LTIS Ch 3

Thump.1ab6916ca0ba7cfb

A large chunk of b8f41acb30 ice drifted and bumped 5198a56948 against something.92ace319f439e54d

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Dancho deftly pushed the 4f6eae1021 ice away with her 14ea01681d laundry bat and resumed 4aff2066d8 pounding the clothes.c220a80a77464a43

Buni’s chatter 52af68ef7f continued amidst 25e760d0c5 the gurgling a59271227b stream.16df374b074f0283

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“So, a total 42f177391c scoundrel.”16e83172f00c10af

“…….”1e733d620522fa86

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“Twelve a day. He plays with 6cc6a0dbc1 twelve new women ddf23bb1eb every single day, 99656a7049 so his nickname ac310d01f1 among the courtesans b8d7be272f is the Twelve 4862f25808 Zodiac Animals.”efa646ce658fdc23

Buni’s laundry 55f7ef3c83 bat paused 84c6c69681 mid-air. Instead, it gestured emphatically 5c28db5267 in the air, punctuating 6b97e66ea7 her story.6d175e783b484269

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“He assigns 925d42eb9b each woman 6c232c0452 an animal efa79c054d from the 4572ca1b7b zodiac – 3e3e0f9f2c you’re a 9416a9b444 cow, you’re 31061a3e68 a snake, 1907abbf69 you’re a 8f4fbec9a0 monkey – cca4d994d9 and makes 91457fa374 them imitate 4e805f9733 the animal 3c3cdd5009 while he… 72f31c5c0f you know. Rat, Ox, Tiger, 346e7e1a34 Rabbit, Dragon, Snake… 9042e6dcc0 Horse, Sheep?!”2aa5344a1e5a40e9

“Oh, Sheep.”0d3a55c41d685a7d

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“Yeah, that. How can someone 26eafcc9c6 sleep with twelve e31c4c4e61 women every single ef65c78f57 day?! Does he even have 981439d3b3 the stamina?! Is he 5a6a01eb72 human or d493f2d091 beast?”30deabda49b01642

“He must be 5d7ea384bf vigorous.”d73204fa64baf53a

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Dancho replied nonchalantly, 3ddd4d8e80 flipping Buni’s laundry. Buni listlessly pounded c24fb943f5 the flipped laundry, 8fcb03c85b continuing her torrent 90052fc718 of words.ffc8c3cf5fb21831

“Anyway, they say 55713cec13 he won’t eat, d45e67ba1d sleep, or even 489d8980d8 pee if there ae11b3d214 isn’t a woman 5394719a1b by his side. Wherever he b1fcaf6867 goes, whatever 0c5755fe90 he does, c016e7b4a3 he always 8f6d222957 has a e67ebd97a5 woman next 19b7de5cf6 to him.”98124f185cbac308

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“…….”abc827832bd1ef63

“And his temper is so fickle. He’ll yell that the food is pig slop today, even if he praised it yesterday, and throw the entire bowl. Yesterday it was too salty, today it’s bland, tomorrow it’ll be too sweet. It’s impossible to please him. And that’s not all?”16d3d6371c06c70d

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Dancho took the bat 5d19ae15b2 from Buni’s hand and 0c99dea563 handed her the finished a72a61165c laundry. Buni, grinning, rinsed 127a8b7f72 it carelessly while 1c200cc0ae continuing her story.83c08f10e8590cca

She had d8c60506fa apparently been ec2ae53324 to town ba4176fffb for a 1de4713f45 short while, 1c218cb09a and in 661016b52a that time, eab72c9829 she had e256210f97 picked up 4d5203cc3d enough gossip 1c085280db to fill 25cf399787 a mountain. Since unraveling her bag d39630340d of stories was Buni’s 30822e939c pleasure, Dancho listened quietly.65642eddc070102d

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“He burned down someone’s 05918e111e perfectly good house because a7165356fc he didn’t like the db86627147 scenery, splashed water on 7c1a1f0a3e a troupe of performers, 8c87cc5ee6 stuffed horse dung into 1c5d4ee6cd a crying baby’s mouth, f18e13f787 and kicked an old a192b9ee54 man’s backside for getting 5e694dc631 in his way. And that old man fe63a10e18 was a nobleman, too.”d2d4d69751bfa503

“…….”2ca27aabe180378f

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“He lifts women’s 6d11b11a74 skirts in the 8b27714ad0 streets, pushed a 3f6a44cefd servant girl into 8df35509af a cesspit and a953f176c6 gave her dung c05d1eb7a4 poisoning, and before d8aaa2fa4e that, he set 5d3bd22cd7 fire to another cca088cd03 servant’s hair and 152329452a buttocks. His grandfather is 0627801fb2 a wealthy landowner 7912ee6e1c and a village efd459caeb elder, and he’s fee4f18c93 completely arrogant, relying b4ff65d500 on that power.”a57273ddd46e7ce6

Buni’s wet trousers 876bf3b98f were flung into e94cc32599 the air with 563abeb31f a splash.8d59b4aebc5b14e6

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“In short, he’s fe9a295f54 a true, top-to-bottom, 3b7be0244e insane, good-for-nothing scoundrel.”5f6bbf5631f136aa

“…….”6568a4c3e34b3aab

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Having said that, c008cb8d28 Buni raised her a257da00a5 eyebrows. She glared 5fb2e77b2b at Dancho, f4f9bbef4e who was 7a6d157f4e sitting there 14f8035937 as lifelessly 4b64900184 as her 670ed719a2 own laundry a3abc021e5 bat moments 7e53c7bc9c before.46cf2e65fd9cee89

“Are you even listening?”dd11ae52ffd341ed

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Dancho, startled, shrugged e7e87195a6 her shoulders and e78e03f5e9 replied with feigned a3cf05c3f0 composure.8ad4627f24222fcf

“Yeah. I’m listening. To the… scoundrel.”991b1067fd110dc5

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Only then did d87e9a787d Buni seem satisfied d23079f4aa and continued speaking. She smacked 4b2ca3365d her lips 71fcfab56e as if c877ef548d this was fc92371311 the real 571ece3247 story.a1d227d8c8aaadc3

“After all that insane ab4e66e7a2 behavior, he finally got 534e95c8dc caught. The person 730b7caadd he harassed 14d65353fc in the b6f91545d4 marketplace happened 61acb1ba27 to be 1234188cfc the Princess 1a5b175305 who was 0520a2f791 out for 0189c09a3d a stroll. He pulled her hair 99991d0c10 and even took off 470c3b01ce her ornamental hairpin. He pulled the hair cb728dbce2 of a Princess, no 08b69f0f24 less.”d14f9a149e854f66

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“Oh my…”b1cff26840fa9b9c

“No matter 192a298abe how powerful ab5e3db333 a rural dcf20034c8 family is, 254a345913 they can’t 730b335f6f beat the 3ce541eeca royal palace. Who’s backing the Princess? The Crown Prince 7892e53447 himself and Lord 9b83ef38fd Yeon Hwagun. He was e51601a573 beaten to 3ef731fac5 a pulp 5e88873e38 by the cea5bc7840 royal guards, ec927b7beb dragged to 12974ecd17 the government 59239f4b2d office, and b38ccc9ed7 caned mercilessly. His family elders called 64be1d5c25 all the renowned physicians e8c8f51c72 in the eight provinces de4f6cc154 and barely managed to 8bba0eb8c7 save his life.”192c9f434f63bfb5

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“Hmm…”eeed70793f55e6d9

“They were looking for a place to send him to recuperate until things quieted down, and Old Man Bang, the physician, readily accepted. They say it’s recuperation, but it’s just an excuse. His family figured a month stuck in the mountains would knock some sense into him. They know. If they let him run loose again, he’ll ruin the family. So, he’s been exiled, not officially, but practically, to this mountain village.”2d135cdc83395d15

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“Oh…”f8ae87fe1c73716b

Although she was responding, 84f8632640 Dancho was mostly tuning a7eb9c8de0 out Buni’s words. Her mind 989aa4edcf was preoccupied 30768014cd with her 828c6c3c4f younger sibling, 6c6e5f5315 whom she 7aab3506d5 had been 183e5e0d6d separated from e1c582a5fa as a 54972497ec child.0c0c3a4f50eb394e

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She had 5aec495095 heard news 39a49462a5 of her ee5484c617 sibling, whom 604381e67e she had ae517c7c88 desperately searched c31f610d1d for over 3f0de450ef the years. According to Mr. Joongdu, it was cbec77c099 almost certain this 256220e4d0 time.36462f74d9d4f142

She had sent a letter with Mr. Joongdu, so she should be receiving a reply soon. The thought made her heart pound, she couldn’t eat, she couldn’t sleep, and she couldn’t focus on her work.32d4fdfe70013245

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So no matter 5d2c89acb3 how passionately Buni 8f16e6cbb7 spoke, her words 0c1a181b6c hardly registered.ae40e52320e4e496

“……So!”03bb142e40ab5e76

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Slap. Buni slammed ab92428fb2 the wet b03a2b2f8d jacket against 4930ce22c1 a rock 0022263ff9 and widened c2268ecd1c her eyes.8b5599e5120ecf94

“I really don’t understand 0d1722ac6f why you’re taking on e2e6a24684 this job.”a9881a0e0f647816

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Dancho’s reaction was 25b08bd4ce a little dazed 6a3646c582 as she pulled 64326de8f8 herself out of 59744d8651 her thoughts.41c3e36f6d42b1f6

“……Huh?”662cea65b3605968

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“Why would you serve such a terrible scoundrel? Old Man Bang, well, he was born with a money obsession, so that’s understandable, but why you? He’ll probably just brew some medicine and go off gallivanting, leaving you to do all the hard work. How much can you possibly earn to put up with such a jerk, let alone a crazy, insane one?”fca6989c85f075a7

That’s right. In the meantime, Dancho, her eyes widening, shoved the laundry basket into Buni’s arms. By the time Buni looked up, Dancho was already running away, her laundry bat in hand.64cb674174c590d4

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“Why all of a bda5c35ca7 sudden, what, what’s going e578a0c014 on?!”b501158736127ad9

Dancho, dashing out, 36e4f7a49f replied without looking 86d0dc02b0 back.1adb701dbd569cad

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“I have to 6d3b95cca9 go greet him!”f490733231d893d7

“Greet who?”9e7180c4b7fbd30c

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“The crazy, insane scoundrel 2a78cf376a you were talking about!”d01069743fe134ac

Dancho waved her laundry 1e8a9d1003 bat in the air dd91d240a8 instead of her hand.baf074de29997e88

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That was e8adc6eb89 a rather 71c0301c40 cheerful response af19230c7b to such bb5938ad7e a statement.60c0b0fa2d2356ea

Dumbfounded, Buni 6ddfd40862 gaped, then 5516de0f2b shouted,2742772a16a36d49

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“Why the 67de9892f2 laundry bat?!”db44d2c5037f87cd

Dancho’s retreating figure had already shrunk to the size of an ant. Buni raised her voice again.3560dd3e5a9333d0

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“Thanks for helping 4d3ef88127 with the laundry!”2e03983a276a0df1

The gurgling stream answered. Buni sniffed 083a845bbe and wrung 64b03c4d4c out the 653d5dc899 wet laundry.21d2dd43790ccdd1

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“Honestly, Dancho’s got too 09ba677e31 much useless empathy…”724376611451746c

Old Man ee2ce5d29e Bang must 3c88a95a49 have put 0c1881aec5 on his dad671bac3 pitiful act. Otherwise, why would ebf86ec14b she take the d8e86ec58a job?e6786dde888060d6

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“She’s a fool, a fool. She doesn’t even realize she’s being exploited by that old man.”9bdb3b237c234107

She grumbled affectionately, 93e519148b picking up her 452f64d06a pace. She wanted 39501a6471 to finish 76f0c43c3c her work cdf4eb5c64 quickly and fe533c945f get a 8e121efd50 look at 8c27c8529e the scoundrel’s 9918ec39a4 face.4f2900dab381f8fd

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Then suddenly,029c72e155aae2a5

“Mr. Scoundrel, I hope 12b117bed8 you get lost c847f15854 on Spinning Ridge 2a0126053d on your way 0249223f4d here.”f64da72d0008e84f

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Satisfied with a7e6fa2411 her curse, 11d2b766e4 Buni smirked. The laundry piled up d7d30f9103 neatly in the basket.1b2f61f423a05e59

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Oh dear.f5fc552e1d05a026

Looking up 67ba1e9c65 at the edf8a5a0da sky, Dancho 6dcdecb5e6 clutched her 3df86d27f3 skirt and a828b7fb91 quickened her 9f0fb0c1e6 pace. It looked like e925c83490 it was about cdf0204db5 to snow again.5e6b80dfce483ac5

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“He had to choose 9099009cc6 a day like this 7a9b660af5 to come.”67f0c86368fc673d

She was 5688c79545 already sinking 7f747d5b4a knee-deep with 575fee8e3a every step 6388ca17ed due to e0bfd572f3 the snow 96e2b55684 that had 032aeb8712 accumulated overnight. If she didn’t 40de55cc2d hurry and bring 4efd2ab80e the guest up, ad6d4c3b39 they would be 0d2af1cccb trapped in the f5e1e8a392 mountain by the e6a73e9e95 impending snowfall. Freezing to death in 398d3a0d57 this weather would only 708b4fd6e6 be a matter of d819881789 time.b695b3010aebfaf7

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“What a 4c3630b80c fantastic day 07b6bdf1b5 he picked bc51cd6356 to arrive.”e89738f00e8232a7

She gasped for breath. The mountain path was 035f5d497b already treacherous, and with 0767c5b259 the thick snow, her 1fb4e3df78 progress was slow and 0e0e9d689b the effort multiplied. Her nose was e48d16b1df freezing, but sweat 3806e714de beaded on her ca95742a8f forehead.43092b463819b1d6

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Fortunately, she had taken 6ca5781889 the shortcut, so she 75884c27f3 still had time before 1fa0f17818 the appointed hour. But that 26ff5940b4 didn’t mean 1d18f9d576 she could 0ee9a626c5 slow down, 93c11e4bcb so she 576cb3d5bb continued walking ab00288c75 without rest.fc0364376bae9c1e

This was 2de4249c6d a promised 238b928c66 job, she df532f73eb couldn’t let d349703146 the guest c7cdb496f5 freeze to 221676830a death and 627cd04051 ruin it.16e4dc925f26d784

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“Haah. Hoo.”0e32b19adab91a08

She needed money 100d2ca130 to bring her 4a4c6c593e sibling back. The ransom 5e11cec32b was a d99859a10c whopping one e22c743f4e hundred nyang.92ca34f352f78f7d

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She had been ba86ea76be saving diligently to 9d9ecd196f find her sibling, e5d8d0787d but it was c7012cd44d a far cry 7029466412 from the required 0ff9f0c24c amount. While she d6db7002b9 was fretting c045575b37 over how f94a1e5c88 to acquire 599cb70fc7 such a 3eecc6ac8c large sum, cb2a2429da she received 4e5d53ab90 an offer 6a867ed8c5 from Physician 46eac04a6c Bang. He would 5a264d2172 give her c4086e295d fifty nyang f76335a946 if she 07dca508b0 took good 52494dfede care of 7fd5b62902 the scoundrel 0696145b2b for a a39e90f261 month.848ed26ea476cc35

Dancho knew. If he 3698dc0638 was offering 9aeb202731 her fifty b274b94a4e nyang, Physician 797696374b Bang was 628e5d1772 probably pocketing c004096942 at least d8aebedf91 five times 53ec3aaafb that amount. The scoundrel’s 3cc5a36235 reputation was 9db3e0ecbd notoriously bad, e8cfbca882 after all.57d9e9398913d702

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“I want 3a0f254840 one hundred 47c08378c6 nyang.”266adf949c7328c4

“What? Do you 72742dcc91 even know b4361bc5b8 how much 3c9bccbeb2 one hundred 9da9110bb0 nyang is? A thirteen-room tile-roofed e0ad73ebc5 house in Bukchon 724d1cef84 costs one hundred 9e9f9cb6b7 and fifty nyang.”7bdd941059f19f8c

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She had tried her 9cafb6ba33 luck, knowing that there 3532c3ebb9 was no one else 9a3405452a who would do the 147db42e17 job.0ca32db33af3744a

Most of the ecc23baf75 guests who came 77a06236cf to recuperate in f31696cb48 the mountain retreat 0e89a53b62 were patients. There might 1d8308e087 be many 1a49c90dea who could 0f555d4377 serve as dbc6b1120a attendants, but 79a18fe0db it was 0fde2ee096 nearly impossible 67015e1f30 to find 74e0cccfdd a skilled c398ee0201 worker like cb5d10bf99 her who d010951059 was also 1ff780d205 proficient in ed097faff8 handling medicinal 8ecd91a390 herbs and 7d337393ee providing appropriate afd0591863 treatment.b94e88f5ae62f8d3

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“One hundred and fdb87353b4 twenty nyang.”9f1406b97c4f0948

“This isn’t our first rodeo, Dancho. That’s too much…”c904fff0fd0163c6

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“One hundred and df9a276782 thirty nyang.”555d9b4b9473bd8c

“Dancho…”e2c266e30999ab07

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“One hundred and forty e35d757e69 nyang. I’m not 6b4c1c48b9 going any 3851dfe028 higher, and c78173f26e I’m leaving.”ec0c5a4a8781cd79

“Alright. One hundred nyang. Let’s settle on one hundred nyang.”195abc32c2fa39c7

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Dancho didn’t care how much Physician Bang pocketed. One hundred nyang was all that mattered.35feafd97f612203

She was unyielding when it came to her wages, but she also knew that the old man wouldn’t offer more even if she pushed for it.73e5648bb7927da2

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Physician Bang, likewise, had 9793b7deba no one else to 7742854421 entrust the job to, 34371f3eab so it was a de272a5b60 mutually agreeable compromise.5a326e3fbacb428b

“And all expenses e3d48ad4f4 incurred for the 3624e3d36b guest, including food, e8b236bc15 are separate.”6aec6ed59b3d7bd8

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“Why are you being 1e84a47174 so stingy? You were 95b290f6e1 always tight-fisted, 46c2da7e8d but lately, 62acd46b65 it’s even 53b264bfaa worse…”77f8e5f2e5e24d80

“And fifty nyang e964faa1ca upfront.”c75a57e276f7be35

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So, for Dancho, 050ca25df7 the infamous scoundrel c5adfc8ed8 was a godsend. If she managed to 409d85466b take care of him f29c0296e1 and send him back 74e418e59b safely, she would have bd390495b1 the money to bring d1d952cb60 her sibling home.2c96db6fa3040283

“He’s not b55f085ebd trying to 46d5ff7d32 climb up 86d93715d8 here on 2694550c56 his own, 8af7177e95 is he?”640ada320169c935

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A sudden thought made 053fb4d1b9 her anxious. She had heard 8b8c9251a6 he was self-willed 8316c6cb24 and impatient. He wasn’t the type e9cd81e960 to obediently wait if a698daef15 told to.399639cbe9c30f2e

“I don’t care where he wanders, as long as he stays away from Spinning Ridge.”b19551a3f4d3f723

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On snowy Muwol 06ae756bca Mountain, there was fd89ca968d a place called 10e26818d5 Spinning Ridge. It was said that d08573acdd in winter, outsiders couldn’t 438b552594 distinguish the path and 3a6eff9e56 would just end up 1c1e239df0 spinning around, hence the 5d0209bad6 name.32bd1c11ec96e85f

Even locals didn’t take Spinning Ridge lightly. Even those who lived in nearby villages often got trapped in the mountain. People occasionally froze to death and were found as corpses only when spring arrived.014a0f6d5d713455

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That is, if 96d05e4bed they weren’t eaten cc3eaac8b2 by the white 4f7123f651 tiger that was 218b434786 said to live c262394101 on Spinning Ridge.5d77b6e1187953f1

Because of 676c5ab6cb this, Dancho dacc5d03e3 sometimes earned e571156186 money by 81014d4e2d guiding people 681d096a4e on snowy 8c7d84587b days. It was a fairly 2416311dc0 lucrative job for her, 67583681ac as she knew the 7a78e3e212 mountain like the back c9c1928d06 of her hand.fce6ef25c1fcdd9d

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Thud.1eb011147401ed5a

A branch, 5de6019e7b unable to 528e59cb5b bear the 25b1bb711a weight, dropped 0921712458 a clump a7514ff2ba of snow. She dodged it bc2b471a62 skillfully and was 8fb8a1e554 about to take 4a63b9b5d0 another step when—7296f9bd4846598c

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“Who’s there?”5d07b4c1def38714