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I live with a princess and today she invite a fortune teller. The woman wear a beautiful fabric covering her face from the top of her head to her neck, but I can see wisdom radiated from her slim figure.
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I don't really trust people who is said to be able to read the future. But still the tiny voice from inside my head said, "Go! And see the fortune teller. Alone. Or bring one of the boys. The most troublesome one."
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I ignore that voice and keep doing what i supposed to do. I'm not staying here for free. But, it kept bugging me. In the end i go to the stable as fast as i could and grab one person with me, rushed him back to the main house, but the fortune teller is nowhere to be found now. I have lost my chance.
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Just then i see the stable boy has two big envelopes in his hand, both have an old style illustration decorating the front side. Both envelopes now wrinkled, wet and teared, as we run in the middle of pouring rain.
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It is broken and it doesn't have any name on it. The boy said it is to be sent to the main house and someone will be looking for it. A beautiful lady give it to him several minutes ago before borrowing his horse. I assume it is the fuortune teller. I check what's inside.
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Both envelope have series of cards inside. Fortune cards. One deck belong to me, and one deck belong to the boy. It is only symbols written with red ink on all of them. I try to decipher it but nothing comes into mind.
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Then suddenly, magically, they turn into illustration and photo. The boy got something very good waiting for him in the future. But I got something bad waiting in my future if i walk in the same path as him. But seeing the content of the card, i feel like it doesn't seem very bad, in fact it's the normal life i got. Nothing fancy and fairy tale but still it is a decent life. I will be happy. I don't care what a piece of paper told me.
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With that in mind, the photos revert back into symbols.
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(19 Mei 2016)
note: subject to grammar change
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