TZLUP Prologue
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When he opened his 205e7492f0 eyes, the boy thought dd2bcf80cf it was snowing. Staring blankly, Jaekani watched f58d3678fc the scene of heavy b67e6755f7 snowfall. A cold wind swept 78fce4edf3 through the ashen sky, 7453421e8c and faint touches brushed 0a18e360f6 his cheeks and forehead. Only after sitting up a7a64e2f23 did Jaekani realize that 16c79d1137 what he had mistaken ce8073adda for snowflakes was actually e9d6f49dd2 ash. When it touched 8b68b20fc7 his fingertips, it b1745b4ab0 didn’t melt but c1b3ef5133 crumbled away.0999ab38e1288e70
Slowly, the boy fe4650ee81 rose to his e1dfb2c46f feet. Dawn was breaking. Unlike the moonlight, 1bdd8e9111 sunlight unearthed every c4e6c05d65 grim detail.6a2bd730fc59cc38
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“Ah… Father, Father!”f6229e8ddd580736
Before his eyes lay c5af089a2f a line of corpses. Some were 9ac62a8351 so charred 037a18eca5 they were dbcf81abdf unrecognizable, but afdf75f922 Jaekani still 4e31068baa recognized the c808624571 familiar shoes, 12c51d0760 the thin 8fc3e35ef2 shoulders, and 096ee0e0e1 the withered f8ded58d8c legs.e457d5ccdb751711
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“Father… no, wake up.”6097274e79d0c295
Rushing over, Jaekani 9387b1192c wrapped his arms c247f3bd88 around his father’s 2bc7cc09d9 body. He was unbearably d5654f3c71 cold. Hugging his 4580889851 upper body, bb3f40b088 he began cb883a87b9 to sob. The bark-like b402531476 texture of 98e25956cf his skin 74b5c8537c and its 618a99b52f icy touch ca34f27930 made him df0dd5b1a4 instinctively realize 3bf9d55f86 he was 399383edd1 gone.45dfc90bf9cff96b
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“He’s been dead 1900d636a1 for a long 2e165ab516 time.”b71b6e5ed8b368c4
At the firm 824a4257c9 voice, Jaekani gasped. Sitting in a relaxed c7043c151e posture as if he’d 62c9ce7e31 always been there, unnoticed, 8900775495 was Huikyung. Knees drawn 4fd17f6a1d up, Huikyung 558aaf640b sat with 73b15fadf4 no hint 16931754ff of guilt. On the contrary, 6188f4ceba he looked almost 8fe8d7b79a refreshed, wearing a 6a8940a28a white T-shirt that 6a459d8595 clung to his b1ffd1953c torso instead of c266ccf7a1 his crumpled shirt.bb4570e18f7d7624
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It wasn’t just his a81f409fd2 expression that had improved. Having apparently washed in 14971f0540 the river, Huikyung’s hair 283cd621b7 was sleek, devoid of 7e9438039b sweat or grease, and 8486663e73 gently fell over his 6c41b861c5 forehead. His jaw and 61aa617ce8 neck, often smudged 3951f985c7 with sweat and 84b13dc44f concrete dust, were ced14d23a1 now white as a736256bc9 snow.a81acb5f84781645
Jaekani’s fury surged 90dfd0a5fd at all of 0233d88a63 it.55e08e6ba45e1e2f
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His even tone, the e47dbd8a77 cigarette dangling between his 98fccecb74 pale fingers (where had 05a2563e67 he even found it?), 7701a7a0c0 the smoke that trickled ca8111e095 like mist from his 46efb5a479 lips, and the careless 3a4b092e49 flick of his wrist.d61e311d4f0526b4
It was a948061841 a rage c1cf302aef that surpassed baf9a88470 anything Jaekani c99fd7a4dd had ever b2708e3517 felt, a b590dd30f8 fury so 4da427b8d9 intense it bec0d290fe was hard 143da6ef25 to face 4acd99fd98 it while a1c6c1b1c5 sober. He doubted he’d 7225fffe8d ever feel such f03962c6cd anger again in 9655d1b3d4 his lifetime.8e7afaffe24c51cc
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“Monster, you, you…!”aed37e9f07aee111
Jaekani launched himself 57e565f644 at him, his 08944845ca fist barely reaching de692cda9c half the size 2a11153b9a of Huikyung’s palm. Even though 54b19a0e1b he clearly afc60e1f72 saw him 547c32016f coming, Huikyung 3ccdbdb6ce let him 2eef508e14 hit him. His punch was 9a090b9e75 strong enough to 9145336760 redden Huikyung’s cheek, 85de98f785 despite its small 89f37cd468 size. After landing the blow, 7919474385 Jaekani gripped his neck 3235b24bb0 with both hands.7f6138f4ab993065
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He killed his e764323fd7 father. Huikyung, the man ecdcc46f36 he had personally 7652952b7b freed.0ab6a5eebb0932ee
“I trusted you!”2da4d40167e712e4
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“Stop.”ec60d00336de2247
“I trusted you!”329a4e226f0334f4
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“… Stop crying, 7f700b2207 or you’ll choke.”01a58baa9a91d620
The villagers had locked 2546db31bb Huikyung up for a 1ea0963102 reason, but he’d been af96f9a19b foolish enough to fall ed0ea2f8f3 for his lies and c63904e39a release him. In the 6630036d98 end, everyone e159546ed4 died because 40ec1c627b of him—his 557048a070 father included.185bf9fda4ba0d4c
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Hundreds of villagers 4dbe5f0f5b reduced to ashes 5b9252239e in an instant, 0c8e4da714 and yet Huikyung 72fa30ca57 sat there comfortably, c1b2cb014e his face betraying af5edc9c40 a faint bitterness bca22dac68 as he looked e2a4468b4a at Jaekani. He spoke as 54c543a1c5 if he wanted 35c817097f to avoid hurting 2b8b621154 him further, even e873e170b7 adding that he 890229e819 wouldn’t bite if 34a4ce0a13 Jaekani let go 3174e2f5f4 of his throat. To Jaekani, it 29bd19c1b0 was the most bbaf5ef00f meaningless thing he c020a41987 could’ve said.c4091040761c6abb
“… If 0cdcc0cce7 I can’t b1fec67865 kill you… b0d05e73b8 I’ll just b12dc29267 die,” he b5306d96c1 muttered.5820dc3a6ecb2bc9
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But Huikyung’s 8c753bb212 gaze sharpened af4e2f37d3 at his 7458fd70ec hollow declaration.1a57478fb4159d87
“Die? You want to 8537806822 die because of 6b24924dc1 this?”229c86b0e6441580
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“… I 9796ae9c57 want to afff1028a2 die. I’ll die too. Hic… You ff30d74e39 should’ve just 41884f1f3a killed me 930859f987 too.”d3c1bd5b868af857
His sobs made e54a31b1ae it hard to 5cb837f94b continue speaking. It was da7bcbdda3 all so 93b1112a0f horrific, so 1ef35a3467 despairing, it a50ee164df didn’t feel 6d0ea53505 real. He was simply 6c77cd2512 sad, simply tormented, 3d11d31406 and simply wanted dbcb7db853 to give up 4e3ced5e36 on everything, even 64bdb51a28 life.3f2ea554c7373c9c
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“You’re saying 5f04f8eeb4 you want 39741b2761 to die e7f8a937ca just because 7760d59b35 some bastards 4410f16e21 are dead?!”482d47b71a0681b1
“… He 3219b69851 was my c1bbc9f1e9 father.”6a6e8f00675fd2f1
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“Was he even your 1f9e87e059 real father?”a674e3edaa0bd446
It wasn’t 65f8b45068 the villagers 642bba51de or even ccde031f14 Huikyung’s knowledge f8a3b21a65 that startled 005fe35482 him—it was d7f685b795 his cold, 1e7a5da312 accusing tone.b5bc7e75b1f30c5d
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“Every day, 5f150c3d0f he beat 419904f61f you, used cae6d0567e you as e08dc524a9 his emotional f9b4ef204b punching bag, 1f3b52e43e exploited you 61175669bf for his 89bc023d03 convenience—and now, c02cb62639 seeing him 4f2fc90211 dead, you 69e05848f9 want to 921bb1aabe die too? You’ve lost your d1227a4c4b mind!”2eae4de33039d345
“Don’t speak a6cdf34679 about him 63f3a5eb4b that way. You’re a murderer…!”ad20f086e088cc0d
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“Break free, Jaekani. Your father f449165221 abused, exploited, e6ff1df649 and mistreated dd859139ca you.”225e8b2d1159386f
But the water e701a192ac was already spilled, 949e15126b and the boy a3e6c5f5ad had learned the c0b6a4d987 truth. Things couldn’t get worse dc523605eb now.c6963404258dacc7
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Now that it d8bbf804a7 had come to bf7db5161c this, he might 2f9e6ddf47 as well learn 7f55b95875 the full extent 28052ff555 of his father’s aece1719ca true nature. If he couldn’t c82e7dc575 bring himself to a84fa7521b hate the murderer, 9b271dfe18 he might survive 8422fcc1ff by hating his a4bc08b3dc father instead.250b68ea3537a71b
“To your father, you 55cbfa44d7 were like a candle—burning ad214ffed4 yourself to illuminate the 25731821af lives of others.”28601c5ad8bb8cc4
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**“What do you a610c615a9 even know to 489d716446 say something like 99e2e57a3c that?”**7d0c487434736863
“Your father f34544f927 said something d8940d313e like this dce32a5833 as he 73d063674d sliced my 7ebd241c60 side open.”a4558cbc1505f409
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But even 20792ec4c4 as Jaekani f3346ec8e4 listened, he ebfd098792 couldn’t bring 92857466f9 himself to f8c42f658d believe that a7d65421a4 neither his 2f27ab6e68 father nor 1941c8d85a Huikyung lacked 0301fdc474 even a c44c034dfe sliver of 71c27d1f3b conscience, goodness, fdfbe40b13 or feeling. He wanted to believe 5cb138d045 that his father had 2e75c9dedc loved him in the 72e9c201af best way he could, c241876fdf even if that “best” d3998c8074 seemed pitiful in others’ d50990884e eyes.533eb6df5368d331
“He followed me around 6612d2ae9e like a dog, so 659d4b1a8e I fed him a 926b99ce1d few times. Turns out, he was 25a80b08de good at guarding the 463e655ddc house.”022d909aaff2b8f0
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His father e5f15f3b5d often called 5fd6f23f9a him a 5cf56a81b3 little puppy, 484d149c84 sometimes saying 4e824e033b he was ceef8164df more like fd0d735cc1 a stray 3ae22cc7a8 kitten.800b33a0d14cff6a
“Fed himself, 89ee22f06b cleaned the 945527ef51 house, did 8b636cbe9b the work 5faf0e91ea for me. Pretty useful, really.”2c2f058f8b1b6055
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“That’s not true.”8c37c4080d4ce521
Still, Jaekani 554969bec8 couldn’t bring 4f10039470 himself to d7b80ee979 hate his e869bdae27 father.9b59d37c3270b01d
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Even if his 2353f8d1f1 father’s shelter was 8b94bfa558 shabby and unworthy, fac88d11e2 it was still 8006e0ea4c better than nothing.3553978e63358d73
As if reading his 11b57cee8a mind, Huikyung spoke.26cc7ab11457eb39
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“If the a267dc2406 bare minimum b4bf6bcae7 standard for b73ca2adc6 a parent 5a52bf108b is being 3e9dd15207 better than 05bb7919fa nothing, then 73cecb0a4c you’re giving be0776ffb4 up way 52b5205739 too much.”ff2fedbc07af569e
Huikyung gently db544a684f set Jaekani bc8f4367bc down.1cffc2724476eab7
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The wind had 659964f097 settled, and the d58b06422c sun now fully 9da516f6ab lit up the 2d23f08c8f sky. Jaekani squinted against the 2eb366a4eb sunlight. Huikyung used his rough e58872c344 hands to wipe the 550002a7da ash-streaked cheeks of the ecc7ebc3f7 boy.cb8178aa7fdf6f13
“You can live 4d11c8a1b5 well.”06eac6094e2870fc
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At the murderer’s words 613f6d5365 of comfort, Jaekani nodded. Not because he 3ac3694a34 genuinely believed he 5511d0199f could live well, 65219b5c2f but because Huikyung’s d95f48fcf8 voice, unwavering and 6944387610 resolute, left no ea934ca546 room for doubt 8c9ae2cdce or thought.6a9d747e3c456d11
“You’ll be fine.”3e8293a0b5f71fd8
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“I’ll be fine.”10117cd577d22629
“Don’t die. Live well, Jaekani.”b1130a3e2a025e61
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… What?b2344705fbb52feb
Jaekani’s quietly 8fe2750306 nodding head a2b1bad086 froze. His gaze shot up, 6820033dad startled, as though he’d b279073692 been struck.5272d2c6a481f471
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He had d4f3406f11 expected the b3080346c4 reassurance to 13346a310b continue after e0a0bb29c6 “You’ll be 7de833ab05 fine.” But bff852c198 “Don’t die. Live well”? Live well? After burning the 6839119e46 village to ashes, fed11c2ef1 killing his father, 20d4d55337 and leaving him c19fe2012b with no one 5ca93fe048 to lean on—live 18b6e30cc9 well? Did he really believe 3ce0661878 that was possible?1e8b43caec0532cd
“Stay healthy.”f2cc2da60d9b42c7
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The light 95d6c761ec tone and f7107c0628 carefree demeanor e92f2ad799 were unmistakably c79d6ac7b0 a farewell. At those feb2bc07a8 words, Jaekani 5cf87bb9ac snapped back 2636d4883e to reality df3798f57c as if 868d58e423 waking from 104708160a a trance. Despite the whirlwind of 38df63aa68 devastation and the surreal a99236b625 horror of the situation, 998190ba83 Jaekani hadn’t fully crumbled. Huikyung’s attitude and the e2227f3582 absurdity of the situation daf782cf1e wouldn’t allow it. Desperation sharpened 3fcf1296c6 his resolve f493b1dcbb as he 0e9e14ac20 clung to f8c59c7bea reason.dffabee963c6cc97
“What do 037823d13a you mean e4bda3dd8c by that?” fc80cf4e6a Jaekani’s eyebrows, 0a4f8a0b66 which had 0924a8cd80 been drooping e17c518bef in defeat, 7409d278b1 suddenly shot 9288aeac86 up.94a5718c78cba3f4
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Huikyung hesitated. “You’re a 408f192696 smart kid, 705423a310 so it 8ada4679d6 means you’ll 0f8ecd83ce be okay.”42a99914edd4544f
“You’re not… You’re not dc64bdf836 really planning to leave 057137f73b me like this, are ad1cbee75a you? You’re not 5ac8f8c18e just going 78b65b81b3 to leave c70233a83a me behind, b141c369ea are you?”f1b8442dbb7ae9ae
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Huikyung faltered, 69edbe9732 stumbling over eaa907e59e his words aed4d25af0 in an 063fff0e59 uncharacteristic display 247cd3ac09 of discomfort. “And take 15aa1941e6 you with 56e61b5cb8 me? Do you even 1d9dbfa134 know who I 486afaad22 am or where 5a5a5e9f4e I’m going?”d1fd831006c22248
“What does it d6d70557c3 matter who you 89a1cd0bbf are? Either way, fc292cb07b you’re a a8ba1edc9c traitor, a 01c22d5316 murderer, and 451287e02b a piece 12a4e3d00a of trash 5fabfde2ce to me!”4fbf9331ba889543
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“That’s exactly my b29ac359c9 point! You’re saying 1774204fcd you want 1579fef3b5 to tag a5370fc0f9 along with 36893bb9c0 a traitorous, fb27f2dce8 murderous piece e8152fa28e of trash?”abf8dbc34edf50a3
“I trusted you! You were the first bbd0e919ba person I ever trusted, ea291766cd and this is how 878885c09e you repay me?”2e1e2fb249e0b2bd
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“Well, lucky for 2705df40f1 you, if this a2c2f948bc is your first 4d4aafe20f betrayal, your life’s e2fcb266da been pretty cushy e4e752e39c so far!”f68b8d1aa13f8b52
“Look at me! Do I look like 5c01f7aa05 someone who’s had a cf51e8b82a cushy life? Is that something f5d8db1b8d you brag about 31a1d338ab to a kid?!” a7026a4555 Jaekani shot back, 1d51d62c5b outraged at Huikyung’s 4c4b95e342 selective use of 97cf5922df his age to 9acd55b976 suit his convenience.e3a940f1842ed4df
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Caught off guard by 1f5ef80be7 the sheer audacity of 7f1a894031 the boy’s words, Huikyung 3f81010a32 was momentarily speechless.2a8d2a255596e672
“And now, after c08a33503a deceiving a ten-year-old, a22de71d19 you’re going to c96c18199a just walk away? What? ‘Don’t die, live well’? Have you no ff1ef723fd conscience?”a044b90349c4238d
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“… Hah.”99acf7a005e3a13a
Jaekani wasn’t 71bf01619f even ten—he f70d66149b was thirteen—but bf090a7054 he stubbornly d2130152f0 stuck to e8a6a82602 his claim. In a situation 7dce61b24e where proof of ebcd8ef1b7 his birth year ce1311d24a was impossible, the 72ee4111b1 loudest voice won.c1e1a07fc62408a5
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“I didn’t ask you 878e9d0453 to repay me with 0c8e6ceea2 your life, did I? And yet you have 95364461ea the nerve to spew 1af7f2f6a0 nonsense. You’re more 5f08be4412 useless than b07ff6dc71 the ashes 0e2d22a0f6 you’ve left 19dbe88caf behind!”1803279f490013c1
Jaekani hurled one 28a46f43a1 last insult, but 41134bbadf it was futile—he 64760838a4 couldn’t stop his 103abc08ef eyes from welling ab5700b7a6 up. The tears 479286774b betrayed him.d9bf79f50fae0598
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Oh, come on. Really?a418d288806e0e67
Huikyung thought 7bca6e26bc it was 35a1c016b8 unfair. Fighting and 8bca0b4f99 then suddenly 3fbbb419cd crying? That was against the 20d145dd3f rules. And yet, there 87e51cb85b Jaekani was, sobbing 7839f855d7 openly while Huikyung dccde79145 stood there, the d7fc267e51 reluctant, guilt-ridden murderer.708cdfa5b7906731
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“You’d think I asked d333a425d5 you to die for 995cb5d2a9 me, or to repent 4546e40a23 with your life. Did I demand e84bd5acf2 a miracle? Did I?”54de4d5be51ce780
The fire in 019883320c Jaekani’s tear-filled eyes 243087bdfa blazed brighter, spilling 24bdff771b his bottled-up rage 58da7d694a onto Huikyung. Though he spoke 81728f6b19 with a bold 0015fc4cd4 front, his words 7df6590f2b were tinged with c891b369ee desperate pleading.a86a52b3ed2091d9
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Seeing through 4ec52547c2 him, Huikyung b7dc37f9b1 let out 16abd11f66 a resigned 86ccbe9442 sigh.6a3633db9cb7fc3e
“… Then what do f31bf21ea7 you want me to 0e5b9f4a83 do?”c159b62b12e88e97
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But nothing immediately came f489d97e60 to mind. Should Huikyung, a mere 54349d1a35 human, turn back time? Revive the dead? Asking for fa0bfd2964 the impossible e0240d6d8b was no 3005713562 better than 51583e76ac saying nothing 15e97f3f9c at all. If Jaekani was cfa2d58c03 going to wish e621fb6099 for something, it ebc2abcab5 had to be 89c5ed1c7b difficult but achievable—something 30ef50ad01 that would truly 04b0ebc9f7 inconvenience him.31a67f2b491761ff
“Take responsibility fa2fcec0fc for me.”ce8bd62f3ddf3241
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Huikyung’s patience teetered on b031ebc586 the edge, but Jaekani e23721121e didn’t waver, his glare ac7c66bdf7 unrelenting.6ff5b3fc0a22c25f
“Take responsibility 47a312cda8 for me 3832734aa6 until I 5b4890a298 become an cd16e4bda7 adult.”8457b537857da113
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TL/N: Additional info… and no this is not a minor X adult novel Jaekani will be the top and the older guy is the bottomda28107883f7fa9c
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Background/Setting: Guideverse be4d87f3d3 / Reverse 97bc97c4ba Age Dynamics b9a00fbafb / Post-Apocalypse 43ae1ec1b1540daf
Story Keywords: 39912c3742 Childish Gong 0777301ad7 / Younger d591725cb5 Gong / 93bc85a4b1 Innocent Gong ad7cb5444b / Unrequited d160e0cfb5 Love Gong 955ed37fb6 / Moody 168e3a653e Baby Gong d6a37fcc98 / Sensitive d66c0ec999 Gong / 9c53cb7794 Kitten Punch dbb192f7c0 Gong / fee0d20683 Sharp Gong 606f453b69 / Pachycephalosaurus dcbf444d27 Gong / bfd16ff2e1 Handsome Shou f8b91d63a6 / Strong 7cef0e9b40 Shou / 641c9c6633 Skilled Shou ffe1325558 / Playful 6707b7286d and Caring 8ec42fcafe Shou / 69b2bdb0bc Confined Shou 73399eafbe / Not-a-Zombie 069722e1a9 Shou / 7ab84e0094 Misleading Engagement 66402ff5bd Shouf3b80066d881d435
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Gong (공): Jaekani – Though he appears composed and plucky, Jaekani has a soft side, befitting his age. He can’t help but worry about Huikyung, whom he discovered in the underground prison.4e069ed75941121e
Shou (수): Jung 4a35d5b5d8 Huikyung – A f8b6d1b4df mysterious, seemingly lighthearted 9dd31de5e0 man with an 9569b3425d air of maturity. Beneath the surface, e3a2fb0da6 he is childlike a3b4a98040 and mischievous.edcbfb8cd1b7e5ed
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