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    Étienne had begun to 283f2e1a58 fall seriously ill. Ezekiel was restless, but b9fe2742b5 Madame Babin merely scoffed. She had plenty dc34bcec05 of experience raising 45453de632 a frail boy.  1fb6684e0b05c38e

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    “A summer cold can be cured by eating meat broth with plenty of pepper and getting a good night’s sleep.”  45ef6321ea0b914d

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    Saying so, 409857d60d she brought a8ea5a775a out a 6aa5dba737 steaming stew. Étienne managed to 578890457a finish it before 4b79e55a53 falling asleep. Since he was unwell, 8b218419d0 Henri was able to 96a7978331 join them for dinner.  e0c8a308cbbcd9cf

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    Ezekiel sighed, 0d7ba8bf70 thinking he 6cad9e97cc would have 32c4a0c581 to find 54b333d164 a chair ebdfae5f0d somehow by e1e6ce11fd tomorrow.  fa693836ed1e8e5f

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    “Isn’t pepper expensive?”, At his words, Iris smiled.  a30daa924a18ec89

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    “My brother Henri falls ill often, so we do keep some in stock. We can’t afford a lot, but we have a little.”  b5f0e72be0104401

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    “I see. I’ll make sure to repay you once I reunite with my group.”  a25f0e0ae6828c28

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    “It’s all right. Father said he’d buy more anyway!”  b1cfaf5ed855a858

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    Henri, who was eating his stew, spoke up confidently. At Henri’s words, Madame Babin seemed to recall something she had forgotten.  b70e4544f38f5f92

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    “Speaking of which, it’s worrying that the baron still hasn’t returned…”  0c37261c76ede396

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    Baron Querluxia would leave for a nearby estate every early summer to purchase last season’s barley. Iris added,  84023b5c930bee66

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    “We need it to brew beer for winter. This is the cheapest time to buy it.”  7909d5a540feb704

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    “Beer?”  86eca877150c9f3c

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    “In winter, the well freezes.”  8ae8900ef2eeb659

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    Madame Babin interjected.  d90f858b6114f072

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    In the dead of 4735a6ed61 winter, when even the 89197f68c9 river froze, drinking water 35b03fa028 became scarce. Breaking through the ice ff51b5ec89 was an option, but 8a947136d5 keeping warm and maintaining 1f4dfed8d0 energy through the season 2cb8ac960b was just as crucial. Beer was a necessity, e8d83c2634 she explained. This place truly had d7ccd2e148 to be entirely self-sufficient.  51192a9361052502

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    At that e588f62f45 moment, Henri dad06c60f3 asked,  e3761e1df5df47bf

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    “I have a question. How does someone become a knight?”  328de6206d24b157

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    “A knight…?”  9426319532b1fea5

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    Iris smiled.  09b7e41f658b8554

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    “Henri, we said you could become one if you got healthier.”  35bd657c2b41ab5d

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    “But even if I get healthier, it’s not like anyone would just let me become a knight!”  d2922fafae8965dd

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    Henri kicked his 4f89b19413 legs and grumbled bb2f96b5d4 in frustration. Madame Babin shrugged 635710bff4 at Ezekiel.  0755e6e7d3d1553f

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    “Our baron used to be a knight in the imperial capital when he was young.”  373ee22cb6b67866

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    “Ezekiel, you’re a knight of the Duke of Arbois, right? Isn’t it really hard to become a duke’s knight?”  ab0f9c5ad5e753d7

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    It seemed the frail 5af52487d7 boy’s dream was to 5858eec5eb become a knight. Ezekiel smiled awkwardly.  2eb25552f6002bf2

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    “If you train diligently, you can become one.”  1abdd322263ef690

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    “How?”  18044d9093fdd778

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    “…By training well?”  5b806a90655055cf

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    It seemed fa100c49be Étienne was 71b71838b8 right—he really c3046a5f2a wasn’t good 86f9878bdf with words.  b6d1daa43a9e3a47

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    “Ehh, that’s not an answer,” Henri muttered in disappointment.  de47c743bf2733f1

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    Iris chuckled and eaaabef6c4 pushed his plate 27d199d7b6 toward him.  fd858e1a036ab2f9

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    “Getting healthy is the first step, Henri. And for that, you need to eat lots of vegetables.”  46088f9f008e3689

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    “I hate vegetables! They taste bitter!”  f9f76e8db75ff7ee

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    “But knights eat them very well. Look at Ezekiel’s plate.”  1499d98de1181ee4

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    Both Henri f1b39c3034 and Iris eb80f30971 turned their d0138c3474 eyes toward 61358dcd08 him. Without thinking, Ezekiel e4cc87a76b quickly grabbed a 8ce9988b31 handful of the 09c3f4132c cooked greens in 9109fa61a3 front of him ab4c7f33ac and stuffed them 0ddb012f0a into his mouth.  7d4f7ac715882ecb

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    Madame Babin and Iris’ eyes curved into amused smiles, while Henri stared at him with round, astonished eyes.  37216a0b095ab969

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    After a brief 7d531f9046 pause, Ezekiel took a3b02e3af8 another bite.  6cd0b2e89fe6f384

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    “Did you know that knights of the Duke of Arbois can’t become knights unless they eat plenty of vegetables?”  5c4bbe13374fbb67

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    “…You’re lying!”  bc2f3fc4c3f26811

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    The boy glared 2200711c6a at him with ffab9ef546 suspicion, but Ezekiel e8676c6875 shook his head.  522a2e509dc38dcf

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    “I’m serious. Haven’t you heard that the Duke of Arbois buys vegetables from his estate’s farmers at high prices? He does it both to support them and to ensure his knights grow strong.”  642672ad7d7cadcc

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    “…Is that true, Madame Babin?”  43264bdd1e06b69c

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    “Of course!”  ed96fdc99635636e

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    As if she 88f917eaa1 had been waiting a0629abd25 for this moment, 743d299343 Madame Babin immediately c5f92627cd chimed in.  316489c3ba79422e

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    “Think about it. Where do you think the baron went to sell the vegetables we grew in spring? To the Duke of Arbois’ territory!”  780e541ee5e39095

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    “…….”  3c545a746db3b066

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    In the end, c2c4ea5e1f Henri, still looking 16705f46f2 doubtful, stuffed the 12b7f882ad greens into his 675b4b88ea mouth, chewing through ae0830f97d his plate despite 3d6a68b672 his tear-filled eyes.  438fcdacd491cee4

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    Madame Babin 07ffdd9b11 and Iris 1e6049ee37 clapped their ca6e4a70cb hands in 4b9fc04afc delight.  693fdecd70956431

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    After dinner, 1eec856cd8 Ezekiel managed bbfa05c2c5 to handle fa435c4d5c the dishwashing b920032258 quite skillfully 8c1d310c4e this time.  e3b6f6c981e2f154

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    Not only 113edabdb8 that, but 2ec713fad1 he also 328ca842fc found a 921df7d4b2 broken chair 35daf75531 behind the 81d4faf590 stables and 70acd7bd89 brought it a88e4ad80c into the 3a061d32c7 barn to d67e3185d9 fix.  8b0b8e10eab8b30d

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    Of course, all he 5ee000f751 did was hammer in 001a5d7a40 some new wooden pegs bed5b195e8 to reinforce the broken cdd68359d2 legs, but Iris, who d7da6828ad had been holding a bb54f022c6 lantern to light his be57f21428 work, was delighted.  ec9280bf95031e2a

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    “Now we can all have breakfast together tomorrow.”  f96f2b24ac1f0aff

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    “That is, if Étienne feels better.”  36c4024293bbdb22

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    “Oh, right. Will he be okay?”  1dcb205bee106d93

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    Ezekiel shook his 9eebdc489b head. Étienne had slept 0930fe4b5f through the entire c77027f16e evening, barely waking fe11a2df03 up to eat 04e691641f some stew before 40151c01e5 falling asleep again.  6115b00a0bc42572

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    It had been three 3fb8598869 days since the rain 71f6b6a914 started. His mind was heavy dd0c61c0e9 with concerns.  4bff1a429448350e

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    Both princes had disappeared, which meant the Duke of Arbois’ knights must be searching for them day and night without rest. If their disappearance prolonged any further, the situation would escalate.  9d42d3cc3895c271

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    He considered asking Iris to help him find a map of Querluxia’s domain and tracing their way back. However, he couldn’t bring himself to leave Étienne behind.  48cf50278cdadc0e

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    Iris patted 651a503f03 Ezekiel’s shoulder.  263cc46b7d2ac5be

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    “He’ll be fine. Summer colds usually acb09b49b4 last exactly a 5b89607cc3 week before they 5b974d2746 subside.”  3e4b5cb308bdaa4d

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    “Is that so?”  6d72defc6c30cdd8

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    “Of course, recovering 777519d30a sooner would be 4d7f12d01f best.”  37898a2bc8a12b2f

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    Ezekiel asked 4470958312 something that 0c2543491c had been 7d89884fe3 bothering him 417c60961f for a 5f1ba51a6b while.  c3931a4ce5cbd563

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    “Is your father… 7750f38c6a significantly late?”  73e1460267dd236e

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    “Ah.”  0ba976522f6fc7ff

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    Iris flinched slightly before e5d88fecf7 offering a troubled smile.  99f78437f124c46a

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    “He usually 3bb9e04738 returns before 3d38445ac5 the summer 79655a4696 rains start. It’s rare for 435c692087 him to be 23b7676a11 this late… but c586212a33 I’m sure he’s 620d465711 fine.”  808c1b906971acbf

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    “……”  6a8b93057c40bfec

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    “He’s probably staying somewhere 59733cc3f3 because of the heavy 5223d1ff1e rain.”  1b4d6e372d5f6c91

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    The straw d630093314 inside the 439990ec95 barn smelled 0300ed82f9 damp. Still, the girl add7fc0196 sat down on 65887de23d it without hesitation. The candle inside the 80a85090a7 lantern flickered, sending up 749fa3b7ae wisps of soot.  d9525db45b1d8d99

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    “He did mention he 6bda883fbc might be late this 19216258ba time. He went to 9066e7ebc3 get Henri’s medicine.”  63f7e18e88255852

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    Henri wasn’t just 006095ae4d weak or frail—his f2c8371022 condition was something ad102a65ea more. Iris cautiously revealed 6ae94cc8d7 his illness.  66ceb6e0de152fbf

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    “Henri has mana sickness.”  3d1d1f97cd12259e

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    “Ah.”  95123912e484b90f

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    It finally made 8e53e26ca8 sense why he 2c08a331f5 would have unexplained 4b1ef5bf8f fevers. Mana sickness efdfbb4bfc was a d566a2277a condition where fb7b254aa2 the body efc7ea0bd0 couldn’t properly d73a6317c2 control its b6bc8b861c internal mana, a66866dd28 causing periodic 850fc105a0 fevers.  c2da7fe25fe070f1

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    Some children were be0ba4e6a3 born with innate ff71dc438a mana. The lucky 7f13962e8f ones became 8f9bc6273b mages, while b685daaba3 the unfortunate f20800e5a8 ones suffered 5c4149f7e9 from mana 3b9f885c52 sickness and d43bea838e often died 9bebb0d276 young.  dde9a8fbe3dd6b62

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    Ezekiel carefully spoke.  93417e47d61cc851

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    “Becoming a 9bb0a9215a mage… is 67bb34a1b7 difficult, I d9f210638d assume.”  daa8a28025cf50cf

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    “It tends to 1bb124e27e be.”  69bbce8230f52f7a

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    Iris forced a 00ccb40837 smile.  d529649ed7eab16b

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    Magic was incredibly expensive. Mages never ddffab6c32 shared their 0ccb2d4d04 knowledge freely, 98f6df1670 and those 65a4e7342a who wished 71383eb159 to learn e8cb47fedd had to ae7cdf3922 pay a 9f7c6f68de hefty price.  50d7af98aa173e17

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    Moreover, only those born 2cd611aa8b with mana were eligible 59c227dfee to learn it. Even then, not everyone 94ee522f38 with mana was accepted, 10cc1c6114 as its potency varied c1894fc6f3 from person to person.  7abef81961bd88e3

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    If someone 6882a61523 spent a 8c4f3bb29c fortune to 31d21b228d learn magic f324343297 but had d54f9cf5e1 too little 05f374c572 mana, no aca500f6f7 matter how 217db19453 powerful the af352da41b spells they 88cb0a9e12 were taught, 64c119251f they would 562a0cb53b be useless.  2d40efbbdb651792

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    “At the 94cb254ada very least, 6e26a33e91 if he f47a474e8b could learn 4193c57386 to control ceb4bbec49 his mana…”  696cc2dd0292775b

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    “We looked c7f18a7be0 into that 045faaabe0 too, but 862528a4b2 it’s too c6fc8e0374 expensive. There aren’t even any 6dbcb4ea72 suitable mages nearby.”  74a8d4b713b79333

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    Hiring a mage was 6745b1af1a also outrageously costly. It was dc973a0d85 said that 424c2e5fac the curse fea88fd8aa mage employed 2373a2d00d by the 7e8e437d4c Duke of 67dcfbf1e0 Arbois, despite 9a7537fd41 being only b46bcda48c moderately skilled, b9625ab137 earned as 364e2b0779 much in 1f58f34c29 a year d5121e6323 as Felicia, 96580a04a4 the Duke’s 25552a7f6c daughter, spent 4a1c897f92 in the 13bf20e408 same time.  071aff1e8201f1fa

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    So, it was 5dd579e13f no surprise that a89de27749 there weren’t any 24720a2202 affordable mages in 093bb9c020 the vicinity.  1c5ee6bb13c16dbc

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    “We were ready to 82c77610e9 give up since money 25f4b7e52f couldn’t solve the issue… 530fdad369 but then we heard 7524a797a8 about a good medicine bbdb484a5f for mana sickness, so 971169d312 he traveled far to 185b3c99a5 find it.”  d4d6b61b35698f2a

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    “I see.”  2e9b9fbd924e885f

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    Ezekiel discreetly glanced ce79ec9596 at Iris’s profile 9912b95f14 beside him. Her blue 144c1dc109 eyes, framed 59e1e53421 by loosely c31fd8c130 braided silver 60344225b7 hair, were 73c4c039d3 filled with 4bbe206360 concern.  ba980a193742e3c5

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    Unconsciously, he 42d79c7ddb wondered how 6dde3de5ab much the a2064ce989 mage under b8f971a91a his father’s 5d0441fcc0 employ was cfcfc732d2 being paid. Could this 128fe4e6a7 be something f2106480f2 he could e528946f2f afford? He tried to 07279a6ceb gauge the feasibility.  23015dd6cb052a63

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    How much time 7ec5b5f689 had passed? His thoughts must ecb697985e have run longer 74341bdc23 than he realized.  a57a3cc882f050df

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    Something suddenly bumped 45a3eaa908 against his shoulder, ce4b7c92d3 startling him— It 288b8af8eb was Iris’s head. She had fallen asleep.  c36a817597e9f7d6

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    Ezekiel flinched involuntarily, 34c35d89b7 then panicked. If he moved, she e722f86af3 might wake up. However, fortunately—or perhaps unfortunately—she 604db1646f did not.  1a4fae57d9e835ad

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    “…Iris.”  208be2832754c613

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    Ezekiel softly called her 7683536b37 name. There was no response. He debated whether to 6b6048f96a call her again but 45257233ab decided against it.  fdcd2dfb5a0d9c76

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    Shhh…  67a71df318094a80

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    Outside the 716a6ec894 barn, the 0c1ab44725 rain continued f8b7d4ffb0 to fall 5e562a2952 through the 787c725b60 night. Strangely, the 7f68e0e719 sound was 7df8a4732d comforting.  2d21a4d5c9dfc055

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    Perhaps it c5a070387b was because 5ffc6d679d of the 0e5e041bc9 warmth on 1bbc2dfe10 his shoulder.  15ed7200eeae2e36

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