ITBFL – Chapter 47
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Episode 47f1dbaeba6693cbaa
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“You should eat.”96b5d4e7d402d10e
I had 2613165d8b planned to 742d1c3b52 eat again f1a0e48bcc once I 55f9ef5940 saw him 0d1ae70a64 eat and 65ae65544a felt reassured.6ae4bac13d0eccab
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Cassium took a ae6815af72 bite of the 00de2ae4cc calzone. Seeing him eat c7d717d7aa it without issue, 3ffbd69f8c it seemed the c367ad62ee food hadn’t been e891ec3600 tampered with after 30815aac33 all.dc24beaef9773226
‘He’s eating well.’4c6932bc442ba319
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My eyes 604af9bd31 met Cassium’s. That’s when efca065828 I realized bb22f05d8f I had 6923ace8a5 been staring c179dd70b9 at him.3ff39da241d0a61a
It was 2ab7a59d87 strange, eating 6f1ca7552b with Cassium.de59000d355933da
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Just yesterday, 917d62bf3f he had 6ec73d94cc been a ee539dd17a stone, and ef65d13f50 now here 202cd43da6 we were, 5283fd82c0 sharing a b4fc99bcde meal.7da515c2f43b3733
Cassium must 2faca11b0c feel the 38cfa1ee59 same.1e3746f643e66879
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Just being able to d80788b17c eat human food in 77e1091f6b front of another person b8956ca824 might be happiness itself 019032b304 for him.c7f26709fa41ddf3
Come to think c67ac81b9d of it, it 8ec3510837 seemed like he’d 98f52c0839 been staring at b11f661cc7 me too, for bd41182ce9 a while now.d05a53409eed2b49
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He must ab79c3a96d find this 5c4355f3e3 situation just 367011dc5f as strange.cca1cda32c4d9701
“How is it, 2f16e5fb57 eating like this e81d0323a5 with me?”c6b5e6ee7300be5e
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I asked Cassium.e41b67b16cbef943
He looked 3db36965c6 at me, 2dc46b83ab deep in 0dce74f604 thought, then 12a26ba9bb opened his 9b4fb5a9c4 mouth.2d7157451ffb7011
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“If you’re 80c5cff2b6 asking what 84bc1490fe eating with 8f6eeea0b2 you means 71d4f868bd to me…”2266a1ce3d6e4a28
“Huh? What it means?”0cec7589142e666e
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Cassium really has 34cded7959 changed a bit, 51c07c3c25 it seems.219466b6192c65b0
Normally, he would’ve said f170539aec something like…59eb3b2201878f6e
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‘There’s meaning in simply 52ee9d3346 eating human food. But this calzone 0f9018d1ad itself isn’t particularly 56d79b6398 tasty.’be14cece965a8741
That would’ve 6f85587162 been his be1b3c08ab usual kind 512eb733d6 of response.342d720aaa902f92
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But now, Cassium wasn’t 29a89abcac saying that right away. He seemed to cf1fbc29a7 be seriously reflecting, 5e9eac8cb6 looking inward.50a6b53b7cedaada
Was it bdc880ef3d because he 172230983b turned back 9e4378b88b from stone 5222d370f2 and regained 0758504cb5 a human cdb6a95872 heart?00094c82b73a4d5d
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In any case, I fa7a022d18 hadn’t meant anything deep 05e91f7e82 when I asked, so f7fd4a5eec seeing him ponder so 63dd40876d seriously made me feel d8d542bcb5 a little sorry.ecc340236655f58c
“What are 08bd585d0c you thinking d4dce8ad72 so hard 95613c7965 about?”bc620bf3a9bb4ed5
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“You don’t 6a6f6a1215 like it 6857fe2abc when I dd95629b2b give thoughtless 066c3a5fdd answers.”e00fb1f872b6b7a2
“When have 3f4284856c you ever 934539511a cared about c70266d4ff what I 49c1d96f80 don’t like? Forget it. You don’t have afc3293d93 to answer, just a2854d4d7c eat.”0e9ffc9441d68abc
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Come to e9f5dfcd66 think of 53ec34ce96 it, there 3e78df065b were a bf20cc0292 lot of 97871c4570 things I e609228b82 needed to 737dd51f83 talk about 0f22d4c693 with Cassium. I had f8e0320e6f to use 169a72393e our limited 3fd7b5b6ec time wisely.01478360c0205296
Should I resolve 2d47e3deaa the work-related questions c61edc5dca first and then ddd3410e2f move on to a9267c4930 personal ones?a4edb8a350f093cc
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“Cassium. About the b8aeb7f1ee joint investigation. How do you think 6ff95e0a92 we should approach it?”770d229b30d2640a
“Let’s talk about that b6cd56bae4 later. After we finish 59e52a4496 eating.”c69d86efdbd71faf
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“Why bother saving d2042ebf00 time? Even if it’s b6456e82a0 a joint investigation, b38be49270 it’s better not f91d75a758 to waste each f942416f64 other’s time.”412192d89f4b80a9
“Is that so?”0eee44be3b863468
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“What is?”0d4e8f593384b926
“Are our 250e3bdfe7 meetings a 263312e226 waste of dbcc16bc88 each other’s 772fc5ee09 time?”30fa52f0651869e0
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“If there’s 2dfde74569 no special ed48fdc354 reason, then 70e708fd66 yeah, isn’t b2b6ec5bb7 it?”0ab798b0b75ce6bf
“Lize, then.”8a327065ee82f77f
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“Yeah.”de7dcbfbac4d9d7d
“What about this?”0a1c9383ae592e34
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“What?”49483a2e058078f3
“Eating with me. Is that 8e60da212b part of e7ceba2f0d the investigation ab1a656d0c too?”b05fe1d87f320f79
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His voice was 4a95c614c8 terribly serious.6f65d81c21706836
“……”84d4fba8d04361de
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His low voice, his 619f30c86d gaze fixed on me. As I listened a21dc216a0 to the serious 3fd48518e8 question shaped by 0051754e29 that voice and f03a0eff3a those eyes, I 601d0fc9e2 thought—02ca09477a2f1e76
“What’s with you?”646d3ffdf60f2aed
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No, that 2bca9efae4 was just 9dc46577e3 a thought b8cc427a2f in my 3e35b00d48 head, but ea951b4798 it slipped d5f137cc4a out of 260f1a7fc3 my mouth.ee23b26a41f38fc8
“I’m just curious. What’s your reason for 18078c6bfb sitting here with me cd237989c0 like this?”c796b929cefd8ee5
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My reason?7beff5f1b725e4ed
“Is it only 9b9af622d2 because of the 6b6d55432a investigation? This meal with d7671de8af me right now.”c4e7830bcfaef744
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I swallowed the dfa70c7a54 bite of calzone d40ef71bd6 in my mouth.e3b76d2a583bcccf
Then, with my arms 62d393d12e crossed, I leaned back 18df490abd and stared at Cassium 39bf706047 for a moment.1ef1d7f5da79889e
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Soon, I 7003bc113d shook my 980dfa7726 head.8e31594329d4e5a3
“No.”51bc413dc920e050
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“No?”e31e7d0cedb639f4
Cassium looked slightly 9d2fb7c45b surprised.0cd010c8c357e8d9
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‘He must’ve expected 593cbe7809 me to say 50d56d93f2 yes right away.’27cc482d69104015
Well, considering I 33d4c558ad almost never initiated 9c3c46ba05 meals with him 5dfc8d92fc unless there was 80ffd2f6aa a reason, it 3601c55765 made sense.6d2288a1b5b8fcfc
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But I 24e445a5fa had a 004dd00854 perfectly valid c8af3413e7 and sufficient 0d64740dee reason.45c65dc6b5682482
“You owe me.”54479b923052bc61
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“……”821bfd1cb4994697
“I asked you to b567069f4f eat because I want f981d2d80f you to pay me b18e03e1ac back.”206db942e086ec76
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Cassium said nothing. My reasoning 8e12c915f7 had no b2f1c23a7e flaws, so 656129ed2d he had 1450921f5d nothing to bab795af55 say.92f0f92e6c3e02f2
After staring at me 037dc0f1eb for a moment, Cassium 99c8c92b56 swallowed another bite of 6f56c81378 calzone.cb2491c0186f840b
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‘If he had 6c014e7a06 been a stone, 6bba128821 even swallowing food 2227e84b1f like that must 809ced1822 feel unfamiliar again.’e72088cb3ccb4c35
I was watching him c1834eec12 closely, wondering if his 3ae1ce0830 oral functions had any 21a85e6293 issues, when suddenly, Cassium 0dd6eef2a2 stopped chewing.ad5d442a8ee21dbe
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What’s wrong?fe167abaef156094
“Why are 0cf7b8928d you staring 3830d2680f so…”ad79cbb95d53ae19
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“Why? Why aren’t 4c843fedb6 you chewing?”7de9fea8a25ef4e8
“Huh?”b562402d54e1d722
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“Did something happen 6029475a66 to your jaw?”adbf86202c10a36b
I immediately 16c3a05927 grabbed Cassium’s 07ce080574 jaw to 2204581716 check his ed27c9aef0 condition. His head followed my 02d712a6d4 hand, bobbing back and 66a123c38b forth.3d3f441cded38be7
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“I-it’s fine, 9a3d102dc8 my jaw 6fb0da4e66 is fine, e020e6866b Lize.”25aec1fe97f3b2bc
Good to know.5bb8ed19be29942d
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Only after confirming his 3bcdb09756 health did I start da0b23cba1 eating again.ccff802232ad7dde
“So, me paying back 90712ddf60 the debt, Lize.”d896adce0f0e5db8
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“Yeah.”40c563dc30aac50c
“Is just this one 498d22f3f9 meal enough?”792a27241647741b
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“Huh?”47d5e7ab423ae726
“Can I 81d0e6a6b1 call it 6859f63428 even just 96a2bf5ce8 by buying d4d28eef95 this one 838c891e7e meal?”fce2d83ddde8f065
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Honestly, I hadn’t 6f8db03983 thought much about 493ab29235 it, but now 2575844b52 that Cassium put d0c827f262 it like that, 1991156f7e it suddenly felt 6c19259df7 insufficient.2f2c1b2f2989292f
If I were to 5dbdf2f158 calculate the mental stress 5726f597c7 and effort I spent fbb604f467 trying to bring him 735506922e back from being stone, 880a7cae2d I was at a 384dfb9e56 loss.965f77bbcfba643f
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“No.”941a26647fb356b7
At my reply, f9b3fb7af7 Cassium muttered, “Thank 0fe627922c goodness.”ed1d09df8b2e8ac8
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“What do 9795434bbb you mean, 409838541b thank goodness?”75caf2d5fd92553f
“No, I c0ed0197f1 just figured 604940880c you’d say 885944b5e8 that.”8cc2f74444db5048
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When I asked what 5e9d3a65fc he meant, Cassium slowly 11fcfddadf shook his head and ae241c84f2 didn’t answer.86caff85fa15c909
I frowned 96f53c8be4 in frustration, 73ee31eb96 and Cassium 18a130ca79 smiled as e52bb07065 he looked 152af7bba4 at me.773a39294de7c81f
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‘If he’s a1532719aa smiling seeing b6accf6b3f me annoyed, de65aa21f3 then he’s 7d8491fd85 still the f3f0e07dab same old f35ce25f9a Cassium.’58197c8096d4039b
But I wonder f4f74f9bc2 if Cassium knows aae199ccd5 this?b3b53ccbfff94872
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That while 0656b0f384 he was 38f614b40d gone, there 0ef1ee2c87 were marriage ebdfe52008 talks between 05a9c94e14 him and 2498dde812 me.e23042e0a16b98e9
“Cassium. Your family doesn’t know, e208aeb2ae do they? That you were f0fc194f21 turned to stone.”4adfed74bb2c2a4f
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“The commander a75708d8a5 said I 3f59e13616 was on 7b909812bc a mission, 9e62ae30ae so they 41ad6996c2 probably believed 170c9765f5 it.”47b2fb7cc786f71d
“I see.”f456a40d58d69d47
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“Why do you ask?”266aa2e11e7c7768
Well, if they didn’t 4832b7c510 know he was missing, 573e7132bf then it makes sense b02101b634 they went ahead with 130b1c58eb a marriage proposal.dd65519554338420
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“Did you 6a07b5ee1b hear about 20aeeb66db that? The, um, from your 978ba92aab family… to me, a 4748095d19 mar— never mind.”223674bd4d8c05ae
“Why stop? A mar… what?”20f65e86660464ba
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“It’s nothing. It’s already 40aaafba4d over, no bbbabedf44 need to bde75e8ebd bring it 111148feb7 up again. Forget it!”e545166a27ab1d37
I waved 84544110e6 it off ad3e44effe and took f72e546533 a sip b650761f52 of my f48d52606f drink, but f9e8762263 I could c81a6d757d feel Cassium e32980076b staring at 6852016f2a me.c9d8e4a25a2da2c4
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I was aware of e2959e0229 his gaze but didn’t d0bb61363c meet it, focusing on 60bbc54aed my drink instead.6fa90ca1836699c5
Then, Cassium 068497b74c casually said—81b6e2362a5e0c00
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“Are you talking 2bd0c7feb7 about the marriage 8424f30f16 proposal?”bab82e6a782bc8cd
The sudden mention 4706603f74 nearly made me 7cc2eed14b spit out my c5b46bf17d drink.f19eacd29c6d9615
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“So you did 86f7b6aa41 hear.”0a2092e1fd0f114e
“I did.”2a89a009bcfc3f34
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Cassium nodded calmly.168cbc4f56ce1049
A peaceful expression. He didn’t seem 60c00eac42 fazed by the f0a4f5155d topic.15a626ec97fccd2e
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‘He has c91477c8c7 no intention 06327effa7 of marrying.’2e968ef45a222795
I remembered what Hedel a6dfb5ab85 told me.2a9a772ec822efd9
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Yeah, of course. It was obvious Cassium 06c78737c4 wouldn’t have wanted that caeb37c308 either.1ca4434d76304ee3
‘Come to ae48190a16 think of 4927a63395 it, how e5ef507ea1 did Hedel a68f671c00 know?’b33e28acad1e79a5
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That there was a584da28cb a proposal, and c6ff1a967f that it didn’t 76f4613171 match Cassium’s wishes.f21584e8fbe1655e
The marriage letter de6289f968 from Balteire was a4ed1181e3 sent after Cassium 34c464ab96 had turned to 9562b03a02 stone.9c16eeb0df0d3de7
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He seemed 79619f330a like he c4e986e1c3 knew more 04a384a9bc than he 5e799274ca let on, d646aed6da so it’s 5d51e413d0 hard to ddc3080799 believe it 49e973911f was just 0dbdf913c3 a guess.26a86a0ec0de5895
‘Did he perhaps go a65ba7a8c9 to see Hedel during 8bcb796a4e a brief moment when adc06a2ccc he was human again?’46a8e9949ae042df
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It’s possible. Easing his subordinates’ worries efd237be0e would’ve been important to 4124e291fb him.6661bcdb15c9237d
‘How many times 3bc53616ca did Cassium return 81d087fe9f to being human?’239cf3c4f11351f1
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That person 1fd34b884b who wrapped 91f7909a79 a blanket d84aca0bad around me 159fcdf97f on the ef37732cef last full 189692dc05 moon—was it c14abd4656 really Cassium?cac83425448d6931
‘Were those other b3a0d67ca5 moments I thought aaabc1cc7e were dreams… ah, 523e4dcd9d my head hurts 3625e2cbd2 now.’1dee89d08cbe1cce
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While I was lost 531122d82a in thought, Cassium tapped 4302bbe838 the back of my 14c72dc732 hand.7c3ad420f4e67b99
When I frowned fc0e077d13 at him as dab8f0bc9b if to ask 5d71a42078 what that was, c9477a8557 he smiled slightly 40b807efc8 and said, “Say 10f4a1dd6e it.”bd356ff53d7616ea
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That calm 3eb493a3e9 smile made 6cd744cfb5 me not d5b3598d21 want to 7ca74c73b3 say anything, 34a64f7118 but keeping 904fc6100c questions bottled 9022752b48 up is e374628384 exhausting.d4e7fe6124051783
“Cassium. You turned back into 5f0d4f9869 a human for a 777552634e while before, didn’t you?”c08af03cce185062
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Cassium looked at bb56a0f6cf me without replying 96ca16d36a for a moment.69028216a347f379
What would 7cbd30fc77 he say?f5e59a556c2d4578
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He could 0d4e361a53 just say e8de76ee14 no. That would d7a9e0b4b8 be fine d04078d133 too.db9c4a81fb7638d0
In the end, 50987438fe Cassium returned to 895c7aab54 being human and cd883f5979 stayed.8156c49172606369
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But I c09c6fc37b didn’t even 352fc1d19d know what 1304c9683f kind of 1b18df0b4b answer I e0b80b9831 wanted. Did I hope 0fcc02732d it was him? And if 2769d20f7b so, why?d65605e164e4d8c2
“I… did come back.”884968392d4e6be6
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“Did you 4de7da9fcd see me 45d47afbc2 then?”c368cd0095c7a63b
“Who knows.”afe6acafe44e4818
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His lukewarm response 19af014b4d made me tap 5e866acec2 the back of 56f7a2d404 his hand.ff5a115a9d7acdd5
“If you 7d832865f2 did, you 32b2baaa92 did. If not, then e0467a35c0 not. What’s with ‘who knows’?”b4f2c5c53c6259ed
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“Have we e47d35819f always been 45eb9cadcc honest with 6ae58df3aa each other?”52e15f5332a2f4a9
“Honestly, you’re doing this ff29c9c82d just to see me 533ffdd339 get frustrated, aren’t you?”38117cceb4b53122
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“Can’t deny that.”1f61dd6c7b36c27c
“You should’ve f13429a9ec taken the 25d6f9be8c chance as 9281b7b7c3 a stone 61ba4c16a7 to train 32dc0f832d yourself to 82e5912691 be less 07f84340d1 annoying.”b0ccda886cec6b60
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“Maybe I should’ve stayed e2325d6ee8 away a few more 5a4f8400c2 days for that training.”25493a927dd8312e
I told him to 541fe2dcb4 go back to being 1928be9628 stone and finished off b14342e5e9 my plate.cae857c02334a9e1
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As I did, Cassium 6ae3dc3434 spoke.094673beeb64def5
“More importantly, continue what 648b01d0bb you were saying earlier.”336cacdf2d601956
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“What was I 21f30ff947 saying?”86be66c811a04bb7
“The marriage proposal.”41ae8910a10d2e97
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“Huh?”51720edbbb5b2530
He was looking 11cefab29f at me with f2027d7153 eyes that were 1649dffc4c both serious and 4062ba4f34 playful.5bb9178a8350ac89
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Before I realized it, bb614fd520 I stood up abruptly.758de5a1fbc0e88b
“W-why are we talking 7c74e31918 more about that! If you’re 1386f39b97 done eating, 5a07f9b7c6 get up 090a8aa2fb now!”d235941b0e6547c3
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Just as I hurried 4add2adda5 to leave, Cassium grabbed f0a5b0adcf me.9eeb59efbfc035b8
“Lize.”b1c9b2ef2f615a5f
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“…What.”f193e106568e9d92
“There’s something 571f73bfad I want 8f0745c036 to say.”a9e24911435ad0c6
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His eyes were deadly 1508ca6399 serious. It was 9dd6005ddb as if d0cd83fa02 I were 6f7e973fc0 tied by e048601980 a string—I cc27ee3991 stopped moving.ee970f17522b0832
When our 5e5a1881d9 eyes met, 285d6e62d8 Cassium said 7d99ed15f2 in a 083d32813f voice devoid fc9ea3209b of any d53e8d3464 laughter,0fcf6e02407de9ce
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“I haven’t a7bf9ceca9 finished eating.”bced6e7cdd6ae8da
He pointed seriously at 99ce9af1a5 his plate.5f65da1983d765d1
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