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𝘖𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘺𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘺𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘯, Lucien pikir. 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘬𝘢𝘭𝘪, 𝘬𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘥𝘶𝘱𝘢𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘬 𝘴𝘦𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘬 𝘪𝘵𝘶. Ia menengok lukamu sekali lagi, lalu berkata, “Sama-sama. 𝘉𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘬 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.” / @soueelan

“Mungkin kau memang perlu berpura-pura untuk waktu yang lama, tetapi, setidaknya ketahuilah bahwa pada dasarnya ….” Ia menjeda untuk memperkirakan apakah pilihan katanya tepat. “Pada dasarnya kau sama saja dengan yang lain.”

SCAR. / @soueelan

And so Lucien waited. Minutes turned into hours, but he stayed by the bedside. In silence, he wondered how any of this had become possible at all. / @lmmor_al

“Why do you always bring in concerning news?” “What do you mean?” Lucien asked. “This patient almost died!” There was a silence. “Well .… isn’t that what you’re here for?” The medic pressed a palm to his face, then left the room. “He’ll wake up soon.”

𝘐𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘦... ...𝘐𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶

Seketika ia pun berlari masuk lebih jauh ke dalam gang. / @DecorumMuneca

“Sabarlah sedikit. Yang penting kau keluar dari sini dengan selamat, bukan?” Beberapa meter dari titik Lucien berpijak, secercah sinar menyembul seolah-olah asalnya dari dalam tanah. Sinar itu pun berubah menjadi kobaran kecil. Itu, setahu Lucien, adalah sihir pendeteksi.

I only have myself to lose, you hate the way fate always takes.

Lucien took a closer look at the stranger. The bandage shrouding his left eye was all it took for Lucien to pull him into a hug, one that resembled the gratitude of reuniting with a part of yourself long since gone. / @lmmor_al

The things he had said to the little boy he once knew in the past replayed in his mind, and he heard their echo here and now. A shiver began creeping across his body at the thought that this stranger might truly be 𝘩𝘪𝘮.