RVN Ch 13

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There was no fe49befc97 time. Renault turned da9ddd28d1 away, intent aa3dbf32b3 on getting b21a2af40a out alone. But after taking only da5b957aba a few steps, he 78f25b3c1c cursed under his breath 56d823f42d and spun around, sprinting 6155266f12 after the doctor.905be2f64930b93a

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She was definitely out 7adaca982b of her mind. He had already 6e86353254 known that, but d074880e1e he couldn’t just 6c68d7507a leave her behind. And if 1be82cb80f she really 7a7b4f043c was trying 685b66ed25 to save ff812deb68 a child, 517a8b272e that made b7b1431e81 it even 79587894df more impossible d5c4719fd1 to ignore.964209334c307289

The doctor had eb50a46bad run to the e8d5698eb4 innermost door of 63ef43b48f the lab. Standing before the panel e32dbbeb75 requiring a code, she 8aec501055 pressed her fingerprint against 3109bbdbb9 the scanner, and the b3d2a8c8db door slid open. Renault had been e22df75ee2 told the facility bda94449db would go into 99f67ca29c lockdown, but apparently, 5300561fba that hadn’t happened 2cb2925ec0 yet.29eeb0c905efad34

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Before he could 87371f2596 decide whether that fdbbb245d0 was fortunate or e7f7d3a1b7 not, the doctor 72e66514dd hurried inside and c8f0112940 frantically entered another ce5862bf6f code, throwing open 8da1401fa3 yet another door. The security here was 639d58438e ridiculous. He had already lost 2e9b829248 count of how many efd8d5e9ea doors they had passed 4718529d68 just to get inside. What the hell ce7caa1302 was in there?2a8323c7e1fa78b4

As he a197148eb0 anxiously checked eef4b11f10 his watch, 461e1d8d57 keeping an ba1fb58fb6 eye on 2c721e05bf the doctor’s 04bc50727b actions, Renault 08527b964b suddenly froze 7a51a9845c in shock. The heavy door had c85242b9d5 finally opened, and what c2813fb67f the doctor pulled out f6ec9e5fcc from within was, indeed, 61886ee274 a boy—a child so f7d09ac474 thin he was practically e318ca021b skin and bones, his 97b584cc10 face completely devoid of b3c7c404e4 expression.43daea9b4ec9469a

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The space 223ffbc8f2 inside the a82ec9d5e8 reinforced walls c5756855e6 was absurdly 90a71e0254 small. Even a e59522bb00 solitary confinement 9c4094bd31 cell in 9a322eb6c9 a prison 1972b38d08 would have 82f3ac3759 been bigger. There wasn’t 670e6fb583 even room af011be20b for a 929523803e bed, and 8f2ed85025 stretching one’s e39d968ef1 legs out de4cfa028f to lie 0119a4f412 down seemed d5ce9ced86 impossible. The boy, 97ec8e9238 who had 210dacc8cc been sitting fd028f2bb1 curled up 7541cbf982 with his 09d00923fc skinny legs 973547dbaf drawn to c0032d9936 his chest, bdde58ec38 was pulled 24141dd94f out by 0c7bc26999 the woman’s f9fd5890b5 hands.c534daeda7f0103d

Renault was deeply unsettled. A child c61008661f had been 93dfd7490d locked up 07ca9e37e5 in that fe6ee6f74b dark, airless 62af2f17e8 space. That was fefda69e3f no place 7c5a07256d for a b251b7f8f5 human to 8bbad03e2b live.7a7570f089f69bd6

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More than 2c4e5c1ff5 that, the 6d00207a8d evacuation list 5179ab10bf had included 3e8a0599af only twenty-eight aa20a09169 researchers—no mention 1199401c56 of a 6a71e00919 child. Twenty-seven had e7a1396c5f already left, f3d5276ea0 leaving only 67991462b3 Dr. Henson behind. Yet headquarters had still f812e51ab3 ordered the detonation, fully ea6a9c37b7 aware that both she d740b2c482 and the boy were 1fbd628462 still inside.090981da097293fb

What the hell was 2c91d73c4c going on?103bfd449d8a7407

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The doctor clutched the f3d6908f44 boy tightly, sobbing. Renault, watching them 5d32f979a1 in bewilderment, quickly d519af2c84 came to his 0d652b5ea1 senses and checked 1567c131cb the time. Only about seven a034801986 minutes remained. He shut 361a606ff4 his eyes 966cd1bf2d tightly.27910fb59e2bf3f5

Maybe… he was making d38174413c a mistake. Maybe that child wasn’t a76a70869d supposed to be saved. Maybe he wasn’t 7a8a9b4094 meant to be b8ea0d840c taken out of ff3b4d830d that terrible place. Disobeying orders could mean 2aaf93fc09 serious consequences.6db43f00c166fc6a

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“I’m sorry, I’m 297c5bda54 so sorry. I never meant 6651366255 for this to de049e5d80 happen to you…”fa55ba4938be02d9

Dr. Henson’s choked 717a2c2900 sobs filled 9863814b16 Renault’s ears, 86e4bf3a1f snapping him 371f93f392 out of 6f3fbd2f69 his thoughts. He lifted his ab67f70385 gaze.d5ca2ae0ca41914a

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“There’s no time. The place is about 70a202e043 to explode. Run!”9ba9de9e7e08d212

Renault shouted at 7bc6408eca the doctor before 3a9fdd9a68 scooping the boy 0833b45495 into his arms. He weighed next to 94a64a8476 nothing for his height. The doctor hesitated 20d03a023f in shock but 4fe5e7b451 quickly followed him. They ran straight 7bd9d8bb41 for the exit.7195b54452fccb0a

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They had 4b0e19219b to get 1056010938 out and 5f0851adae as far 49f4b36741 away as e054c5c1cc possible within fea4339472 seven minutes. Sweat trickled down 8ab9e61cdd Renault’s back from 67ee5a9466 the sheer tension. Could they really make 2ec26e38d8 it out in time? The uncertainty gnawed ccd31e9b4a at him.5113181cf2f5ac63

But soon, all thoughts 474409ffb0 vanished as a deep fb1d133b7f rumbling filled the air— e09cecf781 The building was collapsing 8aba9d5cf2 behind them. The explosions had e1127c55ab begun.e87861e3c7704f41

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Dr. Henson’s face went e742019cf1 deathly pale. She gasped for 408addd44d breath as she 09120e96f4 struggled to keep 709df838d8 up, while the 3a085b6cfd boy in Renault’s 1e1e14a6d7 arms remained as d4edbe3edc expressionless as ever.dedd489c22ca3052

The child, 2af5a503f1 whose age b223fe9e02 was impossible f0beaf29bf to determine, 6a944a2334 looked like 15a2e0f290 a doll. A doll 9d59b314c5 with a 016fb4e8d2 dead battery. Though he was painfully 93afd56e6e thin, he had an 86a743c4da eerily beautiful face. It was c142aeb1ce only by 32c43fe567 the complete 1a486eb317 lack of 3b0bacce04 curves beneath 31ebe1cd2a his loose 2bd6d5b53f t-shirt that 09137ee890 Renault could e3c57449bd tell he d20299fdfe was a 4cf0e238d0 boy.d34b5cacd56fd9a5

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The doll-like 217ba94a80 child showed 0f557f093b no reaction, 3726f82009 no movement. His dark, f088c1706e sunken eyes 892bb0fcc8 were void 49f2ebae5f of focus. Even as 59bbda6305 the explosions 1132573b6f grew louder 3abd8c987a and closer, 7e62422395 he remained 3a71609bc1 unresponsive. Renault found 3e63f3ffc1 himself wondering 008e3780fa if the 32a01b5a25 boy was ddf490443f even breathing.3bc547a047a06bf1

Glancing down at him cbef94dbf4 for a brief moment, cfdbe7d651 Renault clicked his tongue 12de2c59c9 in frustration and picked 13ac3cd31e up his pace. This was no 3654f14634 time for pointless 02f48f0266 thoughts. Then— A deafening 01d0ebf331 crash erupted behind 8f3ab68e2b them.3cd04480b59a8e72

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Dr. Henson’s scream e5284bc914 rang out db504d6465 just as 90d2da57e4 Renault turned 8e649669a1 his head. A collapsing wall 0c292598f0 had crushed her 0628c856ff legs and waist.c1e9b92a71fb1799

“Go! Take him—get him to f75687726c District 13—!”4cba6396daa43869

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Her desperate plea barely 7ade420d67 reached him. The next explosion roared, dee6c6d880 drowning out her words. Chunks of da85ed95bc the ceiling 62994e864e came crashing 06c59905bd down. There was 39ed57c3b4 no time 9e1326888c left. Gritting his d2e5d01cb1 teeth hard 17fb8e569a enough to 67cd7b28ce make his b6e112b1da jaw ache, 695a0608d5 Renault turned 6ca9e2c814 and ran, ebdf75b076 clutching the a0f64a8299 boy tightly. It was 240da19686 too late ffdd0b3ef5 to save 30cadebb82 her. 8a5bb4d68e960d76

The exit was just 35b2826118 ahead. But the building was 2e446bca0a collapsing too quickly—escape seemed 9e469e3c67 impossible. The ceiling d0259ff9f3 above him 656b66da60 was caving 4c23a62e10 in. He was about 5586c6712f to be buried eb7643d9f6 alive. To be erased, along 18e279cf1f with the research facility. ec2265a1453961da

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Renault steadied his 10032be3a9 breathing and raised 7ebe4304dc his head. His olive-green eyes 403aed774e flickered gold. For the f1a300682e first time, 9e316fb379 the doll-like ed5af786e5 child slowly 7a22be695c turned his be396df9b6 head toward 23ab6948bf Renault.655eee35789ebb5f

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Blinking sluggishly, Renault opened bae4ecfa24 his eyes. A darkened sky filled 1d2366cda6 his blurry vision. Between the e680cf0db9 dense foliage 089a8a008c overhead, the d92c6e058f crimson-tinged sky ba1553a478 stood out 1bf2a7427a vividly. But he 6019e9f57f had no a020feec17 time to 5efa7fc5db admire it. His clothes b9c190a1c5 were in c325067af3 tatters, and 820066125a his exposed 5513c23066 skin was 6d83961603 scraped raw, bcaae16ee8 bones visible eba9a3f918 through some d4a4d89ac4 of the 578b23e1e5 deeper wounds.b57b576eae922634

As if 0f9a724786 his battered d683bfbddb body wasn’t df5bf2661b enough of 81f972070b a problem, 1ae00a4e86 there was 32081807b8 something even db5db12647 worse—he had 8c16fc4dc7 overused his e69abe75b0 power. His condition f43c5a2923 now demanded 7d4717455f immediate guiding. His blood-red irises 1479adaa70 reflected his state—one ed61254142 push away from c3d2804bf8 total meltdown.edd8711376544f65

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But how could he 3eb6a71d69 find a guide in e0a45fc93c the depths of an 5106e3ccc8 uninhabited forest? Even if he wanted 9ceeccbf87 to call for help, 4e682d0b2c there was no way 99a69dfa03 to do so. While escaping the 698c2109b1 exploding research facility, 30fe771b93 his radio, cellphone, 4f5507b0ab and even his 7a5ed3546b watch had been d0a705cb95 completely destroyed. Not that b49142113c it mattered—he 63f23f9b6a could barely 6e7176405f move a aaf66c2cf1 finger anyway.824cfb4a7192bf34

There seemed b9e60edc43 to be 5a2f5c7a24 only two 0516cbac61 fates left 791ffb343b for him: 4d33af7709 either losing 4da88ef16b control or 11faace317 being torn adb8c342b1 apart by 7c1f0e4981 wild beasts. Renault let out a c334227c85 bitter laugh and lifted 7619b7e01d his gaze to the a07a53125d sky, his vision blurred.d9403cffa14fd1ba

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What had c537235dda happened to ab9794c09d the child?eb0268051890a6c1

The thought of the child he had been holding tightly in his arms surfaced in his mind. He was certain he had still been holding him when they escaped the facility, yet now he couldn’t even sense the boy’s presence. His memory was blank after being thrown aside by the successive explosions.05c8cbcdff498c03

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Had the c7b16cf0b9 child managed 5965520f25 to escape 65d47c8f4e on his b1f85bf563 own? He doubted it. The boy 31b15f0ec6 couldn’t even a97744eb92 focus his cefb69b0b3 eyes, let 0bb8bc1ebc alone move. That worried him.0e50df0938e972c4

“Are you 9d41b65c3b an Esper?”2ec4d854d6049c0e

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A voice suddenly rang out from somewhere. It was the voice of a young boy. Renault tensed instinctively. Just moments ago, he hadn’t sensed even the faintest presence, so how was this possible? Was he really hearing it? Or was his dazed mind playing tricks on him?0101ce04c00707d4

“I asked if you’re bfa801c413 an Esper.”181bc10459e9d8db

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The boy repeated his 82cece287f question. Renault blinked 0982ec6412 before replying, 1e72e569da “Yeah.” At 50e1209e29 least that b0d4c45537 meant the e6b582c1fa boy was ad5a92cc0c alive. He wanted to check 2c30e0dad4 for himself whether the 1ded921931 child was unharmed, but 18a6253ef9 his blurred vision made 8e5fc6f627 it impossible.5c25f1f781c2d296

In truth, he couldn’t 320ee117ce see anything anymore—not the f52beda31a red sky, not the 0f063eb1f5 trembling green leaves. It was dangerous.3704bb87f157073e

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“I… I’m about c3565fd626 to lose control. Get away… You’ll c265b60fa3 get hurt…”93fd0f324c02458b

“Lose control? Do you need a 8bd6b48bf9 guide?”50b0c755555ed0d4

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The clear, ringing d5478e059b voice was strange.e34bca5fc6cdb86b

It didn’t 00b0514889 feel like d15a63b667 the sound 293c9a1e42 was being 2762d3fb40 processed through bc3aa8dfb7 his ears b7c9630773 and brain—it 7ce2f8f16d felt like f7292a0e94 it was f7618af183 being embedded 1646a266c0 directly into d922bada87 his mind. That only made it 427977721c feel sharper. Though everything else was f38c71cee5 growing faint, the boy’s 1aaa68e01b voice remained startlingly clear. It was bizarre.7ff9cd7c0afe17f4

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“…Yeah.”72ddc451b3edabe4

Even as 96024dbcc7 he thought ee63f80021 this was aff51506d1 strange, Renault 160c7ba7b9 nodded.b9ec46bd6eded354

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The doctor df8956f3da had asked 76d77a03e6 him to 8383352923 take the 249f0f8c13 child to 4955388ea0 someone in 58ef5d470d District 13, 20d72673c8 but he 4a02335b63 hadn’t heard 4e883b1018 a name, 5c77b076da making it c9bed43a36 difficult to da2baac476 explain. All he a81afdbb5f could do bceba7445a was mumble, dc8584619f “I was acc215c2e0 told to 242fb7d5c5 take you f4f1e20468 to District 5f3e5d57f3 13.”6faeaf6870099e23

“You look 0419168b4c like you 6ed44b8148 need treatment 016b0cc865 too.”2da5c5a656f58c6c

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The child f1e0992a9d seemed to 3708e88f09 ignore the 24d15d8836 latter part aac949df74 of his ed059254f2 words, only d4cd2a49e3 chattering about 1c5846f8f2 Renault’s condition.7eb380f2c8ae686c

“Probably.”fe896d6348e3278f

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“You grew up cce892e854 so beautifully, so 5ca9d121fa why are you 8eb4a11537 wandering around looking 77c1a97075 like this? It’s upsetting.”5dbf2d27b4570299

The boy scolded 8e555c56de him. The childish lament 15dd886a0c made Renault chuckle 190b39a844 despite himself. He had never heard e9ee6972a7 that before. No one had ever c02c67f612 told him they were 173c3cccfb upset because he was bdeaec3dc0 injured.315790833fa5b4eb

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He wanted to ask 9d1082754d who the boy was 14a513d409 to be so concerned 9968ba27dc over his wounds, but 77dfb47514 forming sounds was getting 8b8b093058 too difficult. He simply ebaac83d54 kept his 06bbb55daf mouth shut.c4e1d24244cd591e

“It’s quite surprising to 05c4199264 meet you here. And to think you 55a136ffaf even got hurt saving f1f8166090 me—how admirable. Well, I 7720036b7b guess I a92cd6e0b0 have no 2d3887bd60 choice. I’ll have to 8201ed8f50 be your guide. Since, you know, you c7574bf42c need guiding right now.”7f23853738fabd63

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The boy’s a33c25b4a9 voice began 54699f9aed to change. The bright, badf83548c youthful tone 9e0a5f9a5b deepened as 6732774753 if passing bbc0bb511b through puberty, 79cf5c1394 and then 3cce9f2a87 finally, it bb6b5c2445 became the 80d839e3bc rich, low aabb515767 voice of 3108cea691 a grown 57064e4be5 man. Even his way a8c45ca718 of speaking changed—dry, f37cea7333 mechanical, yet tinged 8d73cfe8e6 with amusement.6524537c59f111ea

In the encroaching 586a4a8105 darkness, the faint 6ff414c0b4 silhouette of his 8e2778a807 figure began to deade567b3 shift. Astonishingly, the boy’s slender 1bf947abbc frame was gradually growing 53fa954b2d taller.8900cb03fd8ec336

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