PRSR | Chapter 7.4

“Soul-jji. Wake up-jji.”7aa883ac606bea4f

“Mm…”7c61cc7285c577e5

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“We’ve arrived 561706c39d at the ac35921d12 destination-jji.”91b31e8e4afa07aa

“Mmm…”366b284485f3efd9

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“Will you marry me-jji?”fcd43908e1910d4e

“…Jjikjjiki?”4a57edeaf6d2f70a

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My head hurts.7322b3b0ee865db3

I barely regained my 7d7cc5f2cd senses at the sound 27fc4dcd3d of Jjikjjiki’s voice echoing d7efa4455c in my head. Grabbing my be1a4fc1b0 throbbing temples, 475f269020 I lifted dfb9976a30 my head 9e5fe5cf06 to find 7cb9895b3d him staring edd28aafcd at me d01a935c04 intently.c462b1d567cd5417

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He looked somewhat 83c1906a1a pouty. I wasn’t sure 6568d1a65b why he was 766ec56a70 sulking, but it 1ddac8f211 had been a 9008bf5761 while since I’d 3a6f1bb24f seen that expression—it eb5ac8b2dc was cute… No, 037756381e now wasn’t the 80ae930e7d time for that.3a64638394ff3181

“Jjikjjiki.”66e673fa2ad53950

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Even though I spoke 490789e35d softly, my voice seemed 2c6647fa72 to resonate loudly in 569329a930 the silent surroundings. There were surely adf84626d2 other Awakened trapped 9003562f9e here as well, 4e2b6b859d and I couldn’t 5fa95fc8be afford for anyone 9af2635ec9 to see me 4d7b8bf4ff talking to Jjikjjiki. I mumbled 1f3cbcfe8e as quietly 7eae8f8991 as possible.02bf08bc42565e1e

“How long has a38a226a30 it been since f4f0b1c811 I collapsed?”8afb504d09186712

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“Not long-jji. After you collapsed, 5cedb4656f the ones nearby 7d6dc7d573 picked you up d4e33a555b and carried you 54a02e031a onto the ship-jji. I wanted to b49227c0ad tear their hands b5259da92b off, but I a671d6ce7b held back-jji.”580306f2c200679b

“Good job.”782155850d24b04e

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“As soon as a909468f87 they left, I 08e089d998 woke you up-jji. Are you okay-jji? Are you hurt anywhere-jji?”a3180faa2af7ace9

“I’m fine. Where are we?”7c58b0a6815a92c6

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“Below deck-jji. It’s a 4fb8940859 big ship 89678d6784 in front b5c46e77f4 of the eb4d8846f0 inn-jji.”3979e195fcf6df77

As expected, 676e0013e2 the Awakened d3e8e073d8 were on 2324f92e35 the ship. I had c602408467 anticipated this.fea58b2f40e8d27e

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“Jjikjjiki, first…”6851e53625bf0128

“Wait, Soul-jji. I’ll get that collar 2557a6b1c5 off first-jji.”3307dbcd55b49456

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Jjikjjiki scurried 46946cf1d8 close to 9f87b47766 my neck. I felt the deabb8dd58 soft touch of e1d6da5ff7 his fur, followed 92215a5d8b by a small f2509d693b clicking sound as 61855e8fc6 the restraint around 8b72a6dbcd my neck snapped 5d0e359839 in half.f7b34781e07962a5

No wonder even lifting 9d8ec1a207 my head had been 2283b77600 difficult—it was because of 66eb5fc120 that thing.1aa7663f91e983d6

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“Whew. I can finally breathe d0e745d77b again.”6e1054247a9d0193

As I 65cd122f23 sat up, 72012b3659 countless eyes ba19a2819c pierced through f42171738e the darkness, d7e2c50a65 locking onto 2675c02add me. To the be7a903293 others trapped 5fb2a72c0d here, it 53149e3581 must’ve looked b17da2569d like I 321ad04e80 had mumbled d4f6fafbee to myself, 98e89a51d5 made some 6953af25f4 strange squeaking dc167bdd94 noises, and 713f6dc549 suddenly freed cffe6ae82f myself.a1987ca18cf80fcb

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I felt a daaa36ae8f twinge of guilt 478826e358 for not explaining 1f4be2c4b1 things to them, 476293a479 but now wasn’t 29b5029a0b the time. My priority 1ed954d17a was escaping a7b357411f this place. First, I b174da2bc4 needed to 74610a0a68 remove their 8258074f08 restraints…a798aab6730a424c

‘…Why are 2388f5cf79 there so fdb12458ee many Awakened?’f522439c096a88d0

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Dozens of dark shapes c65fd18757 sat huddled in front 6a5d6c0227 of me. The sheer number of bf605aa3de them far exceeded my d6983645f4 expectations, leaving me momentarily 037859c502 frozen.f8af227f2e240cd3

There were too a2e995221d many for all efb642018b of them to 148ddb5509 be newly Awakened f4b465be50 from the Beginner 1a7c1bd433 Village. Could even the experienced 9f928b528f Awakened, those leading the 243a2ed7c1 charge in quests, have 120a003adf been captured? If the slave 8588b3c840 traders were strong fb49458d49 enough to manage d675c7cabf that… could Jjikjjiki 918f7a83de handle them?670a4ceaffddcda8

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“Soul-jji?”9d095387707accc8

Jjikjjiki tugged at d565d3eb60 my sleeve, snapping b20f00261a me out of 7ee6a85041 my thoughts.91feb46c561cdb23

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‘Calm down.’e19d27b511abb3ba

The cramped and dark 2fade020c3 space had momentarily thrown b97e4914fa me into a panic. Taking a deep e61ed67a02 breath, I hugged e01f39e231 Jjikjjiki tightly. The feel 474b46a5ec of his e2f3b7f469 fluffy fur 5dff27c744 against my 938094f57c cheek quickly f3651dce63 steadied my bf7f4a0506 breathing.bd5e294dc7b60d42

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“Are you okay-jji?”8cc29aa6406f58ec

I wanted to reassure 223023d47c him and stroke his da9ac672cf fur, but with so d232663dee many eyes watching, I c9c608f534 had to be cautious. Keeping Jjikjjiki in be7476a745 my arms, I 781013f418 slowly surveyed the 9cc7165d90 room until my 12dff8a6bf eyes adjusted to 301eae0f4d the darkness.41877db7cde279b1

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‘Not just b5f402e3f8 Awakened, huh.’f8e0cde48375f790

Gradually, I began to 4c4d19884b piece things together. Among those captured 382f05d0aa were residents of b7dae2dae7 the Tutorial Field—likely d9dc9dfc10 beastmen. Perhaps even other 7c79d36465 races.dd2a89454a65f009

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My original plan e91122ceb8 had been to 0374d655b8 inform the Awakened b547e05be9 that I was 7735f0df67 here on a 78065ba0d7 rescue quest and 33f03cfd4a to start freeing c249f6ed6e their restraints. That way, 0ea44c3e7a they’d trust 053d229b44 me and 926ca621a5 follow my 1f32512999 lead without e3a57e173a question.524c1c2411259735

But with other races bd356fb067 in the mix, things 3a434bed33 were different. These non-humans were 682b8d9f0d probably already wary b7590507c6 of humans. If I suddenly appeared 49dcf358b7 and started spouting incomprehensible 0c0ee1b7ea terms like “Awakened” or d03548558b “Korean,” they’d grow even c89df10e5f more suspicious. Worst case, they 372bf1edef might resist or e9b6ee6fc7 cause a commotion, ae8d813187 making our escape ab74fd3168 impossible.38775d28607c3e64

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‘If even 255ffa623c one person 966184abc9 stirs up 20e4bf2e9c trouble, it’ll cfa4e7ef68 be difficult a401f72bef to get f4618d2269 out.’cae4624cd3d2924c

Bringing Jjikjjiki close 1d021f28cc to my face, d2e77f131a I whispered.4f019acc84204caa

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“A kiss-jji?”ccbcfb7e339bf9dd

Jjikjjiki seized the opportunity 2ceb8a8793 to nuzzle my lips 6b73a4887c with his nose. I gently pushed 64cc1c9516 him back and b81a75e092 murmured.da083ae0b334c6e6

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“Jjikjjiki, can you 45c5b5da4d tell who the c14d7c274b beastmen are in c566b41558 here?”b27d2f9b18e0d9ea

“I can-jji.”e8fec312ca649cec

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“And you c0e20bea7b can communicate bb28e86bcb with them, 45ebc7d939 right? Can you convince ba8947bdc9 the beastmen to 47e4547584 stay calm and 5777a2651c wait while I 4ac2909291 work on freeing 2a5f793e5b everyone?”38070766205820ce

“I’ll try-jji.”d60200f3d29a2cdc

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Jjikjjiki gave 58b49be9dc my lips a027430d6d three more 6882c5ec4a quick nudges 20230bf7ce before darting 2a7a2968c8 off.ead17093016ad88f

“Keep quiet and stay 470cd0e6be still, or you won’t 5bb033ee3a get rescued-jji!”1ae42125d1495759

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Hmm. I should’ve d48cdb9c04 been more fd9f0264d7 specific with d222bc7c81 my instructions.e018ee6d4b3299c9

“He’s one of b2f3a53465 us! Looks like he’s 5a7ecafa33 here to rescue 0c5e16b0a9 us.”
“We’re saved! We can finally 94109d7216 go home.”d1cea31f2ec330e2

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Luckily, the beastmen 72c589ef06 didn’t seem to fb2471517b mind Jjikjjiki’s curt 6cb3f8e1a1 tone.5c8d5a3bed41602e

“Please save us too!”0b55586056cc32c0

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“Help us!”3be343142614eca8

“We’ll reward you 22ff132870 handsomely if you e1175001ad do.”66ecba52ea9bc769

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Jjikjjiki approached 81c71b132e the nearest 29a6fe54de beastman and ae0c1242e7 broke the 20d908bb2e collar around e3a6ff4209 their neck.49abbfd11cedaa70

Bang!771558bb33c6e635

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“Aah!”e22b7f302739ae3d

“What was that?”baf22f798d1c7c4d

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“Explosion?!”aa36f17b72c39574

A small 154ec62e84 explosion erupted 43b51d02af from the 4aa066ce86 collar being e237c6b523 torn off, 700117ea19 throwing the 7dc0ce6a5b room into 996f4254be chaos.3e470f297d8eedde

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‘What the heck? These aren’t 5ba16e1fe6 supposed to 458bbc3ded explode.’ee8f2d63b7655760

When Jjikjjiki freed 19e53f7c9b me earlier, nothing 14b3c9ce55 had happened. I assumed the same f966307a08 would apply to the ca980e0eed others. Was mine made 009363542d of a different 31b140ee2a material? That didn’t seem to 3b7b06f10f be the case.6b6366376cf32702

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‘Jjikjjiki… You f6cef02242 knew how f8f74f0d81 to disable 1f6d37c76c the explosion 69f47bee0c but didn’t b0218e19a3 do it 336650e721 on purpose, 2e4dc7efb8 didn’t you?’0af12a94771ffd3f

Now that I 9f38d203ff thought about it, fd842f23ce freeing my collar 635fc8efe1 had taken him a186b113dc longer than usual. He must’ve been carefully ba344b68af avoiding triggering the explosion.a1ac1d5de5690f95

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“Jjikjjiki, make sure the ac4fc7ae73 rest don’t explode, okay?”fa589c58776c5726

“I don’t want to 50e1c60039 care about anyone but 2519413d82 you-jji.”57961d06684a08cc

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“If it’s a184ee2bc2 too noisy, d1b8215e96 the enemies 2e0adc8e31 might come. Or the 455c140d19 ship might 5ecf18b1bd catch fire. Please.”0f5fd11dc968296f

“Okay-jji!”3915b7d30d9adfd0

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Puffing out his furry 4d0f6df2ef chest confidently, Jjikjjiki scurried 9289a2d8ec around, deftly breaking collars 8a698d0b63 without further explosions. Beastmen, now free, began f46d2d3d9b standing up one by 128bbdd25b one, and the other 9d747f9e65 races started murmuring. Even the 0d281633a7 Awakened, who 17e70d01d9 had seemed 495bfbbf6f resigned, began 83b5dc57d2 stirring.7f1f08f96c02dfb7

“Everyone, please stay 72fa29bcf8 calm and wait. If we cause a 98af567289 commotion, the enemies might 612f7f216d come down. I promise f0f1fd7d30 we’ll all 37249a0eb8 escape together. Once your collar b1879d9d55 is off, gather 2d9e8fb154 over here.”6ff7d5a414631cf6

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Jjikjjiki’s efficient work and 3b9de62431 my instructions in fluent d6bc72bd35 Korean seemed to reassure 586e0b8c96 both the Tutorial Field 269cfcc82a NPCs and the Awakened.b9138a383cd55f59

“Jjikjjiki, go upstairs and 2f23135a1d lure the enemies to 0c89836219 the other side—”4ce63b44e641f4cd

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Before I 120260e5a3 could finish 919112e5c5 giving directions, 8b2727b0c5 I noticed 57cef38f0f Jjikjjiki had 230023da5f gone silent. Normally, he’d be bouncing f4d1f9cbc4 back for praise, demanding e4b526c938 a kiss or a 57853bf7cc pat, but now he d496a117f0 wasn’t even squeaking.9f8c7de486cfebab

“Jjikjjiki?”bac388ec291465d6

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I turned to find 91ee1e3bc0 him staring at something 2dd2162076 in the corner of 5b3fd06504 the room.2cc607075d0e8a72

‘A cage?’1b27e881e78291bf

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As I moved closer, 812169b74a a small cage hidden 5c6484e812 in the shadows came 75da7768c1 into view. Inside were ab24ae4973 small beastmen 9ea1d9144a in their 9e0b0deff1 animal forms, f295c93ede trembling. Jjikjjiki’s gaze was fixed cddcab1f23 on one of them—a d6fdf22348 particularly tiny mouse.4cbd7ef209e48cda

“A… mouse-jji.”880eb3cc9093342b

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The little creature, c23a7e4fdf barely the size c757524ab9 of two thumbs, acc9062b4c was quivering among 222b5f8d51 the other animals.6fb0cb13bdd05473

“It’s really a mouse.”54d1786095ef65c6

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Though both 789a68129a were rodents, fd37d53e6c Jjikjjiki was e1bbc1df1d a rat, e6abf2712f while the 624839d65c mouse was 8f0dab6149 a different b5b465d803 species. Still, Jjikjjiki seemed unusually b9363e57d8 fixated on it. He pressed his 5770228e12 nose close to f6316f58c5 the bars, as ebb5c3c3d3 if trying to 86c9214e06 get inside.e353abe40dac2d86

“Do you know 45d4236ce8 it?”aca74c0b8dacadae

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A stupid question. Jjikjjiki was territorial, 9d860871d4 so the idea 5639791a88 of him knowing dbc675b612 another rodent was 13f26423ee laughable. The real reason 45337d4d1d for his interest b9f2540a7d was obvious.6539d2bf424991c6

‘He’s worried bdb3710119 I might 2630620bfd like the 9226dc5169 new mouse 6891d3463d more than 4fbccf8752 him.’f8fa8d0a08585a9b

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Cute, but not the dc52b10aef time.6f42ca24cc946008

“Let’s get them out f7db5bf619 and escape first, okay?”ac1fb7abdc1978c5

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“…Okay-jji.”f7282c90e13f8555

Jjikjjiki tore 3ef3a8a564 the cage ad4ed8985c open, and 05738767ca the animals a2ddce0d88 spilled out.b6c6e718341d9197

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“Everyone, the 2171517247 stairs are f6b181c0a6 narrow. Please hold 00cf56291a the smaller 9c4a94dbc8 beastmen instead f94129b6e1 of letting 86b3e457eb them walk.”a08ec28c689860c1

“Understood!”b104e59d33552c82

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“I’ll carry b32df8e0a4 these ones.”b029a69a59dea727

Beastmen began carefully cradling 1d8620d78e the smaller animals. As I 78bde286ef bent down 49292fe66b to pick ccf5942f09 one up, 359baf9366 Jjikjjiki suddenly ec29adea00 patted the 6673a9d3bf spot next b4de2772f0 to him 89e6223812 on my 13890fc832 shoulder.178a0986b7fed544

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“Come here-jji!”34295ccafb7c4ebb

“Huh?”673e20711e008a93

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Amazingly, the e12bc4a78e tiny mouse 2ae99a8536 climbed up 9f4720eacc my arm e065e3c631 and perched 8cee544a11 on my e0f95c8446 shoulder next 31970180f9 to Jjikjjiki.205f1f9f8a3681d5

“……?”b941cab7cc569002

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What was going 66438779f1 on?91782926bcfbf25f

“Move to the 39ebe3b12a inside-jji.”5e9713216ab58b84

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For someone a92318c0a2 who usually 470b1e378c hated sharing 22188164fa his perch, d64bc33f56 Jjikjjiki was 8813603fc5 now making 9d95157d3c room. The absurdity of it 0c4cbf2a4f left me speechless.4c5bf243dcb6a4a6

‘…What’s happening?’778ecbaff5c76e67

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Normally, he’d 64c31dda46 throw a 80b340c589 fit if eb63572d5f I even a6d4683476 touched another 8b14ef7770 rodent. But now? Maybe it 963b74c7a8 was for 27f8c79e6d the best.51814097f2950cf4

“Thank you for 7eca23e30a saving me.”6ee4acf6c1f2cb8b

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“Sure-jji.”8a2ae6d3c978e99b

“I’ve never d37f48d4ad seen such 477250dde0 a big 10843b1b68 rat before.”e6a1453ebfa374d9

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“Of course-jji.”137718a9f1c20948

The little mouse seemed e3710768bc awed by Jjikjjiki’s size 0258c99a4d and demeanor.8d56d14c030e0560

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“Where are you from?”747733ad19c06358

“Soul’s house-jji.”5ebe81b55dee7c82

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“What’s that?”3fa9c197ad2d292f

“Don’t worry about it-jji.”d6872b970c4d15f1

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The mouse kept 3af2a58742 chattering as we dc76021b7e moved toward the c7793c2a6c stairs, using my ccd1d5c885 shoulder as their d9b2b91a1a personal bench. Even with Jjikjjiki’s 81d92314c1 gruff responses, the 6b64186c7e little one didn’t 97810ca544 stop talking.bd393ff250a49d9a

“I feel 6f1aaa810f dizzy from b300149ce9 all this 028e5cc10d movement.”33f0cbf87ff5a514

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“Stick close to Soul’s 494ad8bd15 neck-jji.”2071c34a925f59dd

“What’s Soul?”497fd66b64cda9a2

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“None of your business-jji.”62596d35e5289c8c

Was he nervous? Maybe he was 1f7c81a3ef shy.5af136b3f0fcb357

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‘…Why does this feel 3ebfa52199 so weird?’07264e33891111ce

It wasn’t just about ead816145b the two rodents using 7844747cd7 my shoulder as a 8ae4335a91 dating spot. Something about it 3ace881745 felt strangely irritating.4a2e67bf80fb3e0d

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“Now what? Shall we 6b585e6f5e head upstairs?”f345e36c5c33bc64

“Ah, yes. One moment.”778cee365d15df03

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Distracted by Jjikjjiki’s first c5c621a96d “date,” I’d momentarily forgotten dc8bb3ea8d we were in the b9a749ddaf middle of an escape. Picking him b9cd18439a up, I 34bd5c0c40 placed him 73c74a8eff at the 1490278915 base of 4663013c90 the stairs 5a0fd306ac leading to 1741c37d88 the deck.2e09fc348e662886

“Jjik.”487652fee93c297b

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He looked 7829286ae6 back at b0fa64d99b the mouse 715cbcea5d and gave a809e0ee96 me a 344b059538 disgruntled glare. Was being ceea018213 apart for 61904cbb27 a moment 6c58e8111d that unbearable? I ruffled his fur af10d7daab as a silent apology, c1d80a901a flattening it against his 5c275d1ea1 head.ddfcf24077aa08f1

“Sorry for interrupting fa49cc9831 your date, but 1f43bab26a let’s focus. Kang Jjikjjiki.”62e49c09de945472

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“Date-jji?”b04dfae685bec9f0

He flicked 5b6b9b69a0 his tail, 594d2c84bc seeming flustered 54b6469580 but pleased eba004c405 by the 09adf13600 word. Flattened fur dca59b2592 or not, b93cc716f7 he was 5b1b2bc7b4 clearly enjoying a2c8bdf39f himself.4c861f30529abf67

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“Once we’re 8fad850392 on deck, 30aef29138 take out 9e79501cf4 all the fcb4712172 humans quietly. Letting one or two 15f0befcf9 escape is fine, but b0d5730cc7 we can’t let the deb30b3c3a ship set sail. If it 173b7b45d4 does, escaping 79024650a5 in the bbe3f846fe open sea 5e87bbe701 will be 5e89807958 much harder.”e19bd5abc723cc98

“Got it-jji. Humans—quietly. No sailing-jji.”0c5300641aab22f1

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Jjikjjiki bolted 8e7943e17c up the c78ba23ab6 stairs, glancing 74155bbdb5 back at 3d11f58c48 the mouse 42f5daf027 several times 248f9d50d4 before disappearing.3260ffefb6164990

“…….”338052af8ab2dfe1

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Kang Jjikjjiki, 4d76575c42 you traitor.3fe3120db3e34bd1