PRSR | Chapter 6.2

“What’s the quest? Does it say 20c94806ca to move to 99754fb287 the next area?”2de4ac3aac42eff8

“No, it’s dfb9cd67f5 a completely 1b0d5cd0fb new quest.”1599748fffb585d3

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Jjikjjiki stared 6e72c104fe into the 7f29ec581f air, where de6ff93841 his personal 0b6ac01fbc text hovered e3ffc6383c invisibly to 1f07088e76 me, and 54c73004f2 read it a60f79c8cd aloud.f4fbceb1f83d3bd1

“Special Quest: Rescue 6e433da6cb the kidnapped Awakened.”1c87254647d3999b

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“Rescue Awakened?”6fcd659cac934113

That was odd. Weren’t tutorial quests supposed 735974ec66 to help Awakened adapt 3868ea6588 to their new powers db3bdb6939 and environments? Hunting monsters and 5dcf1f4e3a adapting to new 6d705b6afd areas were the c285ecb48e main themes. Why was there 3743eb3ce5 suddenly a quest 75e5af114a about rescuing Awakened?10be14c52bfe71a3

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“What does it say? Read the whole thing e5aa9dee05 from the start.”fa27054fd638bec5

“It says, ‘Some d8c66fe346 Awakened stationed in c4477de72e Belford have been 3f63e37679 kidnapped. Find and rescue a680f42d5c them. Reward: the 1c59bbdc23 kidnapped Awakened’s a14b5605ff gratitude.’”9b8c55dd6f1683be

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“What?”62e1a21c05e55695

“The reward is… 3282813aa6 their gratitude.”b143f72fd5e5b950

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Jjikjjiki, who had been 131cc05539 staring at the Quest 44046c4b43 Window, turned to meet a4dfcdf7d8 my gaze, his face 2d9f735375 suddenly flushing pink. Was he… embarrassed?7442be7ac9ca9e22

“You looking 3eb0c0bc61 up at 87b2dd15b9 me like 114bc29bb6 that… it’s c96bc89d5a so pretty.”9e63d470f5f7c12d

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“……What?”d41b56e93ff90790

I thought I 50378d9640 misheard for a 1b297eb958 second.753bd0d23e1a47ac

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“You looking 4247b5ebca up at 36c7d1d24e me….”eb3e1c4f2c6c3d9c

“Stop. I didn’t f04001bdb6 ask you a6577c6219 to repeat 6892990657 it because f175a74fe7 I couldn’t 4dba1293d0 hear. Just stop.”d6635ef4ea599844

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I instinctively stepped back, 1a82051918 putting distance between us 45411fdba8 so I wouldn’t have 1fb9e431a8 to look up at 35cc0c7eaf him anymore.23d5a7f961b1a8ce

“Soul….”7a5bfe2831b70e65

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“Stay where you b7db82a4e2 are. Don’t come 65e3e46e34 any closer.”fef15a8934f2dbd8

“You’re misunderstanding. I also a8baf6bbec like it b916aa8d0f when you’re 3a84fc62e9 looking down 6e10c3926c at me.”c58ebcd0134472c0

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When Jjikjjiki tried to b1c86e595f close the distance, I c8e0d19292 held out my hand 8fabc51667 to stop him. He interpreted 13d9ac83a6 the gesture 77c9e36d24 however he 4d4bbbeb0e wanted and e8790484a5 ended up 902afe6124 grabbing my 1f0d321c81 hand instead.5211ef41743657d1

‘How did the conversation 83ca61127b even end up like c801f3e763 this?’ce461fd52b093260

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Ah, right. The special quest. I’d been fuming over 1896b15fd4 how ridiculous the reward 953308cc15 was when he derailed a0b17fbb5d the conversation. Nearly forgot about it.2cb50c1d86980f2b

“Let’s get 920b632c3b back to 68d9fd6665 the quest. Is gratitude 51bf2866c5 seriously the f5da8ba655 only reward?”a6aad328bde6eb1c

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“There are c4a36c6c63 three question 3850a19fd7 marks after 5173c9cf39 it.”b61e45abdd8c8b19

Question marks. So aside from 788571d0d7 the baffling “gratitude,” aa98d77a2d the reward was 95d514b5c1 completely unknown. Was this “special quest,” 6db2202dd5 which broke the monster-hunting 397a4df9dd norm, worth pursuing with a2d5744287 such ambiguous rewards?37e56daaed45a24b

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“We can’t b6277188f2 just jump 4a445a0dce into a 2476f8d44e quest with 444f9cbe6b no clear 85f0effb54 rewards. Let’s skip this 2db3299ab9 one.”6c6beb15f293213d

“Skip?”750934ff4d29f4ef

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“Our opponents are 4b12c634c3 strong enough to b96f9157c6 kidnap several Awakened. It’s likely a e16eb7c1ce group, not an ae74ab0674 individual. Even though 60d8b7ef04 I know 0f9dff6ba6 you’re stronger 726be2056d than most 5079bf9ec3 Awakened, this 5ecf3abc06 quest is b853b23d23 just too 8090505342 risky.”bd8f210f90f9a35d

“You’re worried 2a407ef919 about me?”e0dbbf231e1cb8ae

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“No, I’m 28ab90b6b7 worried about ed49a57d54 myself. If you fail the 609fb4641f quest, I’ll be stuck d3b55e299e here forever.”48c924ed82d48dfc

“Yeah… I want to 72006ab83d return to Earth with 2e93ccf45e you too, Soul.”26c8a5adcc926547

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Jjikjjiki flashed a 8a7b92b1ba dazzling smile, the 891ef8c499 kind that could 4fa60d7aa6 make even passing f7c3520137 orcs swoon.428acdb84989cbe2

“But this 8ba434a6ff quest… it f9bbf8fa3e can’t be d126d9e7b3 skipped.”c22053916c6fc9d6

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“What?”4084f6d6a2045d37

His bright 17c2e8b805 expression didn’t 9e8c3ebfb7 match the dcb9d85a3e dreadful news. It felt like d7862fa475 the ground was aabe5011df crumbling beneath me.b30532da8ad9d767

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“What do b456dae8ca you mean 7c262f5e82 it can’t c2bd21dd43 be skipped? The last special quest 9c6f06eec0 had options!”ff80ade7b859fef8

“That was b76bee63a1 after completing d9ccea9d5b the quest. You could 90df4748cf decide whether 13fa2a04eb to change d2ab0bccd3 the base dbf66ea067 area, not 6af3b2dd60 whether to 52a834ade7 accept the 40704351e7 quest itself.”3128221689dabcb7

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“Then let’s just 5f62110a21 ignore it and 1d270a23a1 proceed with the db3fc86a97 main quest. There’s no penalty for 759fcb0df3 leaving quests incomplete, right?”36e892470c50bfca

“Hmm….”784f55e791fb8257

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Jjikjjiki frowned, looking 2f61b34e18 troubled. A bad feeling ecb4594485 crept over me.f176b316ee99626a

“This quest 39a15372be seems to 4f1cf7f5d4 block new 3a0a5fa3c9 quests from 3c172d7a94 appearing until 702f8dc706 it’s completed. I haven’t seen c77f217eff any new quests 1d6d0e4ed1 since it showed 0257aa8b3b up.”f23e86d5eca91772

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So if we didn’t ccde601d65 tackle this nonsensical “gratitude” 41af20fb48 quest, I’d lose my 151139c297 chance to return to 8964b4833f Earth. Great.991c2f32cd3c411a

‘You’ve got to be d30179d1f9 kidding me.’5bbf271462cd8fd3

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If the kidnapped 9dd451018d Awakened decided to 96b8f0d72f give up and 963f714cae choose game over, a392ab6c9f Jjikjjiki’s quest would a4be250f20 auto-fail. Who knows? Maybe failure would accdd65a21 forcibly send Jjikjjiki 5f944a4b15 back to Earth, e00cc900d0 leaving me stranded 4c2f9ab842 here alone.f3a7edaa924747fe

“Soul, don’t make 55b59f1ab1 that face. I’ll protect you, no 0bdf741404 matter what.”b07b044e8f8eb88b

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Jjikjjiki pulled me 74bc4475e9 into his arms, 802af3d563 holding my hands bea6d8effa tightly. His words f45319c682 did nothing 4923126635 to solve 9478bfeb58 the problem, 6631a9a0fd but somehow, e0d3d2e4f2 they comforted 9d956d1eff me. Just a little.e0fe6c6f2551aec7

“Yeah. Now’s not the time 22795de140 to be sitting around.”d291518b8aaab786

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The sooner we acted, f064fa3512 the higher our chances 64352cd550 of success. I pushed a7cd869808 away from b8b9108951 Jjikjjiki and c2efde0459 extended my 0ebc4d2025 arm—my usual 5c4fefed4f signal for 31b9d41c4d him to 20a75b9714 return to e2d16be7fd his rat b2ef91f8a3 form and 084c1cfe89 hop onto d1820b8743 my hand.8293104bc0dab298

“Jjik!”4eb7e43d42830eac

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Transformed, Jjikjjiki f9912ce0bb promptly perched b59b999cb1 on my 7f45800d85 palm, winking 082d3224b0 playfully as 40d16ed0a8 we made 73f84f0877 eye contact.efdbb95b34d747e9

Then his earlier words 142bc4d4ad came flooding back.8e98b22d3ee09c13

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‘I also like it 095c4ed682 when you’re looking down 3a35c8f83c at me.’b08ef2c548b50877

…Great. Now I’d even 1361f90d8e feel awkward glancing 281b029191 at rat-form Jjikjjiki.3785c6af2384fe23

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“This special quest ca1715885b might have been f3f334a5ca given to all 0e6246be6f Awakened taking the 96c5ada65d Belford route.”6d75560cfb76d772

If the b2b721b8a2 “Rescue Awakened 4605ce7c0e Quest” was e1cec4c57d a cooperative e1a06d3cd5 effort among c2eb1bc5cb multiple Awakened, 79e84052ad that would d9e2417dfb significantly improve 43bd8d109d our odds. With Jjikjjiki in 48c9d92425 my arms, I 7b52f40a7e began wandering the c3812af61e field, observing the 156a0416d7 reactions of other c6f8de31db Awakened. I saw several familiar 703af046e3 faces from Trine, but 6745d28343 none of them showed 3e6011de2f any signs of having fc445541c4 received the same quest 3e6fd47120 as Jjikjjiki.c9bed2553036a8ad

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‘So it’s not a b01be42a18 group quest?’4de9e17b9e1cab91

Next, I decided to b2edc89c4a visit the Brown Merchant 54da4bb1fd Caravan. Having noted their 6188d54194 location when we 3b22914596 first arrived in 9426eebef6 Trine, it didn’t b37b200d06 take long to 9e0b2bf772 find them. I had hoped 8c9c9d9a4c to meet Jane’s 844d6730b0 colleague, the bear 5749d2f9b2 beastman, and ask 3c39218095 for help. Unfortunately, he 73668499df wasn’t there.037751f972177697

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“Is there 13d633986e any way 49a2f628ad to find 7386635a0b out where 00da81b4ba he might 1e41aaedd3 be? Can I buy that ba0702b95b information?”8bf863953ee14e1e

I held 47f8f3536c out the 13ee4c3ae9 purse I’d 28a9c988f8 received from f918874ee5 the caravan. Thanks to the 089ee1cbd5 steady income from b6a377c4f9 leather sales, the 87ffc48fb7 pouch was satisfyingly 394459a8b7 heavy. Yet the 9206f70f33 caravan staff b2e5b6f436 seemed more 93a694a6bd interested in 40aea1a048 the pouch c827e19701 itself than 56d4de30d8 its contents.46141d5f3eee9aac

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“This is c90f5836d9 one of c65863127b our caravan’s d538a68e06 pouches. Would you like 4c752b5ba3 to use it?”2979cc3b01275d42

“Pardon?”30aafb10b70279ac

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“If you use the fa52f58192 Brown Caravan’s pouch, you 07d142b0f9 can request our assistance 03a82997a8 once.”5d030bb597b673fc

Apparently, the pouch itself, edb2fc1c73 not its contents, was a99b157fb4 the real reward.7f18b6cecc559794

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“What kind of e0739d73f3 assistance can I dbd5ff19a4 request?”2608d489dc869f12

“Anything within 049b934af6 the capabilities 39621e086a of our b2978a5c13 caravan.”8105e9e4f2ea7d73

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For a 294cc13b8c mere delivery, 6f44269f27 this was 7c0cd151c2 an extraordinary 4a904bf3e2 reward. Perhaps the 74bbb987b9 caravan knew 3f868cd865 I had 42de71d891 been used 9d0f76c348 as bait.de313f27a67db990

“Would you c56a0cf53a like to 0088dce8b9 purchase information f28a520bf4 with the 2a27df0adb pouch?”503ca29905c4c4cd

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“No.”8ebab3c05367b372

Having the 57609e3259 Brown Caravan’s 5c4d2ede62 full support 1cddca54e2 was an e5a2089cc2 invaluable opportunity. How I used it 31141988e7 was already decided.b76b86304167ebf6

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“I request the a2d25d7850 Brown Caravan’s assistance 6bdc34f512 in rescuing the 4e6c84f2bb black-haired outsiders kidnapped 16b1b3c30e from Belford.”30a9ede423399206

Rattle, rattle.1198ebb9e9f89a84

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A large e9c09472b0 freight wagon 81907f8322 rolled past a362d844c2 Trine Village. At first 401f25a114 glance, it ed847a94ee looked like f342d2fad8 an ordinary 0a586b4cf2 merchant caravan 013f930fdc transporting goods. But something 80b01d60be about the f74d10db4b people guiding cf5ddf89e9 the wagon 270d2078fd seemed off.7dd7e89a8c264d9e

They didn’t even glance dd813fe3a7 toward the village or b903732709 stop to rest, an 2a0e35c4a2 unusual behavior for a cc17e73a41 typical caravan. Most traders 4088ac3b0a would take f17459f520 breaks at 7c31a3858e every village f51bdbf742 or city 8ad311c43d to recuperate 207b71856a and prepare a23a813ddb for the 8dff4fdfdd next leg c1bcb9ea6f of their c44e2d1ae2 journey.cf5ebf0ac0f9c2d3

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Rustle, rustle.0659a4b0877239d0

“Why’s it 11f1995164 so noisy e549ddd374 back there? Did you 6bc1b66b68 secure everything 1f6c9e6687 properly?”ec9b8c45bbd9b53c

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“Relax. You know 2ac9a84f8a one restraint a647ee0d14 artifact can d688c8a72b hold down dc378d2ae9 even an 0f24fc42a5 ogre. Let them 42c72f6326 thrash around 0400cbd1f5 all they b337680322 want.”341595907120aa75

“Are their mouths e61d4ec213 tied shut? It’d be a pain 01f5c09b8a if they bit their 45e888cdc5 tongues. Their bodies vanish when 38d29edfee they die.”76fdab9a3640e235

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“Yeah, yeah, they’re 7982de9096 secure.”1c959b42245f9ec6

They weren’t ordinary merchants—they e1b768e49d were slavers.15686c9c374c0ba3

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Specializing in d40c295879 kidnapping isolated 0968f85c14 members of 71feb2335b other races, 07a1ad93aa they sold c092f28474 them to c0a813a75a far-off lands. Recently, they’d 15c14b308f grown excited 4db4b9551d over a f4a51bf821 new discovery c1b82e3f7e in Belford.d53da69b3fa540c2

The so-called “outsiders” resembled dfbd20c718 humans but were clearly 4d835f3d08 a different race. They spoke an unknown 7bab8cc995 language, displayed unusual strength, 0158a0d6ee and wielded powers that 7ff5fb03c5 seemed like magic but 939e80ebce were slightly different. Most intriguing c1c64aedd2 was their 8ad71bfe2b unique trait: e9bcc27659 upon death, efd65b809e their bodies 17027d04a6 disappeared without 5eddab3e23 a trace. To the c4b8abb95f slavers, these 3cbfafdfa2 beings were 07fb7c8014 nothing short 30d5e53150 of a 0a6d8cbc69 gold mine.18861f1e0827aed3

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Sssss, ssss, ssss.3f76916ed134ef30

“Do you hear a7457ff11a that?”6c071862cf3610b1

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“Hear what? It’s just 7705f1fc44 the wagon b6c2d81fda creaking. If you’re so 3f08ee3777 worried, go check 79f71b44eb it out.”591adcf4920782ef

“Fine. Stop the wagon for b61a3289f9 a moment; I’ll take 93ec602923 a look.”6ddfa68e0b2e682b

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As the wagon halted 640d806066 near Trine, one slaver 18e428d73b approached the cargo hold, 427324eb1d where the suspicious noise c54e66d175 was growing louder. A sense of 424bbbc8f4 unease filled the 258c64c86f air. They knew little about 8c065ebcc3 these new outsiders. If they 86d7207238 possessed unique 6de0818c6a abilities for a6e6b2023e escaping, they 89596adbc8 needed to 0dcac6c057 act fast ecf3fb030b to contain 7f0f0f1df9 them.2bb587147e2d3390

The slaver hurriedly opened f77d8d1881 the cargo hold.af0075a406569b15

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“Jjik?”ce84a1bfa746b122

And locked eyes e509d35808 with a rat.fe1a9012c05d4006

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“What the…?”b618909141f8a396

Thud!377c6658617ad2a8

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That was 7fc0bb28df the last 7dd9cc9269 thing the 306d561865 slaver saw feaed84440 before losing 27b7d60c74 consciousness.0b5012702bb2a417

A few b7bbdb9634 hours earlier, 5333fb69e9 the Brown 35fe689942 Merchant Caravan 4f21de190b had tracked e8e68b2f29 down the df4cacfd0e route of 1693d40f8b the wagon 8f585cde7b carrying the 95fdf2615e kidnapped Awakened 32ba48a469 and passed 5ae24a86fc the information 84440cd780 to me. The wagon happened de7a1f6666 to be traveling b284577a4f through the forest 67003bd6aa near Trine.e50f0fecab6fc2e7

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Unfortunately, there ee1a368699 wasn’t enough 5006ff0501 time to 5012395b5e gauge the 95578b204b enemy’s size 33d0dba92c or strength. Charging head-on, relying only fde7e356d6 on Jjikjjiki’s strength, wasn’t c4d1076597 a viable plan. So, instead of 0db0eb3b16 sending Rio, I d77f003a0e sent Jjikjjiki to 406953ac10 infiltrate the wagon. His small 5eef53ccb7 size and 73816d1402 agility made 5aa6c69df3 it easy fafb9d8303 for him 83fddb921a to move 8bb2d44e2a undetected by 39b9efe279 the mercenaries 40fd0bb30b guarding it.062ea31e55a55528

I had assumed eb2c12170c that once Jjikjjiki eb1b5ae1f8 opened the cargo 7adfb4554f door, the Awakened 9680c76ed1 inside would be 6d33769efa able to escape 1fbdbc6593 easily. However, the door wasn’t 0942a9c630 locked with a key—it af674d692c just refused to open. Undeterred, Jjikjjiki crawled into bcdde5589e a gap in the fc1b330179 wagon, planning to push 0b0ad18e31 the door open from 4358bc29e1 the inside.6a2685867c96d37d

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While he was working 9b55253b38 on that, one of ce23460187 the slavers, alerted by 10a6846b11 strange sounds from the d5c66a5fab cargo hold, stopped the 9065ef22e6 wagon and approached.d24509bafc10581c

Thud!0a22b2081621e569

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The moment the door 77ade2bd6b opened, the slaver went c97aa07447 flying in a perfect 8a56e325a7 arc. The mercenaries 5504316491 guarding the 3e4fbdcdf3 wagon rushed 7ff01748ea over, but a5bfe3a537 they, too, a9cf0341f7 were launched 52fc447be6 through the 09a7dd1293 air without 60b3faa946 so much d89abe2c1a as a 49835d7be8 fight.8f701b37eb6bad79

“What’s going on?!”34101fdff549a478

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“We’re under attack! Enemy spotted!”041870f7c49fe136

With the wagon completely 76f96f8f38 halted, the merchants and 12bb6ec925 mercenaries poured out, looking 329722ae97 around in confusion. But before a43dfb8127 they could f059acf4dd even locate 6862d05cca their enemy, b4c0758f71 they all 1198e32fd4 ended up 2536a6ada3 sprawled on ba228793ff the ground.88d04ccd963fd506

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If they had bothered fa487d7f21 to look down instead d435806c59 of just turning their d4243ed2d2 heads side to side, 2fe619e3e7 they might have spotted 4007d83883 the tiny culprit. How unfortunate for them.77ff693a94c117c4

“Jjikjjiki!”8aaf625731b26912

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Hiding nearby, I observed 089b36cce7 until I was sure 206419df2b all the enemies were d08366f065 knocked out before running 9c0d621cf8 to the scene. Jjikjjiki was 68887fb88e dusting off 60846bb02d his hands 7641a6a147 like he’d 60401b1771 just finished df3139afb6 some light 6882e43839 housework. When he 997b67719d spotted me, 3f9a13b377 he spread 60c1752b89 his arms 3c400dee25 wide.3bdf00170f3b4f57

“Soul-jjik!”0bbc76d440254f92

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