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I was afraid to raise my head up… a fear I didn’t know why… but it went away when I saw the sky… to find myself falling up.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pVSosII3W
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The space was so tight it felt suffocating, as if it were upside down … Pain spread through her body like fire and smoke filling the air. 52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPW0uPr8Vy
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Her vision was blurry, yet she could still make out the figure of a man in front of her, soaked in blood, motionless, showing no signs of life. And the body of a woman, seemingly young, her features obscured by wounds … The pristine white of her dress nowstained a dark crimson color 52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD4SipVBTkB
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The blaring of sirens and honking of cars grew louder, intensifying her headache and dizziness, as if she were trapped in a whirlwind. 52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhdf4OKpE9D
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Darkness began closing in from all sides, and those piercing eyes appeared, staring at her. Hands reached out—strangling her, restraining her already bound body. She could feel breaths, whispers like hissing at her ears:52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXvCc40Zyl
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«It’s your fault.»52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1kqSFsSls
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«You’re a murderer.»52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qWeLdok7A
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«You should have died instead.»52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUKMkhda6tv
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«Cursed witch.»52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0zohFjFJw2
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The grip on her neck tightened, suffocating her, her lungs desperate for air as she thrashed in a futile attempt to escape.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8uojqmIp7
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She gasped awake, filling her lungs with air, drenched in sweat, leaving damp imprints on the bedsheet.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqo1B2daIMc
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It took her a few minutes to catch her breath and grasp what was happening around her.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IoNa1dti3
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«A dream… no, a nightmare.»52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoL5PRQ8cS
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She turned her gaze toward the clock.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzdxOqohvFd
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4:30 AM.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgeMjd8IlB
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Really? She had only slept for half an hour!52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWpExitViAg
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Yes, Eileen’s old and unwelcome friend had returned—insomnia—bringing along its usual gift: nightmares.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzghvM0YH7F
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Since she met Arthur, her nightmares had lessened. She had even managed to sleep for a few hours sometimes.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlzvsZXW8j
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But as Arthur once said, he would be away for a while…52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx8eFf4QwuM
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It had been three days, maybe more, since their last meeting.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJOCi5qJkZR
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And there was still about a week left until their agreed-upon reunion.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmgfFNQlS7r
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Arthur had completely vanished, to the point where Eileen started doubting his existence—was he just an illusion? A figment of her imagination?52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtTxIIeT6R
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If it weren’t for the kite she had found yesterday, which she believed he had sent either late at night or before dawn, and for his scarf still hanging by the door…52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKcQ2UmrMY4
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Dragging herself to the bathroom, she decided that even though the sun had yet to rise, it was better to get up than to drown in bed and thoughts that led nowhere.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsvWElgxwG
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For in the absence of the sun, all thoughts turn dark and bleak.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dp3ckOdEJ
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Stepping out of the bathroom, she was met with her reflection in the mirror.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7J4Vpq35ul
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She had long planned to get rid of it or give it to some random person… Her own image was not something she wanted to see.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszal2PuGLy
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Perhaps she was simply blind to the truth—that she was beautiful.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71KoEzi3rr
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Exquisitely so, though hidden behind a veil of exhaustion and shadows of sleepless nights.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnPSZOV4LG0
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She resembled a weary angel, yet all she could focus on were the dark circles beneath her eyes, the pallor of her skin reminiscent of a vampire’s, and the noticeable frailty of her figure.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfHHsx1TDmo
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She finally turned away from her reflection, shifting her attention to the window, where she noticed the paper airplane resting nearby.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5VPpbGVhbl
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A slight smile appeared on her lips and her features softened with relief. 52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRoRViBJQ2m
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She read the words written on it, then carefully folded it, placing it alongside its sisters in the glass box—a habit she had picked up ever since the first kite landed on her floor… and in her heart.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzxDmWGQcaI
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After changing her clothes, she put on her coat and scarf—actually, Arthur’s scarf—choosing it over her own.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpfgy5Lnw7
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Why?52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZ6UitPDyd
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Perhaps because she wanted to feel Arthur’s presence around her after his disappearance?52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN8pdrdTgtv
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Or maybe because it was warmer?52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7vwfSlMTtq
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Or maybe… because she missed the owner of that scarf?52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiy7Z2AUaui
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Who knew… No one, not even Eileen.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjOdVEdPpa
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Or perhaps she did know… but preferred to ignore the feelings that had been stirring within her lately.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZorOl2pfXg
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Feelings for someone who lived next door, whom she knew nothing about, who had suddenly entered her life and changed thousands of things—without even doing anything.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHktgqgTRm
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The moment she stepped outside, the cold wind kissed her face, prompting her to shove her hands into her pockets and bury her face and nose into the scarf.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk94ttopfto
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With her usual slow, unchanging steps, and eyes embracing the sky, she wandered aimlessly before sunrise.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz76NuUDoiX
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She used to never lift her gaze from the ground while walking—at any time, in any place.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnCu8qOxAK
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But now, ever since the first time she gazed at the sky with Arthur… she had fallen in love with that vast expanse.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LApIGLMhd
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She had grown to adore its star-studded blackness, its blue streaked with white clouds, and the fiery hues of sunset.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡllBxdshDPY
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She cherished its stars, its moon, its sun.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKF0AwQMHd8
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She found solace only in contemplating them.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjFUpU2xmg
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And there, on the bridge overlooking the vast sea, she watched the sun rise, casting golden rays that reminded her of someone.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6c0TTohfSC
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She could almost see Arthur’s silhouette watching it with her.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEFUMybjTW
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«I see you everywhere… What have you done to be so deeply etched in my mind? We barely know each other… And yet, feeling all of this while we’re practically strangers—it’s unsettling…»52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSc75IW3qcY
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Arthur had appeared suddenly at the start of December.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAgGRA2DV5
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And now, the month was nearing its end.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6GJannuuXz
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Yet, he had become an integral part of Eileen’s routine.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshbdHtwL5t
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That in itself was a cause for concern… and fear.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN7QvWO7X9g
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What if Eileen grew too attached to him?52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuC8EMYlWaR
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And in the end, he left—because she had never truly mattered to him in the first place.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTm6CUqDYZZ
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What if his actions were nothing more than pity for a depressed girl?52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kj5izCVnQ
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Or perhaps he just wanted some company during his stay—nothing more.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHU6r7D5jQV
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Eileen doubted her place in Arthur’s life… Not just in his, but in everyone’s.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjozrWQc48
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She had always been replaceable.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGG00ZdDIn0
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She had never been anyone’s number one.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSq8a6BquC2
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That planted within her a perpetual fear of abandonment.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIV1OVMSpNC
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And in an attempt to avoid pain, she had become even more withdrawn than before.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡslVxBdxkb7
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Then, problems began piling up, one after the other—shaking her confidence, isolating her, fueling self-blame, overthinking, and insomnia…52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloi16KhIAw
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All shaping her into the person she was now.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVK87mzXR5o
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She still believed she didn’t deserve love.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuReZqQMh3
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That she was a curse to everyone around her.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9FTmOKqqOP
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Memories, old events—still shackled to her.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡByQXJvMzJn
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For nightmares are merely echoes of memories and experiences we failed to overcome, unable to cast them into the farthest corners of our minds.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ55IwltgoP7
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And so, they return to haunt us… until we face them.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjHeEXfl5QS
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A sudden gust of cold wind snapped her out of her thoughts.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5XEVTdHvRs
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Noticing that the sun had already risen, she realized it was time to head to work.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc6MauFCH1l
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And so, the days passed for Eileen, as if she had fallen back into her endless loop.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyEbyZShKE
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The dark thoughts in her mind never ceased—they spoke day and night, at all times, in all places, driving her to the brink of madness.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhqdgWYzeV
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A heavy week crawled by, and the awaited day finally arrived.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwckmTph0CI
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She dressed well—or at least, she tried to look presentable.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLIAM5zAIlV
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Standing beneath the streetlight where she always met Arthur, she counted the minutes and seconds.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5FBDDoCao
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«He’s late… What if he doesn’t come?»52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoQfBw3BObi
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Doubt gnawed at her once more.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyhRcWCs3gx
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Why would Arthur leave his friends and family just to wander around with her?52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxt6gfmO6eh
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With his bright personality and handsome face, she was sure he was quite popular.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTJhOMP8ixa
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Meanwhile, Eileen… Well, she didn’t want to start another self-loathing spiral.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6GKipdXgS
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But honestly, spending time with her would be a waste. She wasn’t fun, nor a great conversationalist, nor did she possess a remarkable personality or beauty…52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd1ugREYlC4
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She shut her eyes tightly, covering her ears, as a cacophony of intrusive thoughts and noise swelled in her head.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlpxkv5rGf
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Then—52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsi8iRPmF0h
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A hand rested on her shoulder.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxLSTnpqUS6
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She slowly opened her eyes, looking up to meet his worried blue gaze.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbLEDbHJZMy
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«Eileen, is something wrong? Are you okay?»52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6AhsmOtWN
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He offered his hand to help her up, and she grasped it.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7LftiIndr
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«I’m fine… I just got tired of standing, so I sat down for a bit.»52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNU9sPZdph6
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«Good. I’m really sorry for being late… I’ll make it up to you with a meal—my treat.»52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkIiIyJvhl
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And as always, in Arthur’s presence, all those thoughts and voices fell silent, granting her a few minutes of peace.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTxLmzGwaBg
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She smiled faintly and nodded.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYIZDCfny8
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As usual, he intertwined their fingers and tucked their hands into his pocket.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8LF02fv974
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They exchanged a few glances before walking on, each holding countless questions but they kept it to themselves. —choosing instead to savor the moment.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhLmdyiYGa
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And for a fleeting second, Eileen felt guilty for the dark thoughts she had about Arthur earlier.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCwXtkMozbA
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They continued their walk, silence accompanying them, under the glow of the moon and stars…52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3MIfCfUOr5
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Hoping for a beautiful night.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmekmBsrTfA
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And a beautiful start to the new year.52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOVJ0iosIQ2
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So what caused Arthur's disappearance? 52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtAI7uLlIn
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Where will things lead them?52Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVeEBnRbJj8
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And where will their relationship end?
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