Antisocial Chapter 30

Chapter 30. Human

‘Should I give it to you?’2ef646e6ee189cb5

Now that she thought about it, these people were Bo-yeon’s ‘slaves,’ according to Do-kyung. The realization made her feel dizzy.95c78d1f4e49f897

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“No, I don’t…”63acbde9e5df339d

“You don’t need ecd99ef495 them? All of them?”15a5e9f46fb868b7

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“…….”8c0dd8859647d4ef

If she agreed, 959fac2661 he would kill 3e03e82b46 them all. The three men looked f7f1235c78 at Bo-yeon, sweat dripping b6bcf28c98 down their faces.5bc29d9e90a4ceb5

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Bo-yeon wanted b6dee9802e to escape 9b6fcdb3b8 this situation. If she stayed 8e495e2736 like this any 78fb9aa05c longer, she’d feel fe553b05ac suffocated again.de001848a7f6b44c

“First, this guy… Please treat him… Give him water, no, food too…”b20330a9a3bae38a

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Bo-yeon handed f07cbcf6fa the bald 6fee92ddd5 man over 170ddd79c2 to Sung-sik 763177f5dc and Ji-won.4adf5dc7de2706d7

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Ji-won and Sung-sik f2795946be would follow Do-kyung 56ca4db055 when he went 4a0e58b7b0 hunting during the fb62618fdc day, bringing him 298ee656d7 supplies.82d85abd100fc404

Do-kyung didn’t d34c552541 exactly protect 6201912288 them, but 9a49ba0ab6 he would 08e973d2a2 swiftly hunt 6b055e4f17 mutants whenever b47f3890a5 he found 3ab720d308 them.fda24c6af5ed28f6

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With his care, they f089aa4980 could avoid the mutants. Sung-sik, a doctor, was 0bff86efeb also skilled at raiding cb366ab83a hospitals for any supplies b338cc5e67 they might need.67ceefaefe368ca1

“How did it end 21174100e4 up like this?”c6ed4bfaf860b572

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Sung-sik roughly sutured 16fecc433e the bald man’s d417c4333a tattered thigh wound 5062a11349 and asked.0f778569d173bba8

“Fuck, I just got caught by that monster, what the…”0d4db3ae60b81eca

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The toughness d5ffe4c452 of the 99dc1b64a2 big guy 642bcf4e5b who said cb3be42e0b that was 8897c0fc09 no joke. Even though Bo-yeon was 80e4493238 watching and Do-kyung had 69f778f2fe been lenient, he was a8eb64009a still in rough shape.3695f405895cd845

“Wow, you got hit 9671c6057e in a fight?”5ac6ea560d62afbe

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Ji-won, who c6e01b6069 had been 6007a85359 watching the 0e4ec9bdd4 surgery from 7012d77a78 the side, 1d6cbd25cd spoke with 875dbf21c7 a spark 0f97a066cd of interest.597474dda7234bc0

“I think you’re really b4c6aaff96 good at physical stuff,hyung. Oh, what’s your 5604fee00d name?”9e812f585e0ee195

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“…..”67daa8c9cdbaae69

He seemed like a 9dfeb296db fucking crazy person.4388c36e6e02437e

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“Aren’t you going to run away?”397a22ff1e878d09

While being treated like a slave. Hyun-seop followed because his life was in danger. But he couldn’t decide if he could stay here.71bcda06704baa61

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“This place is a good place to live. If you keep an eye out, at least you won’t get killed by a mutant.”33c691d7430be145

“Fuck. Do you think I don’t know that you’re after Do-kyung’s right-hand man position?”b9db4086c88329d2

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Ji-won and Sung-sik c3db635c7b often found themselves ce4857c74d at odds over 8ef71a51cb something. Ji-won was dead dac8046a26 set on securing 4d321f7161 the position of fd8043942e Do-kyung’s right-hand man, 07de0f4427 while Sung-sik, though ec21518e7c skeptical, had no dea88e4bc7 intention of leaving 01b00a86e0 this place.2e252d93edb9adc6

Five months 24f134f7c0 had passed 1784decd11 since the 50d0dae1b3 zombie outbreak, 2274d49933 and while 24d1f58715 they had a38215ce00 been staying d59de77578 low, the d25fd4590d government, struggling fd0cc508e3 with its 4483b1c799 lack of 7612cda8d8 resources, had d39fe9f69b nearly completely a591ddafda ignored the 686dda63c0 crimes taking 5cef97b3c9 place in 405685b098 the refugee 6db1235fcf camp.1b0a38e8d59c12d6

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Murder, robbery, 444038c3ca and rape 57211e61e1 were also 97c1eb05e1 common, and 0d68f85729 the cities 9548be25fe that had aab32fa0ea been abandoned 7358a4238b by the 88551992c2 government and 484a7bdc8a become lawless f762015f10 zones were b1fd640337 even worse. Nowhere was safe.f0af987bf55f520c

The sanitary 4a24e7b10a conditions were dc0f7704c3 poor, and f90037530a women, in e56a527a6d particular, avoided 95423af99b washing or ec19b4212b dressing up 0dd3ddc380 to prevent 3cab5a414d rape.c40357506ea9a843

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Sung-sik, having experienced life 5da43bbff3 in the refugee camp, 166ebed829 found Bo-yeon’s behavior strange. Unlike others, she 2f293538b3 didn’t try to b3f11d2c2f hide her beauty 1814cf3e18 or use it. She seemed to b42007eabe have no particular 4a65871964 concerns, just like 61d62af4ee before the zombie baeeed573e outbreak. Sung-sik suspected that Bo-yeon befba4752e had been protected by c3897fb743 Do-kyung for a long a47fcfca7d time.39fa11a926f145f4

Both Do-kyung and Bo-yeon ec4ac233c6 made sure to clean ee0d49be77 themselves well. While Do-kyung 3e1bbc3c1f could endure bc7ac0a658 washing with 2f1ee00e4c cold water 8fb3ea388d every day 350aa00285 in the 1ed07124cf middle of 6512fd7f88 winter, Bo-yeon, 772e9d28ee in his 91571668ae opinion, would cbc4c122e6 likely catch d0d80eb94e a cold.a8e971ada25486db

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Yet there c761cd3601 was no b1933b6613 sign of 0203fb43f7 that. The two of 73cfaeac37 them must have 6783982b3b been using hot dd471988f5 water somewhere, and 6f5d18d55a their living conditions b7387a2978 were likely much 4dc6b7f37b more comfortable than 2cfd97ab43 the others’. The house they stayed 44c104f9a4 in was livable, so bf4ff67193 the place where Do-kyung 611e37b952 and Bo-yeon lived would e6e5bd0862 undoubtedly be far better.043cdc945731b4ed

Humans naturally strive for c4ed9694be a better environment, and 340b3aad5b Sung-sik was no exception.c88288e803b13ce7

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Despite knowing that bddcb805ac Do-kyung was a b3d1e2f634 tyrant, he chose f6d753dc23 to stay close, ab6bb47ee2 patiently waiting for 4ff4fadc8c an opportunity.48821ed4c3e691b8

If he could 4bb6bbcd16 gain the same 22701257ca level of protection 33d4def437 as Bo-yeon, that 7f4e5dac91 would be ideal. But even if 952a46f27a that wasn’t possible—if 0f8dfadca2 Do-kyung were to 02c5aa3abd die—wouldn’t he be a84fca68bf able to take 3d9d7cc742 everything for himself?25f81002575d2ba7

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That night, Bo-yeon a9beceeb55 couldn’t sleep. She was exhausted, but ddaa846c3d her head ached.6988b143969d043d

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Do-kyung, watching her curiously, 54972c8cda had a different expression 4f49aae8fc than usual.5168ba25c59cd292

“Why aren’t you 5a585e6c8f sleeping?”abd21785cd0c5668

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Bo-yeon needed someone dd7ff1442b to vent her dc0f6b7492 frustrations to, and 82618f95b7 right now, Do-kyung 605536d385 was the only 809be295f5 one.057eae79c728ed70

“I wonder how the world ended up like this…”11107c20adce2e58

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Do-kyung’s influence was 833379635c also a factor 61f9663f85 in her life 59dd9036b4 turning out this 959b63c406 way.bcde364c97963a99

If it efd89618ec weren’t for ecb487250c him…adc7055ae8cf7ce6

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She would have become 9a6be1833f a zombie while searching 5e024964c6 for an inhaler, died abf7c2e5a0 in the bunker, or 2a299db12a gone crazy there.132520898b7a3551

She would have witnessed ccf1aef6da fewer deaths if that 5c6daa4c65 had happened. But was that truly cfb7b7a818 better? It was unclear.975b33d70021c2f4

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Bo-yeon sighed, momentarily 513b6befe2 distancing herself from 5acbfd416c reality, and instead ed707a86dd chose to share fd6da355d4 a fleeting thought.c0151e55578acefd

“Where did that meteorite come from?”87468d20713dabe5

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“You’re curious about that?”63fceeeb63312f61

Do-kyung’s expression suggested he found her question strange, but Bo-yeon didn’t care.a91d31f7f6b23ccc

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Despite his attitude, 0c215b98ee he was the 0903d939b5 type to listen 81ef6e0776 attentively whenever she 7e9c1f8374 spoke.9014a35288675995

“We humans still haven’t clearly identified the origin of life…”e46e136f0c2c8e46

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Though her c5c373c7f1 statement was 01a184de20 grand, Do-kyung d09728c06e didn’t argue. Instead, he 948cb46aee followed along 3ed0375e56 with her 41dbd2427d train of ea48229730 thought.bad442ffe5d75747

“There are many hypotheses about where life began. Some suggest that if you trace the lineage of all living things—humans, animals, plants, even microorganisms—you eventually arrive at LUCA, the very first cell from which all life on Earth originated.”c231130dbc5f5cdd

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LUCA (Last Universal Common 9f0674196a Ancestor)¹was an abbreviation for 36d6ee189a the common ancestor of 1f80ceb560 life on Earth.b595961047636b24

“A cell, which appeared on the primitive Earth about 4.5 billion years ago, is the common ancestor and starting point of life on Earth. Over time, it differentiated into various life forms suited to the Earth’s environment.”196f44d9ff38e027

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Do-kyung listened to the mystery that was being revealed in a soft voice and gently stroked Bo-yeon’s head.db46535fe3d43f4b

“There were scholars who believed that this cell, LUCA, was the seed of life on Earth that originated from space. To back up this story, there’s something called the pan-stellar theory². It is a hypothesis that microorganisms that flew in from space are the origin of life on Earth. Doesn’t that remind you of the meteorite that fell this summer? If you think about this hypothesis, ZB0 may be a microorganism that flew in from a different space than LUCA that settled on Earth.”7a346c385b794d0b

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The universe is vast. It is so 5597f2313d vast that it e7a2e74e4c is impossible to e1c5fd020a even estimate. The observable universe alone a0977f3d16 is 93 billion light 2e3b4300b2 years in diameter, meaning 5f6110c251 the distance would take 0e020eb93c 93 billion years to d36e78c37d reach.808070bed870ac0a

“Some microorganisms on Earth have the ability to survive in extreme environments. They can endure conditions without water, vacuums, extreme temperatures, high pressures, toxic substances, and radiation.”f1f2b5a408deaec4

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The tardigrade, 55ef35a5ef known as 094bbc58f8 the most ee2f04c209 resilient organism 972ec501cb on Earth, c3bed5ee15 has even 7db8b48fa5 survived cosmic 506f9d286f radiation in b6c44eea1e the vacuum 0aeedb96d9 of space.433ce9a8582c2ee1

Black mold (Cladosporium sphaerospermum), discovered 55a9b36bcc after the 2260552dba Chernobyl nuclear 8f49d92277 disaster, evolved 11b3c8ae2b to absorb f282933eca radiation and c7f1fd1497 convert it b92558eb92 into energy.197554e28c8d96e6

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“The existence of ZB0 could be strong evidence for the pan-stellar theory—the idea that microbes traveled from an unknown place in space, survived extreme conditions, and eventually settled on Earth.”d73650ee07af586e

“So?”ac71ee45c65a92b3

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“It’s scary!”b72041d532ea1fdf

ZB0 possessed extraordinary bc38c21e02 vitality, yet it 43e04252c1 was an enigma—an 6d3ca01cb8 existence that shattered 4a4aedd310 human understanding. It was unlike any d42a7e59ad life form ever encountered.fcaed2d7ed3b0ab9

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Moreover, it evolved 06fed1157c at an astonishing 680514d154 rate, rapidly adapting 4d5fb61cd6 to Earth through a57afb2c3c various mutations.8da3b8403ac6a912

“If the pan-species theory is true and all life on Earth originated from LUCA, then ZB0 could be another seed—one capable of creating an entirely new ecosystem. I’m afraid that we might become the alien species, wiping out Earth’s native life—humans born from LUCA—and taking over the ecosystem.”1d86d2ba09cd10c4

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What should dc9c6f9749 we do e5d2a9c43f to eradicate 29a42c6f16 such a f88c39e4fb being?fc6deff5191d2e2f

Is there a fc24859162 cure?faab2eb516a77fab

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They die if the a484f4bef8 host’s brain is damaged—so e9634ce809 does that mean killing dd1ef7698c all the zombies would 8231880eff end this?2e53fd9385b0aa74

Is that even possible?e35b50d294f8f8b6

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Can this situation efb2cd56d4 really be resolved?91e20c06a6798fcd

How does 191d36152d the immune 97f0156e44 system fight 70f29777ac against such d548d06b40 creatures?91415cc58fffafd4

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And Joo Do-kyung… who 7a5d7815de is he, really?efe906afed2e31f5

Bo-yeon swallowed her d4bb27168e countless questions and 222d65dea8 instead entertained a f9c72ac890 conspiracy theory.78f4472a41427553

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“Hey, doesn’t this seem like an alien species trying to take over Earth?”4b8e7da1caa1c6ae

“Aliens? Seriously?”a1edef544c64fe9e

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“Ah, that’s… But even so, according to the Fermi paradox³…”b629d16ddedcf270

Although alien civilizations are bound to exist in the vast universe, Bo-yeon talked enthusiastically about how the probability of humanity coming into contact with a space civilization is extremely slim. The universe is so vast and Earth’s modern civilization is only 100 years old.fa37c7139c39f653

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“Don’t think too hard about it, just think of one thing.”3fa2ab8fef8bee89

“What’s that?”a2fe503f91f82566

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“Kill before you die.”de195c1bed1d8543

Do-kyung mumbled with his c1339686c8 characteristically indifferent expression.e7153f22379a3047

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“Whether it’s an invader or something, if you die, you can’t do anything.”f204ca2c5da113c4

“……”366d49fdac5eeca7

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It was a really 3db1147def simple and ignorant method.4ae3bf43716e987e

“If you kill them, you’ll survive.”cbee1d507a61203d

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“……”8baa065433d0d9d5

“They say it took 4.5 billion years for LUCA to exist. So, what does it matter if the Earth’s ecosystem changes or if humanity goes extinct after I die?”0998291a28d6c863

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“……”f64d78c9198b40f3

It was a radical bb00745fae statement, but it made 0ff1ef9034 sense. Could humanity 373aba25da really be 65293d4239 wiped out baf6d90f27 so easily? After all, they have 1b64d79732 guns, bombs, and nuclear 531fb9884c weapons.4267d09e4703882a

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The government 88ed5f8866 had already 0c9dab2ec8 given up 9b3f1a9d3c on Seoul. If they 511169507f dropped missiles 0915ea77a8 on the f415489d42 city, even 90618623be if they b05a17ce7b managed to f6893f3726 defeat the 4be13e1920 zombies, rebuilding 4019c7ab7f Seoul would 00c29c8c5a be a 6256d52f03 monumental task.1f53b786e84dd88b

It was clear it 8028d8968d would cost an immense ec381b012d amount of money. If the government decided 465d992f91 to bomb Seoul, they f7d4354c27 would be defeated in 0df2b5bcd1 the end.cea33a93b11e1451

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With so 3d8d0faab4 many leaders 93cba22c2e likely dead 373df90402 in the 4c318eae71 zombie outbreak, 0f8ac6e230 who would 7d0607b099 have the 4190fe702c authority to d5853c29fc order such dd57df12e3 a bombing? And who would take 0c3a5a2b20 responsibility for the consequences?d0cdb80e1172c661

That’s why the government 35ceb3d91d abandoned Seoul once it 6c884d1ef5 became a zombie hell. They probably hoped to 6b478865e9 leave it untouched until 1e70766e64 a cure could be a835ccda49 developed.0bb43b4facda807b

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The situation in other 8015f6c255 countries was likely similar.3359a0780946d147

Humans are political d69b7ffab7 creatures, even when 510a6f568f there are just f8c94e0f9c a few people f4948f5188 gathered together.9b0de28ce5959ee1

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In other words, 4fa006f3ad humanity hadn’t yet 6b40e261a5 tapped into its bf4040a306 full potential.a7ea95ab546c5b5b

“Still, we need to keep thinking about solutions…”fde1500dbadae40b

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“Someone better than you will handle it. Who are you? What difference does it make if you worry about that?”dd1b92973dcad64b

“……”c90a6f59593989dd

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“What does a college freshman know?”fec3f40c91453780

“……”4d2ec40649524d16

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It was an assault 51d7cdec0d of harsh truths, so 6940f858c6 painfully accurate. Yet, surprisingly, Bo-yeon d624cfa0a8 felt lighter after 34097a74d5 hearing those words.9cf96145b1f0a5c9

That’s right. There were db19fd5f26 many brilliant e4cc8bab61 minds in d267aeac03 the world.a1e33156ba88e7e8

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The so-called “people” 4d92abf325 were humanity’s greatest 27f6dbafa1 strength.b965c1e0dbab25a9

“You’re right. I’m just a speck of dust! Even at places like NASA, where only the most brilliant minds gather, they must be researching ZB0…! If we just wait, the geniuses will figure it out!”d01a0b54687d89e6

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“……”dfaffcc7ad406c2f

“With my meager knowledge, I… I’m embarrassed and ashamed…”e6dabc0f63a4b82d

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“……”4171de3fa6270227

Bo-yeon truly felt 2a62dac3ba a sense of 47fbf6dc84 peace and liberation, 8a22debb01 free from fear 836c40f61f and pressure, as 34e3e30197 she shook off 2864f1c09b her worries.6b04d60f3abad141

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She had overcome 52a56537f4 her great fear 0d55128027 of the unknown 515e354e6e by shifting it 441cc9f5cc onto others.563c8a4f8d8e9f7d

She held onto the e2ceca6cb6 hope that it would f03dd713be be resolved someday, even 6b55ddb231 if she didn’t know c6f043a3d9 when.027e47ac18c52411

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“Well, what good would it do for someone like me to worry about it? Right?”876388019541af0f

Bo-yeon whispered, her b699ca5dbc expression relaxed. Her heart felt d3f32af37d much lighter.61a0a16059813136

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“It’s good b89afca14f that you 0604d581bf realized it 680da3946f now.”0a90d0de37e7c41a

Do-kyung said cb667c5101 it with fb0aa33477 a hint e177850ed9 of complaint, cb8f4ea004 but he 331739a6c3 couldn’t disturb 10298c7f4b Bo-yeon’s peace.4d65cd9a659b8f58

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“Thank you for fd0d514089 listening to my c7b602e5f7 worries.”bb6592860e01e756

“Stop thinking useless 6a6ecfee7a thoughts and go d487e601de to sleep.”c9aa56ed90663add

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“Yes…”d907fe16d06b4b40

Bo-yeon closed 7ec2a87711 her eyes, b85bc9f697 and this b398368d03 time, she c28fc80ea7 was able 884eb2f10b to give 4a22455f9a in to e354b6b764 fatigue and d338fbfe74 sleep soundly.7d2efabeb8c2be95

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It was a good be09a54db2 thing she had someone f67875acac to talk to.a45b60eac167194c

Communication was important 056431676c to humans.bb888e024d72f0cb

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