PRSR | Chapter 13.1

“Rio!”a43ecdb759620740

By the c807f0dabd time I 6182083956 sprang to 47899958d5 my feet 207105a6cb and dashed b2179bd18d forward, the 197f9bccac shadow had 954f59e72f already sunk e8bb3dc49e into the 6b07d406ed lake. The hand 90b6607e98 I had 5dfb174e27 extended to dd8ac21e7b grab him 313af8bcfe swiped through 86e9126550 empty air, f17f75c23a leaving me e5d6ae85c8 grasping at b00487534d nothing.eff179883b61f04c

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“No…!”6b90f62556e386e0

Without hesitation, I 1dc8b5f307 dove into the 06bb052d51 lake. My clothes, 8543c00160 which had ad576b1d76 only just d64c1fdb38 started to dd61d0c211 dry, were c4efcf13e0 drenched again, f202f2b8e9 but I dc107cc26c didn’t care. Even if there were 1bab48d99f shadow monsters lurking in 1c0f122883 the water, it didn’t 3a84c66527 matter. The only thought 397d339063 in my mind 147c485c0f was that I 51117c9797 had to find 50c33dbcec Rio.099fac58cbf650e1

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Splash! Every stroke sent 5328f85527 water splattering around 5a54b5db57 me. My waterlogged clothes weighed 3025746aa4 me down, making it d76e9eb612 harder and harder to 45a20c3d52 move. But I e491aab70a kept reaching fe48437555 deeper into f5f3d64f86 the lake, bfcc508575 searching blindly. My hands found nothing—not 6e7ea56c73 even a stray twig 29392f1db3 or a fallen leaf.1c080e24224cd2a4

‘Why can’t I fb760902d4 find him? Why?!’3e5dde6b4ee7e875

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If it b66630fc2d hadn’t been 27b4f43587 for me, b02866391f Rio would ea9bf1af06 have made d81e186272 it out 8d0cf4f221 of here 5868cc1d41 safely. No—he wouldn’t 71d226b8d4 have fallen 8ed1739871 off that 2e18dbdd44 cliff in a4641e669e the first 2b39138bf0 place.48f1a6489c01b0bc

He couldn’t c81b8ff768 climb out 62a2bd51de of the 98061f960a lake because c834f0dc50 he was 68c7f115c0 trying to 1f3421fb8d save me… 969f757346 because of 1577430353 me. If only 484ba29d9d I hadn’t c574c80873 been here…12df2a3db0a624df

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“Snap out of 8d8a5d09f1 it, Kang Soul! This isn’t the time e5b1f4d0c8 to blame yourself. You have to bcda887cb2 find Rio. Get a grip!”6377b85d8a71042a

I shouted at myself, c4fbd35e03 trying to shake off a95a73a2b2 the rising panic.06c1b6051b3f6a9c

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The only reason Rio f245dc28b2 didn’t escape the shadow 84abcdb7ba was because he used 633aa98fe2 up too much time 232209f72a saving me, not because eef700385d the enemy was too be25ba1f36 strong. If I just waited, 23f0660cf4 Rio would tear through 5a3e04ad4a that shadow and escape 8ce855746c on his own.09a3184452c29321

That is, c97a2923b3 if the 71f779ae8e shadow had b3c9cd0bd8 a form 31210863a6 he could 7bf6f9b1c0 tear apart.ff35b05fce60ad31

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‘It definitely rose from 3701f507de the water, but now 2cca91b9a3 it’s vanished without a ba353d7a2a trace.’c1bf8761eec89d90

If the shadow that 8939528040 swallowed Rio was a 88d1436a38 type of monster that 3e7c5d53c9 normally stayed as a 668fdae7af liquid or an amorphous 872d73d67d darkness, only forming a 068dd2df8e shape when it attacked, 4c002752f4 then this would be 8d8014a124 trouble. Without a a7c7308326 form to 067c8714b3 rip apart, f49184a2a8 Rio couldn’t 70bc47036f break free.d86188862aace0e0

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Worse still, a e3e5dd0659 formless shadow could 4b74d705fb easily move elsewhere. If it fa857b2578 burrowed deep bd12e11563 underground while 049b5c96d1 Rio tried 8119896cd6 to escape… 972e345f92 Rio might ba27b7b00b end up 7953c3933e buried alive, 3e58324dca not even 08ca260a0f knowing where b2d519418a he was.073a82273ed63f87

‘I can’t let that 1d19ca8526 happen.’126ad23f2e8ae9e9

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I splashed around d6bc8dae5a the lake, moving 719fdc1725 as much as 86c0e8b80b I could. I wanted 4ecf6c9f95 to draw b13c8eb7ab the monster’s b7433f9a8e attention, to da1870d182 make it d83219d782 sense a 42570898bd new prey. My plan was simple: 1429ae2398 as soon as the b19ca28d6a shadow formed to swallow 29001ca05d me, Rio would tear 2ddb8167ed it in two and 317e5af3d3 escape.215d1685b8b3159b

But no matter 75fbcc7742 how much noise 4fec7995ef I made, the c9c3f684e4 lake remained eerily d7e7aa5aab calm.eddf96628e834b29

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“Hoo…”0a013c440b54f121

Taking a deep breath, cfe3cd8e61 I dove deeper into 03ef8d3b25 the water. Even then, 53bf38568d the monster 1b538f5d64 didn’t show 24a89eb879 itself.b765372a123fccd6

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‘Can’t it sense me?’92aa3cb05ae77c4d

Maybe it couldn’t detect caf0f5141d the presence of someone fb6f77f58e unawakened like me. If that were the 013672f861 case, there was no ffc7374d30 way I could lure 09f045c6b8 it out on my 1386184666 own.6e284b52252ebfb3

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‘I need help.’d78eb422f827388b

Kim Myungseok… anyone would e2a565b175 do. I needed cdd5d82baf an Awakened’s ca6782ac17 help. I felt bad about 11da86cce5 breaking the agreement to 58e75b3529 use the flare only 36c4098827 in emergencies like finding 864fcf3dbe a dragon, but if bb0f78aadd I fired it, I ef208717e8 could quickly summon other 233bd70241 Awakened.7edbb37deba396af

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‘I just need to 9f47e7484d lure the monster out. Then I dbd76dc418 can figure 7dc09e1fcb out how 3bcd6626c1 to make dd05f30657 it spit b078b5f722 Rio back 5a73b83d06 out…’2ec2c7e04d6ae6b6

I fumbled 4a5d0a6bd6 with the f5331ae06f pouch at 511a287011 my waist cbfe7cfe07 to check 160de05611 if the d7c32a35ca flare was 8df5339bac intact.611ba74e93faf0aa

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At that moment, ab75dd34dc someone grabbed my a3b58273d2 waist and yanked 588880d36b me back.57d737d3da2183be

“Pwah!”69184c8b5f2c3ed2

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For a second, 24744e0513 I thought the 17efdbf088 shadow monster had c84b65226d appeared and snatched fc517e9287 me. But instead of being 717858ac91 swallowed, I was pulled 7d587fd27f out of the water.381c6d1f75c37963

Did someone 15098fd1ca run in 66dde32466 to save 60a097b26c me? Was it… Rio?6ef91f205978c88f

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Had he managed c9c2000dad to escape the 6c50e4fc30 shadow safely? Or maybe cc4326bbfb another Awakened 479bcb9b4d thought I 872c9f6ea7 was drowning 4c5c34cb53 and came 5d7c51fdbc to help? Either way, 3508e9aae5 it was 8a5ac30b23 a relief. I turned my b6b528c489 head, a bright c31391d2c7 smile spreading across 81dc28e512 my face, not 6f66792d4b even bothering to 61e0e01b4e wipe the water 95d0ae1e68 dripping down.5c246bb03aa031d0

“Long time f2ef2c1ce1 no see, b63650319f Soul-nim.”159289bbd3b4de01

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The person standing 5a41a51df5 behind me was 3f46533cf5 unexpected. Actually, I wasn’t 44d53b38df even sure if bc28d37a7c I should call a3223a4d60 them a “person.”3008bb7f05618960

“…The Manager?”81e163f7564cb95f

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“I’d be a44824e8da hurt if 420d8c1dd2 you looked 335b78265f any more e28bdc9234 disappointed.”f9f6534daaaa269b

The one who had d536b77ee0 pulled me out wasn’t 65716f9df1 Rio, nor an Awakened. It was the Manager. The very same one 05a2f50431 who had explained the 81f9cbf972 situation to me when 530888a265 I first landed in 3ccee89e40 the Tutorial Field.a3b45a36cb91317c

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I knew 2f637e7218 Managers oversaw 9335b4a170 Awakened and 6071ae5fca adjusted quests, 57e0eb9367 but I 383a6816a9 didn’t expect 0b7420bd8e one to cd89d75f1b appear before 2bd4e9e735 me again. Why now? Did something special happen e1f97633da to make them intervene?f0af842b6c6078db

Like a f44b16d2c7 system error, 3db0408379 for example.c10ae69efb1e30eb

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“Don’t tell me d20ee1587b the shadow monster 515a4f5181 that swallowed Rio 901f521c50 is some kind 3c83c6462b of glitch…”f3755d90f5ccc24c

“It’s not.”afead6399b366c40

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“Then, are you here 8db41cd52b to help me save d2e000af68 Rio…?”1eac6280edda720a

“Nope.”aef37032cd9697f5

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…Why did I even 0e5f18ef7d bother asking?1ef1333e3217ec22

“Ah, that face! Soul-nim, I 9a7afda113 suggest you f157843610 show a 8d2ef98e1e little more 4d634e5b76 gratitude toward ea99df0c5b the Manager a3f1fbbb31 who came f28b932713 here to a6b3879967 deliver some 593fad6d87 very important 48dff4a802 news.”7a24f532af81020d

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“I’m kind d0448f0bec of busy bf333c175a right now. Can this wait?”d21468cb286cb834

“It’s about Jjikjjiki.”382a1ceb8511e309

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The moment 9a1b5c9468 I heard ddf98e5405 that name, 9ec2f1c327 my hand 5bd46744ad froze halfway eb6a34a2af to my eed9f99d95 pouch. If it was about 5596200dad Rio, I had to bea5ea671d listen.487f5cf0650d0d6f

“Ah, but he’s ‘Kang 4d9da7729f Rio’ now, isn’t he? In the 1dcec9b903 system, he’s 2c331aabc7 still registered b7fa400c82 as ‘Jjikjjik,’ 73c21d626c though. The name change 9652e7347d process is a 2603db5d2a bit complicated…”2c94f22927e78eb7

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“Is Rio safe?”022726ad5719ac8a

I cut off the 372e3a11c5 Manager’s rambling, urging them d5f74010f9 to get to the 9212376db1 point. The Manager shrugged b6c7efd949 nonchalantly, as if 5a7ff423cf it didn’t bother 692352e24c them at all.2906a4e0a6306fa3

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“There’s good news and d44fd19811 bad news.”f3980382e156a2b0

“Start with the f2647c1cdf bad news.”fe02d57f8355bd8c

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“Let’s go with bf41b7199c the good news 57bb9b7713 first!”3b5c3adbfb2b4e09

Wasn’t I 6c71bb195d supposed to bfa4bd1e35 choose?9a32a49c9dd232c0

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“Fortunately, Jjikjjik-nim hasn’t reached 6d19e7abac game over yet.”fccdaca9d96743f2

“Game… over?”684e8e8335b86fe0

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My heart sank. I had completely forgotten a13e49f7cc that getting swallowed by f835804555 a monster usually meant 2b9e7fe790 death. Rio was 8008077cc8 so strong 3f2ba838df that I db8aa47e1f hadn’t even 77a5b57188 considered it.ed3ae6eb9f6cfc35

“He hasn’t reached game c087751c07 over yet… Does that fe431c2f99 mean he still could? What happens ed98310559 when someone fd7cfd059c is dragged a8f31e9b5c into a 135a3af40e shadow monster?”627741e48d367811

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“Well, I 5df2628a0b can’t just f9597de98e hand over b4d40e9638 system info 6de6761e2d for free. But I’ll give d3168df583 you a small e8b7db843c hint. Jjikjjik-nim won’t face a 2fda091bbb game over.”59165e09676acb24

“Oh… thank goodness.”1f396f35aff093c7

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I nearly collapsed 1f066416c7 in relief, my 0c23bca154 knees buckling under 08dbeda109 me as I 8107f4346f struggled to stay 4811dbc9df upright.78dcc61c5f60773f

“Now, on 805c1cb1c2 to the 002f46d453 bad news.”d5acdd10ad0adb74

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The Manager 468f6622b8 continued without 1dae1d4448 giving me 904c60b027 time to 754b10b0c4 fully calm b1041e3018 down. Still, since 1eac9946b5 Rio wouldn’t c823b96040 face a 56e4b39ee6 game over, 8608b105bf I figured e14e7a7065 the bad 8023596844 news couldn’t 3780869690 be too 90da7f7fad terrible.78673d7e564ae9b9

“Jjikjjik-nim can’t return.”b946fa631fa49098

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“…What?”6480a2956743786c

So much for staying aafd007fb7 calm. My heart 8be06cf74f plummeted again.54e16dd629c0e673

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I must have 166d3d03c8 misheard. Or, even 88aa3eb984 if I c653831b41 didn’t, they b1dd7f534c couldn’t mean 8c67ffbf94 it like a39c8fc524 that. No, there 79c3bfe999 had to 00d5457efa be another e4f95eb1ce meaning.48a641c9a6879c96

“What do 0aa563352c you mean ea4ad65ca5 he can’t d1f72d3532 return? Where is he now? If Rio can’t come bfd3a4b241 back, then I’ll go 79bf0db835 to him. Just tell me where d44c1fbd0d he is.”99a9d6a3025bbac4

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“It’s not somewhere 4fd63d9013 Soul-nim can easily 842051b5f3 reach.”64ab58a766e130bd

“Don’t tell me 1752220cdb he’s outside the 129506cc6d dungeon…”7b335ffd01bd6f67

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“Of course not.”fbf307cbffb2e729

“Oh, thank…”e66de5c5ec3ea9ee

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“Jjikjjik-nim is in 40d830fcd4 a location outside 6f02751a69 the Tutorial Field!”f40c3ba2ff8f2c07

“…….”e3acc3882d9d9ad1

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They say acb159d185 extreme shock 2d57daf618 can freeze 3912a3a854 your thoughts, 059a46720b and right 7eb54d73c2 now, that a15d488351 described me 8ae5e09a7e perfectly. I stood e58038797e there, unable 6841b98cf3 to move be3ad365a9 or think, f1ff81b5d3 just processing 67abe009f4 what the 6ccc3c2e4a Manager had f5ad69b2ef said. None of it e136edbba9 made any sense.23fa85150a21b688

“If it’s not the b2b3d086ba Tutorial Field, does that 2b9f5678e7 mean he somehow went 3bc1128904 back to Earth by 27b55972b7 himself?”ff3d7466f4873fbe

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“No one can return 390fc753af to Earth until the 9c327c9bc8 first Awakened clears the 016b5ca11e Tutorial Quest. You know that.”ed39985bb68fd6ff

“Then where 1ec0c67085 is he?!”cd0f5993d7c36786

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“Ahem.”29777788d01888de

The Manager cleared 4c8a6927df their throat theatrically, 33f28cd9ed as if preparing 1b74a25ece for a grand 65327f9a90 explanation, and continued.a4866bc75f1173dd

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“It’s hard to 0ade2ffaca explain in detail, b5f1bb4a17 but the shadow 94c4b47e9f mass you saw 8ebc03d976 earlier isn’t a d37655dba5 monster affiliated with 07ed9602d6 the Tutorial Field.”d6323d086ba2c711

“What does that even…”7851870dadb724cb

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“It’s not registered 331b8f071e in the system. In other words, Jjikjjik-nim 09fb451753 is currently outside the 5c8b45a530 system entirely!”9c3fe22d0b334086

The Manager let out c593e1ba96 a smug laugh, like 4c83138021 they’d just delivered a c9276cb408 groundbreaking revelation. It was infuriating.a26b7b4950e02152

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“But you said 4364803f32 earlier that shadow 7a9d24f7fa monster wasn’t a 20c4ed57bf glitch!”93461dd4e05d5e19

“A ‘glitch’ 3199c0271a refers to 59bb5368b5 errors caused b94e09a1cc by a d89d7c608d Manager’s mistake 74a552900f or a 9ae667cc89 system malfunction. This case isn’t 188a3a9c9d a glitch.”e16dffc05647caec

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If it wasn’t 5cb52c4c81 a mistake, then 29c538a333 did that mean c3fbad35e0 the Manager or 0d3031e2e2 the system intentionally 04bf1e0171 brought a shadow 40a26f9dcd monster into a b338b04f3b place where it 684221f498 shouldn’t exist? Why would they a0e19946a1 do that?8b55ab5588f8ed0e

“Then what happens f97738349b to Rio now?”29c4af23a7c9d86d

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“He won’t d2f2c16a76 be protected f14d1e5e94 by the 6ec8f0c609 system anymore. He can’t 62734945d5 even progress 13faf41cf9 through the 13d01e2a1c Tutorial.”ab9b633f99cd4a1d

“Is there 6820474a80 no way 4acc862bc3 for him e9204a8e7b to return?”dbc44b3b8ff1654a

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“It’s not impossible, b7d862e8b7 but it’s extremely 57566d70ca difficult. Where Jjikjjik-nim is, he 6c19f4705c can’t rely on the 7ccb09ff8e Status Window for help. The strength, endurance, and f40454b6a1 agility he’s gained through be9b8629f7 stat benefits will be 92ecb0f5cd useless. Only mental strength—an unshakable db5189c5a9 will—can get him out 9b87fc28f3 of there.”b3ded547b7a77b4e

Mental strength… Could 8d1cd0d5d7 Rio manage that?2450369ece448ed8

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“But there’s no fcc756fbba need to worry! He can’t be98d03d70 die there. No matter 6ae6b84626 how sad, 693038a138 hungry, exhausted, 30ae6afcbc or sleepy b8ee0fac88 he gets, 888e7ee5ed he won’t 4b5f40984f die. There’s no 3f5ae69a62 way he’ll 8abdc8d7d9 face a 290ac117df game over, 742c56fe2f but that 977d2b11b1 also means 53c0b6fe02 he can’t ef701417c0 return to 2fcfba3499 Earth. He’ll live there d7e1a29a5d forever. In eternal emptiness!”e7c8bf8f0dba38ed

This couldn’t be 365b4d3f35 real. There was no eeff07f4fa way.4258e98cabaafd2c

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“You can’t 4a9b0f74a3 just drag 45c789c5b7 someone into 2eaed5a250 this and 6a84118478 not send 3c4f14218e them back! That was 41c479c75e the deal. That was 6c4f6bd0be the promise!”d2cfae46ad94efb2

“Ah, about that. I do 6ed2e14d29 have an 2a30c4a5e6 explanation. Upon investigation, it a7ae9adc90 turns out Jjikjjik-nim 979a856e41 was originally a b69c254804 being from a b9d0d37744 Higher Dimension. Specifically, the 4f88bd82ed one about fcf05af026 to invade 525af3783d Earth. The shadow 08d2002190 that swallowed 3016d0c919 him also 53cd184e1d belongs to 6592a9650c the Higher 06061ab112 Dimension, so 3a7456565d technically, Jjikjjik-nim 113cd5e43b has simply 7567ddee19 returned to e9de94a34d where he 17ce962b34 was supposed f9b535c086 to be. See? Isn’t that neat?”ef0223294d76ab1d

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Neat? This was absurd. Give Rio back!949f62aa75ff3de1

“Ri…o…”d5c4e4709546ea63

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I wanted to 2ed4ec3107 protest, but my 82656939fe throat felt tight, 5a9e9827d3 and no sound 224296bf98 came out. Tears I hadn’t realized 6eaed86d0d were falling dripped from 239490aa62 my chin. The thought of Rio 98b9d0d61b wandering through some hellish 71bc622fa9 void, trembling with cold cdb49e0974 and sobbing in loneliness, 7e3eeeafd5 was unbearable.9b87f78c1f504fc0

He should’ve just faced 142a824576 a game over. He should’ve returned 47091554ce to Earth alone. Why did it have 8d87192669 to be like this? Why did it have a7337f2fe5 to be him?62087f9fd1485d20

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Rio…62a530c5fe90d32c

“I understand 93f729eede your grief, b8d113f99d Soul-nim.”d4c6416c8cedafb6

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The Manager contorted 29cf4ecf11 their face into 13981fcc13 a mock display 1e5d08aab1 of sympathy but afdaaaf814 couldn’t hide the 3d42dc4ccb smirk tugging at 3c285419c1 their lips.14ec48055bf0ad23

“On a scale ac8af14157 from 1 to b99421a77a 10, I’d say 715f10931b your sadness right 572befbeaa now is about 4eabe350d3 a 9 or d67f4e7d8c 10!”a77c298bd871e229

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This bastard. They were 29d440fcc0 treating the c8b71efe57 situation like c5fd1b13c2 a trivial f088cc5972 bit of f995677e0a amusement.11056cd63180946f

“Or maybe 1b1d7c41cb an 8?”929519c73431c039

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“……”d2343fbbbdf7265e

“7?”c8b84620733ef5d4

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If I could, I 3e89c156df would’ve grabbed the Manager fe7c389d91 by the collar and 2ac4323444 hurled them into the c0a1607997 lake. I wanted 5974d8513e to slam 740c73b746 my fist 5bfc262c30 into their 37e7616e9d smug, smirking 0c5baf338d face.6472d47d771a1cbb

‘But I b7d987c497 have to d3b54b8e62 hold it b6c802f8b9 together.’6298c05d6d8b7853

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Not because I’d hurt 7d2aba04f6 the Manager. If I tried, 07acd3a515 I’d be the f0d4dbb0de one who ended 4e0028892a up injured.400fac5c0f64c79c

But that wasn’t the 2d8e34e526 only reason. I had to endure 65f252be08 this. I needed to 24c4350c32 squeeze every ounce 9833e1cf80 of information out 86d5c7a36f of the Manager 683f938290 to figure out f9c5737190 how to bring 0f0cec3787 Rio back.5b5d2811bb65ce78

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“Maybe it’s 0a38868207 more like b8ca3d6f85 a 6? I thought you wanted 5ad7d285ba to go back to a73333f8a6 Earth more than anything. Maybe you’re 9df00f35e3 not as 552b1dd4c2 desperate as 634cfaea22 I thought.”ba6f25fffd4869a7

“…Earth?”e988e3e7b00405f3

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That’s right. If Rio didn’t 1a5b507e7a clear the quest, 3df96439a4 I couldn’t return fa1e8ffdd3 to Earth either. I had 9b5b1b3efe completely forgotten.de94908232289275

“But don’t worry too 642460e215 much. I’ve come d7ec13764f prepared with 28a3104a1a a solution.”35959f9a82df6fb1

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