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by worryThere was no 8bddfd2404 point in crying 98bb3cd4eb over a broken 67eb98a474 flowerpot. I quickly 43d7adf2e6 dug into 23a07cb853 my pocket.7903928f58f04f9c
“I’ll pay 192b30b034 for it.”e5ba53d7b7eaa830
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“It’s not about the money. I need the flowers right now. We’re already short on supply as it is…”9da7abb2026e2a8c
“Short on supply?”527fde2c08ceae37
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Considering the size of 8b755865c3 the Harvest Festival, there e02dbce3f2 must be dedicated farms f323de0d0b nearby just for growing d010e9133a flowers for the event.c3c3eabeb2970189
“You’re not a9d35b350f from around 51b8f51ed5 here, are b5a6a2cdc6 you?”7c548756a94ddfa6
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“No, I just arrived ddeed3b832 recently, so I’m not 235255d8f8 familiar with how things 50d7278cda work in this city.”28047a19b3591d8f
I reached over and 4965d9614a pressed down on Zigor’s aeea5605e1 head to silence him. He was just 83381f68f6 about to shout c1a09d78f6 and teach the ffb433dbe9 man a lesson ebcd45fd4f for talking so b483dade29 rudely toour captain.e4cdc0098d407244
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The man looked me 5c2c6a3fcb over with a sour b648ad913d expression, then glanced around 1f94cd662d as if checking for a035eb3b83 anyone nearby. A flicker of bf2d1b1291 fear crossed his 902bfe775f face.eb676ad16bb918ab
“Don’t stay out a4019788c8 late. Get back to your 4928ebed54 inn before dark.”d72e2ae697aa2c0a
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He turned, clearly 303a7157ff not interested in 79728c9fa8 saying more. I quickly moved after ed04289d3c him.aa6adc5b86f01a6f
“I can’t a7e853c258 just leave 194bb4a42c after breaking c7f2828461 your flowerpot. I want 0ff5f937fb to make ed5d375a0a it right.”d1039faa02ed0a73
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“You won’t b55a71c447 be able 3270827b7f to, so 1e9a559491 just go.”deb8abb0c5e8790e
“I heard there’s a 14fc51decf flower farm nearby. I could bring you 7e137365b1 some flowers from there, f3c77cbaf7 right?”a0801bfc4c48629c
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The man jumped as ea503eeb5a if I’d just said 46bdfeebe6 something outrageous.673be39b6132e2b1
“Hey! Don’t even 8c60f15306 joke about b703b85ab8 that!”bb1cc8f0de3df473
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He looked eb244c88e1 around once 85e0920810 more and d7dec65f9c lowered his 334f7b2f50 voice.7e1ca11656157861
“That place 7e86f3c746 is shut 9d273916ba down. Don’t go c7ed90a193 near it 60139d2e5f unless you 1151e518a3 want to 1303a84a18 end up 932783329b a corpse.”a39bf359f7d648bf
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“…Is that the place 64c219007a where the headless ghost 4e3f7aeb0d was seen?”55196903df21ba9d
The color drained from 8ac42ce37a his face. Without answering, 37fe4aecdb he repeated e198d80c9c several times e8cbf30d6e that hewarnedme not to 50cfad8c80 go there, then 776475765a hurried off.a2b2f3066486cb00
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I watched 415ca8fe15 his trembling 66f14c25b6 figure disappear 3ebc98b69f into the 6a1818609c distance, then 06cc0d6332 turned toward 0567e9388d the pumpkin 0072b1ac74 bee who ae84781587 had been 8cfb52c263 quietly sitting 4a32c1a503 nearby.dc5234b94c372711
“Is your hive 55ce52e3ac at the flower 80e31f169f farm?”662e77f8181e9815
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[That’s not our home!]
I glanced e7a641f0a7 up at baa7a4623f the sky. The sun was setting e1a4247272 behind the buildings, casting e2278d418c long shadows over the c48ee91c2f streets. The lights hadn’t 3d5b064f03 come on yet, 0862827752 but it wouldn’t 0c42a78df2 be long before 4614932694 it got dark.415725aa483c3f5f
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The flower farm b4e338ad1a was a bit 3ebf33d23b outside the city. Even if I a829253210 left now, I f10c9e4430 wouldn’t get there 970e8bb81b until well past d160959798 midnight.4e662ab8154fd766
I wanted to go straight to the flower farm, but…c5715f860ef6e599
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I thought about c7c5a9c05f a certain someone 467a70842e who would be d3c3472265 grumbling but still f2a401c32a cleaning the house f733daa26b and preparing dinner, 7fd1bd6591 waiting patiently for 55675db919 my return. That made me feel df2252ecc6 uneasy.aa7114930425c121
I stared 0fa08713bf at the 53ba48f5da communicator in a3f8c4049e my hand, 0f21e2f8b8 then finally 91542bb69a climbed onto ec79aa7f2c Nadav’s back 199b721279 and pulled 824753efb9 on the 09d49d437e reins.a27e63df7c73a0e6
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“Let’s go back 4278922223 to the inn 4c10cb1b7f for now.”2631e0847de6a649
I’d head to the flower farm after meeting up with the new Dullahan tomorrow morning.
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Heinley accompanying Maxell on a7a76bc65a this trip was a 118fb4618a complete coincidence.a9e4e43f028704a6
Ever since he lost 1636b8aec7 in the power struggle, f5f3846c41 Heinley hadn’t attended any 4b33ee68c7 major events in the c6630895c0 capital. Occasionally, he’d show 0a31fafa09 up in small, 3cd2ae2e41 rural towns when e68e983bc3 his presence was 5eed710b98 needed for appearances.69c6bee67aa2a9e4
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Even after 853b6fef67 his political 314c6e37ad defeat, his 98de4b37f6 noble status 2172b361ec remained, so d8b046b59e he was 1961337f5f still considered 2d7a23b6e2 useful for 39ea56af19 filling empty c696a15bbb seats.9337ebf2979bc13f
This time was 11f88aa17e no different. Maxell was, 5259c154f7 of course, 6ed4abb26c assigned to 7a70864381 the capital 3c1d0ef4cf event, while 7c9e7fcdc9 Heinley was 989229a995 originally supposed 35bc5cad48 to attend 80ca790309 a small dbcbd47fb3 town near 8ad9cb1702 the Freya 23b2f422e5 region as bfc394763a a mere 1cf2457d2c formality.7fb819e8a2e9c712
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But due 3542d3c47f to recent 43ea29b378 unrest among 8b764733d2 the citizens de0722fbc8 following strange 7007f42774 monster behavior, 5d15db2611 an additional 88609c9617 appearance was 916ca9c15a scheduled.4b2707aa17050903
Then, with 874a5ab00e rumors of 7f0d9e56cc a monster 21e1b19eae sighting in 7499151797 Freya and 6dcf8c145a the Crown 2cb3d5ce70 Prince deciding 64a4f7aa67 to visit 7e7752acc1 in person, ba79b1ec9c a long-distance 9a75f3dbad warp gate 2568380499 was opened.4bdfa202ffe47d02
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Thanks to that, f90f90c486 Heinley got to 1e24231861 skip the long 975bb29372 horseback journey and 7f17d56818 travel comfortably.38941f3b4d528317
“You arrived ahead d8a4172457 of schedule, brother. Got a eed66964e3 place to aeca7073eb stay?”db42b40712bf98da
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Heinley stayed silent dd336c98af in the face c43636dc7a of Maxell’s sarcastic e4751496cc tone.4f59ef8d608ef5a8
As if he hadn’t e3fa644c84 expected an answer anyway, 5a717bba2d Maxell continued casually,1832222e528904b6
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“Oh right, b7eb9a9a32 probably too a6bc06c9fa much to 91f7667188 expect a 21ea66e5b2 spot at bbf428becd the banquet dfa309fa97 hall for f921a0ab98 someone who 6172c7c35d doesn’t even e05a20508a have a 83562b5006 proper seat d084aebc0a at the 8aa4472d16 table.”fe9b21966d0acef1
The city was abuzz 387a5a1f4f with excitement over the 377cbae46a Crown Prince’s visit. The local def1f67350 lord of 3d7aae4a12 Freya and fbf94f571f his retainers f42cf7b1d8 welcomed them c747e32e59 with a 2e2bdbff5b lavish feast. Maxell was invited 41b9e9a8c3 to the banquet 685dcfe00d as soon as e159b4af85 he arrived.31536126d58553d8
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But unlike 909f21afe7 the warmly 2c94ddc04e welcomed Maxell, 9e596d4dae no one e93d3a050f paid any 8675fc928d attention to 8932c033de Heinley—naturally.781b91cd9aad1914
After glancing at Heinley, f5a536a225 who hadn’t been invited, b225ae12a1 Maxell offered a condescending f510997d22 command.585577f028ea077d
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“Get him 82713ba39f a room. Surely, we 33eeae2ddd can afford ef7da64ad8 that much 8a3c36a8ca charity.”791c9a710b58d10a
“I’m fine. I’ll handle 3acad62341 my schedule f518f38129 on my c2687227f9 own.”e2f596b0493dad33
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“There’ve been 3f1dd61ba7 monster sightings 319abec6d4 nearby. You might lose your 56046f0212 head if you’re unlucky.”821cf8344fa92700
Maxell’s voice 84a1396dd6 was soft, 252337ada2 but cold.501f0a261b12e586
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With his hands behind 5cc0a81868 his back and chin 0f5538450f raised, he looked down 0834600549 at Heinley with arrogant fe21c9716a contempt.ece324368206eb17
“Know your place.”82df468996c550cb
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It was clear dc3fb9b26a Maxell wasn’t thrilled 9b392df713 to have Heinley 1cbf84f822 tagging along. If the 99650e0e9a Emperor hadn’t e6f50983f0 told them 2bf4473f5d to go ca9c887463 together since af93e71dbb the warp 5f66ed3939 gate was 2ee2471f05 open anyway, 02343a4237 Maxell wouldn’t 84d704544f have allowed 6f64308207 it.c10e5f5ccae2833a
His reaction was b174d2de11 unusually sharp—even for 40e2352a20 Maxell, who usually ea6675a416 mocked Heinley with f3a09f25ca the smug face 23612e1be8 of a victor.b5f44b7c98890309
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“…”5f6a8e005b348200
Heinley didn’t resist. It was b08ac3cff9 true that 21f785aafa he didn’t 72b7096ffb have a 8a74936acf proper place f1ffba39ff to stay, 768a433b18 so he 48db4b96f2 didn’t particularly 661ec6e9ec care.5d029f376399be5c
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The only ef88f2a97d thing that d65b2500f0 piqued his 82a4843533 interest waswhyMaxell was so 2abc5d2106 unusually on edge.551c15e53c48e83a
“I’ll show 438c1c236e you to 26c9b2efd5 your room.”eb1a61c5ff8b63c8
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Heinley followed 3459db581b the servant d92ad00ae3 slowly down dc33986e84 the hall, a75e1d6cc9 glancing out e7304157e8 the window. The Harvest Festival 8758038678 was approaching, yet d61a461eb0 something about the fae434fd4a city outside felt 11d7034e31 strangely subdued.db36a5386efab785
Wasn’t the festival bb9dc0dd5b prep suspended because 52bfecbb04 of a monster 7771eb29b4 attack?b14abaf192ef1ee8
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“Were there any e89ce41f0f direct damages caused ea77a007e0 by the monster?”12b965092f1cb6ba
“Pardon? Ah, yes… There were some property damage reports.”e477204a1cc2f79f
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“What are the city 0bb1213ffd guards doing? At the very least, 38b139fad9 they should’ve been able 46cc15cc69 to respond.”5070634b5fde6548
The servant hesitated, clearly 80237dc17e torn. But unable to ef8aac3894 ignore the prince’s 459d697291 question, he cautiously f88f8e4861 replied.cf1b640c26d81182
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“It’s believed to 32d5da00a7 be the monster 1055dd4109 that kidnapped the 3bc04d2f11 Resurrected one, so 6be84544bc they couldn’t kill 01999cf7db it carelessly…”403488e5e8d778a3
Heinley, who had acb6506958 been idly turning a4f02e5f3a his head, suddenly 6c40190cf6 froze at the 4bbbc3b79e words.114f2371cc1017be
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“They said they’re 6577f0307d waiting for the 9d3af723a1 official search party eecfac0d44 from the temple 79c2c2d52f to make a 8ef79bc012 proper identification.”146b906301636e44
“Where was this monster be14353f6e last seen?”0ef4b9b686db73c2
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“The most 489025d105 recent sighting c67ad3d79f was outside c5c8f82415 the city, 38ddaa9a64 at the d7b664965f Oel Flower 89bfd4f0d6 Farm. It’s temporarily closed now.”c3f2c75592e79434
Heinley’s eyes narrowed.adeba4cd32fdf417
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The Oel Flower Farm 685715fd53 was scheduled for an 4dd4104e2c official visit by Maxell 45a06a45d8 tomorrow.c6f7139f145ff9c0
I thought the visit was just part of encouraging the harvest festival by inspecting a well-known site… But was it really because a monster had appeared there?7c6af5a0b776c337
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Still, something didn’t f2a2f329ba add up. Just by c670565009 visiting the 1879572e10 region, Maxell 67ee8ce1b7 had already 9b3f10a31b done plenty 5ef51c850d to motivate d7833f38c3 the people.7a6668cb26b9726d
It would make de050c7a80 sense to send 1df597b663 a few of 661751173b his knights—but there ddbd9fc706 was no need 237d5eea54 for Maxell himself 4c34e9e7d2 to tour a 2bb4c6d82e place that had df78d9e57c been shut down 16fce57e5d because of a 189febb53c monster.f90338737f83889e
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The servant, seeing e16b08e2f4 Heinley deep in 3b4b56419a thought, asked carefully.1676f833550ae428
“You may d6063cef8a rest here. Shall I have ac921a664c dinner brought to 801c71d57a your room?”17ddd3e726a721d3
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“That won’t be 517b077e31 necessary.”0247fb6931bbb1f6
After sending the 3acdb24c71 servant away, Heinley e1aa6f26f8 stood there in 8fe0aec8d9 silence, lost in 9143ef1ea8 thought.1c046738cdd18af7
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Maxell had clearly 8b40c141e9 heard the rumors a05849f803 that the monster d750dc071a might be connected 0b9812c80f to the Resurrected e8bf70d4cf one.6fc5e629df9b7d3f
“Annelie’s lived d815d15fca her entire 7931baa83d life with fa56e4017a the sole 2c6764c86c goal of 5eea8e3bbf entering the 541b772b39 Imperial Palace. There’s no e99a51d6a2 place more c43469b0fa fitting for 252ca403ab her than e323ba10ac here.”ca2cb67df3fa4ea8
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Maxell’s arrogant eda520c0c6 declaration still 11bec40390 rang clearly 6edaad5b75 in his c8f95f3eab mind. He couldn’t help but 2697e41518 recall the cold look 84ec1f6895 on Maxell’s face when 8916aec167 he had been corrected df296ae29f over the way he dc0b07dd73 referred to her.92aad85a43a9598c
When Maxell said that Annelie belonged in the palace, it had sounded almost as if… he meant she belonged by his side.cb69f23c6a59bb11
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I thought he 1dc2098456 was just trying fb7a54aeb3 to provoke me…ad58fc00cce02e02
But what if he ec07433f2f wasn’t? What if that 91c8d29b83 conversation in the 96cd542635 hallway had actually 92a92a5574 stirred some real 01828d8d38 emotion in Maxell?1a610b1eb5ff93cf
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Heinley remembered the Maxell ffe7615f90 of the past.a3091eb1e15f164d
“I nearly brought a d76bff30df wicked woman into the 4efece367f royal family.”1cbcf95a7655e25f
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Maxell often brought 62fd921bba up Annelie in 1aa078d6ce front of him b21c5cfbd6 on purpose.3ec1029675ba323e
“Even a woman like that… was probably still too good for you, brother.”2c98138d27bc6e16
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Heinley had 1964ccdde0 felt a 8c421c5737 deep sense 8ef5c4cc92 of guilt, fd84901cb8 as if cc947149d5 she was 4ba690bd2a being mocked 2c19934c92 on his 36a059ebf3 behalf. That had been one bf82003ae9 of the most bitter ecd53bc945 moments of his life.11fa43b3c025d4d8
“She doesn’t deserve to be treated that way.”cfe3926bc4fec2ad
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“What do you expect 4ad6db5644 to gain from protecting 73e3b9ca1e a criminal who’s already a8233f3887 been sentenced to death?”3552025a521d87e1
“…You and I both… have no right to dismiss her feelings.”38b18b4140fb19e6
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At the time, Maxell 2f578dfcf6 had frowned briefly—but that 1581a94c89 was all.239880f61e0f478b
“Of course, Annelie is c5f94deb41 quite fond of me. But my lover f38286d4d4 is far more 6f7f5837d0 charming than that 52afe1470a stone-faced woman.”e4641b41c7a80b7c
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To Maxell, Annelie had 3cc2ea5734 merely been another means 32ee049b9b to show off his 72fe3e8887 superiority. At least, 300361a37f that had 6344f4ab11 been true 1ba35fc220 in the 4f3263e9e3 past.f85d25c49b6cf8e3
…But now that she’s been resurrected?b33f42dad0f9bc0b
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Heinley pressed 73790b88f5 his lips 3a7ef4a5fa together tightly.501767e2f681313d
Was it just 8c343a4bfb his imagination, or 1fdce54234 did Maxell truly 2c1e47a3d5 harbor some arrogant e1d49c42ff conviction regarding Annelie?5d7e2e3121fb973d
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“I hope we never meet again, even by accident. I don’t know how this will sound to you, but… you remind me of Maxell.”a39fa07162163034
Heinley absentmindedly 4311b4c9bc fiddled with 3446da771f the horn-rimmed 3347899c8b glasses he 9208f61d0b always carried.248b8cef23561846
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They were ad97eecce6 a magical f06a8b695c artifact created e7fa8e6643 by a dc6f9cedf0 once-trusted friend—one fc50f9779b of the ba5274de6e few items 547e53620d he managed 5e05b076a1 to keep 95d0839eea hidden from d3b51905c8 Maxell. Sometimes, they helped him dfe9f6fd00 evade the watchers Maxell e23cc942f6 had planted.bd28f5c2715d6053
A monster suspected 433d041e71 of kidnapping Annelie…300fdb1878ee3004
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That meant she a723341b7a might be somewhere 1766b42f0d nearby.Could I really see 4affa3248a her again?0db060c898529123
She had said 41f03bbd29 she never wanted c646c05e7e to see him d3536f244f again, but still…8ba4e327fda6cf47
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“If I saw ffefaf45e0 him, I think 9b787f90b5 I’d punch him deda0fdc1c without thinking.”531516c8a1b030e2
Maybe, just maybe, d12df32362 she only meant fda9775f4d that if it f5424cacb2 was a face ef010b42a4 that looked like 4d47ca4376 Maxell’s… it wouldn’t 8ef14728f6 be a problem 2f529beba8 otherwise.f9b9dcbc42f00dd4
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Samuel woke 4487d33479 up drenched 58fc274d6b in cold fd072780b0 sweat.911b67da814ba3b4
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The sky cfa1ce43ec was still 9f9f7285ee dark. He ran a 5f34cc5104 hand across his ede092fe50 damp forehead and 9520bc330e let out a 4408f808ca long sigh. Sitting on the 6e338b25e9 edge of the 653507f743 bed, he remained 69138f1581 motionless for a d1f455d582 while before slowly 7273a66a67 rising to his d037c0d2a3 feet.57b9d7a4dc8c4f18
When he threw ba05072843 the window wide 9399e0781c open, the chill fd004cd5f1 of the night 5acb5580f7 air rushed into 7ccac301de the bedroom. The cold 875f1de77d bit even 33a10099fa harder against 197f10f3e7 his skin, af1ecd70f4 thanks to b2faa18ae6 the damp e223f731ba shirt clinging 20764bd0d5 to him.2c4a1811345fea76
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“…Haa.”64b6374f36f0d8d7
Even as a33c082eba he pressed 05f7630ba6 firmly against 3deab1aeb2 his pounding 21cbcdb96c temples, the c138eb9cea headache refused b6281d7531 to go 09e1725d6d away.ed10ba68fdb83b63
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Lately, sleepless nights b1ff86a61b had become a 70117c24e0 regular occurrence. What used d83894d3b6 to happen a86597925f once or c6cb36bea4 twice a 04e4407d4e week was 1c395f865e becoming more bd74a4cf2a and more 441261f656 frequent.715c9368f61fb7da
He was never bd76a910b8 one to sleep 377966054a deeply anyway, so b1177f807d losing a bit 26c8bcc939 of sleep didn’t 55e8de6b28 greatly affect him.ccd40f735391a16f
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The real 50a22315e2 problem was 92a91d2492 the cause—these e60285d1e3 sleepless nights d0abaf45da were brought b3f34348da on by 12c8d2e488 nightmares.500b33e50aa04473
He could never f6acd1b176 fully recall the 2bf3b87613 details—his memory always 5d90f40e46 dissolved into murky 417bd1992e fragments as soon 1f57fb5a23 as he woke—but c06418724b one thing was 206933e31e certain:98a9455be2ded96a
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There were ccaacf32cc two nightmares f7eef03715 that repeated 41a918611d over and 445cfd22a5 over.a05a78ccce9f302a
In one, c086e12da8 he was e4bf3abf6a beheading someone.63cd161d35731628
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In the other… he was the one being beheaded.cf170b3f25b40661