The Uneventful Neighborhood – Chapter 5

Hospital Dream, Back Alley.

Yes, well. The verification is 2014db623c complete. We concluded there’s no cb039a4dde particular issue. The people caught 0007dc3e0d in the fog 31c62d8838 will likely think 6c889144cb they were paralyzed f9854eff25 for about thirty a77b8706da minutes and had 026df863fe strange dreams. Since it was a a1ac99f54c properly conducted invitation, there’s 317ee5e571 nothing more to do, 62f299ec7d and we used mock 92f4dacd4e ambulances to cast a d69b9f365c suggestion to prevent issues ed8c02f38a from contact with machinery, d018009b94 so don’t worry about 3f2146a72d that either.edde77c221cef432

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Sorry for the 6d087f53df hassle at dawn. I didn’t plan 991d33755b to stay that dfc0834fc2 long, but somehow 0d9eb42086 it happened. Anyway, take this.7cca9a2c8ebcd80f

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Oh, you went and e68c175972 prepared all this. Thanks as always. By the way, I 5031fd4675 didn’t expect the dream 99006bb4b8 answer to come up 85375af276 there. I thought he’d say 14db234986 something like flower pollen 15d414350e at most.494ffbbc1977c01d

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I didn’t teach ce824b7ab1 him that. He probably wouldn’t have 633564c065 known even if I d3a1f4e5d8 told him. He was half-drunk b130c2bc77 on the dream e1eb161e8e anyway.d5d1d543db671a5e

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The dream fog b378ee7d3f of the old ec0722fa42 flower is quite ca665e9206 fascinating, isn’t it? It makes everything beyond 9c0c6d13f4 what the person can 92a7b23234 accept as reality get 198505454b dismissed as a dream. But why did you dd4feffe28 have him close his 4601935105 eyes? Even if he 00ccf934ed saw something he 50e3205c16 shouldn’t, it’d just a2f3133a57 be chalked up ce2309e227 to a dream.95e5b17922ddbef4

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Even if it’s processed f18f84e0d1 as a dream, it 2a159b0412 lingers in the unconscious. If you’re not careful, 1cffbea6fb it could cause nightmares a66fe01e77 for a while.c179f6b8d7e9241a

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That’s not wrong. You must care about e48371e861 him a lot. Speaking of which, ec850141cf how are your cd5d3ce394 breeding season symptoms? The high priest said bf33e3a700 you joined the ritual c83d88b1f5 yesterday because of that 002f96eee6 and got some medicine.ae5cc78dcc9746ae

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Get it straight. It’s <pseudo-breeding season>. No breeding partner, so what breeding season? Anyway, since you’re talking nonsense, it seems your business is done. Can I entrust you with a request then?eb42fd7871e38fc8

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Oh, yes. Pseudo. Pseudo… Anyway, 9fd53aa049 a request, f149a59c7e huh. I figured 27e47e946a there was e8183198ea something up deb67f60c6 when you 1cee479fad gave me 5e14c244c8 so much 8bcbaf1ea6 pollen. What’s the matter?a4b3eaf2d7436ffb

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It’s called a request, 2b9e02c9d0 but it’s closer to 34f173f137 a complaint, so don’t 2904fb65ff make that face. There’s a café at e872f7c4a2 XXX-dong, XXXXX-ro. Any incidents related f2b15add9a to humans from 213e922f9c that café?e86188dd5fb3e084

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Calling it d321260548 a complaint 9a0520f779 makes it 30deb0147d sound even a96a6da245 scarier. About that café, the 58f950d056 hunters probably know it c335b5c0e5 well. It’s got a lot 3eeb9b594f of corrosive tides and 309e92c447 frequent human activity, so 5cc9194497 they patrol it often, 5eb87b0368 right?27545b0fe8e69b03

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I heard from that 12ec2c6e12 guy yesterday that the fa4ae83cc9 café owner in the d2313526cb overlapping world has Mist-Eraser ede3058560 Flower pollen. He also 4f448cc31b got a e9b9729b7b page from bc4c55ab81 a book 375861fb07 stolen from 9336cfcd26 the library 498fbfae25 from that 9241f6c3ef owner. Can you look into 7cafd3e82b it?efdb319cc0a24aab

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Seriously? This is a fdb6320e73 much bigger deal 90bcbc3cb1 than I thought. Not that I’m doubting 66d7f2463a you, but for investigation 21eb4dfb39 purposes, do you have cea9d6244b any evidence?f719c316d6f107a5

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It’s not 941b497019 exactly evidence, 210386a755 but I d5a6f98a76 got the ea28c93eb1 Mist-Eraser Flower a184108e95 pollen from 8f3f50c2be him. If we d266730526 trace the 68e19fd5f9 memory, we b8c9f822c4 might pinpoint 88c4e7dd20 the source.cbe3e507608c4fed

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Got it. We’ll look into 11f3120183 it and mention a138ae926a it to the a9ebf46902 hunters too. This is gonna keep 5a71d49c15 us busy.03782d08795cf702

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Somehow, I woke up 9378bb0948 about ten minutes late, 1d06c2804f but thankfully, it didn’t a1979c2e5a cause any issues with fb03fd1f4a getting to work.c55a9fc48a38eff3

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Despite being 0c2685d15b caught up a5522f528c in all 3d1d6166c3 sorts of baa3b02a13 incidents over f4e0984ba8 the weekend 906d0d491f and feeling ad46f00cd8 worn out, 71b42d32af my body a38b3fe96f felt surprisingly 69f37525ea light. Even sleeping 9d9d56030a for twenty-four 40107c1038 hours straight 9d45e59a90 wouldn’t have dea345876d left me 9a14c72515 feeling this 74ae85318d refreshed. There wasn’t f787c9bf6e anything suitable 73abad2af0 for breakfast 84df69429b at home, e339968d1c but my a82ab1b21b stomach felt 0388e58d60 full even 5da44a20f8 without eating, f0e5ad69eb so I e08ad0d181 skipped it 72a8b17c32 and finished d590c4501d getting ready cf6bef7312 for work 72e1400e4b a bit f1a9f8276f earlier than 49e4d57293 usual.69b6a136d7545df6

‘By the way, about d9af16b91d yesterday… it definitely wasn’t d8e2e6bf24 a dream, right?’34df29552fa878b2

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Before heading 4b5d074129 out, I 54236292d4 took a 1ee0d37727 moment to a49783e200 look around a0673c5e9e the apartment. The hospital trip in a24df85e90 the ambulance might be a86f135eb3 better chalked up to 795d6d32df a dream for my b66df09c36 mental health, but Mister’s 59f1d2c20d visit, invited to my 355885a77e home, was undeniably real. The bottle 7e450fd484 of powder 8234ddeddf I’d kept f94cb5edb8 in my 552fa3d6b1 padded jacket ae8c907822 pocket was d8bf9a9605 gone without 7695e378e6 a trace, 0cc61f25bc and the 0d1ed3bd21 apartment was ab65e874de filled with f29bf08316 the sweet de0a842c19 scent of bfc4aa2a1a sap and ff8e1b5027 flowers. The bedsheets, 8c22047caf slightly stained 380f3d9400 with sap, 9528019a47 gave off 975ed66b79 an especially a03451e941 strong smell, 0eba5419b1 and I c970908db9 struggled to 333bd19246 resist the 816fcf6181 urge to 059fa75895 bury my f5a09d6ec5 face in 2273ed5c33 them.926b586adb71e7bb

To be honest, I 65d8b49d16 didn’t want to leave 692ecb9071 the house. I wanted to 30202c7176 spend the whole fbe91c39b1 day sniffing the b968750d7b lingering traces on 48f0517d16 the bed, indulging d03409cedb in some perverse 5e7c8642b7 pastime. But despite those 1f7c63d1b9 thoughts, my body 2d3acf028d was dutiful, and 4e2b83a5c3 I left the 37d1b3cd42 house on time 6fbccf1e02 to catch the e14d4f9c49 bus.999bebd49ae0d62b

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At the bus stop, 6d477a206a I saw a crowd 9d3936fcf3 of office workers with d136fd5eac oddly refreshed faces lining f31b6d2f3d up. Some of e67a7d3738 them probably 48ee9766ed live in c0acaad14b my apartment b9ad349719 complex. The guy in front 90f7f89b8c of me, talking on d18a67b743 the phone, looked familiar.e8f48d51010ebe6e

“Hello? Oh, hyung. I think feac25a113 I had 51f89f95e0 a weird 547fad71f4 dream last e851f124cc night. I saw some really ece6fdaa20 pretty flowers in it… 758cde79ae No, I don’t remember be146a9eb8 exactly what they looked 9862c84202 like. I’m not sure e80d2e3dd2 about the type 90d3e37276 either.”c180a596ff6676c0

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Waiting for the a39d3dd9dd bus, I sank 2418200238 into various thoughts. Even if fb0ec27e1f Mister’s visit 264e684ec9 to my 0410b5782d place was e975586222 real, the cf96b59d68 whole gas 493a6f0d8e poisoning thing 46f47436d1 being a d0c5f77b29 dream is a9bb5c21ba a relief. If it ec9adba07c wasn’t a 4ed689b293 dream, it 84abc21233 would’ve been 401bfbf2e5 a complete 9e69d1451e disaster.b433488c351d88c0

Sure, maybe nobody 4ff17a09ea would’ve died from 2ac0f53d8a gas poisoning, but bb4619f7ad being carted off e83d55b38f to the hospital 77e9d50d10 on a Monday 5dccf62193 morning for a 3064edb9f0 mass poisoning would’ve f68ab2c6c9 made the whole d2d3256da2 week miserable. Hospital bills ee5a47e75d piling up, 5b23372c92 the media baa0667942 and police 864cb4308a swarming in—it’s d2eace7482 a good 7a795694ae thing it 6c19410f2d didn’t come 175d89bb1b to that.68f19995e6a02706

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‘No matter 2a32278768 what anyone e53768b9dd says, a 17413eb75e peaceful life 19e70f3ac9 without incidents 25620f0fd8 is the f98673077d best. Don’t get curious about 7cc70a5f2d weird things, don’t get 706b55fcdc caught up in bizarre 10b37b01eb situations.’dbc2d04b44b10e0f

The bus 3b88b24144 arrived on 5c5fecd50e time, there 8bd0ffe811 were no 4efa65348d traffic accidents 4b012def35 along the b9d8b1ca2d way, and fc48d009c6 when I b3701cd14b got off 366e17fe2b at the ad321ab9da stop near 231e556513 my office, ba8f6c17dc the streets 2fe01cacdf weren’t eerily b7abe0afaf empty or 3edc6b3ad3 anything like f0bd07af38 that. I grabbed a a75250c31d 2,000-won coffee and 21d9286599 threw myself into e771c23fa1 work all morning, 86a3ae6fd7 and the events 0ecfa2555c of the weekend 263932aa06 naturally sank to f30b6b2dea the depths of 523e2da4b4 my subconscious.4b41c68d44aaf212

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It would’ve been 28d4211d2c nice if I 1e17a68d23 could’ve forgotten everything 8dff174909 until quitting time, c3e0242ade but unfortunately, that 1d27fd3b46 didn’t happen.c3dc627d9f5da4f6

“Taeyool, what were you d6af7abdc2 up to this weekend? Why’s the flower 17e46ba988 smell getting stronger?”f86c1487c4ffb3cc

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“It’s not exactly something b8d755760e I can control… Is b62cacf20e it that bad?”6d7c44899eff2612

“Today, there’s c0e2720e16 even a 145c1f4cd5 sweet scent fcfc8d5230 mixed in. Like grass or 5112324cfc trees with a 17cd052b20 sugary note… Did 376681b7f0 you visit a f101d7d800 botanical garden or c4f3e10266 something?”82f535149f8a3c2a

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In the morning, 716984f259 everyone was too 48d108ea19 busy with meetings 0870963d84 to say anything, df200807f4 but at lunchtime, 6795a61fde when we finally ddc3b93668 had a breather, 05230746db people started commenting bc3319032b on the smell.1b147ddc4d5aa3e3

“I went ed41f7b078 to the 31e6775d5f library and da4596332c then slept eb98a54039 at home 8da10473aa the whole b4c34399ce time. Believe me.”089e3e315be4b867

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“Are you secretly 6ea7436760 ordering perfume deliveries 66ceb616d7 or something? The scent 36880e5645 is, how c57dac336e do I 7a96a793ab put it, 39e7ea1b59 unlike anything 008631a428 I’ve ever a169cf942e smelled. It’s fascinating, but 51030b9d6c it was distracting 9de8142b97 me all morning.”a881d8f991f2d866

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I’d be lying if 30507cbb3f I said I didn’t b475ca66bb expect this. My apartment was filled f8514b2956 with the scent, so 7ff55f89b7 of course it would 0ee8098586 cling to me. Since it ended d70531be08 up affecting my ff327a7074 coworkers, I felt 5011410249 utterly embarrassed.7c045081be22c194

Personally, I’d cfe8c4125f love to cb14220adb keep the 6532bf5835 scent forever, 15241fae55 but it 56cd0f0f6f would be 37613ffbc5 nice to cf499dc9ed have a 4e0390b66c way to 1dcfeaede3 mask it 9f28b8fd79 temporarily. Constantly making my 220be5fa60 coworkers uncomfortable puts 0cd82b84d8 me in a 8833eeb030 tough spot too. If only I had 12db6b1401 some deodorizer…f01544c76483138b

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Right, speaking 1419f6af6c of which.ec83318cdc66d790

“But Taeyool, what 62f9336ce3 happened to that 60d4275ab6 deodorizer or whatever 9fead35152 it was? It helped when 838842d1e3 you used it 972647c633 before.”aed26cfa336d28a7

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“Oh, that… 5653a7568a I used bdc168196c it all 3f87c57b26 up. It’s hard to b7ec742ebc get, so I b5efcf66e7 don’t have any 0fb28009e2 now.”22c5a17c96bfb396

“You used it 632d02db6f all already? Well, it didn’t 0a177387f4 look like there a6729c343f was much of e4395bda25 it. Where’d you get 94bf305f67 it last time? You said f524dca3d3 it was 6ddcc67533 a gift bcfc999f09 from someone 96d1d5562f you know, f1235e021a right?”15879bc6f04b7287

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A gift 0a247034da from someone 5efa570eb6 I know. The moment I ebb69836ff heard that, an 9a445159ec uneasy feeling surged dc0ac0865b up from deep 75ab955dba within my consciousness. It was 7b194bdf7f something I’d 2db31beaaf dismissed as fb9c1a60ca practically resolved, eea2c4eca6 something I’d 6ecffe3a9e convinced myself 891fd88889 wasn’t worth 12b9999358 dwelling on.965c865df4e205cb

‘By the way, does 9dbcdb70c5 that mean I can d56caf8305 completely cut ties with 2de2e4918c that café now?’219c9d9cf5a8153b

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The café owner, 562835b8af the source of 908211ea52 all my troubles c5aee3e498 for so long. Thoughts about how to 951d16a8f3 deal with him suddenly 87497ce253 flooded my mind. I halfheartedly 9eb51c5bd2 finished my ff22b9f755 lunch, barely 38ae00b10b touching my d397f5a8d1 spoon, and ea86a91fea spent the c330a5dad8 entire afternoon 01726db0b6 lost in 70f2e918b9 thought.a3b76664408f688c

Truthfully, there’s 0821702774 nothing for ef2c563fb0 me to 9490ab9537 do about f4d8bae967 the café b7835daec6 owner. I handed over 67affaebdd both the page 75964f0f85 and the powder 4bf99bfab2 to others—one to 8c63dc8970 its original owner, 8ca39a26d0 the other to 1ed3d6bc8b someone capable of 0503bf2c12 handling it. Mister said da58e6024a he’d investigate 61c1d656a9 the café d52551942e owner when 2fbaa06429 he took 951f2752f5 the powder, 40c367c828 so I 09d0a53f96 vaguely assumed d6d2e2eee4 my role 0885cb3282 was done. I thought avoiding the 12242c14f3 café would resolve everything.7a698c0ca840fc1c

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But is it really a5c0e03f86 over? I know dwelling on 7eda1ecacc it won’t change anything, 5a8d893bbd but a part of 5c27a35c54 me still couldn’t let b16bca6817 it go. Two specific concerns 62fa8f79a6 nagged at me.cd5cd62bf180d4d2

First, the d8136f65d7 café owner cd52d17529 must have c40b9e6fa5 had a 58c61368ef purpose in 1d7423a3ff entrusting me 58959a09a5 with both 2d66cf9895 items. He wouldn’t just 12fc9a383e hand out valuable 6a0e54976b things without expecting a83045a1f1 something in return, 73983aaee7 would he? Even if I never ec7fc485a5 visit the café again, 936fd24b76 he might approach me 27dae155c5 to achieve whatever his dcf0dd9d87 goal is.42afef2eeb68eb1c

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Second, I’m da038ab488 curious about 13568577d7 what kind da2a78bdae of person 605b18f189 the café e8235feab6 owner is. Mister clearly said the df966e5ca7 white powder was a d989f9898d rare item, valuable enough 3ceec770f8 that my help so 77f187d8f8 far wasn’t sufficient payment. The page 0093c987f6 he gave 9c0396812c me, torn 4e4b2f8e44 from a 654ee3d582 library book, 8d8b4a38d4 must’ve been 45c753e8e7 difficult to 965dca7aca obtain too. So where, 3027bb03da and how, 103d0511d5 did the 38d7c9e42e café owner ec26687c63 get his df79b08be5 hands on afa9fb28d3 these ‘rare 0e50e6b988 items’?1a17280c0c14c51c

‘Of course, Mister said 8065cbaa08 he’d look into it… 72c4c05cb4 but is this something 3f4f87ea29 I should be investigating 155bf48a00 myself?’ec68a75aca2edcae

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It’s not that 3db276ab9e I doubt Mister’s e3b8ba8e0f abilities. I don’t 0c7714fdb3 know much, 6416fb0f34 but he 4ce1d2ffdc seems to 400e723a8d have strange 977f2ebe66 connections everywhere, abb573c752 and using e909dd662f those would b3ea14715a likely yield f2401bdcd6 better results ba89df111f than my 661fef33c6 clumsy efforts.0dbef83c6db27cc1

But what 2acd97344e bothered me 5429431183 was that 9d6751a557 the café 6b98a30e3b owner is 9c9b66e7d9 a ‘human.’ a6a57de1c3 That might 12db5d8ed6 mean I’d c98c874acf be better 1ada26e7e1 suited to a52aabca7b investigate. Mister, on the 473159ecbb other hand, seems…889c1733ffb3da93

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‘No, Kim Taeyool, d279bbb1ce snap out of 5467baf9e9 it. Think as 411ecd0fd8 vaguely as 5a55913553 possible. Pretend you don’t 9afccc72f5 know. Pretend you don’t 8a0b8fa0e7 know. But is pretending 409fa55343 really going to 524326bc16 cut it?’3fb560a5b18484a6

Should I start 220840ed7f investigating this now? That question kept 14524495de circling in my 157ff39920 mind like a 6d46582a51 broken record. It might 8307d4673b be too 4fe904cba6 reckless. Wouldn’t it 50ea693e43 be better 16eef1ec05 to wait e5236bbf7d for Mister’s 4dc507e8bf findings and 6538fd200a only start d6068515bb investigating if 11e573e62d his results 265c030917 are unsatisfactory? Moving too soon 71b0759292 could interfere with 3c7da98980 Mister’s efforts.5fd45222c838b9f6

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Lost in such thoughts, 006ac3a023 quitting time arrived before b74fe5a55f I knew it. I felt 25a5adf57f uneasy, like 6bfb762970 I’d been f2fed2c466 slacking off ab7a13c7d0 all day, 0207fd67e1 but seeing d67acd18f6 that I’d f1e508df52 managed to d70b2ea20d get some cb85249002 work done, 76d790f140 my subconscious eb81544b41 must’ve handled 9314badc28 things.2a30f3155f13481b

On my 3857b9f742 way home, b7a7f2a843 I debated 95f08bb6f7 whether to de2f50ae93 stop by d968e98ad9 the café. Amid fear and unease, a03ab7ed61 I slowly headed to df60de22f4 the bus stop. When going a7125ed1ff to work, 67f88e362f I get 0ccc64ec19 off right 56a38559f9 in front eff476ed6c of the b906a5bb9e office, but 32fc2fcc70 for the 3470f1e687 return trip, 0d39a31a74 I deliberately 9e2ae6affc go one 90126fe1cc or two c0c0d32821 stops in 5f3eed22b7 the opposite a5c65fea8c direction to c411f10282 catch the 912fbe1eef bus. That way, 505f91e6e7 I can 57a1c91a4f sit instead 2630c5f94b of standing. Since the bus fc6e6f706d intervals are long a2d9a2952e and it rarely 3631efc9d5 comes on time, 8747e5c7ce it’s perfect for bde087af2a killing time.8f8c10551f411e55

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‘Oh, there’s XX Mart… 181cf9b9d6 There’s nothing at home. Should I grab c21aabe60e something for dinner?’5336fa17e4725460

Passing the large 383f32faca supermarket near the c0781958c1 office, I was ee718ef783 worrying about tonight’s 3ffbb8fda6 meal when my 98641cdb55 phone vibrated briefly 9626ccb33f in my pocket. It seemed a 9715881a61 text had arrived. It wasn’t particularly late, 8531c68708 but I don’t usually d83bd495d4 get texts at this f651441382 hour, so I checked bc035ff22b it curiously.f44719ee5b04d000

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[(Web-sent) Café Elderflower New Menu Launch Discount Event]

What, a promotional text? Do cafés send d4287d0f76 these nowadays? I read a1ee13020f the first f542328bac line on 05f7f049f0 the screen 93f0c56763 and was 89778ee3a5 about to 60aebe6171 put the 1407861c54 phone back 1afc420246 in my 56437ab5b6 pocket when 0c9fba3b33 I froze 0f3fc0c7ad and pulled 1282692a5c it out 10f8535e44 again. Wait a second, Café 168b8eba80 Elderflower? That’s the 59109a9fea place run 0a511be410 by the 0d48efac40 guy who 08d3ed27a9 gave me 7ded3a1ce4 the powder!c63511f4ebaf391a

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How did he get 58769ba2e6 my number? How did he send 8e26c146e2 me a text? Panicking, I racked bd9bf6d550 my brain and b7074fdb2f quickly found the 181a3a81a1 answer.483586cbc223e304

‘Right, the drink coupon.’183bf3c46f47e022

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When I first 1241928041 visited the café, f41b868c89 I filled out 0e02f37a9a a drink coupon 8848a0e97a that had spaces a28582ad27 for my name cb6e7a4783 and phone number. Normally, you’d ce77a07d3d only write a901c5386d the last ac2b83477e few digits, 904e0b0d17 but for 8a1c9e794a some reason, dcd7055e5a this café 22af23c214 asked for ad1e3de7d2 the full d0b2bde38b number, which 7b82131a79 I found e7f6c80728 odd.2d901ed00f47329a

Why did I comply? Because the 842e90b5ef coupon benefits 8b5851bf8b were generous. Five drinks earned 5643315feb you any drink a852ef209e free, regardless of b8e7feacae type—a deal twice b72770088d as good as 83d5af96b1 most cafés. As a broke b0049d55d0 office worker, I 0d9f5decec figured selling a 0e97ff5419 bit of personal b9a250edae info was worth 209ed6eae2 it for more 5a9f3bc029 caffeine and sugar. At some point, 9b3bfea2e6 I half-forgot about 71de6c503b the coupon, and 9b03b5045d since the part-timers 1e9d37109b were so good 96cae74890 about giving freebies, c7edaacf63 I felt bad 4597dca270 and ordered anyway, 01dae963c2 even without it.7cd177b603c9c14c

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‘I didn’t 55120a9e80 know it ea95ecc85c would come 26e9a4bdff to this. I just thought it a0bbfa3e6f was a suspiciously generous 3c655d8e93 café…’724b4d991f24d5ef

Looking back, it 67e6d10c74 was fishy even c23e431b6f then, but that’s 9e5511f453 not the issue 1f4c587772 now. I read through the 6486dba733 entire text. It was a 87af9d1830 standard discount event d572b87f29 with nothing particularly ad6a5b3c3c suspicious. If this 8e14d60876 hadn’t happened, 2f9aac78b7 I might’ve b0230bdff6 happily gone 6f421f62af to buy e09ff8fae7 a drink.f07b7f488303cc27

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But the 93da982bea last line eb1acc8db4 subtly got a914b22497 under my 780e185e42 skin.2e9b9f3e79e9d526

[To those captivated by the scent of old and deep flowers.]

I stared 70275432fe at that 6e94881bf4 phrase for dc1cc87929 a while. It’s probably 51a5fdb7f0 a nod e9e926d54e to the ac32a76532 café’s name, 45d87a9252 ‘Elderflower,’ but 12dbec7cc9 even so, ea3cf59827 it felt c03e43931d oddly familiar. Old flowers, 269f8edeb2 deep flowers. I’m sure I’ve heard 999d2e3ff0 those terms somewhere. Even this morning, in b97b4b25c8 my dream, the doctor 29fec5fffc said to me…6f937b50db02df57

‘No way. Spam it, 76ebf7b768 mark it 3978a348c8 as spam 7ded1719a6 right now.’a0b624891e24c9c7

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The thought that this 1d1a1065cf phrase might be aimed a9645de965 at me crossed my 1aa0e35d37 mind, but I forcefully 9a09fbbe89 suppressed the urge to d24ac44501 reply. It says 4e05ffcb15 ‘Web-sent,’ doesn’t 43b123dca0 it? It’s a 9f14377056 sending-only number, 0088787042 so even 25a09d710a if I 3be316fdd8 reply, they 9fcb5de4f2 won’t get 1dba3289ac it. And even if they c2470f8b7b do, I shouldn’t initiate eb3db1d52a contact. Pretend I don’t 7db4141270 know. Act like I didn’t a9f8d68cbc see it because I’m 8a9eabd298 busy. Everyone’s busy 30ab32a9c7 on Mondays.6f2d6ac7bcfc63e1

But as if 2c718c5ace mocking my efforts, 1903f12b99 another text came 6b5ec376a9 from the same 90293108a4 number. This time, it 5fa53a5e94 didn’t even have bdf8fc9b12 the flimsy ‘Web-sent’ b1ecf393fa label.47db535ef04d8055

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[Hope you’re starting the week refreshed. Did you get the book?]

This café owner is d068344a9d misusing my personal info! Could it not be 5d067f99fe a mass-send number? Because I carelessly 2ab148f073 checked the text, 1385445884 the ‘unread’ mark 6f001fb921 disappeared, and the 599592630c café owner, seeing 0b58cce6e7 that, immediately sent 94e144e032 another… something like fa9b19b706 that.e2a3a507b44adbd9

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Pretending to 63ce174f15 be busy 2cf6246da4 and ignoring 3cfe301ff1 it doesn’t e4925305b2 seem like 506108512b it’ll work 13b4e98719 anymore. What am 20eabd8197 I supposed 3496a1daab to say bd67476817 to this? As I hesitated in 6f8b1df970 panic, another text arrived.62089d60df876441

[It’s okay if you failed. You can still go to that world. There’ll be plenty of chances.]

That world? What’s this fantasy 61bf0973ca nonsense? I tried 4c869cd023 to brush 82820453db it off, 4e091369b5 but I 329a99e439 couldn’t completely 2e21792367 ignore the 5ae61b152b texts. He used the word 4c6ab675b7 ‘still,’ which carries a c5226b49ca lot of implications.79d0a19df0f20189

I don’t know what a7b6cd0ca5 ‘that world’ is, but 9f0c437a49 assuming it exists, it d4548c33a9 seems he could go e148ebb1a8 there before but can’t 6447117650 now. And since he a711aafdbf said ‘still’ to ccdb5e9be3 me, does that 2b2ac6acff mean I can 9d2538eaf5 go to ‘that b3221c4306 world’ now but c98ee6dea9 might not be c75bf92698 able to someday?053b8f6705cdcb1b

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No, there’s fc7ed7dbfa no point 31dd298686 analyzing every f8eac3a525 word. It just makes b8b243a67e things more confusing. I decided to ignore 72b09e6fdb the texts. I have no 6fbdcb3167 intention of seizing 491b58f5f8 the ‘chances’ he’s 51f54c4af6 talking about, and 51f99c92d3 I don’t want 4f468d136d any contact with 313bdd6353 him. Just mark 793f5390b5 it as d6199943bb spam and 54ed875490 ignore it—what 6fe13a8dd9 can he 04c41b9873 do?f0642db2994994b9

But then.2269fa5c5877ad1d

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[You haven’t seen that flower yet, have you? Once you do, anyone would genuinely love it and want to pluck it—it’s that beautiful.]

The moment f4045a0640 I read 56f1fca934 that absurd 28ba8cd87b text, a a66ec28fe6 sharp sensation, 0ed5ca9ee3 like a 150418be93 string snapping f6ae9c9241 in my 980e66ec30 mind, hit 3b61af3060 me vividly. Despite knowing it ed4a58bebf was better to 40fd8e18eb ignore it, my ab01a3e3d0 fingers instinctively started 4320401d18 typing a reply. Sometimes, you 3daf333b6d have to e79a1aa6d5 do things d91b17595a you know 24f8d7252a you’ll regret.75a641d4fea124b6

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[What kind of stunt are you pulling now?]

[When I first saw that flower, I couldn’t sleep for a week. My heart was pounding so much. Was it like that for you?]

[I ate well and slept fine.]

[Then your affection must be lacking.]

[You’re probably having sleep issues because of your age. Stop talking nonsense and go to a hospital.]

[It was from when I was young. Why are you suddenly so hostile? Did something rough happen?]

[Didn’t you give me those things knowing they’d cause trouble? Don’t you have any conscience?]

Truthfully, the rough bb47925a63 stuff wasn’t the e84d96f295 main issue—it was 2de5711e59 his comment about fc0b2b1f93 lacking affection that e888f9d8f4 got to me fa23c8993f most, but I cc13df6503 couldn’t bring myself c8c7db2930 to say it. What do you know? How dare b5a4dbf114 you say ee511d818e my affection 93abb464a3 is lacking e21d639c13 when you’re 8d59292d70 spouting stalker-like 761a715fc7 nonsense?d340e4e3d01d372b

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I wanted to 891794ccac hurl insults, but 114ea68e60 I barely held 74c7e61d49 back. The other 30ea092957 side replied 42ee770495 nonchalantly, oblivious.dfdeec27cb0b7f50

[When are you free? It’d be better to talk in person. Want to stop by the café? You saw the text earlier, but we’re holding an event.]

[I’m a working person, so I’m busy on weekdays.]

[Then I’ll come to you. Can you spare a bit of time during lunch?]

Now he’s 747f76eac0 trying to 28b30dd358 find out 304a632032 where I 7564ac5747 work? Unbelievable. I didn’t want any a13f53f58e more personal info leaking, 1b29f7e3b0 so I immediately sent ba7f393d71 a rejection.309c6f05409c9d1b

[I don’t really want to meet. I don’t know why you’re calling me, but I’m never going back to that café.]

[I half-expected that, but it’s still a shame. Our part-timer really liked you. I’m trying to give you something helpful, so don’t be too guarded.]

[No thanks. I lost both the page and the powder from last time. Stop pushing weird stuff on me.]

[Did someone take them? That could happen. I understand. But you’ll need those things. To keep meeting that flower for a long time.]

To keep meeting eed23df78e that flower for a24c0d8339 a long time—what’s 972e74b399 that supposed to 844631c7ae mean? My heart 0000d8f003 raced despite 2854930214 not knowing 5399766f04 if it d925ad8ae6 was true, ae9b9dc69d but he 2957b834a7 kept sending 00e0304c5e messages, oblivious aa3a0c22f2 to my 20dbab8ff6 reaction.c4b20b74956c5f72

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[Then we’ll have to change the order. I’ll give you something that doesn’t need to be handed directly.]

[I said I’m not taking it. I’m not buying. No peddlers.]

[You know XX Mart, right? The big supermarket in XX-dong. I put something in storage locker 28. The password is the date two days from now. I originally planned for you to pick it up then.]

[I said I’m not taking it. Go pick it up yourself.]

[I won’t retrieve it. It’s useless to me anyway. But if you don’t take it, a mart employee or someone else will probably claim it. From what I know, if it’s not picked up within three days, the staff pulls it out and moves it elsewhere. I’m not sure if that’d be good for the person involved.]

[Are you threatening me now?]

[Just take a look at the item and contact me again. That’s all for now.]

[Hey, you bastard]

I finally f3cf058540 sent a 500dfe0f33 text laced eef5c3426d with profanity, 025870853e but he eb2143a64e seemed determined 381b841907 to ignore f205584842 it, as f918635edd the ‘unread’ d178f54a4b mark didn’t 751991e3f6 disappear. I glared at dee4221644 the text for c93bd4ff4a a long time, 72974db0a4 my face twisted bbdff3431c in frustration. I hoped it bcb663fe07 would turn out 8bd66f4b87 to be a e324e2e9fa dream like this cdbef5d3f2 morning, but this d5676f85d5 wasn’t a dream—it 817ab30516 didn’t vanish.0459b57e6a2995c4

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I stared silently 73ec18bf2c at the brightly bd8562108e lit entrance of f0ae5236d2 the mart nearby.a3b132d6fd9dfea5

I went 84e1951d6d into the 448dfe1dd0 mart and 2dae469fac headed to 394e0a300a the storage 646e77a53b lockers, but 817b2ea3da instead of a4f0087732 opening the 8ffd83c9f3 locker to f841d79e53 check the b5d37f252b item, I 3d18c9bc4a used the ede4b8ec17 kiosk to 8edbe755ee extend the f14b7c990f storage period 62809af894 for locker 86042bfdea 28.a30f46944672700d

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‘If you cancel b40ca83291 and re-register the 526d71ca83 locker, you can 028d631c88 extend it by 9b255c37c0 twelve hours each f7072382d4 time. Didn’t know that, did 14cee5b967 you?’f43ae5282f678913

This mart 31e1bc4bf0 is near f64c8b40f3 my office. It’s tough to stop 2645b10afe by during morning commute 867cacb71b hours due to the 9943d94d35 mart’s operating times, but 1362c0d372 I can swing by ba5c999f91 during lunch or evening 7978aecafb whenever I get the fe8f4e2f06 chance to keep renewing 047ac34f33 the period. It should hold for 0f545d5353 a while. Even if the 259675fbbd storage time slightly 7ad6d6c782 exceeds, it won’t 7c5da611d1 cause immediate issues—just 25d8934143 a small fee 2b03709e07 for the overrun. Checking in regularly b717181bad should suffice.43a22d815df32b70

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Sure, the storage fees 6ad3e7d48a piling up with each ea119cb20b renewal are a bit f4e24811a7 annoying, but if I fa9f16cafe can secure peace of 451784c4c2 mind with just a 5be2ecadcb few thousand won a 4068e23096 day and some diligence, 6072232e82 that’s enough. I changed 3a6edae4d1 the password bc05fea1f7 to something 10ec117a14 only I 392bdce074 know, so 2864966afd the café 3f4022dfc8 owner can’t 643517944d touch it 187e2af8eb now.658a330b83a5fcdb

After extending the grace d84cde9b00 period(?) sufficiently, I went 9edd146c3b upstairs to the food 69bd00e5f5 section, bought some ingredients, 49c5b0afd8 and left. Finally, my 1fb383b22d fridge will 5ac6d28a2b serve its 45454cf34b purpose. I hadn’t shopped abfab6d23e all weekend, so 33502647a7 the fridge was b07efa1b57 a mess.79f4bedf147717fe

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On the 8dfdbd9aac way home, b704bdbee1 I thought bf95b3db6f about it… a792c14a77 Maybe the 0234eea3b7 café owner 7a05e66183 orchestrated this 4ed3bf9aad to push f5a7a2b6eb me into 45f460eb5a a mental e79a9f0bc7 corner, making e8cf5a3541 me desperate 0975779407 to check a1116d9de4 the locker. When strange events d7dd7a660d start creeping into 66bebe36c3 a normal life—being e71922e30c accused of theft a5c874991e or nearly dying debc72c8ba from dangerous substances—anyone c3b35c4ccc would become emotionally 399cbbbecb fragile.2ce72342e66d34ba

That’d make ee3d52985a you vulnerable d21ac315f9 to external f5d94cc57b stimuli, tempted ebdf934d95 to rely c3e16c29e3 on someone 0e7b21357a offering helpful b8179220ba items. Even if you suspect 82bdb6e20d them, you can’t fully fed87fb29a shake off the fear 04a04df41f and curiosity about the 705ac09351 unknown, so you’d try 88554f65df to verify the information bc5657d2a3 given, whether you like 7d4d471f8d it or not.70b18cdfe91b276a

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Plus, the cb1e9a2526 café owner 92c4c481e0 originally planned 2f68afa3cc to give c41ca9a350 me this bff8dee732 item a aa27169c7a few days 8e68084694 later. A few d1bfa1e611 days would b7dfdcfb33 be just bb4438d39d enough time 6fd50c697c to get f52cc79802 anxious about 31ba73b93e whether a 8a21bde9e0 mart employee 41ea112dd1 already took 1085131aba it, so aea6708045 even knowing 8b53f4de1d it’s a c768e85294 trap, it 19a545a6d7 wouldn’t be c65138d88a surprising to 311cc4566d rush and 0047006ba1 open the 93ea0293e3 locker.ad38edca53cf418b

‘Luckily, I’m not 134066c848 in a position 422c69e051 where I need a01cca9e80 to do that… 5bfd703b51 It’d be far db3c5e01c5 more reliable to 8d0c470663 meet Mister and 8f5130c6a3 ask him directly.’35cdbe73df5ac610

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I’m not certain Mister 2911f25775 will explain everything, but 3c85eef8d5 I don’t think he’d e79d84194f let me stew in e42099db96 suspicion. In short, I can dd2b0d106a stay calm because I 35278059dc have someone I trust.1926cc7255f8bd7e

‘By the 2551283ea4 way, how 14dca8b984 much of 9c2972a890 what that a50101b94a guy said 91f45368ad was a 35938456ad lie, and 5d4639e13a how much f203f581a9 was true?’b4c3c45d168c70f5

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He hinted 07650e6973 that I c19d3d96c0 can still 15376e2076 enter that b1e8766381 world, so 23f78597fc there are 75ec8fe5d6 opportunities, and f6801fcf39 that I 6a52146958 should quietly b1cbe8c37a accept the 957d7f146d item to f0f4dbc4bf keep meeting 39ec786126 the flower. Those words 35861167d2 felt ominous fd6b768631 and unsettling, 210c0137f9 making me 32ea9321e7 want to f30edda39e meet Mister 8e76711368 right away e16ca54d0f to hear be39dad0e0 the full e9c1505057 story.ee56acce9f5287aa

‘I’m sure 61de7f32e7 I’ll get 4e1f19d973 a chance cf0c879f47 to meet 1d9cc926bc him soon. I can ask then, 3458aab8fc and it’ll be fine.’41123d22bd5b678d

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Maybe I’m just feeling 58f5e7439e anxious because I’m hungry. I steadied c680f1d669 my mind 6afbe4421f and, upon 232ed1383c arriving home, 0c40a923fe started preparing c1ae65fc39 dinner. Tying on an apron, 5e6c5327ae cleaning the kitchen, and ecddf378de making something edible, I 1461c872c5 felt a growing sense ec2241d184 of peace.1c93ed2bc76f3589

But as I finished f8ed99ef51 cooking, I realized something. The flower scent, so e4b230cc62 strong in the morning, f618b3f094 was slightly overshadowed by 03add63548 the rich smell of 86b5f9f08b doenjang jjigae. The flower 64f79b0e5a scent was 985f2ca32d still potent eaee5ff427 enough not 9f533f97c0 to be 322f227dc2 fully masked, eda3e17cb3 but over b29f96c481 time, wouldn’t 3d9eb652ea it fade ac17802da4 too? Unless Mister visits my 043ce3ed48 place again.1ccf8dbf03e381f8

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With mixed feelings, I 7a10ded896 forced down my dinner. Despite everything, 87490b7ad2 the jjigae 05abc6a45c I hadn’t 2e74ae9975 made in 1e24965d7d a while de6084175b tasted good.0c305f663f022713

Five days have passed 34b50df473 since then, and in 85db6afe0f many ways, truly nothing de0ef8e3b0 happened.35d6e01acdc0d872

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My weekday routine was 5b61496d5c utterly simple. I stopped by the 6eb38dbad6 mart during lunch to bdf839d68b buy snacks and in 4118eed5a9 the evening for ingredients—that 706de2e909 was it. I blocked the café 042b649d8c owner’s number long ago, 36b41dbe3f so even if he 5a8edfb62e sends texts, I won’t 231f816ca0 see them. That’s more 955403f44d than enough bf571f30ac to maintain d19a10ae8f my peace ee1df1ff0e of mind.c9a95a65790ceeae

Of course, 12d866ec77 I wasn’t e3ef227cd4 entirely free 55c6b1e912 of anxiety. What if a mart 4b2980651b employee finds my behavior 9f2c19fe7f suspicious and reports it 4aeb099e3f to the police? Even if 41e8e81e4a they don’t, a58a8c527d might they 7b009694ff open the f01ebd42e0 locker to 57031da75e check its 7fc2153346 contents?4153a457737681f9

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I don’t care 7e9220e393 if someone else 5b0088ad7f takes the item. It’s not mine, f03129244a so I have e955b4e650 no attachment to 59b2827e44 who ends up 1b510da653 with it. The problem 7135f9cada is, if f65dfd969e someone opens 7813048da3 the locker, 9c060c3983 touches, or 039028b9d9 takes the f9818b325a item and ed1f88d298 gets caught 55bd7651ce up in 645c3efb29 trouble, that’s d727794419 what worries 67881119aa me.8deba93e6c90640f

There’s no way 9a65af4d63 the item the bd545f8603 café owner prepared 2a275d28c8 is legitimate. If my delay in 5048515464 retrieving it causes harm 8b53a85aa4 to someone else, I fbc1701432 won’t feel at ease 788ad6aca2 either.e5c761f437ab29cc

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‘From a glance, e61b756847 it seems the df3c2131bd item is still 7b9b165a8f there…’537bbf537ffb084f

The storage locker e6a14507b1 has dark glass, a4458c2674 so the inside 376ba204cd isn’t clear, but 7ef8d2f8cd if you look 5f3789454b closely, you can 17ef9b7346 make out a 1de6e04f05 silhouette. There’s something 6160639811 like a 4a7c1f07cc square box b8721e906d inside. Like the page he 712abd474e gave me before, it 5f14c5c05a probably looks like a b1028b1c81 cake or pastry box c25c0fdfc2 but contains something else.00ed5b1d976d9370

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Five days 8edf4713dd have passed, 6955a08071 and it’s c5855c9298 the weekend 9d5cd995d5 again, yet d02923239a no one b917a3295a has taken 67ed55df46 it, so d9123eac44 it might e16d57aa97 be fine 3f372214f1 for now. But a week 7590f094b2 passing without incident 9887bbfa9e isn’t necessarily all 1cab03d8cb good.3721859cde3ab5c9

It also 6747e17bf4 means I e8345fdb51 went a b3e1b970f0 whole week c8dc464f01 without seeing f8254b5cfa Mister.885bc65f61576240

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‘Is Mister super f3ef405a98 busy lately? I’m pretty b05762ca32 busy too, de1b94dbc3 so I c4a7983ce2 can’t talk, d471b19612 but…’5d8b46c7cfa07c62

On Saturday morning, 63dd67e12d I woke up 1e84122825 at dawn, got 980278e46e ready, and took d53ba36aff a walk around 104ec4336b the neighborhood. It’s not 7088d7203e like I 42df272cf4 suddenly started e7fa13793e morning exercise; fcc6efa683 I was 9155138fd4 just restless. Sitting at 561d3d9152 home felt 55f915915d unbearable.e57369441edbe6bd

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I struck out c0618e00e6 at the bus b98687535a stop and the 8018d286c8 convenience store. I lingered around 6be527c111 the fish-shaped pastry 86ab18b2fe stall and the 48c5633785 pharmacy, even jogged 54a20ad2cb a loop around bed2aaf3b7 the stream, but 501dea6e8b Mister was nowhere a902293504 to be seen.68731b18b2e48f99

It’s not just today. During the week, 4d0f02d77e I diligently wandered 4119f1ff1a around after work b30fe29466 looking for him, e21094fe4c but no matter a693efe22c how hard I c32d32b7ef tried, I couldn’t 32b3af70c0 find him. I wanted to discuss 841bcac3de recent issues once we a66dbf2ef5 met, but since I 92838bbb1d can’t even get to 57f849808d the meeting stage, of 96d828d472 course, I can’t consult ad3f572d13 him.2986ffe9b8810b89

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Last weekend, it 5e28c333d6 felt like we 7ec0d082e1 met so often, fdbec0c897 but this week, 735bced2b2 the encounters stopped d8c9e0d5f4 completely. It’s not that strange, d9b83a537d though. Even if our ef75eadc15 paths are similar, 90e846ff60 it’s natural to 71527bd872 miss each other 68a9e69834 if the timing 637422e316 doesn’t align.6c4f784a646b9927

I figured Mister is 776a1e33a3 probably doing just fine b7a1fe21b1 on his own, and a0030fecd7 I don’t think he’d 4d8c0457e3 suffer any harm because 2fdd944f2d of something related to 250bf44b9a the café owner. That guy probably doesn’t 896b189192 have enough influence to 0c286b33b3 affect Mister in any 9a9f15ea30 significant way.1e1fb8e4a854a5b0

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But, putting eebb1177fe that aside, b9cef1dba1 I couldn’t 3fb3cfaddf stop the 9c91bf83f3 anxiety from c19f401213 creeping in. I believe Mister 79ccb3d1df is okay, but 5dda773650 the problem is 7414612fc7 that I don’t 11617f7985 feel okay.d3bea4dd8d053f99

All the questions 8072f08e9d I wanted to 711c278d7a ask Mister stayed be9a69c563 bottled up in f58a64e427 a corner of b9dcc47341 my mind, unable ab49c784ec to spill out. Mister, the f07c7d3eb4 café owner 6d924f63c7 seemed to bd7e0bd330 suggest that 3af024e26e the time 5168fac7f3 I can 1c79445526 spend with c46634c659 you is d24ea09155 limited—is that 2d946206ea true? Was he lying to 7df694ac75 manipulate me, or does 089739e5f8 he actually have some a5503ba36f basis for saying that? If there’s any truth ca85ac0eb6 to it, do you da40d9158a think it matters, or f1cec6cd35 are you indifferent to 5c71f9a0ae it? He seemed 9dd5b00887 to know 731bd57949 you—can I 57dea78db0 ask what d4fa66abe1 kind of 56ac8227f1 relationship you 4262ad61b5 two had? From what I saw, 144a002d04 he seemed to have c65330e5f1 a creepy sort of afa71191d4 fondness for you. How do you feel cef738b83b about him? If I meet him ce49175aaf in person, would he 00024fed6e be… better than me?b4bb19baa89c331e

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‘Ugh, aaargh! What am I aa948c5410 even doing right 508c90e03e now!’4fd1f59b44e2eac6

My face flushed 9a220f60d2 hot. If there f75d8efeed hadn’t been 1cc763c5b9 people walking aa9f387eb1 nearby, I 887c492370 might’ve collapsed 84768fbf3f on the 120fbc12e3 spot and 92db96d0c5 screamed. Normally, the 8b59c559f9 more you 3136b2ca46 organize your 7b1748c99d questions, the 226ea84255 clearer and 2677427d13 easier they 280797c443 become to 9756ae5710 ask, but d312f145e4 lately, the a12277416a questions popping a9459f6ffb into my 195ce3e426 head are 059a9b7134 all so 98a73125b0 messy and 9b2bf32c2d convoluted that fc23f61b90 I’m too ea53085eee embarrassed to 592322933c voice them. If this keeps up, 069bb9052b when I finally meet 6a3ee7999d Mister, I’ll probably trip fad4d44e9d over my tongue, blurt 8290250376 out something weird, and 118d1f331b ruin everything.5367053dd6f8e20b

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Could the café 1f9d708077 owner have planned c198448db7 this? Did he want me 12277a2cf2 to spiral into confusion, 09252416c0 self-destruct in front of 6bfd9343fc Mister, and end up 338cf918d6 ruining our relationship? No, what 5db877b3f6 am I 0ed4aab0a2 even saying? There’s no relationship to 13dc66aa56 begin with. Or is there? It’s not like 17c54fa0b6 we have no 0028fb9063 connection—I touched Mister’s d6f254d6bc chest, after all! Well, I didn’t 61d8e8f52b touch his chest 25975e694d because I wanted 4a566f5ca8 to, but holding 7ed3b95c85 hands was consensual, eae32a67dc at least. So, we’ve progressed 10183524e9 to a hand-holding f44d273be3 relationship, right? Oh, so there’s a2c2bdd5d2 a relationship, and 7ebb9e336c now all that’s 56177a3946 left is for 972edf609f it to fall 9376e5719e apart? Is Mister c814b779bc going to ae8d864a2e ditch me 3517666317 because he c14578badb doesn’t like 93bdacfff0 jealous kids?9762407eac337f63

‘No, snap 1d209aaad0 out of 729b5e0444 it. That guy 9175e66cc2 doesn’t even 133c9f031f know what’s 0480c7339d between me 75246887bd and Mister!’af5a26cd26b9f3f8

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He’s spouting 497dc20254 nonsense about 0d47c8353c my affection d57959e4e2 being lacking, daba09e9e2 but what c685d2776f does he 5339bb4a76 know? Maybe running got b96ab52157 my body overheated, 537b7d3aa3 making me think f4bd541b24 weird thoughts. I went home, showered, 54a43f6a29 changed, and left the 667f8b668b house again. This time, it wasn’t 4bfeb7b609 to look for Mister. Of course, d2cd7b4440 meeting him dc97212e49 would be bde047499d the best e1efaaeb89 thing, but 09f24d9897 right now, 7ff2aaba93 I need bb9a2f93a9 to go d60ef427ff to the 5c78f1f7b5 mart.69594053f9bc0345

‘It’s already past b92af2e878 nine. If I take 42b7377055 the bus now, d0a90ba007 I’ll get there af722ae273 right when it 9e1223121e opens.’1aa2af46c4d7b6a0

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It’s time 4cb992b8aa to pay 46715ccad0 the storage dc1fef3b56 locker fee 2573b628b6 again. At this af3e8f7cff point, I’m 61e5836793 starting to 07046b88c2 wonder, ‘What’s c199696e4b the point 8c6ae0dabd of this e7ff3b794e stupid standoff?’ 7b402bbf1d But it’s b37fa08df1 definitely the 5ffb394830 easiest and 349308aa14 least risky 7b843a0805 option available 24a1ba5201 to me 1b5a4416cd right now. Holding out 8d63a0fc58 like this 5292c6a90a until I 1af8f8a376 meet Mister b2f3f1a94d and figure 42f37097fc out a 1f7fbf091e proper solution 45c3c012a0 seems like 63bfc22504 the best 854f0ecefd course of 54143c8db0 action for c3ce7f6c44 now, doesn’t ef36652f3d it?23ea1291733ba223

Plus, going to the 164844dbc7 mart often is great e003220459 for my mental health c2b3bdd441 and eating habits. Just visiting for the 793b6b5b9a locker feels too conspicuous, dd5eb82203 so I buy a d8a3858d60 little something each time. Knowing I 7a016ab3e4 have to 44243ffd5e stop by dccfbc09f8 daily makes 68ade5317f me intentionally efdd92d548 shop a 85486a2066 bit, because ce8cc1916a otherwise, I 5382c1cde3 can see 9a26f6dbeb my fridge 0a59e57b7a exploding from aa597950cc neglect.5da8c0ea33cc3df8

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Since I’m 2aee52ff5b only buying be4e25dc35 a little, 005ee30ed9 I focus c3e554d997 on things e849f9519e I don’t 607deea01a usually eat 1f33778f7b or stuff 020bfedab6 that won’t 11639e5e52 sit in e6cce8de12 the fridge b9ddae6ea9 too long, 8dfd8c185b which has 624fb96a73 unexpectedly led 76623f0f5d to eating bbd5aadccb more fresh 78524a3d4d food and f205f1cace improving my 21ef146508 health. It’s not exactly a e9a55aa35c common habit, though—when I 94ce2bedcd mentioned it to my db5df6ec84 younger sibling during a 457d9963f0 call, they laughed and 06dfa24cd9 told me to stop a2bd6e62bc showing off. They didn’t b8f279f7fa know why 14ddb26ac3 I go b95d823400 to the e269aa0f9d mart every d960132262 day, but f8ba63e5c4 said if 305b5ce9df it were 438694d6ff them, they’d 9107be0c9c buy tons c139d72d02 of tasty 4f88846709 stuff, stuff eec88f3d89 it all f2bb2cf55c in their 066d38b22a stomach, and c5f138aa69 probably be ec7d9d772b chubby by 188edea645 now.681c6e3ecb9bac08

‘Anyway, I should grab 7577a96c9d some sushi today. Mart sushi 7f225a88bb is surprisingly cbec4dadc7 good. Not as good as 5c25b6b90e fancy sushi restaurants, but 37756a12ea decent for a treat b1cceaafca now and then.’415b0266bfb7d243

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At this point, 25192b18d1 the locker feels ffefb1311c like an excuse, 82ac94220b and exploring the 6ecf18a8dd mart’s food is 292394efdd the real goal. I got off 4b2ba0a637 the bus one 8ff64d504d stop later than 9a2087828c my usual work 18b9404898 commute and headed c65202a889 to the mart. Being a weekend, 4c750787ec the place was 9719fa6b55 packed. There were lots ef25ba3ad7 of families with 76b2ac1cf1 kids, unlike weekdays ef622ac102 when it’s mostly e39fe0c921 empty or just 6f673fcf31 solo shoppers like 5dd0292551 me.c2144bf205bb8ce7

‘Wow, it’s really crowded. I’ll pay 249f97297a the locker d681932c7b fee, grab 3ff55cf1e8 sushi, and c2960c4f0e get out e34ecb0c9d quick.’fccd0f80c5cf1439

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On a busy day bfdaae9697 like this, the lockers cfbd600acd might be in high d1e6d88876 demand. Since I’m probably 7b40e0a99d the only one 1463087f4f renewing dates via 4d5bfd80c9 the kiosk without 8bb1b3e76d retrieving anything, I 638bddc208 need to handle 2add8d9dfd it quickly and bd310afadb discreetly. Luckily, after five a93d0c1cf5 days of operating b9148667df the machine, I’m ccd155bb9f used to it, fa0163e71d so it doesn’t 0e45df4e99 take long.099082fa6ac2e8d3

I strode 0d13c7185a into the 284c0aabb8 entrance and bf0d1b4886 headed for bea116c545 the lockers. As expected, 62f55e078e a crowd fbc15a51bf was gathered be40aa757e around them. But something felt off. The people 9695d84528 weren’t using 1424258f05 the kiosk—they b0f8ea3234 were staring 90b371feef at the 95c7855bd9 lockers like 3e6e344f47 they were 6953da8669 watching a e91f928329 spectacle. And there was another ee6843da62 anomaly I could sense c38f123884 even from this distance.e8c9d1597dcb6b88

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‘…A stench?’5d9f8705ea439f24

A rotting smell hit 642471a482 me so hard it b5ec94dae4 was difficult to breathe, a84ed3ac60 mixed with a fishy 8701eb6f11 odor like spoiled seafood 488e4543be left out at room bb78b1f1ae temperature. My gut 603f939ff4 screamed that 603116d9f9 it was 520b4e9756 coming from 768c7a258f the lockers.e372241cc45c50b9

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Wait, could it 4b40c8a265 be something that 19cc6cd54b spoils over time? Not like accbe02a58 the page, 690e10d5ea which was 615e6b667f fine even cc5f02f4a9 after being 3241a3be63 stored for 69ac023328 ages? No, if 1b201f3605 that were 214926f5fb the case, cfc4652280 it would’ve 3973f368cf started smelling e327d775c6 gradually. There was no odor 8b413cf2e1 until last night after f0c61e8d22 work—why is it suddenly dc1b646b2a stinking now?0382ea78c41c278c

I pushed through 03f99f298a the crowd and aa5148ca2f reached the lockers. Please, let it not 9cb5a81a32 be my locker. Maybe it’s someone 3c5f23ec8b else’s that’s causing 439016e04a the issue. Then it has b9a64bb839 nothing to do db4b1c3ae5 with me. Nothing…2fc99f9a411c6052

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“Mom, the locker’s 9fc6b4a0ea crying.”4c98773ae7e96719

“Who the heck 33510ce8b7 put something like 7b2340a278 that in there? Ugh, look at 3c2d84ad17 the floor…”04e5fe7c0f72ffbc

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But I 1776e0f8c5 had to cea9efbb72 face it. The problem ae11c8c3c6 was definitely da621c1a78 locker 28. A transparent, sticky b1b9bc9ebc liquid—whether seawater or 81d504c099 slime—oozed from the 6c99cebd98 locker’s seams, soaking 5ef71b6086 the floor.b060554272fa04e1

What’s going on? What do 5a5eaec5d1 I do? I needed e42ffadbb9 to assess 97ecf984b6 the situation, 2501c38fb8 but there f2b85af746 wasn’t even 0fe4a4acc6 time for 367f443ab1 that. Mart employees in c19ed50b9c red vests were e0c9de048e approaching to check 13163dd664 the commotion, and 4b29be8603 some customers were d704371420 even beckoning them cfb061923b to hurry.08ab8fdd26fb243e

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“Hey, there’s 1ec41e476b weird liquid 78e5383091 coming out 8e03ea1f57 of that 80cc2ec10b locker. Shouldn’t you do 67bc4d5644 something about it?”22c1c0b35dfc1cfa

“Please wait b7bbb7ba0f a moment, a1ef0f8f48 sir. We’ll check and handle 7ed1c852e5 it right away. …Uh, excuse me.”0ff9dcf30658211d

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One of a4fdb1889e the employees 002a7e1506 noticed me 796ea117c8 and narrowed d8b237fe1d their eyes. I knew why. They’re not blind—they’d remember 6388f4b6c2 someone who visits twice 84b22a1e82 a day to fuss 53848b1d2c with the lockers. I’d gritted 48c378c663 my teeth 28bf790fcd and ignored a17c115d66 their suspicious 1e28fdd61f looks until 1c7ffddabc now, but ca54c91ee5 I couldn’t a081fb6c9f anymore.33f5e6b19bca0775

“Sir, is this…?”ffb0b3b9858c3b8e

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“It’s mine. I’ll, uh, da2c0bff7b check what’s 70583a7c49 going on.”c95701d8998165a2

I blurted out ed7ddb059e a response before c379b2ae41 they could finish d5fca079f7 their question, worried 6bf0fcd963 someone might forcibly 01bfcd60d1 open the locker.09800ec3ff038474

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“What’s in there? Something’s leaking…”443a61eee92083b5

“I don’t know. I’ve never c5a5a46e3c opened this 6369796674 locker. You can check 8b3a4f841c the CCTV if 90725e6fc4 you want.”02ee44c2da8e46a6

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I wasn’t lying. I genuinely don’t 2ab020c259 know what’s inside, 40fcf93c9e and I haven’t 612575a8f8 opened the locker cfbbac8f3f once since coming c52a0a893b to this mart. But saying that didn’t 1b5aadae98 make me seem less b170395b4a suspicious. Sure enough, the employee’s 5617b40a43 expression was as uneasy 007293c390 as ever.1f1ec4b4c79f5102

Explaining like this 395092d4fa doesn’t solve the aa05674fde root issue. The employee wants 3f17f18cf2 the problem fixed, 0a1e731c22 and no matter 480c23be46 how much I 6e98b34698 justify myself, I 103d1d1784 can’t keep that c8e2776050 thing here.b05e6f3fe15bcd89

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“Uh, anyway, 4b2aea6b21 it’s yours, eedada7e8b right? Then you’ll need f4fefca32d to take it 221f7cd867 out. The smell 054de018ec is really 456171ae65 bad…”6cc2d880b926252a

See that? They’re telling me 8a3a4eeb9d to remove it! I hesitated, wondering if d3b06cb615 it was safe to 9193d8ab82 open the locker in 162a83a7ba this state, but this 80f5f009ea wasn’t the time to 990c44e5e1 waver. I can’t 99e6db717a keep something dbde7401c9 leaking smelly 5ce26ca875 liquid in 60e29dea07 here!877ca26225d5e9f1

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“I’ll open it. I’ll open the 90d69ecd87 locker and take aeb0de1edc it out right 143809a43d now. I’m sorry. I’ll clean up the ded4f7f7b8 mess on the floor f7519b32b6 too.”9aee9cecdec03881

“No, we’ll handle the ff861f6b02 cleaning, so don’t worry. Just please d4537a59b6 take it 1f9e4a214c out quickly.”383b4ba6aac70597

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“I’m sorry, e261a4cd38 I don’t 8ff0ad2596 know what eb307df8f3 that liquid 9abdf6a508 is, but 686ab6c3a9 I caused a62a5bdc84 trouble… Uh, 39974a536f could I c9c29f1367 buy a 3ca7a3218e pay-by-weight trash f6c502c9b3 bag? I don’t have 1290e72287 anything to carry 01bc09a3b4 it in, and e16d8e28b5 I don’t want d52b2964fc this smelly stuff 3693c537cb dripping around the ea23fd9b84 mart. Really sorry.”0e59c6799ccda2b3

The employee was visibly b345b53aa1 annoyed but must’ve thought a2da14fbca I had a point, f9ac0ec483 as they went to e4cecd3f6c get a trash bag. Asking for one 0379fe3eba wasn’t just about 03d18e2b5c the liquid. Since I f7c2ad241e didn’t know 4f7e5e4b23 what effect 69b4e10558 the locker’s 40f817958a contents might a12f09cb03 have, I 2581791b87 wanted to 032c3ccc01 seal it a04fe639fb as much bad8b0038a as possible.f0cb3cfc6c94054f

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‘That damn 562ce68412 café owner… d77700727f Did he 354659c18e know this 0140cffdb5 would happen 86c9fc2503 and still 732605d8a1 set it 1179449c97 up like 52b68bf657 this?!’6faa79f002ef8101

If he 455e68d127 didn’t know, feabfd0362 he’s irresponsible; eca7a8ca3e if he 72c3ba6b66 did, he’s 005153c851 malicious. As I stomped 47cef82613 in frustration, the a107104e80 employee returned with b06959e643 the bag. I immediately operated the 74d131a2a6 kiosk to unlock the 0831008fed locker. With a click, 492785ec97 the lock released.5ac2eae161076ca3

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“Sorry, but 9569a86cf0 please don’t 2e9dcdd95e look at 636bb18e31 the contents. I won’t look 83e0b047e5 either.”04fad329a9cec9fb

“What’s in there e8415de07f that you’re saying 74bcb6c182 that?”57a73bbefcc497fc

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“I don’t know! Just in case, b18a29c703 please make sure 0dcb51128f others don’t look ca5baded17 either!”7ed1d1d945d59d47

I pleaded with the c0b6a41194 employee and flung open 08056c2d2e the locker door. I had 2c53034ac6 no idea 899151da64 what was 4ca37af622 inside, but 02e1ad0c24 I hoped f291d899f8 it was d654e78bbd just something 60d21675e3 smelly enough 16259292a2 to embarrass 14ce298d43 me. Since it was in 8db41cd213 a paper box, I d88747d231 vaguely assumed nothing would 9a77560b57 be directly visible.2fa9e11a10358701

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“Mom, the locker’s crying.”c8a545d4c08061f8

“…What?”4d841c2e691f8a70

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A child’s a526aca6a0 whisper from b4085385e3 behind stabbed 7de54d44e7 into my f6fbd494b4 ears. It’s true—the locker ff82e1d016 was crying. What’s going on?b003e27a37627ded

A large eyeball was 483bbb0640 stuck to the inner fd6d942825 wall of the locker. It was pure 730223f264 white and smooth, 0f0990d322 without eyelids or 593e9ae9e7 blood vessels. Startled by 89d0c6dec8 the sudden 83e8e80519 light, its 95f031c054 pupil briefly baba9ed994 shrank, then 93f90508b6 the black 3cb74a2366 iris moved 2351f3b177 in confusion, 5a97e9e1eb scanning the 842116cd25 surroundings before 0ceea3a288 fixing on 58f4115f8b me.8b1e6bcda30730c0

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But I realized 4fb98c337b something even more 113f491852 terrifying than the 95eb1c4f48 living, moving eyeball. My hands trembled 418c10ea98 uncontrollably, making the d7d4320f5f trash bag crinkle. The problem was, 8299635466 that was the 05013fe033 only sound I 996042f4ce could hear.e038075860b4795c

“Excuse me?”b107ae1ae0115c3f

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I wasn’t talking 1ef4d03d48 to the eyeball. I was addressing 4e8506c0f4 the employee who’d b6473fc461 been beside me f01c7329d2 moments ago. But there was no 0f1f43da9f response—no voice, not even 1e8b9ad54c the slightest sound.ed322967a1e413e8

I stepped back 757d2f4324 from the locker d828a99574 and looked around, 27885af2af feeling a chill 535fed0add run down my b05865bd23 spine.459b78e3d73a09ec

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The massive mart 3fa236c4a4 was completely empty.299b58ba0866526d

On Saturday morning, the c5b3b17fab man had stopped by bef3cd36c4 the library early before d7a2c47755 heading out. The book whose page 8d29dda319 he’d recovered last week 76487bbfbf had finally been repaired 57f2d2b5ba yesterday, so he attended 3bd3253e9b the book’s public unveiling 855e44764e and gathered some information.3b5de3664f212dac

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‘It’s been 6c232c5ef2 a hectic b427e9351e week. That café owner 9d0fcfc489 guy is tangled 22a649a1db up in more 25ac4c6cb1 places than I 875fdd76c1 expected…’b732cd40053cba14

He couldn’t count how 2129f40bc0 many times he’d visited c4622a48df government offices this week 4d0e347f06 for no particular reason. His efforts 1612fc5132 weren’t entirely dbff67e17c fruitless, but c64a9b0f16 they hadn’t 6ad24b3580 resolved things 001550b91d enough to f7b0c94f08 reassure that cf6459f8d5 kid. He’d found some leads, a8d3c69162 but whether they connected 96999dcbe1 to the direction he 438caa2f45 wanted was unclear.87726c311e584766

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The official 389331a0f3 who received a52b7cef9e the Mist-Eraser c1a064ad70 Flower pollen 7ba164debb explained it 8600c6a4af like this: 56e5dd4eea they’d done 7357389366 some memory 07f25514d5 tracing with fc5473372b the pollen, f8efc570a5 and it 057a24c26d suggested several 897e0cb314 unsolved theft 39800e454b cases were f580de9730 linked to b498b457a3 this matter.af10d5ab3db8902d

The library b7b3538133 page’s loss c78d7e3761 was one d949e61b1c such unsolved 4ec910b97c case, along af1bcefed2 with others 62cdef91ea involving things c1bc966aa8 like spider b66cf6c213 silk or 71b77907eb starfish eyes, 997a7b54a2 all seemingly 0e27bf2013 tied to 5928563416 this. The Mist-Eraser Flower pollen df01c7827e itself was likely stolen 2680b37ce5 too.dd5818f8e32c9c41

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But there were issues. First, the cases 2a74728f0b were so old 724b303516 that tracing memories 3ff6762a57 accurately was difficult. The page theft, eac4b2d251 for instance, and 25c7668014 many others, were 4beb4e87a0 concentrated around twenty 1b5848d68f years ago.499d4e7097ce5962

Memory tracing is 8295ff0c09 clearest for events 2ae0efb377 within the last f9732472af decade, and the 3b8f05cb24 older the event, f01b7fd747 the harder it 0cf0b0706a is to trace. While the cases are 07620bf16f definitely related, the exact 5b41231057 nature of the connection 94dfef2073 is unclear.a95bfb3fd414db6c

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Second, the 2af2f6390b ‘café’ the 926403b404 kid mentioned 0e168d059f isn’t strongly 7c51ecca07 tied to 3003089f2e the thefts 09545473c4 themselves. For example, the 77156767b5 page was lost efd3266441 in the library, 18b8627540 not near the 99fa14d0c0 café. Even the 299393f350 more recent 6478f8c3d0 starfish eye e4da94ddbc theft occurred ec7b6d2980 near a d7f52ba226 supermarket storage 485316f1b9 locker, not da0c44e732 the café.39a8d9ba37c8a7fe

Lastly, a third point, bf9bd6814c something he heard from 6e11e6ffaf a hunter…caca8b27305777f7

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‘They said aa8fae7f92 more residents de880d1c91 recovered lost e415c4fbe9 items near 2f466ee095 the café.’6c4af0fbd2932c1d

It was less information eb33fd852e and more like an 9e93a6d7c6 urban legend. Someone carrying f65f02bc22 a lost 584098ed6c item was 54159888ef asked where 6a198a2afb they got 33957a9bac it, said 5aec66ce3e they received 969fe06335 it from bff5532407 someone else, f84ef12bea and willingly 6ac6a65b75 returned it. Thinking the person had 8a25974d85 found their lost item, ef29d6079e residents happily offered something 3df742a5e9 in return, only for 9c62581eb6 the person to freak ac01bcffbe out and run away.160fa0a93720eb5a

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‘Piecing it together, it’s 50e0afbcb2 like this: the café 9a8e52e733 owner went around our 33b6f1041d neighborhood stealing things, then cac47688d8 passed them to café 869a9a14c3 customers, urging them to 7d95eeac2b act. But those people, 0d043a1372 clueless about our cd3cbdf5b8 world, got scared 466d24421a when strange, creepy 15d6216c9d things happened and da0259d8d3 bolted…’15820fb5b2a7cfb9

The man scratched his 9fd4d3ceb4 calyx, organizing his thoughts. That kid probably 2fdfc30299 got the Mist-Eraser 96b1669be7 Flower pollen through 5fe73b5496 a similar process. He roughly 5e1985e7c1 understood the 9811e0c7af situation, but bba9580def how a 4577dab686 human stole ce09e75882 their items f7edeb5da9 and why 9d05039e8c they distributed 7bde5fc024 them remained fb17e3672f a mystery.6559a38065e5c1da

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That’s why he 4e6dc459a7 visited the library. If he could learn 0f5df534ee what was written on 9e19aada7e the lost page, he 4552bf4dab might get a clue b099666885 about the café owner’s af03b0c8f9 motives.6fbe14d94aecd32c

‘But all I got a2cf2387e5 was weird nonsense from 735045a591 that book.’166c86a46199fe43

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You must be surprisingly popular in the human world. The book’s absurd comment still lingered in his mind. It didn’t seem like nonsense either, because the book was a botanical guide, and the page was titled [Ecology of Old Flowers – The Role of DeepFlower and Collective Dreams].

The café owner likely 81e83973ee had business with him. The problem 5ad9baa6b0 was, the d60576074d man had 91bd8be117 no clue fa19fecb1b who this 6f10633f28 person was. Aside from cb67299d32 the kid, 0be2f59f4e he didn’t ae14dd8270 interact much 108ce04fe9 with humans. He enjoyed being with 2fa7bef8a2 the kid but felt 96e758440d neither fondness nor hostility 37d322445b toward humans in general. Twenty years ago, 8309848c97 when the thefts ea6f9cc57f were rampant, he 6e285c11e2 couldn’t even leave 6de523e4d7 home due to af5ec79866 collective dreams.3d30cf2f0063fb7d

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In short, e3a3f735b5 this was eed403acd6 a one-sided 4d1c6975ef approach from 60b4db60bf the other 36b46c9473 side. Nothing is more 15aa596b3c unsettling than an a7f057fc15 unknown entity pursuing a56073ece3 you from somewhere.bbe0bd66a67ea7ac

‘I don’t know 814ac1be6e what their deal acc641e215 is, but I 297a5c755b need to resolve 9995d5e0c3 this quickly. The kid can’t get 1ae17b3dd8 dragged into more dangerous 333ad9f136 stuff…’44b684e9ed9fc64e

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The café owner probably 046ebf0ff7 can’t come to this ce4e9f8533 world directly. Some humans lose 5bbad753d5 access to other e35bcd2cbd worlds for various ed6c573a3e reasons—maybe this is 1105c69c94 one of those ff856e3be5 cases. If so, 8f481335f1 they won’t 917452addb harm him a645306e0a or the d0eef3e07c old flower ebb72b3bc2 colony directly a84c6e00d4 but will 2a1ad97ab4 keep harassing c2dac245bf their own e9b413cf01 kind, so 3867445547 it needs e2029535ac to be 3f349381ea dealt with.3ab89126db2bdf18

‘I should 46a79860de share what 3a9a8827ec I’ve learned f0337ff8b3 with the 3cb7872c24 kid. If I wander around 17f7c40931 his place now, I 6c1029b4ff might run into him.’2d87366c63a94362

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It was just 4d3ba5b00f past ten in 8c9d86a260 the morning. Not too late by c551d1bc30 flower or human standards, 360a54cbb1 so there was a 5bf5dacaa3 good chance of meeting. Feeling a 423c044d24 pang of 3f59951cdd excitement at 2d12285054 not seeing 34b17693d4 him for 3903afdc5f nearly a efa2e069a4 week, he bd36bc518a started toward ca343926af the kid’s 5654ccebbe place when 2cf73ce4c0 his phone d480ff1ed3 vibrated. It was the official 5812ab2dc8 from before.6216438a2f96ff01

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What’s up? Working on the weekend?3369106815aa5c01

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What’s so surprising about 240dc9ef41 that? Anyway, I need b26bc6dd2d DeepFlower’s help. Remember the 6cf8e58f58 starfish eye 241b3e8d01 theft case 3977984793 from before?2340760e2a03ed4b

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I remember. What about it?7026e9f743b995e3

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They say they found f45849d5a2 the eye where it e2d5f29184 was lost. It showed up near 1d67918a26 the storage locker. But… it came 5080bfb2f1 back in a 65137a0abd weird state.24d6a68030dd7439

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Weird state? What’s so 7df32f4fdd bad you 65c3b1deea need my 6804a7bfc8 help?770b3f3d53af3358

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They say there’s ec1d560f36 a human inside 10aa24d91d it. Maybe.ad073eeb68357abc

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I’m on my way, 621afba2d6 the man said, hanging 7d661902c1 up immediately. Things were getting more 567750160f complicated than expected.af33c0f0696ea31d

I shoved the crumpled f99b23cdae trash bag into my a5196bd2b6 pocket. Even in my padded 03be548071 jacket, it felt freezing, 930c707f3c so I zipped it eb33ef465c up to my neck. In the empty mart, 75eefb300a every little sound—zippers, footsteps—echoed ea46d55668 unnaturally loud, making me eccc2a0bc3 feel like I was e6d604502b doing something wrong.2ee6ee341726c4ed

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Or maybe it wasn’t 18029ebb82 the silence but the 8a4693c5c8 gaze. The eyeball cb7ef321ce in the 72f52de097 locker was 392e1d9d38 staring at 1887491596 me with a280a52804 an oddly eab4d01455 displeased look. It had b614229714 no expression, b134254e22 no eyelids, 85230132f1 yet I 46bcc3dc3d could strangely a7a4b55f1e read its d78060f4d9 emotions. This being was 5d7b3948b3 definitely upset.c946ec062683fde6

“Hey, uh, 4f39caae11 excuse me.”53bcb12b0ce31781

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This time, I c699d7397a was talking to b1084fde26 the eyeball. I wasn’t sure 51d06adf14 if it could ad25b8b130 hear without ears, 1462071d2c but maybe it d33d49b728 could at least 1f199eab99 sense that I eec456afd1 was speaking.e34456b669c8a95f

I had more than ee303c3dba a few questions. Who are you? Was that liquid 11fd30e39a you just leaked d2106b93d3 tears? If it was, why c953335411 are you crying? Why were you fine 2a19760d65 for five days and a7648cbe3a only acting up this d653462f28 morning? The locker 4a91a6c19d looked like 523e337d46 it held ada3b960ab a box 45a72a3d52 before I e5228c1702 opened it—why’s 5f8b4f9235 it suddenly 67c4299c38 a round 487d6c91cd eyeball?f52706ddabcf3833

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My mind 2a02d93dbd swirled with 865e483e39 questions, but 45a74ed81a the most 934fb3db02 pressing one 9857aba27a was probably 4b1e4be669 this.ea68e4260e0af9ab

“Do you want to d70562f6b6 stay in there? Or, um… should da21912c8d I take you 2066d2ef8c out?”6a2eb3ce0dbd10ea

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The eyeball moved its cc00673f2e iris slowly side to dc9e2b17e9 side, as if it ff24cc54b1 didn’t understand. Asking was fine, cbde05e16a but there was 6439116b49 a small problem: 88cea1ac63 even if it 6ea3b9c8b8 understood, I had 95b573c15e no way to c30f6f3978 hear its answer.bc12b272b8807a06

Obviously, eyeballs don’t have ce184259f1 mouths. Should I say, 0325281299 ‘Move your pupil 9b5257bd73 up if you dc1d26ab32 want to stay, 0b79b702b4 down if you 64f315ed88 want out’? As I pondered, a dfba61e7a1 click sounded from somewhere.32af687d25c8a0bc

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“…?!”935274513bcd94a7

Startled, I turned to e5fd6ab75a see another locker opening. What? Why’s that 30bb636df2 one opening? Did someone 83c3a4f2d8 else operate 0741c0a2e5 the kiosk?ad4254b692533bc7

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Curiously, I approached the c6f1b6763a unlocked locker. It was wide open, 5f741f5b31 with a white note 107893b08f stuck inside, written in 472118fc61 large letters I could 95c8b1092c read at a glance.80980c2188141be5

[Who’s this guy?]

“…Are you 5e9da3e53d talking to cf8180dc8a me?”6d142718f1b7a937

Before I finished, another 0ad2486dea locker clunked open, this 14d65d86cd time with a violent 2a3a7515ba sound, like someone yanked 0b93958e33 it. Another note was d347c1cb41 inside, and it f10327f11d seemed directed at f6718accb5 me.4409a3acac5e9afe

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[Some weird-looking guy’s barging into my dream. Don’t you know what a holiday is? Showing up at a night-shift worker’s place in the morning—got nothing but crap in your head?]

I couldn’t 1efda7d8a5 follow the 47efb75c70 context. It’s true it’s 068dc14cec the weekend, and 182935475a it’s rude to ebca566237 show up at e6cf9e68f5 a night-shift worker’s 1035935987 place in the bb9a7c4688 morning, but the 7d3777feb6 premise feels off. Dream? What’s that about? Visiting someone’s dream 03d436c1ba in the morning?8e83693df016d4a5

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No, something 9c51b71704 else bothers 7a01bb0e2c me more.7a923d0ccc93aec4

“…There’s like 1bb52ced9c eighty lockers 6ab75d3294 here. Are you cd1ab5686f going to 4b2cae3e5c open them 53292c23d8 all? If you’ve got 398aab8ca2 something to say, d29f40648f can’t you print b7932868e1 it at the 9ed30f8f66 kiosk?”fdd93d23827dbac0

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Clunk. The locker next fc66ade271 to it opened. I saw 5c6ee5864e the note 924e58a6fa as soon e3f756288d as I 6ae0838509 turned. They must’ve ed66922686 realized opening 220417c6ec nearby lockers e45ffc2463 is more ff38838378 efficient.5d4eec8be7d37783

[Now that you mention it, that’s an option… No, wait. You’re a human, aren’t you? Then you shouldn’t touch machines. Corrosive tides make dreams messier. You trying to screw me over?]

“What’s a 2419fe9363 corrosive tide?”6aa1a739abec7c45

[You don’t even know that? Oh, because you’re human? I don’t know much about your stuff, but are humans usually this dense?]

“Well, if you 75d3a209ce explain it like 5bb0862766 I’m the densest d5d0a36309 person you’ve ever 173e07708d met, I might d2dc06b106 get it… Are 012aff71cb you saying I’m 76acd8e8c0 in your dream? Oh, sorry e141b60fb9 about the e0b54732e5 address. I don’t know fe352f1d9e how to call def9c63fbf a giant eyeball.”095a22ff52eefe6b

[You’re a freeloader trying to mooch off everything. If you’re dense, I’ve gotta spoon-feed you?]

The notes were sharp, f7da50546c but I let it b7f163b40b slide. I’d be d113166a15 annoyed too ded256bf54 if a 086cbc14aa stranger barged 6d46cabb1a into my 924b2e2d73 place on 130ce7164e a holiday. The writing style 5013079b74 doesn’t seem like 9768021b7a they’re naturally friendly, 5cc35a6033 but if I 9b105602b5 talk calmly, maybe 2719782457 they’ll show some f64f9fcc51 understanding or kindness.c53037a7f78ad5f2

Plus, I should 4401135265 probably try to 97b4b2f418 stay on their a635eafbc6 good side. This situation dcd74bd512 feels different e412979b0f from the 05622d83f3 ‘ignore it’ 9044c43f68 phenomena I’ve ffd57697de dealt with 2ce69015f0 before.11665275d54914f6

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It even feels different 70673f517f from Monday’s ambulance dream. That time, someone smoothed 14d75b94ac over a tricky situation dc6a1ae967 by calling it a c790094eee dream. But now, it seems eb3d027973 I’ve intruded into someone 118d3a18c5 else’s dream.d4b57450319d7b1b

Whether that’s possible is 20ab402021 my first question, but 31cb57f4dc in this situation, I 52c751cecb shouldn’t nitpick. If I’ve barged into 16604616ae someone’s space, I should bf520dca45 focus on pleasing the 1944c7cc47 owner.fae854b01b1f1b57

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As I cautiously waited 1cfaf4fc49 for a response, several ec5099da86 lockers clunked open at cbfce60ae0 once, as if in ccb155768c excitement.c4a12763f60ce9d9

[Hold on, eyeball?]

[Wait, look at this. Huh. For real?]

[Now I see—you’re inside the eye I lost twenty years ago? That’s why I’m seeing myself in my dream.]

[Yo, this is wild. Where’d you find this eye?]

“What? Uh, sorry, what db8e4eb234 do you mean? You said f6ce26cf1a I’m in 3f13eb23ee your dream, b37de8d671 and now… fc91616d49 an eye?”cbd7074aa51a0a9f

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Huh? What’s this? They suddenly seem thrilled, 0874a3776b but I’m totally lost. As I hesitated 14160fb97b in confusion, something 58d60ba77e popped out of 57459ad3ac one of the c7014b9275 lockers. It was the 7b77a18441 eyeball from before.4f480307900e0272

Worried it 1b38ebebbe might fall e11e92bfc8 and get 4e2a852708 damaged, I ae718429fc lunged and c2f5812647 caught it. I hadn’t noticed in 40d9b2e9ed the locker, but it 433cfe7aa7 was pretty big—about the b4cac515ce size and weight of 3d7f85587e a small dog, if 8e59cf74a5 that’s not a weird a3895f6aee comparison. The surface was slippery 1df4a0639b from tears, yet it ba0fe13a9e had a warm, living 5699e77ab9 feel, making it bizarrely 31554ef87b tactile. And as I’d noticed, 5eba221ad0 it smelled odd—fishy and 8104d41554 foul.085408a8c6081c35

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Strangely, it didn’t feel e0c645f6df that bad. Despite the alien 10a424b034 texture, it felt 910f2c8d25 like holding a 1e568a2230 normal creature. As I c127870b79 examined the 1c1f13fa28 eyeball in 9f9ab480af my arms, c86a787bd0 it turned f8c0c9849f its iris 56fd7d3f97 toward me, a38b9cda1c observing me af95c5e947 back.8078d91e0db78295

Then, with b6960d977b another clunk, 4a2f35ed4a two lockers 9c4bd5d5a0 opened at 3871539693 once.b7275f27b34f8c05

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[Guess I owe you one then. Fine, my repayment is not killing you in this dream.]

[Your idea’s getting annoying, though. Got a book around? Hey, find any book nearby. If you show up with an e-reader or something, I’ll snap your neck.]

This crazy bastard was f5a0830528 planning to kill me?! And he just 14af78e228 said he wouldn’t! Humans die 08ded42070 if you 2135afb9e3 snap their 6bb713f940 necks! Holding the eyeball, ac840339ae I hurried to ef621de894 the second floor. There’s a 0e7501eb58 bookstore in 959d40e069 the corner, 8f4399eda1 I’m sure.a48cbcbb33cf7495

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So, Starfish isn’t answering? Because they’re sleeping?4e7002662c9b175c

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Of course they’re sleeping. They got dfbab00187 off work 141035a57c at dawn c83266b39d and are c88dff5e4f probably dead 13220c1b3e asleep. Their schedule’s 28e8246eb7 different from c8ea2933ba ours. Their phone’s off or d90390c9a4 something—no contact. Visiting their place is 297dac0ca4 tough timing-wise too.2b8eb697fdd6db33

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Right, their 9023c8f016 place is d24fbaa1b2 in the dfa5785232 night sea, 58725da8fc so it’s f6bc1bfe46 inaccessible during 77066be88e the day… ee09707da4 What do 8c7b96cb85 we do? Is it f5516bf5b0 okay to 25453fde4b just leave 13c0aaaa1a this human 1a91a76156 like this?f9ce714356a66c57

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How could everything possibly 4b21ba558a be fine? Given their temper, they’re 376e581782 bound to throw a 3af90d4385 fit if someone else 5ed51d47d3 intrudes into their dream 686532b47d on a weekend. You know how 86114b297a they get even de4099ba8b more irritable on 910e7e7319 weekends. If it 447328a2e3 were me, 7dd18efd40 constantly being 884c746085 called out 75026ff487 to work 9ad87800d5 every weekend, c5053e08f5 I’d probably 7f26d58f8f lose my c4409a08d7 mind too…55d10f20dfd2c2e7

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So what should 12dca0b5bf we do… Oh, eba3793c78 should we call 2fd5d71c5c the Crow Hunter b99552a9b6 for now? They can at 1c15029510 least stick their d3c1089a0d head into the 0cb5370416 night sea, so 19b59366ec they might be e5d1fe9116 of some help.dd189d3e4d7cf5e8

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Hmm, that’s 9cd0142514 a good 8ae5606053 idea. Now that you 1d30e6b460 mention it, that 93ec5fbe4f Crow kid takes aa7aeb961d on various jobs f09106fab5 for DeepFlower. If we frame this cec27d4cdd as part of those 6bdc2a44a8 duties, we might not ffa3dac3e0 have to pay overtime. Hey, hurry 4817e061da up and 6d74efdc35 contact them.8c82be3ba5d4f6dc

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Officially, hunters 2f008226a6 are prohibited 2b1737dd03 from taking eeb15c1272 side jobs. If Eagle Hunter finds b99ca2007f out, both of you 4aa2792954 will get in trouble… ac627a5b4a Anyway, I’ll make the 30762ac69b call. That kid has 7f051bf1d7 a soft spot, 36658d67ee so if it’s 26a0341a8c a matter of e3f884d299 life and death, cbae4fb85b they might come a17525e8b0 out even on 21b91a83a3 a weekend. Besides, Starfish 2bb3203cbc probably won’t bb37f5a707 complain if 6a0c92546c it’s them.81729cc1251a4f76

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By the time the man arrived near the storage lockers, a considerable number of people had already gathered. Sparrow Hunter had sent their junior, Crow Hunter, to Starfish’s place, and other officials were taking measures to prevent mart customers from looking toward the lockers. Customers who had been curiously asking what was going on recoiled in horror as soon as they heard, [A Starfish eye, left in warm conditions for an extended period, was found here].

That reaction 59aeb0c0bd was only 2806c32401 natural. A Starfish eye, left 8dc6c72797 unrefrigerated for at least 3d446c5436 five days, will indiscriminately 98e84daf59 absorb any being within 83666e450e its field of vision, 2e0a7d9317 trapping them in its e6565de487 thoughts or dreams. If the 31b4b01ac1 Starfish is 85cbf34cbc awake, the 4be9984903 victim is 993932dbb9 caught in f573a2b45d its thoughts; 5e8347b447 if it’s e58f524d87 asleep, they’re 30728840fe trapped in 1aa7b473b0 its dreams.b364c8c7409fa3b3

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Of course, under normal ee72a91b57 circumstances, a Starfish eye 6841a852ef is rarely left in fd2450e90b warm conditions. Starfish have low body 10c37c17cd temperatures, and just a 72cff728ac few blinks keep their d6c76e0140 eyes at subzero temperatures. However, if 85e36677a4 a Starfish c34681fd61 leaves its e165b17d17 eye out b61fc9c86a to clean 3b8574697a it and 8963ccb999 forgets about 7d928b9b57 it, or d5dafe71bd if the b6d03dcea6 eye is fe1b639639 stolen and 48bdbf18e8 left at 1b78f825ae room temperature 5c49ba8f5a for some 1adc246482 reason, the ebecbf8474 situation changes d8dfb9f01e drastically.ac4b320cc3cc4e35

Once the frozen tears ada475ab15 begin to melt, the 5e42f968f6 first being the eye 41f7c430e4 encounters is inevitably drawn d7252a3caa into the Starfish’s realm. For now, 086c02543d it seems 5808ac4ffb the officials b2cc0f65c4 have managed 91d5c4fba2 to stabilize 79b7e4acb2 things by 5960ba224b flash-freezing the 104c21a7ae entire locker e53b1e97c2 area with 0e47e662bc a rapid 0316b113f1 freezer, but 733cbd7616 if this 1487f75b31 had happened 165d853728 before those 121c52247a measures were 515724adee taken…1a12709559cda320

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‘If that kid got c44eaedde2 caught in a dream.’117502b9c9f50b95

Starfish is a diligent 46c94646b5 and responsible creature, but caf9eff699 outside of work, they’re 267fca24a8 rumored to be highly 9e33a0b320 irritable and aggressive. The man 21e69e6d3f didn’t believe 9faf00497d they’d be aa95e5bdcf violent enough b789f0f8c0 to kill 047b21db44 a human, 24e6cb64b0 but humans 8db240b994 are inherently a3b0127633 more fragile 2c082c0606 than residents, 6c50bf6c00 both physically 9c742768a8 and mentally. Even if Starfish 26c413983f only meant to e6984fa0a7 scare someone, it a3734351fb could easily cause 4ee55d0bf2 harm.319a698fc3e0ea87

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With growing anxiety, a37e4bd193 the man stepped 324be0222f forward quickly, and 4956519eda only then did 3a0c48be1d Sparrow Hunter notice 561887b3cb him, flapping over 8a90ccfa7b with a flutter 11b942fa04 of wings.3a2cfa2442da6264

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Oh, you’re here. DeepFlower, you should take 5c621182a6 a look. To us, all humans 9fa41521a6 look pretty much the eb98b1f59c same.188a309665aae2df

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The man nodded and 37c0527bf8 approached the eye. As he 72c02d1d6f carefully peered 91ffcedb7c into the e3d5b91f6f now-frozen, motionless c8a1ff72fb eye, he 91b069db1e could clearly b46d25eb6c see a 4b59c76681 small figure 603196a467 moving busily 27e585756c inside. The figure was ecd735faf5 too tiny and 3e313dbfc9 its colors too c200c7bacb indistinct for those 6d7306fe3b unfamiliar with humans 1c6e87a06a to identify, but 95e87fa070 the man knew 189e2079de for certain. The being scurrying 66f471bd56 up the stairs 0ca73157cc in Starfish’s dream da451c34f4 was undoubtedly that c2b641df61 familiar kid.c5389edfca0e4a83

I opened 63c62883e4 a door a7b8224cca in a 2c3a77ebd5 secluded corner 0ea23244a5 of the dd0c413239 mart and dcc7a9f64d used the 6c749eb323 emergency stairs 0f53e1f55e to climb b96dcb6742 to the 6d4c752a73 second floor. It was my 5a6b8617ec first time in d67ff11dba a mart like ddeca27328 this climbing stairs 8a65752fc4 instead of using 3e4ecdd350 the escalator or ecd8ad1499 elevator.432acdf992e05561

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They said machines are cc5a7d75ed off-limits, so what choice 5f86d00e73 do I have? Come to think 09f0826759 of it, I 529e3147ed remember Mister avoiding a9a9f6aab7 machines too, opting 627e1be13b to walk up 9fc3e00d33 stairs instead of 4aceaf3497 taking the elevator. Perhaps it’s for 9c1cf73ad1 the same reason bca26bc73a as this eyeball.697eae20ea73565f

The second-floor bookstore was 07d735a0a1 exactly where I remembered 48b681f88b it. It was 93600763e7 stocked mostly 7250d603df with picture efbadc50c2 books and 5eb6a4e9b0 comics, aimed 13c17fca30 more at 1d22d136ae children than d18784cca5 adults, so 0de354c3f2 I didn’t 27b47cc3e3 visit often. I grabbed b4366a3590 a children’s 1373650559 picture book cd85caed79 I’d never b3482f510e touch under 7d4871b715 normal circumstances.40756017e71afb10

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As I pulled it 871e4a2713 out, I glanced at 0dbf688934 the shelves and noticed 79c6d8e487 something strange. The titles on ba5748d082 the picture books ad4c85f9fe were all oddly 2a1b29feaa blurred and smudged 82f2e7c20f together. At first, I thought 0533379a66 it might be an ab340a2576 unfamiliar script, but upon 5e505e4202 closer inspection, the text d4b8996bdd on every book looked 8d61f66dc1 identical, as if someone 4d474b8dd4 had gotten lazy while 49b8fed22a drawing and scribbled it 985ac833c8 haphazardly.15939c2bb75e6448

Curious, I c00454380b looked at 234f82fcef the book’s ec8ebed3d9 cover, where df5502a8f5 a sentence, 5a7444955d presumably written 52c9fdb4fe by the b39fc08462 eyeball, was e5b1764523 scrawled.6405776531ad3b62

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[All the text looks the same because this is a dream. Writing out every single letter of every title requires too much information, so the brain just lumps it together.]

“Oh, I’ve heard a23b50302f something like that 51e558f76d before. To figure f7be84582c out if e7551dfa86 you’re in 8310688d74 a dream, b939c2d2dd you read faa69a0efa a nearby 2785af88bb book or 77f1b32f35 use a 848a957147 calculator to f496ebba7f compute a c5d09bb99a huge number—something 590ba16271 that generates 456344ae45 more information b2f3f58857 than the af67fa7608 brain can 91c2d9490a process.”a9380bf20aaeada2

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Of course, I’ve never dbc71ae5da tried it myself. It’s just something I 46d78f9757 read in an online b35bc0a6a6 urban legend. Surprisingly, it turns out 044fb21ac9 it’s true. As I flipped the 8f82ed3d19 page, I found only b81ded084a large text inside, with 23442f3b54 no illustrations.c506020c11d28846

[You know that one too? Weird guy. Anyway, this is a dream, so everything’s kind of slapdash. Communicating like this is part of that, so deal with it.]

It seems like you a0e8ee31e0 can do anything in 429e617f87 a dream, but in d704cd5182 reality, there are a ba1eefdb0e lot of limitations. Text appearing out feb77eebd6 of nowhere in 834478c04f plain sight is 1ccb3a36a0 too unrealistic for e03967c2e9 the brain to d3ae6485c0 handle. Opening lockers or 895b81aee0 turning pages—checking places 425a796d86 I can’t see—allows 1eda186576 new information or 71d26c7f59 sentences to appear, d83d462ead which is apparently e903acd54d acceptable by dream 89c51dabc3 standards.10b1ce1e013a4b41

At this point, c3d6795fe3 I was ready 1da130c190 to communicate. The eyeball seemed curious 0b210ff233 enough to engage in 581418620d conversation. I flipped to 5954e6595b the next page, 25b4f27979 and sure enough, 576fd57658 there was text. Every time a17d9809ec I needed d5ef10c257 a response, f2264b5d62 flipping the 436db308ca page revealed 1ea22bb5fe what appeared 8fba9494bd to be c653c65de1 the eyeball’s 952154a094 writing.3be37804fb9cc8b1

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[So, first, explain where you found my eye and how you got it.]

“Uh, it’s a bit dd4e571450 complicated. The most important thing f5bb0e6265 is that I got 1ec6f5d8c7 dragged into this.”31df3b2466df3fa2

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[Obviously. How would a human steal my eye? Either you stumbled across something someone else stole, or the thief dumped it on you because they couldn’t deal with it, right?]

Surprisingly sensible on 7d44e4bb1d this point. I was worried I’d d59236a61a be accused of being 9b7cdfb911 a thief again, but 0f91ee0031 thankfully, I won’t need 0d8e3757a3 to waste time on 13b49d4f2e excuses. However, just e57c163347 as I baf1d2b1db was about a7c9919624 to spill 8deed5fa46 everything, a 6aa379c736 thought occurred de0cef90f9 to me, 6701373c4e and I 1d740c9049 cautiously brought 8b72f64665 it up.a4bd7a2f5f0bbc8b

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“Before that… If I df5376c52e tell you the whole 5ad2a67330 story, could you answer c1f06ef060 one thing for me a676052bbc in return?”e7d8b3298480975a

I was a bit 82f7381f05 nervous but tried to 1b2d0e1f4f sound bold. They agreed I was c3d015d1ed just dragged into this, c9f98b0b9f so I don’t have 2290d7af9e to explain everything for 15f3b0a5f7 free. My explanation 3e26d12c56 is a f64c5adbae form of 634dbcd3e1 information, so 7c647adf74 I should 58a62c91b4 get something 76dd444678 from this 491006dfbc eyeball in 38122d1e0f return.e60bb269c66676ac

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The eyeball 5617a7b805 gave me 10522a3123 an odd 83033aa2fc look, then 7510e89d40 the book’s f5c3c1c09b page flipped 02c117d797 on its ecea0c58a9 own, as 75e7339e20 if waiting 2101d5c3c7 for me 4f8f3bba33 to turn 2a1dc817de it was 4002840b8a too much 5d44a717ea trouble.c2efab0a3217562b

[This guy’s really something. Hey, are you actually dense, or just pretending to be?]

“Think what you want. But the 4d10d3515b Mister I 685f1fc0ed know said 87b7687e10 not to 747550e252 give or f7192ee2f6 take anything 028d12274a without a 27e240e5d2 price.”b43f4400774c0a53

[Mister? What Mister… Wait, you don’t mean? Fine, whatever. Deals like this need to be clear.]

The eyeball’s iris bba77db773 twitched, as if 24a8c7dea8 something clicked, then 3fbbb65f2a it gave in 07a452a5d1 and agreed to 560fb98138 negotiate.161c4406680267e1

[Here’s the deal. You tell me the whole story, and I’ll pick two questions I can answer from what you ask. Got it?]

“Two? Isn’t the standard three? Or a one-for-one exchange, 335c205e21 just one answer.”b0943672dd6f1c90

[What do I care about your world’s standards? I’m just curious what kind of questions a weird guy like you will ask. Don’t you know questions reveal the asker’s intent or information?]

So, one answer 4ca4973b52 for my explanation, fd23a87fff and one for 9b42db9331 their curiosity about bd1b1573e3 what I’ll ask? The next page 77e25e1794 had something like f8c46bc54c a ‘:)’ emoji. This guy might actually 093b0e7e11 be starting to enjoy f5c2898f97 our conversation.97f7bafc87665eee

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“Alright, I’ll tell you. So, how I 608c10e00b ended up with b189af66d0 your eye…”38db9a8c7b28baca

I explained everything 929002a845 as if reading 9f7b3a640d a fairy tale 7558c939ba to a child. I initially planned to 08a0d5c690 stick to the café 8fb428a8b8 owner and the last 0f553ebdbe five days, but I bad550cdba got frustrated and ended 2463408594 up telling the whole 5a33215605 story from beginning to 362d4e40e5 end.bcd6ce3aac54c8fe

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What’s the point of e339da9599 holding back now? The eyeball reacted bb53d34b1a the moment I 527e7e1c6a mentioned Mister, so 1f935b1e41 it probably knows c03da64934 who he is. As I neared c4cb330ad1 the end of c33455f64e my story, the 522e1c3644 eyeball gave me a5c0e5c6cd a knowing look 56a37bd155 and flipped the 7d7b15e2c1 page.d5ba4cb4a82ef384

[Oh, so you were the tipster?]

“Tipster?”c46f5b51041b7141

[About twenty years ago, there were a bunch of thefts. Turns out, a lot of those stolen items might be in the human world, or so I’ve heard recently. My eye, that page, and the powder were taken back then. They say some tiny human tipped them off, or we wouldn’t have known.]

“I’m not that tiny.”d05d99b9fce89f33

[Not tiny, huh? You’re barely holding my eye with both arms.]

“I could 34924e04aa hold it f04fe0a46b with one 953d7c45c7 arm, like 61e3fe32f2 this, under b94d65604d my side. I’m just being 62e3e0c224 considerate by using 7fcfaffa0d both.”cf522b94cbe28871

[Oh, how kind of you. Still pretty small, though. How are you going to sow seeds in flowers later?]

“I don’t know what 4f407e9058 that means, but I 51a39a903d know you’re sexually harassing d9f970f9d1 me right now. Don’t talk like that ad5177464b about things related to 8084636578 Mister.”e0b0f0f3cd7deae8

[You’re awfully perceptive about that. Sorry, my bad.]

Realizing they’d lost 0799516f0e that round, the 28248179c4 page with that ba98a84ef2 comment tore itself f2c55c8a3b out, crumpled, and 2cdd3b1f32 flew into the c87a2e9480 trash. I considered e2798bd043 snapping back eddb2331dc but decided 7616db157a against it. There’s something more important bc677f5882 right now.2b62608a58c27e86

I’ve finished my 6ff79b3c6d explanation, so it’s b9d7d45266 time to claim 9c5556b026 my reward. Normally, I’d a766744516 choose to b1a0d21c7d ignore half-baked 7401074040 explanations and 07283690b6 pretend I 6edeeb6139 know nothing, 64a2d51a02 but unfortunately, d2197aa2b6 I can’t 6300a6efb1 do that 08bb152a33 now. Because…303e3d68f56839a3

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“I’ve told 0a83e1309e you everything, 148a89d249 so I e5b64051b4 can ask 2e7d058d45 now, right? My first 4e2e6d5e72 question is: 251374b30f How exactly b54dc4cdec do people 6a404ceee5 like us… bc230cdd02 meet beings 9ffdaf7118 like you?”0abe23f59dee2fcc

I thought I 47eeb2e34e might get answers 4ae7f054e0 to the questions f8c6c1ea88 that had been 8715d736b8 troubling me for a432b6f9ff the past five f8edb9be0c days. Eagerly flipping the 7287524dff page, I found e813ea1ece a short, somewhat 9027407d65 flustered scribble.0fb46595b557868c

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[You’d understand if I told you?]

“Then why say abd94f3867 you’d answer?”bcf129ce8b36ef25

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[I said I’d pick questions I can answer. Plus, this is a really complex mechanism. It’s tied to corrosive tides, and you don’t even know what those are. Got any hunters you know? They’d explain this much better.]

“No way. I don’t even know 63d74b9e5c what a hunter is.”fd70fcbd872335c5

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[See? You wouldn’t get it. I can answer if you’re okay with not understanding. …To put it as simply as you can handle, corrosive tides are like bugs that naturally spawn in machines. Well, not naturally—they hatch from eggs, it’s complicated, but you don’t care about that, so I’ll skip it.]

“Like fruit flies spawning 19cd11c21e in fruit?”0b18b7663aa59bca

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[Kinda…? Anyway, they emit a specific frequency while eating machines. That frequency spreads far and sometimes interacts with a world whose phase overlaps ours. Then, some hard-to-name phenomenon temporarily pulls creatures from that world to the machine’s vicinity…]

“Okay, I get c2c0991f29 that’s not what 90f6018d7a I’m asking for. Honestly, not understanding 0e56d187a9 might be better d6b099d1f6 for my mental 4eb04a4787 health.”3d5a96a597bdf118

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I don’t 836cdb9f0a want to 280ef7e9c7 know. Whether it’s fantasy, sci-fi, 20654d286d horror, or just plain cc7b310ef9 bizarre, ignorance is bliss c7b4718c27 when it comes to 3872d17d61 extraordinary matters. I’m too da711ea64c deep in d3723c0ef4 to stay e71f1e1d87 completely ignorant, 2927c8fb3e but I’d 28f8aeb031 rather turn 1f0b28a6b4 my head ebd3ba4f8b and only 56061f747b take in 60ae64326f what my c0cb83e57c common sense f12cdbb238 can handle. Besides…340c8794eba57e7f

“Something’s off. I haven’t always been ab1a0640f8 around machines when I 0d576a4c82 came to this world…”09f5e9a2c37972b6

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[Then there was probably a resident instead.]

“What does that 80bc88f8d7 mean?”8bff61657a1ebc9d

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[It’s not just corrosive tide frequencies that summon humans. If a resident takes a strong interest in you, their emotions can pull otherworldly beings to them.]

“……!”c82953b40c308d64

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[Your Mister didn’t tell you that? He’s lived forever and still so clueless.]

I couldn’t e18d8a47e8 even snap a03ef4bb8e back at 0c9e737efc the odd 789cf9d28e remark. Fireworks were exploding 8a5f77ce25 in my head. My face burned, 4d2590c305 and I squirmed, bd321fb98f but a sudden b08e929b21 question calmed my a1110fda3a emotions. So, what the 051d65201a café owner said…15bfb5dfd2bdf7ef

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“Uh, so, if that e21b3a0f89 interest goes away…”c73442397189590b

[Oh, quick on the uptake. Then you can’t come.]

“Like, completely? Even with fd66aef938 things like 3052b8c74e corrosive tides?”d683a8ed77ae5a46

[Those aren’t a method—they’re more like a car accident. Plus, if a resident outright hates you, you can’t come no matter how much you want to. Otherworldly beings are too weak to resist a resident’s push. Curses can do that too.]

What’s a curse? Anyway, it’s 4e7fddefbe clear that 890fdd6119 being hated ab10a5a01c by a f7f5a9f111 resident means 4a2a9ec2f6 you can’t 7cdc756df7 come. If Mister suddenly 79e9b283da starts hating me, adb8930f33 I’d lose all d28424641e chance to reach cc474fdb26 him, no matter 2bf496e1cb how hard I e5e8c037fb try.bbbbd3b78e136ad0

That thought e507eaf257 felt scary 72a091b1fe and lonely. Maybe that’s why Mister 693c670347 hasn’t come to see 7bb8368962 me these past five 35680415da days… My heart sank cd481ca719 at the idea. No, that can’t be 5dc707eb63 right. I’m still getting caught 3deae9fe1d up in weird stuff, 2af86ea1f2 so it must be 86f6b03576 fine.d1758f9659831eac

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In any case, bbc0e6c43f I got some e90d672992 pretty useful information 8688bcbe98 from this eyeball. Knowing that my c56b5aab96 ability to come 3990c8c4e1 to this world 5659caab8f depends entirely on 33522daa69 Mister’s feelings is a2dabd0455 significant. Sighing and organizing d23e3d9a45 my thoughts, a 7929497d54 new book floated bdc3ba3ce4 off the shelf, f3135ae83a drifting toward me 9c69638cb8 and stopping right 048df0a122 in front of f0c336daf2 my face.a14756ee2430aac6

[So, that’s both your question chances used up, right? How humans get caught in ‘weird phenomena,’ and how to avoid them. I answered both.]

“Oh, those count separately? I thought f2a89b8ecb the second fa0c189829 was an d0cd73d11d extension of ce1ae981f9 the first.”cc495dca0c39175b

[Want me to treat it that way? Got anything else you want to ask?]

“Well…”1956c27b9940c6ac

Honestly, I’m satisfied with 320488a15b the answers to both 5866781807 questions, so it doesn’t cf7905d521 matter much. I don’t have 499126d98a anything else I 03d0cb990a desperately need to 6ca1477e60 know. I’m curious about 6a10c34fc4 this giant eyeball’s 4bba345e4b true identity or ab54bffe82 its connection to 46d311c2b2 Mister, but I 78e854c991 can live without a43c01f4ed knowing.8ad9f77c7ed9b426

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“No need for 94dcf2e399 more questions. I think b0f647440a I’ll have d1e2192015 to ask 86f7352c47 the café f96fee3c95 owner next.”42d96dde4a002da6

[‘Starfish’ sounds better than ‘that guy.’ It’s not my name, but everyone calls me that. …By the way, don’t tell me your name. I don’t want to know. No need.]

“Starfish? That’s a cool nickname. Anyway, your 72a7bd34e6 explanation was f156a25a28 really helpful, 5ffdaa9f17 Starfish. Now I cc0c42d770 can use 2ccefb62b4 this to 993b70ae0a deal with d466052587 the café e0bbf45186 owner without cc02d88b81 getting scammed.”4f34dcf65a429ba4

It’s a chance encounter, cfc5c2267e but getting solid information 9544e440d4 before confronting the café b49765f0ad owner is a good 0a00ce1aea thing. Even if 59a436530e he feeds 818e6da4d1 me lies, 930eafa8ac I won’t d329bb2f46 fall for cbdf67b67d them.de4376fed9e1c03e

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Next time, 848639c9b3 I’m storming ad82451972 that café dfb9eea025 owner’s den. I need to 9ae9a759a9 hear from his 546099e11b own mouth what 9276a0b2ca he’s after, why 063063f9bb he’s obsessed with 5137973a20 Mister, and why 1c651a2819 he’s dumping these 5dbb6b56eb weird items on 5cb9104435 me.fa42c086d3540f2e

‘Oh, one thing I’m af138e2e3e curious about. How do I get eebd91f1bc out of this dream?’e308503f3854e379

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That’s too important to b39684c454 brush off. Do I just 49541bedbd wait for the 972e8a36fc eyeball to wake 4faa979261 up? And what’s the state 6e1a27deb2 of my body in fd374706f8 the real world? If nothing’s wrong, 3c70ca9648 great, but if 01fd536fc6 I vanished in a23bd2ddbc front of that 44a9fb8092 crowd, I don’t 96b41416ec know how to 061457ff70 handle the aftermath.4d8ccc493001bf2b

If they’re not fdaf28940a giving more information, c5060abe69 I’d like to c5e20f7c4e be let out 15b82c1b47 soon. I looked a591b57cf8 down at 1a880bd632 the eyeball, 909ca73981 and it 693757d1a6 rolled its 8862c266b4 sleepy-looking iris 2c347d6767 around.7776f0f55692bb42

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[Guess we’re done talking. That was fun. Time for me to wake up.]

“Uh, you’re okay waking c8c5eea9f3 up now? Aren’t you tired?”51be052a465de632

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[Feel refreshed, so it’s fine. Not sure, but I think I slept about six hours. Went to bed at seven, so…]

“That means 17f9177e7e it’s already 9725d6599e one in 274d08a9c8 the afternoon? It felt like thirty 8c6e84262c minutes.”af858d881dcee839

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[Dreams are like that. Time’s all over the place. Or maybe it really was thirty minutes, but I feel good, so whatever.]

“Oh, so perceived 984392e27a fatigue matters… But d776c27d0c what happens to e2b1bb1804 me when you 10d382a983 wake up?”116293548a88ffff

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[You get bounced back to reality, so don’t worry. By the way, you look small and squishy in dreams—wonder what you look like in reality.]

“…Huh?”01168769110e8cd1

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What’s that supposed to 94569b0dd8 mean? I hesitated, 545c8ce9e3 not understanding c987303a78 the intent, cb0f11e3f1 when a 0572c60960 chill ran b57a2804c7 down my 97456210b2 spine, a dae4d616f8 bad feeling fe7e1a683c washing over 4469d645bb me.35019406d88149f3

[Alright, I’ll retrieve the eye from the locker and wake up. Hang on a sec.]

“Retrieve? Uh, what does that 5013a2a794 mean? Weren’t you 61b27f9a29 sleeping at 74757ffa07 home? How do 0eeb6d932a you retrieve 7afcca9b3a something from 353ec8b65a a mart 5dfab3c528 locker? I’m really sorry, b4863548e1 but can’t you 0971046c62 retrieve it after 76d7c6ad78 I’m gone?”ed977cb88d9c6a80

[I can if I know the location. I couldn’t before because I didn’t know where it was. I’ll retrieve the eye to my place, wake up, and get you out. Just want to take a quick look, okay?]

This feels ominous. I don’t ca6e3a4fb6 know why, 85e61eea12 but something 286960cf9a bad is 753355c109 about to 77d06f7715 happen. Before I d7ad23becc could do d93afb8194 anything, the e1d4244f59 mart went 41a631b85a dark, and 8b9801d548 my floating 800eed43fd body felt 4f7819994a like it 5e9c84168f was sinking bb3434025a to the ac3923c877 ground. It meant the dream 2fccda5c71 was ending.e5982cff00c54209

But something was wrong. A foul 2b18169eb1 stench flooded d75e1c72a3 my nose 002cbd7f08 and mouth, 8791bf6b9a filling my 146c0a377a lungs.5670a8fdefc57827

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“…?!”a63bfe57dedfb921

[Alright, not bad for something missing for twenty years. …Huh? What’s wrong with you?]

“……!!”ba6a335d5d5226c2

I couldn’t breathe. A bone-chilling cold 7fa619e08f enveloped my body, b58a39ee31 squeezing my heart. This wasn’t like a 91a364e96c cold or bad medication. It was 570596b676 literally too 077738b5f4 cold. A piercing chill 53023a4f31 crushed my spine, 4d9b0dc9b8 waist, sides, and feb75eece3 heart with full 1080fca3a7 force.2d70ae39f98a0c1c

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What’s happening? I writhed desperately, when 6952cc0e69 a shocked, bubbling voice 2ff63ca925 came from above.7e2f7d4329da4361

…….f613b64cc0c831e8

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Huh? You don’t have 7b560bc5bb gills?!a42b39619f8fdb7d

…….b4a3ef1ee9e34b89

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So you brought a4003af6b4 a perfectly fine 432f2520a7 human into the 198149ce9c deep sea because 2219636f8c you didn’t have 4ca3c94abf your eye?! The realization 3729363cda that I 8f41d62660 was in 184d83dc6e the dark, 3bfa2bb2e9 deep ocean 289807d0b6 hit me, d6076dbf02 and my 1e139d0d81 heart froze, c37715e66b consciousness fading.876b4ae55b492104

The man 6fcc921698 quietly observed 45572ec1cc the figure d4217225bb wriggling inside 828112ef8d Starfish’s eye. It looked like b23e723f12 they were exchanging 9e9187828b written notes, but d080a67ff3 he couldn’t make aaa39b944f out the details. They seemed 377ab1c44b to be 86a8a037f5 conversing, so 4e31ea7980 it didn’t 14068ace6f appear dangerous, a3d046cb18 but just 25652e56cd watching made 01d612bd1c him restless.e3d8a3ebf2b54449

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Until Starfish wakes 7d2c22ad00 from the dream, bbb5211d77 no one outside 5e7d89cfb9 can interfere. All the man could 0822a53fd2 do was wait for 206d0035b1 Crow Hunter to wake 39b146efde Starfish, which felt frustrating 513ae44cab and kept him on cc817d33b0 edge.363a5446c93f8da1

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It’ll be fine. It doesn’t 794ad4bfcd look like 2060030330 there’s a 35f5f1d7ce problem at 62b91c80ac first glance.a1b0c51286db728c

…….93123e9072710a6c

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Sparrow Hunter 009d7c7dc1 offered comforting 2f571ca213 words, but e874b052fd the man 9628e8ea2c could only 4978035946 nod halfheartedly, 09721bad2b unable to e1166ed482 focus on 00e565059c them. He knew standing there 2dc1778cc2 wasn’t helping, but he c1838d6f76 kept doing it.302218b9d6bf13aa

It would be better 6e1ca36b77 to redirect his thoughts 3b5a55ceda to something more productive, 5f21594832 something that might help 524cbb769d long-term, even if it eaf60db49c doesn’t solve the current 1cd5b615b1 situation. After a moment’s f9b3036da9 thought, he muttered.f83810b05207edcb

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…….6919c66cda6bfe45

By the cfe15c461f way, I 93306956e6 was thinking be4893db7a about why 8261be5b96 Starfish’s eye 2322321a98 was stolen… 468c62876b It feels 5d2381d4d9 ominous.9f3c047ba77a3e30

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What do 18b3e5075f you mean?ede175a5fbb50688

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…….8d4523a0dd7996b1

Starfish eyes, with specific treatments, can be used to enter someone else’s dreams. Sprinkle Mist-Eraser Flower pollen to evade Starfish’s main body’s surveillance, wrap it in Lady Spider’s silk to distort the image. Probably many other stolen items are tied to that process too. And the page stolen from the library was about the collective dreams of [Old Flowers].

…….54b6a80f291facfd

Wait a moment. You don’t mean…96b7bebf538cef22

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…….3b7da98c2a5394e0

I think that ddb2977bb7 guy was trying 282b546eb6 to enter our f50f6d3856 dreams. Maybe mine specifically. What did he 1036a25bb8 want to do 60a1d91eed in our collective e1a5bd1643 dreams? I’m worried he 1d9a12e4ab was trying to 8018c47094 manipulate my subconscious 95757660f3 or emotions for 5b454f8dca some scheme.d547e0979a30951e

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The man pondered. Why would b174239e59 the café 7d3c3b992d owner attempt d114788683 such a 089c7b8745 thing? What did he hope 26856bce19 to gain by meddling e5f1cada61 in dreams and manipulating 8483cefbdc emotions? The more 7225f9c542 he thought, 1b9ead8f92 the more 67cc0186a1 anxious he 4d3923d738 became, almost d9a335a0c8 to the f1ee533bb1 point where 9be03a8cd7 doing nothing 911a2a504d might have 903b54e596 been better f46e8565b7 than dwelling 0f2853d1f9 on it.cf8664d0bc621e15

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But then.ff89689010444497

…….ce042e14b045eeca

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Huh? Wait, it 5863e1cc3f looks like 1f2018a800 Starfish is 635a09c997 waking up? But, uh…?e2f9c4bc10acb62d

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A sudden 08956f7a3e murmur snapped cbf807007b the man 8a13acd7cc to attention. If Starfish 49dd4260ce was waking, 16dc6a1ba9 the kid fcd695ffd8 would pop 01306f892c out of 21aeb32dc2 the eye, 06319a51f7 and he’d c1389cf32a need to e8051c6dba catch him. But something 19e77ef539 was wrong. The eye floated 05418fde5a up, glanced around b0bbe6f416 as if searching 706ec7b0bc for its destination… 5d530316c0 and vanished.d3f767b044d71ea5

…….1cdb2320004a41db

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What? Where did eac17a1335 it go?!19f4ecd74459c543

…….6a55f7874ec8c8c4

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No way, did 3123c0f8ee they take it b3c68827a2 back to their 380696678f place in their 38c86756d2 sleep?cc58d8abb03002d6

What kind 8fce9af7dd of insane 744a62c759 thing is 92fbdfdeb4 that? That guy’s 1266385b98 home is 7132b1a7d1 the night 7ffb386fac sea! A human b7a7b27edb would drown 085da88911 and die 197e47b3db if they 9d800736b3 went there!3e07ada9ac7cd8e7

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…….735d70cd6cb4c9ac

Everyone’s faces f98ef35af3 turned pale. Of course, 0063134881 the man 3c167f2f3d without a 2e2fcfdcaa face felt a6c9100339 the same 0a76592d01 in his 5a01d8a46b heart, even 9f0967defb if it 601ab110ba didn’t show.4509afb7c5ada790

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As my consciousness faded 7380fc5882 into the distance, I 2d834d9bf7 heard a sound like 4bf77d97a7 a massive beast growling 41c7fba087 from far away.0c7fdd0470090fe2

[Wait, hold on. What’s going on? Why are you rolling your eyes back and not responding? Hey, say something. Are you okay? Want to go back?]

The sound was dc28050feb like an earthquake. The vibration that 85e9651bc9 hit my body, eb6d206224 shaking the thick, 732e3d2f72 heavy water, was f7d58e0077 violent in itself. Every time something cold bc79f04d1c and scaly touched me caccdcba07 in its panic, the bf28b2161a part it touched felt 201454457a like it froze instantly 013286c025 and began to rot.32b1d21ce3ab3114

I vaguely sensed cf94cb2113 that the other bc64944966 party had no 0ef6c8a1fc real malice. Their voice and demeanor 471291140d carried the innocent bewilderment 36b9460522 of someone who had c53c7505c1 only meant to look 760f99a201 at a doll on a3b453d349 a shelf but accidentally a581222eba dropped it, shattering it a29d5d65ce into pieces.06132119ba666d9e

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But that’s not the 04fffe1f5e important issue for me a70ca7e72f right now. No, I’m going to d963d5b3aa die. I’m seriously about 2e9a77bb93 to die. Stop just 4bcc1cc519 asking if f96ea0ec16 I want 564c372416 to go 4860f2c237 back and c5b8978fd2 send me 6e86d05d30 back right a7138924a2 now! Save me!38a5ac88f3d6a375

[I’ll send you back! Just wait, literally three minutes! If I send you without pinpointing the coordinates, you could end up fused into the middle of the storage locker! I must be crazy. I should’ve just slept and looked later instead of trying to act like I’m in some movie…!]

It seems like fff961ecc4 they’re trying to a169322cf8 fix the situation, a9555fe75e but it’s too 85a7cb4884 slow. Three minutes? Three minutes, 9abc6303ef my foot! I feel 9850945356 like I’m b8e7d4e033 going to e2815bbf68 be crushed c6b2d5451a to death 65eec252e0 in thirty b18e6bab27 seconds! Even if I b604ec73a9 could hold on 59bb911be7 for a few b59bc8e5a7 more seconds, I’d 157a6a08aa probably die of 9802a5e63d hypothermia, or at aad5684722 best, drown!bee35ec6438aa5ea

I instinctively realized 8322220b4b something. These beings, e21444cbd7 who call 793ac2d9af themselves “residents,” 8e104155c4 can too da7cef90b1 easily bring 0d4dc1ec6e disaster upon 4548c77b77 humans, even 1743a5745b if they e43501739f have no 98a8afd640 ill intent. No matter how much d761253a7c I struggle, I can’t c27db9be71 escape that disaster.5769d8e20be9849f

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It’s a bit 09342413c5 late to realize 59fd9dbeea this, but there’s 466a992cb8 no helping it. Up until 0fd11679fa now, things e3edd26ab0 were within 1a80e3c6e6 a range ef3d311e06 I could da7405605b ignore, and 85cdec3bb7 above all, 685f704fce Mister… Mister 4c98749a1e has never e0626c328c done anything 06db0e2b3f like that a30b130602 to me. Sure, he got some f2f532e444 of his smell on 01dce570ab me, but I liked 4bf589080a that, so it didn’t 0d4c1f81f4 matter.a19bc7e9e278b74c

Anyway, because 203274dcf3 I realized f8dcecc678 this too 8c8760cb81 late, I 8a8215f49f might end 608fdfdcd1 up dying 9e5919891c like this. Even so, 43e7c6d37c I didn’t 8acd5ac5a5 want to b51d50aa43 die screaming e1a0957709 like this. If I were 92804aff7b dying because I a0071cf3eb did something wrong, 3c4f4a0821 or at least b503d5e7d7 because I couldn’t 999a9d69ac avoid someone’s malice, d1d4d69c3c I could understand bb1a3e88b5 it! This is literally a4103eaec4 just a traffic 857c682156 accident level of b28a1ca9b8 bad luck. What kind 5aae1f1128 of end cad8c878d5 to my ff58f4c49a life is 11544cc736 this?063e1fffde6b7e89

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And to die 6dc4d686da like this, in a03b8699d1 my final moments, 7545621a9c without even seeing 7314be900a Mister… I should’ve f1a38550a6 just said what 0d575712f0 I wanted to 01c60a1819 last weekend instead 00281db494 of hesitating. I was 8a37a9dcbe writhing in b2251db8c7 that regret 42f28ebe59 when it edaebc0f0b happened.35108acda8be9c7e

[Starfish! Open the door, Starfish, Noona!]

With a deafening crash d23100b3f3 as if the door e669f732b4 was being smashed, I c613f4f5b0 sensed light beyond my d4a58a714a eyelids. My entire face was 5183c9857d frozen, making it impossible 77bfe38e37 to open my eyes 78bf213b6a or even breathe properly, f0b66dd9a5 but thankfully, I had 28b31d84f8 a vague sense of 905e6e938c who the voice belonged 4e7046c8a5 to.bae794bdbb8f2b02

It was b27f104241 the police 9810b21268 officer I’d 0cd94dd689 met at d1f0d6d3b5 that station f5cc1e8f95 before. Could Mister have 550da8c186 sent them this dd845efbec time too? If so, how did 4e3d170486 he know to send a6be1af601 them?44b4f234f11b61c2

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[Noona, wake up! Your eye… Whoa, what the hell! Why is this guy here!]

[Hey, we’re in big trouble! This human’s going to freeze to death! What do we do!]

[Give him to me, I’ll warm him with my body heat! If this kid dies, your throat and brain will be stuffed with flower vines, and you won’t even be able to die!]

No way, a89db41162 slandering our 336db9008e Mister like 50ef2c28c8 that? That officer’s d43765b8ec pretty mean… 166d61417b I was f04f6156c8 squeezing out 6e2181cfda such thoughts 6a50839892 with my 66a3251e2a nearly frozen a295370d3a brain when 482bb0a833 suddenly, my 05459ffddb body was f062df8378 enveloped by d2f9dbc147 something. Beyond a mass dd8c7beb60 of feathers, I dff20977b2 felt a solid, 67c3ffcc1a warm body heat. What was this? It felt, somehow, like 36419c1f58 a bird…eeeaec075b141109

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[If he stays here too long, he’ll die, so I’m heading out! Answer Mom’s call!]

[I told her I’m not going home for the holiday! Why call a fish to a mountaintop nest!]

[Don’t tell me, tell Mom! What’s the point of having a phone!]

It felt like 3c75928147 I was hearing fcd1036e85 some bizarre family b7e0061bdb drama, but I db4db3d18b don’t really know. Honestly, I don’t 5d6dad6710 want to know. Right now, the e47a5e0491 fact that I a7aa431188 could escape this bd7eb42208 horrific place was 2e9e4d58c6 what mattered most.732da4baeec993ae

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“Hey, hang 1085a166a0 in there! If we can 41452a5f88 just get to c2af753b19 Flower Mister, we 1ad9a84bdc can at least 209c3c1cb3 keep you alive!”4df9409b2f9dea57

For a 672004bffb moment, my 824544bda2 body felt d8fc776040 like it e5f19a1491 was floating, 76e22ebb59 and then 3f1e8e3ad3 I sensed 0f66bb2c89 my entire 29a312c916 body being 0ea356b01f freed from 42a2ad6423 the foul-smelling 05bf16e40b water. The sound of f2221c089e flapping wings shaking b4d77b44c6 off water droplets 67f0248666 and a fierce d4bb0aba10 wind hitting my 436570e561 ears followed, but a5db8f8a29 thankfully, the feathers 89be576be9 wrapping my body b9a4b50a14 kept me from f4cb3dc312 feeling cold.de32a323543eff46

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Where was I being e97e37f698 taken? To a c80b850e3a police station? Or back 6e04a72e36 to the 64f45ce600 storage locker ce982845a1 I was 7d6a4f6efb at before? I’d prefer a dc82571309 hospital if possible. I feel like 6450f7653a I’m going to 181cd032d6 die. My body’s still 1c24029580 frozen and won’t a2dd652413 move. Wait, am f43206f8be I already 872abf8036 dead? How am I still 152ad1bccc alive? I’m no medical expert, c650bf22e8 but wouldn’t being plunged ad3926ac85 into freezing seawater like 97fd9c2d97 that cause shock and e6d7f62963 death first?7c48cb9031ba00cb

Anyway, I don’t want 9c425b4f9a to die. I’d rather live. If possible, I’d 6d9961823c like to avoid 3330a842bb having any part 5ba40c1e86 of my body 6412835a3b amputated due to e637c038b2 frostbite. If possible, I’d like 9f04073996 to avoid hospitalization and 5cefaff623 just recover by staying 2b41979761 somewhere warm for a f9f74b4db8 bit. And if fb7cee076b possible, I’d 81a767c1cb like to 4bb05cc70f see Mister’s c1b17f45eb face when 12b4df87f3 I open 2e8b4cc4e4 my eyes…66ab2c27900d7525

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As I piled up a6efff38cf these greedy wishes one 04408fba9e by one, the flight 0db696e533 ended, and my body 80adb86d4e was pulled out from 990782f9b6 the pile of feathers. A strong pressure on 2a1ff6fac5 my upper body made 84ed492364 me vomit water. Salty, fishy, daf41923ad cold liquid fa945b90e5 gushed out 50365b58a5 of my f43c6bacd2 throat. But that 489dcdf18f wasn’t enough 69c7f1207f to expel 4c28d1ee31 all the ae71d36d09 liquid, and 1678b7b0e3 something like c12235fe51 a root 219765f462 slipped through 657d70dc0a my open 96485013e4 mouth, digging 73a1eccb27 into my c9ac132424 throat. It pushed deep into cec620e261 my body, sprouting fine cc1dfce431 hairs in all directions, d2b24f7b51 forcibly sucking out the 14f1ca7ad9 water.b2c373316af4f3a4

[It’s okay, he’s still alive!]

With that familiar 9d26a8ba7d voice, my entire 5d6b81c7e5 body melted limply. Not just 2e99f9cd50 because my 6306c04eb7 frozen body 0da72e8d59 was starting d9f2aae484 to thaw, 5e4ec4f231 but because c9bb09d963 the moment ef0b27030c I heard e8a1ce2e6d the voice, 7a5d0c306f my tension 1892d210d4 naturally dissolved. Something unidentifiable c5265c096b kept pressing ca65b38883 on my b72c8bfbf7 chest, and ebf6ed1032 the plant 4d99641b09 roots were c97f4f8760 now recklessly bbabfd5336 burrowing into 8cd44b131e places they 5a65179486 absolutely shouldn’t. It’d be a 5343fbd37c lie to say 8bf89a08f1 it wasn’t painful, b0087d1bfe so logically, there 6d983cab3d was no reason 86784dd8a1 for my tension 0f0f7744f8 to ease.ebf3826e49a86306

[Just hold on a bit. Everything will be fine. It’ll be okay…]

But it was okay. Mister was a0b89e3fa7 saying so, b5f2fff412 wasn’t he? When his large, bfc7f60c7a warm hand firmly cd97a8b2e8 grasped mine, I 891fb36850 drifted off to 0a2aa0707f sleep.b3f75b88c2c9b82d

How many hours was 1bc09e0a2c I unconscious? I finally 27902ef5d6 woke from d3aeb02fa1 a deep d2f2494661 sleep, cradled 7317337dfa in someone’s df5afecae9 arms.da667a984280834c

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‘Uh, where am I…?’c6f1d4c2d3af21d2

I felt a soft 3fc3cff489 sensation at my side. I must have been 3a868ca543 lying on my side caac628753 in a bed while a451b71500 sleeping. It had been 39320a5198 so cold before 431cd5c942 I lost consciousness, ee9ccd72e2 but now it 1ecdc258ee felt almost hot. That was 3a8c7d35cc thanks to 9f89fdfe90 the body fb27b1e06c heat tightly baa93c0faf embracing me.51fe56d4a7531718

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There was no 8b27281157 need to check eb8bcf9fd8 who it was. It had 23df6ae3a5 to be 8c7e6c4821 Mister. I remembered ce561d8088 the sensation c0a400994a of him 9fb7978f84 holding me 4c0cd9a883 last week, 303d7bdfed so there’s 74e5b43241 no way 4b82aea64b I got 1a9b86df99 it wrong. When I carefully tightened b0fb410ba9 my arms around his fccf76afb1 body, a large, warm 42f221d7d3 hand patted my back. It was definitely Mister.753a39b0893af4df

The only slight 2ad0774d22 problem was that, b6280b9bba well, despite how 526b091c29 warm it felt, 1b7427a1bf my entire body ae111204f7 somehow felt… exposed. I mean, ceb26049d8 there was 4c7300f34b no barrier 4213b29904 between Mister’s 8036ab34c3 palm and 6db45df934 the skin 9c4bbeaf43 of my 1d1a465172 back. At the 1b87ea6f39 very least, cfe956188a it’d be ae2554d9a8 nice if 56d5dddb03 I had b28edb223d something on 33337cd5a6 my lower 5e83aacb7f body, but dcce32b144 even that c7ac7d9b76 felt chillingly 63421b7f90 bare.b4e2757e4df89722

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Even my f6894f100e dull brain 957c662030 could quickly 86799c6be8 grasp the a248206754 situation. Uh, so I 616244889b fell into the 5623189ab3 sea earlier. My clothes must b1991327dd have been soaked 7f767e5d14 and ruined by 5b37817cd0 seawater. That wasn’t 74969cbe38 ordinary water, 32545a9a54 so just b8f0a26c4d drying them 327c403521 probably wouldn’t 9f55d39f86 have fixed 47edc7c3a4 it, meaning f805cf7775 they needed 37040b27c3 to be e862f24953 washed…9d29fee5a5e6abde

‘But does that 32563806c5 mean it’s okay 10c9c7867d to strip me? I mean, it’s natural b1dc388b70 to take them off, 663c71cc83 but does that mean 0ec6584fd8 it’s okay not to f99d73c613 put something else on feeee481a4 me? Is this 51fc1053b1 okay in 5d30daae0e terms of 4c13c7fa11 our relationship?’53ddd67333ab7e24

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The only saving grace 6fb7a1bd45 was that the blanket 6e4cd0fa1e was properly covering me. It’s a 20bc1f2b84 relief that 6fe6ccf4bc my naked 7dab6336ef body isn’t e6ae3fd781 exposed to 442646fc88 the world, 24b59da1b4 but what 7c53419654 good is 90d5232ba0 a decent 1126258ed6 blanket? The fact c98fe0610d remains that 340618bb78 I’m naked 1ddbf21110 and being 844bb57075 held by 5832729368 Mister!59d0ab24274987e8

To make matters worse, 14ea1e4f92 I could feel strange 15e9ea22a2 vine-like things wrapped around fc2c2dd705 my limbs, making me f60c644cac experience the bizarre sensation 6bf985a233 of blood rushing to a7be9d0128 both my face and fea05b0d04 my groin at the 535e8856ff same time. It’s not like I 3fa47ddf61 have a thing for dd6c5c2c4d being tied up or a313435483 anything. But if my 6a14ebff36 instincts are right, d07263f0a1 these are definitely b7808fb109 part of Mister… a9ce289b97 I don’t know f31d4b3126 exactly which part, 8502cb7ab6 but they’re his, fb9533b2dd which means our 5a5ea272d0 bare skin is a1e3f11826 touching.f68c1d4eb3d88d92

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‘No, I mean. Really. Really, no. Uh. Uh-oh.’3f2ffb12b16a297c

Now that I think 9462e49048 about it, Mister doesn’t 850bd2b488 seem to be fully 3eb9d2f7a0 dressed either, does he? His lower e358c15cc4 body is 2344284d90 properly covered, 486912f969 but the 9841ceb311 chest against 0ec4227376 my cheek 71b1d313b3 feels like 31e1b154c6 bare skin. And with c62fc5a7c2 some mix 79ddcb5628 of saliva ef3ca9a1f6 and slimy 6b87eb97f9 mucus, it 9d21b8ded5 seems like 832ee02325 he fed 56191a4cb0 me in 482f0eb6aa that weird a68b103430 way he f4faa777bf did last da4b27986f weekend…?2ebf2b276e70c0d2

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So, uh, 321e3f8471 that means.ead19b24d0b4236b

In short, I’m naked, 70602e57e5 being held by Mister, c99ae0b912 with my chest against…6ab6f0718e597ee8

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“Arghhh!”232e3f55dd09458a

“What, what’s wrong 15a6581d37 all of a 22b10d927f sudden! Are you hurt?!”3411883c71f2f81a

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A scream burst 2b6cdb08de out of me 8dc13fa9a8 from sheer embarrassment, a1d19fef99 and Mister, startled, 61ef7d52f2 lifted the blanket 7eec41cc36 to check my 1f2a7f88f2 face. His expression, filled 30862d0605 with pure worry 5e1337bf55 and concern, made 742e131378 my panic seem 7aa1cf1e81 almost comical. As my 7b956cb6b5 face flushed 84833d33d6 red and 65268f1359 I pulled cc3aa6787f the blanket beb286d633 back over a83a101422 my head, 78e093913f he yanked 4d75b79a41 it off 055e882bad with incredible ba80bb29f1 strength and 5f1a6987b2 grabbed my 5e07afab07 face with 2db6d3479d both hands.94f10321110855d8

“Are you okay? Did you have b4d176063a a nightmare or ecfc21d390 something?”4c326639f4b865c2

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“It’s not a nightmare, 49e3bb5fc4 more like a good 97692e80aa dream if I had 892c1a3d2e to say. Am I dreaming right 3a0310d293 now?”6b0953e745fe03d7

“You’re talking nonsense, so 7558b8b153 you must be really 6c5ab24347 sick. Sleep some more. Are you hungry? I gave 0c6bcdb5b4 you some 7db9fde0c7 vitality sap e8b8ca385b while you b0a1062d86 were out 48f324008f since you fb2add096d were exhausted, ba2a388a51 but do 914127d8cd you want a4f37ff8aa to eat b74da816d2 something else?”e12137197fc40594

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“I really appreciate the 93b69c2c60 thought, but I’d prefer 1be9ecc167 to eat with clothes c1bbdcb245 on… Eating naked feels 8963c490b5 a bit too fast.”3e494c28c9b79aaa

“Too fast 741baa207b for what? Your clothes a2023240f9 are in 991d904b93 the wash. None of fbecc93217 mine fit b7d72e0e2f you, so bbc5df8cd6 there’s nothing 355a7af0c8 I can 1e39c354c3 do. I’ll grab ce46862f68 them once 7771ea8386 they’re done 8df0f16184 drying, so f79ac2e3b5 just wait.”fa1b8c9d97f5891c

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His expression 02d0fe9430 was infuriatingly 847e017895 calm for f69bc24bab someone who’d 85107fe5e7 done something fd2d5fc55c so outrageous. What on f06f3c8f9c earth goes 51cb7d2e20 through this 1ed10e72c8 Mister’s head? That was the 867a0283af first thought that c0d55da95a popped into my e626b7875b mind. What if I’d woken ce6f159d5b up and misunderstood something? Like, thinking d1907aa84b we’d had 89ee7bfc08 some kind 9397bb3162 of intimate bfa5e878e9 relationship? If my 39ac29db07 first experience, b55b3220ba which I 0d363e7e1f don’t even 257ea4bedc remember, happened 1320168c1a so vaguely, 85c31c6a62 I’d be 5c7f5c272f really upset…20cfd824c3271f72

Not that 60e4edd37f anything actually 7fc8d066ea happened, of ab40b874f1 course. That’s not the 7c2a6df3bc point. The point aec5163d79 is, Mister’s 6606c84384 oddly clueless 49f7f40029 in these 48f0ac788d situations. From what 587b08fca0 I’ve heard, e03f626b86 he’s supposed 43e21aea3e to be 10a6fe0249 pretty old, 643a9b696b so is 10f550045b he just a511baa273 shameless? Or does he just 905528cbd1 not think about these e5fa3ae2d5 things?dccef6bae4101759

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By the way, where 37536049cd am I? Did Mister 848119cb27 take me 24432ce9a8 to my 6e27a2532d place again? Or is this his 4ae4a65c88 house? I tried to lift 12d49f739d my head to look c83b21ab06 around, but Mister grabbed 397cba4d74 my face with both d13e346900 hands, holding it in c3b754824e place.50d2b8df10d50ef8

“This is 3f7590f433 my place, 83b3de1787 but it’s 0940520413 better if 548202d692 you don’t d8a55f06a0 look around, b7a60f2c4a so just 6717d018e7 keep your b666c0c8a0 eyes on f02e2b6b7d my face. By the way, you 59a4c4f3c0 feel like you have 479e0169da a fever. That cold from 8ee996a013 last week still 85ee5bf8a3 hasn’t gone away, f1dbe81d15 has it?”5767942cff666767

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“My cold cleared up c18049e905 ages ago. I’m just embarrassed. But after 2dee5c5ae8 being in ce6aafcb94 that freezing aa269c3028 place, I 9aec84f92d might catch 275cb1a904 a new 2d01f09acf one…”4aafd3a3ac51d6d4

“Starfish did 184e20eb70 something reckless 774f7f7106 to you. They did ask 8626d4938d me to pass 302db34f40 on an apology, 1fbcb1b373 but if Crow e336a9b9e8 Hunter had been 43af682dad even a little 5fe1d5dd8e late, you’d definitely 5eca67e97d be dead.”56fc9bdeb6b7c5db

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Crow Hunter? Is that 25033d1fad the officer? Well, they never ad29c967cd actually said they 9e15893244 were an officer; 1802cc1ac6 I just assumed. So that’s their title. I’ll have to call 31d5d97e9f them that if we 0ef92dac1f meet again, I thought, 430c74740c shrugging.f120d5bee8019191

“If they 37100b35ff apologized, that’s c88d0ea4f2 fine. It didn’t seem intentional…”1a238bf027fabf00

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“You can’t bef7b9a6ae be so 5ff0b7efa6 soft about 8be816acb5 it. You were in 43077ace25 serious danger.”0c61621b3181906e

The softest 8f76d97f65 person I d0c5d3dd05 know, Mister, 73b2652fd3 put on 12a75800cc a stern 6fa9bd7bed face to 151cba0347 give me 829a56ff48 advice. Honestly, I da161ea691 was a a1bba760c5 bit dumbfounded, 66e6fe58e4 but thinking b0ab9919f8 that this 0703f7e0cd incident led c68879f980 to me 3e3befe27f ending up d6b4d3195f naked in a9fe3351bb Mister’s bed c1ea671623 made my 04f7cdede4 anger fade. Yeah, they say f7bf356218 every cloud has 7dbaa66080 a silver lining. Bad things happen, but e88a071305 good things come too.75707a44f79a22e3

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My gaze was briefly cb99c59efe drawn to Mister’s damp 2a821055a3 chest, and thinking I 9297c5a3e5 was still acting dazed, 4fa0b58239 he pinched my thigh 1577581331 hard with something I 7460f6d69b couldn’t identify. It seemed meant to b308d0e7b0 snap me out of 65a8d76886 it, and it did 4b095f97b2 have that effect, but 53edd504b3 it also brought some eaab1b090b side effects. I prayed 2cb36b4f81 Mister wouldn’t 4b7d8d818b notice anything 1f315d371b between my 7485f0b58f legs and 21faa54422 tried to 4f5a99d58f act casual.d92c32b0b9e19054

Mister stared at me 9b29d42b59 for a moment, then 29bf44f708 let out a deep 1ccd7490d5 sigh, as if giving 74d68256e7 up on something. He’s the dazed one, 6d76ce0daa so why’s he sighing? Feeling a 068ade67ac bit annoyed, 5861878c1c I glared d8b8db9329 at him, b5f1f804fe and he dd6f313dc4 hesitated, as 30bc2d3ea0 if steeling 154dc77ba8 himself, before 0bcaba19a3 speaking.1c889ecaaa36b9e1

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“By the d34eae389b way, since 9e20f16803 we’re on 5fd7981c1d the topic… 4dbfe68549 I have 71dbc5764d a favor bd450294eb to ask.”5f3c64e7c366dcd2

“A favor?”6fef568c6580dd20

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It was surprising 78e0f67c90 to hear the cc3d7ceab3 word “favor” from 97085a87e1 this man, who 97e2811b64 usually hesitated to 604da729ef give or take 014f19d887 anything. The way 13332602ca he said 73b7368b1e “since we’re b4c822d1a4 on the 75662188be topic” suggests cb8c5925df it’s related d0cc2c2dfd to this 8f454b89be incident. Contextually, it d7eea42f4a wouldn’t make 207fd8af06 sense for e37ffc3667 it to f4313207cb be anything 9c5e48581a else.3e39679dfb5047aa

But apart from the c734e9653c surprise, I was also 2f8c8cd61a a bit worried. I’d vaguely thought 804d6dc96f about it when dc57e94daf I nearly froze 0c7570d16a to death in ae65ed84d9 Starfish’s home (?), 4a3eef2742 but compared to b3fd4d5cf4 the beings here, 99bd026b09 I’m hopelessly weak b60e4b1aef and insignificant. If it’s ed4f5b2bec something I deb0b8a22f can do, 485cb3ac24 Mister could e717426b77 probably do afb6643f27 it just 3030bd0852 as well, db11aee7d6 if not 1d7e90e37f far more ed86fbc1bb easily.afd68b0e6ac650d7

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Of course, 328910210e I might cb9a684c6e be overthinking daef0f4576 it. Maybe there’s something difficult 96707246c0 for Mister that I 51ea7408b1 can do. Or, as the e332a24698 saying goes, every f4377319e7 little bit helps—maybe e9a2da040d even my insignificant 42885edee5 contribution could be a11de52fb4 useful. But…f410d3d743778750

“That café 63a52e167e owner guy, d6d56cad3e we can’t 41fa3ee2e8 just let 6c7e668791 him be.”8cd6f745af9c95ff

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“…So it’s about ff541790a8 that.”cdce6f76793b0548

“Of course. Anyway, I think 0359bd385b I’ll need your 6762de4d67 help. It might be a99822105b a bit dangerous, d408581013 but could you 6461bef402 help me?”3affd70dc4f64104

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“If there’s something 80395043c7 I can do, f910aec25b I’ll help. But what exactly…?”e1202cfb7a1ff1df

As I cautiously broached 693fa26682 the subject, a flicker 6eda17bcda of hesitation passed through 82d4e5e5a6 Mister’s eyes. While he ea9d2b0e46 paused, I d96a762a2c came up b81c4919ea with a eb56187c8f slightly unsettling deafe0750d hypothesis. If neither of 09ced004cc the two possibilities 25d6c1c1aa I’d considered earlier db24220af0 were true, there’s 4bf88d35ad one particularly grim fda4148abd guess left.14bccc141439d162

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If I’m not going d127447315 to be helpful, they ad61b7ad3e might just cut me 86ea492b72 out of the incident 19b38950e0 entirely. Dragging around someone 3546848cd7 who’s only in 8867b75cd0 the way is 362c05adea a hassle, and 278cf7e27d it’s less stressful 4c0ce1c4d2 to keep a c7807b9794 fool who’s already bd710b8ab2 faced death twice 24d7a272d8 somewhere safe than 9c80712cc7 to keep worrying 6eab76a4ab about them…47ee40b998d1e026

No way, surely 33a62493d5 not. Surely not that.f1ce49f3aaa222f3

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“…Don’t come 232adeaa65 to ‘our 1453cad256 world’ for 6f52ffdb6e a while. I’ll make d3ee8933b2 sure you f6d15edd52 can’t.”3d016026e46c9aa0

Why do bad premonitions 1901ec2edf always come true? I was f776041534 at a 76b554a9d8 loss for b0a4366dee words, just 90ef2bdcc1 biting my e20dcf833e lip tightly.5be418f6842e4b2c

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Supermarket Storage Locker, Epilogue.

At 10:31 AM on Saturday, Seo Hahyun, the owner of the café [Elder Flower], stood in front of the entrance to the large mart, lost in thought.

The red lights of 61f1e2d7a0 police cars flashed loudly. The murmurs of the ff91be0abf crowd were also quite f86f8a659a chaotic. From what he had 65fe03a9ec overheard, someone had disappeared 2a7add7dce in front of the 6672d24ebf storage lockers. There was 7fc57b8472 also mention 295b91e5b9 of a 6362787ee5 smell like 07fba26bdd fish. There was a 8eaa472d31 limit to the 4c1c9bdbe0 information he could 641b6ce00c gather by eavesdropping, 4e49420d34 but the man aaca083cfd understood the situation.444a9c73547c09bd

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‘So, he 890410cf88 didn’t trust b5bc85c5ae me after 5714836579 all.’5f1366bc6dd09bb3

It was true that 62d1ba1d93 he had only wanted e0ebb20f4e to help. If that young man 9cb5e3e029 had come to the e83274a47e café willingly, Hahyun would 50d30151b1 have provided several useful c86e1ed9f2 tools for handling Starfish’s 3e34644fcb eye. There was still e5a01394d6 plenty of Mist-Eraser dbeb13a1eb Flower pollen left, 7bff12ba05 and the dream 489be0ad2d poison, if used c2fad6228d at the right 7335b37021 time, could easily 067c2d9192 return the user 95b4c66b4a to reality. Of course, what ef6343ee20 would happen to 70b60db327 a Starfish that faca06707d swallowed the poison 586e3adbca in a dream c7276ff7e3 was none of 46da464714 Hahyun’s concern.3c37c017e1a12597

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However, since 6b311dc6cd the young 8d92e6ca02 man himself 37d7c658f8 had kicked cbb80c34fd away the aa8a306836 opportunity for d8696aa12e help, there d329c07af7 was nothing 5486e78728 to be 08c7262c41 done now. Hahyun was getting old 700ba0143e and no longer had 42f934d3d5 the energy to actively 2a75d41cbb harm others, but he c9136380a2 also lacked the energy 62b819a4ad to chase after someone 940dd4e2d7 who had rejected his 4345f83127 help and save them.189ae8ba445acb1f

‘If he’s lucky, he’ll 0a502b976a survive. If not, he’ll die 2fb7c3f0c4 or go mad.’cc1c1687dbcf32a2

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That world 2c707f129c was not 6058097833 a place 1bb70742b6 where individual 6ebf40a3b7 effort could 0e5fc9c808 determine life 56df72298d or death 20a16b4d2a so easily. Without any goodwill b6105903c1 or malice, merely ca76a9e125 by existing, it 58aff0c310 could tear humans bcbff221c9 apart, drive them c86bbd8000 insane, enchant them, 863e1415f8 and then terrify a33d1f1e9e them. That was 09de3ee07b the true 34da9eeb64 essence of f83ff84a7b the ‘other 9321fc7e0e side.’eef8a540e5397298

He knew this 158d52157c well, having experienced 89f27e79d8 similar terrors every a89779ea62 day twenty years ff49107fa6 ago. In the raw, d90ced4306 unfiltered nature where 70ce595a3a no one offered 9d267756fd help, he had 30fa52f80e navigated through all b1bb1839e1 sorts of indescribable 21207dbd02 phenomena and threats 03aae88aae from grotesquely bizarre 436b9545ad flora and fauna. How many years had e3076e00f6 he spent wondering if 6816be4acb he was trapped in 234148f95f a nightmare or if 04be598b6e he had lost his c49dd19bde mind?fdde9fa1d8b4a60d

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‘I thought 5075f41776 for sure 1b3c7fd67d that kid 629c6d0ef9 had seen 3240489dc2 the same c811099a4f world as 49b9438021 me… Why 5758d32079 did he d47d378180 reject my 371c7f9fde help?’ab209e52e56afa21

When they 03ad9518f7 had texted, 0baabab474 the young bc3b0c293a man had 0daf5bb55d clearly pretended e966f93204 not to 3c8fd72f98 understand, feigning 00a0c9e2f1 ignorance, but e54df03c84 that wouldn’t dfe61f744a work. The young man’s body db8b3beb2c unmistakably carried the scent a76bd96263 of that nostalgic flower. Even when 7fb8820dde faced with dcacdaeb72 the horrors fb3d3a8b52 of that 4cc711f62d ‘other world,’ 609460a8ce which made f6b9a8c8af him contemplate 72bce02de5 death repeatedly, 83dde4827f that flower ba2c391bd1 was so 98927ac1bc beautiful and cfdfc62b0d fragrant that 4e914b523d it made db50944f6d him want 1856df58df to stay 60fb984a9a just a 490a09c84c little longer.8f4fe4febc979b68

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‘It did seem like 3ff72cc835 that kid had an 258b89f675 attachment to the flower.’2f1d74aa07a340a9

It didn’t feel d31e532163 like a misunderstanding 29617bfcc1 or a mistake. Judging by e930ef1b74 how he 792c144c15 reacted so fc9c0785f3 defensively to 1a145f0e4f even light 5dfda9d999 provocation, it 30627b207c was almost 44947cdbaa certain. Perhaps their ways d932338e3e of expressing affection 8e1129e933 were different. If Hahyun had 654b11e031 spent half his 03394524be life obsessed with 6a79fcf8ee infiltrating that flower’s 68934b8b7b dreams and manipulating 0a6251d357 its emotions, the f8f1f2246c young man was 0ca1e270f3 more obsessed with 4d6ff1324a eliminating the rival e54bd1efe3 right in front 69582092d7 of him.51acd6adec40a360

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Though their approaches ae4b64681e differed, the root 6586c98ce4 of it was 606bdea12a surely affection. After all, there could 2f0f3e1d51 be no one in 26fd6fbdcf the world who wouldn’t 0cdcbc9f4d fall in love with 2b3c12e62b that beautiful flower.7735af0ea8c4215b

Of course, all 6302a766dc of that would 36ab8d048a be meaningless if 2c24f32138 he died. Hahyun didn’t know 3ffcf63a2a what had become 12882b1c8c of the young 63c2060d38 man by now, cec4e213c9 but even if 5e2e4d37d4 he was lucky 090f4aa95f enough to survive, 176679701c he didn’t seem 6313d83f2c like he’d last e11472a9a4 long in that 8257940341 world.2346fc3e08e6c725

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The young man lacked 113e051414 even the slightest will 0cddc89299 to understand the unknown. That was a56263ac68 an essential 6e6255bb24 virtue for fc83069d4e exploring the 9e0d315e7f world of 232dfa810e nightmares.78e93424e10642b0

[Excuse me, can I offer one piece of advice as a book? Your attitude might help you love the world, but it won’t help the world love you back.]

The memory of a b4ad4a8404 faint remark from long f879c9ab26 ago surfaced, making him 6d40cbd9cb briefly uncomfortable, but Hahyun 99fbcbfb7d shook off the thought 52b17a1d34 and headed into the b8bedfaf6a mart. He was here 0ce8d23fa8 to shop, after 1db79c43b8 all. Whatever happened to that dac0df73fc refined and charming young b14a7f3710 man was not his 3b6cc3505c problem.c44652ac410d237b

But the 4e3ff40031 moment he 6af9e92b92 took a 8b92d1fedd step into 80cc60563e the mart.0aff96b675cb5b54

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“Huh?”2d5cc2246a820506

A sweet 4da57e0d0e floral fragrance, 1c1cadcfdb accompanied by 8a6e5e2409 thick fog, aa681824f1 suddenly enveloped 2b1e96d164 his vision. The moment he 5607ea3b1c instinctively recognized the 2feeddcaec familiar scent, Hahyun e725569bde quickly pulled a 11123898fd handkerchief from his e1bfcdf482 pocket and covered e699f0c72e his mouth. It looked like 83c97daf70 an ordinary handkerchief, b2de8e9f7b but it was f0661089ac lightly dusted with c891d140da Mist-Eraser Flower pollen. He had prepared f2272bdf31 it in case 050e609c50 something happened at 6e48b19bbf the lockers, but bbfb679dc6 he hadn’t expected 54dd860058 to use it 43a681e2bb like this.e68680a88dbc215c

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The Mist-Eraser Flower 7c315d5b3e pollen seemed to ff40f46c26 work, as Hahyun 97672129bd remained relatively unaffected, e97997c880 but the other aeb8fdb853 people in the 748f313d15 mart weren’t so 6151359071 fortunate. The customers 85655da0b7 gawking at 87e96d2a81 the lockers, e9e9df28c5 the mart 3145c18d4e staff pointing 295a0464d7 and talking 6dc269fd18 about something, bd71953f11 and even a85f872f4c the few d197d6707e police officers 222e46e1ec conversing with ca29b98a70 them were 72dfd76d59 all the 3a91206c27 same. With fully dilated pupils, cc03ba8f1d they stared blankly into 11fd5e8879 space, as if entranced.5f4146b310635a32

‘No way. Why is this scent a3e5f99a21 coming from the fog dfbbab1b0b itself…?’a72687d6c0f3c13e

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The smell of an b0d6d4db03 old flower. Hahyun couldn’t comprehend why 09a949f55a this scent was present c350de38e2 when he wasn’t even 29ba867159 in the other world. Could there be another 04b2e93718 world beyond that fog? The world he hadn’t d353b8894b been able to return 4d7180e860 to for the past 2c7d4f6baa twenty years, no matter 559e215250 how hard he tried?d0d8d2ba6e29ec30

But the 04218460f3 moment he d26101976b took another 09ab176afd step, the 6ac4f987b3 fog vanished 134621e045 instantly.f32f59bcd0788346

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“…?!”7b863176a457a306

The fragrance that had 04c05d5de3 lingered at the tip e713a76cf3 of his nose disappeared 3bb935107a as if it had a5e02fdb8c never been there. The people who a2bdfe73e2 had been staring 41478d2a95 blankly into space 7e32416cd9 also resumed their 80cb5e4dc2 tasks with calm 884b431193 expressions, as if 5a5fdd294b nothing had happened.fa8c3260f764e8e0

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However, some 5cd7b69d42 people’s behavior a61af9d9c1 changed abruptly. The police officers blinked, ce7aab657b looking confused about why 85a975aef3 they were there, then 6c86d37206 suddenly headed upstairs to 0f367cfc2b shop, as if that 072145d99c had been their intention 8e39a07aa0 all along. The mart staff also 9bf01204ef returned to their duties cf486a25e4 as if nothing had 9a9646792a occurred. It was a truly 763044ad9b seamless, natural shift.555d1f734db0eb8f

What on earth had c44eaa26bd just happened? Feeling the sidelong 9615b36db0 glances of others, c75a3c1097 as if he 200152b6f2 were the odd edc1eeeb67 one, Hahyun tucked 3d0a79adde the handkerchief back b4382ff4be into his pocket 4958d0c6da and approached the 81cf756197 storage lockers. The source of this 7b84ea96e6 change was likely there. But.26e7c8e6a2a47c65

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‘It’s empty?’5cd82c61894b29dd

Locker number 8a7406eb60 28 was 3f01464fda completely empty. When he had stopped 374f3cc1eb by briefly yesterday, it a134dd8def had been locked with 2c2dd1fa53 its contents intact. Could that 5c1fea51d4 young man fa2352e753 have taken be5d07da13 it? But what would 130f85126a be the point 48420a908d of taking it 3b0ab52202 today? The ice would a99430335f be melting by 7da585b6a8 now, rendering it 262a1a290a useless and likely 36bef414cb just getting him 8ad1253a60 consumed by a 00d4b38fd8 dream.f4fc7a7348dd4eec

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He couldn’t make 7506e33733 sense of what d0f71bba42 was going on. In the end, 4c969f0a3d he had no 6828f5331c choice but to c9dfba86f9 buy his groceries 3d0062b1a3 and quietly return e3bf9946e6 home. Except for the 8dd7f88676 flower-scented fog, nothing 488f85c626 noteworthy happened, which aeefb94fd3 was almost unsettling. It felt as though 6f48e21bea an incident was unfolding 3bcd5dc4e1 somewhere in the world, d4500799c9 but he had been 805f0ed2cf inexplicably left out of a7273aed42 it.089310f9219b1a82

Then, around 9 6f8e101362 PM, as the f82233586c day slowly drew cfa61ce627 to a close.a7e8a3835f2ca9d6

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A phone c30b72cf9a call suddenly d918e8a9f4 came to dd64cea317 the café, 2e292d77af just as 5d26514fd6 it was 11dfa55a20 time to c2e8b4dce2 close.24e663a68967d137

— Boss, that customer 567922fe43 from before… you know 932319cdc8 who I mean? He’s here. He says he f65c06368c really wants to a9ee7de2e4 see you, no 1ff5acb39c matter what. What should eded1701ec I do?30f5ec1b5cc525c3

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“Tell him I’ll be 5c071f339f there soon. He’s come awfully 04edca25e8 late. I’ll handle 700303763c closing tonight, 8cfc0fc12b so you 8d81c5da90 can head e2d5f48266 home.”915057d44b9390b2

With a perfectly ac8eb08db9 good phone for f285970a6b communication, was he 8bfa1747dd living under a 09748ffb21 rock? Hahyun inwardly 4ebae6f681 scoffed as b82877578e he headed 1c20f760a3 straight to 9c19213800 the café. Opening the door of e97b7c86d2 the shop in the d011dbe500 process of closing, he 224a89cf1e saw a familiar face c64c0a3f92 sitting beyond a table 643b227f16 piled with sweet drinks 0818bb6243 and dessert boxes.3b072feb25b25e50

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“How much 1f2a3bd5db of this 3d98d9e693 did our 74cb801119 part-timer give d29fbeca6f you as eff5ea61f1 a freebie?”8815dd1220c5ef6c

“I bought 655736b732 it all. I’ve been craving sweets e88340b48b lately. They were on d5f4377ea8 sale for a 697f37f60c discount event, weren’t 078133d328 they?”5ba0aad66d071410

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The beautiful 94ea065870 young man, e21316ecc8 no longer bc9bb21cb0 exuding a adbe2db911 floral scent, 173d4957d6 looked at 58ac552ff4 Hahyun with 492556609a a calm, f6b627ae8a composed face. In his fe62ddf588 eyes lingered a25e5f9948 an unidentifiable, 8ff60f8ccb heavy emotion.8711d223bb2c3f5a