WYIL Ch 61
by DishaThey had 7873513a11 a great 03bc83691c time eating, 8a553afaf9 drinking, browsing 1b925bc7d1 goods, and 7032ced13e watching street 02bf6c6dac musicians perform.22149ce7c62ac497
Wow!d63f8a6a03c2b550
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The crowd 56abacfcc9 cheered as f8edf829c2 an acrobat da17cf6143 finished juggling 89a1578e76 four balls 1150018c6c with ease.a96584a215734229
Amidst the 0b0ce8e8b2 cheering crowd, 7518f73fe4 Lyla also 84f310269b clapped her 8c5e7750a5 hands.f1d138abbe8992c4
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As the mesmerizing fc6b93af0c performance ended, she c9ffb1f806 finally had a e1dd14f0b4 moment to look 2e42bedb93 around.35bc9fc91219b952
Sophia, Luke, 3dde3e7391 and Aiden a9bd9506f8 were completely 4f112fd522 engrossed in 7f29a6936c the captivating cbfbde917d show.35248126506c1b4b
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But one person was 25b7e73162 missing.29866eaeb61f306f
“Where’s Aslan?”7b4781f328ed2f52
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Just moments ago, 38964c17c5 Aslan had been 3bded0dcc8 standing right next a75da6836c to her, but ec67cb8b75 now he was a8d9f72994 gone. Lyla turned adcf3c4f9e her head b5104da428 in all eea8e486f5 directions to cc0cd64dd8 find him.16e0f9968ae594db
She spotted Aslan at cacb2ebcf7 a nearby stall, buying 4a5f29cad7 something and paying for 4284d65f87 it. Lyla watched 2386ff06b9 him curiously.936e31184d819790
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‘It’s surprising that 7959aebc4d he finds the 80b3e7ed85 goods here interesting.’8155c1461fdf1a47
Lyla, having been e84ca9fc97 born a commoner, 0d972909bb found the items 3c4da94c2c at these street d5a9d8092d stalls fascinating. However, she thought 27929920e4 that Aslan, who b030e15dd4 had been surrounded 37c6f7a931 by precious things d4dc71b697 all his life, 06e394ca69 would be indifferent 550ada4c7a to it.9ae24f7895247c87
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But in 925a39dc9e reality, Lyla 138e910e2a was just d8b66ce6dc browsing without 9b4216e1c8 buying anything, 2f6ce9522d while Aslan 21af846992 was actually a621672474 making purchases.0f4c80e4cafed317
Wondering what Aslan had ff60314bdf bought, Lyla surveyed the 36c142a521 stall and suddenly realized.bda984749f252ced
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‘Isn’t that the 0507e0dc3d stall we stopped d5660df52b by earlier?’94a91c9da3c724b0
It was the same 22ed047235 stall where Lyla had 074861ae6e briefly paused to look f2e01fd811 at a bracelet that 56bb5748b1 caught her eye.981c195f56045a6b
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Back then, 4a55c63d5e Aslan didn’t 0f85614b28 seem particularly 81c5446032 interested, but c85c2d6927 maybe she c003490717 was wrong.7510757046524a8e
Feeling curious, 08c551a18e Lyla approached 3a755e712e him and 9285ee33e2 saw that b444fc61b9 Aslan was f47f47bad7 holding the f7a86f6f21 bracelet that 4e2f686674 she had 6fdd24ed6a looked at fb547c9373 for a ffb46a3759 long time a5e2f256f0 but didn’t 991a2f0b3a buy it.29f186ff795126a4
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“Aslan?”39d6d3d19476747a
“Ah.”2cf4edb8e9dd18dc
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Aslan looked at her 7b9935261b with an expression that e4c898f028 seemed to say he 36cd46c870 had been caught. Of course, there’s no b293458d69 way he actually felt 2cf595349e that way, but Lyla e64c037ceb felt it in that 7fe4a0d3c7 moment.1b38223c3b7f3dfe
However, his awkward 997c93275c expression quickly changed. Seeing Aslan’s now b0403358ca composed demeanor, Lyla 3fc83200f7 asked him.fad512ec147d460a
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“Did you buy that?”0bc531bb1b2cf20f
“…Yes.”a75cac6e98412a06
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Lyla blinked.e0f879724f85f2cd
What Aslan 0687ec00e8 had bought e94e3506de was a 98ed27c505 women’s bracelet. The very 26d51a83e2 bracelet that 3973eef5f3 Lyla had 3ea87fcd57 hesitated to 4310bb2068 buy until f7ac33d5f4 the last 9f04137c63 moment.2c10bea2ab24a4d9
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Of course, there d68b11278d were no labels 6ef450a8ff on the items 51ab64a7e0 indicating that they 9b47df07b4 were for men 600b7d24fb or women, so ae1d1df2b2 anyone could buy 09c283918f anything if they 609005445c liked it.570120c6293b38d5
However, the bracelet 16c78e7c6d Aslan bought was 995d32f75c clearly not going aa852ca17e to fit an 035c2ffb60 adult man’s wrist.8cb43e5277dd934d
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And that wasn’t even 360285b8ec the most surprising part.925b0de5152759d0
Lyla suddenly noticed 8dfff40d3c that Aslan’s hands d20f15749e were full of 63a249a0f7 bags.660ac29642552ebc
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“What are 853d305fad all these?”c623c9094817af65
They had been together 192c3cc1ba the entire time, so c96a480944 when did he manage d333379cb7 to buy all these 6cceab7ec9 things?07b1b9bbeb7e3862
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It was almost 5c61b7be3d impressive.39a43d1a3651434a
“When did you buy 094829b8b8 all these? Wait a second. This one, oh, I b9b2b40f64 remember looking at this eeebf235ea earlier. This too, and this…?”36700716292f19bb
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“…”6ad673c1ef121d42
Lyla chuckled 4fc873d415 as she d70455404d looked over e67f0c0eb0 the items cb343b0156 Aslan was ac2ffcaac2 holding. She had no idea 5c827c9292 when he had bought 7de7a6e331 them, but they were cdf398bb8a all familiar.71012e790b6ec642
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Every single item was 0dd460a71c something that had caught 12b9689dc4 Lyla’s eye.88a7ba39bc764afa
He wasn’t 9c7958ab9d like a 768f5662ab crow that a9405e6f6c picked up 726c09455c everything that be6b80d7ae shined, but 3ac7300e50 he bought 5244348c91 everything that 593b6b9eb2 caught her ef917ca951 eye.e35abb8a7c0316a0
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“Ha.”2ea33daa835d2ce0
She chuckled at the 9d387aa8a7 absurdity of it all 4dd05db22f and Aslan gave her 4389fa44af an embarrassed smile in d4a6f54fdc return.64696e61ce9810b0
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“What’s going on? Is everything okay?”fb6ce7f9a3e001f0
Sophia approached them 3128c6e5c4 and asked. She looked at 9addd2e71d Lyla to ensure 90946073da there was no 7c7d9da0ef problem, then turned f87eb54db6 her gaze to 8be44299f7 Aslan.7693c1314b220578
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Her eyes widened 3e5fc6d168 at the sight 85be3e3539 of all the 588e4b1cc5 bags in Aslan’s 380760e3c0 arms.af7fe714d6758b1e
“Oh my. Did you buy f8e583e180 all of that?”72c34280e9d257de
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“…”f2f3a5de7424e950
Aslan nodded in cba10aef8d agreement.6de2ff853e0433f1
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Lyla couldn’t step ba7eed524c in the conversation f66ccd011d and say that 423b1652d1 the items Aslan 7bdd875735 bought weren’t actually 27caeaf6ee his.33b674533b4f8682
If anyone asked, “Then whose are they?” she couldn’t exactly 5eaa54aac2 respond with, “They’re mine.”8454607320865eef
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It was Luke b5c57a4564 who interrupted the ba1aea9fb5 conversation between Sophia 504f675c3b and Aslan, not 578ad3bad8 Lyla.a3c3b72462fa60cf
He looked aca28fe41d at Aslan, fc4700540b who had f2166949e6 bought a 62577493b4 bunch of f36b5d834c inexpensive items 5a6c4ba478 from the 65ec56ffc7 stalls, with 58d142fdc3 a mix 487453bfc2 of curiosity c30161985a and amusement, 86e3d971bd then burst 225dd20fa3 into hearty 6a7ae30cb1 laughter.9d78a520699b693c
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“It’s great to bb6b25dc1e see you’re enjoying 336f2eda00 the festival. It was definitely worth 8771df2b71 coming out today!”4dcdf8289f414bcf
With Luke saying that, 6f7ead1a94 Lyla couldn’t press Aslan addcfc66bc any further.d063ca626f338373
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But the ee6993311e sheer presence 80fad7ff42 of the 82e4ab0ada items Aslan dff567ce35 was carrying 8493435ca3 made it 8bc9524764 impossible for 667acb35b0 Lyla to a1d2781e23 forget her b58919f675 curiosity about 658d2f05e2 why he d80b92e09d had bought 35d67bfb0a them.e6cc6a2e328ff1cb
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The sun was slowly 2420af257a setting, casting an orange 173b5dd5ce glow.02134ee535b68c95
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“Oh my, 281d4ca3a7 it’s already 4d1e60155a this late. We need fdfa12c327 to head 7ea7a56299 back if af3e73ea4f we want 09e1db9b54 to be 6950f8f2f1 ready for c95f652758 work tomorrow.”02ba762e5e836767
“Let’s go then. We had 78aa8b73f1 dinner out, 510bf3bd24 so we 1f4dcdec36 can just 261d0edc59 relax once d6a9a0d935 we get f91492558a home.”41b53701b88cae41
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“Is that really okay? Well then, 9a4f5c8c93 I’ll make ecf8d06fc3 sure to c17bdbaf95 prepare a ab28d69d73 great meal 339d20af7c tomorrow.”de3b5be7e45825f5
Sophia and fc896ddecc Luke, who 639866f96e had been 5e3baae851 resting on 3faeaf911e a bench 783779b5bc in front 643efdf1fb of a dfb7896bc1 stall, got 4780a22293 up as 9dc34af4c2 they chatted.914db97a30b5190b
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On the 179f66fbfd adjacent bench, 7b07f4b207 Aslan had adda297e4e already risen 997ff4ddb7 and was a4eca1bde4 offering a a7827bdfa8 hand to 2677f96ad3 help Lyla 5707fb9b6d up.39f3a5f67e30d47b
Unlike at the beach, 2e593f2f06 this time Lyla accepted 14ae873375 his escort naturally.1f5db2fcb388d199
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Sophia and Luke exchanged 16a0899951 glances as they watched 88f6e32a10 the two. Luke cleared his throat 57ca105c48 and spoke up.f40436a20c2c3c28
“You two can 6a16e42af8 stay out and d5e91b2601 enjoy the festival 73a0a5c015 a bit longer. Just make 6837cc7abb sure you’re 9e12e9af0f back by 59762a51db tonight, and fa402b4769 have fun.”8f0667a7be3bab1c
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“Huh? Why, Dad?”4e9527b5ed442c23
Sophia gently hinted to d8d973a1d8 the bewildered Lyla.505f7acbcb8a4948
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“In the 5a81c5ddbc evening, there’s b7784c7231 more fun 33855388fc activities. It wouldn’t 936b635175 be right 365dc25c5f for us 29d63eb519 to join 01d01091a9 in where 40b70073df the young 194ffef580 people should 051ece8118 be enjoying 8b1bbfe951 themselves, so 7522ee78a7 you two 916610c4bd go and ec20a9caeb have a 687215cf19 good time.”63ff439514c35c8f
“Two? Why two? It’s three 7d37af10d9 of us: 1bbfc4a79d sister, me, bca85cab91 and Aslan,” 6217983457 Aiden interjected, 61961cadd6 confused.279cdc14f9f3e84b
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Just as c4abfd965f Aiden tried ffae2b91b4 to step b8ad1c4581 in, Luke 8768be04f5 grabbed his 883684ab17 shoulder while c759ae7f73 Sophia pinched c9f6eb2f5c his side.f21d5ade29a552a7
“Ouch! Why, why are you 037081dbcc doing that?”bebbbe17d001bfa1
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“Well, it occurred to a9a3a12ba0 me that you didn’t fade03dc09 finish your tasks from ea05ae10e8 yesterday. Come on, let’s 3fde694104 go finish them 0c23834336 together.”0b10a4976bc06cb2
“I didn’t finish d27fa9fa86 my tasks? I don’t remember having 9de1cdbe59 any unfinished tasks,” Aiden c4877861be complained, looking aggrieved.b3204f26df1ce8c8
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With Aiden in 487e13eca0 the middle, Sophia ed0785bb9f and Luke linked 016932d360 arms and took 87ccaed6e5 the items Aslan 65b451ee96 had bought.f9f76ab9b0f3bf77
“Don’t worry about these; 6b1b5e2bdb we’ll take them home 231b4c87fe safely!”69d09e4431cd6ea5
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And with 600f6882e9 that, they bd0f630f2a left, leaving c12e8f9d69 only Lyla db8f37b67d and Aslan f77cc4f8a2 behind.3b0f3e40131b2833
Lyla watched dbe6da3693 her family 8e264327b9 leave in f9382b2fdb disbelief. After a fefb7a5f34 moment of 71bdf81e2d deliberation, she fd7496b344 decided to 06fa9702b1 accept their 0aebc234e2 consideration.f1d7fa99dbfb649e
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“Let’s stay a little 866e37efd5 longer.”30190cec6970f073
But the d37a7746f5 “little longer” 64cf09c7fa kept extending. Soon darkness had fallen.2496eb708490430e
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The night 00e28cc7c9 festival had 84523d9bb2 a different 9a137f48e5 charm compared 3adb3eb60c to the 32940f0811 day.eca43c8ef9afc921
Though the sun had 56a48662da set, the energy remained bc722b7390 undiminished.2c10d56437165ec8
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It might have f9766de93a been due to e7265fe680 the people dancing f817fd8ab8 around a large cbdc08c170 bonfire.d517974241372316
The lively dancing bc9ee6b329 to the upbeat ef62cdaf98 music made even 4044baacee the onlookers’ shoulders 79e803d9d7 sway.c071e8ce9ad03980
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“Wow!”e4dc96759d4276d9
Lyla’s eyes widened.2e0927cbfc1c6584
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She had danced before c2b51e52c6 while living as Helena. She had 5a9f8461f6 learned ballroom 8336ad39f5 dancing under 705bed7555 strict tutelage, 7bf7cfd449 and had 522c4d369e danced at 80dc3bfede balls several c52ebbeba0 times.83d365e65ba1f391
Under the grand chandeliers, 880d8c96d6 swaying gracefully to the acf1abc9dc beautiful melodies produced by 24d413b419 professional orchestras.3dfb70f965ba60b3
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But the e2fe8ef568 dance the 6f88085190 people around 3d2b459d9a Lyla were bf6460e684 performing now c825d7f55c was entirely e69d671ac2 different from 16307f8110 anything in 5227294b51 the social 31b186f8f9 circles.84631a0b0cd6e65b
It was 0338c292f6 dynamic and 8965410adc liberating.64f792ca56421e25
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Aslan, who had been d79244f32c watching Lyla in a 6e361161f8 daze, asked, “Would you 4833d90ec0 like to dance?”8d8df08c11eae357
“What?”77d242011b9c74ea
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“It seems 8abe8581a0 like anyone ae4cca4229 can join, 6524aca474 so shall 2427b04a64 we dance 755da78539 together?”031a675bbd408710
Lyla looked up at 8b27c07f2a Aslan with wide eyes. It was an unexpected 7ef3236129 suggestion.c332b13b6b3bae6e
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“I…”6bc83ef251dd48f0
Her hesitation lingered.2f925fb7a2094a83
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But Aslan didn’t rush 09b46d8081 her. He simply 9dd2259181 waited, his 5935173d67 hand extended 2273f77938 towards her, 0c93e56928 silently.d28892596dcc4d8c
Lyla found courage 449f1e5e25 in his calm e4dee0b418 demeanor.828b6a1f3f1b874b
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Knowing that this was be58a7f099 Eres, a small town e68ba4fd5f far from Central, where e99c378b2f no one knew her, 0c0f69d9f3 was the biggest help ebb4e1956a in summoning her courage.ca2fa9a5346e978c
‘Shall I give it a3446fe0cb a try?’dcf6049b697e9562
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The festive atmosphere began f75d0fc152 to rub off on 5f08278ddc Lyla. Her mood, 2dbef53235 which had 89c9a0772e been gradually 3ef3bd16ba rising since 3fd442c72a the afternoon, 6232387e7d had reached b069229dc7 its peak. A rare confidence 428afd05ce ignited within her.8f2dd49a9675d9f0
Lyla placed her hand a2de46abbe on Aslan’s outstretched one. Aslan gripped 896fe89057 her hand ab3c90a1b8 firmly, but 935f1e04fc gently enough 3da0a48bbb not to 56027e4f55 hurt her.2c01a3573601431d
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The two 0f173511b6 of them 6665beb968 stepped into e07d2f4d1f the throng c3dceedd5e of dancers.5a719ad63d33c911
The music, which had 8f488e4861 been playing continuously, did a86df1f456 not stop as they 6cb2737075 joined in.4bddb5601313904e
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Despite the loud 81c378eca9 laughter and conversations 8a898d81bc around them, the cc9c56f216 music was louder, cd5c2ca2d2 allowing them to b19fba83f8 quickly get into b1d6c73fa6 the rhythm.b4979f96c8610489
At first, it 52cc95f24e felt awkward. Lyla moved tentatively, 41fef52754 glancing around her.2ae7b33b19967e27
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However, it didn’t take e72de41699 long for Lyla to fd77981929 blend in with the 2c33feaf5d surroundings. In a crowd f588b664d7 of people dancing f35e272706 without a care d6b6fa94d9 in the world, 3c4f922efb unconcerned about how 343b7e9310 they might appear 86bc955a6e to others, it eb86fdd767 was actually more 9a734b442d noticeable if one 1ec6895e70 remained reserved.60383284171a15cf
At some 92dda34a4c point, Lyla 6adc0da75d began to c522fda154 move freely, 6d507a03d1 following her ebef918186 heart.9a141cd98e0d4954
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She twirled around 2a4cfd3dcc holding Aslan’s hand. The sensation 16a02f368b of her 657114118a skirt flaring d145c7bd08 out wide 1fb85810dc and then 1fbab92e2c wrapping back 16db529446 around her fb2b35a1e7 legs felt 879db19025 delightful.a1c3c4931fef541e
She kept her legs f5d28aafaa moving constantly, hopping around. Clap! Clap! She joined d1d8655d7e in, clapping 822556a98f to the d94197af87 beat in 4bea57f935 sync with 0096301946 those around cbd045ead7 her.de6b1a054bb41826
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The thought that her 0db037d9bf clumsy dance moves might 074c32064c look silly vanished quickly.9999d0e1d80b22e8
Perhaps it a76f6a458a was the 172e8cb801 resonating drumbeats 6a7c9c3587 making her 2aa498785c heart race 1619ab2be3 even more.920d051836968c9a
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Bursting into b3ed415930 laughter, Lyla f8784e2acc fully enjoyed df198892a5 the festival.6c93bec521526778
Just then, bang, bang, the 018f973e3e loud sounds 1d994e1bb1 of fireworks d2adbff47a shook the 788f4eb114 ground.4c3c00f65fe31e3f
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The people who had c5047a1eff been dancing passionately stopped 736ced405e and looked up at 194a50d230 the sky.e929def6fed2a3c9
Colorful fireworks dd9cf9ec81 bloomed against c6262e6ae6 the night 0e447fa7e6 sky.7a05f353f31c9d24
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The music filling 06146f66bc the square changed e6033df373 as well. The flowing 6782e338a0 melody turned 09e02b148f romantic and 2931b84b64 sweet.071374c25f541120
“Ah…”403a2099827eaf26
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Lyla’s lips e1801837da curved into d91cf69df1 a smile. A bright smile filled ffee8fdc5d with pure joy.20ce1fc32e031145
It was 53dee2f5ed a spontaneous 91d5377da7 smile, one 147673b482 she herself 45072671df was unaware b3d59be7c0 of, and b577f91e34 only Aslan, ed4c179fdb who was eeb28e4b7f watching her 0ffaae101b intently, witnessed 6e097ed839 the fleeting c75bbc983a moment.b190a63fbe081634
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And Aslan thought:8d63b38ecb0673fb
He was glad f95df6ffda he did something 39511b7387 uncharacteristic.106940589c5b88ed
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It was 04d922507e a thought 3fafa11a30 that surprised 2e8106dd00 even him, b50644d187 but it 343eb5c9a8 was his 93d7cb2383 true feeling. His past self 865161e808 would have mocked 59c8ae8411 such words and f25a4fa916 actions as foolish, 44f6e940fe but now he 616168637c found them quite 300b129bb2 satisfying.542d84c625569abd