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"Why? What happened?" Carylle asked, obviously intrigued.
Adler fell silent for a moment, hesitating once again. He wondered why he hesitated for the second time when he had already made up his mind, and he shouldn't back down from it. "You see..." he started and began pouring what he had been holding back since earlier, telling her that he was upset over unfinished work because he slept on it plus the pressure of the anniversary coming. This time, while he was telling her about it, he felt like a child telling his mother that he was bullied by other kids at school. And it felt good, like something heavy was lifted off his chest.
"Hmm," she hummed when he finally finished telling his story. "I see," she then
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