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463 – Running to bait
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Jai sprinted in the forest without any definite direction. He wasn’t tracking the gorilla beast, he was hoping to meet the Mushroom Fairy. He could still remember his meeting with them and what they said about the ‘no run’ rule in the forest.
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Flashback.
The creature smiled cutely. “Thank goodness. We were afraid you’ll lose too much blood before we can heal you.”
Jai raised his eyebrows slightly. “I thought the forest spirit doesn’t like it when people run in the forest?”
“Yeah, I’m as surprised and as confused as you,” Claude said. “But since we’re in no immediate danger, I don’t see the need to be busy.”
After Claude said his piece, it was then the creature finally take turn talking. It smiled with closed eyes, as it found Jai’s question amusing. “That is not true. The reason you are kept in pocket spaces like this is because he wa
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