episode_0002

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This is the time to meet both of your parents.

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I don’t see my parents very often, but I always get to see them together during this time.

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At times like that, I always have a meal with my clumsy father and my mother who always teaches me well.

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But, at what point?

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My mother started getting angry at my father all the time.

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I think the reason was because of my older brother.

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My mother always said to me,

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“Baby, you have an older brother named Baek Yi-han.”

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“Are you Baek Yi-han?”

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“Yeah.”

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It was something I always heard.

“Your twin brother.”

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“Twins… .”

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The word twins has always been exciting to me.

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From the fact that I have a brother who has other people, to the fact that I have a twin brother.

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That was enough to get me excited.

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but.

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“Why on earth would you leave that kid there?!”

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My parents started fighting like this.

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Every time I found out that my brother was being treated unfairly, I hated my clumsy father.

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I didn’t like the fact that my mother got so angry.

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‘I don’t know why, but….’

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Still, I ate quietly for now.

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There must be a reason why my father acts like that.

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-Dalgrak.

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At some point, the bowl appeared to be empty.

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‘ah.’

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It seemed like he had already eaten everything.

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“I ate well.”

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In the awkward atmosphere, after finishing my meal and getting up from my seat, my father’s puzzled eyes looked at me.

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“Yeah.”

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It wasn’t a good atmosphere to say sorry.

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“I’ll go up first.”

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“Yeah. I guess so.”

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-Squeak.

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I say hello and quietly leave the restaurant.

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“Whewwww.”

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I felt much more at ease once I got out of the scary atmosphere.

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But, after wandering around like this, I started to wonder about something.

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Indeed, what kind of person does my older brother do?

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“Your Majesty!”

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“Ah, San-ah.”

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“Have you finished eating already?”

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“Okay. Let’s go study quickly.”

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“Yes!”

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You’ll find out about your brother later.

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Now, my priority was to study as my father had told me to do first.

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-Evil. Evil.

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In the empty training ground, the sound of a broom being swept echoes.

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A child with white hair and golden eyes, and a completely different demeanor from the one seen earlier, was diligently cleaning.

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“Hoo… .”

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At 9 o’clock, the soldiers will start to gather.

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‘Let’s finish this quickly and get out of the way.’

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After sweeping all the sand from the training ground, organize the scarecrows placed on one side.

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-Swish, swish.

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“Okay. No problem.”

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Anyway, when this thing fell over, it wasn’t my job to make up for it.

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Because all I had to do was report.

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Now let’s prepare the wooden swords.

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-Knock knock.

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“Quickly… .”

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We need to quickly provide food for the soldiers.

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To be exact, I was a newbie.

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Since the soldiers’ training started at 9 o’clock, there were many who ate breakfast, but few who ate lunch.

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Also, although they do give us time for lunch at 12 o’clock, rations are not exact, so we had to bring out dried bread and other things to eat.

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I just recently realized that it’s a bit much for a 5 year old to eat, but

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-Hwaak.

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This was easy for me.

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-Tadadak.

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“After.”

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Just finished.

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“Is this enough?”

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It seemed like everything was pretty much sorted out.

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“Sigh… .”

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I woke up early and was about to fall asleep.

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“I should get some sleep… .”

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Head to one corner of the training ground.

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It was just right for me, since I had some time before the people arrived.

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If you sleep curled up and curled up, people will come and wake you up later… .

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“–Lee Yeon! Baek Lee Yeon!! Baek Lee Yeon!!!”

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“… Yes… .”

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“Are you sleepy now?”

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“I’m sorry… .”

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I guess it’s almost time to start training.

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I see people waking me up.

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“Tsk. Get up right now and go to the end of the line.”

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“Okay.”

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I don’t know why, but I had to learn martial arts from this Baekho family at the age of five.

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“sum!”

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When someone who appears to be an instructor demonstrates something in front of us, we just follow along.

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Private tutoring sessions are given around lunchtime.

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But, apart from that, this time is really boring.

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‘If you told me to do chapters 1 through 10 right now, I could do them all.’

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Of course, the good thing about exercise hasn’t changed.

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-Pot, figured it out.

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In this place, filled with the sounds of shouts and clothes moving quickly, it seemed impossible to describe it other than as being quiet.

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“Hoo… .”

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Now, this was the final chapter.

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“The end!”

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“… .”

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-Ouch.

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A drop of sweat runs down.

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Sweat is pouring down in the seats of the other newly enlisted soldiers.

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When it comes time for private lessons, all I hear from my seniors is to repeat chapters 1-10.

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‘If you don’t have anything to teach, just let them rest.’

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Since it wasn’t much of a workout, I was extremely bored.

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Well, whatever, do they even care about this?

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“Hoo.”

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Repeat steps 1 through 10 until lunch time.

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And when lunchtime comes, I’ll eat some bread again.

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I’ve thought about trying something different at least once, but I’ve recently realized that it’s a luxury.

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‘At least they serve different food for dinner.’

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In the evening, the person who basically educated and guided me, saying, ‘You are an illegitimate child,’ and torturing me, gave me food.

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‘What should I eat this time?’

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-pop.

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“Ah.”

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I made a mistake.

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If you scream with all your might, you’ll start to hear a sound like that these days.

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I know that it is rare for a five-year-old child to have this kind of strength and learn martial arts with the right posture, so I have always kept this fact a secret and practiced with moderate strength.

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As I thought about what to eat, I felt like I gained strength without realizing it.

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My senior, who had instructed me to repeat, ran towards me.

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“What did you just do?”

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“Yes?”

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“That’s the sound of a bang.”

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“… It just happened.”

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The senior glared at me with an expression that said, “Don’t lie.”

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“… I just screamed with all my might.”

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The senior looked dumbfounded at those words and said:

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“With all your might?”

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“Yes.”

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“… You, are you the one who does the training?”

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“Yes, that’s right.”

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“… . How many times do you transfer the food?”

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“Transfer to a bag at once and divide into small portions.”

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“… … … . at once?”

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“Yes.”

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“… This platoon has 50 people?”

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“Yes, I know it’s weird.”

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“No, no.”

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The senior thought for a moment and then said.

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“I think you could skip the time spent learning martial arts and learn how to handle weapons.”

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“… Yes?”

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At this age?

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It is generally known that the most advanced level of martial arts is achieved by those who have mastered all 1 to 10 chapters.

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And I know that once you’ve mastered one chapter perfectly and can make the same popping sound as I just did, you’re supposed to advance to the next level.

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And no matter how early you start, training usually starts at age 10,

Although the learning period varies from person to person, I know that some people take 5 years to learn and maintain perfect posture in chapters 1 through 10.

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But then you suddenly tell me to only learn weapon skills?

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I glanced at the place where only weapon skills were learned.

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There were many people there who were older than me, and while there were about 40 people here, there were only about 10 over there.

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Besides, most of them were seniors.

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‘I hate going in there so much.’

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“You’re not going to disobey orders, are you? I’ll go up and report right now.”

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“… No.”

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If I had reported it to the top, it was obvious that a superior above me would force me to be assigned there and receive training.

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“Hmm. Okay.”

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When I was trained like this, it was actually comfortable.

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They treated me like a soldier when I was training.

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In the first place, it seemed like that was because there were more people who enlisted voluntarily.

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‘It seems like there are often people who are initially surprised by the fact that there is a young child.’

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What does that matter?

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If you tell me to do it, I have to do it.

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You have to do what you are told to do, wherever you are.

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That’s how I learned to survive.

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“Let’s go do some weapon training.”

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“From now on?”

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“No, starting tomorrow. Today, let’s eat and continue with basic physical training.”

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“Okay.”

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You must have already eaten.

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Rather, this was more comfortable when it came to exercise.

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Rather than saying it’s boring, it would be more accurate to say it’s fun.

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-Wagjak.

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Now, I have learned how to eat this kind of solid rice to some extent, so I chew it little by little.

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‘I don’t want to go into the room.’

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Because if I went into the room, I would be tormented by unreasonable suffering again.

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“But doesn’t that hurt your teeth?”

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“Yes?”

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As I was eating the dried bread, crunching it, my senior asked me as if it was interesting.

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‘Is this what teeth are supposed to hurt?’

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I shook my head, since I’ve never really felt anything like that.

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The senior looked at him as if he found it strange and left.

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No. Why. What is it?