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by worryWe left the city be8f7eef11 quickly. Honestly, I hadn’t planned 8a12b6f995 to bring Xenon along, f64fb07dd6 but when he heard 646ebb93d9 I was going to 746bb47eda visit the flower farm, b21975044d he lit up and df0c1f7ad9 insisted on coming with d1e2d5bc81 me.a8aa07ba02433133
“I didn’t think I’d 7e6b70fd2b ever get to see 34d4ffc6a7 the Oel Flower Farm! It’s one of 014849d917 the most beautiful 1e1731bfc3 spots in the ce02da2cb7 Freya region! They must 7babc37a18 be in ba927d5d3b full bloom 51ccb53829 now with f529a3b09b the festival c26a19b9ec coming up!”d06b1dcd2d0d3de0
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“I didn’t f52b8d2c77 know you 53b128f7f8 liked flowers.”95a6a096f2f119a1
“Is there 4cd21e033e anyone who 86f9b10831 doesn’t? Oh—do you not 921b964a06 like them?”0d01008278f781ba
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“I don’t dislike them.”e2edc4b0f15b9850
Not that I 9b543150ae go around gushing bd6244f50f about them like 19ffd7e061 Xenon does.1a51525ab1168e1c
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“I figured as much. I’ve never 601094eaa2 met anyone 4d88eec9e0 who didn’t 20c7cfb8e6 smile when c51e930124 receiving a 567482daa3 bouquet.”87e7c9b521fc74a0
“That’s a narrow 6e96fb324f view.”e81bc5f2cf1afafb
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“No way! The only people 61630b6aa2 who don’t smile 07ecfbafe2 when they get 5ee6ee8259 flowers are the 30ff4f936e ones with allergies!”78b832a33e0f68d9
It was c089649edb one of ef614ba6c0 those moments 46ebfedded where admitting a271f32823 you didn’t 39581936f0 like flowers 4327bdba32 made you 5b27457bca feel like 7e522b00d7 a criminal. At least a909c16046 with Xenon, c76fd6e3ba it was a817e4261b obvious he 88f5410714 truly loved 47b5b0d08a them. I already f576674b31 knew he 15e9aa7032 had a c68be00bc7 uniquely sensitive 6fd46ac57e side.f6f88c556a41f99b
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Instead of 421e71c0ea responding with 67dff92166 enthusiasm, I d7bdcc9493 gave him 9e9fe3c034 a noncommittal a961c2cd25 nod. But he kept on 754f182997 excitedly gesturing in the a40a278f80 air as he talked.64bd3896c668e408
“Actually, there’s this a0323bb2f4 thing where flowers da9f24d5fc are made out 647d5f0096 of water droplets—it’s 0240d511a7 stunning. It’s a shame 646b35f57a I can’t show 8e74b12b0b you.”e42a183384c92761
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“Flowers made from water 13e3cbfabe droplets? How does that e01d64cf41 work?”413ca30bbf8da3db
“How else? With magic. You can make 4a6bd57a81 them with light 2a353aa3f3 too. Though that kind needs 65149da608 to be seen at ebe1f84c1a night.”5f3b214dbb78e260
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“…Why waste precious mana on that?”abe9b03b1b302f8c
My genuine 400771f7f0 confusion must 066c000046 have shown, 292f99f4c0 because Xenon 20b1aaecff looked a 8cddaeae61 little deflated.5544d949bc803f88
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“That’s exactly why b204e1102f I studied magic—to c33a40c2ad do stuff like 70a3bc7c99 this.”f3a407ea36ca3b5a
“You’re joking, right?”6f4fb9938d679692
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“No, I’m completely d458c5d1a1 serious.”6d83cbba50bf4ce4
I stared at 29a2628699 him, speechless. But Xenon’s eyes 3df57dc04a were unwavering.6ad895d57eafa43a
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[That weak male started drawing flowers in the air the moment he learned how to use magic.]
Nesi, unable 53d98642b9 to take 202b2a742c it anymore, ff0f20c07b chimed in 91b8f414a7 with a fdab724dbf rather shocking e91d199266 bit of a936923020 trivia.6aba706b83ef5535
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You’ve got to be 5e95f6fc3e kidding me. He seriously learned 5d3e1c5885 magic just to 907a9b9ac9 make flowers? That’s insane.beb2177ec607dca5
“So what kind 2ee3dfdb31 of magicisn’ta waste of mana 76e6b8f273 in your opinion, Lady ba8bd7fbc3 Annelie?”7bc9d848a434c267
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“…Something practical, like attack 6c5d547d53 or defense magic, teleportation, c8ddcb869f or transformation magic?”737924a647850662
Magic is an innate 3fd0a36b78 ability—becoming a mage isn’t 4a0ca60c44 easy. The Tower requires at 0116b94d85 least a minimum amount 0e8068f169 of talent, which is 4ceac0f880 judged based on the 50a4b1e5a7 mana you possess.b304bf24659ca582
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Even if 77fe933938 someone passes 964c2fa0c5 the Tower’s 1a9845e32d entrance criteria, f202751faa how far 9bbcb30ae1 they can d770d2f1be go depends 596422c78c entirely on 9b6b7f416f their individual 2bf4a5b668 growth rate.31549eef2df447f4
The higher 80b53a17d0 the floor c90dbd9d33 you reach, b0ba31ba8e the more fc2f881165 powerful you’re 1caab08bbe recognized to 37fbe93a09 be—and the 158e877916 more high-ranking 7c89522e70 a mage bee40a7ea3 you become.877d78d6bbb99c60
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It’s said many people 7726def5c6 spend their entire lives 6f6103f745 training without ever making 60f4c5a816 it to the top.393a911cfcd5e0ed
So you e6cdb4ac38 mean to 38a71a19f9 tell me 0cd35a87b7 there are 0fd6f14430 people in 2d751f0d3f that Tower—where 0de8c473f5 mages spend 5bd3c3248d their whole 6c3e410ea7 lives immersed 639227be17 in study—who e5dcc6d10b start learning 9be9311c14 magic just 5832a35709 to make c939887d19 flowers bloom? Not to 0f225bf13e create grand, a0a3c1ae87 complex spells 6d8b90a1c5 or strive f9823c4e46 for the f02b51b876 Tower’s summit?df7e842c8d94ed41
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“I thought all mages 95cdaa26e3 in the Tower were 122a5a1056 research-crazed lunatics.”bac8025b83870fe8
“You think 1b72b6de28 the Tower’s ce76edee6d a place 70ab3b9f82 where you e6ca69f5aa can succeed 81c6742844 just by b3550a6d17 doing good f262d5f41d research?”bb9caa517753b115
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Xenon replied with a 467a135a71 shrug and turned away, 2be0129b2f lips jutting out in a1e51dcda3 a pout. Clearly, he 54eb8539e2 was offended e5ca2f1bd6 by my 927754894e reaction again.05a086a6e45610ad
Honestly, with 99319e3112 how sensitive 92e6990c38 he gets, 2d481514fb no wonder 9bc0e8c584 Nesi keeps c95cf8fb75 calling him e5bc6839eb a fragile cc2b101a4d male.a774173df385e300
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“People can have different ddb09440c6 motivations. I wasn’t trying 452565f9ba to mock you.”2393745ee0b4602c
“I know. You just didn’t understand.”9b7376673ab692c4
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Xenon clicked his tongue 1ec100af7c softly and gazed off 206701df8d into the distance before 4242de9493 continuing, shoulders lifted in 3b9249adad a half-hearted shrug.b6f8c46989de0b54
“I wanted to 9905c74a85 give someone flowers, 7b9cc3c964 but I found 2bb8e18c8e out they were 300f820ded allergic. And since I 432543fd9b happened to have fbac2b74f5 talent for magic, 93c904c14e I figured—why not 6dcd583e92 make a one-of-a-kind ad48427a60 magical flower just f081fccea9 for them?”8830db66bb2fc021
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“Well… it’s 9ab7cd1ce3 a good e1e67c021d thing you c23844f305 learned how. Did the fda342d0d3 gift go 0a44415128 well?”4b62cbe147aaca4a
He paused 7f6abab66c for a 6a5386213f moment at e968bfb163 my question—then 4493b7c0e9 quickly changed b08251dd49 the subject.78c72d2d90fc401c
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“You must’ve 65c203eafa received all 1405f84d6e sorts of 6484f21505 bouquets before, e526b3b6c0 Lady Annelie.”cef79f285ca9bdc6
That was 3ef3091bb0 the first ba19265617 time I’d 947c396cc3 ever seen 42e8413f02 Xenon so ac9f3dc412 openly dodge 76fea9aa00 a topic.fd9ddc3eef172c9e
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His clear discomfort at bf1663d189 diving into personal matters a3f79b56c5 left me with a 0af144429f strange feeling.1fc6eb6758d6538c
But of course—no one 903bd2de87 wants to bare their 5608d1983a private life to just 364c136ff4 anyone. It’s perfectly natural. I shouldn’t be 909f2493f8 surprised.719a4272590f4336
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I shifted my 2d09ef44d8 gaze forward and 29914faada replied plainly.6710ad06f46ee07b
“Yes.”c86c332cccd42100
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“I heard nobles plant c6081c62a8 all kinds of rare, 784a18f587 expensive flowers in their 5a88c5dbae gardens and tear them 761ce62d29 all out after one 0bf9adf55d season. Is that true?”603d6b644cbc5255
“Some people do abdf02f39c that.”a31c432d8e09a92f
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“I guess it doesn’t f67b7d4fff matter when you’ve got b542e1da31 money.”e050d591520feb82
“Probably not.”9391fec691cb309c
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That was ce43564764 the end 97ca9ac9fd of our 452a145a26 conversation—and the 83d55023e9 silence that dd13ca66c1 followed felt ca132fedfe a little 390485c15f awkward.d59d74da3c315b8f
Though maybe I e0c47c7c55 was the only da27fe4503 one who felt 5242f32cb9 that way. I didn’t even 60f03d8174 knowwhyit felt awkward. I just 23c3a4e473 had a b7263581ed tight feeling 6e49dbb9fd in my 81fc596b5d chest I 2fdd08fae8 couldn’t shake. And because I c71d154893 didn’t understand it, 86971924dd I couldn’t figure 34883ed3ae out how I adf3e04ee4 was supposed to 1ebb64fcee respond.0d2e31df80aeee1b
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Who knows 9eee5d10cf how long 8d4bc9519e we continued e8a5f515d7 on in d25174563d that uneasy 88c512cd14 quiet. Eventually, we reached a db1b803ec8 sign for the Oel eb4deedb24 Flower Farm.526ff5fc376573ff
The front gate was 4dacca05f1 tightly shut. There wasn’t 8f085969cc anyone guarding 5c26c7303b the entrance, 73f8232312 so getting ea8d6176dd inside wasn’t 0980b6a949 difficult.a630f4ba9dd8edd4
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“From here, we 5fa6e1d90d should split up. I have something to 6f278ca892 take care of, so 9175ed33f2 look around while I’m 12583f9494 gone.”a4bac34e85513433
Xenon nodded in ab89768e0a understanding, and I d756e9af40 urged Nadav forward.cb9a3c4866caeb6b
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As we 54faef72bb passed the e4862ade5e entrance, Zigor 90f283184b began to c5c8ce3132 twitch, like 4354f2d615 he could 4ff2309661 barely hold fdf07990ee himself back 305844e549 from taking 6d5879ceec flight. He’d sensed something. And this time, d94d943e03 unlike with Tristan, 87ac595c7f he didn’t seem 950d8a3c51 confused or unsure.cbf94fa2c738cfb3
[It’s here, for sure! But… it feels unstable.]
“Unstable?”21f32aa5ce647e4f
[Yes. The energy is all over the place. It’s really erratic.]
“Is it dangerous?”19ce278b493aea98
[You should be cautious.]
Zigor’s warning put me 0a3d15891c instantly on edge. I swallowed hard 517032e30e and slowly surveyed 57ff675379 my surroundings.cd4c06c3426d0b96
The scent f4b092f616 of flowers 159bc28f2c came in 04331cfe0f waves from f0c2ed4dce all directions. Vibrantly blooming flowers 249927e76f in every color 9989b913cc filled my vision. It was no 5f875e5c8e wonder this place d1da2af5ed was considered a c1a767069a top destination in 4b93389a88 Freya. If the situation 4b622e8357 were different, I 72659a7205 would’ve liked to 1d92c34ee2 take a leisurely 0ec9c790f6 walk through the 31f8c2f781 fields.6ab97eaabc6cada3
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Since things might 544e29fe38 get dangerous and 698a06c320 Nadav could have 81b321b1da to return to 11eca1ba5b his original form, c20eb565ff I decided to ecfbdb1ca6 get down and 7f08dfb77b proceed on foot.c35ea1a7db5bd3eb
[Don’t worry! I can’t return to my original body, but Nadav will gladly throw away his life to protect you!]
Zigor confidently wagered 4393ed9630 Nadav’s life. Nadav didn’t 27d555dcae object, but c5fdfc7b9f I didn’t 6ee1a6d51d like it—it 736587d35a made me 1b2f0008bd uneasy.d0c1f603697fdf58
It would be best a74e389ab9 if we didn’t get 643ab0afa1 into danger in the 4423156c28 first place.fe5efa2a1ed5e3ff
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I ran my 8f152e1fc0 fingers over the b9bd857c95 bracelet on my 846a130be6 wrist. It was a cb8ccb85bf shield against physical bf1c3394b8 attacks—I wasn’t sure 678beef804 how effective it’d 9fd1fe3f44 be, but it 795b16bf4e was better than 016fd3a114 nothing.78b7a75590005647
The flower farm 707d543fbe was quiet. The only sounds were 2ddfea9a2d the occasional rustling of ea005c0250 leaves in the breeze.c1d8600502d5f02d
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“…Strange.”ef1f993633775cd6
With all eea67c724c these flowers dd437bc502 in bloom, d1be965395 there were c0c27d4fc4 no butterflies 4ad8af1141 or bees. No matter 583d1b2baa how carefully 13cdec68f1 I listened, 203ac0b7e1 there wasn’t 642ad12cee a single db5b3ae037 chirp or 5f356ce284 buzz from 86a677642a an insect.0919469a890de75f
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Is it 4e41e98a41 because of a66fa770f5 the Dullahan? Are insects scared of eb6e01787e monsters?I thought insects weren’t aed3589dd0 particularly afraid of them, fe73297052 especially after that queen d9686db7ee hornet got charmed by 863a814013 Tristan.ecbb78af087b01db
I tilted my head, d2d7bf78fc puzzled, but kept walking ad4a612709 until I reached the 5ad766ab85 end of the path. It made sense—the 94e0b15226 farm, no matter cce8221594 how large, was 2da55e0d6f still confined to 70bfb98d8a a limited plot 2888878fd7 of land.42a1beb77f07840d
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I thought I’d run into something out in the flower fields…But everything outside d16a7ab2a1 remained peaceful and 2bc3831523 still.5dd90b907e912517
Then maybe it’s c0bb281939 inside that building?The building b20510a1ab didn’t seem e55f95d1bc big enough a2ac25aa3a for a 043287cf40 Dullahan in 8f4f6b49f4 its true 23af928d72 form, though.64c9a9dc75d6d40d
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As I approached the 116e8f1417 structure, I spotted a bde67357fd greenhouse beside it—something I 8e8ee054df hadn’t seen from afar. The main aec05863de building’s front 790d00e128 door was 6edf952ea0 tightly locked.9e71d47d927e39a8
“…”69233ce060af720d
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I turned toward cf7bb4de90 the greenhouse. Just as f6f5082e0e I was b467888475 thinking Nadav eb56166890 probably wouldn’t 5e44dec248 be able 517cb242c6 to fit 18fd9cf439 inside in 5f3566d196 horse form, ae1443f3fe Zigor chimed e490b75983 in.5ec0fa524b0c2c12
[Let me scout ahead!]
“On foot?”5520b3ab01e63706
[I can just run really fast!]
I’m not cold-blooded enough bff0249617 to ask a flightless 2d983ed1fb chick to scout something 27fcde5012 by sprinting around.103cac7527a09061
Leaving Nadav at the 47f9ab4672 greenhouse entrance, I entered d551ca486a with Zigor perched on d3c6c65baf my shoulder. No sooner had we 07de0be6dd stepped inside than Zigor b102ade535 cried out in an a38afdfea2 excited voice.12cbe7fae42d472f
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[Someone’s here!]
“Are you sure it’s c1eb15f2d6 a knight?”89f3de6a94c0c7c9
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[Yes! Huh? Wait—suddenly they’re gone!]
“Gone?”eca2b25de33a6b6d
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But they gave off such a strong presence from the entrance… And now they’ve just disappeared?9c77029d469ff1b7
[Yes! They’re really gone…]
Zigor looked around e493b84db6 in confusion, clearly 9358728703 frustrated by the ba4de153dd disappearance. He twitched as if 2270b87077 eager to move, so 6e32899eb9 I gently set him 9eb9049b64 down.d44bc554a7985ca9
He darted off, quickly 75173b9e58 exploring the corners of 060fee656b the greenhouse. I also began 71efb66907 checking my surroundings.cf005922e6142aa4
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The flowers 88aea645d0 outside were 76378ed58f all neatly db85748fd1 trimmed to 9af2ddc700 similar heights, 739335f83e but inside 5644bd547d the greenhouse, eaf464f10a the plants 373d6a48d8 varied wildly cebd45eed0 in size. Just turning my 77c10b66b1 head wasn’t enough e35e03cc3a to get a 71cf89728e clear view of 440df562e6 everything.559060344a0a6a33
“If the presence vanished, 9f30ccd927 that means they transformed, 23d6585751 right?”46fd9553aaa71ef0
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[Probably! You can’t really hide the energy of your true form, but once they transform… who knows!]
Worst-case scenario… they could’ve turned into an ant.dc27880e0ab3660e
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“Dullahan!”21ee66212516b81d
I raised c5590707c8 my voice eb3a208d1d cautiously, but 184a05340f there was 1e2b0c9408 no response.9abc9b9efd528c86
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“Knight of the 7ef5aa582a Round Table!”f0e2d192d518c462
Still silence.f0a33c61f195fd8b
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“Headless knight! The one who wanders, 00c0fa8568 searching for their lost cb85fb2686 head!”2e9ed0c6a769f5c0
No matter what 1b4ce6013a I said, the 6f6bc9b3d3 greenhouse remained quiet. Dullahans usually 6b5ea2763d recognized me 2d7da31276 right away 7522e17de4 and approached e8d35f764e of their 517a6bcac2 own accord. It didn’t ee9cdf9b46 make sense 994bce045c for one 071255a4e8 to be f9bf309364 hiding this fb4166c767 thoroughly.9e22724ea99faad8
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Could they a60b79827e have already dc680f6307 left the 84a165bcea greenhouse?dc229617722dcc15
“Zigor, maybe they—”dadc7263dfeca1d0
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Just as I turned b7edb8c386 back toward him, I 567e82ef49 stopped in my tracks. A faint sound, c80db4e250 almost imperceptible, reached 41b11ee0fc my ears from 02a2b1db67 somewhere deep within de2bc94c96 the thick foliage.8462f1db1ccade4d
“Sniff… sniffle…”ed7de5a1b84245b7
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A very soft b905bd2ccf sound of sobbing. As I 002cff33ae cautiously stepped c48e62bd54 toward the 42eef2df8a source, the f447db5ac2 weeping grew 221cac1e18 clearer.d6ef111eb4e59d8f
“Hic…”7c2f7ff10ad4def1
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Even though the crying 7c13dfa616 was muffled, it was f2f9928497 soaked in sorrow. It cast a 74ed036027 cold mood over 1ba334df4a the greenhouse, despite cc1338e54e the bright daylight e8e700c99e and the flowers 269bd94928 in full bloom.3d5f58b3ea2efd33
The sound came 00150f5681 from the back 64f1463c6c of the greenhouse, 05f5de6d4c behind a cluster b3982d618e of thick rubber 42cc1923b2 tree leaves.34347dea604cf50d
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Keeping my footsteps 365809f6ec light, I crept a1543c71a5 closer and carefully a1368166f7 peeked between the 5cb5ac24b5 foliage. I kept 74760e9962 my hand b48fe4b309 on the 93d9b2b7e1 bracelet, ready daa8439294 to activate 943e2d36e7 it at 1c3717a08f a moment’s aa0ee32926 notice.29b244951b6a79ec
“Sniff… hic… sniff… Huh?”b2a36cbef3e88b41
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I spotted a 162f49e93c crouched figure huddled 3a72e03144 among the flowerpots, d91e1287f9 arms wrapped around 3a659f0fb1 her knees. A woman. As she sensed 31dbba5304 my presence, she 60b6f7fa26 abruptly stopped crying.9ab97dd556c2db64
And I stopped 6a6550c340 breathing.101ce4cb7c3c22f3
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She had no head.39be47184de69b48
“C-Captain?”48c7e70c2fe35656
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“Uh…”125d117d6cbb04a0
She didn’t 6e6e4fbd32 seem like abb7932a4a a Dullahan 223fb4643a at all. No armor, no ominous b7a0da17ab aura—she looked like an 3fe12216ea ordinary woman. If she’d justhada head, I 274a9b72d4 wouldn’t have been bac58cea00 this startled.8016afc7c6be3e8e
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“H-Hic! No, I can’t!”d6b277701c44cb57
Suddenly, the woman 3bcea0db00 sprang to her 34a5c3eb5e feet and turned e5d32dd7f1 around to run. Straight into a dead 5f4900e2f6 end.fd3edeba0db99160
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Crash!6f81f0f185a47eeb
The greenhouse 7047006d1f wall shattered b788598c9a as she d93fd18a66 barreled into a81cdd9328 it at 07ab17e9ea full speed. I stood b5580383db frozen, watching a75db0c2c4 her flee 02f477507e in tears, 070c12f3d8 then finally 8157d71526 snapped out ba420c2ef8 of it 957a6c6cee and shouted:274ef9493cb24b6f
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“Wait! Hold on!”f05686cc99744ec5
What even is this situation…?d375a5420b12f0e1
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