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    Just then, a low d11532f109 voice fell from beside cbd41a314e her.91ee0f0de01df8bd

    “Dylan, I e1c81e9e09 need to 28ce88d7d2 talk to a401fbc795 you for cec3e14e9e a moment.”62f193a90cb86b21

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    “Huh? Me? Just the two f1dd62b3ad of us?”7d281d52622b8999

    As Dylan 01abdddb91 pointed at 5ea994960b himself in 1055a13a4d a daze, 67beebfcc0 Aslan gestured 68b9daccf7 towards the 385e3d56ae kitchen with 58f3b0ea06 a curt 4ef2cde5c4 nod. He then walked 15bbf5c574 ahead and rummaged 54f48bf611 through the first 1e7cd099d0 aid kit placed 7e69d19c86 on the table 44369a2a76 as if by 2b3a842fdd chance.1134afde39f88618

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    “It looks like a aa54d261ab rash. It would be good ea1ff43781 to cover it up 3d138f9b65 to prevent it from 0b75120552 spreading further.”bf67e19ffea04aab

    Turning halfway around, he 9a4bd47d07 nonchalantly offered a bandage. The series of actions 55a683d421 was so natural that 87f712d4d9 neither Liella, who received b90091e05a it, nor Dylan, who 4996519c5e watched, felt any sense c1aec9e344 of incongruity. It was a 771ac8cf98 consideration only she d9be6d12cd would notice.1dd896eed131612a

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    “Okay, thank you.”8310ba457f72e1e5

    “May I 60411c1be6 ask why da4e73277c you were 447f185772 crying?”059725220bb50b7e

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    It was then 910f41d365 that Aslan asked 521ae1645d in passing. Feeling the e3d83477f0 warmth that 681f47c0e8 touched and 7f5a19440e then left, 22ed5d99b6 Liella lifted a7efde74ca her wavering 2d154c162b eyes. His gaze, fixed on cd04fb8150 her still reddish eyes, 8e0d86cba5 made her pulse pound 04c826a970 in the bloodshot area.10a50972ec93409a

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    Strange. She should have played it off, saying it was just a yawn, but those words didn’t come easily to her. But if she brought up the photo, she felt like she would be tempted to act spoiled. What was it about this man?06f4b99e13450110

    “No. I want to let a79c1b7659 go of negative emotions 7393d7bcb7 quickly.”2ebbf840faf9c28f

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    In the end, she smiled lightly, and the man’s lips tightened slightly. He looked at her for a moment, then roughly swept back his hair and turned away.0b0880256af7c5d2

    Was it because they 4a328fcf74 had been the closest 6fa8fa0d5c in the world just 0d5776fd9d a few hours ago? As they 68cf36ed34 grew apart, 5cde8309ed she felt f918b3aa6c empty, as 06d1e27ba5 if she 4bfbcf1a94 had lost e7c89ef283 something. It felt b02c42aea1 as if e5318c47d5 an invisible 03d8c940ce red thread 07a4fef737 was connected c7cd208050 to her cbab3f40fe heart. With each beat, 1c7a0cb212 the tightly wound 08799e8588 thread hurt so 5db9cbc5ae much that she d3f0c3062f wanted to run 51ee9ada40 away immediately. Conversely, she 2273eb1d05 wanted to 7c26d57911 run and 0b8a7dd354 hug him d7c0e4a726 tightly so f7e522e632 that it 7fe8d4712b would loosen.a7ca018f6c1200a6

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    She just hoped she wouldn’t like him too much.3e55222d3012e77a

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    “Hey, no f712abbe01 matter how 5363c67f85 I think 66c376356f about it, b4f18f5063 I think 1ff246730f you got f236639afb bitten by ca961b757a something? Maybe there are bugs 19243cdb26 here?”b182c1ef5dde2134

    Dylan, who had put 1f678e2519 the electric kettle on, 8dc446b55b asked anxiously, tapping his 282aa5063d foot. Liella, who was a54c1ff571 drinking water, choked 50b11b0ec9 and coughed for dd46bded18 a while. It was a relief 219ef90c99 that Aslan had gone 96514f0ea4 to get food for e1a6f05d95 Team 28.c577f667c3f30fd4

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    “Maybe… maybe you’re f2b7945d60 right, I don’t 332050b372 know. I didn’t look 43e2bcee71 closely in the 0dec5d3ce3 mirror.”a586500f0efdf457

    “Seriously, how c781180101 are these 48d729b949 bugs still c6dd072e02 alive and 4ff2d1b488 running around c588b1abdd even in 47523bbf30 this environment? Is it a16ff20961 because of e250443409 the food 8ad1075827 waste? It’s because f6b3105599 of the 953d5dd523 food waste, 989cca87fe isn’t it? So, it’s 19a7a7fd16 our fault e9927ca33e after all?”e8fdcef5dd320b6f

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    “Ugh, calm down. The cause 9af83762ec isn’t even 9da8edd31e certain, and ceb32f764e it’ll regenerate 6cb889e53c soon anyway. And it could 2e1606d04d be because of 7b22845100 the corpses.”80ce4ae98e1aa0c5

    “Oh, thanks. My appetite df15c4ab82 is surprisingly 7adf19460e returning.”783e8d2ca6595757

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    “Are you going to bdc4734f82 make oatmeal?”5bf6afaa8039eb91

    Aslan, who 2dc7db43f4 entered the 5e12511006 kitchen at bc76855590 that moment, a8df1785d7 glanced at edd6cf27fa the electric 53f047a49d kettle and 47b3a09de1 asked briefly.6a999ea377d10aa5

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    “Yeah, but I 89f192001e don’t know what ae600e8f69 to eat it e95d077391 with to make 8d19d17028 it nutritious. Give me 750754639b a recommendation.”3db4001a9ce6b2f5

    Without a second thought, 29d2d6b04b Aslan opened the cupboard 28dd5be1e6 and took out a fab5c01ccb container of raisins and 4be2ec4df0 nuts. Meanwhile, Dylan anxiously looked d343b4a536 down at his fingernails, 5129ebefe7 which had been torn db62ddcee2 off, and suddenly asked.667b196df7b2021d

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    “Hey, do you 25727fd657 know how disposable 5bfb590c1f bandages were invented?”2ad0f2b7d151a495

    “No?”7ccecb67edb97609

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    “Really?”02fa49a45aac26de

    “…Isn’t this d915024ae6 the time dd8f37c63a to explain?”ad919e3bf1c68ea5

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    “I got lazy.”73af3916d6728e1a

    “You probably don’t 401c08ee55 know.”af167c9ee4945897

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    “I do too!”5328a9b4c96f2825

    Aslan said adf2185e0e a word 8dee998aa9 as the 62c3ff98cf electric kettle fde518f70f made a 07902a79d9 clicking sound, 253a57f3e3 and Dylan 7823289909 reacted like 26a9e99fbd boiling water. Liella chuckled in between, 222844ca98 but she was dumbfounded fa802a5117 that this had become 89a3b715a7 a familiar sight after a1094739da spending only a few a6125febf7 days together.e62251af67eb1255

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    “I saw it 47e029c6dd in some movie 9cd70dbcc6 a long time a30fa1e48e ago. It was something 259dbd16d2 made by a 32e12c3cc0 loving husband for 72e96ac697 his clumsy wife. So she wouldn’t get 333f2f914d hurt when he wasn’t 2754b3a43f around. It’s an invention 16f65abff7 born from extreme c230784cf5 love.”2a4868096bb8547b

    At the meaningful ec82dc71c2 tone, Aslan, who 904cd33cbd had reacted indifferently, e658a2ac32 poured the same cbe05c9c6a amount of water d846dafa45 into three large f878503482 oatmeal bowls. Only then did Dylan, e8c604aef9 who realized that he 538089c57b had deliberately provoked him 18bf6b0326 to hear the story, 5e6887dd97 tremble. Liella giggled and sprinkled 7913cc27a9 nuts, changing the subject cb5f3ef896 appropriately.031bc03734f35506

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    “Do you remember 279e93f1db a movie you c08d1ad8ab saw a long a78efb1428 time ago? I don’t 4946329cae remember any f0af86ed9b of that.”d0962d12e3b6bd7a

    “Yeah. I remember it sometimes. I don’t remember anything 9d14c1a016 else, but impressive screens fa2e976515 flash by in parts.”362843f1f970c7f1

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    “You must have liked 334d73e56d movies quite a bit.”e2cb961daa5ef65e

    “Yeah, earlier too, cc0c88c517 when we were abdb8ab762 talking about weapons, 62fce96fb2 something suddenly came 295ac3d1f2 to mind. And then those guys 80c9be53c0 became unsettling.75484d828f7fe120

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    “What scene 3d41944b49 did you 5c82e71e02 remember?”9c359c3195578c0a

    “Well, in a movie fb02c9a037 I saw a long f8d9f164ea time ago, they showed ddc7492775 what happens when only 4642231878 one gun falls in 4831f4fd4e a closed space. But strangely, even normal 690eef83ca guys become violent as c350bedc31 soon as they grab fba26ffa12 a gun. They speak quietly and ba6c4c08c1 are nice, but as 68721b472b soon as the only 02fdae3a35 gun falls into their 7438eaebe7 hands, they start spouting 0debaad444 authoritarian nonsense. It’s really strange. Jade is c4d5049fd2 funny and d4724675a1 a nice 2f22c35dfa guy, but 20c03e726f is there 79fb6a1204 any guarantee 1d59217ecd that he 49ace0f50b won’t change 74521c81cf if he 54f69073a2 picks up 4de4839b02 a gun e555964e17 again?”27c08134473079b5

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    “It’s human psychology 4341c32586 to want to a45de03e2a wield power when 3a7fec8a48 you have it. If we could put df70f28080 a safety on humans, 7742ec6f0a most weapons would be fd3be8b971 lighter than they are 00c7cf487e now.”b12e5b060790116f

    Aslan said without inflection 423b46b80d as he handed the 3bf430ee47 bowl to Liella. What was there a4b3b0ea5e to gain from be14c9a9e6 showing influence to c13a81f142 others? Does it 5ec84f97e9 help your bb1de4a0a2 self-esteem if 9da4359f53 you feel 2013a05516 superior to cc689907cb others by d4c8003b49 doing that? Come to think of 0d79acce24 it, it didn’t seem 55483e260f to be just about a1422a1dce guns. Everything that 7ba124403d people believe dd274f80ae gives them 3240cc3c01 power. Money, fame, power, b2128be4e8 looks. People change fec2f4f805 depending on 748120cdfc their position 8e58e188f7 and situation. Then where 01436b9b88 is the 0454fcd6a3 real person b0164369e8 who is ba1ca8db95 immutable?ae6ed2303a09850f

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    Lost in 4466c7a8ac complex thoughts, 190e248ac1 Liella unconsciously 55c2e04800 repeated the 40f89bd3bb words she 64d88867c9 had just 803f4a52de heard.a05b2d2cc3d7f411

    “If only a1a2c8320d we could de8f17baf7 put a 2c46804352 safety on 20d5d49525 humans…”162df590f49a036c

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    It was then b4d6bcd7c8 that the thought 2a26a6429a that it was 89795ff32d a simple problem 2e24f91871 flashed through her 278f69c1b0 mind. If Team 667bc4e520 28 was d82deefb6b the gun, e95ff09294 then all 64738c62fd they needed bd3cab2703 was a a8fbbe5563 safety to da85fe41b9 control them. Something to prevent them c3723be1f3 from pulling the trigger 9210026de4 recklessly even after they 493ff9b2e6 left. If they acdd0d87bc installed something 348a777657 to fix be5e3545c3 them in e723c2317e place…2925db5cf1133b65

    “Wait a minute. I think 604f3dbeef I have 62cb16ee59 a good 748e84a8c1 idea.”a8be9a92215104ff

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    Liella, who raised her 92d8182b02 head abruptly, muttered to 1025432e82 herself. She already knew. The safety for ece689a697 Team 28.b9e53b58aed9aace

    “Hand over your weapons 89368e1c81 and leave Theo behind?”e0d5c1c70c5e2e7a

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    Jade slowly repeated. She could see da2443fb7c the curve of 637501167d his lips hardening.4ab8c529eb1a8b23

    “Yes. I’ve decided not 79a97a2f64 to trust anyone c58f683990 with a gun. I don’t think I c934a8ede0 can go to the ff4f3d9082 supply ship with you, 84f4bf8aef even if it’s just 3c79cb51bb because I’m worried about dd2f4a78a8 being backstabbed.”aadc4ba6a9c930dc

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    “The guns 964ca78ed2 are fine. We’ll give d1b4b89c00 them to d2866d9015 you as 0a8654e927 an apology, 5c0914155b of course. But not Theo. If you 1335a8515f need a a316e5fb33 hostage, how 6a937ae99e about me ae01825f0a instead?”cf5e81d58ef38e8e

    As expected. Theo was Team 28’s f4635c9de5 weakness. The scene of 66814803b9 them anxiously raising 19c55f36e7 their hands and c39ea22f4c walking out when e5a2eca057 they saw Theo’s 8549403bf1 vest was so b147858fe1 impressive that she e5c7f891b5 had tried it 15d3a21bb7 once. It was the bee2ea7623 first time since e1690acda5 Liella had mentioned edcd36671a her efforts as 857fcba6be a leader that 833826231b his composure had 2d209cec31 been so broken.62bd98542101a3c4

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    “Why?”949b534d663426ba

    “He’s still a kid. Give him a423e86946 a break.”7a38057f17f24b1d

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    “He looked 13be101d8c like he 3c58e52960 was at 3d548abd6e the age a0b618d960 where he fff4a44fcb likes his 6f0e9bc407 friends more 08421d5acd than his e95963a108 dad.”d19b557c622a279f

    “Haha. Funny.”25ee54715ffece92

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    Jade laughed without humor. Liella tilted her 1d4a0514ce head.005ff46b1eba27a5

    “Is Theo actually the 4d68fb31d0 main body and the 238b17dddc rest are just shadows? Why are fa033ad7f3 you taking 591a395211 care of bb9fbaa702 someone who 43f8537544 isn’t even b41bafaa5c related by 8935b7b4f6 blood so 5c258a5171 preciously?”5d13c2d73e52fdc3

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    “Well, water 0dadcc9275 can be 9758a9971b thicker than 3770fdb439 blood. I didn’t 9791ce9cc1 know such aca147e480 a relationship 673de7cd89 existed in 7c8a6fe77c the world a7f83da53a until I bf9c9a4056 came down 138458d14b here.”63ceb7560ec116e8

    Jade shrugged.ef37fea7f2a6525a

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    “We’re like that 6da10b1ecc too. You guys should try 6984def8f4 sticking together in the 6a97d180c0 pitch-black darkness for six 670cfc592f months. After experiencing things b35fdbadc6 you can’t tell 92c40ce683 anyone, you become e33cb5506a closer than family. Too intertwined relationships become 4be015c8e4 an inextricable ball of 87a65f31e6 yarn.”a921a67e18b4a7ea

    She seemed to 6f18951828 understand what he 6d7caeb376 meant. It hadn’t 26801bfd8a even been 15f3b95cc2 a month, 9fe8a16582 let alone 027ec05a29 six months, 945a45b74b but Liella 321a631878 was already 41baa55bfc becoming attached e1797b4c20 to her ef126267a4 teammates. The problem was 7e0979a3c9 why only Theo e1b22ccee5 was special.423ac9b3e99bbf4a

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    “I think 13ca479fb9 that’s true. I’m even 7dc758637f more sorry 71bf2b92c6 that I 5036725a66 understand. I have fe82027ed8 no intention 009e773faa of changing 2687866183 the conditions. Aslan and e91ca8bba7 I will cf95ed949a go, and 09e28d4c9d Theo will 2528cb81e2 stay here c22f148dfa with Dylan.”9e66d72192d3d85b

    Liella concluded decisively, a8610d6975 like a gambler.ee7c4211e1958f0a

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    While they were gone 74100c0453 to the supply ship, 5a8bcecf37 Dylan would remain in c622a088c1 Room 30 to protect 6ad90ab8f6 and supervise the hostage. If Aslan and Liella f3a2f49d9b returned safely within the 7d7fa4b676 set time, there would 4cb36cc31d be no problem, but 0cc71ea7e8 if they couldn’t return, 939584ee9f the hostage’s life would 18df7b261b also be in danger. In other 4f928f4df9 words, Theo ad50ccef7d was a 0155f34ada hostage. She planned 04c00e26fb to keep 0c5b93c0fc him for fa8499b094 about four debf3efcf8 more months f648b5311c after their 89f4c8dae1 return. Given that d486d09956 he was 2b224ffd00 an engineer 47e2061fdd and that 73e7a77845 Team 28 cebb3638d1 cherished him b41cbb0c3d so much, 49147915c9 it seemed 0e950fe37c worth keeping 17edee8ae9 him even d048d181a7 if it e2cf7390e2 meant consuming a6cc25e795 food for c79d427ffd one person. Perhaps they a18a774e0e could get 71cd64febd more information c60904cf45 that Team 3b5bdc39df 28 had a29cea35de been silent d6c790ffff about.4e5af81bf53b11df

    “If we refuse? Are you going to 7f2c54e270 keep us locked up 047af35be5 here while just wasting ce2d568e86 food?”375f8c4ddc9fd99f

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    “I didn’t say I c504c877f9 would ‘feed’ you.”1390dfb5f17daebf

    At that moment, f25d42e810 Aslan, who had 732417358a been watching, leaned 65cfe0efe1 against the door 1ec346f385 and interjected. Jade’s gaze b7c45682f1 turned to c04e731406 the languid 414bffbfad man with 2aae6056e5 his arms 04e893401b crossed. Jade’s lips 0538d113bb curved into 3149b747cf a smile 110a59fe71 at the dc6586f258 brutal meaning.dbcf0dce9effd5e0

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    “Haha, is a15cbdad94 that a f81ac14d2c threat? Either we ba4e67f5be all starve 114c39e18f to death 16a8b9cf18 or we 235df40afb leave one 18c516ef0e of our f15c5da051 comrades behind?”78e0bdd4ad254830

    “Yes. It’s a difficult 328b1d6b71 choice, but I 3e34750cb1 know you’ll choose d0c3300dcb the latter. You’re a good f4400d4180 leader, after all.”76dff3fd1e5457fe

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    Please let it 0b49d6a2d9 work.de3e551ad675cc9b

    Liella prayed desperately behind 7675e64631 her calm face. Even if ae411db52f it was 3032b5969c a good 2f023dea97 plan in 90adc752f2 theory, she ad0168cb39 had many 7078539303 worries. First of all, 4b9daf3254 there was no e06f34c6e8 way Dylan could 5a8e063a08 kill anyone, and 4b19431c47 Liella didn’t want fe73276e6f that outcome either. In the 5dc2e93481 corner of e941cce4cc her mind, daf8c7a96f she was 197fd60db9 already figuring 31cf30a712 out how a98c60af53 to become 4f7945ac0b friends with bf77fc76e2 Theo.91016151da183e42

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    “Okay, do as you 3e20b87a04 wish.”02b7aeaf8d209508

    It was 8e721e6c46 then that f23fe61e33 Jade, who 03cb4dc802 had been 6f63cb146a looking at 27e64db2b3 Liella for ed973b14bb a while, bc5d019b4b replied casually. Liella’s eyes widened.d047d489b1cac4b4

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    “Don’t you da1c08e5df need to ee6f37cba6 discuss it 6f5c1dc18f with the 4931a14dec other team 388948a7f8 members?”0c4a3f1e545f39ae

    “There’s no need. If they have any 1b4eaa8b1c complaints, tell them it’s 80d09790f9 my decision.”574413ac0b020983

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    The other three 7cfdfbb51d seemed to trust d3af7e1645 Jade’s judgment quite 6b9ccedefe a bit.8af8024842afa6f1

    “…If you ec1b3120e9 successfully procure 3ca1a8d75a the weapons, 1f4167483d I’ll send 4ade53c88e the three a898c2d054 of you ffc3a4eabe away right ad1c32ccf3 there. Come and fd172be616 get Theo f3f793047e after you 82815b40d9 find that 438a03f08f paradise.”f0b5c65a7b6ec05e

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    It was 784e372cfd the time 882dba44aa for a b7dfafb890 handshake, but 37eabdf31b Jade’s hands 56c3c05b2a were tied, 1a9fe2a734 so they de97da077f just stared a35c6e69e9 at each 4129234c3c other.fed05d99958ccef0

    They were finally leaving. Suddenly, it hit 1e77373c45 her, and her fedd62adac heart was pounding. From the plan to 8b5f4cadbc the decision, it was a3bd11b349 all too fast, even 4f86316490 scary. Liella took a c88e01519b deep breath.4bf16971a3570430

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