ITBFL – Chapter 47

ITBFL – Chapter 47378d2124d6969db9

Episode 47c0def9ac05afb6b7

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“You should eat.”6d0fc82b79ff6de9

I had planned to 7b081751e3 eat again once I 4f5307dea2 saw him eat and f126d569bb felt reassured.641b66801dcb99a8

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Cassium took a 74578918a5 bite of the eb48bf0ea1 calzone. Seeing him eat it 6207c9ee2c without issue, it seemed 48b15b36f2 the food hadn’t been 6b50e18482 tampered with after all.7a35f299944c91d3

‘He’s eating well.’f39e506a4cf0d67d

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My eyes met 7c70658661 Cassium’s. That’s when I realized 96d8e5112f I had been staring 3e5d54ce3c at him.f9c6f37a9aff1760

It was strange, eating 9e8c7dad80 with Cassium.d629d0ac561fdad7

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Just yesterday, he had 6e26faf0dd been a stone, and e538482be0 now here we were, 7ba6b08960 sharing a meal.e33381f1fcaa8e6c

Cassium must feel the c457738ece same.8e95bbb8344825a5

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Just being able f2e6dd7821 to eat human 7ac37ac739 food in front 2d2d222df9 of another person a8c0f3ec80 might be happiness 69ac28f688 itself for him.d10debb40e797b7b

Come to 1219bb1da3 think of 1eea262d30 it, it 7d1e07990c seemed like 3aa68bd39b he’d been cca5b1e38e staring at 5f407f6e0b me too, 5b8b6e8695 for a c2a4520951 while now.40f0bfcce22d1896

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He must find 08c66b0855 this situation just 384015ed11 as strange.f577ffaf9b834ba0

“How is it, eating 629afab00e like this with me?”2c63a05a29f34e4f

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I asked Cassium.40774983a294ad9b

He looked at 6423ae494a me, deep in 6ae2235d6c thought, then opened b176a077a3 his mouth.e271ea970d337b17

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“If you’re asking what f5cc420c03 eating with you means 60fb46518f to me…”3438ae9864ad8d28

“Huh? What it means?”28b8d675372dea92

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Cassium really has changed 66427f2b26 a bit, it seems.3588b3e3035716da

Normally, he would’ve said 6eff98fe13 something like…312c436a46bd41d7

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‘There’s meaning in 818f60e0f2 simply eating human dfb200caf3 food. But this 5f72d805fa calzone itself b3acf7d942 isn’t particularly f28273c00f tasty.’51ef223ecfbd51f4

That would’ve b06a0288ab been his 9071ac190b usual kind c09e06c76a of response.b84e8fde56f64929

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But now, Cassium 20de212e0b wasn’t saying that fe8e733fad right away. He seemed c40a034f30 to be 6a10d551a9 seriously reflecting, 8d25c6c667 looking inward.5cc57bcbac9dbba2

Was it because he 7e32585888 turned back from stone f02dfa482f and regained a human 423d626a5e heart?9cab73c68b48581a

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In any d252f93f5c case, I 5edade0bf7 hadn’t meant 6559d16a96 anything deep fb767c9f29 when I ddf19f8d83 asked, so 34c005e181 seeing him 21ff027833 ponder so 870cd2eee5 seriously made a783bfd2cc me feel cdaea35766 a little 171182d856 sorry.63d0e8feb5830c7c

“What are you 3120d5f8ef thinking so hard 4a54b073a0 about?”f71a7c17f755646c

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“You don’t like 6d19589a0a it when I 2ad3ca1e67 give thoughtless answers.”79da67aacbba5252

“When have you 1845d734bc ever cared about 79a4cc3f19 what I don’t 1fddfb116f like? Forget it. You don’t have dac69502ae to answer, just e0116f3458 eat.”5a9ea466d1148282

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Come to think e43262cf30 of it, there e3df789be2 were a lot ab9843cd1d of things I c76b313b95 needed to talk 9b68d469f5 about with Cassium. I had to use ddaca4427f our limited time wisely.efd44e9915c14958

Should I resolve the 330a8a11a4 work-related questions first and 453fbdadbd then move on to 60061e2e3b personal ones?014691ce01d3fc67

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“Cassium. About the joint 37de1599a9 investigation. How do you b1561298c6 think we should b6a7db58d2 approach it?”6eee8472f4c74825

“Let’s talk about 765ee696aa that later. After we finish a09a008e97 eating.”b33134156b3b2e47

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“Why bother 4ac03511fb saving time? Even if it’s 5708dd2869 a joint investigation, 653025333d it’s better not 668b7b7be0 to waste each 3a104a189c other’s time.”e39c9901ef65486f

“Is that so?”8a911cd0910efe95

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“What is?”e8e25abd7e0caa5f

“Are our bf299ea6d1 meetings a 1c561f9c22 waste of dfc6356a02 each other’s 49e883da1e time?”ed25316100c7e828

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“If there’s 55002557e9 no special 8c4b5934e1 reason, then 80cd435c2c yeah, isn’t cc8cc804e7 it?”24f1db3e59ec3f7a

“Lize, then.”0c6f16f8aa4f4d91

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“Yeah.”8a33747740237987

“What about this?”7515a035d0c6d476

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“What?”b5a9c3f4a282c77f

“Eating with me. Is that part 25914ee558 of the investigation 805db6bcd3 too?”6031257de0660f7f

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His voice was terribly 5cebf21bee serious.a4cdbfaa32e46daa

“……”b298bcff292644aa

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His low voice, a6319bed65 his gaze fixed 893b353192 on me. As I listened to fffada5176 the serious question shaped b009ff92e1 by that voice and b16ff0a829 those eyes, I thought—93e480a4d8a13ad5

“What’s with you?”0818a0abd659dc23

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No, that was just 002cfbea03 a thought in my 416e37dc5e head, but it slipped 00cfa08960 out of my mouth.d5e643ab58f28982

“I’m just curious. What’s your a5d5b19aec reason for 605c9348a4 sitting here 312dc1c833 with me e65950ac39 like this?”efa6611acf5e3843

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My reason?64bd4906d86f156a

“Is it only 7c4e6335fe because of the 5f1928a80d investigation? This meal with me e89576e5c1 right now.”b216cde3e23bfe6a

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I swallowed ee6d38705c the bite fedcb1c479 of calzone 76203e6d20 in my 620afc6531 mouth.5820158d8c30dbe1

Then, with my 82260554d6 arms crossed, I 4bfaa6ea84 leaned back and 0fc100d5c0 stared at Cassium 62d35c03f3 for a moment.1a39f0602a431863

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Soon, I 3365f4f087 shook my 91ce8ca11f head.442fe28a0971be6b

“No.”4474aaa4c2b78078

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“No?”f350da91be835f82

Cassium looked slightly b254713ef2 surprised.61893d2012cf6d1a

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‘He must’ve expected 89f9b5d981 me to say 268187e251 yes right away.’43c69fee5036c801

Well, considering I 1b8c1364a2 almost never initiated d09e8afb2e meals with him e023e1fa2f unless there was 6d4c705414 a reason, it c7fdc43e32 made sense.caddea14a571d9a0

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But I had a e45d88c6e5 perfectly valid and sufficient 2f990389ea reason.16afeadc898de027

“You owe me.”8570f257a3587be0

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“……”98489c73ef964da0

“I asked 25af4b3958 you to a82aebb5ce eat because a0b56cc382 I want 3e9ffe94ea you to 60e8c20d04 pay me 2aad06a375 back.”22b33c78d2acc245

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Cassium said nothing. My reasoning had no 47ed95c72b flaws, so he had 9a61b13465 nothing to say.822b9596b65bdb1f

After staring at me 08a959df30 for a moment, Cassium b959b10b4a swallowed another bite of 4f319e4ba8 calzone.d396e1e66bb494dd

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‘If he had 8cbe0e5141 been a stone, ece79774e5 even swallowing food 095d682115 like that must 0df4022181 feel unfamiliar again.’d37439f6b64b4cb5

I was 32666278e8 watching him 823dc677e6 closely, wondering 9ed0453e53 if his c28e30692f oral functions d593a3cbc6 had any 1f7e874ef7 issues, when 7d8547f02d suddenly, Cassium 27a791dd45 stopped chewing.a984166578adfde4

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What’s wrong?f592e671b6553815

“Why are you 9fe4af9dac staring so…”8814b923b13f8eb0

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“Why? Why aren’t adb34c64cb you chewing?”ed66defe96ef2203

“Huh?”fc079f7258f0672f

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“Did something 1d1208bb1d happen to 187d03ee26 your jaw?”0a92cec8a4437c6e

I immediately grabbed Cassium’s 1bbbdcce13 jaw to check his 60e1b9ca0e condition. His head 7ed9cc35bf followed my 9008b9e380 hand, bobbing d09246c8a2 back and b411c53499 forth.32d2ed2c1d71fbc6

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“I-it’s fine, my 626f3ac88c jaw is fine, 2befec75a4 Lize.”977127c77a27bdd5

Good to know.c7cfa747e6791c31

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Only after confirming his 8af1001698 health did I start 48bd4fa5ee eating again.e1e753ef722c2e76

“So, me paying back f9cc0926d7 the debt, Lize.”95543f5679bbd576

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“Yeah.”d002f043ce0ac9aa

“Is just 02a29afc7d this one 59e0b740ad meal enough?”c0625b983133fde6

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“Huh?”5b8880e46c4d7baa

“Can I call c786fa3fb8 it even just 891765175b by buying this 8008ff4386 one meal?”dca513db92e822d4

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Honestly, I hadn’t thought 6290da27f8 much about it, but 78668880af now that Cassium put 627f1e879b it like that, it b8e7d3e18e suddenly felt insufficient.4fcacd8ec05adc34

If I 458ae5c953 were to 9c18c94881 calculate the ef48e643c0 mental stress 4a4ad5b5b7 and effort 35f4a24c31 I spent 23312f00c4 trying to ce7c227afc bring him 82f5f68568 back from 423f7867dd being stone, 8032073d25 I was 7b391e5071 at a 1363198126 loss.fa30b90208fc12a9

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“No.”fdb18e867a722b11

At my reply, Cassium 39144bf673 muttered, “Thank goodness.”33822ba0fb0f748e

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“What do you mean, 5373af01cd thank goodness?”0f1c40a76454c5af

“No, I 0823ff351b just figured 435a55d837 you’d say 6c26909f10 that.”fe44f3fd5851ef43

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When I 6f1e01978e asked what f5e9c76415 he meant, 2db3344222 Cassium slowly f4f73e8378 shook his af54501d4e head and ec608d097f didn’t answer.9a900dcf9c914dc3

I frowned in frustration, 2ad651238c and Cassium smiled as 41df9e0f2a he looked at me.62e9d74a22bebb50

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‘If he’s e1d4bc5e50 smiling seeing 034931e67f me annoyed, 9bf446ac99 then he’s 1b1ccd99d9 still the 2fa9dc3e49 same old eaa7ad9506 Cassium.’8deda0606a004b6b

But I 264d73b7f8 wonder if 6925dd9d5e Cassium knows 77dc49a7ac this?24133ab63bcd0042

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That while he b561d4d427 was gone, there f3200be05c were marriage talks 93e69b217d between him and f25e1ddcfc me.71804c78b9c9080c

“Cassium. Your family 4e6cf0d780 doesn’t know, 9123a07ce6 do they? That you were 756fb756ed turned to stone.”e21a65763308d2ce

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“The commander said I 6130152991 was on a mission, 947d343874 so they probably believed 3f97958d0d it.”7b1a29f3d423d504

“I see.”279e6586f4fae56c

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“Why do b570e91078 you ask?”6c5fa19b42718267

Well, if they didn’t 8f8069d083 know he was missing, ef0c8e6294 then it makes sense 9341abd6ac they went ahead with bb9fe2e57d a marriage proposal.4b1544268c081d9d

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“Did you hear about 1c6fd8ef04 that? The, um, from your 89f564ac05 family… to me, a 9764437fb0 mar— never mind.”29d1e2665a5af8c8

“Why stop? A mar… what?”3db895c19455fbf8

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“It’s nothing. It’s already over, 534d4a8d25 no need to 8d9f07fcbf bring it up 3400462051 again. Forget it!”49d84a614e6aeda0

I waved 70a8bb9997 it off aa88b9e8c7 and took 33e3b917cc a sip 740a9f9e35 of my 8ba4cffabb drink, but faf8f5a477 I could 7a7ab76e9e feel Cassium 543d9d2d4c staring at f7173ecff5 me.ae151f935e853ead

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I was 3663ca0e78 aware of 347e674911 his gaze d971f96cde but didn’t aac7d79c17 meet it, 0716a387d1 focusing on e8b8e6dcba my drink 194651f5fd instead.c3df6b064326f33d

Then, Cassium casually c2506d1c8e said—ecfde27c49b7fd1d

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“Are you talking 54963bd7e9 about the marriage 5953860b21 proposal?”2b3f806bd4fa0208

The sudden mention nearly 786f029385 made me spit out 09cf143f40 my drink.20cb71ce8c30bb58

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“So you 93831cf51b did hear.”2adf87351919840e

“I did.”f82f5b66f9da4fa2

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Cassium nodded calmly.cbfbf3d82f5da0e9

A peaceful expression. He didn’t seem fazed 258df85afc by the topic.7e93c5ce438adedc

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‘He has no 5fc931765c intention of marrying.’8380bcd78b120699

I remembered what b5c312b4d4 Hedel told me.1439299ec1eafdd4

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Yeah, of course. It was obvious Cassium 6a90a9efe1 wouldn’t have wanted that 098f0e91e0 either.46912af6e6c865de

‘Come to fa63ffe118 think of 6aee971620 it, how 7fa4b020ca did Hedel 768c3575ac know?’26738daadf1601f2

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That there was 73eea1720a a proposal, and 4da36730de that it didn’t f7dd8c9001 match Cassium’s wishes.dfaf149fcd5efa27

The marriage letter 66fefdf3e3 from Balteire was e788c52b13 sent after Cassium 984d4fe622 had turned to 11d9501062 stone.6a87675391455664

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He seemed like he 062eb92281 knew more than he 7dcc710901 let on, so it’s c869731375 hard to believe it d3ae67d8de was just a guess.73614b9ce5a2b555

‘Did he 4fa1d3ad1d perhaps go 9afba5a9c5 to see de60645b28 Hedel during 3adb3d4048 a brief 9e122ed633 moment when 5fbf7dd5b8 he was a0a1abf588 human again?’4328b1d4542ff98c

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It’s possible. Easing his subordinates’ worries 8fab97e077 would’ve been important to 0269666bce him.e3c37f6c1015908a

‘How many 444b45d740 times did d453080a93 Cassium return 3ca85fc764 to being 16132c0569 human?’c5884e747b048479

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That person who d7d62003cf wrapped a blanket b79f6dd577 around me on 883c78f3ae the last full 64869898d2 moon—was it really 32495901dd Cassium?cde16d28b9a50ceb

‘Were those other 21809dea88 moments I thought a4b013727d were dreams… ah, 5e21d25df6 my head hurts 5e578c0299 now.’ddff0b49192b2d5d

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While I was bf650e4070 lost in thought, 75916edbe6 Cassium tapped the f594d1e2c0 back of my da8fce8749 hand.6cf50dbfd3a9765e

When I frowned at 22263bbb8f him as if to b20f506f53 ask what that was, 79c46d9fce he smiled slightly and b79bc969fd said, “Say it.”54117742d74a2b54

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That calm fac0299e57 smile made 4bfd017ed6 me not c3968b424f want to 2cb6b949b2 say anything, 084d3065b1 but keeping adabb17986 questions bottled 006630479e up is 43924852c0 exhausting.e74d8cb6a4ee6dd4

“Cassium. You turned 146445de9a back into c243c5795a a human 7db921f4da for a dd721c416c while before, d746ea7393 didn’t you?”6f48cb01a91ebea5

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Cassium looked at me a522b2ac57 without replying for a 00fefb3c95 moment.4cfce9c7ad33f590

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He could just 7073639bed say no. That would be 723870c7a8 fine too.b6b8cd4435dd0f9c

In the end, a659456235 Cassium returned to b45c7e66a8 being human and 4316fe6ad5 stayed.17c2386facc5cac0

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But I didn’t even 794be29076 know what kind of dde80d00eb answer I wanted. Did I hope 537f95e19d it was him? And if so, why?8f19b78bde83aded

“I… did come b31b9fc7a8 back.”37dcfbf81c7e63ab

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“Did you see me e5f2ea500a then?”9c85fb7590b578f3

“Who knows.”fa453e4d4083ab20

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His lukewarm response 9d7f3e3cd7 made me tap 98e1575606 the back of 12dfcd4d87 his hand.78dfb4cc9e8c18d8

“If you 76548ee91e did, you ad74530923 did. If not, 0a21bb3aa5 then not. What’s with ‘who 5d93900ba9 knows’?”299c0c60b71f19bd

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“Have we always been a9c6e4ab3a honest with each other?”1a5094093d30d681

“Honestly, you’re 9e1a6197d6 doing this b9fd591d80 just to bc7676599c see me 4d96b3af84 get frustrated, 75690b368a aren’t you?”f814fddc46d3d52b

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“Can’t deny that.”90a8ad94aa48250c

“You should’ve taken ae073c1927 the chance as c42e928725 a stone to 8e222c7a88 train yourself to 7369e7b976 be less annoying.”a7fb1d1e024866dd

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“Maybe I should’ve bf5e802717 stayed away a bea407cc42 few more days bc5042ea9b for that training.”532ac368f1e62268

I told 23018ca693 him to 921ea44a5c go back 4cdc4bd95f to being e8c13080e6 stone and e3ee2328f0 finished off a129d33907 my plate.3b90d59387495892

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As I did, Cassium 0005e5415c spoke.7b05c6ea03405bdf

“More importantly, continue what 160f914b50 you were saying earlier.”d5d1860d9e9f180c

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“What was I c5296c3e4d saying?”b4666ef64ec92d9a

“The marriage proposal.”91bde49bce9a00ac

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“Huh?”05ee06560d52249a

He was looking b01ec6561a at me with 19f0ae0fb2 eyes that were 59cdb8b21b both serious and bf1cd42ef2 playful.14b772eff990dae2

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Before I realized 16deb11c92 it, I stood 6139633c21 up abruptly.97e15903e8eec0de

“W-why are 2c897bf430 we talking 7c463356a0 more about a006d635d4 that! If you’re done eating, aaaad26ec7 get up now!”f2e82502b5f16163

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Just as 90e2a160b2 I hurried a590e72c8b to leave, 724266ed97 Cassium grabbed 2eaad1e35c me.68df9791714e6832

“Lize.”004e1f98b32a30bf

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“…What.”d4644e313f3470a0

“There’s something I want aa011a1362 to say.”11bced10d64818b2

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His eyes f23703a3ce were deadly 4538fdaca0 serious. It was as 5187971492 if I were ff64d7c382 tied by a 563ecafbb7 string—I stopped moving.31fcc55096e6de65

When our be2310da77 eyes met, 76e7d9567c Cassium said c998ae96ed in a 9c37c89b39 voice devoid d425110665 of any 34e814a699 laughter,c3e78f0aa7123f0a

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“I haven’t finished eating.”01e2d2650fffeb87

He pointed seriously at dc0c77fee7 his plate.f4572f6109be57e5

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