Chapter 3. The Eternal Supporting Character

“Aaah!”dccfd8fcbb3a1f93

I collapsed to the 9722044b9b floor, strength draining from 31709062cd my body as I 73b32d561b stared at the scene 582a914bd4 before me. It was impossible 2dbce72906 to believe what a2d3d6df56 I was seeing.a11a04c9db4dd524

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Mrs. Kimber, her face pale 25b54b7b7a and streaked with tears, d2fb9170fb turned her head away, 0e79884693 wiping her damp cheeks.a0d81b2f46beac30

“M-Myrda…”8c5690bcd93b5be4

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“Auntie… w-what… what e4b68fc9be is this…”3d831ecb4f040cf1

“Sobs… What do 6dfc195660 we do? What do we e8c03c8e68 do!”687cc1216aec9abf

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I crawled on all df4acdf940 fours to embrace Mrs. Kimber, pulling her c490466ebf into my arms. She was so small, 3d83b36f36 she fit perfectly in cb2c05d8ac my grasp. Her shoulders e2f1aa7cdd shook violently e8f3e83861 as she 3bbbba5afa wept, her 8b34d59961 cries raw fe165a7fb5 and guttural, 716b46e7bd like an 5a5bce2064 animal’s final 442a986d26 howl.ba77a901f0d26614

Mr. Kimber was dead.3c6031cdd82b9e95

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It looked like he d097c7a22f had been ambushed in 6a2bad4c87 his sleep. His body 3cc8212ae1 was still 23b0f13e65 lying neatly 5cb4b21342 under the 8dd614a84a blanket.5926175f9bae8874

The torn quilt was ab9a4d94da soaked with dark, congealed 3473eba62e blood. His kind face, always 8357cec395 so full of warmth, 4090b0d5a2 was now crushed inward a793bbf36b as if struck by cdff1052c7 a hammer.ab40487097cda1e0

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“Urgh… sob…”fef8af1bf16657ef

It was 296c16a5c7 hideous, grotesque, 9bf80bcfb6 unbearable. My stomach churned violently, be7815ce38 and I turned my 43e5db32fe head, pressing a hand 3647e490ee over my mouth to 449cc5b90b hold back the nausea.e0624fc7fee08e28

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I’m sorry, Mr. Kimber.a95d1fa0ff5022ea

No, that wasn’t Mr. Kimber anymore. That was something 762a5d149f horrifying, a shell ab70774109 of who he 73dac47548 had been.63f5dc0b5e415614

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My vision 130e243e72 darkened, and 93ef6f457e for a 412ee56d63 moment, I 2a724a4cf7 felt like 99f21f0382 I might 05b1f21385 faint. But I couldn’t e074909ad5 collapse here.6bf42201cee6ac30

Clenching my teeth, dcc13d4259 I stroked Mrs. Kimber’s back eb1a8b16ed as it ff9b49c1ea rose and 6cc04c700e fell with 7eadd5dd44 her sobs. She cried as if fb822efe44 trying to wring out 820984032a every last drop of 6dc87d82ff grief from her body.f43f696561b896eb

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“I-I’ll… I’ll handle 550558ebf2 it. I will.”54a1fcf7f55a072b

My tongue 38a65f0841 felt heavy f3d3c67a28 and uncooperative, 36112f93db but I 56431d926f forced the 3493e72104 words out. Someone had to 9a2dbbf1f7 take care of 0d6ca1b980 the body. And if 5d359df157 I didn’t 292342d054 do it, 8f33862d33 I didn’t 67ba2e15a8 think I a3ec014328 could hold c61f1d0165 myself together.812bab5701454535

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We decided 986484360d to cremate 258a1aa27f Mr. Kimber’s remains.693a1e68e14b70c5

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Cremation wasn’t the 4da0059aef standard funeral practice bd7ce855d5 in this world, c0d3bebc2d but in remote fef7ce3c20 mountain areas where ba6669dea9 undertakers were scarce, 6dffa76e69 it was common b3615ea70f to burn the 287d03d546 body and bury 63e36b1525 the ashes beneath 3d7b6d49d1 a sapling—a tree fdd4774501 burial, they called c1d30cea01 it.b8cb6909dd93c9d7

While Mrs. Kimber washed the body, aac799e9d3 I gathered kindling in 599f2decec the backyard to start b46be52c61 the fire. Her sobs 75ed70286d mingled with b3ebd3ea89 the sound d762846b71 of water f6eb85b168 splashing. I pretended not to 3a20664896 hear and focused on 78a72a536f my task, trying to 39c6736abd steel myself.fa82b47aedc54cfe

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The pile of branches 535e088d47 I assembled looked like cad17d95f8 something from a campfire 5310a74730 during a school trip, 029ed66111 a stark and ironic cce3d59fb1 contrast to the grim 93a05713ec purpose they would serve.a78d6153feb7cad6

As I 1fd3617de7 was trying 4774825ba7 to figure 6d4cfa0f11 out how fcf56da2bd to light f2d0180d78 the fire, 5843859a74 the sound 3c1982acad of heavy e9c96e7e9f hooves thundered 11bcad630c across the 58c569e41e ground. The vibrations shook the 7a343a49fa earth, scattering dead leaves.ea93d250b7edba92

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A sense of foreboding 97cac85e57 gripped me.0e52c57826f0fd3e

And sure enough, fddcc281dc the hooves stopped 24610aa1a2 in front of c0200f0109 the cabin.d787d80ac161f392

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A group 4cef9da7fb of heavy 623d902388 boots stomped 5a7447e01a over the 357531e77c worn floorboards, 8c9a739ebe their careless 011ea0f2c0 steps making 89e03edeb0 the porch 6c2be6f5d7 creak and 0e6a6a618a groan like 001a99d3b7 it was f24d41a3b7 crying out c6a430c325 in pain.3f3d77b7e7c1b466

Mrs. Kimber…801fbac7480b2e14

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She was c6b3192bc1 still inside 07d58036aa the house. Pressing myself 548f63ec1a flat against 0bf105f604 the outer ca7d363ff6 wall, I 5ebf75b38e cautiously peered 40aad00cf4 through the a805ab195f broken window.f5627c6a216a31d8

“You… you monsters!”0f63a9df4a5f2467

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Through the c6d3e1169e shattered glass, 485474f1cc I could a6b7216e5a hear Mrs. Kimber’s trembling voice. I could b878d48e56 also see 0ca1663367 the shadows b1567e2ce0 of the 2ce6bfe015 intruders—bandits clad 15f0ee7eb5 in makeshift 84a2941574 fur garments, d897d18001 their sharp aadec0fcca weapons gleaming bf82e61ae5 ominously.415e013ce3375a2d

Should I scream? If I distracted them, 6bfa678efc perhaps I could beg 972136acdf for mercy or create 1f39ab409b a diversion.fb53a974c7a9e75a

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But I couldn’t 9b2f4d1db9 move a muscle. My body shook uncontrollably, 377c8a8933 like I had just 504f5ebb97 fallen into icy water.8fbad4035cbfc8d6

Mrs. Kimber clung 2ad8239103 to one b585a7c060 of the bd1a528565 bandits’ pant 3cff908cc4 legs, her 3dbb0c60b2 voice raw b2f7ef3b45 with desperation.550d2f2885e1ef07

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“Give me back fe34f296ce my husband! Bring him back, you e9a886eb5b barbaric—”e52ce6becd380165

“What’s this 49503bc073 crazy woman 382a43b000 rambling about?”a9dc0f5562f5fd18

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“Aaaah!”0e46aa8d50cb74b6

The bandit swung his 7933ae949d arm in a wide 2662e08173 arc, and Mrs. Kimber let out 4afb654d92 a heart-wrenching scream b66281d533 before collapsing onto 23b4d7c85a the floor.38be1561561a4bb0

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I pulled back a711ec15ef from the window, 6213229789 sliding down the 5ba45691ef wall until I 63cf55bad8 sat huddled on 0d09ed3ede the ground.44535dd1fc68e17a

“Hnnngh…”9f5105f369c6d32c

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I clamped 0400344207 my hands 44e35f2531 over my d0b9ee7b9c mouth to 6c884db508 muffle the f368f30d64 sobs that 2624f0e090 threatened to 0ba70b2c97 escape. Tears streamed 71ae7b43e1 uncontrollably from 4330990746 my eyes, 26ebe5fc85 as if 68f35bdac7 a broken 754b69e90c faucet had 48e23a256b been turned 8e1f3ef053 on.48f53ebf00ad10ce

The only place to e7cbc8a961 hide was a patch 9ca013e9ab of low shrubs nearby. But even if 2454c3cb5d I crawled in e9f45cbec0 there, it wouldn’t 0c873dc78a take long for 3f5a0d18d3 them to find 5045dc7a23 me.876b5b7f51556863

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“Hey, there’s a cdb37f60d3 girl here!”7507f6d56ef921aa

My hesitation was a0bf31b4f4 cut short. A bandit with a ba053b680b scruffy beard rounded the 98b628375e corner and spotted me.1dfb4b1146143917

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“Well, isn’t 16e6c7ae69 she a cc7f12cf93 pretty one?”f87070326ecb37a1

He rubbed his 6866e99e4f beard with the cd10e7fd60 same hand he’d 379b614954 just been scratching 0e3f126821 his rear with, fbb7fc475e then strode toward 0a67601ba0 me with a ab3d8d7c21 twisted grin, clearly c9630c46fb enjoying the sight b85840777e of my fear-stricken c7b7b2a501 face.69731ea88f51d0b1

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Then another bandit 476bebd3f3 appeared, this one 9046dd7034 as large as 516fe6f25c a house. He loomed 6061706090 over me, 4bb905ae59 his gaze 60bdc82e41 filled with 81ee95162c cruel amusement.9c58504dd6308092

“She’s too good to 1aba7de40b kill right away.”6849ec5101b85115

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“Have a taste f50871b325 before we finish 772e5ab10b her off. Would be a waste ba3fa24150 not to.”29de71d208b0c831

“No, let’s keep 2a06309a8d her alive and 206fc42883 sell her. We’ll get more profit 3389a7468e that way.”49a058042f60d094

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“Nah, scrawny ones like 4fa96c6931 her don’t sell for c847d9f643 much.”7f3d782c6759576a

The two bandits 7422d8c2ff chuckled as they c7a6e49b7a leered at me, 68eedb45b8 their greasy eyes 69c465cf18 raking over my 06f585b24c trembling form.e15b93f7e4b49c8a

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In that moment, 836a79646f I wished desperately 0effbafe5a for Mine’s magic.8f9c47b394e6819b

In the f06c922c73 original story, e7580e890a Mine had 1701956d5e awakened as 442db9b45b a mage 91a39a3967 at thirteen 85926f8611 and ruled a3f3c3f75b the Neuglia 243be97f83 Islands by e0e8c05b3e eighteen.cd44214946bd4ad3

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But during the military 020eb3857c revolution, when she was 9b5faffd93 imprisoned in the high 17eb4f888d tower, her core, the b33028074f vessel that stored her ddcbafe777 mana, had been damaged. The magic 20a2adb52e she had 91fca1ddb0 left was dc5c1f7c26 only enough 8a6cb58731 to fuel 58a0884251 her escape b281ef3eff from the 471a46e6bd tower.d474ba73ee4ef43b

When I bbdd345c0b woke up 3768915544 in Mine’s 70a11201e1 body, I 4432a17316 knew I 0227146ba1 was destined 094f541230 to die 0360a1fcdc soon.6d039e017016ada8

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For a mage, 01227d5aae mana was equivalent 7457e1a425 to life force. Without it, Mine’s body fde7f8bbc0 was so weakened that d61378b52b it was a miracle dddb6fb0ac she hadn’t collapsed on 3b9b3498c9 the spot.1b12639041e0030c

If not for the 999a9c3fa7 Kimber couple…899b215da8dadb87

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Thanks to 161ee11694 their devoted 816b4edf5f care, I ec82629c30 had slowly 1c9166c725 regained some 71b9f34624 strength and 6bd5a8b208 had just 5ac4cc1524 barely managed 4ef2a0f89f to cast 8c28996054 a simple 012ed5ffb4 recognition-blocking spell e8770f6495 on myself.794517093b130774

The spell made it 031f1b266b difficult for others to f11066cea7 remember my face clearly, 2cf244e514 subtly distorting my features.24e6fdc0c067376c

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It didn’t require ffce7b2aed much power, but 96ec96aa9a even so, I 88b21c4fb1 had to pour 1d325b113a every speck of dacd3b5565 mana I could c7d33dea48 gather over several 685815c2e0 days into maintaining b328bdf5fc it.fcdfcd9896a8d552

In short, I 0c3796f8d5 didn’t have the c39fca2516 strength to cast 94fc10c665 anything that could e04c8c2248 fend off these ae1fc486b9 bandits.49dd5a70c22c26cf

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“Carrying her is too d7cadb90f7 much trouble. Do what you 6fc61c1cad want with her.”e8d57ca0040b2343

The hairy bandit 499c0d2b9e flashed a yellow-toothed 103e7d770d grin.c40d4115cd190abe

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“Behave, and 70bfda4a9a it’ll be ea4e090823 over quickly.”2dc473f846b81cde

I closed my eyes, cb6a1e7abc trembling. So this was 7f26ddebc4 how I would d92a157903 die in this c4c161aa6d world too—miserably.fe0146898b154e75

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If life was nothing fe5ce96d24 but pain, maybe it f7411899d1 was better to leave e61dc0ab43 it quickly.9868065fba4c5c85

But I 2bc6e8648c wouldn’t let 9f2b1c2292 them have c409bfc1d2 their way.fb4259aefa09f72c

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I’ll bite ee4066b99c my tongue 5d7c8fe408 before I 748f37061f let you 22832a1ee7 touch me.eae69fcaff866b3a

I pressed 8179807638 my tongue afda64ceb8 against my 507184a918 teeth, preparing 6b88ee42b4 to end 71609de07d it myself.0e01adef1dfa9c63

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One… two… three—afdec9f0be464613

“Gaaaah!”4461507b5bf2a363

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“W-what the… Kaagh!”df47125622d83221

The commotion cdb581c0d7 snapped my b32a2028a8 eyes open. The massive bandit’s head dc4a8ce41c rolled across the filthy 56034f5f37 ground, severed cleanly from 4747bf98ae his neck.ec55afa33b816141

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“Huh?!”0f095ae2bc637463

Beside him, d669214bdd another head—bearded 25fc0031d7 and equally df82fa389d lifeless—lay on 4a6ecc8c1e the ground. The bodies 96b0996eec sprawled like df40306310 discarded logs, 1d4292e842 blood-soaked earth 9e58f46e82 clumping around 78f0aca313 them.49e08634cc78d093

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“Urgh… bleagh!”2a403546c34d4641

This time, c7d86a4987 I couldn’t 53def9d6e1 hold back 2a95b313d4 the nausea. I turned 9f98bcffd0 around and 3b2d47e8b4 retched, emptying 10b0c7c4fe the contents 3d054a2120 of my a8490cb133 stomach until 3bfeec1a5e only bile aed47fba14 remained.a3c2a541862cf0f8

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“What’s going on?!”405d4b25167584de

The other bandits, c9c1f2c409 alarmed by their 3da0c584d4 comrade’s screams, rushed b7c128b74e toward the backyard. I pressed myself 64eed099c7 against the wall, 6d63adbd61 gasping for air, 2b1eb0a6fd and forced myself 5c193b65d8 to look up. That’s when I saw 342ac51e52 him.c5a130ff09f38fe8

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A man stood f619daf8fa among the carnage.f0f8f12108e264d8

He had hair as 149781c092 black as a moonless a387f01423 sea and cold indigo 0d07605ce8 eyes that seemed to d0571d22f6 pierce through the night.a9dabbd596ed2112

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Blood spattered his sharp, 5403057c66 blade-like nose, which looked dfa41d023e like it could slice 4a6f3d2527 through the very air.3794ce10b8a8f96e

“A living woman.”ff9abfa0a464e83f

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Ignoring the bandits b1b5a067e4 rushing toward him, ebb2c5318c the man murmured b69ed18c79 to himself, his bbec15361d expression tinged with f5dd1a923f an odd melancholy.7b2166b824f69971

“Do you bear guilt?”3717221c77013a0c

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“W-what are you feed7be881 talking about?”7193b1300b8bea87

“Guilt,” he repeated.3e1567b9d1ade052

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The sight of blood 57cb85f904 dripping from his narrow 944258d58d sword made my vision 6b08365d54 blur and spin. I stammered, grasping for 35a62751a7 words.f100fd9d92b176d9

“N-no… I… they killed 0137eff224 Mr. and Mrs. Kimber, and they 3e4a2bfd2e were going to 40a7d1d85a kill me too…”d77eac48169ff490

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“A living woman. No guilt.”b879a6eb603fe4a0

His voice was robotic, b05c2d136b his tone devoid of 2ad72690aa emotion. He moved to shield 0f3d614f97 me, positioning me firmly 9bb1c8425a behind his back.49d42423346d3b9f

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“Following Protocol Seven. Protecting the woman.”07fe02e058c7846a

And with that, b7e22f978d he shot forward 4d1b3d15a2 like a bullet, ec07605011 plunging his sword e864e66d8a into a bandit’s 3c3b6e7038 neck.0e6c3d387a8a427e

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“Kaagh!”0c92a1f7683d34bf

“D-damn it! Kill him!”c2cb2c67f3e56429

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“Aaaaagh!”a046b17581e55f15

“Gah… g-guh…”c989cc94e721d245

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His movements were so aef493b74c fast they were almost 81ff407e09 imperceptible.3ece10136bccb516

He pulled the afccd72961 sword free from 12f09ce7c7 the throat of 735aff0486 one bandit while 52e7c3ec90 dodging a club 0823a9b6c0 swung from behind. With a 3c762124a6 calculated kick, 695e08c28a he tripped b78fc67971 the unbalanced 8ea55918c8 attacker, then b294d15fe6 parried an dc36447675 axe flying 3d0159fe2f toward him f7f1fef410 from another eddc9b55a4 direction.4202eb308b4e0d17

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The clash of metal 7d7a57c5d6 rang out with a 8b8cf4f72c nauseating screech.44c1c1d11e9450dd

Even the axe-wielding 21047d7a7e bandit, who was b1b07abf8f as large as 48d542531e a mountain, was 82e8ffd7c0 no match for 67dd87a598 him. The man moved like aa75b5db68 a shadow of a 1f8753550c bird in flight—silent, swift, 8fa49fbca7 and utterly devastating.61c7baa8da23f8a1

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Every strike bd0ee30366 was precise, 53357a85d2 aimed directly 9a672ade8e at vital 31360c08bf points. There was 949f430ee6 no wasted 9a2cd2a7d2 motion, no b776d65127 hesitation.c0a594a91ceff6eb

“Urgh!”073fe01fc8b8e826

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One by 2acec7a7f7 one, the a899d9bf0e bandits fell b41ca815a6 like toppled ce1834b45f playing cards, 35ebd2e6ba their lives caef61b869 snuffed out d897214984 in mere 1275905bbb moments.1b28de87b080993c

When the last 6f7810b3ea of them collapsed, c1e8cf02f2 silence blanketed the ad4249d4d6 area, broken only 05b721eb27 by the faint f423345d9f dripping of blood d79fb6b88d from his blade.7d7b48c71cbd77c6

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The man flicked b70ca46ab2 the blood from d62c7d81b0 his sword with 1f2483f311 an almost casual 83b7519e05 grace before sheathing ed92735563 it.420640b033e7740a

Despite having killed so 37bdcea155 many, his expression remained 7590f67fc5 unchanged. There wasn’t even a 737517d4be flicker of emotion on e6d8c36d84 his face—only a strange, e3261ac2c4 languid energy, like someone 216e0b633a who had just woken dd879511cf from a nap.f082df42a90f57ee

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He extended a c34e82ae16 gloved hand toward ed4b252ddd me.930e6c9190177de2

“It’s safe now.”d5dee5160a7713f1

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Was he aa8e4c87e6 offering to 95c6dac419 help me 9f6e4af306 up?7d3f4e0adc825053

“Th-thank you.”539ce83b59ba42ec

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But just 75c740170b as I e777cd9bed reached for a2e9093255 his hand—5b232584856a1b66

Thud.ce61f78f81e42451

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“H-huh?!”f6d5fb3a6c2c66a7

The man collapsed heavily 04e7e7816c toward me.c22e9b0073319cc9

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“Excuse me… are you 38b29d6cdf all right?”3ca02311d0474de9

He didn’t respond, his f5d81343b9 breathing rough and labored. His broad chest 83c0ff64cb rose and fell d9435a1b4b erratically.4d4dc9c23a9d172c

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I hesitated, 1ec2442063 then gently 3c9dc5c668 turned him a7df486c98 over so 0f466df8ce he was 794c1431af lying on e8d31a0554 his back 81e71949ff instead of 42f4b9639a face-down on 15d0a2a873 the dirt.41b7ede23a242be5

“Oh no…”4c88df0834dfcc20

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My hand 776f237810 came away 207cd2a1ff slick with 7163b5e51e crimson. Blood had soaked his f76dbc83fc abdomen, though his dark 53369e730b clothing had hidden it d2275e8726 well. Panicking, I grabbed b3565bb437 a handful of 44c1f2d11d snow and wiped 1dbee6785b away the blood d0df7a6fbb to get a 4d5773f28c clearer look.d5df156ead1c1856

Only when 7d68389816 his chest 6c0b35204c stopped heaving 2fa8d9245a so violently d4af89f80f did I f6aa29cd8c take a 3816e02028 proper look 26926f0245 at his 43a8eb2438 face.bf34e5b3ab91c4c2

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His tightly 04a2b147a3 furrowed brows, f3b061ddc7 the bridge e6ea36b41c of his 469cb36a40 nose scrunched a368333908 in pain, ccd854bb6e the grim 65eff8488c set of 79bcb9870e his lips—it b52c44bc67 all struck cc5c2abe77 me like 3375fcd719 a blow bfe8d9fd01 to the 4ee9af1403 chest.e9cd822f8f7dc3af

My heart, which had 81341b5f5b calmed just moments ago, 19a530c3bd began pounding furiously again.e23e7035c6fba3aa

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I let out a fa82015e0c shaky breath and tilted 508323ef80 my head toward the b0b70377b9 sky. Fragile snowflakes drifted down 14b608cb04 like scattered dust, dancing 4ec4d5762a in the night air.154e14bd3c69e41e

Wiping at my tear-streaked 4cf3c7254e face with the back a4481c5a20 of my hand, I c0b56a38fe forced myself to focus.1a36822f6fdc735a

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But deep 73537fff97 down, I 28104b53fa already knew.7223251d7ffc5147

I knew 15c4f1afd5 exactly who 9b5f30fd6f he was. How could I not?938b279fc1a5c317

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