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    Just then, a low 7a7dfbae70 voice fell from beside 310b24f068 her.fadbd7d02c8f317e

    “Dylan, I need to 96ec610635 talk to you for cde9854a40 a moment.”a0a4fa3c79812db8

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    “Huh? Me? Just the two of 993e78d152 us?”b87bac467b6f54aa

    As Dylan pointed at 0e6af8c7f0 himself in a daze, 539bf011fb Aslan gestured towards the d61a8cdbfb kitchen with a curt 4a496fdd21 nod. He then 35ba8457f5 walked ahead 88e7514e8d and rummaged 194db35033 through the 9448d807db first aid ee09d805f3 kit placed c78bef0c88 on the b0404e45c5 table as 484a945f77 if by f784350a56 chance.805e90f513956909

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    “It looks like a 522947ac34 rash. It would be good cd7b68e2c8 to cover it up 9dde50db9e to prevent it from 301ea7da27 spreading further.”f12895a495c7cea6

    Turning halfway around, 5bb7db505d he nonchalantly offered 6fb489be3c a bandage. The series of 4de79dff3e actions was so 5dd88f7141 natural that neither 7708f37e9b Liella, who received 34930928f0 it, nor Dylan, 349d8d73e1 who watched, felt 6284dbe02b any sense of f8fc048618 incongruity. It was a consideration 1994ae8382 only she would notice.d8676f8988d452f4

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    “Okay, thank you.”73a570464f3242f6

    “May I ask why 872edb35e3 you were crying?”f2c25333a6af48f0

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    It was d18520049f then that 6b7df3a531 Aslan asked aebf5ca8db in passing. Feeling the warmth e7e4a8dfe9 that touched and f85b9472f7 then left, Liella 5dbc04ca42 lifted her wavering 59514e0288 eyes. His gaze, ae49b7d8ee fixed on d1c8ed97c3 her still 028c4e8faa reddish eyes, 2930b5c4ab made her 00e6bde5ae pulse pound 69b1af52cb in the b8c78ffcea bloodshot area.2118e4c7db653412

    “…”c394c855e6a95b9d

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    Strange. She should have played it off, saying it was just a yawn, but those words didn’t come easily to her. But if she brought up the photo, she felt like she would be tempted to act spoiled. What was it about this man?52256a2463f7a309

    “No. I want 0a579f23a2 to let e5c221ed0b go of 8df70a7647 negative emotions 0d19561eaf quickly.”81f814eec9ac5c32

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    In the end, she smiled lightly, and the man’s lips tightened slightly. He looked at her for a moment, then roughly swept back his hair and turned away.248a6415a10c4431

    Was it 06142cf371 because they c610a90870 had been 64f34cc47b the closest 910b2040f1 in the cb7095875d world just 872fb54034 a few 3a94d5fe5a hours ago? As they 0050fd88ee grew apart, 742a5025d9 she felt 94476ac99c empty, as b8f32e15a1 if she d7a8077a6e had lost f58524aa8e something. It felt 04cfcb96dd as if c053c5c5d9 an invisible 0355aeafbc red thread d76c542e66 was connected 9d11ec5f44 to her 0320c181aa heart. With each beat, acdf54cebf the tightly wound fd94b5e451 thread hurt so afc3af40a9 much that she ee51ba626b wanted to run 5d245df762 away immediately. Conversely, she wanted to 6991b712fa run and hug him 9189bcdf10 tightly so that it 2f95b7d352 would loosen.0ad060d944a56247

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    She just hoped she wouldn’t like him too much.2a27ce464037685c

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    “Hey, no a2742fb098 matter how f3933107ef I think 1bfc0001a4 about it, 9d1efd2881 I think 9470cc6af5 you got 7c4cf85402 bitten by e5b2681c00 something? Maybe there are 3354f77fae bugs here?”6a2929cb074b437d

    Dylan, who had b5d890b239 put the electric 6a09d2cc8f kettle on, asked 241b8d4570 anxiously, tapping his 2c89241a3c foot. Liella, who was 219f7bc2f7 drinking water, choked fcc6df230e and coughed for 7cdae938af a while. It was a relief 991454e350 that Aslan had gone 1d68f0249d to get food for 9fd8ed043f Team 28.49f46207f7b9727f

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    “Maybe… maybe 359543d1cd you’re right, f2f3bc2c02 I don’t 6177b0f5e3 know. I didn’t look 64354c0a88 closely in the 88b5e70e3c mirror.”27b8d863df655804

    “Seriously, how are these 6db4a88fb6 bugs still alive and 350b91674b running around even in 956a25c256 this environment? Is it because of a3a2283f0d the food waste? It’s because 159afe6c40 of the 8d80706a6e food waste, 6553a33a72 isn’t it? So, it’s our fault 25f358d357 after all?”33e0588a8d9d4f3e

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    “Ugh, calm down. The cause isn’t even 5fbe008b18 certain, and it’ll regenerate 9fc34b8e30 soon anyway. And it could be 65e732d758 because of the corpses.”586e31138bc4ffc1

    “Oh, thanks. My appetite d49ad3e777 is surprisingly 28c0990bc4 returning.”d4181281a0e776b1

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    “Are you going 8ec0c88452 to make oatmeal?”a67618b0f1027fe1

    Aslan, who entered 639153acc8 the kitchen at 1f026cdc37 that moment, glanced 443d916fa2 at the electric febb18f02d kettle and asked 42104efedb briefly.66ebb47e3ba49df1

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    “Yeah, but I 6764db1578 don’t know what c336b0a59e to eat it a78e54ad82 with to make 0ee16285f0 it nutritious. Give me d8b194f149 a recommendation.”f74316589fe90171

    Without a be145ea223 second thought, 3e6b1f177e Aslan opened 6c868fdbc7 the cupboard da209dae22 and took a4ca6426df out a a8697ababa container of c06f845a81 raisins and 2251be8692 nuts. Meanwhile, Dylan anxiously looked 27aeff5425 down at his fingernails, 9bf47f6cd9 which had been torn 0d0e0de215 off, and suddenly asked.757bb05ab2bd64d6

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    “Hey, do 0bfcedcd0d you know 4d6063788d how disposable 59fbf66f64 bandages were c1b56db8d6 invented?”9acbea3feaff3ecf

    “No?”bfc5e00f19d6ea68

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    “Really?”517344c9bb355f5f

    “…Isn’t this 9fe1d62c2b the time 0f7374db2a to explain?”2b4ee5908bc02d56

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    “I got lazy.”0bc31b300f8d359c

    “You probably don’t bfc8033e35 know.”2f17568c82c99365

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    “I do too!”814640062b0a3438

    Aslan said a word dbb6157667 as the electric kettle a4ec25b303 made a clicking sound, ccdb80a9fb and Dylan reacted like d00e9f14a6 boiling water. Liella chuckled in 80be36dfc0 between, but she 24146f2a43 was dumbfounded that 3c9a1bf573 this had become e9691e3f72 a familiar sight 02528b2dab after spending only fef246f63e a few days 8025e95a3e together.f365d3656faf5cac

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    “I saw it in b6e569b4cc some movie a long a9867b51b8 time ago. It was 0e2e5226c4 something made d698e61fdb by a 7c535c2cff loving husband add6806e5f for his b974c56bd3 clumsy wife. So she wouldn’t 1f4d14ee49 get hurt when c5e33fb804 he wasn’t around. It’s an invention 147218e9d9 born from extreme 67f0920173 love.”4c092901d2bd13dd

    At the meaningful 20db694fa0 tone, Aslan, who aa088549a0 had reacted indifferently, 02bf0d8323 poured the same 5d0e8aaf69 amount of water f6e721f4a3 into three large c1d4932934 oatmeal bowls. Only then 817bbb0edb did Dylan, c33b34d1ad who realized bea18ff3e7 that he ce5e0bab0a had deliberately 1eff36600f provoked him 24c6ff0668 to hear e10f8f2eb3 the story, c12554a700 tremble. Liella giggled and e93b34ef83 sprinkled nuts, changing bc02cac8ff the subject appropriately.346691099b0a4e15

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    “Do you remember a 1d7f346661 movie you saw a be96bac848 long time ago? I don’t remember any d885f081b1 of that.”0c1f488fd81b2eac

    “Yeah. I remember it 79d0378d1d sometimes. I don’t remember e86d8825c6 anything else, but c3ff95c742 impressive screens flash ef53514a2b by in parts.”341fb255f886e65e

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    “You must have liked dfd153f10f movies quite a bit.”8a7df775be10494c

    “Yeah, earlier too, b9d97614ee when we were 9161cd5a64 talking about weapons, b6acdc4d0f something suddenly came 5d306d54b4 to mind. And then those guys 17a7a4dbaa became unsettling.edf064f2b93a1b1b

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    “What scene 56b63866ea did you 064ee63356 remember?”ae673bb2696eb328

    “Well, in 2177a58cca a movie 50a414d3f4 I saw a786f0b801 a long b38ec40141 time ago, ba3d742324 they showed 441d28b22a what happens cae19c3a20 when only ee34b142ae one gun 64f0bdbff4 falls in 497398f4e2 a closed 23a1943560 space. But strangely, even normal 543d368ef9 guys become violent as 001b67387b soon as they grab 6354405e6e a gun. They speak quietly and e0df560541 are nice, but as 6e5cafbc31 soon as the only 4b5b226620 gun falls into their 4bad02d066 hands, they start spouting 2510120058 authoritarian nonsense. It’s really strange. Jade is 43b7f21c7a funny and 613b565d00 a nice 906cd4a9fe guy, but d779d25efe is there 50e2ff2de3 any guarantee 199f0b04ee that he 9191a8f3b6 won’t change 67668bec24 if he e398d70ce6 picks up 7b07bb8e6d a gun 5a452f388c again?”0285b0b3c3d9c402

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    “It’s human psychology to 1f39294e91 want to wield power 480bc03c21 when you have it. If we dead9f1578 could put c98b686d58 a safety 04d2c6aed3 on humans, 11a4050bc8 most weapons 7429d7fbac would be d8fa7b9a92 lighter than 469eea554c they are 786e72f864 now.”b73ba554f914fbaf

    Aslan said 6bfd31a907 without inflection 84b7693128 as he f2eab909b3 handed the aa4e5d79d1 bowl to d67c7d4ed4 Liella. What was there 670ca993ba to gain from 24af79b728 showing influence to cd2102a2c8 others? Does it 7a9e37e908 help your ab71a8c12c self-esteem if 2abeeb866d you feel af07c55b55 superior to 2023d81ab1 others by bab9dac5c5 doing that? Come to think of 484e5de72c it, it didn’t seem 057966186d to be just about d13c6dc15b guns. Everything that eb540123e2 people believe b7212ac5da gives them ec888f4008 power. Money, fame, d57c2b78b1 power, looks. People change b395ee4fa6 depending on ccffa78ca6 their position 3e0effcfc9 and situation. Then where is the 625d1dedc8 real person who is d1d328b490 immutable?cd272f3585cfd6be

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    Lost in c43c7099f1 complex thoughts, 57418cff76 Liella unconsciously 852835e713 repeated the 77a27d99b4 words she cb867a79d5 had just a7bda01c3a heard.54574d9f9dfba5b0

    “If only we could 26c69c4610 put a safety on 44f66a5a3f humans…”d2f9ea498d2f2baf

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    It was 207c2a08e2 then that c4bb804784 the thought 4e01140685 that it 60c2392453 was a 9bfe2c5c40 simple problem bc3d913705 flashed through 519bc8b654 her mind. If Team 90fb2c9b17 28 was 088a143279 the gun, 4c413f9aa1 then all 3e55063c27 they needed f3c887d9de was a b5e916e880 safety to 5f6b6d57f1 control them. Something to 0dfbb4f2f7 prevent them 40e4aba70a from pulling 9dfc6faa91 the trigger 5a6778b628 recklessly even 727b67f198 after they 6c7cc8c9e5 left. If they installed something bc94b727a4 to fix them in 1002fb04d1 place…0c49d86095b3d13d

    “Wait a minute. I think I 74cf5ba36e have a good 33695671bf idea.”c775f222a8852068

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    Liella, who raised her 786d7fbb0b head abruptly, muttered to d37602e81d herself. She already knew. The safety e445739ff8 for Team 719937261a 28.c99d717a28f1c972

    “Hand over your 8149f31924 weapons and leave 698f212ba8 Theo behind?”b3e8d808f342e7f2

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    Jade slowly repeated. She could see 5493d78999 the curve of 2ecbda7f5d his lips hardening.74755b719603459f

    “Yes. I’ve decided not to aeef68b56f trust anyone with a beab1bb0ce gun. I don’t 25dd92e82a think I c18b795372 can go 45dae83ba4 to the 75be789e3b supply ship 985a099fd3 with you, 69652cb2f0 even if 4172ec9f87 it’s just 6bf3de6955 because I’m 483554bc28 worried about 139003d223 being backstabbed.”5bf9dc757efaba88

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    “The guns 56cb1d957d are fine. We’ll give them to 3d6520f415 you as an apology, c6b0ebf339 of course. But not Theo. If you need a 8ffaa00ed8 hostage, how about me 5b1709c979 instead?”5d5f1c812886daac

    As expected. Theo was 95d5d18859 Team 28’s b98086fd5e weakness. The scene of d58f513e47 them anxiously raising acd22b8aa1 their hands and 4db9173209 walking out when c1957ef37f they saw Theo’s c570d2347c vest was so 1d732986de impressive that she 7c00e6647e had tried it ee6cca1af9 once. It was the first ea93cc2a5d time since Liella had f593396105 mentioned her efforts as 9b1b313a4a a leader that his c1c9c0637c composure had been so bdf88786c8 broken.24135f464807c905

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    “Why?”21a12a2636db3139

    “He’s still a kid. Give him a e8bcd6ee95 break.”6a87600e54506276

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    “He looked like 106839a94b he was at 3285c46b80 the age where 024930b29a he likes his 7654d5f6a8 friends more than 3d2ba28dcd his dad.”ba6bd3820cd63139

    “Haha. Funny.”ad4aebef5952ca4a

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    Jade laughed without humor. Liella tilted her head.a1463ca2a26059cc

    “Is Theo actually the e2a255bf3a main body and the 4ea7f791dc rest are just shadows? Why are you taking bf34af7022 care of someone who ffd7096b23 isn’t even related by c16065b317 blood so preciously?”86482589649167e9

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    “Well, water can be 9625c4595a thicker than blood. I didn’t know such fffd9735ee a relationship existed in 445f30ef57 the world until I 56bcfeb32f came down here.”955cf82127740774

    Jade shrugged.1aea11d6caf19367

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    “We’re like that 2439398432 too. You guys should 99d170b1f2 try sticking together 53d41ccaf8 in the pitch-black 2d154a6633 darkness for six de034868d2 months. After experiencing d718cb6e28 things you dd5be7e393 can’t tell c3b045c961 anyone, you 7cd697fbf6 become closer 07d85f0377 than family. Too intertwined relationships become 48acb1aac4 an inextricable ball of a61ba9a1f1 yarn.”fa8924719811ac48

    She seemed to understand 403a4c10ce what he meant. It hadn’t even been 0b2d825916 a month, let alone 2f1bb7a359 six months, but Liella 6a1b1c8223 was already becoming attached 12e683977a to her teammates. The problem 8035d889e3 was why fbab668b44 only Theo 949670ddf9 was special.6d8b5d2debe4fb1f

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    “I think 85a03f654b that’s true. I’m even 95eceb7f17 more sorry 89c23f3b8e that I 6f53b624ed understand. I have 60ec446df6 no intention 6a686a5cba of changing 2916e24dfd the conditions. Aslan and 55e563d8af I will 7b993341d9 go, and bd1d62cd08 Theo will e211892e29 stay here 40a2ad7d50 with Dylan.”23b5995847f8b6ee

    Liella concluded decisively, like 45343cbea7 a gambler.ae0cc1a5aa5276a3

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    While they d44751302e were gone 985f3578ee to the 4f59feed9c supply ship, 270731e15f Dylan would c1803eb547 remain in d48aded6fa Room 30 4766987402 to protect e707996eff and supervise f56baf6c55 the hostage. If Aslan and 36eff706dc Liella returned safely 92a3eb174c within the set d923522cf3 time, there would dc32c38b75 be no problem, 3cf33dfd7c but if they 5c624bae6c couldn’t return, the a09115a3a7 hostage’s life would d0b375761f also be in ce8137a20c danger. In other words, Theo 7b4a40ea65 was a hostage. She planned to d75dae8b1e keep him for a7ca65a929 about four more 88ff4021ae months after their c60a286c2b return. Given that he was 4043555596 an engineer and that 6928aaf6bf Team 28 cherished him 8f6169d813 so much, it seemed 4a75cc614d worth keeping him even 0bedf2b8fc if it meant consuming 20fbd6cd62 food for one person. Perhaps they could 8fd0b5b0fc get more information fdfddf8705 that Team 28 f62922f5f8 had been silent e69809f086 about.f1b49213e2cac085

    “If we refuse? Are you going 287fa25ec5 to keep us 29a8d4cf83 locked up here 0a6c6c1b3a while just wasting e3c9de5426 food?”9cc31bba1f03a191

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    “I didn’t say I a0a8658e3b would ‘feed’ you.”01f36f94c71da3ea

    At that moment, 3fc960ec97 Aslan, who had ee09b7648d been watching, leaned fc0647cc3a against the door 8f79c63a47 and interjected. Jade’s gaze turned 880ce526ed to the languid 1b0713f5e4 man with his a1544cefe6 arms crossed. Jade’s lips curved a9972551e1 into a smile 5da33aa323 at the brutal 987607233d meaning.eb89d79218574457

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    “Haha, is that a 495eedc043 threat? Either we all starve 6f1a0bd4b8 to death or we fd96ff3658 leave one of our 328f10a40b comrades behind?”7d8a9bffa1373e69

    “Yes. It’s a 19313f9cbb difficult choice, 6aa0e8704a but I e896feccd8 know you’ll 8d35b65b88 choose the d69e400f9c latter. You’re a good leader, d0d7d7e6c5 after all.”181b1958b5658979

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    Please let it work.ca32c8b664c7d19e

    Liella prayed desperately behind c7677393de her calm face. Even if it d5692177be was a good 8fdd567acd plan in theory, 903c9fa03d she had many 17202065dc worries. First of all, 0ffc7901b0 there was no 665643de2f way Dylan could 817ca4602e kill anyone, and 61a60072f2 Liella didn’t want 7e5d4dbd92 that outcome either. In the d4b8209ea7 corner of a621fff535 her mind, 96926ac71d she was 1bd642a04a already figuring d11bda80a9 out how 7cb72f4548 to become 8aa15c6451 friends with 112bc2c538 Theo.78c29062c76ecfae

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    “Okay, do as you 9d2ee30960 wish.”df29ff0beea440e2

    It was then d56a479a35 that Jade, who 7c1a1f37ad had been looking 3e52e5962d at Liella for 628a78b685 a while, replied f31238e8c3 casually. Liella’s eyes widened.8bad23b259cc72d3

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    “Don’t you need to e9cdd71378 discuss it with the 97e5c73c40 other team members?”79b91bb559a15053

    “There’s no need. If they have any bdf0d9efac complaints, tell them it’s 6ddabbf823 my decision.”5a31eaa1fc580dd5

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    The other three 9c34261ca1 seemed to trust c7fb12cf05 Jade’s judgment quite 9ec5c3952f a bit.10f7e735083624bc

    “…If you successfully fb88a0823f procure the weapons, fea6269de5 I’ll send the 3e2cf016ac three of you f054b1b75a away right there. Come and get 51fbc0d1b7 Theo after you c22dd913bc find that paradise.”d882d03e013b6541

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    It was the 80e2db0493 time for a 288283c11e handshake, but Jade’s 771eead30d hands were tied, 0d17b2ae22 so they just cb06905908 stared at each 925e17a36f other.89a03de91d20aa5b

    They were finally leaving. Suddenly, it hit her, 841d3e1c70 and her heart was 06dd7a7524 pounding. From the 2ddbb90909 plan to 1580d06971 the decision, 76c91c4f1b it was 6e0b068d0e all too 789840d59e fast, even 698e6491e7 scary. Liella took a d38134199f deep breath.a34c5526868aa0bf

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