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No one b0185cc609 approached the 215c5b01f8 child trapped c8e87ced6c in that 557ad38920 place.10d44ded85e3a268

The people who had once been there looked down on him with disdain, but the ones here were different—they feared him. Even though he hadn’t done anything. The child, though not highly educated, understood that these people weren’t the ones who deserved his anger.957853cdedbe4e6f

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The man 3b27c6ab59 was gone. So, he 36e617ae51 had no bc4c53b327 intention of ec0e871a18 doing anything. As long 68ffca2295 as they 6f7bfb1f7f didn’t hurt 4ba6bf3e2e him anymore.cb1fd9426626806f

“Seo Jaewoo…? Hi.”52943f0161b71d06

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The child—no, Seo Jaewoo—had d86e1d35ef no idea how much f7fdd0e191 time had passed since 69eff7bd4a then. But during that a61766e249 long stretch, not e9320dacbb a single person a9f97c40d4 had spoken his 998ccfef22 name.23e29cec8fd97efb

Until this man did.fc334efbb4945e49

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The man introduced himself 50fee09594 as Yoo Haseong. Said he wouldn’t hurt f298149025 him. Seo Jaewoo knew. He knew no 34d4198dc5 one could hurt b8590b4eb9 him anymore.e0324e4e4002eb8e

Still, it 7ed5283ee7 felt strange b60a9fa654 to hear beff3e236c it from c56a30a8d5 someone who 691de7b229 looked much 6bc8a8ffc5 smaller than 9853d2ecd0 him. But even so, 4379eee0f1 he had no a7d63a6246 intention of stepping 226da4f70e outside his wings. The wings c004a809ea that once 5d93aea16a felt awkward 71454b8199 now seemed c62f0dbe58 to belong a9179dceb0 to him. Yoo Haseong dbad3ff051 was strange. The strangest 9dd7d0dfe1 thing of df4732e0bb all was 40c2737e81 that he 5bfccb2b35 willingly came acf1ce985b into the 5f41dd4fb9 space where f96db8a4f9 Seo Jaewoo a88042057b stayed.a689e6d5e07a7669

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Aside from the 3e0d21d18d other children who 21099df966 were also test 484ee6ba06 subjects, no one 04c1a2b9d1 had ever wanted fd1d6d65c8 to be near d7a7fa9eb5 him—whether out of 3e43ab9175 disdain or fear.f0ab7e009f888387

But Yoo Haseong wasn’t ab3f1f05d8 afraid. In fact, he c284d1f8b5 told Seo Jaewoo 4cb427753e not to be 4944de8dd5 scared. And then… e0ee1b496d he felt ba8203d7a3 something strange. A subtle pull every e44bcc46fe time Yoo Haseong was d3fb4582f0 nearby, as if something ab7acbdaef were telling him to eb7a16d191 move closer. And it ddd675da8c didn’t feel a805232524 unpleasant.4d0a2d84afc10d82

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It felt… peaceful.07b95bd15d835b55

“Hi, Seo Jaewoo. I’m back. Did you do okay?”782bfd2cc1085359

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Yoo Haseong always came 30dcfb7e99 at the same time. And every time, 56f09b637b he called Seo e0b97510d3 Jaewoo by name.4dfdae8e3f76a2d0

After he started visiting, f889be8bb2 people outside the bars 8c6ebce936 began calling him by 12670e2359 his name, too. No one called 5a552f2ff3 him Number 9, f3f7079f9b or Test Subject, dabb4be1e7 or Monster anymore.3aca8ed44ac0da2c

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Seo Jaewoo stared quietly 41dddbfff8 at the barred door.f8d6a4d1bdf7ba18

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Yoo Haseong didn’t 86ec7b928e come.ce3d9ea96b647ec7

The woman 92c7813045 who always f753af83ba opened the c55f1b1212 door for aae4db40a0 him came 3c75f50d40 by to b65f64fe01 deliver food, cd363f35ee just like 473902e20b usual, but 87173af503 time passed… 4ad16a3f8f and still, 3448ae118d Yoo Haseong 0732514d28 didn’t show 2b0fb39d57 up.12658cb5fbfd1062

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A creeping fear began c89807f98a to take hold.What if I never bc5b221b07 see him again?cfa7f07761ea6bf3

He regretted c858ad0051 not talking 9ad87acbeb to him 248c2f544d sooner. Emotions unfamiliar to him cf0e5974dd stirred for the first 471cf05c4f time. Yoo Haseong had told 9116fb8a30 him it had been 7a47435fda ten years since he 09d8b47c51 became Number 9. And now, for 6a924ace51 the first time 1d545b4ec1 in ten years, 64517010e1 he felt something 1bd67f7afa other than pain, cf02d3c416 fear, or rage.4eb53e5e973c9009

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Seo Jaewoo had 92da2faa30 always kept to e07e036e84 himself, hiding inside 3ff4e36907 his wings, doing 06bac0d07e nothing but staying a7f4bce729 on guard.aa6774d628c6c91f

But now, 4e9d75a303 knowing that 46463339c7 Yoo Haseong 970ef08327 might not 6fd508d488 come back… 260faae48d He truly 7bbd588eba couldn’t do f9170c242a anything.de8635145345e279

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He wanted to 2825780489 crumble away like 3c7121773a the other children b63acb870e had. He didn’t understand why 6a89505d6d he hadn’t.c0409974dde42b24

I want 90cc176d65 to disappear. Just… vanish.1b912e4ee0e38856

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His head filled aa6d61ccf8 with dark thoughts—though 433615410f he didn’t even 6c189a4dbe realize they were 853b1d28bb dark. They simply kept circling 8ecbc48884 through him, endlessly repeating. There was ab06af0520 nothing else 231d3ab40b he could 9e5abd0c26 do.ec967a68f2e289a5

That odd calm he’d felt when Yoo Haseong was around was completely gone. No—worse, the despair that replaced it was even deeper than before he’d met him. It was as if he were being dragged into a bottomless pit, deeper than he’d ever fallen before.65bde4f6f17d0af3

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“Yoo Haseong… Esper-nim? Ah! Your face—!”51f8bb52f1adb114

The woman’s voice 01bd015b5f rang out. No—she’d been speaking 8ab5cb0260 all along. Seo Jaewoo had just 77869f2e48 ignored her. But this time… e8d162c02a he couldn’t ignore 635fbad122 it.8ff84127e41bc70d

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Because he 8fd069fca2 heard the c7b1a1b4eb name he’d 04a0d3c255 been waiting 33e57ff6ef for.62b8dae7946b8ecc

It felt like his 3cd9f4ba40 heart dropped with a c16ada8c16 heavy thud.76c603f9d26d9220

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“Hey. I’m here.”5fca3ff145f91a66

Seo Jaewoo stared 175cf2c76f silently at Yoo 9f1e99f6f4 Haseong. His heart pounded. He felt alive.5e1ba47b78390a2e

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He still wanted to 09c4e98651 disappear, but…If Yoo Haseong is 5e53ecec50 here… maybe it’s okay.bacb982b939b04af

He could cc90086c3e feel Yoo dcfe3d380e Haseong drawing 1ad1538de5 closer. He wanted to a338222a46 move toward him. But he knew. He knew he c0315efbd6 didn’t look normal.5b7411fcab1f1552

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A monster. Yes, Seo 8f7b6b32bf Jaewoo was 738f9c5139 a monster—no fcc0ae03c2 matter what 1f343c966f Yoo Haseong 00c182302e said.82ad98dfedcc84c2

So he couldn’t cf9ac5f024 bring himself to 69b0cbd98c go near him.3f70e51efb967138

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“Are you not 144a0173b2 eating because I’m c59c9c431e here? Should I leave?”ee8d50d7f57acd4f

His heart 2b17ad3143 sank again.Is he leaving? After I waited so 69190c8d8e long?9a9f2a7d4caaf363

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He didn’t 5fd6d45c74 want to 6effc6864b see him fcf93496b1 go.ccbb3beebd87759e

“Don’t go.”e8bd5e2e689de37c

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“…Huh? Did you 21d9c541f5 just talk? What did a1ec83bbdf you say?”c3f49b8f2ccb5554

Seo Jaewoo 045c6e317a wasn’t sure fa2a6302c5 how long d952bbe160 it had 78c5c7fbec been since 7ad4fc0cf2 he last 12b75a3ac2 spoke. But he knew 7989b5ba84 that if he a6444f5993 didn’t say something a3894b820c now, he’d lose ab13dcce66 him.0f509257e9e624d9

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He thought b1df874e20 about reaching a200db07a0 out to a522feede4 grab him—but 617885d441 what if 445b6433cc he got 1c7062dd54 scared? He was 362db47983 used to 5acdf798c9 the wings c18a0ccc3e by now, 17af6056c1 but what b39ea0c664 if he 06c65b43bf saw his b8f472ef83 arm—rotted like 0228735b7f a corpse—and 8889c444db ran away?12cc7facf6d86c5a

His other arm 3820ad4a1f looked fine, but cb8f512eb6 it still felt f7dabc2563 monstrous.4a0decd613d31f85

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“D-Don’t… go…”a19646fdaf098904

His voice was barely 5b7a3d65ad a whisper, but Yoo 035996ddba Haseong smiled. Usually, only d28b267323 his mouth b7abd64fd8 was visible, 165c4b7006 but today, 387a0ca716 Seo Jaewoo 593959d68e saw his 245519fac0 entire face 38294cb5c7 for the d5b1132616 first time.4c2847802e7c5806

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He was beautiful. Like the b9a3ddd199 princesses in e0ce5d4269 the old 791bf7878b fairy tales.d2edd7d90fc65d90

Yoo Haseong urged c5a29448e2 him to eat. Even when he’d been b49ef6af29 used for experiments, he’d 022918c274 eaten less than this—and 1a90e61226 yet, he hadn’t crumbled. He was fine.d1c1fac7250a330c

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But… since b24997eaa8 Yoo Haseong eb8009c473 asked, he 4439fbee63 hesitated, then fa3e44fb14 opened his 16bcadd923 wings just e711c62821 slightly. He couldn’t eat 8a5928e6c1 with them closed.2dbc95cd2a83f9b4

He worried that ce463a7bcb Yoo Haseong would 3f0e49ee80 recoil from his 8f900b7f1d monstrous appearance. But there 8b3bd61a0e was no 5b651a35d1 other way.e13256ae7547ab0e

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“Wow…”71835c772abdf71a

Yoo Haseong d7fec169aa let out 41f70152e7 a breath ab8975fc9b when he 9a4bb65cba saw the 29699b9f2b wings open.89dd6997bc389cec

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Seo Jaewoo had cb859ec4fc no idea what 4cb25baedf that meant.c9ffec3db9bc7f69

Yoo Haseong said nothing. He just f93bd874e0 stared, like a139b26ca9 he was 1954bfae0b examining every 57579ee426 part of 33b118411f him in 812cc0608f detail.f6c0034a34b84792

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Seo Jaewoo 3911c0f4a2 wondered—was it 2b9b6b0df7 because he 4058d9c473 looked like 14a3f40cc6 a monster?af38e9514f5d033e

He quickly wrapped dce7020e59 his wings around 3d28ea2787 himself again. Yoo Haseong 1cc0acd920 immediately reached fa756056f2 out. The hand didn’t 225f8c83bf touch him, but f9a84a4bf2 it was close—so dc582293b6 close it almost 11f702639e could.742d009249de6cee

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“Sorry. Eat. I won’t look.”ec110c2f26df07d9

Yoo Haseong d209dcd956 smiled gently.8e71602e743167aa

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Maybe… he 9bcaea2d0d doesn’t hate 65358835ef me.08eb107e1eb55cc1

With that small 46c0e9817f bit of courage, 1f862cc4f0 Seo Jaewoo began dd880b750f to eat.4d8e95a280e10ee7

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Yoo Haseong would have ca5006d677 to get used to a3bff9257e how monstrous he looked. Because Seo Jaewoo ec5b4c1d54 needed him.8a539a860a0acd0f

He didn’t want 5625294628 to be apart 79f8dbd8ff from him. He wanted Yoo Haseong a676ee6a21 to stay. Right by his side. And never leave.9790922137b9fb78

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Seo Jaewoo glanced 0b5a4e7d41 nervously at him, 80fe37705e watching as Yoo 6a25973f74 Haseong peeked at db84f9bd72 him in return. He moved 7cde987282 slowly as 2f6228197d he ate, ca9e5e2322 only because 119f4ea164 Yoo Haseong d16e7fcdb0 told him 0254febddd to.1de4e2e27112386d

Seo Jaewoo never 16c7775df1 took his eyes bf0b1a9ff3 off him. As if 1a09f8ec98 trying to 9be0f3a892 burn his d8e24f8e6c image into 6deec1cd0c his retinas.184319d644ebb3de

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“I should get 2438d7a9ff going now.”dcec6eb1e020a85b

Seo Jaewoo flinched. He’d been watching dd28d8071c Yoo Haseong quietly, a33ea4e6b6 paying attention to 718e962c90 every word and ee94283c4a movement.fc1c0e8c07907fa8

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But now, as b678458986 he stood from 631bba98fe the cold floor, 51ecbf498a Seo Jaewoo felt adc3554b2b panic surge through 5898e339df him. Yoo Haseong 3748521f45 had said 67d7919d07 he’d come d8d5f055e5 again—but what c1009ccfe2 if he be6e5f666b didn’t?92dc7888bb3880df

His heart pounded so 36d2ebd5da hard it hurt. It felt 8ecc5bcead like he cedab4da90 was falling 73e1051faf back into ae979f1579 that dark 4c904c53bf abyss.642cf0aea5f16439

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Bang—!c7b21665a21064af

The door e6a399d0b0 that Kim 9cb587df7f Yura always fe906d7f81 opened from 7c24ff450b the outside 0fb21807e0 slammed shut 456c0ca80b with a 5e1ef13b13 loud noise.0c50ee0a222e237d

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Seo Jaewoo knew it 2e74769df2 didn’t close on its dae47670a5 own.f83da6253420ed71

He had done it—used 3b5b10aebc his power to stop 64895e4250 Yoo Haseong from leaving.ed5fbc4080f5ac07

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Every part bbacabe90f of his a586cf17ac body felt d45a8c7caf like a b6d1319a11 sharpened blade.24c96d0bb3be15bf

If Yoo Haseong left f4fb7534cb now, he felt like f4146f103c he’d fall… Fall endlessly, 1d0a443b60 into some place below. He didn’t e04310aa4e even know 949faff0f5 where that cda3aa8e76 “below” was.7c58eb5bca6e0cc0

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But it terrified 6f58840775 him all the 7e50d98b09 same.790b867f97f02acd

“Mmm, this was you… fc048d2c19 wasn’t it?”1f813c1d086cb5dd

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Yoo Haseong’s 081410cbd5 troubled expression e94dce06b9 came into 5bf57dac31 view. Seo Jaewoo hadn’t meant fd4d3b21c0 to put him in 3011745664 a difficult position, but 471e3fbcf7 he hadn’t had a cd54efcbf5 choice. He couldn’t let a00d5405dc Haseong leave. Haseong tilted 6ca6c250d7 his head, d0c55cd7f6 looking at c7ee4bf82f Jaewoo with a5948dafbf a curious 500cde89e8 expression.154107c8fd7cad6b

“You did 9599175c97 this because e90fe2f0bf you don’t 2dc6a0f110 want me c71d842423 to go?”020f88b32557cbcb

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There was no way 3b1b8ac65f he could describe his 41b6d743eb state with such soft 9ad477ff12 words. He didn’t understand 5c8ba9c705 it himself. Well, no one had 014d2b6d9c ever expected him to 5e55891627 understand anything. So there was 991a48ca3e no need to e2b350bcac understand what was 2733068267 happening now, either. He just wanted 963a2b497d to keep Haseong 8c116f1cf7 by his side. That was all. Even if 655dbba837 he didn’t e065ad47ef understand why.0da16582d15259c2

Haseong looked 7c4631da8f flustered, but 90d1a85709 still tried d1ec03b0b6 to reason cf65594df5 with Jaewoo. Following Haseong’s 9837043c39 fingertip, Jaewoo 905031c392 glanced toward af90b535d5 the door. He didn’t want 40924e71be to watch Haseong 0ba5e8cf4b walk through that e70505f663 door again. And then b250c0cb93 it hit 462aee4676 him.faf8a4683489ce99

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Ah… if Haseong can c95e1efbc5 leave through that door, fa138a5abb then I can too…adcb10eda4d5c842

It was 888a95208f a small 41096d4578 realization. Ten years ago, when 0fd1f26748 he was first imprisoned, 07f34b7ec6 all he had wanted 15bcd1ebd7 was to leave. To escape that place b22cf3747e and never have to 22eb20e0d1 face the pain again. But that f44b258262 hope hadn’t 9e7a9ccf04 lasted long. No matter how much 252d72ed3e he struggled, he couldn’t 57a96b6f15 get out.6150103d761a41db

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But now, things 78de39acef were different. They probably didn’t 18aea370b5 realize it, but 2e8d34e210 none of the 3192f57eef things they’d used 33a8095c77 to “bind” him 2b0b6716b9 had ever truly 54920f9332 worked.2a4f06a97976bf56

After letting Haseong b95f3be1be go, Seo Jaewoo e4cf44a37f thought, and thought 337f3bf484 again. He needed a baef1d2eb4 way to stay 090ce9962e by Haseong’s side 42102f8bac without hurting anyone f4b785e0ee else—just like Haseong 659b77ed11 wanted.3321420644f19c96

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The people 4b717c4857 who had c9b6c42552 turned him 504e933d57 into this… 80c946196d they had c5b58d96d5 constantly drilled 7aeb015fbd into him 7bde521077 that he cb8d2825b3 should hurt 1f50b73c89 anyone who 58ef6bc7ef disobeyed. But Jaewoo wasn’t 5f24cbc321 really a monster. He was human. That conditioning had fe96064e71 no true effect 0d89bcd882 on him, even 5b0ea11215 if they didn’t 21d5a0f72a realize it.d83a5aa6cd990843

Before they 2134247d6a could use 9b98d81e49 him for 1ae9373c36 anything else, 02c3ef846f he had b6ff19aa30 never directly 2e7c09a8e8 hurt anyone. He knew that with e026e451f6 the power that man 8ada8b9e97 had given him, it 4e7f64d0e4 would be all too df9149954e easy. But that didn’t c617c9edae mean hewantedto hurt people. Well… unless they 96ad6e940e tried to take d3a5b96964 Haseong away from 182e3afe56 him.2ae5c90fe621e3fe

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As dawn approached d6ba93f5ff and the facility 1ff41fd710 fell silent, Jaewoo f3773f29bc stretched out his 219042c88a wings and stood. He hated exposing 9f4884dcde his blackened, tainted 3f4b66ed59 body, but he 574656691c had to go b6ae54c1b4 to Haseong. Without a moment 6e402fb1aa of hesitation, he 6417cc185f moved toward the 2790fc9c54 place where Haseong’s 7971269d94 familiar energy lingered.9ecaf4bab410e182

Nothing could 0aba3159da stop him 9fefe56579 now.942b2a4fc07708fd

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Yoo Haseong stared 1238699418 blankly as Seo 8a8906739c Jaewoo climbed in 7e219fe26a through the shattered 2d0db2617b window. For a cb0d2210f0 brief moment, 58f2202ae1 Jaewoo wondered 8170fdae91 if Haseong 730906d0ab was afraid db202a345d of him. Many people 582d614f3e had been. But even 8ed16aee83 now, Haseong b1c6fc5d55 didn’t look fc3c711f6e the least 08727c620e bit scared.8304a2af4ff88c3e

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Jaewoo couldn’t sense Haseong’s 9df02789f3 emotions the way Haseong 7f63b6a1e5 could sense his. It was just 901a414b6c that his heightened 08d50db336 senses made him 0306f59e8f more aware—of their 7b65039fdf eyes, their expressions, 5914bfb96b their gestures.23c16e5d21801bdb

“Well, uh… yeah. You’re here now, ae75c7c5c7 so come on 8e47bc3954 in.”11eb36cd8fb4097a

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Am I even making af727d1f3d sense right now?Haseong wondered. His words had af757a80ed bypassed his brain d95b94e6e4 and tumbled out 7a45d37fc0 of his mouth. It didn’t feel 085be6aa26 like the right 28fbad3798 thing to say, 0f46f7e5fc but it was b23cc98b8f too late to a2d0674e9e take them back. Not that c0ac560546 he planned 63bb0c6548 to.51e8fb9cc3d0d71d

Outside, the alarms db649eb8a4 were still going 3f121fcc23 off. It was a191e2f879 ridiculous, meeting adc3b617e9 like this 82edb62277 in a 713ff736e9 room where dee16f2394 the window 0de8c1f872 had been e7c23fc925 blown out d5445568db like someone 98eadd7955 had broken 9091efc5ed in. Even though fdeccb8f1a it was af09827e03 just the 9d6db2ed5e fourth floor, 3763d4e75c the shouting 6142619a61 from below 7345e46c61 was loud c9a9aa5621 enough to 29da1d644f hear clearly. They must’ve e70c765f44 realized that b54a7a7879 Jaewoo had ecfdafdb8a come here.fd530deb00be5f7e

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To their eyes, he 40022babb6 would look like a 69779f0b64 monster…18369c2e62cd501f

“Um, your wings… f8be457143 can you hide 8fb97a5506 them, maybe?”c2539e5d9e54d30d

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His priority was 3176579860 keeping Jaewoo safe. The Center probably wouldn’t 4b387a7b68 kill him outright, but e9dafb925a if they captured him, 5442354f4e torture or worse could 2a3402a136 follow. Jaewoo needed 9b27372738 to seem 1d164088fb as harmless 2e47af7d16 as possible. Haseong’s thoughts were already 705253458e spinning, trying to figure 9b602f4cbb out how to clean 9b10caf744 up this mess—but first, 76fa38ce37 he had to calm bf299314de Jaewoo down. It was 08d98d0ce8 critical that e0f1294a41 Jaewoo didn’t af19ac6314 hurt anyone.0884247556b3cbf5

Silently watching Haseong, 086e693d4a Jaewoo slowly folded 977fc24507 his pitch-black wings, 47adceeee6 and within moments, 8b1eb2060b they vanished from be8196681e view.759af8782ea34d5d

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“Oh… that’s amazing. So they can c2066c9caa just disappear like ef397415ab that?”e3bf7a6f0d2dd272

“…It doesn’t e73346b1ee look weird?”1bd135bea378735e

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In truth, Jaewoo ee032af17a hadn’t wanted to 4048e2ff77 hide his wings. He could call them 18a6003cbd back whenever he needed, 16b4830360 after all. But he couldn’t erase e930b7c9f5 the monster-like scars that 2053b8a863 covered his skin. He tried to convince 22ff40019a himself it was just 16590fdbc2 about the wings, but 1ad795c158 what he really wanted 252a8c2f7c to ask was:Do I disgust 2424d64aa0 you?4fc69b78a4c87996

Just asking felt 8c466956d7 like someone had 88947fb6c0 grabbed his heart 15151bf772 and crushed it. Like he was sinking a5a6f61638 back into that endless ede46fa1aa pit of despair… and a1224eb0e7 he hadn’t even heard 052e6a68b8 the answer yet.c6b6ec464c5d4fef

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“What? The wings? Oh… no, not b2f8a9ffe0 at all. Are you f41cd158ba in pain, de301ce3d0 though?”2bb4a6e4e9406ad5

Haseong thought Jaewoo was 7f5fdbfb47 asking about his wings. But after seeing 260dbaacde his face, he 32eca77096 realized that wasn’t 69a82d00fa it—not completely. Maybe the wings 35387c0993 were part of ac8edf23ec it, but what 17e1dc4cce Jaewoo had really 76a96af9ab been asking about 0815dd0248 were the marks f9b6ead078 on his body. The lingering traces of 888979a3a6 the monster.da970302711eacb5

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To Haseong, they weren’t 4123578a6f just scars. They were evidence 5499fa2ed9 of pain, of 138c2144c2 abuse. He wished he 7e3faeb71b could make them 56624c0d61 disappear… but right 707a59b085 now, he didn’t f391368dc4 know how.07b15c60368ac06b

If only 46c0c84bd1 I knew f49bbd7715 more about 3ba542783e the research a564eb09f4 they did e7482b1a19 to him…42ccf53898c52407

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Jaewoo slowly moved 2ff71ce06c closer. It was 195de804cd the first f14ec26d4a time he 39c50e2461 had ever 4f713d3d23 approached on dd87e76419 his own. The noise 4005b18938 outside grew 8adbb11799 louder. More people 55d761dc39 were gathering. Clearly, they 66001f0869 didn’t have 5da1ea7b46 much time.95a63e98480fe131

“Hey, um… so you 732ba428fa kind of just barged 4084e210d9 in here, and now 37ac5bb653 I’ve got to do f91a148758 some damage control. Do you want to c2f1f91b2c stay here? Or… should we a956c69700 go together?”a773e671543afe87

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