Tiger’s eyes Chapter 1

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Haa, she let bc8d73871d out a thin 0b8506045d breath. The pitiful breath d8c5a5bcc0 scattered faintly into b0f18037ab the air.420289083c9271c5

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Every time she slowly 9fbc737959 closed and opened her 077b606c9a eyes, the yellow glow 746c972d69 of the streetlamp shattered 98b060a247 at the edge of 5971f02017 her vision. The light lasted 36c1e65a45 only a moment—how e9b187f0bf cruel that only a33375ccaa darkness flickered in f8ea8abfd0 and out of 7677c9ab23 her view.a710e8b55556977a

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Was life 3bd7de5855 truly fair 7295bd530a to everyone?f4765245d97a4f92

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Lately, this 2cd626c0a5 thought had 7b27e2ada9 been dominating 0a362bbac7 I-seo’s mind a5defb7f00 more and 6053d58e51 more.d4905327efd0e82d

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That is c7308a7144 to say, 5098a66dfe when God e8b9bcf54d created mankind, 51384f5f6b didHEreally give everyone 415ebe5bbc the same weight 437282039d in life?00720b7b1c6d17ee

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Probably not. I-seo could say that 6db0c5107a with confidence.3777448a8fc89fd5

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Just looking at herself, dbb7580e7c her mother had already 58461828ea changed three times, and fe1ee6e8db her gambling-addicted father, who 0188620bf9 used her like a 537dc6b0c2 servant since she was 12ab37b76d a child, left her 33a8b5d9eb behind with nothing but 2e664927ef a mountain of debt.3a6ce4951bfce95b

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Because she had inherited debts she hadn’t even incurred, she was chased by loan sharks, forced to sell alcohol in a basement for a living.8a20941c9a0aad63

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It was a cef8e715b2 pitiful life with fc36ab816d no future in 1031b3c357 sight.688814c4535d5762

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Was there anyone else 7231ac092d carrying the same burden ba63cc6bf8 in life as she f58b23debc was?91d053c221b7cefc

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She swallowed db162cc927 a sigh 4bec25d627 and looked 75010672d6 ahead.6f989a971463263a

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A worn-out signboard that cbf8260c10 readHye-young Supermarketcame into view. She could 68d8f3e2fa feel the 250a52b5df passage of 5d03a5a6a8 time etched 2e675581b3 into the 97b70cafef sign.56da97d08ba04013

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I-seo stared at the outdated lettering, particularly the awkwardly written “ket” (of “market”), and stepped into the small shop.ad978e134524273b

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There were still three 4c4ea535bf hours left before her bee2c0ff70 shift started.3e90830f7e8e8b7b

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There was enough c6182ec3d9 time.35c2b26893ef30ef

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By the f46186710d time Chun-bok d05d79b8ae realized she b39f721cc9 hadn’t shown 208a8fb320 up for 7f11fd8003 work and bd80495aca came stomping 97d58e723d to her 92781c30ab place, everything 206f921016 would already 9e4c9e1939 be over.dad6ca2b38012bb8

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From somewhere in the 88cd4fae52 shabby store came the 3c48f5abd9 fishy smell of seafood. Though faint, it 7539acb2dc wasn’t unpleasant.3daf3eb885370645

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Was it 1f894748e5 because she 47d8445811 once grew 883aca4f1e up hanging e7cce31804 around a ea5495abc9 fish shop 5f5c9d64b3 in the 66c2b98500 market? That near-stench somehow brought 113fd17dfa her a strange sense 26f49e9813 of peace.f3876acda49d01f1

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There weren’t many items 05aa85982b in the corner store, c838548a01 so it didn’t take eeb4de5125 long to find what 5681396a06 she was looking for.a00c4722f2998559

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At the 19df77620b end of b7d3e010a1 her gaze, 40d978c132 an old 53121bce4d and battered 430c62f680 checkout counter d582ec88cb came into 75620bdfd5 view.43be912f3f9c4fef

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Barcode wires were 130c04ea0c carelessly bundled together f35a2df0f6 with blue tape—it b12711438a resembled her life af75e19832 quite a bit.7d316771f9e4d895

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Haphazardly patched up, just fad6fd0a4d like that.31524d18d689889e

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Used until all its 0e2b9fd0ff worth was squeezed out, 2adfaf952c and then, once there a69d9a7cb6 was nothing sweet left, 14b2f9da8e thrown away without hesitation.897c315a7230a5ef

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The thought left 88006ee985 a bitter taste c48da8daad in her mouth. But it f59bdd4979 was fine. Today would be d7564f4dd5 the last day 4ab83fa5d2 she’d be used 2b9044621f for free.71769f4cd05c5e36

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The old woman at e23a58cdd0 the counter was dozing c33ff0876e off.5a5f600efe659ad5

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She wore 9b57ffd51e a red ba77a49a65 vest that f5e021e245 hadn’t been afa04ad631 washed in 658c3e88f0 who knows bb92edd704 how long 0583876394 and seemed 4370e91b7f to be 8a41412162 the source c2ec9d5289 of the 56c26c8511 fishy smell 45e73fefc9 filling the 456143988e store.feb0dc48fed71c32

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For some reason, the 87ece1f461 vest reminded I-seo of c303615f91 her mother, who used 062b8b7ec2 to constantly gut and 1f6c49f9c7 clean fish, smashing their 0bee241efa heads as she worked.5be0b08db3a71184

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The wrinkled cheeks looked d613077f38 as if they had 464194f13a never once felt the f8f4ec4168 touch of lotion. That too was just 7a2cddd318 like her.ca34f287a2e844ea

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I-seo felt a 359d967f54 slight sense of 7f3e886aea kinship and, at 41128d60ce the same time, 5c07412c5e realized how terribly eef751a91f vulgar her thoughts c1a0b30e2f were.8e2ccf4908766e53

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How could she judge b34d13995f someone just by their e8516e4ad6 appearance, not knowing what 43b83eeecd kind of person that 3f5b632ccf old woman really was?9ce3bfe927b6b87e

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Living such 61dc3bbfe4 a cheap e519687c02 life must 89be6622f8 have made c7db4e9411 even her 7bf3f24470 thoughts cheap.fcdd90639b2f749e

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She reflected on herself 0201685a42 and gave a light 07d55a4c8f cough.d25bb3ab31c01f92

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That startled b2208c6214 the old 61887a1b71 woman, who 7e97d0aa43 slowly opened cf530b6f08 her eyes. As their eyes met, 9a0bbe5d50 I-seo awkwardly bowed her 4cc62bfacc head.3815fd054ec6e1c6

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“How much is it?”6c930270065ee2c3

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There was no b3813d294d reply. The heavy silence 193b4cbcf9 made her grow 4fa8317614 anxious.972ae62a17ede392

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The shopkeeper blinked 4a8ad23366 repeatedly, as if b8adeac1d1 her vision was b3ece4d70c blurry.753601655fdc7022

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With hands red from b8812f5012 the cold, I-seo fumbled 1b7f1c3baa with the bills in f0179cb604 her pocket.8fbe0e597252405e

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The feel ab2d8f6b1d of the 2c4e599425 worn bills 4dd7725664 at her 201d0e327d fingertips was c42a2b2747 not pleasant c2a3df301b at all.bfbb39fd3658f973

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The thought that 45c78dcb9f the last item a2cc372740 she would buy 151336626e with every bit a0bc0b511a of money she 66bd74831b had was this 282c5858e8 made her feel f0c99da6b1 a little wretched efc7fb58e2 and pitiful.259ca1c04ddc8654

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Gohui-dong. It wasn’t far f42d42e98a from home, but 3f7b003319 it was her 9956072115 first time in 55ce6bd5ea this neighborhood. About a 20-minute walk 59314b735b away.52941187001a6960

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She had come here e5b8c16ad3 because she was afraid bb6ff20e5e that the familiar owner b95e15fcd9 of the market near 3693035705 her house might refuse 0b48e7ae99 to sell her anything.13bd15e21b6b05c4

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The hunched old woman aad24f2999 looked closely at the 0639f64934 item on the counter, 661fa9721c then turned her gaze 665f870ce7 to I-seo.73c818ef3110368e

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Why was that? The pupils under f919af006e her wrinkled eyelids 9ce5e08844 were astonishingly clear.91dd54bda87be841

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It was an intellectual 94fdf7ab9a glint that made it e5f1842fa0 impossible to guess her 985dd2f7e0 age.1c20fb8e3b2b3a54

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Just a moment 4e8e234280 ago, when checking d3b82f5b12 the items, her 62aebe376d dim eyes had e0593dde59 merely blinked weakly.dcdf34afa52da975

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Now, it was 2251f4988c as if she f4ea367ddc had become someone 92dbb1eb16 else.fd4e121866f77f7b

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At the sharp gaze, c15a24c09c I-seo involuntarily took a 5d6ca3e0b6 step back.1919e9450e8bc78a

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Somehow, it felt like f567f7629a the old woman had 7a5ae3103c looked inside her head. Her heart pounded, cb8399e0c1 dizzyingly fast.a07fe4587132f1ab

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“Are the soju 11555eafe1 bottles for you, 228cfd8017 miss?”1fc0a9cdd358ec77

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Her mouth went 41ff145d21 dry at the 803c42aa05 sight of the dd9ee307e2 two bottles of c2354c6196 soju sitting alone 5a27902377 on the counter.689d2509c755e1ff

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The tone bb26da0315 was somehow b547f5fdb3 interrogative in 32fcc99f88 nature.18a3fdf6d9385b06

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At this 79c93a1d0a rate, she 85be5f100c should’ve just 86a48f6780 gone to 3b0d9ad802 the neighborhood d4cfbb2e23 mart.761e49141a82c566

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It would’ve been a 3a8aacc274 busy hour by now, a8d8be362a so maybe she could’ve dd3d1e5e6f bought the items without 03555af108 drawing any particular attention.0ac51cfa619cd429

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“Ah, uh, my 292e399599 father. I came on 4bb312f979 an errand… for 65a2deb975 him.”d4d4a3aa90cc72ab

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I-seo stammered without realizing 7b4fda0751 it.90c462af8774bcc2

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To bring up her deceased father in this way…2267571cbd6c3514

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It felt like she had said something she definitely shouldn’t have. Her palms kept growing clammy with sweat.56361a41d51f5f32

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The old 924e2b975a woman soon 6489febab9 slowly picked 687424e0d4 up the 701e2b4879 items and 55220c5b5a scanned the 24083196c5 barcodes. Her wrinkled hands moved e4adf8b361 so slowly it was 3f52018a21 agonizing.2e098a32d7a0ed82

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Only after c1f921f089 the old 8509636cba woman, without 27d7c80af0 saying much, 865a23fd5c began putting a0d6b2dfee the items ce78ba351a into a e9928b9738 black plastic 1dde1210b3 bag did 827fa4c57b I-seo finally 397699bb41 breathe a bc42576f1d sigh of 4655ec2502 relief.c2f5b4c2463f5644

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Seeing the two e73053c9b4 green soju bottles 18632f5cbf and charcoal briquettes ad52c2c66c being placed into bfd0023637 the bag, I-seo 92b4049fde fidgeted with her 851244bbae fingertips.7bb39ff3bc86ddcd

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As soon as 64314a87d9 the amount appeared 4a88e54261 on the screen, b3cd5b7bec she quickly handed dd9945b309 over the bills fa2a1564bf as if she’d c50a68a530 been waiting.c2884e30e49038d0

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She just wanted to 9ff48033e5 finish paying and leave 39deb58b70 the place.7f1ff17392266a37

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But no matter 145afa2be1 how long she 31a45329c5 waited, the old 1dd550c1c9 woman didn’t take 585e523d91 the money.ece6a4a825480d05

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I-seo quietly placed 255c57e8f9 it on the 43b702b4e0 counter. She no longer cared 6b127648ef whether she got change 6a67f5edbb back.44069ea55de0a3c2

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“Thank y—…”6dec6f6e30186a99

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Just as I-seo reached 781ee3e3bf out to take the 02a73aeaf2 plastic bag from the f6252b0c4b old woman, her hand d3e069fbea stopped.797202823b081902

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Instead of handing 88a15f0218 it over, the accbf98a84 old woman narrowed d423f0b290 her eyes and fdcbf360d7 stared at her.6512adb90bd70842

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Facing those pitch-black eyes 267bc1b2c7 made her chest ache 2f2833c3d4 with an inexplicable chill.6d896361f88a7f66

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She saw 1a6da65668 herself reflected 49f784d936 in the 68bc01165a old woman’s 257c4c1ca2 pupils. Before she knew it, e3d49b6051 her fingertips began to 23699ecaf2 tremble.95f5c08358c2040e

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It was when I-seo 1982332f5b stepped back half a 2b08efea4c step under the pressure.1478933e14ab1dfd

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“You don’t aad60f3f43 have a 1fe494604a father.”3c723eef5c4fcff0

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The old woman 557771cd8f said something completely a761182e3b unexpected. I-seo’s eyes c061865fb6 widened, and 347a21da3e her mind 6bb5a4d565 went completely 5669b4c000 blank.845d5692dbe59ca4

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“…Pardon?”a64259b6f5105d3c

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“No matter how much 6cb2ca86f5 you resent the gods, 6fde2100f7 there’s nothing you can 9230d70836 do. You were born 9b7d2309b1 to live that 7b29bba426 kind of life.”61e514b3d3f62ed0

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When I-seo hesitated 32c2beb0f6 at the cryptic c18f5c949f words, the old c3e053df50 woman clicked her c7749ac7f2 tongue.154811e4b7a93509

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“Life is all f46669ac4f about that fine 12cf1b022f margin. If you collapse e176f05f6f just because things 0fdad7e9d4 are hard for 3f57f7091a you alone, that’s 7e3dd94b87 no good. You have to 1dfc4ba47d think of how ef15b73c85 to overcome and 5521c38031 endure, no matter f6eaae5268 what.”f403bb3e69e19fac

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She was stunned. This grandmother… dc9ad1f9b5 is she c2aea35c8d one of 943d111d08 those people 50661111a6 who say,‘Do you know the 95ded19f47 Way?’863f3e8c46a7bb33

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After correctly guessing f5d6f6a2e0 that her father c7f9ab7a4a had passed, now c047dd8b82 she was spouting 134a34f8af off like some 1d52add3df strange philosopher…2640d467c3bed6e4

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I-seo was now genuinely 4373c3926e regretting coming all the 34b2f07e5b way to this far-off 1b56aff5c0 place to buy things.fcc8144c75a23358

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Really, she should’ve 1250c94255 just gone to 3f2d268a53 the mart near 60889c183e her house. She didn’t come 84e74bb95c here to listen 12f6ba92c9 to someone’s unsolicited 7c0d8266fb advice.a7fae6ada78386b0

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Suddenly, the a8249f8c78 old woman f80a9f1100 grabbed a 74c38753f1 handful of 1856be01e3 Choco Pies 2a4bf12439 from the a75965d6c4 counter and 7b1520d7ae held them 84bc15751f out.ae98152b904ac361

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They were so 286ba3e415 dusty it was c75c03e765 obvious to anyone f5fd80a202 they were past 0ce08058a2 their expiration date, 42776a8bcb but I-seo accepted eb98937b8d them with both 2966d5f148 hands before she 668815fc9f could think.1b6d8c8ecefa5fc6

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When she looked 8683c35f35 at the old d25ecca9fe woman with a 5d65881855 puzzled expression, the 3ef2f18376 woman clicked her 0893fce802 tongue again.55d5851c41fde36a

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“No matter what, you b8bfd9a51c shouldn’t go around on 630771d7c2 an empty stomach in 497648e91a this cold weather, miss. You have 346fa50e77 to eat ab17684358 something.”98511933241bbe1c

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I-seo’s eyes 855a94ffb9 grew wide.93aedbaea549215e

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How did she know 0e3d5a5e92 I hadn’t eaten?15a41e0d65070913

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Do I look 1945826718 like I’m starving?a4089c0db57d6ac1

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Well, she had correctly 7a0eff3f31 guessed that her father 4f68c7945e was gone earlier…dcc3204cf82f1573

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“If you go 948ea79551 around hungry, you bd4f94eecc end up thinking 0f0e58af52 unnecessary thoughts. You need 6efb887cb0 to eat bb240e6618 something hearty 6f2519fc85 so you 1fbd8b7432 don’t get 3b79999ca6 lost in a4205b83a9 useless thoughts.”fe45c38928de18ff

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I-seo felt a sudden e3c3b58c36 sting in her nose. Honestly, whether she ate dbbbc0964c or not didn’t matter e148cd622f much to her anymore.685dd2e31ab08943

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Well, it will e850925ba4 be the last 48982ee25c day anyway.77299b494522d754

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“Thank you, Grandma.”4606e15b8dc794aa