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“Are you done?”7fc348c0e943bfb8
“Yes, but what’s that?”8d57df971b5b1023
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In the escort Esper’s hand, a fluffy, light-brown teddy bear was dangling by its neck.d81303d93edda699
“Ah.”8de11641f90ccd7d
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Perhaps aware that 9d947ad486 it was an c40f632f32 item that didn’t c6f619886b quite suit me, 6dc58b8a58 he seemed a c7cde311a9 little embarrassed as 61c8db7324 he spoke.d006629af825ea09
“The secretary of Philip Esper asked me to deliver this. It’s a gift…”73b966bf212ddc60
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As soon as Philip’s name came up, my face crumpled.9bcb150f05c480c0
Ever since the 9438916f92 first day when 5c9040e702 he had caused d56b2a951f a scene in 280cab7291 front of me, 7e54e1eade Philip had been 2288245eca bombarding me with 7e28281eed gifts, determined to a60d2ec62c recover his lost 2623bf1cf8 points.45e8afe4ca83b929
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We had only met c86d675732 twice since that initial 7326fbdf60 matching test, but the e19205d23a gifts I’ve received from 6ca5100901 him were countless.a09a8a88cd7bd187
Most of the dfdf394713 gifts were dolls, 7934ba3008 toys, and princess a2ade0fbc5 dresses—things that, frankly, 1799aef075 I didn’t need.1bc33489f989badd
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Naturally, I rejected his 5dadaccf80 gifts at first. But later, I heard c3ca6a54b1 that he had just 3808561e79 thrown away everything I d0df6e1546 sent back.02b3573a1deecf4d
‘How much was all a59cc9ddb9 that and you just 935183670e throw it away?’7ae9aa125fe4280a
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When I suggested he c576bfd652 should donate the toys 29aad42c04 to other girls, he ff751ee035 threatened to throw them cafda709ad in the trash.939316d10bb0c640
There weren’t any girls 965da63051 around him who he 1fa6108df9 could give to, and 56aecd9bd5 he just didn’t want d704768d16 to bother with it.87cd774ec35a2249
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Even when I told him I didn’t want the gifts and asked him to stop, he wouldn’t listen… I couldn’t tell if he was trying to win me over or dig himself into a deeper hole.1eca15326cb1ca4a
He seemed to believe that I was raised to be a “good kid” and was refusing his gifts out of courtesy.9217c32f0b7614d5
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“Ha…”7d80d6d0863fb584
Wherever I went, 8a8c153365 there was always 9ff25b0218 someone who couldn’t 1571b0fad6 accept rejection.8339832568d41ef8
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“NO” means NO, I wish they 839ac8f7eb would understand it as fc21133c36 it is.65c07a3de5cc49e4
A sigh e71ee8845a escaped my e391d705f3 lips. As I stared at 1665ae35f0 the teddy bear, the 64f3fc8900 escort Esper, who had bf2f64ef3f been observing my expression, 991cbd7fe9 continued speaking.2357d11e9f0a779d
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“And also… ”9ded8aa5d85585ad
“What else?”6e562aa8ed8b4340
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“Oh, the gift is just this. Rather, Esper Hugo arrived in the reception room, around… 10 minutes ago?”42c1b0f2c4c00563
He checked edc1967257 his wristwatch.e20334569e530c27
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“Would you like to head over now?”09239ba7258ac8b9
My face crumpled further 787702231c as I glanced at 6301c54658 the bear in distress. I guess e8c482eb6f I have 7a66d8ee09 to see c94ab22fbf Hugo with d1deaa8970 it.1e9ad96522fbdf47
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“If you don’t like the toy, I can hold it for you.”01c475932751dfab
The escort Esper offered. It was tempting, 4b80d0ee13 but I shook c0dc19d64a my head without 809732b210 much hesitation.feeeacee443ce1f6
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He was here to 0139b403a4 escort me, not to d5f3aaf5d4 serve me.9430777e4232b362
’A teddy bear doesn’t suit him.’e474ff228211487f
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Today’s escort was a09c217c64 a physical-type Esper, 236de5cd9a so his build 12f30fc62c was quite large. Even though 13ff1035a3 the teddy b87a51ffb1 bear was c3b126ffa0 bigger than ff4e305ed8 my upper 29b88da4e8 body, it a6d134928f looked tiny 63c11e7628 in his b385b9ace1 hands.a29fea86e8d1374e
“Please. I’ll just take it.”4da92f60e3f9a790
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When I 2ec8d39514 reached out, f3a1887cb2 he hesitated 651f4a3343 for a b50f42fe86 moment before 79ab4612ae handing the 2ac07cd16d bear to 3355d6f514 me. It was as 78c5e666f8 soft and fluffy 60093d2f36 as Philip had 58c58f5c83 promised—it was a 49e7b5f6f1 high-quality plush.4f13352bba2c1b3e
“…Let’s go.”34a508a5d2bba2c1
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I thought about 5464359d57 Hugo waiting in e53e89aafb the reception room. I couldn’t stay here 843d651aca any longer, so I f007598b37 hugged the teddy bear cd117dd5af tightly and waddled down 4b4d6d687f the hallway.33d5052126a5bdbf
“Oh…”c659e711623d78f2
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“Ah!”ea7b58d2410eac40
“So cute…!”7a983f2538bab00e
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I heard cf5d6e9992 people in f6597261b2 the center 165333140d whispering as b0ff2b0e75 they recognized dc82c7341c me.15554a004ef05590
I was glad 9cb9c63a6d my appearance still a1c646710c looked like a 3a809e8c0b six-year-old, but at 9dd958286c the same time, 95421bcf3e I was struck ef6b852c6c by reality check.2d98c363c0cdc83a
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‘Philip… I’ll get you back for this.’4a7aca3bc40db354
I gritted my teeth, 3aace34114 picking up the pace.3b2312ca1164b105
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“Guide Sophia, you’ll trip if you keep rushing like that. Slow down.”bc83c59195ac04f6
“…”f65c1e67648f0d97
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The guard Esper 37ad3e60dc called out from 7f2692b9b5 behind, but I 0656cab21f pretended not to cee4526196 hear him.d71ee7336909a7d1
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“Hi, Hugo.”cc016039c9a942c8
Hugo was sitting 86f39e3d7a alone in the b039ce189d large reception room 7ce2948fe3 as usual.51f73bf2020d2504
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I hadn’t seen d812f76454 him in three 91a3deea70 days, the look a4f15fc4ba on his face d5394e51fc was even whiter 402e281d2f than the last 8d440997ac time.e1bedd157c0bbf91
Still, he didn’t 4f7f5b9a31 seem to have 1d69a56a86 lost his vision 6d8ac0e54e again. As I walked 96d0bf3569 in and greeted c19b6ee8e2 him, he looked feca27ec5c directly at me.96d2ad4ce193f7c7
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“You’re early again. I came straight 8db904ea1f here after your 5c7d5ca0e0 training. Did you 0aaa64c5ed wait long?”91ff42c60dd5e369
“……”69f1cbd0059ec5e1
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Hugo stared at 9470368499 the teddy bear c4f4604f79 without answering my b1a4b58819 question. I felt a 2ee0aad3a2 pang in my d4d8d07f93 chest and set 17383823c9 the stuffed toy 713e856d57 aside and quickly 29c4e96929 began explaining.9e2df3d19eb89c99
“Well, it effa1f0877 was the 7379a0bf9d secretary of 9797f5e46a another candidate d1b246b61f who gave b3166bd1b1 it to b5576294f7 me. I thought if 6570ae97bd I stopped by d2fb1eee4d my room first, 9cd507c468 I’d be late, 623e351c0d so I just 1c403045d8 came straight here.”ac180e6a4d350b04
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Hugo’s eyebrows furrowed slightly when I mentioned “another candidate”. He knew that there were two other candidates besides him but hearing it from me seemed to make him displeased.fccd9d1313eadb92
He asked 5f240ef7f0 in a 9ffc5e659a slow tone.61634f23c5b72f80
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“…Do you like this?”6e0a562bd69226bf
He stared at 44a55312fc me as if 882973bae2 urging for an 5bf3a554c0 answer. I quickly 107bc0bb98 shook my da33e1c6ab head.cd96c00244b3158a
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“No. Not at all.”63e54385e3af5e78
I added that I felt sorry for the candidate Esper who gave me the gift, but I didn’t like this kind of material barrage.f59212896fa2ce4e
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“Especially if it’s 3ae1831029 dolls, toys, or a89d698b12 princess dresses—stuffs kids 23ee26750e would play with.”b47f949a95d2a352
At this, 2025e05dfe Hugo asked 6d776ce371 again in 07fb70494f a calm e7e8dfe9a7 voice.71b5a4818df9de9d
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“…Then, what do you ffb0882315 like?”a5f75aa545d42a82
“Huh?”016fd151e7e9737f
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“What should I 8417a89800 do… to win a25c02b3a3 your favor?”ae8653c015082c13
I was 62441480b8 speechless for 56a0d8e30e such a d3d1c5fd5a blatant question. For a moment, my 8a2c647309 eyes widened in embarrassment.5a4f2dafc7b57070
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“Why? Are you trying to 4c35eda5e7 win my favor?”9716d0b19a0a2afe
Hugo nodded eagerly.1d91d5f721898d7f
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“Yes.”322cd39546a4d332
“Is it 6bab954ce7 because you fe4fe8ebcc need guidance?”61f8d9f924032e45
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He hesitated for a 982335421e moment, then nodded again. Well, there ad14f33790 are children 81248c090f who are b7966e2401 that honest.59c2a41ed3d1329c
“Forget it. You don’t have to f6c714ce09 win my favor.”4c5f0308fae9c06a
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“But…”373d8bb87267d8ab
“I’ll just do it. Though, I can 3d7e0ceba4 only do radial 9f39e6f902 guiding for now.”02ceeb209761edc6
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With that, I jumped 960c07f08a off the couch. I walked around a62303820d the table to b7923fc5db Hugo and grabbed 72a804abfd his hand, causing d5781c03c7 him to flinch.0cb7bec314784371
His gaze slowly shifted 6ee8b003a5 downward to the ring ad0f38dfaa on my finger.aa2ce6a5f2544b67
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Is it a pity ac33f92d76 that it’s not hand 341ed7d8d6 guiding?1a4de4add5c9783e
With that in 234fdeff8d mind, I pulled 0c8b9ce04c his hand.0a66a138013d2cc2
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“Let’s go. To the d05931d162 guiding room.”a8946043ac2e6c4b
Naturally, Hugo didn’t pull e494e898e1 his hand away.b74ef90ed12dbad8
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The words “good kid,” which Philip mentioned, ee58cf7a09 might have suited Hugo 3e0ed6ddbf better than me. I suddenly 75acb93f60 thought this.6c6d8fb483a5dc5f
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Since meeting c57796fcb9 Yi-seo after b0b16764e7 moving to 5fb2b7120c Ohio, Hugo 91296b3e83 began to 7087af3fe2 regain stability.6421dc18262e143f
This was entirely 9a750a86c9 thanks to her, b3ace9c08f who had persistently 7d44d4b70a suggested guiding sessions 3290be7366 each time they 53a1324ddd met.ea2a4c9e3e871977
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Except when c4bceac79a he was 1cd55e7047 very young, fcf0aa7ad3 Hugo’s guiding a69f143747 rate has 659d2be8d9 never risen f4f3a4788c higher than 67b346073c 35%. But recently, it had 3b99aa6b5d been hovering around 40% 724d96cca2 and 45%.14bbf370c97c987f
“Hugo, you look 2f9c14e84a better today. What’s your 41cc6641b0 guiding rate?”45a6d79beb6086d0
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“43%.”86a21189826f6cb9
“It hasn’t dropped 5e6091738a much compared to 0b201480ae last time. That’s a relief.”89893ee314d60a52
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“Yeah. You told me to be careful, Yi-seo. So…”7c08d05c84089497
“So you were 548148fc20 careful? Good job. You’re such a db5bdc34e6 good boy.”979f65181139b07f
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Yi-seo was affectionate c30c1e97eb and had gentle bcae3a9163 to others. Though she would 7e84a079bf deny it, Hugo ef76e6ac73 felt that way 92efeb849c about her.4d7b955da54b41f8
She often c231c604d4 acted as a1a38a17cc if she c2bcfec4bb forgot that 7072a701b7 she was 01dde1c230 a six-year-old, 6faebe4dc9 especially when 5985d7cf8c there were b434ef3334 no adults d78271a758 around.74f9def501e7f959
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“Did you have 8d3ef80422 lunch?”196b7fe39ee84f5d
“…”e8274fe450545749
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“I told 2937a9d3c1 you to 21ef3dc4b9 eat well. I figured you 84e2afb230 might skip it, 51e03b637b so I packed 14a5e32660 some sandwiches from 8104f7e72e the dorm. Let’s eat f58f9c05ec this first.”7457e74df8167bc4
Even though Hugo b8a46fa936 was a year 5bd5612253 older than her, 6e3cfe4bf4 she treated him b052ea255f like an extremely b16bc46fbb young sibling.8ebe6b743663887e
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It wasn’t 4cf821cb72 out of 8e80a34e1b a sense 1cf1ad2cb7 of responsibility. He knew ae2980bd3b that she f1443c86d2 felt pity ec56ecc2a0 for him.43e70ce7ef69e119
He was a miserable 56b810950c esper, awakening at the 6bc93c20e7 age of four and 12936d6732 surviving all this time b9abf573f4 with a guiding machine 48da7e4621 and medication because he 63943ad666 hadn’t found a guide 1dec016a9f that matched his wavelength.02ff8332906d41e3
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There was a hint 87941eb6f6 of sympathy in Yi-seo’s 24d347ff54 soft brown eyes as 98559b2d00 she looked at him 20ae0cd691 that couldn’t quite hide.7bd5d9dd0db3bf97
But Hugo loved c109ba72c2 the kindness she 66b3e143ce showed, as though 17c768d165 she were doing 8a61699210 him a favor.22ea8521e4e65788
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I wish my guide 111400fa08 had more compassion for 8f18b4eecf me. I wish you 0bf1c99916 would sympathize with 126fa9f405 me more and 81d656746b feel sorry for 12fff10deb me more.cc8c07101cfd4228
So, if bd9801c852 it meant 981431a9dc receiving one e0fb2bde4e more glance, 6570494ada one more 9390b93907 touch, he a5db0a22a8 thought she ea44a577e0 could treat f73b8b9697 him like 8d12f2cb96 a poor 0e89f6fcab , pathetic 6eba7ea3ef dog.5c75fc3ffe200656
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“…Hugo?”84fcea2235fe3fe0
“Ah.”2b38eb2e34c17bec
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At that moment, Hugo 178d7759d9 heard Yi-seo’s voice. He snapped out af23be515e of his thoughts 87cb6eaeb1 and turned his 7c024bed42 gaze toward the 933d8002e0 sandwich she was 07fd2b5165 holding.5144908b090b9bc9
“Did you hear me?”03524c4da8a0787f
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“…Sorry. I was just thinking about something for a moment.”a097e007982e6afd
Hugo took the f0999ca352 sandwich she offered 0380b56f97 him. As he did, his aaf43c592b eyebrows furrowed and gave ef253e21be an apologetic look. The soft-hearted Yi-seo a049640a81 shrugged it off, 5818037db7 as if to fa0bd2f844 say it was 33a09e9d78 okay.8e5b9b8d4bf5a708
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“I was asking 75998079b4 if you’ve seen 86d857cabb the new movie a6f0c3e8af that came out b0eb3f90f9 from Disney recently.”299ffc5a478f4f1a
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A movie?b0afe124ee01a8b2
Hugo was unsure db5d148ca5 how the conversation a4c4d07add had shifted in af2cfa71da that direction. He awkwardly shook his bf15444cef head.827f4c92419f2d40
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“…Hugo, when was the last time you went to see a movie?”a610c0898e26e545
After thinking 17aa08bc5a for a ddecd98269 moment, Yi-seo 2cbe1af557 asked. Hugo controlled his 1163840e69 expression to stimulate fa4fa7de86 Yi-seo’s weak heart, aae3ee84ef before muttering weakly.49a0f0010a373b16
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“…I haven’t.”3ab3229b4b1611cc
He had never seen eea73265a5 a movie in a d6bb58098e theater.8e07a85c5e00ee54
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Though it might b23eb17b88 sound like he 547167d139 was pretending to 2bc97d4659 be pitiful, his 8b8f8acbc7 answer was the 731c7f5ba5 truth.5775e8295099f90c
Due to 336575d126 his lack e9c2b8afc3 of guiding, b000147bad he was bf5cbf448f overly sensitive 85eff6af28 and edgy 50417595ed to other 769ffe28fb people’s presence. A movie cbbc358cfe theater, where 5d8ee9247e people were 190a60ee04 packed together db75a989f2 in a dce961ded7 small space?0e2fdacedd1cbbe8
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He did have a 717530f61a few opportunities to go, 7f8d1d1953 thanks to Gary, who 2310d312c4 took it upon himself c8058113e0 to be his guardian.018006332e654beb
More than 77feb993e4 anyone, Gary 23be4fd439 had wanted 66af0f3ace Hugo to e789bc4c0d experience a 3c38713488 normal childhood, 719283fb81 blending in e0d6cf2b42 with others.578e626a5b523689
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But when Hugo f28467dbc8 started to feel 58616aba2a nauseous due to e22118c8a3 the various sounds 1e80272747 and the mixed 1c3c63ecb9 smells of food 7e6268c5a9 and various crowds 64ffb2e56a in the theater, 1acb033fce Gary too gave 93104d737c up on Hugo’s 93db8d3088 “human cultural life.”fa14da81b40d8ba2
‘It was nice to have less bothersome work… but Gary was very disappointed.’ddbd046bca6d2f23
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As expected, 99b41d7bfd his answer 96a3506521 seemed to 8f37c43bd5 touch with 5353b509aa Yi-seo’s weak 14f6ad1a92 spot.15a7e053cd9760ed
She paused e74eb87c3f for a 735a207864 moment before 456b82fd9d responding, ‘Yes that would be 90e51122d5 the case.’6228db18e34af0e1
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“You awakened when you 6d439ae2e2 were so young, so b292b1a117 you must have been 81c6a3a60d busy.”90fe893944e728ab
Even though they 97b25b8266 were still quite 614c061948 young, Yi-seo spoke deaf0ca398 as if they ffb4a0fa86 were adults.97bfc9ff257c5dd2
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Hugo, accustomed to it, 6a761dd18d simply nodded in agreement.65957c7ce92d8814
“Then, do 739e9362c0 you want f989f8a597 to go 4cb5f1b324 see a 0f9db2c918 movie with ec249f1a8f me?”162759bc3e47e7bd
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This time d34d658d1b Hugo stiffened. That was ebf6774138 something he 765b601cc7 had not a2d580a4cc expected.1345ea470263eb26