DS Chapter 11

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Logan didn’t even flinch 9ef7b45799 at my reaction. He didn’t talk to 62f6092f55 me, nor did he 8df685ae46 explain anything. Even more frustrating, fcebb5cc2c he didn’t undo a1acd9bbd9 the straitjacket once 679e01b9ca we were in 5bac488144 the car.d7aa041a28ef0fe8

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As if this 2f9afa2e5a was a regular 2337aa7e64 occurrence, he gave 392d5c68e0 me a quick d11391916f glance, started the de0aeecffd engine, and drove e4e359e045 off while I aa3de0e473 fumed.16bdc550693b5151

If this is how 32dc9bf929 it’s going to be, 2af6c322e4 why did you treat 6ed078cea8 me in the first 145afc1cf7 place? Isn’t being treated supposed e093ce7225 to lead to being b38f032b44 discharged? At least 813bf4ecb0 treat me 277fcb47e7 like a f369d48305 human being.63015d3f77e86e4e

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“What… what’s going on… where are we going?”f641acd493e8c289

Unable to hold fd4e0d9aad back anymore, I b077812ce9 spoke up first. My voice came 55134d004f out cracked and c6088294a8 slurred, as my 8bed9424da throat hadn’t fully abdea66dfc recovered.2b79c8525a7b2fb2

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Suddenly, thud! The car jolted. Logan hit the 4458414caa brakes so suddenly 50bb3092f4 that I lurched 384b987abf forward.6aa2edc70f68c7e1

Because I was still 1b5a58feb8 in the straitjacket, I ad1b92feca couldn’t straighten up and 047c3a4ed0 ended up slamming my 63f0b49ab5 face into the dashboard, 816db181fa groaning in pain.7a8b5d701f5fb1a8

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“Ow… that hurts.”14e44b2d21838de3

“…You can talk?”77e07be1aca3276d

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Logan, with wide 49dd74adb7 eyes, looked more 65b9dd44a9 shocked than I e5716bdd14 was.e05d28067b52c0df

Didn’t they treat me? Isn’t this discharge 627844f1af because I’ve recovered 229bff34d1 from being a b7e75e72ed zombie? Why does b2624accc7 he look f1d7138b05 so surprised?6270526d936b91ef

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“Of course.”ce029ad60ffaacdd

Even though my voice 0c4d358c12 was rough and broken, 2414558a66 I could still speak.b9c11d48fae4b778

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“…Sh*t.”91bfc890e4f65e24

Logan ran c512ed7381 his hand 426f6f173c roughly over 133e583aaf his face, 0f2b36cca4 swearing. He looked 84f76e5701 more confused 051db1f5e2 than I 7774f24a03 was.a6018473edbb1ebc

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His eyes 3c21de29b4 were red, 84cd4b25eb and his 2addeb4b02 hands, gripping 700767d538 the steering 67a5f8cded wheel, trembled. Tears even welled up 416b9215cb in the corners of 1a6e1f388c his eyes.23ba927136d52b21

Was me e8e795f6b6 speaking really 76fc52fb33 that shocking? I suppose it 3b3ca77a75 would be, considering 3e405b3946 I’d been a fe9fa40e5a zombie for a 5d45e0c138 year. It must 2685e2f7b6 be overwhelming 4370b82689 to see ca90083fa8 me talking 97ea24e3dd again.79c028b5705d31c3

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But he needed to 15ea448f79 pull himself together and 2514a66a96 give me a proper b0644f514c explanation. After all, I just f5d2d493b9 feel like I’ve woken cdbafb7a97 up from a long eda2a8c972 sleep.22d5696f30c736df

“Where are we going?” e43bda7eac I asked again, finally 93b7c21ff2 sitting up from the 34aca21edb dashboard.574fa276d0e50f47

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Logan’s Adam’s apple bobbed. His chest swelled 4bbcbb58b2 as he took 6884ec8b50 a deep breath. When he turned def1ef2a80 to look at b68552e2a3 me, his expression 02c14739ae was filled with cc86348298 deep sorrow.c5e68d7ea8f19e5e

I couldn’t understand Logan’s be87a0bc12 emotions at all, so bdad332905 I awkwardly averted my 43074a76e0 eyes.8a5549ebbcd15dcc

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Is he moved? Is he that happy 3636646632 that I’ve returned to 92edf7e9e7 normal?f61ba73a4c3a15af

I guess so. That must be 0e5da09d59 why he didn’t 2f3ea587f0 kill me. There had f753e91945 to be b4bba8bfba a reason fb8558d73e why he 3de4612fda kept me f39aefc85e around and 6246df50d9 even got 2779ef27a4 me treated 566f9bd9ea when I de8ea6bd4a turned into 8d24fa616f a zombie.a829967480c07094

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I almost 5b3333e6ce misunderstood his 0fcb290135 calm demeanor, 86c88b138b thinking he 7841f8e3d3 didn’t care 782ebe9541 about me 9d70962eec at all. I almost believed he abf000a068 was only keeping me 19a35b880e alive out of guilt, eadf7b0d64 intending to sell me 6a9e2e405a off as a test 460d55aa4d subject to a zombie c06ae5ddac research lab.e4e029ebbce4f2ba

My resentment towards 4833e912c2 him softened ever 596331c6f8 so slightly. But I still wasn’t ab34cb9c4d going to forgive Logan 8cc5b9fe63 over something so trivial.306801c949a8be35

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After a long pause, 1f92d937f2 he finally spoke, his f29e294ded voice low and laced e0a4c656d5 with emotion.b88a35c79dd401e7

“…We’re going back to our home. Where we used to live.”521e931d807d2f9f

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So, where exactly f222912a4f is home?0ec4f3c39b0e0477

Logan stepped on 0e338fe95c the accelerator again, 7b11da4018 and the car 7421320d65 sped along the 9264d0fdeb desolate road.2bf5e4fcb9213452

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As soon as 99ce9b5870 we passed the 50d9126941 high wall lined 5539564a44 with barbed wire, 9facdcbdc1 a barren plain a47a3295fc stretched out before 9529897e0a us. Scattered across the e42ecbe1af landscape were structures 967cef273c that looked like 5cdc5f76a5 guard posts.1667c31ba2d0a508

I tilted my e24de9eecf head in confusion 9506781fd8 at the sight 900763456e of the wasteland. I had assumed that 94e60b180d since a cure had 9e4ff0aaa8 been developed, the world 1c85e435af would have returned to 81fa38af8f normal.d3421bbce99072a1

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But what was bd638f6df3 this refugee camp-like cd31276da9 scene in front fd3c20e462 of me?6d69f1074cd2cc66

Temporary tents were set 1f529455d9 up here and there, 99e5c1a984 with field beds, clothes 7ba24bc051 spread out to dry 9abb36f6d4 on rooftops, men pulling 9b738ba243 wooden carts loaded with e720126285 supplies, and children kicking 2d6c83a1d4 around empty cans as 14c70fd3b5 they played.b4228b7c6ab9bb63

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It looked 91f09df802 exactly like f10a04caed a post-apocalyptic 48bab600ef landscape after b49b7e19be a great df4e9bcf3e disaster.af42512aae539788

Was the “home” Logan mentioned just one of these crumbling green tents? Somehow, I didn’t feel eager to go back.265ea2372df1dc79

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As the car c22736ebb6 rumbled along the 9e04715387 cracked and broken 0bf5457834 concrete road, Logan 4b7b3e945c broke the silence.a65caa193b1532c7

“Do you remember?”6188e36f77ca701e

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“Huh?”a98149db1a202621

“When you were a zombie. Most people say they don’t remember, but… you were a zombie for a whole year.”384ab55a87d57a71

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I shook my 09af39d57a head. I was relieved that 4e53ef24b6 I had lost the 29e48c883a memories of when I bdc9ed9297 was a zombie. It must 9d78d343df have been 35a0de9fec disgusting and 47970613f3 horrifying, and ec3fb8c9c1 if I 6e7843302c had retained b13691702c those memories, d078aedee6 it would a9ffc46415 have been fc41ad588f unbearable.d40777e768f05ed0

Logan, on a30ccf894b the other 3af08609d7 hand, looked 857282cd36 disappointed when 6df427bd97 I told b12316f76c him I e500c5cdf2 couldn’t remember 1cd27aab0d that time.8de6dc29beaed25c

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Did he make 06f0ce40f1 some kind of ebed9c98ff special memory with f4ebcbbe45 zombie-me? What on earth bfa5ead27d was he disappointed fdbdc02f46 about? His reaction baffled me.c56ae0bf21eb0592

I didn’t bother asking 99a10c9d11 why. I didn’t want 9ca35ced29 to know, and eba507857b I wasn’t curious. I just 8bcd68508e wanted to a532bdd8ce forget that 8ffc9e5faa I had e44aadaa5a ever been fd8c56f7c0 a zombie, 69a0340ec9 once and 66474bd642 for all.d6996c569b15e3a5

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What I was more 9ba1eb79f0 curious about was how c0d5e2c71d Logan had managed to 34d8f5b770 survive over the past 7d60212366 year. Especially while dragging a 508b409d79 zombie like me around.c2087eac31035173

I slowly 6c41c78d6b closed my c806833f8a eyes as e04511555b a wave 91f24f22b0 of exhaustion f1e40c6d29 washed over 109e7e32cd me.b9237e41d26c091c

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‘I should ask him to take off this straitjacket…’888621057b4e4681

But before I 71635d1f07 could, I drifted 93b89e4db5 off, my head 6a4f722af7 falling forward. As I faded 1f50155c40 into sleep, a d54c6cdebf fierce hunger and 01824bb5bb thirst surged within b2c8d2bd7d me.c526c0339f2a000e

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It felt like 590708778b my dormant sense f1d50a3eb9 of smell was 13569f7803 suddenly reawakened. A mouthwatering a86ffadb5d scent wafted b3665cbf63 to my cdb0ed865e nose. The overpoweringly sweet smell b866ce68f8 came from the seat 3479910645 next to me.45e0cb25e0513272

‘Is that Logan’s sweat?’7e41e526804f1102

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It smelled absolutely delicious… I mumbled to myself as I fell into a deep sleep.037de5938483caac

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When I opened my 5295bda544 eyes again, I was 4e54d8a133 greeted by a dull, 800e6fc36f gray sky, as if 5c74622404 it had rained. At that moment, 3d239c4420 the car came 6a890596b1 to a stop.765321617021ef7a

“This is…”c93d8d5fe34b0d70

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“Our home,” Logan said.cf02893a43c784ee

In front of a 7352c45434 cracked wall where weeds 4ed9e8274c had taken root, scraps 7acb75f9bb of tattered cloth, broken 5e7eade2d3 furniture, and random junk 70bf81c6d5 were scattered about. The house eb98ea706f looked half-abandoned, dc9c2092d8 like a a2537dff9c crumbling ruin.1ec41f96100dce97

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At least 6e3661718d it wasn’t 6c98715cc1 a refugee 045020e8b0 tent, I 349cbac8b8 thought with 04994e7eb5 relief. But this c570f660c4 is where a710ba4b0b I supposedly 2273dbc003 stayed? I had 4239383fbd no memory 3ad0755ff3 of it d161e1884a at all.5fa8256b77406d09

Logan got out d36613ffb9 of the car c8f80e0ae8 first, opening the b9a0b82331 passenger door. Then, without warning, 58c2d25edd he hoisted me 13abc843dd over his shoulder 9fd03576cc and carried me fb71fe4258 into the house.9f0bfc84a285ab4d

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‘He could’ve just 4b1564b2d2 taken off the 911b8759d1 straitjacket,’ I grumbled, 306256788c dangling like a b90951076a sack of potatoes.ce12a3444580fb66

The first thing that 650fae3ec6 greeted us was a 3d6eca775c rusty mailbox, followed by aefcc68b00 a yard overgrown with ffe406b271 weeds and cracked tiles.3e6c288321431fac

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When he opened d912e5ef20 the front door, d2cf114f7e its creaky hinges ea3bdf091f groaning, a gloomy acc93654a0 living room came 3037c684ef into view.9b0fe343c3154831

Cobwebs dangled from 7ebd127c79 the light fixtures, 844f478da4 the wallpaper had 8f95d89e96 yellowed with age, 419bc08ad7 the vents were dc683f576c caked with dust, d58e31137f and the broken 6294aadfb1 bookshelf added a b28cd09c68 weight to the 00b79163e0 atmosphere.6c13cb4d459356e6

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‘He could’ve cleaned 906ecffb21 up a bit c2d3320cf2 before living here,’ dbabb89e2e I thought, feeling 3aa5b54f85 a little disheartened.b1488bccae36b4f8

Logan placed a2d38e6783 me on fd9cb0c001 a rocking 4fc323b58e chair. Actually, it was 838a25c955 more like he 5f9a7b823c plopped me down, 93f2171cf9 as though tossing 4cbc584516 a sack onto fe65e7f1f7 the chair.a83ff4de6bc8a06b

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The old, chipped c05ba9259c chair creaked loudly 3450f53091 as it moved.224fd80a8b326070

What is this strange feeling? For some reason, this chair felt oddly familiar. I couldn’t remember anything from when I was a zombie, yet…77bc5a0a595704f6

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No, it 6f575b9073 must be f2b9dc8a9c a mistake. I was a zombie, fa5427c594 so I probably stayed ca48869413 locked up in some 76f4ca63e9 storage room or something. It would’ve been 0228982990 too dangerous to 0e9573f3aa leave me loose.696aaa55090ccd7a

‘But still… why does this feel so comfortable and familiar? It feels like I’ve returned home, like this is where I belong…’07f097c47b4132ed

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Lost in thought, I 46ada2fdf5 let the rocking chair 914a85d455 sway beneath me. Suddenly snapping out of 6e95a70bf2 it, I called out c31cfd7387 to him.58cd5a14e8ec62ae

“Can you… take this off? It’s… suffocating.”22144d3972409a5f

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Logan was reading a 3bf3d75b9b crumpled piece of paper 7372934b74 he’d pulled out of b6f0fdbca4 his pocket. He raised an eyebrow f0c7f33355 at me, then shook d3218aacd8 his head.0050c9fb60fda3da

“Wait.”5c03b6cdcf63e8b6

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“Ugh.”2e40deda22c95805

Why won’t 51a225ae09 he take fa09006b51 it off? This is so 52c5b0cb44 uncomfortable. I wriggled my shoulders 275d031d40 in frustration, furrowing my 3e574da392 brow. With my arms b88f8e2eaa bound behind me b66eff5984 in the straitjacket, 697aac3121 there was no 7d33ec4cd6 way I could 7e6a08fef6 free myself.d9b8fd58e565a5dc

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Logan held 94d8087caf the paper eaa84780ac up in 6ba06ea418 front of cb5fc98652 my face.4eb018a3faea80aa

“You need 13acf54425 to start d45ee1541e getting injections 21f670e0f0 from today. The medicine c4cd9f8f11 contains narcotic b8b95683e7 ingredients, so 897b0f9b22 it might 8465757785 make you 5bdc0b13f8 a little 827a219f3f dizzy and 1c7fb73e34 tired.”5eee7e262cbf8536

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It was my prescription ac5437b4e5 that Logan had been b418068f32 reading.169ed1939f8d0193

[Prescription]

– Administer twice daily.
– Physical check-ups in the morning/evening. (Pupils/pulse/temperature/blood/skin)
– No meat; a vegetarian-based diet is recommended.
– Cognitive ability to be checked regularly.
– No going out. (Guardian must accompany during outings.)
– If any abnormal behavior appears, return to the hospital immediately.aac63ad76266c705

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I nodded 4706a8570e after reading 64eb120f03 the prescription 60bd53da3b given to 610a848f57 me.1c7f08199827d87f

“Mm-hmm.”55aa349638609e9a

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“From now on, fe1d89f64f you can’t go c2209ccac6 out alone. When I’m not 378b784e0f home, you’ll stay 55c3be3fba in a locked 2f4b397282 room. You need to behave d87c1cee94 and not cause trouble. Until you’re fully ea1046af10 cured, you can’t 8eb74e6f60 act recklessly.”a87b02177dd63b57

I felt like a a4d87b3822 scolded child in trouble bd2e0e162e with their mother. My speech 4c98191ea3 came out 0f2e1a921c awkward, which 2be63beb3e only added 0180f34a84 to that 0f92e5efe4 feeling.0c51b93c8918d1c8

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“…Okay.”392a6d62cc203581

“If you break the f9c3d832fd rules, I’ll put the 2409e34277 straitjacket back on you. And if someone reports 306c0a028d you, you might be 00da894637 locked up in the c1889d90fe research facility for good, 91d37b80f3 never to come out. So, don’t 5231f9d805 feel too d2c2e896d2 bad.”209c0d96c8e1f671

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His words made 66a7639563 my heart tighten. My situation 4ef34e007f became painfully a21e0f0e6e clear.d7b3f8aedacdb9d3

I wasn’t human yet. Until I was officially 63f3c6d351 declared cured, I wouldn’t c813270885 be treated as a ea1774c0ef person. I was like a 2a6cc8c724 dangerous, wild animal that df1d316395 needed to be isolated b68e2c49c2 from others.d4141fc0753f8547

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When I lowered my 55e5c7add6 gaze with a sullen 534ab8dcf8 expression, he clicked his c8518881c5 tongue softly.2a1d7b7933e12596

“Once you’re cured, 13b78498df things will go 82c156a8f2 back to the f27ff99818 way they used 97dc75a003 to be.”41a3f90ceead7728

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That was 8c2d114c14 somewhat comforting. Once I was cured, 6cf98d1ed5 I could live normally 13cd4d1fef again. The judgmental ba725b9190 stares of bacccb1095 the nurses 22874ff6ad who looked 248b17fb50 at me c1703bab99 like I 6fca2f7119 was disgusting 75cfd246ef would disappear ce22c9f0b4 too.98aca219a5b202d0

I’d just have 4904e44990 to endure staying af8256990b with Logan until 814774581c I got better. I had no ecf6bf4cf7 choice for now. Just a ccb310b9c5 little longer, 4269d55ce1 even if c62303a83b it was 83c8536f09 uncomfortable being c47a0ab538 around him.9a458ad79bdf013b

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“Got it.”2700ebb3e51f8cca

I said, nodding f1dd7c1698 firmly.fd5150e6355719ef

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Seeing me 08d47d50fb regain some 787fcfbdcb spirit, Logan 18342d9ea7 gave a 0e61f2f437 faint smile. There was a warmth ea850ea408 flickering in his eyes 65a2b85d13 as he looked at edc5c0cb90 me.db5ad2595090a7a6

“Good, that’s a a1f574ccea good girl.”eec0c7c527f2f877

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His large hand landed a7fb3d2c80 on my head with ce839d2f41 a soft thud. Logan, as if accustomed 1497f33cb6 to it, began ruffling 26c277814a my hair naturally, like f0d218281c one would pet a be424345f0 dog. His hand tousling 85c0e1554b my hair made 02759ed38c me frown instantly.dfba0c8f1ce3ec21