024 - An Awkward Meeting
Author: Rytir
last update Last Updated: 2024-10-29 19:42:56
Both Tony and Cindy are still looking so out of place right now. Especially Tony, who starts getting curious about how Arifin was able to predict that incident. And about the last thing Arifin said to Prof. Irwan…

“Man, what did you say?” asks Tony. “What you’ve gone through? What do you mean by what you’ve gone through? Don’t tell me… Have you experienced all of this before? How?”

Arifin just averts his attention away, looking above to the sky. Despite the fact he already knows that there will be another two hours before the next meteor hits the city, he still looks up to the sky like he is anticipating it with a gloomy face.

He stays like that for so long. Until Tony starts to be impatient by him. But then, just before Tony voices his confusion, Arifin suddenly talks a bit about his previous experinced in that exact same spot, in the exact time in his previous life.

“Yes, I've gone through this exact same thing before. That day, I was here crying over my helplessness. I cried her
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