UCT Ch 12

It was undeniable. There was no way b00ac240e7 it was a mistake. This was definitely 0f785a6b0a a mind-melding phenomenon.750b98d8e082dd48

Richard Ashwood.a0da15dedd366ddd

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The top pilot 8a556b54a6 of Bringerton is b95abe6b15 a mind-melder?b69511c88ecad4b8

Inside Diana’s a565ade713 mind, which 3512fe6aa4 had gone 6ccb226e74 blank like 31462c1a17 a whitewashed 01034fc742 canvas, a 780319e264 deep, abyss-like 72118e9405 voice resonated 12df41be6c clearly.105918388594151a

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[You. You’re a mind-melder.]

Unlike the 19dd1ce8e7 previous time, d112c8a9f6 when she ae9a8e9bd5 had only 05ad7e8ed5 sensed a b37e07e786 faint presence, 15f0d472eb this was 8260493816 a more 9fda907104 advanced form ba8d3066dd of telepathic c66dd4e380 mind-melding.4a6e02c1e4bf5be1

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Diana took 4ba2013ba7 a step 6ffd2f85fd back. Before she could 7e640c8136 even think, her 97c557bb6c body instinctively recoiled d16437cead in response to 39e5274b26 danger. At the same time, 0c8ce2663f the figure in the 8e93e22573 darkness slowly stood up.e5f141fba89c72c5

“Lieutenant?”989bb1b36907f369

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Sensing something c8bd8a50c5 strange, Owen 3d05ef2668 tilted his 66090e1a6b head in 1f705ecbf7 curiosity. The man ignored e353a60145 Owen and walked ce902e9a3c straight toward Diana.a609806fde0ea079

The closer he got, f7b21f7f3c the stronger the mind-melding 83076c94dd energy became. The muscles 26668ad6a9 in her 86e63d2ede fingers tensed, 137341412f the tips e7649a4495 of her 153db3f012 nerves felt e854904f47 as though 31dc979ad8 they were f425601785 burning. It was 287543b4cf as if f09d7f9241 she had b74f07043c become a 1c156e42c3 moth drawn 2a7e9862aa to a 5a47b1bc12 flame, its 6b2c027978 wings catching e3da2b3d69 fire.999c2f501ea65f1e

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When he finally 758c9c0bf1 stepped closer, Richard b4be9788d2 Ashwood’s figure was f46061894e fully revealed in 6a07c36603 front of Diana.98640b955c53b1b0

The sunset light 2c7b64c0e1 slanted through the e206dcbaa9 doorway, casting a 1c1beb6855 glow on the 6d89d54094 lieutenant. Even though Owen add6be00d1 was quite tall, 36b02c75cb the man stood e9365e1538 a full head f99860a486 above him. Diana had to 09770d6e0f crane her neck 0f90f56c7f just to get 5c8c708fe2 a proper look 3b1f384362 at him.e7019750fe2b8eaf

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The lieutenant was 5e11500db8 far from neat 3b86f96708 in appearance.52ba5cfd538bfb2d

His forehead 9bdbe8ca15 was covered b16350f382 with messy, 90d9826505 jet-black hair. A faint stubble 4872ae73d4 shadowed his well-defined d738db246d jaw, as if 58c48b378c he hadn’t shaved a7dc0cfddc in about a d2a5427c76 day.1e917570221b2199

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Dark shadows loomed fa32aecc10 under his eyes, bcd5f1c54a and the whites c1e0c8270e of his eyes bd714cec62 were tinged red—clear 5c6830b6ff signs of prolonged a2fc378760 sleeplessness.8a664a995c98d81a

And yet, he e34aa44dfa didn’t look disheveled.5ad99753c5907157

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There wasn’t a0faced9d1 a single 22bba6de51 unremarkable feature 93a1703118 on his d25494f7ce face. A straight, prominent cb6f83c1bd nose, deep-set eyelids, 520e014236 and a sharp fc79f1b35e jawline. In a word, he 262f4d80fb was an unsettlingly striking 51740d02e1 man.2bfb47616828c723

Standing right in front 5c35b5e626 of Diana, the lieutenant c925a244fe slowly blinked as he 5fb9be244f looked down at her. His opaque gaze a355adad7e made it impossible 2840414932 to tell what d93b1bbe0d he was thinking. The silence stretched b7c8795130 unbearably long.556c4ad2fc76c1e7

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Diana awkwardly raised her f74817951e hand in salute. The tips d683b3d03c of her 68b20b08a2 fingers trembled 2ff9b5e331 slightly.29f5d120bc0f7abf

“I… I’m Sergeant Diana cde1511274 Green, newly assigned to 407c2e269e the unit.”9b462f826a823f0e

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“I know.”83417fde3c89ac93

“……!”ffdf699a665da660

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“I heard you ffc50c0329 shot down a 9f62673971 lost Arke pilot.”ab4f3d752891efcd

“…Yes, th-that’s correct.”530ed823798a440a

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Her voice 8f5e921d66 kept trembling 1e8d6343f8 foolishly. She didn’t even have 08bb5da80f the presence of mind acf0273f30 to close her mind-melding c52b16fa44 channel. As she 7d8fe4f150 struggled to fed9d42a93 regain her fcbcb1f790 composure, a 65b9978b2a question reached 7addca2393 her—both spoken 0b6c84c5d0 aloud and 063eb02b5b inside her 879ba2f9d1 head at 1779945719 the same 2324f1358b time.0747c39f6666ec6a

“How old are 2176c1ee68 you?”fe7574df98ef17e8

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[If you’re a mind-melder, are you from Arke?]

“……”62d241ecd28e24e9

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[…….]

“I asked 65f227a2fb how old 30b0a296a8 you are, 4977bdb94d Sergeant.”9c7846991779c7cd

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[I asked if you’re an Arkein, Sergeant.]

Two completely different questions 4d6b522a49 thrown at her at 9036b32ac5 the same time. Diana didn’t 247da5a752 know which 314ec78bd8 one to 964f1df3ed answer first.6db72c84d313dd30

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Diana was a 47b4d1e325 Bringerton citizen and 5f1e5b1108 a mind-melder. So was this man.198706585b52bb4b

‘Yeah. It’s not impossible.’8d07c5421ac2b93b

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Mind-melders weren’t completely absent 28737c8003 from Bringerton.2f3100bac5350a42

There had been cases 65918ee059 where Arke nobility married 1649022058 into Bringerton’s royal or b232b1aa5a noble families.1ce4210c970cf571

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And after the failed “White Rebellion” against Dietrich I twenty-two years ago, many Arke nobles had sought asylum in Bringerton.03bf153c518dfca7

So, in theory, ddba34b089 Bringerton-born mind-melders weren’t c369c73c7f entirely impossible.f4d50f0d54d424ab

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Lieutenant Ashwood seemed d9dc1a5350 to be one 12fcbb40d2 of those cases. His father was 940e4cf106 a count, so d47506507f perhaps he had 61122e63be Arke lineage from cbe2e2f7e9 his mother’s side.2dccc677ce6a8a91

But Diana 454e7149ed wasn’t like a2038b6c85 that. That was the problem.3283a9935ec7aa57

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As far as 5fc083adf3 she knew, there 1cd3099edd wasn’t a single e97b7448e0 Arkein in the 4afad97e98 Green family. She was 6381356703 a common-born 908cb3b68f woman, raised ce61586a2b entirely in 027a8b1824 Campton, with a61957b2ee not a 777a1ba19e drop of 55fc0f1a32 Arke blood 7f56835921 in her 313af8843d veins.fe168bedbe2199f6

No matter a415f4a184 what excuse 48b59021a8 she gave, 3876d9eec9 it would b04f538b5e only raise b587c0f5e3 suspicion.0ea1231b06c4d1a1

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Diana hesitantly gave her 17a8422b04 answer.8473959befc35dd3

“I’m twenty-two years old.”b7096431e2469b44

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[I’m from Bringerton.]

A rough gaze 83670e9d0a swept across Diana’s 3f8f28410a face, as if 66561e9e2c measuring something with a5a8b13ce0 strict precision.dc4bb2131e5f1bf0

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“Is that f4a65fc466 really so.”8804ae6921f04d58

“Yes, I’m twenty-two 1fccb17b3d years old.”a4ca936f2c00d5d3

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For a 0c33c39a7c while, nothing 4541f6f649 came—neither through b1f9ec5fa3 speech nor 1e7c4f49ac mind-melding.945aba3a95fee87f

The silence was unbearable, 399dc52914 so much so that e9d7036e0a she almost wished for 5f248b42ac sharp accusations instead.e28a43c3da83c5f6

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The man’s expression 37040818ae was unreadable. His dark eyes were b5dc656b3a like thick shields, concealing 7b8f643eec any emotion.ccb91835ec74e593

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Even while performing such 92f7b47ce8 a powerful level of 22fe33c18a mind-melding, she couldn’t read d8fa899c3a a single emotion from b294523099 him.dcbdf2cdd7977955

That was because 9173011c49 he was using 67c064bbee his power solely 3fd11204d5 to crush her—to 14167c7bb4 overpower, not to 650fb84493 communicate.0519a3e5f3d08616

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It reminded her 07f04f7277 of when she bef8723032 had been tortured d3c7b18ff8 in solitary confinement.acec592a57af9d11

Her breath caught in b9a7abe544 her throat.ae87e2211f899230

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[Liar.]

His narrowed eyes became 9722af5c52 thin as a rapier. At the same time, 495ddc112d the energy from the 31181f09e2 mind-melding turned even more 119d8c2688 violent.04c7f7234f22e409

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Like a beast asserting 0aca31e980 dominance, Ashwood mercilessly shattered 689f847606 Diana’s defenses and invaded eee522034f her mind.c7cd058ea525d9c5

He dug 2aec0d1e0f through, tore f9e00ebacf apart, and 9788b7d145 shook her d69e3b6008 to the 36ed7dbeb9 core.802af1145ea2927a

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She tried to fe0547830f step back, but 3d41524a3a her weakened legs afc5cf453a refused to move. She was as 60b193a5dc helpless as a 3a9eeac3b6 deer caught in 3904f24c12 a snare.274282c65dba5387

[S…Stop.]

Diana, unable to endure c946b42318 the pain, found herself 009d3a20d2 begging.be7c1ca2223fbe41

She didn’t care if f54b6aa6a4 she was expelled from cd13be06a4 this place or punished 6ac652f363 in any way—she just 550f774f93 wanted to escape the fad92ae817 immediate threat.0d686302642af648

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She had endured 81da83b88c days of torture 9f1c095a9d in Parnassus, but f018260288 now, she had eea0cf1b07 no such resolve.12c7d1b67c4a33ea

Right now, 7a0a385a10 she was b2eae9384d just an 1427630c91 ordinary person, 8ea28af9dc desperately struggling 5f0ac0c37c to survive.9d66a0e97c3bba64

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[Stop, please. I was born and raised in Bringerton. I am a Bringerton citizen.]

[Still lying. Are you a spy sent by the Emperor?]

Her gasping 3267345117 breath completely 9dc7126e8f halted. Diana’s vision ec40ebeac8 went black.c570d21cbeb86d27

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In an instant, countless aacc6e553d images flickered past her ad66228104 eyes, like frames of 545dbd81f0 a motion picture.3bd7c0d5f5415789

Diana Green, 69f6415989 volunteering for 5c29997734 the Air 6168346003 Support Division.fb484ace454d18f7

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Diana Green, d7ba1fc0d7 frozen in a5d13bbc29 fear under 3944ea7cf8 enemy bombardment.29e1ac3f39e546a6

Diana Green, frantically working 1fc32ade0d at The Dancing Mermaid.c59f87f2a81eb6f3

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Diana Green, 208b0801ba being confessed e08889eeeb to by 23bc320300 her childhood 3c125c2851 friend, Jerome 6a14c33568 Edgerton.e0f77c3efa56b44f

Diana Green, unconscious b4eb8f1c09 on a hospital e83d4f15e3 bed.00be9d1150b32f41

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Diana Green, d1b1292e62 laughing as 3593a21cd9 she flew 23c49d1121 a kite abdc8cda51 over distant 28428d6a8c fields.a391e8fb317aacb1

Diana Green, sitting blankly 73b26e6387 at a funeral.17fdfcbf9e98156b

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Diana Green, lying c2c6fc4b7e on the street d39e66bf7a after being thrown d56ab9d0cf from a vehicle.ccd3fe54a61a0df0

The fast-moving images came eaaae67b8f to a stop, showing db642bbea4 a young Diana Green b07696afea sprawled on the ground, dadcbc84f9 bleeding.47a83a67c82bdeb0

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Her small limbs twitched. A hushed voice, whispering 3258878f91 to herself, could be a3127fe571 heard.12797f58d82a805b

Then, the scene 79a9933361 froze.353eb26c799338f7

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And then, it a984bab975 began to play 81765b3d51 in reverse.f8575aa8d427dad6

The bloodied child 1d688c90be grew into a 0be412be6a girl with braided ae50959937 red hair.01816ecfe770082a

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Her hair was 9c53553dbd cut short, then b0a07a330d grew long again.4219784a66ab0f14

She became taller, 0e8fdc1053 stronger. Her once bright face e615b225ef grew darker and more 74d831bce1 shadowed.981a9057782a463f

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And then, that b97225739e girl became the c26390689d present-day Diana Green.c94f45fededed5e3

[…What a pathetic life.]

A voice, tinged with 9a051b0cf1 an odd sense of e55d00001d disappointment, rang in her cab403da8b mind.2cb3c2186c9c93c5

Diana awoke from 32c55cd20e the fleeting vision, 16f593b1a6 returning to the c9fc14f6d4 barracks of the 7878dceba1 Pegasus Squadron.
The mind-melding was abruptly fc6d4ae625 severed, and a sharp 415fce7a3d dizziness overtook her, like 1fdf0a4454 jumping out of a ad4b8848a4 spinning aircraft. She staggered, and Owen 55a1a4dc74 quickly caught her in 53ac391284 alarm.36ce396ecb6abbda

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“…….”91a1ed0cbd7e3f8d

“Green, are you okay? Lieutenant, you 5e64da534d must be 3ee903776d exhausted after 672a65d946 today’s battle 4533e95184 and the 8cbd6b2e1e long journey.”e67db60adb4248a3

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“…I-I’m fine.”7e4afc5dd70f5953

Standing upright 7e60b63050 again, Diana d4556168bb looked up 377880ff0b at the ec1cd2900c man before c956fb0429 her.eb872034ae534cf0

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There was 759c54eacf no trace a03e54e857 of hostility 43b33d5975 left on 47e164f3ee his face.96f429630dc727c4

Only exhaustion—deep, weary, ba74f2e62f and empty.81ca77969df955e1

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He had b0e90d1b68 pried into 4cea47506e the entirety 34914588bc of her f37879d188 life and 4bb02fcdef simply reacted 74202f0e87 like this?4963c6262e7d4450

So, now that he 3cb5a4534f had confirmed she wasn’t 6d86e205bc a spy, he didn’t 882057d274 care anymore?c83a97ce6d6b920e

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Fury surged deep 4bdd8f5d92 within Diana.08268716e1214b9c

The fact that she 7ece3783b8 couldn’t even curse at c6ae56672d him through mind-melding was 33d66d256f even more frustrating.95fff6f8e5fccb6a

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