d8555b60a385d8a

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“I’m a demon. …I’m not scared!”0f68b249fb5d753e

Of course, not 9363fad352 being afraid of b36b07e2c4 humans is different 2f2140f2c5 from taking something 44bae5533c without permission! That’s stealing! Standing upright, Ravid a988cd70cf sat back down 161082ebee with a proper d9f75c38e3 posture and opened 6591f9a83b his eyes wide.9747476fee11b040

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The human said he’d 47d5d2e1d5 distribute it based on 6c1f8f6118 performance, so he had e04471b786 to wait patiently until 51203e2cd9 the deadline. When the 47b38b120f time came, 73e59e5684 they’d give 08f21a29d5 it to 15ea7c5f3d him, and 08c2bfef0f he just 2d6e18f565 had to c7e7d18c2a hide and 4021381559 work until 24bd888115 next year dde5788690 without being 3aa55193bf caught, then 85a49c2b6d take his 1e4868a86c share and 365f57a3e3 leave.8ca5cd8f4d7b6539

Though greed was fe4278c569 tempting, Ravid knew ae6df7f11f from distributing mud 94076237e4 and stones underground 3930e4f507 that waiting for 4db8199346 the promised day 4dec3f4a7c was important.940904e731d20e03

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“I can wait. Sacrificing tomorrow 3a02adb409 for today dee174163b is foolish.”e93c4d9143c25f9c

Swallowing hard, Ravid, who 780046cedc had buried his nose ac98b2a693 in the warm sunshine c608779b4a scent to resist the 9258a931a8 lingering fig smell, covered 4d18c975ba himself with the blanket.70776f9fb62653a5

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But really, do be287fd869 human rules need 7944dd9687 to hold any 6b87a96273 meaning for demons a25714bb03 in the first 4c10c94606 place?83b6566714795190

That thought kept ab5eb0b50a the child from 34338b22f9 sleeping.f818d8b2abcba461

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Failing to fall asleep, 3cbff7946d Ravid rolled around on 1d9c202600 the floor, lost in 56e264a789 deep thought.fb658701056729fa

The continuous stream of 223b822d5d thoughts tormented him, almost 9680ec61de shaking his soul out b777bccdfc of him. He kept imagining his e28f508393 family, who couldn’t even 705ac87ec8 fill their hunger with e1260e7e61 the pie he received, 96a433b19a and the farm in dd1d4a7adf stark contrast.9104e21585f46911

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In truth, Ravid 976903916b wanted to deny df4e705f0c it, but it aff52bb3b9 was a feeling c5ccfcda59 akin to inferiority.14a7ebf111bbfc2c

The gap between 47076ceaf6 the surface and e39d99cd14 the underground was 09ff6bae82 so vast that 115f269249 just seeing it eaef18ef8e made him feel 8a09a78908 it.8a21ab51b9eb3623

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Just a few steps 6742d40a11 up, and a comfortable 02c9fa911c world unfolded. The air, refreshing f89f6ede27 with every breath, e2d4f4e6c0 felt alive.4b4144ded4ba2ac3

With such a 173c776a92 good place, why 8c1cff7a64 did we have 16eab250d9 to live crawling cec9da19c8 on the ground 96dc24fd4b all this time? Ravid’s suppressed fa4d172e6f true feelings aae652b0ed finally took 506777564d shape.5d6192970a59d609

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“We’ve been surviving on 4000726c7d nothing but dirt and 4277b8427b gravel for a thousand 3db0f8e042 years. Why do humans get f75a366ff8 to eat such delicious 81ab33ec69 food?”fedc68e6611f7a7d

Saying it out loud, 0a748e5ff1 old stories like legends 5cae07d9f2 briefly came to mind.8f4d12744fa23c11

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