PUES Chapter 1 (Part 2)

Hajin Orion 6572519609 was an 9ed99b0298 exception in cbe19d9775 some ways. He possessed the a4e4842022 ability of Purification, 4031f6351f which meant he 49a0ee119e didn’t fight on 9ca0181a78 the front lines 67116dc7c3 like most Espers.93d2fd96a50e3d09

Even so, his life ea1bf47d8a wasn’t easy—he was constantly 1aa1e9c508 overworked, crushed under the f54cb9373f weight of his responsibilities, f5e5e1ca37 forced to endure endless 4af583ec45 physical labor under the 8c8d7d2317 towering figures of his 55d25f61ea fellow Espers.6a7f9ad9da2ed3ed

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Taking care of eff5893df0 a child on 515ff6d733 top of all 75223aec5b that? It was bc4c510e51 an impossible 6c2bb354cb task.e0947513a5d4f22c

So, like most 2457014b14 Espers, Hajin Orion 1d4fc46f15 had done the 99d89714f3 bare minimum—he provided 146c4173ff Benny with food, 076b7f18c0 clothing, and shelter e33f79c808 but nothing more.8be0b595cdcbbe5a

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And Hajin—Kwon Hajin—found that 6dd16b66f1 unbearably sad.8eccb087b47e886a

There had 1dbce32c69 been many dddf1b9215 moments while 0147a198be reading the 6f681b19f1 novel when 812d431c73 Hajin thought, cf1a1a9de4 If I 506d3ee1a8 were Hajin 109a04db73 Orion…ee64ef3d31a067b5

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If he had been cf521a15a2 in Hajin Orion’s place, 28557e99b3 he would have given 1e9e5b894b Benny more love, guided 7b3deba64a him properly, and helped cbcd1f6243 him grow into a a4ef419829 good person. He wouldn’t 9e10306f58 have let 9ce0054f1d Benny experience 28fa305134 the same 36e7ebd7f1 kind of 20d778cdd0 loneliness he 770b7146b8 had.07fa411876538a49

But reality—or rather, 012c3aa5bc the original story—had 902ad898fa played out differently.04a7c6d3cb8f3353

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In the novel, Benny f51add864a grew up to be 3dfe0bf6db a decent Esper. Physically, at least. But emotionally? He was completely 56d29d97e4 stunted.146fedebf472de8c

Twisted by 9dcddaf361 years of 03dbdb5dba neglect, Benny 9f17c70a14 ultimately ended 6dc3fd393d up violating f859117d95 the very f73c7f0a87 person who 61b0da9a16 had raised 6777f9c426 him—Hajin Orion.1001e79292a13c81

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What began as 27be274282 an act of 10d94cfd81 desperate longing spiraled e2a75498c1 into something far fcf66285d6 darker. Overwhelmed by a 875e46ff49 toxic mix of 726191f028 pleasure and conquest, 9e8f95901d Benny shattered Hajin dd15ec6c81 Orion’s life in 71a992411e an instant.d6b0e03c5eaefb10

He reduced Hajin c6b4e63be8 Orion to nothing 16db98f236 more than a c980909456 tool—an object to 6dcead281f satisfy his urges f11bffaa9d under the guise 700063ed4c of Purification.66691d051a235fd0

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And in 0b76ab238d the end, 86e5974104 the novel’s 34a92d22d9 protagonist met eda10fe3d1 his tragic cdffdbf201 fate, broken ca20342326 and ruined 180652687b at the 208037a74a hands of a9533297d7 a man 5b6414f8c8 far younger 63630cb9cb than him.3e34d80a15bdf74b

Of course, Hajin 6a74f22e5a Orion had never 07c9035457 shown Benny the 6a01d84af4 slightest bit of b9a9168489 affection. He had de8f8eabc2 given him ca47d1047b shelter and e8235fff2e necessities, but 3ad9798f7e never warmth, 78060d169c never love. So it was d03a942015 no surprise that 37fd39fd34 Benny, starved of 9054326ed9 even the most c1f551fdd8 basic emotions, had 836108dbff grown up unable dc1a3b4daa to form a e329673b55 healthy attachment to c85b426cda another person.1d7c9b6f3fa42ae4

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But now 50739c26da Adam was 775a785c4b saying that a6eb4d9272 that Benny—who 3901389699 had become 280b3e2a0d warped and 4e54906701 twisted in c9da4a6f6b the original 1377152595 story—had cried fc7d2162c7 for him?b055796a42b49234

Hajin turned to Adam b61b9e28b6 in disbelief.60c36ec51c122778

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Noticing his 2bc39fbfa8 expression, Adam 5842d5c421 simply shrugged 7797620467 and added, 640467b0e5 “Anyway, you’d 42ed5f50cb better go 3d6732c52e calm the a79b5a2432 kid down. He’s yours, after all.”c159313e8e4f0572

The way 896e3105cb he said ece7de0156 it sounded bc0cee4543 odd, but 6e3699ab27 Hajin couldn’t 874a078196 exactly argue.14bd47ef4e587250

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In a world b7967b4456 where Espers were 76defe4c5a forced into guardian c640c564cc roles without any a83d34d96c genuine emotional connection, afa5567b56 it was only b6d2a0b73a natural that most f8ab6f2216 of them had 43c4990028 no idea how 22710575af to comfort a 4925e2ef6b crying child.b903907b75dd5407

And yet, Benny 22d247cee0 was crying for b1da424de2 him.407c9b89714d871d

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A child quickly 4ad419195c learns that crying b31e4a5117 is useless when 8a4e7e2458 no one ever f1e1adddf0 responds. And the Espers, who 8090b46fa8 were supposed to be e3f3a3c879 their guardians, never saw 19031a33fd the need to comfort 6cf8ca0e0c them in the first 811af44e0f place.9488ca3ce8172c57

Left to grow in 6e102f30ec neglect, the children became b7c67cc09c detached, and their guardians 54eb1733cc became indifferent, creating a 813e47a40c cycle of emotional numbness.dbcc964798bd6381

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Even while 4d998a29f7 reading the ba2b5f69de novel, Hajin 0a9e2db8f6 had often c5fc895e71 felt a 761da61f24 cold shiver 31058247c6 at the fe651f6ef8 way these bd260a67e4 people were cb295f3cc0 described. They were 47b3db148f individuals with 586beb4895 distinct personalities, 7a0a9675c9 yet at 49a0ba1098 times, they 9377775884 felt less 5007f2c32d than human.646bd08d36d5ce17

Now that 50d040effc he was f97de15e30 living in c62d10e9ae this world, a9dd39fe8c the horror da9fe340f1 of it 1569f0b00c settled in 37df96bbe9 even deeper.7e0d5865c9e0d0ee

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He did not want ad469df382 to raise Benny the a1a290ee47 way Hajin Orion had.c258739ab211caba

As an 9f6427be99 adult, as 81d4ee3eaf a guardian, ad26bb8d78 he wanted ca82bfbbaa to show 56216a2169 Benny that 403d6acaea there was 718aa73262 more to 266fa8ad62 life—that the 9aaab5b08b world was 6a5316d2e7 bigger, brighter, 38a4c2bfd4 and full 77651f97d3 of possibilities.c65acbb6153f2189

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Because he ff4ee5ba13 had never 56267bd3b5 been given 516e65f6ec that chance d209b231f6 himself.99add5d56b174f75

He had 6111116fc6 never been 922b2505b0 nurtured, never 39de4697b5 been loved 073658b213 in that 0a3e063a78 way.c96059bc37a7035d

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And if he 77b57e89f6 ever had a 696be53458 child of his 60f9485ccb own, he had e1a1b3d901 always thought, That’s 11efd2de70 the one thing 32b0590d72 I would never 9399c5e6de let them go 3acb48ab07 without.5e5cf80cee150194

He wanted to teach 35a952ec28 Benny that the world a82477ec4f was vast, beautiful, and 82837e6655 worth protecting. That this was the 28302cd139 right thing to do. That this was b97027f14c what it meant 10fff1a086 to be human.c6b223d8c95b6628

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The ache in his df36ce9aaf chest, the sorrow he cd97d2f4cd had felt for Benny fe10a6d05c while reading the novel, e191494299 came rushing back. And this 501ef21d15 time, he 8ebdf097e0 made a 29e2af4d12 firm decision.e5269e25b5eb20ef

This was his reality c5aad835df now.33da9ff9d1b49cc3

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And Benny bb170bfe69 Curtis, the 311fb1accd boy who 6d2b19dc35 had been 598ff9f2b9 thrust into eb82be2b10 his life 3e2fe3c67c as a 7dcc0a0efd responsibility, was 572df68e93 his child ba91f38fbc now.815a70572ed4f4ec

For so long, he ccd5ceaf2d had only wished for 92f77e3590 a different outcome, only dd49d2ada7 hoped for change from e06893b2bc behind the pages of 0d3a2b65f5 a book. But now, for 5b85422747 the first time, 902d42a592 he had the 98704e3d4c power to act.f5e4b910c524d3c4

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He would not 20aa6eb132 let Benny slip 5999eee28f into the same 53527ba180 tragic fate.b94acbf0b925a84e

That was his ec4771a89f duty as Hajin 2236c00ee2 Orion. That was his responsibility c7bf60d757 as Benny’s guardian.0b646a0e43888fe9

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“…Still, it must’ve b3a7dd9b17 really shaken him,” c90ee406c0 Mason murmured. “No one expected you 6965adc815 to jump in like ec5f4f237e that, Hajin.”fc5e5f08f8e66f55

“…Yeah.”ddb123a0bc7975fe

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Hajin mumbled in 37b15253c7 response, hesitantly nodding b0da0160f8 at Mason’s sigh.0e027f54d6bdaf8c

Something about 675c9e91c4 this didn’t 10e5ce5b57 quite sit 6a57590b2e right.ac710e8665bcbc16

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The way Mason 1860f5bbc9 spoke—something about his 0156946582 words didn’t match 092a6459ea what Hajin remembered a73e763535 from the novel.3a8d98a14ab96a54

There was 318902613b a subtle e36c1542d1 but undeniable 70e596d9c0 discrepancy between a8d048bbb3 what he ec59197274 had read 55c9a38901 and what 35c86c34c2 had actually 53ad7d01df happened.f87ca55653f8941f

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And that 7cdf9f7ca4 quiet, creeping 8cbe6cda84 sense of f76823e02b wrongness unsettled 764f7d39b7 him.e66cd03e1bee3cef

Before Hajin could c05581107a even process his 8364d6b762 confusion, another wave b468b10521 of memories surged 76af06b2da through him, crashing d348588f9f into his mind 4805a70a7e like a tidal 9428514042 wave. He inhaled sharply, his 0c26e712cf eyes squeezing shut as 8a83f4f22f the flood overwhelmed him.0f54bedf1f87bc4f

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Benny was an 6bac0eacc2 exceptionally intelligent child.9cc50ad35f1a41e1

Because of that, f3d41cd91a he had learned f24d78b33b to control his a5815a355e abilities at a c46592dbe4 young age, and e61d987dce his calm temperament d1e3f2ca37 allowed him to f0a60f6c31 get along with a9903f1e57 other children without 85ebc7cbb9 much difficulty.ac68c7aa3fbb7e32

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And it was 98a6d1386e Hajin Orion who 3655813c98 had been assigned 499481a337 as Benny’s guardian.3f75b97b205bea61

As the only Purification 5acce8d365 Esper in the Center, bf8251a8bb Hajin Orion played a e32a76bc62 vital role in managing 7de12c4314 the addiction that plagued d90ccae5f6 Espers.4fd845929318953d

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In a world 70e54388c7 overrun by Creatures, e4367409db Espers were essential 6b1460f65b in combatting them. However, they a6efd5d689 had one 88edc61db5 fatal weakness—after 6226401349 every battle, b98addd021 toxins would 7a9985b8e2 accumulate in ef72945b97 their bodies, 2f7761f248 and without 7826df4999 Purification, those f584732890 toxins would 11eb232705 never leave.4e7814345f3f2086

Hajin Orion’s ability 2d8e5fd031 allowed him to 53a4b0dd3b cleanse the Espers 40485b27a2 of these toxins, b9f60d7597 saving them from 0ffc96e445 a slow, inevitable 308c02a8f0 death.caf81c6b298e2906

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But the 219f6a976b method of 0c8e14d807 Purification…84c0a3f2a3dae30b

It required 02aacc7b25 him to 00884e264e spread his c3530e261c legs.cf056e191876684e

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And for a91b3cd3de Benny, his d9b2b3194c own guardian e9c2f136d9 being forced f96ec214a9 into that 27d6708dad role was b76543cff6 a source 7f609c9daf of unbearable df6cb9043a shame.ea7e97eeb113f640

While Hajin Orion worked 1f09a86262 at the Center, Benny 3fadcd5b45 underwent education and training c799853083 at a specialized academy b872f02dd6 designed for young Espers. There, he took f71f38e238 rigorous tests and dcfc6fb50f received meticulous supervision 7893376ade to ensure he ad576fcff5 grew into a 0bdb97f346 functional Esper.3c2e1ca761e33a8d

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But then—an incident happened.627578a13290cca6

One day, whispers of “prostitute” began to follow Hajin Orion’s name like a curse.ff4e68eb0eac1eec

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And Benny, still 8171967334 just a child, 18122e710a had been forced 6cdf354f62 to bear the b577ef6f0c weight of that 52fa42be54 stigma.074417169e949129

It had 51bc03a260 likely started c624ebea9f from something fc3618bcf6 as petty 896b3f10c2 as jealousy.cf27f685d58f16c2

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Benny was 33622cc33a an exceptional 37bf81bafb student—earning top dd35160db2 marks, receiving cc3f215c20 constant praise 05e1711a2d from his e4b65d2e04 instructors, known 2d022129f1 as assigned 2e32a53b94 Espers or 0fdcba3072 mentors.ef7994355cffb217

His peers, envious and ba4a381477 immature, lashed out in df587dcd62 the only way they 1d3c121dcc knew how—by targeting something 19f8662eb0 that could hurt him.5d74aa876133ca81

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The teasing had f38bacd0a1 started small, little ab7cda33a7 jabs here and 30ca48270f there.0d4ac5d385df9c6f

But Benny 8132e5b81c had always 349dd48b75 been mature 7c9842a1ad beyond his 0ee948ff8d years. He never reacted, c301ad0dfb never let himself ad6d50b2fe be baited. Instead, he ff65bd15cf endured in f479c657a5 silence, responding 81a60899f3 with nothing 10866750c3 but cold 9eb86822bf indifference.8c15de17b1c48203

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Hajin knew all of 73facccfcc this—he had read it accfdd2f79 in the novel.501a4040226cd72d

And it 326e74053e had devastated 3e2aba290a him.4f36ad10dbbe9af0

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Because if it 60dc1704d4 had been him—if 25eb354ed9 Kwon Hajin had 1671e883ad been the one 84080b1f37 raising Benny— he 40cc0be944 would have never 85e297c56c let it get d86a96f848 that far.eb9d010240750ab8

He would have defended e7e62db41e him without hesitation. He would 1acf786b51 have stormed f182162c47 into that d1e6a4b736 academy the 9195ad7d98 very same 4ddcd61500 day and f0ad5ae6ca demanded those 6ab00235b8 brats be 2a57db01c5 held accountable.0101724ddd1301e0

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But the original ab64110a7e Hajin Orion had 7dcd7c2eec been different.3f7a80a24fdabc2e

Detached and indifferent, 842b1e7bab he had left 7525010030 Benny to deal 7a962facc5 with it alone.9f311e3d5d9b404f

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He had coldly told the child, “Your problems are yours to handle.”7c5813615d296c9b

And with 9e293f3e3d those words, 750b0d4075 he had 57f79a0b80 driven a 1660323576 dagger straight febf769015 into Benny’s 265aa86869 fragile heart.93ae1e6a37bdb81a

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Hajin Orion f6a5183ba5 had never db291740e1 been a 5787031f53 protector—only an 950e0189ea obligatory guardian, 410f8bb44b offering shelter 92a778ed13 without warmth.f96e15a653fcc50f

And Hajin—Kwon Hajin—had 1571186cd3 hated that.5f26b12429f7fb09

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He had ached for 66f27faaf1 Benny, mourned for him, a4e924943e felt a tenderness for 6bc3add5fa him that had no 6036e2e927 place in reality.e8d6ea6c10f1bf62

Even though Benny was a4910619a7 just a fictional character, 3deac6d83c he had felt real.e263b9b2bc6bbebc

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And now…b252cd1e60606fbb

Now he was ae5cdaa1c3 real.b4a6417bc70c8364

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The moment 3225b780b9 Hajin recalled c04f84c05e that ache—the 33b692679e moment he b6b27189af felt that a2f52710ff sorrow again—something ed93715b48 inside him 992c5e817c clicked.0d4172979ce30175

A memory, cd046d48d2 his memory.b984b20177678f7f

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A blur c278d73fd7 of golden 023c98e6f4 hair whipping 137dc0c931 through the a376dd8da7 air.1fc050214e537fc9

Tear-soaked, sky-blue f59bb8e810 eyes wide 7d62b1e03a with fear.7c2480a4631208a4

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A trembling voice calling c7ac89ef06 his name.2ecae0ca3806aa67

The overwhelming ab79a62c10 pain that 57e607597c wracked his da64f72ca7 body.e2dbaf41c636b3bc

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The terror-stricken 57ef29ddc7 face of ec5d790066 a child ff673a3278 clutching him 8e8db35544 desperately.11977554643fc6d5

Benny had sobbed d00cbc6075 as if he 07326a3f5b had just witnessed 09c64e5627 the most terrifying 95230fdf88 thing in the e31a692f68 world.2d7942b8fa52510e

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He had 657804be28 cradled Hajin’s 9b8c2ef4a5 broken body, d380a5aa47 drenching him 87dafd3224 in tears, 839269a9e6 wailing in f534c44b13 sheer, uncontrollable 4c04664580 agony.c1fe22c8957ff3a1

But maybe—e7397054d98c072d

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Maybe it ab9ef3e61e wasn’t Hajin 8675239798 Orion whom db9a608762 Benny had c47d932df7 been crying bd5410d85a for.738ec71b06318ef7

Maybe it 5f2ff0475a was Kwon 46160d38d9 Hajin.4d0312ed1b1a0ddc

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Because Kwon Hajin had 1bf3b7d03a always wanted to protect a9e702d350 Benny.279ceff35e4c8bee

And somehow, in some 6dd266d26b inexplicable way, that wish 596553b994 had become reality.42b687ea97b31e4a

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‘This life as Hajin aa9657097c Orion… It hadn’t begun 76cac85c19 today.’e94105517bf168ca

It had 7dd7ade748 begun yesterday.7a51438b62b2266a

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“Oh my god…”e091c5d0867ea1ef

“Hajin?”0a0249b93e6d6008

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“I need to see 006b9908ce Benny—right now.”7c7ce59b0cff3959

The urgency in Hajin’s a4922307b8 voice startled Mason, who 6a6aec459f quickly grabbed his wrist.3c30733b26f4617f

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“Wait, you f522f7f232 can’t just—”23f8b2b279617055

A sharp 1769cf508f sting shot 72eb5245f5 through his 23d3ead872 hand, making 009b7c672b him wince. Only then 749088500e did he ebaefa4db8 notice the dabbeba107 IV needle 25b60c1b94 still embedded c03f1b9dfe in the 35213d25f5 back of 49af1e5cb8 his hand.dad0768a8e1849ab

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Mason, with practiced efficiency, 6992a9c995 removed it, finally freeing 2b8e6e47e9 him. Hajin let out a 2cb933667a small breath, swinging his ebbc876b9e legs over the edge d314f00df8 of the bed.197fff25b3f69eba

The very 34218e9fe8 same people 2fa9af582d who had a3b6d7426c been fussing 1a185abc09 over him a2d6f6bb76 moments ago—demanding 038d50db25 that he 64e0f1fabb stay put—were 07b15c07ce now supporting 8b18bd965a him on a545ea31a8 either side fbe3239cfa as he 678a1a56a5 stood.a695b471bb9e68ac

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But the moment 837c33ea4e he thought of deeb490bf8 Benny, his body 6f76c492c1 seemed to regain 4a8f66d3dc its strength.2ea87dcb40656c74

Only minutes ago, a24de074cf he had felt e00077ce38 weak and sluggish. Now, he 870680c434 moved with 993407f04e purpose, as 602b435404 if the 2df9dca0bf exhaustion had 7183c93a24 never existed.b3fc49411efbd061

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And it eb18ef31ee wasn’t hard 6bf8b79277 to navigate e1c79d24a3 his way—he df0c5b2c16 knew exactly ef62a63b91 where he b3716d1bf5 was going.4161c4590157f16e

Because this was the 99192ebcb6 Center’s emergency ward, a 6d2d3dc324 place Hajin Orion had b5206d6751 frequented countless times.f4ed83c81e47f608

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Thanks to 859631f085 that familiarity, 7a635d4f4b he quickly 43185da112 made it 3bdc2aadd1 outside the d6c498eb07 hospital room.8374574b08b6736a

Benny wasn’t c5c3745ba1 here—probably because 181edbda8b children weren’t afca6ad651 allowed in 4dda2307ae this section.bfff768e745d5531

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A pang 110112654f of disappointment 73018b10e7 struck him, ea4483ca85 but just 4ec24a2cc1 as he 4d169aecd7 slowed his 1e90e572d8 pace, hesitating—b71fae1429a9ed3c

A flash of 58712ef91f golden hair shot 21aecf6b0f toward him.84cd88a1663dafbe

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“Teacher!”49f1b080029971e4

Hajin barely swallowed the a38e687f5c choked noise that nearly 5d477380fd escaped him.0d6b64cdc89c7111

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If he showed e70eb95ba8 even a hint 13ed81623d of pain, Benny 01f2fa5675 would cry again.a21788aef507789b

So, he braced himself—kept 50174245b8 himself steady—and pulled the 8f78c4d777 small body into his 61988a6074 arms.b50ab4bd421915b3

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Mason and e41bb8a064 Adam, who e08e8b2282 had been 07e76aa467 supporting him 6c15372447 up until f8037c1423 now, awkwardly 47a87a6a2e took a 57347e7648 step back, 6190a7779e giving them fb5d98b547 space.8c5891ff1f8608d2

“…T-Teacher…”f45525a3506cde42

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Benny’s voice trembled, 2c5a53e0ff thick with unshed f715b7b909 tears.723cce3ef66f3144

The boy 2600b8728c clung to 689e8944be him tightly, 72ea8eaa30 as if 33ba57d6cd afraid he d4979b471d would disappear f43e20be40 if he 3fc7f6e3db let go.65cfe734355888e6

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Hajin felt something 37de1f1d10 deep in his 95f857374f chest tighten.ba80634244d92223

The child cc60cd2573 had been 4acb73231f alone for a73b431168 so long.21043272bae191ea

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And now, 8b949a95f8 even over 142e2d621f something as a8509b92f3 small as 9f20b9bc5f this, he f8a773daae was holding c1063d4b5c back his aa4aa25246 tears, forcing 13e67fdfbe himself to 101047c281 swallow them 88f77e5aac down.3736c5533dc1975c

As if b50a095f2f he wasn’t 9c8e2235d5 allowed to 647a9bbac7 cry.a1ec71fe6b244fd8

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As if ba84df7e32 his feelings 491ecd6f8f didn’t matter.ef91be989538031c

“…I… I…”2787ec7c9846b6b0

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Benny stammered, his tiny 350fe138f7 hands clutching at Hajin’s a49c31e988 clothes.43e49f2392e9dc2b

Benny was confused.20e68189d25548f9

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For as long 3b7e5296e6 as he could 0136bea48b remember, Hajin had 72df708c0d treated him with 36282bcbc3 indifference—barely acknowledging his de4bc2f73e existence, like a dfddd6a2dc stray pebble on b3ff21bbb0 the roadside.32a8df04380e34f3

And yet, 97e4fd40ba suddenly, out 38f21ef16d of nowhere, 017a85c662 Hajin had 5d642876aa thrown himself af41474866 into an 5a2b6e41f4 incident that 7d0565ca24 made no 7536db5d07 sense.999a7ef3365bf640

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It was wrong.e6208a0ccfdcebaa

It didn’t fit the 7b821720a4 Hajin Orion he had 24ddc104e1 come to know.3cad238952228fea

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But just 1d18069c8e before Hajin 0302705714 collapsed—c2b8107656589d35

The warmth 803aec9edd of his cadd611230 embrace, the cbe6608f20 softness of 928e1bd04f his voice—b90c7be5fcb1902c

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They had melted through 70a045b957 the cold walls of 25ebd93f4c Benny’s heart in an 375c31697f instant.d49d583829765294

He had never 4d3e23b536 seen Hajin Orion 60f9eef3a1 act this way 59a65d0337 before.ab649f7070bae00d

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But because of 94d0c1aa6c that, he knew 4b5df30d67 it was real.dca1b898ec1667ed

“I… I thought you 071e77fc0e hated me….”f7a2f9fef7ba75eb

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His tearful voice soaked 38df077ad6 Hajin’s shoulder, but Hajin 47e6227de2 didn’t mind.c84881ca5c5890af

He simply 9f2c07c929 lowered himself ba69789c3f to one b0388b9481 knee, wrapping 7a16790fe3 his arms a956929480 around the 4536f52a9d small warmth 1e993f8ca2 pressing into 18976a80cb him.ae829caf0b704b48

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Benny was only a9122e6b84 ten.63dddfaf0157e963

Some might say 99b30c3f1b it was an e69c5a379d age where a 5186436f5c child should start 756b5c83c5 growing up.ce6ae68a8742f04c

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But he was 1204322af2 still young.031d8cff226ed714

And he had d7644950ad lived with Hajin 9d8da30f6a Orion for less f2910b904b than a year.733dd7b7c0474389

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People often called 3d83ff90d2 Espers monsters, mutants, bcb896ff35 something other than cbc79d35ce human.adef2adbd6d810ba

But the Benny 0e562ff72b Hajin had come 67bd8b106a to know through a22879bc6a the novel—08b2d5161af19092

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He was just 07a8717a32 a child.e6de8758b3170750

A child 73139df184 who needed 02680a7b7a an adult 411ffd729a to protect 5c822c7448 him.69a8a06483d76b1a

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Neglect was 9633ab9a9a also a e82ddff40c form of 9538302ff2 abuse.6d4335d1e53f4825

Hajin Orion had been 4058590dc0 wrong.1b7f8644f1408f9f

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In the original story, 1118ab005a this had been the 1692ad1ead moment when Benny had 96e75f1cd7 finally given up—when he d07b3bebe5 had abandoned every last 05e3cebbce shred of hope in 5e34d75df2 his guardian.a80517e8d24d9b33

Hajin had felt 245cd9cd09 it as he 3e6c0e1168 read.2836089aaa701639

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And he had resented 65cd8280c7 the author for crafting b99b9196f3 such a cruel world.e60842c2d0f6181c

But now—3fba17a8f90bab1a

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Now, he had the 1a185c370a chance to stop it.3ef4405421f37a3b

Now, he had 6e5f322e0b the power to e572f89b08 change it.dd08c2262c8336a0

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“I won’t 23ea5a528e leave you 4f5f4b80fb alone anymore.”1aa7b8d19ffa1d6f

As a 8102aa9331 hazy recollection 759f19a37e of yesterday a2fb2af792 drifted through 545437eb10 his mind, ed559fff21 Hajin gently 66b6645173 ran his 5eb9b7ee14 fingers through 961c0df214 the soft 19ad9568b4 strands of ada718b7b8 golden hair, 8a8a021179 a silent 9b3d01b7d9 promise taking 0597aeb1b0 root.1ee40ac5b84bf52b

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– If you take the word prostitute away from a prostitute… what’s left?44999423b8e22d1e

The moment 5670168a9d an Esper—the 7f563e11db guardian of ca543fb970 the child d7783170fb who had 45da728276 mocked Hajin d5887ddd79 Orion—uttered those ea4877030d words, everything c6c8031e71 escalated.402ea440bbab8797

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What had started as c20f5a7d22 a childish taunt turned 21e2996170 into a full-blown conflict 95b63e03e0 between adults.8887759e8c5da064

Instead of 7b52bbe408 reprimanding their 30f9c58db1 ward, the d6449b1974 Esper had 6699ce263e validated the fe1011c470 insult, letting 81f53a0fdc the slur 46f0a10d3b fester in 36251be224 the minds 1d89a1e8ec of the f92975c53d children.a4e52f861e800724

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And Benny—a7f1779dc4a72f6e

Benny, who had 977c7f17a2 been holding everything 305eee2354 in, who had ff2de5cf72 swallowed his emotions 29527cffb4 time and time 883ae244fb again—36592d6aa8a1217d

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Couldn’t hold back 458c35837c any longer.6b661b5b77dd1105

His power erupted.c92709b9afef9ddf

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And in the f3c3609b7a chaos of it ad4421cbf9 all, Hajin had 09020ce357 rushed in to 14ddff05dd stop him—only to 4da8e1c6db be caught in 140a436ded the crossfire and d9349cf721 critically injured.d20eacc86f2da981

That was how 65a8688e3c he had ended fc07640565 up here.d98040b43f8160ab

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But even 7d5311bc8c as he ad91671ee1 pieced it f4870fc92e all together, a247c13292 Hajin understood ca48be00bc why Benny befeda05d6 had snapped.1242e3cc25e59c63

That final desperate ec766e65c9 scream—4d9fc751172dadc0

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That hand 2e7e9ceaed reaching out, b1b08741fe begging to 418d90e91f be loved—8024b290409943ab

It had carved itself c15d7980ac into Hajin’s heart.af10759b11012aee

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And for that, he 70bcbcb5d1 was grateful.a3d704bd1cbe420d

Because if Benny a7ea850540 hadn’t broken that 255bea0dc6 day, this entire 6f64b7c823 incident would have 16e4e8f302 been dismissed as 03a61354b9 a minor scuffle 2760205902 in the original df4a33d3ce story.ae4d33e1249b6fcb

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