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No one approached a01d2a3fe1 the child trapped 75148c6240 in that place.282a371c904c8688

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.98991aa682a2d4ef

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The man 1db053b22c was gone. So, he had no eb6d70b746 intention of doing anything. As long as 8d3d7ada99 they didn’t hurt 5d7d857297 him anymore.3c203cb2e03e5d30

“Seo Jaewoo…? Hi.”7099c262b8a45897

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The child—no, Seo c5d5a2286b Jaewoo—had no idea 24e08d8692 how much time e5beb8fc6c had passed since 50939e86c8 then. But during bf00f44f7c that long 4f5853e87e stretch, not 2956932cbb a single e5cd7d5c0a person had 5cb53bc3b6 spoken his ec41a0aaee name.b0b81128e332d3f3

Until this man did.a07ff07731216b54

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The man introduced 680f42f78d himself as Yoo 9111086d48 Haseong. Said he d7f1f74bb6 wouldn’t hurt f0374e3957 him. Seo Jaewoo knew. He knew 7d70b4e6b0 no one e32131b089 could hurt b3791cf481 him anymore.287608b0039677b4

Still, it felt strange ca8083320d to hear it from 267032d3ec someone who looked much be2971cb6c smaller than him. But even so, he af01bcc45f had no intention of 1bff96f7e7 stepping outside his wings. The wings that 8c5223e4a6 once felt awkward 131b5534dd now seemed to ccf0ba495c belong to him. Yoo Haseong was strange. The strangest thing 50b5fa31f7 of all was 9e9e65ac94 that he willingly 4df60e46d7 came into the 9e762e0366 space where Seo 1969171c03 Jaewoo stayed.d9d2f9b717f9de01

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Aside from the 408ba6fcbc other children who d8d9c413bf were also test a0778421f9 subjects, no one 9e1167b3fb had ever wanted 02c301fd7b to be near 44f447a41c him—whether out of 6d8920a617 disdain or fear.d97351ff7573fde9

But Yoo 9da7b7c75b Haseong wasn’t 7ac72772be afraid. In fact, he told c9f78f5e7c Seo Jaewoo not to 4caacb8ed9 be scared. And then… he 1e750a40e1 felt something strange. A subtle pull 90a3a43ed2 every time Yoo 759a4f7338 Haseong was nearby, 4e81e6a5f8 as if something d0effc59bf were telling him d6dde88cce to move closer. And it db962288e8 didn’t feel 04ef063873 unpleasant.ce793b1ef6bbc3e9

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It felt… peaceful.367be74a131685cb

“Hi, Seo Jaewoo. I’m back. Did you do okay?”d4568ad9db1fffd4

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Yoo Haseong always a4e3b69305 came at the 710998aa2b same time. And every 4359cb1611 time, he d9b731ef87 called Seo fab2ddcafb Jaewoo by 63b38c37c8 name.0730ff9f19c1a6ae

After he started visiting, 31b434bb27 people outside the bars 0323b661e3 began calling him by 9269ef96d5 his name, too. No one called 03eff10c56 him Number 9, c5aa202d0b or Test Subject, 6dd5d85c63 or Monster anymore.d22c8ca2ab6ae521

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Seo Jaewoo stared 8d4ade64a3 quietly at the bb0125462c barred door.56f3a8043b8ba50b

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Yoo Haseong 5573ccf9a2 didn’t come.2e691b703f6507aa

The woman cc6fe58085 who always cd637e7fc1 opened the ce1000e0e9 door for 85f5ce394f him came be65f84f3e by to 14be504c2f deliver food, 4cbeea9018 just like 06aa389dbb usual, but ce90029fd8 time passed… 93fa998c21 and still, fe0998e265 Yoo Haseong 1f27985471 didn’t show 193234efac up.c1eb0fe6f8a366ad

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A creeping fear 586fff1062 began to take 821c73427f hold.What if ad12026d13 I never f93720ee0b see him e49eb67ae9 again?470144416b208e0c

He regretted not 2e254391c6 talking to him 62c80d3202 sooner. Emotions unfamiliar f5ea3fa818 to him 0df99de23a stirred for 75b7e06472 the first 5745913755 time. Yoo Haseong 3b3dbac660 had told d6c91a0cea him it 96f68056dd had been b7c7eefa0b ten years b92e6a74ac since he de5076c4ee became Number ecd4206e34 9. And now, b781b1daef for the e9f2c5f753 first time 1f36430af5 in ten 92757f2f3d years, he cb68b764b3 felt something b26f96301c other than 73c96c875a pain, fear, 34e5cca800 or rage.8c71c40a43b0a3bd

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Seo Jaewoo had always b9130ec84d kept to himself, hiding 59942846f8 inside his wings, doing 47e8cbc12d nothing but staying on ac663233df guard.673bd3be5d6a1cd3

But now, knowing that 132efbd389 Yoo Haseong might not 86a4dcdbe6 come back… He truly db5dde5532 couldn’t do anything.eafe5b45864c8603

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He wanted to a233f567f2 crumble away like fb3d5e4704 the other children 17509e75a2 had. He didn’t understand why c1fe47a065 he hadn’t.a689478cc46b0960

I want to disappear. Just… vanish.5b3457dca41081ae

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His head filled 30e6fa21c7 with dark thoughts—though 6c93464c26 he didn’t even 7f69bd4e1f realize they were 3aff034294 dark. They simply kept circling 1d059c3988 through him, endlessly repeating. There was nothing 286f863b22 else he could 4db2fcb662 do.9008f495d53cf179

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.d7ce7f5aed4233e6

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“Yoo Haseong… Esper-nim? Ah! Your face—!”1dec7223554a18d4

The woman’s 663f2ff33c voice rang 2532e39c6c out. No—she’d been speaking all 0c0298c402 along. Seo Jaewoo had just c445aa0a33 ignored her. But this time… 3df5c31ab6 he couldn’t ignore b0df69a5f0 it.6e0de713812dcf74

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Because he heard 8ac3a7a51a the name he’d 82d2972f14 been waiting for.ff08c55f1037a966

It felt like 07601a22b7 his heart dropped 8e84197196 with a heavy 58ae023bd7 thud.458506ed3526875b

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“Hey. I’m here.”ed1b7f825ae803f4

Seo Jaewoo stared silently fb91cfef6f at Yoo Haseong. His heart pounded. He felt alive.390ec91006cd277a

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He still wanted to a46d0e5b63 disappear, but…If Yoo b44c9466f0 Haseong is fdf558560a here… maybe 7bc6f6d40d it’s okay.8d617bb4e9f9695f

He could f7aa4c8254 feel Yoo 85a7b9edbc Haseong drawing 8bfb72d6cf closer. He wanted to f9b831b23a move toward him. But he knew. He knew 74ca0faf19 he didn’t 2c2f3bf38c look normal.060cfd95e4406369

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A monster. Yes, Seo a915cf3778 Jaewoo was 6dab8babbb a monster—no a01b8a82a8 matter what 0a57455a6c Yoo Haseong f4072e6771 said.cefbef307a2d9f9c

So he ef5732cafe couldn’t bring 57c9f54c38 himself to 98979031c0 go near d3df6043c7 him.0ec467226c9e1da4

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“Are you d30449bd6a not eating e85f9dda54 because I’m f269cc0a73 here? Should I leave?”4eed7ffebf398493

His heart 7b99c1ba4c sank again.Is he leaving? After I waited e05333c1d2 so long?6a1cb7878e1c8910

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He didn’t want ab5daed108 to see him d6c12e0e88 go.0fd4f3f02569314c

“Don’t go.”908964afb43e7bce

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“…Huh? Did you just talk? What did you say?”332bd51052a75d42

Seo Jaewoo 60935846ca wasn’t sure 81da263612 how long ae9513abd1 it had 3c876b7c07 been since ee0a826045 he last 8814784016 spoke. But he 5e6f5c73a0 knew that 210dc13a39 if he af3da242e8 didn’t say 1cb1b89a2c something now, 62fb98885c he’d lose d552be9ef7 him.b4c96f2a2a4ae788

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He thought about reaching f529ef0154 out to grab him—but 23c43a32bc what if he got fa0491a123 scared? He was used to 9bd607b557 the wings by now, 03c4bfbb9c but what if he f1b43be5e0 saw his arm—rotted like b5d3b40f06 a corpse—and ran away?ef045b7eec8123a7

His other arm 9d7b65d085 looked fine, but 44ddfd8f6b it still felt 0b97ffea63 monstrous.c78e3c44f9d89742

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“D-Don’t… go…”670239ea22f47f90

His voice was 9ab162ffad barely a whisper, e6f887fd08 but Yoo Haseong 87d9eeda1f smiled. Usually, only 273c3d02b0 his mouth 3cd9e87ac9 was visible, 360f324766 but today, c0056f52c9 Seo Jaewoo da3f262cc8 saw his 3a1f98dbce entire face 779157c0fa for the 1155019364 first time.270fb752c87b3e10

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He was beautiful. Like the princesses 17ab0d163a in the old 0d8ed489fc fairy tales.8ef2294c21ef44c0

Yoo Haseong urged him 78ae49a629 to eat. Even when 51ec96d31e he’d been 502532a7e1 used for 343a8a7367 experiments, he’d ff7230c861 eaten less 3aec3a1c97 than this—and 36950cfe0f yet, he 4b9638aa3e hadn’t crumbled. He was fine.6cfa17d320555aaa

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But… since Yoo db6e6e7635 Haseong asked, he 24fe3ddea3 hesitated, then opened 9b1b4eb5a2 his wings just 9c45383256 slightly. He couldn’t eat with 8208bbf4ef them closed.c07d7a88a7f84b14

He worried 228fac1895 that Yoo 1a80d0c4a8 Haseong would 846fcf6106 recoil from 27270c9011 his monstrous b35e024680 appearance. But there was no de0e38773b other way.7b3275ce58fb0fd2

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“Wow…”8f6271400c119c67

Yoo Haseong 6fc78692c4 let out 9d11be2333 a breath f2dca0391b when he d67c130937 saw the ba1e204296 wings open.824f442899683d50

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Seo Jaewoo had no b36d7ff3c3 idea what that meant.855c239019a89f84

Yoo Haseong said nothing. He just f1bdfd889e stared, like b66011fc8f he was a42c44e2d1 examining every 7a596a3a32 part of e60e557d4f him in 7060c6fb80 detail.62a5319f7bdad9f4

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Seo Jaewoo wondered—was it 93e679b233 because he looked like 15b6629df9 a monster?e478969bfcf1eada

He quickly wrapped his dae90424f0 wings around himself again. Yoo Haseong immediately d47423d1a2 reached out. The hand e7323c3c43 didn’t touch 69119b7e51 him, but a73f43d519 it was e90d054f09 close—so close 2a87086713 it almost 812753c342 could.55b70175a2a4c932

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“Sorry. Eat. I won’t look.”17b66466db43f08e

Yoo Haseong 1cb9b74e7c smiled gently.5a3e07e31b054579

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Maybe… he doesn’t hate 2e4657b44a me.bbe5cecc2e5acb1a

With that small bit 884e3c3c31 of courage, Seo Jaewoo 7d44e0e26d began to eat.3299efb9c002f789

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Yoo Haseong would have 8f2e54a8d2 to get used to 9a6ce00760 how monstrous he looked. Because Seo Jaewoo 468ed369b1 needed him.8ee60266c9396502

He didn’t want to e5d68441b7 be apart from him. He wanted Yoo Haseong 2ca891233a to stay. Right by ba996089b3 his side. And never leave.852e6e744a478c8f

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Seo Jaewoo glanced nervously a9e00f33ef at him, watching as db8dd85461 Yoo Haseong peeked at 24796a0114 him in return. He moved slowly fc90df9a45 as he ate, 6bcfbe3efe only because Yoo b9b49c91a2 Haseong told him f40a4a80e9 to.208d8588c557a903

Seo Jaewoo never took 3a843c3e59 his eyes off him. As if trying 3a5dea2d8f to burn his 4620fc0fab image into his 11163d34cd retinas.d51b251255b6bfc1

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“I should eb0e9b1bca get going 8a0af2618c now.”569b6601754d186b

Seo Jaewoo flinched. He’d been watching Yoo f87655239e Haseong quietly, paying attention 889a6b8bef to every word and afd6e6a270 movement.f100c895e60d2573

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But now, a6b5fe8684 as he 161dfaa6c2 stood from bd917b0e35 the cold 0a6d4c98a4 floor, Seo 7c2313d063 Jaewoo felt ff5334ed1c panic surge 018300915a through him. Yoo Haseong 3cfff9db3f had said 21e17f5a19 he’d come af97a6ed50 again—but what 97060f21a5 if he de621a4dab didn’t?601ac8e6d9b2f1ae

His heart 6898c1c303 pounded so 707fe88f4a hard it 11cd6b05e0 hurt. It felt de2924be15 like he 0c6c0cd55d was falling 4dc4cd7f25 back into c131025032 that dark 8f3aa6dc27 abyss.02b58f1c13879d65

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Bang—!dbe4b58f583ad3f8

The door that 34bdae7e3b Kim Yura always a0b0846e64 opened from the 495cc10eba outside slammed shut 48c36efb1d with a loud 942ef34284 noise.2c901fa7a8938e88

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Seo Jaewoo knew it 2580f3e002 didn’t close on its e05a7e256d own.01ed200197dfd454

He had done it—used adaa6197e3 his power to stop 223a31aff1 Yoo Haseong from leaving.311500aea3e7f139

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Every part of 53dd5c81d9 his body felt 7115ace2c6 like a sharpened 30bbe2b2aa blade.4782e971260425ef

If Yoo 756161e0ab Haseong left 20edfdd261 now, he 8cd79d25b5 felt like ea264bb004 he’d fall… 64a6cf2372 Fall endlessly, 0606d89414 into some a322caee87 place below. He didn’t even 1caf45be29 know where that d44ada84c0 “below” was.4ab8e17608df4150

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But it terrified d98003c72e him all the c1d658b174 same.b98c58d6eed2387a

“Mmm, this was you… 0f2868a000 wasn’t it?”e7128adaf06cfe0f

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Yoo Haseong’s 4674e4fdb8 troubled expression 46e51add23 came into 88c5e478cf view. Seo Jaewoo a41b997260 hadn’t meant 886ae80b79 to put f95c3e25c8 him in b985a673cb a difficult c1282060df position, but 63609ca9e7 he hadn’t 74a3f3969b had a 1077520f36 choice. He couldn’t let 0945b4d94e Haseong leave. Haseong tilted his head, 7627d6c593 looking at Jaewoo with 5200692afb a curious expression.e5a53fdd1da0b3d7

“You did this 744e819217 because you don’t 513c1168e7 want me to 474f766aa7 go?”761d90be5e244640

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There was no way 27bd79cf7e he could describe his ca6aa1b9c5 state with such soft 94aea8c201 words. He didn’t understand db7ff6775c it himself. Well, no c2c87f315b one had 9659c8a476 ever expected 4b883ea294 him to b96b2eeae8 understand anything. So there 8bb13b3cb1 was no 49bf9231d1 need to 0fbb54b98b understand what d967dfe4c7 was happening 6fc272cac5 now, either. He just d25a1d2881 wanted to 0ec72f4949 keep Haseong 3ede0d192f by his 39ecf1c6c3 side. That was all. Even if 03c7b3b751 he didn’t 8da7dd0670 understand why.cfb23f56b630a13e

Haseong looked 18e65c3046 flustered, but 154abc84ca still tried d46953f2b3 to reason 4d63438212 with Jaewoo. Following Haseong’s f300de20f4 fingertip, Jaewoo bbb4047a7c glanced toward b39077ab62 the door. He didn’t want to d329f9772e watch Haseong walk through 8b3d599ec5 that door again. And then it ace9105ba7 hit him.774066691cb724d5

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Ah… if e3cb5e5575 Haseong can e0d177d291 leave through 2aec192420 that door, 5fd6d7635a then I 057ee6857f can too…141d8bb4ed03105a

It was 73d14e20b8 a small 0d25bb9bd9 realization. Ten years 8060db90bf ago, when 87a01e4e24 he was 12e0f0ad5c first imprisoned, 4471abd24c all he ef8fb770aa had wanted 9b9cdce9d7 was to f725b1b8ee leave. To escape that place 75d6fdca8e and never have to 1e00840f39 face the pain again. But that hope 6b38117b2c hadn’t lasted long. No matter how much 38075e0c91 he struggled, he couldn’t 4c7e04412f get out.c9bf9ab71418e5fd

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But now, aac980c5c9 things were 177013efb9 different. They probably didn’t e8586d07d8 realize it, but cd6e4c1c87 none of the cf70938af7 things they’d used 93d30796af to “bind” him ffb00b64c5 had ever truly 63dfdd2740 worked.fa7a60c4219c505e

After letting 797bf2a2b2 Haseong go, 973e866a79 Seo Jaewoo bd92136c35 thought, and affdd55002 thought again. He needed a a49db03e87 way to stay a06dd2b168 by Haseong’s side 453ce8d8d1 without hurting anyone 5092383ca9 else—just like Haseong a4c17fccd6 wanted.4c6cbbed51549c6f

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The people who had 96bc2989b6 turned him into this… a5448d7201 they had constantly drilled f102942da2 into him that he 11541ebe83 should hurt anyone who d6d19c020f disobeyed. But Jaewoo d1ad05a75f wasn’t really c7507f9001 a monster. He was human. That conditioning d19ed08f54 had no cf96a40616 true effect 31065095d1 on him, 885633a32c even if 58136c037d they didn’t 0f5004795f realize it.9140f6fc59d1d184

Before they could use 26477959ff him for anything else, 8e5c6fede6 he had never directly af87d0bfb0 hurt anyone. He knew 31e1d4557a that with 8eb803c154 the power 3143b02c7f that man 7659e714e9 had given c6906f3fbb him, it 8cae911944 would be 995f4600cd all too b5ce2093e8 easy. But that didn’t f493e52033 mean hewantedto hurt people. Well… unless 3b3713db99 they tried d82d691a70 to take 982ce5bda5 Haseong away 97cc4759ae from him.e7f60b14c6468bc1

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As dawn approached 5ef2034287 and the facility 7c8c23b553 fell silent, Jaewoo 8668d2a507 stretched out his ea5ef5a8ea wings and stood. He hated 57cf120416 exposing his 85754602bb blackened, tainted 447fb8617e body, but 1be01fd113 he had ad2baad76f to go 85da7c3545 to Haseong. Without a moment of ffc956f416 hesitation, he moved toward a500a59806 the place where Haseong’s ac32d82882 familiar energy lingered.6745988d4a590b4a

Nothing could stop him e212fecd9c now.99c0ffcf65fd852f

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Yoo Haseong stared blankly 3d8d96391d as Seo Jaewoo climbed 81f0871cb8 in through the shattered 6990a5e2a0 window. For a brief moment, 4154d5ff03 Jaewoo wondered if Haseong 625656e194 was afraid of him. Many people had been. But even now, Haseong c956553357 didn’t look the least 22b01f1b70 bit scared.1758ea6ba4b48119

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Jaewoo couldn’t c5efa8b773 sense Haseong’s e658efb443 emotions the 75efdd8c90 way Haseong c342753735 could sense d8736aca1a his. It was 5421d62c23 just that 51c46a5858 his heightened ea05934e9b senses made a4623f3544 him more 2fc2fadab3 aware—of their 4f9737019e eyes, their dd2678af10 expressions, their d8f51f505c gestures.e25d354fffa6b82b

“Well, uh… yeah. You’re here 8ea9cefa1b now, so 82ac75c214 come on ecad8dd562 in.”52e0a82827af5ee9

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Am I even making 2af951ff36 sense right now?Haseong wondered. His words 1598a36ffb had bypassed 7f874a2483 his brain 3a50585078 and tumbled 81e50ea60c out of 5fa814bc66 his mouth. It didn’t 8e4276311a feel like de89a241cd the right 04c13a60f7 thing to 8af95d9963 say, but c6151c6028 it was 8f0d1ee3b8 too late f995fe36cb to take 871dbf65ef them back. Not that b52feaf09b he planned a29daca8d6 to.c3de8570fd6983e2

Outside, the alarms were 58a11a0716 still going off. It was ridiculous, a705fefa30 meeting like this bddfe9102e in a room b77f64bbe6 where the window 156a186b11 had been blown c99c040afd out like someone 398411bae1 had broken in. Even though it was 20e3e9742f just the fourth floor, e69dfc9f40 the shouting from below cace331fbd was loud enough to f299a8e5c0 hear clearly. They must’ve realized 16464a450d that Jaewoo had 2fe515dfd8 come here.f050c7fc627a41f6

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To their 088b164193 eyes, he f8515c61f8 would look f8a9dc1465 like a ffc3da99d9 monster…3f46e515b5f40bcd

“Um, your wings… can 9b6f90936a you hide them, maybe?”42005a0a61d86c92

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His priority was keeping 956629b915 Jaewoo safe. The Center db4610c6d0 probably wouldn’t 986e094466 kill him 3e6a9ec2f0 outright, but 29e3a26af8 if they 28c0a06b24 captured him, d340cbcdc2 torture or 33b95b4895 worse could 9a113db4c0 follow. Jaewoo needed 101a65a8dd to seem ac4fde794b as harmless a09b4380db as possible. Haseong’s thoughts were already b13ae1e6eb spinning, trying to figure 27996025d8 out how to clean 833fa7d048 up this mess—but first, f786867e77 he had to calm 897f837cad Jaewoo down. It was 94790e7888 critical that 23b3e36c14 Jaewoo didn’t 4fc8e9f4a2 hurt anyone.fe19ebf176402485

Silently watching 2e111ffa3a Haseong, Jaewoo aa56edf185 slowly folded cbd24ab24b his pitch-black 45aee89531 wings, and cfc45b81fe within moments, 9d1a688d43 they vanished a73e29fbbc from view.91c8641344843a04

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“Oh… that’s amazing. So they can a0bbf1408e just disappear like b6a376da1b that?”c1db5d31c0ce7c74

“…It doesn’t 318d90bc81 look weird?”634a91748fb12297

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In truth, 8817bee55e Jaewoo hadn’t 39742dbc13 wanted to f6e50c7a70 hide his 827484d748 wings. He could e067172519 call them 01823b8e0e back whenever c19ef4864f he needed, a4c7b63ef3 after all. But he couldn’t erase cb41501145 the monster-like scars that ba8af183e6 covered his skin. He tried to 75065cbe83 convince himself it 811058ceb0 was just about 210e8fe3f4 the wings, but 90dc51b328 what he really 48ee56fde0 wanted to ask 63bb5ee701 was:Do I disgust d10ad165b1 you?fc55e6f94b435017

Just asking felt d4d3410e97 like someone had 2ed022b092 grabbed his heart 0ac32203c3 and crushed it. Like he was b2a8ff3b42 sinking back into 0bb57ff02b that endless pit 70cb482022 of despair… and 9706c94750 he hadn’t even c15bee4fe3 heard the answer 23f604880a yet.0256e9e7afb6ba00

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“What? The wings? Oh… no, not at df3af5ae3f all. Are you in 7091e341e5 pain, though?”8281b5fe942f915f

Haseong thought 9b523861ca Jaewoo was a6b99a174f asking about 200a485bcf his wings. But after seeing his c01b095a38 face, he realized that efed83ab73 wasn’t it—not completely. Maybe the wings cc58f2ab31 were part of 4430867ff3 it, but what 6dcef7d55f Jaewoo had really 936cfc42ff been asking about bd163791d8 were the marks 50e3e10a68 on his body. The lingering fbe5dd0de1 traces of b06e32edf4 the monster.48476759b2b7a00b

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To Haseong, they weren’t 99a9ee9b33 just scars. They were 3f580dbd0d evidence of 6ce38338f5 pain, of aea7a8a1ff abuse. He wished he 7cae81b093 could make them eba2917660 disappear… but right ec31dec1dd now, he didn’t 6ec143e060 know how.375e4062f50b3f4c

If only I knew 81e7da8889 more about the research 04995ae170 they did to him…df1cbe65ae7da8f2

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Jaewoo slowly moved 16915d3863 closer. It was 3261958254 the first 256fdcb4dd time he 3d7d077d43 had ever a9f1184c08 approached on 39d4216ac8 his own. The noise outside grew bb36717ac0 louder. More people were 36254f6c59 gathering. Clearly, they b51f63e322 didn’t have ed20e568c4 much time.89461fca22f5e692

“Hey, um… so you afd98789b8 kind of just barged ceb771f0be in here, and now 41018b9cea I’ve got to do 7fe9561615 some damage control. Do you b6d7236008 want to 350455126e stay here? Or… should we go cac54a693b together?”add8b196f2378782

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