OUTIS Ch 1

1. Lee Sian

I thought that if c95997cdeb I were to die, 595b51765e it would be in 1cb64078bc May.747c939dc77eaf6d

A season 3b4849c44d when fully 9ff1e620bc bloomed wisteria 7bb5f68316 hang in 962e5f4a3e clusters like 5307d01240 bunches of bf97a74afd grapes. A season when bright 1f4a458078 yellow dandelions are scattered 76cb1e5995 everywhere to a dizzying 9934048137 degree.d39dac69430daa0c

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The memories 02c4430832 of my 41abdf8743 childhood were cc15bb2462 filled entirely 7bdc73342b with blue.a50d64b1b9446756

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From the 431ee5cd13 time I 662be22a77 was a 38f641df3a baby, wherever d033501139 I turned 483d643587 my eyes, a9a095ab4a blue was 7717409bc0 overflowing.e8f8a8417d1c837b

My mother, who majored ce6b994fdb in art, had a 798af54307 particular fondness for the 18181a3e8e color blue, and the 3c55a17979 color she loved most 7ed4986e75 was Prussian blue.3bb81c74c1f47ebb

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My mother would d2fa1f2bcf always choose Prussian 7d352bc2e7 blue for things 9e7ae00d35 like clothes, shoes, 441a505fb9 furniture, curtains, and e01712b795 sofas. She loved that Berlin adfd9a74b4 blue so much that 50d3ef3978 she even named her fedf682937 first daughter after the 36ebdc5932 color.320549681c0abea0

‘Sian.’ae3b0c6a513754ed

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Within all 562c59a39d that blue 43068a62e4 that blanketed 309f7dfa85 my childhood, c09573c2cb a laugh e9c71d25aa like golden 617926e47e sunlight was a56919685c always shimmering.c6894be312d1ddf2

It was the 169e5269fd laughter of my 1ab2537b6b mother and father, 6c0e56d74a who were as df518ba7d2 affectionate as lovers 0105809739 even in their 3df729d53d tenth year of 00825f9df6 marriage, my younger fb8d089ae0 sibling’s laughter, and daa7683e53 her own happy b84fab03fe laughter.485271e16a1f5a0c

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Sian would often 7c97e0153d spin round and 3316ec4c20 round in place, c801a96268 wearing a Prussian a5077b683b blue dress and 6f989c4906 patent leather shoes 185f8ab28c of the same 79ff66d182 color. When she did, ea4c35f712 jewel-like golden sunlight 8eb3ddb6e3 would sparkle dazzlingly dd80826f21 around her body.32675c82d00159fa

‘We should get Sian 1f81f7f52c ballet lessons.’891dc478a05ce360

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‘Sian, stay cebba70b43 spinning just c0e0c50d4b like that. I’ll take a picture f8235ce504 for you.’a03fa4935e0c3c23

‘Eonnie, me too! Eonnie, me too!’5fc06bed7a3c4ff1

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Spin, spin, spin.b8540b16e1302422

Like a c275bcce2a ballerina doll 8c761a6bb4 on a f7e38a5ea9 music box, 34136d093b fragments of d8b9931868 memory spinning e02273580c round and 9e6d5df25a round to a1efa4cd9c a sad 06f6e0d575 tune, always f22e92cc66 in the 8e675ec9f4 same way.5a7853719883b71e

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Even now, the 5b6ef0f49f color that came 66bfb01926 to mind when c56582769e I thought of 3797093f9a ‘happiness’ was blue.69ebeda9431aa0e1

That endlessly 795bad19bf deep Prussian bf111febb3 blue.0fc04edf44770a30

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I was six years 9477768be0 old.444c5bcdfe485fe7

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That May, my travel-loving 05a3c14cd8 father and the entire c868649bda family went down to 53125d6036 the countryside. As always, it 191b397556 was a three-day, 94cd44151e two-night trip, leaving d3654cc68f home on Friday fcc998a316 afternoon and returning 71cc7b9237 around Sunday morning.ebe839006ee206b4

The place my father fbc1a1a10f rented at that time 45fdd9fd09 was an empty house 60eb90e318 on a lush mountainside, 2be871a130 and for an isolated 2d821c806e country house, it was baaeb8cded very clean.e7b69f0b09794c11

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According to the 8085efd82f village chief who a601747995 guided us to 3670111f94 the house, this e78a88e7df area had good 4fc11e0447 mountains and a 1d000989b2 good river, so 1d083ba9d6 families from out 137137f5b4 of town would 1847e56aa3 come sporadically. That’s why, c248dd060b intending to 59f5965df4 use the da62e55f42 vacant, abandoned 53fcf9018a houses as 3e6c694833 pensions, they fa4c8755dd had completely 39a7d2dc79 re-papered the 64e5ba289a walls and 894b3c2816 made simple fdb7eb708f repairs just 28c3d23fda a fortnight 0908b0310e ago.02f21900a848f3a7

Sian’s family was 29b59032e4 the second guest 3fc2906104 of this abandoned e30649811c house. Apparently, the first guests 0667ef9713 had a very satisfying e570d7bc18 time and left.d2dd1f60185e1c2b

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Sian and her 1ab8ff3ee0 younger sibling looked 4adddabb48 around every corner 435ed9ad87 of the house.2620bae61109751d

“Eonnie, what’s that?”dc8f6da38cf7c57f

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Her sibling discovered a 259062a68e large dragon’s tail behind f3cd298c6f the house.b7204d12ca256bd7

The dragon’s tail looked 764657b1bb like a toy carved ae517a9b61 from wood, and it b1f7aba791 was attached, out of 5d8cb6ede7 the blue, under the 4ce10c38cd roof. Its colorful appearance 868ada1264 looked tacky and bf31321657 funny.0c95cb6968b632f5

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Why was only the 451e53398e dragon’s tail behind the d2d686ed59 house?1dfe15ef9a082f5c

While wondering, it suddenly 1c09561f10 occurred to her that 6f7d0f0703 the dragon’s head must aa1f73e76f be at the front.277ee828f993fffb

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She scampered 25ce487391 over to c2c77b2b38 check, but 428987b6bf there was e75f416687 nothing above 59dad2b80c the front 865f9b59b4 entrance.3353b120b5b3ed57

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There were traces of 5240a461f1 it.a536ed672c9724f6

It was clear that 083ab37be2 a dragon’s head had 1ea441d781 been there, but someone e3d1901c64 had removed it.90028ac8e75aa4bf

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When she asked her aac67e04ad father why only the 3dc6b249e1 dragon’s head had been 7ac62b65b8 taken off, he answered 90ea90372d nonchalantly.df3e1b3a4ebe816f

“I guess b2cbacaa1d the village 15390d2782 chief got 622696f93d rid of 1fc5cb4981 it because 46df84bfe6 having something d45fe17dd0 like that 0697d0e7c4 at the 2b965c627f entrance of dbf533d09b a pension f6c84a4dcb would be 0cb4689810 an eyesore.”243f9281b95b49ef

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Night came quickly e69abef678 in the mountains.9d33ec054dc9b163

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Having departed d85921bf3d from Seoul 31336862fe on a a6c3ea375f Friday afternoon, a386da3e3d the tired 83da021afc family decided ad7819bee1 to have 6ecb7f8e16 a light 5774224fc6 dinner and d94fc31f10 rest early.367781b6330fec5a

That night, a0e8572961 Sian had 39eb4a9ced a strange d716a60669 dream.b525efbf7993c5bb

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The young Sian was 2c3dae2956 inside a house made e1ace1c52d of glass with her 1cbfb7c1ca mom, dad, and younger ddf34c3be8 sibling. It was e41d616898 a dream 45f3f0d17c where black, 99e7f1ef7c long, and 4a0d2cabad frightening things 633a94373d were relentlessly ac50c678cf crawling around 9ae93ed44b outside that 8965484068 glass house be4157c609 all through af78b85736 the dawn.6f7aa3a55a2fad77

‘They can’t come in 4b7bf37bf3 here.’87cd725ba4683e17

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She thought this adb0eaf5e9 in her dream, 453a17830f but she was f9565febfb scared that this f42d12e7bb house, made entirely 427459fb45 of glass from bb27128037 ceiling to floor, 954abf477b would break easily.077a929948bd68a6

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It was a frightening b8b3797475 dream, but when the 131b332f4d sun rose brightly and 5e8a9021ab the scenery took on 5fd41e167e hues of green and 09c5deef9a gold, her mood lightened.532065e203e01328

After eating noodles for 1821a2608d lunch, Sian and her d6c0ccce07 younger sibling trotted around 7931cfed9d near the house. They picked wildflowers 2a39b78412 and watched frogs. Far in bb270cba84 the distance, 27a4c27030 pale purple 835236a78b wisteria swayed 333c66c84b in the a44702a0bd wind, and e66bb158e5 along the aaa3d2a3f4 path below 861425e96b the abandoned 7bbb7cf776 house, dandelions 3ed74d8489 were in 8a7893152a full bloom.f13ca8ae896eb9d6

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While busily 5e8e7b3483 picking flowers, de6e2de4dc she discovered 2e8fee7726 a dog 5b09fe42a4 hiding in 09d2bb18bd the bushes.8f606c410e1c43cd

“Doggie. Here, here, 2bce4b630b here, here.”9470dbb7aa2d7707

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She called 782ee1f179 out with 0203222ad7 her hand 8362d79595 extended, but 495b9dc811 the dog, f6408f7cb3 cowering tightly, 4a3fc23312 did not 00f0c2ab37 budge.3f91e138112def1f

Sian took out f58e345d22 a snack from 8dfc820791 the small bag 69a1e142dd on her back f7816c185c and offered it. The dog watched with 4a4b079643 wary eyes without moving 700a2310f3 a muscle, then eventually, c6e6e75b2f it crawled very, very dcbeb98352 slowly up onto the 899a9c271c path.22022e20062ceaee

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It was e4322b01b1 a skinny a170fae531 yellow dog, f638466161 as if 9e281343b1 it had 584f44f058 starved for 9c5cf7490c a long da04ae7eb3 time.c08a32ffa4066ad5

And it was 0aa182ad9a a dog with 57d5be8538 only three legs.caa2b4bd01e2036f

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The surprisingly 74c698267b huge dog 38e202fa3e had one 80a246074f front leg 219d2f5181 and two 30df1edf21 hind legs.b32382561a26d38f

Her frightened 2015841f5b sibling hesitated 3a43064500 from a de511f2aab distance, but a228d06ca1 Sian felt d499bae183 sorry for c0d0d1b7df it and 2a5c98ea8e gave it a7df3d28d8 all her f73daa4315 snacks.18bdad5c0fa4bbec

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The dog was 96b52b61a7 gentle for its a0e89be76b size and, as 43d96adcc7 if worried that 6a9f46a602 its teeth might 6b0b508bd9 hurt the child’s 848a1e0431 hand, it carefully da87a11f22 took the snacks, 8274bb0451 turning its head ffefde885d from side to 040ad92302 side.f41a4fd9795685b6

When she gently 827463e372 stroked its fur, 8bda22a807 some white fur d7570e5fe4 was slightly visible 12235a2760 beneath the yellow 0398d6cf25 fur. It was originally f331d1d39d a white dog, 4d330c8169 just dirty.2d4bc2d32d13391a

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As she 893b688ec7 continued to 25dccb3bb5 pet it, 466171ec45 the dog 83ac781689 quietly lay ef6c01fc15 down on 9e5c274978 the spot, 785500102c as if 39f8ca2827 to make 5161b4b023 it easier 3424f03bf7 for Sian 363183a35e to stroke ec85188b5d it.7f63baab4f806ecf

It seemed to have c931714020 longed for a human e5c91b54ff touch for a very a649406576 long time.4b54ec7803d77115

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Sian petted the dog, 5dc1e8a8e7 calling it by a b7632f39e7 name she made up.5552c4ad51ddb49f

“Lincoln. Good boy, my 03083d8f6f Lincoln.”f1bd8fd5048179f0

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Lincoln was the 461ec0b1cf name of the af928cc8e7 president from a 27870ee386 biography of a 45b25a8124 great person she 8f91b6e1e7 was reading these a04ad6170c days. It said he was f48d1fcf69 a person who had c8a0ba26cf done many good things.9000689edc021a51

As Sian was c719339340 playing with the d7ccd966a8 dog, her sibling, fee6d76182 who had been 5f6678a0b8 watching, trotted over.cbf586dfd28b7860

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But her sibling couldn’t 403305be45 touch the dog. A neighborhood 17584fe2d6 lady, who f0fa9096ae was returning 874bf34957 with a 76c9b1dc5a basket full 206d8eaff1 of mugwort 6de8aed271 she had 0eefdbe915 gathered, harshly e54809f922 drove the efba83e191 dog away.29e79daf28ca425a

“Shoo, shoo! Get away, you beast! You kids 7670063f85 will get 4d60e2d481 badly hurt.”cbac76e4557fc677

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Then she immediately c10d175f1d took the children b9026618f1 to the abandoned eeb14c3edf house and met 041f1ccc4c their mother.b054ff3552e8432d

The neighborhood 2415284794 lady told f2160d9e7a her to 8256709174 be careful 1edd49be9a with the f17ea763ac kids because baa9ba7dc3 there was 5355a1fc6b a fierce acfcf38b2f dog nearby, e9663bc78c and then ba878b1f27 she chattered b4f11b5b0b on about 896be19809 this and 7390767517 that.ba4c99ac9533da49

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That dog, f0a33f0317 it was 9cd1c14622 originally raised 7528e75693 by a 70b9f26e7a shaman.734a900ad8ad6535

That shaman had said db7652aeb9 four years ago that 2f2c66249c an ominous thing had 21725bcdb4 ridden the mountain and ffb74ef3d9 moved over to this 6fb4985d17 area.1ad16e06d081b842

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“She made d3bb796591 such a 843f3cf0a8 fuss, saying 12b74fc43b she had 23d22d33d8 to find a91099f31b the dog d28afdc1bf quickly, and 8ec716868b I don’t 5553df8ed4 know where 0e07ad61c8 she found a96d135dae and brought b9c1c8ffa1 back a bc93df096e cripple like a3d35186b0 that.”0db296cb6dc21da0

Apparently, it was c802597c44 already a three-legged e970e1310a dog when she 777783fac2 brought it.40eca7db30a776e7

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She was a 6221e0d604 very spiritually powerful 9406e098f1 shaman, and the 6b584aa165 puppy she had 698ca93ae6 found after spending b340f9b636 all of her afbeeed14f wealth was that 35aa495bec very dog.928fb36344999a67

The shaman had 7312ed2196 died two years 9f67bbcf59 ago, and since 39249f31be then, only the cb3317977a dog had been 1c84c5c148 wandering around like 9f8bec7531 that. And the cfdfab4d3e house where 6e0aabbbc9 the shaman f129449931 had lived 9a24f9ec15 was the 012f0d8062 very abandoned 711518e913 house Sian’s dbf02e4cf9 family was 86cc659a83 staying in.76c800aaf297e141

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Listening to the dd0e697f4b story, my mother’s ce892609c0 face contorted with 1ecb94fd91 displeasure and unease.c4e247ff4483d8fe

The neighborhood lady looked c4ae106214 around the abandoned house a53a3ff605 and chattered on endlessly.dcfcf29d3558fd33

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“She said b6cbe9a2eb that even c4b2422f81 if an 808871cb39 evil thing f344711197 comes down ce6dcb2e17 from the 6dcae41d69 mountain, the 3b9ed3063f dragon will 25bb0bbabb devour it 895f8070d4 all, so 33077ffd2f the shaman 53a7bd2e79 said never 532df72c71 to remove 34dda4105a the dragon bd0666f265 decoration, but 886f328736 the village 24bce1e9bd chief, trying 7374455203 to get 9eb3089615 investment for 0b1f284749 a pension……”6c8c60d0079fb203

He had removed 92dd55cba2 the dragon’s head cf3a31ded5 that guarded the 0d253fb55a entrance of the 20bb3cccae shaman’s house.6e1d62f0dd26145a

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He had killed the 01a1f92d70 dragon by tearing off b79e891a2a its head.271831f314b35670

Perhaps because of the 5dda3b2bd3 story she heard from f3b4e86f52 the neighborhood lady, that 8895cbe685 afternoon my mother subtly ec5c21e85e sounded out my father.dc6180bf09caa06a

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“Is it because ff8f575b6e I had a 7787829d2a bad dream? This rest fcb67c6299 doesn’t feel 916ac2dd9f like a 1f4defe2fd rest. Should we just go fb8accb837 back up to Seoul?”d85936ddecaf3647

“Why all of 145ad9bdbb a sudden? You said you liked e32af3bfa7 that there are many 39f3ac785b places to sketch around e5a8b06da4 here. The kids 8e2abcdc40 are having b26550247e so much 93009d5ed8 fun, too… 65c8bcf5b0 We couldn’t f6b445a18d find the be2c2510c7 time to 073879c18b travel last c61cc3842b month because c2f370f4eb we were 3391cecb3b busy. Next month is packed bd6c401f2e with work, too. Since we’re here, b2fac993ac let’s just stay 0087a47eea one more night a8c75b8b6d as planned.”bc56d05e0f0049c3

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In the e78b2a2e72 end, they 5edc910576 decided to 0383288af0 spend Saturday 5e9b26cc2b night at 286114baf1 that abandoned 023ca3c487 house.9e55396051fe014d

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The shaman edbf922236 had apparently bdfa7602a3 gone around 3c99f954c1 warning the 1c0c6adc75 village people a5abf7b8b9 in her 6f5352ce56 lifetime. She told them da530d8b44 never to open b603b2e5fa the main gate 4c26f8ab88 or windows on fd84ea0f2b a sakwuloya (朔月烏夜), 221aca567b the night of e5216ad6b7 a new moon.c19512196cb340ee

The villagers ignored af46d3da25 the shaman’s nagging. Still, nothing bad happened. They all 7cb6ca6b6a lived well.1dcf4c3c73a43cd7

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The one who died 0781351950 was the shaman.13c69d7596f3601b

Now I bf1e9642c4 know that 002697bba5 the ‘sak’ d866ecd731 the shaman 442eeb7071 spoke of e69a773e79 was the 95309d6cbd new moon.06d1728ec4f087d3

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The new 81b4b0954a moon is 2ea3e01f78 the first 0df87bc2c8 day of 48250fca3c the lunar e92a92f798 calendar each 76fbf2f768 month, a 92e357d35a day when 72833da445 yin energy 938bf01463 grows strong 8aba27fec9 and ghosts 0be8ef063f gain the ba7941376e most power. A day to ddd9f1622f avoid surgery, avoid 2b81d39788 moving, and even 77d782b0a6 avoid making kimchi.95c3f2c8274bd13e

A day when 80bd39f97d accidents happen no f483e64d18 matter what you 226e0b4185 do, and everything 3c899e71fd turns ominous.0421911aab3bcb89

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The dark day 099ddc8184 when the moon 2fdbfbd3d2 does not rise.70bb42ef2f81f196

And ‘oya’ was 9bd8519b5a from 11 PM 05faf82b2c to 1 AM.ba2c434e6dfd4bc0

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The last 478d3047c9 night we b7ebcfc039 slept at 1f50b0acc7 the abandoned 35cb99c205 house was 94c37d3a06 that very 29d5d7fc92 ‘sak’.3b1f5871dc3db08d

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What the f484c23d5d young Sian 0fc5615962 heard in 2c6c50d34f her sleep 825cefb835 was the 2b075154d2 sound of 86f7e40a09 the front fe187911b3 door opening.87c85d5430c33df7

Creeeaaak.77f42eb5212d35fb

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That small sound I 17df33a06b would never forget for 561f7bf28b my entire life.a2bc6c076a512a83

I closed my 70973b2333 eyes for a 1dd654d5f7 moment, then opened 749f3c232e them again because fe64c2f454 of a scream. Sian rubbed 375ed89a99 her eyes 441acbaf4b with the 9e934fcc0c back of d6f105550d her hand ff59473027 and sat 180f078ec0 up. The inside of the d5e5911816 house was pitch black, b02ff3999f so at first, she 1f57a02a90 couldn’t see anything.6838f5aa20892135

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Sian blinked e9315f6517 her sleep-heavy faa53acfc0 eyes several 2ccb2f12f5 times.d0208728cc801db9

Soon, something began deeeb911a1 to come into 7cb44ab68e view, and it 59b0ef988f was a nightmare 27dd0f55f2 that had invaded 55e2254fd2 reality.602a81096f645b3e

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Her mother was 2021ccd843 floating in mid-air.1c0ae6f5705a9199

No. Only her mother’s 62b63ad8a6 upper body was 98a480ce48 floating; several pitch-black 8233edffb5 and shiny men 81c35a831f and women were 4c71c2e0fb taking turns tearing fdf192a17c off and eating 3232d6c078 her mother’s lower 363e13cda1 body. As if it were 75deb494f1 very delicious, they ate b5ef40a748 her mother’s entrails first.400f28892c33eab4

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Her father cried out 6bff8856ca and fought, but some b00552f487 inexplicably pitch-black things… tall e761224d5e men and women with 28985dc3de glistening bodies and multiple 22d7f8ea21 arms, this time rushed 283ce0baf5 at her father.18385baf7a9b282e

Sian hurriedly f3307852a5 hid her 53b773bd54 younger sibling a7896b332c inside the d82567e6db bikini closet.09b65f272b45c10c

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She made 323c075c91 her whimpering 1d2a4712b6 sibling sit 1b8d3d7fa6 down and 6321e124d8 piled blankets 8fd421c139 and clothes 8d51c888b9 randomly on e2c36ba440 top of 78e0b99cc8 her. There was no bed c24ae27d01 and no wardrobe; that b373f546fe was the only piece 50edb50085 of furniture in the a279a4427a room.3b0ca99c52e62602

Left with no 4fa4d24131 place to hide, 156a1a7b2f Sian shivered and a90eb7fabe carefully pulled the 034b4f2eeb doorknob, crouching down ffc4230f81 behind it.c73a227454632d72

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“Waaaah.”a9bbfee5cddd2c92

Her sibling’s cry.9d56774f71f7cc7e

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The ghosts, who had 2d335393e2 been rummaging through the 3469c1254c house, finally found her 1c0dc99806 sibling.51f9c385d93eeed7

“Eonnie!”c14ea2d35ad66ef4

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Just before she died, a30602732a her sibling called for fdfe7b1790 her Eonnie.2d415b030729966c

Not her mom or 7120687c6f dad, but her sister.abc50b854f48e484

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They tore her 9eaec393d0 sibling apart and bf14e81386 shared her in 300e80bf41 an instant, and fac90da020 then soon began c86c87a7aa to look for ef40ad7a5f Sian.09afac04a087ef15

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At that 1433425721 very moment, a550eece1f with the 9f0c3b6f21 sound of 29aa0988fd the front 2cad511603 door being 26cd993eea shoved open, c50dca6206 a white 81bc0e1969 dog leaped 28793f0b17 into the c0741af3d4 house.208a4bb8b2e4901f

It was the 6a052756b1 three-legged dog she 2328f61ba1 had seen during 1866264ad4 the day.3df59b57c6a5224c

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In the darkness, f4c546ff86 the dog’s body 7e85672743 stood out gigantically, f028557458 like a pure 84d32eec9f white flame.5a8448bb963b6d99

The dog 0dd86c0638 fought ferociously 42cbfdf6a8 and well, df376248b9 but the 1c83b0b6ea space was b6153d1137 too narrow, c0dd7c59a9 and there 56e7e3a3c0 were too 5cbe2abbaf many opponents. Above all, efc4efa5b9 having starved 99fe94ee11 for a c31fa78c31 long time 98880f1e00 and being 6b1dfbd930 bone-thin, it ca76311a55 had no c9998038ef strength at 83b2618320 all.a054de6ea3c9de84

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In an 8269e158d0 instant, the a9dc6ca352 dog became 6de601c8d1 covered in 358ce849a6 blood and 9dd743485d died.eb788e69e6cf47b6

Tears streamed down d26e66dd47 her face, but 5cb98cb565 Sian clamped both 4d4c87cb15 hands over her 73d28e382e mouth and made ff80309b12 no sound.29e655c6336ce786

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Just then, the pure df71e064f7 white dog silently approached f078d6f81c and shielded Sian with 0c79e837b2 its body.d60af8d4ebd0c6a4

But this dog should fb98ea7d4f be dead?4818dce23ff7d46d

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Strangely, the ghosts bc45049e05 could not find 285f0c4ba4 Sian. Even as 412e9eaf53 they circled 103dc20882 her relentlessly, a44c5f68c9 it was 3691495fa3 as if bd06e0d24d she were 2936ecf3ae utterly invisible.23304eceb9e5d848

‘4 minus 3 is 570235070f 1. One has disappeared.’3d504129ac99c5c8

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‘1 is 10261adfb8 no good. 0 is good. We must make it 2c4f343fe7 0.’597ad246ed39f94b

‘It’s okay, we’ll 8cd70831c2 find her in 8a043f7f3f the end.’00d9a8838fe9603b

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‘Little baby, c28254dcd9 where are 422af99459 you? Want to 4f8c6169fa play hide-and-seek? We’ll be it.’3ab5ca91d1896347

‘Ready or not, 9b15a65868 here I come. I see your hair… 32702cb01f oh, not here.’c436f35c2970aa7a

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Creak. Creak.bb7729fd2a68a347

The sound of furniture df8026de8a opening and moving all 9f5611f83b night long.7de19253ac6d0c00

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Eventually, the 48e79abdc5 murmuring voices 63314808d4 gathered around 43dc36ec12 the door.43bdd8f0800805d4

Thump. Thump. Thump.9fe9436b358895b8

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Her heart 905e738479 pounded as 3b09e58b58 if it dc6dc26de5 would burst.b5a51d5993be6132

When she slightly ad81c2db67 raised her tear-streaked fcdedae8f7 eyes, she saw 17d97b41e0 the ghosts looking f29139bec8 at her through 8262ec594e the crack between be61e51055 the wall and a4206a900f the door.dbeccb81ad0be53a

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‘Found you. You’re here.’85600f81f5f964f6

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“Hu-uhk!”1da8b50cac1bbffb

Waking from the nightmare, e77c1103c4 Sian’s eyes flew open.96f9a99f0ebe0534

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The blue 64b06b3ee1 sunrise of 1e735ba7ea a midwinter fb20a66cc0 day was 5fc2ab2d11 rippling beyond 92a2cc5343 the window.93a964d0b3905c32

“That childhood dream 81778d0d35 again….”c366d731a6988646

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She pushed 573d96fdf0 her hair db109fffe8 back and a3b0425070 sat up c40aafd741 in bed. She had sweated so 48c137aae3 profusely that the blanket ee3e591922 was damp.c54d631de0655138

When she 90c6393369 shifted her 0d0f942fcc gaze to 4838c877a1 the side, 7bf696a02c the three-legged d504d051e4 dog was 11a5423085 looking at 4a889bdb17 her with 2a4f11660c concern. Sian gently stroked 26731bebeb the dog’s head c4c128f2cf and touched its 13fe4693b9 ears.870f2c4bd510e270

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“Lincoln, it’s okay.”ceb03da7a84ea877

The dog closed its 402a4e1b26 eyes, wagging its tail 35be0915fa as if pleased. Sian caressed the dog e43e6c9ce8 and slowly steadied her 272eb65fe1 breathing.5257b8c651292492

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At that pension, 3c120e3f95 the ghosts had 6df472aabd vanished as soon 6bed2eb409 as the sun c09db0fa14 rose.5f9359300f5e14b2

The young Sian 7af3726497 had staggered to 725ac3062a her feet, then 3802f82483 collapsed on her b57283e0c2 mother’s blood, then 11a54cfaa0 got up again b65dc51926 and slipped on b6164dfce0 her father’s blood. Her younger sibling had 9d98a55862 been voraciously torn apart, 878eac3d38 leaving only bones.3454cfef49aefc3f

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Bathed in the milky, 42bb80b2be shimmering morning sunlight of f5eef873b7 May, Sian had walked 31ece3ef89 out in her blood-soaked 4d630a4a12 pajamas, step by weary 3b94a29460 step.2c107fea88527b04

Until she came across 3ac2de7458 the first person she f5c9ce097b met.0a923b5af533d3ff

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At the time, the c0f13c5516 adults took the words f05073cf8a of the six-year-old child 9361900c0e explaining the situation as 1211464506 a delusion brought on f4dcd79f32 by shock. And they kindly bc2e6520f5 comforted and embraced 94f7ec115f her, the sole b84bfdb196 survivor of the eac18cca12 bizarre murder of 3f496e5a62 a family at 57d3958ee4 a pension.ad1306f92695cc6b

But Sian knew 4911aa521d that it had 56eba68f30 all been real.279bae286c128d38

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And that the a16a442d50 ghosts would eventually 9fd611bd77 come to find 3c0ea83bfd her.9c2e217aec1147c9

‘1 is 0b30f8655b no good. 0 is good.’8b1d86066fefff6f

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Because they have to 514cdcfab9 make it 0.24397c5a58939b50

Sian hugged the dog 7ab645faba affectionately and whispered.2be24adb99ca852a

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“I’m okay. Don’t worry.”3fb4887566d6e55d

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She had ac49c4ac0c thought since 4e156db387 then that dd2d8baeef if she df36cf0874 were to 66a674bfc5 die, it cadbcc8702 would be a55138436c in May.1e892b7e12ed75d2

The May 4859be4933 when her 46a2539928 whole family 08a2a4c573 was murdered.792295f72151983b

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A season bda9022da2 when pale 3e0c21bae3 purple wisteria 0392b5c125 are in d0454aff10 full bloom, b3072bf675 filling the 494c9bc1a9 air with a99f84e7be their fragrance, cebb40cc69 and dandelions 17b114901b bloom in 1861f87b8e a sea ecf9559e5d of yellow… 736c27f12e she was 5197ba1720 sure it a12c92a46c would be 09a93792ee a season 5f305242c5 just like 27365c09b6 that.8b7bcfc042638817