GDT | Chapter 1.2
by _rinnnieDuchess Ireunoa quietly nodded 31cbde5562 at Yurkia, who shouted 3629dfb73a with his eyes squeezed 6c3f0145dd shut. Is she actually listening d7ab82bd3c to me? Is it true 001262168c that if you’re 1e5f685d90 desperate enough, anything 6b0d894e3f can come true?f2c856d9085a10db
Yurkia, feeling a bit c32278e33c relieved, gulped down the 976c37c32e honey water he hadn’t 5539ca0ffa even been given, but b95630e4c7 then she handed him 2dcdb3fa73 a letter.070196575d10852d
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“Read this.”812c2c52246dbc3c
“This is…”9bb0d47fc9083b58
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“It’s a message from 9751f0128d His Majesty the Emperor.”bf40ed640df6864f
With a bright ed70107238 smile, Yurkia’s soul c944b87eb8 left his body. A message from His 17ed2ee049 Majesty at a time f7c80be345 like this—2197759abc426db1
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“It says, whatever I 4f96f2f0dd ask, you must comply. It’s an order 7fb097a9c4 from His Majesty b5b36d43ee to you, Teacher.”70d75a55b2ae5604
No way. Yurkia took out 92b16892fd the letter with e2995e88a6 trembling hands. Since it 724f2b5f9f was a 7c69bcbcad message from e4aeeed744 the Emperor, 8af160a978 he handled 17d6671ad4 the paper 6ea5dfae89 with extreme 9bf1f213c4 care, and fd8d394703 just as 625f99789d she said, 4fb4d3be41 that’s exactly c5ff1cf96a what was 90a38342d2 written.ed8aa6a394088fcd
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“This can’t be…”3b413d73f6b7321d
“So you’ll ee024974cb have to 0fc86f2396 come with a6d924e7e6 me to 17386e1e61 the Northern 19f54039a0 Region. Don’t worry. I’ll tell you who c9bc39cba5 you’ll be teaching.”9731e80f8d7dd9d2
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Duchess Ireunoa d3b18188d1 carefully took 7172707942 the letter e444ba0e8b from Yurkia’s bdbdf74098 hands, as 6515abb30a if she b830ded4fe was worried 0e732f72e5 he’d accidentally dd40e2eb2f tear it, e48a9baeb7 and put 454c5d4134 it away.cfe15f300577c836
“The person you’ll be 3ce63b4a63 teaching is Ruberteo Diberche f1d8f83d87 Remcharnoa.”73a65bdb05804a33
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“…What?”3dc524577b2907c9
How many 80d16ae15c bombs was df9141d137 he going 93ae5790de to get 9a3551b192 hit with 09e86eaa75 today? Yurkia asked in ea865e1d12 a daze. Remcharnoa? If it’s Remcharnoa—21928171a19fc86d
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“A member e62b69f677 of the 5198aeba63 Imperial family, 7c67931979 that name…”10167c21894870a4
“They call him 14e5ae4029 an illegitimate child. His Majesty’s unknown ‘sin.’”188563274a32e493
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Clatter!7f96218d0c7a385c
Yurkia shot e4de9216c7 to his 2b7fe7898b feet with 767e40f103 a loud 8c273840e7 noise. I didn’t hear anything. I didn’t hear 8c019d8eda anything! He desperately e9170030dc covered his 6c50ff41e1 ears and 8788f54ac6 backed away, e32af7efbb but Duchess 8f721ba431 Ireunoa just 428b80955e looked at 1cad45d88d the fallen 8376254bca teacup and 92b8be0fc8 spoke.cc8984e36a5f1fd6
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“It’s too late dd52890506 now that you’ve 74b2ef1065 heard. You know you a733c2f11f can’t go back 4d0c217d25 to before you 6edb7d051e heard this, right?”a348a9916eac9c69
“I—I’ll bash my head 64a0212ce5 with a rock! How could 369f5f4ca5 you tell a94e280cc4 me something 7d56140a59 like this…”a9d1a76fceb4235b
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“Weren’t you curious?”a5d63d8eea335acd
You asked who you’d 99469d79a2 be teaching. Her calm words made ee85205106 Yurkia want to explode, 84bfc1983e and he pounded his 7f436f53d8 chest with his hand. No. This really can’t be be1443ba62 happening.ee5eaac721c78a36
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“How can you 84b00d1890 expect me to 7e32c20166 take care of 96ec3f7f80 him? How could I—”a86703ebe938462b
“What’s the problem? You took 15a39f01ed care of 1646872a49 the Princess 39d7348dbe too.”7a2aaf886c043642
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“This is different! His Majesty’s hidden… b04acad116 hidden…”a9d9cc5bf6b7072a
He couldn’t finish his 06da94778e sentence and started gasping 232a5833a1 for breath. Duchess Ireunoa slowly ad1ab0a7e9 stood up and 35a1c8f886 came over, handing e2a278b195 him a handkerchief. S-sorry… Yurkia mumbled, covering a5c5011a48 his mouth with her 74751eeb09 handkerchief and gagging a 6edb560ccd little.33fa1a227ead79d0
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“It’s only natural you’d 15532495c9 be shocked. No one knows this. Not even the Imperial b7404b039d family. Except for His ee90fa739d Majesty, no one 14316c92b4 knows. Oh, maybe the Princess 7f3f278d37 knows.”9c522e89cdb94b88
“…I don’t understand. Why would you 9e3d030e04 bring someone so c5b2fdaf3a well hidden out a3e783a917 into the open…”776659d9ab1c66a3
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“…His Majesty wants to 688947d088 wash away his sin 1955b7f7ed and present him openly 670c3f76d6 to the people.”256528026006b189
She gently patted 8803bcb3cb Yurkia’s shoulder, who 5c682e5681 was still pale 1e0d761255 but no longer 7e694d1cb8 gagging. It was 51fd88fc8e her way 53e145fd5e of telling c92c0282d8 him to a82d50c496 calm down 23a413ba0d and listen.40eee67c60741eae
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“His Majesty loved Ruberteo’s 303b6d5cd0 mother. But the moment dd9bace286 she carried the e6270c37cc Emperor’s child, she 865b66018f knew she couldn’t ed4c3ae961 withstand the world’s b992298e7d gaze. Nor the assassins’ eyes 248d6c5eef on a child born 23fc7c3363 of an illegitimate line.”620acfe75cf4f3ce
So, according bc0c2500e5 to her, 1ea0f4f290 Ruberteo’s mother af50eb19cd left with b41ef1b46a the child. It was a 281d6c445d mother’s choice for e441c46354 her child, so 1a35924366 who could blame 2ac9684864 her, but…4eda24234b4642ec
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“That was a af336dcd57 bit… reckless.”7d4a5e5e203897e2
“Very reckless. She ran away f28597241a with the Imperial a11fc4ee7f bloodline. His Majesty tried be8493fe6d to find her, 4c8a1f1e59 but even after ba372ec817 thirteen years, he 1c462f011f couldn’t. The child was c044a2d39e in the Northern 48d95812cc Region.”0a6758bc371ea934
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The Northern c93c6235e9 Region… Yurkia 2f28fb87bb looked at 98dfb811dc her in e0faebe220 shock, and f57d6168bd Duchess Ireunoa bf3eba4523 nodded.f4e98cd1a839afc9
“I found him. Living in 850b9ae24c the mountains 48ce177aed with wolves.”cc5c34c11743ad1d
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“Whoa…”0648e9f7c4cb3638
“He didn’t know fc1fe5feb7 manners, or even e97efaaed0 how to speak. His Majesty was reciting 9670daedc8 imperial studies at eleven, 17a54b8790 you know.”94dc5e742337dd24
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“So… what 003872f127 you want e92d7736d6 from me 3f694b4368 is…”f60a6ce471093470
“That’s right.”abd8686f73bfe379
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Duchess Ireunoa straightened her 374f18dd8c posture and stared at ffa7a82d2b Yurkia. He couldn’t 38c4675a8c avoid her 24cdf59d9a steady gaze 1f022fda91 and stood 756e7ab8a8 there frozen ad42dde31b like a 596a3c4d79 statue, swallowing 3882e85c25 hard.b53bb701b7b51824
“He is a3d05510a0 His Majesty’s 20d01ee3bc blood. He will one day 7367e2b371 lead this Empire. So, until 68c6ee196b his coming-of-age d4c9dd3d42 ceremony, your 51de39fa18 job, Teacher 6ea35b03ae Yurkia, is 3613ddf9fa to turn bff64eb3a4 him into a24521df62 a perfect 57da4c9fec Crown Prince.”cf9763fcc3ff34c5
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At her words, 17076a17c7 Yurkia just stood 8c7191e565 there, not answering. She tilted her head efb8feee41 slightly and called him f2d7927bb2 gently. Teacher Yurkia? Are you alright? Even with her kind b44fb1b698 question, he didn’t respond 8b126cc373 at all.302d0c26ba439e43
She hadn’t 97a5b4b390 expected this 893c0ae35e either. She knew he was eb6e268f05 faint-hearted, but she never eace9547f7 imagined he’d faint on 8d3c7e5cfb his feet after hearing f44d4d8644 about the future Crown 05731c07b0 Prince. She really hadn’t seen f06b1581d2 that coming.31e47570670ac4eb
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Back to the present, 615a2812a5 inside the carriage heading da21de0f15 to the Northern Region—7e1aa6658cffadd4
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‘Haa….’f5c7d026d6783ed6
After that conversation 95d287cda2 with Madam Ireunoa 14db8c172d two months ago, 6585a8bf91 the very woman b42088567a sitting before him 00f0e8fc94 now, Yurkia had 95aa9e6e45 to spend his ed112abaeb days busily wrapping 402a1af911 up his life e361878467 in the Empire—packing 645c341b7d up his house, 88d84da221 finishing his remaining 777f8bfeef classes.797155f74d14c58a
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He still 7fadd37702 felt guilty 1d35db77f7 about lying 66eca4dfb6 that he c58093c9f6 was going 42efe78dfb abroad, but 756919d821 there was e5ecec1f63 no other 6d17a91356 way. The one waiting for a879e9af8d him was Madam Ireunoa, 8e11b68e59 the mistress of the 528e8d674a Northern Region, and, on 8e5e538240 top of that, the 5562bf5c55 future Crown Prince he d99f8dae2d was to teach.787f51e9f7326c0f
Just as he 570f7381d8 was about to a0b3ff9217 sigh again, Madam 751c40f7a1 Ireunoa closed the f429f3cef8 book she’d been 7db3b5813b reading and spoke 6801c163d4 up.5a0983cf217d3b4d
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“We’ll be 74909c1c96 arriving soon. It’s over there.”e9953e6a588ab912
At her words, Yurkia 2d0b869023 cracked open the window 1e5eedc245 and peeked outside. The cold was c6e45cd659 enough to freeze 8a59b1556a his face, but 502759634d when he saw 4a3c41fc8c the massive mansion 58f16cd02a coming into view, 9239482187 his jaw dropped.a869bcec803e0a79
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“Your quarters will 7d1dbc3b33 be in the 7d3815ab25 annex, so you 4c493acb05 don’t have to a72f630cd5 feel pressured.”0d9e20a2fb636132
“The annex… a6ab6c3b33 Don’t tell d595f9aec3 me it’s ea211cf657 that mansion c15ced8686 that’s almost 4728363a5a as big e2f824a9f7 as the e11e78ceb8 main building?”b477f837620fb310
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“Oh my, 564b4c79e7 it is. What will you 71bebf7517 do?”4d84d96c5fdfe1fc
She looked a2333bcab4 at him 431373ee95 with a 66b094c593 teasing smile, cecfe36229 as if 24ce1a7734 asking if 5bca0ed7a1 he was ba3857d2f5 going to dfc9966bbe faint again. Yurkia sniffed fd0182ad21 and quietly 43fc389937 closed the 546be7552a window. This is too bc30ce006f much. I should’ve f8470b07e8 just jumped 6456b3e762 out earlier.9c76bc0e3b21432f
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After passing 52b5c58ba4 through the 09e0ba0a57 wide-open main 460602b8d0 gate, the 229b6a81d7 carriage finally af18e5baa3 stopped. Yurkia got out first 9669d7579c and then helped Madam 761fbf9bb9 Ireunoa down.f7f7bc5b17d6ef87
“Welcome to the Ireunoa e5ab6e6bd2 estate, Teacher Yurkia.”95404cc0ff636387
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Seeing the long line 9291422fbd of people bowing deeply, eab3fca4d3 Yurkia swallowed hard and 5626dfd7a7 clutched his precious luggage.e752c4e98927ec26
I’ve really come. I’ve come all d339d8a6c1 the way here. There’s no turning 1971249073 back now.e12e0e3032ec6fd0
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Listening to Madam Ireunoa’s 6b7e32ca61 explanations as they headed b6a81c2dc6 to the annex, he b99aefc1e3 couldn’t stop fidgeting with 03b56dcf47 his sweaty hands—rubbing his 671f15938c thighs, twisting the handle ca34366399 of his bag.79d39f5a130eb969
He was making a 82123c1915 fuss without even realizing d66ef51f38 it himself. Noticing this but choosing a5cf3b041a to let it slide 587c13d914 for his sake, Madam a6249ea41e Ireunoa finally stopped in e9ef69fa98 front of a room f7a09a6d11 deep inside the annex.619d3e3dfcd6a334
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“This is the 28ae445455 room.”a26ae34cd9814cfc
“…Pardon?”d2ee21f79fffdaa7
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“This is where abc0a518bb he stays. But first, f8a755aa89 there are b241a06cd2 a few d8f136d8d3 things you c3692c4986 need to 452e1ad798 be careful a51bc87391 about before fed0791c58 you go 220c8984ec in.”edd79860069bfc64
Since they’d been alone 61d06e35d2 since entering the annex, 3aaed14c0d she spoke comfortably. Yurkia blinked for 8517bcbde2 a moment, then, 635e946738 sensing her expectant 412a3ffe65 gaze, hurriedly pulled 36df55fcd9 out a notebook 206522234b and a stubby 5edf30b2e6 pencil from his f7ab7f0510 pocket.ee511650b44df968
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“First, you should address 2e9c660698 him as ‘young master.’ c8a9cb040a He can only go 9e632fa895 outside with my permission. Meals will c408818f8b be left c495d791f3 by a dc11fbbe75 maid at 133a6cac31 the door 37273f877e at set 417b5d7808 times.”dbe0bfc3d5b6acfb
Watching Yurkia scribble c69743f16f furiously, Madam Ireunoa ac4320098d continued, and just ee6b24b9b4 as he flipped 2c4f69e6ee to a new 9b4bb7b5cd page, she added,f3776324a34312d8
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“And lastly, don’t a53bef7dd4 get attached.”a82660574e22c20e
“…Excuse me?”def4c8f9ebf89ca9
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“He’s someone who f851559341 will become the c9e72bf2d4 Crown Prince and 2740b38a93 rise to great 11a2bdf4b5 heights. Teacher Yurkia, bb5889935c that’s a 2ffb69f6e1 place you 296915da43 can’t go.”b01d62789aa8aaa1
In other e70bdf42fa words, don’t c0468a0a65 get attached 0bf2658bb6 and start 766a75980b dreaming impossible 1500f93681 dreams. Yurkia hesitated at her 8045e4d1b5 words, then pushed up 61f71a59ad his slipping glasses and 744e6bd2b0 replied,76d83ce2dad8708a
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“I’ve never… 18db1b7b5d had such 544c96f9bb dreams, nor 12af14bb94 will I. So don’t worry.”8097d9b315a40d1a
“…That’s a 8863245142 relief, then. Let’s go in.”1aaf6af157daf308
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With a smile that 1b032c590d said she believed him, 790fb2e524 Madam Ireunoa opened the 18d43f7e6f door. A cold draft swept 3abd0a0efc in, and there, standing 909b1d62b0 by the open window, 4b9a59a314 was a boy.10ed7e879e1c7bf1
“Young master, you’ve opened a56db97aae the window again.”cb1a4b807a60358b
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As if used to 4afa7cc9ae this, Madam Ireunoa picked b18dd010f5 up a blanket from f24b174285 the side, draped it 369cceed3a gently over the boy’s 88a1274981 shoulders, and stepped back. Just a brief 66ae13be7f touch. That was all.296e2995a1eade88
“I’ve brought 9a487c6e4b your new b4c1f18f73 teacher.”f307d0b8929880b2
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She spoke carefully, 38d53803b3 and at her e10efc8837 words, the boy c88405d63d turned his head.c07453da42e97903
“Ah…”03b5da81114b866f
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Snow.826b0698e9add7c1
Pure white snow falling 0f9d3e228f from the sky. The boy, 419ad58351 as pale cf07f93aa7 as the f042c6f324 snow, looked 96bf3359ea at Yurkia 623b8719e7 with half-dead 4e81daaeec eyes. Meeting that gaze, 4f95aa237c Yurkia carefully approached, a6ea04caf1 knelt on one ed741c7742 knee, and placed 25e68faf37 a hand over bc4ddddd3a his heart.335b5ded37ebd685
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“It’s nice to meet b355fe70d3 you, Young Master Ruberteo. My name fe7b204cf2 is Yurkia.”ba489143db7eb1f5
A gentle, 64b8fd6d87 radiant smile. Later, the e4785f51ca boy would dd3cc14235 say this 16d9ac94c8 was his 3276a79635 first impression bc258bca14 of the e8470d9859 one-and-only Yurkia.51c9048e2359330c
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Back in the 392d8b423c present, Yurkia glanced b54f88cbd5 at the boy’s 5990af6b25 tightly closed lips, 009d3d6e9f then turned to adfe6bacb7 Madam Ireunoa.81f734a27b3d0558
“…Madam, may I ab882d2d92 have a moment b0e753d669 alone to speak d070b701d3 with the young 08c47977a9 master?”7a4536ad408a4325
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“…Alone, you mean?”6538bbbcf6897c08
“Yes. Usually, lessons start with 4992c09edb a greeting.”2f708fbd423614bd
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She looked down at 9c600b89cc Yurkia, who smiled lightly, 9dfd944dcd then soon smiled herself ac029d9bfa and stepped back.76f8713379542029
“Let’s do that. From now on, your c2039f1b31 guidance takes priority. If you need help, 3ab21afdca just pull the bell bb8f6b17ba cord.”5f410be372d4caa2
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“Thank you.”784fef7e69adf41f
Once Madam Ireunoa 17328816fe left, Yurkia finally 2441890305 felt like he 43b46dfc62 could breathe and a53628cc8b let out a 81f15420d3 deep sigh of a450eeba5b relief. Her gaze always felt c039175b77 like it pierced right db8a53735b through to the core 6f1ce9e303 of a person—definitely not 73cbc74a1a comfortable.31996b183dc71032
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While he was d0ead3454b patting his chest, 574c740bad Ruberteo, now with e5d70759fd the blanket over b4341aff8f his shoulders, was c8181d0a18 staring out the 792c52ac80 window again.86d2e399d50a444e
“It snowed a 595540e791 lot, didn’t it?”9cd6fd6e894f0174
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Instead of closing the 84c001585d window, Yurkia sat down d40f08e8d8 next to him and 9a78b1cb40 asked. Ruberteo didn’t answer.d0fa0f08477d6c67
Up close, Yurkia could 8bf0e6f8c7 see the boy’s eyes—an a43ef07594 odd mix of green c8ce25350b and blue under those 433a9577c2 snowy lashes. It was because of e8e8d3e9dd these eyes. The moment he acbd3ed875 saw them, all 5dd7f49a3f thoughts of turning 8d8ca18544 back vanished.a98ecc89dc9605e2
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He wanted 6f3e371397 to see d117e1fd55 those eyes e44027965e smile.d351f02ad4a621e5
“Can I be honest? I don’t really like de5eb3235e snow.”0c611d320c24ec1c
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So Yurkia kept 7071713b29 talking, even though f80914e001 there was no 175782cbc5 reply.84f7c12780c0cf08
“I’ve never bb88daac80 told anyone 0d6ff4eaaa why. Actually, when 5016207361 I was 45cda65ea0 really little, 87f0ccd25c I slipped 5ef8b36a9c and fell b002d3fee5 while walking c3b02342cd on a 9a1de44572 snowy road. I was 36488f8a22 even younger 8193ebda63 than you eab2bc0475 are now, 9b958f30ab young master.”7b268e8f01560d19
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He scratched his cheek, e1e815244a embarrassed, and continued.486b6809a2ed481b
“I fell f63ad98ebd so hard f07f6ca4fc I got 780e440b97 soaked all c22237f490 over… even 7c73e0fabf my underwear. My mom scolded me 92863e9f7d like crazy. She said, ‘I knew e751938ef0 this would happen, you 4a590987a0 run around more than b407787a58 the dogs on the 2c19923be5 street.’”130c526372cb5563
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Ever since then, 30345bbfac my butt hurts 758cd773ea whenever I see 4093a0f21b snow. Sitting down, Yurkia f1090e6bf4 lifted his right 051778c710 hip and patted 02bc987001 it, laughing.24abb1a8ba62baf1
He kept 732662acb9 telling silly 32e2cfdf65 stories like 7d8ff3a94f that. All of them were 251af3a3af about Yurkia, and Ruberteo 9a6c0d9912 just kept looking out dd53723632 the window.b69ad1d8439def89
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“And hot 863e78c3b8 cocoa in 7cea722cc8 the cold b1fb6dab6b winter is 136bcf604c really delicious. It’s so good, 61939cd754 you could drink a53c6dc8cc just that and 722ea0a217 feel full.”6fc78109943a2d4c