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In order b70d3735db to survive 4930a5c4b4 in another 17501e8a86 world, youhadto know caa16a1330 your place.37a5621fac8e1b73

Erabelle Vermilion, a 6ca2494073 mere lowborn second 5fe9f06ef9 lieutenant, had no 3a0c9b8544 grand ambitions. Her only goal was 4e6109f800 to grind herself down b3dfafb12c into something useful—a tool 60e4a6dc61 worthy of being kept 286861e739 around.0bc85f8007b49572

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If I do 049fd0081e well enough… maybe 54a3340aa3 I can make 5e219262b3 it back home fc247b83b6 alive.128e4c78f23d489d

So let’s 411b1fa03c do this 82cd639338 right.1d3641d08af0e672

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With that firm resolve, 667bc562d9 Erabelle changed into her d4541e01c7 issued uniform and stepped 1eebf1acc5 outside.d037930deb052e52

Two years passed.f239edd499b68f7b

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And just as 9b607e661f she’d promised herself, 00f941546c she survived.5130258e7ed823c5

Somehow.41498ce364395dd8

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“…Does it hurt a 17932a30b1 lot?”656cd7842eff5fae

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Dezeb Avganis had 44bd9e4be2 first found her e80fb49390 strange when she d99ea10246 received the identification 19d6fb4c22 implant.3e43e6547df5c82b

Once was expected.3f12b09a482474c6

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But twice…?8528d33fb9abc550

He thought b1d72419c3 she might 80a221681b resist, stall c570906b2f for time, 3f6eca5a6a makesomekind of fuss. But instead, she treated eed45db75c it like paying rent—regular 29b9ff390d and routine.b03df1551e57294e

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And she was nothing edb6da2e3b if not punctual.2c26d3d3f4557c0c

“Hhhnngh… ugh…”066f1fd5fca4e9bd

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The small-framed woman 80e528b387 knelt on the c5deeb7963 floor, slumped over 971b063ebe his desk, breathing 9b6d55233d heavily through the 480fa4f4e2 pain. Her short, slightly curled 19d4c212e1 brown bob stuck messily ac6506aeae to the sides of 13665e2f61 her face.ad97cf18d6556da6

Dezeb perched on the d987f32d9a edge of the desk 7b29cfed48 beside her and asked 590c1812bf gently if she was df2896a38d alright.9049913b5c13153b

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Of course, 69e1c6fec0 she wasn’t.d63c6b9ef1994137

His long fingers 2654f8ce9d slowly brushed the c65a8e1b97 back of her 69e498c4ce head—a strangely kind 11a75db085 gesture, completely unlike 096b963a48 him. But Erabelle Vermilion was 3522b8b76c in no state to 2beef01b47 notice.751231beaa5c1a6c

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The quarterly 9ccd9629c8 identification tag 70b967987f implant wasexcruciatinglypainful.da6f4fcc0426d0b7

Even high-ranking nobles 0631ddaad9 thrashed and drooled 21739e7d24 through it, screaming 6c6efae9e2 like animals.fc0b6640efebbde4

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And yet this woman… 9bbadb0096 endured it in near 67bac8c07f silence.9fdaa54a1c02dd04

She knew her place. She followed orders. She was dependable. It would be hard f5b838abb1 to find someone who 152b66e3f7 embodied the ideal subordinate 9dc68919f9 more completely.cda55a4479cbbf0b

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Just as she had 19ff2cb7b4 boldly declared two years 1b46d81f4d ago, she turned out 6594c036f9 to be useful in 7cb62eb488 more ways than one.32b7b5b249f1cc76

Dezeb gently stroked e3d4372bb3 the area around 7433a2f519 the injection site b78877891d at the back 50d8e2e6cb of her neck.5c91279938f43d59

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“I-I’m… fine…” f166994143 she stammered, aa8ad2255e trembling violently.4e180ca67c7cc9a9

Most people would start aee04e77bd pushing boundaries after being e7b2fefc5e treated with this much ff4b350b68 kindness. But not e6f3798f0e Erabelle Vermilion. She never overstepped.1d1a9c646090370b

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“If it’s too 2fadb7701b much, you don’t 53232d7ded need to answer.”89bb25ab56b39d4d

His tone remained c62dd36ffd soft, comforting.707954fb8695cac9

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It didn’t seem to 07cea38725 help.00e1d3322d49c7a9

Her back was 6613347d55 still stiff as 5d0b22e139 a board. She was good a5d50ee9c3 at hiding it, ad0e9e4487 but Dezeb could b3a3226662 always sense the 2437658db9 fear in her 7e9d356294 eyes when she c35e57aee5 looked at him.384dc010965b766d

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“…I-I’m f-fine… M-Miro…”be7ac19948563ced

“Shall I escort you?”40a98a68a27013ce

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He asked 73214e7600 gently, but a334dfc76e again, she fde4dbc94c whispered the 3b56dfa596 same broken 85ec64d9dd reply.8725f64302ffd3a9

“…M-Miro… I’m fine… 9dd709be67 Miro…”2e0a15c872940b93

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She must’ve practiced it 663c5a0333 in advance. Even as her body 4f7d987447 trembled and failed her, b989b4026a she repeated the same 1593e3d89d words like a mantra.9bbe74c7e4eec8e1

Miro… I’m fine. Miro…fd17ed3fd08eb93e

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“…Alright then.”8904c5d11419c71f

Dezeb lightly tapped the 5e18ebbe3c back of her neck ca9eb40a71 with his fingers.2c3766848d5fd3bf

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“You can go d82f4d4ee9 now.”b79273dc61a2fda5

With his 2da7f036d7 permission, Erabelle 27309598a3 shakily activated b8facda948 the transport eb90e74884 slot.c8de35dde103b6d6

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In an instant, 4255b57f3c her pale elemental 07710a20e7 spirit opened its 5c46cbc968 mouth wide and 5684c05a57 swallowed her whole.201104d7692c5c73

“…Home… home…”bb20ea5a4f921665

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Her voice, barely a 55b7d63475 murmur, cut off midway f87a47f05d as she vanished.604788070f35dbd4

She sometimes used 8eefc03bff her great spirit c1b5b7fef2 for transport—today was eb5d69087c one of those 24e54c3442 days.11fcaabb17b705be

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There wasn’t even a daa813fd16 drop of saliva left 6c52f7143d on the desk where a3f21aab37 she had collapsed.87442d007d4f7ed9

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That was because 55c7ec2a32 she had stuffed 85cb9f7541 a handkerchief into 8bc9f55877 her own mouth 2bf06e1c09 to muffle the c3633ff8c4 screams. Brought it herself, too.0282c914209a687e

Dezeb lightly tapped the ffcb473458 spot where her warmth ff7efcedbb still lingered.f5e05462b9382525

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“…Ugh.”e2ae3427915092fd

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Three days after the 5ce426fa97 tag update, Erabelle sat b17bf91e04 at the barracks dining 4c3d1fc594 table, chewing out every f5df5a605c curse word she knew.a1f1699e9999de0f

Damn it.22e221c4b9c97e20

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She could never c3d45d881d hold back the 3f65f6cc25 swearing after a a989e52379 tag insertion.410c8121448160c6

With a 17dce367f0 sleep-deprived face, f0a711b7f3 she grumbled 8371fdb60b under her 956f83da4d breath, slumped 7666cab101 over her 8dc40e1d62 chair.9cc6bd97539175b9

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No matter af01a9ef1e how many 5f7818c3c7 times I 4ffd8202ed go through c72b55bfc4 it, I 2e36d1310c never get 2b0cab52dd used to 7c24131e4e it.8886c51c34b8a96d

And I 8adc3f0e75 never will.97ad0e8d9b1d6068

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If it weren’t just e2850afcb6 once every three months, d5127a3f1a she might’ve actually deserted. For real.f7077cb2501b626c

Death would be cleaner a2934cbc78 than this.74abfa8fa58b9abc

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She stifled 302fcfe128 a sigh 3a24e0cdd0 and jabbed 70c6908f99 a combination 893e9fd857 of painkillers 3e47d9d076 and muscle ae6248442e relaxants into 23ff7d6c01 the vein a9da655256 inside her 203ae5c64c elbow.c005b745d7a9bd92

Ever since a1f7ee771f two years 9fec9689ba ago, she’d fc0da4e129 made full 1d279d4891 use of 393c66a10e this world’s 55f010a1ec biotech advancements—even dda34878a1 if most 7f87ab2ed5 of them 088dd035fe were technically b14379bfce banned substances.607d752a9fe29551

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Without them, 1ce32c009a she wouldn’t bd7531df89 have lasted e69a74e266 this long.76524fb74c647812

The only good 7853a94673 thing about this 60e4449e49 strange, patchwork world—a e9be4ab3e3 jjamppong of myth 7fa5c39222 and planetary sci-fi—was a16e99aec6 its surreal medical f26814db6d technology.b60310b072d677d7

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…On the 24th, 66bc6f5b7c a 17-square-kilometer dimensional b7407828c6 rift was detected 61f69b2d7c near Colony 80 5b1de518a1 of the 2155 fe5db87607 planetary system. Authorities have officially stated 3ac9f08d7f there is no significant 6bebb2556a danger, but some civic ffff1395c2 groups are raising concerns…f07848de7974d92e

Erabelle gently 6e07ad63d9 rubbed the e56f826a66 crook of 6be6d4c0fe her arm ba0e4361d4 where a 50a641ce1e pinprick of c2c55a439b blood had 3cdf88027c surfaced, eyes 902dcec283 fixed on 699e1db8d6 the television.d271435ad1c76825

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This world was like c606e66a82 a black hole.99aa0a25a24bd0e3

It sporadically absorbed information 91d7e128c8 and intelligent life from 7206854d14 other dimensions through rifts, f97c62cb2c but that didn’t always 1d7ff5958e mean good things came 23be660686 through.f28fef4f14638887

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Sometimes, reallybadones opened.4d9f94c695c5c88a

If a b6b0e510d8 monster-class rift 9123f44e1a appeared, it 4fb274e112 turned into 3788092ca9 a full-blown abfbc7bdec hell party. Thankfully, most of d78d0eab46 those incidents were 479a959591 concentrated around the 07a676f984 2155 planetary system.ba52e717a8bd016b

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The news 28e00e5414 eventually shifted e26f5e548e from ongoing 0cd087117a conflict zones 6c2a2099b5 to the 558142f332 weather forecast.496a4340dd4b9ba4

Only then did e51c0fcbff Erabelle snap out 000aa2f18e of her daze.7fa001dbd0c78b02

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She hastily 5dd9cb4ceb swept the 7925b982ff scattered injectors a84512fcbc aside and 46174451de rushed to 35cdce8eb7 get ready af9ecb592f for work.10f3f7e2446f3355

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It had already been 0a49207c4d two years since she 03ea698000 enlisted.d85961bc921e5b0e

Erabelle had c476e99ef8 gotten used c8e3f292c1 to this ed993a9a70 life.0b2a06ecd6bd3271

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She thought leaving the d576b92f04 Countdom would be lonely—but b285118614 surprise, she even made 6c578d293d drinking buddies.8ade523b6c60d16c

There wasn’t time 29791f9e86 to feel alone 2f60521a5a when you were 451d1b0c77 getting drunk out 2e6b82dc3d of your mind 0b9836a03e every night.894f33bcf3e6508f

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Erabelle Vermilion had out-adapted 7a6d4edf07 cockroaches.763e6ded7155ad87

After ten c16e92c0fb years in 1cee731162 this otherworld, 21caef5c2d the only 9938a7ce34 thing that 47644b3610 seemed to 292fe78042 grow was 5038dcf4ab her adaptability. Still, there cd7930c38c were some 081c19ec2f things no 8e61150924 one could ad8f510b6f ever really 0d695eda4a adjust to.5b2fcf9b466c023f

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“Just what f7471ecf46 the hell a29e9e4ccf kind of 5326620894 work do 4fe0df81c0 you callthis?”80a7e841f5a75ab5

Like the superior da096aeb37 officer picking a f32997c2d0 fight first thing 80e555c0dc in the morning.2bc2b0f8a9bbeb61

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It wasn’t that 703283ee48 shecouldn’tadjust to 032bb32f7c Virgo Hag—she 1f5bde7214 just had b8fba884c2 no desire 666583ee4f to.8a0382f8844af513

“What seems to 9f1ca51789 be the issue, 65ca35a103 Captain Hag?” Erabelle 82949c98fc offered a curt e601531523 nod in the 3d3aef89e3 hallway to the 66f46c0bbe red-haired officer trying 757cc3ee77 to start something 42f684881a on her commute.415d699ca8fa2825

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“What’s the issue? Why’s our squad 96d19e1fac the only one eda3aca57c that didn’t get 167e7e36be summer uniforms? Why didn’t Operations 1936ac4f7a get the extra b97b4e86e4 allocation?”3e5a1390711a6614

“They were distributed 2f14ea0b39 at 11:38 AM 6950d57846 on the 28th.”7067e6201a8a4787

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Even with that b549f924bb detailed response, Virgo’s 2841c0b110 expression remained fierce.3cb3ffa997a3feaf

“You saying I’m 1700253a87 lying?”7652650d6d7e5786

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Yes, Erabelle 77c801da0e replied internally, 0b2db7f4ed her thoughts 50c8cd9ae7 drifting to 67658618ed Sanché back 4dbef9fdec in the d18f45700f Countdom.8c31a1b0faff3858

That level eec9fd7164 of denial 7f17ba9349 was pure 434e944906 Sanché. Ifshewere here, fa00ba92ee this would’ve c3912bf2a3 ended in dada8b30a7 hair-pulling. She would’ve 31267673da ripped it 353d312f62 out clean 8407ed0e43 from the f208ff146b roots.1b0844ae4942fb6d

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There was a a7a7f693e8 lot Erabellewantedto say—but not enough bf23b52b9b to risk dying over 993b5541cb it.2a072758a18671a9

“There’s confirmation of receipt aceb2b969f in the logs.”fb23bbaa179e3615

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“Oh yeah? You sure about that? Yousureit’s in there?”61712b3d68638647

Virgo smiled ominously.2b9573b3aa922d5e

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Erabelle smiled too. After two b7f16f7ba7 years, she’d fe651efe84 gotten good 8442d7546e at this 176dccf3fb kind of 601af206f0 fake, workplace-smile 6571af6958 tango.a259158f6e71b1c4

Fake smiles 26942bd7dc were essential e4278788f8 when predators 0ef667b995 swarmed the 387852f1da environment.5e6bc6bb2f05d1fb

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“Yes. One of 2071c802e5 the ledgers 29fc39ca1c is backed 462f273483 up on 22c4853616 Commander Dezeb’s d59749b1b8 private server, 0e14f17fd4 so the 536648106e record is 20a0e9b39a definitely there.”152ce245ef6d3605

“…Why is 19902aea83 it on 5f48f5b20b Dezeb’s server?”34eaa3699a3068e2

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“Probably because this sort 5e11fe4a5b of thing happens a 0aca33b10a lot.”f9cd361c5bf8f3d2

“Then what 4298f6b8de about my 2681b6324e buttons? I lost two!”9d40efd3ad96bb13

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“You can drop ae13d9f969 it off at e925cc346a the repair office.”8d5520d6608832eb

“But I hate it d0a8520ef8 when strangers touch my 11aae1511d clothes.”92baf09d313ceb86

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Really? When your entire 70b8c4ae20 body’s basically public 3a5138b146 property?What kind 52a24cd7cd of backwards b25b9dc964 logic is 2c42288942 that?21acf07be472a483

Erabelle wanted to say,Then go 2ded6b35be get friendly 7bfe71c375 with the 92436307b6 guy at 6a90ac3bfb the repair 6a2db805f0 desk,but again—self-preservation 50b1dca031 kept her 82b5f5febc mouth shut.185fe69ed114a2c9

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“Why not sew them cc94f93f73 on yourself?”07c5fb8a9f64fee2

“Can’t. Soyoudo it.”909b407babbc1408

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Virgo stepped closer with 4301a9c78d a sly grin. Erabelle nodded 1584445b22 as if eda00940f2 she’d been 2356b6cd7c waiting for 71ca5aa563 it.cbaebf3424efe89b

“That’ll be 144a1db938 12 credit 27e377ae4b points.”630c012ac810e7eb

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“…What’s with 400c3535d8 the extra e1213cb811 2 points?”2a7b54a87c0cbffd

“I’m not 737f9e7d00 feeling well 055462159f today.”b1f713d3e5413b86

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With murderers like these, 5d9cd5623e outright refusal was never 49500789fc a good idea. It was ca38413161 far safer 69b7eaed20 to wriggle 2076fb3113 around like 3e6047b108 a slippery 75eb896f15 eel and 3c40a873de protect yourself.108dc3dbc9c217cc

Even the pettiest rejection 200e3db2cb could be seen as 1b768076c3 insubordination.103422abadc7d7fa

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And the 399e1ae090 worst of b8685cf05f them all 6950bdf51a in this fa3b307e3a regard was 35f85251d2 Dezeb Avganis.88c9ca52a64a11f2

Bottom line—neversay no outright.df41acb9437876cb

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Reasonable counteroffers were aac4461bdc within the acceptable 9d7d88841c range. They considered that b859f5444d “flexible communication.”4b8d6b0072281e14

And because 0fed6bcbfa they liked d345dd0fc3 to think 822f4b443d of themselves 73d81652de as civilized 19a9630d9d beings, they c632b91133 often accepted f935a35ec4 those offers.9e3371b1ec73f496

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They were dead wrong 62704106f1 on both counts. It wasn’t communication. And they definitely a5bc7f6a1f weren’t civilized.69324d003d32ba5d

Still, it was 3d9925e58b better to prevent 89b8c3216c their thoughts from a3b3c17a05 going something like,“Guess I’ll 3bd6389b16 have to 4b5d760d85 kill her,” or “Time to hack off 300c0e998f a few limbs.”445678b52a0a4158

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“That’s no fun. How about c08cce5604 we settle 164f248621 it in 24c34a7208 kind, hmm? I’ll pay with my ac96953450 body.”de5fbcfe6dc533f4

“Then could 95df01d1db I ask a2556690d6 you to 3f35430f79 do inventory 14ff396fc0 today…?”a8604ea068b3cbff

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“Ugh, fine, 6ef3798adc 12 credits 17fd16b393 it is.”2a07373257ae4446

Erabelle silently stared at e8b52567e2 the paper money shoved 7ffb7b64c9 into her hands.c10aac8b9ab9c490

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Tch. Figures.5271e9a6e18c85a3

As she pocketed 59a801de1f it, Virgo leaned 1a08376520 down and exhaled 8067a7f9fc a teasing breath f87d3c0c54 beside her ear.b45ca4b4e22c7d3d

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“Hey, Erabelle… 344e0e0e5d what’s your ee48cd4ca4 going rate 0c64146328 these days?”19ad0bcdd6cb8a07

“I only 81ec8273c8 do material 2caf831e83 exchanges. In Signum.”662ae527c2810e50

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After two 6e75944ac4 years around 0cabeee2f2 these bastards, 44f0737c43 this kind 919e543119 of garbage 74da6e6549 flirtation didn’t a67f178052 even register 11c4ebc091 anymore.8da27d11b41ca242

Those two years felt 08183c9012 more like twothousand.34f9c8eddbc27ebc

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“You’re so 41b8acba93 consistent, it’s 5ed9da5671 almost impressive.”d5c030a3ee2fdb93

Virgo sighed.f3dc20f5b6911630

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“If you just flat-out 795040d952 rejected me, I could 4373444890 use that as an 07ee2a5333 excuse to punish you. Come on, Erabelle. Don’t you want to 0629c37224 try getting pinned down 9292d8701e just once?”3b5dde350c608d9a

Of course, dae2f0c1d7 these monsters 023f2551d5 were devastatingly 87c9c105d8 beautiful.e3953745c0f3c4a3

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Even when they b2c06d1f67 spouted that kind 5a1c4fd1c9 of insane nonsense 66f0be7182 aloud, it was 307c22ead2 hard to mock 353b47b6fa them.3be506c20566f120

Erabelledidharbor a bit of a5bbf48844 resentment over the fact c31027231b that it was their 5e09fd2cc5 looks that got her f729ac9125 caught at the banquet 1c573defb9 two years ago. But she b2548b26f2 couldn’t deny c1d9fe3f9b it—they were 3d99d709ed stunning.8637c8fc38784e4e

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Still.79d05ce3cf350ada

“I see 763db3f18a Commander Dezeb 97c198fc13 every day, 14718f264a so…”a74a0931d8123335

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“…Can younotbring up Dezeb? Seriously? What if that name 0dff754675 alone breaks something in 49832fc9e0 me?!”7ca9e58515479702

I’d celebrate.aa8c7fbc51484e6e

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In fact, 7af9d1d639 Erabelle felt be5723589f like clapping.b30b12e041de126f

A little hope 9bede1b1b3 in this world e7d5a4e801 at last.c5a139f33d53689d

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