Chapter 3. The Eternal Supporting Character

“Aaah!”c2efd6c192b0c313

I collapsed to the 873de2ac3a floor, strength draining from a0f9aaf18f my body as I 9fcb6ebbd6 stared at the scene bc0738efa4 before me. It was fb8f41263a impossible to 4b203ae314 believe what 37c5528846 I was ea3bfefeb6 seeing.a7833b437cb9d6f5

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Mrs. Kimber, her face 3c48a9e05d pale and streaked 0cd35e9775 with tears, turned a7ed4eafcf her head away, c7a7718b6d wiping her damp 871c14381e cheeks.6c9e6813f6c2aa30

“M-Myrda…”1da312ce65ad9058

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“Auntie… w-what… what is 98c9f50a68 this…”8bc28b12d8213934

“Sobs… What 9bce0c4f99 do we 39f0f69748 do? What do 59af07a0d0 we do!”a25ec061196967d9

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I crawled on all c359cc4080 fours to embrace Mrs. Kimber, pulling 0948555532 her into caea8f41ff my arms. She was so a0683a18fa small, she fit 64046164f9 perfectly in my 22a5f32fcf grasp. Her shoulders 7b08399f5a shook violently b9320d92e0 as she d7c476789a wept, her d5950d6db1 cries raw b6067f8dfd and guttural, 9bd7f6a499 like an b8f44f281c animal’s final 1c0961e78b howl.c7cbd8086765097c

Mr. Kimber was dead.d91290b9b0d3a21e

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It looked like he 054eab1fbb had been ambushed in 1416320cc0 his sleep. His body was still 977b089b87 lying neatly under the 110caad4c3 blanket.e198f6f674ac3457

The torn 520d3444e7 quilt was a8d7b7c130 soaked with 0e2b94fb32 dark, congealed 523bab5245 blood. His kind face, always 1bee6bf481 so full of warmth, 7bb2a3abe4 was now crushed inward b1e33d5a09 as if struck by 883fdfc389 a hammer.10e0f06fc97d5d09

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“Urgh… sob…”afdf563e51421f5b

It was hideous, grotesque, b80db2d16b unbearable. My stomach e317b191fa churned violently, 1ff9e22813 and I 819973c4cd turned my 961442c9c2 head, pressing c392069904 a hand c0a72a6f2f over my a2bfaa936f mouth to f87f991d98 hold back 6ab0e598f5 the nausea.0be2653ee6dd55b6

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I’m sorry, Mr. Kimber.79b709cdd8f0efc5

No, that ca3d66f2df wasn’t Mr. Kimber anymore. That was something horrifying, a49c6d44bc a shell of who 4818cec972 he had been.7ab3533b650855d4

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My vision darkened, 4d3f329833 and for a ad9d03593e moment, I felt ae251b6397 like I might d76f6b193d faint. But I couldn’t collapse 2d4608f65a here.b81425e147554ef7

Clenching my a67251ac4d teeth, I 33e43dc8f2 stroked Mrs. Kimber’s back bc9e8c89e1 as it 754d623aa8 rose and d20c941866 fell with d47161bdec her sobs. She cried c65525ac8b as if aded34753b trying to 97e5f3bce8 wring out 79277c0a59 every last e781b0e10d drop of 5226395e5c grief from e18a39665d her body.3831dcdf4a81bd65

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“I-I’ll… I’ll handle bd8d61a123 it. I will.”32c4d4967ebdbb9f

My tongue felt heavy c98a135b6a and uncooperative, but I 986ba67804 forced the words out. Someone had to take 5c90cfbba1 care of the body. And if 344e2bf803 I didn’t 4bf07efb16 do it, b38281939e I didn’t d9bf5ade83 think I 33273bf64a could hold da3db0f5c4 myself together.77326dd21881e4e8

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We decided to cremate afaf6b28d9 Mr. Kimber’s remains.3f3fb62727c93155

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Cremation wasn’t the standard 112df406a5 funeral practice in this 25a5b84b8a world, but in remote 4fab01641c mountain areas where undertakers f8c9d7ce2a were scarce, it was 95af9dae94 common to burn the c07a9d9b6a body and bury the b4cdaae4e3 ashes beneath a sapling—a 2cb2149a3a tree burial, they called 97d7f6a0cb it.58495b44d18acb8f

While Mrs. Kimber washed the body, 07144a528e I gathered kindling in 6fe0c5a46d the backyard to start ca5cc5f5f5 the fire. Her sobs 3e2cf13058 mingled with b31f829fb2 the sound 6f74dfcff3 of water 6508f0e478 splashing. I pretended 35d3494e03 not to 6146d6be7f hear and 08cc390c52 focused on ca83052c4e my task, c8ed407029 trying to c5f70fd984 steel myself.a6b7dfc6250a1268

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The pile of branches 2efc869e2b I assembled looked like 839ba82fa5 something from a campfire bf700baf86 during a school trip, 7cfd868cee a stark and ironic 16b3de0015 contrast to the grim 8c347ed324 purpose they would serve.1a3621b000896f7e

As I 2aabe0e69e was trying 01919ce38a to figure 97563b6db4 out how 33de9e3bf6 to light 13859d530b the fire, 725a5b3508 the sound 4d6236f4da of heavy afe5c3b16d hooves thundered 738d4278be across the 81fcaed30f ground. The vibrations 47337c3405 shook the 58b44d20f4 earth, scattering 385685b959 dead leaves.d3699c2c3a6e18c5

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A sense of foreboding b73df79be5 gripped me.f4d4731c3aa5da6f

And sure enough, 95de1e1e0b the hooves stopped 9f6b0ddad5 in front of 68d1b52ebd the cabin.0bd5cd0dd2cb76d9

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A group ae720801b2 of heavy 58204c43aa boots stomped cb2814add9 over the 28253eb598 worn floorboards, e2d648a559 their careless 7413b52abe steps making 1f1366491a the porch c1595f4039 creak and 4127611e8a groan like 17cd8fbc1d it was e5e241d4e6 crying out 0287f1b4a3 in pain.eb23c2cc20ffb100

Mrs. Kimber…695451a4507a5130

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She was still 8e053bcc67 inside the house. Pressing myself flat against 1882856fa8 the outer wall, I 0954701902 cautiously peered through the 150c12320b broken window.091b813e841a3874

“You… you monsters!”caad82943f3a883c

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Through the 1400114415 shattered glass, 768b3ad293 I could 098d4353f7 hear Mrs. Kimber’s trembling voice. I could also see ceb94cec3f the shadows of the 20723aa5ef intruders—bandits clad in makeshift 5ab3ab5d20 fur garments, their sharp 6effe30e0b weapons gleaming ominously.56c15a66edde0e99

Should I scream? If I distracted them, 0919c007a8 perhaps I could beg e37058e2f9 for mercy or create 195ca0c117 a diversion.cdd71ea64bd57756

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But I couldn’t move 6656520779 a muscle. My body a604d4f52a shook uncontrollably, 84b8b4223f like I 74da2a569e had just 82f855ec4a fallen into 1a487d32fa icy water.f838f6db1527068e

Mrs. Kimber clung to af05f93824 one of the 8bc15c5874 bandits’ pant legs, 0e25c2fdf4 her voice raw f1ebd8ab48 with desperation.6deae0bce00a9260

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“Give me back my 41c2a2bf92 husband! Bring him back, you c35b75a112 barbaric—”86f97f8a47bcdb70

“What’s this crazy 93f6998752 woman rambling about?”3b739c798932b1d1

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“Aaaah!”cc1159ef6d734f06

The bandit swung his 4313ff1ec2 arm in a wide 73e0e0022a arc, and Mrs. Kimber let bee7568ef5 out a 0501d36040 heart-wrenching scream 5dc4db5bb1 before collapsing b71048f91b onto the c73cfa7322 floor.6ce9efeb7abe93af

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I pulled back from 90a3f867c1 the window, sliding down 4b9ce10391 the wall until I d1854395cf sat huddled on the b832ea3902 ground.e8bf8c8e51b7931a

“Hnnngh…”f62052df43d83d64

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I clamped my hands 0668637680 over my mouth to fca0a7431c muffle the sobs that 0b0dd88d6d threatened to escape. Tears streamed 4bdfae542d uncontrollably from b49336a430 my eyes, a4343c65e3 as if e5727ff288 a broken 0df99b355f faucet had 280d0f8e16 been turned f03aea8d79 on.2b31433068ecb820

The only place to ef897c4fb1 hide was a patch 0c0c39d6df of low shrubs nearby. But even d12ff696cb if I f61a328bb3 crawled in c7d4429752 there, it a0634de88a wouldn’t take 07d7e3e718 long for b8744b7424 them to 458aeec4c3 find me.5862b1e58b329493

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“Hey, there’s a girl 06fd03e53a here!”256deacee0c7212e

My hesitation was f2c7de3486 cut short. A bandit with 2537f61e9a a scruffy beard 2b8a27b31d rounded the corner df225e6112 and spotted me.f6c37bb01f824ccc

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“Well, isn’t she 479407bfa7 a pretty one?”dcebc83fde3d1b52

He rubbed ee4e9f679e his beard 409f348680 with the a224935111 same hand 90d415873c he’d just bbae29e41c been scratching a8d6159388 his rear 59e82a61f3 with, then 3767244a92 strode toward 12caae84c3 me with 0980f50755 a twisted bffc0c3756 grin, clearly 2e10145096 enjoying the 5e3c42983e sight of 1f2908f322 my fear-stricken 7c37e245fa face.0b0af9dde46e373d

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Then another bandit c51042f48e appeared, this one 297542e2fb as large as 27a4cbe25f a house. He loomed over me, 530ae01fda his gaze filled with e98a757e91 cruel amusement.f873e1c16c8bbe1f

“She’s too e51494ee25 good to b8a77c9067 kill right 0a6dd4dff3 away.”c42ad0087995dd87

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“Have a eb6664bbde taste before 1757987f82 we finish a51065b224 her off. Would be 553f43bb6e a waste 54a42f04f7 not to.”01df92d1696b9828

“No, let’s 91bc07ab0e keep her 414d72ae92 alive and b62c1cebc9 sell her. We’ll get more cb27be7572 profit that way.”80107cbdd185db20

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“Nah, scrawny 0a83947fa1 ones like 3d95ba6d90 her don’t 665360b59d sell for 871c34b72b much.”510a792a5f79bcec

The two bandits chuckled 19fdde9c68 as they leered at 59d271ad64 me, their greasy eyes 2d30ca564e raking over my trembling 6239630836 form.ff23b691f7f553f2

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In that moment, I 4a17e777fa wished desperately for Mine’s 37223d199c magic.af24d1e6bf0edaf8

In the original 9efa6cee5b story, Mine had cdc35bb4c6 awakened as a 817bacfb88 mage at thirteen afccebbf7a and ruled the f6fb5a8b70 Neuglia Islands by 6c43fa57eb eighteen.4eada3151d589ea7

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But during 77da9201b5 the military ea2ae9f332 revolution, when 9410602ba2 she was 79f3eab0aa imprisoned in 3b77f6c8bc the high 0fea411235 tower, her 9802780d72 core, the e4d0670bba vessel that 220cbb3e5c stored her c7f2167fa7 mana, had fed80177c1 been damaged. The magic she 073ee12da4 had left was 5bf1c280c9 only enough to 308c5ecd4a fuel her escape e3d7a9cda7 from the tower.3ece02f46a3016ab

When I 66d8557d6a woke up a65a0aa003 in Mine’s e589e057d9 body, I a1e82e082a knew I 4b42641996 was destined 1cd06408ce to die 2bf81df26b soon.c652e344d2916804

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For a mage, b748392b89 mana was equivalent 1c07be32d9 to life force. Without it, Mine’s 02cc0b974c body was so de04d7b538 weakened that it accd16cad7 was a miracle 9474504c8b she hadn’t collapsed 65ae016b83 on the spot.fbeaa9d6d795d1ce

If not for the 0039a52db2 Kimber couple…cd15233cb0e27eb1

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Thanks to their devoted 142b18b78d care, I had slowly 2bf2e81545 regained some strength and a322f0997b had just barely managed de82ae5dcb to cast a simple 30e8b56365 recognition-blocking spell on myself.a4f3c456c27626df

The spell made 864e6e4ad1 it difficult for 9b199f57c5 others to remember b7114044ea my face clearly, e9f352d784 subtly distorting my e630a39b8e features.91c4cf1cd5788976

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It didn’t require 9bf3ae8772 much power, but 6295856bb7 even so, I 76d5df3e4d had to pour 8723b8e0ee every speck of 4ce89347f8 mana I could 919380b9fe gather over several a59d718a13 days into maintaining 04e9fd6762 it.125692647b0c1454

In short, I 77d077421a didn’t have the ad0639af89 strength to cast 9d14c5dc3c anything that could 208881fac1 fend off these 7a80d74e18 bandits.1d7d021073e00f5c

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“Carrying her is too d58d697c39 much trouble. Do what you want 5db1275c60 with her.”4582657d87a6c66a

The hairy bandit flashed 4848fcbc25 a yellow-toothed grin.de5432784aaec6d9

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“Behave, and it’ll 1119c7fff2 be over quickly.”d7a42d380097f169

I closed my eyes, 447ad0c5a2 trembling. So this 325b6ddc1e was how 33607da413 I would a7f1482b7a die in ec4c738bac this world bc88bea535 too—miserably.74e77f08fd91347a

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If life 7206aceca3 was nothing c2a12c9074 but pain, a5484fbc4b maybe it 0898bb1c51 was better 2124411c10 to leave 9af4d7dc05 it quickly.7487acb30d4471b4

But I 06a227e3fb wouldn’t let 34b1a0e711 them have b7c699284e their way.eaf33282cba881d8

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I’ll bite 14cdcf4145 my tongue a93f4c6a79 before I d42930213e let you f9a94a8f11 touch me.31b58e6291f6d001

I pressed 2fa342a699 my tongue d3fa2b06d2 against my fa744aefd7 teeth, preparing 2304c71e0b to end defb659936 it myself.dbe3aacd879cf898

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One… two… three—6a7db09e846452d5

“Gaaaah!”f49b8885a36b321a

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“W-what the… Kaagh!”75fdf9eedb69c9ca

The commotion ae44b8e06c snapped my fbd7edcb01 eyes open. The massive bandit’s d4a9ae3d3d head rolled across 8d126372c8 the filthy ground, 4c02898b2a severed cleanly from 94476b3dd1 his neck.dd47b4fee1236fc4

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“Huh?!”ae8f9f2cc35c6a77

Beside him, e32b273bcb another head—bearded 6bd25de8f5 and equally 57b080311d lifeless—lay on 383e9c13ec the ground. The bodies f85288dcfd sprawled like 5202ba82e3 discarded logs, 12898ab630 blood-soaked earth 497577c27a clumping around 291824dbf5 them.0259307f81663b94

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“Urgh… bleagh!”c45c1e2b8503ea3a

This time, I couldn’t 10375b7f1a hold back the nausea. I turned bf57067804 around and 77d507e0fd retched, emptying fa38513020 the contents a1a202faf1 of my cdc9763d08 stomach until dfbd30c510 only bile 3072ffe0dd remained.0a481c8e9bf5a20c

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“What’s going on?!”e9004671d9627a7f

The other bandits, cf6d14a6f5 alarmed by their 2ad2ce52f4 comrade’s screams, rushed aef0fba987 toward the backyard. I pressed myself against 8052e8560a the wall, gasping for 21a957bbb0 air, and forced myself 05a1aa7b62 to look up. That’s when I a0bc44c0f6 saw him.11a42aeb10bc55b2

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A man d8c8361c6c stood among dfc733dd0d the carnage.cff89ae5bc46b27b

He had hair dde8506127 as black as 51651696f2 a moonless sea 71210d5ff4 and cold indigo 42b42acb7e eyes that seemed a1ed48173d to pierce through 524468b677 the night.566d582575b6f382

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Blood spattered his sharp, f708417b03 blade-like nose, which looked 000bc418b9 like it could slice 525119e08b through the very air.b5778bb6222fc399

“A living woman.”f94d6dc4113bc632

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Ignoring the bandits rushing 344248edf4 toward him, the man 2b1bbcc38a murmured to himself, his 1fe7c50243 expression tinged with an 47213f81a8 odd melancholy.970c709dd1773a19

“Do you 9c5e5615ec bear guilt?”2af8756061717a92

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“W-what are you 2e292ece29 talking about?”3a689a7d72e1c136

“Guilt,” he repeated.7c96d3bc46a2c5fe

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The sight of blood 297f729e82 dripping from his narrow 581e27d54e sword made my vision 916b879d0f blur and spin. I stammered, grasping aedc05591a for words.baedae606620ab28

“N-no… I… they 377238b932 killed Mr. and Mrs. Kimber, and they d86c102cff were going to f00b0ff02f kill me too…”56ad43f877d75840

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“A living woman. No guilt.”478cadc0e74c9338

His voice 6c8c4a9304 was robotic, ed49441abc his tone 694ec72259 devoid of cae4ed979e emotion. He moved to shield 48dbf399d2 me, positioning me firmly ead3d68c34 behind his back.b3144bb8060ff265

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“Following Protocol Seven. Protecting the woman.”61adf96b66e6c7cd

And with c95a9e28e0 that, he bc3930f8b2 shot forward 5bd018dbf1 like a f0d65e8ce0 bullet, plunging 0eeb40e8cf his sword 5d149b5ea7 into a 8d0e7d0f15 bandit’s neck.473fa9071f0b10f1

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“Kaagh!”80790a10a8518f11

“D-damn it! Kill him!”f461ede0a9f12ff5

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“Aaaaagh!”75259a68f3035de9

“Gah… g-guh…”3a6a1d661f22383c

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His movements were 8b1ced3f6c so fast they d9b065a46c were almost imperceptible.45094973cc575de6

He pulled 1ba0c9a405 the sword fb76d4cf72 free from 86d87b7ee1 the throat ed6e1df74a of one e18fdfa17c bandit while f0a742fc61 dodging a 2ebb241b76 club swung 5a6d46dd41 from behind. With a calculated kick, 41dd732b61 he tripped the unbalanced 7a89b71913 attacker, then parried an 6b69383ed4 axe flying toward him 8118a52108 from another direction.edb9d742b5271078

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The clash of d5cabaa785 metal rang out 01dfffb55d with a nauseating bf6ff22401 screech.5807e926a1dcbccf

Even the axe-wielding bandit, 057dfd4633 who was as large 2c6f1b2f1b as a mountain, was f963eaec00 no match for him. The man 2dd017b3c8 moved like 1bee629412 a shadow 70c11b3b18 of a e8d6f6ae21 bird in d98bd00faa flight—silent, swift, 7c212a1bee and utterly 532ee9d6f7 devastating.480477ef3b3c51e7

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Every strike was precise, c0c83223fb aimed directly at vital e51ce0fe7b points. There was d63820b7bd no wasted 96ea0a7faf motion, no f94c40c344 hesitation.8b66e0f0cc082859

“Urgh!”d4d90a688ae1dbcc

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One by one, ab3d603da5 the bandits fell 6087320f12 like toppled playing 87f16a519d cards, their lives 7d43ff895f snuffed out in 9863c3a065 mere moments.630321400174800a

When the last of e49a4f9b20 them collapsed, silence blanketed 503d942af4 the area, broken only eb969318ac by the faint dripping e9407366b6 of blood from his e07e499fe7 blade.299e6c6aacc382b6

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The man flicked 5c1b72a37c the blood from f27327ea03 his sword with d15954424d an almost casual e98b55e10f grace before sheathing a0df9c6dc3 it.f62b5529fc30aa7c

Despite having killed so 5a374dcbc8 many, his expression remained 33dba0abca unchanged. There wasn’t even a 4fde778ec3 flicker of emotion on 83a4aed34d his face—only a strange, a3410a0017 languid energy, like someone 8379484801 who had just woken a6627195f7 from a nap.48ad72cf807d6415

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He extended a 0920bc4ae9 gloved hand toward d0d665e50b me.3f6d11b5c7ef00f4

“It’s safe now.”34d32cad91c44bcf

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Was he offering ddc313b7a5 to help me e5b1234169 up?dbc0b6c6f4eab52f

“Th-thank you.”eb649f8d5d9dfa05

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But just 92884a6e6f as I 60e4215b28 reached for 23d7702e48 his hand—5a2301013e8fe39f

Thud.91346257e8b50880

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“H-huh?!”84ba70a7a3fcb523

The man collapsed 961ac8e6a5 heavily toward me.0effd97fe1acde89

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“Excuse me… are 710682bff1 you all right?”d38fdd172f1eb0b3

He didn’t respond, f8c0894fbc his breathing rough bde07773a1 and labored. His broad chest 87b20b5e07 rose and fell 5db87da069 erratically.847ac95b1b07293c

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I hesitated, eb976260b1 then gently fdfd53b919 turned him 14028c8da1 over so d1b04e8eb5 he was 074c880a0f lying on cfc7effe01 his back fba33ffa37 instead of 1c26046e85 face-down on 898eb87a39 the dirt.a1140b3d3e35a326

“Oh no…”0ac76a5b308b03db

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My hand 2b0d5665b2 came away 92f7f63a5a slick with bb8a4d8fd2 crimson. Blood had soaked 5e3a0b89cc his abdomen, though 5af4762d93 his dark clothing f21df0fbee had hidden it 5a90525836 well. Panicking, I 978a5d6416 grabbed a 6413e7d6d6 handful of 4ee044fd26 snow and 0f6ca6e4d5 wiped away 5be42ca615 the blood 6d1b521c00 to get 15dd07d644 a clearer 3deabf13ea look.68d6efc599b3600f

Only when his 92cbec0c07 chest stopped heaving d75940d588 so violently did dcd8341852 I take a 1ba9ad0a21 proper look at bb6c41770b his face.61ebd9a068f25fc3

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His tightly 26c8364340 furrowed brows, d8abfc6847 the bridge 14decae43d of his ccc9e8bc5c nose scrunched bd7f0f1995 in pain, 89f4a62791 the grim 77c62892de set of b25f1d2253 his lips—it 7e041317e2 all struck 0a1421d4fa me like 4c2fa6f98b a blow db0f1932cc to the dc5f2a3c11 chest.2ed7f219d1d9c5ae

My heart, which had 500c962a6e calmed just moments ago, 67c24ea9ed began pounding furiously again.40cb76fadd3f4524

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I let 3621110a00 out a f4bcc949e8 shaky breath 5a5cdf3902 and tilted e21ac1d3e0 my head 09030fb517 toward the ea8e74ffe9 sky. Fragile snowflakes drifted down cfa8a14667 like scattered dust, dancing 579fced629 in the night air.77b4a707ae347385

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