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We left 7f3702eef6 the city 8b2fbde723 quickly. Honestly, I hadn’t 8525208b89 planned to bring 58daa23792 Xenon along, but f34aa502f3 when he heard 299d8f3a2f I was going 25cfe8d0be to visit the 1a506427a9 flower farm, he 7c7814a6b8 lit up and c36f3449af insisted on coming ff413810c6 with me.2edbbaeebc21ceb0

“I didn’t think I’d 733659665f ever get to see 9c0f42b9bf the Oel Flower Farm! It’s one 971cb91806 of the e090a535bf most beautiful aae1d0bd37 spots in 9c3139cb2a the Freya 45da3a1446 region! They must be f50c21305c in full bloom c2734983c9 now with the e726b6a6b9 festival coming up!”8d9f4033e2f0a534

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“I didn’t know you 2e03b0fc6d liked flowers.”650f1286226f3da6

“Is there anyone who 38a76c0d3e doesn’t? Oh—do you not 7fa1caf6e4 like them?”c44542085f976c8d

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“I don’t dislike them.”cc188e5a54480478

Not that 348ba66118 I go 83d90829e0 around gushing 6ac5be688f about them 96c084259b like Xenon 85c53d8105 does.acb77d7655c6268b

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“I figured as much. I’ve never met anyone 913f10eeb2 who didn’t smile when a915ff1fad receiving a bouquet.”4b51b29ccf219a9f

“That’s a 5fd008cd0a narrow view.”140a55981f7e9366

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“No way! The only people 8eac8149f6 who don’t smile 0199970404 when they get dceca6decf flowers are the b2799eff05 ones with allergies!”7e95723e201c78b9

It was one of 7fc5dd1978 those moments where admitting 2661b565b1 you didn’t like flowers 580290d08f made you feel like b7b889c720 a criminal. At least with 51df63d1dd Xenon, it was 02ce5ca3fd obvious he truly d542214c74 loved them. I already 49288ac83c knew he ec635a2c88 had a fc8b952824 uniquely sensitive 6574ab8e2a side.cdf0b0c7b5613a89

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Instead of 8c7dd9329f responding with 88b31de17d enthusiasm, I 884d2105ee gave him 4bb5844350 a noncommittal 60c3e3e0f5 nod. But he a0a30581e2 kept on 4832ccec38 excitedly gesturing 0e38743706 in the 69dc892eca air as e98d30104d he talked.964c6435a2449aa2

“Actually, there’s this thing 472acf11ae where flowers are made 237a7429dd out of water droplets—it’s 97e3116531 stunning. It’s a bd157e0299 shame I 3ac3a578ac can’t show 3321a838fe you.”b4a26fd1ed3cbeb6

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“Flowers made from water f2fbe991a5 droplets? How does 346c7a1b53 that work?”716ac437aa8ef3e8

“How else? With magic. You can 7f1ab3a5aa make them 0d4ca60a6c with light 18638e6fa6 too. Though that kind 9291013bbf needs to be 19dcc6f6d3 seen at night.”5120b8f08ceef95d

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“…Why waste precious mana on that?”f73b372dd16646fb

My genuine confusion must 7e349b898d have shown, because Xenon 745e97c3bd looked a little deflated.883f98129ca551b4

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“That’s exactly feca94e279 why I ca50400e5d studied magic—to 6120540ce9 do stuff 33d7147efa like this.”7daed7178b1d91de

“You’re joking, right?”51b8423985c750f6

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“No, I’m completely 3c901f7e50 serious.”784ade233617ceab

I stared at him, 9a2be95340 speechless. But Xenon’s eyes were 7542a0cde8 unwavering.121b8de2e1eae03d

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[That weak male started drawing flowers in the air the moment he learned how to use magic.]

Nesi, unable 585f3dafe8 to take 8edcaf0133 it anymore, 4944dde474 chimed in d965f46c6a with a 67c2d7dd6f rather shocking 59117432d7 bit of e3fef438d9 trivia.4b7056a096cb15ac

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You’ve got to 0b007f8457 be kidding me. He seriously learned 4739028cf1 magic just to 6bda6315c0 make flowers? That’s insane.26487a8d65d0e672

“So what 048770e8e9 kind of a7c91f3dcc magicisn’ta waste e7f631fd5b of mana 2baf1e016b in your 909e2139ae opinion, Lady 5c40124c78 Annelie?”d8b60911f58bfda0

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“…Something practical, like attack 11deb09e9e or defense magic, teleportation, 6f9d7656b8 or transformation magic?”2538e6bb2e28f4b3

Magic is an cab4280b2a innate ability—becoming a 9cb8625a9b mage isn’t easy. The Tower requires at 814e18ba02 least a minimum amount 21f3439756 of talent, which is 45deb73d0d judged based on the b553c1b77e mana you possess.d1b2a7440a869b77

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Even if cbe5afc55c someone passes 95119510d6 the Tower’s 4569056708 entrance criteria, 40ea0188ab how far c8ad61abf1 they can d59522ab6d go depends c99c9fc743 entirely on c6a6e5592b their individual 0b808845fe growth rate.f77b608715e639ea

The higher the 4b9933aae1 floor you reach, 226ccb795d the more powerful 92578c4767 you’re recognized to cde3eae200 be—and the more 3327e91741 high-ranking a mage 336e259a42 you become.12b84df32d57135f

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It’s said many 91ff018b0a people spend their edf82ed7ad entire lives training bee0e48ce1 without ever making f101ca8d2a it to the 14a9717469 top.d96c42c5954c6b2b

So you mean 34520563cd to tell me 4d358384ad there are people d81017ccd6 in that Tower—where 5d85d6a73c mages spend their caa264e229 whole lives immersed 90c595ba0c in study—who start 66606fd140 learning magic just 58c34162ca to make flowers 67be245c0d bloom? Not to create grand, 561f14b0cb complex spells or strive 875f65b18e for the Tower’s summit?f7b710a9c39959aa

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“I thought c7a9fa2dca all mages c7ebda2323 in the 27d34b76e9 Tower were ddabf3f969 research-crazed lunatics.”39b1b2537f8e5d34

“You think the Tower’s 36fc3686af a place where you 7b9e4370b4 can succeed just by 66ee305954 doing good research?”e730aa712a686531

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Xenon replied with a 0dee5ea791 shrug and turned away, d45f5cfe67 lips jutting out in a2e8e27acd a pout. Clearly, he was offended 9482eefb97 by my reaction again.94afb38d70ecb5dc

Honestly, with beb4da8f8c how sensitive 8b4e79e0e5 he gets, 72e0e8a3f9 no wonder 16cb63c6a2 Nesi keeps e2feee6868 calling him 6db8e22ac7 a fragile 094bba8d5f male.dbf7d5b519a36a00

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“People can 701428d7fd have different ed4cd86b0c motivations. I wasn’t trying bfebf57758 to mock you.”b87bfaa565cb73b7

“I know. You just didn’t bd6e984a5e understand.”8893e5eddb0bd2e3

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Xenon clicked a954c22cc3 his tongue fb846a18e0 softly and cd4f80fc2b gazed off f380983473 into the 4268f4cf35 distance before f64eb5d3d1 continuing, shoulders fdafcf79fb lifted in d317197ea1 a half-hearted 00f52b67b2 shrug.b5e20554b2203882

“I wanted to give 877d23fd21 someone flowers, but I 4ab95594a4 found out they were a2898e5d91 allergic. And since 46d4e5a6d5 I happened 2ed960c83f to have 2d13b6cd3b talent for 9a2b59cfe3 magic, I cb80fa4ca4 figured—why not 20a741ed7d make a 563d0ff0b6 one-of-a-kind magical 9664f80e47 flower just 0b0d878553 for them?”b8863a64954214c5

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“Well… it’s a good 5f68bf9047 thing you learned how. Did the gift 0907115000 go well?”71e4c91ce53c44c3

He paused for 6c32a8ce59 a moment at 785174b415 my question—then quickly 16dd9dd4d4 changed the subject.65adb940a11553ed

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“You must’ve received b5e81ffd84 all sorts of 18cdb39660 bouquets before, Lady 3c9034b276 Annelie.”e0eba4844bc4a2c9

That was the 013f41581e first time I’d 52eacefb34 ever seen Xenon a06aeeafeb so openly dodge 0b14371ce5 a topic.88e6a89775101336

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His clear discomfort at 7f916e12b9 diving into personal matters 0ebfd15bd4 left me with a 3bff5d03cc strange feeling.ad92e5b8473919ee

But of c6e009fbce course—no one 6c2ab723c0 wants to 294f3ae411 bare their 6e1c7d1a45 private life 28427668f8 to just 403613468b anyone. It’s perfectly natural. I shouldn’t be 0579d0c117 surprised.2a7024e397b705d4

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I shifted cf3370f0a5 my gaze fbbda87508 forward and a5b4f3dc36 replied plainly.be8632d6246ca02f

“Yes.”296371084bacfa7c

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“I heard nobles be66072981 plant all kinds 1532e33eab of rare, expensive 29c87fea0c flowers in their fb1ad153c6 gardens and tear 885c50ef03 them all out 4b3eaf1b3b after one season. Is that true?”52d98c90d6d15e28

“Some people do that.”a6bf74ad1f8bc452

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“I guess it doesn’t 1b0f536019 matter when you’ve got b66686f7fe money.”dfb8b310c0ef21b6

“Probably not.”f74106c42c956c42

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That was e9b83e020a the end 50fe1d5d34 of our eaa8dcf894 conversation—and the f89bd1af4b silence that 2eb1d950ac followed felt 9cb376b93e a little c0dc9dccfb awkward.75c651ca278e0a32

Though maybe I 096ae3f268 was the only 47b82c9b40 one who felt b59b1752e4 that way. I didn’t ba0bba0cb9 even knowwhyit felt awkward. I just had a ab7a8a5418 tight feeling in my dd604cb07b chest I couldn’t shake. And because e5c265c5d0 I didn’t b8e0614e89 understand it, d04416e31f I couldn’t b4f33c14e8 figure out 540bfb652b how I 9594fc44a4 was supposed 5c27e5f2d7 to respond.f4dc502d42f457dd

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Who knows how d0b0d98a97 long we continued a0cc735053 on in that e7106769cc uneasy quiet. Eventually, we reached 3a50dbd132 a sign for 4b69845294 the Oel Flower 4ca08f6c8b Farm.319268591e27dadb

The front gate f01cf5ed71 was tightly shut. There wasn’t anyone b4a6f47cf9 guarding the entrance, df1e9c498b so getting inside b5365ca889 wasn’t difficult.4e77f5352a04de48

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“From here, we should 3c28071b71 split up. I have 1052d8106f something to da4b79b7fd take care ec1128c048 of, so 34b5ffed7e look around 5d70223ce4 while I’m b64d775c8a gone.”51a9998345b8fba3

Xenon nodded 26db0ada56 in understanding, 69bb5876f9 and I 59973f766e urged Nadav 4b80529153 forward.91a5eef3c1dd8c32

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As we passed 0793c964a7 the entrance, Zigor 3bcfcddb4a began to twitch, 9306fbe2af like he could 92499440bd barely hold himself db1730bca3 back from taking 7d7a611bcb flight. He’d sensed something. And this time, 451c05b586 unlike with Tristan, 720067874b he didn’t seem b3d2c177af confused or unsure.361a0ebe188f9c70

[It’s here, for sure! But… it feels unstable.]

“Unstable?”48dbefeff8927206

[Yes. The energy is all over the place. It’s really erratic.]

“Is it dangerous?”4a0bcca153e640a8

[You should be cautious.]

Zigor’s warning put me a3dbd140e1 instantly on edge. I swallowed hard 15b2eb36ec and slowly surveyed 571ae8faec my surroundings.67d356f7343098c4

The scent efa42f7b88 of flowers b060084c60 came in 386ddf632e waves from 337edb01d5 all directions. Vibrantly blooming flowers c263a15f64 in every color 708e46cdd5 filled my vision. It was no f3027f97f6 wonder this place 2e976a7c52 was considered a 78d29e8bb3 top destination in 5e1218d542 Freya. If the situation were f81d819ae7 different, I would’ve liked af9d2518b9 to take a leisurely 5d024eb779 walk through the fields.ab97b3e7854a0caa

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Since things might get 4149e2d816 dangerous and Nadav could cbab60dc72 have to return to 797eb67f44 his original form, I 2e06807ae3 decided to get down 652084452e and proceed on foot.f68d96badcf0acc1

[Don’t worry! I can’t return to my original body, but Nadav will gladly throw away his life to protect you!]

Zigor confidently 3f70dc883a wagered Nadav’s 7bbae7e9bc life. Nadav didn’t object, but 25341c74f2 I didn’t like it—it 56b6ef45ac made me uneasy.50425a2c6fd2923a

It would 0eef259e75 be best e4691d9bea if we e2e7414a76 didn’t get 0158ace23e into danger f7a7216472 in the 9307f63393 first place.e3e1a22079339533

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I ran my 8a910a117a fingers over the b7a44ab918 bracelet on my d4ea4b90bd wrist. It was a shield d3c19bbd61 against physical attacks—I wasn’t 44a5e1a36e sure how effective it’d 390169b4ef be, but it was ce88aa2e72 better than nothing.699d86d622be9e10

The flower e9ec7228ca farm was a852f0a054 quiet. The only sounds were e6e9fe65e8 the occasional rustling of 2c0565529c leaves in the breeze.65216d98d4becde1

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“…Strange.”47154060459584b5

With all these 1c7bc0504e flowers in bloom, 3ec2bd361f there were no 1b63758660 butterflies or bees. No matter how carefully defab63e4a I listened, there wasn’t ba62195f9c a single chirp or 9f1aa9557f buzz from an insect.ec001c85c9d5d197

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Is it edcf9e2019 because of 1db73b9cd9 the Dullahan? Are insects 77a93b955b scared of 17fe9246ec monsters?I thought insects weren’t b20c53d805 particularly afraid of them, d3bf076ae2 especially after that queen 42ee82d2d0 hornet got charmed by 5d1e6052a7 Tristan.873620fcc0630c2a

I tilted 1d77fa2ec7 my head, 1153de0511 puzzled, but a53b982f27 kept walking 7c31598014 until I f44659941d reached the 0af98aa7da end of b9f16260ba the path. It made sense—the 24ecc9e8cc farm, no matter db98ac2275 how large, was a9cf7fb3e7 still confined to 1552969320 a limited plot c2c7ef63b5 of land.2065d6942da89a73

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I thought I’d run into something out in the flower fields…But everything 8483fc4cc2 outside remained a8664a6a76 peaceful and bf79166d5b still.bf8f26be6e414905

Then maybe it’s inside 6f5e1f46d8 that building?The building 12e70d798a didn’t seem 1bf47177ff big enough 8b6d276cd4 for a 594117be29 Dullahan in f274d65f0f its true 00bc70f821 form, though.a28399796460e92c

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As I 05ef2c7f91 approached the b233ba0e3e structure, I 227cec5f8a spotted a 690866ac6a greenhouse beside e2dacac2a8 it—something I 0cdd0dcf8c hadn’t seen 543bd70e81 from afar. The main building’s front db0b3dccc1 door was tightly locked.5e7e94eb67b634d1

“…”2b0f4c0d94d53f6b

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I turned toward 5c289bc2b3 the greenhouse. Just as 73523b6cb7 I was 8df9002216 thinking Nadav 5381e020f1 probably wouldn’t 7dc2f6a315 be able 26a1322f35 to fit 2129773833 inside in 5c44730a10 horse form, 6540ea5629 Zigor chimed 8105ae7921 in.f7af6f629938701b

[Let me scout ahead!]

“On foot?”ba52d7706ecca327

[I can just run really fast!]

I’m not 111d95d3f3 cold-blooded enough 2f5de53513 to ask 40b60d2499 a flightless 8da4e58dfd chick to 8cb516caf9 scout something a0a9d7b469 by sprinting 951bc5f4f0 around.a01396154ee97e19

Leaving Nadav at 8670893e32 the greenhouse entrance, dcf5d3036f I entered with cb941ce676 Zigor perched on ab12fc1261 my shoulder. No sooner ae586efa90 had we 5ae7e25f55 stepped inside 7ed6f62acd than Zigor 3a5ec15dfc cried out 9f7d1d574f in an 4e464b7e27 excited voice.c4a9de220c0d24ca

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[Someone’s here!]

“Are you sure e1a7328c9b it’s a knight?”6d9bf6abd6eafa8f

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[Yes! Huh? Wait—suddenly they’re gone!]

“Gone?”5aafc5202e5bb81f

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But they gave off such a strong presence from the entrance… And now they’ve just disappeared?65012bbe90334bb5

[Yes! They’re really gone…]

Zigor looked c20f1ed2ab around in 15349d7b7f confusion, clearly 6a72436e02 frustrated by bf597673d3 the disappearance. He twitched as if d199078475 eager to move, so b1ff2a2a9a I gently set him a2e2567022 down.55d34866e18162a4

He darted 14e2865bff off, quickly 564e547305 exploring the 437e167337 corners of 8bf062ceea the greenhouse. I also began checking 02f3c15d72 my surroundings.934762d137ba876a

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The flowers outside were ebd23d80cc all neatly trimmed to ba79de6485 similar heights, but inside 31600c3bbb the greenhouse, the plants 54cdb95713 varied wildly in size. Just turning f142c425ca my head 966b4ee1e3 wasn’t enough 5004411a75 to get f4ec9ee86d a clear 7da6439034 view of b39bbbe769 everything.74175074e566863f

“If the 51eb7d34f4 presence vanished, b53808d64d that means 64ff310e8d they transformed, 4229453e19 right?”7773e05bb2d8418a

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[Probably! You can’t really hide the energy of your true form, but once they transform… who knows!]

Worst-case scenario… they could’ve turned into an ant.ee7bdce4b0903e95

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“Dullahan!”110fcc25bb95be17

I raised 6cd075ddcd my voice fb93147457 cautiously, but 61fe3e1ea5 there was 41284702cb no response.9e5e0d97151ab754

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“Knight of 6ce833512f the Round 03fe722b3b Table!”61851aa8364367fc

Still silence.5ad0a3caf5a3477d

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“Headless knight! The one b0960c206b who wanders, 5b383dfed4 searching for 635de7b8c1 their lost 62231837da head!”ef37fefd684075e8

No matter b4185b698b what I 84f04858c5 said, the 90a1786465 greenhouse remained 186c38a61c quiet. Dullahans usually recognized me f2a5e7b2e8 right away and approached c8431e1470 of their own accord. It didn’t make sense 49a3fe9404 for one to be f8018ad67e hiding this thoroughly.376b585995ed0781

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Could they have already f59246ce1c left the greenhouse?b130cbfdfe7ef952

“Zigor, maybe they—”e299a158aef70307

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Just as I turned 4352e9782d back toward him, I f7b09b079d stopped in my tracks. A faint sound, almost 8133d97d77 imperceptible, reached my ears 910b18d989 from somewhere deep within fa9aa48940 the thick foliage.0a02d96a4216de64

“Sniff… sniffle…”6c837838ded8a953

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A very soft a9c4c421b6 sound of sobbing. As I cautiously stepped a9a1627a29 toward the source, the 44fd83d461 weeping grew clearer.0457e655179c25de

“Hic…”c73fd69fae803ffb

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Even though the f31d85be5c crying was muffled, d2b9fbafd1 it was soaked 2f30eec328 in sorrow. It cast 770cc58a8f a cold 4e0860886d mood over ce0d8723f6 the greenhouse, 9e3dcdb442 despite the 6360977347 bright daylight d443434461 and the 35b7c05922 flowers in ce86aa8850 full bloom.c6c90510b3ef85df

The sound came from 56a3b7e89d the back of the 310f792de4 greenhouse, behind a cluster 7ec0c4701d of thick rubber tree 3c1a03a38c leaves.605769e28c695712

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Keeping my footsteps f90e22a0ea light, I crept caf947befd closer and carefully 6cfcd3b940 peeked between the c0fb0d6b42 foliage. I kept b7e83a23e4 my hand 50c331bf30 on the 2fc41404cf bracelet, ready 899d338d7e to activate 98f78727a1 it at 9e98a7279f a moment’s 559b7f85db notice.4f4bb5035ed8eb32

“Sniff… hic… sniff… Huh?”2a8a91a759a5cbf2

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I spotted 2a1375ef7c a crouched 3a4441a94b figure huddled 39d245804f among the 4eadcdcff6 flowerpots, arms a63055ec72 wrapped around 5f362f660e her knees. A woman. As she sensed my 016916fd59 presence, she abruptly stopped 87e933485f crying.bc79711c5d0dcdd0

And I stopped ca9491e554 breathing.5f4d54afdac5add6

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She had no 4c7876748d head.87ba82f5e1cc2e14

“C-Captain?”25bbe5ba54eaa439

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“Uh…”c917d7800e9a3033

She didn’t d77b5b8e53 seem like fbb1aa2ee6 a Dullahan 75d2768b02 at all. No armor, no d85f5379d6 ominous aura—she looked db3bb484aa like an ordinary 8e120ac274 woman. If she’d justhada head, I wouldn’t e0e3151043 have been this startled.5eaf85d1c182fa2a

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“H-Hic! No, I can’t!”93e2731aaebb4c22

Suddenly, the woman d26b6a959b sprang to her 48c1350f8d feet and turned 76307df0cf around to run. Straight into db0f9b9008 a dead 9a12170247 end.3d0c6a73153bd0c0

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Crash!c43a7cf6be213671

The greenhouse 77785f6c21 wall shattered 4249431350 as she cc37dbda97 barreled into d2c7cc40ee it at dab586968e full speed. I stood bcf5619383 frozen, watching b404bbe046 her flee a7ec2613a5 in tears, 6f7ba8c33d then finally 0508ed221f snapped out 3f5a1912cd of it b6bf5483b4 and shouted:709ea8c3b375caaf

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“Wait! Hold on!”1b53ef8b80bb73a1

What even is this situation…?d7b276caddda08c4

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