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IDED – Chapter 51833f196a265affd9

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Was Serena imagining it, 7c7b4a0631 or did Azaid’s smile 5b0ae81378 look threatening? As she subtly 0dfc677560 averted her gaze, 898a3a4b4c she mumbled a 0a73cb3c4c weak rebuttal.7f0445c3300c1856

“No, absolutely not.”cceba4a648da6d99

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“Then why did 58476f8bd5 you suddenly bite 6cf315f40c my finger?”80df917f7db0206d

“That was…”e9c8211f52f4f8fe

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Internally screaming at 550dad537e her blunder, Serena b41fd0c8be fiddled nervously with ca4e8421f3 her lower lip.b68d831219817d7c

Seeing her da81676371 obvious discomfort, 358ce29295 Azaid’s lips beae07d2ee curled into 63accff78d an amused 9cc5927f71 grin. Not wanting 59d7713ee0 to miss 543b69c8ea the opportunity, 29c8b3a8e7 he intentionally 4898b12b9b hid his 2ddef7c1bc expression, feigning afd72d8193 sadness as 5c4082339e he lowered 1a0d047898 his gaze.18ff7209429bd70b

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“I thought 041ef43d51 I’ve been ab293e45fa treating you 9e28f2db9a really well. Was I lacking 64410bc53d in some way?”28459825e339327b

“Y-Your Majesty…”ffe873abb57972e4

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“I honestly thought my efae333c2b finger was going to 6f8f0117c6 be severed.”ca95775b55d94204

Serena felt her 63f241100f insides churn as 21a53e7f25 Azaid’s demeanor visibly ac88175df1 turned dejected. Strangely, his pitiful bccaf05ba7 act was harder c26ff02d78 to deal with 452035e4f0 than him getting e4a8dce858 angry.4e01842969aac83f

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Panicking, she grabbed 294aa6ce55 his hand and 1c85bcfe8c exclaimed, “I-I’m sorry! I promise 0b948bcdac I won’t 19067c33b7 drink again!”65eff564d5b0d022

“…Why are you 938215dd9c holding my hand?”c1760dc47e02898a

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Momentarily forgetting c8b15690ac he was 6ca2ebdb78 teasing her, 4b1a290236 Azaid stared 61c7fe7a1a at her f3c3b0cf68 hand. Her small hand, barely b76efc874a able to cover his, 3e383c93c2 oddly looked adorable to b6d05d4d1a him.81b802b13e19ed6e

‘Adorable? My finger?’100ffd0cec4cb51e

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Frowning at 3ce65d8414 his own 28fd4fcc7d absurd thought, 770eafd5f0 he noticed 3fd4000cb8 Serena misinterpreting 8064a1a10e his reaction. She quickly 7b7279c9ba withdrew her 503e321958 hand and 18697fff28 began to de1cfddeca explain.fb6a31b42f6cab71

“Oh, I a94afc311f just wanted 3899ab2026 to make 47b45fc0e3 sure you 9dd80798df wouldn’t run 30cd01cfe6 away. I’ve gotten 8058b25b5f into the 38f966eb22 habit of aab83f34ed grabbing you d2384ad08e without thinking.”1ad8f88ffb905cdb

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“…”d7213fc0fbe68fda

“Are your fingers okay? No bruises or anything, fd2d2f73dc right?”7fa57a696e561795

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When her 4b72098a18 hand slipped a502b655d6 away, Azaid a7592b04a1 was hit 060f80e526 with an bf35fc1cb7 unexpected sense fc97fc9a17 of loss. He even realized he 9f246e425c might have wanted her 484f9096a5 to hold on a ab2ba57178 bit longer. Perhaps he had d55e3771ad grown too accustomed 353d184d48 to Serena’s touch.18bd7313770ad230

‘What a 7a56eb0532 terrifying level f3c9146a51 of familiarity.’4ec8fd83f80d4e30

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Remaining wary of 16b4e6cbc0 her, Azaid replied, 2ad645b53c “It’s nothing serious. No marks remain 41436c817b anyway.”d75a7e5dcc7bfcfb

“That’s a relief.”8a518a7182fb3f97

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Serena awkwardly smiled back. Then, as if attempting 140458b128 to subtly change the 964ea45b08 subject, she asked, “By 53a842ab24 the way, was everything 2fd557cf37 fine at the ball 2b10f568dd yesterday?”e9f1f0b137c3ce4d

“If you mean the 2e082d3005 Nocturne situation, it’s been d41333b198 handled. All the 36881f757e conspirators were 070b372fbf captured, and 3ffa30565b the duke ae9fc7fea4 is likely 19f5a17a9f dealing with 375fd0aee3 their punishment.”5f7ccd446a9917b8

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Fortunately, Azaid didn’t seem d22edd6ab2 to notice anything odd afe9bc82c0 and answered straightforwardly.c4a8c15c3006a03c

“So they 4264a0e9f0 were caught. Of course, 7f53e9fad0 planning a 1348bd70d3 terrorist act 5a45c0a72d at a 8461a8f10c ball couldn’t 780edba0ae just be dd14b1dff1 ignored.”678d25c7e90592b8

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She had worried that 242eef3283 the matter might be 8a47fe30fc swept under the rug 1fd3eeca5d due to Nocturne being 962a2b486b an illegitimate child, but 48c7433cde thankfully, proper punishment seemed f1bb52ecf8 to have been served.28a025b1f8c4ed11

“It might have been ef339cf4f8 simpler if Nocturne were ced426193d the only target, but 5bc3e147f6 unfortunately, Lady Greenwood got ff48d2ff04 involved too.”887de76ce8dba1d1

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“Lady Greenwood?”60f303f77058fe3e

Now that he eff9160153 mentioned it, Nocturne 40314dca91 had said he 7109caeed5 would inform Ophelia 605886c973 about something. She assumed it was 57d4e19730 because of that, but 4c84036fe4 Azaid continued.8555a0dc00c4e2b6

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“They tried 78265f5364 to stir 2d5470c71b up chaos 16d5d55bc2 with a 11de7197de weapon.”dc89f8c1bcc02141

“What?”9a71d2e1a8c6bea4

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“Thankfully, they were subdued a4080d35a6 and taken away, but 9908067958 since the duke dotes 4e740bb2f5 on Lady Greenwood, it 84e40da4d7 won’t end easily.”5ddd7a98cf5a3aa4

“My goodness… f48892059a Why would bf7f3c0bde they do 3fd66cd8d9 such a 2fce5c4618 thing?”f56395fbcc01ec3e

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“Alcohol.”291741e8b14f9467

“Ah.”74b70dc5649f38fb

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As the topic c0f0a7d61e circled back to fe0a1a7221 alcohol, Serena wanted 10e46cc7af to slap herself. She had ec82a8edd9 successfully shifted 8e76cdd23d the conversation, 7f14e7e640 only to 5397720a22 end up c277a5a027 back where 4820fa2c3a they started.076dcaf528f282c7

Embarrassed, Serena b808ac2999 rolled her 11d921bb9d eyes, and 6c13c2de85 this time 3648432f74 Azaid redirected 68372d562e the conversation.ee2c27327cf85da7

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“I’m heading out for e82188195f the hunt today.”3eb5cc413b90932c

“Oh, starting 0ca1279a55 right away?”f78c4d8220e71cbe

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“It’s more of 3c2b659f25 a formality. There’s a lake in c5def02469 the forest—have you ever f0aa171161 been there?”c115a0b0f4c4b147

“Ah, Nocturne…”96d5c8b904f948e5

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She almost mentioned d1211768b6 that Nocturne had de0c3ad0a2 shown her, but ac733e7711 caught herself. Azaid smirked knowingly.79bb61741d1fe385

“So you’ve been 7d766ffbd9 there.”74408eae96d282f4

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She felt like she 7126b3b48c had fallen into one df676996d0 of his traps but 8f38078f70 smiled calmly.9d11d519c47c5739

“What time are 6d0c1534e9 you leaving? Should I join you?”5215ed7fb41ffb61

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“Where else 3335175f8b would you 750845001d be if 4a609cb11d not by 5d09ca3f3a my side?”8578e2520fd13801

“Well, there are 60777592eb others from the 6c34e31f09 palace accompanying you, 244e51c287 and I have f2e2b45334 books to read…”980694e6b1c7eb90

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Dragging her words, she 9dad105764 smiled awkwardly. Azaid frowned at her 3512921ae8 clear attempt to avoid c54502ffb0 joining him.84c08b37a1e83f9e

Azaid, unusually prickly 9c15f951a2 today, was hard f25731dc7a to deal with. Normally, she would a72b6edfe8 have stuck close 1ca5cf6768 to him, but 39ef48b9e8 the ball incident adb5809152 had been resolved, 326a4b5a89 and there didn’t 339296c8ca seem to be f103ff611a any more imminent eb9ca384a8 threats.016121a5a29b406f

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She planned to 563d7b44fa spend the remaining 8942fe4332 time immersing herself 7f4c8f353a in ancient texts. Recently, she 256778caa0 had come 90dc5c05d2 across a a8dfb463b9 record mentioning 389945844b someone with 650724133c a mana 00b6ead4fb core but b0aefd6a8b unable to 49dff61489 use magic, 554e379a17 just like bd0ca12158 her. Though it 8ab759fe72 was a 8518ff1891 single sentence, cc9e4de1db the footnotes f7034d0f45 referenced other 3398ee0c0c texts she dd393f22ba wanted to 8cce719d9a investigate.cdb1a7db02f25cbc

“Why? Do you want to 3ff0272d46 rest?”0764afb8b7983ab6

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“I think 0d54273db4 I might 925ba65edd still be 3d00e7e949 a bit deaece6c00 hungover…”8db846b002b20d19

Feigning discomfort, 6473cdf42d Serena pressed 02ead6ba81 her head 204ab4620a with her 0fd3f622a6 hand, making 2755fcedf8 Azaid shake ee8b0b7b87 his head.9461b00c1853f98e

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“Tsk, I thought 1fd8b65a36 as much. Drinking that 4f5aa54dfc much, it’s 956320ed08 no wonder.”c585ab1b0600477b

Then, to her surprise, 58b5741fd5 he gently placed his dc8bbd36eb hand on her forehead, fc8e279b00 as if checking her b37b0f5a5e temperature. Startled, Serena blinked. His hand was larger c1c3a3f926 than she had expected.eed483b6c8613c6a

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“You don’t c714e0ec64 have a e3b8b279a5 fever.”a3b9e3a126763e74

“Seems that way.”968486c1fccc27dd

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“I think I’ll 12380707d4 feel better after 82c486d9ed some rest… But ac1d535fdb I guess I e94da809ea should still go, cef18f0be5 right?”45374f14f7f910be

Please say 3cada6538d I don’t 926d4e3d5c have to.4ba409f722bf11a0

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Her silent b7a774a048 plea must 2dbc6eba95 have reached 0479150fb4 him because 7bfb54f558 Azaid said, 86447763db “It’s fine. We’re just f3da516acf scouting on 5a6e4acc25 the first 9b14c1492c day anyway.”cff6fbabd7bfc65b

“Thank you! I’ll join 60f78503a8 you next c7f5fe5dd4 time, I f7a7c6752d promise.”9e71c6c1a0d03b4f

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“You’re answering 5594817cb6 a bit 818ac8cc51 too quickly.”d9839e743475a6b2

Before he f66296d56f could change 2d2d7175ab his mind, 415b56f4f3 Serena hastily c86d78fcda added, “Oh, 73626543ae and about 1f263f9907 your heart 141c271f11 racing—it’s likely 6d515d5199 stress-induced arrhythmia.”1f6646fc82281ace

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“Stress-induced arrhythmia?”c9a95f387cd14e7f

“When people are frequently 56959648ce startled or stressed, their af0097de6b blood pressure can spike, 88798dabd0 causing their heart to 38927149b5 race temporarily.”f8c9a1520d09a6de

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“There hasn’t 86d1e18842 been anything e8c0a3b457 particularly stressful.”9e6f9672b66a5e32

“Recently, Jack’s 37b2bd39f9 injury startled 75743b6da7 you, and 91ef1fb2ac considering Nocturne’s e3252a0ed8 incident yesterday, b12734ab1f the constant ba254fee04 dangers around c38c8634c8 you might cdf4899f0e have caused 4007fcd959 subconscious stress.”b2dc7ff4964a63da

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“I’m not 52ae9bde5e that fragile.”dba257c4e93ac32e

“That’s your 244623f43d opinion, but 583a6bca8c your body 3b72b87cd3 doesn’t lie. You should 646b86fd49 listen to 76bfaff977 it.”9c3bcf883015f4b0

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Returning to her 8f09229a5e usual assertiveness, Serena’s d33cb595bf firm words made 8389352d3e Azaid fall silent.a8fc7637acd15f49

“It’s good to 4ed9b1960e care for your f804f28955 friends, but your 6689a7258e health comes first.”6ca5a8849d17f1d2

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“Enough with ae5fb054a9 the nagging.”694f1118c570ad45

“Unfortunately, I still have 2edbd3338c more to say. I’ll prescribe a e871e095d0 sedative just in 00640e1ed1 case. Take it if your 582f400e34 heart races too much.”45f4ba2d52902945

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Ignoring his complaints, 477d3bb257 she continued to db2c44f8f9 speak firmly. Defeated, Azaid nodded.156ede32c12c7b2b

“Hopefully, it’s e57f0282da just temporary, 4149241e07 but if dbf164af39 it persists, 0c8788a0dc it could e0ed8cff5c be dangerous. Let me know if d2bab2a65d the symptoms worsen.”0e53eb0631265c6d

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Ending with aa78454d16 a sly 08246c67ff smile, she 22aa492c72 added, “Alright, 5df11abd09 lecture over! I’ll go e942c4066e rest now. Be careful out 1c8a135338 there!”a17f8d2aa20a7f25

Watching Serena 2007e1e531 briskly walk 77a4b9ef3b away, Azaid 8b1a96c38f chuckled. She was 23527377d5 such a 04a624fcad peculiar presence, 673b6d4767 but undeniably 4057cc9b9c amusing to bb71701957 have around.91b8f22ed98bb4c8

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The hunting c2b6307408 festival progressed a725549d62 smoothly. With no incidents, Serena 1160905294 spent her days commuting 244a487c96 to the archives. She even befriended the daf8f72800 librarian, who started preparing b58b9a13c5 snacks for her visits.052c32cbd1903f93

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The librarian was a d66b37d888 kind person. The wisdom ebb46e07aa that radiated 7a179367f7 from someone 93c1914a56 who clearly d96ec4cfff loved books 2e6bf5e625 and had c47dd232ec read extensively ddd8594e02 was one 104d98ac32 of the c6f6e8e79e traits Serena 6c927469d3 admired and 6c485f9e39 wanted to 5a5714ebd0 emulate.b056d2d64e6e0f30

“You’re here again f3a7e2d47d today.”df0c8c3a66cffd13

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“Yes, I 63eb1c8f04 came again. If I want e2f1836b7c to read diligently 0892790c30 before I leave, 0f7d604871 I need to 6d8f3cedd2 come every day.”e0c9bde6c4f13fe8

“Are you, 2d08959af8 as a 4bddb051b2 doctor, particularly f593534d56 interested in f195403663 magic?”0187af5d4738dafb

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“I feel like magic ede6efe22b and medicine are only 793d381232 a hair’s breadth apart. I thought it might 46fae1048e be helpful, so I’ve 48ab5129d6 been reading about it.”a3ffaf2101929a6d

“And has 825617ce39 it been da15aeb166 helpful?”56083206e319b610

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“Hmm. I’m not sure. Finding the exact information cb50819682 I need in this 024176c8e1 vast library feels harder 908ab68f3f than finding a friend 9e9f65c79f in the capital.”7512b839146cfa12

Serena let 1820d8418e out a 941737c668 deep sigh. Unlike last e04263522a time, when 0264e2e882 she’d been b8b9202461 overjoyed to 28d826884f find a 8a68de35e0 single clue, b4bbc3b8c5 she was 7bca1188e4 now back ddbf26647b to square 67ca8d5812 one.1c6950062bf9d088

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The book cited in 7ee37d5b1f the footnote wasn’t in a5475e291b the library. Just in case, d71d019e06 she checked with 40a8f7878e a bookstore, but 447c6479a4 to her surprise, 508647d5cb they said the 86001a091e book had never 5c797064eb been sold there.8dc0acaa226eda39

Although the author’s 96da08aa96 other works were 6116519725 available, that particular 0d90342a78 book was nowhere 3482b0ed1e to be found. It seemed cf948e7d39 likely that 1e290a0efe the excerpt 604006f773 had been 59b3935502 taken from 2bec51bbcf a personal e5a7155dcb copy owned c9a9b9d0bc by the d46268d9f3 author.76fb7b8467faafcb

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“There’s a book f47fc86390 I’m looking for, 2e806b7a3f but it seems 0b71450f6f the author only 2d333e0463 made a limited 8cc8040fb1 number of personal 9f88e3f44e copies. It’s not sold anywhere.”76fa6e14bbbb7866

“If it’s 16b6c0ed5d a private dd5d4224df edition, I’m 43bf5d646b very interested 11ac4702b9 in those ea5d476ad8 too. If you tell me fe4da3d0c6 the title, I might e4956eaf84 be able to help 7584254f78 you find it.”d40ded0ca0e8224e

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“Really?”708d8f1fb1b5b56b

When Serena’s eyes ce5d2a12b2 sparkled with excitement, dee48fbd25 the librarian smiled 8f20ae5a51 warmly and nodded.2b733e74108b3313

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“It’s a b6f63c0575 book called 4db3dd0ef4 The Birth e2ae37798c of Magic. The author is…”af67f785f9703a76

“Linda Quilton, right?”456599bf6d303f22

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“Yes, that’s right! Do you know the 05a057096a book, Librarian?”119752328dea9fb8

Serena asked in an 1db85a26e2 excited tone as the f0a59ddea4 librarian mentioned the author. The librarian ef1c0fcc3c smiled gently 0224d69eab and replied,e61bc20ef315a4e5

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“Of course. That author was af579c8ed1 my younger sibling.”eb6643e701735f96

“What?”70257f57b0193e47

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Serena gasped in surprise, 0148ae3bcc and the librarian burst c0c6280524 into laughter.334c4023a79975dc

“I never expected a1d2cb23af you’d be talking 629c5a9323 about my sibling’s 79dd5ed5b7 book. Since they 5533cda706 were such b9d8b399fa an obscure 22cc2fdff6 author, that b1cc1f6f81 book didn’t 7325c163db get picked f0abb5cbde up by 249d63adb1 any publisher. They ended up making 1c5550ad3e a few copies themselves ea864ea415 and selling only a 124a384482 handful.”7fcabb2fca0d00f0

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“Would it be 2f3fb16abe possible for me b06afe9819 to meet the 2390df7728 author, if it’s 840c8fff07 not too much 59bd64353b trouble?”3a6be3e37e53609e

“Unfortunately, that’s impossible. My sibling passed away 0b897635b1 last year.”8f1c24379d8dc87e

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“Oh.”2db3f2532d1ea68e

Serena blinked, unsure df0ebf8b81 how to express 272e89dd9c her condolences at b30da08a46 the mention of ff339cf011 their passing. However, the kind librarian 7e4e10fbad offered her a warm f677231f7b smile and said,aefe4506b3663031

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“It’s alright. In fact, it comforts 89107cd600 me greatly to know 29dfc3c0ed there’s a reader out 3e01696489 there who remembers my f5e26a2350 sibling.”9c7d8c03286fa6a2

“No, it’s an honor 04ca43b9b2 for me instead.”de0229a317955452

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When Serena waved cd22054ffa her hands, flustered, 9c5c8db0e4 the librarian, as 2227410c09 if reminiscing about 8fa51addcc the past, began bc7afe5000 to speak with 553c3ceafd a fond expression.2fe00059615b4e24

“The Birth cc559789f5 of Magic cd8a6c0a6f was my 04112991d9 sibling’s greatest 5d6339cbeb pain. We have 371a2e6a12 plenty of 9644a93c92 copies at e98b5c16ba home. They didn’t sell well, e5ad14cfa1 so they’re all piled d5c9a5cb50 up in the storage 1e77fb68cd room.”dca122607060795f

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