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2024-10-29 19:42:56"Did you keep this here?"
Ja Lia stood at the front of the door. Before him was a helmet. He knew that helmet. He had borne it before. Twas the helmet of Jin.
The only question he could think of was what he had shot at the lady who was indoor and walking towards to open it.
She opened the door and looked at him.
"What?"
She said confusedly looking at his confused face. She traced his face to where he was looking at. The helmet.
"I should be asking you."
She said. Ja looked at her for awhile then looked at the helmet again.
He didn't know what to think.
"If I knew where it's from, would I had asked you?"
He shot at her. He had just gone to the market square to see if he could buy a Cuneiform or some writing material made from Papyrus. He
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