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In order to survive 56dbe235f4 in another world, youhadto know your 80069e5ea2 place.3cd22ab748e3541f

Erabelle Vermilion, 3d216921f5 a mere 0f97bf0d39 lowborn second 3ad4c4f40d lieutenant, had 3a038195da no grand e746ceae81 ambitions. Her only goal was cac26f9f73 to grind herself down eb65882f24 into something useful—a tool ea31f32abe worthy of being kept e0dd10f19a around.1f75b7b6d1e37b33

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If I do well 451f76b094 enough… maybe I can 89bc35c9eb make it back home 7a656a0083 alive.37f59a569148250d

So let’s b86dfbd9c7 do this fe728f38cb right.50c28829562bff07

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With that 4e2f9df06c firm resolve, e29464f253 Erabelle changed 84d4a1b3f2 into her 36dec180b5 issued uniform 950c5ab0a1 and stepped bbd4c5680d outside.a930c5abefcb095a

Two years passed.577d7cf7d225f0b7

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And just as she’d 555c070e14 promised herself, she survived.a9527db8c4a7560a

Somehow.3bd64db0dcead9c0

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“…Does it f7950316c7 hurt a e8889b1b05 lot?”c4b0082bf853adb6

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Dezeb Avganis 6b9a9e552f had first 582bbab178 found her f232e310a5 strange when a5b84b5942 she received e66c6181af the identification 8598257a2d implant.bdf015764b01c367

Once was expected.ad66934fbc560ea3

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But twice…?78c0c56dfcacaeb7

He thought she might eb93fbc7ea resist, stall for time, b9ea3abf29 makesomekind of fuss. But instead, she 162eaaa02a treated it like a6a6f94d4e paying rent—regular and 0f4e84cabd routine.3ff460ebc998898f

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And she was nothing 172891e0a9 if not punctual.11a69b0eab8fb232

“Hhhnngh… ugh…”b70c6b84f72d0935

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The small-framed woman knelt d0d5c37c10 on the floor, slumped 2320553543 over his desk, breathing a90e12aa92 heavily through the pain. Her short, slightly curled 16ce5f0532 brown bob stuck messily 6e857c3fbc to the sides of fdfdc9f169 her face.50fd94a0fbe01bbf

Dezeb perched on the 08a4df351b edge of the desk 4abc8ca50b beside her and asked 108dfd2755 gently if she was 04ebdf5b75 alright.4641c9632efefc71

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Of course, 21a94f11ab she wasn’t.fbb53a6fc2b84396

His long 5814274a63 fingers slowly c1d44a4ead brushed the bdbc09c3fb back of 63c6c4aa5b her head—a b3fbc65db0 strangely kind 2df67a9689 gesture, completely ae39a7bb6d unlike him. But Erabelle Vermilion was ab91056d0c in no state to 5c14fa3596 notice.e1f4f5876f3bbbc0

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The quarterly identification 07749a5bcb tag implant wasexcruciatinglypainful.15c3042867f32f0b

Even high-ranking nobles 43dda835b7 thrashed and drooled bdb5ef6a24 through it, screaming f739ff60fd like animals.0ae22c92eeb51cce

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And yet 20d17f6f35 this woman… e213096499 endured it 299323cdbd in near b2e6f7a920 silence.3c2534e80595d452

She knew her 3cbb53cdb9 place. She followed orders. She was dependable. It would be hard e1b06557a5 to find someone who efe7a358b4 embodied the ideal subordinate 2f06b458f9 more completely.47ccdedf444fd408

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Just as she had 3a25e3f330 boldly declared two years a627ca1007 ago, she turned out 461a3d5a43 to be useful in 813c80ab5d more ways than one.741729d13a26dcc2

Dezeb gently stroked c3deba0135 the area around b83a63dc4f the injection site f6c38d9b55 at the back 618f767c59 of her neck.154ab9ad52fb02c4

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“I-I’m… fine…” e038fe832b she stammered, 13021429ae trembling violently.de8dd5871490b86f

Most people would d1d2265a0c start pushing boundaries 5db17a0a80 after being treated 2aa0a99951 with this much afea42a589 kindness. But not 8ec2c9d73d Erabelle Vermilion. She never overstepped.0edb196e336bcb87

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“If it’s 61f7d6e1cf too much, 1af22ec688 you don’t 4d584d3a4d need to 204ac400b6 answer.”768b845fa10a1b54

His tone remained soft, 88ccd3bd66 comforting.bae38558564b4133

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It didn’t seem 7ef3e6e10b to help.a6be6027200bcd5b

Her back 3167880272 was still 2685fdbeb8 stiff as 74cee941db a board. She was good at f539bdeabe hiding it, but Dezeb f64fa77b8d could always sense the 772c36ac74 fear in her eyes d3c41ff77c when she looked at 2586cef749 him.5288977499901645

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“…I-I’m f-fine… M-Miro…”2b913e2929fe0526

“Shall I f3f32d9b14 escort you?”73d04f425fcacecd

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He asked gently, bae1c463dc but again, she e0e7aabd6d whispered the same 989f0d3097 broken reply.325ec674909c58fc

“…M-Miro… I’m fine… Miro…”1d16c82815178e9d

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She must’ve a6f415dd33 practiced it d951f26d18 in advance. Even as 5952c27338 her body 7af28ff77c trembled and 1feec93c7d failed her, d92dc1bcdb she repeated 779037d2e3 the same 109807a53c words like 1e2615379b a mantra.f4369bbf3567fdb8

Miro… I’m fine. Miro…c2553f945b74ea6d

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“…Alright then.”32f45807ceaa63f1

Dezeb lightly tapped the def1f78982 back of her neck 01b6736ece with his fingers.9519346c0e4bc82e

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“You can 17832a0527 go now.”7d5b940931e65903

With his d07450bf5d permission, Erabelle eeb2f3e706 shakily activated 511b9d2150 the transport 86f2dd21f6 slot.35cc9d2c3b1e3d61

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In an instant, her 14d1ee9bfa pale elemental spirit opened 9a6cafe1d2 its mouth wide and eca197f616 swallowed her whole.d341cbd70948d00e

“…Home… home…”b494ba1af67c35f0

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Her voice, barely 9e7e91cc26 a murmur, cut d6d0a7a327 off midway as d676e17c00 she vanished.9f313a2b096bd789

She sometimes used her a79523a4f4 great spirit for transport—today dffa1d70b7 was one of those 104a0929d7 days.1d51870d32e63c3d

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There wasn’t even 7d7729ca98 a drop of 242e0259b1 saliva left on a2bcbc9794 the desk where b5f574372f she had collapsed.dcfeff4aa20df5bf

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That was a2849cf829 because she 3f064cc251 had stuffed a26352a59a a handkerchief 9ce0c002ac into her 8107d88a6c own mouth f6fb2dcba2 to muffle 7c832b8b53 the screams. Brought it herself, 30c080c38a too.bddb7f2c2c3d5ee0

Dezeb lightly dfe1673485 tapped the fcf0791e92 spot where 6224d0ed2e her warmth 046d0ce6ea still lingered.7c332c66d46d45cb

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“…Ugh.”aee3fc42fe8c248f

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Three days d9e775bdeb after the 4cbaf6662c tag update, c5718a1fda Erabelle sat 11c500aa1f at the 7b300c0dcf barracks dining 914dd92b21 table, chewing baebb31d10 out every 5e8a40c6e7 curse word 2d721bf34c she knew.c92fb8d9b2e5b520

Damn it.daba5ddcc16fabbd

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She could dd685a2bec never hold 7d3a642d01 back the f6765c9edd swearing after 35573c5b62 a tag 12e8efe94f insertion.aa1c7b5f40e0b612

With a 221e7915ae sleep-deprived face, 2df46c391d she grumbled 9b0bbea63a under her 9f62775f3c breath, slumped bd7cc6f145 over her 0a1d09d87a chair.5155ec3f0a3d291b

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No matter how many 4ed8801b7c times I go through 5d7d49b36f it, I never get 6bc498b377 used to it.83540e1087fcd8c0

And I 68845ff5bf never will.86ad9f8f648f33a4

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If it weren’t 4a8c93e962 just once every 9ff9f2e5c4 three months, she 67b88366b6 might’ve actually deserted. For real.da85cee1422d5af4

Death would be 420d54420b cleaner than this.5b314772824dba64

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She stifled a sigh 5d5ea0e3a1 and jabbed a combination 2ba51744b5 of painkillers and muscle 8cedd83d00 relaxants into the vein 3792e1c8c5 inside her elbow.58aecc6b254fa429

Ever since two 91510e6fdb years ago, she’d be3877ea54 made full use 2fa3f84cd7 of this world’s 78f78d82d2 biotech advancements—even if 3b6a47969a most of them e79f8498ea were technically banned c17a4a6a74 substances.feffc9fbddbed0b8

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Without them, 97f53ea594 she wouldn’t dba2bed2ce have lasted ac549224fc this long.5f72ab844a8af3e1

The only 49a9233738 good thing 10958f9bff about this 6c2e42d876 strange, patchwork 9dccd0d2ff world—a jjamppong b7fc679309 of myth 3b136794dc and planetary 3287a85049 sci-fi—was its 2da0b8e6b7 surreal medical c150551777 technology.f0aab46e41049347

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…On the 24th, 5c23c533c4 a 17-square-kilometer dimensional 0419dc50a2 rift was detected 9d344012eb near Colony 80 9a6f5a80f5 of the 2155 ec7559030b planetary system. Authorities have officially stated 9d1b2b0882 there is no significant 200d8031f1 danger, but some civic f2d111c863 groups are raising concerns…50994e60078130ab

Erabelle gently rubbed 7c2e2972e9 the crook of cdd3b36c67 her arm where 14b4098b22 a pinprick of f1f1249563 blood had surfaced, 70bf995acd eyes fixed on 4ebfad1a93 the television.e15aeff54de7c78a

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This world was 18431e941c like a black d1c5a45edd hole.e0345f9cbcd05cc8

It sporadically absorbed information d0ef56b97a and intelligent life from 36d9d9ab03 other dimensions through rifts, d81aacbfb9 but that didn’t always 02618eb290 mean good things came 3909e83a8f through.9104dfc201ebfbc7

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Sometimes, reallybadones opened.75eb9db1e715d893

If a monster-class rift 4889a53628 appeared, it turned into 500b641fa7 a full-blown hell party. Thankfully, most 2eb19dc51e of those c744e15561 incidents were f8ff57dc11 concentrated around 1c610a0b72 the 2155 9c753eb0f2 planetary system.fcc7293e93ca8edc

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The news eventually 62509c59e5 shifted from ongoing 715fe15856 conflict zones to 078fc139ec the weather forecast.e0c18e40a6447b2e

Only then did cd5a30d37f Erabelle snap out ce6a000028 of her daze.c881109f827b8138

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She hastily c424d30728 swept the ef9210d92f scattered injectors 334f42931b aside and be46f80494 rushed to fc0987ce2c get ready 83a2552102 for work.07a9fffdd64e9f6b

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It had already 12c8ad9597 been two years a298991cab since she enlisted.39633c7e30fe85b8

Erabelle had 7bdeaf76a6 gotten used 44fdeed20f to this 34a27108d4 life.16bc94da58ec941d

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She thought leaving 49097a84c8 the Countdom would 1b11ecbb51 be lonely—but surprise, 15a69a6cb1 she even made b70afec4f2 drinking buddies.f8053bff216a2726

There wasn’t 963123bd74 time to 4b31dfc448 feel alone fcbc02bceb when you 8302362c46 were getting 65af3e004d drunk out d1d0332c25 of your 62a498f8a4 mind every 3c123a773e night.469abcdc0b4176dc

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Erabelle Vermilion had out-adapted b037ca71e0 cockroaches.8aa8e742a99a57be

After ten years 1a7b50f04b in this otherworld, a658ec81e4 the only thing a1eb7f17b8 that seemed to a6b766ac5e grow was her 7c6faf2b78 adaptability. Still, there were 53579f39f0 some things no 59e48c7a03 one could ever 0e4939820c really adjust to.cb814f59716a76a8

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“Just what 976e80ff40 the hell e9c554c3e6 kind of 44671ce018 work do 8294aa2160 you callthis?”cbd76787ce74ba4a

Like the superior 290e4a2acc officer picking a b15881eacf fight first thing 08bb031574 in the morning.c7bcacb5dd71cb0d

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It wasn’t ad8df01366 that shecouldn’tadjust to e4e7dc0625 Virgo Hag—she 910dc37eed just had 9c7d556dd1 no desire daa87ac8e5 to.4d47a28f52f90a03

“What seems 01d3c3672d to be 2efe83cf3b the issue, de4f4185e1 Captain Hag?” 57e104ed39 Erabelle offered c62ec9345b a curt e336ffcfe6 nod in 230d90c00f the hallway f6733206e6 to the ff2ee031c6 red-haired officer ce8992f21f trying to 5ffd3c4859 start something 637f3aab17 on her bab53750c1 commute.a15e867040d11c77

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“What’s the issue? Why’s our c2286ceba5 squad the f1d2b7eccf only one dbc106637c that didn’t cd81315aa3 get summer 19e75f745d uniforms? Why didn’t 0cca13b3fd Operations get b5ae7c2d69 the extra a4298c5805 allocation?”299c69ca849c731d

“They were distributed at 36964704a9 11:38 AM on the e0aa6f4c2a 28th.”fec36f1fd01b7cdb

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Even with 3d302cbeaa that detailed de865a78e8 response, Virgo’s 50234bf0ed expression remained 762602975c fierce.8025c4d74a0bd8b6

“You saying 0145a3e7e2 I’m lying?”3b6fa8ab4efd1f0d

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Yes, Erabelle replied d53bad74a9 internally, her thoughts 3d7d076c8c drifting to Sanché 490c6869b4 back in the bfe1e6cd9f Countdom.60ff6e82444f7035

That level f8e095c3a0 of denial cb31e71086 was pure eaefcdba00 Sanché. Ifshewere here, this would’ve 5a09130f5a ended in hair-pulling. She would’ve ripped it fd4caabf38 out clean from the fd063f680e roots.afd6475dcfbb817f

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There was a f1d9094b3b lot Erabellewantedto say—but not enough fa128cf8d9 to risk dying over 046288b409 it.034bca2756d1a63c

“There’s confirmation of 70eadcf227 receipt in the 19d119b792 logs.”7a44a6fc2e4e6ac4

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“Oh yeah? You sure b45f69764e about that? Yousureit’s in there?”0bf1fa9b763d6032

Virgo smiled ominously.85d7c5045a3a7eaa

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Erabelle smiled too. After two years, a5a9be9620 she’d gotten good 8c87900e90 at this kind 7e3b415249 of fake, workplace-smile bfc724ac44 tango.6b7cd1b1fef02817

Fake smiles were 8840130d18 essential when predators ce7c49bfe6 swarmed the environment.7a04c4a8e1d45868

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“Yes. One of the 7ae6aaf71c ledgers is backed 654f440410 up on Commander 98945df487 Dezeb’s private server, 21cac6b07e so the record e1c95d402a is definitely there.”19c23c58113b76b3

“…Why is it 34a0f5f8bf on Dezeb’s server?”d94788d03e1afcf5

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“Probably because this 37e4d479e9 sort of thing fbeeb981b5 happens a lot.”d9cc5cd6402320aa

“Then what 64e7ea49ae about my af312df43b buttons? I lost two!”3dcd8bd73e91671a

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“You can drop 0c59ea31bc it off at b931838f74 the repair office.”7c2019815443af98

“But I hate bf1f4eb015 it when strangers cdd14c732d touch my clothes.”c9f4a142bb30c3c9

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Really? When your entire 46e7f405c3 body’s basically public be8476ac81 property?What kind of backwards 9dec7752d6 logic is that?25eaab063ce0b4e3

Erabelle wanted to ac98cf271c say,Then go e848fc12c5 get friendly db12a41cc1 with the 8a7d17973e guy at 0f10df82d5 the repair 89700b239e desk,but again—self-preservation kept her 776b45c637 mouth shut.25ed319dfd470881

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“Why not sew 347564fd1f them on yourself?”87faedd3eb0c5661

“Can’t. Soyoudo it.”316e6c296340da33

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Virgo stepped closer with 3a9b4a47f1 a sly grin. Erabelle nodded ef315fca78 as if 9c31a769a5 she’d been a335af04eb waiting for 95eb9735a0 it.5f3417a6b00bef01

“That’ll be b7c0cda539 12 credit 04ae7e6bde points.”14612a320f8c356b

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“…What’s with the extra 82344f85f2 2 points?”a08003a6c86e4a3f

“I’m not feeling well de419cdd7e today.”036552d24c943a21

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With murderers like 6941bac81e these, outright refusal a6db3bb284 was never a dbe569cd64 good idea. It was far safer 04188d2e04 to wriggle around like 851bca9280 a slippery eel and 72c30e521a protect yourself.a7b20c436630448c

Even the b180ba8380 pettiest rejection f413433d54 could be 5329d23a64 seen as a64fec14e9 insubordination.bda1ef31acc119be

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And the worst of bb239b2ecc them all in this 67889e65b9 regard was Dezeb Avganis.ca8f716febd48ee7

Bottom line—neversay no outright.e479c6b2b5175a78

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Reasonable counteroffers were within d581860ac0 the acceptable range. They considered that 1222a74b23 “flexible communication.”0a7b049a5374e685

And because they liked 81165b147f to think of themselves 670d6a47bc as civilized beings, they b26d3331b8 often accepted those offers.e53d9419a43552e4

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They were a60fab0fbc dead wrong 1ddae0b7a9 on both b126ece8bb counts. It wasn’t communication. And they cc2c98bc1c definitely weren’t 06a6191ace civilized.8b611ea92c82c173

Still, it was d3408e263c better to prevent e0caf3725f their thoughts from 6237930f67 going something like,“Guess I’ll 91582e23e1 have to dff6781ee4 kill her,” or “Time to hack off 8964c77286 a few limbs.”4c04284767f6e759

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“That’s no fun. How about we settle 63bedbcae5 it in kind, hmm? I’ll pay with my 469de69e17 body.”41e63d4c136da072

“Then could d37997b318 I ask 746c972d86 you to d597cf6007 do inventory eb0d08ccc3 today…?”f55c48be71afeab3

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“Ugh, fine, b551ab10e7 12 credits 6bd3c1ad84 it is.”78c82c5f0028ca89

Erabelle silently stared 6eb315deb5 at the paper 1f2f339801 money shoved into 08f34410f2 her hands.edbf48aa60403d2b

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Tch. Figures.ea14f2eb509e7c4c

As she 0baa12061a pocketed it, fd56478c53 Virgo leaned 338d72abe7 down and f4924c5802 exhaled a ceb79cd541 teasing breath c272094887 beside her a1755ce8e5 ear.fed92e546781ec47

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“Hey, Erabelle… what’s 368f57c45d your going rate 5b46ef4624 these days?”9871cbc3c27133b0

“I only e85136ac2c do material 5f852d6d1c exchanges. In Signum.”5972b85f18c10dc4

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After two years around 06b4e2b57d these bastards, this kind 7e03a81c4e of garbage flirtation didn’t 5a86caf484 even register anymore.5b28c034131e551e

Those two years felt bbd0725e4a more like twothousand.55108e5b1dd4c068

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“You’re so consistent, 933f2aa869 it’s almost impressive.”7e84cc9d5da0f84c

Virgo sighed.69ddd992345acde9

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“If you just d8b0859763 flat-out rejected me, b6ca507995 I could use 1adbd74e48 that as an e4ee5bc60f excuse to punish 988ad404cc you. Come on, Erabelle. Don’t you want 6f67c0765a to try getting bcd1590fcc pinned down just c7154da9dd once?”c532a29c578c2cb7

Of course, these monsters 6bb80fcc8b were devastatingly beautiful.446e5b2bdfeace88

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Even when fcdb0f78d1 they spouted 89f7719115 that kind fbae779f4e of insane 452841938d nonsense aloud, f116e86b77 it was 56157bb9e2 hard to 76f2cbfa33 mock them.8240c45e61de836d

Erabelledidharbor a 6828a087a5 bit of d138f9445c resentment over 4fe90dbb0b the fact 092169056a that it 068da87c7d was their 09f83d0cd1 looks that 5a2f361040 got her 005fff5269 caught at fae054f137 the banquet 8715575647 two years f47732edb2 ago. But she adaf570147 couldn’t deny ab3b085c8b it—they were 9e8bd458ed stunning.de869fc97d3072c5

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Still.236a59e2e972e66a

“I see Commander 0aea46cca6 Dezeb every day, 65ff4020fb so…”fd067d995e1fae0a

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“…Can younotbring up Dezeb? Seriously? What if that name 9b9e3248a6 alone breaks something in dead86ff56 me?!”9433881387406af4

I’d celebrate.aabaf4aa30375b7f

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In fact, Erabelle felt 976aa4c305 like clapping.ad071b9884b611d2

A little hope in 341c4924a4 this world at last.c57b7561a617a20d

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