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2024-10-29 19:42:56Rajata woke up when it was still dark. He tried to go back to sleep, but his body as if felt it had already taken too much rest. Finally he decided to leave the room, brought a camera and laptop and a packet of chocolate balls that he bought at Changi.
After brewing a cup of coffee, Rajata sat on the living room sofa, then began editing the photos he took yesterday.
Before long, he heard the sound of the door being opened. Kalyana appeared in the living room a moment later, carrying a cup of coffee. The girl sat next to Rajata, leaning back on the sofa.
“Are you awake too?” Rajata commented while still having fun editing photos.
“Yes,” said Kalyana, staring blankly at Rajata's laptop screen.
“Yesterday you look cheerful, Na,” said Rajata a few moments later.
“Am I?” protested the girl.
Rajata stopped editing photos. He opened the photo catalog, then displayed three of them. Kalyana's fac
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Kalyana wiped her cheek, turned her head around with an awkward smile. “Sorry, I got carried away with emotion,” she said. “I was hoping I could be here with Armand.”Rajata cleared his throat softly. “Want to accompany me shopping for jackets again?” he offered.Kalyana smiled weakly. “I don't want to!” she said in a slightly trembling voice. “I don't want to carry your grocery bag!”Rajata chuckled, then fell silent, also looked up at the rooftops in the distance.Kalyana took a deep breath then threw it out loud.“Want to try screaming?” murmured Rajata.“We are not supposed to make noise in this country, Ta,” Kalyana said hoarsely.Rajata looked down and around. “Nobody is here,” he continued muttering.Kalyana once again took a deep breath. “You bastard, Mand!” she shouted out loud. “Such a jerk!”Rajata jumped a little in surprise, turned to look at his friend, smiling.With her elbows resting on the fenc
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The timeline has ended. There is no other information available,” said Lidia delivering a notification along with the opening of their capsule.Rajata took off his helmet, got out of the capsule, took a deep breath to get rid of any lingering feelings. Kalyana seemed to have sat on the capsule, her eyes wet.“Let's take a break,” said Harso to his two friends as he walked to the coffee table.At the coffee table, Harso patted Kalyana's shoulder softly while saying, “Among us, you must be the strongest to feel all of Larasati's feelings.”Kalyana didn't answer. She was still overpowered by her own feelings.“Why did she feel it the most?” asked Rajata.“To be able to send information to our heads, Lidia has to match the brain frequencies she gets in the black hole with our brain frequencies, and that adjustment process dampens emotional information. However, Larasati's brain frequencies correspond very well to yours, Na, so almost all the informati
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