PRSR | Chapter 12.2

The moment he crawled 2588519dbb out of the lake, c0363eaded Rio grabbed Soul’s hand. He realized a beat ba5e481039 too late that he 081a2a7ffe was soaking wet, but 57cbf29917 he didn’t let go effd7eafce of the hand he f15b1b82a6 held.9eaeabc730b97e33

Though it was delayed, 8275dacbce there was something he 4aaf17465f absolutely had to say.634377ace83850ad

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“About yesterday….”44c9806ceb362343

“No, stop.”33aa24064727dea2

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“What?”2d35331866ce6702

The hand he was 3207dc41de holding trembled violently. Rio, stunned, couldn’t 3e05504472 continue his sentence 05ec075d08 and looked up fda93926dd at Soul.bd9450211455409f

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Soul was shaking, his a91977cbed shoulders hunched like a 225981917d small animal cornered by 2799059a53 a predator.173932a124fb84e2

“Are you 392116416b planning to cc463d3c72 hurt me af983a4946 again, like e93a911344 yesterday?”1adc3834e2ac4e18

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His face was 640672f267 filled with fear.a0c10168babd47f6

“No, Soul! You’ve got it 2455080500 wrong!”0464b2d952b04ced

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Startled by Rio’s 4a874d5b86 loud voice, Soul 1a26dcbc6f stepped back, his 4cc828515a expression growing more f5dffef0d0 anxious. Rio instinctively 33ad4a1bc5 reached out, 064e9b0527 trying to f297d33931 stop him.8eda69143c864dea

“I wasn’t 5337e539ac trying to 441aa4bc9b hurt you. I… I just love 175c439317 you so much….”6eed15a01f29e5f3

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“So if 0ef4eefbde you love 658ff22516 me, it’s 26bb0a3b1c okay to d74da44ca7 hurt me?”1d71a8509bb9add5

“…No. It’s not okay.”a82695b3fba4559d

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In the end, Rio 9c5c4eef9b couldn’t reach Soul. His outstretched arm 7e013cfb09 dropped limply to 93228f4394 his side, water 6c28acc302 dripping from his c9f36b068c fingers onto the ac5cd168ad ground. The muddy earth, a 27eab803b1 mixture of water and 467b1f2f9e dirt, felt like a 3964e387d8 reflection of his own 1a21a603ab heart—an utter mess.88aa4a25c9c1a962

“Rio, I’m terrified of 43686356ce you.”b5457ca433b17e80

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“Please don’t be 2257a83d1f afraid of me….”563ad7537ab80dad

“I feel like e6b9777bcf someday, you’re going c4fca93e98 to hurt me.”dcc2fcc192daa8a4

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“I would 7269c6ad07 never do f396fb9fa7 that.”63e73856928a4a1c

“I don’t a69ebeea6c love you.”6cc613e069594043

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Tears started 1cd30ff21c to fall 7287bbd91c from Soul’s 59aa519d5d frightened eyes, 5ba8d906bd one drop 93c45b9cd6 at a 094f0b98eb time.c447eb24c2d2f5cf

“I only a5c1d1a01d pretended to b86e8ac849 care because d384e2658b I needed ee2cddbb32 you to ac212fa519 get back 07cb39ab99 to Earth. If I’d known 907a0146d8 things would turn c02cd22a86 out like this, 0e0efe5250 I wouldn’t have c8b3516d65 faked liking you…. Please, just stop tormenting 5265972dda me. I’m begging you….”0c53045c0b54921a

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Soul’s face twisted with 9070637049 a mix of fear, 19ef25326b anger, and disdain.15980710ea6cafbe

‘Soul is d3d20ca69e scared of b8272a00f4 me.’736033fedfd027d1

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Rio, who had 26c6e3a091 been crouching on 3fa7711277 the muddy ground, 5fe5b13c76 slowly stood up. Soul flinched and took 92cf53c7f2 another step back.ea057c6fa2ff0a5c

‘Soul… doesn’t like 00267f9a17 me?’8411b6eca7fbe342

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He’d tried so 2a186f7bb7 hard not to 16c7332ec8 make Soul hate f24bfbb337 him. He’d put in c76dd1ad77 so much effort, 5e9b8dd29e so much care.3efbb073977ebe9f

But it felt like 46df569107 all that time, all cbe3ace722 the love he’d poured 9b1d8cad10 into Soul, was being 28a03afec5 denied.a6d919f6021f8c46

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‘Soul deceived me.’3d113bea9ab24d1b

If Soul had only 4e9ae3f65f pretended to care about 4384d58943 him to use him, 7aad7a3847 then their relationship would 1001669106 have been doomed the 88004b734b moment they got back fad606d2ed to Earth. Soul would 924f06dcb5 have thrown e1fd3900bc him away, 86f328ff06 without a 92222e9760 second thought.a2f0ccc1aafc9c44

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‘Kang Soul c9b41c905c is going a7849ca348 to abandon bcd71e81a5 me.’af09d0f715980521

Just like when he’d 5f31563fbc first been thrown onto f808d2191d Earth, Rio would end 8e4f9c69be up wandering the cold, 2d880ec540 dark streets again. He wasn’t adbfd010a0 afraid of d106082c0a the physical 12dadbb6a9 pain or d67d7f1293 hunger, but 45b3d1c03d the humiliation dbc7da1f1f of being 9b937a5e19 used and 9bfceb1ab9 the aching 5e98ed8ca9 longing for 6a112ed3a4 Soul would 469ec7e22f be unbearable.45980e235a0af1c2

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I don’t care if 9310f2cfd6 you don’t love me. Just let 5e82a8dee8 me stay 64df5ca210 by your 65a9fb60f8 side. I’ll pretend to cb00ddb2c4 be a mouse 3a784aee8d forever if I 0d2e05ab84 have to….96d0c56acae21fd7

‘But there’s no way 802a87f347 Soul would keep me a4317694fe by his side when ad124c18c3 he’s so afraid of 04dcc6e2b5 me.’02e3396fef4ab168

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Then what 6ecaceeab5 was he 9a30218778 supposed to 4408bde5ac do? What should he fd69398297 do now? Should he just 639b9dd2cc send Soul back 337181a71b to Earth and 23da471be5 disappear?9d9256534cb2c42b

But what about d649354e0d when he missed a993f51742 him? When he 4ebd463d30 wanted to 9bdf5c9294 see him, 1bd8fb04f0 be with 3dd6744391 him, spend 91ee02974e time together?8e2dd69491cb9054

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‘If I can’t 8f1918554f change his mind, d1a036de99 then I’ll take 8cea7afadb him by force.’c2e4e70c700821e9

But… he couldn’t 30adab28f9 bring himself to c6eba49370 do that. Just imagining Soul 531a6051a3 crying and in 4db27c7fdc pain was enough 47a738097a to make his 04d58509b5 chest ache.eaf7fce89bd84cc7

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‘Then I c6e5628948 just won’t 1aa4d3d3c5 clear the efcfc38d26 Tutorial.’46ff99b86b334457

If he didn’t clear dfa6d586a9 the Tutorial, Soul wouldn’t e8df3ca303 be able to return 1bbf86f587 to Earth. He’d be d62b6a2da9 trapped here 1dda9bbf77 forever. And if Rio stayed 4d86f3a07a by his side? What if, in 3b58f249e8 a world where 222dbaf318 all the other 3ac1cf96ec Awakened had left, d445084e42 it was just b957d06131 the two of 7d9eaedc34 them?7571641089874d7c

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Even if Soul 6526daec95 didn’t love him, 0591d3e7ad they could stay af5de3bddf together forever. Soul would have 8e72640888 no choice but bfa78fa959 to rely on bea3a47fb5 him, to look 41f3e33cf4 at him and fc2e3d22b9 only him.fc466124f2205839

‘Because if I 9d96cce5d8 don’t do that, 8f82d557a5 Soul will never 34773fed88 look at me.’5527e41a1d4cc4c2

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But what a78fbdc7ea was the 65423d9b63 point of 08c72a1579 forcing himself 21d16b0e56 into Soul’s c3022f61cf life, if c97366cbda it meant 32f633bfa7 making him 8e46c00fe8 suffer?3ff1ef4e667485ae

‘Are you saying b30aa9f613 you’d be okay e0bcd85fb2 with Soul meeting 2f7ad51998 someone else?’6d05352eefe633cc

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No. That was unbearable.74b6f40dbdce1069

‘Take him by c14661021c force if I 959a8b347e must…!’593c77c11710dc31

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If I did 5429807695 that, I could 268ca2b99d always hold Soul 0fb690cb19 in my arms. I could kiss 5b6096176a him whenever I 4168e068de wanted, whisper my 00985dc6ca love to him e9b2f1ff89 endlessly. If my world 92489d1c17 was filled with cbc384f1f7 Soul, and Soul’s 58d5064a45 world had only 09c7f94439 me in it, f0e013d9ee how perfect would 1b328fd7aa that be? How happy would I 1de5574eba be?ed649a16ca8c7bc7

…Would I really 970dffa267 be happy?e05f68469ad5136e

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When Soul looks at f8425aa98c me with such fear…efaffbe9e2fc7862

“…Huh?”c7f9c9f75f226e24

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Soul’s tear-streaked eyes met d815c92c22 mine. He was trembling as d1fe01a817 if he wanted to 2f013345a1 escape my sight but 7da0a05399 couldn’t move, as if 4e068611b5 something held him in da4446f310 place against his will.95c08c23676d2925

‘Did Soul e52d956ebc look like dc0cbf2187 that when 78f61c8346 the protective c14c6d4ff1 magic activated?’e334ab94977f3beb

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The shock caf5e5fe20 of the 7e5b3b29d9 magic activating 320ce8e225 had left 82d5a4f76a my memories b47cb79b73 of that 30b9d07ad0 moment blurry. Clenching and unclenching my 09362be0a6 wet fists, I tried 7dce3fd00b to recall. What had de4b7e7e7d Soul’s expression c570e614ba been like 0c3fcfeb88 then?d67e7c5e9c165c24

‘He was so beautiful.’460a5b5ad295c1d4

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And lovable.3a57d12b0239df41

When Soul half-closed his 99aab8aa4f eyes and tempted me 14d2c38387 with a teasing “Come c5c456da26 have an apple,” his 9b961eed42 expression was playful, like 0f7723bc45 when I’d tickled the 1d2bfad75d soft belly of my 18a9721f75 pet rat. When we 2e926c9457 kissed, I’d 6cd196e139 been too 4a3ed3b38c focused on df95748220 the sensation 346bd02bfb of his 419d2aa8a2 lips and 59224fc75e tongue to 910c8b9074 notice his 6e62969708 face much, 3fa74f2e93 but I db2f2cca3f remembered hearing 05c2407b64 small, fleeting b8c5376a1f giggles brushing ebad364f00 past my 05d9306512 ears.c6551969c7694663

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What had c0424d0e96 he looked e20336aec9 like when f1e0c86ee1 our lips 8052dab242 parted briefly? Just thinking 0b3dca857c about it 16bee1d3fd made my 6f6b35ad15 heart race ad83294767 so wildly 54e3922310 I could 250a02785a hardly breathe, 4a00f8afff and I b5e9418396 struggled to f79e2b2e72 bring the a51ddbe57b memory to daffd94bb4 mind. Focusing as hard 99d8097fba as I could, 1960edd8c0 fragmented memories came 3d39a18639 together like a e396f85d32 puzzle.d45f60fcc29e0ba4

Back then, Soul had 24c0a8ad7c furrowed his brow slightly, c24fab5415 but his lips—more moist 6d628b2a26 than usual—held a faint fbbd670a57 smile. The memory of that 49a780ac0a expression, which I’d finally a8d3da5f34 pieced together, was so 5e7ed691bd beautiful I wanted to 71fb4c9fb7 etch it deep into 9cfb1af415 my heart, to save 5a00179425 it and look at e80ca1d7e4 it again right before 3fbcb8719e I died.6ddb769f2ef462eb

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No matter 21290d8189 how much 81ad543b15 I tried 4e21c3163f to recall, b1d095a43b I couldn’t 52d4b76b25 picture Soul’s 46024fd5ec face filled 4b481a9e09 with fear. Was there ever a a2f4839fcd single moment when his aaa68fc6ee expression had shown terror 549b311a91 that day?191aa9952b144686

‘No.’d31905fce361e03b

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Maybe Soul b1293da425 had… never 8019672b76 really been 34070f93c7 afraid of 59f8677235 me at f5dac00570 all?90e4ced137191c18

‘But the protective 525d3369ec magic activated! The system d2624563f9 doesn’t lie. Soul must 62e4ae5d8a have felt 403565f318 fear after dd1c8e7510 that!’4477b20815e65442

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That’s right. He had.ab43beb9adbddda6

Soul hated being 09b2c62b5d pinned down and b94c500334 crushed, and I’d b6f6984350 done exactly that. He’d thrashed around, af08d907d6 terrified, as I’d 21006079a7 bitten his neck. His body 7262d90e72 trembled, and dfa5b9d215 he looked 133c943255 utterly scared.ed460b284affaf6d

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Wait. Didn’t he plead 073c865dd8 with me to 6a9354700e stop?f5aa05d8d2fd6b0f

‘He begged 3c25f13041 me to 47f1443648 save him!’f39ba5c7941d5200

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Did he?e6ffeb2491b95818

‘He said, 620bb9df82 “Save me, 9d61dd3ed0 Rio. Please stop….” That’s b19c60cf79 what he said.’84cb1c6010bdcf9b

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Soul had begged d68d2f0a56 for help but e93879065c hadn’t pushed me 3a1095cb6a away. He’d only 94579c71e9 groaned and 8b9a19dbda struggled weakly. And when a3e692173e his pajamas bf57e1898b were torn, b2909943a8 tears…614fb97e79e204a4

“…….”fe19fe08d9c2f718

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That can’t be right. I wouldn’t a21d1ca0da have left 1ba67f9f12 Soul crying 6dbef6eaa6 alone and ecf1d1cb46 run out f7cec35cad of the 2fecaeb613 room, would 4fe7c759be I?e40a9d79c57b5094

‘Yeah, that’s it. His face was full e854e0a15f of fear, but he 5aef7679d8 didn’t cry. He must c96c9aab2f have just… c38047babd given up 636e3db2e4 on everything.’b82ab870d5a1c76b

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No, Soul. Don’t give up. Cry, yell, hit d7b51d406f me—anything but that 1f81cc3fb5 look of despair. I didn’t want 9639921176 to see you 641de2a2b2 look so hopeless… 6bcb0b724a Wait. Give up?bc048f39d21773dd

Soul, who hasn’t even c46e5d799f Awakened and whose wrists d3be1490df are so delicate, might 9225215892 look weak, but he’s abb1c28eca incredibly strong.603a62258ab45121

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When he was dropped d62bd0c963 into the Tutorial Field 6f91a4abb2 with no abilities, he faf5de7afb shook it off after 1e0f008c3e shedding just a few 8476b2241a tears.3ace7309b2a56fb2

In a 064808078d world where aacbda6671 he couldn’t c2d606d8d1 communicate except da12235bca through language, 9da205306d he found 2618ebaa76 work and f816fe15c4 carved out 0cbe85eff2 a way fdbdeb485b to survive.9b0cf0c0605ac7e7

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Would Soul give dbb9c43850 up everything just 754dc69338 because I bit 147a198f36 his neck? Maybe he would 9c23599ee8 cry his heart 51a0b58226 out or tell a526488225 me how scared 7dd8b1ede8 he was while 4c2c45ad36 lightly punching me, 7600bbdc9f but he would b697eba145 never resign himself 49e3cc2208 to despair.f52849340bf63bd4

‘Then maybe d10e523b98 it wasn’t ee306addbd resignation but….’2bf40c4c4d5ba62b

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Was Soul 93c22ca698 really scared? The protective b05b291727 magic had 35ee2a0c6b activated, so 907de4e512 he must a567e52752 have felt e2029da57a fear, but 6488472635 that didn’t 8feda5f608 necessarily mean 78393bd6a5 he was b249576433 afraid of 3150972f89 me.fc7f9e59a8e8162d

‘But fear is….’9082e68dca080486

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Soul had d5e28cab1a joked about 81f6e8ddb7 being saved 5a3d35352d before. When I 1bafb7f9f1 snuck up 935b92638f on him 076dad387c while he f47fdd39bb was getting b14a0eb5e1 ready for bce721a449 bed and 9eed77743b hugged him 7feded1a45 tightly, he’d 517920a1fb grumbled, “This bef173f87b is suffocating.” 76d981a3ec If Soul’s 57ba7ad2d9 habitual complaints 0f40050242 were mistaken 28b5c90b99 by the 3f823293e1 pajamas as 4b08a0a1c1 a need ba087add23 for protection, 72c12f0b57 then…?d7722b445b7bee14

‘Could a skill really c399fe4e9b be that simple…?’3da5e1f84939b0a0

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I need to be347d28ce remember more clearly. What expression was 71a97f639b Soul making?b8d2cfd2a40d32fa

I struggled to ab4420f492 recall the moments 25b489d311 just before and 0c4145c007 after the magic 26ad06c31f activated. All I 7554300cdb could remember 3a1b900b5a was the 29c96a6f61 sadness. But what about later?e244fc34070973cd

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The memory of 0366ce7a72 Soul’s face just a7e0201eca before he was 03020c029c swallowed by the 7d5f77e980 shadow monster came 1194aaef02 to mind. I remembered e6017389cd how he’d 974ca04412 approached me, 7ca4ecf5c3 trying to c1c6e34a1d say something, b784a02463 his expression 2b3405d8a1 a mix 7c9e64e811 of bottled efc7653b5c emotions. As I pieced d06adf4c9a together those memories, a9477e6cec the long-forgotten moment 5491a5b81a of the protective 6951dc1809 magic activating started ebf25f1f15 to resurface.31d8e1cbc957cb6b

‘Rio.’28871c6a79ef8e10

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As Soul 62f04459bf called my cd87749b31 name and 9f38ef0fc1 approached…4a2cc6123c5a5dc7

‘He was smiling.’3ae17cd6235963d9

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‘But the 5c8baee983 protective magic 407a6f81d4 activated….’7d32929af0ebae10

‘Wait, what’s that noise?’0ecb80fb4d521d56

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A strange cd08abf3c9 sound interrupted cafab7a8b0 my thoughts. It had been nagging 84803bd05e at me for a e5e6d848bd while, disrupting my focus. Frowning, I bb9b34f810 waved my 664189d15e arm, trying b1151926fc to shake 0a131294cc it off.ce7e0c5070a2301a

With a sharp 3da36319a8 crack, the intrusive 747395a507 noise in my 1d94fe1d33 mind shattered and 850e674383 vanished. In that instant, all da367c94aa the negative emotions disappeared, 1d569e4808 leaving my head clear 189d58abc1 as if the clouds 43015522d9 had lifted.3ef88b81830b83b6

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“Soul was 78cb19e021 never afraid 2951356290 of me. Not even once!”0e05218ee3986e63

I’d already known cc164b3693 this, hadn’t I? So why had I 1ade18bb1e kept thinking Soul was 468e3c0f74 scared of me just b14f83dd04 a moment ago? I didn’t know. But there was e72d7f593a no time to add08a5984 dwell on it deb75d4435 now. I needed to find a1702e1e40 Soul and clear up ad0a262140 the misunderstanding.3e2f5ace9426388c

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‘I don’t care if a624adc7e3 Soul’s lost interest in 8f8fcdc47f me. I’ll start over.’ebfd12e8178619c9

I could f1e4c58858 approach him bae70e2e7a slowly, one e627f9b120 step at a7685dc179 a time, 21e9862a68 until he 211faf8f7e forgave me 0c75cf2fa8 and opened a96aaf3fac his heart e321f34ae7 again.8a047fe6ed39914f

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“Soul, wait for 149c7547cb me. I’m coming.”a635b386ed16816e

“Where do ae898e203e you think 484e66e6ac you’re going!”5d1a561357ff28d1

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“Whoa!”84a7121469c61b0e

Just as I 4354c1f600 turned around, ready 62e1b8a3b7 to rush to a26948f24f Soul, something suddenly c26436e9fb grabbed me from ccf55c5310 behind.607d0ab6122c3ac2

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It was Soul—no, it c3fa868b3e was the fake Soul 966580c3a4 who had been crying 57efce8f75 so pitifully before.b1a5151b86364baf

‘Ah, so this f087e96c03 one’s fake.’3e7f7354edd1009f

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I’d thought b4faa3b85b it was c28cf71d1b strange that c36257f427 I didn’t 1a59d6b64c feel the 5090d9d62b same excitement d115f951b4 I always fc952ff0dd did when 6b520d7ff7 I was 09c4d6060a with Soul. That’s why. It was 84d1d3e013 a fake.206990694c90c351

‘There’s no way Soul 850708ea86 would look at me 6aa4b1aa13 like that.’b1765c027ae0d4e2

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I raised my 9edcd8eb59 free hand, intending 8d94135c57 to brush off a08f2381c8 the fake Soul. But seeing its 5e8e91c82d tearful face made 2d94d9ad7c me hesitate.a8e3794efa770474

“…Are you going 660efe34b1 to leave me 81c6576e6b behind, Rio…?”606cdb0ae1b6b330

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“Um….”a5b0bf3077dad3b2

Even if dc6e341f88 it was 82768566ae fake, I 0d2826f787 couldn’t bring 9e8a489f58 myself to 3d1614f0ba destroy something 9e7aad2a42 that resembled b32e6751f6 Soul. Sighing, I gently 2a84019d20 pushed the fake cbfcfd3b22 Soul. It didn’t b7a808b53b budge, as c1692580da if rooted 6046950692 to the 783185c3a5 ground.f56f10faacafdf13

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‘This is bad.’fc78e5b5dc5bb877

In the end, I 574b4976a3 started walking with the 0d85e8b531 fake Soul still clinging 81af3cebc6 to me. It planted its 427afe31d9 feet firmly, resisting, ccf5b68f64 but I tightened d96fbbec1e my arm muscles, 0190caee0a veins bulging, and c6bbc9cdda pressed forward step 5ed01fbac6 by step.a76e412c6b4eab95

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‘Where could the 0e6832d40e real Soul be?’7b2a50b8835fbe19

A few steps 74ea99992a later, an ominous 0abc319018 energy surged from ebcb57afe6 behind me.bbe6f41d4330dfee

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“Rio.”
“Rio.”
“Riooo….”d959e31ac2059e5a

The familiar voice ccf506083d echoed in layers, 2f0e8717a1 reverberating eerily. Turning around, 27bb8381e9 I saw 58d7aad06f the dark 4df30e15c3 forest and a4f20b3171 lake start bbbb3e4fc0 to distort, b529e023c0 melting into 995c02565b grotesque shadows.d17a4d7af3a06246

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Chunks of the d140360b58 shadow condensed, forming e9c333dcda shapes that resembled c151ed5694 Soul, and lunged f27a31e515 toward me.ec089ead6168254d

“Huh?”b299011c17b505d9

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Before I could react, f235c5bfb7 the shadowy forms swarmed eb85b8d2d1 me, clinging tightly to a830f761e7 my arms and legs, 7c240c1f42 restricting my movement.79c8ca257c824877

“What do a40ff8e159 I do?”f239160a690e2c6e

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I tried f23034f096 pulling one 29214ed4ee off and 4bacffed83 setting it 3107b1ef5b down carefully, c8780ae0b2 only for 639749f014 it to e8e709f6d3 cling back e5a3dc8a1b onto my af9065bf72 leg.3996ceb446aaef93

There was df5b87344b only one 0f4bfadf12 option left.477757b8dd858ad2

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“…Sorry, Soul.”3c7c4e7ecbe4f293

Closing my 188efc132b eyes tightly, 88db25f410 I swung 3e9158ebcb my arm a9a9cc24fa with all 4751609b3e my might. The fake Souls clinging 8a3b85124c to me disappeared with cbca0c22b7 the rush of air.1f5be7297b7be876

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“Phew.”60ff8149538eeb75

It felt like 2aeee47868 I’d just fought 7148a20802 an intense battle. Sweat dripped 038d92ae95 down my ad2882abc2 forehead, which e7e55a8382 I wiped b46f28e302 away with dad40960cc the back 850aaf6f01 of my 984ec760c4 hand before dc7bad3364 standing up.f6174364ee36b869

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I needed to 74a628c723 find Soul and 23938f716e confess my love. But….8d60f034952c21d4

‘How do 60bfe7e9c1 I get c5fc4811de out of e84354388b here?’40d70468de81fb9e

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All I could see 82fa89db6e around me was darkness.128e33644892db53

That’s when I 7480e38865 realized—2a9b4968f36231d0

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The fake Souls hadn’t c5fa59e660 been trying to seduce 620835f909 me with their pretty 2d01dfe7d4 faces. They’d only wanted to 27b2ae8706 distract me, making me a9b013c4a8 lose my way.0951adf3d502bda1

‘…I’m in 2c1f8e1667 real trouble fa7cc148c9 now.’25801d629a93fe88

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Caught by e8266a8fa6 their deception, a3b9b30f62 I’d lost f9bae9c4e2 my path 927db0430b entirely.9a3897a4742b1d3e