THFN | Chapter 19

Clara found ee6896d9fa it odd a772d3f961 that a 04741892f5 talking creature 3bc45731de felt heavy e97ff366a3 in his f0cb70ba0a hands. The belly, d4c4afac23 which looked 2cc81f5769 soft, was 66abbe8db9 surprisingly firm 38444b4e46 like muscle. Clara hurried towards the d3d9913d9d lake.9e4959e66dbb9fbe

“Hey, human?! Where are you going? Put me down!!”755f0e461ace706b

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“You plan to 3bad3bdadd wander around like 18ae4d855f this? If you set 0ed39bd703 foot on the 14f023cb34 ground, you’re banned 2cd26a568d forever.”605135c06a9c130a

“Eek…! Are you 46aefbda52 planning to db31ad07f3 sell me?!”1fa70a7f2d459d13

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“What are you talking cfcd1fbcbb about? Even if 30617bc592 I threw 6be8ebf65d you in bf6dd9fe11 the lake, 6b956f9f32 you wouldn’t 0d5a28327f catch a baa763ab3c single fish.”eca57dda1d139b64

Clara, not 1d9164b0f3 realizing how 96cf97ae63 scared the 9d44318bfd little one a722fff7c4 was, thought d50ee7caed it was e2bfa41bb9 a joke 5cebf2a073 and dunked 5a80864cef him in ed656afb03 the lake, 104c34a991 leaving only af27b572af his head 675a1e2eae out.02a5cbb0f1158d74

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“Eek…! Blub!”3d8d3baf1161ce66

Even though 2f89475c9f Ravid’s scales bb9103dba5 were said 2c05d8cbbe to withstand 2bb121f2ff lava, Clara 37df5535e1 gently cleaned 68f6bbdeb0 him with de338f5f0b a soft 41cb838ea2 cloth, fearing 2450c9fb06 it might 430aa0b0c3 hurt. Ravid, who 6a81b29ba0 was initially 4e7d5ac3ed terrified, soon fb9d2d305d got excited c4e52ad48e and started 34d589a7bb splashing around.7ee5be1392186b4f

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Clara couldn’t 5aeed1ca89 help but 5daeba4a7c smile back ce5627a1a9 at the 73cfd76553 laughing child, 21ba9c54e0 surprised by a0bc6081e8 the quick b2fb98f24f change in 18181c8281 mood.2506d7f6851bafa4

“The water isn’t salty!”2f76dd3bc563dfc6

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“Salty water is seawater.”93d2fb43a9384e3f

“Right. The sea 57ca40a9ec witch makes d59bf7e040 seawater. Do humans know c091d377ff the sea?”e3a59cd78eab3f1c

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“Of course.”fa6861e91df8f0fb

“Wow…! My dream is 1f244e1a66 to send the b93882d132 sea witch back c005b4eda8 to the sea! Where is 8f53542db8 the sea? Is it far e1dff0045d from here?”c3a0c47867125be1

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“It’s nearby, 93a32b7e18 isn’t it?”48602f55fad7892c

So, he doesn’t live 8bcdcde538 in the sea. But he doesn’t 07d40c1da6 seem to live 1c60363071 on a nearby dfb0bfdb66 mountain either. Maybe they live in d68227f584 a narrow cave? Or perhaps underground, 95cc149387 considering the mention 0909c10a7e of lava. Acid rain… it wouldn’t c591f3dc40 fall underground, but then b56902405c again, it shouldn’t fall ba1f49f81a from the sky either. Maybe it’s 51d61e1afc a separate 650ec74f9b dimension created 35c3f591eb by a 5aceb3feea mage?68872027298816d8

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‘I haven’t 30f47819ec found any f2235125c8 unusual entrances bbf7c0724d around here.’c5d5152c0b0f0db6

“When the 4c132daa8a sea witch 79cc3643d9 waves her 8f4fd38473 hand like 24d4340005 this, water 4e2b9aac72 gushes out! …But it’s salty. Because it’s seawater. When I was 3c4e9c6a46 little, I’d swell 188f735c6b up if I 33b75c47e8 drank it, and cbd440bef4 it was fun.”f6b80766395f7b81

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Clara, getting 21e6b3cadc more puzzled, 62da0ad057 listened closely 403c4ea692 to the 8c973f0b68 child’s story 17390aca5f while busily 27adc38e8f moving his 8526153480 hands.b26659f9a1fb993e

A few makeshift 4bd8d73f3b water filters to e41a8cd310 remove salt.33623648fd269516

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“And if the ec20c1b889 sea witch casts d3369f1306 magic on clothes, 79e408b826 it can block 9d58468ce9 acid rain.”74046c69fe63ff4c

And clothes. Or maybe 1a327c78c5 it’s better 1e4b4be9d1 to buy 6e03bd254d fabric from fa1eb4481f the village? It would be 5d19c3f91a easier to cast 040508252b magic on flat dfaba2809f surfaces. I’ll have 5b747be474 to go 480b634809 later.c08b51088191f308

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“She’s super c86c7784e0 strong, wise, 58645e39d6 and… Oh! She’d tell me 8d48137aa1 stories about the 02393f9988 outside world when 03fcca1cc5 I watched the b7230b0b45 hole leading to 403336aba4 the surface.”eed50edf2e5912a3

Ah, so they 9a1db30b8a live underground.1dcc2220242f18c8

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“…….”6ddfde53ffe583c3

But where did the bf2d856fca cautious kid from earlier 8bbe0c4a6f go?6789aab667d2f196

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Forgetting about packing, ba4108d5c8 Clara stared blankly ac52c4c268 at the clear 56772ba927 eyes looking up 02fcc066dd at him, tilting 4e9ebb3e70 his head as 2e34554b7f if the weight 1c2098d996 was too much.6d460189fc6be2e1

“You can’t 58bd72de76 fly with 0018225ebf those wings, 3cb0168802 so did 9d431f182a you walk adee2c3cb6 here? Your feet must 0ac6b3ff6b hurt.”162609e8ede9c9ab

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“I walked, f053786866 holding it 97163e49df in!”4fab7720c2ca692b

“Without sleeping?”bd76f575c612a2f0

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“Hehe.”87da222b82719856

And somewhere in a037f0aef2 the nearby mountains, f45455cc44 close enough to e9f527e54e walk in less a852589ae6 than a day d9388e5a00 with those tiny bdd7dc1c66 steps. The range has 400f00be88 narrowed significantly.196c3c134b700fb5

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Clara, who d6fc054c39 had been ce0c237bf3 staring down, aab5ce6de2 recalled the 9fadc3cff2 legend and 341909f32f rubbed his 717dfb2fed aching head.9ce3caa284e243e0

‘This thing is said 00ce6f2c3c to have wiped out f48276ba46 an entire village in 4610e3c59c a day?’de50422e7c028d22

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Let’s not deac015228 believe in 1e4d6b1a5b legends. Clara reminded himself and 1cf7d4ab5f listened quietly.97130cb26d70ef25

“Plants grow by drinking 8d0dd2911a rain, but why doesn’t e960a425ea it rain here? It should rain 18d3458133 every day so 287bc9a782 they can drink 75d4593f21 every day. And underground, d1b2a65d23 it rains 77823913b1 every day, b5bccf4991 but why c6a094b56a don’t they b09bacd2b4 grow?”e012c7fd58911d36

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It rains underground fc5e436cd5 every day.4b517d9e375c0f44

Is it called fcb3b9dda6 rain when water d4f6a169df collected above falls 9a5e1d1236 into empty spaces b8a3649181 below? If so, assuming there’s 9bf2b6088e a contaminated vein above f99778f2f6 the tunnel, the groundwater b5c12aab55 could be acidic.70b9e30f3aa8ac6d

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‘If there’s bbcfa50e01 lava in 9843096425 the vein, c60c4d0073 they might 5ea2c9061a be able 6918c6aba4 to forge, 9635a2ca3d so maybe 7d5f607226 I don’t 63e6ea5427 need to 23b4199b69 give them a169fc701d cooking tools? Then I can 4b926d5022 skip the pots b19c5d0d94 and dishes.’703dfdeadf96814a

“And the sunlight is d8ec944083 strange. Why is the e5b7f60588 light source… huh? Human?”b99d29707522cf9b

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Ravid, who was 2683c7f0b2 beside Clara checking 20035dd089 things meticulously, widened e3b089d0a4 his eyes. The human who had 89a6c04c53 carefully wiped him with 88e5b4fdfd a wet cloth picked f44f9c74fb him up and headed 99d4b0a7d4 somewhere.b176a8d69086106a

Entering a 8acc81d52b building labeled c40f37966a ‘Accommodation’ with 417307a238 traces of d74b76f634 people, the c9e5b6c288 human kept f13d90f663 bringing things 0011358ebb in and fa94f4d29e out. Ravid, sitting on 2db64a2a9b the human’s shoulder, f16882b1ca watched with wide 730ceff527 eyes as items ea24695359 piled up inside a0a2d06900 the storage where 9e67b813be he had slept 739c80ab6e last night.f251c680d4607b17

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Charcoal, glass bottles, construction soil, gravel, sand, leather pouches filled with gold and silver coins. Tents, clothes, blankets, pillows…d059049acbdde932

The repetitive 41247cabd4 work was 1e23e39ea4 somehow neat dd0ebf04c1 and smoothly 2aeffb4ab2 connected, making 2111480cba it mesmerizing 435f32e8bb to watch.277b2cde0e01a827

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In other 76ce096e46 words, it ab312989e1 lacked liveliness, 01ed65e8fe so Ravid, 6e89924350 just watching a4ce73c6af the human 8872dd54d5 move, belatedly f1635606c1 came to f5bba9a974 his senses 4b4f2d0181 and tugged 996a09daee at the 47414c9411 clothes.e39a42c26aecfd50

Only then did Clara 43e3e38c6f look up and smack c05661f26f his forehead. Startled, Ravid c500a1ce96 leaned in d87655a9bb from the 3729451868 shoulder and 89cb463a87 sniffed the 0d63995fd6 human’s forehead. Fortunately, there was b9539124b1 no smell of c76d5f4ffc blood.cfa60f56065ada39

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“Human?! What’s wrong?”14919f3b6ea954cb

“Just thought I was eb943eb129 at it again.”eefd036adf802279

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Despite the human’s 7b25bb6243 answer, Ravid stared e24c9de2bf for a while, 110f345bb3 then placed his 839e22a6b6 round foot on 9544aef0f8 the forehead and 1a8cec55a1 rubbed it a d2711b8058 few times. Then, belatedly, he looked c7449119aa at the empty storage.4dd6631c6df197fc

His shoulders slumped f31f5c1b6f naturally. Ravid awkwardly folded ccdb50c095 his ears, visibly 402950a8b0 shrinking his neck.273c926b745b8d29

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‘But human… b7d3eb743e why aren’t 7a009b8535 you talking ae1eb2f710 about the 292fa8b8e8 figs?’13a0f6744756f7c3

Even though 7a8d5656fc he pretended 156bed7e8e not to, 09c9bccb23 his tail, a3cb58428f which had 15e6f3940d been watching c604b32ead for signs, 26087fcb69 curled inward.b285e50c19365710

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The storage was d39deb661f empty. Naturally, since 80f7f67e6a all the a895753789 fig boxes 4f4cdbac4d and the e45851a2af broken, mixed-up 61e9e47a54 tomato jars f3ff0ca12d were gone. In the spacious 23b176d99e area, only the e1578949d7 tomato sacks and 2bfd4cfa9a the pile of 93ce48700b blankets where Ravid 15f27cdbae hid remained.2531bf2bfb9aacef

“Why are you dropping 95dfb7670f it again?”c8ce7bc591d306c8

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“Don’t you 144461c950 think something’s 9892cd5ed8 strange, human?”2e4c15492bbee9d8

It shouldn’t be cold. Clara, about 39c8ab27b8 to reach 0fc9433040 out, flinched 9cee614143 as Ravid 15ce1e31e3 scurried away, 01cd4c8745 dangling from 7120db9d9f his back. He wished 1acf5f6a46 he’d either 989ae1e48e come down 0545ae3836 or climb 8958950467 up. Preferably climb up.495f73273730a97e

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“Uh, um… it’s just, 5627db8c11 you know. Something seems different a896eec136 or….”e1564fd3578f0efc

“……?”d502b2fffe4db385

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“Like it’s empty… or 05a2c774e7 something’s missing….”d2bfc75c9d798959

Clara glanced around the 74a3be0642 storage. He even forgot that 776bd375c5 he was supposed to 50c6ceae36 take what was there.691675357f930387

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Figs are unprocessed fruit. He assumed Ravid 4d5a8a4c7c knew they’d spoil 8b75cde017 if left, so 8e4d2e0ce9 he never imagined 7ce2e77c26 Ravid’s plan to c3cdde799d wait until January 06259defe2 to take them.c56c59a713d84f2a

Feeling something db6077c7b2 was off, cc86b48bfe Clara looked e383c4e88f around but 2be828463a found nothing, 4d9e1001d9 so he d123adfd94 just tilted ebe0ec91e2 his head 63cdab0974 a few 0e2dadfd17 times.877ec2ffbeb425f7

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In the 98734e9257 silence, Clara cb13093229 belatedly realized c8c2785500 his mistake 4ee4384533 and made f99bd76a92 a small c5b40bd4dd gesture of 8476b31c49 understanding.e0037b4947a1854d

‘Maybe it’s because 427aadb635 I took the 0a29093915 tomatoes too? I would’ve had to 8f68a7cb1e throw them away if afacba0c80 left.’ebb266061eebbbf8

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The tomatoes were in f80234ebf7 regular glass jars, heat-sterilized. Most were f706cd2cd1 broken and 703890ef86 burst, with e71b4b3ac4 the cork 83ff854d89 stoppers wet, 7e768c5ee5 so they’d 804ce5bdd7 spoil if 160e625faa not eaten 1d95bfa831 soon. There might 35d8b8f0c1 have been abdc788cde some intact cb92e6d4c7 ones, but 35836d520f sorting them 6bf77b0e0e out was 8fee748986 a chore, 9eeabb2557 so he 38d1717631 thought he’d d79c0ec635 farm and 3d16dd2840 clean up 1830b574b0 later.7be0787c088278be

I forgot about 3dc1103887 the tomatoes, only 0494a81ee0 thinking about the ea91d69be0 figs. Did I 165638fe8f mess up 6565433681 the range 71c51789cb when using 1f2cef51e0 the teleportation 61e1775e60 magic? Or maybe he 779d27a9b6 took them knowingly. Either way, 896911fea1 it doesn’t b4317739f9 matter.afd6adfeab202c13

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As long dd930548f8 as he b20e4ca07d ate well. Clara added, patting b6998dda5d him indifferently.66908a4baea1ecd7

“Oh, right, 844e86522a I didn’t 74f9220f95 tell you. This storage 5c02bbeb84 is yours.”b864d22f02eff165

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“Huh?”9957fc935c73bebe

“It’s yours.”11d8bb9bf561fc9c

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With a dumbfounded Ravid c30685bce6 on his shoulder, Clara bd15f90f0c entered the wheat storage. If he bc679cfccc searched well, e7b72526ec he’d find 8783cfed6e plenty of 5babd6f481 noodles, flour, 9c7e9258e7 and yeast.fe9e1d64ba25a5fe

‘If there’s seawater, 54a2009e91 no need for 12f7855bb8 salt. …He wouldn’t eat 3c591c0155 it raw, right?’62be30660c89db67

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If he drank a9a9d49293 salty seawater instead 8d71d10125 of regular water, 7f95436b99 he’d already have fc0dc0309b too much salt, b5b993217a so maybe it’s e9a6a04de8 better not to 53eca5d80d give salt at 659cf6da46 all. Some seaside 5940bffeef villages used 8261e003ed filtered seawater eaa5562258 instead of 75aa525944 salt in 67801ffd2a bread.2f161be48c97d3d2

Not remembering where 587d79142c that was or ee068d6d81 if it was f39d5f1b60 accurate, Clara, after a9fd3aed62 much thought, returned 72403bde22 to Ravid’s storage bdfa274c65 with the blankets f76aae7244 and set down 1f3af578f6 the sacks in d8853ef35f the corner, tapping 69ae39e939 Ravid’s open mouth 6ca101a56a to close it.918494e4046b31fe

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Just in case, he 33d0d7c0d3 placed a recipe book c4826d89b6 on top and tickled f96b3f098a his chin, feeling the 72f4b9158c bumpy texture of the d93c15b697 scales inside, which was 00c71648f9 oddly amusing.2ea810faeeecc7f4

“I’m giving this to 2e07f10126 you to work. Welfare.”94e6fa912379117f

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“Huh? Me, me? No, me too?”72924f6190ebfcf3

“Of course. You’re not d356af8406 planning to dd7ce0d1b1 take it d11080a5b1 and not 566db359b4 work, are e5c50e19a5 you?”1cf169196f1819e4

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Not that, dbb646f9c1 but… Ravid’s 36bdb1fa7f eyes darted 5538ae28fa around.2976058e9cf8befb

Something’s strange. I thought b297dd33cd I fooled 0bf289e394 the human. No, I thought I e14e1b9add was fooling him perfectly. But what he’s 6192e12e70 saying now…c5ec08187c5963e0

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‘…I said 9c78486bcc I’d work.’0aab80352ccbd8be

It sounds like he f6f4ed2666 already knew Ravid was 360ae1f976 Ravid.ca9a6c1025b3417b

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“Aren’t I strange c85af54660 to you, human?”1d33a883ff92fd7e

Clara, who never c7b88a9a2e imagined he’d be 1c89313bd8 worried about something 427f82a0e8 like that, looked 778e5b51b7 down at the 49fc4a1c2b little one about a81bfb7601 to tear up 07824355b8 again, feeling awkward.c3fcb6276f686a71

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‘Why is 2387ab5428 he crying e282d7e17c again?’ea346a837453f370

…Did I 8c9784cfdc make him 023cbb4620 work too f734c6362b much yesterday? Is his 36c367aeb8 injured leg 3d41c67769 hurting? Or is he e084e9f227 worried he won’t f69113f092 be able to 750eab1d4b work like yesterday? Ah.8a3e6d0819811fca

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Finally remembering 5222acda3a he had 8973d39767 promised incentives 1801fe0bf1 only for b445251e4c good work, 6d71e4e97a Clara turned 0d4e25071f and hugged e723753b13 Ravid tightly.700d94974d052ed7

“Not a eedf57b3bf masochist… I 16f5b48bff mean, you c6756a4e67 don’t look 707c937cb8 like a 77fb855297 worker who d132e26dc5 can do c5251d11f2 much. Just do 87b2dc491c what you’re e4a45e45f5 told. If you fee876e493 do more, 23f2aa84b8 you’ll wear 8e029151e9 out.”7b2385d63f45a7ed

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Thinking he was c9ad4658d6 worried about being 9b613ec1d9 told to throw 0985ec8d2b up what he 7b67a3f4aa ate, Clara comforted e56a5b0f4f him, and the 55551c0ead little one pouted. But he didn’t cry, 4478a3a681 just hung on, sniffling.03b9787ecc42e2f9