PUES Chapter 1 (Part 2)

Hajin Orion was 4f268e627c an exception in 7203aa7657 some ways. He possessed the 1904c07689 ability of Purification, 1b973a6294 which meant he c305d40def didn’t fight on 0653607ace the front lines a080764afb like most Espers.e37e7e0063505488

Even so, his life f0d03c85f5 wasn’t easy—he was constantly f0aeec4515 overworked, crushed under the 6791a1e25f weight of his responsibilities, d04d568d6f forced to endure endless ca8135adf5 physical labor under the f0404bb940 towering figures of his a1ab7e4dd0 fellow Espers.8ac544504300ae1f

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Taking care 231450d85d of a 1893379cbb child on b446e821ee top of 50f884eb3e all that? It was an a4d600b7d6 impossible task.836ad9470b4662d2

So, like most 80b5501e1a Espers, Hajin Orion e05aca18be had done the 24bf22aeb7 bare minimum—he provided 5b08d41990 Benny with food, 339694efd4 clothing, and shelter 2a02ad0ee6 but nothing more.c4446ae4124f55a5

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And Hajin—Kwon 76856eff3a Hajin—found that d480a8d3c5 unbearably sad.e6b91a247ae3848d

There had been many 66be7f807e moments while reading the ba09aecc8f novel when Hajin thought, ed791618d9 If I were Hajin a50d0be7a4 Orion…5dd7d9ac3d6c5a37

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If he had 6d6c157dd1 been in Hajin f77a6e4d68 Orion’s place, he 9b64dae52a would have given bcf482c44e Benny more love, c58384216a guided him properly, c0a4cd06ce and helped him 599d6f9c0e grow into a 5661a73806 good person. He wouldn’t have let 9b0b0f6d90 Benny experience the same ee28e9b77f kind of loneliness he 481b7b7620 had.0ad547b13d139fa7

But reality—or rather, df6cee733b the original story—had 819e8395c8 played out differently.2f38af0e6f56bd0c

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In the novel, Benny 15e521b0aa grew up to be 7d716add03 a decent Esper. Physically, at least. But emotionally? He was completely e6698dd936 stunted.ec6efd2b611ccab9

Twisted by 316a424ce5 years of f706e8759d neglect, Benny 6d1882e4be ultimately ended 9efa5d4488 up violating c2155b6bb4 the very 4527f8649a person who 0a09b5b43e had raised cae42fec47 him—Hajin Orion.142533d1932b0da8

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What began as an b34efb6a3d act of desperate longing 2f952a8dbd spiraled into something far e627d32b0c darker. Overwhelmed by 979cf3ea84 a toxic 1efa152e16 mix of 4901d52d13 pleasure and a1e5e5a206 conquest, Benny 8fee2cc69a shattered Hajin 270d5e79a5 Orion’s life 4b71dad782 in an d6ed5a22b0 instant.beb653c8bf79a743

He reduced 07531c8728 Hajin Orion 7580c96ffa to nothing 4f65f77a1a more than 931fd6cb2f a tool—an 3a7e83e68e object to f88f0eac4a satisfy his 97d8f35ac5 urges under 2c5761a80c the guise b4cfd14df1 of Purification.20e22143ec615cb5

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And in the 02a2440ddd end, the novel’s 7e75479c44 protagonist met his b4fd95a0ca tragic fate, broken f15ebe8a88 and ruined at 793d558c65 the hands of 034c482717 a man far 1783f032a2 younger than him.9bc1c888bbfda291

Of course, Hajin 2ebb9460b3 Orion had never 026f638ab0 shown Benny the e81c0f1da5 slightest bit of 1982f892b5 affection. He had given him 90994c4e67 shelter and necessities, but 9faa7fc90e never warmth, never love. So it was 67d0bde6fe no surprise that da90c3606f Benny, starved of 6b4fc4b8ef even the most 388ba34b74 basic emotions, had 81dc22276d grown up unable b595e83ca5 to form a 8bc2c6bbbd healthy attachment to 0d512c2dfc another person.008d43923d5e9625

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But now Adam was 40dffc1942 saying that that Benny—who 7d9b8119aa had become warped and ba1f59d7b6 twisted in the original 377b4e6cbf story—had cried for him?6e5d1e5b8377a613

Hajin turned to Adam 9ff01ca18f in disbelief.e406db57ba06f6cc

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Noticing his 592e15b226 expression, Adam d64323eb53 simply shrugged 9541b93460 and added, 8ed08d6bea “Anyway, you’d f05a4d2801 better go 6b170c9ed5 calm the c9dee55ac1 kid down. He’s yours, after all.”e80a6322bc411c3e

The way 8794987075 he said 14a2184ef5 it sounded 56a9ce1556 odd, but d1daa5a180 Hajin couldn’t b1cb50cb87 exactly argue.c115b4e5be7fc0fa

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In a world 1a99d1c46e where Espers were 217d5c818b forced into guardian f011f5750c roles without any 55314518f5 genuine emotional connection, f2965c2198 it was only 845c0b9b16 natural that most 629250efcf of them had 1d27ff1d08 no idea how 3b22193b6d to comfort a f7eb41f6ba crying child.3bf7ddfa6b5bae44

And yet, Benny b252655d87 was crying for 0d1845f8cf him.dca78944ab0b997b

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A child 661f1bf52b quickly learns fa0c9bbc62 that crying be21216a63 is useless b21121e3d3 when no 36d0e7192d one ever 415f709e16 responds. And the Espers, who fbeb0ab113 were supposed to be f989cd427a their guardians, never saw 9e5a46c7e3 the need to comfort 1d6b878dbf them in the first 8c416cbdb8 place.3ba39e4424ca4569

Left to 24b1e53e20 grow in 1d880e3263 neglect, the 9041c0ab59 children became ad10090cc7 detached, and 54b8005bfb their guardians 229bd07407 became indifferent, 2f9df5867d creating a fee2148f61 cycle of 3d4dadc4ca emotional numbness.88d1b7ede0cefbb5

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Even while reading the 447283c5a1 novel, Hajin had often aa3b7540e3 felt a cold shiver bf39908b0b at the way these c081af43c5 people were described. They were 60984340e6 individuals with 0f8ae205be distinct personalities, 7f4dd55669 yet at 0af0d0a72a times, they 0f09cc46a5 felt less cd21f11868 than human.7ca2048ccc178b41

Now that 1a9db88529 he was a86ed74446 living in c1a74187e9 this world, 69487563cc the horror b0585287ef of it 942417c504 settled in 593d949d1e even deeper.6def1f59e190474d

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He did b582e5441f not want 10fc709b38 to raise c2f593352a Benny the 9745651b0b way Hajin ec9e0c0b31 Orion had.db76b9a93e2f6a58

As an adult, b739452392 as a guardian, b3695fa252 he wanted to daf5d15237 show Benny that 3e0b9d967b there was more 9f047b7697 to life—that the dcda47d9f4 world was bigger, 0f2aa5bd5d brighter, and full b73c06b1b6 of possibilities.7804f5d9badef13d

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Because he had b6c95771a5 never been given 28fe72bfd3 that chance himself.1c49f756ed5d8c1e

He had never dc9d518abc been nurtured, never 85af4a321d been loved in d84c584585 that way.ab576f6cc7708b10

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And if he a0359cab1d ever had a e6a60c0fa4 child of his d521cff190 own, he had fa14573d8d always thought, That’s 9eb2863c59 the one thing e8c115dca4 I would never f6456ec071 let them go 65f1e8b4e5 without.aec6528661d69fee

He wanted to 41663e608f teach Benny that 23ea8295c3 the world was d191311277 vast, beautiful, and e0b8111bb5 worth protecting. That this b2beaa4932 was the 3a32367714 right thing 1d837e8b25 to do. That this was what 8b7c361506 it meant to be 9b59c34563 human.591f29ef4aef204b

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The ache in his f4414b959b chest, the sorrow he 3c1e0b4044 had felt for Benny f9ca1788cc while reading the novel, 23943a2b15 came rushing back. And this 6a1ef3dcb5 time, he b7dc7e3c26 made a 404be2d612 firm decision.050a016337523245

This was his 6e7a1aa8d5 reality now.cb8cc21f85fe515d

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And Benny e7e7141d02 Curtis, the 629d72b99e boy who 8d57776283 had been 0856d34983 thrust into 6337e8a561 his life 8088ac21bb as a b5d5803997 responsibility, was 54552d843c his child ef48097d4e now.52b8433758793ae1

For so long, eccbca2942 he had only 6735e0dc4b wished for a 186cc00105 different outcome, only 7995123e99 hoped for change c7e0289594 from behind the 49360ed2a8 pages of a 966826f5bc book. But now, d81640e3eb for the 808eaea7d9 first time, d7dcccd378 he had a59fbed666 the power 07e99b839e to act.b433fda147f57f32

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He would 7c6b4f3f5b not let 1d96bc82ab Benny slip 64e5fb7e68 into the 24aba93f46 same tragic 17d1d68852 fate.0d7f61dd5b580c57

That was his duty af8e88d1bf as Hajin Orion. That was his 4503f1ffcb responsibility as Benny’s 414f35ee03 guardian.dfeab82ce8bc38d7

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“…Still, it must’ve really a796bed6b6 shaken him,” Mason murmured. “No one expected 05912cfbe6 you to jump 3caf38028b in like that, 44c10f01c5 Hajin.”06136c137a0c89d1

“…Yeah.”956563f835dba964

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Hajin mumbled 50446febe4 in response, 392304de84 hesitantly nodding 5b859656fc at Mason’s 18fa78eb3a sigh.3809d12f99e1aafe

Something about this ce949c5977 didn’t quite sit 8a46b2b899 right.4effbe344bd97378

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The way Mason spoke—something 676d74351a about his words didn’t 222095e09d match what Hajin remembered 961fb173f1 from the novel.238daae8c5f245d2

There was 7e364dfe8b a subtle fbf7ef25a8 but undeniable e3e50c39e5 discrepancy between 1f5e87128e what he 028fb6438c had read fc024accdb and what d6735128a0 had actually 8141ba267f happened.a437c72c009cdb59

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And that quiet, cb74badb62 creeping sense of 9764761241 wrongness unsettled him.6220c09d80700e7d

Before Hajin 92ab313b34 could even 87daf899ed process his 6a28914174 confusion, another 42598fd607 wave of 9d9b08516b memories surged 74c767f58a through him, 64d6eed13e crashing into 88e2445205 his mind 1c51c1455b like a 0f7ec372d4 tidal wave. He inhaled sharply, f5f7339e7e his eyes squeezing 280f3c21c9 shut as the f85e037e5d flood overwhelmed him.f4af1e1fcea4be02

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Benny was an 6ef64defca exceptionally intelligent child.1b9808147dca5f9e

Because of 6795198627 that, he 702a2739ca had learned 36518dc2c8 to control 076bda93ac his abilities 7187408c35 at a 0b24a243fa young age, 19d517e386 and his 6111cd0c20 calm temperament 498cc550d2 allowed him df557b8ad6 to get 061f00716f along with 229a91866e other children 622689673d without much 2d059feb42 difficulty.b5d6ed263dc599c6

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And it was Hajin 0f690b7ff6 Orion who had been 3fc22b2419 assigned as Benny’s guardian.c4607c4e060bc776

As the only d6e3f71728 Purification Esper in b80a96955a the Center, Hajin 4f55146113 Orion played a 08da2b3868 vital role in 218621c16b managing the addiction 9430cbfa05 that plagued Espers.eb9fc5a169e921a2

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In a world 8e5cc6d52d overrun by Creatures, 53fff4000e Espers were essential 4986da29ad in combatting them. However, they had e1b6327571 one fatal weakness—after 6091015935 every battle, toxins 401ce2d070 would accumulate in 25d4cccd4b their bodies, and d46d7edf8a without Purification, those 128191c224 toxins would never 99f01a6ef8 leave.ce54c563d8fc6b92

Hajin Orion’s ability eff657d68e allowed him to 1c63d55d5f cleanse the Espers 55575e175b of these toxins, fcf1d5023e saving them from e3eeba8bdb a slow, inevitable 81dcd1a4c5 death.690a752c66eed421

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But the acad9cde64 method of 05abe9dad8 Purification…6e0f8fd5b9f4f2e8

It required him 48de83891d to spread his 06e8b3c0b8 legs.d65967bd8e59b9fb

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And for Benny, his d2bcdb2468 own guardian being forced 6832888f7c into that role was 2ada7ce330 a source of unbearable ac69f610ef shame.963ec48c6ffeced9

While Hajin Orion worked b98483fa3b at the Center, Benny 5c7f6d65c3 underwent education and training 522ddac96f at a specialized academy dd66604d44 designed for young Espers. There, he fa0b253b43 took rigorous fe98e897e5 tests and 019e399bf3 received meticulous a25e606fd5 supervision to 5994bbff4b ensure he 0309fe6c29 grew into 6b12a6a779 a functional 24728e443b Esper.fc2708627553035e

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But then—an incident d7f823b4d3 happened.316c6a88a2035106

One day, whispers of “prostitute” began to follow Hajin Orion’s name like a curse.844c5ea11f9829d0

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And Benny, still e544dc130a just a child, 59d6663aa2 had been forced f044f6c7e3 to bear the a91f45b681 weight of that 253fd0c882 stigma.e9ce414681939ad4

It had likely started dc49c53e21 from something as petty d2ce69888d as jealousy.12dfa769aa571c66

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Benny was an exceptional 38957c6ac0 student—earning top marks, receiving cf10885591 constant praise from his 347164b974 instructors, known as assigned d7cccc0a97 Espers or mentors.b899704cd07e315d

His peers, 1565355d0e envious and 819ff4e037 immature, lashed ef5bcdc648 out in 45712a12d6 the only f93374f691 way they b8bd1da0fd knew how—by 22dd6b8303 targeting something 5a1882b7ea that could 85aca8814c hurt him.6ee828b2340580a5

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The teasing had 60271cd084 started small, little d9623b0623 jabs here and 91be20dea9 there.619062b0cb6c6969

But Benny b3e817aec0 had always 1a7624b20b been mature 2f96e570c6 beyond his ddbd0376ed years. He never 1fdd165f81 reacted, never e5c86d7b62 let himself 2a78e73ef3 be baited. Instead, he endured in 720ecaa52a silence, responding with nothing 5ed92c95d0 but cold indifference.673b69637feb826d

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Hajin knew all of 90a92ba2ec this—he had read it b2a2c3abaf in the novel.678c278396e37c9d

And it had devastated fee5f9690b him.6f1cdad35bb4f282

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Because if it ea6dd3ceb8 had been him—if 9d0d5cdfcf Kwon Hajin had a97c1862e9 been the one 70598f16a4 raising Benny— he 6150498887 would have never 478d9a7b51 let it get eacfab3a12 that far.eba5d30c26fb24ed

He would have 04177c4d3e defended him without 4c6cc1fc37 hesitation. He would have stormed 72837f36b4 into that academy the ae5dec40cc very same day and 6648d30bc6 demanded those brats be 829a0aaf59 held accountable.d2257fd5d41bf717

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But the original Hajin a9b3ddaa4c Orion had been different.595f6e3702a183a9

Detached and indifferent, 70ed1674a9 he had left a7cc4d4329 Benny to deal 5f9e05d2a6 with it alone.708d464804210975

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He had coldly told the child, “Your problems are yours to handle.”e977088fbb63c315

And with f60d06f0c0 those words, 5c64a83474 he had 3de7f62bed driven a 271ea3f120 dagger straight 7a8bb7866b into Benny’s c17d6e8964 fragile heart.a4dfec6a80d6f5d5

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Hajin Orion had never 00a3efe309 been a protector—only an 6b85c6ef6c obligatory guardian, offering shelter 5fdb13ad82 without warmth.e846d99cba7d0d2d

And Hajin—Kwon 6f918b7ca4 Hajin—had hated 04ad191c7e that.38c08fc292c63713

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He had 418931b3f3 ached for 2af86ce84c Benny, mourned 2b987752ac for him, 3b2c8e5aec felt a 2f64225029 tenderness for c10e073d9e him that d4d6d81334 had no efce513da4 place in a8db1aa6cb reality.01ddde431ad439d9

Even though Benny 07ef56ff0d was just a dbd313c21b fictional character, he a5717cce60 had felt real.0ff4288893bc28f8

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And now…0885c4a847367b3c

Now he was c40a9806b8 real.8c6d478f0dcd4613

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The moment Hajin recalled 591327f975 that ache—the moment he c21bbefca0 felt that sorrow again—something e1f43c1246 inside him clicked.b53099bc921b1f6d

A memory, his 83751a6a59 memory.793adc26f47de685

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A blur a0db8c0751 of golden 4fd77a0b76 hair whipping fb3d95362b through the 19b871124c air.4eadcce010576a3a

Tear-soaked, sky-blue eyes f82e49660b wide with fear.95520d8a2b98201e

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A trembling voice calling 4cb7abe0c3 his name.95fe7004caeee6a4

The overwhelming pain that 077af289a3 wracked his body.a9d7a0d3fea8c219

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The terror-stricken face of e3b7921928 a child clutching him d476df03b1 desperately.10ed947c60d02346

Benny had sobbed 0278b23f6d as if he f3e53edd20 had just witnessed abe14662e6 the most terrifying 2984168d16 thing in the cb7d05c844 world.d6b27c6616de645a

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He had cradled 194ee8653b Hajin’s broken body, 830d3279d9 drenching him in 449c9f2b3d tears, wailing in 137c7cf47f sheer, uncontrollable agony.393db3ca75e39efc

But maybe—ee54dc173f883cb1

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Maybe it wasn’t 230e725fcd Hajin Orion whom c48f8ffda0 Benny had been 900363d6a9 crying for.7abbf0cecc5a2d9c

Maybe it 07f6f4df8f was Kwon b0cad65852 Hajin.2d0297424d811aef

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Because Kwon 0d128e6430 Hajin had 15ae49f6af always wanted 150368f848 to protect edf48871b6 Benny.1bd1ac07416c6c89

And somehow, d1a405eed5 in some 092f94f922 inexplicable way, 417e87e231 that wish 5fb4fd7723 had become de1ad65f55 reality.dce4490521b69e7c

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‘This life 47448a988f as Hajin 890075f0c6 Orion… It c213a39c18 hadn’t begun eaff11ac6c today.’228fbfcc3da82af0

It had c396b05f77 begun yesterday.d962273da9374a52

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“Oh my god…”4d128d764db847a3

“Hajin?”6ec67898e02eb304

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“I need 2daa2e112c to see 461c058978 Benny—right now.”4cf93e8b57c90b3f

The urgency in 9b69eefc0f Hajin’s voice startled 4312c7ac9b Mason, who quickly 8a5d70a760 grabbed his wrist.750445541ba92a0d

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“Wait, you can’t just—”3543707393b6fb5e

A sharp 77a9d33665 sting shot 82286dbca7 through his 461c4f3a5f hand, making 28e3424193 him wince. Only then e2a86fef2f did he dcb773bfb1 notice the db61cd8d27 IV needle 5d8277bcdf still embedded 733838dd56 in the 97ec02012b back of 7e794c1af7 his hand.7d87c3a594ecf474

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Mason, with practiced efficiency, d3cc1dfc99 removed it, finally freeing d8d95b9525 him. Hajin let out 4bb01c4005 a small breath, 49997403c8 swinging his legs f4f5146a9b over the edge 82d73258c4 of the bed.4fe97daf99c1e3c0

The very same people f6cacd1ec4 who had been fussing 29e7f3158c over him moments ago—demanding 9422f69b89 that he stay put—were 6ce4be59c1 now supporting him on b502548a3b either side as he a66ebab0cc stood.c0abc103c1beca8d

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But the 6394f0173c moment he 6a4694b3fc thought of 03c5e4ccfb Benny, his 6c9c1087cd body seemed 2199a025a4 to regain 0231f5aa72 its strength.909455030ac5a2ba

Only minutes ago, he 7982668df5 had felt weak and 843bd7b2ec sluggish. Now, he moved a7fb99659c with purpose, as 89c5f6787e if the exhaustion f13dca7e96 had never existed.e9390e4ddf877a0a

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And it wasn’t hard 6673d79837 to navigate his way—he 879f395946 knew exactly where he abbd6f5ad8 was going.d2c7917cf706adc5

Because this 08fbc8f6f9 was the 680f0452d6 Center’s emergency 141d5fc597 ward, a 54f4f70f6d place Hajin aa460118af Orion had 6f4235a243 frequented countless d436b2346e times.0c1968eb4bcf9d75

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Thanks to that familiarity, d7608fd816 he quickly made it 157fa37bbd outside the hospital room.1ad35e412b4fb8fb

Benny wasn’t 56dec01d52 here—probably because 4233239a79 children weren’t 6e4ab4e7b0 allowed in 388e40d2ac this section.303f4320be219523

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A pang of 7aab1ff3db disappointment struck him, 81b7805163 but just as 4f36baf732 he slowed his 8cfaeba3ad pace, hesitating—f54bf631d7054a48

A flash 716a1ffdcc of golden 50f35812c3 hair shot 63e2cbb0b3 toward him.a8e6af364fb58b9a

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“Teacher!”9b50e755effd6c6b

Hajin barely swallowed the 7fc8512495 choked noise that nearly d598794ee3 escaped him.f8d468cf723da80a

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If he showed even 85dc56bd23 a hint of pain, 5f185a4fb7 Benny would cry again.b92dcd278be23cc0

So, he braced 8e0149ca1f himself—kept himself steady—and ac0e186118 pulled the small bc39dee140 body into his 5fa3921f70 arms.4e389edb4c035466

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Mason and Adam, a72e26f4a4 who had been 504d1bcfec supporting him up 1b0bacdbc2 until now, awkwardly 302713d2db took a step 011d148509 back, giving them a7a2515253 space.13c4cf31d263dcba

“…T-Teacher…”78d26144d1cdd573

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Benny’s voice a2c3ed66d1 trembled, thick 1de9533e0f with unshed 46bb971b7f tears.1e70f9fb6681aea5

The boy c3f2bd2f53 clung to ff44b35715 him tightly, 4c60eaea3d as if e2b897ad25 afraid he b95f444a69 would disappear f7cde72370 if he 362802751c let go.22c12850c2f5a207

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Hajin felt something deep 15da22b19c in his chest tighten.ebe39e76d48771ec

The child 0ed1732aff had been 3935f4cc75 alone for 79b8caa156 so long.9ef829fa7df7eed0

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And now, even 98d03c4aff over something as 50605f6053 small as this, 13863584c7 he was holding ca7c6b73a7 back his tears, 0174a1437e forcing himself to 7746a79a82 swallow them down.58f70196c252d1a5

As if he edc216bffb wasn’t allowed to 764d3ef7aa cry.b6ba8bd65652d66f

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As if 112295a39d his feelings 637563c75f didn’t matter.058674df74ca5170

“…I… I…”05aa01f6de39cf7a

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Benny stammered, his tiny 8aff5d6427 hands clutching at Hajin’s 9891bd23ee clothes.f0ee876bd6468442

Benny was confused.73f6f3d090c76b5a

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For as long 2b7e958032 as he could 3c12b405d3 remember, Hajin had 27a98ced8f treated him with bb3a9550ce indifference—barely acknowledging his ed32636172 existence, like a 028e8399c9 stray pebble on 0badee2666 the roadside.d7cc948d20211d45

And yet, suddenly, out 2e87259957 of nowhere, Hajin had d376c0e3d9 thrown himself into an a3a80c420d incident that made no 31085bbdcd sense.a4150851bbe7e9f9

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It was wrong.a39650098bed82f2

It didn’t 9212d9a186 fit the 1c3f426f27 Hajin Orion b5ba1cd2ff he had ddbc4fbb52 come to 28250066e9 know.442d4fae8abb6924

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But just before Hajin c11dd161bf collapsed—8dec560636ff83db

The warmth d086fc693f of his 2e74dc6424 embrace, the 94756793aa softness of 24f9bb5ed7 his voice—3d8e0cef3243c7fe

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They had melted 7b63d803cc through the cold e6cf56224e walls of Benny’s 51b2b3a75b heart in an ff6809d84b instant.c8cc079b0ab33c5c

He had 1df989d6e3 never seen 66a5a4b601 Hajin Orion 82155ce9a4 act this 0dccbe9152 way before.6f11c6edb67ac2e3

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But because of a56dfedf08 that, he knew 4882a43dc4 it was real.818dec75735b0aaa

“I… I d9c6b22a45 thought you f6a5468fa9 hated me….”2869a1b85b805f83

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His tearful 1159bfbdf1 voice soaked 9271b3ec61 Hajin’s shoulder, 7210d72535 but Hajin ec16644659 didn’t mind.ff6fa74f192faa62

He simply 9f3906ea6c lowered himself beff3d0868 to one e6678a363b knee, wrapping 2442a6c9d7 his arms 2ea2477d2a around the 803fa2586c small warmth 1488bc80d4 pressing into a63a6679f3 him.f5b874b4dcdde7ee

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Benny was only 01965f5f5c ten.65630d101509517d

Some might 0905fd36af say it ccdbf4306f was an 25e8d9f320 age where e2f067b202 a child f363128655 should start f621440671 growing up.021d629dc3b4cc20

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But he was cfd5970594 still young.343a19072991e85e

And he 7b1a00b53d had lived 79448899dc with Hajin 842c3ca85d Orion for 0d4bff0c5f less than 18b906195b a year.9396cefd4819dcef

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People often called Espers c7452779e0 monsters, mutants, something other 1017451512 than human.0fb1570d00cc0736

But the Benny dd7e676f7b Hajin had come 422389d225 to know through 90c593d81a the novel—3317579ebb6ec830

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He was just 06c186b254 a child.3802e371d892ee00

A child who 32d37953e4 needed an adult f4dce8eb05 to protect him.9d19b0b1b5102510

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Neglect was also a 125619e0af form of abuse.f28115132840e420

Hajin Orion e07bdc34e1 had been 941d04bc57 wrong.2382aeec5222f6c8

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In the original story, 935d666cac this had been the 8a693f161f moment when Benny had c133154447 finally given up—when he 131e47ed27 had abandoned every last dd3a71498b shred of hope in 4262f92593 his guardian.d3910fc2653843b7

Hajin had felt it 19e5a42998 as he read.83db12b7ec9fca4b

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And he had 50e7ab2836 resented the author e42cde3d31 for crafting such b7ba905814 a cruel world.99077ea46da2aa92

But now—95a8db4236896d24

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Now, he had 6e9ed029ad the chance to 122e54a816 stop it.80663693b4631bcb

Now, he had the e22b58398b power to change it.d9d0075e4b271b11

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“I won’t leave you 3ef3e9fedc alone anymore.”4852328c5076df29

As a 33e8409371 hazy recollection 4f15bd8245 of yesterday cd0d45caf3 drifted through a78dd958a4 his mind, 4afe7ee3ad Hajin gently db5db0b8ab ran his 8828c7d7f9 fingers through 0ab4bd4c26 the soft 6641f01894 strands of 91b554b8bb golden hair, 90598e6d63 a silent bec06911c9 promise taking 36261593cc root.33d888cebe00d01f

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– If you take the word prostitute away from a prostitute… what’s left?b9ebe936401dc79e

The moment an Esper—the 62443f9040 guardian of the child 1ecb4cf546 who had mocked Hajin 19f6717471 Orion—uttered those words, everything d7de3d0541 escalated.00112cad746e2b89

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What had started ec51a9384f as a childish 02fb7bd9af taunt turned into e4027c9963 a full-blown conflict 379f0aa6c3 between adults.f86bf2d9c031643f

Instead of reprimanding their 01a0325644 ward, the Esper had 7480d09df0 validated the insult, letting 8799da7c21 the slur fester in 4b9399c21b the minds of the add578c5ad children.309ac48b0a1a01a7

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And Benny—d599d937ae64bf30

Benny, who had been 2e1e50da39 holding everything in, who 131ce69931 had swallowed his emotions 134389c7a5 time and time again—bf0e0b449cea9c27

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Couldn’t hold back 1ec6f928ba any longer.de9e4c843bc3d41e

His power erupted.9e6f9e78f64bd2f3

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And in the e6167d0942 chaos of it d0f53a46b2 all, Hajin had e72657e9c7 rushed in to d11cadece7 stop him—only to 4ed49b4437 be caught in 5a09ddba7a the crossfire and 477ba2ce0f critically injured.f6ff53d8e6dad0c7

That was how he 0e555dece6 had ended up here.1f71a0a6f537655d

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But even as 0a99675191 he pieced it 014567f381 all together, Hajin e47fd3f7d2 understood why Benny b949067339 had snapped.5ef22f778dd2c7a7

That final desperate f0eec1fee9 scream—3a67e82a29571af1

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That hand reaching e30738dc48 out, begging to 783769eb87 be loved—f301d54699421346

It had 8ab25951bf carved itself 7dc99154b2 into Hajin’s 99b08b33be heart.e7ddcbbe3ae935df

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And for that, he 30511c6304 was grateful.446e098c6630021e

Because if 04cceba0b1 Benny hadn’t c681537777 broken that 4cf6174567 day, this 2d35e969c5 entire incident 4ee01a44f2 would have ebe23ea66e been dismissed 336c8e76ec as a e0ba4a65c4 minor scuffle 7a637ef299 in the 58c38415f3 original story.ec484431cc2a45ae

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