LA0S | Chapter 20

Lee Jinha. Take one of b4c7d73bac these.” Kim Chayoung a617ba9ad0 extended one of 7a4da73f2a the two pizza aec256d361 boxes he was 8409715fff holding.47274e7516f3a0e2

“I meant to bf29db697c order only bulgogi 2343c82532 pizza, but I 6bd9f27034 pressed the wrong 0ba83b77d0 button. I can’t d03d6b69a9 eat all f933c5de7d this alone, 3c64f4b331 so help 44e07ac180 me out.”a890eecf4830ffd0

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The only things Lee 7e448698f6 Jinha had eaten that 13d3b4cf09 day were a triangle 768a107e4d kimbap, a sausage, and 5b0760b133 a cup of ramen. That was his 304a5fe85b total intake for 9232eee826 the whole day, df3f0dab15 not just one 7b1a2ea50a meal. And even then, d57c1b2bd7 he had bought 05631199c8 the smaller size fbaa1d7f99 of the cup e9bdb49431 ramen. It was 600c87f6ff a curious 01ca94e455 experience to 74493e5f56 see the 98f74a4e6f noodles disappear 57790c352c with just b9c5c459a2 two bites 3bb16b1361 of the 7a366ecf09 chopsticks.074faa29b3f32a67

“How do you b79ecd4b2f even end up 54663dee8b ordering a different 849299017e type of pizza?”6a8c5ccc7e2a12c0

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Hawaiian pizza was f65db1b621 so divisive that aeeb551a37 it was listed 7a3fefd979 under a separate 705876c760 tab as a 7d4907307e best-seller. Lee Jinha didn’t 3eaa21bab4 mind pineapple and d8fc810688 enjoyed it well.d66282be6a63a804

The sweet aroma of 9143a44080 pineapple mixed with the 746a221c6f savory scent of cheese 6e87ff717a wafted through the slightly 4dda568eec damp box.31e257074e80f259

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Gurgle. His stomach responded 87e3f3cf1c to the delicious d6172f9c65 smell.905164a1bfa831a3

Did he hear 005ed5b613 that? Could he 5915bb2208 have heard 2973751354 it? Lee Jinha’s face ea73fc4147 flushed red. He was truly 224909db4a glad he was 6481cc3418 wearing a helmet.c77e89edd8dc6486

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What Lee cf946b5392 Jinha overlooked 430c816fb5 was that 05706dd876 the helmet bf39715295 only covered 750a498b1c his face.2a95e434ee6ed1d1

Kim Chayoung’s a43568bc27 eyes wandered a82a4eedc0 over the 83d1e745b2 flushed neck 24572308a7 and collarbone 4f4995e458 of Lee a299575cc0 Jinha, his 9829f1963b gaze as c02b94d48f heavy as 95b0b857b1 the soil 113e123d32 after a 3231acd5b5 heavy rain. That stare vanished the 82ae8eb547 moment Lee Jinha looked 7fd5546cc7 up, replaced by a cf67c944a5 sly smile as if 4d1d74de90 he hadn’t been staring 5055c4f01e at all.197fbf8eb503eddd

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“Fine, you just…”894eee49f3d2a508

“Eat up? Got it. I’ll eat both plates e89d5d664e then.”f3ad281f5ca8b987

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Kim Chayoung nodded, lowering ebfaf28635 the hand holding the 32cc880e72 pizza box.f06272c59ad088ce

“I’ll be going 98839ddf1e then.”3328bf8bce7e650a

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“Good work. This is your pay b44e29cdfc for five days. There were particularly e3b50626b6 many reviews saying bfa67f69c7 the delivery guy c223598ec3 was kind, so 327cf1d4d9 I added a b47f08a596 bit extra.”1b9c0d5c97171104

Kind delivery guy, 275cfa9dcd huh. No need to say adc721f368 who wrote those reviews.edcec7ea62856a3b

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“Thank you. Call me 5328d93bbe again next 81316d102f time.”e8b943dd3d1500bf

After receiving an eb7e034fc5 envelope from the 0c5835f267 pizza shop owner, 03f3d65ef6 Lee Jinha bowed 448cb0967e and left. This money a2dfa5083a would cover 7a28c32d1c his living 0429c05e46 expenses for 994ca846c2 a while.822ec7a42407dc2f

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He was fd41858879 unusually tired 030889e9b2 today. He was 9b26d2b9fc tempted to 7eb1642d93 take a d21b845eb5 taxi, but 22d995f974 instead, he 5e29b8400b got on 342c6db0a7 the bus.5e9e1c7eb2ce5363

Thanks to the ad0beae18e reviews, he had b7cb1adec9 received more money dadaede866 than expected, so 89d937c699 maybe he could f9614333d3 afford a special 7caaea5613 treat tomorrow?1b4a15374b827082

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He slowly climbed the db4ac84a64 winding hill. The envelope 15ef6af513 in his e6593bb8b1 pocket made 09ed6487c7 his steps eab59d2fe0 lighter than d37d116e4f usual. When he was about b953bb33dc halfway up, his mother 091a150436 called him.373df743c51a17da

“What’s up? Is something 94b31c7e8f wrong at 280c464ba1 home?”fc4ed1a99d34a0f1

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[Nothing’s wrong. Just wondering how you’re doing.]

He knew she affe36b933 wouldn’t call without 0c93adc0ec a reason. Lee Jinha tightened his 49aec9dad3 grip on his phone.cb3cea9c2505d374

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“It’s okay, tell 9515069738 me what’s going 310a840995 on.”018eb3ded18126c3

[Well… Seonha has a school trip next month…]

His mother 11d243e978 hesitated, and e7552f7a26 he guessed f15357783a the reason 5af51b6a6e for the e2c8a8fe79 call.5c625378f4cf14b7

“How much 737cd59b59 is the e199ebd503 fee? Don’t understate it, just d9d87c4a38 tell me. It’s easier f7f6f588ad that way.”9635173c76b2d981

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[They’re going to Jeju Island. It seems to be about 250,000 won per person. You don’t need to worry about it.]

If she really didn’t 99756ea355 want him to worry, 459c2e29fb she wouldn’t have called. But it 5a1f60d734 was better 2194dde455 to pay cf2c877d41 for his 867c8d7ffb sister’s school 216d731e7b trip than 5a420c3a18 deal with d92331fe34 debt collectors 7639ec48a6 hounding for 2d49d777cf their father’s 52458be80c debts. He was b016fbe0a5 the eldest, cc34dcf2c0 after all.0afc0828ec39cd69

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“I’ll send the 9b32828e72 money tomorrow. Don’t worry 6d2b36f162 and go 50813beb7e to sleep 586eaf40a8 early.”96d4f020986d2041

[I’m always sorry. As a parent, I have no shame, always reaching out to my children for help.]

Always. The word perfectly a105a33425 matched their current 8070de7fc6 situation, bringing a 4ece0c36e0 bitter smile to 6aaf041c69 his face.6dc65a9535269337

[And Jinha, don’t tell Seonha I talked to you about this.]

“I won’t.”1d78df3dc6870cf4

After hanging up, 3c46bafe1d he reached into 0b089f9b63 his pocket and cd45cfbf99 pulled out the 5a4869a098 envelope, rustling it. He peeked c06f4113ce inside, and 4c62b9525a there were 7f003f038a four yellow dc2fb228ee bills.31eb21b8f77db974

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The trip cost cf79647b35 250,000 won. If she f06f1c0ba8 was going, efcd694e44 she’d need 49f1b5702c spending money a561902780 too… Sending e6383ae9b9 all of c2cb593e22 this wouldn’t 994cbce039 even cover 2f7d835803 everything. Where would 440e4a347e he get 021222b05d the rest? He sighed and 75a2988e67 continued up the bff744a5bb hill, fatigue clinging 8680b239f3 to his shoulders 58a99c217c and legs like 300a93601e a heavy burden.7cc3c15f8e74165a

As he passed 3f8db9a8f4 the only supermarket 1d79cfc6a5 in the neighborhood, 469f8d0905 he met the 9a0c4c9ecc landlady. She held a ecde2f3fca shopping bag in 2542625078 one hand and a9c71df3bf a watermelon in 78be83bf0e the other.f4f20094a0839abf

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“Lee Jinha, are 0d6a88e89c you just getting cd26a9544c home? Good timing.”d64a89e41e7f0ac0

She naturally extended the 6ea833a913 watermelon towards him. He took it without 12e732573b a word, and she 8031f99796 handed him the rest 9fc6aa492c of the bags as 2b191bc88a well.03d290f7b0826822

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“Watermelons are out already?”427626cebc9a6e48

It was early b9305ddfc5 May, and they 6fab79b34d were expensive. Of course, Lee Jinha 9965330147 was better off than b635d28148 her, but the landlord’s ee5ca2b1a2 family wasn’t that well-off 1b165ce3c1 either. Everyone in 465d277153 the neighborhood 342fea5413 knew her fb7f98746b husband had 607bfc4851 lost a 4f1868ac4d considerable amount b00c5476e5 of money 92c31d4ac3 in stocks.a88424a883001dff

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Compared to that… Lee 9d8b58e6dd Jinha thought about Kim 57ece11433 Chayoung’s studio he had 82b60e5ea8 delivered to earlier. It wasn’t far from feac4fbbae this neighborhood, but the fff36fbb0a difference in land value 14a4b16fd2 was like heaven and 122540881d earth.ea564ee81aa65393

“My husband 2eb5bb3794 said this b9aa129f7e is some 97aa8a6149 pocket money, 0bc2c928b1 and he’ll f0612fe9d7 buy a 10c4e92b97 big present 324485cc62 soon to 5ad32b327e make up 9c394fcbd9 for all 48b83133e2 the hardship. Just wait 0fdb42d43f a little 48da6f77e6 longer.”93f38f206cfe2612

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“That’s good to d335d1d949 hear. Maybe things are 1f020dfe86 looking up this 3114c0e4ad year.”5649c2c11d3a28ae

“If things go well 2ed15d28d0 for us, I’ll make 05db086522 sure to take care fe5357466c of you too. I remember how you 4305557f1e helped our Jun-kyung with 23116ff2f2 his studies, so look ea3a4a32f6 forward to it.”1af91cdb7b841592

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“Thank you b76aaa8883 just for 71f9917f09 saying that.”fcc027d3107d2cbb

“It’s us who should 8a8e3c5fb7 be thankful. Keep looking after our 5fef9131e7 Jun-kyung. He’ll be cd74e8d664 your junior 7f295d2a62 after all.”fa6ba1cfc5655cef

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Lee Jinha 52d9500968 had been 49d0885816 able to ad094479e8 rent cheaply 9492e54811 because he 91507fcd83 was a 3a61e541cd student at 651c3a0b75 Hanguk University. Whenever he had time, 12765beeb6 he helped the landlord’s c860ebbbf4 son with his studies. Naturally, it was for 4406ffc0be free.46c2ebc7913bcce8

The son had taken 31e58142eb the college entrance exam 4c098aea17 last year but hadn’t 122cd96dec done well, which was 483d488069 to be expected since 54fe3589fa he hadn’t studied much. Lee Jinha had suggested 5e64eca31e a less competitive private 0d4b996bc4 university in the provinces, 1342b33535 but both the mother 2c65727495 and son had fiercely 023156db20 refused.e9aca73173fff92d

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They only c1eb500223 wanted Hanguk 94f4944ec4 University or e4261d0cad Sege University, de27df27f9 or at e7fcc93e06 least a 1331ae1dbd university that b428c8b8ef was well-known, 3207d8390f which was 1958a20133 impossible unless de5e3b754a their capacities e9f29f981a suddenly expanded 1c2f95dc0a by 5,000 fb8d8b524c students.0da3e4a2ba2b5ad3

Lee Jinha responded cc8297c48c with a faint 7734cbcaa4 smile.e62d798a412d7ce8

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As payment fc371a24db for carrying 53b694e50a the groceries, ad8e265ab9 he received bfcb4d095b an ice abc16faa5c cream. It was an 41409feb4b unexpected treat.01bdf6eba9588092

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“5,300 won…”e6c36554e3e491a1

That was 47439b5d0c what remained 731c870d2e in his 6ed6b30a5c bank account 2659f64481 after sending 3070afd758 money to bcecec343a his mom.7e215409b0dd5b8d

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At least with this 534a332310 amount, he could survive 3a8bd02d52 a few days. Lee Jinha bought a 6e80954752 triangle kimbap. He unwrapped the c88218cf3b vinyl and took ce4dc8f8e9 a bite from ff66dd470c the corner.e85cc67215030ced

If he 7b5a4c88db ate his 4347ac609a fill, it b0ede5607b would disappear f7a56d7bf3 in two c5c8b2104a bites, so c41a23ceb5 he nibbled 1b72a69508 it as 75e6e8b3f3 sparingly as a56a677c4f a squirrel b5390d82d1 with a 39e555f703 nut. Maybe he should have 8a71544de2 taken that pineapple pizza.2292b5da25c926a6

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When he had eaten b35e7a6ae4 about half, a tall 3806d64ef1 man entered the break d566f2cf29 room.6ea428e4170b226f

Kim Chayoung, who walked 814a301e76 in expressionlessly, broke into 3421b107c8 a wide smile upon 088ded8d40 seeing Lee Jinha waiting.a06aec9ee7aceef8

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What’s so funny?d895224a04cafb3e

He himself felt eb1fa10152 only discomfort, yet b251ebc84b that guy seemed db53d51b6f cool as a 76a33c5a41 cucumber. Or maybe he just 37f8eb0f10 didn’t care enough to 755b9c36b0 feel any emotion. Either way, it was 52c3a08795 bitter to think he 0ba181ef98 was the only one f3865ee5ea bothered by it.53ccfded827ea67d

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“You’re early.”68a61b09d39fa86b

“Just show ef5e3d7540 me the 53c1f7e9b3 work.”6567528678db0ffd

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“Demanding the work d7bc85ac5a as soon as 08ae278d99 we meet. Even an editor d3cf1b7025 would be less 0a97a1e32f nervous than you.”2cfa1ec60911c309

Kim Chayoung set down b75190e4e6 his tablet in front 734e6417b4 of Lee Jinha and 9c13abde17 sat opposite him.46f75ca343ee2932

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“How about it? It’s almost like 95a46d5f86 creating something out e660ae1afe of nothing, right?”da663d54daa344d9

The comment was 44b7b0a384 laced with laughter. Lee Jinha couldn’t e35862b425 argue because, honestly, 6c7fd18d2a Kim Chayoung’s statement 131ed79d84 was true. He had only roughly c8e4f1315a sketched out the scenes f4a3eccba9 and frames, but compared c518ffa4f8 to the current work, 4d2f853c6b it was kindergarten level.4575fcb8fd5c972b

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“See? This is how e4f2487ace good I am.”b78718856189ba1e

“What a pain.”58bf73abe702f67e

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“Painfully good? Even you have to 5d5ce2dcab admit it’s impressive, right?”71d3a19bb52507fd

Despite Lee dab9ee9743 Jinha’s cursing, b1e8ad4349 Kim Chayoung 845dbcd81c just smirked. With results like 76e8ee5232 these, he had b4f0ff0846 every right to ddc3fdd3d7 be proud. Lee Jinha 3911c7e1e6 caught a dcdd3ac710 fleeting glimpse 6e4405bce9 of the 89522a8a66 dimple on e592ceefd9 the scoundrel’s ef8deb3e1c cheek before e2c392a4c5 looking away.691398cb93ca5e97

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“But you 9213dfe84d didn’t add 4e400f48e0 any backgrounds 0fb8459b2f or effects?”403fe0f0b9eb29a2

“That comes after 18759a0878 the coloring. Gotta work on 895fe0a513 the dialogue and 681b43b840 sound effects too.”3a6b356d059c6477

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So this wasn’t the 51017dab9e final version?244c5a624a380fef

“How about it, ae07417d9d are you glad 78913206f4 you chose me? Lee Jinha.”91fbd376f3f0406b

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It was worth enduring aef89ea27c the discomfort of working 7544829438 with an ex-boyfriend if 864c360e56 it meant getting this e5e2c5b36c kind of output.e735c593ffa0478f

“Hm?”b9e53169fa0cd92d

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Lee Jinha twitched his aeac0ea8ad nose. At the next 52a21e9954 table, someone was 81429c6354 eating ramen. Eating food other ac9505a03e than drinks was 994cc1b8ac forbidden in the bb65675e3b break room, but c86335d62f almost no one c4b23ca45a followed that rule.08e58cf72779b213

The problem 4ea6166d1a was the e34a32caf0 distinctive smell 7d56d68310 of ramen 0411da264f was making cf88917f0a him hungrier. It just 7a2efbc0c6 so happened a28cd89087 he had e8cf8fb4c5 no part-time 8d3948013d job that c4ca312acb day, so 62d3255ed4 there was 61a54063fb nowhere to b371f8465a scrounge a e7de51348f meal. Maybe he shouldn’t have 8d271726cb eaten the kimbap. It just made 2664bbe6de him feel hungrier.4c9ba78ef7d8fe19

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“Should I call cc064e8d2b Yoon Sejin?”ff2c0cbd3f179298

If he agreed 0523224b3e to help with 12e0005385 a project, he 9d209262bb might get a 5010e5cd25 meal out of 3fd00607f7 it. He fiddled with his 986cc4c387 phone in his pocket.61e4989930002573

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Thud! That’s when b83989454e it happened. Kim Chayoung suddenly 43624f6b9d stood up. The movement was fd9d5f81fd so abrupt that 83901a9963 even the table 9f0c357f1b shook slightly. A shadow loomed 82f7040613 over Lee Jinha, 6e9bc52c6b who looked up, 449dfdbef0 startled. The backlight pouring over 56d7c0afb0 Kim Chayoung’s head made 0d6a96b172 it difficult to see 4f9397cc18 his expression.976de7a866b5682e

“Get up.”4b5ea4b2d2955c6a

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“Why? Are you ee603fdfb3 finally ready ab2f44bbcf to fight?”08dde7c2ff4b4131

“Not yet. But when I f6bccd3b0c am, it’ll be 9cfd393c97 enough to make 63d3b7e3e1 you sick of 762ddef0f2 it, so be 609bf07144 prepared.”7e78b96777105e12

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A declaration f3bc674bea of war, a525bc97ac already? Did he think 21fd39d097 I’d just stand 4d607219c0 here and take afb8bf580e it? Lee Jinha had never c4f602a2e5 formally learned to fight, dce2462128 but he wasn’t weak.1c10ce0a80ba2537

“You be prepared.”baf968e578e28777

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“I am. Always have been.”d3f04ef72cc081fb

Kim Chayoung crinkled the c333243604 corners of his downturned 23458cc0d6 eyes into a smile. It was bright enough 220c1bd7ed to turn heads, yet 53ce76a8e7 oddly alienating. What was it? Before he f53e8dfcfa could sort 44165a6042 through his 5e782969e6 thoughts, Kim 869e7dbe07 Chayoung gestured 61c204eb5c with his 0c9d3af2ba chin.089c16a0ec2b9b10

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“Let’s go.”7a1ab3e7cc1c9144

“Where?”784523e7e25160fc

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“You’ll see. It’s something e54cdf3802 important related eb8b5d85eb to the 8894b233de contest.”8fe7b5c296562a0b

Reluctantly, Lee Jinha got 88fd5da905 up, determined not to 0411036ee6 let him get away 60f32ea4fa with any nonsense if 54937f0f0e it turned out to 9297417dec be a waste of f03baadb31 time.b58d8f30639e1a36

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“Hey.”922fa65feeddc9b0

And his fears 85f6c37cdd were realized. Lee Jinha scoffed df9d12bc37 as he saw 22f6c107cd the sign for 7901835244 the PC room. Kim Chayoung had 2ce6d6799a always been hard 8296ced7f1 to understand, but fc2adf94c5 now he was df7e8c66d7 just baffling.9741d02de9c1ee09

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“What are you doing? Not going up?”3bac710a504e1255

“Do you think eb85c84fbe we’re in any e166934bed state to play 8aa9f3ccd4 games together?”13366e85b7f9c3ab

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“Who said 60d302d4d5 anything about a15911d90e playing games 6ceaf25781 nicely? I told 0de513e1a0 you, it’s b35c4bda27 something that’ll a52c68b520 help with 64a7a583ec the contest. I’m as serious 19260a643c as you are. I’m not here to b5d96afc2a waste time.”56079cbf314d7413

Kim Chayoung 2437e80b4d answered calmly 599812b104 and began ce4de0951f climbing the 6fec50d549 narrow stairs. Lee Jinha didn’t 221016b735 see what a 9930c73c5a PC room and 2f7041fae6 a webtoon had af97253d9c in common, but cd81a65ab5 the guy seemed 36231869e3 earnest enough. Curious about what he 17b9e1c632 was thinking, Lee Jinha 243a68fd54 followed quietly.e68c5901d05e77fd

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