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The wind had never truly stopped—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaZ24iwC48
he had simply never noticed how it passed through his fingers,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBa4zz5QRWE
like a calling from the future: soft, slow, and irreversible.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwm4PT5oreg
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He rose, leaving the shard behind.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1uIefTBIH
Not as an act of remembrance,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3uvt5t0Thn
but as a silent mark—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCfSNaUpwPF
a trace that it had once existed.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPssobcpNzN
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Not to memorialize,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaajPYZG7ou
but to remind himself—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhROGFQbtji
that fracture would never open again,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgxeHl5yvVA
because he had chosen42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaq4OguF0l
not to stand at the edge.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4vZUr3tnP
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He stepped out of the dim room,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhe8i9Tbwzg
the door closing on its own,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBpcngeG0yk
like a chapter time itself had sealed.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQhZH1C9PNb
No farewell needed—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXpeJ5mJcwO
for the truest goodbyes42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFbDrnEi1C
are the ones where no glance is cast back.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89heD7CKfd
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The street was lit by a faint glow,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnaLqMu4Zj
not quite dawn, not quite night—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMwqJwe7SGW
a hue suspended in-between,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNx19x2dprp
like a dawn that had yet to be named.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuCqajaUNU6
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He no longer asked who he was.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVQeW30age
Because at last, he understood—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7H8g67HE6o
he was not someone's lingering shadow,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5Trt5W4so
nor a solution waiting in the future,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0eZSXuawIK
but the journey itself—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmSN0Uzkjt
a presence born from every crossing.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOh8MgMQN1
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He walked across the remnants of restructured time,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlDxPCxGMZ
each step no longer a repeat;42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9iIUnWo8vW
each breath, the first breath of being alive.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iEYd6TkWz
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"I remember them," he said to himself.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagBSAzVBrt
"But this time, I'll walk for me."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgRsLx7vlDq
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Not to mend the past,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ16tfA8AOA
nor to flee from fate,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ55ecsdZce
but to let living42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVJZ9hE3qc
be something more42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC0yG5kHiza
than an extension of others.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMf7PWXUlzp
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In the distance,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8B6OfExmR
the hum of traffic,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxewYVeSseX
a faint melody,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMH2EGk42Mm
and a silhouette—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEC2PWaLhR
strange yet familiar—stood silently at the corner.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7pgEE0DVOR
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He didn't run after it.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawJlG52BGO
It could've been a fading memory,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAg2UuCZeRI
or a meeting not yet written.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDLhup5Yzyi
But this time—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDUrbJrKMu3
he chose to wait for the future to arrive,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzbVXYPeNP
rather than chase the past.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFkQ4Djz6r
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He looked up.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOC8nJjUzC
A line of birds crossed the sky,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQhUO1katz
like a soul finally in motion—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oSsn6sw44
one that no longer needed a name.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZQxLYPxcrw
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Sunday: A Room That Isn't His, and Yet Is42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3qWBGo58M
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It wasn't dusk in a dream,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtkK6wkEh79
nor the hollow pause of broken time—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHKMdmKiRSP
but something wedged42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu4Eswyc9NI
between yesterday and tomorrow.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKvlDVvJz5
The air familiar,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgJXJ1ySja
the rhythm of breath unfamiliar.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUPUdxIbz6o
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He lay on a minimal bed.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQdFK0VjhJ
Silence surrounded him.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEo7ktGG93q
Only a dim wall lamp flickered,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGNujoLJSh0
casting shadows across the white wall,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXRodPHhoL
like pieces of memory he could never restore.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOh82rv4Z6j
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His phone buzzed. He glanced at it.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8CicJIDm4
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Date: February 23, 2025 (Sunday)42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXQIVEdbrp
Time: 05:42 AM42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxWVbSh4iv
Location: Qiyang District, Linzi Precinct Dormitory B, Room 30342Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiOft4R04Cn
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He stared at the digits,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaTxviq1KLi
as if each one concealed42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNmly0HAqM3
a truth trying to deceive him.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPCFY3zUXPE
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This wasn't where he first awoke.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvt8TU04BvY
But this was where he was meant to awaken.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxQmeSU3Bs
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He sat up. No headache—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDAWftF7vDY
just a hollow in his chest,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXzD9Bw1UGv
as if something had been set down,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSN0RniFj4N
or was waiting to be picked up again.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLEYeDYSYv
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A uniform hung by the iron frame.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡreyi2scjYo
The name tag read:42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsGWT9zAxJ
Yu Yong-An. Inspector. Prevention Unit.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyyLZmDERB3
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He touched the name tag,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZOL6iQwCq
a complex feeling swelling within—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOTYAQAzmm
both familiar and foreign,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡltqroNlrl8
both identity and burden.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oV08HMGqZ
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"So this is… my new life?"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKl56yBqUBS
he whispered.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOd1GUT3hHj
No one replied.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvrzInUDkT
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Outside, the world had awakened.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8asGHeYtv
Morning calls echoed,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14ZfCEs5m9
a garbage truck rattled by.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH94wQLsgCO
Everything was ordinary,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LagJCUo7c
neatly staged—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUB59bznoZX
yet it all felt like a scene42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOupR4oJoIh
rearranged for a script.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywdnuU1GqK
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He stood, walked into the bathroom.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ293lTVVR4u
The sound of running water filled the space.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeesViLFvz
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The mirror reflected his face—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5XGDA0duQ
no longer fractured,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yZLpw3jxK
no longer a crumbling shadow.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwAhflbMty
But not someone easily named, either.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmL45j0iSRY
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He took a deep breath,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAxFmrEQow
and said to the mirror:42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90wnoN3w4O
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"Then live—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxyS6EiDVsO
not for someone,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfG5RTJs7eJ
not for something—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKKztQpJZ18
but for this morning42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZ1YmtGf3W
the world hasn't yet closed."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSEzNPS3geo
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Three Stations After Waking42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7yCBaTaWN
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When he left the dorm,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnf0NXonYCy
the sky was just beginning to lighten.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJoQOplvPGV
The city remained suspended in a shade of grey.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpluFq5hHjN
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He didn't check in.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQYw9EnEzcs
Didn't open his memo.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHOlvD6G6X
Unread messages filled his screen—he didn't reply.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1R84HBcEE
He knew where to go—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc0TzHJsiys
not from duty,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruWYRhYdXH
not from orders,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8x1UChKsRg
but something deeper calling him forth.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqovfwqd47
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He boarded a bus bound for Qiyang's heart.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ11GTMKafCk
In the window,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjuk28fFbq
half his face was reflected—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXmK5mZJiYP
a residue of the mirror that refused to fade.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiFsO5cxP5Q
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First station: Lin Yao-Qian.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vm3uTtOrs
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They had worked together once,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKwmDuIfiq7
shared silent glances over tea.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVprarbeywY
Yao-Qian had always been quiet,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjc23yd2Fyg
but quicker than anyone to sense the strange.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMDgdmpgjqM
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When he knocked,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMkWC630CH
Yao-Qian paused only a second, then smiled softly.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpc8f7jTFr6
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"You're back."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBJ9JV3v5F
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Four words—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3R9QJqwXHe
like a signal sent from a diverging timeline.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6NZTQpzTw7
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"How long was I gone?"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAfllE9y8z
"281 days. Minus one."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSEadBIAJO
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There was no questioning,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NEKjTXPPw
no surprise at his exact memory.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOKadAxs9rB
Yao-Qian merely brewed two cups of tea, as always—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrhnX0m11q
but within the steam42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhz34Isl5yj
lingered an unspoken understanding:42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoGfv5SRhay
Can memory ever be real?42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq6esIyeotT
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"You know who I'll go to next, don't you?"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3pwAbNIdQx
"Yes. You'll seek out Chen Lu-Ping."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8vbcr3YJ9F
"…How do you know?"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6my3kG9GMi
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Yao-Qian looked up, voice calm as still water:42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4p7r2acsO
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"Because if it were me—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcZxqA9QnW2
I would've done the same."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeb1LhjJj3J
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A pause.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrinhlzFipo
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"But be careful.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKuekJoibxA
Not everyone wants you to remember42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZv5AlsoCYY
what you've forgotten."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYCO8hkhwMj
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Second station: Chen Lu-Ping.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdNSS1ih1uy
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The newsstand behind the precinct had long closed.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMq7hFHISif
The old man, as usual, organized his notes in the afternoon.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUKB5ywucv
That was Lu-Ping's ritual—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcyfZuYWPb3
to hide what he never made public42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1L852FLRjy
in the silence of this quieter corner.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlqr85Ge1u
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"Lu-Ping," he said from the doorway.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl55nEvVVtW
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The old figure slowly turned.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1RYfVrY3Br
His eyes didn't recognize him at first.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgBC99I2bw
But after half a second, he spoke, voice low:42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmlWAQRHOx
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"You didn't die, after all."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeVI7oHBRYE
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Strange words,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZTQJgabF7k
yet utterly real—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVuKtRsg5NY
not a greeting,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMcw2osyU4I
but a confirmation42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgI7Q7BKFQP
of a prophecy buried in time.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmfijmZOu9V
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"You're here for the cross?"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV19wBqJPrK
"No… or maybe not just for that."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qMCYQ6qZD
"You're here to find out42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglPZ4pCF2C
why you're still alive, aren't you?"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8twDsRDan
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He said nothing,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XCYm0X4K6
only watched Lu-Ping's hand—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfedf9MhqC
the one that once penned reports,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVWqx9clSnC
now trembling slightly.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdRjnX32hV
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"Go to Bai Zi-Ming.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9nrl43LC0T
He'll say what you don't want to hear."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9PFpE3NNgF
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"But if you don't,"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcPmuzykp6
"those things will cling to you42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPsLZNfh2zH
for the rest of your life."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE34oHozyra
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Third station: Bai Zi-Ming.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBfpVXT1Dwy
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The LUOYEH base still hid42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxLJYQhfOe
beneath Qiyang's old city.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjD9gGY5qH5
The entrance had changed three times—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsQfQMU3ub
yet he remembered the way.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnqaHJSWTEL
42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJ1Uwvx2DK
It wasn't memory.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡybndPnwxl1
It was a compass from another self.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjSfyMo7dp
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When he stepped into the corridor's dim glow,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6iPmw8ajcH
Bai Zi-Ming stood at the far end—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHqCPsROWmL
as if waiting all along.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ahmGWJ8gI
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"I thought you'd come later," he said,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEsCK1g7zfP
his tone calm as ever.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcCyTYYxacW
"Last time you left,42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkBLx6EU0W
you said you'd never return."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡal6PqvuwPF
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He didn't reply.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJK1of70RdG
He only stared into Bai's eyes—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxtsmQkZmw
no surprise in them.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFrmaUBQQh
Only shadows long expected.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25aQ5MYv5L
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"What do you want to ask?"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLe0hh1dmcf
"Do you know what I've lost?"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1wNAt7E0v
"No.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8bWnpq5d6
What you don't understand is—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh6yPlxyUWL
what you now possess42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1Xsq0K0kP
doesn't all belong to you."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYxOr3Cwl2
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Like a nail hammered into his mind.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS6S9wJrTUQ
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"You didn't come here to retrieve anything,"42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoFmpjoopVw
Bai's voice sliced through the silence.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWoD4eNjA6R
"You came—42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7j20s5oS3s
to decide where it goes."42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zJW2bSjCi
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The air froze.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqmqX718TNy
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This wasn't a reunion.42Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQwYRaNFB4x
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