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00:00The S-rank white leopard companion I had didn't like me. He only wagged his tail for my adopted sister.
00:06So the night I bought home a Black Panther warslave instead, I was drunk, sitting outside the bar and smoking
00:12to sober up. A street vendor crept over, timidly, lowering his voice.
00:20Miss, you look totally stressed out. Need to let it all out?
00:24I've got a stress relief war beast. Panther type. Good for unwinding.
00:32What? The dealer glanced around nervously, then waved toward the shadows. A Black Panther beastman stepped into the light. Tall,
00:42broad-shouldered, lean at the waist. He stepped forward and his shadow fell across my face.
00:48The vendor yanked the rough suppression collar and dragged him to one knee. He unclipped a rusted inhibitor muzzle. Then
00:55grabbed the Panther's hair and pulled his head back.
00:58Exposing his face. Gone skin. Smooth beneath the bruises. A sharp. Straight nose. Thin lips pressed tight. Black beast marks
01:08curled along his throat.
01:10Half hidden beneath the collar. The vendor slapped his face hard. Look at that face, miss. Wouldn't it feel good
01:18to smack something that pretty?
01:20I swallowed.
01:23He was exactly my type. And my doctor had said my stress hormones were out of control. I genuinely needed
01:30an outlet. But I already had a white leopard at home.
01:34Ash would mind. The vendor kicked the Panther.
01:37Get up. Show her your build.
01:39The Panther stood slowly. Chains coiled around him. He could only use one hand to peel off his shirt. Clean,
01:46solid muscle. I saw the bruises layered over bruises.
01:50High stamina. Heals fast. 2,000 for two hours of release. You can do whatever you want. Just don't slit
01:57his throat and drain his blood, and he'll recover.
01:59I stared at him. People's tastes had gotten that dark. Slit his throat? Forget it. My white leopard at home
02:08wouldn't let me touch him anyway. But this one was cheap. Obedient sounded fine. I stood up. A little unsteady
02:14from the alcohol.
02:15How much to buy him outright. Not cheap. He's our best. He attended many big wars. Name your price.
02:23I'll give you a discount. Just 58,800. I paused. My parents spent millions on Ash. My premium S. Class
02:32white leopard gift. This one was practically free by comparison. Seeing I didn't bid, the vendor stepped forward.
02:39Too much? Fine. Round it down. 50 grand.
02:48I bought him for 5,000 in the end. I wasn't ready to go home yet, so I took him
02:53to a hotel.
02:56The vendor gave me a long list of warnings on the way out.
02:59Don't remove the inhibitor muzzle until he's fully tamed. Keep the chains on. Both of them.
03:08Eli stood still in the entryway. Eyes down. Waiting for whatever came next.
03:15Go shower. I came out of the shower wrapped in a robe. Still not daring to take off his restraints
03:21yet.
03:22He looked at me for a few seconds. Then turned and walked into the bathroom.
03:27Water started running. After a few minutes, I knocked.
03:31I left my phone in there. He hadn't locked the door.
03:35So I pushed it open. The lie froze his back to me.
03:39His tall, imposing figure was completely bare.
03:43Water streamed down his shoulders along the rusted chains.
03:46Washing away rust and dried blood.
03:49His tail hung low. Trembling slightly.
03:52My brain went offline.
03:56I crossed the room and hugged him from behind.
03:59Pressed my lips to the bruising on his spine.
04:03What are you doing?
04:04Take it easy.
04:06His hands clenched at his sides.
04:09It's not.
04:10What is that?
04:12Mmm.
04:16That's not how stress relief works.
04:18I've never done this before.
04:20Bear with me.
04:21I pushed him onto the bed.
04:26I kissed every bruise.
04:29One by one.
04:30He lay still and let me.
04:32His body tensed the whole time.
04:37Are you sure?
04:40I'm just a low-class panther.
04:53My answer was to stop waiting.
04:55He let out a muffled sound and closed his eyes.
04:59Long lashes trembling.
05:02Ash was my parents' apology.
05:05Premium.
05:06S-class companion, white-knocker.
05:08A compensation for the 18 years they lost me.
05:11I was 5 when I disappeared.
05:1323 when we finally found out.
05:15When I came home,
05:17I found out my parents had already adopted a little girl.
05:20Emma.
05:20She'd been with them since she was a baby.
05:23She was 17 now.
05:24When I appeared, Emma fell apart.
05:26She screamed and sobbed.
05:27Get out!
05:28I'm their real daughter!
05:30Why are you here taking my parents?
05:32This is my home!
05:34Get out!
05:35Don't cry.
05:37You'll always be our daughter.
05:39Zoe coming back doesn't change how much we love you.
05:42Emma's been spoiled.
05:43You're 6 years older.
05:44Just try to be patient with her.
05:45I should have been devastated.
05:47But I was 23.
05:48I survived those lonely years craving my parents.
05:51I worked every job I could find.
05:53Dishwasher.
05:54Night shift cashier.
05:56Warehouse packer.
05:57I learned to smile at customers who touched my waist.
06:00Learned to sleep with my bag after a landlord threw me out.
06:03Because I was 2 days late on rent.
06:06Now, I had stopped craving love first.
06:08I needed money.
06:09Money meant a locked door.
06:10A warm room.
06:11A place no one could kick me out of.
06:13I knew this time I should learn how to survive here.
06:15I let my eyes well up.
06:17Looked down.
06:19I understand, dad.
06:21Playing vulnerable work.
06:23The monthly allowance.
06:25They wired me.
06:26Mom.
06:26Kept going up.
06:29Morning.
06:30I had my cheek pressed against Ellie's arm.
06:32My best friend Lily texted me.
06:34Where are you?
06:35Did you do your usual disappearing act and go home alone again?
06:37No.
06:38I bought a new stress relief war beast last night.
06:40Being busy.
06:41Zoe, what is wrong with you?
06:42I know you are upset that your white leopard at home ignores you.
06:45But you can't just go buy a punching bag.
06:47You couldn't bring yourself to hit the expensive ones,
06:49so you went out and bought a cheap one to beat up?
06:51I would report you if you weren't my best friend.
06:54I am appalled.
06:56I stared at my screen.
06:58I didn't hit him.
06:58Why would I hit a beast man?
07:00Lily went quiet for a moment.
07:02And how did you unwind?
07:04The way you are thinking.
07:05On bed.
07:05We both stopped typing.
07:07Then she sent me a long message explaining everything.
07:10Stress relief war beasts were illegal.
07:12Traffickers stole young beastmen or bought low.
07:15Class 1's cheap.
07:16Then they tortured and filtered them.
07:18Keeping only those with strong bodies and fast healing.
07:21Some became living buffers for paying clients to break.
07:23Others ended up in underground war beast aliens.
07:26Death matches.
07:27Even after rescue, these war beasts were considered feral and untamed.
07:30Official shelters offered them for free adoption.
07:33The ones no one took.
07:34Euthanized.
07:38I know where he lives.
07:39If you regret it.
07:40I startled.
07:41Quickly darkened my screen and turned over.
07:47He runs with a crew.
07:49They probably won't give you the money back.
07:51But if I catch him alone, I might be able to.
07:55I don't regret it.
07:56As long as you behave, only listen to me.
08:00Nobody else.
08:02Okay.
08:02There were a few faint scars along the fur of his ears.
08:05I couldn't help it.
08:06I reached out to touch them.
08:08His ears snapped back instantly.
08:09He flinched away.
08:10This one wouldn't let me touch his ears either.
08:13Sorry.
08:14Force of habit.
08:17You can touch them now.
08:20If you still want to.
08:22I didn't hesitate.
08:23I swung up and sat across his waist.
08:25Braced my hands on his chest.
08:27And squeezed his ears between my fingers.
08:30Ellie's breathing deepened.
08:31He tipped his head back.
08:33Eyes half-lidded.
08:34Watching me.
08:37Can we do it again?
08:40We didn't go straight home.
08:41I took Ellie to a Warbeast clinic first.
08:44The doctor said his healing ability was excellent.
08:46The bruising wasn't a concern.
08:48But severe malnutrition.
08:49He needed long-term supplementation.
08:51The total for all the supplements cost more than I paid for him.
08:55I don't need it.
08:56I can eat anything.
08:58Don't spend the money.
08:59I won't die.
09:01This amount was what Ash burned through on snacks every month.
09:04It's fine.
09:06Do you like these?
09:08Slim metal collar.
09:09Custom black inhibitor muzzle to match.
09:11I hadn't wanted him to keep wearing restraints.
09:13But the doctor was firm.
09:15Don't let a feral panther's looks fool you.
09:17He could take out your throat in one bite.
09:19So I'd picked the most comfortable version I could find.
09:22When the doctor removed the old inhibitor muzzle.
09:24He held it up to the light.
09:25Warbeast arena or stress relief.
09:27Before this, I mean.
09:30Both.
09:31Figured.
09:31The doctor turned it over.
09:33Look at these bite marks.
09:34He did this to himself when the pain got too bad.
09:37Those are from last night.
09:38I went very still.
09:39In the arena?
09:41No.
09:42He looked at my back.
09:43From when I was being used.
09:45We got home past midnight.
09:47Mom and dad were already asleep.
09:48Ash was probably in Emma's room.
09:50As usual.
09:51Come in.
09:52I kicked off my heels and turned to look at Eli.
09:54He hadn't moved.
09:56He was staring at something on the floor.
09:58I bent down and picked it up.
10:00This is Ash's.
10:03On my first birthday in this house.
10:06Mom and dad had given me Ash.
10:08Zoe's too quiet.
10:11We thought having a companion might open her up.
10:13Back then.
10:14Ash hadn't shifted yet.
10:16Just a small white leopard cub.
10:19Why does she get one and I don't?
10:22You said you wouldn't pick favorites.
10:27He's mine!
10:28She snatched the cub and ran out.
10:31Didn't come back.
10:32My birthday dinner was ruined.
10:35My birthday present was gone.
10:37Mom and dad were a mess for days.
10:40I cried too.
10:43I'm so sorry.
10:44I made her leave.
10:45It's my fault.
10:46One girl and one scruffy leopard cub appeared at the front door.
10:50Mom.
10:51Dad.
10:51I'm so hungry.
10:53I was wrong.
10:54I'm never running again.
10:56Mom and dad rushed out and all three of them sobbed together on the doorstep.
11:01When they finally looked up, mom's face went guilty the instant she saw me standing there.
11:07Mom.
11:09You hit me?
11:10Do you know what the last 12 days were like?
11:14I just got back and you're hitting me?
11:17If you ever make Zoe feel unwelcome in this house again, don't call me mom.
11:22After that, Emma stopped coming after me openly.
11:26She gave Ash back a few weeks later.
11:28Not long after that, he shifted.
11:35He tilted his head at me and said his first shifted word.
11:38Emma?
11:40I'm Emma!
11:43You remember me!
11:44You remember me!
11:46Of course.
11:48He caught her easily.
11:49A low purr rolled from his chest.
11:52I remember everything about Emma.
11:54Mom and dad sighed and put an arm around me.
11:57It took weeks of trying before Ash reluctantly accepted that I was his owner.
12:01But he refused to purr for me.
12:03Refused to let me touch his ears.
12:06Never waited by the door for me.
12:08He only reacted to Emma's footsteps.
12:11He only waited for her.
12:13I watched them every time.
12:15I told myself I didn't really care.
12:17Because Ash's monthly expenses came out of the account in my name.
12:21And mom and dad's quiet guilt kept filling that same account.
12:24But lately, I'd been breaking out.
12:27Stress hormones, the doctor said.
12:30Ash wouldn't touch me.
12:32A lie had shown up at exactly the right moment.
12:34I had no reason to say no.
12:39Sleep with me tonight?
12:41I'll take you shopping for clothes tomorrow.
12:44Will he mind?
12:46Oh, I asked.
12:47Who?
12:48He glanced over at me.
12:50Ash.
12:51Panthers are territorial.
12:54He doesn't like sleeping with me.
12:57It's fine.
12:59Ellie thought of something.
13:01His grip on my hand got a little tighter.
13:03Do you need it again tonight?
13:06Need what?
13:07His ears went pink.
13:10Stress relief.
13:12I do.
13:13But my legs are killing me.
13:16I have good stamina.
13:18You can just lie there.
13:22That's very considerate to be with you.
13:27It's nothing.
13:32Zoe.
13:33In the morning, I stepped out of my room at the exact same time as Ash.
13:38Why were you talking in your sleep last night?
13:40All those little sounds.
13:42It was loud.
13:43I wasn't annoyed.
13:46Sorry.
13:47I'll keep it down.
13:48His tone softened a little.
13:50Awkward.
13:52Were you having a nightmare?
13:53I thought I heard you crying.
13:56I was having the time of my life.
14:04If you ever have a nightmare, you can...
14:06Ash!
14:08I can't find my slippers!
14:11Don't walk around Baredfoot.
14:14He stepped right past me and went into Emma's room.
14:17Came back out carrying me.
14:19How did your slippers end up in the living room if you were in your room?
14:22Because you carried me to bed last night and forgot to bring them.
14:26He sat her on his knee, found the bunny slippers, and put them on her feet.
14:30Perfect companion beast.
14:31Just not mine.
14:32Zoe.
14:33My laundry's in the hamper.
14:36Take it to the dry cleaner.
14:38He stepped close, pressed his nose to my neck.
14:41What's that smell?
14:42What?
14:43Then inhaled.
14:43The deeper he breathed, the harder his hand gripped my waist.
14:47Zoe, why do you carry another beast's imprint?
14:51I said nothing.
14:53I looked past his shoulder.
14:56Eli had just opened the door and walked.
14:58He was half a head taller than Ash.
15:00His shoulders almost pulled the door from him.
15:03His eyes landed on Ash.
15:04That's my imprint.
15:05Eli said.
15:08Ash spun around.
15:10His body snapped into a defensive stance instantly.
15:13A low growl rose in his throat.
15:15Eli didn't move, stood, and held his gaze.
15:19Zoe.
15:20Who is that?
15:22His name is Eli.
15:24He's my new beast.
15:27What?
15:28You got another panther?
15:32What about me?
15:34Oh, wow!
15:35Mom, Dad, come look!
15:37Zoe got a new beast!
15:38Mom and Dad came out.
15:40I stepped forward and introduced him.
15:42This is Eli.
15:44Our newest family member.
15:47Sir.
15:48Ma'am.
15:49He's even more handsome than Ash!
15:52Competition grade, I assume.
15:55Zoe gets so much allowance.
15:57S-class?
15:59He's wearing an inhibitor muzzle.
16:01His fur is splitting.
16:02His shirt is falling apart.
16:04He's shedding everywhere.
16:05He's feral bottom class.
16:07The kind shelters can't even even,
16:09can't even give away.
16:11Zoe.
16:12You only brought him home to mess with me,
16:14didn't you?
16:16If he goes feral and hurts you,
16:18don't come crying to me.
16:20Mom and Dad exchanged a glance.
16:22Zoe, we're not against you keeping him.
16:24We just want you safe.
16:26We can't lose you again.
16:28I won't hurt her.
16:29If it makes you feel better,
16:31I'll keep the restraints on.
16:33I can sleep in a crate at night.
16:36A crate?
16:39Only arena war beasts sleep in crates.
16:42That's lower than a stress relief slave.
16:45I've already decided he's staying.
16:48Ash's expenses come from Mom and Dad.
16:51Eli's are on me.
16:55Zoe!
16:59Relax.
17:00Given how Zoe grew up,
17:01it makes sense she has a thing
17:02for low-class war beasts.
17:04It's basically her aesthetic.
17:07Mom, Dad,
17:08since Zoe has a new beast,
17:09can I have Ash?
17:10He likes me more anyway.
17:11I'm just taking what's left over.
17:14That word,
17:15leftover,
17:17drained the color from Ash's face.
17:19He turned and glared at me,
17:21eyes wet.
17:22No.
17:23I said immediately,
17:24Ash was a gift from Mom and Dad.
17:26He's mine.
17:29I decide what happens to him.
17:31My certainty knocked something loose in him.
17:34For the first time,
17:35Ash purred for me,
17:37just barely.
17:38Small,
17:39uncontrolled flicks.
17:41His face looked like he hated it.
17:43He caught himself,
17:45went stiff.
17:47Even if you say that,
17:49I'm not forgiving you.
17:50I had no intention of giving him away.
17:53Not because I was attached.
17:55First,
17:56the budget they gave me for his upkeep
17:58was generous.
17:59I pocketed a healthy margin every month.
18:02Second,
18:03Ash was worth a lot.
18:04If I ever decided I was done,
18:06I could sell him for seven figures.
18:08Why would I hand that to Emma for free?
18:11Mom and Dad agreed.
18:12She's right.
18:14He was given to Zoe.
18:15If you want him,
18:16talk to your sister.
18:21Emma wasn't stupid enough
18:23to actually come negotiate with me.
18:25Ash was still angry.
18:27At dinner,
18:28he used to sit beside me,
18:30even if he acted like he hated it.
18:33This time,
18:34he sat directly beside Emma.
18:37Like she couldn't feed herself.
18:39He picked up food for her bite by bite.
18:42I carefully removed Ali's inhibitor muzzle.
18:45His sharp,
18:46cold face was finally fully exposed.
18:49Not just Emma.
18:50Even Mom and Dad stared for a second too long.
18:54Eli said.
18:55He hesitated for a moment,
18:57then copied Ash
18:59and placed food into my bowl.
19:01Ash let out a cold laugh.
19:03Copycat?
19:06Zoe doesn't eat broccoli.
19:09I raised an eyebrow.
19:10When he used to sit beside me,
19:12he never once served me food.
19:14But somehow,
19:16he had remembered what I didn't like.
19:18I'll remember next time.
19:27His fingers tightened around the plate.
19:30Then snap.
19:31The fork broke clean in half.
19:33The entire table went silent.
19:36Eli's strength really was terrifying.
19:38That was why every time he touched me,
19:40he was always careful.
19:42So careful it almost hurt to watch.
19:45So far,
19:46the only marks he'd left on me
19:48were a few fingerprints at my waist.
19:50From the first night,
19:51when he'd held me still
19:53and stopped me from sinking down too fast.
19:56Use these.
19:56I handed him a new fork.
19:58Dad looked at me.
19:59Let Eli stay in the room on the top floor.
20:02Our house had three floors.
20:04The room Dad meant was basically a storage room,
20:07a narrow bed,
20:09bare walls,
20:10and most importantly,
20:11an iron door that locked from the outside.
20:13Ash looked pleased immediately.
20:15Good.
20:16That's where a beast like him belongs.
20:19In a cage.
20:22Not yet.
20:23He's sleeping with me for now.
20:26Mom and Dad both froze.
20:27The doctor said my stress hormones are unstable.
20:31So for now,
20:32I need him.
20:34Dad coughed awkwardly.
20:37Then,
20:38couldn't you use Ash instead?
20:40He's better trained,
20:42safer,
20:43he refused.
20:45Who said I refused?
20:47You never even came to me.
20:48How would you know I wouldn't?
20:51To her true if you're blaspheming.
20:57Really?
20:58But last time,
20:59didn't you promise Emma
21:01you would wait until she turned 18?
21:07A few months earlier,
21:08Mom and Dad had planned a family camping trip to get us all bonding.
21:12Seven days.
21:13On the night we set up tents,
21:15everyone drank a little too much.
21:17Emma called me sis every five minutes.
21:20I called her sis back.
21:22Mom and Dad were so happy.
21:24When I came back from a cigarette break,
21:26I saw Emma in my tent.
21:29The campfire had gone out.
21:31One small lantern flickered inside.
21:33Ash was lying on my sleeping bag.
21:36Emma was slowly crawling on top of him,
21:38leaning toward his mouth.
21:40Their shadows overlapped against the canvas.
21:43I watched Ash reach up
21:45and tuck her hair behind her ear
21:46and kissed her back.
21:51Ash,
21:53promise me you won't touch her.
21:55Ash hesitated.
21:58But...
21:58Wait until I'm 18.
22:00It's only a few months.
22:02In this world,
22:03a companion beast who slept with a human
22:06under 18 faced immediate disposal,
22:09regardless of consent.
22:10You know I have standards.
22:12I don't like her touching you.
22:15Can't we just keep this clean between us?
22:17Ash said yes.
22:19Yes.
22:21The video ended.
22:23Mom looked the worst.
22:24Emma,
22:25is this how I raised you?
22:27Using yourself to manipulate a panther
22:29just to spite your sister?
22:31Ash had gone the color of chalk.
22:34Zoe,
22:35I was drunk that night.
22:36I thought it was you coming in.
22:38Nobody asked you.
22:39I paid for you.
22:40You're here to serve my daughter,
22:41not audition replacements.
22:43I'm calling your cellar today.
22:45Emma's tears came fast.
22:47Mom,
22:48why aren't you yelling at her?
22:49Can't you see how calculating she is?
22:52She recorded it.
22:53I made one stupid mistake
22:54and she plays it like this.
22:56Ever since she came back,
22:57you love me less.
22:58Are you really gonna let her run my life?
23:01Emma,
23:01you did this.
23:03If you hadn't,
23:04there'd be nothing to record.
23:05Both of you,
23:06this month's allowances go to Zoe
23:08and you're both grounded for three days.
23:11A large sum landed in my account that afternoon.
23:15Mom and dad's invisible scale
23:16tipped a little more in my direction.
23:18I'd been fighting for things my whole life.
23:20This was no different.
23:25Three days without Emma or Ash hovering around,
23:28I took Ellie shopping.
23:30Everywhere.
23:31He was a specimen.
23:33Built like every suit had been cut for him specifically.
23:36Everything looked good on him.
23:39So I wanted to buy him everything.
23:41But the best part
23:42was watching him in a dress suit.
23:47I went slightly feral
23:49and bought 12 custom tailored ones.
23:54Then I was too tired to walk.
23:56Eli carried everything with one arm
23:58and me with the other.
23:59I had my arm hooked around his neck,
24:02tracing the line of his nose with one finger.
24:05Eli,
24:06you look like this.
24:08Didn't they try to make you sell yourself?
24:10They tried.
24:13He set me on the bed
24:14and dropped to one knee.
24:16Took off my heels.
24:18Swapped them out for slippers.
24:20He'd watched Ash do it for Emma a hundred times.
24:23He hadn't fully adjusted
24:24to human scale gentleness yet.
24:26He kept catching himself,
24:29recalibrating his grip.
24:30But he'd memorized every step.
24:34And?
24:35He went a little pink.
24:38I didn't.
24:39I hurt the client and ran.
24:43They caught me.
24:47I stopped eating to fight back.
24:48They got scared I'd die
24:50and cost them money
24:51so they threw me in the Warbeast arena.
24:53I hadn't eaten in three days.
24:55I don't know how I did it.
24:56I bit through the other panther's throat.
25:00After that,
25:01I stayed in the arena.
25:02They kept my food limited
25:03so I'd be too weak to resist.
25:05The last fight,
25:06I got badly injured.
25:08They figured I was done
25:09so they put me on stress relief work.
25:10I survived that too.
25:13This week,
25:14they were debating
25:14sending me back to the arena.
25:16Then you bought me.
25:18While I was still kneeling,
25:20wearing the new suit,
25:21I just bought him.
25:22Both hands wrapped
25:23lightly around mine.
25:24I'm not hiding anything from you.
25:26I'm a low-class Black Panther war slave.
25:29Violent,
25:30arena-bred,
25:31unfit for a proper bond.
25:34I've hurt humans.
25:35I've hurt my own kind.
25:36I grew up without learning
25:37to be around people.
25:39I don't know how to take care of someone.
25:41I barely know how to use a fork.
25:43I don't know how hard to hold you
25:45without hurting you.
25:47Last night when you cried,
25:49I panicked.
25:52I remembered.
25:53The second time
25:54was so much better
25:55than the first.
25:56I'd lost control
25:57and made a sound
25:58I hadn't expected.
25:59I'm sorry,
26:00did I hurt you?
26:01I misjudged.
26:01It's my fault.
26:02You can punish me,
26:03hit me,
26:04starve me,
26:05whatever you want.
26:07Just don't cry,
26:09please.
26:10I remembered the apology
26:11going on for a while,
26:12but I'd passed out mid-sentence.
26:14No wonder the atmosphere
26:15that morning
26:16had been so heavy.
26:17He'd been stewing in it all night.
26:20I leaned in
26:21and kissed his cheek.
26:23You didn't hurt me.
26:26I cried because it was good.
26:28He pressed his nose
26:29against my neck.
26:31His black ears,
26:32edged with faint silver,
26:34brushed my face.
26:35I grabbed them.
26:36Ellie's breathing hitched.
26:37He reached up,
26:38fingers calloused,
26:40deliberate,
26:40and slowly traced
26:42the side of my neck.
26:43The same spot Ash
26:44had pressed his nose
26:45against that morning,
26:47methodical,
26:48inch by inch.
26:50Are you trying to cover
26:51his imprint?
26:52He realized what he was doing,
26:54pulled his hand back.
26:55It's fine.
26:55I don't mind.
26:59I just don't understand.
27:01You went three days
27:02without food
27:03to avoid being sold,
27:04but you never fought
27:05back against me.
27:06Not once.
27:08You gave up?
27:11Maybe because you were
27:12young and beautiful.
27:14That's an airtight reason.
27:15His eyes didn't quite meet mine.
27:17They landed on my mouth.
27:18Maybe because you said
27:19you had no experience.
27:23Also because that was
27:24the first time
27:24I'd ever been kissed.
27:25He looked up properly now.
27:27I just want you to know
27:27I am violent and feral,
27:29but I will never hurt you.
27:31Never.
27:32Not ever.
27:33I believe you.
27:35As a reward,
27:37I pushed him back
27:38onto the bed.
27:40Let me kiss you again.
27:45Eli and I fell into a rhythm.
27:47I finally understood
27:48why people spent fortunes
27:50on war beasts.
27:51With Ash,
27:52everything had been a production.
27:53Premium companion beasts
27:55had standards.
27:56I'd had to train with him daily,
27:58manage his nutrition,
27:59force,
28:00feed him supplements,
28:01and run a full grooming routine
28:03just to keep him in condition
28:05so he could use that condition
28:07to take care of Emma.
28:08Ali was different.
28:10I followed the doctor's
28:11supplement plan
28:12and he just glowed.
28:14I felt a little guilty
28:15about the contrast.
28:17So I sat him down
28:18and did a proper
28:19grooming session on him.
28:21Ash walked in
28:22while I had both hands
28:23buried in Eli's foam
28:24covered ears.
28:26Zoe!
28:27That's my special foam soap!
28:29I bought this one for Eli.
28:31Out of your room already?
28:32Yes!
28:32You must be so pleased
28:33with yourself.
28:34Not really.
28:35You got off easy.
28:36But I'll try harder next time.
28:38Zoe!
28:39Send him out!
28:40Ash was still glaring at Eli.
28:42I can explain the video,
28:44but I am not sharing this house
28:46with a bottom-class panther.
28:48You're not sharing anything.
28:49You sleep in Emma's room.
28:51You always have.
28:53Panther Beastman
28:54had sharp senses.
28:55Ash had been the only one
28:56in the house
28:57who knew about
28:57my smoking habit.
28:58He'd always complained
29:00my room smelled
29:00and used it
29:01as an excuse
29:02to sleep in Emma's room instead.
29:05It's fine, Ash.
29:07You always said
29:07she smelled anyway.
29:09Come stay with me.
29:10Sliding her fingers
29:11through his,
29:11he hesitated exactly
29:12one second,
29:13then laced his fingers
29:14through hers.
29:16Zoe,
29:18you're going to regret this.
29:19I smiled.
29:21Take good care of him,
29:21won't you, Emma?
29:23The house settled
29:24into a strange cold war.
29:26Ash and Emma
29:27spent a while
29:27putting on a show
29:28in front of me.
29:29They were all warmth
29:30and sweetness,
29:31trying to get a reaction
29:32out of me.
29:33I had none.
29:34As long as they weren't
29:35doing it in my face,
29:37I could handle it.
29:37He watched every move
29:38Ash made with Emma,
29:40the grip,
29:41the order of things,
29:42and translated it all
29:43into how he took care of me.
29:44L.I.
29:45spent a lot of time
29:46watching them.
29:46Emma kept flushing
29:47every time she caught him
29:49looking,
29:49then pretending
29:50she hadn't noticed.
29:51He was studying.
29:52Ash, meanwhile,
29:53looked like a ghost.
29:54He kept catching himself
29:55staring at me
29:56with something
29:56half-formed in his expression.
29:58I knew why.
29:59A few days earlier,
30:00Emma,
30:01you haven't groomed me
30:03in forever.
30:04You have hands.
30:05Do it yourself,
30:06Emma said flatly.
30:07Am I your pet
30:08or are you mine?
30:09My products
30:10are running out too.
30:11Then ask Zoe.
30:12It's her account,
30:13not mine.
30:14Emma,
30:14why are you like this?
30:15You used to actually
30:16like spending time with me.
30:19If you hadn't kissed me
30:20that night,
30:20Zoe wouldn't have...
30:22Zoe always groomed you
30:23every day.
30:24She never complained
30:25about how much work it was.
30:26Blame me?
30:27You didn't exactly stop me!
30:29And now you think
30:30she's better?
30:31Then go to her!
30:32Go on!
30:33See if she even wants you!
30:34Did Emma love Ash?
30:36Emma just loved
30:37being the center.
30:38Ash fawning over her
30:39fit that.
30:39Me existing complicated it.
30:41After that fight,
30:42Ash deteriorated fast.
30:44He kept starting sentences
30:45near me
30:46and never finishing them.
30:47Too proud to ask.
30:49I ignored it.
30:50Until one night,
30:51I was out on the
30:52second floor balcony
30:53in my slip dress.
30:54Smoking a post-session cigarette.
30:56Ash came up behind me
30:57and wrapped his arms
30:58around me
30:59without a word.
31:01Warm tears
31:02dropped onto my neck.
31:04One at a time.
31:05You're not complaining
31:06about the smell?
31:09He said.
31:10I'm sorry.
31:11He pressed his face
31:12into my neck.
31:13Can you forgive me?
31:14I smiled.
31:16Said nothing.
31:19I was drunk that night.
31:22I swear I thought
31:23it was you.
31:26I wanted it to be you.
31:29I believe you.
31:30I said.
31:32If you'd known it was Emma,
31:34you wouldn't have
31:34stopped her either.
31:40That's not true.
31:41Before I shifted,
31:43Emma and I
31:43were on the streets
31:44together.
31:47A group of guys
31:48tried to grab me.
31:49She ran at them,
31:51screaming and crying.
31:52Until they gave up
31:53and fled.
31:54You're my owner.
31:56But she saved my life.
31:57I couldn't refuse her.
31:59In the tent that night,
32:00I was half as asleep.
32:02When I opened my eyes
32:03and saw her,
32:04I felt sick.
32:05I realized I'd wanted
32:06it to be you.
32:07I'd wanted you all along.
32:09But she saved my life.
32:11How could I turn her down?
32:14Then keep being grateful to her.
32:16I was never in the way.
32:18Zoe.
32:20Please don't.
32:21I sighed.
32:23Turned to face him.
32:25Ash.
32:27Do you know why I smoke?
32:29Because I grew up
32:30with a crew of street girls.
32:33When I got caught stealing,
32:34they took the hits with me.
32:36When a man tried to assault me,
32:38they scratched his face apart.
32:39When I had a fever
32:41and passed out,
32:43they pooled whatever they had
32:46and dragged me
32:47to a back alley clinic.
32:51So,
32:52I had more people
32:53doing things for me
32:54than you ever did.
32:55And I never crawled
32:56into anyone's bed over it.
32:59Never said yes
33:00just because someone asked.
33:02Ash.
33:03You're wired to follow
33:04whoever pays you
33:05the most attention.
33:06Someone gives you
33:06a little warmth
33:07and off you go.
33:09They say premium companion beasts
33:10have the highest
33:11human-like cognitionness.
33:12I believe it.
33:13You've even evolved
33:14past a companion beast's
33:16most basic trait.
33:18Loyalty.
33:19I don't know.
33:20His eyes were red.
33:22I'm sorry, Zoe.
33:25You never talked about before.
33:28I didn't know
33:29what you went through.
33:30If I'd known,
33:33I wouldn't have complained
33:34about the smoking.
33:37I wouldn't have helped
33:38her make things harder
33:39for you.
33:40His tear,
33:40wet face pressed
33:41into my collar.
33:42I only ever heard
33:43Emma's side.
33:44She made it sound like
33:45you were the one
33:46one taking things from her.
33:50Like Ash
33:51and everything that came
33:52with him
33:53should have been hers.
33:54And past his shoulder,
33:56two figures in the dark.
33:58The closer one,
34:00tall and still was Eli.
34:01The farther one was Mom.
34:03I met her eyes.
34:04My cigarette hand
34:05barely paused.
34:07I didn't hide it.
34:08Fine.
34:09She saw.
34:10When I came home,
34:12I'd glossed over
34:13the first years.
34:14They'd worked so hard
34:15on Emma.
34:16Piano.
34:17Ballet.
34:18Flower.
34:19Arranging.
34:20Everything polished.
34:22Me.
34:24Good at stealing.
34:25Lock picking with a hairpin.
34:27Chain smoking
34:28before I was old enough
34:29to buy them.
34:30I hadn't thought
34:31parents who'd replaced me
34:32in a year would love me
34:33very much.
34:33And Emma would run
34:34a reason to attack me.
34:35So I'd shown them
34:36the clean resume.
34:38Like interviewing
34:40for the role
34:41of daughter.
34:46Go to sleep.
34:47Mom said.
34:48Then she went back
34:49to her room.
34:50The hall was dark again
34:51except for Eli's outline.
34:53He stood watching
34:53Ash press his face
34:54into my shoulder
34:55and make small
34:56unhappy sounds.
34:58Eli said quietly.
34:59It's cold out here.
35:00Ash noticed him
35:01for the first time.
35:02He stepped in front of me.
35:04Sent a low warning
35:05morality like him.
35:07Eli didn't react.
35:08He stepped closer.
35:10Ash shifted back
35:10without meaning to.
35:12Eli draped a jacket
35:13over my shoulders.
35:14Looked at Ash.
35:15You can keep going.
35:16I'm just here
35:17for the coat.
35:19Ash didn't take him
35:20up on it.
35:21Stay with me tonight.
35:22He said instead
35:23to me.
35:24I know what to do.
35:26I was trained.
35:26I'd be better than him.
35:28Is that right?
35:29His tail went
35:29into overdrive.
35:31I mean it.
35:31Please.
35:32Let me fix this.
35:33Eli's expression
35:35didn't change
35:36but his hand
35:37at his side
35:38closed into a fist.
35:39I don't think so.
35:40You kissed Emma.
35:41The thought of it
35:42ruins it for me.
35:44Good night, Ash.
35:49Eli followed me
35:50back to the bedroom.
35:51I shrugged off
35:52the jacket
35:52and looked at him.
35:53Jealous?
35:55No.
35:58You're exceptional.
36:00You'll have a boyfriend
36:01someday.
36:02A husband.
36:04I know my place.
36:07Should I run a bath?
36:09Why?
36:10You have Ash's tears
36:12and saliva on you
36:13and his imprint.
36:15I went to the bathroom.
36:18Eli followed
36:19and washed
36:19every inch of skin
36:20with focused,
36:21careful attention.
36:24Hey.
36:24He was kneeling
36:25on the wet bathroom tile
36:26looking up at me.
36:27I reached down
36:28and touched his ears.
36:29What is it?
36:31I can't get it clean.
36:34What?
36:36Can I take this off?
36:39Licking might work better.
36:40I thought for a moment
36:41then unclipped it.
36:48He kissed upward.
36:50Inch.
36:51All the way to my chin.
36:53That spot doesn't have
36:53his imprint on it.
36:58May I?
37:00Yes.
37:01His kiss was careful,
37:02unpracticed.
37:04I cracked one eye open
37:05to look at him.
37:07Steam and fog
37:08all around him.
37:10Eyes shut tight.
37:11Long lashes trembling.
37:13I thought this might have been
37:15our first real kiss.
37:24I stopped making Eli
37:25wear the inhibitor muzzle.
37:27Mom and dad kept reminding me
37:28to be careful.
37:29But they didn't push.
37:31I worked at the family company.
37:33Most days I didn't come home
37:35for lunch.
37:36One afternoon I did.
37:38Just wanted to nap.
37:40Voices drifted up
37:41from the living room.
37:42Eli and Ash.
37:44I leaned on the second.
37:46Floor railing and watched.
37:47Eli was sitting on the couch
37:49watching television.
37:51Ash planted himself
37:52in front of him.
37:53Tail bristling.
37:54You think Zoe actually likes you?
37:56She's using you to get at me.
37:58Once she's over it
37:58she'll throw you out like trash.
38:00So what?
38:01Zoe said you're dirty.
38:02At least I'm clean.
38:03Anyone who tries to touch me
38:04I bite their throat out.
38:06Unlike you.
38:07Half pushing someone away
38:08and then giving in anyway.
38:09Interesting.
38:11In front of me
38:12Eli was steady and careful.
38:13and almost meek.
38:15This was the first time
38:16I'd seen his edges.
38:22Clean?
38:23You've killed war beasts
38:25in an arena.
38:25Do you even know how many?
38:26I know.
38:29Useful information.
38:31He stood up slowly.
38:34Honestly, you bother me.
38:36Me?
38:37You're the outsider here.
38:38Zoe paid millions for me.
38:40I was here first.
38:43Millions?
38:45You don't look worth that.
38:47Do you know which part
38:48of the throat to bite?
38:51So the other person
38:53in Flashal Camp Pingu
38:54Puchat make a sound?
38:56How to make a panther
38:57disappear quietly.
38:58I'm probably the only kind
38:59who knows that.
39:00Ash backed up.
39:03What are you doing?
39:07What would I do?
39:12I'm just a low-class panther.
39:14Then he lunged.
39:16Ash panicked and shifted
39:18into full leopard form
39:19and instinct.
39:20The white leopard
39:21tackled Eli,
39:23teeth sinking
39:24into his forearm.
39:25Eli crashed
39:26into the coffee table.
39:28Horseline cracked.
39:29When Mom came running
39:30at the noise,
39:32she found Eli
39:33on the ground,
39:34arm bleeding badly,
39:36sitting up pale
39:37and pressing the wound.
39:42I'm sorry, ma'am.
39:43I've been too close
39:44to Zoe lately.
39:46Ash was unhappy.
39:49I should have been
39:50more careful.
39:50I came downstairs.
39:52Eli, what happened?
39:53It's nothing.
39:54Nothing like what I dealt
39:56with in the arena.
39:56I was biting down
39:58hard on a laugh.
39:59Yesterday,
40:00he'd sworn up and down
40:01he had no jealousy
40:02whatsoever,
40:02and he'd already planned this.
40:04It's not true!
40:04He went at me first!
40:06He's setting me up!
40:08Setting you up?
40:10If he wanted to hurt you,
40:11you'd still be on the floor.
40:13Zoe, I'm serious!
40:15Mom was already
40:16on her phone.
40:19I'm calling the cellar.
40:21This panther is going back.
40:24No need.
40:25Wrapping Ellie's arm.
40:27The return window
40:27closed a while ago.
40:29I'll sell him to a friend
40:30who's been looking
40:31for a premium panther.
40:34Mom paused.
40:36That works.
40:37He's yours to decide.
40:41Zoe?
40:42You'd sell me for him?
40:44You said you liked me!
40:46I know you did!
40:47You used to grab my tail
40:48in your sleep
40:48so you wouldn't have nightmares!
40:50You wrote in your journal
40:51that you were lonely here.
40:52That at least you had me
40:53even if I didn't like you.
40:54You'd sneak pets
40:55when I was asleep.
40:57You asked me once
40:58when you were drunk
40:59why I never liked you.
41:00Why even I was always
41:01on Emma's side.
41:02Zoe,
41:03you can't feel nothing for me.
41:05He was right.
41:06I wasn't as detached
41:08as I like to think.
41:09Even at 23,
41:11arriving at a stranger's house
41:12had still scared me.
41:14Watching my parents
41:15tilt toward Emma
41:16had still stung.
41:18Thinking about Emma
41:19living the life
41:20that should have been mine.
41:21That had still burned.
41:23When I found out
41:24my birthday gift
41:25was going to be a panther,
41:26I had been genuinely excited.
41:29I had put hope in Ash.
41:31He'd ground it down slowly.
41:33Over months.
41:35I imagined too much.
41:37I met his eyes.
41:40To me,
41:41you're just a disloyal
41:42companion beast.
41:46Not worth mourning.
41:51I moved fast.
41:53Ash was gone the next day.
41:55I handed him to a contact
41:56who dealt in resale.
41:58I didn't ask
41:59where he ended up.
42:00Maybe he'd be used
42:01for breeding.
42:02Maybe he'd find
42:03a kinder owner.
42:05Either way,
42:06he had served
42:07his purpose in my life.
42:09Financial conversion
42:10complete.
42:11Eli.
42:12Meanwhile,
42:13was draped across my bed
42:15looking tragically injured.
42:16He'd been worse than this
42:18the first night I met him
42:19and still propped himself up
42:20with one arm
42:21to do things.
42:23But now...
42:26He said weakly.
42:27He's really gone?
42:29Yes.
42:31Eli stared into his bowl.
42:33That's a shame.
42:34I really did want
42:35to get along with him.
42:37Want me to bring him back?
42:38You two can be best friends.
42:40Eli's finger twitched.
42:41The buyer already has him.
42:43They probably won't
42:44return him.
42:45I could offer them
42:46a little extra.
42:47Eli put tremendous effort
42:49into not snapping
42:50the porcelain bowl
42:51in his hand.
42:55That'd be ideal.
42:57I'll go now then.
43:00But...
43:02What?
43:04If he bites me again,
43:05what do I do?
43:07I said nothing.
43:08Just watched him.
43:09His expression went from
43:11nervous to tense to lost.
43:13Zoe,
43:13you already knew?
43:15I don't know what
43:16you're talking about.
43:19Can you tell me which part
43:21of the throat
43:21stopped someone
43:22from making a sound?
43:25I'm sorry.
43:26I...
43:26He kept coming at me.
43:28Please don't send me away.
43:30I was bluffing.
43:31I would never actually hurt him.
43:32I'll be good.
43:37I'll be good.
43:40In a way,
43:41Emma and Ash
43:42were the same type.
43:44Both spoiled by affection.
43:46Both certain
43:47they were the main character.
43:49Alai and I
43:50were the same type.
43:51If I'd been in his position,
43:53I'd have done the same thing.
43:58Getting rid of Ash
43:59bought me two months of peace.
44:01Emma stopped crying
44:02in hallways.
44:03Stopped leaving
44:04Ash's old leash
44:05where I could see it.
44:05stopped making
44:07wounded little comments
44:08over breakfast.
44:09She was waiting.
44:11People like Emma
44:12didn't give up.
44:13They just changed costumes.
44:15Then her 18th birthday arrived.
44:18Mom and Dad
44:18gave her an apartment
44:19downtown.
44:21Good location.
44:22Good building.
44:24Expensive enough
44:24to make my smile freeze.
44:26I held it in place anyway.
44:29Inside,
44:30I was on fire.
44:31I wished I could physically
44:33lift the building
44:34and scream.
44:34It is mine.
44:36A colleague at work
44:37had once said,
44:38It all comes to you
44:39eventually anyway.
44:41Why do you fight so hard
44:42over small things?
44:45That was exactly why.
44:47I didn't trust eventually.
44:49What was in my hand
44:50was mine.
44:56Emma swept over
44:57with Mom and Dad
44:58on her arm,
44:59bright-eyed and glowing.
45:00Zoe,
45:01did you get me
45:02a birthday present?
45:02I set down
45:04my champagne.
45:07My parents
45:08are already yours.
45:09What more do you want?
45:11The room went quiet.
45:12Emma blinked.
45:13Everything you eat,
45:14wear, and use,
45:15did any of it
45:16belong to you first?
45:18And you're asking
45:19me for a gift?
45:22Do you want
45:23my blood too?
45:24Would that satisfy you?
45:26Emma's face twisted.
45:27Mom, Dad,
45:28do you see this?
45:28Today is my birthday
45:29and she's attacking me.
45:30I always said
45:31she was faking it.
45:32You never believed me.
45:33Dad's hand landed
45:34gently on my shoulder.
45:35Not hers,
45:37mine.
45:37We know.
45:41Emma froze.
45:42Mom looked tired
45:43in a way
45:44I hadn't seen before.
45:45Zoe is right.
45:48Emma's mouth opened.
45:49Nothing came out.
45:51Dad looked at me.
45:52Your mother and I
45:53have been afraid
45:54to ask about your past.
45:55We didn't want
45:56to reopen wounds,
45:58but we should have.
46:02You didn't feel safe
46:03enough to be yourself here.
46:04That's on us.
46:06I hated how badly
46:07I still wanted to hear it.
46:11Emma did not scream
46:12at first.
46:13That was how
46:14I knew it was bad.
46:16She just stood there,
46:17still,
46:18pretty,
46:19ruined.
46:19Then she laughed.
46:21So that's it?
46:23You found your real daughter
46:24and now I become charity?
46:26Mom flinched.
46:28Dad's jaw tightened.
46:29We gave you a home.
46:30Education.
46:31Love.
46:32Security.
46:33We are not abandoning you.
46:34You gave her everything!
46:37No.
46:38You borrowed everything.
46:40Emma turned to me slowly.
46:42There it was.
46:43The real thing
46:44under the tears.
46:45Hatred.
46:46Not grief.
46:47Hatred.
46:50You think you won
46:52because you bought
46:53a filthy panther
46:54and sold
46:55the pretty one?
46:56Eli had been standing
46:57near the wall
46:58silent the whole time.
47:00Don't look at me like that.
47:02Everyone knows
47:02what you are.
47:03A stress relief slave.
47:06An arena beast.
47:08A thing people
47:09throw money at
47:10when they want
47:11something to hurt.
47:12Mom's face changed.
47:15Emma.
47:16But Emma
47:17wasn't looking at her.
47:20She was looking at me.
47:26You act so proud, Zoe.
47:28But you picked him
47:29because he reminds you
47:31of yourself.
47:32Cheap.
47:33Dirty.
47:34Raised wrong.
47:35The glass in Ellie's hand
47:37cracked.
47:37Eli.
47:39Sorry.
47:39The obedience
47:40in his voice
47:41made Emma's
47:42smile sharpened.
47:43He listens well.
47:44I walked across the room.
47:46Everyone watched me.
47:48Emma lifted her chin
47:49like she expected
47:50to slap.
47:51I didn't give her
47:53that.
47:53I leaned close
47:54and said softly,
47:56Careful.
47:58Low-class warbeasts bite.
48:01Her face paled.
48:03Enough.
48:04Emma,
48:04the apartment
48:05remains yours.
48:05We will support you
48:06through school.
48:07But tomorrow,
48:0820% of the company's
48:09shares transfer
48:10to Zoe.
48:11Emma stopped breathing.
48:12The rest will be placed
48:14in an irreversible will.
48:16Everything else
48:17goes to you.
48:20Emma's face collapsed.
48:22This time
48:22when she screamed,
48:24no one moved
48:24to comfort her.
48:28Emma left
48:28for university
48:29across the country.
48:30The house breathed
48:32for the first time.
48:33Breakfast
48:33became quiet.
48:35Mom started asking me
48:37what I like to eat.
48:38Dad started bringing
48:40company documents home
48:41and explaining things
48:42without making it
48:43sound like a favor.
48:44It was strange.
48:46Almost peaceful.
48:47I didn't adapt to it.
48:50Peace was usually
48:51the moment
48:51before someone
48:52calling to let me know.
48:53Then,
48:54I saw the apartment
48:55listing online.
48:56Emma had put it up
48:57for sale at a huge loss.
48:59I stared at the screen.
49:01That was not my business.
49:02I closed the tab.
49:04Three days later,
49:05Eli found me
49:06in the garage.
49:07He was holding my coat.
49:08You forgot this.
49:10I was going to the office.
49:11I know.
49:13He didn't move.
49:14I looked at him.
49:16What?
49:17His ears were flat.
49:18There's a beast imprint
49:19by the east gate.
49:22Ash?
49:23No.
49:24Gaze flicked
49:25toward the driveway.
49:26Not only Ash,
49:28A black sous vide
49:30rolled through the gate.
49:31Emma stepped out first.
49:33Hair perfect.
49:34Eyes red.
49:35Smile too bright.
49:37Then Ash climbed out
49:38behind her.
49:39Thinner than before.
49:41Collar different.
49:42Expression worse.
49:46He looked at me first.
49:48His tail moved once.
49:50Then stopped.
49:51Emma saw it.
49:53Surprise!
49:54I bought him back.
49:56I looked at Ash.
49:59With the apartment money?
50:01Emma's eyes flashed.
50:05Yeah, I can afford it.
50:07He's mine now.
50:09Ash's face went pale.
50:10No.
50:11I didn't know she was
50:12selling the apartment.
50:13I told her not to.
50:15Shut up.
50:16Eli stepped slightly
50:17in front of me.
50:19Quiet.
50:20No.
50:20Calm.
50:21Too long.
50:21I didn't know she was
50:22selling the apartment.
50:22I told her not to.
50:23For one second,
50:24neither of them
50:25looked human.
50:27You sold him
50:29like trash.
50:30So I picked him up.
50:33Funny, isn't it?
50:36I looked at Ash's
50:37new collar.
50:38No.
50:40It's predictable.
50:42fantasy.
50:44No.
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