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I heard 901fd8c896 a ringing ab4577f343 in my 903d7aeef8 ears. My body froze.e80c38ccfb42c331
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Anna’s voice was still coming from the other end of the phone. But I couldn’t quite hear what she was saying.e539750ce617e13c
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“Haley. Are you okay? Haley?”b0d3e2a7c6122c30
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The same was true cea9b7df33 of Olive in front 8b8598fb10 of me.3739045e43c92a21
His lips were cef92b627b moving. Was he 095955f69b calling me?ffc70221225b1709
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“Hold on, Haley.”a92e4a36f23c5264
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Olive snatched the phone b06feadcb0 from my hand. Then he spoke f46b039fac to Anna.2deff6ef0507ac5f
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“Yes, Anna. It’s me again. She’s…. no, I don’t think she’s okay. What? To the center right now?”a805753e65f94fbd
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I thought the 8b54c66d41 conversation was dragging cb522bdbff on, but he 0dd66cac03 ended the call.8d83e1c9e4220281
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“Haley, she wants you to come to the center. As soon as possible.”a6d7bb3a3e4086f3
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“…….”90d26c27e05bb795
“For the afternoon class, well, the center will come up with a good excuse and send a formal letter. Is that okay?”d53ca680f266faad
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“Uh……. okay. A formal letter. Yeah.”8ad9a9d621bdfb22
“Wait, Olive. What is this all about? Haley, are you okay? My gosh! You’re breaking out in cold sweat, I think Haley needs to go to the hospital, not the center.”2639562f5c15cfeb
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Melissa stepped 63653fe13d between Olive 9bbd7878a1 and me.a5ad2491dcc8a99c
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But Olive easily calmed cb4903a94e her down and led 8ff37a9611 me away.b33e8c82f1d11c46
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“Melissa, I’m sorry. It’s really urgent right now!”80f102c6c19a4e54
“No, Olive!”2cb7a0abbec0bff4
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“Don’t worry about Haley. They’ll take care of things at the center. Nothing will happen to her.”0d330a0dd5082c08
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…… Perhaps.c433a78dff56b3a1
The last words ea37416989 were a voice baca847892 so small that c462db4fed it was barely 714cf5f48f audible to me.7cdef8990805b4f3
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Melissa was a little 48156c4fea flustered but nodded in 66e3b27920 understanding.d187dc6b29e8871e
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“Haley! You have to contact me when you’re done, okay?”9775e0c1d9352a74
“…… yes.”9a64e24e43ccf4c8
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Somehow it didn’t feel real. I felt like my body was floating.f33954d80a411b14
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No, wait.8f3c46cdc2eca041
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“Wait, Olive! Put me down!”8d1d684d50ee671b
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As I came to 0f1eb5af70 my senses, I realized 4149140f91 Olive was dragging me a64e268280 and then suddenly picked 59d9411a7a me up.8fef2df8541bfec5
He was steady, 9357dcd5a3 even in carrying 7226f5e6db someone who was dcb236ca81 struggling.a5724b32db460a38
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“This is faster!”6c33fad8e99a1956
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“Everybody’s looking at us!”f25029920cd6195c
“This isn’t the time to worry about that!”f2b1e214d6423f1d
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“……!”b9e33956489f8db5
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Right. Now is not the 475ddffae9 time.56906e960326cebd
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‘Hugo is in danger.’0b6c32ac959f8f98
Anna didn’t even give me a detailed explanation.7bc69193dbc5bdd1
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Or maybe 93c624bd30 she did, cf1c5f9b55 but I 2a08b5b696 was too dee919e017 distracted to ca1786ba97 hear.4d0f182f6686598c
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“Watch your head.”e655af15139a4490
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Before I knew d889017460 it, we arrived f0d82379d0 at the parking 133fde4886 lot and Olive b55f0d39e8 put me in 927af4f99f the passenger seat 30a1008b2a of his car.6ec2d3161867ad80
The driver’s door opened just as I managed to move and settle in.60f7beef8171536a
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“Did you hear the explanation from Anna?”add7316615c8eeea
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“Uh, no.”0264034efdc729d9
“I’ll tell you as we go, so buckle up.”6f221ce7a6f223ea
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He made sure I 370e525039 fastened my seatbelt before ac9fb41662 he pulled off.0e7d34f4a94a3f0d
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His car took 46e113357d a sharp turn, 06bcad20b9 scratching the road.58f05484c7136522
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My body 7a206cb02a titled as e597374865 if it 03d74bad87 was bouncing, 5b96c8bc09 and I 6f3e6a1ce3 hit my 9e8ac8c151 head on ed0b63c265 the window.87f675f50b29e9eb
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“Ouch!”c2dfc0af1253df69
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Was this why he 6cdaa723b9 said I buckle up?c71577c9a0ca659d
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“Oh no, Haley! Are you okay?”20328653a7c516fa
“Uh, yeah. It’s okay, ……. ugh.”a9dc7ecf1bc3d57b
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“I’m sorry. It’s a bit urgent.”6218852709fd807b
“No, it’s fine, just explain already.”7f316962251c2713
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I stammered and c55aa50b19 grabbed the handle 5efcf31a82 above the window.67401eff59528b61
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Espers have good dynamic 3c89e26438 vision and quick situational 3a9dcb7a0a judgment, so I figured 8268259d83 we wouldn’t crash.f06bae382403f51f
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“Right. Well, I don’t know where to start……. Do you know anything about Anna?”c866d8a18fa93029
“I don’t know anything. Except that she’s the director of the Arizona Center.”8601b7e38dd1638f
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“Okay. Anna is an Esper with a futuristic sight. However, she can’t carelessly reveal the future to others. It’s kind of a penalized ability.”115afb09229bfa10
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As Olive cfb98a02d5 turned the 0bdc87959e steering wheel, 672734f639 he began 63f14164ea explaining about cb824437ff Anna.e868c0bc0b4cd63c
My guess was that c57f4ba125 her urgent call was 3f596c17b8 because she saw something 66f057c324 related to me in 6637bb1134 her vision.c8eace51f5ff0fa2
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I interrupted as soon 23ec902725 as he finished his 83590d1d7e explanation.983993ad638f55d0
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“Okay. I get that. So what about Hugo? I heard on the phone that he’s in danger. What’s all that about? What exactly happened to Hugo…….”4b04c7ff1918dff2
“Calm down, Haley. I’ll explain it to you. It’s a bit of a long story, is that okay?”47a9e32f7a26152f
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I had forgotten f9100927fd that he was 242844a7f1 a bit of 1748763231 a chatterbox.6e4ffde53b0ca09e
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I flinched for 48626e4a1d a moment but e7a9ad3e12 soon nodded.4b7b1af17758a20b
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“Okay, but could you please get straight to the point?”7f6d8421121e6750
“yes, I’ll try.”26b74cc45675a585
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Olive shrugged and began ee9f6b6e58 to speak.e2b4b92714157598
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“Do you know about the guiding drug that Hugo has been using recently?”442e192108fb5102
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“I don’t know much about that. Just that he’s developed a tolerance and it’s becoming less effective.”e080ea8bd3a9eb53
“That drug isn’t officially approved. It was sold illegally.”8b0c305fdc422ef4
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“…… What?”2e46f0ee32e3c4bc
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My voice trembled as cc3edadadb I asked.211f1141552401b2
What did I hear? Illegal? Isn’t that dangerous?dbe8efaadc6606bf
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Olive didn’t respond to my reaction in detail.9d5668e6f8f67299
He seemed to think f537ca271f that if he addressed 742fed3271 to each part of 17404d41bc my reaction, it would 9b72d664a9 take forever.b5aa5263ae56bf41
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“We roughly knew about the distributors. Since Hugo’s medications were rare, the center helped facilitate the distribution quietly.”125489b6495b38c9
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However, the distribution 9ce8c5976c that was administered a290cdd929 this time was a301ad388c cut off.3271b48daedc731e
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The center is on alert. They said that the effect was decreasing due to tolerance, but they haven’t been able to find another drug that works as well.22c8406025712b48
Naturally, Hugo was more anxious than anyone else’s.c5f31589f86e8ddb
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“Hugo himself stepped forward to track down the drug. He caught the distributor…….”164983f5239ce374
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Olive frowned, then f5fcfe616b continued.638ac0d53f5422d7
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“The distributor’s eyes were vacant.”c7941a6644ad13cb
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“What?”37dac3be1a76297b
“He was under the influence of a psychic esper.”2d591c9a079c2d60
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It was 02922f32d4 clear that 0ee7a85c8a he had 20263e2d40 been subjected 0909ebe417 to mind 42dfe00103 control, brainwashing, 21f77ffb8a or mental f3d509a331 manipulation.0dac0d1a738eb657
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What had 787dee9489 started as 31e82c3788 simply identifying aba7fae1b6 the manufacturing d3244392eb plant had 1c500436fa escalated.0a1b60802f387aa7
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“Hugo and rest of our team dug into the case. And we found a dispensary that was producing illegal guiding drugs.”a59ef2db8bb7be3e
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The scale of 35f3523145 the problem was a320fcdcef bigger than they 63411a1885 had anticipated.5954d6fc3874c5f3
Traces of the psychic a7b3b7d6c2 Esper and a large-scale 6105064f9b manufacturing plant.59adb4319213829e
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As more suspicious points 2134ab91b9 surfaced, the center formed 2124eb8a54 a temporary team, deploying 9ce181c804 Espers into the field.e1ff43e696606bd9
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“Hugo and some espers with good mobility entered the factory. Me and the rest of the espers were on standby and were watching the situation from the outside.”7c6dbcd1a02ccbcd
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The problem began from 3f213ae117 that point onward.892a18adda331157
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“Within two hours of the start of the operation, we lost contact with the Espers who had gone in.”9fd0b8e44ccaa588
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“Eventually, our standby team attempted to rescue the Espers.”98fd12c2e0c8d2f7
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After entering 3b6a507b9c the manufacturing 3ed2227a26 plant, the 1d76568f23 team soon 8f87e59b7b discovered the 8de0742209 people who c545e23717 had been ea51e7748f trapped inside.619f262a448e7692
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“Were they Espers?”28f4a79e35ce3bc9
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Olive shook her head 2f435a3ff9 at my question.5b932214abe26037
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“No. They were people we’ve never seen before.”862c654282cd8700
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He said they 4f26186435 were all unconscious. Like the distributor, they 08c996a4ac appeared to have fallen 285076bc04 victim to the tricks 8fb6d23883 of a psychic esper.2d2858dea3af418c
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“…… And, they were all guides.”c79e28089f0ca75e
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“Their ages varies, and they lived in different places.”2b408e0f114dd9dc
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My mouth fell 52da407c2f open. Olive glanced at 48f1c1bfc5 me and continued 57b2e26e46 in a somber e6476f2d07 voice.a4cc37640d8152b5
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“They couldn’t handle their energy properly. They probably had just awakened or something.”54fde6de55fc9075
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At that point, the 4444c32f2d standby team split in 894fe3c699 half.5a42d321ddd87eb7
Half searched aefc5dc87a for the 54ca90a024 missing Espers, 5c7de1ae32 and the 6339de2f9b other half 172051581c evacuated the 461c9a68e4 victimized guides 52582b134d to the 3de9923a6f center.0ef8178d6cb8b9e3
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Olive was e3f1663bb8 part of c02e4281ad the latter 6437375be0 group.1d84b887579590fb
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“I wanted to stay on-site, but I was one of the younger ones……. so my older teammates left me out of the operation. Since guides were involved, and they all thought it was something.”34d23e25fe9b8624
“Uhm……. what about the guides? Are they okay?”d03c0f6a8a47aadb
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It was very 8823af39a6 difficult to comfort 6523e1844f a depressed friend.cd7b776431b8eed5
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Instead of adding 17f89cb73f unnecessary words and acb4019b41 troubling Olive, I 434e0e538b changed the subject.b1f03d3fc00614c2
Sometimes, an a7d4f0bee2 appropriate evasion dbc3238f42 is more c2c92385b6 helpful than 88d9e09df4 a half-hearted 0d74bc5474 consolation.24ffe61b8937af02
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“Haha.”434f6c7a3411cdb1
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Fortunately, Olive 567dae0d05 seemed to 43ceb521de have recovered b4d43d42cd a little.2f5d715ab2d16524
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He let out 1205cfe233 a small laugh 4774572703 and nodded.be7bee3c0a2c089a
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“I’ve called all the psychic espers in the center. They were able to relieve the effects on the guides while providing concentrated care.”e4287d8bd248b05c
“That’s a relief.”502d592f2196aa86
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“Yeah. Not everyone has regained consciousness yet, but it’s fortunate anyway.”5ea02a9635242b65
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Not all of 34ab26d16a them had regained a25ec5b650 consciousness. Is it safe 81f3b542d4 to say it’s 906e416e73 a relief?e08f334e2b9eda95
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There was a moment of silence. Olive’s car stopped abruptly at a traffic light.763d67f421d8d3c8
My body lurched forward 4eb92d8f16 but was stopped by 7068b8422c the seatbelt.46804bbad8719f91
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“Ugh!”55bc2d78b818ceac
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“Oh, sorry.”1be3e4d1ad7a4dcd
“It’s okay. It’s feels like I’m on a ride at an amusement park.”dc51ad021b04e321
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As I made 4e9b308cf5 a joke with 0c9e849eb2 a strained face, 2045233fd8 the atmosphere lightened 725691e3e7 considerably.2fdccc70978dfec4
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Olive pursed his loosened 5f3279de28 lips and resumed the c7ccc0fdd0 conversation.7e3d02679709e418
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“As soon as we got out of the center, we tried to get back to the field. But as soon as we arrived, the dispensary exploded, and a Class-A super-sized gate opened there.”b9ff6ff01c24cd55
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A Class-A fb54a634ce super-sized gate.bcc82ab63b715f0d
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As soon as I heard that, I checked Olive’s complexion. Olive smiled bitterly at my reaction.2b4839a2fa69fad1
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“You know, too. You heard it from Melissa. Right?”041a75a1281dee96
“…… Yeah.”116221948ef085cf
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“It’s fine. It’s not even a secret, anyway.”c66ece8b40d6c40b
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The light turned green. Olive carefully stepped on the accelerator so I wouldn’t be thrown back.607f3bafd5fbae71
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“The gate that burst in the middle of the factory. We had assumed that everyone inside was sucked into the gate. So, that meant Hugo was in the same situation.”ae1868b26c205f08
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A Class-A gate. Among them, the super-large 17ce0e1fb5 ones were notoriously difficult f5f794d16b to deal with.5997b9f34d85022e
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To think that 3d5a793f50 Hugo got sucked b19aaede42 into one of 13a87d66aa those.4067aef8778f142c
‘Hugo’s guiding numbers must have been unstable.’adda7ba8d0a0336b
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I dared not 7668bf731b to ask Hugo 7a0659d96c about his current 07cc29a8cc situation. I couldn’t bring aa4f2446f7 myself to do 60633be195 it.312bdb21c3742c39
‘No way……. Hugo is in danger…….’e1c6aca53f125bb1
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But even without me asking, Olive naturally began to talk about Hugo’s condition.c1039c5030be09b7
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“…… The gate closed after two days. And Hugo, who was the backbone of the raid, well…”ca6de1f52d52e1c2
“…… No way.”5bb54118831cf402
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“He started showing signs of a going berserk……. So he was restrained and taken to the center.”589ce6dd343a9959
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Restrained.997501765e2dcf83
Olive’s explanation was simple, but I knew exactly what the word meant.0ea7de29b0f1487b
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Brutal hands that pressed 2e863d3bf2 down his young body. A gag and muzzle 84c25b1ded that could only be c68f12f82a put on a beast. Rusty chains.937a430774ebc037
I could 15322ee6cc almost hear cb7574b8d9 metal clanking e67756578d in my 5ecdae3e50 ears. I inhaled d88eac7e8e sharply, tightly 1e372cc861 shutting my 3f9df3f71f eyes.b56435fe4685a26f
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My head began to 93abb32f11 spin, and nausea welled 3b855a027e up within me.9a1673ad0fc7e819