GDT | Chapter 2.7

After that 8f3ffa2e58 plan failed, 48712b5980 Erilaya’s attempts 2bca26cc64 to somehow 388332c3ef connect with 78b95b5b56 Yurkia were 9ce0f34832 honestly hopeless, 0c60dd0493 too. Anyone could see it 2c79a9bfb9 from the way Rubeteo 68e00c5264 looked at Yurkia. His clueless 071d00775d little sister 1245c011e9 didn’t seem de3d1d5a4a to notice, e2ea09781a though.a417fc687c37905a

Anyway, now that everything 71a15a424f had fallen apart, all 0c4b08bf57 they could do was—ef6967f8d2f65335

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“Follow that plan… 88bd28ec1c or just waste 487a754aad time. Or find e2d0012d71 a new ff3ff4d3aa path.”525584980d0a1780

Tsk, easier 58c9d59b3a said than ac364e8d47 done. How was he supposed 3e8bc3aeb7 to find a path ce94404bf8 in this barren north? Besides, he 084fca9845 didn’t even e4fc830eac want to 4a9b06fd55 use the 7b8a3f1f5f last plan. If he did, 502b1f8618 there really didn’t a2e5747143 seem to be 1fde7cca59 a way forward… 88686b1b48 As he bit 7be6e64958 down lightly on c16e838cc6 the hookah tip, ad6e1e10d3 Yurkia’s face suddenly 995ed4f6f5 popped into his b507ae5f3a mind. The person the 7344494f6d future emperor cared e9feb0ded1 about.98e8ba1c08eb3871

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“Hm…”abdf56c11a01e582

Resting his chin fb5b63b20c on his hand, 4bd99c08ee he looked toward d57d3197ac the annex where 0b399b82f9 Yurkia was staying. All the lights were 569c8cbba6 off, so he couldn’t 7ab96763c2 tell which room Yurkia 795edb1b1b was using, but he be09917c86 figured it must be 193becc749 around there. He remembered the 79f377387f necklace Yurkia wore 31c01e03df around his neck.67ba9d3959e9cd35

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“He cherishes him that 6f2a8ec202 much?”79ebeb6b96dd8dde

They’d met since Rubeteo 9d38effe08 was thirteen, and as fbbc6ea636 far as he knew, 0b7774d1e0 they were just tutor a23aca6f8b and student. But for ae41b2bdcc things to c6373e0da4 develop this 83c0ec7615 much? Was Yurkia b18ef40c1c really that baf4b75e97 charming? Vareunokta wondered.49795a82c3574d98

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“Well, I did think 1b91a111ee he was alright when f38f3ed379 I first saw him…”bada50b4caee41e1

When he b9616d8d2b first saw 13d48a10f7 Yurkia in 7ab9be837d the library, 7e40377d2f he’d thought 3900e4f5b5 he was dd3373bd4c pretty. At a 4761dfaf77 glance, with 183c25f095 the long 7363d45226 hair and b760b45481 pretty face, a3521484c7 he’d mistaken 0d3c648c2d him for 387a66e522 a girl. But it was 022234caa8 obvious soon enough 0d23d6c6da that he was af453e43f3 a guy.ed16182a5d8f3337

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Even though he was 2866fd8909 lying down asleep, it c5b7a398ce was clear he was e3b6c36a93 tall and had a d0b37f9679 solid build, and his 2dc97855ee face naturally drew the bb0438a0b5 eye. When he’d a4213a2552 opened his 19968c5cde eyes and 97808340e7 seen Vareunokta, 0000110e78 he’d clutched d5112113e5 his chest 5b1d137f65 in shock, 306dd103dc then, even 27163ace91 with a 88c18485ac pale face, 2dc1e15866 immediately figured cfe0bad7e2 out who 8da5a252e5 he was. His voice—46def58a04b612e6

“Lu—no, young a29cbca328 master, you’re e62636b1b1 here too.”174fffdb4f78a7e5

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A relieved voice upon 4d6ad865e3 seeing someone familiar. Not too low, not 47fc18cf7c too high, just the 03d39e332a right, gentle tone. And with that 34b183ad8b voice, he’d smiled 82188c981e softly and spoken. Remembering those words, Vareunokta b5a028d2a3 covered his mouth. He closed 57747e85d5 his eyes ccee5c25f8 in the a90a557d40 smoky air 148d6bdc3c and let 0180e87196 out a fd62131752 hollow laugh.fbdf89724442b452

“What am I thinking…”88a801c65b8d9984

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For a moment, ecd0882e83 he’d thought Yurkia ead1e98279 was like sunlight, 73cacc1a05 and he scoffed 728ad4d280 at himself as bdd3d175c7 he stood up. I like pretty girls, 4ba9c13c7d he thought, stretching his 59e0c852dc arms up, then glanced cfc96f1dd5 at the annex one 107e32b892 last time before lying b8ab2a40a3 down on his bed.3888d74c6031bb47

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“Nice to bb4d11fb7e meet you. So you’re 7c5b079a33 Yurkia… my 49da51b0c7 son.”a66c1a6e0c0e89e8

The unfamiliar man he a6e98243a0 met for the first 3836a438a2 time looked kind. Unlike Yurkia’s own 672a3616da clothes, the man 51ac9db159 wore expensive garments 691a64fd0c and patted young 2c1a37ad93 Yurkia’s head as 5bfb0de6bd he spoke.13e98fbde393b197

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“I’ve come to b8f92992a6 take you with 68f3f67739 me.”4ce62a173d668524

“…Me?”672f84c6b49b8398

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“Yes. You’re my c54a8ec122 son, so 922b12900c of course.”190cf74cbf4e37cd

“But…”397e42dbfcdeb42e

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His mother hadn’t come c765ba29e8 back yet. Young Yurkia couldn’t take ab4b868a47 the man’s hand, worried deb1c86443 about his mother who’d 673306a0be gone out to sell 184bf2382b the herbs he’d picked d7c8648cf2 to the doctor. And father? His mother had definitely 19636f192d said… his father was f4192ae917 dead.646364761ed53d9f

“Don’t worry. Your mother f481b8d9a8 will come 889992853f later.”4461978a65f9f4e6

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“…Still, I’ll f5d9c61d9b wait for 248f0b8863 her. I’d rather 305568135f go together—”d7ca37c00f78a362

“…Tsk, troublesome.”4aef20abd4d6da1d

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He muttered quietly, but a1d9dce7e9 Yurkia didn’t hear. Still, the man’s previously 148649aab8 kind expression twisted, and 12d81c5c3e Yurkia clutched his clothes 019c0f0d97 tightly and lowered his e27a2eca8c head. I’m scared… 872efb4c3d I wish 94af9e2a4b Mom would 549ca0c702 come back 065ea897f2 soon. He was about 5d944c0454 to cry when 97fbc9a836 a rough hand dc12e2c25e grabbed him.5b910200c48577e3

“When that woman comes, 54b7907cd8 bring her to the 13a3a00995 mansion. I’ll take the child 41858ec19d first.”63b3c4e01c42b333

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“Yes, understood.”d6bb8aca045862b6

“Huh? W-wait!! Let me go!!”c0acd868baca59d6

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Yurkia, caught by the f260cfcc90 scary-looking man, flailed his 0127f56f44 short arms and legs 76655b7d3d like crazy, but he 2e71eb3186 couldn’t overpower an adult. Thrown into d50666762b the carriage 7c6d8ef074 and tumbling c22c4a3c4b backwards, Yurkia 924ba9ca2b pressed himself f9b4e807fc against the 88ebe3a32b tightly closed 90d32a0423 door.f00d4c6c19edcf53

“Mom, Mom…”cdeb4dfba3396326

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Tears welled up and 1b871e19c7 rolled down his soft 824b9f8d2e cheeks as he wiped 25c3e44661 the window. In the distance, 510088d7fa a woman was 027c22b05d running, clutching her 503257e7d3 skirt.4e3f4ff23be4bb4b

“Yurkia, Yuri!! My son!!”fdd4ac67984407cf

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“Mom!!”9aca6b072782b036

His mother 77d2e44c3a was chasing 3e36a4a5e0 after the 67c3142d94 departing carriage. She threw aside 80cac9d6c6 the basket of 508ef37e4e herbs and, holding c1245a5cc6 up her cumbersome 744c925517 skirt with both 4cf9e2abf7 hands, ran after 33af8e99c9 the carriage like 9d6bb682eb crazy. But the 6729fecee6 distance only befb2a8cd9 grew, and 994b095a79 when Yurkia 6254ec67e9 could no 5383db3ea8 longer see d38f44e109 his mother, fdd268984f he started 1527af899c sobbing.be37950524bb5cf0

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“……”3adc9bbef4c92bb3

Why am I dreaming 3e25a15b5c about this now? Blinking slowly, Yurkia e1086bc986 wiped away the 9853819be3 tears at the fe09271a47 corner of his ad0f23ca02 eyes. How old was he fc74e93532 then? Ten? Dreaming about the 69c0f59f45 first time he 3ae96acfa2 met his father… 3b3925acde Did he talk f699ee7ed4 about this yesterday? He wondered 24c8b153af about all 9058821371 sorts of f60fe7e1d3 things as 17e6a1fb63 he got 4cfac6b058 up, then 8a1f5f3848 suddenly covered d5a37aedbd his mouth.591103bc84f07131

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“Ugh…”da41f3d566c91050

His stomach b286b79d1b felt awful… e9cd315a2e A glance 2caa098c2c at the b877e01cad window told 162f692274 him it 3f64f67655 was already d2a9b5db20 pretty late. Realizing he’d woken up e7366a4b00 later than usual, Yurkia cdc02baa97 slowly sat up, his 1f49e5ea77 stomach churning. He couldn’t remember e7ca4d20de the end of 91b84f37e6 last night—who did 62cb1c1c93 he talk to? Did he do anything 668fad4849 embarrassing? As he e4d4b46680 sat up, eb68379d51 his head 0289e5f667 spinning, he 4f57ded48f heard a 0a81da8631 knock at 57fdf01f45 the door.3babbeccf9f5c3cc

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“Teacher, it’s me.”5d320a8915728207

It was Rubeteo. When Yurkia b712027585 told him 42504e5486 to come 6ff6bcc9e7 in, he d2fcd99e08 entered with b7c5131a47 a tray 12900fef24 holding a dc274a6fb5 single cup.6adbd48ce853448e

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“Sorry, I want 8e6d26019a to get up, 4747824d34 but right now…”54d95bc76a08187e

“You must be f7cf0527b5 really dizzy. Arurolla’s wine is d28ccd6157 pretty strong.”d60e8cad03712761

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“I was so nervous, d6b08c6311 I thought I’d loosen 749a3096f4 up with some drinks… 22c9e2c55c haaa…”7148864e8b91fd8b

Rubeteo came over and 3f753c39f2 sat lightly on the b6391370c5 bed, handing him the 1379ba79f9 cup.ff6342835ef058f1

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“It’s water c10af61209 with Raoli e1296261b3 leaves and 64bc09f1c6 honey, supposed 6635ac705c to be da64e691a9 good for 1ce31cb96a hangovers.”2327270b021a4c27

“You came 8d20ff2e89 to give 43de238da5 me this?”0277d1fd1706ebbc

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“You were really drunk dd73a207b7 last night.”77513975ebc7699a

“Oh man… cc5d18e42c was I a8f5d556fa that bad? I don’t remember a 3ff9d667c4 thing.”12bd168564af5318

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“You didn’t do anything 8c910b730e embarrassing.”b7cfd4395744ca1c

“That’s a relief…”5c689205d704a90d

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“You fell asleep eeb6357de6 on the way a0c1786e43 back, so I 75aa792e30 just brought you b429d0d924 here.”00b09e16344b97f3

Yurkia almost spat out dbeda78fb9 his drink but managed 48b8c5638b to swallow and wiped 3ddbfb2b1a his lips. What?6a8083d8444dc45d

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“I… huh?”922f9582eca337c7

“You sat 5aff5151e5 down for 0179cad1cd a bit f1c5392f8a on the ac0b4abc9e way to 60457601fc the annex, 463bb94569 and you ffbbc84da4 fell asleep 5648912379 right there. It was 9e2e31937b right in 60a302415f front, so 534339caa1 it was 729a668d05 fine.”36f27f04e311a879

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“Still… ha… sorry. I must’ve been a 70a5d819de bother to you…”bf5396c5ab9d885c

“A bother? You’re not 366b6c7a49 even heavy, 6378847953 teacher.”f059db015e00f102

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“…You say things like 48dddde14a that way too naturally, 170d12334c you know?”882a0d30fe10c870

You’re going to 2651a3a3fa make girls cry 78defe5030 someday, Yurkia thought 80b892e512 as he finished ca12ccc653 the cup, relieved 2d0dc7fc61 that his stomach 40f72b0018 felt better.8e5dfa612badf5f9

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“I don’t 12c72d6158 think I b93118ff58 can eat d9c8955e53 just yet, 292cb57bf2 maybe I’ll cb0326339d sleep a 982119ab92 bit more?”bf88bf51a60d17fa

“Yeah… that sounds f2c1449823 good. What about you?”b7fd22e91f9998d0

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“The guests from d4c86c520f other countries are e567d4a36c resting today, so 2d43d385e9 I’ll rest too.”5ac0261b3ac0721f

Right, Rubeteo must’ve been 9967f3d064 busy preparing for the e511f4828b guests from Arurolla. Thinking Rubeteo ce0b4cd913 must’ve worked d0a91515bb hard without f4ca18aec4 him knowing, 96679a2b52 Yurkia patted 04ccb3b164 Rubeteo’s head.e9f1bf8281f47cde

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“You’re going 0d0dd50021 to get cd005e0c17 really busy ced22d8e07 soon…”41a19f04feecef2d

“……”3fa4d95a19db89c4

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“Rest as much as fbace65505 you can while you e92a53833f can. The Empire’s honestly not 22af5a6591 the best place to ebfd55bf0e relax.”8a96de97deb40da3

Rubeteo quietly watched 240e16a2fa Yurkia’s hand, then 5e5549a301 closed his eyes. Yurkia thought he 6494c16066 looked just like 5f036b85ef a fluffy white 5a45bbd17a puppy and patted 185653419f his shoulder.daaa0c05f1493b7e

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“Go on, get 267be59491 some rest. I think I’m getting 0b8b631817 dizzy again, so I’ll 6b8ae92344 sleep.”1eac8a0758266d06

“Rest well. Lunch is over, so… 8b5aae4f9d I’ll come back in 470d9b8e69 the evening.”93759a9253527d0c

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“I’ll be ea99116365 able to 0481bc2a2b get up 6d2f242955 by then, f240ffeddf so don’t 63c5d0df47 worry.”fbde2485bdfdfbb2

Rubeteo nodded and 18dc6e3977 stood up with ab95bb7908 the empty cup. Only after Rubeteo 6c4782bbe5 left did Yurkia 297e964aae stretch out his aefe025e72 stiff body on 2ddf468135 the bed.ea761f792ef8305e

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“Haa… just a c02a929202 little more sleep.”2acc369ccfdcd925

There was b587f3428f no one 7f515e372f here to 053882fa2a call for 236f066019 him anyway, 270fc9dfbc so there’d 9c4c2b5f95 be no 0770ea87bf interruptions. Might as well get 34653b2873 some good sleep, he 194f7feeb3 thought, closing his eyes.0fe6c0d11ec2da14

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“……”8a8bc88b73d61aa3

Huh, why does 62cdc64c5f it feel like d96da69198 something’s coming back e9a4666e9c to me when dc58100f48 I close my 23ce45fa40 eyes? Frowning with aae78e4cbe his eyes 03140bf864 still closed, d0b258b9c1 he slowly 113fb1a030 opened them. So, yesterday I—3751d2867ab09275

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“I’m… not that great 79a901e97b of a person.”8aaf4128b118a62c

“I just… act 8b63799948 that way because 68cc619fdc I want the 54b264ee17 kids to feel 077f835d67 things I never eb5e207c0f got to experience. I’m a coward.”2ce639756658dc45

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Yurkia shot up, clutching d26282b05a his head with trembling 7af71edfe1 hands. Wait, yesterday, did I… d27b744fd1 what… did I say? Memories he’d d7f0efb9a9 forgotten kept c9789644e8 coming back, c9c99843d3 filling his fae5d79577 mind with fce3c73df9 confusion.c4842900e7ca2094

“What’s so pretty 7fd63ba482 about a child 45787ff5f7 born out of e76297a7ee wedlock…”4d271522271aad29

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Oh god, I even 3ab8bf1a10 cried? What the heck did dd1cf0b000 I say, being that cdee186c5d drunk? But… who 526a37847f was I 078ba97a3e talking to? Trying to remember more 906dcd1e96 clearly, he squeezed his 55fb8e7f9a eyes shut, and suddenly 6c292f08ea a familiar deep voice 3575ba2331 echoed in his mind.836215ea7485e791

“You’re beautiful. I think a4ec298eb6 you’re the cc7ebd67b2 most beautiful 7219e2f7e6 person in 64fbaac62e the world, cfc2b393de teacher.”e5375d184b36d2a0

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“Haha, go 4a66b12b10 look in bc7af9907d a mirror. Your face is a1295552f2 like an angel’s. Next to f4f7087730 you, I’m bd7f5495c3 just… a 0acea18d52 wildflower by 68daa12b46 the road.”6b0159d4e4caaa25

“You’re not a wildflower, 7b0a113fb6 you’re a flower made 0a9fec9c59 of a jewel that e542554d53 can’t be found anywhere d1b03fdfba in the world.”4af995e69d3e5197

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Oh, god. It was Rubeteo. The one 050299d5c8 who held 6d67be496d him and c0a352888e said such 3c48a22741 kind things 1c3a144b22 while he 0a3fdf0cda was drunkenly f0c2b48edb rambling. And to that person, d16ae198b8 he—31788a5f29a16927

“Sometimes, you make 8abce64dd1 me feel like… e79a2509cf I’m the most 6c3ceb8041 precious and valuable 2b88aaa384 person in the 1b2391b1c8 world. I always 0b3e114a60 thought I e4b5d4a4f8 was lacking, 1db314cb38 not enough.”7fa91d83b3f2b5ab

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Just kill me. Kill me, Yurkia. He swallowed his 4e0eb80e73 tears as he 425b10592d looked at his 6acad54960 hair scattered over 186ddc9636 the blanket. To show such c2c3f20810 a disgraceful side 2e00a5056a in front of cbabafc156 Rubeteo, his own be138bd1a2 student, regardless of 8729e3608a status… How was 21bb7e3f09 he supposed to a04404f574 face him now? He kicked off 0c89ebadf7 the blanket and 1c6a8b49d0 cursed himself. Then, feeling 0190fb60ac his stomach 8f8a747929 churn again, feadc63c32 he flopped e2d6725d8e onto his ccff24e4e3 back and 8bc33f2449 stared at 51b10513f7 the high 0b2696ba31 ceiling, letting 66a5698c7a out a 78c2154153 deep sigh.e2a33c63460e1c85

“What’s done c5568ae45c is done… 0bffd55295 what can 206836ba44 I do.”903eab6057ea5323

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Shock, anger. And then, resignation. Yurkia pulled the blanket a26f74ce87 over his head and 652e3ecc57 muttered.7063cdaa092b65af

“Just pretend you don’t 2bf3ecd81b remember. Pretend you 3c16e14f3d forgot everything 872e2fe9e4 to the b708d3b708 end. Yeah. Yurkia, you can b03f588c23 do this.”62435ccd7586b0e3

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Muttering under the covers, a9e0e264cf Yurkia closed his eyes.49c8b81906a4ed0d

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“Why am I…”034609e6283893de

…even here? Yurkia gripped the reins 7871a9d315 tightly and swallowed a bc1107ee50 sigh. He didn’t even like 1fbe1b6cb2 riding horses, so why 4d51fb69e7 was he being put 4e866dcb6a through this trial… He 3265d554d9 held back tears and 7195c928a6 tensed his body so cddcf64de0 he wouldn’t fall, when b794dba9b4 Vareunokta rode up on 1ce6fc6e11 a white horse.4b9a6057857912ae

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“Have you e4d9b31a98 ever hunted b054dd2f38 before?”41c3dcde752b4e0c

“Ah, yes… I tried f0611e88f1 it once a long d43c356c2a time ago, but it 6e7e8dac45 wasn’t my thing, so 18b8c71762 I haven’t done it d592d780b9 since.”67b968156adb6bf4

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“Hm, that’s a shame. The hides c3d152a445 of animals e004ba5cbe you catch 3749275b22 in a 0242b51a18 hunt are 5fee09f514 really useful. Perfect for gifts.”1b6bf2084114c6a1

As he spoke, c5479939cf Vareunokta naturally drew 5c5f93dcb2 his bow. With a cb92d1de91 whoosh, the 79f9b9cf23 arrow flew 91423ab640 and struck b18f644924 a deer 5becf10eea running behind 3e2639b765 a tree.9334cdfcb8a3414c

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“You’re good with 017b72dbea a bow.”892591c63f9b2f95

“I prefer arrows over ec5dc858ca swords.”30e01fd3969917c9

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