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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Calm down. It's okay. Everything will be fine."
Ian said as he handed Kio a glass of water.
"Drink this first."
The kid did as he was told and gulped down the water.
"Have you calmed down now?"
Ian asked, patting his back slowly, to which Kio replied with a nod.
"Great. Now start from the beginning. What happened? What did you see?"
"That.. after you left, we decided to return as well. As we were walking beside forest, one of us suddenly disappeared. Then, one by one, all of them started disappearing."
"There was no one else around? Did you not see how or who took them away?"
"No.. there was nothing.. and it was too foggy to see too far.."
"Fog? But it's summer."
An island country like Saint Mary's didn't have fog unless it was the m
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