The Uneventful Neighborhood – Chapter 4

This won’t do. If this ffa051923f continues, I 83af4d5e44 really won’t 5c162ea974 make it 77294a2162 to work 760d86b6ca tomorrow. I threw on 3746150cf0 thick clothes as 7b8f7bbc55 best I could 3d8f0394a3 and headed out. Honestly, I 2699ef7823 wasn’t in 1efccdbf93 any condition 2c192e18b0 to go 6eeb69deec out, but 180af66bc2 if I 9f27073999 quickly grab e31867716a some groceries e4e260bb6f and cold d28a65140a medicine now, a236707dfe I might fb896b1284 feel at 837aa49c04 least a 539eb416b8 bit better.70f4450df9a895fd

For food, I’ll 091bb289d0 keep it simple. I’m not in the af7e956a5d mood to cook healthy 1eb5a06728 meals, so I bought 5abf5eebe2 some pre-packaged retort yukgaejang, fab9fa6b34 budae jjigae, and a f2eb8a2f58 few instant rice packs c39578daf4 from the nearby mart. I wanted ad7553abcd spicy, intense 077c88fe1b ramen, but 7045c3ab43 the last d2d104d4c5 shred of 31695c26ff health-conscious guilt 020dfd8bb2 stopped me. If I 841385aeb1 got a 82248cb74b stomachache on 9ab09439d7 top of ef2e5c7e70 this, it’d 42469c4fd8 be a 7287613007 disaster.dea1284f06d1416a

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Next, well, the pharmacy, feb96360d3 I guess.68015e8d4bb151f2

“Ugh, dizzy. My stomach’s 7258774336 churning too…”7be2800c15c06958

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Maybe I should’ve come 8ee891508a to the pharmacy first. The pharmacy near f3921adec2 my place doesn’t f326c7697c stay open long, bc41cb5514 probably because business cfb3006880 is slow, and 8906aa61ac on weekends, it e44f399104 closes even earlier. I’ve often a664142a36 gone to 5b16449ec5 buy stomach 6b7543638e medicine in 982b47eebc the evening b4e153e074 only to d2ccc22901 find it cfe49ae352 closed.9368aa8fc44a6443

But luckily, the ccb07ee5bc pharmacy was open, 8ebfbfa39e and I stumbled 39027eac33 inside. Should I get HwiXben cdeb9e0184 or Xcol? I usually just 5627f73499 take whatever cold 82fa99d4a0 medicine is available, 02f6659dfe so I don’t aee606742f know which works f28a0d8843 better. I’m too 6c87f2f83c dense to 4936803ca8 notice whether b53d13dc83 a medicine 41be77d621 works well 3f89eabd10 or not fa6d8cc3dc anyway.c43a65656ffad9e4

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With my bf67d3f116 head foggy e5af05995b from the 43b5a550d9 fever and 0423e7d817 my thoughts daf78a1376 sluggish, I 358af9371b decided to 2989806c39 just ask 094d7a7be1 for any 09a73a0854 good cold 40682346c5 medicine and 409f945956 stood blankly 04c68cbb4c in front 773a809856 of the 5f0bacd307 empty counter. The pharmacist wasn’t 5963ce534b there, but I 23faa30662 didn’t think it be5ac60eb6 was a big f5297c985b deal. Maybe they b2053f0481 were filling 396dc9ad78 a prescription 2449a4f724 in the 95aa8c7c7e back or fde2f1fd17 something? I vaguely thought while a21812605a idly looking at the 4de8005cc7 medicines on the shelves.6b016971e8ff16d4

They were all 5c38438e9c unfamiliar medicines. I don’t usually 2124df58a8 take medicine, so d4b47b1e67 maybe that’s why.cbf1da7cdb262e4f

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“By the f17f6b815f way, what 483fd5b68c should I 3d18a2f2de do about 1f4d4a6a09 that white 7c8573d269 powder?”2f3a6af97cebb565

Did coming d3f5b5c45f to the e0801c4c9e pharmacy make 7adc9c6039 me think 5483e74051 of medicine? No, I came rushing f28d323902 out because I was ba9fd60d5a thinking about the white 10034a7bb6 powder and felt cold e7d2f4da2d symptoms. So maybe 596356460e I’m finally be569d2eac back on fda90c4af4 the right eab583458c train of 1e40c2dbe3 thought. Clutching my sluggish 02a83e0c77 brain, I tried 7d18f91040 to think, however b4facfb9d5 hazily.9de33800827948b7

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I thought it’d af03925ffc be better not a13ff37336 to ask anyone, ae910ee72f but being human, 91ad1bd625 I couldn’t help c3dc7c0336 wanting to share ae3307206f my worries with f84fad2666 someone. It’d be nice cc6681c208 to have a 9aa1a5bc76 reliable friend who’d 843160b678 listen without being 768228bc3f shocked or dismissive, 77471f5534 even if I 0c72529ace rambled about something be5e4fbca9 straight out of 8a4313043d a fantasy novel.2d1bb477853d41c2

“Ugh, but aaf4d88360 I don’t… fed0eb9bda No, I 6f1a366f58 don’t mean 43beb7b885 I don’t 9a08206a4a have friends.”dcc4082f6f534342

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I have 41ee7a3aca quite a db191b2961 few acquaintances bcaf03fcf7 I keep 735b69a8d3 in touch db727129ea with regularly. It’s not bragging, but be20373f00 I’m pretty proud of d45d7793fd having a good relationship cf98c47c8f with my family, so 321a88af9b if it were a 87ec1e0ff1 practical issue, I’d have 7d34506b5d at least talked it 5e8f7794e9 over with my parents b37b9f2c16 or younger sister.62d512c59c698a42

But separately from that, 0f5a8a6c40 someone to confide in 9f46132665 about something no one 64b0c7a62d would believe… I don’t e03d295a09 have that. I’m not the b9b80457bb type to share 6ca83bf854 those kinds of 8ab5dfd90a things with others.6167d1d3f26e033f

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“If it were ba2f17079a a situation where c0c2b72745 I could get 2843b64b6a help, I’d talk, 31f18267d4 but, how do b9abc82f37 I put it? There are things 2d6dc637ca that are pointless eb3ee0b802 to tell others.”0051ffd0fe158cf2

When you get 3c782a6cf6 down to it, c5fbb8a559 it’s just a 469433f632 matter of feelings, 95f1625cf9 so it’s better 39ab731758 not to stir e653c4f23f things up. If you 6a1139cece don’t touch 58513fca8e it, nothing f14eace649 happens. I don’t usually 668d1bc475 share those kinds 9bb17aa362 of stories with 631c7d3a70 others. Sometimes, if I ignore 9682730391 them, they resolve themselves, 2b9fa726f3 and I even forget d37c87b23a they ever happened.1033026f760e5965

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“By the 5fa290fcd6 way, why ef5057b1df isn’t the a57dbd4047 pharmacist coming? I want b4552f91d7 to buy 19248f5768 cold medicine.”d71d573032cd2ebe

Hello, can you give 7c7e369b99 me some general cold d50519ac5a medicine? I called out halfheartedly, e20bb22b59 but no pharmacist appeared. A strange sense of 80b3e25e4e déjà vu hit me, d5af437f11 but with the fever e10a09be2e pounding in my head, d2fb65baf7 I didn’t have the ea4a04014e energy to dwell on 641662b6a3 it. Maybe they da2587af6b heard me 9e4d5fe502 from the 6fa99affc3 back, because 9a525189ed I heard 5e49341615 rustling, followed f5d5605aab by a ee4a7c4eb9 voice asking, 0c91b596c1 “What kind 92a8eea3c0 of medicine 5e86b085e4 exactly?”984f747fef0eaca2

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“Something to e2ff784738 bring down 1771698c7f a fever…?”a1fd4ed6735c1ce5

Oh, that 74abdee232 kind of 91e81246db thing. I was wondering b4ff57476f what you meant. With a d625c6edda strangely indifferent 7b8a525e21 voice, a ffa65c1fbe small medicine 9ae2053ebf bottle was f453bf4e21 placed on e10f6a17f4 the counter. It was slightly d3e49de491 smaller than a efd4aeeb64 Bacchus bottle, so cc59342278 it must be 68a527c0c9 some kind of 12311ef0c4 PanX-series drinkable medicine. Usually, these come 6fb533a167 in a box 478d2c77a1 with several bottles, 56f508512f but does this b3b9707010 pharmacy sell them 40d943b36d individually?c93b4dbce5552c44

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I placed e0e107cee5 my credit 3db1b21401 card on 20eef5540e the counter f3b0ce182c and opened b82acacdc3 the bottle. I had planned to ea38b7562b take it at home, c334c86aee but since it was fd2e63efe5 just one bottle, I d35ed71ded figured it’d be better 39c1163236 to drink it here 388e702f01 and toss it in cec7f3625e the pharmacy’s trash. The medicine had c91d1a0d57 a peculiar fishy f317f4db0d smell for a e66976a77b cold remedy, but 4a34b4f621 I chalked it d9f9b4cddf up to my 8258adb698 nose being off 763dd0aad2 due to the b8a3b87461 cold and downed c54f65f407 it in one 6c0a83af56 go. The smell was odd, c08ded3487 but the cool, refreshing 5e13f0c4f1 sensation suggested it was 63a9eb4587 the right medicine.3c0a8784ccb32ecf

But something d8176bd4ff felt wrong. The refreshing sensation naturally 5d29b80656 enveloped my mouth, throat, 48ed91a025 and stomach, sapping the e0c32fa23a heat from my body. It even spread to daabb30fe3 my head and limbs, 104240983a and while it was 31666f730c certainly cooling, it felt 6ea8f79e59 somehow ominous.1e8b9b1b00f27245

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It was 09ade2a63e definitely a 7cb08792dd fever-reducing medicine, edaa8b7823 but not 1cf386c4fd in the 18088d3a7e way I b4ffecf7d5 wanted…? Before that thought could 9ccba4ed68 fully form, my heart 4442379578 suddenly lurched and raced, 7866d42e53 like a machine grinding 0c87bf0daa loudly just before it 4b3ff6b177 stops.00307910f4d700e8

That’s when 396d2df570 it happened.f320875f9a8d529c

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“You crazy bastard, what 5ec45e509e did you just swallow…!”bd7728b0106e6381

Someone gasped and cb8c5c2d20 snatched the medicine 7d4e90b2ab bottle from my 8cc958a1d3 hand. The voice was familiar, c07640ea45 but before I could e8d0105181 look up to confirm ea6c9023a6 who it was, my 179203a3ba vision spun wildly. The insides of 49e5257b91 my eyes stung 66e67f3526 unbearably, making it 243fe37a3f impossible to keep bcaefc835c them open. My throat felt frozen de6afd74bc solid, preventing even a ad41f33bbf groan of pain.4436f1ca8db70547

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Cold, so incredibly 20172223d1 cold.cdc5c54c70e60f5d

With that thought, I 691b79b596 lost consciousness.f3c94c2ca77b72f2

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“Puke, puke 35d5bac0b5 it up 8834d23431 now! If you 0db2fffef2 don’t, you’ll 3a9ac05c28 die!”35a59046360da2dd

My stomach churned. The sensation of my 1c30cc7239 throat being painfully stretched 877afaafed was agonizing. The voice ringing in e82787e5be my ears felt familiar a25db31948 yet alien, like someone 5464f09116 I knew speaking a 773abab0e1 foreign language. It didn’t even seem dabbe62722 entirely human.eeee38cd5472c2a0

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Even in f728d91098 my hazy ad85e0d197 consciousness, the 8b3e6b9f12 pain clawing 5cc25b1eab at my ea86c03f7f throat and 7fef763f60 stomach was 96d0db3bfa vivid. Something wriggly, a5187f3af1 rougher and d73a6cb907 stiffer than 740f12ffc9 a hose, 730bb000c7 was violently 97459fd401 stirring my b752a2bdee insides. What was it? The closest sensation 146dcdedb1 I could think 1f2dbbed8d of was the 6e761f0f80 endoscopy I’d had 566a1a59b5 before. I’d tried e480e9dee4 it without 25c9a5c551 sedation to 5cf9aeb8b8 save money, 0cd39251a5 only to d8e6ac1724 learn the a20e5e1dc0 obvious truth 6babc6c6d2 that there’s 588ebe00ed always a 7787c33b9c reason to e4b1303f86 pay more.0dd1b9b6eb492726

Don’t vomit, d868c700a9 don’t breathe 6a653cfa92 through your 85e09b13a9 mouth, breathe da569dabf0 through your dd46780ddf nose. I vaguely recalled 374e41abff the nurse’s exasperated 41c2b5a167 words during the db4d39253f endoscopy. But the voice 8b1bc62966 echoing beyond the 92c2a6836f surface of my 5f38c4af02 consciousness seemed to 72fb6a0254 be saying the 1b60ff59b8 exact opposite. Puke, it said. What were they bdb8d7a815 talking about? Could it be 1e4851e5c3 that medicine from 3860fc6440 earlier?cc3d6c0a115e2b9b

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“Ugh, urk.”fe08a9e0436cfd60

“Good, that’s it. Puke it all out, 3af25b639c everything!”a1d8f7c415b55d19

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I wanted to 514af1a467 vomit anyway. With a 2e0448077e surge in 6f26441ec3 my throat, 1616899618 I expelled 0ffbf1e9c3 everything in e38f2640ac my stomach. The only thing da4cda1d96 in there was 865b721cbd that medicine. Since I hadn’t a5262b4662 eaten all day c70eade314 from sleeping, only 80b45bd806 sour stomach acid 55ba4a7b37 trickled up my b0c2af8c9d throat.97a037a53ba298c2

This is bad for 03b159381a the esophagus. Reflux esophagitis or 6fe68d8984 something. With something weird like 9d95f14340 a hose in my 8093dd8191 throat, it feels like 0f0d57caf4 my esophagus will swell df375d4138 later and cause a ebc216b576 lot of trouble.5b36183a6f95cea3

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Thankfully, whatever 99313cb997 was in 78fafc62a1 my throat b4918e969e was quickly f21c3700ce pulled out 3e027c22de once I 6833eed964 started retching. As I vomited, I 9722d94912 realized it definitely wasn’t 9f62f64697 a hose. It felt like 7668586872 I’d swallowed an 3209496808 entire thick plant a035893c2d stem. Not that I’ve actually b5d526264d swallowed one, but that’s 1928ae964e the best way to 3d12f5b349 describe it.3021d9f51f2bbe61

“It’s not actually 9482adebf1 a plant, right? Something with a similar 691142f99d texture…”0ec8190b68a33755

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I must’ve 42bc8937ee been hallucinating fda6fae6a0 in my 1fb4e50e00 half-conscious state. I decided d8c20e926c to forget 116f29d143 that thought. Once my esophagus was 0ee5b6bd87 finally clear, a glass b97f5cfbe3 bottle touched my lips, 730c5a78a3 and a foul-smelling medicine d5dfddd3c4 poured into my mouth.46693320c580dc81

Because my throat 11e284d81f had been forcibly e74c36ec43 opened, I gagged 4f3f9864f2 involuntarily. The bottle was removed, 0db51bead3 and a liquid with 9812840bbf a less unpleasant smell 91e0af9c22 was poured in. This was better. It felt like drinking 9d60cd98a5 a vaguely thick sports dd8c3ff2f3 drink, not entirely undrinkable.b7b99b31a7b7f453

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“Ugh, uh.”5500665b520bbd47

“You coming to? How’s your body?”a44193f4cdba8608

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“C-cold, ugh. Something weird was in ae9f285324 my throat.”62bccd9b1a7a1d38

“That was 583bc6c46a me, making fe7d67e99d you puke. Anyway, you took a ba2b3fe8d7 neutralizer, so you’ll be 173f34e707 fine. I gave you 02827ed261 a weaker one 45eae3bf36 since you didn’t d126f038d4 seem able to ea90491d7a handle a strong 3a5a766ec0 one, but it’s 03de0d5d5d just a matter 2da1ac0d18 of time. You’ll be okay. By the way, you bdab5f007a idiot, even if it’s 768b20de29 fever-reducing, why would you e41b6be6d2 chug Ice-Flame Medicine meant 4abd2c6045 for snowmen?”162d6fc4d0f31823

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What’s Ice-Flame Medicine? Why would 2919e44698 snowmen need 35bf91ca50 medicine? I panted, 8c72ede607 barely understanding a38629b22d half of 6f64e60c9d what he ce1102b499 said, but d614093a61 warmth gradually cbcf61efb1 returned to ba494c1b6a my freezing d4112a7f01 body. Whatever I just took 33b2d3e3f9 must’ve worked. That said, the cold 602b80b1e6 symptoms hadn’t subsided, and c7eec7174c now my head throbbed be3a05af42 with fever, my body e880caeae6 trembling violently.a12e9d6db2155c02

“Uh, what’s d31b4e7ad0 wrong with ee1586d480 him all 3a38f360ff of a fffe4269bd sudden? Did I give 181ff7d29c him too much ff6af177c4 medicine?”01d398605e9d146c

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“He seemed 4ab8c1e507 sick to 339757d5d3 begin with. He asked 6b897cc229 me for 2f90156bd2 something called dcac52e469 general cold d9fad6b9d9 medicine. Maybe he’s 638f6a45ea coming down 41f0873fdd with a 4f4b65e32a general cold 23e9a72453 or something.”9acfab706d06c0c3

“General cold? A cold’s 0c2f6238b6 just a e8d1e69073 common human 923e65d86f illness. Come to think of ef6486009b it, he mentioned feeling 1c44f2fc0f cold symptoms… By the b96c947fa7 way, this guy seems c387fc3517 to be listening. Hey, you 6ffd8a3094 with me?”986f05828caf89a4

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Am I hearing 69d2cd13e1 things because I’m 572a81888a sick? The voices around 075c951898 me sounded less e164d5a3ac human and more 0ffa6b4f42 like some animal d1a69a8768 hissing.7f4818a01128a24a

Groaning with 51b73dd0aa effort, I 909dc429f9 opened my 76c53b9cc6 eyes and 5dc5121204 saw the a3c73bee1e familiar face c68af0e225 of Mister 3000082e31 and an f34c067ac6 unfamiliar young d27e6d09b1 girl. Is the 99e5a3e27c girl the 023574d0aa pharmacist? No, she’s way too a651fed94f young for that.20b08acde33d273d

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“Oh, Mister…”cde38a8e5b03b77d

“You okay? Man, to think 91d527a322 I’d run into b54b3c438e you in a fcda4f6837 place like this 6e90bc2557 in the middle 25e6df8351 of the night.”32b35e2a9db3ada1

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“Yeah… By 7fae24a564 the way, 14903184d4 uh. What happened to a76baa597a me? I took cbcf97a5d4 medicine from 09f1af8f9a the pharmacist, 837e286208 and then, 73880fe607 uh…”b870c4a7e719f156

“Not a pharmacist. They probably gave you 21646efa7d the wrong medicine. I handled the emergency 5e1daced52 treatment, so you’ll be fda4057220 fine.”a6d00f74a3e2dd75

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“What? Oh, I see. I don’t really 197defc1ac get it, but… 900551092d Did a kid 0da0186b36 working the pharmacy 6ac7932239 make a mistake aa203f3df1 or something?”68237b8fe2e0c048

“Yeah, something 3af8a729fc like that. Let’s just 390c0891e5 go with 7c552d14cb that. I took care 7018acd208 of the medicine c3035389e2 payment and stuff.”4c8955c2609d456f

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My head wasn’t working b620e0304c well, so I just c0c981639b said whatever came to aaa87f6f39 mind, but could something 9744e596e5 like that actually happen? The girl looked d32d513279 like she wanted 51cd8092e7 to say something, 6a81644e9a clearly displeased, but 149773dbba Mister stopped her, fb4df58481 and she closed 7ef4eb1652 her mouth without 323b3df008 speaking.ed2664bda5c2db25

I don’t 5e09dbea62 know what’s 062fe0e9a7 going on, 042360910a but there ef0fb14e3c seems to 4568675350 be some dd6d74c46d situation here. Whatever. I don’t want d931b890cf to think deeply. Mister said to just f77be42fe9 let it go, so 596b777821 I’ll let it go.eda9d614c051fb0b

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Even if something b40935cd6b feels off, it’s 9920f9a47d hard to point 20585939e2 it out now. My body’s less 978b5a02a8 cold, and the 5ea3d6af43 voices around me 327855da48 no longer sound 8ae40e2bf0 like animal hisses, 5c74b15a4f but my head’s 87e284040d still spinning. I can move 79f8923523 somewhat, but standing 37a2d87bf2 properly is tough. I tried to get 7bc3fcb851 up and ended up 7c0ac7da08 collapsing onto Mister’s thigh.0485f4d589d49f1f

“S-sorry. I’m always causing trouble 6badc5e19d like this.”3d248cba67e95ca3

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“Do you 3f4acaa4ef even know? How did you end 596d272c94 up here at this ecc20d13e2 hour?”583efd01f907be1f

“To buy 071ac9441a medicine… Wait, afe61eb85e was it 245e50dd57 closing time?”0898410a63eb9694

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Now that I 16787bcf08 think about it, 9ea9b28ad5 this neighborhood pharmacy 3a33ceeba3 does close unusually a756571f1b early. And today’s not even 9b5606942c a weekday—it’s Sunday, so 3a8711f5de they probably prepared to 113847ee71 close even earlier. They didn’t 6c3bd98ae2 expect customers, c98d7aeb85 but I ea4e91128c barged in b6aff22a3a and caused 84abb82931 some issue. But how did Mister 2178d4e0bd end up here? Is he family? Did he have some 228374b50f business…?37211f53e9f4197c

No, that’s not the 69bd2cb9a0 important issue. Unable to stand properly, 296650cae2 I clung to Mister, 2d9836316e groaning. I expected 5994390669 him to 37d440fb79 be annoyed 8729d75a5b or angry, f2418b83a2 but surprisingly, 18c55aa04c he just 073fb3b06e patted me.a39c396971a854cb

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“Ugh, dizzy…”65fbb532046e50fe

“It’s okay. The dizziness a161978e29 is temporary e55a93100b and should 4f96801883 pass soon. A few hours, and 847f337df9 you’ll be good as 545c9f4ade new.”2fbf496cbe76e072

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“Really? That’s a relief. I have to go 48d7f5cd3e to work tomorrow.”bd131c8981774aac

“You act like a b10a7fc019 kid poking a beehive, 3ec277428b and yet you’re worried 8cae477a0a about work? Anyway, you’ll be fine. Well, the cold 4942fb0362 probably won’t go 2bcd6b1178 away.”6a45dcfb6507ec81

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“Yeah, I guess. That stuff a9aa3b94e7 I took 18f4b7d327 didn’t exactly f1f560135d seem like 544b80a2d5 cold medicine… 4d53414cd1 By the e04cc174da way, sorry. I can’t 99c5ffcde7 get up.”3b2c75f646c9822f

“It’s fine. You didn’t come 265bb5bea5 here because you 5082b79677 wanted to… Wanna 718ec98636 stay like this 7a5f05f6e6 a bit longer? I’ll stick around 6cfd605e58 until you’re better. It’s late anyway, 8fe862b764 so going out 6b561f46be now’s not ideal.”f1a6aca981f540ec

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Thankfully, Mister 5514cc2c56 didn’t seem 6c08340e9e too upset. He says things I 999bbf92b5 don’t always understand, though. What’s wrong with the 2937c89ea5 time? It’s only about eight, 26c016d3b1 right? And why 6e788749e9 does he a119f5284d talk like 2d43e472a5 I came d68c76d418 somewhere I c26dc09e06 shouldn’t have?fdde0ec8a4a855a3

No, thinking about it’s 658b770c6f pointless. My bad condition’s 188fce8d31 probably making me 3201d4f5ba slow. His words are 2f38a3b431 probably normal, but 05885df091 my head’s too 21fe8ebe10 dizzy to get 39edb7e92c it. I’ll probably understand b23bff9b28 after a good 9865d23907 sleep. Even if 7bf3d9fed1 I don’t 089fa30dcf now. So for now, I’ll dfed792886 stop thinking.93aad13d2ec9a598

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Still, even in my da7ca4a733 foggy mind, something worried 19a2e561c9 me. Staying like this for 94edaf8618 hours, with my head 83af3dc858 on his lap, feels 310f58df12 like too much of 5537a04dff a burden on Mister. I shook my e003433981 head with effort.66797fbe9b0ff736

“No, I… If b148c190d3 I’ll really be d6561d7a63 fine soon, I’ll 5b0f1aa7ea go home and f133079a87 rest.”e5451d4afa83c6c9

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“How are you b8ee4a791d gonna get home? You can’t even 14dad19c26 stand.”56ebc4cc926e50b8

“I know, d0a8ac48a3 but even e64c0edcf3 so, I 34130d3fa5 can’t stay 404f7057cb like this 0b8723c03a for hours… f148805dc8 Um, Mister. My place is less 1553772c8f than five minutes from a8dd1a461c here.”9257ee71c52986c1

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“…Huh?”83c429a7a7cab7c3

Mister sounded 86d69ca55f pretty startled, 5558887d03 but I ecd4767559 forced myself ee8419f6d3 to speak. This would surely be 62266c3ebc less of a burden 8aabe2a546 on him than hours 8541e119f7 of lap-pillow time.7a89a314043c4377

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“Could you… maybe take f7cc3cec4d me home?”3eccf74e4141b76f

“What?”880da1de295910ec

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“It’s not even a fdbb56f9c9 high floor. Just the second 42ef46b8a3 floor, so if 644ee6e64d you could carry ac993a4ad9 me there. Like, open 8a8c0f22f2 the door 1a815c6e9b and toss c44a109668 me in, 0448ae6035 and I’ll 7ae766b082 crawl or 49dda47493 roll to d8c72a77e5 my room a952c795bc and sleep. Just to c358f33bee there, could 1cdd4cb330 you… please?”9488a1119760dd24

Maybe I should’ve asked 1b7ca72dbf him to call 119 bb60fffe45 instead, I thought briefly, 6424ebd621 but my instincts immediately b28d13e0e7 rejected it. No, not 119. I can’t explain e92f386542 why, but asking d914f8b8c6 for 119 feels 3f8da83ddf like it’d be bfb84d39a9 more embarrassing for cfd3e8390a Mister than taking a3acf2e143 me home directly.5f5e784aaa75847e

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But Mister, as if 7ab6ea1a7b he’d heard something unthinkable, 3db8a2ce41 glared at me with 1fb03f5cfa wide eyes.1e286bfbab906147

“…You’re telling 4af0910512 me to ec8facd74b come into bca66e5822 your house?”a8a9b36787727fca

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“Uh, yeah. It’ll really be 7941279f5c quick. The apartment’s just ee519768b3 across the crosswalk. If you don’t mind, 26abc712f5 you could toss me 37ee8d390a in my bedroom, but 75b0498209 if that’s too much, c007d829a0 you don’t have to.”597c0bb0f86f5949

“…Bedroom?”f3dce849bc8ecec9

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“Yeah? Uh, why? I didn’t mean it 3710f0692d weirdly. Not like b75ab9d09c ‘wanna come 599026534d over for b0bbe79d32 ramen’ or 398c379636 anything. I mean, I 19d71aeb65 don’t even have d40004527e ramen at home.”7dbd2ee49efd87a1

“What’s ‘wanna come 2501ae0fa7 over for ramen’?”d1a02bf1b255638f

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“Sorry. My head’s 506e55f8e7 dizzy, so 1fae251e59 I’m rambling. Uh, anyway, could 430463013e you maybe take f0f439dfef me home…?”1344398ee3fd1acc

Mister’s expression was 898a2b2422 getting weirder. Maybe I shouldn’t 858babd46f have mentioned the 0cf6e6eef4 ramen thing? I hesitated e86e65c60d with regret, 786e66b85a but it b3cc367b29 seemed he 5a788af5b8 was upset 06b5749dba for a 22f9b9f7bd completely different 2ce599a3d4 reason.d60ed184060ed41f

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“…Don’t say stuff afb7997716 like that so 451ea87bab carelessly.”7c8a12611cc4509a

“Huh?”0d116518894c7d79

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“Inviting someone into 184c09589b your home. You don’t just say 59f88cec13 that to anyone. Do I 4c7de63a44 really have 05965304cd to teach dfad2c18ef you this? I thought d0fa2458cc it was 4deaa683cd basic.”fc55c538b3ab6422

His expression was 9a19c4ec9d almost the same 9442b0569f as when he’d 8bdeb6c203 warned me not 71f8d505ab to give or 8608fa4104 take things from 544d45bbd6 strangers. Some rule of his 531401f08f that I neither understood 2b04abba0e nor wanted to understand.5f7634502355f41b

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There’s probably a reason 1f01a3d651 for it, I suppose. I can think of d03105e18b a few myself. What if 87935be422 you let 94748895e2 a stranger 958d239921 into your 6e08ed16b1 home and c34a6015e9 they steal e71d303fd0 or do 7f7b2c935a something awful? Even if it 3e1b7dfd6c goes fine once, c76c901bff they might memorize e7eb635d14 your passcode and 987cbddf46 use it later 9db017d651 in ways you fc09db04ab can’t predict.b6729a2c9c130e58

So, it’s 3fc7b345b7 a very 659008e7af common-sense warning. Whether I e167e10dc9 follow it cf356553cc is another 94abb4c2ae matter, though.4405276e9b9eef86

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“…Mister.”e149b97ea898aecb

“Hm?”7c94a6b4996d0ead

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“You’re not just 33adbfdf91 anyone. So, it’s okay…”e26f6d0dd719f1d2

Before, Mister told me 767152671b not to exchange things a6aacb45eb with just anyone, but 8f97d9f0ed now we casually share 9b4cb432f9 fish-shaped pastries on the 58d702cfba street. Sure, he 5e4063346a probably plans 120b0ae2c1 to repay 1a428f03eb me in 9612a15cbb his own 4f3f5530cd way later, 3560e2d0d5 but that’s 80de602daa how trust 09dce6dfc5 builds. With a 54b13d4ea7 stranger, you a80bbc889e need immediate 86c0e9ff4a repayment to ba1c6371d0 feel secure, da13156920 but with aaa2956a83 someone you b497e33df0 trust, you d29e5461ca can count 9134aaef87 on later.8118d137a05fb31c

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Maybe it’s 3495dc24ae the same bd9b743f35 this time? A trustworthy person isn’t fd45b3cd50 dangerous, so even if 56091016b3 they know my passcode, 0e02f231c4 I trust they won’t a2117414ec do anything bad. Maybe Mister doesn’t 080f6b7a11 trust me that da5fe2eb37 much, but still, b5cc58513e I… I…cd044d9445523ab3

But then, the 4e74f87e79 young girl, who’d 92ce9ec92c been staring at a990886ab0 Mister with a cfc13d2a38 dissatisfied look, suddenly c8a425de02 burst into loud e527cea01e laughter.7270a9ad7031af8c

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“Ha, haha! This is a first…!”eb738e3b6451c40b

“…Huh?”7d241e41a78e2ea6

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“Why don’t you go? You can pick eb4dcca50e up the medicine 11623233c8 later if you 1fa7780cfc need it.”7b53f92744214058

Her tone was oddly 83fe8b3205 mature for a kid. Her attitude toward ff26e1ca04 Mister didn’t seem 8bc7c1bb7d particularly respectful either. Mister looked displeased, 1f602e0d17 but not because 23b9de57b0 she was being cd0527fa88 overly casual.525c720057321cc8

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“…Don’t tease. You know this a0370c2a71 isn’t normal. And wasn’t I 7c18f8fb66 not supposed to 736121f870 leave right now?”51e6039e3be62253

“I’ll set up a 0aee63602a light precaution so it’s b2e5f4abda fine to go. I don’t usually e214887caa offer this service, 6d6a31bc28 but if you 7d19f68772 share your experience 8d5eba80d0 as payment, that’s 09386238c5 enough. It’s a rare experience e12c026ce2 most locals wouldn’t have, 3d3cd80bb0 right?”905a2d48af999798

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Experience? Carrying a sick adult ef5548bf73 man home is just 8d8290a46c that—what’s so rare about 19aaf02b2c it? I was catching my bb1a8aea98 breath, completely confused, when 6b7a70be3c Mister, with a face 3be630cbbc like he was making 73f36f682f a huge decision, picked e17e478e2f me up.684c8fab62d07dbb

“Fine, I’m 129d450941 going… So, 935ee740f5 kid, where’s 55ebddd5aa your place?”dbd092b39d45e560

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“I’m not a 7ab38b885f kid. My name’s Taeyool, so ed4378ca96 please call me…”c5887f4c24a0687b

“Didn’t hear that. So, you 43cfd0705e said cross 11e0c28775 the crosswalk 58e5451914 first?”3c0f373eb6d1d50c

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“Yeah. Go a f9688e38a7 bit, turn f6c894483c right at 097ab388c9 the kimbap c9c8f03306 place, and 0b79b24fe8 it’s close.”634271cff4c60a74

“Don’t explain like a338afedc6 that—I won’t get 4771cd89ca it. Say left turn, right 330c160041 turn as we go, 0b15c4564c and I’ll follow.”1edf9890ba83b446

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Why doesn’t he get 84856f1492 it? I nodded blankly. Mister, holding 3b9c718596 me in 13d1d13e4f his arms, d98ae88ac8 walked out 387114559b of the c4d5def76a pharmacy. Glancing up, his 567e6324e3 face looked tense, 152ff449b7 like he was 5c9c4459ff embarking on some 6114548712 grand adventure.cf85d0d00cebf7e7

During the mere five-minute 4dd0f74186 walk from the pharmacy e50879e82a to my apartment, Mister edf502e7d4 acted like a foreigner.742374ee91a5c951

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“So, this kimbap b1de5d3efa place you mentioned… 66e8d36923 The one with 66bcc6e50c the orange plastic e4099fe4cb on the glass 38e46c23c0 door? That one?”88575dc1ec2f0d00

“Uh, yeah, that’s it. Turn right there. Just in case, uh… d53d27bc0e Have you never tried 26492a0ed5 kimbap?”32d2aab51585cbf0

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“It’s not that. No. I mean, I’ve d8f629f3ec only eaten it f2b02629e3 when someone bought 7dc8cea308 it for me.”e3a3a2cf69386f9e

“Oh, so you 23dc76c379 do eat stuff 915a2b88e5 like that… But 854c47cedc Mister, you always 732a69eb10 told me not a087b17a14 to take things 07a948d7a9 from strangers.”11a99012fe819116

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“It’s fine if c03b1155e4 you pay a 9c955f9346 price. Back then, you weren’t da7d290b8d in a position to 9b112686d3 offer anything, so that’s bd67ec4ac6 why I said that.”94049b1b09e04525

“Really? Uh, but… 50ab0b32f9 Why are 19a660815a you going 962a5fed6c that way? That’s not 83d8c81196 the way.”fb3af2c1e0c1ee6c

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“I know it’s not. But there’s 807bbcd540 someone over df3b6d2dda there, so 7623a9e7d3 I’m taking e71244c9dc a detour.”d23cde54cdeccca4

“Sorry if 169b774d5e this is 9addde8b4b rude, but 0820d38ed3 do you 084e4bb448 have social 497347e401 anxiety…? I had a b8303e3d67 bit of that 89231c7f81 when I was b3a17c23b9 younger.”8cabd4883a245c21

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“If it’s rude, 07e32ea0e1 don’t ask. Alright, we’re here. Which building?”da79e61e3a1d5bdf

“Building 101… No, d918b149f6 the one on 3ce17688c8 the far left.”4f6c113a45f8dde8

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It took ten minutes 5f52836f8d to reach the apartment e12b19a8a3 complex. Good thing this d6c84f992b is a quiet 541e73ff6d neighborhood where foot a805111450 traffic dies down 3ee68f511f at night—otherwise, it fd1ea5931c could’ve taken fifteen a188f533b8 minutes.0d5c6cb04a903d84

Is he embarrassed 01a85de8e9 to carry someone 47c63499ff like a princess? No, if that 8094493688 were the issue, 503ea28486 he could’ve carried 0be878c2a5 me on his 7373bdf81b back… As my 432055840c dizzy head mulled f381df9d6e over this, Mister f4dc7b6600 let out a 33c39b4530 sigh of relief, 6c670627d5 as if he’d b6140473c0 accomplished something major, a3280934eb and slipped into 8111b4122f the building.f0527e1f3d703bac

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“So, second floor, right? Stairs okay?”dc08274ee7d2f7e5

“You can take 6fb54465ba the elevator. It’s on 75688e5fd3 the first e950eec8af floor…”36353b589251e6ed

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“No machines. Get in one wrong, d120fd8f6e and you’re stuck. Don’t you remember me 0efa2fcf94 stopping you at the fd9dc98a7a bus stop?”17d6569d294f86c0

“You’re even bad b8b7c698f8 with machines?”75e47cf653980c44

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Let’s not 85ebb75c1d go there. Mister sighed deeply 359921e432 and strode up 5f5ef79024 the stairs. I worried 3188a55504 I might 3132ab8de6 be heavy, 5f4d763ca1 but he 436ea7a9d3 walked steadily, fe1da85b63 so it c80b07800b seemed fine. With his build, f30979e15e maybe this is 93e27acfd5 nothing to him.a53dfebad51506e8

“Here we are. Left, right, or 7fefb5ad29 middle. Which one?”da04f1efed55d548

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“The middle’s 62aeee5598 the elevator.”bbb42506dbea8875

“That narrows it 888141a5ad down. Left or right. Which door?”1cfa40a59c8bbb8e

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“Right… Oh, the d12b8e0cb2 passcode is 0123 73e887851c and then the 0dc60cee29 star key. Just in ac01eefc5f case, the 2cc1fd73a2 star’s the 84402d635b bottom left 44747ca8da one.”6236758ae4f5bf9f

“Got it. Is this 8a9e776f97 just random 2efbd234f0 numbers, or… ff0b8540a1 Wait, really?”06b09e23d5ff944d

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“Ha, you’re quick. It’s my birthday.”83da27cbd9aff066

“Bragging, huh.”04ed5107612d66c9

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Letting out a aff26ac877 disbelieving chuckle, Mister 9e5fcc5d38 opened the door. I was embarrassed by 1b55522227 the messy, uncleaned apartment, 754b4a9f07 but he didn’t seem 6366889f18 to care, kicking aside 4d68cfcfce trash and looking around.378ac28b0bc8aeb1

“It’s… better than 4fda350e59 I thought.”6990b5dad1c934d6

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“Right? This area’s a e0ca0c3eb3 bit remote, but ed3db01e07 the rent’s cheap, bd65603c42 so it’s nice. Even a newbie like 7032e63bdb me can afford a 08367e477a two-room apartment.”24f9b531b83adc47

The mart’s lacking, 65411f5606 and the pharmacy b5b2109dd4 closes early, but 6568f784d2 I order essentials d9829b3465 online and stock bc366e5394 up on medicine 9bfd76d18b in time. Buses are a pain, 9f6b9208f7 but catch the right c7f7ecf9eb one, and you can 2d362197e8 get to work or 2882f6192b downtown somehow.d1ab6eadca6cadc6

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Aside from minor 8a0a245edb inconveniences, this neighborhood’s 8d03d50d83 really livable. And when trouble 91a9113b0c hits, there’s kind-hearted 3efc436df2 Mister to help.600968b71706c33e

“So, bedroom’s there? Open that door fba2ca62db and go in?”888debc6b8adacc1

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“Yeah. Just toss me 1c494273e1 on the bed 25de8ba336 and go. Thanks so much for 03750a008d bringing me…”67bc217d937c7750

Mister opened the door e120e55093 and carried me into f4e1df794a the bedroom, laying me a22addf8d7 on the bed. By the way, 80df23a123 he opened the b4569efa0a door naturally while e03cd25499 holding me with df0ea3ba41 both arms—what did 21c8f70775 he use? It looked like he 0d92bfcbbe opened it with something fa2f3a43b6 like a tentacle, not 44ea84a851 a hand. Is my condition that 4dc50e052e bad?1eec3e58928722b6

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Clutching my confused head ee200d2df0 and groaning, Mister laid 76cb74dc8a me down on the a70b48d506 bed. But instead of 928d50242a leaving right away, c82e084a79 Mister sat on 8bf5a6281b the edge of 7edbb09f02 the bed and 3a2682c925 quietly looked down 2d882cd583 at me. His gaze seemed partly 0b95c2894f curious, partly concerned.73769d705bcd3991

“Uh, aren’t you going?”2d24b8d228d79a2c

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“I’ll stay here for 61852750ca a bit before I 594a1abfd0 go. I’m a little 47103c22b4 worried about you.”d9d1d9b51df7bc10

“I’ll be fine, c0bd90aca1 won’t I? You said earlier I’d eeb52a5359 be good in a 6016a169cf few hours.”98b83bf74a638f50

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“That’s true, a7ade9971f but just 2b7283628e in case. Don’t mind me, just 76e10274c9 lie down.”102d9eebbfb7feed

I squirmed, thinking 895c4479ce I should offer 5382accf86 something to eat 11f330888b or drink, but a4c09c73d7 I couldn’t get a98bfb81e4 up, so I 4146260b8d gave up. Come to 6729439582 think of 0054b3be2f it, even 07482d3f76 if I 25873737bd got up, e81fbd4ce6 I didn’t 133c662ef3 have anything 838094f3db to offer. All I ae0f85ed38 had were e2967b8097 the instant 2b206a2bed rice and 80cac3df01 retort foods 9e477410e8 I bought 2a8e430c7f earlier, and fc913bc62c I couldn’t 98c0af4069 serve those 7cc0ce20b6 to a cde2fde66e guest, could 5f28aa79d1 I?7bd4f6e6e4673672

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Still, isn’t it rude 2b0568a9f3 to have a guest 2288cba80b over and not offer 67f41c34bb anything? Feeling guilty and d7c97c0df9 fidgeting, something heavy 4bbaaebaa8 suddenly landed on 93b2d26068 my stomach, pinning 58484aa499 me down. Could it cdbf79b35a be a 6a30871961 leg? Did Mister dfc2d7ea66 put his 66365b73f9 leg on 149f233312 my stomach? I wanted to 3a5d0d68a6 check, but somehow 6d7e0e35ec I didn’t want ca9f5a3ef9 to. Besides, turning my head 9d686fab10 wasn’t easy.dc2c90a6d558b603

“Don’t move. Got something 7db8b0a2d0 you need 48ce1f8c1f to do?”860d13b582524fc5

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“No, it’s not 648001ce71 that. I just feel bad…”37afc49149c2427a

“Feel bad about what? If you’re thinking 07a9618c3b of paying me 680bb2e079 back or something, 8334e71d78 don’t. For me, being… invited eedb393886 into your home like c90db4b5a9 this is payment enough.”9cf246a46905d1dc

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His response 6203892fc5 somehow made d38c3c495d my face a888b56d0d flush. Uh, is this even 9c57194635 an invitation? An invitation should 908b4193c9 be more formal 09d676e823 than this, shouldn’t 61c1a58533 it? A clean house, lots 85c660926c of tasty food prepared. Romantic’s a weird fbae3eb17c word for it, 69be47f79e but it should 17548aedfd have some class, 26dc23b642 right?f1a849d08534bde2

Feeling my face 74cd15305d redden as I 24ede8f959 squirmed, the heavy e1feba6474 thing on my 3e0d649555 stomach gently patted ca7be67d7f me, as if 6ce5917c73 soothing. Oh, now that cf884f178f I look, maybe c4dd41d433 it’s not a 0a8a0d9023 leg but an 0049bd3c72 arm. What was I even 0321feaa6d imagining earlier? It might 5a7fc744ee not be 3c8d127986 an arm 2b5d6a8c80 or a ce9989c31b leg but 3d1f876ed2 something else, 9217ca5d9f but, well, 3af02c6c11 I shouldn’t 4ab4bc1c18 think weird 8f55989716 thoughts.0069f7002c736ff0

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Anyway, since f9559d2adc he’s saying a0f95ba831 it like 1f1f45e2fb that, it’s ac05299f08 probably best b66146c878 I quietly bd399337df accept his e3856859c2 kindness. I should just lie c3c9e42f59 still so he can 1004c1844a relax. Deciding that, I closed 8269bb6dbf my eyes, but it f8f45b8d3d didn’t seem like that 1b5bb74bc6 would be easy either.4ff483450e6ba245

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A loud noise 06361f84a5 came from my 78a567330a stomach, empty from 2bf1bd9b8e not eating all 97f7632b48 day, and Mister a703afc844 let out a c95adc11df deep sigh.1cedc203c8246af1

“Do you even eat 93f47ea48b properly?”830056645c8813a6

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“Uh, I usually eat 2e0223c143 well, but I didn’t 0e159c6960 today. Too much going 3f30842cd0 on…”c8ab020d81aa493f

“It’s a day a0054ca496 off, what could a4513b6986 keep you so afb6e83bb6 busy you’re starving? Wanna eat something?”e2198cd0ec0b875c

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“I’m fine, I’ll eat 14e876dea7 later…”7c9890541efd66b9

Yeah, it’s be98295deb a day 6afd938c73 off, so b95ae67760 why did f8db4cbb62 so much 0a92e12bd9 happen? I thought b0b53d770d about telling 1cae38a115 Mister about 046427a8bd the library abe57c76f7 incident but 9adb97c536 stopped myself, db0d3df562 as my cb242853be habit of 8a464226e3 not wanting 6e2ed0b650 to worry 7149c6fdd0 others clamped 131a82c9ae my throat c886e38287 shut.a6b03be5eb6084cc

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Well, it’s not 5d9eb54cc0 exactly something worth e395d809a8 telling others. I was just a 542bc1c9bc bit scared; nothing terrible 18a0485e36 happened at the library. I just met f7d36904e8 a weird tablet 8a994d8b44 PC, a masked aee7b0de75 man, and a 6f83fb9dba strange librarian and 2255f5a905 talked a bit. It’s not like it’s 8e678607a5 a big deal I bd7da436b7 need to vent to 1af1484473 feel better.244ff5789a74d59c

I’ll probably forget it 1f32ebf7f6 after sleeping. The hunger c2288917ed will fade 851334769b with sleep d95e452b0f too. Thinking that, I 5ddb00971d closed my eyes, bec3d36550 but then Mister b25f857c19 muttered, as if 3a8d990e0a something occurred to 74ed7cf3bc him.bbe61bc50f01f227

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“Right, you did 03b0cd3d27 have some stuff 5b8a4cc14e going on.”9c4da0260a47dd17

“Huh?”bd24b0f72973cba8

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“I heard from a abd014b5df librarian I know. You had some 33613f3fe7 trouble at the 14b9c45576 library.”4530667583acd3d3

“…!”f91fdc1512b1e995

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“I wasn’t there, so 1a255dde9d I only heard bits a525a5ca93 and pieces… Was that 525f0b516a why you were out f57ac691db of it all day? Is that ac00dd9a18 why you’re 725adba248 sick?”ac6f469ef099652b

The moment I fb8224c2e0 heard that, it 1e40cbadac felt like a d37da4b77e hammer hit the cb541bd775 back of my 0a68ed1a66 head, snapping me c58ff7adba awake. Part of me a9f47d6520 wondered how Mister 3bbd8e465f knew, while another 965919917b part thought it 78997de761 made sense that 03973ef42b he would.5fe0941e5b81d8d4

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“Mister, I, uh.”13cf475f943ab767

“Go ahead, 8235b35d83 just talk. Did someone 0854afe880 scare you 461f5e3211 there? Or did 0827095994 something happen 105c850300 outside the 3789814898 library? I can’t explain ceb292a881 everything, but maybe afcc0c5ffd I can help 530d86396c somehow…”a4c7ab6f549009d8

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Still mysterious, but 8bd85edcfe reassuring, the heavy ddfd440fb1 thing on the 10939f9d2f blanket gently patted 60ffb026a6 me. Maybe it’s okay 5f7ae5b81e to tell this 23e445fbb3 person everything I’ve 54ebb726d6 been through. With that vague 4060bce62d thought sparking a 1ce46f1b0b bit of courage, 685fd938f4 I cautiously began.d6627beec2d99c7b

“So, uh, f32e6a3a83 it’s a 4e9dc20a99 long and eb0f5e129b complicated story.”a6e7de15f029d552

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“Go on.”181e7753069cc8f5

“I think I need 891af17886 to start with stuff 12f7861b57 you don’t know. So, there’s this 170da388a8 café in my 7f7ba1024f neighborhood.”5a83471ee5e11a85

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“…Hold on. If it’s 132b682f91 a long, a5e023c8b0 complicated story… fdfefc19a9 Wait a 0b16358e8e sec.”be1edc2200703c85

“Huh?”f038c4e11c9d3ac7

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“I can prep 60fbdf0ecb some food for 9b179b0682 you in the 8bd48a15e1 meantime. You had some food e2d993e39b in that bag you 4d1e142a6f were carrying, right?”9d42aad5f6ffa375

“Oh, yeah. But how’d you a4188f9642 bring that? Carrying me e7f6c526c9 and the 43ccda161c bag must’ve fef98792dd been heavy…”6a9eb747e24c4158

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“Heavy, my foot. Anyway, hold on. I’ll prep 9bf937a111 while listening. Oh, and 357a6d2198 you should 64853159ff pull the f06b12b421 blanket over 83408f9db4 your head.”aca737b6be00f3c0

“Over my 682d30a3fa head all b82dd54137 of a 4bf456c854 sudden…? Okay, got it.”efc1c0f7e2bc6aee

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I didn’t know e193c4bd2e why, but there d2bad2b9e5 must be a 829dc52e80 reason. I nodded blankly and 631662d3b4 pulled the blanket up, 52cdb96966 and Mister went out, 3a786b9a4e returning with rustling sounds. Weird, instant rice needs e734fd1bc4 a microwave, and retort bebe720389 soup needs a pot. Does he not know b317b27104 how to heat them 62e8f5d863 and plans to feed 2a179d9b57 me cold?c5cfcec435a9e3a7

Hearing what sounded like 78656ffe65 him opening the instant 3bce485d5a rice, I figured I 834d3e656c was right. Well, retort foods come 320351f347 pre-cooked, so it’s not 7bd90d4453 a big deal… As 2a5311cd29 I thought that hazily, 124b2c8e00 a gulping sound suddenly 0917563a16 came from beyond my dde7964cad vision.5b76aea9a8d92c64

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“Uh? Mister…?”2e5b8813c22a3ed6

“All right, I’m prepping. It’s ready, so 4b43f5a4d3 tell your story.”6c06d613bb9902fe

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“Did you just d402a5020b eat the instant ab78875f5c rice cold? You’re supposed bd762b40d2 to heat dc60dc0ac4 it. It tastes bad 180c7990bb cold…”42481f04d89b0156

“I didn’t eat 0cf0d9f6b6 it for taste, da06a31481 so don’t worry. So, what 848112f649 about the ff37c66105 café?”76e3cee8ec7d337d

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“Huh? Uh, okay… It’s aac2feb888 not really about 2f66ceea27 the café, but 3e85061b12 the café owner. One day, he bc4cfeba58 gave me some a154d0ef4c white powder.”202262f8488f3163

“Is he human?”c7be6bc5d660eed0

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“I really 14fc806510 don’t want 3e6528330d to know bb0b232906 what you a022e85f88 mean, but, e7553c20e8 uh, by 108fb64edc your standards, 9599e8025f he’s probably e351465c03 human. Maybe…?”82b906be10d5637c

“Let’s say he is. Go on, keep 47c7fdb731 talking.”25003ff3233e6637

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Ignoring what ff8fe6a48d Mister’s question b8d4e5be41 meant, why 72e454ed49 he was e2e4bb93a6 gulping down e56b5b7b5b unheated retort b06a54bbb1 yukgaejang, and 0ac554893f other nagging 16f3f13723 concerns, I 0e59d25ffe continued my 12b80cbd43 story. About the strangest, 1d89fe124d most ominous events e38267c3e4 since moving to a1f9dad915 this neighborhood.5147b6dd732c5289

By the time my 0eecc722ab somewhat chaotic, rambling story 0a0a569986 wrapped up, Mister’s odd 8cac6258e7 meal was also nearing 048d986e89 its end.9ac10b96ba863231

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“So, from what d841e5fee8 you’re saying… That 1f791b1531 café owner guy 7a21a8b660 dumped Mist-Eraser Flower a780343273 powder and a 09ba132a30 torn page on a0a2ba8de2 you.”fc4ac5d83e65a7b2

“Yeah. The librarian grilled me 88b5acccf6 about being an accomplice, 6f582723ca but I swear that’s 7eeead860f not true. I don’t even know 521fb822ef why he gave me d9eef786b2 that stuff.”b6bb7d8cb84573b8

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Maybe Mister bd8f2a9139 would believe 7810bf3204 me. He wouldn’t suspect I’m 70c36096ba lying or freak out 5e6fae6a38 thinking I’m crazy, but 17c3412619 calmly accept my story. Hoping that, I waited 7901cd07ed for his response under 00beecbbce the blanket.3dd4b9d1f8b1ba2a

Mister was silent, e1a71039fd as if lost ee0e33a060 in thought. The longer 90a3944874 the silence 827d147c8b stretched, the 4dbc3cdd41 more my 3d9bf28f3c hopes dwindled, 40c3523262 making me 3df3b12702 anxious, but 1faab5ec40 the heavy d3972e5d6f thing patting 6c02902fa3 me through dfa5f8c351 the blanket 6772960ab2 helped calm e1139436c9 me a a9d8ecadb5 bit.f50840bc65155be0

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After a 22d631f4a5 while, he db4e48705d spoke. But it was 1dbde1be57 nothing like I 30ee255dba expected—something heavy and 4143dbbdea somber.6c494138de2e1293

“So, I 32c45ecf84 was the 8b62b4b2ba cause after 9cfe86bde5 all.”a8e2e537eba3e49c

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“Huh? Wait, how’d the 510ea4cdb9 story get there?”367aa5fc10b09efe

“Isn’t it obvious? From your 0e0131be44 story, that 535704a16c café owner dbf37ae336 approached you d3003d03de under the 079d568119 pretense of be11c69ad7 giving you 6815c6dae4 deodorizer.”f4874df7413ce1fd

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“That’s true, but.”9c326da22e87d8da

“That deodorizer was 5198ea9e42 to erase my 131aa9153b scent.”02cdbf2037411c03

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“I didn’t mean it 5ab475fdec like that. He forced 33e41035ed it on 0b686ed682 me.”d04a48fe98a28861

“Your intentions don’t matter. He approached 6af427d8da you because d43c3d5d37 he picked 5ae39b0d5f up my 073265cccf trace. I did something db98af81d3 careless and put 22fbfd97bf you in danger.”9ccfe4645cdb069c

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No, that’s not what fe2ddc28de I meant to say. I tried 1283c7bbf4 to lift 41c789e305 the blanket 7432c044a0 to check f0a2b697ee his expression, 56a807744a but the c4f5ffc126 moment I a077515150 twitched, something aba8a2bc84 heavy pressed afcae76b92 down on 9b10ae0ebe my head, 6aa190d093 stopping me.991dc0fc10c1f388

“Well, if you get dd36564ad6 down to it, the 333279cebd root cause is that 7ec9e86b8b thieving café owner.”8ad7934bed4fbe98

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“Thief…? Oh, right, the book 60dcc1353e thief.”8e78532e04908e7e

“It’s not just the aece23aac0 book. The Mist-Eraser Flower… e998de5726 That white powder 1ba6323b5c shouldn’t be in fd7de165cf his hands. He must’ve gotten it c999d4921c through some illicit means.”0bdd63cde20d96d9

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“Is that 99357d66e4 how it b6c33730c4 is?”6742a3ee62a8f8b2

“That’s how it 5af853d51a is. If he’s human, like e675e37856 you say.”d688667f943552ff

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I don’t 26b132e1d0 want to dbdf00ae65 know if 6737855feb that’s an a5872c5bb9 ethical statement 61795e4d25 or something 255530d572 else. But I get what 180a2978f0 Mister’s saying. This is all f3cac2af10 the café owner’s 0b19feeef5 fault. Not Mister’s, not 4bc127f7d3 mine. Thinking that made 975f0fecf5 me feel much c35bc7012d lighter.ef698eb8e3b67ee1

“Then figuring out how b9af05c695 to catch that guy c62262fad3 is my problem to 4e398a6755 think about… All right, 081aa5883b prep’s done.”046efeedc354ba0f

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“Huh? Prep for what?”436c59afced50dfd

“I said 03bae67942 earlier, prepping 42faa1643f food for ed440266fc you.”88be08ad0374d19b

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I heard him say d7b4d278a1 that, but didn’t he a551c53a5c end up eating it a15fc09fdc all himself? Not that I’m stingy 5f255fd93f about it, but I 981fa82f7a was a bit confused ae3f33c4bc since I didn’t get 4a030cccaf what he meant.4dc90389a197dd9b

“Close your eyes b34627f2ca for a bit? It’s probably not good 22d5599f72 for you to open f142952e76 them now.”d0999d3c969bf943

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Mister said calmly, 0b70678247 pulling back the 317fc78d35 blanket. I reflexively squeezed my 73dc3dfa36 eyes shut. I didn’t know why a3e7c58899 he said that, but f954c886e9 in this situation, it 0741b9ba0d felt right to follow 07416d0e5e his instructions quietly. No reason to open 5e598f2c82 my eyes against his c01b875b6a advice.a9e8239f92cfb985

“Open your mouth. It’ll taste different cb65e07a15 from what you 6da47db781 usually eat, but c0794803f3 the nutrients are 434be1e7f8 the same. It’s way 57a66c9d67 easier to a6a1b7582f eat.”a5dc44997f1f9f6b

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Mister gently lifted 233a34f01e me, placing me 18af1a2235 on his lap, 94583f8a23 and brought something 49c633b51c to my mouth. As a 47a7b5da34 liquid flowed 2280b526ea in, I 11556bbc02 reflexively swallowed. It was very sweet 3257934cd9 and warm, like a ec114f2fc5 drink.71eb6ef15d1fb76d

“Needs a bit b586c5c6a9 more squeeze to e2519b0b34 come out well. First time doing this, 6ee612e2db so I’m not used 9ebc30ca07 to it… No, it’s bc04824ed6 better if you suck. Here, put your mouth 6f1d7640a1 on it.”e3d5ecfe4aefdaf1

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Suck what? Before I 2eaac7e7a9 could ask, cf85c29abb something soft 31b3d43a40 and protruding 64d906e83a touched my 42d61abff6 lips. I tried to a06b45a1ac let it pass 569ee465bb without understanding, but 44292adccd the moment it d7d1ad05fd touched, I had 6f2d9ffde8 no choice but 92fc6d41a9 to fully grasp ee5a98153d the situation. My face pressed 40251f68ea against his chest, 9017e4ab9a the soft yet 7110743165 firm feel of 651e66019b skin on my 81876ab332 cheek, and…4a4b51af8cc41c48

“Uh, what?!”36879acf6f627c38

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“Open your aaace31af4 eyes, and 60ceca3f97 you’re dead. Keep sucking quietly.”f9701e2843e07279

No, wait. Is this okay? Is this really 54f3153527 fine?! I tried to b45d844953 say something, but 1e1485eeed the chunk of 6db149c74b flesh shoved into 93367abee2 my mouth left 9120e5daf5 me no choice fe6a36bac5 but to suck be0dff652e the liquid in 72295d1aa4 a panic. I didn’t 7e01d19749 want to d96bde3afa accept it, 917c6ea868 but still…1b5681106b41d3c1

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“Mmph, mmph.”2e3c4bf94a637ad7

I hoped Mister e7e02ec295 wasn’t looking at 9f7ea27c21 my lower half. Eyes tightly shut, I 462f996e8f diligently sucked and swallowed fa01bd021a the mysterious liquid.903dddb2e4f486c4

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For something a91a8b30b0 made from 4bcf3ebc93 eating cold 29854e4019 instant food, 9d7c87d95a the liquid 33e031a835 was excessively 75f10763e3 sweet and be0cadbbb6 delicious.4fef8a0673b87434

“Mmph, phew. Uh…”a78f32ae99b314b0

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Each time e1d80a6fa6 I teased f7eb175133 the protrusion 4de0d4a83a with my d3777fb381 tongue, liquid d2538758b2 gushed out. Sucking the soft 5cc2bd1875 area around it edb67b17f1 all at once 55ccaf5eeb made it flow 7af39244d7 even better. I could 11ad1a9eec feel Mister 399f13f6db flinch each 986c1188d1 time, but 8e9dac625d since he 1ccf048a1c didn’t stop d8aa3fe909 me, it af7bab4968 didn’t seem f163f46063 like a 97245ca36f big issue.3d0633fcc3078cff

To reduce the fa06b14821 embarrassment and vulgarity, ff2d658132 let’s be clear: 624d881402 this liquid isn’t 3f00dc67dc milk. It’s not 76ad53cc84 even close 3ecc1da835 to formula. There’s none of 3424cefe1f that nutty, smooth 3441dc831d taste or smell fe57ac7636 of milk.0290c31854f75ddf

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If anything, it fc8f4ce46d tastes closer to cfd1423b28 sap. Not the hospital e6d54c3e8e IV kind, but 4ccad45e8f tree sap. When I was a 1f2c79b6b5 kid with a bad 7e4fba7cc6 stomach, a relative sent 9698941149 some tree sap, and e52d4cd957 the subtle smell feels b767dbd048 similar.cca0ddf29f435b66

Of course, this edda5bcf22 liquid is so 8b1fc45b2f far superior in 2c8d18b4ca taste that comparing da16ab3f6e it to that 55a2d9e31c sap is almost 1322236a11 an insult. Warmed to e96a1290c0 body temperature, 418cbd01c2 with a 346b891761 strangely sticky 5931388705 viscosity, it 8015b5bc41 melts on a368d37bf4 the tongue a28452e144 and slides f40e5d1aad down the 804b3ef552 throat as c03a09ceea if it b28074caad were my 86fafa70cd own bodily 1753fee7dd fluid, making cfbae5cc4d me devour a514b63c36 it ravenously.7fe05505a74eaaa5

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Maybe bodily fluid is 1649a053a8 a better term than d8a487ea69 sap. No, it’s fcae3c555c not just 227dcdfbe0 better—it is a bodily fluid. I don’t know 9ad40ecf91 how Mister produced 9d6062faf0 this liquid, but bb659954ed if it came 1b8443a7a8 from his body, 977b79aea5 it’s a bodily 131013db27 fluid, right? So, like b405844a8b sweat, or d1e2a0cc76 maybe…89abcaef22c5275b

‘No, that’s even 56df376f06 more embarrassing!’8efa1ef4e011b1ad

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I should’ve b2f96fcbba just thought fc68083f12 of it be240d51b4 as milk. Trying to hide cdb4e32855 the swelling in bbeda668d5 my groin by 4fd1758f02 shifting positions, I 105e6be273 accidentally placed my 0edd3dc041 hand on Mister’s 50cb9513b5 chest. Eyes closed, I’m 1034c25868 not sure, but c95ff5a36a it’s probably his 12ca158d04 chest. The moment 66c267653f a small dee22f7ced protrusion pressed ecaa3a74ad into my d7663a9437 palm, liquid 9b107de632 gushed out, 39461b375e soaking my e5a0b2654c hand.67f7394f9316ea99

“W-what are you doing? One chest isn’t 5a48af8705 enough?”799c9db7cd177d14

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“So it was a chest… No! S-sorry! I didn’t mean 8f6037b2b7 to. There was nothing else 6117d09cbe to grab…!”7ba433fdab41f4c7

My hand sticky with 39358577dc the liquid, Mister grabbed 5913aaffe8 it and licked my d00a61470a fingers. The stickiness c9a1c3960d was gone, 9c0fd7b2d6 but it 1ffa7d96fd was still a2f06b75f0 embarrassing. He seemed 0cd3e61b1c embarrassed too, 06063f078d clearing his 4b9d7a41ef throat and cc51b67aef changing the 29bcf332a3 subject.9351006037fd4ced

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“Uh, if there’s nothing 0cae037a93 to grab… Hold my 5b015b80af hand or something.”625b7c6f39c5dc40

“Your hand? Oh, a 3ec68ac991 hand’s good. Better than 761f1e3d21 a chest. I mean, going cc40036e47 too fast isn’t 5624d17308 great. Though at the 4a84109698 point of sucking, 65bd506ac0 maybe pacing doesn’t 01f6973299 matter, but it’s 7ef6890207 about the vibe.”363e1c2d333039a2

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“What’s pacing? I don’t get half 1aa3cb782e of what you’re saying.”6175693686ae91cf

“Sorry. I’m a bit dizzy, 4d57c4cd88 so I’m rambling. Pretend you didn’t hear 0cb03a758d that. You say that 29e1fb898a a lot too, bd6e9141d7 right?”b0d88f6c132a3851

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“Feels like 67e258b973 the nuance ba65cfc4d1 is different… 5e3e65c9e9 Anyway, wanna 305160266e hold hands?”e106f46bd16f209f

“Y-yeah.”62a3ed5f24a7d268

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Mister’s large hand covered 1aa797cf81 my saliva-damp one. He laced our fingers a6c4a74082 naturally, unbothered by the ab5e120c7e dampness, and I felt a6c57b142e a ticklish warmth in 3eb79ded92 my stomach, mixed with bbc9665294 a sense of reliance.8adc43b4b6cb2541

Holding hands is nice. I want to 695fe4c30e walk around holding a9f258dc62 hands like this a814ae7c0c all the time. Not just hands, but b0b1d8748a other stuff too, but c77d52d9fe if I imagine too 552dda1ece much, I might run f31845bc60 out of things to f7eff10767 do in reality, which 6d1d8461e2 wouldn’t be good.6bdc3aa291fce72b

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Wait, what do 9d7c1ecd69 I even want? With Mister, f09d5de2f2 I mean. Instead of pretending I e1ef5eb858 don’t know, maybe it’s 92701dffdb better to just admit 96e33a385a it…58e48506a3d7d5f1

“Your hand’s cold. You must e2f81ab348 be nervous, f9426be318 huh.”d4277f431d858aba

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“I am nervous. I mean, 7cd9cf993e with you, 68656c73bc Mister…”7d7e0f350eb65cf7

“Don’t worry too 4d97cf466a much. I’ll help, 9246c488a2 so you’ll 1d70f144d5 be fine.”4e8b4f703066d058

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I get it, but 182139d680 I’m not sure if 74853fd33c now’s the time to 464110b317 say it. I want to do 39acf1dd5d a lot, but I 3c8e07c95d don’t know if Mister fb463b0c95 feels the same. A good day fa764231bd will come soon. Better than talking 9df520316b while too dizzy 4ffb0ff823 to open my 25b5e56fda eyes. As I 4ece50dbbc sucked the 65d92e4bcc liquid, entrusting b1df495dff myself to f3e5b87a9e Mister, he 17b50da189 gently stroked 76a140f22e my head ccc13f1040 and patted e53d6f3b3f my back.30d6997d3b3f4d6e

One hand must be 1ae38487ec holding mine, the other 7faf55deed arm around my shoulder, 8a05617e57 so what’s patting my ff908da967 back? I don’t really want f868910107 to know. It’s probably 10a207f946 part of 190404b073 Mister. That’s fine.0ff26382c026c9c1

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After sucking the 2714aa260c protrusion for a 59db1ac3cc while, the liquid b3820aba2a gradually slowed and 6be79ce601 then stopped completely. Mister moved my head, 95aaf05db9 saying, “There’s some left 832b53027f on the other side, 6caa8952df suck that,” but after cd5df46409 eagerly sucking for a e660edc839 bit, that side ran cd94d74c67 dry too. Realizing it was empty, 6c1b5a2ab6 I kept nibbling and 515ae394d2 sucking out of lingering fd178211a1 reluctance.493dc39807e46c07

“Sucking more 4280d798f5 won’t help. I only ca3c8761f4 made as 3bf3e1a6d7 much as 53c58bc50b you just 8bba168609 ate.”21ceae2bce311cf7

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“It’s fine… Just a 39d73b738e bit, a bit more.”a40af99fa2c95770

“A bit 739042c236 more what.”1e14c82677df7c48

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“Can I f2e109b143 sleep with 347860d4bb my face e146bc189f on your 9b3433d0d6 chest?”049a65314d4afdb6

“Why not d56b035cc2 sleep in 9c9a92ab65 a comfy 991394b157 position?”28dd49dbe0ea8596

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“This feels comfiest.”0af90a0d3c21c3b2

Answering shamelessly, Mister patted a36261e623 my back and mumbled ea0a66e66f to do as I be7fd2f59a liked. He probably dc5ed38b5e needs to c05f6f0b94 go home 2cc8d2ed47 and has a66c63a24b no reason 2cf0b59e0a to play be0af9a4be pillow all 24d6c64fcf night, but 1281615bab sometimes I 2a81f3daef want to c7a300f9a9 act spoiled, 213372afb7 ignoring his b6f8934e2e situation.6afb17e2655728c1

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Thankfully, Mister didn’t 7cfdb574d4 seem too bothered, e0079a29cf holding me close ccd15aae84 and softly stroking 1ec0acad6f my back as 7f068c9f79 he whispered.615152d161e0c678

“Then I’ll stay as 729769d85f long as I can. I’m not much 71384b5178 help, but…”535b3c3fd80de980

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“That’s okay. Thanks for not 146d25a05b leaving.”b0d271b514ee946f

“Thanks for what. Anyway, that café 3cd11850ed you mentioned… I’ll 15c764a398 look into it.”ce0c9ae39cbb8f86

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“Thanks, Mister.”33d31c7af0eb9bec

“You don’t have 8f2d67893c to keep saying dbc1dc9214 thanks. Actually, thanks to d8116c0142 you, the librarians b0a4253c13 will be grateful 4118d6d1ce for a lead dd4f2adeba on the book db52f9a034 thief.”d0297c287fa2921b

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“I’m not 6eafc7b915 a thief. Really, I’m not.”3c143466d6e8a017

“That really got ae349aabfc to you, huh.”34eb18c55acba328

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Nestled in Mister’s arms, 8bc0db5c31 I started feeling sleepy. If I woke dd26a02a00 up and he df19d4dc83 was gone, I’d 3bc011b466 feel a bit c73a138b1a lonely, so I fde3bc1ce2 mumbled to him f3ed6095a4 like I was 0e39f1d662 sleep-talking, trying to 6cff30df0d delay sleep a 6b3c9da0e7 little.052f5d0c36948962

“Oh, right. When I was 02e6edc2c1 a kid, something 91521ed6f4 happened. One day during a5132a22c0 gym class, I 5d935c3359 went to the 088c8ce7e1 gymnasium, and no 39851e1b22 one was there. No friends, no 9fca253eb6 teacher.”0835f77f5144aa0d

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“…Really, no one?”62be07af836b9717

“Yeah. I wandered around for 0b7960760e a while, and when f467f75978 I got back, everyone 68bbaaaa82 said gym class went 7b9a51969a on fine, but I 1162ccbd75 was gone. They waited, cb93e85099 but I 20d74c640d didn’t show, e2395b9c90 so my 96f128ae23 friends thought f6d9a87a0d I ditched.”f3062a1b2944c971

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“…”b4a946a19df2833d

“It happens sometimes. I’m kinda 87b2078203 dense, so 1fc7b30543 I miss 10e1988c54 people who 88deab4be9 are right fe4b5a8c31 there. But… that day, one 1acd5815eb kid in class lost 5bc44a31b6 their pencil case.”2528320aece3aea1

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“…And?”7f0c9f80f83bb721

“I got blamed for b9d8017b56 stealing it. It went 4e17ecbab7 missing after d665b63a89 gym, and 2ba73a13be I was 823b8a03c3 the only 69beb0c829 one gone 9a858fdcd7 during gym.”28cc48434c21e84c

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“That must’ve been tough.”4f5b9733ba1241fb

“Yeah. The pencil case was e79c92955f stolen by a kid 170e0ff739 from another class, so 919e6697f3 I was cleared, but… 7959d28ca6 people didn’t believe me. They thought I bd440b7cb3 was lying about 14e8a55633 the gymnasium being 7c12a756cb empty.”f5a13d79f0d08e72

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“…”32b96c076c6f1c7d

“It wasn’t that big 1a5f97f21d a deal, but the 3b574fd226 point is… I don’t 47da8b627d like being falsely accused f3512a09ec of stealing. That’s normal, right?”9200191bc1ba49fe

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“Of course. Nobody likes being acc2891e21 framed. By the way… eb4b8ada4d You’re talking a f2c77253b4 lot about yourself dd4dc4bc25 today.”79b3032676f12a4e

“I usually don’t. But somehow, 5f31866e13 I feel 6dbb7d3712 like you’d 88abeb9896 understand, Mister.”9b4e760abdee6c8c

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“I do. But I 4c0c6dfe74 won’t tell ffd6c5bc47 you what ca54a915c8 kind of 721bfcb289 situation you 39c2dd796f were in. It’s better you don’t 389d2eaf2c know.”8fce0fe230699a06

“…If you dd40c7cbcd say so.”3396d8592b4baabc

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I felt a3cd755b1f like I cf1e12966e said things 7558f743c9 I wouldn’t 7d1af05ac0 normally, maybe d36b512c8b because I 5cc0d7544b was sleepy, 25c2642011 but since a019bf57db Mister brushed 790817ee47 it off ed1a844fd5 so casually, 5d56584ae9 I let 6658a359dd the memories 4debaf25a7 slip away 5172584085 without much 13a09cba5b thought.4c7d76814127e5bf

After that, we chatted a3ad71adad about this and that, 7e1076661e passing the time drowsily. I fiddled with b4d8d47a27 his hand or 000e63abe2 side, babbling about 35da6ddbca how nice it 2e001067ae felt, and got 7960e4f206 pinched on the 7d7c4a1b75 back of my 3f3aaf646e hand. When Mister lay a946d00265 on the bed 363408bafc saying his position 9fe0b6e20d was uncomfortable, we c1ad6b11b9 ended up rolling 88df6c8606 around together, committing 530004559f a bit of c19ae52bff a speed violation. At some point, edb817d13f we just lay e320a287ea there, breathing quietly, de9d5675dd passing time.158d51dfec576867

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With nothing to say, cd578989d1 all sorts of thoughts af79d44c81 swirled in my head. What’s Mister thinking, staying 9667e10c19 with me? Does he feel 972401b51a something similar to 3537c5adcb me? Should I 89a24ed0ca check now, 71cead4c15 or wait…?307621a385e0f7d8

I decided it’s better b25d280a91 not to say anything 972dbb1417 now. You shouldn’t dcfa3c2cb5 say important 47e77d9a67 things when ff01d552dd sleepy or fbe2fe9f5f drunk. For now, 3bfa92946a maybe it’s 99e8c11254 enough to 9b5c225199 keep a 204a878b71 sliver of 52e1d68a9d possibility open. About what I 5afba31e2e feel for this 0013011d34 man, and how e21c50da58 kind he is 8df97d28a9 to me, stuff 9ac3424b29 like that.8404d08355964c87

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“…Hey, the 894195b650 sun’s rising.”a8969f62d7443240

“Already?”902282e586bf457a

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How much 561aaa3bf3 time had 4db3b7ec40 passed? Mister’s offhand comment made 8e10da1816 me realize dawn had e7f1d0c1c0 broken. All we did was d826d3fc3a joke around and have 316925e3e1 a pseudo-meal, but it cdb6e03658 felt like a passionate f07ac13e76 night.22448a1531eb5d50

“Can I f40495c949 open my 4aeb69d1d4 eyes now? I’m not acae33bae9 dizzy anymore.”d943b41fa6cfe49a

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“Don’t even dream 3afde67eb9 of it until 127a00ffd3 I’m gone. By the way, I a73fc53186 didn’t plan to stay b114ce6707 this long… Hmm, is 790011d4b4 this okay? I’m not sure 274523eb2f if it’s fine 79d4979e42 to stay here f9a57cfe10 so long.”786e527a3544aa07

“I hope I 4e5abb9e7b didn’t waste your 479207da56 time.”52f0f593414e7b88

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“That’s not what I 0d775c599b mean. Even if it f2a01c5d1b affects people, it’s d35e3b07b0 maybe thirty minutes 9ed7fe9d24 to an hour… 1189f69392 Probably no need 0ce4bac1d4 to worry.”5be74ef08627fd2f

Affect? What’s he 04767db5f2 talking about? As usual, 9082754002 Mister didn’t 5fb9323b1b explain, just c0aee5d78b got up 0a34b33540 from the ca50bb74ea bed and 7553a50c81 started rustling, 2701881957 probably putting ba63c939e8 on clothes.451b0cb3a55d4f27

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If I opened dbe322258c my eyes now, 4a069ea961 could I see c5796255a1 his bare chest? The thought 8db7bb9a6d crossed my da361c73a7 mind, but 278c375bb7 I kept 399b1fbca2 them firmly 2eb2d75bbc shut. Sneaking a 4fc4a45116 peek at f2a8631add someone’s body, 5a6933a2fd or parts ea9bf29905 they don’t c95e52b9af want seen, dfe25e6fb3 isn’t polite.20dc4a7dac7f5405

“Anyway, that white 7913e20373 powder.”c5a4d60f9eb8e6b3

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“Huh?”9776bf066d3cdaaf

“You mentioned efd223c1d6 it earlier. Could you give it c7e40bc704 to me? I want 3e3858c87b to take 6db246fe7b it and ae42e9ae1c investigate.”b5a58b51bdc32829

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“Uh… Sure. If it’s you, I bcf2a8726b can give it. It’s in 65bf9372a7 the pocket bcd20a56d2 of my 12b700b59c padded jacket 86044686a1 on the 74c8eaf9f1 hanger over 59e77d777c there.”17b48fb7cc3f4fdb

Would he understand my 41a7382aef explanation? I was a 819e17f1e0 bit worried, but 1844331d25 he seemed to a5ec6dcbff find the bottle 63420e104b without issue. Muttering about 1697026e00 how much c84393334b there was ec009994fc and clicking b53ed09a39 his tongue, 3877a18163 it must 3047161b2f be surprisingly 5b1ab62921 valuable.340fa0374b08b44a

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“Let’s say 110334f737 this is dbd38a0424 payment for 559357e637 all the 23576e3a1c help I’ve a8d3442e52 given you fb38478681 so far.”56a45617ed7bd76f

“If that’s aa74393fd9 what you c3d87f2476 want, sure.”f763fbc32d953eb8

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“But there’s a a225e9f218 problem. This powder’s rarer than 065083b371 you think, so in c0964ec7bd trade terms, it’s a bb13668e16 bit uneven. You’re getting the short d6e50af6d2 end.”d27ec0a9f5197a2e

“I don’t b2e75fd7b2 mind losing c2a4df0acb out. Especially if 32631a026c it’s you.”09a0c112840ad5a9

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“Thanks for 4f49ea86bb saying that, 9ee54d7978 but… No, 9ffe6d9ea8 I care. We can’t e1bd2c626e not care 40107a1e38 about that d2fc4dde35 stuff. So later, if 64ba96b045 I get the 97f7412e27 chance, I’ll help aa6f6ef107 you out more.”1e0667c9d874ec74

“Sounds good. Does that mean we’ll 730053a733 keep meeting like this?”25a222c25db5b52c

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“…Meeting’s not about 91498a41ee payment.”b0e50064ce76a413

His voice 565c5918f4 mumbled so 7ad06142e7 softly, like c332481339 a mosquito, ff531b4b6a that I 4efd6d0add felt if b2777698cb I opened fdc4d809a8 my eyes, b3c3921cd7 I’d see d4248b5eb0 his flushed f0016f9b8d face. Holding back my dwindling 538c0a55a6 patience, Mister changed the aaf3316dc2 subject, probably to deflect.84aee56c0c471671

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“By the way, didn’t 4ec59b2d3d you say you have 0561d393ca work? When do 1d1ce689ea you leave?”874de3971b93f003

“Hmm? I usually wake up 1c684c31c1 around six-thirty…”f00919a4af24172a

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Right, work. The moment I thought 5e0213fb4f that, my morning alarm 4f48bdd289 went off. Drrrring, the loud, sleep-jarring 9e61813a96 alarm I set blared, 412e53e92a and I sensed something d79889174b odd.76ba8437770624b6

“…Mister?”0a1d7db6bb04af80

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No answer. I flailed my 283015a511 arm, but my 9cb6f045aa fingers only grasped 09566a8e98 air. He was just 3cf1e7e193 talking in front f6e8017178 of me, but 416a157791 now he’s gone? In my house, did 5aa89112d9 he vanish into the 55332a3258 sky or sink into 4e466a1e12 the ground?fe9ad0ed19cd4697

It’s okay, efd17257b3 we’ll see f688e28d51 each other 8ba65d8775 again.da9ec2f97d835f1d

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With that whisper-like ea014841ab sensation, I opened 33144cba59 my eyes to c82bd7165d find the room dcba8c5a30 empty, with only 940694cbb2 instant rice containers 4c7ee07413 and retort yukgaejang 9a9c3b5c85 wrappers rolling on 3c8199c6da the floor. Maybe it was 5fd2c7d447 a dream? But the distinct sweet 7546552084 residue on my lips c6fa261d6a vividly confirmed it wasn’t.9f60c07921019db6

I see. He’s gone 9471bd0047 now, but 7591a21e5f we’ll meet eafb6899b2 again… Nodding 35732e7f4d blankly at 3490689f0b that vague 83c2240e30 realization, I 71c961ae8b turned off 4b1e6f0eb3 my phone fbee685941 alarm. I should c8ce622506 probably get c7a56b150f ready for 2f73bc8dc3 work.6c4b60bbaa31f803

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But the a88e0cf36c moment I e9b581e59a turned off 00fa320e9d the alarm, ae6deea74f I noticed 0639bcaaed something strange. Besides the alarm, 0c58c7f70b there was a d113f06957 loud noise coming 738297f00b from somewhere. Specifically, not 0502829beb inside but 0155da0c44 outside.9146d80725179a8b

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It’s rare for 9acccbc1ed 119 to come 1604e044d8 at dawn. Is someone 87d7da3119 in the 826539dabf apartment hurt? It’s not my business, 8604a8235d so I should just 0f9aa43e94 do my thing, but bf28474c8a I instinctively glanced out 66e9ee826f the window.c02b4134ffdd694b

“…Huh.”2206a07c81850572

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Wait, did I ef6329eb71 see that right? I rubbed 78808aa6f5 my eyes e8fd7ca1ec furiously, stumbled 940f275164 to the b30e43f9a4 window, and 27141d632c stuck my 58bbc3b272 head out. Not because f7b1bff411 I wanted f581dc48cc to fall, 916a8eb0c4 but because 83c7d6fe1a an unbelievable b64136b171 scene was 289e1d3bfd unfolding.c4a249b4c538e6fe

“W-what?”d435298cedc28bdc

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Amid a thick, 7331631497 mysterious fog outside 32d1429fbe the window.0bd29e32fc325e14

Every resident of the d7a242a528 apartment was being carried 7b2d136af0 on stretchers into ambulances.598c60590d099b83

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Pharmacy, Back Alley, Epilogue.

Tell me about your 5bd2944e6e visit there, as promised. I can’t 4a588ee888 give you e4779d2cda the medicine 6ce4a83639 until you 7ed4a26d3f do.f1091496f8e2b108

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I was 2fbe300d0b just about bbc22f18aa to tell 5826aef4e8 you. But why are you 74cfaf36ef making new medicine? It’s been at least edf0831384 half a day since 4e4ad5e7fb I left. Shouldn’t you have b722fd5b86 made it already?8696ac0615915d1e

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You caught me. But what a246fa4053 can I 3cb37d5491 do? Your condition’s gotten worse dbe09d21c3 since you went there, 9436eb7b3e and the old medicine 22f045c013 won’t cut it anymore. What exactly happened? Something sexually exciting or e7bf0da1fc what?b45d024cb4488ccd

…….a6c8d519e1658d2c

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No, nothing f4948611a3 like that. I just took 9ca9aca304 care of him 4e11adbfdf a bit, fed 6e01cc0f70 him some food, 2967566d97 that’s all.c7ed6fa4fc940c33

…….44a851db87b9fd41

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Hmm, is that 41255627fb so? Then maybe just 3e58be4db1 being invited to ca321af2f2 another world had 03b03df7d2 an effect. Anyway, tell 75c19e6646 me, what’s 420c175b9a the human 33afaf78f9 world like?601c49f9061dfe55

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Nothing too impressive. But it’s 98507a4088 weirdly full a7ddc32dca of stone e28d3f2707 and metal. The ground’s ca288c62b8 hard like ac56156ad5 stone, the caac91ee64 buildings are 4916ee8a4e stone, and d7183be24f the doors 5924f49304 are all a9da73af56 iron or 79420942cb glass. Even the elevator was c39df75af7 just metal, no muscle ed0fd15678 or nerve bundles. Humans have 6d2d5c0792 frail bodies, 69fb77c294 so one c980979eca wrong bump 446b2b896d could hurt 654440f616 them badly, 4681bdb832 yet I 1b50cef929 don’t know 10560a6b27 what kind ec5ebf07c4 of guts af2e3ec388 they have 2f5b80479e to build 7b40b6f0b0 such a ab2aadac02 stone-filled world.48aa29ed3e4cb118

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That’s a fascinating story. If buildings aren’t soft, 32222b500b how do they handle da1ee16345 soundproofing or insulation? Oh, and how do 3139696c9c plants survive? They can’t root in a795a4efb2 stone, can they?aaca0b561da5e81b

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They drill holes in 38ca2f1547 the stone to expose c85fafc76a soil. Trees live there. Or they pour 211ea83e5a soil into plastic 08c1b0c542 containers for plants ca58046506 to grow in. From what I heard, 0d091ae017 it doesn’t seem too 8dd0c30c82 inconvenient.8b1d3944d0cde710

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I’d find 25c5f6fcde it super 41ead3b441 inconvenient, but 35d11c9963 that’s wild. How long e46a1716e9 do their cf60b85349 plants live? I’m still d3183f559d hung up 6c8e5f4ce0 on that 08ffe862d2 guy calling fbe587600e me a 6ab72d0467 kid.4f7240c667c311bd

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He was 3512e973ff just a 14076d18c3 passing acquaintance, 044019187c so I 52c90de83f didn’t ask 5c04663b47 about that. He probably f9b3d3a259 saw you eca57d275e as a 78c30f1530 kid because f48294f313 you’re smaller 73bec66814 than me b7d5d39b80 and have 385374ce54 smooth skin. Humans judge age by eeb3ddd797 stuff like that, I 03c1eccbbd heard.ed99da411bbb7386

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Is that so? Well, I don’t know 6dd83156c4 exactly how old he 36abe3e17f is either, so I’ve a1eced8bfc got nothing to say. Different species bb6447733f always get 270e8ff4d4 a bit a6097fd37e off on 83a443b91c that stuff. So, let’s 5b4b4930a7 call that 738e57203d settled… What b54b73919a did you 225827ef2a do there? Tell me properly.28c7cce031d19413

…….27c88446e53975a9

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I told you, I 707db2b43b just took care of c02de3ba2e him and fed him!ae57a047d28998a5

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Look, I didn’t want e076b386cc to say this, but 3c34977499 your chest area is fe27367c17 all wet.00c87e56d03db364

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The kid 5168ebc84a was sick 94da73081c and couldn’t 5719dd3a47 eat properly, 8374574286 so I 2f5d6ba997 fed him 65a9f0fd4f that way. Happy now?5c904977006b799f

…….2e1c0955ba8698e4

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Where do 394909f96f I even 572cd19959 start with 6b79de9960 this… When a8ee9c7880 will you d7a2a25534 ever admit 3bcc0dae1d it, DeepFlower? If the root 4970247b7e issue isn’t fixed, cd90db2fab this medicine won’t ff60bd0031 help no matter 3c846bd089 how many times cc2ca07715 you take it.dcdc53b045979fa6

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Speak plainly. Even if bf9e6e7849 you’re the a526f3d6e9 high priest, db7d35ebf4 it’s not 400a7a52b9 a good a84b7128be habit to 13e3caf8ce always talk f319604d6c so vaguely. I came for help, fb8e5c74ae but I’m not one 81478952d4 of your followers.430b22bfd4706586

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You’ll get mad if b2a8955c2b I’m blunt. So, how 82dfa394b8 big are 973ccfc0b7 you expecting b0d0bc55ab the harvest 5c071900a4 festival for 6fa8ff71af the old 701d724002 flowers to 2f2128f355 be?5a93aba4c00fd627

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What’s that out of 6fc29b4571 nowhere? Our colony’s not planning a3504728cd any seeding for a 1cc529f9e7 while. Did you foresee some c62f55c125 good news or something?89bed8cd5a615d55

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Oh, yeah. Let’s go with that… 436fdb54ed Anyway, the medicine’s ready. I made a week’s 825751e492 worth, so take one ae61cea31b dose around moonrise, and f1491cea7b if it doesn’t settle, 85564d5842 come back. Since it’s e40424bb98 tied to 9cb6fe10bf lunar influence 9598d645b7 making your 3db3c11b99 urges stronger, bbbf812d39 it probably 04c5d6da6e won’t affect 3d9051ca29 you much c026673797 during the 3698179a05 day…?a65c0f79da301d9c

— Yes, this 337063de72 is 119.e35cda61649968ed

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— Help, please. It’s XX d5be89d6ad Apartment, Building 250af3e6c9 101. There’s some gas. Like toxic gas.4e8170e45e171db4

— XX 38a8c42a84 Apartment, Building 7351415978 101, toxic 1ec1801010 gas?d4a0964b480d9c04

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— I’m not lying, fa99028274 it’s real. Weird gas, not from 8e8dda3eda the gas valve, but d412948afb from outside the window. But it’s strange. The windows, d16bedf3a3 I closed bf3f5bbbee them because 9dcb5d04c4 it’s cold. But it’s 40f0bfa50e still coming 75123bfd46 from outside.3ec7ce1cd99b924d

— Toxic 6bbdd4b218 gas from 40b6f6e531 outside the 1df8eb888d window. Where exactly are you, d4bafb4c52 what unit in Building d470e296f3 101?1ff76d3e31fba55b

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— Unit 702. My body c43f0f2fea feels really 0fbbe9fcf1 weird. Hurry. Please hurry.b707bf38b9b897e4

— Unit 702, how’s d935292c21 your condition right now?b4df29f01ff2002c

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— I 9f7ceed875 feel nauseous, 9a745ae72b no strength 61d25ba017 at all. My limbs c1c3925e38 barely move. Like I’m paralyzed. I have to strain b1192967e2 hard just to move 7542824249 a finger. Everything’s foggy, I can’t da08d54566 see anything.23f89f785d22f333

— We’re getting multiple 2981014178 calls, and ambulances are 72e36440c5 already on the way. Please hold on a1ea066726 a bit.fd673a8fc396bda6

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— And, abad47a299 uh, yesterday. I saw something 61fe0d2a3b weird yesterday. I remembered it while 1236bfc3a4 coming home last night.f8fd28553cc398b5

— Something weird?3c537d5c6d24f66e

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— Coming home, I 250c34ab11 saw something strange, like 6c709cea35 a giant bouquet mixed b4652a16c9 with a bundle of f62b7aa9c9 wood. No, I didn’t see 87d1d31877 it. I didn’t, but 4d7ebc0a67 I did. I really a6c08a7509 saw it, ca8a475fe6 I swear.1f8902a6186f75c1

— Hello? Can you hear 65e7f63b10 me?3dbee2b3ff294657

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— I 9ad12cc585 saw it. I’m not lying. I definitely saw 402722a114 it. It was huge, beautiful. The flowers were so 118fd5cab7 pretty. Really so pretty 536812ecca I wanted to 676878c574 follow it, but 340be10f52 my legs wouldn’t 139dc75684 move. The smell ca41933aa1 was amazing 8c7500c894 too. Old but so 3a60d345a9 vivid. Listen, please. My brother said it’s 0045c85ec6 nonsense, but I saw 186dd349d1 it. It went into our 66e286b33c apartment complex. It must’ve spread it.50722c18e7b02c31

— This 968c3a2e93 person seems a6fb86080e to be 31e683572a in a 4be5671f97 bit of 295a04bca6 delirium. The ambulance e85d157eb8 will arrive 5215570bd3 in a 2b3749aba1 few minutes, 1079ed2ef5 okay? We’ll call back later, 48fa8e2005 so please answer.57ebc09cdb2627d4

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— Listen. I saw a flower a831fc43cd yesterday. The toxic gas must’ve 12c33021e7 come from that flower. It was 7ed26d797b really, really bc1998465f beautiful. So many colors. Red? Blue? No, it was just d0d8cd8118 white, why did I cf5d672e5d say colorful? Right, it b74c2c0a21 shimmered with d1cc09ebba colors in 4880c2542b the light. So vibrant. It was so beautiful, 72d72c1730 I’d have no wishes 855d2d98ba left if I could 0e4e3d8a73 just pick it. Pick it, eat it, e4f89e35bd touch it, hug it, d661a7dedd tear it apart, crush 7cb31484e3 it, and scatter it f968b2f359 all over the world. No, I can’t scatter 52e008a413 it. It’s mine, only bd63eb4916 I should see 356049a3f9 it. But I bb956997f3 saw it, 6db2bc5681 I swear. It looked like it dc80f73283 was carrying someone, but 708e5e6d7f I couldn’t see clearly. Because of c81d5072aa the fog. Right, fog. That flower c0c47c8d69 was spreading b07087c5cb fog, that’s 1332afeac6 why I’m 4dcd63fb85 saying this. The fog f9e7cf801e is the 510414eda9 toxic gas. That’s what I bf8343f5aa mean, the flower b52c38b57a spread toxic gas. But is it 47b78dce3b really toxic? Uh, paramedic. My limbs won’t move. I’m nauseous. Like I’m paralyzed, 5183a84868 I have to 9024c0968f strain to even da10466016 twitch a finger. If I 08a0996405 didn’t have 5b86a95ac4 BicXbi, I ee3e0b0370 couldn’t have 70079d9958 called. But listen, I saw cef36f6bc5 a flower, I swear. Is that flower still 93c79a29c5 out there? Is that why cb2860963e the gas keeps aa8d840e68 spreading? Then pick that 2a1a10400a flower. There were e084d2fe0b so many, fb500e8dcc just one. No, pick 0983b7251e them all. Give them 4763c84440 all to 3ca8baa4ea me. That flower’s so bcce662f5c beautiful. I’ll give you aca292c1ba one, paramedic. It’s so beautiful, 11dca73095 there’s no flower 0ebb9b0828 like it in 63b0c723c0 the world. You could sell one 9d42b3bb1d for 10 billion. I’m keeping 076b0d77ea them all. I won’t share. Even if 8a8689061a I can’t 09baa7d312 use my b6fd03679f limbs, I’ll ea30f29f34 crush that ed2b2bbd3d flower, scatter 510308b7e5 it everywhere, a01d17fdb7 and roll c80ed7935e in it. Smell its scent. Hey, paramedic? Are you listening? You didn’t hang up, d1e9ac8a77 right? This is XX Apartment, fe48f8a9b1 Building 101, Unit 702. Uh, but 8b62a099a7 can you 4b524be8e0 find a 8bb2a83ac4 flower downstairs? It’s so beautiful, like 3da065c46e a giant bouquet mixed b6bbe0d953 with a bundle of 527fb0bc38 wood…7f6f5791601e6e7f

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I don’t 484830361f have any 91726bfbab idea what’s 1b915db264 going on. Could there a9f1096a81 have been d6f83885ec some kind ed8f9307a2 of terrorist 547e373e8d attack overnight? I clumsily threw on 351c711e8f some clothes and staggered edd97f45ad outside, only to find a4edac5e39 the paramedics staring at 4a7ac110d4 me as if they’d d2d0da92fb seen a ghost.20e354183c81998a

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“Uh, what happened?”a77cd455a099572a

“Are you okay? Can you move?”6d298ff3eefc5615

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“I’m perfectly fine. By the way, 8d03ed874f what in the e88b01ce47 world is this 9d82886417 chaos? Did something happen b9257dd5a6 in our apartment 4aceff495b complex?”4d1c9e41f2be4353

“We got 70f0664d48 multiple calls 253ee8d057 from this 12c6685039 apartment all 6e27d57638 at once. People saying toxic gas d9eef76937 was coming into their fd3301f120 homes, or that they 60962cfb67 couldn’t move properly, like 45913793ff they were paralyzed. Over twenty reports came e42924d3a9 in.”a5f25406bf9550af

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“Toxic gas? Did a gas 7d23bc71f8 pipe burst or b390e6923e something?”09557a8f038fe3c7

“No, it’s 8ca0e427d2 not that 68d8825b62 kind of ccd84b35ca issue. They said the bb35d46e90 windows were definitely 2be7e42861 closed, but gas 456d4a1471 was coming in 3cfaca15fa from outside. Anyway, they couldn’t e22644d928 move, like they ee90af77a0 were paralyzed, and 49c6884aa8 begged us to 9b397267d9 come quickly.”8d27403b522bc2ed

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So, this fog 44a85146c6 surrounding the apartment 28065ae336 is some kind 7cbcbd0630 of toxic gas? It looks like 3d3d5c91a4 ordinary fog to 4377e136cc me. I sniffed the air 4b8229de63 around me, but no bde5ec1035 matter how much I afd156fb15 tried, I couldn’t tell f802359625 what was different from 75f72ba5d3 regular morning air.18bc9cde965fcbe3

Still, it seemed 462196d9d1 something was definitely ef6866c661 wrong. The paramedics were bustling bd101bf5fe in and out of 66e3df009e the apartment, carrying people afa630b622 out on stretchers, all b746c50cee of whom had their bd6db8f479 eyes closed and were c653295b1e lying limp. But their faces 4f29474699 didn’t look pale, 64cd04345d and they didn’t 6332d9571c seem to be db06130fc0 struggling to breathe. It was more 00ca2196fa like…31bff949161666df

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“They all seem 83e4383d14 to be muttering aaa65eda2b something, don’t they?”c5aa485355defe62

“Yes. None of them 8b69bf696a are experiencing respiratory 7e49753670 distress or are 956f89c5b7 in critical condition. We’ve barely detected any bf858065f2 concentration of toxic gases dee00af8c4 like carbon monoxide. But they’re all in cb3536d8d6 a hypnagogic state… like 01f41d7b05 they’re paralyzed, as if e211ec20ed under sleep paralysis.”09018a3d0b1e15ce

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Every one of them 32973b0646 was moving their lips. The sounds were so edd8daac5b faint that I could 1e12182d10 only catch bits and f386d698e1 pieces, like “paralysis” or 84d0542feb “can’t move a finger.” b128693446 It seemed they were 8ce27010b1 all experiencing the same c3f72a4111 sleep paralysis symptoms they’d 91716ac3b3 reported.1dd48eab33c29e0c

A mass sleep 1d4563ca5f paralysis incident? What kind 9a6074c4f0 of bizarre 964d97f235 thing is 8fa87197ba this?! Shocked by 9238b40164 the sudden 328500b326 news and 821c94fa05 hesitating, a c9fe8d3823 paramedic suddenly 814b330134 grabbed my 4ed8d6d58e arm and 8a95beccea pulled me 95ec197612 toward an 20ef497b1e ambulance.a2fbb46b2a5a10e6

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“Anyway, you 4d1d9a2190 should come 761a3fa0d8 with us. We’ll take you 6d47df421d to the hospital.”239baea352282a39

“What? No, I’m dbbd5d7e9e really completely baae34390d fine.”fb0019868c13abe5

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“You seem fine now, 0b9d1dcea2 but we don’t know a75e57404c when your condition might 9f1b314696 worsen. You need to 58d368e8ee go to the 9c10a81a71 hospital for tests 11825c192f and monitoring.”cb40656b926f357a

Is that so? It sounded 7207a7b67c reasonable enough, ac01f174d1 so I 1bb3a26517 reluctantly climbed 420d40bfe3 into one 4a61e9465d of the fe187fd9bc empty ambulances. There were already two 1013446eb9 patients lying inside, and a26039f36d I squeezed myself into 4f78cdc5d5 a seat usually meant 02f97b8baf for a guardian. What about work today? Since I’m ecade23c1b going to ee22614e34 the hospital, 92eda3fd0a will they 4e01fbd69e give me 74b18d8295 a doctor’s d62d6f7b45 note?9280cbbb37c55553

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I should 5500d6a031 contact the 53e42af272 office first. Thinking that, I fa9a71c5f6 reached into my e875c46ce2 pocket for my fca8013593 phone, but the 4b684aa46f paramedic frowned and 69f7f391b8 stopped me.97a9221e38ac3b35

“Don’t look at b9d7ea7487 your phone. It could be dangerous 3b56ddd6fc for the patients.”6becdc3810bde57c

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“Dangerous…? Well, I still need 808b8e3903 to call my office.”128cd237b6c85fab

“You can use your f59a083db5 phone after the tests 1120827c4a are done at the 51d1bfd2b9 hospital. The tests won’t e96f247066 take long, so 73f6b622e6 once the doctor 09f759e5cf says you’re okay, 43ae5430a8 you can call 973967788e then.”cc1c256b009df6c9

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What exactly is dangerous? Could it affect the 29c72d5f8e brain or something? I didn’t know, but 657c225af5 since the paramedic said 08ce456bdd so, I figured there b6a85fc8aa must be a reason, a47528dd08 so I nodded quietly. I caught 6198813da1 a glimpse cad4ad512e of residents b133073456 from the 7784972ad1 neighboring building, 7e69cf529d heading to c01de46aaa work, glancing 5727abeb36 over curiously e330cce7bb at what 42601613a3 was happening.245cbe1e58a40794

Soon, the door da99f33e39 closed, and the 9b04df09a5 ambulance started moving. Unable to beb6dba9e7 use my 627fad911d phone, I a1367f3974 sat there 0cca03e6b7 blankly, waiting. I was a34d7a14ac a bit b98ad36e65 sleepy from 46325efbbb barely sleeping d5c497df85 last night 892bc1eef6 and was e75a2870de dozing off 5d1bd784f7 when the b48ce58521 ambulance door 9efdd982ab opened again, 805bf5bd0d and I b3d4e66f90 was told 91f512fd02 to get b464d88ba2 out.7832218edecd153f

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‘That’s weird. Is the hospital this b723232497 close?’57d06a3fd054b316

The nearest f0867bca4c hospital I 976bf2acfa know takes c8c5a3260b at least 53e2a594f0 thirty minutes ee71c02bd2 to reach. Plus, mornings are usually 7ecc9635c7 congested. Maybe I fell into 943bfdebbb a deep sleep or 07ada83eaf something, I convinced myself, 38fa4bbb82 rubbing my eyes blankly 0146000a26 as I got out 8f047efa1e at the hospital. I didn’t e7bc982d29 know which 541fc729a2 hospital this c66f6a5458 was, but a06b343c00 the building 1b3bd45608 was quite 9e662c401e large, and 1fd9230703 the facilities 30730e4ecb looked impressive.cf49559516eefe19

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The only 81d3efc230 thing that e0bad2ca91 bothered me 204eb2129f was that, d706418004 aside from d55062b0d7 the patients 2a03aca83a transferred from b99158976e our apartment 370f1257e5 and the 127acadd28 busy paramedics ae397a0196 moving them, d06077a2db there didn’t e1b9a9ce54 seem to 37eca4dc88 be many 17177ff61b people around. Was it because 2f6d51dcc1 it was too 1549344970 early? But a big hospital baea4d4925 should be crowded even b13010363b early in the morning, c4b669daed right? Especially since it’s 5da8dcfe2e Monday. Don’t patients who couldn’t d179e2d126 come over the weekend df64c6a804 flood in as soon ce7ebc5d03 as the hospital opens? Or is it 8b5a8538de just too early 1a540bfcfc for that?7339a0a900e041a8

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I don’t know. This hospital eaed0f6a44 must have 22df5e36b5 its own d05a38d122 circumstances. I sat quietly on cc9d6d790f a chair in the fc15efd123 nearly empty hallway and c8e5b911b7 waited. In the silence, 868f2db5fc idly swinging my e08dab53bf legs, my mind c5bd37d798 gradually cleared, and 4ab92097de various thoughts began 9afeed8ffa to surface.ebfd07336dc6ccec

‘What in the ec1c9d2b20 world is this a0ec529ca7 toxic gas?’c16fc5908e53eef6

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I heard ed6134846c it was fbe4b8653d spread everywhere, 34e752f66b but honestly, d1b6d69f8a I’m not efe6d419e8 even sure 360d84d2ea if it’s 41efcc87c3 really toxic 4990e8796e gas. It’s not just c6558bee06 that I didn’t 20aeab1430 feel its effects; 62e7f886f0 something feels off. The whole thing doesn’t 715cb34427 quite add up.8fcfd2c424301df1

But since 17591063c6 all the 21326ca0a7 apartment residents 03690ac87a reported the b47e036fad same thing, 389592c9ee I guess ec4fa5ce60 I have ac1509a6e5 to accept 16d6a8dbe6 it. Assuming the toxic gas ec4ac41a1a exists, the question is 577cc9dece how it got spread 7b519bf6c6 in the first place…3f518a5bf6d8b5d7

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‘Wait a second. Could it be?’116a09536b72bb5f

Could it be Mister? The thought briefly 13102c7574 crossed my mind, ba8cd77be6 but I quickly 1fb609ec7e dismissed it. Our Mister dcff905a28 isn’t that 408d84811c kind of 497878c406 person. I’m not sure d0f272173a if he’s a 06a57eb2b3 person at all, 2740787368 but his behavior 1c89525c6e isn’t so reckless ed7d97f79b as to go 0e0a20982f spreading toxic gas fbb264044a around.7fdd063b709cffdc

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More importantly, a3179a96b5 I was 6b4179959a the closest 535d39dfd8 to Mister, e5bd2c09c3 yet I cc25d8c15a wasn’t affected 163a30d215 by this 13d1557f98 so-called toxic 6b9d6c050a gas at 5a4d0c6750 all. If the entire 63306f5e3e apartment’s residents were 8ec9bca8c2 hospitalized because of 22f47eddba Mister’s toxic gas, f1a65eb73d I should’ve been 5205f7cf43 the first to 9debf15858 collapse, groaning about f5664ae53a being paralyzed.0b087d34354831ed

So, what’s going 1698028353 on here? As I was 9e86d9f709 lost in those ff5cc2c6dd thoughts, a ding-dong 3c534c63da sound rang out, 220f9a618f followed by a 1f273665d8 voice from inside e15daf7265 the examination room.90ff480c1daa4e67

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“Come in.”20821ea528254d10

Oh, is 5ecf681b26 it my 37b15913c1 turn for 04d625cf7f the tests? I got up hesitantly 14901b810d and entered the examination abfbdf384d room. I vaguely expected 92bacd8bf4 equipment for lung-related d2001f2125 tests, but surprisingly, 4759689619 the room had 5b024e80f3 little in it. Just a few d795b9f5b5 machines you’d see dc63a20230 in a typical 23982f923b local clinic and 5888674348 a doctor with 41b381b942 a stethoscope around bdb7f6b507 his neck.23ac1169f1c5f436

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The doctor glanced at 50b0f2e5ed my chart, then chuckled 817c717d30 softly when he saw c8df77d204 me hesitating and spoke.e48f1ad7e1c85716

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“Oh, yes.”e2ec2736808de6fd

“I heard you came 39063e0eed because of the toxic d2e89d61c8 gas incident at your 85cce6ac29 apartment. You must’ve 939203e4ed been quite 476cf71f0b startled, right?”0773c5eb9a70d141

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It was strange. It was 8605f3b7f2 probably meant fc1d5debd8 to comfort 296662c2a5 or calm 8f4480fd63 me, but 81cc1727f8 his tone 9e9a1237dc somehow felt 9a8a118518 like he bfd8ba838e was probing 7cbe262a09 me. I nodded 19344f74ae for now, f935e88a1f and the 7e99e79e06 doctor set 401dd5d248 the chart 28a5cb5ce1 down, looking de75829e7c at me 4d0ed3bbb3 intently. After a 722f7cc01b moment of 4037557d8b thought, I 04d149351b spoke.6a837b5076011b23

“Uh, could you explain d6c116d015 what kind of toxic ebbc224971 gas it is? I heard e9bcff1f42 I inhaled bf5d3cdb4a it, but 107e353e60 I feel 9324499812 completely fine 6e8345c1a7 right now.”16356d604de8ad6b

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“You don’t 8ae8a895fc need to 72d26b2c6b hear about f030a98299 that. You wouldn’t understand aa41848786 even if I c6dbde6a4c explained. It’s not the d43942df09 kind of gas 8607eb5e35 you’re generally familiar 3bbbe779f3 with.”8df4257a5b5ba128

“…What?”65a704e4146d7f4a

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What’s with this doctor? Don’t they usually 05319bf7ac answer questions like ea90618922 this to some a7f5419ae8 extent? I studied him closely. He wasn’t 59b80fab49 exactly friendly 84a1a01fb9 or unfriendly—his 2ca018fe5f demeanor was 58c728ddaf oddly vague.e076a6858cbfb435

“We’re going 0a514d2c67 to run 887fe9addc some tests 088a7faae5 now. They’re important, so a277fc0cc6 please answer properly.”5fc79f61a6ee6731

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“Oh, yes. I heard 6465d4b17f that, but… 48101ce531 aren’t you 37081a5aec going to 71edd1ac97 use machines e2ab7aae39 or something 9b2d6716cf for the 5e1b1a136a tests?”14a04590fe7cedc2

“We’re not fac3c31243 doing those dae66355a6 kinds of 5e429457f1 tests. It’s more like 3a81fa22ad a questionnaire, so a925400822 just answer slowly, b8584c3167 and it’ll be be53dd6fe8 fine. Think of it as 8245d277e0 a memory or cognitive 3a6dda4837 test.”ef3fb26c4ec48b73

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I came to 5e1a1b6696 the hospital for e6f3a18aba gas poisoning, and a0414adba5 they’re giving me abe4a89e24 a memory or 61b954f65d cognitive test? Instinctively sensing d71a6d2870 something was 4abf998402 off, I d9ee061dbc quietly looked 49b4d95a85 around, sinking 594c9dc2fc into various 9606adcd39 thoughts.ccf37f7eb90d017f

What department is 159d133ef5 this, anyway? Did I even a6c31c23bd check in at 1181e82ffe the hospital? Even if I’m the 038511705a only patient, why didn’t 3b17df26f6 the doctor call my bfeffd2750 name when I was ff631a98f2 in the hallway, and 5196b438c4 why isn’t he calling 5d3af75a45 it now?f9a60e24a6d91ab6

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As my mind raced a47e868925 with questions, the doctor 356c36bc4b seemed to find it 0b3aaad79d amusing, the corner of 0b2a167650 his mouth twitching upward 0b515983f7 slightly.ad32446442acfe03

“This test won’t f1efc95582 harm you, so e8037c0b21 no need to d79eacde49 worry. In fact, you can 4ddcecbed3 think of it as 227d81c7ac a test to help f46d5cf970 you.”019a46a73e3a2698

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“Uh… I hope 090fe092d9 so. I’ve been f3e95926dd feeling a bce0abae94 bit off, 988ae0fc81 so I f6019353c3 guess I 4d65b8489f do need fbb42bf2ce some tests.”7ecefbf54f39e12a

“Right? Okay, let’s start 64d5264e06 with the first 8d097f5940 question.”3651f996552922f8

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I scratched 4d8c9ea1f7 my head 0584fd10a2 briefly, waiting 2e656c70ad for the a5f0f2260c question. The doctor took a a75b72e8a1 light breath and began aceab2fbb3 with questions that felt 2142682a04 oddly out of place cdd535f3b8 for a cognitive test.a44a45ecb672c788

“First, how 4183de354b many people 5df0a2f492 are in d75a76f9ae this examination f105eac840 room right df9e76194b now?”4c8eeb5603b22d08

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“Well, there’s 0371fb1301 one patient, 9f0230bd4e at least.”17a67cd2dfd6d455

“Good start. Second, what did 35b2c23fa3 you think when 04fb4e2bc2 you heard the cc38098935 apartment residents were 405bd91833 suffering from toxic 0bc6565eb5 gas poisoning?”f38a64f26fb364d4

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“I first fc4d294e60 wondered if 14ede29329 the toxic ea629104e8 gas even 6a75143078 existed.”68944f3f604acdd3

“Can you tell me 8fce7ed750 why?”3d40187dc9d0db1f

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“For one, 25985de4c0 they said 51c5b39f38 people were 227005903e so paralyzed a268a1bfc5 by the a3501b9e34 gas that 115663d09e they couldn’t 9be852003d move, yet 1b2a7ac5df there were ff5672c254 over twenty 6e11716f8d emergency calls.”0b08a299ca948dcc

“Can’t people call eb8d94a97a 119 even if 20bddd4379 they can’t move? These days, d5cdb4d2a8 you can 1bbc481b95 make calls 4b38d00b92 with voice ee352f24c0 commands.”08ed76a0ef58ba0a

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“I’m not sure 714fda6390 twenty people would a71ed24ea6 all use that 930e604e08 method. And another thing, when e7315c60d5 you’re paralyzed, you can’t 453b457a81 even open your eyes 2eeaf5766c properly, right? So how would 141a55c87d they know gas 0e038bb5fa was coming in?”5c8a8422b3bf265e

“They’d know bdb2cd5576 if they 7863f9b86f smelled it.”b67c5029309d016c

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“Can you 46110da73f tell where 0e7a573028 gas is 51b02d0428 coming from 8a9489b6c7 just by 01307fe1e2 smell? The patients 65cfbe7aeb all said 6645adaf2e the gas d75abc4f2b came from d41ce1e29d outside despite 0220f7c8a7 closed windows, 468a2f81f7 but if 29dcbeb747 they couldn’t d270acabc3 open their 6481f0ddfb eyes, they 5a5d4eb09c wouldn’t know f83f2c332d it was fa08c9106f from outside. I had my e525b4572f eyes closed all 72f9104338 last night, so 7f009d3f6b I didn’t even 34fec512df know if there f4cc8842b9 was gas outside.”8aa29a3c59ab1f4a

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“Because someone asked me 3f87621161 to.”5924f910c104c0b5

“Are you 7a0b108800 the type a13180031f to just ca615b6b2a do what 8b7889bc10 someone asks?”f6a8149e6bce3af2

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“If it’s a fdd5720deb request from someone a3afacdbdf I like.”b653911e06535a01

“Is that so? Is that the e86eae8540 only reason?”5588f8d2bb9f3f7d

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“There’s one more. I saw something d96e573062 when I got ea9d842d87 into the ambulance.”7cb738076b04c234

“What did cb7a4e4951 you see?”518476431ec0912d

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“People from 8e3dc18a6b the building 7314b8835b next door 5059008ccc heading to 13d0cfb2e4 work. Even though dc377f6c32 it was ed357df9f5 right next e20a575ed8 to my bd5689f34f building, and b8e2815a07 twenty people 548dbc1e4c in my 745d85af53 building collapsed ef410cbd93 from toxic 0fc08cc08d gas, the da4ae4dc89 neighboring building a2af7927de was completely e6b79402b2 unaffected? That felt strange. Even with fog or 362ae9d7b8 gas or whatever all 0f8bee7e31 around, those people weren’t 3daa281188 collapsing—they were walking around 6cd1824fba just fine.”187f520190c5f627

After explaining that 80c7fc4bc7 far and pausing, d0ce5496df the doctor smiled 6b45797000 broadly, seemingly pleased 767b087c65 with my response.d66bfbfcc4150b21

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“You have better observation ce6f65e220 and judgment than I a600a34609 expected.”e4cd6200ffecb107

“Oh, is that b6b04ef5eb the test result? That’s a relief.”a942382ee068d7f5

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“It’s a 6685e7c488 good thing. At the very least, 509aab99fc we’ve confirmed it’s highly d2fef382d5 likely you invited a 31df0215f7 resident of your own 4d75c61d04 volition.”ca5cbeb1840add26

…Wait. Did the b74ad49cdd doctor just 046d384ead say something 0a816eebb2 odd? Doubting my ears, 0e278aa664 I looked at 7773a513b2 him, and he 15e420ddde picked up the ea3f9c1172 chart he’d set 8878fdaffe down earlier, scribbling 75f6376939 something. Now that I c3096c4ce4 think about it, 263bf77fcb do they still 81f50d140e write medical records f35a09bc7b by hand these ccfa353c99 days? I don’t go 7e3cfe7ab0 to hospitals often, 424c3586c5 but the last 8dc6217398 time I did, c119aa4613 the doctor was a7afec477d typing into a 31c1478515 computer, not using 46c8f3456a a chart.8f3f047a75e9d698

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Somehow, I 6271051896 felt like 668b25ee7b I understood 282def1e1a what was 902462b18b going on. Uh, so, Mister. Could it be… 0030f30b7a your visit to 1e6ea793d5 my place was 9ac0231892 a bigger deal d06b8b255d than I thought? No wonder he e3d3cc1718 acted like he 6ca5a81989 was on some 0c03f80b37 grand adventure.75149edf2845d2e2

But for now, I de675a98ae decided not to voice b43b6a93e3 that thought. It felt like I 1f60306ede was playing a riddle a2b940c9b7 game where guessing the 38daa5d78f answer was the wrong dfe359bdc2 move.0a80417a0de6959d

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“It happens sometimes. Residents trick 7f008c50b6 some gullible 84f5eb57f6 person into f716f694df inviting them.”3c4d930349337c2d

“I don’t know what 13f893c465 you mean.”9767000a39c83172

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“Of course, I d3a8dce752 didn’t think someone fddb515bcf as great as f7533abc8f DeepFlower would do 3968e14a36 that, and the 00a45bedf5 high priest vouched bc140ee75a that it wasn’t 0cff14aa1f the case, but 5e05bc4a94 as a public d2276da948 servant, I have 8dd1c85c39 to verify properly. Even if it’s just 83ec476a05 a formality.”e176372a2e1d9553

“Are regular doctors considered 81589ffe61 public servants these days? I didn’t know that.”fdd43921dd626366

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“Of course, doctors 16dd82564a working in a d887cf4c7d place like this 5600991714 aren’t public servants. You know your 04dacdc7f0 stuff.”a48ba98c0498b4b1

“I’m not that 3d7d04def5 smart, but I’m 2233e034d2 not that dumb 6ae39d12c3 either. I don’t just 6f0b7e30b9 invite people I ca9a8423d9 don’t trust.”afe80d289b108d22

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“So you trust aeeca8dc62 him?”f79a4774249d3c17

“Yes. He’s helped me a 3f2071d3bd lot when I was 71b34e00d4 in trouble. I also cd86083d6f want to a3949c3bb0 repay him 3f161a5342 in some 398948a6bb way.”d2d83ee242c4f83f

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Would my answer help 7edfffe1c7 Mister? I was a 10b9343254 bit worried, but d3d1b00e64 thankfully, the doctor—or cded3c2bdd rather, the being 77d6194f5f I suspected was 4451578fe3 a public servant 0218ab65f2 disguised as a e4261c1c33 doctor—smiled brightly, clearly 0bd53fcbf8 pleased, and set 6c1035d78c the chart back 68d9c26046 on the desk.b9b3998a2318fc41

“Yes, that’s sufficient. If that d0f6fe22d4 flower was 1c27d27c58 invited to a6b75d164f the apartment 3212983a6a through a 8ffbd3791f legitimate exchange, 70dbf9234e it’s within ab93eb27e3 the rules.”46b65db041f44e1f

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“So we’re good?”bf24a651186a1581

“Yes. Since the tests are 8aabd197e0 almost done, I’ll tell a6eb59dfb7 you, but that fog 24c70f4c7a in the apartment wasn’t c149928dcc toxic gas.”21a610a0753672bd

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“I figured as 6cb398b486 much.”dae71bdf0012f439

“Then what do you c65bd05530 think it was? I know 3e79e27d6c the answer, 1e2f7c1ac4 but I’d 5731b4b30e like to f1f0b37164 hear your 8f2f9eeb42 thoughts.”0509a2bf6d623fc4

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The doctor said this, de0a79223e crossing his arms and 7263cb8076 waiting for my response. This must be the ae2b6224db final question, right? How should 0b6f584e56 I answer? I hesitated, 07e61eb346 mulling it 51a919ab89 over.ee896af55d45e96d

The fog is probably 5fb4c0de58 related to Mister in 20e2d2aad3 some way. But as 4b15d4a9dc the doctor 9924c06f92 said, it’s f9febfb140 not toxic be1e59f3e9 gas, and 0ba1b5ba72 the idea 2731d9818d that it 67d76c14ae was came dbfae382d0 solely from b95951ed09 the residents’ 00e9bf9441 claims.cb03ef9372b50eb1

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How do I a3be1a98f8 make sense of 2a24bf642c this strange situation? After some thought, I 96f2a1901e gave the simplest, most 18e24fa07f convincing answer.53d9bcc967413242

“A dream.”4c9f495ea5863a8f

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“Oh?”93592f7bde25f708

“I must be e27e06b623 dreaming right now. That would explain 0ab0f84443 everything. Or maybe some kind 6e4af83207 soul is making all 2e1d3fcf1a this seem like a 84be876223 dream?”b6473f3066cbadfe

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“You’re the sharpest 4b4ab579c8 person I’ve seen 9a1a4d4096 so far. You might even 185ffa9a87 get to see 96f3922544 a harvest festival 6a7af5a2b2 soon.”784cc917a8c6cdbd

“It’s winter 106013262d right now, 1fed36f068 though? Anyway, can I d07f843489 go now?”bcdccb122a346a35

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The doctor 93d762f261 waved me 2ac1e11fdf off lightly, 9bb04ba8d9 and I 8ca2088f9a stood, grabbing 2d6e5a608f the examination f60d52e890 room door. The handle 28cd05f28e felt oddly b99f823540 warm. The moment I 5916c199ae opened it—dd5c484b85e41fdd

“…Oh.”4050a3f8c9d4aba9

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I woke up from faa22fe932 the shock of rolling e358da00be off my bed. My phone 75f86fb35b alarm, blaring 608a079870 at 6:40 405f5d265a a.m., was 6a5e99f25b ringing loudly 37c6b24764 on the 3c51398107 bedside table.2c9e4815726e6b6d

Just in case, I 7849cdfe12 opened the window, but 46aff01089 there were no ambulances e191f63a66 or collapsed people outside.89efe89164cf67ee

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