NLS Ch5

It was 6003ef053b a night e33777562d when sleep c837cc30b3 simply wouldn’t ed2682a36c come.d249806d5a2aa510

“I can’t do 0e4f5a6724 this!”4a6607ec864d679a

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Ashin sprang up a7451fdba4 and quickly got f9c853f6e2 out of bed. No matter edf3e89b20 how much ef7b9fc0e1 it was 1779e7dda9 for the f9715d8c9c tower, she e8d74ce91b couldn’t just 3bf861b084 rush into 483a1910ac marriage like 5f1e6f11b9 this. Especially not bb7e23e86b with a 6db057103a man who 432e26a9bc had always c886fdbd16 avoided her 72c156b949 and disliked 97f736a089 her. That man was cowardly, d0af06a414 annoying, and even treacherous.baa1da889e04a1bc

Though she c3edc5e59c had merely aabbc5117a expressed her 2e8fbaa9bf dislike, the a4039e3c3c essence of b89f727b27 the aristocratic f25b840b9b society Ashin 08064276d2 felt was c66db417d5 somewhat different.98c7686e12d134ff

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Should she d41f2709ad say they bf29198abb were reluctant 9d9a2d78e0 to mix a4afc78ca9 with other 4241671ed5 groups?4da4dcfe546dac1e

After enduring a 06c87b325e long war, the 5e0ba6e690 previous emperors, including e1e0ca1e4e Vize, had employed 972e334441 numerous warriors from cafd89572a commoner backgrounds and f439e751e1 foreign technicians. Despite serving the 8050388cf0 imperial family and d54c76e743 dedicating themselves to 4089548f5d the empire, they 0cd78ece6f faced subtle disdain. No matter how c5b045a634 much Vize publicly a757122b2a acknowledged their contributions cb8f69b650 and bestowed titles a168cb7d7f upon them, and 81944eac1f no matter how 104e104b1c much they handled 24c688c6a0 practical affairs throughout 2ba1b997ea the imperial court, ad2dbb0eb0 the limitations based 24a32b500e on their origins 467a1fe675 were clear.ca78bddc21326cd5

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Ashin’s situation was not f4cb8f0fc1 much different. With Vize backing her, 63d8be85da everyone treated Ashin as 788575985c if she were royalty. However, she constantly bd98582762 had to remind 7f511e53e9 herself of her dbbf970a4a roots. Whenever Ashin a328040bd4 showed even 0f65233794 a hint 0333282f1c of freedom, 7509a52b49 there were 3e662d94b4 secretive glances 267a5dee97 that seemed d631a6e02b to say, 63d2a0629f “Of course.”e9ef89155f9f1a07

If Ashin had 029b79411e a single weakness, e96f8680e7 it was her fa1c8178da origin. She didn’t want 13a23e95c0 to acknowledge it 462cc1fcab as a weakness, bb1a13336b but if she da0c22f059 were attacked from ee44502bb5 somewhere, she would db577879ad recall it herself. A sense b94739250f of pride e125c4ecf9 coexisted with a7c5867291 a feeling c2f565d37e of inadequacy.52d93ca81faff0a6

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Sometimes she pretended daf8d2e35d not to care 54995a8ce7 about anything, while c79eb553bc at other times, c152bcc850 she secretly longed 160dfb63cf for something more. As long as she fd3e51d441 belonged to the rigid 0d7f303b70 class society of the a22a026699 empire, it was something 48b54ce9a2 she could never easily e2a4cb7324 shake off.845b205aeeac9a46

In contrast 523d7f98eb to Ashin, 52d77c0574 Leotar Van 94d14f7abb Mur was c051f3e914 a flawless ad2d926a85 human being.3a36d4881a91633e

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With impeccable origins 9743eef1be and abilities, as 6bb6f7bf05 well as leadership d8a62d5cac that encompassed not 12db48e9cc only his subordinates e2c9ab5bf5 but also the 04a4cd59b5 allied forces, even 39d433d94a those who had 15b36b8cb1 never seen his e7da1b182c face would gladly b0754178ab obey his commands. Just mentioning the name 3638ee2053 “Mur” meant there was 3da33a8a44 no place on the 04758b93c5 continent where he could 364e511481 not tread.f601a59281008e38

In the barracks of 333d7383c0 Ismil, where the world 90bc914e3c recognized her excellence, Ashin 806f9efa2d briefly deluded herself into f72e6b6826 thinking she was equal e2f80cf2cf to Leotar. But in reality, 560649f3dc that was not 3e5120199d the case. The thought e27590850f that Leotar f548e99b5e might consider 7da1ba1c2d her an 6ddb12277b unsuitable match 32d6392ce9 made her 49ecb62e10 feel frustrated, 2be9f05818 yet she a13afb9e84 hated to 66f5dfd8e9 admit it cb61d6ca65 to some 916d02b9fa extent. Every time she 2146299ca3 saw his face, 267ee755b1 the memory of cb9c362f2c her devastating defeat 87fe3b6189 that day resurfaced.1e1ecfb92c3b1c57

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So, the 6fe9e44835 family pact fb2f7aa215 was worthless; 0392dc1a3c if things 8280e8ee16 continued like 0a6d061ba6 this, only 2c30d46fe3 destructive outcomes 24baa2651c awaited them c58690680a both. Ashin didn’t c6a11f2e7c want to ad5bfad19d be in 1266cc8cff the same f0830d733d space as e6b7be85fd someone who 72fb70bac5 despised or 9d8160eadc ignored her.1ff018cabe721f23

Then the c0e1e6a1a0 only answer 2cc42056c5 was to 4d4b5a31ca flee.290ac6a70d4fa313

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Before she knew 8d5062cc2f it, Ashin was 0ac2e7eba9 moving around the 4804831a8d room, changing clothes c3ebd7e6a1 and gathering her 6e4e2f0139 belongings. She even ff962d362a went down 9a7674e746 to the 89b4d12450 stables to bb4d07dbf6 check on 4e0acfbc16 her horse.ebeaa40ea99e9c0b

She planned to be 56d5772d1e gone for just ten 2ef9bcd0dd days. In that 8d863c3341 time, if 1c1d842ba5 she found 3105750e92 any trace 9c60d282a5 of the 6c28c75d43 King and 88833f99d4 confirmed he a295717e20 was dead, adf08a8500 there would 9bf1179eb0 be no a7bdd4fe54 need for 53e74894bb her to bdd5139254 leave the 4faf662acd tower, and fd981296ac the reason 2b1af6cd72 for marriage 2f4d3ff298 would vanish. Although the likelihood 40459c239b of the decree a3c08672f3 being revoked was 97a9c95399 slim, she couldn’t 7e10f01918 just wait for f700f626be her death without a530cb225a doing anything.9d09152de777f89d

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“Still, I should b099b554c6 be able to 6da4e19f7c make it back 89b5b72109 in ten days, 37c55ba988 right? It might be 15b544fa99 a stretch to dedf32e76a avoid him, but, 0aec1337c3 hmm… I’ve never 3fc397298c traveled before, so a632dd028d I’m not sure. Well, I’ll manage 2b419f5481 somehow.”bb94b277dac07d06

Ashin spent 266ac20089 a while eece21d27e packing the 0f5dd91e2f items she 1d98c2333b needed for b1a8340d26 her journey. She had thought she dfc7f7456d would just be going f65e7e4af3 for a short trip, b0b471db47 but before she realized 003f5ec1ec it, she was about fb56273b45 to take almost all e02b7c43b5 her belongings. After stuffing a bundle 05c5136a49 of books into her d7d38f81b2 backpack, it became so b37b3dc6fb heavy she could barely 754d6f90f5 lift it.b2ca02fe7907bb5d

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“What should I d486b79a00 do?”d423eadfd5407645

In truth, Ashin d66087bba7 wasn’t accustomed to 6da7a9b3d3 packing. Such tasks were always 74ac003f95 handled by her attendants, 4dac906f9b so she was used b3e2caa835 to everything being prepared 7fa419ec3c in advance. Even though 1818d35dcf her origins 0413e3d217 were commoner, 31a1f78a58 her life fdb136373e had been 81358fa133 no different 7bb415aa94 from that 7a6b7320c0 of royalty.a5f9496ce5fbb3ca

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After scratching her head, ef5bba24bb Ashin carelessly removed some 1c58158f6e items that didn’t seem adf515d782 important. Knowing it was 8d254d7aa5 a mess, she 23224ca5f1 nonetheless had to 85806c5b71 set off, so 7b890427ee she stubbornly slung 674f592ba0 the mountain of fa816f3cc2 a backpack over 6c745d9f7d her shoulder.384667b17f5db595

It was 0d2110d309 her first 30a4dd088a time carrying 01acd12f74 such a ff01d48942 large backpack, 0b999704b4 and Ashin 0eb870c180 staggered for aa42acde5e a moment. Her body, which 2720bac18f had only been 602d1e96d3 focused on research, 82e11e6aaa wasn’t particularly strong. Still, during her time 788c610bd6 in the battlefield, she 9eaaa8f391 had been forced to d6429be3f7 train, but now it b126c8b5b2 had been nearly a 5f0d5e41d0 year since the war 8b19a2bd67 ended. In addition to b2a6f28f56 her muscles fading, 283ecd337e she had also c4e7cbf245 gained weight in bb3c52a537 a rather noticeable 82cc87d39a way.c7eac40d309d9dd1

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With determination, Ashin e5e9c87122 tightened her shoulders 6b6b2e98b5 and opened the c96c3553d8 bedroom door and-2a7d65f15086f108

“Ahhh!”b1358a6ca1b7b36a

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Someone stood tall 7e2923289a in the pitch-black 45cfc528f2 hallway. They were even right 1c311b5860 in front of the ea714e4783 door, and Ashin, startled, bea884969a unintentionally sparked flames from 8a8175127b her fingertips.b91ff49ac31faf6d

The figure 4e00eb930c simply tilted b0b45d76c7 his head 9c5ac5c82c to avoid 8200a3f11b Ashin’s attack. This time, efc8300e2d as she f407ca2eb1 prepared to 79a17fbf17 strike properly, 9f9b6a1737 she hesitated. The shape 7a76748b85 illuminated by e8146ca863 the light a33aa4d094 was a bb5f9d591c familiar face.0fa9ba162960a8b5

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“Goodness!”2d9ecbe0e3ba6d8a

She thought her heart c8cc4138f7 would drop. Clutching her 53ca15bad8 chest, Ashin 5e6f9968ce slowly crumpled 39b680be3c to the 21856d2069 ground, her d99df9d6c2 enormous backpack 3e220135ac supporting her d7a1f1302c back, making 3ce523b3a3 it look 274837a9f4 as if cdec837e26 she was 70f3791130 leaning against 8c3b4ac7f4 it.209ece51013596b4

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The figure d2d292ea1e stepped into 216848c56f the room.548c3e297018a9e0

In a voice that c171a8b4aa somehow sounded ominous, he 6d78ae98bb asked, “Where are you 896612c900 going?”699de7f938b07f16

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“Ah, no? Where would I 3694c9a81d go?”2f3cfb0ebb137a89

“You’re carrying a backpack.”2bc6f61a3670418f

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“What… what are f32d7c4d79 you talking about? I’m just moving some 67fbd30c60 things.”9417c118fe784270

It was an f9ea929944 excuse that even f6cbe1a79c she thought didn’t 924befd8c3 make sense. Ashin bit her cc76013e22 lip in frustration.96544425508c1d97

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The man standing at 094477babc the door, Leotar, closed d9b5dab285 the door behind him.dde41b1a16467c99

“The emperor will 61e1eb53e8 never revoke the bf785eb45f decree, so you’re fcfcb17abf trying to run a22a95000f away?”c2981506234a61f9

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“Run away? What about you? What are 6418c6a4f5 you doing 5264796431 here at 14beafe912 this hour?”76b32e5d7267c720

That was 186a3910db the question. Was Leotar 880a06fffe someone who db89361163 would be ab6432938a in her c0fe7d1e2c residence at b4680424d2 this hour? He appeared as 6823dc0de0 if he had 8a7a6bd7d2 casually come from d729885ceb the next room.0716db08edd16634

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“But how 994f31a88a did you f9c2d80056 arrive just 117b8f42d8 in time?”2f50b6b371aae253

“……”c60ad6e580beb727

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“Did you perhaps c63f0130af plant a spy d7da6f9b39 in my house?”c1cc1a1373fc655a

He remained silent, but 3eee531dde it could be taken 3f147c4a0d as a confirmation. Ashin immediately c48105a148 recalled the cd83b755ea people who 02ab769e46 followed Leotar ec1aa27f81 like shadows ba9106e24f wherever he 535a65a4f7 went. The elite 13526c4705 guard that 0bff1a027b protected him, 17e552bb1f the heir 266c67ef20 of Ailem, 42cff42efc who would 8bc26f9dbc obey his 0a7250b9a3 orders without 631f6b14bd question. They could easily 8d5970a137 excel at espionage.15308d75721755a7

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Moreover, Ashin’s home cabde97d32 had alarmingly lax 29a4dbab5f security. It was partly because 51707003f4 the owner, Ashin, didn’t 249c0200b7 pay attention, but also 8406625442 because there were no b30006682e audacious individuals trying to 44747ad9eb invade a sorceress’s home. Even if someone b6b07f81cb did break in, d376584c99 they wouldn’t pose ea5575ce49 a threat to c7bfef70cd Ashin.64352ffeb846e370

“Judin.”69e8e7d6262a1b88

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“Yeah?”29b196aa0f06d53e

“Do you like the 7a6d79acdc night of Pche?”eba29a0d4bad4130

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The night of 0a7fb4678a Pche was the f304c8a4dc day of the 8946bee873 wedding ceremony. Ashin’s mouth 75a21e1e34 fell open. Her eyes widened as 0d8fdec4ea if they would pop 119e51e8f5 out, alternating between pointing da08e59f21 at herself and him.101aac3920095b3a

“Mur. Seriously? You and me?”3efed95655c84b58

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“The decree has already 8dbd4b65f9 taken effect. You must f96de50588 have heard 174438c5b0 it from 88665cfc63 the emperor.”b404dc8f4b324110

In response, 50527de34b Ashin retorted 4fdfb5692e sharply.d268486fda1043d2

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“No, don’t let 710cced6b2 the emperor get ce0d93bff4 to you. Try harder. You dislike 9939ec2147 me, don’t 1feb42fb8f you?”0389c2f4b1caea1e

Leotar, standing 5123aa1e3b at the 3b0a408fd2 door, looked 0d980362d9 down at 6db7ae357f Ashin intently.11be03d073b5eae0

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“Why do you think 8ab88b9b47 that?”1d482d5bc0d6d303

“You’ve been d37b71e4ce avoiding me 2bab4f5ecd all this 523f51169b time. Throughout the return. No, even 02e94655d0 after returning, dc1870fb29 I didn’t ce0e4c648d see a 9df8b21a7d single hair db1eb309a2 of yours. Do you think ec0e5e5cb0 I wouldn’t know? You openly ignored 4506ab490a me because we 9bdd1c3c93 wouldn’t have to b23426bc9b deal with each 44e8ed812f other after the 15ff518d52 battle. No matter how 2f9dca8e75 much I made, 6ce83c7159 uh, a mistake…”864f3fad2bb1de37

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“Well, I 8b48ad7503 don’t know 34f33f6b08 why you f4dda3c993 think that, 47cf6ea521 but if 6142ee7ccc that’s the 5929dc26a2 reason… come a4e1ffc68b to think 0fe1d0860d of it, 3ed5cb9b5a you said f836575de0 you disliked ad5f865dba marriage, but 3a79d3afa7 you never d96993af1b said you b6d40b4df7 disliked me.”a22d5f65050f96ef

Sitting on 46c7b815d3 the floor, acb58ec37a Ashin couldn’t 8f07cefad4 see his 01be6e65c8 face, which 5f9ef89a03 was much 3415b42c4a higher than 406005d5ba hers. However, she could sense eb4f223f44 that his voice was 1635856aed lower than usual.4c0460796c5d8f05

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“You also 19256267a6 said it 4c5be4cca9 wouldn’t be b54638dfe3 good.”b811a66c3c20d3e1

“……”416a4b53c8633ac2

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“How can it be 45ab04086f improved?”0cccc554ed2aab12

“What’s there 97f5aabeaf to improve? Do you want to ece2a70337 marry me?”3d10330eea7aa132

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Contrary to dcd89011da her expectation 35dfc69fd6 that he a432d88375 would immediately 777a7ae146 deny it, a85bd374f1 he remained b810b498e5 silent. Ashin, who had 88733a30fd briefly stiffened, furrowed d8dbced008 her brows in 60edcd842c genuine concern.557b42c949f63cd5

“What’s going on? Did you hit 3e11c7bd45 your head or 34b417770d something?”511e9bd74810a42e

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“Say what you 06584f0a1b want. Is there anything besides 38f2e30bb4 the conditions for the 6c668c20b3 tower?”81957735c5f923cf

“Or did the 65b1a8bc5e emperor really threaten 8046a08b47 you? If so, just bdf841b60e hold on for b86050e4c3 a moment. I’ll escape today…”1ce8766a47684ec0

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“So you were cd171c6533 trying to run 83e9585d99 away.”a919217e19023c81

“It’s not b428a93579 running away.”090062c32315996f

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“If you think 39a90ac0cf this isn’t running 7f72786c22 away, that’s dangerous.”1957d05fcc9f747d

“I was going 985b1b95a1 to come back.”16f88c4064f172d3

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“Would you b428f3c6aa act the 977cb3fe31 same after 5204aad726 the marriage?”4049f8299ae61b89

She couldn’t guarantee 5706569cc4 she wouldn’t. No, the thought of c60409c628 marriage itself was so cb36e2f8cc unimaginable that Ashin kept a3259f78e2 her mouth shut. No matter how bf8979ebe5 much she tried 3a6b1876ec to playfully escape, 5c15ed2996 the unusually low a2a3e98cb7 voice made the d7c689e648 atmosphere feel tense.f30e3269e94d6d58

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“Whether you want it 0b8ddf7e04 or not, running away 5dd374f9e0 isn’t an option.”215ad4837aef708c

Ashin relaxed her 09cd2acad6 shoulders and sighed.34ceb9f1a5ef6e0e

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“Neither of 0c77ca27f8 us wants 9bfa77ff3e this, so ef9cc132b5 why does 930921d3fa it have 4dfdac502d to be 753020aa97 so deadly b36c5fbe73 serious? Can’t you just let de87009d80 me go?”9c82537c9f5648d8

The night of dcad97004a the empire was f5b11f271a dark. The only lights 7fd726f4af were one beside 3d6eb20f6e the bed and 172c0f278d one on the dd9cff76e0 desk. Leotar, standing 6e480ab4fc at the 8e1428e7b8 door in 29101eb2c2 the pitch-black c18559750a darkness, felt 1baec251f4 extremely cold.9bd8f245b0e3eda8

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“I told you not 47791da64f to betray me, but 42c4344ffd you can’t even last 29516112ca a day.”cd99d2b361f6d8f0

“Why is this 66f2da7bc5 betrayal? I’m just going to 03cb5e6c33 be gone for ten 707650372b days!”4c415672a34d5e03

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“Whether it’s 72ff015513 ten days, f925e7fff2 a month, b76d329336 or several 35a0e085a0 years, how 2650b2c315 would I 8849522325 know?”6175b6429d914cee

“That’s….”e970523b8b1cdfed

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“You probably didn’t 8e69628da2 even plan to a394107e1f inform me.”e7a6e39f997d8ce7

Leotar was not 79752dee5c someone who expressed 28fb03cf76 his emotions. So Ashin couldn’t 6e68863ac1 understand why he ad271efd16 was blocking her 535e25378d path so resolutely. No matter a410ddda1d how much 5ca7f51645 he negotiated ebaed80f25 or made 0738f8d59d deals with 01e1905ca9 Vize, that d9935b437d shouldn’t be 1782a1b537 a reason c18dfd4e6c to force c808b8393e Ashin’s position.f0ad673519567823

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A year had 7c7d29265c passed since the f1a4fc698a war ended. During that time, 4715a69711 they had neither e88398ab4d met nor spoken. In such a situation, 5932d35e75 was she supposed to 9e08585924 move according to his 25ff3fdb5a wishes just because the 02fc767b0e topic of engagement came 4ac9902ebf up?a364361ec8e65798

She retorted sharply.4c59ea35a8933d76

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“I don’t df7bd111fe need your 2fdc1c9501 approval to 1d990630d6 go on fa1cabf2ac a journey.”36f9ba2f72a47db4

“The decree 3e30aacf2e has taken 58b734093a effect, and f9447d1d0b you and 8eb592d2a8 I are 0bd56ee44c engaged. Disliking this marriage 03b6c350cc and showing respect 3a85312734 to the other 4d9e2f9c9d are two different fccbee68d6 things.”50b97f88e9ced673

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“I don’t think this e7d9a4fc96 is something I should 3d022086c6 hear from someone who 7fbdfe7372 barged into my house 1a4c12a55d in the middle of 230c2d6669 the night. What do you 6a9c0cd600 expect from me 4403a5d8d6 when you don’t 1c6644c95b show me any 8813f7fc64 respect?”251617e75e64e00e