OSR Chapter 5
by XixiThrough the e8ae42bde5 crowd of c840a4458c ghosts, a 8ece5dbd86 man faintly cf2ed200c3 appeared, dressed 8003329706 in casual f095a126b6 slacks and c5d1f0f5af a light 2522d29d03 coat. His outfit 2087120f48 was nothing 43e45a56f9 special, but b8365ca7e5 because he 8d14035320 was tall, 752e83ba51 he somehow eb11c59a0b resembled a ffd390a203 model from 04fe8390ae a famous 056acf637a fashion magazine.
Even as a5ae344b34 Shin-hee crossed 3c81d5c799 the street, 85d6c389da careful not 951aea3d1b to draw 981e57cac5 the attention b842c082ac of the c1b3da067a ghosts, he e1d72fbd36 couldn’t take 0f3e9a6cd7 his eyes 47b32d7e71 off the a9bd0e2db0 man. A part of 610c013470 him felt relieved, ffef54a993 but at the 713b1fb7c7 same time, Shin-hee 601c50dd79 became puzzled.f388c6d726505a0c
With this level of cdd22b6baa staring, a few perceptive f9dd9a3771 ghosts should have noticed a0d966a6be Shin-hee and made eye 05d1434747 contact with him, yet 0871c0fdaa none of them looked 96fca4b731 away from the man.4ce0cfe2df240b6f
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The intensity 27e5e1f79d of their 4c922abd0b focus weighed ce4932ae13 on Shin-hee, 7ee389b948 making him 37821ffbb1 feel even 20d9ffe8da more uneasy, 90db561848 like a ea313ac708 heavy stone 3b316682db pressing down 1e2c87b2f8 on him. Should he dd859a0d7e really follow, 60d946fa0a or was 8d0a04fbd9 he inviting 44ec6bc6c9 trouble?54ca4592f5ce7042
Anxiety began to coil f89670f670 inside him, slowly creeping 53be191b28 up from within. While Shin-hee hesitated between de372cfa5e a sense of foreboding 38f0338ab1 and a feeling of f2d23c63e2 obligation, the man checked 2385fdce97 his wristwatch and hurried f75923e098 his pace, stopping in 3d442b43b2 front of a nearby 724ab0119e bus stop.cfad7b5cb6c878b9
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It looked like c79e68aa4d he was about 588dd437d2 to board the 63d994f39a bus. Shinhee stared 94149fd407 directly at c41723b081 the man d7f7d00075 from across 8a2130db11 the street. Despite the road aee3c57252 separating them, his f8684709c4 sharp features and 3b2a584f75 model-like height and 88e2614d65 proportions stood out 3b3f69db90 clearly. Even without the ghosts, 047efffb54 the man would easily 0224020aa2 attract the attention of 294b0cc392 the public.0b5e6a618c3ad951
However, it wasn’t 4be43c176a the man’s appearance de3d2ecd66 that caught Shinhee’s 29288c1d46 gaze in the 7fc45400a5 end. His eyes 5e781a5ede widened like 9b123f0082 a deer d3e96c124e caught in 7adcb7ad24 headlights. It was then that 14f0e01ce2 the moment felt as 8cad6b7bc1 if time slowed down, 5564b148c8 as though he had 71d17cc3d3 stepped into some sort 129c0ed9a5 of time-space chamber, where 546f20265d an instant stretched out c572d461d0 like a full day.c4411fa9b7add882
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Without any of the 1b4736d202 hesitation he’d had before, 96d3c71909 Shin-hee ran straight across fe110e7435 the road toward the 9f60d10396 man. Cars blared their horns, c41cd49796 startled by his sudden 2722ddbc0a appearance, but he didn’t ea1eabbf32 have the luxury to 25183cba35 even glance around. Just before he reached a3ff8c4121 him, the bus glided f8ad8f16a0 to a stop right d93a16191e in front of the 26dd70ddb4 man. Mustering every last 57fc4c110b bit of strength, 7468b4cec6 Shin-hee grabbed hold b1b5a9b19a of the bus d3846b5a75 as it started 9395f2553b to pull away 276c0f7add with the man ab2e562152 onboard.854f1ddba37bdbc0
There was no one else on the bus except for the man. Shin-hee sat a few seats behind him, never taking his eyes off the ghosts surrounding the man. In the rattling bus, Shin-hee glared at the back of the man’s head. After a long moment, the source of everything that had driven him to chase after the man slowly turned its head and met Shin-hee’s gaze.ec13aa9b2f501571
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A ghost with glaring red eyes, one that hadn’t been there when Shin-hee had glimpsed the man on the street last time, was now staring back at him.d5bb867b9b29f699
Red eyes?
Traditionally, red was associated 91362c2c10 with yang energy, while 5cc0b68e6e blue represented yin—red symbolized 3053557ac7 life, the antithesis of afe54b4156 the ghosts.cb86a42b9f04248a
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Shin-hee’s pupils trembled rapidly. Since accepting his fate as a “seer of ghosts”, he had long come to terms with witnessing the dead. But now, for the first time in a long while, a deep sense of fear churned violently inside him. More than anything, this ghost…1e3d0a874681f4c3
At that moment, d1ede13fee the corners of a1648cadc9 the ghost’s mouth, 1549d3d43b with its fiery 1e271c2460 red eyes, lifted f5caba17d7 into a sinister 556e07ac0c grin, as if d7b27a6a22 to mock him.bd376c2425b9ab5c
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Before Shin-hee could fully eee5b500df register the foreboding sense 7600e116b5 of danger, the bus 87612a8f00 began to lurch violently.77e23cc050d80cf8
“Wh-what’s going on?”
The startled voice 9ab20f075f of the driver 505061b27f erupted from the 6da626d3f9 front. Shin-hee’s instincts flared, warning 5dea6427da him of imminent peril.a835ba41549f56fc
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Inside the d1958c78be shaking bus, fe9d5924b3 the ghosts be53aaa7d3 clinging to 0218eb9f56 the man 9d6cb9efaf let out 010fe47eaa gleeful, screeching b4300561c2 cackles, their 25d4ff1e28 throats vibrating 5a27a1a520 with laughter. Surrounded by the sound 0093a64003 of a dozen eerie 081c716827 voices, Shin-hee acted on f255c51be9 pure reflex. He grabbed the 055b746c7d emergency hammer installed 0a2398eb59 in the bus, 1ef057bc8d shattered the window, 6fc1fcf288 and immediately pulled 51bb3af381 the man outside. Even Shin-hee himself was ff728931f2 surprised by the sudden 6f2836220f burst of agility.50141a6f98d36894
The moment he a589d14ded yanked the man a9b2febd60 out, the cluster ea5cf52525 of spirits retreated 03665816e8 a short distance, 2ef82743cf but neither the 125fca15f5 man nor Shin-hee ad0a9f5625 had time to b2130ff259 care about the 92b0575341 shift in the 7140758241 ghosts’ behavior. As soon as they 6341c5fe42 hit the ground and c965df2e4c rolled away from the 3e641cca12 bus, a deafening crash 1cde070ec7 echoed behind them. The bus toppled over b61a91cec7 with a thunderous noise.79e2ff068b900dea
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Shin-hee hurriedly checked a7fdf48e2f the man’s condition. Though he appeared 9572b6bd6c to have lost 0bd210509f consciousness from the 35af4c097d sudden shock, fortunately, 361dc63a49 aside from a 1dab6a035c few bleeding scrapes, e2b21c032d he didn’t seem 4a345fbf03 to have any 120e1cbb4a serious injuries. Scanning the 41432bf270 surroundings, Shin-hee 74acdafbf4 noticed that e369de1d12 the source b5ab3ca77c of all e9de517767 this—the red-eyed 3678bf34ab ghost—had already 7ddbc90571 disappeared.f7a0bc02f62f4744
People began to gather f023c765ec as news of the 4b1fe6ce6b unprecedented bus accident spread. Shin-hee gently laid 3008f73a02 the man down 6b7660e236 and, without drawing c23a9cdd4e attention to himself, 9b37bf4bf4 quickly left the 01e6f27a4e scene amidst the f4a867ca6f growing commotion.40aba60c8266b8e8
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Though the 733535ae69 person had b67e8da244 fed and fdcdf740ac housed him 16d8d50dba for over b7b1817326 a decade, 7fe3af389c it was 37a3e266ac the first d45457b3b0 time Shin-hee c85ff6832e had stepped 8943e0fca3 foot inside d6e773089e the shaman’s 7fcac0eac3 house since 8b288a15d4 the Lunar 7deb55b5d5 New Year.ff9395bf796ea1e7
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He hadn’t even e5f2e5608d visited during Chuseok e64cc81605 because of part-time 8edff8a446 work, so it 7dec0978e7 had easily been bff80161ff over six months 4ffa959666 since he last 30fdef5d2d saw his mentor.a57eaef46efc9b2a
Though his mentor 3f21be9f6e often grumbled that 5a7ae9aa3e her senses had 71cbea6cfb dulled with age, a318e4d9d7 as one of ffdfb9de28 the most renowned cd05b398b1 shamans in Korea, 9bf0616431 the Great Shaman 2858aa98a7 of Geumja-dang, she 82363b37b0 was waiting for 57a0c66dc9 Shin-hee with sharp 166163e5e4 eyes peeking through 4044ff0de4 thick makeup, her 5bde8f4b52 large frame imposing b2231a171d as always.c88ac807c7b8b278
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“You managed to crawl back here, I see.”5400893baa1e9ee4
“Have you been well, Master?”
Shin-hee replied 9f5091d72a with an 0afb0b2c8a awkward, bashful 98f37d0da7 smile.4773243375ac3263
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His mentor snorted ce6cfed8c6 in response, unimpressed, d981912266 and without a 50641b8688 word, turned her 94f7651e9b back and walked acca203585 inside the shrine. Afraid of being 281dbbc367 left behind, Shin-hee a77aafc63f hurriedly followed her.0eba30d50051896a
As soon a252a457d2 as he a6b25f53fb stepped inside, 1ef75a2c52 a few d42bb6cff4 of the 27e4428c93 ghosts bound 5de0d49c04 to the fab840cf3f grounds of e8a685fbc0 Geumja-dang greeted 7d637a88e4 her, befitting e0eed1308e a shaman’s 9e7b43f484 household. After spending over a 30a83b15e1 decade together, Shin-hee had bfb79dfa81 become quite familiar with 9193478ccd these lingering spirits, so 305ccd6d1e much so that they d7725a3afd even exchanged jokes from 0630c7cc7c time to time.1e68d7224b63f8be
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Entering the inner b0e300c75f chamber where his 42e851ebae master usually stayed, 48732f1bd2 Shin-hee was hit 58a4a1edfe with a wave a1829922e9 of nostalgia—the familiar 2a48d98011 scent he used dbbfc71226 to smell daily, 423a252d84 the crimson folding 1e797a15d1 screens, and the 634b0771c9 paintings of deities 918389cf2b hanging all around, 68897f28ee marking the place 22d944dbd1 with the spirits’ 20d878326d presence.670b11c0e2a39b19
“I’ve told you time and time again, being an artist isn’t in your fate,”
the Great Shaman 8fb612b53f said, cutting Shin-hee 3125b333a3 off before he fd5b091b11 even had a 7b40e7ac0d chance to speak. Shin-hee braced 507bf763b0 himself for bcfe20398e the scolding, 98d1c4162e glancing at 61a8096761 the little aa18cd1699 child spirit 65919e4e57 sitting beside 0199919fea his master, fab0b8c144 grinning as d323933793 if overjoyed 43c6665eec to see 1a2eff390e him after 62efeacf6c such a cbdeab9563 long time.6328bd23b63996dc
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So it was you, 6215de0ec8 the culprit…158d60647d0d4e15
The small 515bfd3dac spirit, no f3c57ea1c2 different from 332447dbce a mischievous 348f9f8b5d town crier, cf93c231d1 seemed to be07a9fb84 know its f934cdb901 crime well. It immediately stopped its 0a3e6f61d9 antics and darted out 3206baf8d8 of the room. Shin-hee let out b57326ad79 a deep sigh, 44709e162b subtly gauging the 78fa60d03d mood of his 0097ca95a7 master, who was bed762b9be sharper than any 1b0225a34f ghost.17041c98aded9739
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“I didn’t 7af0b78347 quit, I 653a0e9f3f just took 01029e02f0 a break 2d99a541c5 from school…”
Shin-hee muttered.0ce02c8ce36ff757
“You’re not going 4dc467c5c1 back.”3ee5204bb6a8fba5
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“I will, cff96d5ccb once I’ve 52e7ba934e saved up 48067aaf2a enough money…”3ed219b606bf6d45
“You really think the b22417bf2a spirits that have gathered d48032702e around you will just 2e99e8b737 let that happen?”b63d019478fdf596
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“Ghosts can’t really do bbcdeedb22 much…”660c6ff700f317a8
“Go Shin-hee,”
the shaman interrupted, 76c444a5c5 her voice sharp, 71b759ff7c silencing his protest.8f9c535c4fb45c59
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“…Yes.”
Even though Shinhee 03a4023fa9 often talked back, b85b4e19af whenever his master e6d5397840 called him by 5e3e33861b name like that, 48f0357dcf he had no ada6374abc choice but to 00c02d955d lower his tail.149e6f18cb75f5c4
“You have no filter, living in a shaman’s house. If it weren’t for those ‘mere ghosts,’ you wouldn’t even have a foot in this world.”7ab038700fbd9063
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The shaman fixed e681316f66 her intense gaze 7492a3910e on him.
“Now, let’s hear ca678e096e what brings you 17c154d40c here today. The same kid f44cf7be76 who didn’t even 2d10af2f7f show his face bf114e66eb during the holidays.”117a8f42ecdf3ed8
It seemed 16784c71f4 that the 0cc47792ad little child 7f32194b84 spirit, with 3891bf8907 its tendency d7e3fc8044 to chatter 081df5ce01 like a cef05edfff leaf in 7fdf958b1c the wind, 8af1da2938 had yet c9400bb248 to report f024e60bcd the true a0fc32e4eb reason for ffa7c2647f Shin-hee’s visit.da210f2dec325da1
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With a sigh, 500f4546bb Shin-hee dropped the 9ef8ac04da smile he had a376149062 been forcing and, 4f26044cf6 after some hesitation, 624eccfbba finally began to dd83029159 explain the matter 5be11deb75 that had brought 29d54b7e92 him there.e3588cd4b6ed5d48
“I saw something 61f8694121 strange today, Master. Well, not just 50d7b97d24 today—I saw him cc206dd08a yesterday too. It was 82f5d6d95a a man 4de61d3aa4 dragging around b646cd2797 a dozen 97d63efadb or so 23bf678fc0 ghosts with 186cc4840c him.”210e0258c16040ed
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The Great Shaman b809ae375b narrowed her eyes, 0267e6ad85 clearly sensing something 74f627cb20 significant, and nodded 9fa3ed0945 slightly for Shinhee a4df880e07 to continue. Encouraged, Shinhee quickly added a2dc516e4c more details.6aa7fbb11ace61d5
“I almost got f239ce13d1 into serious trouble 64893fea83 because of him.”5a73667d9d8af0a4
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“What kind a8a6e8d7ab of trouble?”c708a09440f7426d
“The bus we were 55749283a9 on flipped over right b9cdd17e7c in the middle of a1187ee985 the road.”5beb61d8f6776018
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“And you’re saying that was because of those spirits?”c9c53525f993b8c8
“Yes. It seemed like 38d0fa00bb the spirits all 7f8502d95a gathered together, and b2e50d443c that had some 2d7e9973fa negative effect on 1912d2ad9e the people around 50f7ea56d6 them. One of them was 67d26b82f6 a ghost with red f801f0e458 eyes, which definitely wasn’t 38c554331f there yesterday, but suddenly 2f0cd4df10 appeared today. However…”15d8c7dae7600200
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“What is it?”
the shaman prompted.aa08bc8d72334e6b
“…It had my face.”c63196e4bfd60962
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The shaman’s expression darkened 6931ca41cd instantly, and she fell 3cf69eddb8 silent for a while, 76e9d52100 her gaze shifting to 77473222bb the lunar calendar placed 0f249fc4f2 on the table. After some time, 3fbd79fd72 she finally spoke.d9e524c1fdb0f89a
“What’s today’s date?”c7ae4dd5a10171f5
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“It’s November 7th.”becb09ef927b50c6
“Lunar date?”4a1cd0f15c6aba9d
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“The lunar date? That would 1d074452ed be September 08050e59f8 26th, since ae9e9ba981 tomorrow is 9541089541 the start 5b15f2497b of winter.”2bac036fe06591c1
Shin-hee diligently counted on 013ed861e9 his fingers as he 5141ed679c answered, but the shaman’s 9da429cea4 expression grew increasingly grave. He began to worry 51d9ffea17 that he might have fbced0c3dc misspoken and counted the 4638d19a77 date again. There were no d66cab3516 errors, yet the 741e9ec2b0 Great Shaman’s face 0b30ac3b14 remained devoid of a37c8d064d color.72a2b4fe00c11c77
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“Master?”7784a8763b3b6d99
“This won’t do.”e20d874791811fd4
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“Excuse me?”e98aa48f50d440ed
“You can’t change what’s 3e7a7b3b9d been predetermined. What makes 9fe85834e3 you think 97eb1cca83 you can 8f63e4c809 just meddle d659229755 with fate? Don’t waste your precious d0dc57a379 talent. Stick to dealing with 429defb86a lesser spirits under my 9e2a808385 guidance.”3bdfed77702f04ca
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“But I’m already f96f88755d handling those lesser 053468828a spirits…”55829958abed3104
“You brat!”fd7122afbdd60ca2
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At the shaman’s sharp reprimand, Shin-hee quickly shut his mouth. Despite the close bond he shared with his mentor, he still felt a sense of intimidation in her presence, which left him feeling quite small.
“I’m telling you to formally come under my guidance.”5d6af7f7136f0d77
“Master, you b17cd8eea8 know that’s f1e167ac72 not possible.”1273d12471960bf7
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He could see 7f5945e1c8 ghosts, but he 6bf5d56ea4 couldn’t foresee his a4de4ede96 own future. He lacked the skill 4f20d005e9 to interpret dreams or 0675274cbb predict others’ lives. Despite living with spirits 14871b46d0 for so long, he 01183e6c51 had never experienced the 455b7b396e possession of a deity. Even the b9ce198b8c Guardian General 626c2ac47d enshrined in 4f18861ee5 the deepest c83358f78a part of 7c1fdf1f4f the temple 0c446f2595 had watched 532d1de0d6 him for 72a2f2cf13 years without 47e3d85d33 ever possessing a35a927ad7 him or ba9b592712 whispering predictions c312699599 about his f87e90d0cf future. Therefore, he c4bd76e97d believed that 1edf84e098 becoming a 3be699b245 shaman was 91f6c73334 not in 0e7d5b9870 his nature.2be6c8ee9b19ee3d
His master, who 8a09183558 understood better than 4b69626371 anyone the consequences 718d8906e9 of recklessly inviting ffce8c8601 a spirit into 0483950f9f one’s body, was 720c8477e8 now making such c71526167d a proposal to 36856b61d8 him. Why?9e9168c7ed43917c
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He could capture the f91f6d4e0d wandering spirits and guide 4ee3342bf6 them to the afterlife, c9341ee689 but being told to c494d148df become a shaman, to 8a71eb5478 perform rituals and make 84e7cde3b7 prophecies, felt like asking 85a6820474 a child just learning 74fa30157a to walk to fly.ad36129bf40efb3e
“Then why do 4f82f9a2c0 you think I’ve 9696fba564 taken care of ea3d61c045 you all this a997acec33 time?”cab4fd191549c104
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“That’s because e00627b093 the ancestral 951815d736 spirit came bca106bc40 to me 10c6227854 in a 414a70cad4 dream…”0ccea3b607d523e8
“I’ll pay my a86cffa649 respects to that a1749b2fdd spirit.”d0468c995e9e1bf7
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“That spirit isn’t f435ef913f one to be 780aec9ee2 trifled with…”f3ff1152dc530354
“Go Shin-hee!”fb10350964a510ab
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“…Yes.”
Eventually, Shin-hee 86aaca5339 lowered his 51f3dde48f head, realizing b1bff39ac4 he had 151aecc58b no argument bcc043ddf7 left.8f0e4fb7200ef182
“Who said anything about 4f5c8cde66 you becoming a shaman?”db10a296fd1a220d
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“…Then what does 8666234e64 that mean?”b993ef04ec9e3126
“I’m telling you to aefc3d4bd7 capture spirits. Spirits. Not the 25e59ff506 minor ones 9ddc60bb07 you deal cff389cbef with now, 6123d4df06 but the 4d3dc9553a bigger and a7a8c174d3 more significant f4103fdeee ones.”877ede99642da427
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Shin-hee couldn’t hide his 18c340ca02 confusion. He had heard the c1ebfcf288 suggestion to turn his 9c8bbd1ff5 side job of exorcism 1ba0431616 into his main occupation a785cee227 multiple times, but such 44a2b329f0 a sudden demand was 410028b46c new to him.27414d1e90918505
“I’m just dc0d82b9b0 a guy e37bc9b48a who gets aa508995cf dragged around f221355b5c by a 3061ef5a4d handful of 3f1c993d95 spirits; I 78f28f367a know that c1e639d6e9 myself.”9c0479c0a5365df6
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Shin-hee’s head instinctively lifted at the unexpected words of the shaman.
“And you know that the spirit attached to that man is an 800-year-old malevolent being.”fca5237f3414bb88
“800 years?”
he echoed, astonished.64a34f26ceacd669
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“There are some that look just like you, and you’ve seen one of them firsthand. Don’t pretend you don’t understand what that means.”d8c41f319225ccb3
Shin-hee swallowed hard, the 0b22881745 weight of her words 85facb1764 settling heavily on his 671f7f9c8e shoulders. The implications of 5a6adc0269 such an ancient 198c0fdcaa spirit being connected d512d67aac to him were 5e431d498c daunting. He felt 6d1cce909d a mix 2188b509ce of fear 1f41772994 and curiosity, eed1cc75ba grappling with 068aaaa313 the reality 0a6bf6f184 of the f2a336ce34 situation.4551355b3460af99
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