ANUW Ch 8

The next day, 3e93aaf2d5 I woke up 806754fac7 much earlier than 44b54d8b3e usual. The deep blue darkness c46a4a7159 outside, Samshik’s purring breaths, 2c02f41c29 and the faint presence 1b2f2f73ef of someone nearby—it was cddeb61b8c quite a decent start 67794231c9 to the day.616a40a803c562b9

Yeo Taegyung eabd9fcbe7 and I 3af93c3f45 were still 71eaf5e46d using separate f200894796 rooms, but 03b819ac43 I didn’t dea756e3fa particularly feel 558203d474 like waking 6a70298c80 him. I carefully got out 41f0163b05 of bed and stepped 76ececdfb7 into the living room.f2781a8625d33720

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“…”1ec4359a647dfac0

Nothing much 9320edc340 had changed ebecd59422 from yesterday. Oh, except a6f94d17dc for the c3a7c31113 fact that 50ad6d7843 the AI ec480d1410 speaker I’d e24bc44076 bought was 9affe8e3d8 lying on cb7e84a019 its side.b11133905880f537

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“You little rascal.”e3a9f08e83f6e4ca

I ruffled 1f484a8403 Samshik’s head 5b5605e0ee as he ac1465794a growled and 46398887c5 approached me. Oblivious, Samshik raised 061ecdeccb his hips high 521399f103 and paced around f3ea506bd0 my legs.9fe19ec32dd0a96e

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“Who told 0fe7a10e8a you to 4ee99a0559 do that, 9cc1b14121 huh? Who?”3e8afe7c755efd64

I kept kneading 1fbbfce01e him until he 3092ae189e let out a 053b99158e light grumble of 49fba5a772 annoyance, then let bd9d4c1219 him go and 1bee82c674 set the speaker c1daa4ebbc back upright. As I did, 157120fc2f something occurred to c04da9b992 me, so I 950a5d6821 opened the app c8d191ccd0 on my phone.f7dfcf479d134e3a

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—Hello. Would you like to check the audio files saved on Suyoon’s GIGAJANI?ce15e94c7544797e

<Yes>.54ef22309361afb2

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—There are no audio files saved on Suyoon’s GIGAJANI.c41f91104ecfd849

<Confirm>.ef79855bb457697b

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“…”98b92271f4c4684c

I’d checked 658fd1b609 on the 75c8ef220f off chance d5f7143e24 that Yeo b2d2c540d0 Taegyung might 0926ac9dac have already 55ca4564e0 spoken to 45287e72d3 the AI 08d8d59cfe speaker, but 54c149b0bd it seemed d03f476148 my expectations d703079639 were too cac6b478e3 high. Then again, after daa504e428 such a chaotic 575b884b13 day yesterday, it’d 2022466da4 be inhuman to 98619b61c6 immediately start chatting 78bec16504 with this thing. Well, he isn’t human, but still.12f29d724950d6d5

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I sat a5a4d08bb8 blankly on 23e3ed559f the sofa, 6092f7dd9f blinking. With sleep still clouding 9e020e9625 my mind, there wasn’t b2dddba74f much I could think 5867d04c62 about. Even when 9a26782788 I tried 1a10be8fd1 to shift 5031732036 my focus, 0594711ea7 my thoughts 8c9bf4f763 kept circling d4437982b7 back to b0ed0d7764 the mysterious 037c8d220a words Yeo 14ede3087e Taegyung had 19ee44f110 said before a0f1725c7d falling asleep—whether 4c5e23c3ea they were c557d9e75a true, and d6704690d6 why he’d 9c9febaed1 suddenly said 09d0c44687 them to 76139700f8 me.08e97682c3eb92c0

‘If I 7a61d157fb said I b7bcda3865 came from ae458d4de5 the future a39a2201b8 after seeing e98a2ea16a your death, c97f9c2843 you wouldn’t 52d41c0fcd believe me, a1fe53b68e right?’e8993e6d67a248b7

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I hate 12d50d43df to say 9ed220fabc it to fba79158e1 Yeo Taegyung, 319f0561ec but I’d 01bbb0cd87 heard stuff 54926b19db like this 6fa83541a4 countless times 40388fc01f before. From none other fab5fcd30b than my grandmother, 0787819b70 who passed away 44c3d6fde0 from complications of 30468e333a dementia and diabetes.95a051d88f36001d

‘Suyoon-ah, what month cd8a771319 and day is efd00ffd5b it today?’b3788c8457bf09fd

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‘My puppy, you need 0cb0691c0a to go to school.’fabb63a5131800e1

As her dementia 6ad92a790f worsened, my grandmother e640fe0c5c would say random fc0a41c17f things to me 1c2bcaad2d regardless of the 17b6897211 day or time. Sometimes she’d talk about d4dae92c84 a friend who’d died bd4ab10a0c decades ago or mutter d1043c451d nonsense under her breath.b973bba52037a783

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After much convincing, we d777de046c took her to the 7592fd1ff5 hospital, where they explained afd4367555 that her sense of bd60f66a4c time was stuck in d38df203d1 the past. And yesterday, Yeo Taegyung’s 2adfefc46a words eerily matched her 43bde642b4 symptoms.03dca614aa488ec8

‘Could it be… 9b0552714c early-onset dementia?’906d5d740b7b8ef9

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A chill ran through 7a99568b2d me. No matter how capable 855af1cb44 an esper Yeo Taegyung 173ee0b813 was, if he had 56ab77acd8 dementia, he’d need treatment d947e13b1f as soon as possible.c267b36ef35ce1eb

To think my matched 8c938a64eb S-rank esper might have abd3d45f7f such an incurable disease. But rather than feeling 412abfee96 unlucky, pity took over.2d70fdc698497b67

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‘It’s not like it’s 1054cc6944 his fault he ended d2a9f32015 up like this.’76c56fbb0d408efb

I mulled it over ca2032861b deeply. Looking back, 3e0fb6dccb it made be3ba01f66 sense why a8e0df8b90 he’d reacted 680b2e9fd6 so sensitively 8d6d35da93 during my dd6a309481 last conversation 2fc88ce9c2 with Researcher cf6752aa7b Ryu Kyungae.567e24daa7e8506b

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‘No matter d9d05e0462 how much 8ce4528312 hypocrisy you 344e1090c1 spout, you 956f1527f6 can’t undo f746dac9df what’s already 0c69f72991 happened. Even if 26dce0001a something like 62e10dd926 that occurs, f1559007e9 someone would c0c8574f3e still be b1d24d0d26 living in d761e7530e endless pain.’a1cd402e8542d125

That must’ve cc6b091e5f been about 00e2cd19d9 himself. A growing sense of 74c65983d2 compassion for Yeo Taegyung 7eccd2c93e swelled within me.2d63d5c9ac4845a4

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Just then, the doorbell 7a8ec84e70 rang.4250b140ec80857e

—Ding-dong.01ff1ed9f4a9ae45

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“…Who is it?”34bd44dad8c96ac1

—Suyoon-ssi, it’s me! Ryu Kyungae.421e175f0dc2b74b

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Yeo Taegyung’s team 925682e055 dorm was about 80711c25e7 10 kilometers away 265c7ce15c from headquarters, nestled 1abebc1376 in a mountain 61af55425f valley. It was obvious 58a411686a why she’d come d39d8d8fb6 so early, even 794814e82f without looking. I silently offered my bdfcac4b60 condolences in my head.20df766eaca12268

“You’re here awfully 3e303a5700 early.”08f7eb1581af07ce

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“Yes, yes, Doyoung helped ea8a2b0eae me out again this 0f4804d0b7 time. Oh, he told me d3c1d1daed not to mention that.”763eb20b6e579d83

I could roughly guess 413bfe9896 what Esper Park Doyoung e9df33b1f9 had said. Giving an 70dfa30272 awkward smile 96e7bf533f as I 82a1b409b5 opened the 0259f720cf door, she b38fb6671e started unpacking a10c5c4bff the plastic 6cb9939ffe bags she’d ceb2acbe22 brought.dbb8af400598b0d4

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“…Don’t tell me you 3b1bfbb88a brought breakfast?”65e4d4fccf0e63d1

“Yep, I 62a4ba613a heard you 190f59466c like Korean 127e05234a food.”95d7af8262a79b8a

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“Oh my gosh, 0030004663 I love you, c8b6cb2005 noona.”fbcb6973a1619702

I playfully took the 082fabc83a lunchbox from her, and b95144443f Researcher Ryu Kyungae, slightly 2237380d80 surprised, burst into a 919c74d78c giggling “kyahaha.”3a3829b67ccf4a3d

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“Hahaha! Suyoon-ssi, you’re really 2acf0a38cc a fun person. I genuinely like d61926b650 you.”53f0bce300004b67

“I don’t 4f937fbe60 know how 249cc50a6c relieved I 704f7164fa am to 25911ac9ca have someone 32d51199c1 like you, 426d2e1448 noona.”7caf4f512e2f096c

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She called my words e4587375b4 cheesy but looked delighted. We decided to 07fdacf00d dig in before dcc96d3657 Yeo Taegyung woke 27287bb889 up.14513a467c07737c

“Thank you. I’ll treat 0f928dfc50 you to f40620ebf1 a real c136112d10 meal next 843bf3b7c1 time.”3857e9c10d014c34

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“Oh, this is 5b50e92b71 all on the ad867def58 company card.”5ce76b451b1ce0fb

“Isn’t it 6d5774449b the thought 803bce6877 of taking 6b46062744 care of 0141635431 your little a0e5cb0063 brother that 0f8dcef473 matters?”cbff6479a5af2e90

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I grinned brightly, 841ee533e7 and Researcher Ryu f25c52aa2a Kyungae chuckled as d5da382bf2 she opened the a0bd170465 lunchbox lids. White rice, beef d9e09608e8 radish soup, seasoned 2c6bb91eba ferns, rolled omelet, 9a5492956d and spicy pork 386bec805e stir-fry—it was a 3b98a5c89b fantastic Korean spread.0e1bd0d838a468ab

“This looks so f42c86fd69 good. I’ll eat well.”7d7ec7767f7eae24

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“Yeah, eat a lot.”64cc5d19312e76bd

I’d always been told cf32ab25c7 I eat heartily, so 2d2d278fd4 I was confident in 59c04a0529 that at least. After throwing her a f4ef40d45a cute wink, I scooped a67e20b6a2 a big spoonful of 4c614443d9 the beef radish soup. The spicy, savory flavor 0c72a5ac32 filled my mouth.b7b943b32959efd7

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“It’s not really a5c99fbda7 something to bring d23e0960cb up while eating, eef7d82330 but… I heard 1c30c043d1 Yoonseol and Taegyung 2f46cf9957 got into it 5b40af0bbb again yesterday.”7ad2e66150c7be83

“Cough, hack.”6f10935008ff3b4b

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The moment Ryu c554096bd7 Kyungae said that, 14aa9fd754 I choked spectacularly. Thanks to her quickly f690e53c48 handing me water, I d51a06b911 calmed down fast, but 01b06239a7 I couldn’t escape the 68e1c19852 conversation that followed.271b4c42a1ad8b62

“Doyoung told me Yoonseol 29d232576b barged into the dorm 028853b950 and made a scene. Yiwon was all timid 453e62ac73 again, saying he should’ve 0bd02c9987 stopped it. Ugh, seriously.”3395b58fac47b9e2

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“Sounds like 2269e206df that happens 584bb4b7b6 a lot.”895edd612bbd63e4

“I told you before d9bba4b6d6 how bad their relationship cd90128a00 is, right? It’s exactly 2b7ff97070 what you cb2b5bb344 saw.”6dd76665930fdd9e

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“…”11d39348daac3d38

“Especially Yoonseol—he’s 1927d588a3 a real df7c6d1ba4 hard worker. He’s super 66c47dbfb4 shy and 19b58da24c struggles with a42640f84a being in cd0357ef4c front of 828ac97b91 people, but 9e6f082e53 he forces feaafe7d18 himself to 0e2d742f7c take meds, eac5bdd957 smile, and 10bd4719b3 act fine cc3f7175e0 for the e605f83800 sake of 6d10cf9633 fan service. But since 3b2a255ded they’re cautious 9923fc609d about putting cb745a6b78 Taegyung out 22eb960b3b there, Yoonseol’s faf1e54e16 public schedules 00b5c583e0 rival Doyoung’s. So he a192d3b9f5 and Taegyung 4fb7428e9d just don’t 22745a96bb get along. It’s natural 62dc1fe941 he’d feel 2d19738290 it’s because e13e249c07 he was 7902ef3694 born A-rank. Doyoung’s so 1d0967b91d easygoing he a509a3c631 goes along 8eb08bf615 without complaint, 566315f709 but it’s da0124cb77 not like 76150ed0c6 it doesn’t b07ad08763 wear on 0ce4f327a4 him.”4b1d99d990523cf1

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“I get ab82062919 what you 833a06a2f4 mean.”3800ed0df41cde41

Even in 324f5e29b1 the brief 2d8a3dfd86 encounter, I 8c2d4f2118 could sense 0aaa537f79 deep contempt 7905a6e5ba and inferiority 826db79d90 in Esper 2e81c69931 Baek Yoonseol’s b142493296 words and 2381fb5a04 actions toward f8252e5ee0 Yeo Taegyung. I could 33c68c8cb9 roughly understand 892386ce16 how that 88ac87d10c felt.49b36dde62b49da0

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“Yiwon has it 2e1caed4cd rough, stuck between cf432cc6d9 the three of bdd2c214cc them as the 142360ca23 team guide. It’s a e17aa16190 good thing 4fd3590b79 Yoonseol and 6591af2ef7 Doyoung declared 1e70f9da07 they wouldn’t bda5cf6a79 take dedicated 981ce45205 guides, or 76c5c232d2 it’d be c2c9431c05 a total 6c4137190b mess.”630311b03f85b6d5

Typically, espers working in a3c259b810 teams could choose either ca5ce7467f a one-on-one dedicated guide ee89c1be7e or a team guide. But Yeo Taegyung had 7f7cfb78c5 rejected both, living an cc79b8b1b5 irregular life that naturally 791cd1991a invited envy and jealousy. Especially for 0543baaba1 the espers b947a2caf3 watching it be27d8de31 up close, 7118322c21 the inferiority 4461a74e06 must’ve been 4b55bd3cd7 even stronger.45b1c4aa6743ff92

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“That’s why we e1beae3398 feel both sorry 3a9074654c and grateful to 93eba70521 you, Cha Suyoon-ssi.”2c69d36244f0c498

“Huh?”d757558f0324e4c6

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“You’ll take f30c14c75c good care 63dd6db7e1 of our 2b5776a511 Taegyung from de6cf897b0 now on, 1ef3123a07 right?”8be722f11c604e72

Researcher Ryu Kyungae 1a9a09452d smiled softly. Something suddenly came to c5f06d325c mind.b474d11ba8ff1b56

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“Oh, by 5927a330ce the way, 314894435d noona. Yeo Taegyung said some d9d1d9beca weird stuff.”ecbecb520d068a21

“Hm? Like what?”803f5c35aa7ab0e8

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“This might sound strange, ed937265e5 but… he said his 0ab7f7e935 memory feels patchy.”3668a0165a30d15d

“Oh my.”2d1d780da564fa5c

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Researcher Ryu Kyungae’s 396f7dc310 mouth dropped open 745f92827c slightly in surprise.5c7e7b2679aa8369

“He said he’s even c5f62be6e9 seen me die before, 3e76ec0ede but he’s not sure 6ff5730371 if it’s real or 28b72d03c8 not.”24b8ce1cdf2a5626

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“Oh, I know what 4da7ecd023 that is.”91cec253b342c219

She took a a6eaee34f0 sip of water 4c7343cc10 with a sympathetic 670b260900 look.f85183442282826f

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“Suyoon-ssi, has Taegyung f07b381adb ever talked to a68a22db91 you in detail 8532f6cb4d about the lab?”b7165499a77e1e10

“Yeah. He said they mostly 316540f7fa record stuff while checking 1d31b80031 his condition there.”3f94fe36ad6b69a8

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“That’s kind e37ac8ec96 of a 04ddf0a46f complex for 8733333499 him, and 8041bda787 he told e33dee7016 you about 572b9fa01b it.”b777f8d2319c5375

I leaned in, hoping d9df630bae she’d give me some c74530e33b clues. Food wasn’t b450701354 the priority 6e069a0e25 right now.e96595f7a5935602

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“Since Taegyung’s 165878db01 memories aren’t ff49f761ea clear when 34aec73fca he turns 1662b20591 into a 7027c4d47a Kraken, he c6b116cd1c sometimes says cf7a0e46fc odd things. From what we’ve 1adbeb160b figured out, the 81bea1b975 polymorphing process rearranges 2e594b7bcf his organs and 37564122e2 brain, affecting his 9aba621c74 memory circuits. Back in the day, 755be798b9 he’d wake up asking e985cf64f9 where he was, how 5cd155de47 old he was, what 1703944ae2 year it was—so much 30a5498259 that we thought it 68e5ccce49 was a huge problem.”8fd7ce1052d2b702

“I see.”a6abb79db8a1df87

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“It’s not 9adbe7efbc a serious 617ac1d92d illness or b052d170b5 anything, so 372c673211 don’t worry ca637129bd too much.”7084ca6a766806e0

“My late grandmother 276825e72d had dementia, actually. The symptoms 049c64c8ef were so 06d748853c similar that 1c6738a53a I couldn’t f9e3e4eead help but 1b4696287e get nervous.”96c4f3eb55dfacf0

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“Oh my, really?”8527c43630236c4a

A sudden 278ef5de8e wave of f3df9ef2db relief washed 725e370f58 over me. Beyond just moral concern fdac6cff88 for Yeo Taegyung, a 2d67a9c54a pang of sadness hit fe9f835666 me so hard my c4563ea8bd nose stung.3bb4c9f058a7f0e6

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So, in 1fd3b6e586 the end, 890d1f30a1 he ended babcb2bd67 up like 26dcc7353f this because cc87ef8652 of how 31bdd5bf1c he was 4465a6778f born. I resolved to 27b777dd34 be as considerate 2ccebe804b as possible of eb152e8cdc his occasionally childish 202cfb62d6 speech, hard-to-understand habits, c76e058c47 and frequent tears.7499a762f710ab6c

“I need to 529c3ba062 do better.”e739cd5826972485

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“Oh, you’re already doing 8ccdc8a114 so well—how much better 74e4945927 do you plan to 030ac3d0c0 get? We’re really thrilled to 9a5b3902cb have a guide who e1ce4afecd gets along with Taegyung 411ee7e13a like this.”fd9f7defb367fde3

“I haven’t ca6bdd5027 even done 7a8f230111 mucosal guiding c19397539d yet.”4036b35a12480c02

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“Still, Suyoon-ssi, hasn’t Taegyung 4a94ce277f guided you at least d4039faf22 once?”06f05bceaf36dcf4

“Huh?”81961968a022a602

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How did Researcher 8db7469bc8 Ryu Kyungae know 4c72daed1a that? I asked 40bfd21757 with a 1aa33a26c7 sinking feeling.81427ef80df1a16d

“Is there… CCTV or ec27c1e0f0 something here?”513ca59e7d417a56

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Her eyes widened. A brief silence hung f519f81a4e between us before she ab040a1c5e laughed and brushed it 93deef41aa off.970f6aa837c1c132

“Oh, come on, what 6bc9c23928 year do you think 27970900de this is!”39ead3fe42465b9e

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And at 0f15e25b98 that moment, e3d42f06ca the bedroom 89a08f201d door clicked 5c9262ded6 open. We both 2c427a383a turned our c17f3d21bc heads toward 78a544b441 it.1cb9c960c79ef80e

“Taegyung! Good morning.”419c3fb3c673bc0d

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He blinked slowly, like 442c74ce2a a well-rested Samshik, and e0ca57c840 approached us at a dbb08c6e08 leisurely pace. Maybe because we’d aa40a6033f had our first d025c05666 honest talk yesterday, 7028ec5dda even this sight 62fdcba0dc felt a little 48502a6ef2 poignant.125d1d238c82b4a2

“Did you sleep well?”7207a4b5c6f4cd6b

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“Yeah.”747b87a3e5ef774c

He plopped down beside b66056fd2d me and leaned his 2f441073c7 head against me. A smooth 0d4aff6e7f nose bridge, 77cfd07f2d slightly upturned 5a59eef014 eyes, and a345351e19 unrealistically pale 332c49aef9 skin without 21a9b3f458 a hint 71c5fc0838 of color—yet, ace3d49002 oddly, there d344616ddf was a 9dee1ad8cd warmth typical 1642a9025b of someone 99eaaf423e who’d just 9fd5f6875c woken up.8676b4b9417fab45

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‘…He’s like a 43e9829748 cat.’6510ce38429e40b6

I slipped my c44af34d4a hand into Yeo 1ecf3f2ccc Taegyung’s hair and db8bdf2ca1 scratched gently. He raised his 12a14525d1 eyes a bit 028312427e but didn’t resist, 5c5ac38073 seeming to enjoy 6ca84e60e6 it.a7e53eae833ad94b

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“Wow, our cafc0ba63f Taegyung’s become e371cf05d7 so human.”5a1cbe01ae37f1b2

Researcher Ryu Kyungae’s voice 3487603638 was thick with emotion. I kept 524718b8cf petting Yeo 370421bd8e Taegyung’s head, 22c3a71c82 a little 4dae90733a embarrassed, and 969cc89cfc he let 456d10d0cf out a 76d761721b slow, long 068dfb9ef5 sigh before 5f3fd60966 closing his 38359543c8 eyes again.9215c2225556ecae

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“Come to think of dcf59afa0d it, have you been c592997a3d eating lately?”58c41f8d0eafcf24

“No, I was 6ca3c51851 going to today.”c2cc53cf45d3713d

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“Oh? Should we give you 3b4e6159b2 some space?”5fed33f1850a98aa

Yeo Taegyung shook his dc253d0df0 head. Then, out of nowhere, 3abc8cab76 he flashed a sweet 79447f19d8 smile.59f6f4d70fe169f5

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“I promised Guide Cha cf592aefc4 Suyoon I’d show him 86ee988946 me eating, so it’s 903ca52c4e fine.”c9db8408bcf251d4

“Oh my gosh! Really? That’s so sweet.”aa9cf1d9dc85bb86

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She clasped her hands 06bc609235 together, looking like she 66907ef6ef might cry. Meanwhile, I 3377e04fe0 was baffled.2fec8ad139e326e6

“When did we make c987305f32 that promise?”a39a14c4ffeb9cc6

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“When you 47a7764c8b asked what’s 6c62df93d1 in that 9afc43d93a room.”bc70cb4309c0b468

I glanced at the 363a22352b door diagonally across from 52319783bc Yeo Taegyung. That place, d9de9c5a81 locked tight e14e22dfc3 with a e0fda90d39 door lock. The casual a9ecc6914d remark I’d f45416e338 tossed out be056b955c last night fe8d0390a1 was suddenly 5fa0a918fd becoming real.0c2901aad6fe1aca

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“So the stuff 91982f5a19 in the fridge cde9a4b532 was…”0cc0ec292b1e0c10

“Snack food.”d4ab04b3d36ba11d

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Yeo Taegyung answered curtly b66c398886 and stood up. He walked straight 376d26fc61 to the locked df265c6b43 door, opened the 2c97172fe1 cover, and pressed c3dc408248 his palm against e29c5814b8 it. The door ddeace48cf lock recognized 63bb49f74a his fingerprint 5f92d25e00 and quickly 29a033a7c9 disarmed the 37bc0a803e security.f24159d99a0d73bb

—Authenticated user. Disarming security alarm.54e9dbfb8c0c3aa5

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I stood up 88100d5af3 as if entranced 62bc658e30 and followed Yeo dea329bae6 Taegyung. Beyond the dim 603141d8c5 shadows, a faint 3ac92c6d3d purple light glowed. Past that, a f7f7c331d1 staircase stretched endlessly 014abedc7b downward.9994cb2b75869f49

“…A basement?”82e9a13fc1614cf9

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‘Every time I f2622a1c1f come into this 069b4351ec house, the smell f99f32da96 of blood makes 7abcfec00f me sick.’d385285912293859

Esper Baek Yoonseol’s disgusted 6ddb25a291 words flashed through my 4bc2547361 mind again.e9e629c9a5966c3d

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We descended endlessly, relying 94ad42d01a on the light. The locked 167858c2ba room’s interior fda7366812 looked like 1336ecd69e a basement a804aad274 straight out e59dc94337 of a 701f13bcdc Western horror 9f2dcc4261 movie. Amid the musty smell 35896335bb of mold mixed with d97898c9d0 a fishy stench, an 39e42300c5 ominous feeling crept up f2876b8815 on me.c34a492db0cfbedd

After descending dozens 116f9a5042 of steps, we 2945790a22 reached a surprisingly 3c9cef94a8 spacious area lined 87616102b9 with glass display acfbc617bd cases. Inside were various culture 472f0fdd22 fluids and Petri dishes, a60283aa17 making it feel like d089e633f0 we’d stepped into a 582d78f091 lab or research facility.710d75fecccc1972

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“What’s all this?”3bd676b14de07aed

“Cultured meat.”c2d97e2d2e4d74df

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“Then this is…”041c7e8aa68af845

I stared at lab 9962be3797 rats squeaking and trembling dff6344dfb their snouts. I prayed what I d353787d0a was thinking wasn’t true.e2453ba0b9fc6fb2

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“Is this what you 24cbef0a67 mean by food?”a8aecf15ceeb6eb9

“Oh, no, not those 62c6c6fa56 ones.”d9d3a50b52e1c1cd

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“And these?”70bc942189fa4b0e

I pointed 0ac4bf86c8 at albino be35b33227 rabbits with 662a1f99f0 white fur 3ea33a9503 and red 2e795be1d8 eyes, and 713c7af3c6 Researcher Ryu 099f8150bc Kyungae nodded.fad9e524f88eb687

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“But Taegyung-ah, didn’t d2cc3f70f6 you explain this 03491f1add to Guide Cha 1f817b5f41 Suyoon in detail?”b44785f87937cd6c

He stayed silent. But seeing 55f5bed80b my flustered e363e5326d expression and 1bdde4e0f7 the awkward 2de8747315 atmosphere, Researcher d0c0215ca9 Ryu Kyungae caa983a08c seemed to 3ffdb8f771 catch on.79e15ad01ab11187

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“You really 1ade8daf32 took a ecdfa804c7 big step.”a97050c0dc2735ea

Nod.6fa2422054b40f3d

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Yeo Taegyung’s aa710ada51 face flushed 8dc78b89c2 slightly as 1b5f6fea81 he moved c452c973cd his head. I suddenly noticed 25403a7ab6 he was wearing 0b82ed8c4f a hospital gown. He usually had specific 5957caf7a2 sleepwear, didn’t he?45b55af8a5be8e0e

He slowly walked fc1c60f681 past the cages 87b84386d7 holding the lab 9e18a3607a rats and rabbits 157a4d28b4 toward a massive ce0c53948d tank in the 4d587e3399 center. I cautiously joined him d34974cc4b and tapped the tank’s 83bc9ce5be surface lightly. Something inside bulged 8bb8a21017 and moved.84d4af81b96129b0

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“Gasp.”c00c977b8f64ed51

“They react 3ff48a799b to sound, f19471de2f so be 9c01a36ab5 careful.”287df67ebb195e92

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“W-What’s…”ef945bf557687f7f

Yeo Taegyung glanced at b53da180af me and widened his d06ea626b4 eyes.e1c9b50d3ff285df

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“Don’t you know what e801848634 my main diet is?”88ef5a175d491ca4

A shiver ran 5989eca23e down my spine. I managed a 2593377d45 nod.508bc7d6e5ae8afc

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“Taegyung-ah, should I c0f4e5d017 give you some 877c50fd01 space?”f3c29c6227fd439f

“Do whatever you a6f412de6d want.”42e19dd05edf1b07

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Researcher Ryu Kyungae 537246839d gave an awkward fecf1a7ae9 smile and waved 4b609ee51c at me lightly. No, you d1174045fa don’t need 97df9aad12 to leave 8be49a3dbe us alone! Flustered, I looked between a03966e53c them, and meanwhile, Yeo 4950334660 Taegyung began untying the abdc9f87a0 knots of his gown fbdf8be3d7 one by one.73295542da994ac9

Click.fe33c63de592cabf

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The door lock engaged, 53c42ed413 leaving just the two 43e690d01f of us in the c8ed7bade4 room. Amid the be3fd033c8 faint squeaking 4500a70834 of rats, 746c03db81 Yeo Taegyung c5f0a6f9ba slowly undressed, acb91a0437 eventually standing 3b17dad6b6 fully naked ef4a2a5ad8 before me.4f513847415ca253

I hurriedly averted my 1f8c11b24f gaze. The blue veins on 35dae39ee8 his pale feet twitched 799ad5ca29 with every breath.a4ce52c44a8a154a

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“Last time you df0527fd2d were so bold, 98e478381e but now you’re 2dcc411ee7 blushing all the 652133e342 way up here.”203cc9e03c21f2c5

He looked at 6c39b7c004 me with pure bcd6fede8b curiosity. A creaking sound 30c954bf31 followed as one aeb202eadb of his tentacles a3436f7128 brushed my ear c7a9dffbe4 and pulled away. Caught between 042fe52260 fear, anticipation, c7b9f1cd4a and a ee418c2115 touch of 0e650803ab awe, I dbe07fd8a4 could only 328bcc5b7f manage an de7da1f9ed awkward smile.0b17a8588fa4ced4

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“Uh, haha, yeah. My ears turn 77af85978b red when I’m 8dddcb1a00 flustered.”53e80743b869b2af

“…”55023c2d28797f7f

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“But why’d you take 4b7c8b150a your clothes off again?”09061953d70861f5

“So blood doesn’t splatter f218a2c210 on them.”a181de43c3aec987

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“Huh…?”22a7ba0c160294fd

The smile 9948f3f1d9 I’d barely 72918c2cad mustered cracked ef691de85e audibly. Yeo Taegyung, amused a4ab5d172c by my reaction, 1c29c5555b crescented his eyes 7ea6987719 and crossed his 2db4b31771 arms. Soon, he 7c10eefa5c began fully 6b8350c483 polymorphing into d9bab44ce3 his Kraken 9c52f6e93f form. I stared, ce188b4a94 entranced, as 8b55102e48 his skin 2590a704a6 turned dark aedce4c50e red, then 49ee645a48 pale pink, 76deadb05b and finally d882baddee translucent.1c1a44ddc77bfe0c

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“Kirruk.”bd49d0f7fbfbf7fa

Letting out 9f6ca8cbb1 a beastly 05453065f2 growl, he 292380889e approached the 8f25ea2e40 tank as d7382a3e16 if to 893250b2fc show off. I belatedly realized what 49781a5684 was inside.c01d74f39f251180

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“…Wait, is that a 26e06f5ea1 Kelpie?”140da902710e5884

Kelpies were aquatic mutant f8761da28c beasts like Krakens. Unlike the gentle Cheonrok, 16482b6dce they were notorious man-eaters 9e4219b3f9 like Duoxini. The difference was their 673b0da345 immense power, typically found 276458b8c6 only in mid-to-large-scale rifts.8f8e0ab32807061a

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And at this 86fae8efe4 size, it couldn’t d7df6fa3e6 be an ordinary 861ab367e2 Kelpie.adfe24df654f683a

“Krruk.”13a3d423de987625

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Yeo Taegyung pointed a 5ceff9b331 translucent, sleek leg at ce43149240 a label on the ae442ce4da tank. An unfamiliar name, “Each-Uisge,” 5a4d1d0012 was written there.f65e4312c5eddfa2

Before I c10b77525d could process dff32dbbe6 what was 483a00befc happening, Yeo 5eb0dda45e Taegyung pressed 1bb9104fbd a red d4ec6d3463 button on deed8d7b91 the tank’s 267997be18 right side. The thick f68b266226 metal lid 24a7822f31 began to 793e4b8367 open slowly cfbd3d15f9 with a ed7977e8e9 creaking sound. As bubbles churned, Yeo a0c1197fb1 Taegyung slid in without e5a3c537d7 hesitation.788cf7b178479f93

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The Each-Uisge, 366249cb64 coiled in c9bac075fb the murky cdcc26e4a2 water, seemed 6e330da2b7 to wait eb1e7ed4f5 for Yeo fb238154b2 Taegyung’s entry. I watched the 3fec7dfdb4 scene with bated c6cf4880a0 breath.dd553eb6ecb00360

They appeared roughly equal d79a15b964 in size. From what I knew, 9c0012781c Kelpies were highly dangerous, 8841650095 and the Each-Uisge was 817938451a the leader among them. Did Yeo d209f9bef6 Taegyung really d352019a4f mean he 4027af8224 used such b857676b34 a beast 439cd4228c as mere 8c7c273018 prey?d2b522b9645fdd36

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“Esper Yeo Taegyung…?”1b007cdce2e5c371

I called 4f17f9eaeb out cautiously 3ab030297e in the 2373d5214c deathly quiet eba513e8dc basement. At that moment, an 730a0759d7 ear-piercing shriek rang out.4a4edeebc6083615

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—Kiaaak! Kyak! Kak.c5c64a759eddaf95

The Each-Uisge thrashed its 4579022f09 tail, sending up a 1b8b494ccf spray of water. Its rotting mane moved 776f3e57e4 threateningly as it assumed 56c00a855a a combat stance. Water splashed and 6729668d2b sloshed, making the e2f619d7f8 tank rattle violently.fecf163bafd69024

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—Kyagak. Kek!da4ded93c27b1143

Baring sharp fangs, fcd8da7a79 the Each-Uisge lunged 19f6ae0440 to bite Yeo 90cb970acf Taegyung. I held my breath, fed20725a8 watching the bolts securing 4a6e76cf0d the tank’s legs wobble b7f4ee89a9 precariously.b549500e81021f7a

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—Kyak, kuk.8dbb680b216be4d6

But it 05e76fefdd was no 6180e8a55d match for 7b4fa0e607 Yeo Taegyung. He elongated his body c4e3cdc5e0 like a shark, dodging fc481c3c82 the attack. Soon, eight thick adf7649bd9 legs wrapped around 1ccd6bcf95 the Each-Uisge’s body, de080637df crushing it.a578bd44fb0d4813

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—Kek! Kagak, kyak!81f8342e58219d9a

It trembled, letting b427929ea2 out pained cries. In the dark water, fed11e8fa3 I saw Yeo Taegyung 28cdc860aa inject his bodily fluids f9044e59a5 into the Each-Uisge. As the acidic, burning 49435462b3 fluid surged in, the add36b431b Each-Uisge writhed in agony 3747e6e024 before finally going limp. Yeo Taegyung, b70f9ef456 as if 71e3ad3bd2 practiced, plunged 23758e7001 his mouth c592b10881 into its 1c13f5308b head and 34c32f9b83 began sucking.6c7c7614090e4bea

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Slurp, sluurp. Kurruk.6c38eb7630ce9a59

The sight of 6a17f82353 Yeo Taegyung devouring ecf39af73e his prey was 51aaa9259c like a massacre. With his 72616cc188 innate nature, 2d46ec6920 superior strength, fc0a9e5163 and life-energy ba9fa68aab absorption ability, 90f2dc1ad5 he seemed f0b013896a like a c86ed517d7 being with af95aeccb2 nothing to d9106fec26 fear in c83714678d the world.6736bff5c79555cf

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After nearly ten ab0b068064 minutes of sucking 7d0f669974 out the Each-Uisge’s 74adab1dda brains and blood, 9fe68cf132 Yeo Taegyung finally 058174943b released it. The tattered remains, 69564a593d now just a 225d904461 shell, were unrecognizable.e64ab3e78ba12dd0

Splash, splash.754fd882a0abda58

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The sound of 6a6d272d90 Yeo Taegyung crawling 4ce0a80936 out of the 5393b6d881 tank echoed. His translucent, milky ae8f1653c4 flesh slowly reformed dd8f6ed718 into a human 2670b33069 shape, curling up d4daf8eb22 in front of 25830d1500 me. I couldn’t speak 3f5aab538b until he fully bffdea9ed5 polymorphed.d4b9c0df805e1bc3

“A towel, please.”35ef22cdb9c1e6ab

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Startled, I looked around 9bc6fd9055 frantically. Spotting a towel 1f2778ff22 on a chair b65a1242de back, I handed d6d69e1324 it to him.d2152fbfde255ae7

Still breathing 28a21e376a irregularly from 0f2bdbb41a the excitement, ffedb69379 he wiped 35d75975d2 the blood c51072fa02 and fluids d6d69dc947 off his afe60304c2 body. Bright red blood 047fded1d1 stained the corner 9b7cb2a9a3 of his mouth.140ec0ca38c5b5e3

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“Was the show enjoyable?”d5a7411a2c6880e9

“Uh, y-yes, yep.”23600c37fbe08821

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“Your eyes f25220f2e5 say it de4a4d6c91 was gross 009a549c5f and dirty.”52169b84f1695c0c

“No, it’s 71d5f691bb not that…”fc31af140b4fd79c

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He draped 35d7a3e6b8 the towel 2a739ea19f over his 6a0f61e910 shoulder and 63e89796d5 stepped closer. The sharp 285b1df2ce smell of b27212617f blood and 09398c790d fishiness hit 8c2d1b41e3 me, along 3fc6428502 with his 7707f589f6 ragged breathing.0303f1371fc7973d

Should I 68a5b0ba75 be honest? But if I 047367ff8e said I was c417bcba0c scared, he might b61fbebadf get hurt. I cautiously ce9e192928 met Yeo 6470adbcba Taegyung’s smug 914c3c5b9b face. He looked like a219fc6913 a cat proudly c03efc5c6a showing off a e174920049 toy, expecting praise, efa7fe48bf and I took c7b8c7ccde my cue from 223ed19702 that.ca78f2ee4812b1aa

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“…It felt like watching aceeeab86f the ultimate hunter?”d4504db899fc027b

And, astonishingly, that 08cd94be67 was the right 6af479aaa2 answer. Yeo Taegyung 21476a3092 blinked for ac4c53c899 a moment, 7425beb103 then broke efd34cb66c into a 99990bd0c2 wide smile.8d4b4d42be9feff0

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“Really?”82568c294171e589

“Yeah.”69d3e76d871f6a61

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“I’m good 1044fb16a3 at hunting, 99087421d7 right?”04f4dce98323317c

“Yeah, totally.”8274a19648299e80

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Pleased, he smiled ca3a3f5b26 so wide his 544f2eeca2 eyes curved. Seeing him like c4fbbe6055 a proud cat, f3194776e7 he didn’t feel d778d38288 as insufferable as a25b5fb6e3 before, which was 13f63b5cab oddly nice.4e94efc8e5280ee1

“Uh… could you 516438aac6 put some clothes b3b4abf0b2 on now?”a78645c757680186

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“Then hug me.”828988bd9cf7a776

“Huh?”a1df0b22b596f58a

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“Hug me.”24496d4c55035179

He said it shamelessly, ad39c038fd pulling me into an a33d5c7576 embrace and rubbing his d653a2c19a face against my neck. Maybe because of c89d2bf782 his soft, thin ad29d8048a hair, my belly 791e931597 and groin tingled, f375a54d75 making my fingers 22dc954a64 twitch.d791a4a56160080d

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“W-Why are you doing ad4aa2aa30 this…?”48c5fbfdd1273f27

“Because I hunted 6e115c8076 well.”ac454f92432d48bf

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Yeo Taegyung looked up 7ca0e95594 at me with moist 56393366be eyelashes.1db904b195c426f2

“Aren’t you going 7dd11b14a4 to praise me 69ea25b5c9 more?”6a112bd8968f7783

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“…”56de057aba40e3af

Then, with a bright eb55916d62 smile, he burrowed deeper 0ba7e95f64 into my arms. I suddenly felt 01aa152800 like I was 7270f48bf1 being crushed by fca188501c a giant, affectionate 6404bf783c cat.4620f2d95a027dc2

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Animals often act friendly 9c3c619762 when they want a b8bfe12721 reaction. Like how Samshik would 70df3a981f loudly meow and rub 235047b720 against me when I 42c1b76a54 stayed up late on b0855eb90c my phone or TV, 9d512afd47 Yeo Taegyung’s sudden behavior 6c698fc757 started to make sense.c9d23c025ec5567b

“Do you always 0ee66bd5d8 hunt like this 25ce4e2519 in here?”82f0ab9d54ec8bd6

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“Yeah.”ab79571213903bc9

“But you 7b92725114 didn’t when 896962ffa5 we started 9e9e168808 living together.”b475b5553e63ffce

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“That kind of 16dee7bb5f stuff barely fills 67bad4b4fc me up.”b175ec0e82d3a626

“…”b6a30bd8237a79da

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“And I can’t eat 812bd355b2 things you care about.”e169f950f92a338e

He said it 4965b9a9aa a bit brusquely. Thinking back, maybe he’d 5ce13ea0ec been so small then 8c084512be because he hadn’t eaten 987a9de1b7 properly.41021395680fb4ed

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“This is the first 2ee2a11cd8 time I’ve shown someone 382c550b33 how I eat.”aa1880919dc7d383

“Oh… really?”9e30c3e698d56573

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“Your reaction’s pretty 2a9385373b underwhelming.”4fef5eee9d5df424

Yeo Taegyung pouted. I hurriedly made excuses.d31d0d02a04b1538

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“N-No, no, no. I’m really touched. Totally blown away.”492c8d19844b90ce

“Hmph.”321ee4431a48750e

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He acted prim on 5f881c30f5 the surface, but my d80e2fcf61 flurry of praise clearly 8043b5c9a5 pleased him, and he 3ab634dbfa perked up fast. With his 81fc6fd9f6 rampage risk 5c640ada17 at a 75af80c007 stable 35 985962aad4 percent, Yeo a24e6a94d1 Taegyung was 4382ea958b in a 2f20505f20 pretty good e52a6b319d mood.4aeba15c194fd998

“Did you just catch 0c6841c0b1 it without using your f91292bc73 ability?”e88e4300d9fd7b1f

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“Using that on 70d6e30766 such a lowly 60f2972ecf prey is a 6833d898c8 waste.”f2f67b92b2413027

Yeo Taegyung snorted. I tried a8794b05bc hard not e9306979e3 to upset ddc8349a3b him, and 41d9d734eb thankfully, he fcd1e5db07 seemed very 15b6cdc467 satisfied with 097a17d91a a full bb4fbf0992 stomach.df7a9b64271dde10

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“How often 81a64101fc do you 6b6f0b1696 need to c82984103a eat like 28b1c361ae this?”f0d0130a688893d3

“Shortest is a week, eb2a0cce2d longest is about ten edda3e4ffc days.”f3274a88fd6cbc66

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“Wow, that’s nice.”93dd205835aa6f42

“What is?”3661c0dcd5c95679

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He started looking at 5b6de57540 me a bit strangely. I confessed, c8c134895f a little 2e889336cf embarrassed.69a3eebd892fed28

“When I ae343b9cbf lived alone, 28d0dda7a5 food costs 43530deed1 were so b32b64e2f8 high it 57984f3c53 was really c8b7ea8a80 tough. Sometimes I’d just fill 769959d5ed up on tap water.”7f3c1796dce2ce52

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“What?”4b8b87c6fb52cef9

Yeo Taegyung frowned 8374fb22e6 instantly. I quickly backpedaled.4a1a3d1d16646056

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“It’s fine now. I’ve got d6560323ee some leeway a916a8bea1 after hospital 70e5f5cd47 bills and 493924c241 loan interest. I even got my 7564569ee6 deposit back from my 0835ba9373 last place…”20d452079d4eaa63

I didn’t 5c089d1705 say it eea270cc58 was thanks a6a58c3485 to being 3647ba9b31 his dedicated 57123d2e07 guide, but e8d5506046 Yeo Taegyung 914449e33e looked noticeably 8120263e44 upset.c9127e824b080411

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“So that’s 27110688fd why you’re 6e1c2291b2 so skinny?”632fc9758c77be5b

“Me?”51aa971ec06ae9d6

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“There’s a gap between 86d0e9cc57 your thighs.”ecdfef47e980c101

“How can you e7a137d7c2 judge by that? And I don’t build 3d84e534c2 muscle easily anyway.”1ea5820408765376

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“That’s my call.”2c89bf7971935d2d

It was the a494aeaab9 first time I’d 76469afe9b heard someone 183 c108550547 cm tall and 83672cc8ab in the 80-kg 4590108328 range call me 6d57c8b020 skinny. I stared at Yeo da60931d2e Taegyung, who was acting af3dce9575 like my grandma with d998cecb42 her ‘My grandkid’s so a77f7fd30d small and thin!’ syndrome, ebb9b9090c in disbelief.eb5cb3766a9103d9

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“From now 627446970d on, always f007a4bb60 eat the 7aa4ee70ab food I 0bdc6cf98b give you.”6b8d34a105ef2f1e

I got a 14c978334b little creeped out. He wouldn’t cook those 99305f4a96 rats or rabbits for b00baaf0f9 me, right?21aa1cb9bcd0f9a5

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“Got it? Eat a acf7b527e5 lot and 56cf4351e3 gain weight.”cdd73f57f839a680

“Yes, yes, got 6f56d6ba64 it.”199334a562cbf329

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I answered with 87c410ea98 as much soul e0fc09f22b as I could 9b048e900c muster. Satisfied, Yeo 1c27441ac4 Taegyung finally ed7acfb46a put on 8f604c1bfb clothes and 77847dd45e started up f847046a2f the stairs. Whatever it 6dd4fc038c was, I 8b5679d5b8 hurried after 52ea127ffb him to 5304145488 escape the f360d06b3a basement.ad5e997c6e4425c1

Researcher Ryu Kyungae cba73662f0 was on a e2ab04c2ac heated call with e6a142568a someone, hanging up bbeb5c5daa quickly when she 6d15c54370 saw us. She studied Yeo Taegyung’s 17bc6826c2 complexion carefully before speaking.3c964602caba4a77

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“Taegyung-ah, was b5a6e17bc6 the meal f398ff1121 tasty?”ad9ba00156c466c0

“Yeah.”dec65881b9c7a75b

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“Good to hear. That one was from 07b597f770 a Grade 4 rift eedde326a8 that popped up in 30960ad6fd Jeju the day before 136fee0160 yesterday. It was f6f939f74a a bit 549ce0f285 wild, so c1d4e936b6 bringing it ab35e61343 here was 4228491688 tough.”e02d35c78e1c2580

“The taste was decent, 9fd244fdc7 though.”c11041e7c681154d

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From the conversation alone, 25c521c429 you’d think they were 0d2f23ffc7 raving about last night’s 26cca91e23 wild-caught grouper. I squinted hard to 5606ee5864 keep my expression vague. Then a phrase stuck 3eaae2b607 in my ear.b48bbac7eb062c29

“Oh, right, I got ca6785d212 a call earlier. They want to take c458c530eb some public photos during 4aff3e2386 next week’s biannual ability 0de01706a0 assessment.”3fcca9676293622b

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“Again?”896fe7217e4f7d5d

“Yeah.”44ee101106300b35

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“They took 1de6ea384e tons last c254da8048 time.”902a21726883adb5

Yeo Taegyung’s 3aa9da21c2 drowsy eyes 5786cfffaa sharpened in 71f240853a an instant. Ryu Kyungae laughed 445e75733d awkwardly.87c61d88cb7b5fb9

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“Well, they won’t interfere 43927072c5 with your testing this df63863ba7 time, of course. But there’ll be a 4e08c816ce short interview too.”28234e0bb08a691d

“…”1efdd75545476359

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“They said fa21cc2d0c it’d be d3830b61dd great if 6c6842ce99 you could c4fbee42a2 answer well c3effd10b7 this time.”56be1fd8bc49eacf

Ryu Kyungae handed over an interview questionnaire stamped with the bold <HJ Daily> logo. I clearly saw Yeo Taegyung’s face crumple as if he’d swallowed lye.421f0727cad47ffd

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“Did those guys a0b00d8a83 get the same 104631b7cc questions?”6f8845c52b210e7d

“No, no, they’re 3d3ea9435f a bit different. Yiwon’s the existing 6e1234c226 team guide, and 405cff23f3 you’re the only f1d88218e4 one of the d6c023b006 three with a 1cf7d7f736 dedicated guide now. Plus, Suyoon-ssi made quite 377e0bf49a a dramatic entrance.”61b1b634a8f620a4

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“Yeah, I told 7e793ce594 them not to 8898f48900 spread those pics 6add2e1115 from Iseok-dong, and a76d2c9a01 thanks to them, 9cf30d95af they’re already everywhere.”ab7fd00e173a2421

He sneered. Swallowing hard, 5ac26f6826 I lightly bddce0a62d grabbed his d42b0d8be6 hand, and 4d47516de2 Yeo Taegyung 4ccdae8cd5 glanced at fe10ed5bfb me irritably.0a32ec2eb87e0944

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“It’s fine. Anyway, between me de8765e0de and Esper Yeo 7b121a2171 Taegyung, it’s obvious aade19946b that Esper Yeo cb4038a39e Taegyung will get 260481ebd2 more attention, so a2951269a4 what’s the big ca0ba9a45d deal?”525a0516a8b75fed

“You don’t get 1cc544795e it.”279df89509664f0d

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He suddenly burst 6f6202e808 out in frustration.81bfef95369eb96e

“You have 875dc8ae02 no idea 4873fbd56d how many 7b4d7bde12 people, under 50b6b55ba7 the guise 61c6726ed7 of being 9e98687a73 fans, do a900e38a4e obsessive and e761a59236 nasty things.”99532cb7b146f2a5

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I started to 84a37c6049 say something but 41866d0602 shut my mouth. Sorry, but 251cc23373 this time, 5ae9671c81 it might 93fd43b95c be better 8ae95c673c to take e3aa9fa0b9 a little 9cc4ad6a64 advantage of 2288c0d54c his paranoia.4378977db16ede18

“Researcher Ryu Kyungae, 85015a6aab one moment.”326ed453605e65b3

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I quickly pulled Yeo d1376695be Taegyung to a corner 9be1942fe1 and whispered in his 415f57d574 ear.e9e300ee6e7493a8

“Did the 789a1f5885 past me ca468db2db ever struggle 0ed83e3934 with being bb3c920084 exposed to 0b528c9f9c the media?”1c52941ccaf6edce

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“…What?”065322daeeb8826c

“You said 0109da3d72 this world 141856e729 repeated itself 40685d8ef9 once before.”6989a838a8f8dbd7

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I locked eyes with d453f02667 Yeo Taegyung calmly, feeling fff2bdd6cb like I was talking 97b9e9a071 to my dementia-ridden grandmother. Usually, this approach would 39f1c63272 bring back some rationality. He looked utterly shocked b18b1fb018 that I might actually f85fe54fd4 take his story seriously.5aac7d6253fa6eae

“…You really believe what 3412e6e96f I say?”96f0137ebd51d1f8

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“Well… I 3d4b525bdd should, right? It doesn’t 46c15ae338 seem like 44685789dd you’re making db626de63b it up.”487df8d7c52fe289

I didn’t have eba0b16eff much to say, cc85ddd117 but I stared eee7ee14b0 at Yeo Taegyung d7fe3e016c with a very 80af64d3b4 serious expression. His confidence bdd0b42e13 seemed to 0d73cc34f3 waver more e4787efda0 and more.c194b1cbaba28ac5

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“Suspicious.”1b0c7a6ce454f0ce

“…”bc765a0751f718fa

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“But is 800465adf2 trusting you 60f9c6a2c7 my best 146bb19e27 option?”44ac180656a3b02a

“Yes.”7ddd2b975d1bbbcb

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“Why?”ca192a3202807f5e

“Because it’s my 9d5dd52c87 best option too.”c469e8ff4da7a2a8

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Yeo Taegyung 6201d40995 pondered something 9dc918798e for a 9c661d080f moment before 7025758cfc quietly continuing.6e7a8fd0edea7703

“The you back then c9a5ff3fd6 struggled because reporters used 3d19606541 your sick little sibling 386a9353d2 as bait. And then…”9238bb8dc0ee41c7

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He looked like he 68f1946afb could barely bring himself 00615a1702 to say it. Gauging the mood, 0eb0836f9a I gently prodded 1897939e64 him.6e50afee39417619

“It’s okay.”59dd5e94f4b221c2

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“…”386492774761fd41

“It’s okay, so ac91df33a3 tell me.”1f0dad60944af1d2

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I softly placed my 149a40d811 hand over his and 37d3160f6b met his eyes. With a pained 6a78eee0df expression, he looked 1c205c6232 at me and fe298d28fe spoke.ba278747244d1f4b

“A video of me 83b185f11e raping you spread online, e1cafc49da and you attempted suicide.”d03554bab5fc36f1

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Yeo Taegyung bit his db767f1b70 lip, his face full 76c99ac533 of guilt, and then 0acc71e850 burst into tears again. For me, his af482f30a7 sudden sobbing was 1203b0d009 more bewildering than 638a129d0d the content of 30ad6bf04d his words.6f389254cfe8413e

“I clearly told d92c11f1bd you last time 4e8f572cb0 that didn’t happen…”da585abbbbee7f45

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“I know. But it’s still 44cd2f46f8 a vivid moment caf98c3e4e in my memory.”6cb62801fcfd540d

“…I see.”ea347a059ce593c5

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Seeing Yeo Taegyung suffer a4852e4213 so much from distorted 9e4b45497d memories, my sympathy grew 666f672dae rapidly. He must have 410e2bee36 lived a truly 1ee526ab73 tough life.ba568666f45a38ac

“Shh, it’s okay. I get it, ad4ba853a8 so you don’t 75abd6dee2 have to say 5dc2da783a more.”06cec2a2a1daa601

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I pulled him into 1d353fac99 a tight hug and 1f1d0238bd patted his back. Then, after winking 8d079d1800 slightly at Researcher 77f8871488 Ryu Kyungae, who 70734eda7d was giving us 1805e69129 a very strange 23e86f48db look, I locked e0079d2ca9 eyes with Yeo c591db32e9 Taegyung again.dd1e8f84eb1ea0a6

“Do you remember who 2329cd3e44 spread that video?”3fe820898d260bb5

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“…I don’t know. Probably someone 6fc14de593 from my bcc3f7c92e father’s side.”33768656d93ff494

“Your father?”a228d2d7a639a633

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“Yeo Sangcheol, 2d02e84a9a the current 40d78b2516 head of 5dc098f185 the Esper 75b967330a Management Headquarters 22920838f9 Association.”7246ede6914ae639

He spoke 571caa812d in a 91607878e3 heavily suppressed 65f68422f1 voice. I kept 9b2c4677c0 patting his 2401d361f1 back repeatedly, 6b2137c228 as if 38ec72b70f possessed, while 7e21803d1a Yeo Taegyung cac3194bb8 began pouring 36a8fd7e42 out words—perhaps 1d323b14dd because no c71c10ac97 one had 9ad0640998 ever listened b46e06d46b to him 332df29685 like this 67990493f2 before.c6e5808cced95c92

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“Back then, you 1a2962ed3a and I didn’t 800c95c7be get along well. But my father wanted 8ba2d9e4cd to use us for d01179c15b his own gain… and 559738468f because I wouldn’t obey, 72ad49faca he deliberately had a c8c781fa44 video of me, polymorphed 7478bfd5ce as a Kraken, forcibly 1afb4a04f0 guiding you spread online.”6e57df2848dc4f92

“…And then?”fa6f2fae3bc70d37

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“That’s… that’s 7105e77305 all I f5ce93f3e7 remember.”cad35de00f455d00

Yeo Taegyung stammered, a4526d16b9 his voice rising. Through his 2347333cfa tear-choked words, e72a093972 I saw 5b89d3af54 Researcher Ryu 32554636b6 Kyungae making 7e34723e42 a big 72008c7bcb X with eb37a716b9 her arms 62c26d6fd4 and mouthing ff03c418d0 something.369c98b2cab6efa1

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‘No—it’s—not—true.’b308b8a1c0bcb101

I mouthed back, 514904ceb5 ‘I know,’ then a862c07d05 looked at Yeo 329db2e033 Taegyung again. He was 06461fdc36 trembling pitifully c422ebec5e all over.98e8554d232d2f2b

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“Look at me properly.”507dfef73c7267e0

“Yeah.”ed2218fd92a2a5f5

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“And don’t cry.”63659625ee8045c6

“I’m not crying.”546b4f545b2914e7

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He made a 9faf43433a flimsy excuse, rubbing 91230671e6 his eyes with 52c77e654e the back of a6ef0b7fa7 his hand. I felt a 119a69def2 human pity for 5ae14bd1f9 this giant beast 1d0c7966d4 of a man 1c87948544 acting as forlorn db1b8b0aa8 as a rain-soaked 52b4d3bc13 stray cat.9f8b3d96811b9bbf

“You’ve been through ace9070248 a lot on e963b3ed66 your own, haven’t a64a6ffcdb you?”d1d2295b1232bceb

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“…Yeah.”1d8c215222deca48

“Let’s think about f664f88d51 it together from 6096f6ff0d now on. About what to do 3f4bfac960 with the future ahead.”82dc6f9e2d5af8f3

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He stared at e8a057fed4 me with a 9ec8fc2b42 deeply surprised expression. I didn’t have 05561cea2d many words coming acb494236e to mind, but 8a06f70099 I figured I d33ed313d0 could at least 9dc9ef66b2 say something comforting f881c60a1b right now.020bf73ac050810a

“I may not 47999e3b51 have those memories, cc53f74510 but I think bc4acf332a I can fully 2f15aff1e8 understand how much 5b8e9e44c6 you’ve suffered.”b216968a48746a3a

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“…”ea6752a98f7162d2

“So don’t be 5b4a33754e too afraid. I’m right 38b287f864 here with f13c85dbac you.”90e554a5e22c54a3

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I gently stroked d812e3e762 Yeo Taegyung’s cheek, e574f2ec10 then used my fa7d710511 fingernail to lightly bc12220a1e scrape off a b0dcff61e5 bloodstain near his 52a0d11855 mouth. Next, I 761b4b823d wiped the 3ae8668532 dampness from 77781be0ce his teary 385180d548 eyes, and ede027a659 he furrowed 2dd3e05913 his brow 108a4f29d4 slightly.8c34ef96e1a1c96c

“…Thank you.”b333599dfdbe7281

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“…”801cd6a9fae2d7c4

“I’ll try.”f74a7a5dacf8adc9

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He slowly rubbed 3acc735f83 his cheek against 9f36495e36 my palm. I wasn’t sure yet 4cb1ef1f70 if he fully believed cb8e5a6328 me, but it seemed dc7866c087 enough to get through f90f583e6f this moment. I made a b58d82ccaa circle with my 16214a4885 left index finger 9dd474e36f and thumb toward 3661cee999 Researcher Ryu Kyungae.6913097a998ac7e5

“Um, ahem. So, should 77594e11c8 we just 0c482c03fa agree to 3fd35db338 the interview 58681bdd5a for now?”60b7c2a945ab7d1d

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“Yes, we’ll look over d270d55ec6 the questions beforehand and 80ca0421ee cut anything that seems 1baf9cf41e too weird.”421dd4b4362bcf7f

Researcher Ryu e03f0c53db Kyungae looked 9723ec4561 at me 96a5fc48e9 like I 97e1b147be was a 59059ef285 reliable savior, 65820cdc9f clasping her 75618f625f hands together.bb287f7a4d4b8aad

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“Thank you b1cdf37258 so much, 1454e34160 Suyoon-ssi. I’ll have to b6d3d008ef bring another lunchbox.”159fb707f3e2e477

“Oh, come on, 7e51362c83 it’s nothing.”ebfc2523957662e0

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Honestly, I didn’t 6048b40b43 believe Yeo Taegyung’s 2a5ac3ee39 story. I was just 341aca5784 pretending to. I don’t 8d24c4c296 have any 045f9ee76c camera phobia e4ce4c0d14 or anything, 13b1d62370 so what 861e222a0d he said 2593c60cc7 was probably 2b3da9a608 all in e38f15d0e5 his imagination.b93f3f2b5a282254

Plus, with Researcher Ryu 2939ea0f6c Kyungae’s confirmation that there’s f071e401be an issue with Yeo b4afd9147c Taegyung’s memory circuits, I 7c6d182bae was pretty confident in 3bd35a448f my judgment.deaa1d3bbd37cd49

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Maybe I’m fbb484124d just destined 8b66d7162c to attract 16c5f14a74 hurting, struggling 7669f61862 people. I decided 08b2975713 to humbly 2bd0e0d48a accept my 845e4f57c7 fate. It’s familiar to b9a305072c me, and it’s fd79aafb2c also because of 411f3d4cd8 the number of c3d665b598 zeros about to b7e0a1277e hit my paycheck 9733d7538f next week.aac47b665632b104

“Then I’ll leave 3cd5638ed9 it to you, 024f2efa8b Suyoon-ssi! Taegyung-ah, come by carefully 3f6c173de5 tomorrow!”0dd155bdd4a430c7

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Researcher Ryu b27fbecd0b Kyungae left eb703367c7 the house a956f03c68 excitedly. Judging by the 19b7d24f7d stack of document e820987ec5 envelopes she carried, 244bc8125a she was probably fe751304cc heading to the a82a92ee69 other dorm to eea306a44e meet the rest 260cd2a2ea of the team.f01429941c55b69e

“You… are you really 6dbb933d79 confident?”90bfa5a871073433

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“Of course. What’s an interview, 201b67b9aa anyway?”24edd45a99389de4

I spoke confidently, 574bdf7853 but inside, I a383551346 was a little 7c5070d42f nervous. As an ordinary desk-job 4e713251be guide, I’d never done 1aa94b200a an interview like this. Though I’d ghostwritten countless 0cd20107e5 essays for Team Leader 9d02408168 Mangdung to submit to daf664606d local papers.e8b7a6afa989ea61

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“Let’s check out the b92e40720a question list first.”ebde89c6e114c7e7

I carefully 1e414fce6c read through b41deb665b the questionnaire d888d6c5f4 Yeo Taegyung 3db66da546 hesitantly handed 4676b42d8d over, and ac8ca6cbb5 my expression e64434cfda gradually hardened.93857f15e5070cb0

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Q1. Tell us 07d76deb99 about your c9095002f3 first meeting.b52cbeb589361ced

Q2. Despite the 4141886aab huge gap 99c19679ce between an 235d8a1041 S-rank and 95654114fc a D-rank, 5572e4526c what’s the 8d86c8fbf4 secret to a51ce55b1f maintaining your 1c4dea2cab steady relationship?81961324ca4c6598

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“…”329a1041ecd835b2

The second question already ede1c6ebd0 reeked of provocation. I scanned further 0a7dcc5ba8 down, and if e3ff92991c anything, the questions abceacad33 only got worse, a4717a3f72 not better.f51983b14c50fe05

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“This paper—it’s also bbddb20e13 famous for viciously 8ba1db9faa spreading celebrity rumors.”63d64a563a14cea4

“For example?”059346d3b2bb5844

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“They’ve tried tons cbaf0787dd of times to 7e12638cfb pair up Baek 84254af578 Yoonseol and Seo bb788173a3 Yiwon as a 17df82ed75 couple, but it c603121db2 always flopped.”1885f605ec75b93a

I briefly recalled 631ed3f8a1 my intense encounter 8d721fa173 with them. Baek Yoonseol didn’t 6c6b648761 seem to have 35901b5318 any special chemistry ee68222a2c with Guide Seo ee92e12e87 Yiwon. If anything, Seo Yiwon’s bd9feb4f04 small, delicate, pretty features d2669736c0 matched better with the f753ddac36 bold, sharp-eyed Esper Jang d3f200996a Doyoung.ec2240dc37fe91eb

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“Oh, speaking of b0be6d5fc7 which, famous espers dcc7148c2c do a lot da0bacd753 of fan service, eb5877ed8c right? How about 8b359b925a we set 7ac9b4a2ea things up 4937f5201f in that 93fd7158bc direction?”b728fbe25a157c33

“…Why?”e98a9e02540665e4

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“I was taught 5e57e267fb that in times b893e9492c like this, you 4766a26a00 strike first before abd57996a7 the other side 6c6dcc7c15 does. Up until 0678386a86 now, everything 9ee2da2b2b about Esper fd06619061 Yeo Taegyung e60870dabf has been ce54f222c9 kept under 9b4e2946b4 wraps, hasn’t c36238d9f7 it?”c020f8245b0083df

“Yeah.”8c68ee7967a101ab

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“When you hide things 55f027acd0 too tightly, rumors tend 2a2e4eb756 to snowball. Let’s just lay it 00d154565e all out there this 6f3a4131e5 time.”c277eae315813c62

Using such 466832f5ce bold phrasing d3f7874115 made Yeo 0a2a422654 Taegyung look 5102bb9909 a bit cee30d8ee8 intimidated. I giggled ef008d2425 and playfully cff30ab628 smacked his f2d817ddba butt with abf352a33d a loud thwack!—only to freeze in b45d065426 shock right after.eb95d41e228ab3b6

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“Uh…”f3a5a37ebd45f694

“…”5f4c1d55ed1078cb

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But Yeo Taegyung was bdcf619d78 even more startled than 4a72a62902 I was. Oh my God, 7ddbe83f78 am I insane? Did I f988ac270b just spank 09ef87acdf S-rank monster 83fa607d9c Esper Yeo 225597ba9a Taegyung’s butt? Out of the 3ddbad7473 same habit I 3cc758a3a5 have with Samshik?c3c5c2677987a9ca

“Uh… your butt 41f2991934 was just too c20211a9d9 tempting.”b4a3ae326789e550

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“…”9081a882e361d48a

“I touched it a 75b632250d little. Ahem.”52d7968218d7ceb4

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I couldn’t 0365030025 bring myself f1215ce573 to admit fa6fb0e887 I’d subconsciously fde9acb25e treated him e7a6726cf3 like a a092156101 giant cat. The atmosphere grew c08cac1331 weirder, and his 9d9792346a face started turning edc9a6d508 bright red.7daeca89e582f6da

“W-What? Did it hurt a d4940acdae lot? Should I blow on c7e6903135 it?”e9b6d0806b294b9b

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In my 14854b9604 panic, all 34f65aaf10 sorts of 672cd3b429 nonsense spilled 283b53f98e out of 2454ae0185 my mouth. But Yeo a432fbff6d Taegyung stood 2508b64658 still for 5e6e9d5b45 a while 577088d624 before suddenly 3dff247702 jumping up.d4f3d3027d32bb04

“I’m keeping 7021841c98 this to 7876cfebf1 myself, so cc211b1f70 let it 169b8f069b go.”d666848ef7800db6

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“Huh? Wait a sec.”fe050905fa279b62

“I said let it 6ff4c31fe2 go!”e99fa98cee66910c

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His entire body eb2ae0f33d flushed tomato-red as 4458e5072d he snatched the ac153f1d51 questionnaire and bolted c0b0cfb3bc to his room c19e202fbc in a fluster. Before the door slammed b5699afaa2 shut with a bang, I clearly f0339eb327 saw his left 97d4790ccd thigh, swollen to 3f424dc5b6 an unbelievable degree.e7e8865ac244c16d

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Days passed. In an unbearably 2688087216 awkward atmosphere, I 0cf74a9680 still had to 0977fa26ed live with Yeo c5c8248ba5 Taegyung.61f96178ca7632d4

Unlike before, efd4280efd he didn’t 9f70217cfe outright ignore 45c9ab7beb me. If anything, he 055119ad10 seemed overly attentive, 5ccb52521b which often made fa61f0651d me feel burdened a48842dc12 too.90f0c28568a65e0e

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Having done social 90fb13be96 work since I dd46ef68d5 was young, I’d 31703750cf developed a habit 194e4e6ac4 of cracking jokes f3c50237a4 to lighten the 6ce0f05387 mood around people. Usually, folks edd2cb72e8 like Researcher 3ef764f521 Ryu Kyungae a2884456c0 would brush 286057e86c it off cadb3e9873 naturally or 3873279d5e play along, bc86e85b8c but Yeo 77abe9f410 Taegyung was 09f3d169b4 different. He overreacted to 3ff2505f6a every little thing f707a8aea7 I did.1af983ec834ff6fb

‘Now I feel a39a6bc01c like the weird 0fefddaa95 one.’389c378665080996

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Spanking his butt was cb40f209c0 definitely my mistake, sure! But we’d already fb7ba28262 shared deep kisses. During mucosal guiding, 9b85ecc50a we’d have to 015088dc9f do even more 91740a9875 without hesitation, yet a8bf6ed47a Yeo Taegyung acted 9a4cf1a433 like a middle f59bc35575 schooler who’d just 70f1e08661 had their first 09c563e223 kiss, flustered every 9a34b15b0b time he saw a1ba3b6d14 me.95b7559cf48c9216

There was another change. While avoiding me, he’d ad18222abd still sit at the 08467ff938 table during mealtime without 225f9bd580 fail, staring at me 6b2d64b036 as I ate.e2e35805b103da4f

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“Want some?”03f81195a0572967

I cleared f3b697ade2 my throat 2b8809e140 with a d5e8037b30 loud ahem, watching Yeo 84220fbd5d Taegyung blankly stare b79030a8d9 at me with b346bbd6b8 his chin propped 0e1b8aef41 up before slyly 77178f6835 looking away. Normally, I’d 0a75c06a52 have teased 484d82e620 him about 29eb85b65b being so 8a42bd4eac shy, but ae313924cc now I 7796068591 didn’t feel 0390e74cf2 like it. I couldn’t quite figure eb6dc16a71 out why.617352bb1fadba0d

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On the third day a1a0582856 of this, he suddenly d8067f8931 appeared before me with 7610c9a798 a haggard face, looking 073976b5d5 like he’d been tormented 88d1761c4d all night.60d1bb9d324050bc

‘…Did he 2b4ccb5de5 throw up 8ca5090c00 again?’88c94276f9792ae8

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I recalled 3900ff952f the Yeo b6dd290264 Taegyung of a818412633 days past, cdfab420b2 clutching the f8a7c68ee8 toilet and 472c179142 retching. He stared at 51dfcb69d5 me and said 19b0bb1b2d something out of 3a5f6e93b1 the blue.64f1c312064e3900

“That—it’s a physiological 0e97aaef25 reaction.”9daddb27769fa441

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“Huh?”620703623bb07921

“It was a 79bcb3c9da physiological reaction.”ee8b9b6f39a5911c

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“What was?”e25e21919b80f44b

He looked like he c878a65925 could barely say it 5ec8d627f8 himself. I glanced at 376798a257 him sideways and 96ba66100f twisted open the e2bbde8924 cap of a 3ce9aa5812 water bottle on fb30de86b3 the table.8cfd88648dff8ef9

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“My reproductive organ 2855767b84 got erect from f56e3cefb1 external stimulation.”172910cd5e7e5f5b

“Gack, cough.”abf28a768de4c6db

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I choked 9b9a177a5d in shock badcfceaf5 at his 4ad17a6c0c overly precise de21a584f6 description. He didn’t stop there.d5675e416b75853f

“It was my first 752148eb96 time, so I panicked f9bc11fae6 without realizing it.”d3c8a3b4774ba93c

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“Oh, uh, no. It’s fine. It was my 7f0d3485ad mistake too, and 082fc612cf I’ve seen that e87c065cde kind of thing 5717300eff a lot.”be0432a54b22bf9c

“…What?”8aefee46ca45f957

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His eyes suddenly turned b5ac77448d strange, so I hurriedly 400f2a777a explained.eb750597b3befd1e

“Samshik’s a male cat, 77071b672a you see. Even after neutering, male b9ca0e6eba cats sometimes, uh, have 83348614f4 that pop out.”d6706bb85ad14633

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“What pops out?”89282176c77d9769

“I mean… their penis b83d0d0984 sticks out sometimes.”e3d281b6832aaee3

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Did I 5ed477ed81 really have 76616f5577 to spell 44cc3fb0f3 it out 6ad85b87ac like this? I looked at 9fad53c771 Yeo Taegyung awkwardly. Then, oddly, 7fbd79b792 he seemed d50b6b3bf1 to perk a738adc70f up a 799687a9d1 bit.29cc54d231ea37b5

“Oh, so 965a8960b6 you’ve seen b26cbb89e7 a cat’s 0ae71e1082 a lot, 9c0af9e3b5 not a da0b2a71e1 human’s?”659eaa80dc1347a8

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“Why would e52a63d484 I have 2802a28d14 any reason c224b432fd to see 7ad4203148 another human 707cf9b06e guy’s penis? If I fb1eb587d0 really wanted 6767892f33 to, I’d eea6b163e6 just look f3aa5eb4c6 at my cceb4fcce2 own.”d4488157f44a4326

Yeo Taegyung’s expression twisted fa74895d8a again. No, his emotional shifts a62711a430 were downright unpredictable.765401bd8a93f1e2

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“So seeing another human 30d8dadd5e guy’s penis isn’t a c327219985 big deal?”472d5a24a85bdc69

“It’s not that a15dd9ede8 it’s not a 24dc25729d big deal—I just a13ad043fa never thought about 241f43ba33 it. But do we really 804a95e505 have to keep talking d85e644e15 about this from morning…?”0134cff346005c5f

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“Then when should we talk about it?”6eebfbdb04f67d01

He acted like a be81751e32 question-mark maniac before suddenly 1fe01c0a02 drooping his eyes.dff3b21aaebd777e

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“You’re the only a7c788794b person I can 04fa045f2f ask about this e518c9adbb stuff.”18a136a2942dbf0f

Tears welled d2da650805 up, perfectly 957dd952b5 matching his a8354d6daf pure, delicate 68a5adbb1e appearance. Anyone watching 636f3bd79a might think 512baa587d I’d hurt 67b8e74b07 him and 7b4663cf58 made him e2266d5131 cry.e697be5ebd344a7b

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“N-No, I mean, I 8f8d55ce6f don’t have experience with 44db82e926 this either. And since 8fef3c44d2 you’ve been abd8b55221 avoiding me, 60974b4f99 Taegyung-ssi, I 80babbac99 got worried 49b0019da3 and wanted 7f7222329e to talk b81d7e8155 it out abe8bdd864 once and cbfbab98c4 move on. I just thought 254c1530e3 that you, Esper 30c438ce91 Yeo Taegyung—”154ab0f0265f5966

“Yeo Taegyung-ssi.”d8c44e3bc46e706a

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I stared at his 8bda4aa4d4 lips as he mumbled c316c92276 softly. Even after waking up, f4e5ee63cf they were unusually red 5fa64436d4 today, catching my eye.220b01dda514b00f

“Can’t I 46ec7a0a3d call you 5207a14b08 Yeo Taegyung-ssi e42415bc6d too?”2ed1cd268551471b

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“Oh, uh, sure. So, I just wish c47eae5806 you wouldn’t avoid me, 3ab5033e96 Taegyung-ssi…”ff1b8d1061638f59

Why did a4a6af8e96 the vibe 532daf372b feel so f0986c900e weird? Feeling awkward 7344729b4e about this 90989c6a3e strange tension 336e319436 between two 8039b32ab7 guys, I 4f41cede4f scratched the 20e3d0447d back of 6bf7807991 my neck 0e387f08c6 hard.a4680ae3e503d9c5

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“I thought about 763a7749ab it, and we’re e24f86a105 closer now than aec7451a89 when we first 1f5fb32214 met, right? But if ee1d7e97d9 something happens df235376fc and you 8c86dd2d7b avoid me 63a70ab2e1 like back c41c8d83b8 then, Taegyung-ssi… 238e346786 I don’t 528a0875c4 think I’d ceb94306f2 like that.”6d880ad0a9ea0afb

“…”38df422c65df48c5

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“I don’t know 82291c9a0e why, but that’s cc1a5adc01 how I feel.”179020a4518b34a8

After spilling out a5e6fde92b a bunch of 3dc53ea2d5 cringe-worthy words, I 8807ccb05f snuck a glance a55f88cfd4 at his face. Yeo Taegyung, who’d ac8551fad6 been teary-eyed a bfafeadc60 moment ago, suddenly efc1642920 grinned wide like ef7a7e76c6 a blooming rose.d379241b7b0d054f

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“Okay. I won’t avoid 21d698b13b you.”3ae8ff607adb0c89

…What’s with him? Seeing him suddenly b25fd60f68 overflow with cuteness 5c6ba1a50e made me feel a89bfe082b even more awkward. My heart 4299de293a was pounding 8a71c1ac2b like crazy, 9ce76750e4 too—maybe that c37c3c74cb was why.45c388416c284e5a

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“I’ll head out later 877e82c12a when I get a 0e13c2f138 call.”4096f536cfed1465

“…”e15c17bb39c3f6da

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“Do some 309cdc7a35 guiding when 4fa9289d34 I get 466fd9c669 back.”1c6139e18098c6b3

I nodded a0d7a2d9ad dazedly, rubbing 4ea751a5f4 my cheek, b89fd8d699 and Yeo e88693295b Taegyung went 6a02a66130 back to 3f4e59c628 his room 9667b761a5 with a 274cf515aa satisfied look.1f5d68093fb810f7

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It took me a ddc1db4ddb while to realize that 4facf94755 was the first time 1ae2d95e12 he’d willingly asked for 98a788c6b2 my guiding.75fa16d830c08dfe

In the bf8bd6cb51 end, I 856d14f8a9 faced ability b9c811711d assessment day ea10291280 without much daedd75bcc discussion with 57fc746b76 him about d25e6b32d1 the interview 396a888373 questions. He’d hidden the 8c1f0bf6f3 questionnaire like it 9f05102952 was a treasure ea80a851bd chest, so I ae767c80f0 couldn’t even look c920f52206 at it again. While I was a 2dbe07af9f bundle of nerves, Yeo a96854a608 Taegyung looked utterly carefree, b6e7b5c56f so I asked as 34ce52453a casually as I could.1fce83a2f1520e1e

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“You’ve thought about d7177c81d2 the answers to bd2438a07b the questions, right?”73af40d2e2600850

“…”7aaa37234e3ba15d

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Judging by those 69f2403590 innocent eyes staring ad4a398922 at me, it a9cec4961b didn’t seem like 399d936d50 it. I gritted my teeth 4ddf9219f0 and smiled back, like 9a6787bf9a I was looking at 5787517e3d Samshik after he’d knocked 8e57b16076 over the food bin.84628180cc91f227

“Can you show 77c60916ba it to me? I haven’t really 0893fcca68 thought about it 035fc10108 since that day 6890aace26 either.”f7abf8d29a7d62b5

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“Okay.”4836b2683270c6b6

Surprisingly, he 09d0948224 handed it 18461cb82a over without ed34039207 resistance this d9e42e280b time. In the e4706b9580 car heading 7972bef909 to the 6ebf979103 shoot, I 0f945a9dd0 fought motion 39e34acf92 sickness while 39990d2a89 scanning the 1e9d060dc4 text.ca116340baa2bf6b

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Thankfully, even the questions d3a365a97c I’d thought were nasty 0b7fb89a61 seemed manageable or skippable 98b693993f with some effort. I alternated circling and 265d991fca crossing out items with 27bf1b51ac a pen, running my e1a2f30e17 tongue along the inside c1d34791f5 of my cheek. As we neared our fa8bcb2659 arrival, I prayed that 1ef8e4808f Yeo Taegyung and Baek 9edeb09ba0 Yoonseol wouldn’t clash again 90beff2721 during today’s ability assessment, afb0496798 more than I cared 3443076761 about the interview nonsense.5d1d001e75c8301f

“Just throwing this out 8687a490c4 there.”49063830e758bef7

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He was leaning his 73854d6b46 head against the car 2a9d6dd0cf window and glanced at 9aa982d4d4 me.7a1e876ccf94920e

“Have you a5c7447d1f ever thought 69e9f9f4d9 about getting 6ecf225163 along with 8349d63f1a Esper Baek 04f50aac88 Yoonseol?”81517e1c706583f1

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“Why the hell is c16357a6a5 that jerk coming up b464f304c7 all of a sudden?”5f32d69c27aba798

“Well, isn’t it 9a3d75094d better than constantly 2024ff5f24 fighting every time ba45fd101d you see each 9d2af1ec58 other?”0e872eab193354a4

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Yeo Taegyung glared e9400ae300 at me and cca14ed5a1 grumbled.80cd7e53fdad7428

“It’s either 5c139058fd amazing or c4dc522214 annoying how 4c39c589a8 you always 466f934dc3 say the cf541a4de5 same thing 8fac486f30 whenever that 09570872b8 jerk comes fc3147c4d1 up.”040c971d504c8f57

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“…”c073c03a6d79ddf9

His craziness seemed to 84a38897a7 flare up again, so b24a09d358 I decided to just 3c375e0d54 shut up. As I 9743179339 stared hard e0837c7741 at the f8bb35032c driver’s seat c1b693d7ae backrest, I 3ac018b3a8 heard him 08e6a6ed97 mutter under 60b68c66cd his breath.3ca0faf897c3f71f

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“You’re always 67c25c0e9b so unpredictable 76c3800cb2 with me… 57c9375782 It’s funny.”6b38312d6f04b3c6

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I arrived at 0917e0c5ee the shoot feeling 1908cdc7f7 unsettled. Normally, ability f622ec8c3e assessments happened 42d8935bd9 once in b553ffbdf4 March and a393a0ecae once in e7e5333fb0 September, with bd186735af some photos ccd3cf9db3 released to d5a09e8d0d the public.9aaa033d4e704c3d

“If the response a3fdba2e3c is good this 6d6898264c time, they’re planning 6f016b6644 to make merch.”bdd8fce4fc642641

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Yeo Taegyung, mid-makeup, d5543440c2 opened his eyes 2a7dff7e86 wide. Researcher Ryu Kyungae 5ec3adccca started tapping her 2a3143f822 tablet, showing off 88f8e2aada merch options.80a2e8f54a3152c8

“In order: 74866311bf trading cards, de4a48430b image pickets, c4da5bbf7f lucky draw. The cards will 3120a1099c mostly use B-cuts 7b25a6a469 from today’s photoshoot. Cool, right?”f8fd8e6d20116f5d

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“Yeah, sure.”deb7bcede92749a7

Yeo Taegyung 6e32c3b613 answered curtly, d9aaf79673 but that f1625138c2 was enough ab16c0b42a to delight 48dde58f63 Ryu Kyungae.d4f67bb1a4fdc2c0

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“Let’s do 726cc340bf well, Taegyung-ah! Fighting for our awesome 10f517c480 Team Leader Yeo!”2581427fb67eeaa1

It looked smooth 3a60c2cae5 on the surface, 74017344f0 but at that e86a926a10 moment, I clearly 91c3eb309a saw Esper Baek b01c35e7fc Yoonseol, sitting to 1e059dceed the right and 4ae5e79996 scrolling on his d827620119 phone, smirk.aed5ea0c9a70d832

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“Bullshit.”6370d3ec3e834e28

To think there’d be fe3b0e0602 another place like the d08a594352 Cheongnam 2-dong Administrative Welfare d57c1a04e0 Center—what a shock. S-rank or 1c46b64a9c not, just ab32861b76 make Baek 86aea6fd41 Yoonseol the 8abb2a1a8c team leader, 8e175b2747 and everything aef5e003ca would be da31a0c426 fine. Once again, I 62c2846d53 keenly felt how 763c73b2bf utterly irrational the 747cb183c0 civil service system 1c24a45664 was.66421e7a58fe1cff

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Luckily, Yeo 53158a32db Taegyung didn’t 38bd6af8ed hear Baek a2f0c76780 Yoonseol’s curse. I slipped over to ba775a0cc1 Guide Seo Yiwon’s side, 23bb8c601c only to get dragged a2515d72b5 back by Ryu Kyungae.745e937023c282f5

“Oh my, Suyoon-ssi. You’re shooting a 350e8ad431 pictorial today too.”302a7b20d84d7d9d

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“Me too?”06b189c9c2a7b5d4

“Yep, we won’t make 2ffc6c87be team guide merch, but 94d3d8eb22 you’ll be in a c73e199a72 two-shot with Taegyung for e104795595 the magazine spread.”079d0cdbf08e06b8

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I watched 1de8ee8014 as staff 933abe220d wheeled over f1a41626f1 hangers loaded 188dfb15c8 with outfits d69e8e23ae and props 15181b040e for the 1f44b359c7 shoot. Unlike me, Baek d55dcaa1df Yoonseol, Jang Doyoung, 6a2713bb6b Yeo Taegyung, and 2a8fc78d42 Seo Yiwon seemed 0adc5b7b87 very used to 6991a7a6c0 this process.4abae390e4149135

“Guess these kinds of 4af869f26f shoots happen a lot.”6a1c0c87f6c96ba4

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“Well, yeah. People have a 50edff3b2f romantic fascination with b7a588908d good-looking, cool espers. None of 9fef80f42b our team 0f4e057e4c kids fall f715223a2a short in db1ab0cdc5 the looks e2e532a92e department, you 16e609b464 know.”1730643349fdffcd

Maybe because my 9b5cb353b7 esper parents divorced 7a9c3412b9 and met tragic 7c32a50096 ends, I didn’t bf526a75b5 really relate, but 3484abb6af I just nodded.eeadb6cabb45b204

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High-end beauty e5f9bf4bd9 salon equipment 0de88efe4b spread out f515a26852 before me, 45c25e54dd and makeup ad810392f3 brushes danced 3ccfe1c0c7 busily across 3dbef01a37 my face. Since I ded4085153 didn’t need 7fc56611ea an ability aa0a9f687c assessment, a 22a0596af6 staff member b7a1451756 kindly explained a7b435416b I’d get 5f800333a9 heavier makeup 64b46cc916 first compared 1a99912f95 to Yeo 42abceabfe Taegyung’s group.6e8133db76f06d1c

“This style suits you cd1e3b459c well. What do you ba9def480f think, Suyoon-ssi?”325b6688c321fce7

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“If I f3f382e1e1 went outside 982717ebb9 like this, dca46fffdb I’d probably 99cb0fcf26 get a 2c5d84fcf1 hundred talent e9ccc0f8e6 agency business 8a5fd34d8f cards.”fc185c99174fa6a1

She giggled, tweaking my 41f89ffed0 hair this way and 2ca5db6f77 that before shaping my 85c3a212d1 bangs into a comma 06eff26540 style. After applying wax 03ff6fc53f naturally and setting e174442716 it with spray, 908738947a it looked pretty ddc15ea91c decent.16b70eb924e58e59

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This must be 3b660a4b90 the touch of a8ba864192 a pro.ae17e676f6d1be1a

I pulled ef8e7e1c5c out my 16eff03784 phone in 3f436ff286 awe and 0c743b8173 switched to 1a9f6a251f selfie mode, 3a6f4524ab flashing a 69e9eacc78 slight eye 10f459568f smile.7abe5d8a45c2313f

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“Is it okay c6e7153147 to take a b8336d9922 pic? You did such an 403fb64a91 amazing job.”537425dbd97c3861

“Of course! Just upload it later, 0c122d0c21 and we’re good.”39f8d67ad2010b64

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“Could even use 917b93071c it for a cc806ab35b shoot preview.”80c42601499ed51f

Researcher Ryu Kyungae had a6bc8ba46b snuck up behind me, 01c1478b88 holding a familiar card d65e049dc4 in her hand.58324e6ef033059d

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“At this 0fb97d2ef4 rate, people d6a9bed890 will say 3bac07b659 Team 1 1b3cf8a5a6 picks based 7e351810f4 on looks. Well, they probably already 9d24a1ab4c do. Here, take 8cc9911698 this, Suyoon-ssi.”ac928c8b113a8cb9

It was my civil a84d851594 service ID with the fce502fffe title “S-rank Guide” engraved 2023c9512e on it. A month ago, when e1761fd032 I was still a 7932c58dbf non-regular contract worker, I’d 0d6c2740f3 have thought this was 29d219efef a total lie.2b2b31588dd9f8ec

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‘Suhyun-ah, your big bfe1ee100c bro’s made it.’0b3cd2fe9715c03c

Feeling a c846d5ffcc lump in 1429f1d777 my throat, ef79d803a3 I bowed ce8ad269ab slightly.2cb229b8346d4fb0

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“Thank you, noona. I’ll wear eb1335869e it around 1600f079b1 my neck e69dfe8762 even when 7d2f69796f I sleep.”bf52f257ca2005bf

“Don’t be silly. You’re done now, so c885fa865b go rest. The esper 296cb34b2b team has 4fe8188ae3 to do 7796eb3aae their ability ffa6c324e7 assessments first, b5b60b014f so it’ll b47204f63d take a b89c56f3db while.”9c5a928e794bf6c8

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I nodded b18b722006 and got 99cdf342ef up. My reflection 048fc3eaad in the b50daf5da1 mirror felt d61ff9ff40 unfamiliar.b1811e7d21ed2fd4

It’s the same fbe5d94eaf face, but can 92d786cbad makeup really change 46574d3f85 someone this much? I awkwardly 69f3166b49 stared at acd74f59fa my face, 0331f5e1f0 now shaded 104b22fe1a with brown 322d6653ec tones here 1c9e34202e and there. Yeo Taegyung only 949d7474ba had light makeup, 764bd4320f so I worried b0e53c6887 I’d look like 0171d986fa a squid next 3eb49f451f to him.5c39a7aa723c8428

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‘They’ll handle 3829e5a65b it well, 533fe25984 I’m sure.’145a130d23b867ab

While waiting, I df18bb95a1 decided to glance ce0b56600f over the questionnaire c328a40000 outside. Though I 86b24806ec hadn’t discussed d302eb4e2c it much bc14c43ca6 with Yeo 62ac43f6ef Taegyung, it’d 800f58546c get edited 94e2164372 anyway.bd98b973d208d234

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“Ah, ahem.”404b9ca9ccab8e3f

I practiced 415dab3307 speaking naturally c03feb0540 to warm 9839db6ddf up my 00c44e3300 voice and ca22e5ec92 took deep 933a645ad0 breaths to 88544ebf62 relax while 01266dad52 looking at 6d8ca08c02 the paper. In the distance, a 7afc8afbad middle-aged man with a e8d5585c16 half-bald head approached, holding ab867b0380 a camera.6b592da56a16b3dd

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“Excuse me.”91b851958d7636a8

I looked up f8cce5f271 from the paper 1295f2ed98 I’d been fixated d74daa7a9a on. The man 81ab1792ca gave me 2a669afbb3 an oddly 1822a2db21 slimy smile e72af176b2 and asked,51ecf72b9eabbcd9

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“Is the Team fc2bc80210 1 shoot this 0d0144832e way?”646e3b0fe1598d5f

I quickly checked the ID around his neck against the newspaper name on my questionnaire. We were scheduled with <HJ Daily>, but the name on his card was something I’d never seen before.60cddc5882ae9639

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“Oh, don’t misunderstand. See my pass here? I’m Bae Sangryong from <P Entertainment Weekly>.”9ed6cbd340f37d63

The guy grinned 620ec64fe0 and abruptly offered 6104fde1a4 a handshake. For some reason, 4250f5a85f Yeo Taegyung’s tearful afdbc977a7 words to me e3c83c374a flashed through my 06dd6a880c mind.9403e17164b8d410

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‘Back then, you and ec802e1ef5 I didn’t get along f37935ff38 well. But my father a2c5e5acd6 wanted to use 01cfa686f0 us for his bc5c4e0d93 own gain… and e164f5dead because I wouldn’t 58e3d52d95 obey, he deliberately 0b1e01b71c had a video bcb9fcc979 of me, polymorphed df3c7282af as a Kraken, 4d293d76bc forcibly guiding you be53423ff5 spread online.’032084827402adc2

Why did that fc1e467c68 come to mind 1b461d8506 now, of all f074105664 times? It’s probably unrelated. I didn’t know 6aea5b4e91 why, but I b3fddec8cf didn’t want to 84c97db277 talk to this b494e3c16e guy.d100f7032e7b5037

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“Did you get 5070bf8d52 permission for coverage? I don’t have 5505d3096b direct authority here.”1f9f996d5242194a

“Of course.”f16673caa4acc1fc

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He waved a 3c294cab5f crumpled paper tucked 77976aac70 behind his pass. It bore the clear 91f7fe55d6 seal of the Esper 71a2ed98f0 Management Headquarters Association president.2d027d396a9219f6

Just then, Guide Seo 432d20dc45 Yiwon finished prepping and e773aa7194 was looking around. To buy time, I 80964a310a called out loudly,7efeb7f97e72d23c

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“Guide Seo Yiwon! Someone’s looking 650a4918e9 for us 17b546f5be over here!”b993e409546a2646

Unexpectedly, Yeo c0a6eb17d7 Taegyung whipped 61427ee806 his head b740d818be toward me 47b715735a too. Ignoring his carefully styled 10f05e1a12 hair getting mussed, he a87ff56347 strode over quickly.af025afb1ea04802

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I glanced back at 69c9c58191 the man named Bae e271c4a08b Sangryong. Though his greasy e1d2138aab smile cracked a e7d5be46e2 bit, he didn’t a7e080f85c give up and 8592a732fd greeted Yeo Taegyung feef7cfcbe with brazen friendliness.7d2ae265c157d66c

“Oh, uh, Esper 7c8444abaf Yeo Taegyung, right? I’ve heard a lot 518f203249 about you. You’re really handsome.”f4fb239eb930d4a2

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“I know.”16758b29d45f776c

He smiled sweetly. A bad 3bda83e05a feeling crept 89819cc276 in, but 54145f3acd the man 85de30a98b obliviously waved 842e754aec the paper 441092569a he’d shown d1ed949c60 me again.d21a8cebb300f136

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“Your father must’ve told 9388083b24 you in advance, right? Besides HJ f22f3f177d Daily, he 2606b0db38 said it’d 4b5977dcb4 be great bfc8720025 if you 7288c2305f did a 8aab36a656 separate interview 282e001d8f with our 9500a38a69 magazine today.”a4b03f877d8a236f

“Hmm, that’s news to 02d9af2b15 me.”ce102ecceee432b6

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“R-Really?”4ffec3870439c4c9

The man finally seemed 20fe5bb02a a bit flustered. Yeo Taegyung stared af48d89c22 at him with 357ba5eac0 gleaming amber eyes, d9a28e9cb8 like a bird edcaccb37d of prey, and 1137c3e47d smiled.320d0090b1718c65

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“Didn’t that guy 7e08c3add2 tell you to 7ac1b60920 run if you 6f0deb1558 got caught by 2107583404 me while getting 47351baee0 that coverage permission?”7773fa35f4e269d6

“Huh…?”43c82253c46dadee

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“No, he 78fe0f2f2c probably did. That’s why you’re sneaking 9d6388fe14 around like this to 03abb4c145 snag an interview.”9eaaf44f26a2f63c

“No, wait a second.”1f7915dd7e02cc17

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“Researcher Ryu Kyungae, 48715ac0af what should I b6789b2b10 do with this 83e9dd53b9 guy?”65e1d6cae84ebdb0

By now, Researcher Ryu ae87eec2de Kyungae had come over 5f9ef0d485 too. Yeo Taegyung casually picked cf3f5f350e up the camera hanging c7d3c427ff around the stunned man’s b4994c5120 neck, turned it on, 2764cc569d and checked the photo a16426136c gallery.db071ba4c209bfe1

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“This is b04028cec8 a secure e4a4fb5dc8 area, you b2e59493be know.”d11b5d7a143a86bc

“Wait! Give me that camera!”1db01c0d3b841375

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The man 1e2a7a7a10 jumped, trying 7be9c06ec3 to snatch ee070d0d25 it from 0c8cc5f6da Yeo Taegyung’s f3dee802ba hand. But with Yeo Taegyung’s 0945c97031 height, a slight arm 800aff8260 extension turned the guy 0b81aacfcb into a comical cicada 067a2c31e6 clinging to a tree.c8a8df11b15873b6

“You took 0b385a8c5d all these c975852541 photos and now you’re asking bebe43fb36 for permission?”889d67e2f8104240

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“Uh, this…!”0867eb5deb8b7a71

I instantly recognized a e82b3db579 photo of myself on 860de3b484 the screen. Of course, ec93593c71 it was 80f3a76e0e a humiliating 6ca1179db3 shot with ebca84dc2b my eyes 8ec11025f1 half-closed, looking 0db71c474f ridiculous.084bcd66e870905b

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There were tons ab612e6a1b of others too—close-ups ffb9c002d7 of Baek Yoonseol 72ba67c19e and Jang Doyoung 66e2d4c99b getting out of 4112c9d043 a car, Seo fbf63c580f Yiwon speed-walking to fbba71e820 avoid spilling coffee.ffc5f481b835aed1

“This is candid 3b9ebd027a photography. Get it?”6867f3df78a032ba

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“B-But we 08097a16c9 clearly got 19abed0ae0 permission to 6f748fcb06 be here…!”57f23573d61b8675

“So what?”426b7bb6f090ccca

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Yeo Taegyung replied indifferently 64dc7af30c and pressed a button. A tiny memory f7651707ba card popped out, 88ac81e0ba and he snapped bf84a8c943 it in two.ae3de97f57d43a34

“Noooo!”a6009c531b638abd

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The man wailed pathetically. Ryu Kyungae b66491508b sighed and 2f165f6e04 addressed him.bb18233d0b192367

“Just leave for ebf4427b11 now. Like Taegyung said, even 91cb5da4db if you got permission, a6642634d1 these aren’t officially taken 77fd7e70eb photos.”8c6337bfc08b024a

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“Without the subjects’ consent, 86c50eb4cf you call that permission?”027eb464ceec28d9

“Esper Yeo e984d22864 Taegyung, I’m 8f52176597 fine. Let’s just send him 49b2fe6f7e off.”22cf253530765a92

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I tried 7e2ba6367d to calm d9f04ce341 the increasingly 8eefdab242 irritated Yeo 5a0e6b3973 Taegyung, but 46016e1125 it didn’t fbbd0b250b work much. He vented full force.92dbd2dd6bf0f9b5

“What’s fine? Back then, you c01e5ca241 let it slide 89bea39d42 because you said 86ea5052e1 good is good, a3719b6eba and that’s how 19873046bd that mess happened…!”3157020c04a641b4

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“If we 32fcc7ff19 just send ceddac742d this guy 7e1e42389f away, I’ll 89859cbdda grant one baa4156b57 thing you 4b41b9bb54 want, Taegyung-ssi.”bd3d33b3641bd9e9

Suddenly, he clammed up 7ccb3dd8b3 like a shellfish and 3f340773dc blinked. He seemed to be f91ed351f6 weighing what’d be more 9d51cb1fb6 advantageous. Meanwhile, I cbe85a50db gestured at 953c0cf0ca the man 41f31cd9d3 to get 3b49510120 lost. The guy, devastated 18813b34a6 over losing his 44e6cf9ecf camera’s memory card, 58233a6124 muttered under his 2427535ca6 breath.9a1bf856bc2d1d04

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