Slate stands outside leaning against the railing in the dark with a cup of coffee in hand, the world only just glowing around him by the building behind him, the snow gently falling around him.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoK4o4iAJv
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They found a place to stop and rest for the night, but the bad news is they're out for fuel now for the helicopter so they'll have to go on foot from now on when they eventually leave this place.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpW0KBS3234
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The place they have sought refuge is some base in the mountains, it had a landing pad on the roof and luckily was stocked with some supplies, but not enough to last them for more than a few days so they will have to leave to find food and perhaps find other shelter plus in the current climate, it's very cold. They're not all rugged up warmly and are doing what they can to stay warm as when they escaped, they didn't think about the weather.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5698JP2MF6
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"Hi. Want some company?" A small voice whispers, a person come outside to join Slate on the balcony. He looks behind him to see Beth. "It's cold, you'll get cold out here. Go back inside to the fireplace." He tells her.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiT7faLMvB
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"My head hurts, everyone else is inside trying to do maths to work out how old we are, but it's hard when we don't have all the figures we need. We we're downstairs for three years and we seem to be in our 20's somewhere, but what else in time are we missing? So, can I please stand out here with you?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrujRw7p3nU
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"Sure, come here." He says, removing his insulated fighter coat. He has a really thick shirt on underneath anyway so he'll be fine, but Beth? She's in just a singlet, pink shorts with black leggings. He helps her put it on. "Thank you, Slate."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErnEHGlW1F
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"It's okay, you need it more than me."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYXulkedjjQ
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He takes a sip of his coffee and looks out at the dead world covered in a blanket of snow as she does the same. "Beth..."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6rkiwUjfj
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"Yeah?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWgotaZXwo
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"I just wanted to say-"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVw44fHwTr
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"Thank you for leading us, saving us."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3J0k4S4GVx
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"Oh, sure. No problem, I'd have done it for anyone..." And then the intrusive memory starts creeping back. He killed him.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeiLARCn5mW
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During escaping with Beth, he can't tell them. But he killed someone, he remembered. Murphy raped her and killed Hazel and Elijah on a mission. He wasn't punished by Solayo for the second one, the leaders covered it up.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlH4vxXuh9f
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Murphy got in his way, he was drunk and trying to pick a fight with him... He doesn't want to remember. He... He handcuffed Murphy to a railing with his own handcuffs. 152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzqkjGPSVif
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Then he looks down and for a second sees Murphy handcuffed to the railing. He jumps back, letting out a scream. He drops his coffee cup, but Beth only just catches it, burning herself. She cries, snapping him out of it. He takes the cup, sitting it on the railing and dumps out the remaining water in his flask, dumping it on her hands, taking them quickly in his. 152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaKu83DPm0W
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"But the water! We need that!"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZr6mU3bMzM
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"But your hands, this is more important." He tells her. "I'm sorry."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaX7kJgsDC
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"It's ok. Are you okay? What even happened to you? You're head, those bandages."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCU9Z2LdDIq
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"Uh, I don't know." 152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkCRbav5D5X
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It's not a total lie. Now the memories of before what Ester and Mikey did are patchy, but he can't remember anything before living at The Compound. He just remembers living and training there. His been downstairs before, he was in solitary for a long time before he worked with Solayo rather than against him. 152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqbfHaztkv1
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But why we're when they even downstairs for three years? He can't put his finger on it.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ33RfYc6ahq
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"Beth."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk9WgsDOGrc
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"Yes?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp3MRLPv6zM
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"I just want to tell you I'm sorry there is no tablets to give you, I must have lost them somewhere. The others all have some of their memories and attributes back, but you-"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZkDdb4FLi
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"It's okay, I don't need them." She tells him, turning back towards the railing, down. She touches her neck feeling the bandage around her neck and wrists.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm2Hsgz1VDV
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"This was stupid, I don't even know why I did it... I'm sure remembering would only reveal the real reason and then... who knows what I'd do? Off myself?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8xP5JQQhv
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He chokes, coughs when he hears her say this. He pulls out the cigarrettes from his pocket and quickly lights one. "Want one?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2s2oKSOVWr
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"No." She declines, shaking her head. "Uh, so. What are we going to now?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTR89crHKvG
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"Head out at first light and find some more food I guess."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ958PgKvB8J
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"I mean where from now? We can't stay here forever. It's not a safe place. Not permanatly anyway."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yYiyWknrp
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"Nothing's going to get us. We're fine."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtaFUBfSQmf
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"Sorry. For some reason, I feel like someone or something is watching me-"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwGH0DHRXaS
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But she doesn't get to finish, Slate telling her to duck and he yells out to the others to cut the lights off inside. The lights go off a moment later and in the distance below the hill is a figure slowly walking along, it's leg half hanging off. 152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzp4mJxmGgU
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"What is that?" Beth whispers, gulping. "That is what I'm afraid of. I tried to get some sleep earlier inside, but I kept seeing something like that in my sleep.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34HRNTjPan
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The others talking woke me up."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOfAGPJ7oh
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"The hell if I know, but let's stay far away from it..."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtRQRBmG9BI
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"Guys?" A voice whispers, coming up behind them. Slate almost backhands them. "Sorry."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqHrjzc3Wd
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He sees it's Lyla. "Do you want to come back inside? You'll freeze out here."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw8aExAaNau
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"Come here, see that?" He gestures her to join them. She peers at it. "Is it a person?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmdjUIAHVe1
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"It looks like one of us, but it's movements are weird and janky. And it's leg's hanging off, but it's walking mostly without it." Beth speaks up. 152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71PncmADOI
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Then a cold gust blows. "We should head inside." Lyla says quickly and they all run back inside to shelter.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfmurr5v8n
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"Hey, was it outside?" Gideon smiles.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcDE5Z9Hba7
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"Cold." Slate responds. Gideon respomds, smirking and laughing.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7IYJkVp4g
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"Well, duh!"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡko9V2GQ2oG
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"Whatever, Gid. We need the bandages. I need to change mine and hers." Slate gestures to Beth. "Sure." Gideon says quickly, handing them over to her.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qQSnnmY6V
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Slate takes them, pulling her after him into the bedroom so they can have some privacy from the others. This building is only two rooms and cramped. 152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGAIk9mtvY
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Lounge and kitchen merged together and then the bedroom seperatly. It barely fit the bed at all. 152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmY2eYhON8
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"So, what do you think this place is?" She whispers trying to make small talk as Slate gently unwraps the bandage around her neck. "Ah." She whinces lately, the bandage slightly sticking. He whinces when he sees the cut. Thank god it wasn't deep so it was never life threatening, but seeing there was an attempt, it's scary.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFu2Z8MKCB1
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"Security jumped on me really quickly. Lyla ran into the hallway screaming and crying. They we're here in less than ten seconds."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8p5dUtjaUx
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"I'm glad your alive though..."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDqR042HCe
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"...Thank you. My arm... can you look at it. The guard who was on me, she was mean and pulled my arm behind my back saying she'd break it after last time so I could never do anything again. I don't know what she meant."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkvrx6MBSR
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"Did someone stop her?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW2calM83pX
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"Yeah, a colleague of hers."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiige5XGVQ2
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When Slate finishes wrapping fresh bandage around her neck and wrists, her burnt hand as well. He slips her sleeve up to inspect her upper left arm. "It's quite bruised. Does it overly hurt to move it?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk7i5G6A9x6
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He gently moves it. "N-no." She breathes, removing his hand. "Turn around, I'll do your head." She tells him, removing the old bandage and wrapping a fresh one. It's hard to see the wounds beneath his hair.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy7Ijt0NwGO
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"So, what did they do exactly anyway?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nIq636TwR
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"Uh, I really don't want to talk about it."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5dlCOXb5p
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"Sorry."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVKTkSjvo2
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"It's okay. Just know it's the reason we're all here now. You all deserved better than the shit life we we're living there. It wasn't even really living."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl0iHj7rDuA
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The mood is really down now between them and slowly she leans against his shoulder, head resting and he wraps an arm around her shoulder not making any other movements.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlp3v2JFWF4
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After a while, one of them finally speaks. "Where are we going to go now?" She asks.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPA3j4quoH3
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"Anywhere we want."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSB9HTdxsim
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"But where is that?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqG9YulzH99
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"I... I don't know, I'm sorry. I didn't really have this all planned out, it was spur of the moment."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbAOUqQGAz
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"It's okay. Better freezing in this mountain shack than tied to the bed for eight hours a day and injected for three years underground on floor 13."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8NpwbUPu0
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"That was hell."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SFOd9eYIK
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"It was..."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7S4JhSPA1u
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"I fought so many times, told them they we're horrible people and even tried to escape a few times. It never worked, even single time he'd have them drag me to my bed and they'd secure me again, having her prep a needle.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3npDxQJWqD
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That didn't help or cure me. But at-least I didn't end up like Paisley out there. The first and only time she yelled at them, they took her away and cut her head open. After that, she rarely talks now and barely interacts with anyone. What's going on inside her head?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfeQHqotTck
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"I don't know. And I think it was less about helping you than it was keeping you safe. It stopped you in the moment, but it was never actually help. I... I don't think they we're ever set up to actually help someone like you. I'm sorry, you deserved better treatment and actually some damn compansion and understanding than what you got." He whispers back, gently playing with her hair.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuW6z7ux5o9
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"I like that." She smiles. "It feels nice."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSiWse24h3Y
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So he keeps playing with it, running his fingers through and brushing it. "Can I grow it out? We we're never allowed to."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡguwDf6GUNl
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"You can do anything you want, Beth."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0aSuvkz6pa
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"I want to grow it out."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKOgx3Ns1v
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"Then you can grow it out."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvYjrzGjnAQ
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"....."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeZ8dMqFnfH
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Slowly they turn their heads towards eachother, lips touching for just a moment when she pulls away and starts slamming her arm on the bedside table, crying.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2VEyJPzpm
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He grabs her, pulling her back, wrapping his arms and legs around her, cupping his hand over his mouth so Lyla, Gideon and Paisley don't come in here.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvOxBODmtu
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She stops straining and calms down slightly, albeit still crying. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry." He repeats all over and over. "Everything okay in there?" Lyla calls out from the other side of the door. "I heard a thump."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaHMpBewkv
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"I dropped a book! Everything's fine! Sorry!" He yells back, hearing Lyla's footsteps retreat. 152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZoLzr6tDf
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He turns back to Beth, gently removing his hand. "I'm an asshole, I'm sorry-"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡORbOoHmNsZ
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"It's fine, it's not your fault. Can we go a little slower is all?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2jSWEMoj7
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"Yes. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that. We did only just escape today."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZXCR4VGVcf
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"It's not that."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡejxTYSlfZq
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"I don't understand-"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzfsrqmmCI
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"Can you please let me go, Slate? I'll promise not to break my arm, okay. If I do then you have any every right to touch me, any of you. But that's it. You don't do it just because I'm maybe being difficult and a pain in the ass."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoloJDP3UH
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"Hey, you're not a pain in the ass and you aren't being difficult on purpose. Did Solayo tell you that?"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIBwsqyu6sc
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And she nods slowly when there is yelling, well cheering from outside the door. 152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp7DMtCgOqr
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"I think we're 28-29!" Lyla yells.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsAwWnNXUE0
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"We're that old?! We don't even look that old in the mirror!" Gideon yells back.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgyxnPIcr2F
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"Where did you get those figures from?!" Paisley finally speaks. "Maths is complicated!"152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OYPe6Jisf
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"I think I need to go out there." Slate laughs. "Then go. I'm tired anyway, can I please just sleep? Alone." Beth responds.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUwho6NyBwC
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"Okay. If you need me- us. We're right outside the door." He says, leaving the bed.152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ621M9Sp8KT
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His going to tuck her in when she shivers, "No."152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6iRURdDUj
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He backs off. "I'm sorry, I won't." And he leaves the room, switching the light off to go talk to the others and subject himself to a long lecture on equations and how they got to their age. Could they really be 28-29 years old?152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuE8rcwxOic
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They look barely over 21. It's proably the lack of food so their growth is stunted and everything, but... 28-29 is such a long time and they'd been with Solayo since... he doesn't know. He can't quite put his finger on it. But 28-29 years old? No way. Just not possible...152Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡql2dkNIGZO
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