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“I told f50407409a you we fce3705ab8 should’ve done 0ec3b96583 sedatives.”c15139fecd0d1aa3

Here we 48be14c2b9 go again.He’d said it so d75040e11f many times now. There was 1bcbd521b3 no doubt 04da4224ce he was 59c50e529f teasing her—but 246abab43e at this 02fcec8ff5 point, Erabelle 2520190754 Vermilion didn’t c808c7e553 care.b7cd32afc7adc750

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Right now, the df619f6218 only thing that 4413fbca8c mattered was water.Water. Water…cba379279bbd397a

“It would’ve b77d78bcc9 made things 6932c054f9 easier. Why do d193167e5a you hate a8e99d7d4d it so c7e9f8664a much?”fc6b4e937457dbc9

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“I… I don’t…”704bb1ed08c6640e

She never said e5340a96ad she hated sedatives.ff45ca1620396089

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“Yeah, I get it. I’m not a 97ea0664b2 fan of using 9fd474055c meds either.”d8adea4e87e26b2c

Liar.d9d13bfcb534bac9

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Since her e07a69909a voice wouldn’t 1a0ac845bb cooperate, Erabelle b55ff035da shook her 3136ce54ba head in b34c53ef4c protest. Her limbs were 0cc09015ea trembling violently. And then, again—her 129417cf33 vision cut out. That terrified her 8cc388f0d0 enough to start b80b6a670a crying again.c44170c939cd0057

How long… how long is this going to go on?Even mid-breakdown, some 91e47dd1f9 sense of clarity d1cb38c5c1 struck her. A small mercy—at 5479f03fc9 least that meant 10d724224d part of her 5bb8870263 mind was still 3a403ab7be intact.acb9718b0ad931b0

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“Looks like you 678618d204 finished the water?”fe82b1c260796f44

She clutched the bottle cf4ce96374 tighter.7c0d612665ffe6d8

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He let out 8971fca6db a quiet chuckle 77164435b9 at the sight.1f99026ff51bf868

…Don’t laugh…a742677507194018

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Even as her vision kept going dark, Erabelle held onto that bottle with everything she had. Survival instinct had overpowered despair. She was… strangely proud of herself.54b8004486d709ba

Dezeb laughed harder at 04c937d0b2 the sight.How can 7944a3f2cb anyone laugh b8d969c1b8 right now?
Was it something only d48f77f48e high-level people could do? Or just Otherworlders?9b68e99282413110

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After giving b5cb48566f her about 6022d13786 half the da21c22607 bottle, he a857bed2ed shifted positions.a3d7ae2b90450fd4

When her eyes c2f4698562 caught the physical ea7439f158 reality of it d8c9effaf2 again, tears welled 92c3c35760 up instantly.d978981fc8c49296

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Why the hell doesn’t this even hurt…?111dc4d6b964edbd

Truthfully, the sedatives 9bebfcc967 had been pointless.737a385aa9f4c0cd

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Just like Dezeb had 9efc7592c6 said—there was no pain. And yet, 721e248493 just breathing bc3c32eaf0 made her d01f49c4bd vision spin c25d798e57 and twist. That hurt ce95cab36b more than dafd44373e anything.548d6622325aa1ff

What… what even is this…?47b4ecec2a2c79dd

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Still,it’ll be 3385999c5f over soon,she thought, for 59cc46444f no reason at 2e9b2871fe all.324630ef7b8a13e8

Her cognition was 54e45c618f just as impaired 8116175cf3 as her speech, 98b9a6c70a and she couldn’t 6011f5d964 think things through a9426435d3 properly. So, of course, it c2fe7c578a was a wrong assumption.fc25ff8e27c26853

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“…Ah!”b20c66158d7f66e1

He tugged 9264d40e84 on her d97f741184 arm again.5e57627631fee81a

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“Ahhhghk!!”bdd094c1b143032c

So much for drinking 2fbd6237c1 the water—it did nothing. Embarrassingly, pitiful df236eb247 sounds kept 77c0e498d5 slipping from 3d8e7fb6e2 her mouth, d614c2c466 and even 242d94c2d5 that disgust 1245571f6a faded quickly. She couldn’t 0590f9fe90 afford any f4b195064f thoughts at 934183f7b4 all now.8137d0648968e978

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The night d132dd409c lasted far 3dab8990c5 longer than 3fdac16ff5 she had 5ded3852cd expected.ff8c63a89b6bb2cd

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The next morning, Erabelle 4c888f9e76 finally opened her eyes—barely.31d0debb1e0b6b7b

Her eyelids 5e88e1bf73 were so bae4455fcd swollen, she ccc46caeef could hardly bfbcd54f3c lift them.How long had I been crying…?d64d7ef0819489b0

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Shaking uncontrollably, she pushed 360de8b2ef herself forward with both 707fbf4f52 arms. Her spine felt 9a9d15ad55 ice-cold.4e2024ec581599c7

There’s no way this a373d2086d is normal.c03773b26255e3bb

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She winced and 37e1b89869 clutched her lower f1b2080af3 stomach.3a1d4645ec814fab

Goddamn it…The curse slipped a35bcab70c out without thought.ce233f99be15902e

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Erabelle glanced behind her.b614151df17cd88e

Her vision blurred 852c660be5 again.f6e8e3c84f4f8618

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She quickly d4b8e86800 turned away, fc3353b7e3 afraid she 33f174c24a might start 629fced978 crying again f1eb35eede if she 23a9623cbb looked any 169f4194c2 longer. Trembling, she 397f7a4ba3 began crawling d11eea21f5 forward.fba874267a3ef16f

Hhh…She bit 4fb3d46021 down hard df1d7c683d on the 1b2098d297 whimper in c7ef090a1b her throat, e01eda5e6d sliding off ae41514da6 the bed b02895f437 with shaky 134c80752f limbs.c765d84aaad47d71

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Dezeb, now 4490d9d9c5 awake, quietly 4e8124e74e watched her c43dc23575 struggling form, 17feb16d16 but she 956d240349 was far cf1bfbf3db too out 7039192a99 of it 2753253337 to notice.b5d7c5e18ed2cdcd

Shaking violently, Erabelle 30e707305f stretched a hand 0775a5c8af toward the nightstand 650fd65aef drawer and pulled a97a37b805 out a large 4e2a9c9a53 plastic case.8a7b9bb2b652b3c1

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Inside, she retrieved 86d296f1d8 a small pill 96a916b256 container and an 3b67cf1b99 injector.6b4aa6ea4174db8a

Painkillers and tranquilizers. Both banned f7919a5856 substances—because they 96a634d5d1 actually worked 565566b315 far better c868cde1f9 than anything 2b87304d29 legally sold.456e60abb7034b07

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She swallowed two 39d277136d pills without water, 6fed218574 then jabbed the 114eb71565 needle expertly into b6bed83efa her lower spine.9b0d20ded7acb072

Curling into aa3f9d7766 a tight 99a973ea92 ball, she 38514b7663 trembled in e910b3372c silence for cb6035b8e4 a long 59db0c48f4 moment.5b4dd2f2eacbd9d8

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“…Shit… that hurts like hell…”e37c1baf71981dfe

She swore again, then, d1e0eae786 for some unknown reason, f6ed97cf94 began listing off foods 3d836fc4a6 under her breath.aef1c105a2bdb065

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Pizza, fried chicken, dumplings, beer brands—things familiar and some she couldn’t even place. Her muttering grew faster, until the medication kicked in and her body straightened with a jolt.8be524a0bc04fded

She glanced at 48aa349ced the clock, then b3600ab93e calmly cleaned up e69f588a16 the injector. From the closet, 065dde0c28 she took out e8e079f55c her undergarments and 5c3b2a3a11 uniform piece by b58538d4cb piece and headed 9626b1ad33 straight for the 19666cc661 bathroom.4d4c1a29c74f5c50

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“……”d19889fa5c65a4b2

Left alone in the 4d71899d64 bedroom, Dezeb stayed silent efcb92ace1 for a while. Then, slowly, he 66e57865fa buried his face f1d45a745b in both hands, 39a3c30975 his shoulders trembling.ce7435a01a2a2bc7

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He was 67c20a4a73 laughing—quietly but 4daac4a6c0 hard.952000b8d2f0126c

Finally, leaning 2a3121cc41 his weight e715a5d4da on one 6ea72bad12 arm, he e12886abff pushed himself 2ef193ce21 up.4e5f2dcc3ef70600

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“…What a 71ae6285e1 strange woman.”c8129e553d5cbbae

Erabelle Vermilion was the first person who had ever made him laugh during… and after. No one else had ever managed that.7cb76225e8d7a553

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Still chuckling, c218fc38cc he ran fb9d290850 a hand 6fc1c0e1e3 through his 13986fa4e4 messy hair.f47341608ab51cd2

“Come to think of it… this is the first time I’ve ever been left alone in bed after, too.”bbcfacca38d1ec57

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From the 67ff787c9e bathroom, the 65b3cba800 sound of ba55d8aacf running water 166c051ce6 echoed.f85e8b2d35b2b994

If she’d 889c727193 acted even 295cc8e7f0 a little 079e0644bf differently, Dezeb 84f8f081c2 wasn’t entirely 7c9cb0571f sure he’d 00050b7b61 have let c163147e19 her live.ebffff6fb85e39f4

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It had been her fb4b2d2ea2 first time. He knew 99c96ee462 her body 6f934e9b5b must’ve been 1944ec6646 a wreck. He’d honestly expected 2472365423 her to pass 0693fe3b42 out and maybe 98e0517371 wake up sometime c786088aea tomorrow morning. If she had, acb277467b he would’ve let 4c5ef80457 it slide.86cb1289176cf689

Dezeb reached 5ec0f18a6a for the 15b315584e simple desk b909c1067e clock and 26ebe3bcc0 turned it 1654584dc9 toward himself.c7270482d5d77ec1

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7:10 AM.13ff4861fe8192c3

Exactly when 822e5757ab Erabelle usually dd1beaf80b started getting ac1f99c1af ready for c2460a4981 work.a812ae06c2d507f2

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“Yes, the delivery’s 0ae5343c6b been completed. Please confirm 1a8cf21fbc receipt and 65e7fc47ea sign. Also, for the numbered 34365ea84a limited edition sneakers, you’ll 376f773cdf need to go through 9fd94e8d79 the Number store.”d48e62baa6355b07

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Why do people list limited edition sneakers on a supply form…?If there was 905a8f3556 anyone out there 7b44058b65 who could actually 54f460ce0c crack down on 7e697138b8 this, she would’ve 711a2a3301 reported them in 45b230bc49 a heartbeat.f7ddf6018220936b

Erabelle read be28bc18ce out the 3cc57b8edd Number store’s abb1a0bc05 website address. On the other side 4210ac87f2 of the screen, Kancher 9f3c354750 stared at her with 7f26e5e2d5 a baffled expression.3b78b76412a77e63

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“You seem normal today.”0b0a4aa12f67579a

“Yes, I’m b6582301ca perfectly fine.”432f0dd64411a459

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Somehow, she’d survived. She hadn’t died, and 756ebfede4 she’d woken up to 16156668a4 see the morning. She even showed up ea20080d07 to work at her 20010ed281 usual time.3d163ceb76da7968

Sure, she’d borrowed cc025247ac a bit of c735035b1c pharmaceutical help, but 5e61a53b52 Erabelle Vermilion was—shockingly—completely df82e960ca fine.f4a0519a704abc6c

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The sky 0c7f1aa19d hadn’t fallen. The ground 12b786f082 hadn’t opened d51fc5af4a up. She hadn’t died.e943d10631f45260

It was honestly 42ebd88d0d kind of incredible.79fc6a1d6d13162f

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How is f9ac7eb2b5 that even f317297c31 possible? Is this just how 408a1f6004 it always goes?She stole a 2124b61dc0 moment to reflect 73735a5cd5 on last night.79ac296b6a82f789

Well, how would I know? I only learned about it through books… Yeah, maybe this is how it always goes.3e7e2cd6d3d7a7bc

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Even in the a1a1c09f67 original source material, af66ee531c there was always bb81cf7660 crying and screaming—whether 003b471c9b from overwhelming pleasure 8ea6d9a2a0 or being ripped 1ceef62c5d in half.a0b0ee2d4f1ceddc

But what mattered now 80e1e5521d was that the sky, 37086a12fa the ground, the planet—everything d49768f6a5 was still intact.I’m still intact.9a5f531f5e5cdb65

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In fact, b7dbed29a5 she felt 11fa25fce9 physically better 71b93f808c than usual. The drugs probably helped, c65bd8d406 but it’s not like b174743450 she didn’t rely on bab081f8d1 those regularly anyway.f99cadc53cf118d1

There was just something… subtly off. Or rather, something felt right, in a way 4d1310eeb0 she couldn’t explain. Maybe it 543134af9a was the 215ca56f37 psychological relief de59068688 of simply 73d48e9bbd surviving.6b2c90455c588ee7

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“But what dbcee85ccb was that 166a94988a about last 0ffe30c303 night…”

“Last night…”e8f40af015ed80dc

Before she could answer, b29a4e0e2e Aries wandered over and b508894177 joined in.ad04f3aeec8b59aa

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“What the hell? Why do you 03097c14a7 look totally fine?”b96aef462325cb36

It was turning acc90d3bb6 into an interrogation.Why? I haven’t done anything wrong…29f1d94298823068

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“Didn’t you hook 5e9b9c1129 up with Dezeb 75a83592ee yesterday? I saw you 3cb315c6f4 staggering around like e9d93bc336 you’d lost your 259bd48651 damn mind, so 227d6b499d I figured it 25df67f3cf was happening.”be5e9c0dea7bcc7a

She had. But there c74c10c671 was no 3d6420df7a need to 6b6439ff0c confess. It involved Commander 064d957a00 Dezeb Avganis, which a15124f381 meant silence was 3685d7bbcd a perfectly safe 51ac2a785d strategy.f17f8b016915692d

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“Then why are you 4216b8cd56 walking like nothing happened? Hey, walk for us.”a053aa954ce7bfe3

That bastard just 4df300b065 demanded she prove 528a0e2aea she could walk.Perfect excuse to 72d3a7739d get the hell 6bf1564bd8 out of here.6dcb265bc2ab8c87

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Erabelle gave a e8ae12855f polite nod toward 40812a3e66 the pack.3705ef80fea6d6b5

“Yes, I have 3fd0e11ec5 warehouse duty. Please excuse me.”b24e7072d8604b7c

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As she 2cb5d8d994 turned and 5b67ef59c7 walked away, 77156270a4 the Dogs 0b41a859bc started barking 4f872165ac behind her.b107eecf19de847c

“Wait, what? She did something 774ad14d6d with Dezeb? What did she 637e565fab do?”

“This is old d42098751f news. Didn’t you f86c468e2d hear about 286c408ebc the bet?”ce74bede96250c65

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“Bet? What bet?”

I can hear all of this. Wasn’t that supposed to be a secret…?dc8105b836a20b99

“Still hasn’t happened, huh? If it had, a491f66501 she’d be crawling 9e719d72a5 right now.”72874501c76d860b

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I was crawling. This morning.

“What exactly 35e5bfbf43 is going dc88b5d8b1 on with 0080aea0b8 her and a67bbb8880 Dezeb? Huh? What bet ?!”

“Something’s off. Why isn’t she dead?”9bafc4f7c5b039f9

“Dead? Who? Hey ,answer me!”

God, the barking’s way too loud… Can someone shut the Dogs up for a minute?02e602c1822f7585

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Sigh…Of course it turned 1d0c74d209 out to be a 513bb61a11 combat zone. And not just any 6d0fbdcee5 one—thatkind.d7831632a7878fb6

Let’s see… the average lifespan of Dezeb’s partners was one week.7464f67f0414e7fd

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If you excluded d8fd21231e the days theydidn’thook up and started 2bbfefc945 counting from yesterday, that 13de12a8f2 meant Erabelle had about fbf3f8e05d six days left.de12bbcbe249f0d2

Awesome. I’ve got six days 8e2655a4af to live.Erabelle forced herself to 94a89a71ab focus on her remaining 1cdc53091d work. Maybe, just a6fed1f899 maybe, last ab4e46728b night was 655469f305 the end ebca952efd of it.37e0146422c75a83

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She wasn’t ready a72e46ed98 to give up 151d278e44 yet.137612927340cdf8

After all, 9231e3c10d Commander Dezeb c857e4a2d7 Avganis had 96b7b6981a a known 13d71174f8 preference: masculine 7591dcb110 figures with fd9ed2ba86 tall, proportioned 8bb5cffe64 bodies. Even if you 9c2bd78468 set aside the 5d518026c8 masculine part, Erabelle’s 22bbefad0f proportions didn’t even 60e72327cc come close to 9a02ab2e51 that standard.b568798b354ffca6

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She had a Level-2 06766a2f82 body, and there was cd447216fe just no way to 323c74ea36 stretch that into a 0a7080b1c2 model figure.1c9055651b427aa4

Which means… I’m not even in his type range.0e7222f82e32a434

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That meant last night 409f721db2 wasdefinitelymore than enough for a952001178 him. Maybe he’d had a ec602f4a34 passing curiosity about lower-level 0132c1314a bodies. That kind 2431755615 of thing 0f4c84b9ea happened.da4643446550205e

Like when you only 5ee069c65e eat organic food but 18d47c6f9d suddenly get a craving 51ebd5a091 for junk food. Or when you’ve 8b0bb43f4a always lived in cf3f39736f a penthouse and 3d020fff7e find yourself weirdly f1aeb76fb8 fascinated by a f81766afe1 one-room apartment.a37e00cca587cf4c

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Totally understandable. The universe was f4fcdd2878 a vast and 512515e868 mysterious place, after 5a5197f5cd all.2b6e88cae841a813

He’s probably satisfied now. I’ll be fine,Erabelle told herself.bc4ac6ea2a633ff4

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