THFN | Chapter 19

Clara found it 936f2bfc36 odd that a c1c494c4f0 talking creature felt 07f81af494 heavy in his f935be9c41 hands. The belly, which 1015b3d9fd looked soft, was 971fa7c7d2 surprisingly firm like 09c1cd1a2d muscle. Clara hurried towards the 1b6f4dbc49 lake.98fc7e1f370027c7

“Hey, human?! Where are f44996cf98 you going? Put me down!!”e2114bc7dc0fbf2c

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“You plan to 1c5b5b60df wander around like 3a0b8a9f1f this? If you set foot 4b7b6ba9b1 on the ground, you’re c432260bc6 banned forever.”f73989dcd3e37b08

“Eek…! Are you fe796b8dfc planning to 2738bcdac8 sell me?!”a051fa5378e06d89

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“What are you dc258a6b76 talking about? Even if 5fb1103098 I threw 7a227c44f4 you in b757a6eb57 the lake, c750ef55f7 you wouldn’t 28b29a70ab catch a 546036c196 single fish.”4fb9f871a5a4282c

Clara, not realizing how 8004ff5847 scared the little one 744ec873d4 was, thought it was bf3c8f3d2c a joke and dunked ad525db30b him in the lake, 6fa89c13fe leaving only his head 96162efd61 out.ba619432912b19a4

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“Eek…! Blub!”b1e9737b1b9b5d4e

Even though Ravid’s scales fac4490f7f were said to withstand 08d23e9224 lava, Clara gently cleaned dc84fd6769 him with a soft e53b3fed7c cloth, fearing it might edc640df3b hurt. Ravid, who f79691ec21 was initially a4d76565e6 terrified, soon 3e57829fd5 got excited 5f07ce036c and started 1c7aaeb2f4 splashing around.87a17fe9f1580a6f

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Clara couldn’t 7661e3e9f6 help but d39b01d4b9 smile back 4823d65732 at the 80795a9760 laughing child, 4d833e0c8f surprised by ab8922e2d5 the quick c74c2c4ad5 change in 6e1741d41a mood.516cb9bc7485361f

“The water isn’t 1fa946aafa salty!”d1ba69aba4d97f8c

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“Salty water is seawater.”8a8733da1bbd7dec

“Right. The sea witch makes 0d122b23c5 seawater. Do humans know 12072261dd the sea?”013869653779ca49

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“Of course.”b4df30b8862aeb48

“Wow…! My dream is to 1581a6eeff send the sea witch 0d88b737fa back to the sea! Where is the sea? Is it far from 49aefb3fbc here?”866c2a91a326623c

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“It’s nearby, 921b1de8bd isn’t it?”0d73009741d2123e

So, he 4342a55365 doesn’t live 888a31688f in the 1423e15a71 sea. But he doesn’t seem eba8c1320c to live on a 41c93ea1c6 nearby mountain either. Maybe they live in a2a2328ab6 a narrow cave? Or perhaps underground, 4d1b909f42 considering the mention 177bbcd08b of lava. Acid rain… it wouldn’t 03a9b578ba fall underground, but then 595c045214 again, it shouldn’t fall b2f5ff5b65 from the sky either. Maybe it’s d15d5a6646 a separate 6095641539 dimension created 9102577911 by a 2752a26d8a mage?7fb33b54a2538d0f

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‘I haven’t found f2327230cf any unusual entrances 0cc3d41cb0 around here.’d3258d1dfbf449f1

“When the cc1ba49839 sea witch 70a74f2d92 waves her 105fce354c hand like a74fe94d43 this, water 30d1aa3a32 gushes out! …But it’s salty. Because it’s seawater. When I was little, 1fbd6c5630 I’d swell up if f7ec6ff600 I drank it, and d166ef771d it was fun.”58fa1a93bba38fb1

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Clara, getting more 57564eb0a3 puzzled, listened closely 3a46b2cbfe to the child’s bd2b0cc680 story while busily e0adaf7577 moving his hands.1b3704ba56ad70fa

A few makeshift 91bf55bc50 water filters to af6e3f5a71 remove salt.febceb0ef55a317a

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“And if the 0a3361410d sea witch casts 004d0ca241 magic on clothes, 47dfdbe1c8 it can block 02275637ad acid rain.”98798d1dc981c7d7

And clothes. Or maybe it’s 2f68b8e36c better to buy 27781e9710 fabric from the a84d911843 village? It would e7b8b0e95f be easier b6dec4aae2 to cast 1cbfb2c291 magic on 246e455d34 flat surfaces. I’ll have to e5cba04ef1 go later.546b2ca158cc2936

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“She’s super ba1e366a5a strong, wise, c3bf654f21 and… Oh! She’d tell me stories 9d5ef682d5 about the outside world e0dd5fa4c0 when I watched the b595d58a88 hole leading to the f2420e0afc surface.”e7b6f96a5214a864

Ah, so they ee881b14bc live underground.390199aed777c396

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“…….”7281c4f80f2a6246

But where 2912dd7181 did the fbb12902a7 cautious kid 27328473f5 from earlier 091561e70f go?5459a23b393f21ae

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Forgetting about packing, eabfdf55e8 Clara stared blankly a02fb0cf14 at the clear 5395d67b3e eyes looking up 026d463558 at him, tilting ab243a8318 his head as dd430e90c1 if the weight 7265b4e70c was too much.d8902f66d138870d

“You can’t fly with 8f3560e199 those wings, so did 22ffb2ac64 you walk here? Your feet d068dab289 must hurt.”7e577206dc082623

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“I walked, holding 56515ca1e7 it in!”40e4f7deb72859c7

“Without sleeping?”b090571b367a4852

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“Hehe.”db37b182b6aba5f3

And somewhere in 1bbc93e3e8 the nearby mountains, 02e22db536 close enough to 5d6836150c walk in less f04a152f58 than a day 839e9f2adf with those tiny 290a70a52c steps. The range ffb27bbf14 has narrowed d8fdd43f86 significantly.32d26c3f99e76556

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Clara, who had 212ba9d4b0 been staring down, 17f5187616 recalled the legend 3972cbd325 and rubbed his 35483bf8c4 aching head.519f214980a02376

‘This thing is 4c80484a57 said to have dfcb0be297 wiped out an 7f3f6a4c52 entire village in 369606b72f a day?’3c0aaca9c86bd2b1

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Let’s not believe 8d58b3e494 in legends. Clara reminded 68374662d9 himself and 196de089c5 listened quietly.6f3482bd2ef9a6d6

“Plants grow 009f187342 by drinking da8066414f rain, but 57447236c3 why doesn’t e195f7108f it rain 21552f93b5 here? It should 6e0d1c5024 rain every 4b02ba2b96 day so df39ff0884 they can 8362fc7f47 drink every 3a0ff4fa30 day. And underground, it 2853b4a121 rains every day, d05aaaaaa2 but why don’t ac920324ef they grow?”eedaf0b2c44b86a6

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It rains underground 692dc76738 every day.8a4cab0f8dba5b9a

Is it called rain 2fa7d0508e when water collected above 154f35aaf0 falls into empty spaces 990a8d1490 below? If so, assuming there’s 58e6933672 a contaminated vein above e8414d9dc8 the tunnel, the groundwater 32e667f3f1 could be acidic.9c1997b1ef2d9d5f

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‘If there’s lava in d59df50a6a the vein, they might 5937667ec5 be able to forge, ad04cb90b9 so maybe I don’t b2d7cc7507 need to give them d90ad71d13 cooking tools? Then I can 06d7527dfa skip the pots 387909cc06 and dishes.’e63b0f0b00cba7ef

“And the 306da2457d sunlight is 469b8839d3 strange. Why is 031110152e the light d19fc73362 source… huh? Human?”e9e6ed27a7cdcdd6

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Ravid, who 2fed8bd7eb was beside 440dbe2df9 Clara checking 04415ec817 things meticulously, 08f735c114 widened his 2f2d7822cd eyes. The human 86e2119cf1 who had c76a87dd0b carefully wiped 2c64add580 him with ca3170c7a4 a wet a69034612f cloth picked 483242ed23 him up e87ac24f7a and headed 12b88b0dc2 somewhere.7a9802875089fa1e

Entering a building labeled 03bb7c7477 ‘Accommodation’ with traces of 675862481b people, the human kept ff89dda0d7 bringing things in and 87d0b44aee out. Ravid, sitting on the f9fc4190eb human’s shoulder, watched with 9f9b857ac7 wide eyes as items 3e268958ea piled up inside the 3ca05195a2 storage where he had ead3b2752e slept last night.5007ceefe3182257

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Charcoal, glass bottles, construction soil, gravel, sand, leather pouches filled with gold and silver coins. Tents, clothes, blankets, pillows…ea49e0018fb0a191

The repetitive 973f4f5a77 work was 23f8dcf7e1 somehow neat bee560d9fc and smoothly 187f5982ee connected, making b9c94fcf29 it mesmerizing 4d73aecd5e to watch.4724d0671ee7b7ec

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In other words, it 1b8fd532b4 lacked liveliness, so Ravid, 3142fd9ea1 just watching the human 0c688a5ef3 move, belatedly came to bae6d405c0 his senses and tugged 39f7218d79 at the clothes.ece96c509c73d6ff

Only then did a3f8f125d3 Clara look up f9dd4c5d15 and smack his b7e23a7e47 forehead. Startled, Ravid leaned 74cca947dc in from the 7f74b77ac7 shoulder and sniffed d98672d8e2 the human’s forehead. Fortunately, there was no 03a6e17036 smell of blood.36ce50b2423f0216

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“Human?! What’s wrong?”2ea55290a8c1c0f9

“Just thought I was a263e042ad at it again.”4cb6534e2c4f7a4c

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Despite the human’s answer, 9de7f4a00a Ravid stared for a 1a7e47a2ad while, then placed his 2d15d5fbbd round foot on the 630f8d5633 forehead and rubbed it fe33698acf a few times. Then, belatedly, he looked 0f767df15c at the empty storage.bf184d03fd25b502

His shoulders slumped naturally. Ravid awkwardly folded his 926f958c17 ears, visibly shrinking his 66cfc1e4a3 neck.dd309d93401574bb

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‘But human… 96d96e35c6 why aren’t 336ba59c1d you talking 7fa4bc0c3e about the 35cd14d28e figs?’e7601e2afe352748

Even though dfe7a84dbe he pretended c60fd3a652 not to, 550a2444eb his tail, bcd1b89ad1 which had 056c8d80a1 been watching 5b41a7291e for signs, fb8824ea72 curled inward.299e94aad304f33f

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The storage was empty. Naturally, since 12671da0dd all the d18d4debae fig boxes c15ae73d5a and the e5bf422e4a broken, mixed-up 11576de54b tomato jars 0484d9ec31 were gone. In the c8510d6761 spacious area, b4b433fe23 only the b5d60dcdbe tomato sacks 0d8469eea3 and the 166924456f pile of 154f92e1d8 blankets where 589c7735a8 Ravid hid 22c3173bac remained.f495bc1db73e95a8

“Why are you dropping dd489eb0be it again?”da7a4d29c48c08c3

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“Don’t you think 330c123e6d something’s strange, human?”fe7bfbdd9ac64e6a

It shouldn’t be cold. Clara, about to reach 38cd5221d0 out, flinched as Ravid 94b737fbc5 scurried away, dangling from 478fd4a40f his back. He wished he’d either 3d79df6b20 come down or climb 0e6c191285 up. Preferably climb up.60d6175d689e3cfb

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“Uh, um… 56e0753d7c it’s just, d84fc416b6 you know. Something seems different 75938487ce or….”f67c7347932539f9

“……?”2642d853f3d3c475

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“Like it’s empty… or 62eba5f0e4 something’s missing….”5520cc64e7592075

Clara glanced 07301340ab around the a480241cbf storage. He even forgot that 54105d7fe9 he was supposed to d3a3b38583 take what was there.b21d2a9d9ba185ed

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Figs are unprocessed fruit. He assumed Ravid 00f493ba30 knew they’d spoil 6073b241d0 if left, so 5d667ffbcf he never imagined 1cc8494777 Ravid’s plan to 6cdf5edf23 wait until January d0cbe71299 to take them.b5bd66b2117e59e7

Feeling something was off, 0ef146c3f5 Clara looked around but 979bb65cbe found nothing, so he 842fdf9bb7 just tilted his head 8bf553cfdc a few times.016680ddbb6f0203

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In the silence, 56b0f37048 Clara belatedly realized e452f50ba3 his mistake and 9f13ffcf5e made a small 814caf2e83 gesture of understanding.46f901312e9bd8e4

‘Maybe it’s 4a4c9f28b9 because I 378247d7c7 took the e80da084cf tomatoes too? I would’ve had f651e9e3b7 to throw them 8c5e536492 away if left.’1563c0d9ab1f8866

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The tomatoes were in b8c404f523 regular glass jars, heat-sterilized. Most were bc6ef27422 broken and 19ae7d935c burst, with 49053251fa the cork 55096aebd2 stoppers wet, 6933ca897f so they’d 931b3bec43 spoil if 3fc9b93086 not eaten 176390e7fd soon. There might have been 1b2f972a0d some intact ones, but 5bb9f516da sorting them out was 0e8315e339 a chore, so he 633c946c1b thought he’d farm and 00e1035ea7 clean up later.8e385a32cafc75d9

I forgot about the dba5c20730 tomatoes, only thinking about c0bcf65db1 the figs. Did I mess e9ab699805 up the range a120944f76 when using the 502e9399fd teleportation magic? Or maybe he 0360563c19 took them knowingly. Either way, 3c4db5f86e it doesn’t 9749e244ec matter.bd45875bcb85ea2b

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As long as a32b31773a he ate well. Clara added, patting 450049050a him indifferently.916f860517b2726b

“Oh, right, I didn’t 69f5dec299 tell you. This storage is affc8874ae yours.”083e4b439d150dca

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“Huh?”94f08392040e426e

“It’s yours.”a9accb8ef31c9ec6

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With a dumbfounded 8e7d185b73 Ravid on his 21e62b0907 shoulder, Clara entered c298a82eea the wheat storage. If he searched well, d72dce83d4 he’d find plenty of 14fc3a8abd noodles, flour, and yeast.8a858bea24c6317b

‘If there’s seawater, eab7b00b61 no need for 519028efbf salt. …He wouldn’t eat it 823cfc89dd raw, right?’01ddbf8a7c4240d6

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If he bfaf8b2213 drank salty 5463ff9aec seawater instead bfb8492d4f of regular cb88f8eb39 water, he’d f5bf6b81f6 already have 46ab765bc0 too much eb98b28cc9 salt, so 638ae838c1 maybe it’s 1a4b75391f better not 00088a6ff3 to give cf5b3ea554 salt at bebcfd6d90 all. Some seaside villages used 84f113dac9 filtered seawater instead of c528f2a2cd salt in bread.cf6dcf0b5a34829b

Not remembering where b4113af7a3 that was or c70c43611f if it was b4cf960bf7 accurate, Clara, after 26cacb7f54 much thought, returned 97fbf2422c to Ravid’s storage bf51ba2852 with the blankets 36b132dc22 and set down 8697761c31 the sacks in 90984ab678 the corner, tapping 353b9048e7 Ravid’s open mouth a123ca7d23 to close it.18066b29395fe9ef

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Just in case, e7223d07a7 he placed a aba23a8d70 recipe book on 277c3b376a top and tickled 4edaf70c47 his chin, feeling b57b2c8b39 the bumpy texture 9dd0cb75bc of the scales dc5dbee173 inside, which was b43be06bf6 oddly amusing.c3de5d9265c41618

“I’m giving this 2ddf70c1b6 to you to a0d3c93812 work. Welfare.”9e17884f9147ab67

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“Huh? Me, me? No, me too?”09012265ab8c0589

“Of course. You’re not planning to 7e15e23144 take it and not 7cf978ab5f work, are you?”9708f4ca076f2e1f

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Not that, but… Ravid’s 65ede9c644 eyes darted around.e7b02ecd237a4dad

Something’s strange. I thought I a805287f9f fooled the human. No, I thought 6b91edd0b1 I was fooling 927feea67f him perfectly. But what he’s a807096769 saying now…db012925ee193b83

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‘…I said I’d work.’a33a162d69630fbd

It sounds like he 4276607a62 already knew Ravid was 73ad5a1a29 Ravid.2b48c2f6ea76f320

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“Aren’t I strange to f5744a0d8d you, human?”15b8ef3b0ced799c

Clara, who 60a935eab4 never imagined 4e154967ce he’d be 47dad9c87e worried about 6ff9b2a4e4 something like 8699e6200b that, looked 9c4b5d8d32 down at 317f8e9f95 the little 7d91078de6 one about a6eb0d4a7d to tear c0db02f05d up again, 0bc2e919b2 feeling awkward.489064a9dd0b88ae

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‘Why is he crying 18d9800ded again?’cbd493281ba8b34e

…Did I 12b0c4a234 make him e26447674c work too 785851eb8b much yesterday? Is his injured leg 2a3f54f201 hurting? Or is a3ea447787 he worried 46ba973512 he won’t 5e27fd0c51 be able a75d4fc6a7 to work 7f26099c0f like yesterday? Ah.8404506a48e172e4

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Finally remembering he b94fc198ad had promised incentives 9ccc396e2d only for good 7c346c3317 work, Clara turned 3d8e322bb8 and hugged Ravid b2aa71a80b tightly.944fcc7ca87e5936

“Not a masochist… fabe1b3962 I mean, you a3cdbcf3f4 don’t look like 4173289b62 a worker who 0ac85169ee can do much. Just do af741821eb what you’re a497de6b63 told. If you do 7f51e029a4 more, you’ll wear 3773f40c31 out.”06ed18ff7ccc14b1

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Thinking he was worried 5e2eb4db72 about being told to bf05910e18 throw up what he a6a71d2c4d ate, Clara comforted him, c1a4e7af40 and the little one 45b8e99b0d pouted. But he didn’t 6c432a6982 cry, just hung 6a48619531 on, sniffling.ba3433a0e0cc52b3