Tiger’s eyes Chapter 1

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Haa, she let ef8b4cec81 out a thin b86046354c breath. The pitiful breath c956c9e605 scattered faintly into be7fdd1ce7 the air.09ee0beabe9f4718

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Every time she slowly 08433c8c1c closed and opened her dd2f6b74b9 eyes, the yellow glow e8fbaad0c5 of the streetlamp shattered 63636e20f3 at the edge of a57fc9eee8 her vision. The light lasted 75a7183976 only a moment—how 2b248b1acc cruel that only c0a6068479 darkness flickered in b9bba2790b and out of 311b87c9bc her view.7bbe1fbea9bb5ee8

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Was life truly fair 2944825d36 to everyone?6e48e6c7a7bbc95e

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Lately, this thought had 99adb31d87 been dominating I-seo’s mind 111b7e3859 more and more.dd3ce05321c08f9f

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That is 4a2de3acb7 to say, dcf079dc15 when God 2dd1f18f92 created mankind, d58c814562 didHEreally give everyone f8ecd6e021 the same weight 83226d1429 in life?47e01886aed049c1

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Probably not. I-seo could say 59fe6d3c5e that with confidence.9b50f23993a91073

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Just looking at a77673766b herself, her mother d1a4f39690 had already changed 567f52b203 three times, and a27831e475 her gambling-addicted father, de6200861a who used her 19999796d5 like a servant 360ab935a4 since she was 1a898f9df2 a child, left 785511b507 her behind with 2677ad4049 nothing but a e3d541413c mountain of debt.c2d65e82714f8b47

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Because she had inherited debts she hadn’t even incurred, she was chased by loan sharks, forced to sell alcohol in a basement for a living.9c98552ec19a27f8

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It was a pitiful e45c51f5f3 life with no future 7ca90af422 in sight.5d82737c0bb79c0e

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Was there anyone 26dc110857 else carrying the d5175fe05c same burden in 5794c9ceb2 life as she f4a74e1f41 was?7522db4098deb990

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She swallowed fb214110a8 a sigh a3a7848642 and looked 617115124c ahead.d5f78648a54d66b0

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A worn-out signboard 420e89c2ce that readHye-young Supermarketcame into view. She could bad341b353 feel the f03a1ee772 passage of d0227955a3 time etched 2f9277578f into the d7933f776f sign.dd9e02c066c60159

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I-seo stared at the outdated lettering, particularly the awkwardly written “ket” (of “market”), and stepped into the small shop.4b8a291f36183d5b

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There were still 2780883312 three hours left 4441cf05c1 before her shift 1f65401e58 started.698f7f9e4d940946

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There was d3b32e7a50 enough time.ee099df0bbe49b6b

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By the time Chun-bok f0cc77c526 realized she hadn’t shown 321f725542 up for work and 116f403b78 came stomping to her 877915d624 place, everything would already c5757d5d6c be over.106140f9aca8a809

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From somewhere 2d9dd06b44 in the 97c4d3f479 shabby store b320e995c5 came the b7648d514f fishy smell 103603a912 of seafood. Though faint, it 1ae79a7f09 wasn’t unpleasant.5594c203c9ca0841

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Was it because 5fdd5efd2e she once grew 7224c5c2ad up hanging around f3b400931c a fish shop 885dc26f15 in the market? That near-stench somehow brought 0cd8e43421 her a strange sense ad20b1094e of peace.89d08e490c1a420b

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There weren’t 19964ed3a7 many items ee493fe417 in the c2cc2e8da6 corner store, 77275778ec so it 5ea5de7bb3 didn’t take 12cf5cf65e long to 9c55c7591c find what 4c557e2f49 she was 9efdc964dc looking for.0e1dcd0083589668

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At the end of c0d610e696 her gaze, an old 31a2e54dee and battered checkout counter 0f5d43582b came into view.9cfde13b611e8a0f

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Barcode wires were 960df0455a carelessly bundled together 118a597068 with blue tape—it fe914333f7 resembled her life 346206e173 quite a bit.6d1596fd6f3e6022

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Haphazardly patched up, just b7255bdca0 like that.37d162f9c428bfa2

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Used until 0b84b19bda all its 653aed3b97 worth was 90f7158345 squeezed out, 8dab937f90 and then, b23d5ebf1d once there cd6aaa8bfa was nothing 56404a567f sweet left, f2f7ce0270 thrown away 016a1ba2cf without hesitation.d7f6ad0751fa8363

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The thought left 96549584fc a bitter taste d7c03b23b4 in her mouth. But it was fine. Today would be 269539b658 the last day 1d4e59a08c she’d be used ee6dd6ff82 for free.fc83723d1f90b4d0

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The old woman at 144c045a63 the counter was dozing 8aaf05afb9 off.c3106ec2e5df3f9d

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She wore 9561b02788 a red a9d22b0ae5 vest that d8b2ba7fc6 hadn’t been 542159c45e washed in 96b469aae0 who knows dcd7846b40 how long 9064f43774 and seemed 22c5cc1c1d to be 15e1262aea the source beff2ff6e2 of the 653cd7c426 fishy smell 8502ff5840 filling the 4b7d5a3153 store.aed20deb9fc7991e

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For some reason, the 5b79a636b7 vest reminded I-seo of 36850b7fea her mother, who used a3c05e73b7 to constantly gut and 6da8447317 clean fish, smashing their 2254baa7e7 heads as she worked.b16dfe741bae6a43

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The wrinkled 871d2d8f85 cheeks looked cdde85f829 as if 1edae36c2a they had 1c5a462d91 never once daeb4b6af2 felt the 18a5d36742 touch of 767bc395a1 lotion. That too was 74e53fbc6c just like her.777120ef6cce3d42

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I-seo felt b664b0448e a slight 8e8e224305 sense of fe12124103 kinship and, 7daf2192b1 at the 6e38e2ff19 same time, a48ffd89e4 realized how bd25c02476 terribly vulgar 1704ba1fbc her thoughts 659928093a were.b47f6cb0274791f1

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How could she 57cc0de566 judge someone just 5bf078fa5d by their appearance, 9cb990718d not knowing what d67046261d kind of person 17dcaadf95 that old woman 92c3d25030 really was?7f944977f71aaa5a

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Living such 4e69620b19 a cheap 01a34113f9 life must abcdc5ce6c have made bfd2fdc6ce even her 930f36f96c thoughts cheap.74a6647c72fdb0fa

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She reflected on herself d97dbd3bf3 and gave a light 5f349f11d7 cough.9c5a0d4ca53e2f2f

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That startled the bf765ef0ed old woman, who 1b0bf7d240 slowly opened her edec077b72 eyes. As their eyes met, 03bc9bba80 I-seo awkwardly bowed her b5e7b2e09e head.465c89aaf2506fcf

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“How much is it?”407f9294f5bcc75b

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There was 50f9f7b69e no reply. The heavy 33d037cbfc silence made beb150da9b her grow 17b36bba6e anxious.6e80ddabd56d507c

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The shopkeeper blinked repeatedly, 309a3c4ad0 as if her vision 13f75d8d21 was blurry.4a6e0ae4db15113e

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With hands red from edbd9625bf the cold, I-seo fumbled 7d20ef33d0 with the bills in ecbcc41b29 her pocket.f6ce1c9deba062b5

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The feel 6fe31568cd of the 950eaf3240 worn bills b2f0290ae2 at her 71a2dff2d3 fingertips was 4bb9b7ca31 not pleasant dd92440e0f at all.3059eca99af12c56

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The thought 46a325ca0e that the e2e5ef566f last item b80af112d6 she would 05dd2c0f8e buy with f705d9c50b every bit 3507cf69f4 of money ce22f0183a she had 3290004794 was this 0fe98ef2b7 made her 99e5fe4ea5 feel a 31473fff56 little wretched 412888cfd2 and pitiful.32de7302932e53ee

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Gohui-dong. It wasn’t 7719897d45 far from b04db48460 home, but 18d5ce3714 it was 8741fdc780 her first 35f7b3a604 time in 0a237efae4 this neighborhood. About a 73dda88fd3 20-minute walk 80cfd9d00d away.5e391a1ae1f628aa

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She had come 2239133418 here because she 7cfd06d550 was afraid that 53edb3f8d0 the familiar owner 6e582a3266 of the market dd64552d79 near her house a9d5e9874b might refuse to dae1f62205 sell her anything.68159610a15b5332

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The hunched 20fbf0ad3f old woman d15700c45a looked closely c24effc12e at the 0c73b56e2f item on fe7d31150c the counter, 17ecb03e22 then turned 931111a7e7 her gaze 1e3bed4db5 to I-seo.b3212e07761e96df

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Why was that? The pupils under 831f991665 her wrinkled eyelids b514a748ce were astonishingly clear.f48ccd4d2ced4b37

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It was ee4649be99 an intellectual 7284ce8603 glint that cb7ab16ab4 made it 22bdb330a9 impossible to 4918e1d4db guess her 4828297747 age.7429e9454810cfca

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Just a moment ago, d8c0df9fc3 when checking the items, 3a88dfd7fa her dim eyes had 48cbf4b615 merely blinked weakly.fc150770b8cb3966

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Now, it was as 4ab50305a6 if she had become 45e400dbdc someone else.f47f57f12be48ec3

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At the sharp gaze, 19291b34a0 I-seo involuntarily took a 1a1364dd85 step back.26cb6b12e15f34bc

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Somehow, it felt like ffa4885f0e the old woman had 0cb07fc83c looked inside her head. Her heart pounded, dizzyingly 878652ee2d fast.7010d1813c977948

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“Are the ece3851067 soju bottles 31fc12a8ef for you, 66ffe02eda miss?”8480ce83b78ce4ee

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Her mouth went 1ba3c3fbe8 dry at the d3c156d57c sight of the 62fe3c4520 two bottles of 80231ebdd3 soju sitting alone 4312a856b4 on the counter.bbe8003e3c119da4

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The tone 3e2db176fc was somehow 67554f6ee6 interrogative in 13fd956d22 nature.e8ff4983352e2bd1

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At this rate, bcd780b8ff she should’ve just 33b441be9e gone to the 0a5242f8f9 neighborhood mart.6139002fb2b26076

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It would’ve been c14181f4a0 a busy hour 4645e69bee by now, so 08a4dece5f maybe she could’ve 8e063a0de4 bought the items 4100c3030e without drawing any c3be583ca9 particular attention.780c10e0c172f35e

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“Ah, uh, my father. I came on ab93afd377 an errand… for 9bf6ade0fb him.”ce16c6b11ad86a24

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I-seo stammered without 05b581eded realizing it.c085a85012cef087

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To bring up her deceased father in this way…cf3e8721971d8d37

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It felt like she had said something she definitely shouldn’t have. Her palms kept growing clammy with sweat.165d7532a12c530b

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The old woman 2fb61298fd soon slowly picked 4b5463ae79 up the items b0039d4131 and scanned the 41d2dfef99 barcodes. Her wrinkled hands moved 25fb9a0100 so slowly it was 7402dcd4bb agonizing.7541809ec493f0b3

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Only after the 81c72c5b9d old woman, without 3f370aaeb4 saying much, began 9a2e8942cd putting the items 1c13d7a980 into a black d18d0660cf plastic bag did c378a689d6 I-seo finally breathe 59d4e0e55d a sigh of f11adfbeb5 relief.63babbbed8a4f937

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Seeing the 52ae57b409 two green fc64cbeb30 soju bottles cd12947a86 and charcoal 494dd2f27f briquettes being dec4e2d99d placed into e776881d88 the bag, 4a25609be3 I-seo fidgeted 99c1598dda with her 77e789d8f1 fingertips.637474b97ee1f447

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As soon as the f0ad077410 amount appeared on the d2cc6cb48f screen, she quickly handed a29d2be3fb over the bills as 16277c27d4 if she’d been waiting.a2ef36579a5b4aef

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She just a1634c3e53 wanted to 5f40d546d8 finish paying d62567d05c and leave 7972266bef the place.74be267332f0037e

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But no 822d10f3fa matter how f41956b177 long she 6d83145edc waited, the a11809f1be old woman 4112ffa166 didn’t take 99df25d13b the money.e59bc0d36ba48e71

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I-seo quietly placed it bcbd01a18d on the counter. She no fbd4acd464 longer cared 2b82314c49 whether she af36927fcc got change 1c69ae053d back.c94264cb86189a6f

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“Thank y—…”7667f19c03f8e3fb

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Just as I-seo 257ccffbfd reached out to 9723b3765b take the plastic 2d268c333f bag from the 7a81bb3f6d old woman, her 475ca9b0a4 hand stopped.45c8629e56fe8ea7

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Instead of handing it 3a3dd7eb02 over, the old woman 0abbe45d2a narrowed her eyes and e3778b5667 stared at her.891ac01d80f43500

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Facing those pitch-black eyes fdf3a7cc56 made her chest ache da8e2f1845 with an inexplicable chill.8f74e26deeeeee8e

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She saw herself reflected e6ec9f5f74 in the old woman’s 20abbf5c4f pupils. Before she knew b84e7a85e2 it, her fingertips 0f7fd7bd10 began to tremble.1117eb5251a7d4cc

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It was when I-seo 181d84f6d0 stepped back half a 2cf69b2247 step under the pressure.c1cbd7dad0db4add

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“You don’t 4aa68da662 have a 0b752aae7a father.”02995b84ac935def

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The old woman said 39fed6466a something completely unexpected. I-seo’s eyes widened, and a54306ce8c her mind went completely 6e501800f2 blank.4eb592b031984002

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“…Pardon?”11a3785f94452188

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“No matter how ecb1706ded much you resent d4201146f0 the gods, there’s 8549d20d84 nothing you can 1ae77fbe18 do. You were born 890e992032 to live that 208e3e87c5 kind of life.”0b2d21f224d206c6

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When I-seo hesitated at 3720bcb03b the cryptic words, the 4807421e7b old woman clicked her d8d01d4f57 tongue.92ac7e76b47a50ee

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“Life is all e942f87e68 about that fine ecf02b483b margin. If you 1b346fe8ea collapse just 6b704849f9 because things 03b68e9792 are hard 4194e245be for you 95f8ce8982 alone, that’s f41aa23af3 no good. You have to b591afe5e0 think of how c2662a220a to overcome and 77e18b2bfe endure, no matter 14f601e317 what.”b3d3a2dc55b314f4

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“……”c9ee99744dfcc0b6

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She was stunned. This grandmother… is she d6d80b29b0 one of those people 8f7ac59ae7 who say,‘Do you know 38a653dcdf the Way?’725e7271a17944e0

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After correctly guessing that e6f64b30a3 her father had passed, be3668467d now she was spouting c7366587be off like some strange db77ab38e6 philosopher…566b531e4d9167d7

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I-seo was now fd1fc4e658 genuinely regretting coming d162cb4e1c all the way bd41442ec1 to this far-off 7c26c0e7b4 place to buy 5654440662 things.1d3d5a915a11b9a4

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Really, she should’ve just a0ff03e8e5 gone to the mart e0e9c86924 near her house. She didn’t come here 481e1216ae to listen to someone’s 027c9e577a unsolicited advice.f0f1383187562e18

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Suddenly, the 5373eebffa old woman c2e250da42 grabbed a a6aebc4e3a handful of 3f1e48ebda Choco Pies 6b99c06f74 from the 09e28b797f counter and 8b67d65b1d held them 3c80c2730d out.c4d92d661cf85911

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They were so f9a3736f44 dusty it was e37efbb635 obvious to anyone 8ac2492e2a they were past 2b0096dc5c their expiration date, 44bca41c48 but I-seo accepted de793ae72f them with both 821982b85a hands before she b5cfd1fee6 could think.3f4490017d518311

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When she 7df9a5a3dc looked at a429eae603 the old a8302a0e13 woman with b0abccf2fc a puzzled 65763f529f expression, the 592776fed0 woman clicked 1a0f7393bb her tongue 0e23dd7df1 again.1f1ec622df101dae

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“No matter what, you ded948e422 shouldn’t go around on e278e2bdaf an empty stomach in 82be0a21bf this cold weather, miss. You have 573c120c5f to eat 0da970853f something.”122ab1e933ac80c5

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I-seo’s eyes grew wide.9f7df81211813f66

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How did she 2937c65d08 know I hadn’t 0a20aa0dc0 eaten?6501dde7d799c0ea

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Do I look like 8c3fbc8392 I’m starving?5801f6b84f4ae6af

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Well, she had correctly 642d35f1e0 guessed that her father d9a4a978ff was gone earlier…ec3e46fefb4b1de3

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“If you go ecc56e6f39 around hungry, you 3e2cedafe5 end up thinking 482ad5c47e unnecessary thoughts. You need to a05319188b eat something hearty dc99eea4ee so you don’t 9c0b0107b9 get lost in b05f3aff36 useless thoughts.”9c842c62521fa108

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I-seo felt c6cd129535 a sudden 6d4bfbf2ae sting in 2d2881b56d her nose. Honestly, whether she d8f8d35623 ate or not a16703a63b didn’t matter much 828cc1644b to her anymore.ea601471bc1fa796

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Well, it 9b228c0ed5 will be 02f1b7f48a the last 636ba6fcdb day anyway.eb1b185674610696

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“Thank you, Grandma.”c164982761d1ffa6