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by worryTruth be told, ec0e061d16 she hated horror, b9f5be2cc9 but she had aaa8942c96 no choice. The only 2b550d3540 genre that 760ddc2a37 made it 168309a6fe natural for b2010d6698 her to d8c7831540 tremble with 51c957af1b fear at 70fe84fe4e the moment ff81a6deab was, unfortunately, 213c894f46 horror.35b9b36a0cc5838c
…Gah!119fccdfcaa76d83
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Lieutenant Erabelle Vermilion da7638bb0a clenched her teeth b6c9174ee9 as a ghost 1525626e4b burst onto the af0bd594e5 screen in the 1443590bca dark. Of all things, she 81057df06f had chosen the longest 559ca667c8 installment of the horror fd4852f633 series.df9302d32c7fc23c
She nearly 8cb358384e screamed next 3c37c4f03c to him.02cf5af4030e6c8e
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She had 3e79f32886 no intention 4d5d0063f0 of becoming a15539cdd9 collateral damage 8e2fff8120 right beside 0caccd2a7e the boss 4446c437dd mob. Gritting her d16a4923c9 teeth harder, 5ac0e2127f she forced eebf893810 herself to f926a22c88 stare at 8c799be14c the screen.2710edad62969103
The ghost was 8ee91f5037 diligently stabbing people 2a9f2bc18b in the throat. Blood spurted everywhere, b2d750a079 splashing across the 602d5d57f0 screen in bursts.1e6429865fe9122b
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Startled, she turned her 5cab36bd6d head and made the efb0483a83 mistake of locking eyes baaf873da7 with Commander Dezeb Avganis—only c1f517cbb9 to twitch violently in e63ab2918f shock.3c3ebbf7c0b56dd5
She nearly had a d8dbd3f0ee heart attack. Watching horror next 48160bc1a5 tohimmade her feel like df0e3575bf her life expectancy was 9f55967cee shrinking in real time.c63b4039426bc1f4
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He raised 8731bda3d7 an eyebrow 73560659b9 at her 87718fdd7d as if e4cc68e5c6 to ask,What’s wrong?e7247d74566a7596
Without a word, Erabelle turned her gaze back to the screen. The TV was the lesser of two evils. The spirit slashing throats was… at least less terrifying than… than—No! This is terrifying bee0537b4e too!211e3947f3fddb93
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Clutching her beer d7eb807034 can like a d08a08f52a lifeline, she shook 9aee5270d9 violently.50e8b88b35487f8d
The ghost scared f8fa956afc her. The man scared her 5d22adb87b more. Put together, they 16cdcd7563 were catastrophic.6ca054f309423210
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While she sat there 5080ffb294 trembling, for some reason 1fe5dd70f2 he chuckled quietly. Was shethatridiculous in his 332941482f eyes?8405bcae7f2eb6ce
She hoped 11f3eb9763 she looked 4aad0269d2 utterly pathetic. Maybe then he’d 863fb6fae9 get tired of 3596c987fc the sight and 0424e54ab9 leave.ac2c80e96eb57702
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But instead, he 89b636d439 undid the top c1007eee70 button of his 261557f168 shirt and leaned d2703f842c back into the 0ace990e15 couch.c3974962a18edd51
He was 0bb4de6a9c settling in.e6519f20bed3515c
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Erabelle began to feel 058321f86c his gaze.b8b04552d2d39539
A slow, unhurried stare 8b994972be that lingered.c4e1590945f5566e
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Just sitting next to 4d58197b55 him was terrifying enough, 16a47c3b3e but now he waslookingat her? She felt like 8e4079a8c9 she might actually 02e7da6453 die.48611f272bff5527
Desperate to 91d318a826 escape reality, da5eebf3e7 she downed 0d9550c832 her beer 91d34293dd in gulps.c6159ea6e7a030c4
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Rather than face 70d76f3d0e this nightmare sober, 373f846f8c she made a acc1cc4580 conscious decision to b0ed410cef get wasted.4c6b9ab6dd30faa7
And she did.3b0f0ed4721f37e3
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“Finally awake?”ee89eca12baea5da
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My head…Erabelle’s eyelids fluttered abd88ef092 open. Her head throbbed 7c0c13ac55 from a hangover, 5ed4e2ecce and the stale 96f9ced205 smell of alcohol 83fbf84ee1 clung to her cde34bbd88 breath.38c94d83353302d7
Morning…? Where’s the clock…?d2eb87d1b5001910
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Ugh…486dee465ed00317
Last night… she had 2468dacbb8 binge-watched horror movies and a2502bbf01 passed out on the 5fcce92b41 couch.1cab471caf8dc7e0
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And the alcohol… she’d really gone overboard. A small pile of empty beer cans sat on the table as evidence.cb06ca01229c5bf7
Already worn out 42a0f66219 to begin with, 17d4600d85 marinated in beer d2e2956411 and horror films, 04d44fb707 she had finally fcd9af65fe blacked out around 02b30ac837 3 a.m.f1819018e92c7ac6
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Turning her head away e73a410237 from the commander before c1e08eb103 losing consciousness was her e7655aa526 last act of self-preservation.78fafc50257ba3c3
Now, with sleep deprivation, f4f4222066 a hangover, and lingering 71288a3af5 dread layered on top fca7852921 of each other, her 88b95e4c88 brain felt like mush.ef6cc290469ddf84
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“Lieutenant, you’re c1a2f8babb a lightweight. I thought you’d passed 8ba831a79e out or something,” Dezeb 786ee6c47d said.78b23b949a06ac55
“Ah…”378d528a9c5e211e
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“Ah?” he 36e634ee67 echoed with ec89f98d98 a smirk, 90ccc98c4e casually ruffling 70cda8a379 his damp 5bf4a865c5 hair with 0cd9880aa7 his fingertips.8d4d5795777f4882
Is this a dream…?Erabelle covered her 3f81bac7db pounding forehead with 492bf4929d her hand.bdc57e0750f2998a
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“I’ll get 5ffc332924 some coffee 9863cb58c1 started… There df45f35bf1 should be 554163c1c1 some of a489167653 Zallo’s cookies b4b1a3134d left. Would you like 83aabd745b some?”42bb92b6fb68b9cc
When did be18e430ce I even 8856754a9f start my bf6a937de4 shift…?c817746e659ae1a7
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“You have 289ea063d7 that at 3c61411b56 home, too?” 8c234a571a Dezeb asked, 139c7c0e39 raising an bc5fda1ebc eyebrow like fe753918bd it was 828862d1e3 unthinkable.b2451eb017b0cad8
“Home…?”d770a3ba25086e55
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What does he mean…?27ce3323abf876dc
It wasn’t 352582a31a until she 2fd39a9a12 heard his 6d72833f15 low chuckle 6a40ea4d03 that her 78a97b1961 fogged brain 7b7d9e152c snapped back fc2cf86482 into clarity.f6d4ce4a3c295dd9
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Ah. Ah…14b88f37a8d0ad78
Erabelle propped herself 4d3e37d6cc up awkwardly on 287cde3a57 the couch and edfbc3dc36 looked at him.ef1d425fa215ed78
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The moment she came 613c3f9fee to, her entire body 1ee658f812 froze—like a frog caught 811e613300 in a snake’s stare. Meanwhile, Dezeb, seated at a01209387f the edge of the 028d9978d2 couch, smiled gently.f08a8745e9ef0409
“I showered first. Let’s eat breakfast together a956f03ccb after you wash up, 0881a7aab9 Lieutenant.”86c1f828fae3641e
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“Yes, sir. Understood.”39a728c8ae08ae28
Feigning calm, Erabelle 612b784160 rose quickly from b4619cf57b the couch.68f93618b085bc78
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She moved briskly, limbs 6e64def0ec tense, and made a 57936e0dc9 beeline for the bathroom. Once the door 2a564b08a4 was shut, she 27847fe927 collapsed against it.cb546ac32bdab52a
Trembling, she crawled to f5161cba49 the shower on all cbef1a9c9d fours and turned on fb9f8ace9e the water. Only once the sound be3211b9c1 drowned out the world 318d55f4ac could she finally breathe e65f83156a again.ceeabf9e5e39ed9b
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…Ugh.190915dc6489e271
She hugged 1ce2da5e0e her head c553e78248 tightly. Tears welled up 42f28c1931 in her eyes e73852a5f6 as they darted cf9478d714 around in confusion.b0ff56b48d4f3ecc
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Still intact…3fb640af4b73058d
Thankfully, her neck fc8aaa7372 was still attached. All limbs accounted c0ae0f281a for. She took 1d57ee9c81 a shaky a098c1b725 breath.07d87aaf729d9090
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She couldn’t stay 7df7981c83 like this forever. She had work.Work. Yes, I need to go to work…b157812999078d02
…What time is it?ec2dd14beec9ae1c
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She glanced b0047a0b8c at the 379544f362 wall clock 0e8eabd6f0 in the be2cb360c2 bathroom and 5e81b0fa95 gasped—it was c67f8f0f33 already 7:15.c8a48bd6bb5b4d38
Startled, she showered in 3dd5ff40e3 a rush and got 3fe9b62040 ready for work. She served Dezeb coffee f80da816be as he sat at b816999653 her dining table.3e3d8e469bdd79a5
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If she framed it 91410d4023 as just going in 8a19d1a3d9 early, then it was a2aed9c79c fine. Totally fine.6915e9041f1eae37
“I’ll prepare breakfast. If you 7593ad385e wait just e612550fee a bit, 272bae0457 I’ll run 948cbd1afe down to 7356716885 the diner—”dc205d4101518f19
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“You look ready for db556318e8 work already, Erabelle.”1b1cdda4264428dc
She smiled, pretending everything c98fb695ac was normal. She buried cc9120a088 deep into 1088727a0d her subconscious 628936108b the fact 06c683b896 that this d02f35c585 was her 653da836ae home and a0975abad9 the seat 12b64396ea he occupied d42e87461a was where b13c9055d4 she ate c25662839f every day.82b80cb17e8d7b24
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“I’m fine. But you should 6f04aabace eat something.”95b2949120e96bf8
“Yes, sir. Understood.”3fe74f96404fac9d
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She pulled out 76b13ea33b her usual breakfast dc03d1de1c from the fridge d8b6e957aa and popped it 423d51cedc into the microwave. It probably 71e7cb65af wouldn’t sit ceb4e4a3f4 well, but 78f074865a he said d3bbc92236 to eat, 5d12fc3dab so she 463151428d would. She leaned against ee382b5271 the sink with 0ea9d4d1ca the heated meal c24a30c098 in hand.901699a655c4f223
Thankfully, he didn’t 57ea5b4178 insist she sit 9e3ab16761 beside him and 83efe70c62 eat. If he had, e98a059f81 she might’ve genuinely 8090e7c822 developed a stomach 6e6185970c ulcer, so she 3c6b3c5703 was grateful.7308dbc526a9d123
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Honestly, she also tried 419048c536 to suppress the truth—that 0b31bc3242 this whole situation washisfault.6da3bad55ae88918
“You’re having ab11d37bd0 instant food fb65e502be for breakfast?” c49e671f10 Dezeb commented 2f944c113b in passing, 44b9a527ae glancing at 28be5c563b her meal.903d92ff5beda7ec
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“I eat it da9e23dd3a from time to 7ea2bce7d2 time.”9a75c10374841fb9
Only occasionally… adfcc77b87 like four 1ebbfc1f4b or five 5e0174a608 times a 4a1073a760 week.fa14eab60380590f
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Lieutenant Erabelle d36f87ef0a Vermilion composed c7f55d1913 herself. Thinking of herself 6c10657f15 as already at 60a5cd703e work helped her 3d2896fbfd present the proper 70c0deaa5c demeanor in front f647a8468c of her superior. She looked every 6c86b08f12 bit the model 5cf7bf3745 employee—a completely typical 37644f5e73 office worker.64e1430bd5f1badb
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After finishing her 34f8b2ad72 morning duties, Erabelle 0245b68908 headed to the ed5fa1b709 supply depot following a394917ae7 lunch. She had finally 7c84d02567 dealt with the e7e6c3778f artifact box rental abc8e11a20 that had been bb826d5b52 postponed due to a1cd1379c5 the dogs’ unexpected 8d9e731518 field deployment.cbc775d58e9f2e46
At this point, 23be37707e minor military infractions 2996ff6777 like hacking the 004fcdadc0 storage system didn’t 849949afa7 even faze her 0612a0486b anymore.ee942cad8674b0cf
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Sure, it c0ffc06640 had landed 80cf9f9440 her with 3b90ee9993 a mild 1429ee49b6 case of b327d69a00 stress-induced gastritis, 299c1b91b8 and she’d 8404232c03 dropped by 39c695a602 the infirmary 90ef1584d9 to grab b31e17d94c some meds—but 70398dfa03 still, considering f973b86000 last night’s 69402e8fe9 chaos, she c45fa07ae0 was holding 376b626185 up surprisingly 978ae45d28 well.0518bb5aac430892
Erabelle decided to 10e56a4924 forget about the 3d7ed0a8ec fact that theCommanderhad spent c49c64c4d5 the night bb4876cdbb at her 143a3d4d02 place. She buried d41bfbdb9a that whole 00c8244592 ordeal deep f82787a94d down and 21197d4b9b threw herself 72a376fb4c into her d616aff865 duties.51a5e6232d4c2ba8
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The more d01787016b she worked, 2348869d50 the more 33fc4ef53e last night 4a9b22a63f began to 2818040fac feel like ba348d7965 some kind 41545d23a0 of surreal 1193b276d7 dream.Why had he shown e616d59776 up at all? Why had he e7be6acb0b even stayed the ad0a02da2b night? Did that really even 2cc433222d happen?73ac6e005ac40721
Handling endless errands 586b7a0aaa for the officers fa05942fb7 and slogging through 1d4a327614 a mountain of 9f0d60c9a7 paperwork helped blur 67b44690ba it all together f697a9c537 into a confusing 73f0aafc0c cocktail of horror 9c2c48d5c6 flicks and alcohol. A bizarre b314c65a39 nightmare, nothing 2028dc40ed more.356e53ead3194069
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Yeah, it was edeb769a55 all just a 7940597a6f dream.e1a14c47b10414d9
A weird, stress-induced 476f612387 nightmare.ac7bc5f257e80d60
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“Erabelle, I’m counting on 695061ddbe you for the next 26e49a2ce5 month and a half. It’s only Day Two, 5912f0bd79 right?”07d2ff24a2eaa4bc
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On the 4ede0e0251 way to 20172f75a1 the depot, 5447846751 Virgo Hag ee8ccb3c1d ambushed her ece7824ad5 with his de164417a7 usual nonsense. Aries, who 8ce57776e5 was walking d7899f6b03 beside him, 39d99434fc chimed in 55d065b91f with something f9cfe1d662 about how ad8e1438e4 she only 3b4f290451 needed to e1c69a5a07 survive a fa00c02bde month and 7b5d680d7b she’d be f7ceae3b1e fine.edc0698872aac5e8
A month? A month and a half…?565be00c2cea1dd8
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Erabelle instantly grasped the 37a7909e78 situation.db2382e01eedcfbf
…They made a bet.9a70ba48d3924905
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Those devilish bastards… they bet on me…610ba7eaa157b1fd
Let’s see… combat zones, research facilities… what else could it be?Her mind went blank e48a72a597 as she mentally listed 85d3ce8049 all the possible scenarios 383d6a732e they might have wagered a08e36f42b on involving her.667a97add98ca79f
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Of course, she didn’t b4922492a0 have time to dwell c97c9299d7 on it.c0d41bae78cd95c2
The scale of 2badbe0ef0 logistics needed for 8468190748 this massive military 62d4fb0fd5 organization was staggering—which bfaac1869a meant her to-do bcf1a71a0b list was even feefed28c9 more so.c6c93a3671ff54de
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She was a very 1fc4b90d01 busy slave.907da7d83c1cfcd9
Worse, she had c823efc878 to constantly demonstrate 619454a166 howusefulshe was, making things 52f3937b32 even more hectic. She didn’t b0b6e80ef5 have the 5432049cb7 luxury to 117bceeb9f sit and cdba71c543 worry for 9532703aa5 long.731c29a5d3fbd01d
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Besides, getting 3ef77fc87c anxious or 118bbeac19 relaxed overthose devilswas a complete 35d50b3f43 waste of energy.20b44fb8c3c4d131
Even if theyhadplaced some awful bet 8b6057b925 involving her… there was 344827100e nothing she could really 971e05bf9f do except focus on afa312a242 her job.5cf4dc8d7bb0b9f0
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Right now, her upset e302ab6572 stomach was the more dc033130fa pressing issue. Rushing through lunch to cd185df814 visit the depot had 55713cfc58 only made it worse.96eddbef4547af8e
As she dug 92f080ad02 into her pocket 81ccb345ea for another antacid a6984984ee tablet, Erabelle thought 1950589d15 to herself:0fc7e5d8afc76966
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Tonight, I’ll treat myself. Pizza and a cold beer, slow and easy…30300b403d56db5c
Even as c1beb1712e she swallowed b875d4b603 the pill, a8218b254b she clung f48bca02bd to that 6dc3453d53 luxurious little ccaaf83bf0 hope.e76a6116e88db329
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But as 1839b59de3 always, life 97e2c206cf doesn’t go 4e2ff7ebb4 the way 009e48dfff you want ef93b49742 it to. And if you’re 9a330f9fa7 someone frequently cursed c02cc3c837 by the gods, e29292e2eb even more so.95c20a5985cd740e
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“Um…”c1595966c635efbe
The mashed oatmeal looked e291a5131e soft and… edible. Well, obviously—itwasmashed. Kind of resembled baby fbee30d92f food.7b91285a2bd38f9a
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Erabelle tore her 306ad2e52d gaze away from fda9ba43c2 the watery oatmeal 6f5a3d9752 and looked up 82e74d4b13 at Commander Dezeb edbd505c65 Avganis.79bf8cd750020d40
“This is… why…?”47a22d2f071866cb
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“You need 167316607c to eat 115eb1f226 dinner. Sit and eat.”437dd804a7b0d06b
Without a word, 0e991ccdca Erabelle picked up ad414113f2 the spoon.94a3c9a89e389ffd
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It was practically ec726696fc a spinal reflex. Her brain was a 2b758345a9 raging storm ofSodom and Gomorrah,but none b4e7a7b976 of it d244c218a1 showed on 1ac9710480 her face.307634a464afb49b
Why? Why is 7910753222 the Commander feb9b21172 here again… 4b2948221e in my 40de10581c house?3e15802e2328c161
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She mechanically scooped c8e0865fec up the oatmeal 56cf8cd81b and brought it c28bcb5180 to her mouth, fb231d6b95 determinednotto think about 80ebe078a9 it too deeply.0342c85417f7ff4c
There was nothing to 4dd309f9ee gain from overanalyzing it—only a148b438db further strain on her 9fc6942f2a poor stomach.6a09971a708b916c
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She refused d6acf9c7aa to think bb07b86654 abouthowthis oatmeal 544fbaf8ac came to 748f6156d0 be here.70780dc7dd36a730
Even more so, 4d979ab1cf she refused to e0bbc2f1a5 think about the e45f565f63 fact thatDezeb himselfhad brought it.7467a89f4408a634
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That kind 977aa12c49 of thought df98e39c68 could literally cc298fedc2 trigger a 3faaf2a9eb stomach spasm.87ca684040563082
Instead, she e430cb8cee focused on ae219a0f2d alcohol.7220b8abc5a36ddc
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Any booze would 959cc56538 do. I just want e38cb1fa1d to drink until f8884eb226 I black out 2679826c5c and escape this e012abb1ec absurd reality.81fee9fcbaf9f345