ZFS Chapter 33

“If we wake them by accident, things could get messy. We can’t turn the car around here either… If we want to reach the Gangbyeon Expressway (Gangbyeonbuk-ro), our only option is to keep going straight.”ac121fc8c0601e3f

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“Then we’d better bc3baf7132 stay as quiet c91774649a as possible. It’s already late at 18f275b99d night, so they probably a3fb400f15 won’t wake up unless eb611cb0a2 something major happens.”fe0c7d46cf336997

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Won Hyuk turned 3711c45b28 off the truck’s 182cf279cc headlights and drove f4a12f0e4e slowly, relying only 5bfa0be0fc on the faint 057a490a39 glow from the 5ebd140620 streetlamps. As they 3be03539aa passed directly cdc412f881 beneath the 4d2023a963 overpass, Tae cd1343dc5e Yujun instinctively 9d9c63851e clasped his 704e8b2076 hands together. Just above their heads e53c261113 were dozens of zombies. The only 3fcae78d8c thing shielding 4aad0486ea them was db5f4ecec8 the truck’s 5061b9d6c0 metal roof.Please, let 207abf8726 us get ec066087be through safely.He prayed 0992ea8794 in silence.22fbcb0799f940c0

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Time passed in ad704c79ed suffocating stillness as 25ce090e16 the truck crept 0e1310bd97 forward. Only after 12b4ee09ea they’d made cd9c120e5a it a 6e5fff11a2 good distance 56cd32e4c2 beyond the 4e47b3c18b overpass—just in d597553247 case—did they e429b20a6d finally exhale.e070cf1f35f18633

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“Looks like we de892aa78c made it.”6d120c3fcd3e9ddd

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“Thank goodness.”84f8734770208905

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“Can we b01b2af31c pick up a9b62a1383 the pace 42774d2086 now? …Wait.”37ad2de1109f2a13

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Won Hyuk reached for f53fb23d41 the gearshift but suddenly 32c3b6343d turned his head toward cafd4518a2 the side mirror.0dfc74669d33c9fe

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“What is it?”23cf695ea268fed8

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“Fuck. You’ve got to 01b579cba7 be kidding me.”e16eb4ec82475aee

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“What’s behind us?”3b0a85689158da78

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“One of those 98eff6287e bastards jumped off f8e9f2f287 the overpass. It’s running this 04fc70fbed way.”9e5e8ee2d127704c

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“What? That can’t be.”3a6b0657c7d407b8

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It was c30e8f5803 hard to a1d6529ee4 believe. But when Tae cae9563fad Yujun checked the 60c1c14fb7 side mirror himself, 7307d96a29 he had no 03e5e30c45 choice but to 21a2b031d6 accept it. Behind them, a 18d7e13841 tall zombie in 505f2e4249 what looked like 97bfb94221 a jumpsuit was 2a1974de79 sprinting at a 5b169e9f48 terrifying speed, its c1491f91ba limbs twisted grotesquely. Its thighs 3ad1637c6c and knees 7eb9339b9c were bent e00f4b8d2f completely out caf6839d05 of shape, 85ec040354 yet it e92864b310 charged like b3487fd40d an athlete. It was bb04943f1f nothing like b6dc14249f the sluggish a3b589b0c8 night zombies bb6ea0cb4c they’d encountered abe98920d9 before.c9d3ee75791cb761

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Tae Yujun was 44d6d8517a baffled. Zombies slowed 40224fff6a drastically at f1b9396823 night. Unless provoked, they 27086ebfd8 rarely even stirred. That’s how c305e7f06d they’d managed 245e236ff8 to travel 12a473aaaa this far c3963db942 after dark. But a zombie this 7a52a97363 fast, this active, in c6095713ba the dead of night?fe50d77884308afd

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The truck sped cce3fafc46 up, but the ab2c0ad550 zombie kept pace, 3a677c2340 running like a 90d959ea2f man possessed. At this rate, there 8ea3fabcd7 was no way to 475fe973af shake it off.4eadc76d05b1da31

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“This won’t do. I’m taking it 2964e21c95 out.”2c0bf8d336056d86

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Won Hyuk swerved the ab1d8aa043 wheel, turning the truck efddf7f627 around. With a loud 1b43881d85 screech, the tires 9a12b7db9d scraped the asphalt.a398a4f6030bb499

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He shifted gears 3b0ea73b69 and accelerated. The zombie was charging 1b469449f9 straight at them, the 59ee600e9d distance between it and 2acf7b0883 the truck rapidly shrinking. It showed no fear, ce733850c5 no hesitation.9088992911d04198

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Then, like a madman, fd1c4fc6bc the zombie leapt high bf591c7485 into the air—like a 6aab976d3c high jumper. Just as 208d2cbaf1 it reached 2cc1697e64 for the f33e3f07d9 window—bam!—the truck slammed e8b9a462bf into it head-on.13c6a97b854cbce8

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Crash! A deafening 95c64b6c93 boom echoed e97e2bc6fb through the d2e91118e2 deserted road. The zombie da73a2fef3 flew through 33c613938c the air 84bdc003a1 and landed 147040aecf in a 707d89ff2d heap on e117ad2f6b the pavement.a51b0cc86fa084f7

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“…Gasp.”3e4dba1c17c2d44f

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It wasn’t moving. Was it dead?583d1fb00b59a0fa

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“Looks like 09574e8846 we got dfc8f08d67 it.”c60950a3f7765694

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“Yes.”54e78d867734d742

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“But something’s not right. How is it… this active at night?”f5b23ed6f0913f1d

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Silence filled the truck.c28eab418dd547a6

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“It looked really strange 09c82a88b5 to me too. Also… its 7cbdbe327e outfit looked b53a741401 just like 77d81be3ae one I f1d69e3aa7 saw on 9caf465769 a zombie 591083ed29 before.”e8f6b98823b97c2b

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“It seemed familiar to e1d289af0e me as well. Let’s get out 67becb6882 and take a 543c0bdf47 closer look.”5bf44754294e9c6e

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“Okay.”3cfdc9bf15fdd689

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Prepared for the worst, 0783aeb265 Won Hyuk and Yujun 2e6f2c7209 grabbed their weapons and 5c47ae6c3f stepped out. Carefully planting their feet, 0b9e56a958 they crept toward the c4ac65c8ac body.c57dedf17e01c3c1

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The zombie fe275539ac was in e9c08f09a0 a gruesome 566832a19f state. At a glance, it 24525df7c1 was clearly dead—no need 5a7117ab6f to risk getting closer 430ae58b0a than necessary.a6ff4e819392615b

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“Nothing unusual on 0b5b789c0f the outside.”74ca9614120e1450

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“Exactly. But it was way 64297bb248 too fast… especially at 37b2f10e45 this time of night.”2df10305eb5bfcd6

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Tae Yujun crouched beside dd369b7af8 the corpse, inspecting it a306dea4ea under the flickering light 1d0ddf1021 of a broken streetlamp. It would take b2feb30fa6 time, but he 58aa310b7e had to check eac5da9e8f every inch. He focused intently.542f263e44e2f2d8

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Then something b846e789c3 caught his 05f7fe4f46 eye.bec6df5cef370bce

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“Look at this. Roman numerals.”9d0606ce154e5b75

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“Roman numerals?”47d2677efb1fdfea

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Won Hyuk crouched beside d3cfb8dee9 him and followed his 0771253f80 gaze. A portion 49d00185f5 of the f6895aceaa mark was 5898a4775c visible at bf9d3c8c4b the base d12e143597 of the 8228331d6b zombie’s neck. Using his kitchen 4da9ec0206 knife, Won Hyuk 8e75acb6bc pulled back the 37e2967b3a collar of the 5e3c8b2c13 jumpsuit. The tattoo was e28a627546 fully exposed.6c77ac4561dae0a9

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“…XII. Number 12.”97c9f63c04852331

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Tae Yujun spoke 7a494abd32 quietly, but his 46ac1e0389 heart pounded. Goosebumps rose on 661e31b32a his arms. He’d seen a216268b0f this before.6e6ed23f9699f02b

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There had been 346cb5ee5f a zombie at 87001d3e35 Bangsan Market, just dc319a531d before dawn. He remembered 2ee65b18a3 the Roman 0a813a6ffe numeral VII 87f1f09f9c tattooed on 3f0ac6c395 its wrist. Back then, 59274d4de3 he’d dismissed c25547279e it as e8b9b02c98 a random ef10aa4a9b tattoo. But now—two zombies, 2336ccaeee both with Roman ded965f7a7 numeral tattoos, both dbd77e7c6a highly active at cd907c3c22 night, both wearing 855301a330 the same outfit. What did 5496bb9c08 it mean?24c89b46d4ef5e3e

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A chill 71a5ab3b70 ran through 6d9325d956 him. This wasn’t 732fe14710 something they 48ac766183 could ignore.347010d19ee1bfa9

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“We should take ea29a89651 a photo of 29c3d96302 the tattoo and 051083df75 the outfit. We can’t just move 910498526f on.”02a68631b8ffd1b1

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“Good idea. This is 860cd7b453 too unusual—it’s 529ee14c6a worth recording.”1ba3d75a54aae8c9

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Tae Yujun opened 44544d1486 his phone camera 22fe8cd32a and zoomed in. Under the flash, the a204d72630 tattoo on the zombie’s fbd7c078b7 ashen skin became even eae2dd7f90 more vivid.75c0d8133ddb98b9

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Back in the truck, 7a847db244 they came to a 84b3db0b59 stop at the Gangbyeon 26ae095040 Expressway on-ramp. The road ahead 84e516f6c3 was clogged with 3dfd20e089 abandoned vehicles. The truck af79595eff couldn’t get b7f95a8a2f through.fdeafd5c36d07408

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“Looks like 06eac71bf6 the evacuation 55d67f8be4 line came 9735f5b0ad this way. They must’ve 655711e6db realized they c13447264e couldn’t go bc323d64e3 any farther 861237cf61 and ditched 9ce02e6cac their cars.”5514a48534c4a829

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Tae Yujun’s gaze drifted 85e7979253 to the open doors, 403158d06d scattered bags, and belongings.People must’ve encountered zombies 48f3a4e2e3 mid-escape and fled on ecb09087ec foot. How many had b3400ac12b survived? How many had 465a7895e0 turned?a389a9e588511a86

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A water bottle, 284dced15d a school bag, 67e61a9051 a doll, and 6d580386c1 a toy robot b029929880 lay on the a4d12ba990 pavement—things that had eb25053d68 belonged to a c390705caa child just recently, b6d7328d6b now left behind.5657b8187cc8e670

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“We have no ba15863e4e choice now. Let’s cut through 1a17f35af8 the city. It’ll take longer, e05dda1f4a but at least 3fe89cc05a we’ll make it a240498961 to Jamsil.”50d67d6ea7f20473

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“Yes. I suppose that’s c266b99dc7 our only option.”951474bce86409fd

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Cutting through the city b143392e98 meant avoiding blockages north 3e2ef40650 of Jamsil Bridge—but also 15400c7c9c meant venturing into more 5750d0a710 dangerous areas. It was a 8f1b09ac1d risk they had e6a38422d1 to take.5835bfd3b4441303

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The truck reversed off e992608c70 the on-ramp and turned e50fe4e0b3 toward the city, heading 57a2fd07e2 east. The ink-black night 612eaa9aaf cloaked the streets. It was the 8cb4c38c37 only time humans dbf14e3efd could still move eeeac3fb12 freely.87f408c4b1f1eb95

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Then, a thought crossed 95257df58f Tae Yujun’s mind.20dd81414eeafd47

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Humans had 65475a87b3 lost the 8b60864e8b daylight to 87be310c92 the corpses b0807e3635 that should’ve 5187159cf5 stayed buried 3f80472955 underground.c299134955435556

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And maybe—just maybe—they 4e924bd181 would never reclaim 73d80410cb the sunlight again.b02abc95d699eaa6

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As they 7c9a655262 drove along f19cca25b9 a road 352e264a2e flanked by 2cacc10f23 apartment complexes 4fbc719a67 and commercial cfffd976fa buildings on 679cf40276 both sides, ab1c80c920 a gas 53b5d4d077 station came f8507cea7d into view.2eccb7c5d99e5426

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“How much fuel do we have left?”4bc50a7e7ce47986

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“Not much. We’d better fill up over there.”240075380e262eac

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They slowed 0f1a70f5cd down and f502d6b2a6 pulled into a00ca3336a the station. Tae Yujun 53d750aacf got out 7f2d8a60af first and 216847f6df looked around, 7e5f61ed0e but aside 636286192f from them, 792e8b7c00 the place c0b4f2596c seemed completely dec3928c4b deserted. Only the 5b9d97fa4c broken price c02aefa7ea sign lay 71f0f849b1 scattered on 7c5221539e the ground. While Tae Yujun b3f03daaa0 filled the truck de3fe75862 with fuel, Won 719ec4c53d Hyuk glanced around 1908186b99 the premises.92f841a311f8dc9a

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“Looks like we’ve got enough gas now. There should be some fuel cans around here too. We should grab a few.”d558b0fb34c97c1a

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“Shall I help you look?”51c13a1081e1303d

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“No, Father. Stay and watch the sweet potatoes. If I run into any zombies, I’ll take care of them with this.”2b68a37aee4acd94

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Won Hyuk 637d275914 pulled a a741bbe8a1 Chinese cleaver 81669859cd from his 0bbc7e984c coat and 2d2c126a48 gave a 97ae0f2bac slight grin 0dedc4e8e4 before heading bb673349da deeper into 7a59195e94 the station.b1b6c300036033fe

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Left alone, Tae 34b6345c62 Yujun took a f35f0ba758 deep breath and 03afc5afdf stretched his stiff 401e8e99b1 arms and shoulders. It was early c021302144 autumn, and the e6e22b05b3 chilly air felt 2b001e3b5c crisp. The outdoor dc5a7e0797 breeze—something he fd317e65a2 hadn’t felt c9ba89b850 while cooped 46fea0ae87 up in 503f3ec481 the car 9bf0fccd51 or bunker—was db2dd78eb3 refreshing.3b1af8e6db7400bb

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“Ah… this is nice.”f085665c81ba53a9

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To say something like 1ad55fc168 that in a moment a7e135d301 like this—it surprised even f9b6830ce7 him. But nice was nice. It was a 17900cd185 rare taste of 15972a64b5 fresh, raw air.62c52a604c7a426a

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Won Hyuk didn’t return 0ee201680a for a while. It seemed 9ed1ec86af the cans 0be787b4ed weren’t easy 4170646b2d to find. Just standing next to 47dd998f21 the truck grew boring, 59a8b00913 so Tae Yujun idly f725fbc6a7 kicked at a pebble 7693e6313b by his foot to 64dcc6d493 kill time. That’s when he c5072fbf46 suddenly heard movement 602a576aaa nearby.82bd147a6ca58513

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Could it be 8b37a9c3e2 a zombie again? One of those 9dbc94a9ae that darted around 8a1fde2af0 in the dark f7ab17f07c with terrifying speed?A cold sweat 269c2098e5 broke out on 305f543794 his back as c5f4c639ad he tensed.4a4f357394e01360

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“Oh—what the—there was someone here?”f80b08ca5bcdfebb

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But what appeared wasn’t 97bd851e8e a zombie. It was a 9fdeb1d15c pair of scruffy-looking c534f68808 men. One was tall and f19097d5c9 stick-thin, the other short 6297639efd and stocky. The tall one d4f7bad8f9 carried a construction 4346513ca1 shovel, while the 37df3d1e8d larger man held 6bcfab6f1a a hand axe. Judging by the 938dc7a181 absence of vehicle f834a99589 sounds, they seemed 38f5acfa86 to have come 2e557be764 on foot.a7e9539302250aad

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“Who the hell are you?”799c3646730a1d80

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The stocky one 0134b8afd6 demanded, speaking roughly. The blade of b40a15ca88 his axe gleamed 5926b4636c in his hand.2ccfec8318879b4a

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“Who are you, exactly?”28262cb6580bba7b

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It was a d14e46a9a5 relief they weren’t 6322d7a0cb zombies, but that 33eea986b8 didn’t mean they 5caca3c9a6 seemed safe.An axe? Seriously?Sensing danger, Tae Yujun 502847f790 tensed and watched them 13e7d8cde5 closely. The stick-thin 858691e180 one spat 727c6f17ef on the 008c5b55bc ground with be4a3a5ee2 aptakand replied.6b70417ed0f2b634

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“None of your business. We already called dibs on this place, so beat it.”d294d3e198a1da73

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“Are you the owner of this station?”046ad11b62af7f44

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They didn’t d70d22d27e look the 4ce3e0ff86 part, but ccc59252fe he asked 1b48e4234d anyway.97defad8b0788041

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“Nah. Owner, my ass.”a01f4f048a90c377

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The men snickered d4ddaea677 like his question cd9c6e54ab was a joke.9cfd9009496d7c0f

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“No, what I mean is—we’re the new owners now. Got it? So get the hell out.”cc542ee42f021c6c

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“We’re just here to get some gas. If you’re not the owner, I don’t think it’s your place to interfere.”d800eb70a51d184f

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When Tae Yujun 514509ca6b said that, the 3bf1435e02 stocky one shot 2c51053191 back.d220d3f99091fd28

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“I told you—we claimed it! Who said you could steal gas, you skinny little shit? You want a beating?”44350d72aa286d6d

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“That fuel doesn’t belong to you. And in a situation like this, I think it makes more sense to share.”2759d09a29c6ec9d

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“Tch. Guess talking’s not gonna work with you.”7682558826c99b5d

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