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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxw5BEUzr2h
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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–109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUDn51ln9UW
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“It’s a resounding success. Awesome.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAzTLnpRAz
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsp3rMi5dWH
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Should I go and deliver this now, or make a healing potion, and deliver this later?109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyswplzOAu1
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhLtStwgW5U
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHoo53pCsZr
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“I know better. I don’t have the time for that. No, I don’t.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmZj7iGeq1
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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–109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9jRQI72yW
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4dyzpISDU
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf0h2WgrZmu
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTTAsIPL0z
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5dfpk4qTc
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“Yes?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVLkf1ECjC
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQnyPrdd5l
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“You’re here what I think you’re for, aren’t you?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5l3Kazl6Bs
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“Y-Yes, Lola. Here, this is the potion I made.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJp3hEEySFb
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pCMZXIg3B
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“You made this in eighty minutes?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTwvkKl8rd
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“Did I take too long? I’m sorry, I had to grab some ingredients from a lower floor–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfVp8pIPYR
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeq1mP1Jjbq
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I raised my hands bashfully and rapidly waved them at her.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5wUwwj0zXs
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“No no no, please don’t! You’re helping us enough as is.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpyAZu6ASb
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“If you insist.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMA2yOKEWJ
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA7O8PZPt7A
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“Kenny?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCmzEUqPKx2
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“O-Oh, right. Do you need me for anything else?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUv5aQ1Bwt
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZgFt24TnnA
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I let out a chuckled sigh and slapped a hand on my chest, muttering a breathy “thank you.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfJRi3VlvB
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“There is something I’d like to ask you, however, just before you go.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpty0Aq37GH
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0zckAYXrT
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“The concoction in your other hand; that bright green tint can only mean one thing, yes? A healing potion.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmERsDCVTh
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I nodded at her assessment. I realized the speed at which this could turn dangerous.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ866h6wgp9i
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“I see. I see, I see…”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXW7qJCjf2x
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“A-Are you going to make me make one for each soldier?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNtrdI7ubO
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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?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFKP4OVY2B
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“...Don’t worry about it. I appreciate you being considerate, Lola. Is there anything else?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmmIyQyw6S1
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“I-If you don’t mind my prying, could you answer a few questions for me?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pSu6s9Rph
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuYJI0q4w1
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“Please?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ69feGK0vKJ
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Though it was difficult to draw a line while she was making such a face.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHS7W0GRAI
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“F-Fine, but please make them short. I have somewhere I need to be.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZfraR6YTX
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“Thank you, I will. It’s just two quick questions. First–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSLx2GYcRnH
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She paused right before asking, as if a crucial memory struck her from the woodwork. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMglG1iswKe
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“–How long have you been an alchemist?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSjmyFriZsW
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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?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyuGfwvZ8L
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“Seven years? That’s over half your life, isn’t it?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcLw9fa6hv
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I gave a simple shrug with sandwiched lips.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPeaEa63mfm
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“I started young. That’s all.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxwQuchqhUr
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“I see. Being trained at such a young age, no wonder why you’re so skilled.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyO8TpBN9Hc
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“P-Please, don’t flatter me. I appreciate the remarks, but they just…”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcbQMoYi3z
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtruLJ4pxn9
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“Only seven years… then, maybe–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡduwLAP2DSa
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“Sorry, can you repeat that? I didn’t catch it.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZc7jKqsfsV
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She jumped and then waved her hand.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeaj4ZLVR4
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“Don’t worry, I was just thinking out loud. Anyhow, for my next question…”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzlVLEh3d9Q
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“Right.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiv9c1BSV6C
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“...I apologize if this may seem extreme, but I have to ask.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpi9sloab4X
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQ6qhI1ZBD
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“Did you kill anyone in the last operation?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfMuKuFTkJj
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“I– Wha!?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxZA9BfsNmB
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQKKzNa5l0D
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“Who asks something like that to a child!?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4PQYRY8mc7
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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?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzMRUgGQsrB
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“Your own… peace of mind?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk20cQPBYp1
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInp5sIe46M
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“I didn’t. I hurt some people, but I never landed a killing blow.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrgxN1BKYqQ
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“I-I see. That’s a relief. Oh my goodness, that’s a relief.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4RmvbL3gIx
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKm7wnO6bjM
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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. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDG7wygpfX
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“You… for some reason, I feel like you regard me much more highly than you should.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4DoK3NYoD0
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She shrugged at my comment.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoM2mVxzvp
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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?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiNkXYWQaMA
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktlDCV8tV2
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“Goodbye Lola,” I shouted. She opened the door and slid right through, waving at me right before closing it.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWjeEMxOJk
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJx4GisiXtO
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR4Lhsdmk1U
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfiofqymc5C
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“...This is ridiculous.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn3ZRNRlziQ
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZsvtWCmMh
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“Just go in, drop it off, go out. Go in, drop it off, go out. Go in, drop it– off!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSKZIwqJQ0
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLqubOoAbeP
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFqllRDzUA
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And seeing how his groggy face raised to meet mine, I realized how noisy my entrance was.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDIZIHwBR0
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“S-Sorry, I didn’t mean to disturb anyone. I’m just here to deliver something.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3IxftRpRtC
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“...Hmm.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvH6iEf6gOd
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhILjNINIJs
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“Do whatever.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVC6MHQ5dS
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“R-Right. Thank you, sir.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKzn6VL3B7
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdCO0XgxvD
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGnIzyvpBQ
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“D-Darn it.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3e2orV2bFY
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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–109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSNmdLA07x
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“What are you doing here?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpab0fkIPf
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ3giTqsWb4
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There was Rover, sitting in the one corner out of my sight, eyeing me with a lion’s eyes.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLcu5O0UHaH
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWc89eZoSOu
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“Well? Come on, spit it out.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqM1gNWLye
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“I… I-I.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASEVq52gL6
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKYWRgHaAg7
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ170D6sUcpH
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOYja7bPdR
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“I don’t have time for this, just spit it out!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOLuqDOfvsq
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“I-I’m here.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8p7mfPLGCS
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTMzOYEaABK
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“I’m– I made— I– Rover, I’m here–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCY9BOaQN5E
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYgX5on3ge
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“I…”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjy7duU0E3G
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlq9UkJwUcm
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“Hello, Rover.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsLYN3hFpCu
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“Hey, Kenny.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkOsaaGJYRR
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I retracted my stretched arm, then extended it yet again.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgnY0ypyXyi
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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–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsN55JWfWe
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“Cut to the chase!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeFyFHIVrA
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuxyd92AYXb
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sm07Mx9S6
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“Hold on, you brought me a potion?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVYS5Kaqjb2
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“Y-Yes.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIbr7EAFno
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“Now who told you to do that?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlxH1r4ISJa
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“W-Well–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFfIlkphovm
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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:109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4l9XJNkkH2
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“I wanted to do it. I wasn’t told.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQeHKzfxOVE
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“...You? That wimpy Kenny?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7D4DI0Hnj
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I wasn’t mad at her insult. It was all too accurate.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL8CU77t85Z
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“Yes, the wimpy Kenny.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAelDky21kM
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“Ha! You’ve surprised me before, but this really blew my expectations out of the water!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAWpEQCxj47
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8z6BVKJZgD
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“I refuse your treatment!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrOiQmfSirC
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“H-Huh!?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKC6xTg7zH
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCFTwtiwYwE
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“Why not? Don’t you want to recover faster?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwItSEOQPM
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VmqIwmS2R
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“I– Wha?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguWfB87q4u
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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–109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡizQLJHj9JK
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“No, stupid! It’s the face you’re making! It’s weird!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuUycgIWT4z
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“Stupid? Weird!?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfus0YutReQ
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“Do you need the whole room to hear it!? You’re looking at me like a weirdo!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qkUhuv059
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“...”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKP3IPHimc
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2GnZFMUR7k
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“Why are you looking at me like that? Hmph.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqAm2lJb8Ze
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As I had no other mode of operating at this moment, I blurted my immediate response.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9A5p6WijrL
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“It’s because I upset you.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi0o1NhE8B5
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And then I realized that something like this required thoughtful phrasing.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iCCu2kUM1
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“I don’t– well, I don’t want to make you any more uncomfortable than you–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6shh2RS0eR
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“That’s bullshit! Man, forget answering that, I don’t need your whole, your spiel you know!? Come here!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWAocn2JTY
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“Come, there,” I asked, pointing to myself.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYnlWW2Ax2P
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“Yes. Sit by me, I can’t stand looking at your working legs.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhHbGMF4xg
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“S-Sheesh.” 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdDdukuz2n
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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?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1LVCuxkZH
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeAvKPtB9zB
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“Drinking works for me.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bbIl07VD9
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbfjGzDhKWz
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“Cah! What the hell, is in this thing?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIbEwcHoGM
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“That’s not the problem! You drank it too fast, you dingus!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG46rjPyWrY
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OStrmPgcz
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“If you drink like that, it’s likely to go down the wrong pipe.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWz5pAkVIg
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“Whatever.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QtvJvRel7
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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. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1qpqLAUZj
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBim3Q2mtc
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOk3LiXNyN7
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But before I could even take anpreludebreath, she spoke, reading my intentions.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeXTGvJZbs0
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“Leaving already?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCujuWsl7St
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“I-I am, yes. I think it would be best. It isn’t as if I don’t have–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCLJEpbGpw
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“Hold on, not yet. I still have something to say to you.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRf4uP8pwyl
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3wI8ol96vB
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“That’s funny. I do too. Do you mind if I start first?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2W3LQYd1J
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFU97AHIvq
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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?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKUx9WQPoT
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“Yeah, I do. I remembered how much of a wuss you were.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0lQ9VFGbe
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I almost chuckled. Blunt as a bat, but it hit a bullseye.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXEJQEmgBm1
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ78sA97vdME
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I noticed the subtlest rise of her right brow.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1wetXWFDA
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPcxOMNE23Q
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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–109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryChamKUdG
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“So yeah, I’m sorry for being such a wuss.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTneBQH5e0
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“...Hmm. Ha, I guess kids really do grow so fast.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNlHjcUPKa
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“H-Huh?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ36dEAeLVhQ
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She rubbed her nose a little and continued talking.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdUs9T75gr
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“Just look at you. You’re nothing like the Kenny I knew.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHMORfU4piK
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“I-I, well, I don’t know if I agree–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3Gogp2kNik
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“Nah, on second thought, I take that back. But that doesn’t matter anyway. Seriously, just look at you.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Cinn00CJI
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“I’m n-nothing so special.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgtBf4cscm
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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!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuyPizbU98
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“The letter certainly isn’t a priority.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqFQO2heAx
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She casually clicked her tongue, tilted her head sideways, and waved her hand downward.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIrs1ekM3BI
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GJPz6u7Kd
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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. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcTXEKORA0v
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It took me only a few 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8eVwKdRsbR
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“I don’t think so. I don’t think I grew anything.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJJmfWt58l
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“‘Course you did! Stop giving me such crap–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAi3rvXKNWD
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“No, really, Rover.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJUKKbLZO0W
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I slouched my posture and leaned back, lifting myself with my hands behind me. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1o2lynXE4
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“I think I’m just lucky.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXNAenH9YHi
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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?109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEI3HZPIlpY
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“I-I mean, it’s not as if I haven’t been trying, it’s just–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFj50aSx8mX
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“Nevermind all that, Kenny. You’re starting to give me a headache.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr1b3NnPmDn
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I stopped my frantic hand-waving and began to scratch my head.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzgiZKEl3Wf
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2fu4tyMVRG
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“It isn’t a drug! I wouldn’t stoop to such barbaric substances!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCP7eM7CuX
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCCXZVZPqI
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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. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlX7fOHErUZ
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“D-Don’t rush me!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPhgX2EdBcx
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“I’m not rushing you! I mean, I wouldn’t mind if you just spat it out, but–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6thkw9S2tG
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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…”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84SGm5eVZs
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVfmSqFGvN9
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopPXo2X4m3
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“Gahh, forget it! You convinced me, I’ll just say it!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKl9igvG0r
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“I didn’t say anything.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ09OBZgKQ5C
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSUmseI1ahc
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“I’m sorry for being such a priss.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUljhZgJ6f6
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡASyV9zmGiQ
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But whether she was or not, mattered not to me.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIhb3oiwX0
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzjcx2z7YG
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“Told you all I did? What?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8HJzNKaySl
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She was caught by a wind of fury.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3sTPxGFuTF
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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!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFpEsMKIBO
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I couldn’t help but let out a chuckle. She stopped her rage immediately, donning a look of perplexion. 109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8NuLut22C
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“What’s so funny?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSwowKDB51
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZNZxGa5ag
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“Hold on, I’m not done yet!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgBMRLCnTG
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I nodded in understanding, and so she continued.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSMacPkY4G
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKSKdjmDz5
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“A little crazy?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb25G8ttNi5
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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!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEdl6wgWor
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Her hands balled themselves to compliment her offshoot tangent. Her escalating tone made me concerned, but she relaxed soon after.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVTbtV48mo
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTeEFn7I9U
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“Well–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡij64CxqQXi
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“Shut up! Shut up! Do you know how annoying it is to hear someone undersell themselves all the time?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXU7tJ06im0
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“I–”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxgyUlZ8tMb
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAB5I0OM9Qb
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“Yeah. I do. It sucks.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlg9c0yKpgU
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“See! I– huh? You do?”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdhYFA2WHsu
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZRKandou3Y
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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.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJBfxjAuSa
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“Whatever. Think what you want, but don’t speak it out loud anymore.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKHMGHsY1F
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“I… haha, sure thing, Rover. I’ll do just that.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR9DfhXDh7V
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzDEUILrqQq
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“Perfect. I was just about to tell you to leave.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSOt6mKPCHI
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“I’m starting to think you hate me.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZICqTwkel
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Her hands twitched upwards defensively.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoIetmhjs9x
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“I-I don’t. I’m just getting sleepy. Any second now, I’ll doze off.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlhlyFXnuE8
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“Ah, right.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkWxiEWKJZ
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNSsZhlgYzl
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“That one Bringer was invigorated even with a restored limb, after all…”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPojQR3rcQ8
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“What are you mumbling about, eh? Scram! Scram, I tell you!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJETu5I2VOH
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“Alright alright, jeez. With how grouchy you’re being, you really do need that rest.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHxcpsyj05
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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.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNcJ6ymRGSa
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“Wait, one last thing!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJ2L6uPhoj
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Then, she shouted unexpectedly. I looked at her with a blank expression to signify my okay, and she continued shortly.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBNkzIrDRSl
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“Tell that old bucket-wearing fart to visit me sometime.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmuXNbkd812
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“...”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8iYsyvuoUz
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I smiled.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgC0bZgLLLa
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“I will.”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9hzi1hWu41
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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–109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcvVJkWS805
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“Yes!”109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBXRKGmHgcC
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A jump with jubilation. I had to. I never experienced such success before.109Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUTOhAgaSk
