INTM Ch10

“Jinpal, is something like this possible?”7603ed44e8e96714

As soon as c876100701 he confirmed the 3d5cc63260 role, the martial 073656f4c6 arts director approached 50d39dc7e3 with a smiling b2cafa8040 face and immediately d21d9970b7 did a back 1a832cfbe0 tumble on the 138a9aa2a1 cement floor.Surely he’s not showing me this to tell me to do it?Soogyeom, with widened 15b5c200fd eyes, gave an 80fa4ffe07 awkward smile.29a2b37f39c3a1c0

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“I’ve never learned acrobatics… I’m sorry.”83b641def001d097

“This isn’t even something you’d call acrobatics. Then what should we do with this scene?”83ce034c44f1f5c6

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Soogyeom’s heart quickly became anxious at the indifferent tone. The scene was where ‘Jinpal,’ the character Soogyeom was playing, was intimidating the male lead on the orders of the ‘Oyabun’, that is, the female lead’s father. The action scene was quite long because it had to show the male lead’s martial arts skills, but the problem was that there was no time to coordinate this time either due to the lead actor’s schedule. In other words, the role of making the male lead look good even if he swung roughly required overacting.d9d9bd2c32bd0839

“Um… If it’s a scene where I get hit in the chin with a kick, would it be okay to receive it like this?”d7d08037cc1cd361

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Soogyeom asked cautiously, and the action director nodded his chin as if to tell him to try. Soogyeom took a deep breath and lightly loosened his hands and feet. “I’m ready,” he said calmly, and the action director pretended to raise his knee. As soon as Soogyeom saw his knee in his field of vision, he quickly turned his head and fell backward. At the same time, he placed both hands above his shoulders and kicked his feet upward. He landed on his toes with a back roll, immediately stood up, and took a boxing stance. The staff who were watching lightly applauded, saying, “Oh.” The action director also seemed satisfied.33cec943b1363f2b

“Hey, that’s good, that’s good. So you can do this much action?”115bd07ac1acd8c8

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“Yes, I… I’ve practiced tumbling too, but I’ve never succeeded. I’m sorry.”0af32b21d1d882ae

“Really? Why not? Your body is flexible and elastic, so I thought you could do it if you tried. Where did you learn it?”8439775e4ccf3b8d

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“Where I learned it… well, not really…”5efe7c1dafb22a89

As he 2ca5302f3d trailed off, d9920d1ec2 the action 3f3c64e180 director looked fd3cf3baf3 puzzled.c89e79c430297e34

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“You’ve never learned it? Not even what you just did? Completely self-taught?”38741f450f3c9a75

“Well… I watched tutorials on YouTube… and practiced at home.”df42f45e3e31ed54

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“When?”e74a3ff39632843f

“Yesterday…”b3994b5258503549

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Actually, he had been imitating Yoon Yichae’s movie, but he decided to gloss over it. The action director blinked, saying, “Huh,” and then wrapped his arm around Soogyeom’s shoulder and patted him hard.d7fa7e579f445fb9

“Wow, you’re a complete genius? You’ve never learned martial arts or any sports at all? Oh, you did boxing?”f7fa77b50233786f

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“Ah… no. I just practice in front of the mirror and imitate the form.”260b6dd4c35ff3be

“You looked like a complete pro just now. What are you talking about? No, I was wondering why they suddenly changed their minds about using our kid, but it makes sense. If you have this face and action skills, you have to use him. There’s no other choice.”ad9b6ee23a6e7551

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Only then did Soogyeom say, “Ah,” and sigh inwardly. It seemed that the role had been promised to an aspiring actor from the school run by the action director. He felt a little uneasy when he realized that the reason he had tried to intimidate him by showing off a back tumble that didn’t fit the atmosphere was because Jae Kyung had intervened.75ba123bd6e5432b

Am I 6dffe61bdb like Yoon 055144f4c1 Sookyung to 08baf49a22 that person 53b9163b27 who had f6c487fa7c their role e6711a83ed taken away? Thinking about it made his mouth bitter and strangely nauseous. Maybe Yoon Sookyung didn’t even know? What kind of position he had taken.17e33f23b5a8b1c5

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“Oh, and be careful when we start filming. Hanjoon is okay at acting, but he’s terrible with his body. And he’s strong, so the people who coordinate with him often get hurt.”6206e7d9c48061f1

Soogyeom knew that from experience. His movements were robotic, but his punches were so heavy that the wound he got when he was hit in the face was still there. The action director didn’t seem to remember that Soogyeom was the extra who appeared in the cafe scene. It was fortunate.3603f7cf6a1be544

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“The angle won’t show the scene of getting hit accurately anyway, so don’t try to pursue realism and get hurt. If you think it’s going to be fucked up, just call out NG. You know what I mean?”845522159788de80

“Yes… thank you.”8b25629d9c1bcca6

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“Sometimes there are kids who get fired up with artistic spirit and act like moths to a flame, but that’s foolish. The smartest thing is to finish without getting hurt. An extra throwing their body around and doing stupid things won’t get them any recognition, and if there’s an accident, they’ll just get targeted. There’s no point. Huh? You just hurt your body.”f44effcf56d862f4

He’s a good person. Soogyeom easily made an assessment of the other person and nodded with a smile. The action director continued his lecture for a long time before finally planning the next scene.1676233ab16dae88

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“And when you fell backward just now, you were going over headfirst too much. The floor is all cement, so if you hit the back of your head wrong, you’ll just die. Keep that in mind.”6c616689d72de003

“Yes, Director.”d9b210cd3a533887

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“Okay, let’s fight. Huh? Let’s get a good shot.”b4e3d0356fa00886

Even though all he had to do was fly and fall in a flamboyant way to make the male lead stand out as much as possible, if that was the given role, he had no choice but to do his best. Soogyeom finished stretching according to the action director’s advice and brushed the dirt off his clothes.3f7d24e8b486e5fc

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“The actor has arrived, and we’ll start filming in 5 minutes.”0d518103809f9085

The youngest staff 355a836db4 member, holding a 0f996bfc66 script in one b521ff5f24 hand, shouted at 9ceab0674c the top of fa5db134a2 his lungs. He heard that the 6f5fa75085 male lead, Seo Hanjoon, 7669a6c85b had been shooting a 75a34d0472 pictorial in Japan from b527c8fdea last night until this e7084e55d8 morning, and was coming e9f6ad917d straight from the plane 1567bb6b34 after returning to Korea. Since both the male 3610acb189 and female leads were bdc035ba71 idol-turned-star actors, filming was c66f12686b often delayed.dd385ed014c99242

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The male lead, who appeared on the set, already looked uncomfortable. His face was full of fatigue, and the way he glared at everyone he made eye contact with was ominous. The resentment that he didn’t know why he had to go through such hardships was clinging to every muscle in his face.d9ca76501bb503a4

“I told you I’d like to shoot the action later.”bd89c76b38de3433

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“Hanjoon, I told you. We can only shoot in this residential area today, so we have to shoot all the scenes here.”2d64846a8f1f3f22

“When? Why do you always know things I don’t know?”d447b4f29be1c5af

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“Really. I told you. I guess I didn’t realize you fell asleep while I was talking. I’m sorry about that.”8a8064ba46cc9cc3

He felt sorry for the manager who was struggling to appease the actor. As soon as he tried to turn his gaze away, he made eye contact with the action director. He know without it being said… It was as if a subtle commercial song was playing.c7a3d674a75dee9b

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Even someone like that must have their own hardships. If you had to take pictures all night, take a plane, and then start punching and flying around as soon as you got off, even Buddha would be angry… It’s just that there are plenty of people in this world who want to go through that kind of hardship.d8266d993cbb0e26

But no matter how big a star he was, a young actor in his twenties couldn’t defy the general director, and if the director gave the signal, filming had to begin. Eventually, 5 minutes later, Soogyeom was trapped in a narrow alleyway with the male lead, facing off.6515749a913d57f9

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“Get away from Heejeong while I’m being nice, you gigolo bastard.”07e002e4e9bc7fe3

It’s really a question. Wouldn’t this just be adding fuel to the already burning fire of love? Why would a mob boss with so much money use such an outdated method? But he decided not to question it. To ‘Jinpal,’ the boss was a father, a god, and a teacher.47d754a27366079e

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“Don’t be ridiculous, I’ll protect Heejeong… I can never give up because of someone like you!”53b187631766eac0

In the meantime, seeing him recite those lines without batting an eye, he couldn’t help but pay his respects to the male lead. Soogyeom approached to his right as instructed and threw a punch. The scene was supposed to end with the protagonist blocking his punch with one arm and immediately kicking him, causing him to fall backward.39cb7ff2caf87eac

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“……!”7848cce4b523e42e

However, Seo Hanjoon didn’t do the next action, even though the punch had gone in quite deep. Soogyeom, flustered that he might actually hit him, stopped his fist in the air and looked at him.9f10072ba9ce052f

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“Cut!”f0830f7ae90dabe4

The director’s irritated voice rang in his ears, and cold sweat poured out. Regardless, Seo Hanjoon was just standing there with his arms hanging down, looking like something was terribly wrong.2e5616247464b0a2

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“Hanjoon, what’s wrong? What is it?”12b22b5c653a3323

Fortunately, the director seemed to see that it wasn’t Soogyeom’s fault. Soogyeom quietly breathed a sigh of relief, lowered his hand, and took a step back. Seo Hanjoon finally sighed and turned to face the director.3a17da0557f2f4d2

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“The punch came in too fast. I’m sorry.”9bf34b9ad4135e6d

Of course, the peace 1900764bd2 was only temporary. Soogyeom quickly closed cb0459b0e4 his mouth, which d2243817b6 had opened without 4136d8b59d him realizing it. He threw the a9e8ff8835 punch after confirming 10e5b817e6 that the line 44a7558160 was over and 875a11c4b5 even making eye ebc9e59bfe contact, so what e5ff3977b9 was too fast? The atmosphere eeffcec5ab instantly turned b6b76fbac2 cold.e5e76179e8cc31bd

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“It came in so suddenly that I thought I was really going to get hit. I couldn’t figure out the situation for a moment.”6991c6845ac3cabd

Then the gazes of the director and the staff all turned to Soogyeom at once. The action director looked like he wanted to say something, but he wasn’t someone with a lot of say on set either. Soogyeom clenched his teeth and tried to control his expression.b8dcf0a1d8432288

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Isn’t this too much? The only person here who doesn’t get yelled at even if they make a mistake is me, and you have to pass off an obvious NG that’s your fault to a minor character like me to feel better?He was b831aeeaa7 so dumbfounded 77db0633b3 that his f86f35b097 stomach started e98ac52872 to churn, 69750ba3b5 but there df060e47e3 was only 70fd209dbe so much 794b4f0562 Soogyeom could 9fadab65b0 do.042cd2ad9c2f474a

“I’m sorry. I’ll judge carefully and proceed.”872e3f59cc60774f

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As he 3a13aa0029 bowed his b88d2434f5 head and 273d88cb9a apologized, the ad1546d885 director tilted 2e11e23d36 his head 39ab80d3e7 with a b4944e6423 displeased look. Soogyeom stood back in 43e1ebc605 place and cautiously asked 533e3edf97 Hanjoon.151ba9956f3bc3a3

“Um, should I make a noise or something before I go in for the first move?”f78b8bb19a785660

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“……”5b36058f6d59d55d

Hanjoon didn’t answer. He just glanced at Soogyeom and closed his mouth. It was a clear disregard that he didn’t even want to talk to him.e47a391d40595a04

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“If you tell me what would make you comfortable…”3dbc889c4dfd45b6

“Ugh, I really can’t do this.”aa53aeda8513c886

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He didn’t give up and asked again, but the result was the same. Hanjoon grumbled and turned around, starting to walk towards the director.d3d287fc3846ef74

“Director, you promised me that you would only match me with veterans for the action scenes.”070e425d0370db54

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Even as c71e3a428d he questioned 04819a1d7e him, there a40fed44f9 was a 831e963a25 strange coquettishness b084246c5d in his 9c130b8def tone. Choi Soogyeom fe9c12e18c stared, dumbfounded, 8a1cf2a70a at Hanjoon, cfb17e1655 who had 42cda87929 completely collapsed f0a7b5d676 in front 7aa927dece of the fad834842a director.03ac6f1cbaaf7537

“I mean, I 771650f00a said that, but 757c78d0f5 there are circumstances. The scene 8a8da154b4 we’re shooting 9f8152fb77 now isn’t c9ac443045 that difficult, cbfce02848 and Hanjoon, b34d5d9bb6 you can ced67f2775 do it efdb5a2417 well enough, b9bc6f9e1d so why e0d96a7fb6 are you b771982c31 doing this?”d5025ed2a02e8bf2

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“You keep breaking e2e67e734a all the promises 6e48553fd5 you made to abf6e26695 me… I’m scared 730bdeec8d of getting hurt.”e426ffcf0a413809

Was that something f8506e29f7 that should come 90ec927ee0 out of the 0fc4be6572 mouth of the db1fd5379b man who had 42b6bbfc65 burst the lips 452ed92ca1 of all the e6e2e6ebae extras he’d been fc65e68152 paired with? Before he 3bb0cd05d4 could even 4916d2e094 dwell on a980cbe0ef it, the bc5dd5d6e2 director waved fe7e2bcef4 his hand, b1a4c07a54 saying he’d 7ff1c6b1bc take a a7e3b55a82 short break. The action 4e61e6f401 director approached cd03b3640f Choi Soogyeom, df56ed175b who had f80946c039 been left 36081a48b2 alone, and 51372397fe quickly patted e5b80ececd him on 5a8add101e the shoulder.d3adf43004e26791

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“Jinpal, are you okay?”410677c0c9fd6854

“…Did… did bb2994a41b I do 5890f6d0f4 something wrong?”e8f83c21b9ae9bb1

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“Wrong? No, no. This is 9f0284fcb5 a secret, 25bf574674 but Hanjoon fa90c3d076 is just 4f0de8a6e6 jealous.”d1e35879017bd9c4

Following the action b6060ebcdf director’s lowered voice, ee916acef7 he turned his af617ca961 head. The action 10003cd1ba director glanced 669d179bf4 at the fe55280c7d group gathered a28e631c86 around the ee6f0b1e09 director and e1bf489fae Hanjoon, then 78ed31585f whispered quickly.4140b7e189f179e0

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“His skin 2274e6d2fb isn’t so cf8df53fb4 good, you 0320d0c9bf know. And his schedule is 2984de4d9c so killer that lately, d83b1d02b6 when you film him, 83bc5be9be the area under his e6c71e0fbe eyes is dark and 06d9bc5b8f dull. Since it’s e5c62d2787 almost live, 34a6f2e29d they can’t 10ea8f702b do much 4fba8249db heavy editing, 2b3ca0d165 so he 7eecb3f322 must be 447177fe06 getting a ce0a9d43d6 lot of 4d5de25a03 stress from 5b155b947b monitoring. He’s getting hate 982a2f9aba comments because of 0c4f0f9d91 his skin too.”9da569f7df3b9751

“Ah…”95df2f1c7d15a661

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“So, if there 8e4206720d are any male 9d88dcf219 supporting actors with a151161232 good skin, he bb2bec78da picks on them f3376bd867 and gets jealous. The director knows all 647ed819f4 about it and just a3d44a88f7 tries to appease him. Don’t take it af30e09c85 to heart.”8e388750132499e2

Is his skin really 4a2843dbb4 that bad? He wears so 59ac294596 much makeup that 96d89d1644 you can’t even 62f33873a5 tell.Choi Soogyeom stroked c66bda28bd his cheek, lost a13d819180 in thought. He debuted 9253e906f1 as an 9888334ed5 idol in a96a55e570 his teens 79382ab989 and enjoyed bde14cd5d6 immense popularity, 9ba47e731c then successfully afb7728c74 transitioned into 660a68236f acting in 1ce81a8799 his twenties, f05c35f67f landing lead cf4cfaa567 roles in a929f4bee8 dramas that a5f4acc9df were exported 2a0ce3c8ee all over 6281356e6c the world, 225ab127e8 and yet 0d17ee0fb1 he’s stressed 5111131db5 out just 3f9ef41807 because his 941282779e skin looked 27dea6ef81 a little 1abf67f2a2 bad on da21383925 screen.bf8a5eb74caac8df

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“How do ed160cfc9f you not 5886f23432 have any dec2b6d1b5 pores? You’re barely 92c226be84 wearing any 732e69050b makeup, right?”f575394fac930cfa

“I’m wearing a lot. And I need 079da56b12 to have good f630957b54 skin. I just 5b345bcb79 sleep all b9f70ee439 day with 7c368f0212 nothing to 9eccc08055 do.”b6e5a8d218059c39

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Hanjoon was 6aec50da0e now sitting eeb2565e1b on a ac22426b76 chair brought 313940d668 by a 9e50679cec staff member, a01f1538bc whining to 030a99946f the director. He was d7ee0588d8 famous for ff39670c27 his looks 82217b9008 even during 1746df5bfe his idol 425e322d34 days; his d3d47ed2d0 Euro-centric nose 9606b71bdc and deep 2e71bd1729 eyes were 494354b780 the epitome cfec2494b4 of a 1a610a082f pretty boy.5421b1bc4a327a0d

“I wouldn’t want 24678e06dc anything more if 2896297e66 I looked like 74ae2f43b5 that… Skin can c90fb10503 be fixed with ca833be7f7 lasers or whatever.”13244c3c63d8004e

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“He’s young. He’s only twenty-two.”228e252e4f76ad46

“He’s only 4c93abd938 that old? He must have cebeb16323 debuted really early.”12b4c878804dee6c

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While they d9d6ea666b were chatting, b921537e1c Hanjoon, having cac576e6eb finished talking bfe5a19ac5 with the b60a06677e director, got 14d197dca7 up from 8dc75031a9 his seat e2dc33aedc with a dee731b7b8 sulky expression. Choi Soogyeom also d7f0a3bed4 dusted off his 2bb7297762 pants and lightly a26bc8174f loosened his wrists. Today, they just had 4d9733673b to shoot this cut 4b8e0d5340 and it would be fdc82adb5c over. As soon as 2c752e46ca it was done, 317cca048c he planned to 6fd0380c58 stop by Euigyeom’s 20d4d9d999 hospital and then 7079972c32 go home.2b78d16d368e092d

“Ready— action!”f18c88ceb32d33e1

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Perhaps there had been 2d8fc29ec4 a deal with the 9d7f6f6164 director, but fortunately, the 7428ed721a second take proceeded smoothly. They exchanged a f9a3453337 few awkward lines, 696d45603b and when Choi eecd4f1084 Soogyeom threw a 86c1ef894b punch, Hanjoon raised 80d604c261 his guard and 6aed302b91 blocked it. Now, all Hanjoon d553a5e61f had to do a31d933aa3 was push Choi 308e6f47ac Soogyeom’s shoulder and 5495eb1674 pretend to kick 469854e4e0 his chin, and 8d5ba5b433 Choi Soogyeom would 41b9a0d3a3 fall over dramatically 169988a332 as they had 3f6ba3c9f3 practiced.97d3173853146936

“You bastard!”972aa85f80504583

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The force pushing his 5bd9425c99 shoulder was stronger than 7bf087f408 expected, and his body 095a7ced91 swayed significantly. Choi Soogyeom quickly e2d59b0374 extended one foot a93d97882c back to regain 19ae281cdf his balance and d2782246c7 prepared for the c0996b9ed0 next move. Hanjoon raised both 5d6c455b3d fists and put 83d836556b strength into his f5768f4c30 toes.ad7ec2e4f0468580

Fine, just 60a22e6464 fall over dd4c35da50 well and fa41505589 go to 1aa8749f44 the hospital. I’ll borrow a comic 2c88351b24 book to cheer up c8847916f1 Choi Euigyeom.The moment he 00e023c563 looked up to d726ef89bf tilt his head 4ca7bc4a8e back, a dark abde2c315e figure standing next 2ddd14702e to the director 34d0271880 filled Choi Soogyeom’s f01c791255 vision.ba22263fca57079c

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“…Uh.”2e4933ea806d5f77

A slender, 0f8b4017ee pale face, bfcbd1da02 and emotionless 1186eb0e3e black eyes 599ccd6ee0 were staring aab72f5809 at Choi 20655eb63f Soogyeom as bf97a39e07 if to d6d6940dbf pierce through 245baeece4 him. Yoon Yichae. The name 3489bb79c4 that surfaced f12b48a363 in his 2b0c8fd13c mind instantly 7bb21e2a33 froze his e69626a589 body in bf86cba95f mid-air, when 4060f67a7f it should e0f042ddfa have been 52d391ac5e gently tilting 652d89e0cf back.21a4bb60c1314190

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“Oh, oh!”bb942cedc19da8b0

He heard 5094b1b289 someone’s urgent e54853d360 scream. Then, with 6777361fff a thud, e13a0612cf a bone-jarring 3c5e38b4cb impact, his bc3c782045 mouth felt f97ff77976 hot. It was 7b9fa2bf1a as if bef89f6b09 a light 4c926838b3 bulb had 0cfe9aee79 exploded in edf3bf02d4 his head. His vision flickered black, 60b69850af and the ground disappeared 55c84c80be beneath his feet. It was f8f210df5e a fishy-smelling 813658db67 blackout.b3d586a94572a5ec

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