The fat Nigel and I amassed was substantial for the potion. I didn’t know what to do with the leftovers, but I didn’t dare to throw the fruits of our hard work away. It wasn’t as if another endurance potion wouldn’t be needed.
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“Now all I need to do is to finalize it.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1xk3gI2QTm
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A few minutes of careful mana suspension was the remaining requirement for a job well done. I did so easily, channeling my shaky focus to form it with haste. The liquid turned deep blue, the color of the distant sea, meaning that–214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkotoBEC86D
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“It’s a resounding success. Awesome.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oB3Fw5aHo
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I wiped my brow with my forearm and patted my face with my collar. I wasn’t sweaty or anything, but my head felt undeniably hot, likely from all the blood that rushed to fuel my attention. That aside, I now had a finished product to deliver, but as I tasked myself I came at a small crossroads.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5GbYBkopuT
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Should I go and deliver this now, or make a healing potion, and deliver this later?214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWE2buymth
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It seemed obvious to me what the answer was. Pragmaticism dictated the practice of the former, as the recipients of this potion were operating under borrowed time. But my left mind dictated otherwise; it told me that it would be a slight– no, a flagrant offense if I didn’t brew that medicine.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKI9GoADqn
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“...That’s new. Where did you come from?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMMlXNNMPxr
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Thoughts like that– I didn’t recall having them. I was hit from left field by this warping, contorting, sapping feeling in my chest. It didn’t disturb me, however. Rather, I was confused. I was uncomfortable, but I could bear this panging, especially with a distracting duty.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Cd8bmFhM2
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“I know better. I don’t have the time for that. No, I don’t.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrL9kY1zPfX
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Indeed, I was creating with urgency. I spent enough excess time finding ingredients as it was, so any further stalling would jeopardize the whole city. I had to get out, and get out now–214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Z3akM1g79
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But when I jerked my legs to do so, they didn’t. They stood in place, locked to the ground by that warping sensation. I clicked my tongue, because now I realized what was happening, and my irritated frown turned into a worried grimace.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Z6em6KXQF
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Even though I had a duty, to leave Rover to hang with a broken leg longer than she had to, left me with a pit in my stomach. It’s Especially so, because I had the power and the will to relieve her.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPE1M7VPVZ8
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Fortunately, I had a compromise. I found that compromise in my bag, slouched against the wall. I sifted through it and found what I needed, then made a quick exit from the booth.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnU7BF0H9NA
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Knock, knock, knock. The strength of my banging knuckles surprised even me. I stocked hardly half the force in my flicks to produce such noise. But I summed up the cause immediately. I was nervous.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVlOIOC2k5
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“Yes?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSNDYCbS8o
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The door opened quickly, revealing a Lola who was peekingher head through the opening. Her countenance lost its vigilance once she saw me, and it likewise calmed me down.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZZ5kKwZcU
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“You’re here what I think you’re for, aren’t you?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlmXzf2uzQ
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“Y-Yes, Lola. Here, this is the potion I made.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1WtaxdKGCZ
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I stretchedmy arm out as she widened the door. She grabbed it with her free hand and inspected it on all planes. At some point, she stopped twirling and nudging it and blankly stared at the blue. I noticed now how fluidly the streams swirled.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbuIlISvGKy
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“You made this in eighty minutes?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwA1NYKh9Wt
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“Did I take too long? I’m sorry, I had to grab some ingredients from a lower floor–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylmN9HB29w
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“No, not at all. I was expecting you to take longer. Thank you, Kenny, I’ll make sure you’re rewarded handsomely.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOpwIKOZE5
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I raised my hands bashfully and rapidly waved them at her.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6fyAUto5E
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“No no no, please don’t! You’re helping us enough as is.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9vtcGgOQg
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“If you insist.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTr842uPMdx
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She said so with an upscaling cadence, poorly singing the last syllable. I blinked a few times, and my eyes reopened to blaring blurs. Only my mother ever did that.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP0d5mAU1Ba
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“Kenny?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMbcw8INAz
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“O-Oh, right. Do you need me for anything else?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEt4dsM6rgu
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“Hmm,” she hummed, clasping her chin, “if we do, I’ll bug you. For now, make yourself at home, and get plenty of rest. You’ll need it for what comes next.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvr6iCfdm2x
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I let out a chuckled sigh and slapped a hand on my chest, muttering a breathy “thank you.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVJt4pwXYT
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“There is something I’d like to ask you, however, just before you go.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGaFPRP5s1
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She said so right as I turned to leave. I twisted my head and looked at her, gesturing for her to shoot.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy738nz3LXO
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“The concoction in your other hand; that bright green tint can only mean one thing, yes? A healing potion.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUfjw723HVE
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I nodded at her assessment. I realized the speed at which this could turn dangerous.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsG15fkDiBd
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“I see. I see, I see…”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ01JbSUlBYK
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“A-Are you going to make me make one for each soldier?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hj6oM9UWn
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“No, I won’t ask that of an outsider, let alone a child– oh, sorry, you don’t like being called that, do you?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOlYNrJzUB
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“...Don’t worry about it. I appreciate you being considerate, Lola. Is there anything else?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡakyo4xlXuj
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“I-If you don’t mind my prying, could you answer a few questions for me?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiyppVxVVpf
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She stepped over the threshold and closed the door, but stopped just short of shutting it. As much as I wanted to chat with her, though, I had somewhere else to be.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPMx8QbLlD
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“Please?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9atUzwa4IZ
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Though it was difficult to draw a line while she was making such a face.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqPH0XEpul
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“F-Fine, but please make them short. I have somewhere I need to be.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6DsJzNckd
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“Thank you, I will. It’s just two quick questions. First–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj2gI9o70Qe
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She paused right before asking, as if a crucial memory struck her from the woodwork. 214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xqbLWRWps
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“–How long have you been an alchemist?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPbTlTencB
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“I’d say… hold on, that question has two answers. Commercially, it’s been about three years(1). Personally, it’s been for… seven?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRCX3CrwX0
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“Seven years? That’s over half your life, isn’t it?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMorSWmxFO1
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I gave a simple shrug with sandwiched lips.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcDHnddNf6
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“I started young. That’s all.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJzTI2Sn2Om
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“I see. Being trained at such a young age, no wonder why you’re so skilled.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe0DEo3STEy
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“P-Please, don’t flatter me. I appreciate the remarks, but they just…”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx9IC9HbBp5
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They don’t sit right with me, I wanted to say, but Lola gave a predictive, discerning nod, so I stopped speaking.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR5CABnZxXr
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“Only seven years… then, maybe–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQrrB54XUAU
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“Sorry, can you repeat that? I didn’t catch it.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PEiYj0N7k
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She jumped and then waved her hand.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDz92ze36Xi
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“Don’t worry, I was just thinking out loud. Anyhow, for my next question…”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXGvHyzXoi
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“Right.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9srp0UXJE
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“...I apologize if this may seem extreme, but I have to ask.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfRUHaoLSkC
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She straightened herself and turned her head left and right, seemingly afraid of anyone hearing in. That assumption was validated by her leaning her head in.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEQLx3wPEh
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“Did you kill anyone in the last operation?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNCtL2u18i
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“I– Wha!?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaWwMGuCKhd
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I couldn’t keep my voice down, much to her dismay. But, goodness, could she blame me? She put a hand on my shoulder and told me to calm down, which I quickly did, but I still had a storm thrashing in my skull.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2bsadCKB6
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“Who asks something like that to a child!?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gVCnndNkl
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“Shh! I know it’s selfish, but it’s for my own peace of mind! I have to know, please, did you?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dEw7DNIZx
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“Your own… peace of mind?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkRFw5ziuz
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When it was twisted that way, suddenly, I wasn’t so apprehensive. I was still bewildered, but answering that question didn’t feel like falling into a trap anymore. And so, reluctantly, my lips spoke the answer.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡum4pDCT7lV
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“I didn’t. I hurt some people, but I never landed a killing blow.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlLrElegykY
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“I-I see. That’s a relief. Oh my goodness, that’s a relief.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbppvylnq3e
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She leaned against the door, closed it, and putting her hand on her brow, she closed her eyes and began to… pant? I wondered how she could be so worried. I was beginning to think she might have a screw loose.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfc2FDwpa3
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“Thank you for humoring me. You have no idea how much it calms me, to know there’s no blood on such a young man’s hands. 214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡseENKecDwL
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“You… for some reason, I feel like you regard me much more highly than you should.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oOSyHjeaK
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She shrugged at my comment.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqCzsz5uV3n
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“Maybe I do, maybe I don’t. I think I’ll keep you guessing. Now, shoo! You have somewhere to be, don’t you?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtQrMMhudL3
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Brushing me off with perfect logic before I could respond to her outrageous statement, I clicked my tongue inward and turned on my foot.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2mHdZv9DLG
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“Goodbye Lola,” I shouted. She opened the door and slid right through, waving at me right before closing it.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKbYA6eQkv
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As I inched closer to the infirmary, my body had an expected reaction. I coped with it accordingly, though that didn’t make it easy to move.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKV7xTWE30y
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With every progressing movement of my foot came a wave of resistance double the magnitude. I had to dig my soles into the floor to wade through the spasms, closing my eyes and gritting my teeth just to keep my limbs moving.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwMPhvUB7i
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Of course, I was exaggerating. But goodness, did that swelling weight pound against my chest. My limbs did shake as I reached for the knob, but I managed to grasp it and keep my hand there.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU7TmuynACG
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“...This is ridiculous.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf8j8YlhzVM
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I sighed. I looked at the healing potion and gave it a few light shakes, watching the agent crash like small waves against the flask. If push came to shove, I could drop this off by the bed or table and turn the other way. In fact, if I had to convince myself that was all I had to do just to open this damned door, then I would do so. So I kept saying so, a lunatic hustling his mantra.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWWtIEBHw2
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“Just go in, drop it off, go out. Go in, drop it off, go out. Go in, drop it– off!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS9ObT32k1v
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In the midst of my chanting, I bit the arrow and slammed it open. It looked far removed from how I imagined it.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEBt4WgI8s
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Instead of a small room with curtain-covered beds lined up with uniform spacing, it was a small room lined with dingy, almost make-shift mattresses. About eight people were in the room, and one was slouched on a chair opposite of me, his head hung and his arms crossed.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeb1qEKSJyD
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And seeing how his groggy face raised to meet mine, I realized how noisy my entrance was.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJOuoUoXBT
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“S-Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb anyone. I’m just here to deliver something.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRazitinKyt
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“...Hmm.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJLnCZaBKtD
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The man stood up and haggardly walked to me. From his gait alone, I could tell he’d been drinking, though I wondered how exactly he got his hands on alcohol. He stopped a few paces before me, took one long look with narrowed eyes, and casually shrugged.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0W7tnRhad
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“R-Right. Thank you, sir.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR1PcSQ8bkc
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He gave me a thumbs-up and plodded back to his chair. I looked around the room, feeling blessed from my lucky break, and eyed all the patients.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNnA2widVC
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While most were in their mock-up beds, either sleeping, eating, or chatting away, one mattress was empty. By process of elimination, it belonged to the person I was looking for.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMbwhgJo3pp
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Gnawing on my fingers, I did one more sweep before releasing a sigh. Rover was nowhere to be seen– not in the beds, not on the window sill, not in the corners, nothing–214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckwc9ruYZP
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“What are you doing here?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccJNCcU0JU
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And then I heard a voice call from me. I jolted, nearly dropping my flask, and turned to face its timbre. Only as I saw its bearer’s face, did its course tone ring a bell in me.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrjYZ6gIEsc
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There was Rover, sitting in the one corner out of my sight, eyeing me with a lion’s eyes.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0UWRqdZXC
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All my systems shut down at that moment. It was one thing to imagine meeting her, but seeing her face-to-face instead of a mere effigy I controlled the responses of was a completely different beast.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iJiI9m13I
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“Well? Come on, spit it out.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWvX2tUYB7
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“I… I-I.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQNdk1YekcP
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My body didn’t shake. My eyes didn’t blink, my lips didn’t part, and only the functions of my lungs and stiff throat continued normally. I was completely and utterly frozen.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6mvj4xRrN
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Suddenly, I felt my face fire up. It was a familiar feeling, but I was vulnerable during its assassination. In front of another person, of whom I had their undivided attention, witnessing my pale cheeks light like fireflies.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKutgWViet
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That shame was too much to bear. I stuck my hand out, darting my eyes between her and the potion, and even orbiting my other hand around the flask to emphasize it. Despite me putting it on a pedestal, Rover tilted her head with an eyebrow that raised to the ceiling.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxzQ7OtQyw6
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“I don’t have time for this, just spit it out!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9c85RveDLw
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“I-I’m here.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzmVCPifKMB
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By some miracle, her urging words kicked my chords into action, and I was beginning to form words again. Only, they didn’t have a present pilot.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68jL7wYGwb
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“I’m– I made— I– Rover, I’m here–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKcZQ23oFI
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As I kept stumbling over myself, Rover rolled her eyes and crossed her arms. She looked at me, tapping her finger on herself as if she was waiting for me to stop.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡONnLXTUzUZ
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“I…”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSwexYBzjBf
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I sighed and pinched my nose, shook my head, and slapped my left cheek. I looked at the corner between the wall and ceiling, whispered something akin to a prayer, and finally looked that woman in the eyes.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUC3tex5XrP
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“Hello, Rover.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47eej6j53V
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“Hey, Kenny.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8BsIKX8cl
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I retracted my stretched arm, then extended it yet again.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmbzNN9eTzJ
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“I made you this. It’s something I made, in light of the news I heard. Well, it’s just leftovers, but I did want to make one for you–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrbtJEZnlv
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“Cut to the chase!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSua6KCissk
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“R-Right. It’s a healing potion. I heard that your leg sustained a major injury, and so, I’d like to give this to you. For some relief, and quicker healing.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXvAvnuxUX
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Her eyes widened. Her crossed arms slackened, and I took it as a signal to move forward. I took it incorrectly.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9h1cQBQvUc
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“Hold on, you brought me a potion?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreJgVrfVNc
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“Y-Yes.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwtYrm4jzf
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“Now who told you to do that?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMCBapYa4k
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“W-Well–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ54BwhaGGqJ
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Nigel suggested it, but he didn’t tell me. No, mulling over that was wasteful spending. There was only one truth in this situation:214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLJDjtSGJJ
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“I wanted to do it. I wasn’t told.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpPJsg2GXJz
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“...You? That wimpy Kenny?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOhoMZDmxqN
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I wasn’t mad at her insult. It was all too accurate.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKT9WR9VyoF
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“Yes, the wimpy Kenny.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡni8UCKnRYO
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“Ha! You’ve surprised me before, but this really blew my expectations out of the water!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdJrlNXtIl
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She rubbed under her nose and hummed to herself with a satisfied tune. As I couldn’t read her mind, I stood in place and didn’t budge.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjz6QknE0Cf
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“I refuse your treatment!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQm2PJrHcEb
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“H-Huh!?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7o0hevd5s
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In a single moment, all my apprehension had been voided. All anxiety and dread, crumpled into a ball and thrown out a window, replaced by a slate of terrible vexation.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEujASAbNGy
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“Why not? Don’t you want to recover faster?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLTsuLVaNnT
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“Of course I do, but I can’t accept it. Not when you’re looking at me like I’m some kind of monster.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTa8pB3H8W2
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“I– Wha?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiADeM7prf
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I stopped pointing my finger and used it to feel around my face. There was no mirror, so it was the best I could do. Something was off with it, and if I didn’t figure out what, then I couldn’t give Rover this potion, and I couldn’t confront–214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv26p9etG0A
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“No, stupid! It’s the face you’re making! It’s weird!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW1VyQqv2mP
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“Stupid? Weird!?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUQsDxFC3W
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“Do you need the whole room to hear it!? You’re looking at me like a weirdo!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKV9RW1zwCs
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“...”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbg690gZtu
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The energy to argue was sapped. I understood what she said, and could do nothing but stare with mouth agape. Rover leaned further against the wall and looked at me with her chin raised.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIQPudUYgHe
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“Why are you looking at me like that? Hmph.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOkPtOvrrW
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As I had no other mode of operating at this moment, I blurted my immediate response.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrt2USaDLcT
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“It’s because I upset you.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtFqZEYUpZX
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And then I realized that something like this required thoughtful phrasing.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0WXbThEIT
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“I don’t– well, I don’t want to make you any more uncomfortable than you–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Zz2yZcNC4
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“That’s bullshit! Man, forget answering that, I don’t need your whole, your spiel you know!? Come here!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGozNGkm1Zm
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“Come, there,” I asked, pointing to myself.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK934EcVfrc
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“Yes. Sit by me, I can’t stand looking at your working legs.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQCIYpZllq
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“S-Sheesh.” 214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmslYABCcyh
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I didn’t even begin thinking of a way to respond to that. I just did as I was asked and walked to her side, sitting against the wall beside her. She snatched the potion right out of my hand and eyed it like an appraiser. Only, if said appraiser was terrible at imitating one.
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“How do I use this thing?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuGLeASwhDu
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“You, uhm, you have to drink it. If you have a needle, you can inject it right into your leg, that’ll make it work faster, but not better.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsuK3tNk8Y
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“Drinking works for me.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbMXXiaJ6lW
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She popped the cork and chugged it to its last drop. She shook every drop out, set the flask on the ground, and entered a fierce coughing fit.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrH6BQqpkn
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“Cah! What the hell, is in this thing?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvNG2evRuv
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“That’s not the problem! You drank it too fast, you dingus!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFhFxn5AAD
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She looked at me with sharp eyes but couldn’t do anything in the midst of her coughing. I slapped her back a few times to help it pass her throat, and after a moment, she calmed down.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUaHA9yeDVk
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“If you drink like that, it’s likely to go down the wrong pipe.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWB10SaqIo8
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“Whatever.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1FzJIwD8CW
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With her dismissive reply, she turned her head to the side with what I could only imagine was a pout. I silently sighed, because for all the gritting teeth and flexing fingers her behavior should’ve invoked, it was within my whetted expectations. I tolerated her usual brashness rather well– in fact, my body was as relaxed as a koala. But I didn’t come here to watch her pout, and I no doubt must’ve warranted that face somehow. 214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxJsqwqzfKx
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She discarded my earlier words, but they were genuine. I didn’t want to make her stressed. Not any more than a person with such a leg should have.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEan2gW7kmJ
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And so, I got up from my improvised seat and brushed the little bits of dust that landed on my pants. I turned to Rover, who already had her eyes meeting mine. It was with such swiftness, that I almost staggered before my goodbye. Almost, but I fixed myself before it.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshuhNnN17r
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But before I could even take anpreludebreath, she spoke, reading my intentions.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJ2Qt2PCOj
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“Leaving already?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklfFbNtXl7
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“I-I am, yes. I think it would be best. It isn’t as if I don’t have–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCrk2Q11pA
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“Hold on, not yet. I still have something to say to you.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbheC9aiBj7
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She didn’t reach a hand. No, not one inch of her body nudged my way. But her crossed arms and crunched eyes enacted a greater force than her limbs ever could, as if a fortress wall materialized on my head. My butt returned to the floor soon after, but what I tried my hardest not to reveal, was that it was self-assisted.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3LgjXRM4z
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“That’s funny. I do too. Do you mind if I start first?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHC9SDfR9s
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She shook her head back and forth, keeping that iron countenance but giving me the go-ahead. It made spitting out my words difficult, but I was lucky to have rehearsed them. Only a little, of course.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWzOAocT4E3
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“I wanted to tell you, that I’m sorry for what happened earlier. My conduct, of course. I was just– you remember what I’m talking about, right? Back in our little rented room?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90b5uC2Yqu
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“Yeah, I do. I remembered how much of a wuss you were.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk86oBpm9t8
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I almost chuckled. Blunt as a bat, but it hit a bullseye.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjmCV7oQtf
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“I was being conducted by fright. I couldn’t fathom, putting myself out there, and making myself a part of this mess. Risking my life, your life, Juke’s. But, honestly, those reasons took a backseat.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Z1tAuxMEA
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I noticed the subtlest rise of her right brow.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFFKr8N7uAt
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“I thought that, the lower the engagement, the better it would be. Screw the job, screw the people. The less involved I was, the better. The less it was up to me, the better. I don’t fully get it– not yet I do –but with the words I have, I can tell you this much: that’s how I felt.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vaEwsdu1R
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She nodded along to my apology. It looked like she was expecting more, but I was finished. So she’d understand, I concluded with–214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqiQwJJmPW
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“So yeah, I’m sorry for being such a wuss.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqWbpxev1Y
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“...Hmm. Ha, I guess kids really do grow so fast.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQJwzv3S2q
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“H-Huh?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4XqJYAT6IF
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She rubbed her nose a little and continued talking.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8m0JaFB6oA
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“Just look at you. You’re nothing like the Kenny I knew.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Nf4pa9Qi0
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“I-I, well, I don’t know if I agree–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwOLZ5ZNuhJ
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“Nah, on second thought, I take that back. But that doesn’t matter anyway. Seriously, just look at you.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRHKO81OPH
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“I’m n-nothing so special.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZtsa1ffT2
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“Sure you ain’t. But here you are, in a room with a bunch of battle casualties. You’re in the same mess I’m in, and you’re finally working to get that letter back!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNL9i70j7P
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“The letter certainly isn’t a priority.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmSBYCRVtF8
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She casually clicked her tongue, tilted her head sideways, and waved her hand downward.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ88cvX6oyWI
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“Don’t sweat the details. That’s not the point. The point is that you’re in the same room as me again, and that means you finally grew a pair.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡukiSx4NiOV
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Whether it was he boorish phrasing or encouraging insistence, something about her made me sit on those words. I raised a hand to my chin and looked up at nothing, entrenched in thought. 214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRkLxdpyPJ9
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It took me only a few 214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMNjjYzHafc
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“I don’t think so. I don’t think I grew anything.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1oG40n9Yx
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“‘Course you did! Stop giving me such crap–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHGNH8KwH9C
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“No, really, Rover.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5xVBlHAAc
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I slouched my posture and leaned back, lifting myself with my hands behind me. 214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4zLFjxJOD
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“I think I’m just lucky.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5xKnvNp0S
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I veered my eyes away from the ceiling, looking into Rover’s, and was taken aback by her utter dejection. Or was it disgust?214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxw8D9SLVkB
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“I-I mean, it’s not as if I haven’t been trying, it’s just–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFFLaeTToh
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“Nevermind all that, Kenny. You’re starting to give me a headache.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZoTSGK4vQ
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I stopped my frantic hand-waving and began to scratch my head.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDmte8d5gHK
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“You’re doing something right. You said it yourself, so you know. But enough about you; I have something to say, and your weird drug is already making me drowsy.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk205DOYZUl
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“It isn’t a drug! I wouldn’t stoop to such barbaric substances!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYz8hEozew
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“Uh-huh, whatever. Hear me out before you can’t anymore.”
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I rolled my eyes but kept my mouth shut, squishing my cheek by resting it on my face. Though Rover looked ready to speak with her gaze matching mine, she quickly jerked her head the other way and appeared to look off into nowhere. I was confused, but I didn’t voice it. It would be unfair of me to interrupt her as she gathered her words, as I hadn’t been so many times.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjveRLDoMcP
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Eventually, Rover’s face flared and became ruddy. I didn’t think much of it initially, but as I continued to remember that it was Rover who I was talking to, this meant that whatever she said had immense gravity. I perked my ears and sharpened their hearing– as best as I could with the poor funnel my hands formed, anyhow. 214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0jhYmubid
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“D-Don’t rush me!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmf0Un5vpcW
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“I’m not rushing you! I mean, I wouldn’t mind if you just spat it out, but–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1VW3ZFEPoe
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“Shut up, Kenny! You told me yourself once that I’m too crass with words. Just let me think; you already know I’m bad at this…”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaOksMh9Yh9
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I had no recollection of doing such a thing, but as the clearest memory I had of her was of the incident that night, I chose to believe her. She spent the time fiddling with her fingers, biting then nibbling her lips, darting her eyes this way and that with such ferocity her head jiggled with each motion. I could see my reflection on her sweat, and she was so engrossed in thought that air stopped entering her system.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYW0Dtzmezf
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I was exaggerating, but I couldn’t deny that it was making me uncomfortable. I wondered then for a moment, as admonishable as a thought that it was, if this is how people felt around me at times.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HvGzN7clM
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“Gahh, forget it! You convinced me, I’ll just say it!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOqxvaf4RpK
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“I didn’t say anything.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtYufZzwyWu
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She straightened her back and puffed out her chest. Her guise of bravery was there to convince herself. The instance her lips would part, she’d cross a fine line, one whose threshold would shut and lock with her passing legs. I knew that gesture all too well. And since I did, I gave her nothing but my most diligent attention.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8wKhnozjo
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“I’m sorry for being such a priss.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiqQ1MhXRm
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And I was returned an equal blow. Rover stuck her tongue out after saying that, ready to clean off the ‘mawkish verbiage’ she just spewed. That’s what it seemed to me anyway, but she refrained, as she had only her body to convince me of her sincerity.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fF4C0rNKF
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But whether she was or not, mattered not to me.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv7Qio4ydIz
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“I don’t regret chewing you out, don’t get me wrong. But I shouldn’t have abandoned you two. Not after how we’ve, b-became friends, and not after how you told me all you did.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrFndPUi80w
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“Told you all I did? What?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpbdHAPIL67
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She was caught by a wind of fury.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaD0WFhm4aw
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“You don’t remember!? Are you kidding me!? I really should–! Gah, you’re making this so much harder than it should be!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYyZHfD3bui
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I couldn’t help but let out a chuckle. She stopped her rage immediately, donning a look of perplexion. 214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjunlCJDtIr
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“What’s so funny?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBb6zF3MSJ
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“N-Nothing in particular. I appreciate the apology, I suppose? I don’t think I’m all that deserving of it, though.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1CweTOjjt
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“Hold on, I’m not done yet!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNXGnfFpGoh
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I nodded in understanding, and so she continued.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI9JVxSMoXr
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“As I was saying… I was so mad, but I was never that mad. And I get why now. Because when it comes to anything Hard-Bringer, I get a little crazy.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpSEWQ6zFGj
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“A little crazy?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZhUFwAY3s
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“Yes, idiot, I just said that. They piss me off like you wouldn’t believe. Screw that, I don’t get a little crazy, I grow mad, mad!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkgqH11zWl
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Her hands balled themselves to compliment her offshoot tangent. Her escalating tone made me concerned, but she relaxed soon after.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74YC7w8EVj
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“So yeah. Sorry for messing up. And, sorry for thinking you were such a wimp. I thought you were totally hopeless, but I was off the mark.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zZlgW0TXU
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“Well–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4W44hHB2o
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“Shut up! Shut up! Do you know how annoying it is to hear someone undersell themselves all the time?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6oC1929Zrq
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“I–”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdg8hW9Bun4
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It was that precise phrasing, that specific selection of words and syntax, and her usual, but energized voice that spelled it out for me, that allowed a candle to ignite in my mind. A quick image flashed in my mind, one of a man of close acquaintanceship, and then my throat spoke on its own.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4ELWVbtNI
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“Yeah. I do. It sucks.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3CUQPkswbe
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“See! I– huh? You do?”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTzenIqq7VE
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I slowly nodded along. Rover looked with pleasant surprise. She was more than eager to take my word for it, and in fact looked delighted after I spoke.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQlxp0ftcJS
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“Still,” I began, “as grating as it may be for your ears, I really have to stress that I think you’re wrong about me. I’m still a wimp.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktQpeyhH7E
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“Whatever. Think what you want, but don’t speak it out loud anymore.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiKzOVEOmi8
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“I… haha, sure thing, Rover. I’ll do just that.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnyy9vIebTK
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Her candid words were the perfect closer. There was wisdom in that harsh language– a funny thing to call it, as she was only a few years older than me –but wisdom nevertheless. No speech of mine could be a better finale, so I gathered myself and stood up from the floor.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlOQsN4OM4
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“Perfect. I was just about to tell you to leave.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡctiOiktwqr
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“I’m starting to think you hate me.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwjD2HRJufG
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Her hands twitched upwards defensively.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOiSjnxgSI
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“I-I don’t. I’m just getting sleepy. Any second now, I’ll doze off.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5vDxoOYxXe
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“Ah, right.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUNkZxKS8EF
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She mentioned it just a few minutes ago, but it didn’t compute with me until now. Recovery would always be an exhausting thing, especially with assistance from potions. I wondered for a moment if there was a way to mitigate that.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUU9kdB7Dy6
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“That one Bringer was invigorated even with a restored limb, after all…”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMq2gEQB714
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“What are you mumbling about, eh? Scram! Scram, I tell you!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS58vcbsfsB
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“Alright alright, jeez. With how grouchy you’re being, you really do need that rest.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSdMYgWeWBU
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She stuck her tongue out at me this time. I took it with a light heart, waltzing to the door and stretching as I made my way. I placed my hand on it but stopped short of opening, taking one last look at Rover. Her eyes were taking turns closing. I could tell she was exerting herself when she waved me off.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQDhZmTOiMp
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“Wait, one last thing!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmSQHlXynq
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Then, she shouted unexpectedly. I looked at her with a blank expression to signify my okay, and she continued shortly.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqB347xQd25
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“Tell that old bucket-wearing fart to visit me sometime.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8le1Yclve1
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“...”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXc4qQewJgX
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I smiled.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wF5OmhxJy
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“I will.”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2T26oJdBKo
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I returned her wave and exited the room. The moment the door shut behind me, I let out a quick breath and–214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDpVsmwaKiC
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“Yes!”214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aBWw0U90n
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A jump with jubilation. I had to. I never experienced such success before.214Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOUPLlki8QH
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