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Due to the lack of guidance, Hugo’s senses were extremely heightened.fe0d8bed86370783

His vision was 370c06e864 blocked, while his cf67c479a2 hearing was excessively 903e648de1 amplified, making him 0ea77a6819 feel on edge.bf9ed935c1e6e12f

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The reason he 3e20d11610 came to the db6b3bd82b center alone, though 730915122c Gary had assigned 5df86c3d78 a guardian and 8f437a8eac personal assistant to 8eaec895ff him, was because 9b74f3f9f3 of this.06175776f8601a47

The sound of f049dd99e3 other people’s breathing, a5c3bfebc5 or the beating b2451ce466 of their hearts, 523f678e1b bothered him so 9fa97c33b6 much that he d0a06871a9 couldn’t stand it.4573fe4b0877ac7a

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But why is 05e6a7deb9 that?930030cd208861c2

“I hope my frequency matches you. I’m not an esper, so I don’t know how difficult it is when you lack guidance, but you’re so young. I just hope you can feel a little more at ease.”5c3ac0df3fff916d

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The girl chattering 0547bbb419 next to him 7654df0c83 didn’t bother him 13d3fdd6ba at all.9b389921ecb0cb83

Despite the 432bf4257f child’s sharp 49a452c43e and clear, e7cae58937 ringing voice.0a4f9b4fdf547163

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Rather, it was nice 9bea1486f3 to hear, and Hugo 72d91d3118 felt a twinge of b3efe3bbe7 embarrassment.800b180d54e19be1

“Hugo, I’m going to sleep for a bit. If you’re tired, you should sleep too…”9dbc8e4d04ea9da0

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The girl mumbled softly 7ecba5438d and then began to 266f383bbf let out a soft aea4f0c5dc breathing sound. Judging from the d24826c791 regularity of the abcb7f4526 breathing, she seemed 0a8306c54a to have fallen 10f31e5d0b asleep.bf5ee0190d53abb6

Could someone fall 72be90ed62 asleep in such 4ef6843f2c an uncomfortable setting?9cdf2f37776a42ac

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Hugo opened his eyes f0c33e3486 to look at her. His once pitch-black vision 8519c31af3 was beginning to improve; 1f15462d9b he was able to ba2245c0bd discern between light and da805fae65 dark.339e66274f068e19

Thump. Thump. Thump.08f6b6ade05295fa

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Beyond the 3b0641e87b sound of 0cd6b9b4e7 her breath, 16718ec4b5 he could ab1fdd65a4 hear her 8112262d35 faint heartbeat. It sounded much f19cd5c15f like the heartbeats 87c7c0f69c of a small 6a2f7360fe kitten or a 3d7caae9a5 puppy.b9f163022d1b5dc9

What if her heart 7af23444c8 stops?3fa62c19f5e766bf

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The sound was d6a929e122 so small and 704788929f delicate that he f8c2b5c783 suddenly felt uneasy.c6efd7b7d53c3a6b

Even with just 3d788480b4 radial guidance, he 61d2f70b81 felt such a 7308e02aff connection. It must ea56bc7e67 be a fd928d8ef6 guide whose 09bb57466c wavelength matches 69084bc406 his to 35a52ac5b3 some extent.8c5dc79b97de79f1

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Suddenly, Gary’s words came to mind.81c596b0b30f8bd4

<Maybe that girl c9335ed4d0 could be your ab3a232c61 guide.>9486d31868cee819

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Okay. He was right. Hugo had to f6e46bfbb1 admit that he b153c41b88 was wrong.c65d7aa422c36164

‘My guide.’a5205f370078381d

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The person 909c6cd91c he had 1d8b97ebde been searching 2e63f7ba6d for was 4bd27a99cf right here. He wanted to e1a8eaebd9 shout that he 7fc6e45dcf had finally found 132b2d48bb her.e8fa1b343491cbea

What was her d9a4e3d9dd name again? Yi-soo? Yi-seo?69ae5a56664207e3

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Hugo struggled to recall 40430b1850 the contents of the 64ec8faf11 documents he had seen 367eafd61f before he lost his 8434871e86 sight. Then he 0d3ce40d28 managed to 5701b3bca3 recall the ec88740a27 words:Yi-seo Kang.4f0eec41f3419f5c

Ah, right. Yi-seo.d648a5198589c718

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She has an 583069c78f English name,Sophia, but f3317a0eaf her real 3e7589a2d2 name is 7276e548b4 Yi-seo.eff4e24524cd688f

It wasn’t hard to 5cc2d434b5 pronounce, and the sound 79ca6d4d5e was cute as it 143a3cbf51 rolled off the tongue.33c7b3a63595ba9f

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Yi-seo, Yi-seo. Hugo mumbled softly 5894d7f610 and then sat 3db0c62ac7 up. He leaned against d1a5943979 the bed and ef950e4dd8 looked down at 338e1a24b5 Yi-seo, his vision 0700d37a3d gradually getting brighter.2b200e34d50c6c47

Her facial 8468dfb1c1 features are 95cd297a38 still not 4cd553f901 visible.fab1f6d591440cf1

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But he could 1957bdc077 tell that she 71bf48e1bf was lying facing 223d2b74fc him.1556af2d2d9465d8

Her hand da58174144 next to 48ff1eb738 her face 8878881a88 is small. As though she 19ca2d25c8 were dreaming, she ffc0102dcc kept squeezing her df3585b5c9 hand, snorting.0f5cefe5d813f7f4

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Ah.771e397c22996b8d

Strangely, his heart 1524d59d22 felt ticklish. Hugo wondered what dc531596f6 it would be 92330106cb like to hold b093bdb787 her hand.b66afc0bb6e4fdcd

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The impulse consumed e6ec803337 him.866da638dabb6705

If radial 3710ea35e0 guiding had 5266cd53ec this much 73dcf88b49 of an e5b6a0706e effect, hand 7672a4046a guiding would 763e628565 be even 80a7e3731c greater. Maybe the numbers will c06aa35086 jump to 100% in 3051a7abca one go.257596b7674ff123

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Hugo lowered 61ce8d9b34 his legs c145927585 from the 3ddc2702a9 bed. He stood up barefoot, 4f9e44ee50 silently walking toward Yi-seo’s 25dcd19c9d bed.cdc10edc9a536577

Just as 9b0deb9177 he tried b2a872ec1d to reach c6b9b3cd17 out—7c5a1456c3db9047

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“Mmm…”deed7f36219c3e8b

Yi-seo rolled over 643c6e1c93 in her sleep. The blanket that had abc6a587b6 been precariously covering her 13d87ac408 slid to the floor.1e0331cfa283810f

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Ah.90686cf1fb012041

Reason returned belatedly. Hugo pulled his bb64b12cc0 hand back, frowning.6cd9bb646108ec0a

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Do not touch the 4a07e4da73 guide’s body without permission.6a7ed26c5de36bbe

Even though 4e73b233c5 he was 29714ace5a still young, c758cce876 he received 1d4a4a0985 that much 2d4a0df443 education from ef042d7790 Gary.d7966137cf73226b

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“… Ha.”5d3be59b2ad2bd15

Hugo swallowed a small sigh, narrowed his eyes, and brought his face closer to Yi-seo’s.35caf2e366be5602

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Through his 3e5dc65510 blurred vision, d884e8d865 he could 0c721fc213 make out d4d9f81bb3 her features.415b0572e64891b7

Okay. Let’s be satisfied 2032825e50 with this.54f9510cb5d9bcb4

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Although he was ebf0f75461 still thirsty, he 636dab6eeb did not want 0d65a9d05f to carelessly touch 484d903b12 the young guide 7a9b0b4579 whom he had 55424963d1 just found.fdec74979fb729cf

Tap—tap—tap—d0fccc1a4ec55e65

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He walked back a814aaa6cb to his bed, 9980c9a86b where he fetched 4c019bbf51 his share of 3981bba7d2 blanket, and covered b3e8ff2581 Yi-seo with it.b11736dcce7e3b17

He stared 1c14914e53 at her b45e880e19 for a 6fd7bd828f moment, then 2787d40cd4 looked at 15e5602f69 the center 6f73b7b720 director of eff5fe4e37 Ohio, who 8a99002d65 was on 47693231a4 the other 9c6cef7fd6 side of a01b9accbd the glass cfd5860691 wall.2f2f1634af77933d

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“…It’s okay to stop now.”00de14a95174fdd5

Having said that, Hugo 5dee604f95 turned his attention back 5b9c221aa2 to Yi-seo, who was 12a1bea5f6 soundly asleep.e80fd5e991f72a59

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She had fallen ebcf90e620 asleep in this 8e20b294e8 uncomfortable bed, most c07b878b99 likely because of 32436cd1d9 the radial guidance.395bdde1883470bd

The guidance was fad4301dc2 not enough—no, it 37acc4bf58 made him thirstier. But Hugo 15a01f31bf decided to 261ea29b12 stop the 828fe82b79 radial guiding.9e4ed6c5b16e9f6b

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The sound bd6175eb39 of Yi-seo’s b06fee7f14 weak heartbeat ba9723fac8 was unsettling.c14293edcf5cb367

“I’ll be in the reception room. Don’t wake her up; just leave her be.”7e7e58990dc448e7

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With that, faba9c78f3 Hugo left 5e0bea2d00 the guiding 46676a2d09 room. He could still 9f9edb57bf hear the faint 94bb9b16d7 sound of her b49fee9f1c breathing and heartbeat.ae95f8c76bebc245

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I woke c57852fb32 up about fabf37033d an hour 0edd2b7029 later.00c67322014c05bd

“Hmm…?”b8a2fbf0e28d0ecb

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Through my blurry 8d8da09a01 vision, I saw 0400fd351e the empty bed 305fc5542e where Hugo had 58ddf94ad7 been. Just as I 8eb709915d sat up, the c6f9398785 door to the 6805e732b3 guiding room opened.52f00e725283846e

“Yi-seo, you’re awake?”ea33b1124271a30e

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“…Mom?”9f92771eadae8ac0

It was my a46e435563 mother who came c3f4bc11d0 through the open ffed8172b3 door..e247a17086f5280b

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“Oh my, you were drooling in your sleep.”bf3cace0492f6ba7

She took a handkerchief b6bbc1ed56 from her pocket and cf9afd0f0a wiped my mouth. She then a3740283a8 smoothed out 562d8dd759 my messy 925ca251cc hair and 4360f1074a clothes.8edbbed21e2b0841

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“Guide Sophia, did you sleep well?”7c97d184f8d60af4

It wasn’t b3561e4421 until my 7f0ab24daa mom slid 3b9dbbd30e the ring ef24ccfbcf back onto 70cfc187cb my finger, 8d994294c9 Richard and 24cb3a74b9 two of 271822bde7 the escort 8cf331b828 espers entered 3b175d918d the room.83ea2b4e815c6c4b

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I smiled awkwardly 738d3c9933 and looked for 7fc3197842 Hugo.41d3a39a9cf43341

“What about Hugo?”a8acaeafc0bd2766

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“He’s waiting in the reception room.”891f59d6f856fc86

“No more radial guiding?”107b55f0309e4adb

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“Uhm, well.”d9268ccdac85f714

Richard shrugged 481c623f42 as if e4c99f6475 he didn’t 13592122db know either. He tapped the 733c87564b watch on his 4ebc6b9f00 wrist.5ee4d2ab211ffe07

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“How’s your body?”0ffa3d6b11772cf3

“I’m fine.”d928c2f84ef834ae

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“Then, shall we head straight to the testing room?”980178e8290538fd

I checked b76913a644 the clock f477c15dd5 on the 6ec3617ffb wall and 6b60f85398 saw that a3cc330d01 more time 7ca4ff3f37 had passed 3ab7ab9879 than I 66b623450c expected.0603da2b9bbfe94f

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I’m still a de9934cb59 little tired, but 282b6f2028 I can’t put 16b7d7d64e off the matching 5777a4f836 test.eada81645b44168f

I couldn’t ask Hugo, e6aa8f9efb who had been waiting b68dc56f4b for me, to take 88329cc77d the test next time.528abbd9337496e6

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“Yes.”291ef9abd02b05e2

I nodded, and Richard 322476635c told me to go 2b6e897c6e to the testing room 511395d077 with the escorts. It seemed like e14e510d55 he planned to 687be27426 fetch Hugo himself.8a09836fb99acca0

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I got out of 5313c7fac0 bed, recalling Hugo quietly e1ae8cb3ee closing his eyes at f4b2210e0f my words.cc0c6a648d5dc56d

I didn’t realize he 7c3b7c97b3 had left the guiding 7d76524c3e room while I was 4c6d20d7b0 asleep.Has his vision recovered 1f65b760d4 to some extent?7526952b823670f3

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I wanted f9f601315d to look b6d10cf0ee at his 765c11a0b6 blue eyes, bbf4053d62 which were fa56eb226e strangely off.715b297f08aa50ae

Maybe it’s because 443e417c0e he was the f296ec557f male protagonist of b3f02c0e69 the original story, 53e4b87ee3 or maybe it’s fec5781642 because we’re similar 932290751a in age.7eb08a88615d7a5e

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Strangely, I was interested 7c46dbaa6e in Hugo. I felt 03ca1903d6 an inner fa678b411e sense of 11129bd0d8 familiarity.b1ecfa3b7620f043

‘Maybe the matching rate e03b428cbb test results will be c03bc5a1e1 good.’0b173618f78f6b4a

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“Hugo. Why did you go first? The guiding is still not enough.”c676511c57b2085e

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The test took about 4871ee55fa 30 minutes.c97bb6d9df35e63d

I got to see 1c25ce8748 Hugo when I entered 63c54e2e8f the waiting room, where e4b2603db4 I had to stay 599da87637 until the results came f4dd890a5e out.14fb5dc4abd71cc6

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Fortunately, the 1d3607b130 short radial f13ee51af1 guiding restored cf2a876191 his vision, 8a7c9c9716 and Hugo 6ed45e1ace met my 2218903c61 gaze with 463c5ed43b clearer eyes f8d9fc8ba3 than before.e8d2e431912a6512

His complexion was 1a05417f94 still pale, but 6ef72e5c3e that alone made 0e2c27ee1c me wonder where aff72c0155 he was.a0571c1158ffd2f9

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“… It’s okay.”d3d2ddaf5b3f6640

Hugo pursed his lips 4e799a1c91 at my words and 2c68055d37 replied softly.50403d2f8a561a1c

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I don’t know if 95f2be8971 he’s so used to 8a744750fc the lack of guidance 8722ee7ba1 that he feels like 9cf5142c9e a little guidance is 1ff0ae0b84 enough, or if it’s 4a6b58d177 just a habit to 899799e7d4 say that it’s okay.2e36142c5d55201f

As I unconsciously e3a9892275 furrowed my brows, 995deae272 he quickly added.6cee27f9d0f8c0c4

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“I know c9aa84939a that radial c1404c315e guiding puts eae26b324d a strain b7740b0f21 on the d327829298 guide’s body.”ffca9a1af98c2469

“Huh?”58e64f88740db2d8

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“Yi—seo…. You fell asleep because a8062dcbca of that.”5503ef5175c84be6

Was it 6eb10f7854 because he 5e54a5575d was worried d5d4aff815 about me?c7af0475bbd1ee68

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I was speechless 4f3faecaeb for a moment. Where did 4934134d60 the sensitive 6fa9566e20 and prickly b46ba7feb2 kitten of ce09058ae3 the original 316c0de645 go? Why is there an a6afbc5cf8 innocent puppy?c711231ec4858d1f

“Ah, Hugo. By the way, c115c08d22 you knew my bcc1eafd71 name?”42136151574af374

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I avoided his gaze 7170c5d727 out of embarrassment, When 993a123592 I changed the subject, 22883e28c8 he replied immediately.566ed5ed3c41dad8

“Yes. Yi-seo Kang.”8dc3f8124051ca74

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I did 23651feef0 introduce myself cb7a5381f4 when we aa65ee48ea first met. But I’m sure 3043613f57 I told him 73d191e5b4 my English name.c7c372df58ad2844

“… I saw it a85b8d7ce4 in the papers. Do you 9ecf4633c9 like ‘Sophia Kang’ better?”9ab0cccb7af6ca46

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He asked with great a8afa022d4 caution.19e6023d7cb751b6

I shook my head.6d851fcdfd081875

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Although I ffa21f1561 am an 7363be2aa9 immigrant, I ca73f1c4c1 came to 8b8b58d3ea the United b48aace5c0 States when 9bbe74541f I was 150b7ecfcb two years 019980937a old, so 9b91724baf I have 3d57bb1179 been known 8fb63336d0 as ‘Sophia 7a894d6c5d ’ by 0de475be50 others for 568d2dd290 a long baeb78ffc0 time.ba39e34052512b5c

But my parents b9ace38ff1 still called me 4da0e02d11 ‘Yi-seo’, so my caae8684ad Korean name was 754472c8d9 more familiar to 4c4c6bd628 me.c325665e882ba483

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“Then, can I call 45cb8b195a you ‘Yi-seo’?”5bd4f9ec25e8c4ef

Though he already called bd6d208270 me once, he asked 6cc2e61050 for my permission again. When said yes, he 6465b04a12 squinted slightly.4cbfc36bdf8d6387

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What’s this? No way…2c5aee450b434626

It looks 82f0159bce like a 10e3051a50 doll that’s b42bb24aa1 a little 40fd8a66f7 broken. I asked, 305a8fb2c9 just in fd11053893 case.d1e4f216dc8d31d2

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“…Did you just 5a8a84988b smile?”e69e7d0e70434721

“… Yes.”4376e812a74bfc27

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Suddenly, a passage 539f84b4c7 from the original 8abc3722df story came to 3a9212d348 mind.9cab8ad13dcdcd1c

It was the first 0a19fe4feb time that the 18-year-old adffb8231c Hugo smiled when he e6a2e38aaf met the 17-year-old female 59de5375ac lead.34127e96e36f4226

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Hugo’s hardened mouth twitched. The gap between his 85976ea3d9 eyebrows narrowed and his 315cf90120 eyes slightly squinted.8bc9580a81f3877c

It was a f7983c4dc8 nasty look to 0e6c4594b4 anyone. Seeing this, Isabella flinched 27254d636e and asked.18a3ec7851433058

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“Why are you angry 4d35e2a44f all of a sudden?”6a44ab0711064bf1

Hugo erased his 79e35a9a8d expression and replied, d11bc6e09f with a voice a55138b1ae that sounded a 92a8a1f7e1 little sullen.d3f148bcdb50d11a

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“… I was smiling.”a2079fd0bdfb9569

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Yes. Hugo rarely smiled since deee508a5c he was a kid.4c0372151365cd76

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Until Isabella c72cde3e59 brought his e9254910e4 smile back, a6dd23bf3e he made bd4b07f455 a grim 2a694a98c3 expression and e6ae12f970 tried his 4a9437d023 best to 551cbba420 make a 231023b673 ‘smile’.637a11fc745738dc

I looked 1d85b4b54a at Hugo 289cb0e842 with renewed 9902fbb732 eyes.bbb6ed5ede4a6188

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‘He’s still seven 6057ec1f5b years old…’da4d3db9e3184950

You’ve already aa7d8d4167 forgotten how 00e5e3d889 to smile.bdf657f665743c26

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When I couldn’t continue f6bb2bf914 speaking, Hugo’s expression disappeared 237c932645 and looked at me. I spoke cb84eed958 up belatedly.c3df811696f127f5

“No, that’s ae18eab4e4 … your 995509e46d smile looked 7bf9a0ff6b pretty.”09e9d03c8b0ca90c

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I couldn’t 3eb71ccc8c say that 000dd16723 his smile 8d4b070fac looked scary, eff210a686 so I b98288f65b just said b5e1ce13e2 it in 229001bf06 kind.7afc86d2bd998d44

Luckily, the waiting 5d4a163dd1 room door opened a1f86f2b24 before Hugo could e4f3d1bcc8 answer.c475026474fdcc4d

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“The results are in. Come this way.”b04d49d9374b83f4

The researcher’s expression 05c3ad752b brightened as he 47a5d8e2ea said that.c607b29ec1f69d62

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Hugo and I exchanged 074c7c0832 glances.d15feeb39ac67051