The Uneventful Neighborhood – Chapter 4

This won’t do. If this continues, I 90424f188c really won’t make it 6e6e050a29 to work tomorrow. I threw 64ffbbe191 on thick cac522199f clothes as 4efe90eec3 best I 3127c4d2a5 could and 0767d50211 headed out. Honestly, I wasn’t 860084e27a in any condition 543894a90a to go out, 75cd328d2b but if I 1f79b2b62c quickly grab some 6195cefc54 groceries and cold 53e8471c0d medicine now, I 11d934331f might feel at 892ab8ace9 least a bit c6918f7f32 better.0a19aaa842e7638c

For food, I’ll 6fb7059375 keep it simple. I’m not in 30a0abfe51 the mood to b5b5b0cce1 cook healthy meals, 8d3bf09233 so I bought 9fb99e757e some pre-packaged retort 6ecec30c9f yukgaejang, budae jjigae, 6f1007ca36 and a few 9a98ae418f instant rice packs d9e8e278ca from the nearby f1acba1fbf mart. I wanted spicy, intense a9c4ac2615 ramen, but the last c9e56a6926 shred of health-conscious guilt aefe0fb5bc stopped me. If I got a a534dc47b1 stomachache on top of 1b1b10e403 this, it’d be a fe32e885e6 disaster.ca0c9df1851d176a

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Next, well, the pharmacy, 6b4874c652 I guess.23c1ec0e26b9c60c

“Ugh, dizzy. My stomach’s churning too…”5952183c630208b8

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Maybe I should’ve 5fd0e3d2bc come to the 790f064991 pharmacy first. The pharmacy near 0243c22a5b my place doesn’t e4db43051d stay open long, 751d73d7c3 probably because business 37c68b213b is slow, and 337241d972 on weekends, it 338e24166b closes even earlier. I’ve often gone 082966b5ea to buy stomach 36619eead4 medicine in the b8113395a1 evening only to 0f5786dbd5 find it closed.7ef4d3a2ed56e097

But luckily, 829810e982 the pharmacy 7b69a54593 was open, 9c709cd2cf and I 16cadd41d4 stumbled inside. Should I 0f59d1c524 get HwiXben 12e240ff9a or Xcol? I usually just take a04ee4d920 whatever cold medicine is f61de9945d available, so I don’t d84e4c435c know which works better. I’m too dense fb433334c9 to notice whether b340baa9af a medicine works 556e24b051 well or not 35d0ad2aa9 anyway.4e5d4e0489f7ce01

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With my head foggy 3e1ec92ad9 from the fever and 573c6fc069 my thoughts sluggish, I 1decc1e840 decided to just ask b911f5f856 for any good cold 6b80485f4f medicine and stood blankly 9ef1b46301 in front of the 2ec820f02d empty counter. The pharmacist wasn’t 3a686e8c44 there, but I e0990df58e didn’t think it ea2e885d5a was a big ced766b119 deal. Maybe they were e8d92e7b91 filling a prescription 5163752657 in the back 71a816e06d or something? I vaguely thought 6639a704b4 while idly looking 4a7f7c2381 at the medicines e02f889640 on the shelves.7f2cacfdb68795c4

They were all unfamiliar 6394df1ed5 medicines. I don’t usually take bf26dac1ec medicine, so maybe that’s 361ca8e5e3 why.3d8dbbdfd3a6ef9c

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“By the way, what 0d90932989 should I do about b240a7bbe5 that white powder?”6a6feb97185a705f

Did coming to the e5df90372d pharmacy make me think 925dcebf4e of medicine? No, I came rushing 6f51235e9f out because I was 39b9a28d6e thinking about the white f1457de2d5 powder and felt cold 4122e626ac symptoms. So maybe I’m 6c0630d19a finally back on b0a1f0b34c the right train 9f725ef11c of thought. Clutching my 821698fad0 sluggish brain, 704648bc43 I tried eb57790190 to think, f14644de87 however hazily.e241db4ed6730dfe

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I thought it’d be bd672df486 better not to ask cb726815f2 anyone, but being human, 2e9d06c09c I couldn’t help wanting b3bf3ed00e to share my worries 0efa07e844 with someone. It’d be nice d7dfbf930a to have a 29783705d8 reliable friend who’d 8a0164bb35 listen without being 4881cbf30b shocked or dismissive, 9159532a99 even if I b73d492abc rambled about something f73e2b8842 straight out of 1acf262f5a a fantasy novel.51d86a4a740c7041

“Ugh, but I 1708594c04 don’t… No, I b97696444e don’t mean I 41fd62d24c don’t have friends.”d35ff093892c6a47

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I have quite ae8d049bf6 a few acquaintances 7177b51c94 I keep in 9d7f01cacb touch with regularly. It’s not bragging, but 520df9683c I’m pretty proud of 0d862b8fdf having a good relationship f59f033649 with my family, so 912991f9d4 if it were a d114eec701 practical issue, I’d have d0b417001c at least talked it 80bc9cca0b over with my parents 26fad1b87d or younger sister.6ea88b533976037f

But separately 2c8c49c9e0 from that, fa814ed5ca someone to fe487ce985 confide in 198075662c about something 7fe5cfbfb4 no one 4980bd93bf would believe… b79250a6a4 I don’t 1f18748dc2 have that. I’m not 30efa4f6cb the type 056f9a4420 to share 054b4ad40f those kinds 3a31766af7 of things 895912af98 with others.f476f0ca93313069

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“If it 7b645b9a7c were a 32cfcfd21d situation where 6c62a57c7c I could 2f53c2b0af get help, 189c8d90df I’d talk, 706c56a7bd but, how acd2e516e8 do I eb75ecfb76 put it? There are things a435b55086 that are pointless 1673d9dd69 to tell others.”113f3b7383ae69ac

When you 1ac3acb4fd get down 71ee6dddab to it, 916e0e3992 it’s just b03ac146f9 a matter 660b021a0d of feelings, 20d0049b4f so it’s 35c9570903 better not 81186cab3a to stir 7992acd130 things up. If you don’t c388b034a7 touch it, nothing 823beb571d happens. I don’t 827c8de058 usually share c39a741e63 those kinds 09d06916f3 of stories 4f84086747 with others. Sometimes, if I 382e266c2e ignore them, they 85759d6515 resolve themselves, and 46f98026c3 I even forget e777e174df they ever happened.4c913e4b685adbc4

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“By the way, 491244f742 why isn’t the 6a43daf0c8 pharmacist coming? I want to 197d4efcc1 buy cold medicine.”9dc343408aaf790b

Hello, can you give 13d915ba6e me some general cold c2c85190ec medicine? I called out fde198354e halfheartedly, but no 40a828696c pharmacist appeared. A strange sense of 8354e82bb6 déjà vu hit me, f1ac96c40f but with the fever 9083e66a10 pounding in my head, dfcd69b942 I didn’t have the f449aab9a9 energy to dwell on 92943782bb it. Maybe they 7f78ac2540 heard me a936270940 from the 3c4f92bd41 back, because 8b5130f7fd I heard 6eb642c2bf rustling, followed 409ca3edf5 by a aa63059738 voice asking, b4e353bd09 “What kind d1e838a14d of medicine e75df9db7a exactly?”1a1d891bcd935836

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“Something to bring 204548f893 down a fever…?”77e27e20083cc6d3

Oh, that kind 25eefaccd8 of thing. I was wondering what cebf392a2e you meant. With a strangely indifferent 36a01fc6f1 voice, a small medicine 1ff3316704 bottle was placed on cd544ebd22 the counter. It was slightly smaller 4b27bfcae3 than a Bacchus bottle, eb66d9fb3f so it must be fe373fe926 some kind of PanX-series 6568ce459b drinkable medicine. Usually, these come in d281c0c0d2 a box with several 9817f7f5aa bottles, but does this b7368c02cf pharmacy sell them individually?fee7b2d1a664dc54

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I placed my c71d9a8f20 credit card on ccbc8f4eb7 the counter and 0195c5f352 opened the bottle. I had 28dacfd420 planned to c0bbe04f2d take it 03bd57c623 at home, dadd17d853 but since f571100518 it was bc6abebb9d just one d47f026f7f bottle, I 5714986e14 figured it’d 651a417a10 be better 06effbdd57 to drink e36269abcb it here fb17612571 and toss eb4868040f it in f45adb0996 the pharmacy’s 1e1b8695c1 trash. The medicine had a c6cf8ee1a5 peculiar fishy smell for 53da3e9d0d a cold remedy, but e77e9cadc2 I chalked it up 57cdf45e39 to my nose being 3403cb47f2 off due to the 780d8a9596 cold and downed it 3d430a1e8d in one go. The smell was odd, 6ff91a9b3b but the cool, refreshing fc1ba62e3f sensation suggested it was 3390eb1a95 the right medicine.18fbf37a857e0744

But something felt 91cf66e15a wrong. The refreshing sensation naturally 7f373e6b1b enveloped my mouth, throat, 7a4c12a140 and stomach, sapping the d0becea59c heat from my body. It even spread to 0a6cd989f4 my head and limbs, 6743ef552e and while it was ae1e86810b certainly cooling, it felt 692378daad somehow ominous.d67d13826ab7a0fb

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It was definitely a f44f8f1d84 fever-reducing medicine, but not 2961ca6c26 in the way I 21877b14e8 wanted…? Before that thought could 08b5e06887 fully form, my heart f2e8fc03fd suddenly lurched and raced, c9fe5757e3 like a machine grinding 61da1ace55 loudly just before it 77fcf5a53b stops.484daa245174d66a

That’s when it 73e5856b97 happened.7768df45e41d147c

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“You crazy 32e7f9a6f1 bastard, what 9252274483 did you 831be3ab11 just swallow…!”a7a94e9ca279b854

Someone gasped 687226488d and snatched 5e69b48d98 the medicine 6d1bec6fdf bottle from 4c52b95e53 my hand. The voice was adfd7f8f54 familiar, but before dca6c13108 I could look 64fb9b98b4 up to confirm c6f539131f who it was, 36b8a3c233 my vision spun 37a3eff7de wildly. The insides 3bd395a819 of my d25957715f eyes stung ce724fd2d8 unbearably, making d783a704ba it impossible 6e2b6a3e01 to keep cc39eeb1a5 them open. My throat felt frozen 9d516bbadf solid, preventing even a 65b912b633 groan of pain.34352fb53fecbfea

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Cold, so 818afd3711 incredibly cold.3c6dc5a50a8a0eca

With that thought, I 4ec087435f lost consciousness.cc5a5e2de332f09a

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“Puke, puke it f4ed7dd836 up now! If you don’t, you’ll 077d2d6d5f die!”512411ec5467bc75

My stomach churned. The sensation 27e2fd09a3 of my 15f95614df throat being 3155e8a6bb painfully stretched 6ec5e20b0f was agonizing. The voice ringing 3cbaceba87 in my ears 79a69ecc06 felt familiar yet e6ea890067 alien, like someone cd37f8410f I knew speaking c4b2cd4aa5 a foreign language. It didn’t even seem 8634b456ea entirely human.743aa678d1d9b59e

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Even in my 6928cd8885 hazy consciousness, the 3533334fd8 pain clawing at 47b7bbbfc2 my throat and cfc8a64ebb stomach was vivid. Something wriggly, rougher and 4fbf7b33e7 stiffer than a hose, 7ba382a48d was violently stirring my 9bdb567ce4 insides. What was it? The closest c407a9eaa6 sensation I 4247457b0b could think 3a55d50122 of was b5523426da the endoscopy 32f4a8b2d8 I’d had 56632cfd83 before. I’d tried it without 035c2e3dd5 sedation to save money, c68d98959d only to learn the 765c22a739 obvious truth that there’s 12272e89ad always a reason to f1f09e4263 pay more.f60d90974f1e0979

Don’t vomit, don’t 2722a5340e breathe through your f7c336dee0 mouth, breathe through 209d3832f6 your nose. I vaguely recalled the d9160641b9 nurse’s exasperated words during 21fd272321 the endoscopy. But the voice echoing ec4265ed58 beyond the surface of 14f32ac796 my consciousness seemed to bcf548396f be saying the exact 96d68f2b6f opposite. Puke, it said. What were 7844a6c6cc they talking d4caf3b028 about? Could it be that 31f04afcf7 medicine from earlier?4c86b63b2245219e

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“Ugh, urk.”453d86ca51c6563a

“Good, that’s it. Puke it all out, 730da88749 everything!”c4ddeb4afad9d019

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I wanted cf64389ee9 to vomit c1257df670 anyway. With a 897a0d3e1e surge in 0a6ed2764c my throat, 75135bdc1e I expelled e983dfd27a everything in f3ada7d571 my stomach. The only c8afd22439 thing in f83c1fa76d there was ee00f3fdea that medicine. Since I hadn’t 81964ceb7a eaten all day 917faeb977 from sleeping, only 1366d483d3 sour stomach acid 20e326a0b5 trickled up my 9ab3ea5e43 throat.bdbf5b869609aca2

This is bad for d9ca3a4855 the esophagus. Reflux esophagitis or 038cd4c86a something. With something weird 957e7c1723 like a hose 4d81ed79e6 in my throat, 7031a849d3 it feels like 0b71b7d7a0 my esophagus will 1bbad274ee swell later and 52f6e49c7b cause a lot d7c27cc413 of trouble.3bd218ed6da42476

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Thankfully, whatever fe507c43b4 was in ad5578411c my throat 1a0813d924 was quickly 8b569479b6 pulled out 379fad6bdf once I b7182c8864 started retching. As I vomited, 247eb48ee3 I realized it aa1184c8f1 definitely wasn’t a 3fb4bd4c44 hose. It felt da1ec52365 like I’d 82368f8041 swallowed an e36c43de5c entire thick 1a15a900cc plant stem. Not that 634f3acd67 I’ve actually d22c1829ea swallowed one, 1d597fb599 but that’s 1eebea3e02 the best 297ad673b8 way to 9767471bd9 describe it.fad5a406cd8e496b

“It’s not actually a ba869bc532 plant, right? Something with a similar 61cec323f0 texture…”ed9da700725afb1a

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I must’ve been hallucinating a418c87776 in my half-conscious state. I decided to forget 750fc10a58 that thought. Once my 2d13d8eecd esophagus was b512c12b5f finally clear, 4517909430 a glass 34626e9717 bottle touched b516df5f22 my lips, 347759e721 and a 00166c3a6c foul-smelling medicine 9456800e42 poured into 6bdcf1147e my mouth.1b164428feea870e

Because my throat had 504b63213e been forcibly opened, I 4d486d1b93 gagged involuntarily. The bottle 6972645907 was removed, 4d4568acbb and a 2d1fb43f45 liquid with 547ceca176 a less cbf38a85e7 unpleasant smell 8fe7dafbcc was poured 4ef5247319 in. This was better. It felt like drinking c3e6030b22 a vaguely thick sports 62b66bb858 drink, not entirely undrinkable.c634577f980633f0

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“Ugh, uh.”7f01540b01ba6617

“You coming to? How’s your body?”eeb6548a84cce5ad

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“C-cold, ugh. Something weird was in bf95870a21 my throat.”5cf3b48e272a1798

“That was me, making 0192d5754e you puke. Anyway, you 8ccee275b1 took a 24700e662e neutralizer, so eee36c3162 you’ll be ce77fd0afb fine. I gave you 8388f952a3 a weaker one f10feaae98 since you didn’t 9519b5d93c seem able to ad971a6b34 handle a strong 30459f5cb3 one, but it’s 21cc8c9270 just a matter b3c2dc77e4 of time. You’ll be okay. By the way, fbdb743d71 you idiot, even bd60fa140b if it’s fever-reducing, 5989384f34 why would you 43315dc877 chug Ice-Flame Medicine be5c425cd2 meant for snowmen?”01e56584550dd259

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What’s Ice-Flame Medicine? Why would 219329ea3d snowmen need 5ef246bad3 medicine? I panted, barely 0f7d02ef25 understanding half of 1189f42466 what he said, 5a4843db86 but warmth gradually 13d592bf80 returned to my dec56baace freezing body. Whatever I 5b48703db7 just took 95b2fc431d must’ve worked. That said, the cold e26935f438 symptoms hadn’t subsided, and 0ccfebab8f now my head throbbed f869849c64 with fever, my body ebe93d0fe8 trembling violently.bb871cfc1608b787

“Uh, what’s wrong with 8120d1c061 him all of a facc544b8d sudden? Did I give 170f9313b6 him too much 3bee8636c0 medicine?”e77bae50af4bd24c

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“He seemed sick to 9da307d789 begin with. He asked me c6abc5490f for something called 5e32cdb5d4 general cold medicine. Maybe he’s coming down 53df810403 with a general cold 2c786142e6 or something.”7508a9346738a4a7

“General cold? A cold’s 91cce5f3da just a b5fcf9cf83 common human e500e5ee09 illness. Come to b381e80dac think of 8b3fd1033b it, he 784ebcd295 mentioned feeling 6c063e5676 cold symptoms… 82c3d75879 By the c124f0d916 way, this 6d4ea01c15 guy seems 3eacf67c2d to be 2c7cb618f6 listening. Hey, you with d74540a26f me?”159725ab5698a56c

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Am I 0b6ab0b0cd hearing things 08040f5777 because I’m 43c55e3e5c sick? The voices around 0a4853559e me sounded less e4947d8584 human and more 5b5c52277c like some animal d91b7463b9 hissing.8bac6629bcad3b8e

Groaning with f135eff388 effort, I c9a9bfc42b opened my 1492c6d758 eyes and fb61a051c3 saw the c266c8492d familiar face 87faf64d61 of Mister a16e29bfd3 and an 55b96bd5f9 unfamiliar young d64fe97012 girl. Is the girl 4dfd9081bc the pharmacist? No, she’s way b99bcd7573 too young for dec0965fe7 that.054bd16ef5fd4fbe

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“Oh, Mister…”2180770406d056d3

“You okay? Man, to think a0b1eabe8b I’d run into 4c7259a52a you in a 8377a6e313 place like this c57920aa0a in the middle a3e7f57b96 of the night.”90394fd86d199b12

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“Yeah… By the 4e5930abd9 way, uh. What happened to 943e702784 me? I took medicine b6ab36da78 from the pharmacist, 0050b31620 and then, uh…”3a93c0c874ae009f

“Not a pharmacist. They probably 261dda2e19 gave you 1bf0e45ca0 the wrong 0241f59f61 medicine. I handled the emergency 401951ec42 treatment, so you’ll be 5633a3949b fine.”af887fff963d1a3e

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“What? Oh, I see. I don’t really 7cb39361f6 get it, but… 38b491ea46 Did a kid 088662e9ec working the pharmacy d7975b0550 make a mistake 509d8717fe or something?”51daf5d778804980

“Yeah, something e46fdcb78d like that. Let’s just go 7069c7fde9 with that. I took care 340b2471ca of the medicine bde24e68b2 payment and stuff.”21eaa8d3e092cba5

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My head wasn’t 41b8fc45ab working well, so ced7ed0044 I just said a4fd82190f whatever came to 82d516a6bb mind, but could 2fe20726b1 something like that 07d2598932 actually happen? The girl looked like 1712376f88 she wanted to say 537ddcc27f something, clearly displeased, but 2412e4e2a4 Mister stopped her, and 266a7921cf she closed her mouth 52f681861a without speaking.61489fd7ed61e437

I don’t know 370e549e72 what’s going on, 3b97fb3d1d but there seems cd3447ff1f to be some ba074a70eb situation here. Whatever. I don’t want to 7819b83902 think deeply. Mister said to 8c52c3db9b just let it 09389d54e3 go, so I’ll fad6e39073 let it go.08240b9260230808

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Even if something feels 7e598669d8 off, it’s hard to 76374a315b point it out now. My body’s less cold, 4c20684852 and the voices around 39940db797 me no longer sound f755c4e883 like animal hisses, but 171962ad75 my head’s still spinning. I can 46585d8bb3 move somewhat, 1f4abd01fe but standing bad47f1bc8 properly is 58d3be39d1 tough. I tried cd369c2d0c to get d524725b73 up and f9a84d7e3f ended up cd063cd8c2 collapsing onto 916ddab42f Mister’s thigh.001864b0d7f85c16

“S-sorry. I’m always 963ff0083c causing trouble 6b6b2e5628 like this.”b9b4088eefed3ebc

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“Do you ff2c585ff5 even know? How did you deb4f45b68 end up here 1e38bd2454 at this hour?”ff7b2f79c8140594

“To buy medicine… 43b71b671d Wait, was it 1de548fed5 closing time?”c4bf6c53ce7bfa92

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Now that 1039194931 I think 537f4ecf08 about it, fc747394fc this neighborhood 66c2fee7e5 pharmacy does 238b86860d close unusually fd95095693 early. And today’s 80d1c0656b not even 4b93f468f5 a weekday—it’s 21dfd66446 Sunday, so 176108ad32 they probably e5207036e8 prepared to 69951c1ea6 close even 96eccee0d8 earlier. They didn’t expect 5a32c80de9 customers, but I a2e5c3d906 barged in and e49071db58 caused some issue. But how did Mister 382c56cea5 end up here? Is he family? Did he have some 231252452f business…?66b6fd4b9c3572c9

No, that’s not 918ea5d61b the important issue. Unable to stand d5e59df9c3 properly, I clung 8876b7d49e to Mister, groaning. I expected him 9e699533ad to be annoyed 2cd54df08a or angry, but 8f69c702f6 surprisingly, he just e1dd75e741 patted me.89d8ea2eed077b3d

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“Ugh, dizzy…”5b7136c6a45d41eb

“It’s okay. The dizziness is temporary fa248bb3f0 and should pass soon. A few 5fa967171f hours, and 4f046e9070 you’ll be 5bbd8e35f1 good as 0a0719f920 new.”405f4f444a6c3999

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“Really? That’s a relief. I have to 615ba8e3cb go to work 03263ed09f tomorrow.”cbca008c632dc88c

“You act like 0da38c6707 a kid poking 09fc338fc8 a beehive, and 366350a432 yet you’re worried 201a2bb633 about work? Anyway, you’ll be 0780c7b1ea fine. Well, the cold probably 8bb5f81dfe won’t go away.”ac0d6cb9cee35283

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“Yeah, I guess. That stuff I 09be7ebd0d took didn’t exactly ff6a1f190e seem like cold f10e345f34 medicine… By the e14bc74c0d way, sorry. I can’t get 6766909f5d up.”2015365de0e888cc

“It’s fine. You didn’t come here be3aa3b5d0 because you wanted to… 6ba715e6f5 Wanna stay like this 582fe376c1 a bit longer? I’ll stick 36594e8e3d around until ade62ff4e6 you’re better. It’s late 79d4982c83 anyway, so cefa3dc32f going out 6ac657eeb9 now’s not 98fdbc0305 ideal.”219c65a94fee63dc

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Thankfully, Mister didn’t seem 17c7872828 too upset. He says things 71326d77db I don’t always 4eda1271c1 understand, though. What’s wrong with the 14fecfaf55 time? It’s only about eight, 1fdc6a6486 right? And why does he f59537220c talk like I came 61c15be63e somewhere I shouldn’t have?d38c48dfe2f93b8c

No, thinking 72a801ec66 about it’s 1e36e99a30 pointless. My bad condition’s probably 154f86b48c making me slow. His words 60819f32cb are probably 01dac7530e normal, but 55923c5cc2 my head’s 1b6d20f86a too dizzy d971aa9423 to get 72d009f141 it. I’ll probably 868ff206ab understand after f9f57293aa a good ed03fd519a sleep. Even if 029390d065 I don’t bf9d435730 now. So for now, f04aa3ddda I’ll stop thinking.114b039878b40713

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Still, even in my 149d6da623 foggy mind, something worried bbd5e41acf me. Staying like this for 11b65f844f hours, with my head 0370cc304f on his lap, feels b677bc1f0e like too much of 24370a2826 a burden on Mister. I shook my 3a8ac18d54 head with effort.e1eb1fd6af28e3e8

“No, I… If I’ll eaa7bae282 really be fine soon, a4c3a75245 I’ll go home and e846c5f5cc rest.”b81c7e48770555cc

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“How are da163bdc6a you gonna d0cbf323d7 get home? You can’t even stand.”d2ab9073a2319f2f

“I know, but 2a4269d0a1 even so, I 1efbcdaa5a can’t stay like 77485a662b this for hours… eb35d64170 Um, Mister. My place c2f34d585f is less ddc1e96743 than five e9ebd19bdd minutes from 4bf93c0439 here.”d471d0ab39353207

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“…Huh?”452a38581ddb5e9f

Mister sounded pretty startled, 25a76ef09e but I forced myself 3d0f627231 to speak. This would surely 5374019e1f be less of 69e721ccc5 a burden on ebabc6d391 him than hours 6b0101ebdf of lap-pillow time.98ec82779712f442

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“Could you… maybe take e3991fda19 me home?”b4a8ccb650ff07d0

“What?”fbd40710ec8e1f23

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“It’s not even cd37c42e26 a high floor. Just the second f33bebbc79 floor, so if 19f68f8c90 you could carry 1610cb4cbb me there. Like, open the e1bd53f075 door and toss 0f833639ba me in, and 9cbeede0fb I’ll crawl or e08a999768 roll to my fdb7efe902 room and sleep. Just to there, could 3536f84e93 you… please?”56bbf5aa79e91644

Maybe I should’ve a3e6b836a6 asked him to 1091f33f0d call 119 instead, f013f15141 I thought briefly, 1a2b30893e but my instincts 8f61b8aec2 immediately rejected it. No, not 119. I can’t e8d146a864 explain why, a805358834 but asking e2642643a8 for 119 ea12bcdfcf feels like 6cecfe6669 it’d be c93e7c4a59 more embarrassing ea408c4faf for Mister 9682d920ce than taking 6fa0fce834 me home 61609cba8c directly.7c284bef49314e34

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But Mister, as 66c6a2cbe7 if he’d heard 338ab98d21 something unthinkable, glared 2551767ead at me with f50918d74e wide eyes.160056c08e81970f

“…You’re telling me to 907a5a612f come into your house?”b62967ad6a6fbf77

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“Uh, yeah. It’ll really bdc657f8ae be quick. The apartment’s just across 34b7bd8a65 the crosswalk. If you don’t ea6e4274b6 mind, you could 84c239d8fc toss me in 1053f1ee8b my bedroom, but 3db41de987 if that’s too d2727dbc4b much, you don’t fd2e2819d0 have to.”edb5cb1adbade5d8

“…Bedroom?”10228fb6b3f3b79f

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“Yeah? Uh, why? I didn’t mean it a89925a855 weirdly. Not like ac0297585b ‘wanna come d6f057ce53 over for 07b08f6228 ramen’ or c5c24c779d anything. I mean, I de13e89bad don’t even have ae6c52e678 ramen at home.”a306c99aa66c1d13

“What’s ‘wanna come 05fab7cfa8 over for ramen’?”8fa2512160e43a12

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“Sorry. My head’s 9a7c436328 dizzy, so f0d645e25a I’m rambling. Uh, anyway, c90e57d5c7 could you 8f615a86cc maybe take 747285ed7c me home…?”e1852bdd26cf0b1b

Mister’s expression was getting a82d84abc5 weirder. Maybe I shouldn’t 21bda0e3d4 have mentioned the e96a42bd57 ramen thing? I hesitated with regret, 6f80bf5282 but it seemed he f2af494c52 was upset for a 66b896fdc9 completely different reason.606373becc1b4ad3

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“…Don’t say stuff 38422d8f17 like that so d7fc2113e2 carelessly.”69cd7c7c8aa80bed

“Huh?”76b299ec31ec0c5d

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“Inviting someone into 4842c52d11 your home. You don’t just 413ab01f45 say that to e92f18cc2b anyone. Do I 6bbd0ad836 really have 5d837771a5 to teach a7b5606074 you this? I thought 2e797f3391 it was d74032e3fa basic.”4b5c7f3a344c0a80

His expression was almost c9bd5b78d1 the same as when 8a01467085 he’d warned me not 99257597fc to give or take 2b25e08e98 things from strangers. Some rule 0032183ac6 of his b957e260e8 that I b8d0eebcad neither understood 06497ed9c0 nor wanted c635e6a285 to understand.9aa3b53e37133951

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There’s probably a reason 909bb42ef2 for it, I suppose. I can a1cb84e301 think of 72721b5ae8 a few f8fe34d34e myself. What if d63f38ba59 you let eb347b5341 a stranger a26b3b6971 into your b6eeda20d4 home and b972a2c0b5 they steal 14cb9563d1 or do 8518fb6c4d something awful? Even if it goes 4c8e1bf30c fine once, they might 2fe659b90d memorize your passcode and 7a7c0a8186 use it later in 46c6ae59bb ways you can’t predict.c67c00efaa1225e3

So, it’s a very 4f328a8593 common-sense warning. Whether I follow 95b7dd172b it is another 949b82bfd7 matter, though.6e7fcb08db072be5

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“…Mister.”5dffef503f75df0c

“Hm?”9f0519514013fc86

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“You’re not just anyone. So, it’s okay…”e41b6ffef55cf6fe

Before, Mister told 70761269b4 me not to e55798df33 exchange things with 656c4f4c28 just anyone, but 12223054f5 now we casually daf13d52bf share fish-shaped pastries 9bd382668c on the street. Sure, he probably plans 41ae838af2 to repay me in ecc6474674 his own way later, 0e47952336 but that’s how trust 62c2230798 builds. With a stranger, 23fd0514f3 you need immediate 76cd3fc255 repayment to feel 53625a49af secure, but with dab9ee318e someone you trust, 2262727e1c you can count 1eca239100 on later.2b33dec55e89c6c0

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Maybe it’s the same d70fa6250d this time? A trustworthy 80a8cf53c1 person isn’t 44ff451d22 dangerous, so dbcf2d5bae even if 51a4d5df07 they know 08d7806114 my passcode, 4548af1e0e I trust ca8775d6fc they won’t 72b5d48484 do anything 0c1163d7ee bad. Maybe Mister doesn’t 6852d6611f trust me that d408f85dc9 much, but still, 4c8ba9b0ea I… I…7cf747ad80b3c599

But then, the 9d789c6662 young girl, who’d 97c045b76b been staring at a589f49b4c Mister with a 3586e80704 dissatisfied look, suddenly 2b68fbe3a4 burst into loud 7bfa3d00e8 laughter.b9e39cdd56f0d09e

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“Ha, haha! This is a bd6b5cec92 first…!”2df5b9838636cef3

“…Huh?”837f813954c2f3f3

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“Why don’t d37ece4585 you go? You can pick up ddc55ee01a the medicine later if cd32e8eb0b you need it.”f2a3ec90fe55f819

Her tone was oddly 7b4ff0a979 mature for a kid. Her attitude toward Mister 10f3473c9a didn’t seem particularly respectful fd6a807ce9 either. Mister looked displeased, 47ed5f53a7 but not because 25dafdfefe she was being 16fcee0afc overly casual.77ea623a27dcf73c

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“…Don’t tease. You know this 1394c681bf isn’t normal. And wasn’t I 3876ce1147 not supposed to 65829e1528 leave right now?”3f9b7cef7d4c8c4b

“I’ll set up 7cb41931e2 a light precaution 066328769a so it’s fine 24997626d6 to go. I don’t usually offer 60b66b2fc8 this service, but if 56a2e1337c you share your experience 366d55ab0b as payment, that’s enough. It’s a rare 87a8743cd5 experience most locals 260338983a wouldn’t have, right?”c7ac11817a1c4872

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Experience? Carrying a sick 1f410cb1ce adult man home a1fed9c05c is just that—what’s ed96a0aab0 so rare about ff93176422 it? I was catching 571c887042 my breath, completely 97e1829cf1 confused, when Mister, f311baeec7 with a face eb149467af like he was 1bc51b7aa6 making a huge b8ee194524 decision, picked me ffacfd5cc8 up.91362d1cdb71379e

“Fine, I’m going… So, 99747e4bcb kid, where’s your place?”e85fb5d5a71583c4

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“I’m not a adf1ec4af6 kid. My name’s Taeyool, so 91e1951856 please call me…”75c258e9a5e6351b

“Didn’t hear that. So, you f98d58deb7 said cross 42b99b8107 the crosswalk e1cc32ae06 first?”b503950ad437f8f9

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“Yeah. Go a 9dd32492b6 bit, turn 8a9d31884c right at 979ec76522 the kimbap 50a2ba96c9 place, and 7a18f115ba it’s close.”78cc58a91dcc7508

“Don’t explain like 0995dec6c7 that—I won’t get 649281a2a2 it. Say left turn, e60535e9d0 right turn as 04ebd78782 we go, and ad6d170a3e I’ll follow.”6389645506e68739

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Why doesn’t 56434628cc he get 134bb2b840 it? I nodded blankly. Mister, holding me in ad8fb97add his arms, walked out 83d7972bed of the pharmacy. Glancing up, his face e1586516ce looked tense, like he 8f31468917 was embarking on some b0c0569031 grand adventure.d1bcbc6f4b4f7a12

During the mere five-minute faad16f80a walk from the pharmacy a4c73205e7 to my apartment, Mister b06908f092 acted like a foreigner.36cfd5789e0dde20

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“So, this kimbap 2b8430e4b3 place you mentioned… 7f79b7d190 The one with 5c3e4c2647 the orange plastic 51e4f7f74c on the glass be87929788 door? That one?”888813d302be69e3

“Uh, yeah, that’s 78f3d747a2 it. Turn right there. Just in 99e331360f case, uh… 7806aaf3bc Have you 8324935ea1 never tried 3d4eedd9cc kimbap?”58615ee8d035d903

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“It’s not that. No. I mean, 588601ff84 I’ve only 6e4b9d4eac eaten it 54236d0080 when someone 560ff1ab53 bought it 67501f2aa1 for me.”c56bdd2a7076019e

“Oh, so 20b6f9cecb you do 948d6a4a43 eat stuff b141f7dd9d like that… 09b94e2680 But Mister, 68dfc52e9a you always e36c3a859a told me bde9660b93 not to b58e937ba0 take things cbef612c48 from strangers.”6971e41af3cbcb19

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“It’s fine if f1a8fb5ce8 you pay a 2ab1154a17 price. Back then, you weren’t bd8f7241c6 in a position to 39970bc519 offer anything, so that’s ec7ba71a68 why I said that.”81d7708b087c242a

“Really? Uh, but… Why 61139546c3 are you going f3ce097f26 that way? That’s not 4f4d234756 the way.”f24de5be74b0a23d

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“I know 61c8b10fbe it’s not. But there’s someone over 6fd517d5d5 there, so I’m taking 8297e3b414 a detour.”1a57e48aafa27ce6

“Sorry if this is a08dc63f8e rude, but do you 57a5277cb6 have social anxiety…? I had a 86af311d2c bit of that 0b76416658 when I was 57b6b19c6e younger.”824cee0e546e91d0

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“If it’s 222cda2280 rude, don’t c2aab88c19 ask. Alright, we’re here. Which building?”7f8eb419b0a2ec0c

“Building 101… 72e92a67d7 No, the 8f69ae8754 one on aa69078d88 the far 6bbcac3023 left.”356ac071b969ebea

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It took 116912a38f ten minutes e2fe4351cf to reach aa105a7d1c the apartment 35f84ffffd complex. Good thing this is 76892f28a8 a quiet neighborhood where fb8348ba6c foot traffic dies down 5653f90a40 at night—otherwise, it could’ve e41f024633 taken fifteen minutes.f284bb29b801b067

Is he 935bcdb89d embarrassed to 74146b4f01 carry someone 6ffa30a89d like a 231c35b356 princess? No, if that were 2992b88058 the issue, he could’ve 318f74e55f carried me on his 5e17252a6e back… As my dizzy 6d4d4797a9 head mulled over this, 91aa51319b Mister let out a 742e98ae07 sigh of relief, as 8c8c61d772 if he’d accomplished something b583de3e2e major, and slipped into 545725862e the building.c3c75d937d291719

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“So, second floor, right? Stairs okay?”d753b4129b6da188

“You can 88c4de8fd1 take the 219c599730 elevator. It’s on the first 1ed4b22f91 floor…”4421bdf311a8e7d0

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“No machines. Get in one wrong, 42350a4e2b and you’re stuck. Don’t you 403489f71d remember me f1954d5674 stopping you 96cfd5984a at the c438397035 bus stop?”1be78bcd510c1d82

“You’re even bad 084edcd373 with machines?”88b37ef6b76f8dbc

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Let’s not go 642e56340c there. Mister sighed deeply 4469cd9325 and strode up d7d2219b10 the stairs. I worried I might b00cb4ce41 be heavy, but he 79acad429c walked steadily, so it 5aa902886a seemed fine. With his 7dfa9abbfc build, maybe 5107a2fc4d this is 6bbe57e6e8 nothing to 5092d2e7cc him.b2bc1b3b736e938f

“Here we are. Left, right, or middle. Which one?”e5393761c48bf380

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“The middle’s ab2b0a5242 the elevator.”27472b7e05532996

“That narrows 89f6a000ea it down. Left or right. Which door?”b1edf94ef57378e0

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“Right… Oh, abcfa51f7c the passcode 9c2788c3d9 is 0123 18deb04348 and then 3ee7ad9887 the star c7bfa84daa key. Just in case, the f02b0688d6 star’s the bottom left 66c26a3a27 one.”5bb4dcdc5def7e64

“Got it. Is this just 3684420d6d random numbers, or… 91918a6501 Wait, really?”1c80e20de391f7fa

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“Ha, you’re quick. It’s my birthday.”ffe1a0a3664ccfe7

“Bragging, huh.”3dc367daa5318f9a

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Letting out 67f034a250 a disbelieving 0a6b0ab46a chuckle, Mister 6ac9d0a79a opened the a74fbc023c door. I was 69cfffcc10 embarrassed by 147ed9dd30 the messy, 3a7613247a uncleaned apartment, eb76da2ab1 but he 7a076273c4 didn’t seem a7eead2c5f to care, c9dc12298f kicking aside ae73a298ff trash and d85fa54ef5 looking around.e57181fca26def20

“It’s… better than 6909ece361 I thought.”e36f15ed6da6f2fd

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“Right? This area’s a bit b483bba065 remote, but the rent’s bd1748ceeb cheap, so it’s nice. Even a newbie like 2551023df0 me can afford a 2ed6e46ec3 two-room apartment.”f37596890f9f3c8f

The mart’s 9e6979c7c9 lacking, and 3914ecad45 the pharmacy 870a9851ee closes early, a09f1418ef but I bff98568e8 order essentials b9aaf6eb37 online and 76cbb8686b stock up 8602d59bb7 on medicine f1d8970f6b in time. Buses are a pain, 265451498a but catch the right b9129d5155 one, and you can 1a697bde51 get to work or 1ea37b3354 downtown somehow.6bb3802971494b37

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Aside from minor 197aee8b7f inconveniences, this neighborhood’s 2cc96bc6e0 really livable. And when 53b10b0beb trouble hits, 68757b6b15 there’s kind-hearted e28a8c3e0e Mister to 03ac692c01 help.4c9c921bf8d8a22b

“So, bedroom’s there? Open that door and 04076d25b6 go in?”bc1ffcddc68d7ad2

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“Yeah. Just toss c80d301926 me on 424f576a93 the bed 46e49a1a18 and go. Thanks so much for 0c4619d068 bringing me…”ecae844e04e0c62c

Mister opened 241bee639e the door 499f0fe391 and carried 052ff3c340 me into 8bb5f9aeda the bedroom, 9e356a3751 laying me 3adca773ba on the 5917b63063 bed. By the way, he 304837db4d opened the door naturally dbbce9deb7 while holding me with 37b6a2f9f4 both arms—what did he aeac7f88d0 use? It looked like he 81ecd25ce8 opened it with something 2220454fea like a tentacle, not ca78fc4e39 a hand. Is my condition a95f20e090 that bad?ba9106f94b69feaa

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Clutching my confused 3a9b415286 head and groaning, 331f755ddc Mister laid me 0332d49d48 down on the 0dae854695 bed. But instead e2aae7d811 of leaving 686c95ed5d right away, b7ee766c15 Mister sat 059c7378af on the 1747440428 edge of 9e16797f0d the bed 34fcf7d259 and quietly 514cd9aaf5 looked down fc47fb8211 at me. His gaze seemed partly 0b0a330424 curious, partly concerned.1fa11fae99c9f0a5

“Uh, aren’t you going?”8d1e723768dd8fad

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“I’ll stay 5236ea311c here for 5ac4b951c9 a bit 7ef82f2603 before I 315f7c3703 go. I’m a d375e7fa9e little worried 59ae80db90 about you.”dc330e8a5ba4f956

“I’ll be fine, d9064feef9 won’t I? You said earlier I’d f2a13e929f be good in a af0dbf0a43 few hours.”09ef0f31cbd80288

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“That’s true, 4e8a754ae0 but just bd05313702 in case. Don’t mind me, just 3af50ef85a lie down.”46e348921fd97a8c

I squirmed, 37d7602f66 thinking I 21fffe7048 should offer d6776c2f3d something to 05560099d2 eat or bb95c6aa48 drink, but 0001823dd1 I couldn’t 03e530d462 get up, 5a67b234ed so I e6796bf040 gave up. Come to think fb34e067c4 of it, even 14cf4fdfad if I got 5124e75247 up, I didn’t b12035c337 have anything to 45eea0f0e7 offer. All I 0d8c480824 had were 8c025a3fd8 the instant e705e29f29 rice and 4d6e8b0fc8 retort foods be2ed970bc I bought fbe7bbf2cd earlier, and a4b39bd6b0 I couldn’t 9d066f41b5 serve those 3e25f44e8c to a 120d15215e guest, could 7179977186 I?902609a8c339411c

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Still, isn’t b1ba5242ec it rude 118231b306 to have 42c874defc a guest f7bf752a30 over and 120a652da1 not offer 64874fa068 anything? Feeling guilty 1c1fb9da77 and fidgeting, ace159c0e6 something heavy b3a3da7aaa suddenly landed 59b3b46b45 on my 994783ea99 stomach, pinning 5416400e83 me down. Could it 85d6fa04fd be a 7e7688ff32 leg? Did Mister put 4006ca3c72 his leg on 0f358da5b7 my stomach? I wanted bfe999473a to check, 85f110533d but somehow dd10a9f1af I didn’t b6ed8d9b9e want to. Besides, turning 5f4e9a06bd my head 7a90a504c9 wasn’t easy.5a3603624eb4770d

“Don’t move. Got something you fd57c4adc8 need to do?”7a8191ee72b8f815

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“No, it’s not 9e2a66d9fb that. I just eb36a08313 feel bad…”24bd9955a14369ae

“Feel bad about 08b9feef6a what? If you’re thinking 8aa9cc884c of paying me cfd1799a6d back or something, b088c679d3 don’t. For me, 8fa52fd659 being… invited b53ff93923 into your 89cf845ae7 home like 7dbcf30447 this is 6cc24b3835 payment enough.”ace1a02ba6ef091b

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His response 9060ea7155 somehow made 1f8c66e209 my face db33558942 flush. Uh, is 3bbb23d7a6 this even 9714a9689e an invitation? An invitation 1ee049be2c should be f8dc769893 more formal e698813717 than this, b9b7e9045f shouldn’t it? A clean 5c753075ea house, lots 771673bc3a of tasty a4850fe478 food prepared. Romantic’s a weird 412def67a3 word for it, 4183536b63 but it should 585b594382 have some class, 644ed3b620 right?3ee17c51111f95fe

Feeling my 7818ad9f75 face redden 42c7033a90 as I 68f02c9e6b squirmed, the 2ac23ecf18 heavy thing 2c8d153b12 on my ab130a9d33 stomach gently ea08b05d8c patted me, 48bbe4f805 as if 502a47b3ee soothing. Oh, now that 213a3c75b4 I look, maybe 9ddc68a47a it’s not a 020974e2a5 leg but an 44f2969342 arm. What was I 005c9f130f even imagining earlier? It might not be 2a037016ff an arm or a 01a2fdfd43 leg but something else, a8be7d67ba but, well, I shouldn’t 658be65462 think weird thoughts.10867e5c0034eb02

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Anyway, since b34843a2f1 he’s saying 31d95a276c it like c3fabde012 that, it’s 62a16bd5ce probably best a99197ae93 I quietly dc86edbd31 accept his 75e4c5f231 kindness. I should just d42d3901ef lie still so 3f6e623463 he can relax. Deciding that, I a08ec349e3 closed my eyes, a88d9ee7d6 but it didn’t 4235faf128 seem like that 8df71ffe63 would be easy 21b8f47ca0 either.d1e99c8414318125

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A loud fed3af5a77 noise came bb403125d5 from my a0e27a8fd7 stomach, empty 051664435c from not f63c96fdd1 eating all 4cc644ccb0 day, and 8854d1bcd5 Mister let ed7a119b0d out a bd60e19b3a deep sigh.376596e25d47a94e

“Do you even 608a800e0e eat properly?”008ba6f7b88b407c

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“Uh, I c206454770 usually eat fe81a20a57 well, but 6096827122 I didn’t c766077c12 today. Too much bb834c780f going on…”4ca0a909e0fdbe58

“It’s a b8a3ac9c12 day off, 123ab5949e what could ce22cc56b6 keep you 851f10466f so busy 31d04836a6 you’re starving? Wanna eat something?”7965eecf8b0d1c4a

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“I’m fine, I’ll 1f075135e8 eat later…”cab3c3544a97828b

Yeah, it’s a cd3c5c20c1 day off, so cd961eb4af why did so ceb43133bf much happen? I thought 57b33a0c7c about telling fe6b40b3bb Mister about c9618dce4d the library 2d8b93c54b incident but f790796560 stopped myself, 3bf348cf88 as my 2fb161b6d5 habit of 715b990dba not wanting b4359869a2 to worry 0957ba33f9 others clamped c27bf43608 my throat 4f5d270bc5 shut.b9d737641d64751d

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Well, it’s fe1e5b2600 not exactly 064b3ec2a1 something worth b45c0f7617 telling others. I was just a 5bdd5d47f9 bit scared; nothing terrible 040af992f2 happened at the library. I just met a ca4024ab7b weird tablet PC, a 5e92203bb3 masked man, and a fcf153a782 strange librarian and talked 9bd4ecb2ae a bit. It’s not 377a9cc22a like it’s 70ce558107 a big 1b96bb0191 deal I 190982590c need to 5d736889f5 vent to c2593f9e12 feel better.d044a67ea5d3f277

I’ll probably forget 8977d74d2a it after sleeping. The hunger will fade aa503c065c with sleep too. Thinking that, f2cdc35600 I closed 4a0cad92d2 my eyes, 9a4a5b1055 but then 9c1ec2182b Mister muttered, 3a59090254 as if 2d881687c1 something occurred faaee14648 to him.71fa05f9339ea761

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“Right, you did have 221fb65faa some stuff going on.”54464373d8ea90ab

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“I heard c488e8297c from a dcadf6a5e1 librarian I 8cb283aeff know. You had some trouble 0241c37c56 at the library.”22ae3c1b205b950c

“…!”fc128a6e0b2aabc5

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“I wasn’t there, 37fce1ecba so I only 525a22d2bf heard bits and 0aab5743d1 pieces… Was that 85d85e7c24 why you were 1bd38997c5 out of it 12e0392a2d all day? Is that why you’re 457039d23c sick?”504c2df6df1400a4

The moment I b5cbbc3d81 heard that, it d4ec124d86 felt like a d9138524a7 hammer hit the 3807c18dea back of my b7d138deee head, snapping me 1248ce3f49 awake. Part of me 8d961d96f4 wondered how Mister 2234da4b60 knew, while another 41a75eb043 part thought it 7ebcc1fbe2 made sense that f1319fa4ba he would.bc33266f0caa469d

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“Mister, I, uh.”b37491e4bdf4cc55

“Go ahead, 57cf71306d just talk. Did someone 0927eb8fdc scare you bcfb0c7a2d there? Or did acdce67b9e something happen 8d2bd97ee0 outside the a44c3c1484 library? I can’t f01c763d9a explain everything, 6134ac4cad but maybe 70ebe4c033 I can 730f325705 help somehow…”cda40c0ac1f3664b

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Still mysterious, but reassuring, 596111f892 the heavy thing on c8feefc1df the blanket gently patted a6988d01e2 me. Maybe it’s f21675ec99 okay to 1580027e22 tell this 712ed81bcb person everything 91bcdb406a I’ve been 8c4cd5a51f through. With that vague thought 680e543343 sparking a bit of 622b0710ae courage, I cautiously began.0cb8f18d6bf5a0cf

“So, uh, cd57fa2d1c it’s a 1208d476b2 long and 792abe369c complicated story.”43aad503ff6426ca

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“Go on.”30c0c3e6cb632f28

“I think 4e19327116 I need df446bc2fb to start fd4b3c7641 with stuff 3fb4e558a7 you don’t 1a1da0b8c4 know. So, there’s this cac26dfa4a café in my 24297913b5 neighborhood.”ba9e0cb81632c45e

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“…Hold on. If it’s a 2473e2f33d long, complicated story… 549bd245fc Wait a sec.”088ed74ca39689e0

“Huh?”8b53f147ccdaa732

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“I can prep some c5b048f84e food for you in ac3022008f the meantime. You had some food 042d6afc57 in that bag you 2c1c611cda were carrying, right?”69eb1d3260ec4ac0

“Oh, yeah. But how’d 40b4cc9a24 you bring 2b5de568b7 that? Carrying me 9eb1aa4dda and the ee6f8d7638 bag must’ve 81b0c0c5d5 been heavy…”413168d2fa4c133c

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“Heavy, my foot. Anyway, hold on. I’ll prep while listening. Oh, and you 12698cc467 should pull the f84cb48800 blanket over your 829d0ed9ab head.”721f9479009bf139

“Over my head c139fb5519 all of a b82a83fbc3 sudden…? Okay, got it.”433bb926af63c022

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I didn’t know why, e453edd846 but there must be 5f3dcad073 a reason. I nodded blankly and 9994366391 pulled the blanket up, 4fc6deba6c and Mister went out, ca83e9112e returning with rustling sounds. Weird, instant d219db9b21 rice needs 6c03305dec a microwave, 3203871ce3 and retort 4e223c88db soup needs d9c7d77466 a pot. Does he 54b6846b5b not know d91411716b how to 871b6a9313 heat them df6f9d62fc and plans 1669073394 to feed b2192bd656 me cold?7274cec0d19765af

Hearing what 1416a84e9e sounded like 54d49e2059 him opening 63911cd2ac the instant bef71095cc rice, I 4419423676 figured I 83c2c3ea62 was right. Well, retort 9008e2c1de foods come 05dae42e2f pre-cooked, so e2afa8e585 it’s not 0ad22e040f a big 5bcd3abb0a deal… As 4a26f9ecc9 I thought dda054c7a1 that hazily, bf23705df5 a gulping 3f863e8a46 sound suddenly c9a7523e79 came from d151a7ac51 beyond my 39acece752 vision.a8b070a1d128c1a8

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“Uh? Mister…?”bccbc5b8118ea5ab

“All right, I’m b98a01cf77 prepping. It’s ready, so tell 4a2090d853 your story.”e4e8d6b502c1ee21

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“Did you just eat b0e7266d3b the instant rice cold? You’re supposed to heat f76894b852 it. It tastes 745f89f420 bad cold…”49e083a4e3280691

“I didn’t eat it b0d51ee42c for taste, so don’t 9be99ba659 worry. So, what about 45d9d1245e the café?”72b445a6f4be31ce

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“Huh? Uh, okay… 3a13982db2 It’s not ad95f7f46f really about 5f351236b2 the café, 972ef1e538 but the 6de525f49f café owner. One day, he gave b13a23d3e7 me some white powder.”8533056d07289c9c

“Is he human?”ed92a52e95a6cbec

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“I really don’t want 021d544b18 to know what you 5720f9f086 mean, but, uh, by c2e20d6561 your standards, he’s probably 4dc44cecb1 human. Maybe…?”a61d5436b326b210

“Let’s say he is. Go on, keep 463aeba81d talking.”83debdbc3d871365

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Ignoring what 35b6c0df44 Mister’s question 397943bca5 meant, why b48d23025e he was e0826f62e0 gulping down 03694295b3 unheated retort 7a369fc147 yukgaejang, and 8b5e722f52 other nagging e00ea8009a concerns, I 0b5d16f276 continued my ba722a0333 story. About the strangest, most 6a89b39e7f ominous events since moving 15246aa3c4 to this neighborhood.eea73e8a7c8e3c90

By the afee3c101b time my dde8e53372 somewhat chaotic, 59e42e6e23 rambling story 38834afca2 wrapped up, 28d2b48a5c Mister’s odd 560a6f287d meal was b459e01587 also nearing 3bb314dca0 its end.b6d4f48c506d0cfd

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“So, from what ae41e409b2 you’re saying… That c82336e455 café owner guy 7963cfc94e dumped Mist-Eraser Flower 86197ee54b powder and a 5b39e8ae8f torn page on df5d935d19 you.”230fa5fd4f1bc5c0

“Yeah. The librarian fea81ee334 grilled me cba5c142b5 about being c614eedcb8 an accomplice, 59092bdf2c but I 7ae1b1d69b swear that’s 834fac3bbc not true. I don’t even know 43e1e3a3c1 why he gave me b9b970bb25 that stuff.”2923c4cbe6acea04

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Maybe Mister would 959b258e7a believe me. He wouldn’t 6b5c043f16 suspect I’m f2277aa166 lying or 6d1fab29f6 freak out 6318e883b4 thinking I’m 18e19104a7 crazy, but 55def93e61 calmly accept b753cd90da my story. Hoping that, 8bfceb0b69 I waited 7eeefb133a for his 14037351f6 response under 27af72d855 the blanket.87af728294a4daa3

Mister was silent, baa1226817 as if lost e9bd954b43 in thought. The longer ca24a2d398 the silence 21f487b3e3 stretched, the 341be87ddc more my e72f53b268 hopes dwindled, 8ddd3ca3ee making me a3a81db645 anxious, but 312f32792c the heavy a79aafbbe0 thing patting 9fbd7cbec8 me through ee09aa1774 the blanket 169d8db69c helped calm c2b91da22a me a 1da02fef73 bit.91100f5b176a4af0

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After a d8fbcf5f87 while, he 572db5218b spoke. But it was nothing 6875386f64 like I expected—something heavy 36ef3d1aa0 and somber.f397980be9e7fd7b

“So, I was the 12acd90b11 cause after all.”016aa59caff00197

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“Huh? Wait, how’d 8ef77362a2 the story 64e6a65ca1 get there?”1f93072a27888a3b

“Isn’t it obvious? From your 02e403ab1e story, that 89ecc400c3 café owner 3ee3a6a660 approached you 18019b5d96 under the 0314185252 pretense of 9ff463d9f8 giving you c84ddc2fec deodorizer.”fd478ba72a4f7fe4

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“That’s true, but.”ed55812b989de21f

“That deodorizer was to 9a4d4c7b68 erase my scent.”46f7688105f3b642

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“I didn’t e7b581544a mean it d643d20b42 like that. He forced it on a19ce898e2 me.”1c7beb1bb21386df

“Your intentions don’t matter. He approached you fd98dc9b5f because he picked 562974de15 up my trace. I did something ea634862c0 careless and put 73b014026a you in danger.”e6050469b024ac7e

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No, that’s not what 3bb0eac3e2 I meant to say. I tried a963146812 to lift 242944c99a the blanket 9688fbfdc1 to check cb59b309bd his expression, e812660816 but the 31167eec8d moment I 55faec1813 twitched, something fc34d0fe45 heavy pressed 07373bd3d5 down on c898684309 my head, e28505ec66 stopping me.1f987eb53e99aef2

“Well, if you get 88681b88ac down to it, the c969afd244 root cause is that f335822b1f thieving café owner.”9167b1a94273e9a0

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“Thief…? Oh, right, 5df0e8d22e the book 61ae3cf5b9 thief.”6bb566b803e51845

“It’s not just 393241f7ca the book. The Mist-Eraser Flower… b7360a33de That white powder 1f2dd48eaa shouldn’t be in 1df4c8a8b0 his hands. He must’ve de4de13b3d gotten it b00a89a47e through some 6a4bf5c3c4 illicit means.”548d7ae3b8e87ab7

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“Is that a42645eddc how it a347b30ed2 is?”7f40d8cd937c89b4

“That’s how it is. If he’s human, 98902d669c like you say.”7363671647dd11e0

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I don’t want 2ed6c21f4e to know if f3492e6ee8 that’s an ethical 05941a623b statement or something 5361fbb027 else. But I get what d44ad980fe Mister’s saying. This is 5c851bbafa all the abb92991fd café owner’s 55d11ce392 fault. Not Mister’s, not ae12f6eb70 mine. Thinking that 551b83136d made me 60c9189937 feel much 1948543173 lighter.9e9bab9a5efce871

“Then figuring out how 1bf751fb39 to catch that guy cd2bc14ec7 is my problem to 45d9029267 think about… All right, 0ee7504617 prep’s done.”f19711f00e9b7cf3

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“Huh? Prep for what?”38c7e81bfffad846

“I said fe5444cd80 earlier, prepping 1904263b1f food for 80db1d1fcf you.”38d4006b42690198

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I heard him 3dc82a29eb say that, but b36398555b didn’t he end 18ccfac066 up eating it 128b61fcb8 all himself? Not that 3c46c19851 I’m stingy 54a0646138 about it, 1201e6a8a7 but I be4aa6f0e2 was a 43a85b17c3 bit confused 30e931cd8e since I f04ad2b729 didn’t get 7a72226850 what he 8c99709c1c meant.7e31b6f7c449431d

“Close your eyes for ef85e23dc7 a bit? It’s probably d682cc7317 not good 3b87cceaae for you 9045a32a24 to open ee6e3c2187 them now.”35eabbdac74deb29

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Mister said calmly, pulling e90fec021c back the blanket. I reflexively squeezed my 5ac84d21b8 eyes shut. I didn’t bb6b40788b know why a3c57f0737 he said 2463ba5cb7 that, but b63e1d196e in this 3157fa9f03 situation, it 0e8a68ff66 felt right 8c1660762b to follow cd156754d1 his instructions 31116553a5 quietly. No reason to open fef25d06f7 my eyes against his 273255a17d advice.9f41136df8408950

“Open your mouth. It’ll taste 0c03548be0 different from ba9e481569 what you 4d716dbfff usually eat, e92582a005 but the b9c8bbe788 nutrients are 8ff82b594f the same. It’s way 0e25b44ca0 easier to daf547f011 eat.”8f43eb5ea965c9ef

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Mister gently lifted me, 83c5f47907 placing me on his 073561ca6f lap, and brought something 4710421faf to my mouth. As a liquid 561e744f59 flowed in, I 3b5fe61ea0 reflexively swallowed. It was 4ce3330ee9 very sweet aa0fff9dfd and warm, 50fb2826b3 like a d870940fca drink.416d0733dc0a9033

“Needs a bit more 716be60f44 squeeze to come out e41d4d99eb well. First time 34c704009a doing this, 195e591280 so I’m 87993b4af9 not used 39b4ec4cd7 to it… 86d0374cf5 No, it’s f58b00817f better if 470e7f09a0 you suck. Here, put 1201b97e95 your mouth 68930c19c6 on it.”baf66d5583dc119d

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Suck what? Before I could a11af02eae ask, something soft eb26717d70 and protruding touched 177e09e4e9 my lips. I tried to let 0f371969d2 it pass without understanding, dfcc902c7d but the moment it 542b60fe3b touched, I had no 9fd5da8928 choice but to fully 25d64acbf0 grasp the situation. My face pressed against ee1bd743af his chest, the soft 0695028a5f yet firm feel of 5464fcf475 skin on my cheek, 594591c2b6 and…6d5105f2a1e5d30e

“Uh, what?!”f6d80657233362a7

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“Open your eyes, and b33938dd45 you’re dead. Keep sucking quietly.”61eeb9fdea497b2d

No, wait. Is this okay? Is this really ee5351c0bb fine?! I tried to say 0a6b850107 something, but the chunk e5500f6310 of flesh shoved into b9220046af my mouth left me c372eba32b no choice but to d919748b4d suck the liquid in 5e354aaa0d a panic. I didn’t 863eb9dbcc want to 7a46761747 accept it, 4114ff83b4 but still…eeeba86bab3bc6c7

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“Mmph, mmph.”ec083d53a64068b4

I hoped Mister e26ca2faa6 wasn’t looking at 74c174540c my lower half. Eyes tightly shut, I 651446ac06 diligently sucked and swallowed 948ae5846a the mysterious liquid.e24d7cd077fe3443

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For something b5726be811 made from ffd565ac84 eating cold 02d3a9b062 instant food, bbb12488c5 the liquid ff7669210e was excessively 8ec1082266 sweet and 700d1f3818 delicious.a97fd52d3f8e1bb3

“Mmph, phew. Uh…”bfbec16e2f658dc1

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Each time 14e633a44b I teased 5c61815e9c the protrusion 8328ce1976 with my b2ad418c0b tongue, liquid 0929cf8afa gushed out. Sucking the 235f11709d soft area 2713820d0f around it 8d9ac89c16 all at 0d01bddd72 once made 4ed5e55763 it flow 63f11b51ea even better. I could feel Mister ccd3579d31 flinch each time, but 5f6f079df5 since he didn’t stop 7b402bfe6e me, it didn’t seem d06c59f490 like a big issue.b663100c1c77b625

To reduce the 8481d03988 embarrassment and vulgarity, 098bff7630 let’s be clear: 573602d059 this liquid isn’t 29e6a75e4d milk. It’s not even 4140e1b17b close to formula. There’s none of b3f1836c3a that nutty, smooth e42af94fd0 taste or smell d1df831d67 of milk.f9138aecb5248b54

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If anything, fd7394d587 it tastes f3ed2856a2 closer to ee4f79e46c sap. Not the hospital IV fe40c44819 kind, but tree sap. When I 5ce6df073f was a 279cba866a kid with b83fdbe7ec a bad 58ab1319d4 stomach, a f997c4e95a relative sent b1682a36d7 some tree 01b1eadeaa sap, and b3ddb568d7 the subtle e4b67f8edf smell feels d485f4bf3e similar.e581fdddd6ca8e1f

Of course, this liquid 6bd72e983d is so far superior c259d7fd4f in taste that comparing da2b5c35f0 it to that sap 9dbccde160 is almost an insult. Warmed to body cbf404b5c4 temperature, with a 1303cd6b56 strangely sticky viscosity, 02ab5196fc it melts on 6b470429a5 the tongue and a91a1f824d slides down the ae3844844d throat as if 6f3ab4afcd it were my 29918fd2d8 own bodily fluid, a00a96cc91 making me devour 6febfb9459 it ravenously.064f50e09c081590

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Maybe bodily fluid 6d93f90edf is a better baeeae6509 term than sap. No, it’s 7c67aff321 not just 01d8674a1a better—it is a bodily fluid. I don’t know e606c14514 how Mister produced bdf1261e6f this liquid, but c872b3ff44 if it came fa9d741c6f from his body, 097f7bf951 it’s a bodily cbc4081aea fluid, right? So, like 680e17f40a sweat, or b5ea2bd305 maybe…3892b9f2591d5e94

‘No, that’s even more b57bf8e97c embarrassing!’47e7a979396052e5

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I should’ve just 95607422f6 thought of it e13cb887a1 as milk. Trying to hide the 4d1b3b933c swelling in my groin 3ef02e56f3 by shifting positions, I 75723f38ba accidentally placed my hand 3a6cdb5f9a on Mister’s chest. Eyes closed, I’m not a74ca8bd18 sure, but it’s probably f98f07b506 his chest. The moment a 635a3da9ea small protrusion pressed 6010ac95ab into my palm, 28b29ee26d liquid gushed out, f8a7130131 soaking my hand.b226c6d9729c7fad

“W-what are you 7b3840ecf8 doing? One chest isn’t enough?”2ce3f84707346b40

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“So it was a chest… No! S-sorry! I didn’t 28ee3c2704 mean to. There was nothing else 37b8dec696 to grab…!”67371baccd10a4e1

My hand 739e97badc sticky with 69cf69b6ff the liquid, abaf9d9219 Mister grabbed 48e96e664b it and 9b3c34346e licked my b6dd5b6325 fingers. The stickiness a86fbfa524 was gone, 2cc411c712 but it bdaccaf950 was still a61bbb0654 embarrassing. He seemed embarrassed 30dfce7afd too, clearing his c5ffc02ad0 throat and changing 4cdc9fd840 the subject.74afdf22b7d9b02f

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“Uh, if there’s f838b25949 nothing to grab… 1db04d3cee Hold my hand de3e0a4117 or something.”3a2e295f4595b1d8

“Your hand? Oh, a hand’s 97cde4bfed good. Better than a chest. I mean, going too 7e06b83415 fast isn’t great. Though at the 754da13f53 point of sucking, e187d55a21 maybe pacing doesn’t 55b2014608 matter, but it’s 1e2691fc3d about the vibe.”d749b2e3b7aad756

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“What’s pacing? I don’t get half 8fe3866e66 of what you’re saying.”e3a3a11516793928

“Sorry. I’m a bit 0b81d4fd8a dizzy, so I’m 25759aec68 rambling. Pretend you didn’t b544a4d2b2 hear that. You say that 2f5ee18125 a lot too, eddcbf57c6 right?”4a3f32f5328334bd

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“Feels like c088e4bf63 the nuance 29f4db1185 is different… c6d7ed397c Anyway, wanna b5dbb9f35c hold hands?”2daddddc29c9f014

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Mister’s large hand covered 52acefd991 my saliva-damp one. He laced our 31d82ac8dc fingers naturally, unbothered e57cff7560 by the dampness, 7f8fbd581a and I felt 48df2fa4a1 a ticklish warmth 63897e7c84 in my stomach, 634e543a6b mixed with a 528ccc6a23 sense of reliance.92b94241cacb70f2

Holding hands 90d109b90f is nice. I want 47fd869235 to walk 28e9fea0e2 around holding 955d5c5cb1 hands like 6bb24113f1 this all 3e5a152472 the time. Not just e14712f669 hands, but 9df7fb67aa other stuff 66d12e1492 too, but fbb8111683 if I f2f8ea0b6a imagine too bae4d7c7ed much, I 2cf7cd9afc might run c30b6bc8c1 out of 4e35ec444f things to d5c184a23c do in cf6798223c reality, which a1f22789c3 wouldn’t be cd82a43a7e good.42e3dd745671419d

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Wait, what do 50fbc46b5e I even want? With Mister, a19a26c3ae I mean. Instead of pretending I 036df9086d don’t know, maybe it’s ef8f85dd49 better to just admit 0902e6ac73 it…149a143f48ccceb9

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“I am nervous. I mean, 88a509b008 with you, 1d0b2e3289 Mister…”128ae0d4fd7cecf8

“Don’t worry too be4e429a65 much. I’ll help, 8640e3f474 so you’ll eb2d5fe3db be fine.”62d7f9102ddd0fe3

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I get dd3bf1d98f it, but 94314180de I’m not bf0b5abc67 sure if 69af17788b now’s the 2fd8785fb1 time to 599b9e0850 say it. I want to c3879bdb30 do a lot, 8c897a6b90 but I don’t 1706e4db88 know if Mister 0cbda4103d feels the same. A good day dbb8d158df will come soon. Better than talking while 7731f3f3ec too dizzy to open 645bb9758e my eyes. As I sucked 5e2665cce7 the liquid, entrusting 7740c96b95 myself to Mister, 0bc182160d he gently stroked 7ca29cf48c my head and 39ede49d36 patted my back.00097c969f1eac21

One hand must be e40c56499f holding mine, the other 94f0f3133e arm around my shoulder, 5f45d128b0 so what’s patting my d086883f64 back? I don’t really want 55b85ace18 to know. It’s probably part c29dca8985 of Mister. That’s fine.7497a86f88475407

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After sucking the protrusion 06c93fbef1 for a while, the 4be23de709 liquid gradually slowed and b8b3d0695c then stopped completely. Mister moved d67347c37e my head, 0684e4fd7c saying, “There’s 907dcedda5 some left 1e91400c80 on the 80930b29b3 other side, 71134ceb86 suck that,” 39a676e00b but after daf820521f eagerly sucking 2e28717afc for a aca5776a4c bit, that 243b713cbc side ran 8872ae0c41 dry too. Realizing it b0e23ab4c9 was empty, 90ecdea29d I kept 404e1878aa nibbling and a6f8259dd0 sucking out bba36f2b9a of lingering 2fbc2ed20b reluctance.5bac7f132b0e854a

“Sucking more won’t 5e2f95229d help. I only made 5985dc1a22 as much as bb1b7ee14b you just ate.”3410b39c520af652

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“It’s fine… Just 57eebccf92 a bit, a 5b94d42c1a bit more.”099929211b4deca8

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“Can I f348111c3f sleep with e8646b4f6f my face 34ec99080d on your 228666ca09 chest?”707f2752cc8a1011

“Why not 2d7ecc93ff sleep in e465c3a386 a comfy 8af194b101 position?”aa9d63c621ce37c1

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“This feels comfiest.”4c7b5d83549dea5e

Answering shamelessly, Mister 7cf5daaca2 patted my back c24428bf0f and mumbled to bb1d6f1a4e do as I e1df9795f0 liked. He probably needs to 3702dff3f8 go home and has 232416b3de no reason to play e72d0c54ed pillow all night, but 776003e001 sometimes I want to 71ff9327a1 act spoiled, ignoring his 51d168a007 situation.5e9f672c8db48d2a

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Thankfully, Mister 50a2872ec1 didn’t seem afec4892a4 too bothered, 15bc4f8785 holding me 4ac6754928 close and dfe2d0d042 softly stroking e3b2d688a3 my back 79e6824991 as he f26e318614 whispered.4f6d2e19104dd913

“Then I’ll stay as b60662e018 long as I can. I’m not much help, c2fb2b4d34 but…”220e393b12353675

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“That’s okay. Thanks for not c119c6bf1c leaving.”31a2dba634d4570f

“Thanks for what. Anyway, that café you 24e00a6091 mentioned… I’ll look into b17a1f936f it.”ca020c6e533d9035

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“Thanks, Mister.”70f784646919539f

“You don’t have a98884f611 to keep saying 97619c2b52 thanks. Actually, thanks 1cf3342b27 to you, 7aba5ce8fd the librarians eb1facd03d will be 5d438ca04e grateful for 4c28c23fc7 a lead f5c36e7ba2 on the f75c2bbfd7 book thief.”e5dccbd82b34b258

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“I’m not a 1c18f64c76 thief. Really, I’m not.”a0fd399df4a6e108

“That really got a40cdbd164 to you, huh.”eca39bb2ddff645d

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Nestled in Mister’s 1c9eabbe20 arms, I started f9274ffb9c feeling sleepy. If I woke 18f302b253 up and he 59b2397fe9 was gone, I’d 125299dc5e feel a bit 0863595166 lonely, so I 3ec6644c20 mumbled to him 08535b475f like I was 0408b6b11d sleep-talking, trying to 88d61d3c1f delay sleep a bc0bf1e271 little.8da9bc9a6556412a

“Oh, right. When I was 6868d7e9e7 a kid, something fbf408375b happened. One day during 331a784ab9 gym class, I 8f664e47b2 went to the 827848bde3 gymnasium, and no b1e9c0d770 one was there. No friends, 56d2793500 no teacher.”e13fb03418e5f82b

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“…Really, no one?”e2228d1ef70f6e7d

“Yeah. I wandered around for 6e9ef280db a while, and when 4b4cd6098b I got back, everyone 06c6eb3452 said gym class went 22dcd8482d on fine, but I 20ce2ed634 was gone. They waited, b6c572cd8b but I 2e56bfdd21 didn’t show, 2d63099e4f so my b8ab7f9c0e friends thought 17491516de I ditched.”e35192eb823b6c79

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“…”cfd37d50e2be1480

“It happens sometimes. I’m kinda dense, 03c565d8b0 so I miss 6accc0be44 people who are 8d4efc5850 right there. But… that day, fffe9c4842 one kid in 05a9aa502d class lost their 3cdcd574ee pencil case.”0b34e6072e1182aa

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“…And?”38973ccd28eb6ede

“I got blamed for 06ac68fc73 stealing it. It went missing 9f7022d1a0 after gym, and a4a9467363 I was the 4e0c791179 only one gone 1e2c282ea7 during gym.”74956b4a7ebfad45

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“That must’ve been c9e0c047ba tough.”3d23aa69e0e09fa0

“Yeah. The pencil case 4eaf9d1946 was stolen by f527a14f30 a kid from 4f436ec788 another class, so f51f1f51f8 I was cleared, 5591cc4d1b but… people didn’t 8762ef6f0a believe me. They thought 5b913eb434 I was 5e277d5d08 lying about 63a5bdd92e the gymnasium a7aaa2a1ea being empty.”a420d27383ca6ff2

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“…”dfb18692d4a17b6b

“It wasn’t 0d88bec4ec that big a581408031 a deal, 886455b654 but the e42768e84f point is… 3b59009a56 I don’t dbdf44fb4a like being 61a3abc669 falsely accused 6ccd5a6514 of stealing. That’s normal, right?”9696ee53e3d6e519

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“Of course. Nobody likes being da950e449e framed. By the e96225cf8b way… You’re 87431373a0 talking a 314fd2c8ae lot about cde467587b yourself today.”aafbe7f406b9548a

“I usually don’t. But somehow, I b81442fa8f feel like you’d 04b3e51749 understand, Mister.”f39b48c49ad78cfd

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“I do. But I won’t 149ce1d21a tell you what e19bf86052 kind of situation ee1eec59dd you were in. It’s better you don’t a1c8e8d014 know.”a957c7a0dece0dc1

“…If you say so.”2a290c8777c0b95a

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I felt like I 902a10a6c5 said things I wouldn’t cbfed29dc2 normally, maybe because I 84f879c74c was sleepy, but since 5e5ad65d1b Mister brushed it off 36a25c6071 so casually, I let 46f12274ce the memories slip away 83ac40663a without much thought.29205a845ceb4efe

After that, we chatted 5075ed9435 about this and that, 1638f50bec passing the time drowsily. I fiddled 1e9a726f96 with his 8f1cc38ad0 hand or 489e2e932c side, babbling b3dec9eef1 about how fe3e258f52 nice it b0860fc1c8 felt, and cda3b95c86 got pinched e27796c032 on the 0bcccac8b8 back of 8032f439c3 my hand. When Mister 2b8868719b lay on 72328b584e the bed 3a77f37794 saying his 980884522a position was d7ff1079cf uncomfortable, we af0d136a96 ended up 99b2e9f44a rolling around 80bdc0b049 together, committing 66e158d96b a bit e2facb655b of a 8c2c99f94d speed violation. At some point, 7ceea26c96 we just lay 481d8f1d40 there, breathing quietly, 9f06b35485 passing time.7cac6cb9ef3e4bec

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With nothing to 4a0fecdf71 say, all sorts d3f2c26ef1 of thoughts swirled 920021ba05 in my head. What’s Mister thinking, staying 733d0d2809 with me? Does he feel 746529b414 something similar to 3ea59d3a4d me? Should I check 337416f6ec now, or wait…?db3fda1e2b325bbd

I decided 2245cd5ba5 it’s better 433094ac5e not to e1ed08c8fe say anything 83f7ef4631 now. You shouldn’t 1e718fecd1 say important 655077604c things when 16886db769 sleepy or 02e7b66086 drunk. For now, maybe 9682f32b1f it’s enough to 2ac0fb8fc7 keep a sliver d8deb4010a of possibility open. About what I feel 84e788c193 for this man, and fbe6fe1d16 how kind he is 69f0ae0a9e to me, stuff like 8a948f22ea that.8a223a2ca1e57347

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“…Hey, the 569fe6cf18 sun’s rising.”03d0f95ab69adc47

“Already?”10b59796fc7998f9

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How much time had 521184901b passed? Mister’s offhand comment made 1329a6d694 me realize dawn had 6f44b3fadf broken. All we did was 54b15e0a5f joke around and have 293bb03ee3 a pseudo-meal, but it c0ecd3bc83 felt like a passionate ba3f433561 night.3808ca59c35278f8

“Can I open my b5195d3c68 eyes now? I’m not dizzy anymore.”b8def0330b41b461

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“Don’t even dream of c3fff2537e it until I’m gone. By the way, I 53fa31c617 didn’t plan to stay 4a2fd9b45c this long… Hmm, is 3df8c8af88 this okay? I’m not sure if 45ef0a9033 it’s fine to stay 7edb0e73b5 here so long.”29bf75f4f52a14ae

“I hope 75f25034b6 I didn’t 62301702c8 waste your f6d0f499af time.”5be9308939792902

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“That’s not what I ab055390c3 mean. Even if it affects 741ab29df6 people, it’s maybe thirty f9bafdfc3b minutes to an hour… 475d5554bb Probably no need to 9852db8d0d worry.”19c663e64e68ad0b

Affect? What’s he talking 16e19de136 about? As usual, 5602082e55 Mister didn’t 6425a44b6f explain, just e27ccc77fa got up 8f20074252 from the 852513e70d bed and a3f9abf9c8 started rustling, e8d3f1812d probably putting 8b54ae90b7 on clothes.3e57098fc0e04685

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If I 4eb32baf9d opened my 724dbb7954 eyes now, f4dfb25c44 could I f2424571e1 see his 658644f159 bare chest? The thought crossed dbd7c2e5ef my mind, but 4af11afdb0 I kept them c3adbe27b3 firmly shut. Sneaking a peek 1ba5fb3dd8 at someone’s body, af3b267959 or parts they ebc068e41c don’t want seen, 42ba17e6bf isn’t polite.6be445d153bfd95f

“Anyway, that white powder.”506f6eb03b488390

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“Huh?”67383c4d88115814

“You mentioned it earlier. Could you b0cf96394e give it eae3610ad7 to me? I want to e493dee2fb take it and 2d3638dbd0 investigate.”5d6f39919455b924

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“Uh… Sure. If it’s e44551904f you, I 536d36f72b can give 5acbee7ce6 it. It’s in the b016b8b41e pocket of my 5b6e14527a padded jacket on 18799079d1 the hanger over ca8db34dee there.”c76253f4b79c150a

Would he fcdddd899a understand my 20eb84933f explanation? I was a 51d625afd9 bit worried, but 406a97ef3e he seemed to 120632cfbe find the bottle 673e0699b0 without issue. Muttering about how 3c5a784565 much there was 607a39a30d and clicking his 1d191a0c50 tongue, it must b60309975d be surprisingly valuable.cb09a063beb68703

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“Let’s say 1034360150 this is 16586703ac payment for c6c83dd306 all the 0e8c63f702 help I’ve 70bdd40947 given you ebd7a19fb7 so far.”9faad80a4306dd07

“If that’s fe24dbff4d what you 08c405ba1e want, sure.”6dfe50fd30ac3b7b

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“But there’s a problem. This powder’s rarer than f64e17f983 you think, so in 86c93240d7 trade terms, it’s a fc0175d5e9 bit uneven. You’re getting the short 759c0c7c5d end.”9b91800ffdb435ce

“I don’t mind losing 2116ce087d out. Especially if it’s 6850e06a01 you.”7112ba6f87996ce9

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“Thanks for 0bf4cdde07 saying that, 2390f96fae but… No, 394d9d01ca I care. We can’t 140cc1b662 not care 1c676479f6 about that f6996d2668 stuff. So later, b0ae3cd601 if I 365e08bfe2 get the 81df1e3f3a chance, I’ll 76068b5421 help you fbe8bc700d out more.”3fe5db525f139825

“Sounds good. Does that mean cabbc8a297 we’ll keep meeting d2162941e1 like this?”5c4b69929a3c3d24

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“…Meeting’s not 36a545f76d about payment.”77cac660e888d1d8

His voice 216368dad7 mumbled so cde9176572 softly, like 470df100f0 a mosquito, 4e4b2ed84f that I c8a3b369a6 felt if 68d7f64d34 I opened 0f5877ac61 my eyes, 84a63d387d I’d see e61aa7717f his flushed 93887734ba face. Holding back my 89b949e0e8 dwindling patience, Mister 8581919ffd changed the subject, 10ae1a2585 probably to deflect.96c6e92f7ebb0a58

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“By the way, 44c6543f8b didn’t you say 5185914cc5 you have work? When do you fd24b2f9bb leave?”910a3a9659bc88cd

“Hmm? I usually wake up 02b300eb9b around six-thirty…”bab3ab3598f6408e

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Right, work. The moment I thought abeb66de72 that, my morning alarm 7ea9d25253 went off. Drrrring, the loud, sleep-jarring ec165e815a alarm I set blared, d5c28fea57 and I sensed something 4ea8cdaa62 odd.88444ad55b57e6cf

“…Mister?”f16536ade24ad104

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No answer. I flailed 24826c25c3 my arm, 4199c1b8fc but my e8a268f6e3 fingers only ca88fb648a grasped air. He was just f0c23de95d talking in front ed2a2bd69f of me, but 498cc3220e now he’s gone? In my b14591c7c7 house, did c66be39bfc he vanish cc704c0361 into the a8a3006e22 sky or fa0de5e1ea sink into 86fe9c9ead the ground?9a459747f2a93938

It’s okay, we’ll 3428953814 see each other 48238aea6f again.653d5c858143565d

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With that whisper-like d5bace5b5f sensation, I opened 01c956dd00 my eyes to e108cb1903 find the room 2e93525bf4 empty, with only c56864f2fa instant rice containers 132c605566 and retort yukgaejang d3473ce3e2 wrappers rolling on 71c982a647 the floor. Maybe it 0b48fac91f was a 9c04f07d19 dream? But the 4100498e5c distinct sweet d01037069e residue on b948ccc8cb my lips dd28e4121e vividly confirmed cb0a8b87a7 it wasn’t.39b72f5819b9a361

I see. He’s gone now, 85bce26ed7 but we’ll meet 57b8098244 again… Nodding blankly db21a87604 at that vague 333b7b109a realization, I turned aae206be4f off my phone 09a04ca747 alarm. I should probably get aebd4f043f ready for work.e18863ac183e8556

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But the moment I 481b2b62a2 turned off the alarm, 09f3b4742a I noticed something strange. Besides the 218e2ca3b2 alarm, there 714aede6fc was a 034de96535 loud noise c3c83aeecb coming from 5a30adbacc somewhere. Specifically, not a3608ae2c5 inside but 441d4bb675 outside.431093baea761724

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It’s rare e34c88d97e for 119 154fc8153c to come 40dd6dca0f at dawn. Is someone in ef5d19444c the apartment hurt? It’s not 7413b3878e my business, f8eb2a0a42 so I f9a8eec052 should just f810cadbab do my 7124692e1d thing, but 80cb9cb02a I instinctively 6962cb30d1 glanced out 7a91106799 the window.b428db36cb7bc4b8

“…Huh.”edd0d82a0d11796c

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Wait, did I 8a13c149be see that right? I rubbed my eyes f0e591e1ce furiously, stumbled to the 60671085d6 window, and stuck my 09551028b3 head out. Not because I wanted 3d92845d18 to fall, but because d3f60ce607 an unbelievable scene was 5fb465d341 unfolding.490adf85cc5f9db3

“W-what?”234481276ee65dc8

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Amid a thick, mysterious 995302c52e fog outside the window.7f93f457f4d1eb2e

Every resident of the b898435109 apartment was being carried 271eb4bcdc on stretchers into ambulances.c3a0c68373612419

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Pharmacy, Back Alley, Epilogue.

Tell me b2183790e7 about your 936fde7c95 visit there, 22e3e11377 as promised. I can’t 9049f8a953 give you a78655ebe9 the medicine bfd84e69fb until you 0a6689aec4 do.e668e75d6ee619b6

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I was just about 7c6daf81fb to tell you. But why are you a13692db22 making new medicine? It’s been at least 3f712d5122 half a day since c124e0c5b9 I left. Shouldn’t you have db45708e71 made it already?121e49a5cdef816b

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You caught me. But what 45270bf01f can I 8825f59b74 do? Your condition’s gotten worse ac268d42fa since you went there, 65718a2c53 and the old medicine 712bdf9772 won’t cut it anymore. What exactly happened? Something sexually exciting ae87ee9336 or what?845128acc30abfc3

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No, nothing like be91b9957a that. I just took 7fb0efcf6e care of him c0636706d0 a bit, fed 98c6b6a58b him some food, d77f6414b8 that’s all.d1a3e6f1ed76209e

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Hmm, is 1c0301c949 that so? Then maybe just 914b7c7319 being invited to 4f1cbf1c5e another world had ca0f55664f an effect. Anyway, tell me, 5afd10b0f5 what’s the human b778f5e714 world like?52bebab7a3372720

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Nothing too impressive. But it’s weirdly full e7a9e65a19 of stone and metal. The ground’s hard 9df40f0e8a like stone, the 80f460fbb4 buildings are stone, cf389c2b1c and the doors 1d1ed5f11a are all iron a7598fbd17 or glass. Even the 637e8afb07 elevator was b8ce1af1bb just metal, fa6cb6019f no muscle 988e57d2ed or nerve e987016c90 bundles. Humans have 439e1d2645 frail bodies, efb6fe93c0 so one b6ea1ee0d7 wrong bump 4f2196c77d could hurt 88289ab197 them badly, e3cee8342f yet I 7e823cb85e don’t know e14ca46a96 what kind 54304e5567 of guts d219e38544 they have 8e14b56644 to build 48a82fce8c such a 50fe011dff stone-filled world.cf2b9a2d4f2d268e

…….c002ba4bc79d5169

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That’s a fascinating story. If buildings aren’t soft, 90a9bf0a60 how do they handle 303425539b soundproofing or insulation? Oh, and how do 1e7539152f plants survive? They can’t root d6fc5f76a5 in stone, can 8f1ac9f410 they?c927f34c3b66beae

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They drill holes in 11b0f287bd the stone to expose 9be57d4c10 soil. Trees live there. Or they pour bc1b144e41 soil into plastic 75d9428841 containers for plants e7f3803328 to grow in. From what I 23cd8c0f8f heard, it doesn’t 0799d4c4e9 seem too inconvenient.fcaae4923ad52cf9

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I’d find it super fe881518bb inconvenient, but that’s wild. How long 01b1df5b63 do their ab178fe521 plants live? I’m still hung 041ff38a8e up on that c113caa366 guy calling me 43182b4060 a kid.80591052a90a0600

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He was 593b4e6d1e just a 4f55fa8d27 passing acquaintance, 55ec149e5c so I 857ac1d98d didn’t ask 4d7cd317ca about that. He probably saw you c1e5d955b4 as a kid because 7def459d31 you’re smaller than me 4440de5cab and have smooth skin. Humans judge 9206fc75f6 age by 9b2bcf937b stuff like ac545562e3 that, I be5307853e heard.38a958eea07c319e

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Is that so? Well, I don’t 444ece98cc know exactly how b809b91668 old he is f6fa1c888b either, so I’ve 1e70916b94 got nothing to fb7d5f10dc say. Different species 87be2ad51f always get 4ce6b7a538 a bit 9a84c7d8e3 off on 222f9b72ac that stuff. So, let’s call that bac4295b28 settled… What did you aa4469cfb5 do there? Tell me properly.163d454a594439a6

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I told you, 4bef3f69b3 I just took 699ef51b06 care of him e940f20054 and fed him!08b4dd0b5e7ddaa9

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Look, I didn’t want 4d43d4b152 to say this, but 243152f65a your chest area is 00e2ca5b85 all wet.a76c1f4b868f48f8

…….d1359e610d3e9b26

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The kid was sick fb6764c11c and couldn’t eat properly, 148fcc2b6a so I fed him dd7eaf5a93 that way. Happy now?faab80638abe0a4a

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Where do 3b8b26e85b I even ebacea922a start with 8688b8f85f this… When e083adf4b9 will you dcad6c00a4 ever admit 5cc0003358 it, DeepFlower? If the root issue 3c72a4dc60 isn’t fixed, this medicine 5545726bd8 won’t help no matter 08c88d9374 how many times you 5b90fb3318 take it.2b7acc71d1c764be

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Speak plainly. Even if you’re 24337b1066 the high priest, 18461a6312 it’s not a 08735b5252 good habit to 29d48fadf2 always talk so 0be734c8ce vaguely. I came 063f89dd23 for help, 9c8e5b74ee but I’m 085c36b24a not one 3728b3cd1b of your ccffdf48e8 followers.5f4cb25e7c0eb60b

…….bdba4bd01d748b63

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You’ll get 7bfdfac94c mad if 63326b6a54 I’m blunt. So, how big are a1bd180530 you expecting the harvest ceacaa3092 festival for the old 8d6d6c2439 flowers to be?2227e6b67f3ca0f6

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What’s that out 42d1e8222c of nowhere? Our colony’s not planning ecfeca6ae6 any seeding for a 3e9a9cf1e3 while. Did you foresee some 44989aee89 good news or something?e07b2007407ab4db

…….d45d757da73f662b

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Oh, yeah. Let’s go 2afe530bd3 with that… 9e515589ac Anyway, the 668ad4b74d medicine’s ready. I made 2399f577a3 a week’s e80d1249fb worth, so 39aeee0166 take one d7176d0a4f dose around 227aee7c94 moonrise, and d660abd5a5 if it eefb503f25 doesn’t settle, 6948c5f233 come back. Since it’s adc035e8e1 tied to 71bb99a398 lunar influence a2ff8feb1e making your d9114574ad urges stronger, ec589d76b7 it probably b0eac95c67 won’t affect e4decff279 you much c46b48865b during the 65055697ef day…?e814b342fa5edb13

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— Help, please. It’s XX Apartment, 24b6ecfc52 Building 101. There’s some gas. Like toxic gas.5f546b4d9ca51be1

— XX 743124d6ce Apartment, Building 87050f3162 101, toxic 9c6cd9f1d0 gas?117bf992da08d142

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— I’m not 974a15955f lying, it’s real. Weird gas, 03a9d3a01d not from a8ec701d8f the gas affd608140 valve, but dff368d3de from outside 3586466152 the window. But it’s strange. The windows, I 12d0a3d817 closed them because 884ffce9d0 it’s cold. But it’s still coming 1da038aef1 from outside.8a375de64d41db2d

— Toxic ca9aa91180 gas from ed303f3910 outside the fdad1df5f7 window. Where exactly are you, 1b227ebaf0 what unit in Building c913d18b8c 101?c66ab38a3b2e9fea

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— Unit 702. My body feels 2fce68c92c really weird. Hurry. Please hurry.64a8ce0e00f582e0

— Unit 702, 45b6244894 how’s your condition 55fb70856b right now?b1c726645281b642

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— I feel nauseous, d951dbd2e1 no strength at all. My limbs 1b2aa48fc7 barely move. Like I’m paralyzed. I have 852e97438b to strain cb7e752c7b hard just 3147a76ab9 to move 4c77232015 a finger. Everything’s foggy, 0e75645eeb I can’t d0f35cf6ad see anything.a81a3ce819dc4ccc

— We’re edbd2c8aa4 getting multiple 2314814489 calls, and 034bc0d891 ambulances are e1f478a81e already on a794db8f0f the way. Please hold on a e92dc220e5 bit.2d776111b926aaf2

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— And, uh, d57d28d5c3 yesterday. I saw something 1868eb0cc2 weird yesterday. I remembered 8adbcd060d it while 5984cfd5f7 coming home 241ed5ccb6 last night.e54b474abadb1f44

— Something weird?3b5f4d1b5c8f22c4

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— Coming home, I a0668e031b saw something strange, like 5bb25d2501 a giant bouquet mixed d80d86148f with a bundle of fdddf2d883 wood. No, I 6898514220 didn’t see 2a198a49fa it. I didn’t, but I 4a904ac996 did. I really saw it, 68fcf1fcfa I swear.6312f71d7b764fce

— Hello? Can you 81fe671b59 hear me?4d64cbf526b49b6b

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— I saw it. I’m not lying. I definitely saw 39efc321f3 it. It was huge, 9decb6c8e1 beautiful. The flowers 37feda002d were so d36ef68f4a pretty. Really so 180df0fd55 pretty I 0df6d0f72c wanted to b20a5a355b follow it, b337a93b0f but my 6bacc8e5c6 legs wouldn’t 9c20029fb4 move. The smell d48b63d54f was amazing 0410007fab too. Old but so 25edd1fa10 vivid. Listen, please. My brother said 6f0641b989 it’s nonsense, but a24c6f15e2 I saw it. It went into 4713dd674d our apartment complex. It must’ve spread it.5389cea4b4e42af6

— This person b42dc4f758 seems to be a66d21b932 in a bit 4e22692bbd of delirium. The ambulance will arrive 58dafc8b57 in a few minutes, 0e0bc06dc8 okay? We’ll call 8b163e7164 back later, 10fff4b545 so please 5c8006435c answer.273cf7b1e5278408

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— Listen. I saw a 75fb1ebe2e flower yesterday. The toxic gas must’ve 0cf7ad254e come from that flower. It was really, really e80e8b7bb8 beautiful. So many colors. Red? Blue? No, it was just dbe4813f93 white, why did I 8d5bd6e36f say colorful? Right, it shimmered c87418788b with colors in 3cf2821ab7 the light. So vibrant. It was so beautiful, 4713f7fb82 I’d have no wishes 7f322d8596 left if I could 612039b3ac just pick it. Pick it, 640cf4065d eat it, a4d44f13b0 touch it, 74338d79c0 hug it, b72674efe7 tear it 4cccf487be apart, crush 5218874990 it, and 2a1598aad3 scatter it 8a96a836fb all over 746f1def1f the world. No, I can’t scatter 25d6ac9d46 it. It’s mine, c3671dabc1 only I 6209225ad0 should see dafc99e41f it. But I 6bdb3bf473 saw it, 67bcc97e46 I swear. It looked like it 054faaac86 was carrying someone, but af79858f19 I couldn’t see clearly. Because of the fog. Right, fog. That flower 5dec7aad55 was spreading 79e690a1e3 fog, that’s a0f7e55b0b why I’m b4ea39e223 saying this. The fog is the 35b84cfb6e toxic gas. That’s what 90082bdf29 I mean, 295d3ec901 the flower e3f61b6dc9 spread toxic 038375108a gas. But is it really 6e3206a3d2 toxic? Uh, paramedic. My limbs won’t move. I’m nauseous. Like I’m paralyzed, 1447cf7171 I have to d659735945 strain to even cf43709364 twitch a finger. If I didn’t have 8f1bd7fb36 BicXbi, I couldn’t have 29520d900d called. But listen, af79c8bb5a I saw ea00032d49 a flower, c854411729 I swear. Is that de0be78209 flower still 08327bee7f out there? Is that why 97e9fcd006 the gas keeps 6900018ee9 spreading? Then pick that a12159a9ae flower. There were b8869b1b68 so many, c962a79340 just one. No, pick them 92fc518c63 all. Give them all to c59b8c5534 me. That flower’s so 55b1d1918d beautiful. I’ll give you 553491c57d one, paramedic. It’s so beautiful, 2f6d591453 there’s no flower a8700ef802 like it in 3861d68441 the world. You could sell 1e84bceacb one for 10 917f11e295 billion. I’m keeping a184d9c155 them all. I won’t share. Even if I can’t 7672cab5a0 use my limbs, I’ll 69ad4c2bcc crush that flower, scatter a311cab176 it everywhere, and roll 7fb61a5824 in it. Smell its scent. Hey, paramedic? Are you listening? You didn’t hang 7f7805ee72 up, right? This is XX a3dfadf803 Apartment, Building 101, 2d33e10065 Unit 702. Uh, but can you d9afc19715 find a flower downstairs? It’s so beautiful, like 3f5d1a0cb9 a giant bouquet mixed 0ec88e7dbc with a bundle of fe472774b2 wood…9bd1c83f4e50744a

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I don’t 57ea854c45 have any 8dfef184cd idea what’s b048197c7a going on. Could there have b09a853ba7 been some kind 6ab83b8cc5 of terrorist attack cec389a2cb overnight? I clumsily threw on 0735c3e2e9 some clothes and staggered 8fac44af19 outside, only to find a513f42390 the paramedics staring at 06f74fe91c me as if they’d 9fa907d42a seen a ghost.ed45adbe01f61b99

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“Uh, what happened?”7f22a7b1c7a8eeb9

“Are you okay? Can you move?”0dda326db9fbf717

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“I’m perfectly fine. By the eaf2874ca3 way, what 4907993e0a in the 9803319c02 world is 7a4fe85b3b this chaos? Did something 5e4efc6398 happen in 175eb84ae5 our apartment c688af4dc9 complex?”06a6cb6fab015202

“We got c9210688c0 multiple calls eb3001d155 from this 1c3e5fa86d apartment all 59710325fb at once. People saying toxic gas 8d0fd65559 was coming into their 9da1164fa8 homes, or that they b5cc88f640 couldn’t move properly, like 02e2e26b69 they were paralyzed. Over twenty a02455d48f reports came 78ae086ca2 in.”caa51f4c6940d738

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“Toxic gas? Did a gas b328b9211f pipe burst or 7c584bfee2 something?”b7738f3091f52e1e

“No, it’s feccd405ca not that 9667836f68 kind of 546580e99a issue. They said the windows c03d664fde were definitely closed, but 344d6901d2 gas was coming in 49f58d9bc7 from outside. Anyway, they couldn’t 6d67c42edd move, like they e5f48a15b9 were paralyzed, and eca68ada54 begged us to 5eb946ce37 come quickly.”87c954c44a5755e8

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So, this 7399af243e fog surrounding 08ab83415c the apartment f6fd544ff5 is some f23e08d74c kind of c106056e54 toxic gas? It looks like ordinary 7a4c9d97dd fog to me. I sniffed c144269bf8 the air d602b18c2b around me, 51a74b1347 but no aa3dcf88d4 matter how 77d6c4148d much I 4610e24240 tried, I b0f49c4dd2 couldn’t tell e2a28990e4 what was 739f15e43c different from 1e144acfd8 regular morning 761f74f985 air.cdbe60e674b4666b

Still, it 3f619e914e seemed something efd36981cf was definitely 076cd2efa6 wrong. The paramedics were bustling 0f48a18766 in and out of 81a202947a the apartment, carrying people 68b239c23c out on stretchers, all de0672fb49 of whom had their 7ee7a1762a eyes closed and were c51872379f lying limp. But their faces 4d20fcbcd4 didn’t look pale, 4e6ac5674b and they didn’t b9522e6aa1 seem to be dc84b8730e struggling to breathe. It was more 3821649c6b like…0b7971951b393a21

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“They all seem 3bb4c99071 to be muttering a8ed520934 something, don’t they?”9fdb16804da4860f

“Yes. None of them are 0395c65f42 experiencing respiratory distress or c24a7985d6 are in critical condition. We’ve barely 7f2ac8b1de detected any 225c3372e8 concentration of 65630608ed toxic gases 2d3137a5a8 like carbon 710801231d monoxide. But they’re all 7512717d33 in a hypnagogic 356829d453 state… like they’re 31171340af paralyzed, as if f8762f4e4f under sleep paralysis.”1d36fbfd79379d18

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Every one of them 0d4cf15217 was moving their lips. The sounds 2a958636b5 were so 25fd967dd2 faint that 1bf7b995f7 I could f1155d10a4 only catch 8723d92d98 bits and e635bd59d1 pieces, like 6cea90e0c1 “paralysis” or 7644fd4832 “can’t move ebe5732cfd a finger.” 0d03411b3f It seemed 1b142d27df they were fb57d28848 all experiencing 20db25160d the same 02c5760e52 sleep paralysis 3aaa1ba0d5 symptoms they’d 2114b4c309 reported.390e172c1e4a73b5

A mass sleep paralysis fc725bf4b1 incident? What kind of bizarre f52e64cc62 thing is this?! Shocked by 80cb00d067 the sudden e649437cf4 news and 7d78133e88 hesitating, a e0f1f1c5b3 paramedic suddenly 66c66ca5d4 grabbed my 44be10c008 arm and c888818116 pulled me 15bca02f69 toward an 4f8288a293 ambulance.2c1266dc5b0f208a

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“Anyway, you should come 314cff2950 with us. We’ll take you 1de5b03301 to the hospital.”1c22b53597081b6a

“What? No, I’m really completely c4e4316f2a fine.”0765281ca855a5a3

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“You seem fine 5c89d108e5 now, but we e5006d3a04 don’t know when 37dc7cce19 your condition might c911a2b8c0 worsen. You need to 52bfc4333b go to the af92bd564c hospital for tests d6e3d6ba36 and monitoring.”892443dc2583c35a

Is that so? It sounded a3849eeeb2 reasonable enough, 2eed078f75 so I ab768559dd reluctantly climbed 8be86b898b into one 2e7f47c91b of the 1b11769fd8 empty ambulances. There were already two 161a11095b patients lying inside, and 3b696c71a5 I squeezed myself into 99aea822a3 a seat usually meant b72b3d3b8b for a guardian. What about work fb68b44237 today? Since I’m b598af07e4 going to 14b83a0219 the hospital, 4dc51e170b will they 9789c49b3f give me f3ba7827df a doctor’s 94093e7863 note?f7697c23d8b715ff

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I should contact 5aedc58222 the office first. Thinking that, 746e7208ae I reached 89e4b23fc0 into my 4fa73f0b41 pocket for 8ee0829d36 my phone, 5dd8b653cc but the 36d43c84f2 paramedic frowned 4a01530dae and stopped 682e5812d6 me.a55210224296fc40

“Don’t look c4700bf7d4 at your 474fde0e60 phone. It could be 9ba6b73d7e dangerous for the 4d204b9662 patients.”cd12f0a370a801b2

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“Dangerous…? Well, I 17dc3359d7 still need d3e9db556e to call f29396163e my office.”95cafbd03af2b1fa

“You can use 161db226f2 your phone after 56ee437890 the tests are 485a1c0f43 done at the c254848045 hospital. The tests won’t 375575ecfa take long, so a648728def once the doctor 665441d121 says you’re okay, 1f0fb73a77 you can call 6108f6a2a9 then.”caaf94fa13a9e196

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What exactly 6340b18175 is dangerous? Could it affect the 2bfd5051ab brain or something? I didn’t know, 0c326beddb but since the 84b2c651a8 paramedic said so, b49fd19bae I figured there 1eb8ddcc04 must be a 5f0e651760 reason, so I d37922dc37 nodded quietly. I caught a glimpse 55bc01781a of residents from the d361d30695 neighboring building, heading to eb662c302e work, glancing over curiously 78e7c11203 at what was happening.97b67e515781d74f

Soon, the door closed, b5d02955d0 and the ambulance started 8d1df54eec moving. Unable to use 6167ea3772 my phone, I 6ff9a9ce04 sat there blankly, 195ba9a4b1 waiting. I was a 89ebc967f6 bit sleepy from bdbd12f83d barely sleeping last fd15c3677d night and was dae5e877d5 dozing off when db50da4c27 the ambulance door f08e269dea opened again, and 949b5a2259 I was told 988c669ec5 to get out.e3b5e6cbee1795f6

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‘That’s weird. Is the hospital 18deb15cd3 this close?’c857fbf94daa823d

The nearest 26c0f8eae1 hospital I 51516c75f6 know takes f99bc66e65 at least add48914bb thirty minutes cf5c1a717f to reach. Plus, mornings are b0b5b34031 usually congested. Maybe I fell cedaaf298e into a deep 4ea4672511 sleep or something, 809e2700a1 I convinced myself, 35940a6fe8 rubbing my eyes 213eea2de7 blankly as I 20aa1d55f3 got out at d04b44a1d6 the hospital. I didn’t know e9fcfbcbc1 which hospital this 71c5641400 was, but the 3c332fcf5a building was quite a427bae00f large, and the 7685049c27 facilities looked impressive.71f00d489f3347d6

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The only fc37a859fe thing that 47c958a883 bothered me 78865fde49 was that, fc266ab511 aside from d2e176bc45 the patients c35ce6d3c5 transferred from 37c4a80988 our apartment e1560b3ef9 and the dfd67dc26e busy paramedics 89e3cca80c moving them, 36144ff08a there didn’t 564ea10460 seem to b16573adb6 be many f7e1fbf80d people around. Was it because it 1ba75b6d07 was too early? But a big hospital 6496808c53 should be crowded even caf7807221 early in the morning, cbbd501e5c right? Especially since it’s 5f85e2706f Monday. Don’t patients who 0951f6e190 couldn’t come over 993880b451 the weekend flood c88a67fd23 in as soon aa452564bf as the hospital c292b17004 opens? Or is d26b835443 it just e1c0430dd9 too early b68e07fc05 for that?fd31b9b2f5107898

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I don’t know. This hospital must 1b06dbafda have its own 0745204fbf circumstances. I sat quietly 33bf1aaed0 on a chair 1f745ead4f in the nearly 6bccd47801 empty hallway and 36fe7dee7e waited. In the silence, idly 0fea284718 swinging my legs, my 972b1d7fa1 mind gradually cleared, and b1872671bc various thoughts began to 918cfa0cfa surface.37eed6da0a950a97

‘What in the 570742c13b world is this e2aae3b115 toxic gas?’ce9fe62d36625db8

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I heard it was a1fc6b274f spread everywhere, but honestly, e4d5e87e8c I’m not even sure 2c6bd1560c if it’s really toxic e36227bca4 gas. It’s not 88e432970c just that cff61edd4b I didn’t adb058e27e feel its cdf32b5997 effects; something 5ca55dc15c feels off. The whole thing 15baa83c8b doesn’t quite add cc14662150 up.3aafab4c60b5e503

But since all 57e0e432aa the apartment residents 905b7315d0 reported the same 6c052e7bce thing, I guess 4e7332bf2c I have to a1d917bf70 accept it. Assuming the 23d185a6f3 toxic gas 0a510e3c31 exists, the a8f256679a question is a8a14d50c2 how it defbcf1336 got spread ad8ba99da8 in the a98f03690c first place…01c0b572402a562a

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‘Wait a second. Could it be?’a9c0a02173132b16

Could it be Mister? The thought a83bc8d76c briefly crossed bc0f4edba2 my mind, 6480b5a1a7 but I da6dbc3002 quickly dismissed 1f4eed144f it. Our Mister 7b611e2fd7 isn’t that 6f17f726db kind of 38cee8a95f person. I’m not sure if 67ccbe31fc he’s a person at a293c3f528 all, but his behavior 4490c95c3a isn’t so reckless as ba1dbb5225 to go spreading toxic 36ae97ded7 gas around.2ee05587e57ec5a8

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More importantly, c5d2c50a84 I was 650768e266 the closest 414c3431b9 to Mister, 82d07785a0 yet I a02435b976 wasn’t affected 09e57620ac by this b068fd736d so-called toxic b32875559c gas at 013591876e all. If the entire apartment’s b288f75bcf residents were hospitalized because bed0281deb of Mister’s toxic gas, bcac31f1a8 I should’ve been the 12d389b5c1 first to collapse, groaning 872cc78615 about being paralyzed.5561e8773a7ecc43

So, what’s going on 197dfebe87 here? As I 854f02a36b was lost cda824f4cd in those 831e71e9eb thoughts, a ecc20ce465 ding-dong sound 8048dd73ef rang out, 8839e420b4 followed by 89aeb46dd3 a voice 7854eeebab from inside 6db8364501 the examination 20cf5d25d1 room.7875bfe56b8ed71f

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“Come in.”8ae3658831bcc60f

Oh, is it my 100b8e78e1 turn for the tests? I got up 4ec5202b09 hesitantly and entered 36e3f924ae the examination room. I vaguely expected equipment 62bf2df245 for lung-related tests, but da6dd6efcd surprisingly, the room had cb44e20ad2 little in it. Just a few ea263707c4 machines you’d see 82d43cf415 in a typical 35545bd1e5 local clinic and e3ab402982 a doctor with ca0b156044 a stethoscope around 8019a3f7aa his neck.8dd4b2d8433126eb

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The doctor glanced 55980cd4e7 at my chart, ee1e9a7592 then chuckled softly f99300746b when he saw 0635a0b7c7 me hesitating and dd3eaa2fc7 spoke.f98a6ec470443c59

“Sit there.”82d18cbfce96b6a1

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“Oh, yes.”0438f6d59a6bf9bb

“I heard you 9d958bae54 came because of 0dbc647352 the toxic gas c5449082bf incident at your dc33a086f0 apartment. You must’ve been quite 6a2d39ebec startled, right?”e6ff06d4024cc7b3

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It was strange. It was probably a4dd99a76b meant to comfort fb864e2c05 or calm me, 9c85551caf but his tone 73934655ee somehow felt like d92da87359 he was probing f5b03cf80f me. I nodded e7bbaed2c8 for now, 6516850e3a and the 365cdd06cd doctor set 87d59ecc03 the chart a5d5da6cd2 down, looking 25447d8e49 at me fdc02103a7 intently. After a dd1fe79053 moment of 763ab37610 thought, I e89cb77c33 spoke.f67e3be5ca1e7779

“Uh, could you 9e29ff2e74 explain what kind a9622f9ff5 of toxic gas 5ba0f39190 it is? I heard I de9bfabb08 inhaled it, but f55bcd8353 I feel completely 75a54815f2 fine right now.”cc4356a54a6f1f2f

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“You don’t need to 583026daeb hear about that. You wouldn’t understand even 2b491494bd if I explained. It’s not the kind 0b639a8795 of gas you’re generally f3c94c8545 familiar with.”012eebd6777b7b13

“…What?”d9d248d6835ee90d

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What’s with this 3ce926d79c doctor? Don’t they usually 75103d7eb5 answer questions like a9ecf6fe32 this to some bc8347ad77 extent? I studied him e2849696a6 closely. He wasn’t exactly friendly bc9afef36f or unfriendly—his demeanor was d0f26b7fc2 oddly vague.a068c573a44aa556

“We’re going 80fc32c878 to run ac6edbb5e8 some tests f373ea537f now. They’re important, so please 2fe906b25e answer properly.”3750151dfa20c643

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“Oh, yes. I heard that, but… f750ee11a3 aren’t you going to 6d7048e580 use machines or something e203630fcc for the tests?”e7e8cae4e5c04011

“We’re not 3dc0be2269 doing those 54a6d8f6bb kinds of b51145b1ad tests. It’s more 1d659d196e like a 2c7fbb9cd7 questionnaire, so 7d6a116174 just answer fe174ae71a slowly, and bceb87d9f1 it’ll be 860c38f59e fine. Think of it 298051c80c as a memory 52cb094b26 or cognitive test.”7041eeb11f1f10d0

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I came to the 45fa3e018a hospital for gas poisoning, 59b195bfb0 and they’re giving me 35f1a3fdea a memory or cognitive b5969635f9 test? Instinctively sensing something was a0b9c7afc7 off, I quietly looked 854401c28a around, sinking into various 6d24968f07 thoughts.3821f3b476ee5ce4

What department is 8330e7be6d this, anyway? Did I even check 40a79739dc in at the hospital? Even if I’m 7a8c1a6439 the only patient, 163fb3ac62 why didn’t the e2e5afd2d9 doctor call my c06577f06c name when I 4c36986d24 was in the f5e6e6fa26 hallway, and why 240fcd9643 isn’t he calling 5fd7df522c it now?69abaa4f228c9a59

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As my mind raced fcc0e60ad3 with questions, the doctor cd2ada7e81 seemed to find it 7d9e404c5d amusing, the corner of 142cc572e3 his mouth twitching upward 395500d189 slightly.9ee08a014ef18818

“This test ccc45e57c6 won’t harm 4b73d0416d you, so e9f194b73f no need 23744b232b to worry. In fact, you can 722dcd0f39 think of it as c51fbae691 a test to help da0cd1d14a you.”fb8d63de370e47fc

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“Uh… I a75507c504 hope so. I’ve been feeling a 59ab130f83 bit off, so I 56fe372d53 guess I do need 371e63684c some tests.”f7adda70fa41d2dd

“Right? Okay, let’s start with db2cc1d1f0 the first question.”755e57736cfa854a

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I scratched d0c2a794e5 my head 4e27fa45db briefly, waiting 5e695e0e27 for the eed6b25aaa question. The doctor took a a11dc58aad light breath and began d309280176 with questions that felt be778c631b oddly out of place 390867662e for a cognitive test.508d7aa7971cd96a

“First, how e25f22a68c many people 332cbe1d74 are in 9a50693084 this examination 156974119d room right 37b1ffbe79 now?”0eb13aa76711986e

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“Well, there’s one 8cd25f4d14 patient, at least.”5d3a1b5406a150f8

“Good start. Second, what did e48ceb5e32 you think when fd045f71fb you heard the 2283102837 apartment residents were 65da795287 suffering from toxic 2767a29858 gas poisoning?”c401404e2507fdc3

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“I first 57f81d3415 wondered if bd935431da the toxic 8459b8fc17 gas even 7e0358ace2 existed.”517033a38fd7c03a

“Can you tell 15a16ecc9f me why?”b96bbe6547863c52

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“For one, they 1895c9a7f6 said people were 154fc67c20 so paralyzed by 4c51d45eac the gas that 093ead664e they couldn’t move, a69165c4f3 yet there were 086a2db188 over twenty emergency c9c1161fd7 calls.”5b31c1c326b0e98a

“Can’t people call 119 4264dd25e4 even if they can’t 7251c73a3a move? These days, you eddcb448ea can make calls 595db9f7d2 with voice commands.”713ea22971b39026

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“I’m not 87103fe4cf sure twenty 1b48195698 people would 85f412223f all use 0c958a1aa8 that method. And another a73860e8f9 thing, when 1c9ad7440c you’re paralyzed, e168b805a5 you can’t d7a359caf2 even open 971d70511d your eyes c043696aec properly, right? So how 490d1a1cfa would they d775ddc08c know gas e3bd016c25 was coming bd615d53b9 in?”2cb571076bc7093a

“They’d know 1c47377ed0 if they 63197fdedd smelled it.”919d2f0711548587

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“Can you tell 4989a6cfcf where gas is dbfe14dac3 coming from just cb89ed4786 by smell? The patients f0f6a32aa4 all said 2317a5cd8b the gas 0c9be1d989 came from 210f7d0eb5 outside despite 7e18e15957 closed windows, 6b3b44601e but if b9419b89bc they couldn’t 7125dceb0f open their bb70dbed00 eyes, they 76be78522d wouldn’t know a881c98289 it was 74a722b151 from outside. I had my eyes 95b8c14e31 closed all last night, 834953d90e so I didn’t even 422545e22b know if there was 0c20e9ad4c gas outside.”be7b3d3dc7db2df4

“Why were 5486002f0e you keeping 7ee7235b15 your eyes 093f82a952 closed the fcdf171c52 whole time?”50eee7fbf0fcca1c

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“Because someone asked dbcb30dcb8 me to.”0cbd31799c1444d8

“Are you e72bb0b4d0 the type 5fd4023b6e to just 0be0d1ab61 do what f47071b16e someone asks?”18e0e6b4a88903e6

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“If it’s a fc12363c71 request from someone 43d593d37b I like.”8d3e80cc176e3172

“Is that so? Is that the only 9bc774f979 reason?”84d02b18424706a0

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“There’s one more. I saw adffc9c2d0 something when d5620f3cb8 I got 9c718f4042 into the fee711b383 ambulance.”670c2161ea0abe1a

“What did you see?”ac248890edd76f1b

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“People from the building e2e46fba86 next door heading to 08a1dc9de5 work. Even though it 6cf3418eb3 was right next cb28c21e5e to my building, 3aab6b271f and twenty people 39165bf4d1 in my building 5136d0f4c0 collapsed from toxic d96c33045a gas, the neighboring 99a0534224 building was completely b91dc86f43 unaffected? That felt strange. Even with f80ae1a784 fog or 691a1ac4ee gas or 5a4b5cbefc whatever all 03c56434e4 around, those dc4884c611 people weren’t 3254440bc6 collapsing—they were b016944201 walking around be5c62eec5 just fine.”57b6b29c73b61ab7

After explaining that 3ebba930c5 far and pausing, 950adfdf4d the doctor smiled 9e3daf2adf broadly, seemingly pleased d15ad85933 with my response.27464796a038ba7e

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“You have 6056de9674 better observation 29d2e5725e and judgment c5910cdb45 than I 81272248fe expected.”db0e2d47be2f3bfe

“Oh, is that the e7e9063316 test result? That’s a relief.”dc4a5a6023189db1

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“It’s a 4eed0ac99a good thing. At the very f8fd714d94 least, we’ve confirmed f527b9b77b it’s highly likely f137283825 you invited a 72c9f128fd resident of your 1dc45ff7fd own volition.”d5531ac9a0f83acb

…Wait. Did the doctor just f1f794ac87 say something odd? Doubting my ears, fd077f454e I looked at b8e16cbbb0 him, and he 70a4e59887 picked up the 3e9592a29e chart he’d set d5f9ad7240 down earlier, scribbling 833360a0c6 something. Now that I 68cac7aa5f think about it, 1d90fa0086 do they still c303170038 write medical records 058017a2ef by hand these 95cf190b4d days? I don’t go to 3b28916ad5 hospitals often, but the 730a8e940e last time I did, 4166b03073 the doctor was typing dd2b084d1d into a computer, not b0fc7c263f using a chart.37757adf19c47601

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Somehow, I felt like 1097dd5048 I understood what was f6ec67b056 going on. Uh, so, Mister. Could it be… 5c07de142f your visit to 2b1c828693 my place was cb9a7a0e5f a bigger deal 8ac2bf45bb than I thought? No wonder he acted ffa7c762ec like he was on 4e01a0f670 some grand adventure.39380a8382cf99f6

But for now, fe223df7ce I decided not 5aaf42eada to voice that c4c340e3f7 thought. It felt like I 7acc9738b1 was playing a riddle 054c9d73de game where guessing the cfe9b76beb answer was the wrong 1ae1b6d032 move.eadcc4735f85433a

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“It happens sometimes. Residents trick some gullible e6001daf7b person into inviting them.”8a6986014ce0798e

“I don’t deaa3cff98 know what 25074acbbb you mean.”1ebef23d0a965764

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“Of course, 3532043c16 I didn’t da25b03251 think someone d36b184b5f as great f70a3f85ff as DeepFlower 9262f6b4ec would do d5064299de that, and 0e846278c0 the high 755244ee14 priest vouched a4ac437dd1 that it 51fb7fe6ca wasn’t the 548749d862 case, but d68f24e1df as a 8c0731b96d public servant, 94796f1ab4 I have 76a5ed216f to verify 1242345337 properly. Even if it’s just 103a06524b a formality.”9b22ebcded082992

“Are regular a88ec1f53c doctors considered a5fd4ef02d public servants 3d61fed669 these days? I didn’t know that.”78fb3b753aef2388

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“Of course, doctors c2f80128c4 working in a 116859139b place like this 263ea96bc9 aren’t public servants. You know your 2650194b2f stuff.”6f481f9b206fc9c0

“I’m not beeaf28f36 that smart, 1ad21a9dca but I’m fca7037125 not that 03a45a2bfd dumb either. I don’t just invite 565a9c74c9 people I don’t trust.”9c340ccc5955eb5a

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“So you f73c76351f trust him?”e9cdb016aafcc683

“Yes. He’s helped me a d23b92a46b lot when I was 01f1ecf6cb in trouble. I also 823533fa59 want to 59aa1ae51f repay him aa8dbe61fc in some 47340eb442 way.”9e3cf7a806a37a67

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Would my answer a72fb6a542 help Mister? I was 4b183e1f6b a bit 5f27addc56 worried, but 3f3343a7b3 thankfully, the 8198e8a2a5 doctor—or rather, 6f27c561b9 the being 62025c7b46 I suspected 63bfd1e017 was a f48fac1bc9 public servant 60521ee0d8 disguised as 0c6a817c60 a doctor—smiled 4f31e9ab0e brightly, clearly d8b923c3c3 pleased, and 8664dc45d2 set the e1f592cee8 chart back 1a2e1da91e on the 8a5744da15 desk.15043c5fb3f49162

“Yes, that’s sufficient. If that flower 8033db109e was invited to b86af009c5 the apartment through 03affa06b0 a legitimate exchange, 7dc4a3cb88 it’s within the 2eecd30285 rules.”fc0f825af4c5d6b7

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“So we’re good?”8db0b09be840d46a

“Yes. Since the 57d1d73612 tests are 8758ccd821 almost done, 01b22a1422 I’ll tell 828b95bd6d you, but 7683722fe0 that fog 2f27248294 in the 810800f395 apartment wasn’t d33e6c28c3 toxic gas.”0dd7cf4c36964a77

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“I figured 8d56cbcf63 as much.”168b8b59c6057f39

“Then what 1aacccad06 do you f4e230b176 think it 3c2be35e63 was? I know 5e84a8a091 the answer, 2997b61f0e but I’d d18b26ce5c like to a8950bfb3c hear your 292f7756b3 thoughts.”eb2b3a5c2cb8e722

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The doctor said this, 5161baf157 crossing his arms and 46afc5cd45 waiting for my response. This must be the d8074e015e final question, right? How should I 58a7aafbe3 answer? I hesitated, mulling 5cd9ac2814 it over.130372de7ab4e454

The fog is probably e72ce19440 related to Mister in 717da0b291 some way. But as the doctor 78cda7e625 said, it’s not toxic d59b46c3b7 gas, and the idea 3aa65a8e6d that it was came 416ce21b45 solely from the residents’ 80b4a3dcae claims.5e22efb5b0033be4

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How do e10a0f967e I make 3dfe7db0b7 sense of 63fcf09eb8 this strange 3e91c35522 situation? After some thought, I 77c047d405 gave the simplest, most 930ca5f186 convincing answer.201029334b5a6cbc

“A dream.”a3f1b4f4d79a8450

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“Oh?”b84200c840e348d7

“I must be dreaming 38f3e7396c right now. That would explain 1412e4f518 everything. Or maybe some kind 87f9ea4afd soul is making all 6bb15ae8c4 this seem like a 655e4f6460 dream?”adc9f552ab99d93b

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“You’re the sharpest a08435a8ef person I’ve seen ad3586b64c so far. You might even get 990cc51dcf to see a harvest 9b8f8ed804 festival soon.”0f540b4f9b0fca04

“It’s winter right now, 87e9059a88 though? Anyway, can I c6f032235a go now?”b7dff7c2fa17666a

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The doctor 730a0e07fc waved me c78cb584fa off lightly, 6339e3e0dd and I 8821188051 stood, grabbing 8fa3451d63 the examination 09471afbcf room door. The handle e7790a9d30 felt oddly 8d8f2b794b warm. The moment I 290151524f opened it—954e2a54dc3f8407

“…Oh.”f537015ea6079223

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I woke up from 45aee6094c the shock of rolling 7de5899247 off my bed. My phone alarm, a5a032c9c7 blaring at 6:40 6402fceffd a.m., was ringing 453b3c5f9c loudly on the 5c0c07da17 bedside table.c35a05cc754416c5

Just in case, 211917badd I opened the 91e497ffe6 window, but there c15f835fd4 were no ambulances 0073f22665 or collapsed people 25547bbf38 outside.15693d5a5ac022d8

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