January 2031

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The day he led turned me back into a peevish, animistic child once more. He told me that his plan wasn't working, and he'd cultivated another. I was 13, but didn't understand what I felt towards Red until that day.

He promised he'd find me again, kissed my cheek, then left that evening... when I was asleep.

The following morning, I'd smiled through relentless tears at the thought that only 'my' Red could successfully escape this place.

How long had he been planning it?

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