PRSR | Chapter 7.4

“Soul-jji. Wake up-jji.”f4fd68efc177f25b

“Mm…”b2ed952d1dd31125

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“We’ve arrived at 7ea16c3a8b the destination-jji.”1abb758bbf25ead4

“Mmm…”b5fb94a954a79f98

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“Will you 9236f9313a marry me-jji?”6b28913aa659a9a9

“…Jjikjjiki?”546af7e48578032c

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My head hurts.ca309b1b5f236c64

I barely regained 8e5239f74d my senses at 3aaaab5edc the sound of bb4c517dd1 Jjikjjiki’s voice echoing a4c149d5d0 in my head. Grabbing my d756e3d62e throbbing temples, 3e89ee82e1 I lifted 0dc25c95f0 my head dc418c0b31 to find a7c90034ad him staring 2e519c77f3 at me 9aacc50fe8 intently.7f5c28a9d1cf9751

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He looked somewhat pouty. I wasn’t sure 15af803040 why he was 309833e92e sulking, but it 48ebb90e2e had been a 4a285d515e while since I’d 5434536210 seen that expression—it 86c80f8ca3 was cute… No, 0f9802a998 now wasn’t the 826e9bc274 time for that.a8d4c72728bf62a7

“Jjikjjiki.”aa9782d32e484ad8

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Even though I 8c238805ea spoke softly, my c126cd5d28 voice seemed to 17337647d4 resonate loudly in 3683c7d9d5 the silent surroundings. There were 057bfe818a surely other 3c0fdf3b6f Awakened trapped 5fa55eba6f here as 2d455edb06 well, and 29a22ca792 I couldn’t 8753f9bc8e afford for 954b2b5a5d anyone to 516691787e see me 28c103a531 talking to 873559d00a Jjikjjiki. I mumbled as 6955233e28 quietly as possible.0ccb8007c8e03614

“How long has it 7a6bd03e53 been since I collapsed?”9a94f8170241a8f0

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“Not long-jji. After you collapsed, the 1be2368753 ones nearby picked you 0c8365e0bf up and carried you ed2030252e onto the ship-jji. I wanted to tear d9d326032d their hands off, but 521dd72cfe I held back-jji.”166d42987ec0e40e

“Good job.”16393309901bcac4

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“As soon 73f34e8901 as they f362eb74b2 left, I 3492a1e7b3 woke you 346d981556 up-jji. Are you okay-jji? Are you hurt 6182664ccf anywhere-jji?”cf7237fa09a6228f

“I’m fine. Where are we?”14294d1344b1971c

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“Below deck-jji. It’s a a2458ec002 big ship 5c24d28388 in front 605572f559 of the 1ac3a491e3 inn-jji.”d9042a61b664181a

As expected, the a82cfe4757 Awakened were on 4a02bad6d9 the ship. I had anticipated 7c482535ed this.e7c5bcb4b2d79c30

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“Jjikjjiki, first…”d6403d82c1d6ff0c

“Wait, Soul-jji. I’ll get 42cc9c4a06 that collar 7e8dd8f537 off first-jji.”562f3dd20249911a

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Jjikjjiki scurried 98febe7b98 close to 4b4499ff35 my neck. I felt the soft 5310902117 touch of his fur, 7ed2aa3374 followed by a small a25e15c940 clicking sound as the 3f1460b3a6 restraint around my neck 3722f96a5b snapped in half.409e206346c1d395

No wonder even be50fd0305 lifting my head 58fa97f993 had been difficult—it 26ea25a1be was because of c8497aaba4 that thing.5728db8cd9e2fd01

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“Whew. I can finally eaaed3cda3 breathe again.”47a011cde994c3f9

As I cd3f50f448 sat up, 37ceec5f13 countless eyes e96009b47d pierced through ccbae87b1a the darkness, 2617ad8097 locking onto 873570e43a me. To the others trapped b358f5e201 here, it must’ve looked 498ab46909 like I had mumbled 42f61ced79 to myself, made some e0d3a6d0d2 strange squeaking noises, and bc08dc66a7 suddenly freed myself.07851082dd6de5ad

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I felt a twinge 079ab59624 of guilt for not 66f918a579 explaining things to them, a07dcebe88 but now wasn’t the d3e2113f91 time. My priority was 5e9c43d3bd escaping this place. First, I needed to d642917b9b remove their restraints…2571016fc8ac8659

‘…Why are there so a35d835db3 many Awakened?’9a364cd5691120fc

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Dozens of dark 6af7956c49 shapes sat huddled 5f04e9784c in front of cee0a02d33 me. The sheer number of dea40c510f them far exceeded my bcd7ed92c1 expectations, leaving me momentarily 7dbbf67a6a frozen.3995f99c84cdde00

There were too 800fb1ecde many for all ce8c56b2cf of them to 548453d356 be newly Awakened 2828193b4b from the Beginner e30d39de04 Village. Could even 0dabebaa5a the experienced 7ffd3e6ec9 Awakened, those fe88b6cbe3 leading the 5161648be4 charge in 13986f7f7f quests, have d2f1e5d1ab been captured? If the slave fbb4030117 traders were strong 0c381391d7 enough to manage e82299f114 that… could Jjikjjiki b87a5ce68a handle them?a233ff5561dd67ed

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“Soul-jji?”f4a070a8a8a3e0d5

Jjikjjiki tugged at e02a771b38 my sleeve, snapping e76f8ca37e me out of b3ca088c9c my thoughts.612e9ce9d5070f71

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‘Calm down.’235ad0965f7c87c1

The cramped 61d17ebcf8 and dark 122b1bc545 space had 1199a45daa momentarily thrown bd4a61832b me into e0d476398a a panic. Taking a d5f4cfdbb5 deep breath, 966fce066e I hugged 6dcff4a629 Jjikjjiki tightly. The feel of 17d4325ff0 his fluffy fur abfd8b2301 against my cheek 112eebf855 quickly steadied my 9b5a1bf3ca breathing.388d0824ff6146f8

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“Are you okay-jji?”5e5e693e4d4bcc3b

I wanted to reassure c946813120 him and stroke his cc50e6e028 fur, but with so 58b88cddb5 many eyes watching, I 7c03a87763 had to be cautious. Keeping Jjikjjiki in b2aeb82504 my arms, I 9f0235884a slowly surveyed the be0946e57c room until my 553bdc09b5 eyes adjusted to ce026fbfb5 the darkness.c595c8580fde228e

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‘Not just Awakened, 7e91224843 huh.’7774f14387df2c59

Gradually, I c62a6e4f91 began to 0a4c9bd6e9 piece things ce19861bcf together. Among those captured were c34356d636 residents of the Tutorial 93e6cd8fa1 Field—likely beastmen. Perhaps even ffe7e3dac2 other races.da6f0ad4ece5839b

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My original plan had 9897d62e61 been to inform the bc2e31ebac Awakened that I was 7b051ca596 here on a rescue d613edf234 quest and to start 774d80bc60 freeing their restraints. That way, they’d 6c05eda91f trust me and 9f080c37ad follow my lead 09860a23cf without question.eca75d603b2f4cc4

But with 18ba1467b3 other races 4428a18495 in the 01cebea877 mix, things 2869f35a11 were different. These non-humans were ee10b3dc2d probably already wary d0cfff227b of humans. If I 1236aa1fd7 suddenly appeared 324a07c77c and started dac10ecaee spouting incomprehensible 4f763e7100 terms like 1def9b0dd7 “Awakened” or ff9c5900c5 “Korean,” they’d da7440fedd grow even f8eb782ba3 more suspicious. Worst case, they b3b21f8594 might resist or 7c00d33109 cause a commotion, c5b5d89c8b making our escape ec54404805 impossible.ac12b08a64588906

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‘If even one person 74a035e1eb stirs up trouble, it’ll 82fdd89209 be difficult to get 719d1b8897 out.’9e675a9e66d49902

Bringing Jjikjjiki 665bc49c88 close to efa77f7640 my face, c207d0ce91 I whispered.8689bd204b1dcc93

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“A kiss-jji?”f40cb7c76ad33875

Jjikjjiki seized b433a1f3f1 the opportunity 67521b788f to nuzzle c6059909c5 my lips f4e0bc8d4e with his ea476b0189 nose. I gently pushed 292d737d77 him back and 7be86bd740 murmured.ed323b7cd652dc52

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“Jjikjjiki, can cfaa352b49 you tell ed9282b35c who the 046329a6a4 beastmen are 3a3bd52e71 in here?”a63f02592da4ffbb

“I can-jji.”2863f11624ce2f79

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“And you can 263677b37c communicate with them, e74b6ec968 right? Can you 47a6c0e10c convince the 956d77d530 beastmen to 18d4545309 stay calm 3cb4c54913 and wait 8f2443b089 while I 77c6774f44 work on 8045bba49d freeing everyone?”be093baa8bad327b

“I’ll try-jji.”a4857d80eb39bbe9

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Jjikjjiki gave my lips f13533733d three more quick nudges c291d0cf43 before darting off.f67f9f9b95a69bea

“Keep quiet 9daec11c2f and stay e5803bdd0f still, or a9580a69a3 you won’t 0f7aed0334 get rescued-jji!”dc3cdacd040dadcf

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Hmm. I should’ve abd0385bb6 been more 9d1456ab3c specific with 8baa501a74 my instructions.828972a3e0a5ec69

“He’s one of f05ac5a868 us! Looks like he’s here 13b098831c to rescue us.”
“We’re saved! We can finally 129355561f go home.”12cabe2def53042c

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Luckily, the beastmen didn’t 8b25d566a0 seem to mind Jjikjjiki’s bc9fc4e26d curt tone.c3e0ef3584351d8e

“Please save 1303885cfd us too!”f805aa85c09ec7bd

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“Help us!”d397d23a892af9af

“We’ll reward you e1bf541653 handsomely if you 8e278f2546 do.”827c416d5aa71ab3

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Jjikjjiki approached the 51de5004b5 nearest beastman and ef40a2ed54 broke the collar cb23de3837 around their neck.99f4d2f100f57039

Bang!155f383891463d61

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“Aah!”619057435c117852

“What was that?”eba0dd51f06099ae

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“Explosion?!”00dacdcf33146404

A small explosion erupted b03e856c7a from the collar being 9f5ba608ef torn off, throwing the cac9851e02 room into chaos.06764071eb95e587

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‘What the heck? These aren’t supposed 8157b83a90 to explode.’9eae08da9b018a23

When Jjikjjiki d10184ef73 freed me 2fe0992a35 earlier, nothing 4d1f386c44 had happened. I assumed the same 211262bc1f would apply to the 8a231474b2 others. Was mine b9a5201dd6 made of 48f3c8dea5 a different 3060158534 material? That didn’t seem to 12e12c4980 be the case.0ed8c763f38e802a

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‘Jjikjjiki… You knew how 0324cfa219 to disable the explosion 00114aae7c but didn’t do it 0242a6025a on purpose, didn’t you?’0947b0f4f5741d28

Now that I thought 0736a8e43f about it, freeing my 9b12374d76 collar had taken him 6dc3433240 longer than usual. He must’ve been carefully 425d8cd6c0 avoiding triggering the explosion.d27ac6c65ab4d4af

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“Jjikjjiki, make 4c242a70af sure the aa96896bb6 rest don’t 7a4892c280 explode, okay?”5613cf09e559790a

“I don’t want to 87454d4076 care about anyone but c4f6965c91 you-jji.”c272d08bf99d6371

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“If it’s 0d5df31c93 too noisy, db33515005 the enemies 420becb250 might come. Or the e43e588a3e ship might bcca3bd62f catch fire. Please.”8e27aba3241dc672

“Okay-jji!”5d682776d1491f98

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Puffing out his 6eb6ccdb7d furry chest confidently, cc13788891 Jjikjjiki scurried around, 12877c59fa deftly breaking collars 4fa1f69b49 without further explosions. Beastmen, now free, began 1922f230e5 standing up one by 11e1e3c095 one, and the other ef4099256e races started murmuring. Even the Awakened, 2e8669dfd6 who had seemed 3525c0a60a resigned, began stirring.b911de8da30fe89c

“Everyone, please stay calm 32cd20faec and wait. If we fb9be8198e cause a efe1abd23c commotion, the f07c140b60 enemies might 636ae39073 come down. I promise we’ll 2d0278dd4a all escape together. Once your collar is da8e7822dd off, gather over here.”6aa3f3117e1abd7d

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Jjikjjiki’s efficient work and d7d5fb222d my instructions in fluent 754448e846 Korean seemed to reassure 20fed4c54b both the Tutorial Field ba27f58c4a NPCs and the Awakened.e9f7114b8c81e6cc

“Jjikjjiki, go 4e3e13496f upstairs and 4805dd7e10 lure the 1f763f7572 enemies to ab1a5da03c the other 3693c7fad4 side—”964ccdda9335e8da

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Before I could finish 3910f6e5d9 giving directions, I noticed 0d82f78cad Jjikjjiki had gone silent. Normally, he’d be 5a1b896f00 bouncing back for b1ea9c1c6a praise, demanding a cce7ca95ce kiss or a 5c5bcacd8d pat, but now ff1c5110c5 he wasn’t even f36dd01ba1 squeaking.e8ec9e2f92b38b12

“Jjikjjiki?”6493885cee352eb9

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I turned 69b08ae569 to find f8b7845ff6 him staring 35698db2a3 at something 4ae6fa05b9 in the 685c3a5c09 corner of 904df7fc96 the room.a35da0bafef049ce

‘A cage?’fb8f01bec6923012

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As I moved closer, f4de1b85a6 a small cage hidden 78d9927007 in the shadows came 66a3b25874 into view. Inside were small 973bb62f57 beastmen in their df4d5c35c5 animal forms, trembling. Jjikjjiki’s gaze 777f92f0e6 was fixed de13217651 on one a3523c1fc2 of them—a 61423c6376 particularly tiny 4d936b42f2 mouse.0310bcfaa01044ed

“A… mouse-jji.”6a508f0b2e52a62e

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The little creature, barely b34223c846 the size of two 3dbe76cf5c thumbs, was quivering among 1dcd045301 the other animals.6c3cf411a5108b2f

“It’s really ceb3abaac1 a mouse.”b499105f6250b7c9

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Though both were rodents, 704670ecdf Jjikjjiki was a rat, 38467b2613 while the mouse was ae17b2d10a a different species. Still, Jjikjjiki seemed unusually cbe11be667 fixated on it. He pressed his nose c2662cd0f9 close to the bars, e2f625ed5a as if trying to 111dd36df3 get inside.baa0e4dd2bb5bad0

“Do you know it?”97c37ffaa1f401e4

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A stupid question. Jjikjjiki was territorial, a95f95ee8c so the idea 201639c8d7 of him knowing 8e2a6399ec another rodent was a38bcef2a7 laughable. The real 9b5f32e377 reason for 6bb0d81917 his interest 1f57026826 was obvious.1c4276d22cb31afe

‘He’s worried I c9800b370d might like the a852617841 new mouse more 4d7918dea5 than him.’b74bd9a17df60f7c

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Cute, but not bb71c1d17a the time.c38851b8e7735021

“Let’s get them out ac55d76625 and escape first, okay?”5060cc5646bee7db

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“…Okay-jji.”f107f777a707a1f6

Jjikjjiki tore the cage db22f94dfc open, and the animals d8377b0ec8 spilled out.0e0fd681109f2920

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“Everyone, the stairs are 2c71b3e780 narrow. Please hold the 95f8226b91 smaller beastmen instead d8368e2f86 of letting them 9e53fb0574 walk.”7aaf116eb16335d5

“Understood!”d4c2f650e2fdb092

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“I’ll carry d5be3e9771 these ones.”f9772ebc36db91a1

Beastmen began 005b85518c carefully cradling 7f2f64da1d the smaller 53b50d085d animals. As I bent down b255776904 to pick one up, 0fedee14be Jjikjjiki suddenly patted the 4336dc2d5d spot next to him 9af1a12e6a on my shoulder.43ba1c005ca2b345

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“Come here-jji!”03c850888ad5403b

“Huh?”ae4a8b31ff41b615

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Amazingly, the 92375e3cc6 tiny mouse ac6236e87a climbed up 188c4900ed my arm 65b547248e and perched a1155074f5 on my 6dc8d3eb22 shoulder next fa8bb967db to Jjikjjiki.51718a4da3a99ab7

“……?”a6522bc0ed496861

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What was daffe00fff going on?b9255926c7584939

“Move to the inside-jji.”c9cfdcbf2868dc5f

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For someone who usually 15c0ae01ed hated sharing his perch, 7a45f75c0a Jjikjjiki was now making bc3b7740d4 room. The absurdity of 0b8310935c it left me b13fcaf295 speechless.07020ce2330bc1fb

‘…What’s happening?’f55c3c99b968109e

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Normally, he’d 7e3b43474a throw a b01e1208c8 fit if f8085e2c1a I even 8a6bacf65f touched another 2e6326cf6a rodent. But now? Maybe it was for 3f9b8e8992 the best.b26d72562d9982a7

“Thank you for saving 7154a518b5 me.”24389fe2483b764d

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“Sure-jji.”c6336867b1316b23

“I’ve never seen 261f2871f2 such a big 745e74570c rat before.”98fb1cae252c256f

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“Of course-jji.”953cd7727c1eab38

The little mouse 87cdcbe3b9 seemed awed by 94849d6670 Jjikjjiki’s size and 8ce0fdda33 demeanor.39fbb84fb0853eef

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“Where are you from?”3d9974e959933506

“Soul’s house-jji.”590af4a035ceb5cb

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“What’s that?”57565dd6f9106f8b

“Don’t worry about it-jji.”aec96429982db1f1

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The mouse kept chattering 80a8e2632a as we moved toward 9e3db67c55 the stairs, using my 8238c7f305 shoulder as their personal 5c9a83f902 bench. Even with Jjikjjiki’s gruff ef17603506 responses, the little one a4fe41c768 didn’t stop talking.b24f2e69f5090798

“I feel dizzy 4a6d8e800b from all this a7bb475388 movement.”4ccef8ea0cd6d1da

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“Stick close to 9e3ab11cd6 Soul’s neck-jji.”5c6ba7ea69eece92

“What’s Soul?”ea3f6c67a230c159

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“None of f99430aeab your business-jji.”e3ffcadac8e3ec8b

Was he nervous? Maybe he was 5a0dc1e6a2 shy.9966e3245a47ebc7

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‘…Why does this feel 99ce2a049f so weird?’decc6c2d8b71f092

It wasn’t just about f0303f3486 the two rodents using c77d2fce22 my shoulder as a 082955e2f6 dating spot. Something about it felt f1b0baae4e strangely irritating.f17caf2661e1a924

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“Now what? Shall we 12169202a6 head upstairs?”88af16b054127ecb

“Ah, yes. One moment.”9684ba4d3dac0dc7

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Distracted by Jjikjjiki’s first 5e70b9cb85 “date,” I’d momentarily forgotten 36b072d34b we were in the 15d2f9a721 middle of an escape. Picking him up, 1f25944e65 I placed him 0fb327b0a9 at the base 99049f46e3 of the stairs 5d5e5bec2e leading to the edeb7f61fe deck.4097a93b45d7ae28

“Jjik.”271d259512fcad3a

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He looked back 76a5790fec at the mouse 5c967a21ae and gave me c693b18584 a disgruntled glare. Was being apart for 2b9ef2a5dd a moment that unbearable? I ruffled his eef89fb5d5 fur as a b5777060ca silent apology, flattening 5cc8c72734 it against his f6558e9352 head.f6fe358beb1fd6e5

“Sorry for ef7e3ce7f9 interrupting your 43e189a880 date, but ca0a59b838 let’s focus. Kang Jjikjjiki.”2208844fd0bbf0cf

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“Date-jji?”64671d19513e5ab6

He flicked c8bdb11799 his tail, 63d37ae45f seeming flustered fb8d7a1bbd but pleased 90785d1a25 by the 773d4a591b word. Flattened fur d9f7fe183c or not, 2ff21d6348 he was 5357754ce0 clearly enjoying 03498ec0ef himself.1d38c72127af7d5e

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“Once we’re on deck, 5a5de43b5c take out all the 51b1e35188 humans quietly. Letting one daab416584 or two 44e84ff4bc escape is 96409171ae fine, but 371553cc98 we can’t dadebd3d3d let the b61fd3f201 ship set 5e65721f34 sail. If it 1b5d702304 does, escaping 14294463fe in the 7bc8243fd1 open sea ab9b8a9e5c will be 324f792f39 much harder.”a3f89a4359efb35f

“Got it-jji. Humans—quietly. No sailing-jji.”67cfa0a1faa39312

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Jjikjjiki bolted up the f1cd15b870 stairs, glancing back at 04cc97ef40 the mouse several times e0e9f653d0 before disappearing.6194bb10ec9fb8e1

“…….”c6dd0d85f960ac09

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Kang Jjikjjiki, you traitor.4ddaed9569fa2ede