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VII (Part I)
What was that about?
I feel a sudden churn in my stomach. That was weird.
The elevator dings and I immediately enter it while trying to calm my nerves. I am still shaking. What was that about?
The door closes.
It was nothing, right?
I look at the numbers on the elevator and hug myself. I have decided to focus on the changing numbers while massaging my arms to ground myself down. I breathe in.
3...
I breathe out.
2...<
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