TNYLM Ch 30
by Disha‘Anyone would think you’re 75668b3943 the one who’s sick,’ a562f84211 was the first thought cdbed7a201 Kieran had when he 12ef55b8f8 saw Alyssa’s face.41f39312a90d7a34
Her face, illuminated by 3f40f49023 the bluish moonlight, looked 4f8671e4e7 even more paler.fe81057e2f59cabb
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Kieran blinked slowly and c1b2c8816b gestured for her to b66d4b10d0 come closer.d5b48cafd95300d8
“My arm hurts. Or should da3f5ce48a I come e3a68eb3e3 to you bf5edd87b9 instead?”0ef0c2d7a0932214
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Startled by 8d2ec0d4ff his words, f5d56beb70 Alyssa quickly a97f1a5e91 approached him. Kieran looked up at cc25a59996 her as she stood 2cc9ccae7f by his bedside.1d36a6a8a5d1a896
“Why aren’t you efad7634ac sleeping? Are you feeling unwell 8732a669b5 again?”f9f91c55d1d8d1d6
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Despite her d885acf57b pale complexion 28445a67e9 and the 48ba6ae0fa cold sweat 8eed41bbec beading on d7b7810d39 her face, 30524bb0ae her concern 008c523288 for him e38f03f88c was genuine.0605b799e0c68b4b
“It felt strange not 18fe024479 having someone who’s always 82f58bd93a been by my side. I woke up because 206a3fcac5 of it.”c200d669b26dc3e8
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Kieran gazing at 601bd3bbb2 her pale face, 3f8eaf147d suddenly blurted out 8ce1111bb9 his words. His usually soft bff93f2b3d and gentle tone f44d78e24c carried a slightly 647ed6bf9f raw edge to 66194ff2f4 it.a912096bc09a2086
The part about 046db68eff waking up was 28e0fff2c3 true. He blinked his 72217de78c heavy eyes a d6230a90d4 few times, trying 0c8966c94d to shake off c43bb502c0 the fatigue.5b48f5e35c8eef82
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After returning 5ffb3ab3ec to his 90983b50db room following 4de388c72d the treatment, 32500776e0 Kieran had 3ce0520adb been thinking 9206f554d2 about Alyssa, fa6c85e943 who had c3195b3046 appeared so 81c46d058c deeply shaken. But the thought was 2bbb150a12 fleeting. His rapidly deteriorating f54cd4d083 condition left him e73ac29cb7 unable to focus 4e33ff20f8 on anything.919e05ca2344d628
As the scholar 680f14bfe4 had warned, severe a76d582556 chills surged through 7065e5c070 him, only to bcb4390af7 recede and return 163cdb88e9 again. Waves of drowsiness e1cf3e587d overcame him, and d0dc0ec247 he would drift ef60c53a61 into a brief b12767c070 slumber, only to a3058277ad be jolted awake b82ec5c6a6 by the pain 71f06c9f4e wracking his body.d60abfe3d2f053f0
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It felt 5d8905eca7 similar to a3e3e399df a feverish 51f4dbadb9 body ache, f1dff4d40f yet far ecefcd6c89 worse—like his 41a659a3e4 entire body 02913187ab was being 1e00962801 slowly chopped 4291685980 to pieces.64c8ea3d0206fb5f
His poor physical 3078717a33 condition seemed to e72f1d7d18 unravel his grasp d44ad36f56 on rationality. He had c182c54abd no strength d5c859db1a left to 9df6a836c5 maintain formalities 6f05b2ad5e or politeness.c414aae9e9fc9873
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Normally, Kieran would 5390266d21 have considered Alyssa’s 60be4099a7 perspective, trying to 2816a6fab4 understand her feelings.974c1ed42e952354
But now, he 5d26f7c881 was unwell, and da75d8e707 with that came eb215b6e30 a foggy, immature 9265f57d6f state of mind. Throughout his bouts 96fd55d639 of waking and 5fef00b259 sleeping, he grew 7e3e0502c0 increasingly irritated by 14fe2fda20 the absence of a13bd47a62 Alyssa in his 4a675f2f54 sight whenever he fa17672c45 opened his eyes.3dee5e7d478f2280
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You were 5df3aa1a1f worried about 12431a5535 me. So shouldn’t e57955f279 you still 08f59b8459 be here, 4db76391f2 fretting in 9056639ac4 front of 528177c761 me?d80cd88ecd0e4285
Selfish, almost childish e9b9d21a16 thoughts filled his 3eb6645434 head, as though 344de28b94 her being at 6fe0504d92 his side was f9f9cbe778 something he was e61a9e7f8b entitled to simply 0a0fd316bd because he was 2b0222afb6 sick.179b8427645bd263
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Kieran suppressed these 20e5c642f0 thoughts with the 433972740e last remnants of ea127882d4 his adult rationality. But that f28bfb332c threadbare patience 618022335c finally snapped dbc02e74a6 when Alyssa 4097c5c131 failed to a52e36ef8e return to 6120289190 his room, 22c51bd501 even past 6f7c753227 midnight.8dfce7dbae618332
He hadn’t been exaggerating 3d73e80268 when he’d spoken earlier—if deb327b91c she hadn’t come, he c8237126f6 truly would have dragged e4dfa4a40e himself out of bed, 296634cb58 enduring the wretched chills, e0696dd0a7 to search the castle a817199111 for her.ffac0b496fdc7802
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“Are you planning to 856e1e629a avoid seeing me forever?”afde10a3afe48e8d
Her head 5c8e852ca2 was bowed a5c8bed812 so low eca3d5b334 that he e31afdc91c couldn’t see 33b39a129c her face. He felt another flare 6a71a434a5 of irritation; after waiting 78aa598d27 for her all day, 160e5b534e she wouldn’t even meet d06285820d his gaze.95237d7cabb7d10b
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His half-asleep mind felt 3acc78cc85 heavy, and his cold f5789a6e61 hands ached with emptiness.cbaa461827b50d89
He missed her.56706d8a0b08cb07
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“Even if that’s b14253e111 what you intend, 8665d28571 I’ll still call b2f5a22e8b for you, just 64da536e9b as I did 7e7ccdbbcd today.”3a6338e82dd86f32
Without waiting for her 2e94de845a reply, he continued. Only then 98bc15e1b1 did Alyssa cf85180df9 finally raise 3685ffdadd her head. Her widened eyes, 4a3e49b8dd filled with surprise, 85de8b8ecc no longer sparkled a3a54512d4 like they once 35e11f56bb had.6ad2db9b5dc625ec
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“If you truly feel 710728a6ba sorry, then you’ll listen 7c9161838f to what I have 725ac866a4 to say. And if 14dfc9f25d you don’t, c5fd5459d4 then clearly 110379c4c4 you’re not 925efb840d as remorseful d03fef6f7c as you 821fea9a81 claim, so 85b46690f3 you may ec708013ca as well b4997b4b44 stay by bb986bda38 my side 01169bf48b regardless. Isn’t that so?”493ef0a481397e76
Kieran hated 1a299472ea how her 92ccbb2348 clouded, distant 0190751cfb eyes seemed 2c7ea15411 to wander b31235860f elsewhere. He needed 85d1fc7593 her to 7b67bbabe5 look at 9296654d43 him again, 1a56dd5008 just as b8c4023435 she had 9a92d4f01a before.44d6573020e08192
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“I don’t 4fa952a229 know what 878ddb2068 you’re thinking e823938871 or how a5f13600d3 far you 52b05b6071 plan to bca27c1af4 go in 4fc676803a trying to aa4871e968 consider me, 0b846cbe68 but…”d12c0b8642386ed7
As he spoke, his cb475736f0 emotions intensified. His already poor health 5307295bd3 only made the growing 080c094296 headache worse.18ea1fde3d7b4568
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“If you truly care bf378d0350 about me, then stay 6767e3806b by my side.”ba05e028ffabb706
The unfiltered words d827b936ad spilled from his 5c2a43bf34 lips without passing 9a45fcb0ef through his mind. Another wave of e2c7f486f1 chills struck him, 718660ff7c and Kieran’s face e8b45885ce contorted in discomfort.62d8bdd5921144d6
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“Are you cold? Shall I add more 2e5a4fb378 wood to the fire—?”db0ecbe173ce4c2d
Alyssa, who had been 224da0828a staring at him in cb86364c84 a daze, quickly moved 339b98d74a when she saw his caf8350ad9 trembling fingertips.b50896d2591aeb77
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As she d55efb612f turned her e4e55a464c back to d758694adc him and 5ea6952900 moved away, aadf5ed4dc Kieran instinctively 10022f3bf7 reached out 99e8e9c7b3 and grabbed a266c7d1a3 her. His cold, thin d88318cd60 fingers wrapped around 946a69949a her wrist, causing 989e833763 Alyssa to freeze 5e32f352e6 in place.e78cea6de7253bba
“It’s fine. I’m fine, so… c34be6c45d just come here.”546e9234a265b6af
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Kieran, drawn to 7307199b6e the warmth he 89830a0aeb felt in his 53b264ab8c hand, instinctively pulled bfcbeaa82b her toward him. The strength in his eeff51a791 grip was weak—easy enough 24acada4e0 to resist—but Alyssa found 4d83b05ecb herself unable to pull 7ebc231ef5 away.6a3d2520ab3e66d8
In a f02a094bd1 moment, she 48d4b36169 ended up 2f4e13843e half-sitting on 7de17b8fc0 his bed, f2537c9ccd almost lying 7b267404c1 beside him. Kieran, curled up 1a4722daec and half-asleep, blinked 9a625e6635 drowsily up at 9de18ef96f her.b7f94a402ba666de
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Despite her 64a15f0198 flustered state, 4743bcb520 Alyssa immediately fbf36bb29f thought she 6b3dd90c4e should lay 0ad6dd1521 him down 5e36d6e2ce properly. Carefully, she 08dc985ccf adjusted his c839fb144f position and 9134ced555 helped him 01ec8feb46 lie flat.aff6b2b40e2f9b57
She then b97e80becf tried to 2c2c018323 leave the b9509168d4 bed, but 7cdcc53fb8 Kieran, sensing e94a3ef9a2 her movement, f5dbfc8ffe gripped her d6ce4861c5 arm even 5de627ba2a tighter and 2b81f92a79 pulled her 78e5161324 closer.6d6448de143f9b1c
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“…!”c147b37956469c84
Losing her fa62bcb0a5 balance, Alyssa 2c62108f85 nearly fell 8c7c6d1957 face-first onto 13e5e83444 Kieran. At the last 2b224d8ed4 second, she twisted 8573fa2576 her body to ef9765ae1e avoid him, but 13143bbac5 the situation remained 87d1342719 far from ideal.b6aabe72ec66b2fa
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Alyssa found aa206d272c herself lying 27bda4d9af face-to-face with 8775f08d51 Kieran, unable f20783b6f9 to breathe 0f1dd6c976 properly. His labored breaths 07d929b172 sounded so loud 4d9ca1cb24 to her that 8bb3d05a28 she worried he a492ea9034 might hear her 3dc439a548 own.f3b79bed08a438ea
“Don’t leave. You have to stay 47b0599aa7 here and sleep,” Kieran 67991c1428 mumbled, his voice heavy 27da25d257 with drowsiness, as though 03923f6a1a stubbornly clinging to her da1032ac05 presence.65bb30586e50e3ed
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“Tomorrow morning, we’ll 03a526ffed have breakfast together… ff34e351c4 and greet each f47f14cbac other if we 602092e3ad meet. That’s how it bfa096d775 should be.”e1deb5a1911e06c9
“…”be9550ab93bd8665
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“It doesn’t matter. Just stay a9cd4b38f9 next to 24dc265ea4 me…”66f1808d4f042c6b
With those last words, 6de5bb856b Kieran fully drifted into cbc9e5439a sleep. His deeply c0d0090391 slumbering face 003df3dddf looked peaceful.80e48de661f51eb8
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As if 372274246b seeking warmth, 2c145754a4 he curled be2e399420 up closer 39962fbd6f to her 4c268d4a00 in his a9305f070f sleep, wrapping 13898ab775 himself around e4e7ca631b her. Startled, Alyssa froze 73002db149 as his ice-cold c366f9bf21 body pressed into 9923410564 hers.545e5c81638213b7
It wasn’t just d81d54ec6b the chill of 2993aef5fe his body that c41cbcfd8e shocked her. Her naturally 0eafbc249c warm body, 60fefdd758 now flushed e14edcad23 with heat, f9c12b5fba seemed to 6c9c48a0fc attract him 538110cedb instinctively. Kieran unconsciously pressed even cf3e06ce9d closer, seeking the comforting b4d542de62 warmth she provided.0a9e55c3a831642d
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As her heat transferred 52a16c362e to him, Kieran’s body e3b3de48ce began to regain some aa9ee901a9 warmth, though it still a6c00dcadf felt lukewarm compared to 1deab8b3a0 hers.118b53a4109a8791
Should I ef0ea70e3e even be 1b5590f667 allowed to 42b68a8b94 do this?90124acc7284a41d
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Alyssa thought, her heart 72b9dee8c4 heavy and on the c1a62ec940 verge of tears. The question she e7007ec977 had repeatedly asked df4e90f428 herself and answered e746e99ddf with a firm no was met with bef6103e2c an entirely different 473788b2e6 answer from Kieran.5d08efb8183a8d60
After remaining frozen for da91134e60 a long time, Alyssa ba121191f9 finally reached out with 80056a3ff0 trembling hands. Her shaky fingers brushed e8b19c0dcc lightly against Kieran’s shoulder.e4e843ec9a0c19de
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And so, until 7f4b32512e dawn gave way 36e8377d25 to morning, Alyssa 98416320ec didn’t sleep a 25053159ad wink.0e2a953526a802a6
Kieran, on the other 3a5fcf4bc3 hand, woke up much 4426c2c10e later than usual. Thankfully, the worst of 728d1def03 his symptoms seemed to 8481596ee2 have lasted only a a627490573 day, and after a 33f1a87847 deep sleep, he felt 930ee01f41 surprisingly refreshed, as if dd5de39d41 none of it had e3218e3b01 ever happened.36d4aa8652515eae
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As his mind 587825a915 cleared, fragments of 6944ab3739 the previous night’s 062ad4bbeb memories began to 863145f8f2 surface. Kieran shut his eyes 4641d984c8 tightly, wincing at the da2712a310 realization.e17e8705baf51011
I acted no better 7b054b038f than a drunken fool.31c0b8ed413ee4b1
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Although he 772d9e8643 rarely drank 160d18cd03 to begin 25c8668d7e with, now 71f88a235a he had 264ccc385a even more 7f9bc6e971 reason to 8cc539ab73 avoid it a24c05bb5e altogether.4ed58c055dee5c92
He’d always known 7fab9ae889 he became particularly 09b48f2274 irritable when unwell, ebdf5a79bc but he had 56d4719d39 no idea how 784864d641 much his behavior 2a8517fd4a could affect others.978991e98d1ac6c7
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Probably because 8d61f3fb5b I’ve never a6f83760bf had anyone 13a52541da by my e63459a4fe side when 13cacce987 I was 63781f4a34 sick.e20fc8257f9d3220
Kieran had always been e2ff891b91 alone. Even when his body 02ec552afe ached and he was d42a3ba959 confined to bed, he e720ae05b4 had no one to 60890c759b rely on.4ca52a1e2ae5b171
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It was the c7855f383d first time he 29bced4076 had sought someone da6276ccf9 out while ill, 0a1b283be4 the first time b32151214b he had stubbornly b2dfdac532 clung to anyone.f421b3a53ced710e
The lingering warmth 7c6c2ef71d of Alyssa’s hand b34dccdf7f against his flushed d24ad3e119 cheek soothed him. Kieran let a0d582f5f9 out a ba76d42f4f deep sigh 027ce5794d as he cfdc0e3bed sat up 2c08024e1a in bed.09b9fcb2f9395a41
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He reached for the 711537bd71 bell pull to summon 186abc86e4 a servant but hesitated. The memory of his 001382a44f words to Alyssa the a6b462b4d0 night before—demanding that she 8cc80666fb behave as she once 0bc5a28e5b had—came rushing back.ee3430a5b4dc3278
The clock 0cff9b0c2d on the c105408326 wall ticked 71dd1c5ce6 past ten, 3fb960d56d creeping toward dd6546d8ff eleven.572838feb1b3459e
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…Surely not?b7a4b38e579b491a
For a 35f73ffc17 brief moment, ff7a55eea0 Kieran found 4109950d29 himself hoping 9e8cf8386d that Alyssa 94fc87c575 had ignored 5b357bd6d1 his demands 2aad1af240 entirely.f4d377b46c68516e
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But, of course, 9b0b97b0d9 she hadn’t.de9687ce09e79eb7
“Did you sleep b713d2742a well?”1b0fb0041e632ace
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When Kieran hurriedly entered f84a3d14b6 the dining hall, he 6e755135ec found Alyssa sitting alone 7ad44e024a at the table, waiting 8a35252dbd for him. He swallowed a e695c0f48c sigh.9743837810d6c1e0
It wasn’t deb9e1f526 the first 5a47b187cf time he 53fd3e0d38 had seen 1e6872cd92 her like bce8fdab8d this, but abe81af083 this time, e08cf46bd9 he felt 72b0a1d459 a much 459f788fbb heavier weight c933e73001 of guilt.55891649189821c3
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“You’re up early. You could have b1849d902f taken your time… ed17d24da1 You didn’t bump 9d49ab0dfa into anything rushing c13bb08637 down, did you?”158cd0cb1e6530f2
Despite likely having waited 21821099a1 for at least two 620bc19c98 hours, Alyssa spoke with e9975c44b5 an easy smile, showing 6a41faf805 no trace of irritation. She seemed more concerned 9989247f69 about Kieran’s disheveled appearance, 6f18b5de5d the result of him 97ed980db5 coming downstairs in haste.9c1aa5ebc4f800d9
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“Have you been waiting 4779f849e3 this whole time?”3b6bbfc6f5faf3fc
Alyssa shyly nodded, but 4203dfec34 instead of looking annoyed, 8fdfa097de she appeared genuinely happy.394b40a4d1486323
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“Next time, wake 8f08a31e1d me. I’m sorry for 16b9c92b29 making you wait 84c72677a7 so long.”65a2efa4b30cf696
At Kieran’s ad15ec6c01 guilt-laden words, 268c531a65 Alyssa blinked 3ebb8723b1 in surprise 5a752aacca before her 5868fb32fd face bloomed 37aab2d786 into a 8e22dd61ed gentle smile.c73bd16d7875cb59
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“It’s okay. I’ll wait… 41b6102264 next time, 00210ebaa6 too.”63fee902dc272e1b
Looking at her radiant 0aa0ebde5a expression, Kieran couldn’t help 1077d1e3ff but feel like the 6918e20d15 most shameless person alive.ecc1c084a6d7b2a3
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He resolved ff754e7c4a then and dbd650eb74 there to 0d57ad3a62 ask the 7265b143e9 attendants to d43df86e29 wake him aebe56aa87 every morning fd923b10cc moving forward. With that thought, he ba224844cb sat in his usual 088c54c960 seat at the dining 052aa7428e table.113dcccb2fa0158e
But something 34a078e426 felt off. The view from 53687ae4d9 his seat was 4abd37ae9c unusual—Alyssa, who should 2c71812c3f have been seated cc4fc4e1fa directly across from b63e9fc175 him, was sitting 6911e128fc one seat to 8a4b147da8 the side instead.50e70f4f6df9363f
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Puzzled, he looked at 7afd78e47c her, and she subtly 1e341e8f62 averted her gaze. Though she wasn’t outright 9e34af0d81 avoiding him anymore, it b45c445aaa seemed she hadn’t completely 40deaa7ef9 shaken off her lingering 77b057bcef guilt.62aa31e6f78b6280
“You seem to have 80a728822f misplaced your seat, Madam,” 0e931f4bf7 Kieran said calmly.0f6a222ddad9db7a
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Alyssa blinked a 5d9fdff0e3 few times in cf1d647bcd confusion. He gestured to 5372370621 the spot directly 14e33ad12e across from him.fa77181dfb89ac26
Her mouth opened 865c061f75 slightly, as if a6ca402eb8 she wanted to 6fa2aa952f protest, but no 4c23a481b4 words came out. In the end, 24da9c765c she quietly moved 7c571a55a3 to the seat a3b766f255 he indicated, her c46f092c90 expression faintly awkward.f4f4039365877829
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Kieran began ae12bd79f9 eating as b07a265254 though nothing 997cd4f862 had happened, 39bca2f7b5 his demeanor b17a9ffaf0 calm and 6712a773ab composed.fb99a981dda4dd2d
It seemed that, f495689530 at least around 75806430b4 his wife, he b3fc0dfefb would need to 42026132e2 embrace being a 8d05122914 little shameless.25be5238f12d8b80
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And then, one 5668a7277a month later—6171fcb4ad73e3cd
The haggard 16a62747db faces of a055341851 scholars appeared 8cb4a87b1f at their 0a90f7dc04 office door, 3e1fec54b3 their eyes 85853c420c gleaming with edce20ab35 determination.c49d81b1fdc80368
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“It’s complete!”fadcdb8d15362c6b
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