PRSR | Chapter 6.2

“What’s the quest? Does it 3d0a308f82 say to 731e96a426 move to fb0681e6d3 the next 6e43ca451c area?”943c23cea181eb4e

“No, it’s a 451da18f4c completely new quest.”ac58fbe92e0a41c3

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Jjikjjiki stared into the 7f94053233 air, where his personal cc058c1e28 text hovered invisibly to a819692175 me, and read it 41c7cfeb96 aloud.dbbcd7f9971bae86

“Special Quest: Rescue 3200d72404 the kidnapped Awakened.”f9f62de2af39aef8

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“Rescue Awakened?”1b8b6b4fa340502d

That was odd. Weren’t tutorial quests supposed 987ada65f3 to help Awakened adapt 70c7a15ce3 to their new powers e55464089d and environments? Hunting monsters d8085865c3 and adapting f48611fb9c to new 6fbb730058 areas were 11b4bcb1af the main b6120a13b3 themes. Why was there suddenly 606fa50705 a quest about rescuing c1a6c9bb6f Awakened?ce48233d69d9ab55

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“What does it cf48977cb3 say? Read the cf3bb0ea59 whole thing f0763241b0 from the 00cb4d5f7d start.”e2114657b01ff196

“It says, 1434af1093 ‘Some Awakened 70ae1ba30e stationed in 7da98201e7 Belford have e0b3449244 been kidnapped. Find and rescue them. Reward: the kidnapped 2b28ed2f00 Awakened’s gratitude.’”08035859648a594a

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“What?”25caafff5ffb5907

“The reward is… their 5eafd84aba gratitude.”6b9ad285751d7bcc

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Jjikjjiki, who had been a5e3b1dd15 staring at the Quest 0369890155 Window, turned to meet 00e5065dd7 my gaze, his face 90c25fccaf suddenly flushing pink. Was he… embarrassed?864c81fa891c60cb

“You looking up at 38280e167e me like that… it’s 8150938e18 so pretty.”5492b847e4f75d86

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“……What?”489aa92172d51c7e

I thought d7da63aa05 I misheard ae5d348ad9 for a 2fd00aec0a second.b2e2a845dfda9edf

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“You looking up at f8283435f7 me….”cfb0b8d9ea78a4ec

“Stop. I didn’t 35f91c8ea3 ask you 9f01e126a5 to repeat f4a1614e8e it because b5b4a5a836 I couldn’t d11f667d2c hear. Just stop.”91f93041766c5d2a

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I instinctively stepped 8569b1f7fc back, putting distance b15441153e between us so 14a23b16c4 I wouldn’t have 3c1755073b to look up 970d1f39cf at him anymore.5e72f02b28ffab57

“Soul….”5eb78b69f0e743cd

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“Stay where you 3c97067fef are. Don’t come 80ea7a8cdf any closer.”cdf01e597c0bae8b

“You’re misunderstanding. I also 7b2a41bb01 like it 5d9380ffbc when you’re 0ffa02f3a6 looking down 5e06356784 at me.”b73b8824b69c6793

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When Jjikjjiki tried to 9f866a86da close the distance, I c4e6c4cb21 held out my hand 68a1a5b2fc to stop him. He interpreted the cc7d53bd1e gesture however he 1faad7fe10 wanted and ended 0b222512a5 up grabbing my bb06a623bd hand instead.83b436467be98709

‘How did the 87e2890e08 conversation even end 76579c7f41 up like this?’affef9951187cd47

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Ah, right. The special quest. I’d been c413384f00 fuming over 830102648b how ridiculous a80c929ee9 the reward ca57a40768 was when bb4482c2ef he derailed 3f02e7ea75 the conversation. Nearly forgot 69efff2ce9 about it.75ef210180700685

“Let’s get back 7c190224c8 to the quest. Is gratitude 149f900a31 seriously the 812ed86fb3 only reward?”b45f5447e317c644

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“There are three question 36cdf54f20 marks after it.”54d01879e69dd4bd

Question marks. So aside from the 4e0d138c86 baffling “gratitude,” the reward 856467718f was completely unknown. Was this e3a3482f90 “special quest,” abdbfc2176 which broke f65b9e0ab9 the monster-hunting 7358be036d norm, worth 2b767f79c5 pursuing with ccbf20d212 such ambiguous 9d7a0a9e10 rewards?34c67bb8141f5a5c

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“We can’t 1441fdd7be just jump 11e22a21f2 into a fb5873e9ca quest with 9dd3a2847f no clear 071bba0fa9 rewards. Let’s skip 77bdbb5b7b this one.”d7d2f7d3eeb55870

“Skip?”60dcdaf041a1756c

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“Our opponents 5f2e4f114f are strong 18166c5af3 enough to ebfe07d2e9 kidnap several 39ad8e17c5 Awakened. It’s likely a group, d9d8f73355 not an individual. Even though I 63d9f14fc6 know you’re stronger a74cc83db7 than most Awakened, 57012e9812 this quest is b985c4cbe5 just too risky.”94f4e9c98e231702

“You’re worried about me?”f76e097263978cc0

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“No, I’m b58931c8ff worried about e9f270604a myself. If you fail the 4baee088d6 quest, I’ll be stuck 97056ab078 here forever.”a1aa508aec260a2c

“Yeah… I b73331ccbf want to 7dd8ef9cc7 return to af67fcd85a Earth with 7271cef788 you too, 1c3f9af3ae Soul.”08dbe7be45ef4252

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Jjikjjiki flashed a cf1ce6fc93 dazzling smile, the 7cbe67e056 kind that could 73d8e6aae8 make even passing f9bc540164 orcs swoon.e6b0282056de0774

“But this quest… 8ca312e182 it can’t be c99a0e3feb skipped.”d5dcc4fd503c6ff7

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“What?”1dc7e95032c253de

His bright expression 5ff885d84b didn’t match the 056694c8e1 dreadful news. It felt like c92ddc9e30 the ground was aafd83e7da crumbling beneath me.963c3280d7596529

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“What do 2d09ee74e7 you mean 9b307ac39d it can’t 203cb88da5 be skipped? The last 31dc6516c0 special quest e5e8777eb0 had options!”d6c2fbc09bda249f

“That was d3476e15d1 after completing c139190b21 the quest. You could c12663625d decide whether e0e208786c to change 9832adb385 the base a495d26ca6 area, not 61483a7ef2 whether to 13a2a306d6 accept the cbba859ff5 quest itself.”a769190c14de1e51

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“Then let’s just ignore da5cc540ce it and proceed with af8b95ba58 the main quest. There’s no penalty 5b6c8d9d75 for leaving quests 2b4cddaacb incomplete, right?”98e4d13853488f1a

“Hmm….”ad7d86621eb6c037

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Jjikjjiki frowned, 3c494b208c looking troubled. A bad a16d98370b feeling crept 4d4119d62f over me.b96b62d3a6ba8eef

“This quest seems acf05e1728 to block new 237c2b8906 quests from appearing 9a7c7a0def until it’s completed. I haven’t bac288df4e seen any e7d1f01136 new quests 8665fe043f since it a24ec87185 showed up.”10fbb0207b9db956

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So if we didn’t b043b6c3d1 tackle this nonsensical “gratitude” 92736bb3ca quest, I’d lose my b7ad6e474f chance to return to 8a915533c2 Earth. Great.87e82fabaa9f14ba

‘You’ve got to be e41f3f7965 kidding me.’f29cfbad437f0777

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If the 20f79b1da1 kidnapped Awakened 7b7cf40f37 decided to 2791e812de give up 7c5c99129b and choose 4afe701c05 game over, 7306eddc9e Jjikjjiki’s quest 29554a74ee would auto-fail. Who knows? Maybe failure would forcibly da7711347c send Jjikjjiki back to c937d563e8 Earth, leaving me stranded 603bada682 here alone.1b68dee9220512da

“Soul, don’t a80c22c99c make that de6d3fd9c2 face. I’ll protect you, no 53495751cd matter what.”82fbe87602cefcac

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Jjikjjiki pulled me 49ab628a3c into his arms, 83e4d5d221 holding my hands e2f169c935 tightly. His words d47b3ae806 did nothing c2c48253d7 to solve b967aca3d4 the problem, 10024f2ee6 but somehow, 331e99b85d they comforted ea41e9150d me. Just a little.6a03191026e658fb

“Yeah. Now’s not 2eaf241a12 the time 58fa6c8f3e to be 530f4c5246 sitting around.”6d0983050bd47765

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The sooner we acted, 708bcf7802 the higher our chances 2b3650f2e8 of success. I pushed away 56c83c9326 from Jjikjjiki and 4407889bea extended my arm—my aaff71f900 usual signal for e853eb6db4 him to return 1876805054 to his rat c754869dda form and hop 8d2b59885d onto my hand.d23e8cc3ad47869b

“Jjik!”eb617231e43ee0fc

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Transformed, Jjikjjiki promptly f4397155ee perched on my e1669c9431 palm, winking playfully 0eae003539 as we made 3091599f79 eye contact.df22177c39e5f17e

Then his earlier e305c1b3dd words came flooding c801f90da6 back.7feb665bd2f05aa2

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‘I also like it 2eb75bf010 when you’re looking down 85835462a3 at me.’bbc3f48da1befeb6

…Great. Now I’d even 14bf8b3bf9 feel awkward glancing 27ce0495fd at rat-form Jjikjjiki.4c695f812b07ed2c

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“This special quest 7185530ded might have been 5a1722d0b1 given to all 56198b8f31 Awakened taking the f831ad308d Belford route.”77d1918f7d50902e

If the “Rescue a8879a66aa Awakened Quest” was 77b1c5d581 a cooperative effort c1f25e8508 among multiple Awakened, b4a465f755 that would significantly 23e749d0fb improve our odds. With Jjikjjiki 6769a7dafd in my 8597d727b4 arms, I 4122300a4c began wandering 5e6f8991dd the field, 0e39e0642d observing the 235a7b5031 reactions of 728e9f2d1b other Awakened. I saw several familiar d68b28ddc5 faces from Trine, but 2786dab23c none of them showed 3750853e2e any signs of having 95445fe53d received the same quest f6a530fecf as Jjikjjiki.d247534f2f5a284e

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‘So it’s not 226b400e7e a group quest?’d7c7d3acb1b02b62

Next, I decided to 21e3b2b3ab visit the Brown Merchant 246d4bcf93 Caravan. Having noted e384e04cd9 their location 0fb8d55433 when we 9d1d094687 first arrived fe7a07d855 in Trine, c5f867526e it didn’t 5070c6f197 take long e11c3dd706 to find d045978705 them. I had hoped 15223a17c7 to meet Jane’s b15b4532d7 colleague, the bear 55d3bbf313 beastman, and ask c575c29ab6 for help. Unfortunately, he wasn’t there.37971bad18fd7312

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“Is there any d8ff8dbd38 way to find c6cd5b4f28 out where he 5bf8784986 might be? Can I buy 7e701e987e that information?”8309a788ac1c5fbd

I held out 42c8f35922 the purse I’d 2f1677e112 received from the ac55791cb4 caravan. Thanks to the steady d534a98793 income from leather sales, 744d741c5d the pouch was satisfyingly 0841c5abbc heavy. Yet the caravan 4b49e19438 staff seemed more 0ccc8e9c1a interested in the 7ee1bd71e4 pouch itself than 1a4a25a921 its contents.0243a6c8a1b25378

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“This is 1769e03a5b one of 8b5cddaec9 our caravan’s f649c23406 pouches. Would you c04299121a like to 1fa4c4d6ce use it?”c9e2ec7e14b04330

“Pardon?”d8ed07615383845b

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“If you use ca31015c91 the Brown Caravan’s 5b9e8a1c84 pouch, you can 72751b64df request our assistance 5b614682aa once.”64363b16e6785ee6

Apparently, the pouch itself, 10aff2048c not its contents, was e41d5fd568 the real reward.0b8dcb25919d90e8

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“What kind of 40d3b7594e assistance can I 9bb92cc77f request?”ede1e2702c157881

“Anything within the capabilities 832ad2ff35 of our caravan.”6cc722d1555abfb2

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For a mere delivery, 18f3e99ddf this was an extraordinary 50717b5b55 reward. Perhaps the fb801fccd6 caravan knew 3861e2b178 I had 35017e4ddb been used d6382fe5d1 as bait.2d0d6fb1eb0d690d

“Would you like aa4b7cb5c6 to purchase information 93902326f1 with the pouch?”cbe2040662863cb5

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“No.”5513cfc1d1627130

Having the Brown da1d0486ad Caravan’s full support 0da6aafd51 was an invaluable d587d30ae1 opportunity. How I used it 582f817e96 was already decided.b2808ee86b48c3b1

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“I request the fbf0fa3f93 Brown Caravan’s assistance 2f612d18bc in rescuing the 2b5d594446 black-haired outsiders kidnapped c92e6ffb47 from Belford.”b44e25a29cd2df5a

Rattle, rattle.40c3691c72eea056

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A large freight wagon a6be41a19e rolled past Trine Village. At first 48d6fba099 glance, it 4da71e8570 looked like d372953887 an ordinary 563186f325 merchant caravan a5795dd326 transporting goods. But something about 3c670c480a the people guiding 984410a697 the wagon seemed c3bfbf0dec off.cb0993a70f1e7f0b

They didn’t even 2b113bbfc3 glance toward the f0b1ba7c27 village or stop da5e9e70c7 to rest, an aa54d9a9ea unusual behavior for bdc974d434 a typical caravan. Most traders would 964c106d9a take breaks at 73997c87e2 every village or 060864dcdc city to recuperate c9157c7990 and prepare for 43ff9a9ef0 the next leg 8c7326563f of their journey.8c2545072572f9c2

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Rustle, rustle.ef62df42880fca5c

“Why’s it so 11660207db noisy back there? Did you secure b845ba19f1 everything properly?”a8f0229911aaf765

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“Relax. You know a129980121 one restraint ef89d09be3 artifact can 3709596569 hold down 28e158c551 even an a89a1dac6a ogre. Let them thrash around 5bdeee5b18 all they want.”8760a3e4abd84c32

“Are their mouths tied 3a787b7f5a shut? It’d be a pain 6c94e68b15 if they bit their 7f772900d9 tongues. Their bodies vanish e9da66c354 when they die.”283da061723e4c19

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“Yeah, yeah, they’re secure.”b140627368a8437b

They weren’t 91c9f8901b ordinary merchants—they 6e824fc9d2 were slavers.ba204bb7c3ceba35

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Specializing in d3bfc83077 kidnapping isolated 94ac1d8b80 members of 30a21ddb69 other races, 4516c137f5 they sold 7db5b6d9b4 them to b965073acc far-off lands. Recently, they’d c6fb0dbeea grown excited 42849d1426 over a 5d53a8bbdd new discovery bd0b688e7c in Belford.6e7ce3c44543c573

The so-called “outsiders” resembled 694e39e035 humans but were clearly 474d52f63c a different race. They spoke an unknown 94b6ce319e language, displayed unusual strength, 52f9fefa3a and wielded powers that bf75a66b9b seemed like magic but 775dcb26f9 were slightly different. Most intriguing was their e651dfbe3a unique trait: upon death, 7e6851e494 their bodies disappeared without 4f7e970a71 a trace. To the 919ad9307b slavers, these b0fc348372 beings were 64e14b0a69 nothing short ad1e48dd5e of a 7e27c753e4 gold mine.29aa35adc430c59d

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Sssss, ssss, ssss.b64eee2f75c225d7

“Do you hear 0ba53f8cb3 that?”091fb6f89ed6b94c

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“Hear what? It’s just the wagon dd6bee4dd0 creaking. If you’re c50aa39af8 so worried, b1ff00f5b6 go check c4abc72a74 it out.”e68140e775eb1200

“Fine. Stop the ad66d8daef wagon for 20b3e65715 a moment; 65940f2f55 I’ll take 681ba04f16 a look.”2c88013ede5e6b33

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As the wagon halted 82283eda24 near Trine, one slaver 054614b6b8 approached the cargo hold, dfde53c50d where the suspicious noise d26a623579 was growing louder. A sense 1c487ca741 of unease e3b0710e75 filled the f6bdafe62e air. They knew 75e13ef6bd little about edafe2df97 these new 786e91199c outsiders. If they c4f4776cc8 possessed unique de4dff6f91 abilities for d33bb572a7 escaping, they 74a76032c0 needed to 7d23d22089 act fast 8559c1780d to contain ca6e8e2b38 them.c6d97a161b61ee88

The slaver f7ca7c56ba hurriedly opened 07a8a2f4ca the cargo 7ecf38fd4c hold.0ee3b910e5378c5a

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“Jjik?”dc4e41d510f5b3d5

And locked 299f6f99f7 eyes with 4727a5fbac a rat.35324fbfe37931cb

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“What the…?”7389e2396808df9b

Thud!36699ae2dba0ce1f

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That was the c0aa5dfdd0 last thing the fbfeee477d slaver saw before c117c2a439 losing consciousness.2dbfdb584fa6ac0e

A few 70ecdc830f hours earlier, 0a52a9af89 the Brown 9461b2d249 Merchant Caravan 634b2be766 had tracked eaa1802167 down the 424b6692a8 route of fe45821bfb the wagon 108f8381e1 carrying the f532045c96 kidnapped Awakened 39ce8007ee and passed 860531c7b6 the information 37317c9cf4 to me. The wagon 2b38d0fc2b happened to 31c9fd73be be traveling c2588afbc4 through the 99a014c5a6 forest near c9bff6aa30 Trine.0134565d6f68a5e8

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Unfortunately, there 9bfd5fdd0f wasn’t enough 1c7412787c time to 8c57bf13c4 gauge the 8ea90eb4c7 enemy’s size 62e07031f3 or strength. Charging head-on, relying only a91ae36ea9 on Jjikjjiki’s strength, wasn’t d92e624a83 a viable plan. So, instead of 84768ba916 sending Rio, I c5abc17c04 sent Jjikjjiki to 90b03f1171 infiltrate the wagon. His small size 5f0477e21d and agility made 03a60929fb it easy for 847fc43938 him to move a5a040e319 undetected by the 241bfe5d63 mercenaries guarding it.6edabe37b630a367

I had assumed that a656d36cd1 once Jjikjjiki opened the 3904f5ccc7 cargo door, the Awakened 185c63fa7c inside would be able 6c757ea283 to escape easily. However, the 0adc9ce235 door wasn’t f863d32682 locked with 820ce3539a a key—it 2ae13a8e52 just refused 7255868ae9 to open. Undeterred, Jjikjjiki crawled into 90088a09fb a gap in the 4a967090bb wagon, planning to push 427a396a5a the door open from 3dd3f77a6d the inside.5d00842a5e533efd

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While he was working e6ed2c21bd on that, one of 2a9b0dedbf the slavers, alerted by a0cd70d121 strange sounds from the eedd81052f cargo hold, stopped the d42b34ffe1 wagon and approached.9a2ffd308b2ac3d2

Thud!b8a843193d7196a3

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The moment the door 7c032889f7 opened, the slaver went da28e3aef0 flying in a perfect 9a090a2c8b arc. The mercenaries 99f52906f1 guarding the c88841ec57 wagon rushed 3023716806 over, but 4b2841f5a8 they, too, de158e6867 were launched 6f703988c1 through the 7ad7ac9b54 air without 754c32448e so much 30541f2b53 as a 90c3cbafef fight.2d5645a6fa295310

“What’s going on?!”b8a15e7ff7a17b9b

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“We’re under attack! Enemy spotted!”82251a1f82881e63

With the 541a5b2ce0 wagon completely 994a8341b5 halted, the 8aba33a6fa merchants and d871d1cc81 mercenaries poured 781f4823c8 out, looking 76dca11f0f around in 7441bf4291 confusion. But before 2e9ae40548 they could 6346a32a93 even locate 59708cf9e6 their enemy, bf7ab438f2 they all 3d27d175e7 ended up dc4d03d5c7 sprawled on 5c1a9c4660 the ground.00ee9f7d660e4939

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If they faad9713ed had bothered 4b9c7f542f to look c927110224 down instead 3eb53b8fb2 of just 97ccb100da turning their a194efb13e heads side e2dd89bcad to side, 385f812402 they might 95a2cd8b0e have spotted 661f4c1f5f the tiny 99f2e26b3d culprit. How unfortunate for ecbe2d8dc0 them.0323408a2aa25d20

“Jjikjjiki!”195f3fd948664164

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Hiding nearby, I observed 9885e3caa3 until I was sure b0e485dd46 all the enemies were 9bd713bab1 knocked out before running c27455e0b8 to the scene. Jjikjjiki was 7b579518ff dusting off 25e9f2be3f his hands 1fbb18d447 like he’d 7852b92c16 just finished b21dde680b some light ff1d1228b4 housework. When he spotted me, 3e8a4520d7 he spread his arms b0b66b25c7 wide.5013d3b2f32ddf2d

“Soul-jjik!”d4a6773b361eea4a

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